http://www.bangordailynews.com/?feed=true Top stories en-us Copyright 2010 Bangor Publishing Company Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:21:00 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136476.html MADAWASKA, Maine -- The United Steelworkers union will take an immediate 8.5 percent wage cut in accepting a new three-year contract Monday that Fraser Papers Inc. management calls critical to ... By Nick Sambides Jr. BDN Staff http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136476.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:16 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136476.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/1265334349_ded7.jpg http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136505.html NEWRY, Maine -- A 58-year-old Texas man has died after skiing into a tree at Maine's Sunday River ski resort. The Sun Journal of Lewiston said Joseph Michalski died after hitting a tree shortly ... By The Associated Press http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136505.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:42:18 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136505.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/ http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136471.html BANGOR -- City councilors passed an order Monday night to publicly admonish one of their own for recently tape-recording a conversation between himself and three high-ranking municipal employees ... By Eric Russell BDN Staff http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136471.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:40:37 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136471.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/1265697725_1f7b.jpg http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136497.html PORTLAND, Maine -- Maine's highest court has upheld a $4.9 million award to a Bangor man who sued Central Maine Power Co. after suffering severe electrical injuries when a sailboat mast he was … By The Associated Press http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136497.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:34:25 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136497.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/ http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136503.html PORTLAND, Maine -- A corrections officer at Maine's largest county jail has been charged with gross sexual assault for allegedly having sex with a female inmate. The Cumberland County Sheriff's … By The Associated Press http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136503.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:45:33 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136503.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/1265748495_c0b7.jpg http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136462.html BANGOR, Maine -- The plastic knife was no match for the chocolate sheet cake with its thick layer of white icing and purple flowers. Katherine Musgrave, wielding the knife, was getting the frosting all over her hand. By Jessica Bloch BDN Staff http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136462.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:01:56 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136462.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/1265678228_0c24.jpg http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136472.html JACKSON, Maine -- Residents this weekend approved a controversial wind turbine ordinance that would impose strict regulations on industrial wind power developments. By Abigail Curtis BDN Staff http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136472.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:52:53 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136472.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/ http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136503.html PORTLAND, Maine -- A corrections officer at Maine's largest county jail has been charged with gross sexual assault for allegedly having sex with a female inmate. The Cumberland County Sheriff's … By The Associated Press http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136503.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:45:33 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136503.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/1265748495_c0b7.jpg http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136464.html ORRINGTON, Maine -- Some residents are upset that selectmen voted unanimously last week to support a quicker rather than extensive cleanup of the former HoltraChem site, leaving tons of contaminated ... By Nok-Noi Ricker BDN Staff http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136464.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:26:21 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136464.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/ http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136418.html PORTLAND, Maine -- The telecommunications company FairPoint Communications Inc.'s debt would be cut by nearly two-thirds under its bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Monday, but the company said ... By Clarke Canfield The Associated Press http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136418.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:10:17 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136418.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/1265658226_faaf.jpg http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136473.html ORONO, Maine -- The campfire did little to stave off the windy, chilly air Monday afternoon on the University of Maine campus, but several UMaine students are hoping their cause of affordable ... By Jessica Bloch BDN Staff http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136473.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:07:17 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136473.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/1265670602_5d3b.jpg http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136486.html PITTSFIELD, Maine -- The Central Maine Egg Festival is six months away, but it's close enough that organizers have spent the past month fretting about whether there is enough volunteer personnel ... By Christopher Cousins BDN Staff http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136486.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:54:35 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136486.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/ http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136463.html CASTINE, Maine -- Maine Maritime Academy students, officers and crew will visit ports in Europe this spring as part of the college's annual two-month training cruise, according to the itinerary ... By BDN Staff BDN Staff http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136463.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:22:12 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136463.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/ http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136487.html LINCOLN, Maine -- A 30-year-old Massachusetts man with extensive experience is on track to become the town's new police chief next month, officials said Monday. Acting on Town Manager Lisa ... By Nick Sambides Jr. BDN Staff http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136487.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:57:42 -0500 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136487.html http://bdnimages.static.adqic.com/uploads/large/