Greater Bangor
Maine high court hears Brewer gay rights case Friday, May 16, 2008 PORTLAND, Maine - Did the Brewer School Department discriminate against a winning softball coach because of her sexual orientation when she was not rehired in 2006? |
At museum, ship takes shape Friday, May 16, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - The ship has arrived at the Maine Discovery Museum. |
 Bangor eye care practice part of five-year cornea studyFriday, May 16, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Earlier this spring, over the course of a week or so, Anne Reed realized her eyesight was failing. There was no pain involved, only a rapid loss of visual clarity and focus. |
 Bangor: Home Depot opens new storeFriday, May 16, 2008 With rowdy employee cheers and a large audience of customers and local Boy Scouts, the new Home Depot celebrated its grand opening on Thursday afternoon. |
Man gets life in prison for Bangor murder Friday, May 16, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - The local man convicted of murdering a Carmel man two years ago was sentenced Friday to life in prison. |
Appeal involving Tobin of Bangor still pending Thursday, May 15, 2008 WASHINGTON - A former Republican consultant who served three months in prison for his role in the Election Day 2002 phone-jamming operation against New Hampshire Democrats said Wednesday he knows of no connection between the White House and the plot. |
 Kenduskeag: Farmers meeting seeks dairy solutionThursday, May 15, 2008 KENDUSKEAG, Maine - State, local and federal officials sat shoulder to shoulder with dairy farmers Wednesday, trying to solve what some are calling a crisis in farming. In the end, the two-hour forum, called by a local dairy farmer, was as much about frustration at current pricing policies as it was looking ahead toward solutions. |
Bangor: Challenge losers don Hampden colors Thursday, May 15, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - City councilors here became the first in three area municipalities to put on purple T-shirts in recognition of nearby Hampden's outstanding showing last weekend at the annual Community Hike for the Homeless. |
Bangor to send budget to voters June 10 Thursday, May 15, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Both the text and the date for a special school budget validation election have been firmed up. |
Waiver granted for tribal complex Thursday, May 15, 2008 HAMPDEN, Maine - The planning board granted the Penobscot Indian Nation a waiver Wednesday night allowing it to proceed with drafting preliminary plans for an 80-unit complex the tribe hopes to build on Mayo Road. |
Holden: Town manager ill; interim official picked Wednesday, May 14, 2008 HOLDEN, Maine - Town Manager John Butts is out sick for an extended period of time, so town councilors decided to ask the former town manager to fill his shoes for a month or so. |
Bucksport: Panel wants more time to examine wind power Wednesday, May 14, 2008 BUCKSPORT, Maine - The town's energy committee wants a little more time and information before it makes any recommendations to the Town Council about how to proceed with plans for municipal wind power. |
Justices question lawyer's defense theory in Abbot manslaughter case Wednesday, May 14, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices battered an attorney with questions about the defense theory that an Abbot man was not driving the car when his friends were killed more than three years ago. |
 Revival of defunct Orono hydropower plant to restore fish passage on Penobscot River Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ORONO, Maine - A power company is preparing to revive the old Orono hydroelectric plant early next year as part of the historic agreement to restore fish passage on the Penobscot River. |
Bangor councilor Greene arrested for second time Tuesday, May 13, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Richard Greene, the city councilor arrested and charged with misdemeanor forgery in January, was arrested again Monday on charges stemming from an unrelated incident. |
Indian Township officers fatally shoot armed man Tuesday, May 13, 2008 INDIAN TOWNSHIP, Maine - A man was fatally shot by reservation police just before 6 p.m. Monday outside a home on Hemlock Point Road. |
 Dust-up delays Stephen King reading Tuesday, May 13, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Local writer Stephen King, known worldwide for the numerous creepy and best-selling stories he has written over the years, will not be reading his work at a fundraiser scheduled for Tom Allen next month. |
Bangor-area heating oil prices top $4 a gallon Tuesday, May 13, 2008 A number of Bangor-area oil dealers reported cash prices of No. 2 heating oil above $4 per gallon on Monday. Dead River Co. in Brewer was priced at $4.269, Maine Energy in Bangor quoted $4.049, and R.H. Foster Energy in Hampden charged $4.199. |
Bangor council awards fire station contract Tuesday, May 13, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Firefighters and emergency medical personnel working out of Station 6 at the corner of Griffin Road and Kenduskeag Avenue likely will have a new home by end of the year. |
 Clara Cohen: Bangor bakery icon, Mom to a senator dies at 88Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Clara Cohen raised a man who would become a high school basketball star, a U.S. senator and a secretary of defense. |
