This past Monday was Melanoma Monday — an awareness campaign developed by the American Academy of Dermatology — so I decided to update a post I wrote last year about protecting your skin from the sun. I also checked in with Mike Cushman, who was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2010. At the end of the post, you’ll find a list of upcoming free skin cancer screenings in Southern Maine. Read more.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- The man police say was behind Friday afternoon's stand-off in Bangor made his first appearance in court. Harold Rodgers appeared before the judge via satellite from Penobscot County jail.

Rodgers is charged with one count of aggravated assault and one count of aggravated criminal mischief. Both felony charges. The Bangor man was arrested Friday evening after a stand-off with police where he threatened suicide.

The judge did not have Rodgers enter a plea on either count. Rodgers is due back in court in early July.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Police in Bangor have charged a man with murder in connection with the death of a woman with whom he lived. David Coon, 50, is being held at the Penobscot County Jail. He is charged with killing 49-year-old Sherry Clifford.

Investigators say on Friday, police received a 911 call from Coon and Clifford's home on Jefferson Street, asking for an ambulance because a woman was  having difficulty breathing. When crews arrived, police say Clifford was already dead.

An autopsy was conducted at the State Medical Examinger's Office on Saturday and the cause of Clifford's death was determined to be homicide.

An arrest warrant was issued for Coon and he was picked up Monday.

Coon is scheduled to be in court Tuesday afternoon.