BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine’s third-largest city has a new fire chief, and he’s a familiar face in the department.

City Manager Catherine Conlow announced Monday that assistant chief Thomas Higgins has been promoted to chief.

The appointment is subject to the approval of the city council at its Jan. 26 meeting.

Higgins was selected from a field of 26 candidates, some from out of state. He is the former fire chief in Hermon.

Conlow says Higgins has the “knowledge, experience, education and professionalism necessary” to lead

the department.

Higgins calls his appointment an “honor.”

Man gets 7 years for pulling gun outside bar

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Presque Isle man who pulled a gun on a bouncer after he had been thrown out of a bar has been sentenced to seven years on prison.

Wayne Boulier was also sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to three years of probation. The 34-year-old Boulier pleaded guilty in February to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was prohibited from possessing guns because he had 12 prior state felony convictions.

Prosecutors say in April 2013 Boulier went to a bar. A bouncer told him that he needed to leave and escorted him to the door. As the defendant fell onto the sidewalk, he pulled up his shirt and pulled out a loaded pistol.