 Planting seeds of Peace: Dexter High seniors promote programTuesday, May 13, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - A group of students from Dexter Regional High School spoke highly Monday morning of a program that started in Maine and is working to create peace and solutions among young leaders worldwide. |
Holden: State gives less, SAD 63 towns to pay more Tuesday, May 13, 2008 HOLDEN, Maine - There is a significant drop in state education funding for SAD 63 - to the tune of $189,744 - and other revenue cuts that mean residents will be reaching deeper into their pockets to make up the difference. |
Iced coffee sculpture coming to Brewer Tuesday, May 13, 2008 BREWER, Maine - A 10-ton pile of sand was dumped in the parking lot of the Dunkin’ Donuts on outer Wilson Street and will be sculpted into a massive iced coffee for Thursday’s free iced coffee giveaway. |
Bangor city councilor pleads not guilty to theft charge Tuesday, May 13, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - A Bangor city councilor accused Monday of stealing groceries from a local supermarket told police he was "disabled, hungry and had no money, and it was not like him to steal," according to a report released today. |
Maine man pleads in child porn case Tuesday, May 13, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - A 33-year-old Rangeley man could face up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. |
Veazie: Grace Evangelical graduate reaches goal after 40-year quest Monday, May 12, 2008 VEAZIE, Maine - William Charles Simpson Sr. said last week in his commencement address that he felt like he had spent the last 40 years on a quest - one he hopes will end next year when he becomes a United Methodist minister. |
Mother of former Maine senator, Clara Cohen, dies Monday, May 12, 2008 ARLINGTON, Va. - Clara Cohen, the mother of former Defense Secretary William Cohen, has died. |
 Women of the world: Top 2 of graduating class at UMaine reflect school's international flavorSaturday, May 10, 2008 ORONO, Maine - Among the roughly 1,860 graduates who will receive their degrees today at the University of Maine are two remarkable young women from two very different cultures. Their academic success has placed them at the very top of the Class of 2008. |
Vagrant pleads not guilty in Bangor slaying Saturday, May 10, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - A homeless man accused of killing a fellow hobo last month at a makeshift camp near the University College campus pleaded not guilty Friday in Penobscot County Superior Court to a murder charge. |
 Hands-on ADvantageSaturday, May 10, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Many college graduates bemoan the lack of practical, hands-on experience they acquire in liberal arts classrooms, but professor Laura Lindenfeld's students sing a different tune. |
 Brewer: New CancerCare center stresses windows, lightSaturday, May 10, 2008 BREWER, Maine - Concrete is being poured for the new CancerCare of Maine facility on Whiting Hill, which has been designed to emphasize light and Maine materials. |
Bangor: DHHS looks to keep boarding home open Saturday, May 10, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is taking steps to keep open an Essex Street facility that houses adults with brain injuries, one of only a few facilities of its kind in the state. |
Bangor: Grace Evangelical to buy parcel, expand Saturday, May 10, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Grace Evangelical College and Seminary is moving up and out of the basement space it has called home for the past seven years. |
Ex-student to serve time in drinking pal's death Friday, May 09, 2008 A former University of Maine student will spend more than a month behind bars in connection with the alcohol-related death of his friend and another case in which he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend and another man, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office. |
Brewer: School to hold summer Peace Village Friday, May 09, 2008 When it comes to spreading peace, children are the perfect conduits because they judge people based on their actions and not stereotypes, Gary Ross, Children's International Summer Villages Maine president, told Brewer city councilors Tuesday. |
Regional small business conference set for EMCC Friday, May 09, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Gov. John Baldacci’s Regional Conference on Small Business & Entrepreneurship will be held at Eastern Maine Community College on May 20 and 21. |
 Pest infests Bangor lawnsFriday, May 09, 2008 Many homeowners in the Bangor area are seeing brown instead of green this spring thanks to an invasive pest that is ruining even the most well-manicured lawns and is attracting other unwelcome guests. |
Bangor: Eight acts have signed up for 2008 American Folk Festival Friday, May 09, 2008 Eight performing acts ranging in style from North Indian Kathak dance to Norwegian folk music, along with a country guitarist who is a Maine native, have been added to the lineup for the 2008 American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront, organizers announced Thursday. |
Troop Greeters rehang items after King clash Friday, May 09, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Photos and a newspaper article about Stephen King once again were on display Thursday in the Maine Troop Greeters' room in the Bangor International Airport terminal. |
Bangor: Judge denies bail to drug informant Friday, May 09, 2008 A federal judge Thursday ordered the Springfield man described as the confidential informant who helped bring down a cocaine distribution ring that stretched from Costa Rica to northern Penobscot County be held without bail. |