BANGOR — Horror author Stephen King’s efforts to raise money to help low-income Maine residents pay their heating-oil bills this winter have exceeded goals.

King announced last month that his foundation would match up to $70,000 if listeners of the three Bangor-area radio stations he owns donated that amount, for a total of $140,000.

Listeners donated $24,000, the Lerner Foundation pitched in $46,000 and the foundation kept its promise.

On-air personality Pat LaMarche says an anonymous Californian then promised another $50,000, if King matched it. The Maine native agreed, bringing the total to more than $240,000.

King tells the Bangor Daily News he’s “grateful” to everybody who helped.

The federal government told the state it should expect $23 million in heating-oil assistance this winter, down from $55.6 million last winter.

 


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