Penobscot
Millinocket: Police believe Stearns threat came from N.J. Friday, May 16, 2008 An investigation of a bomb threat that forced the dismissal of town schools for a day last week led police Thursday to a former town resident in New Jersey about 550 miles away. |
 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. |
Winter snows, spring rains delay Baxter campground openings Thursday, May 15, 2008 Campsites and some popular trails in the southern portion of Baxter State Park will remain closed later than usual as crews work to clean up from the heavy winter snows and recent rains. |
Court files injunction in SAD 63 investigation Thursday, May 15, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - SAD 63 Superintendent Louise Regan was scheduled to be interviewed by the attorney representing the school board at 9 a.m. Wednesday, but a last-second filing in Penobscot County Superior Court on Tuesday granted her a temporary stay. |
Millinocket: Energy company moving jobs to Mass. Thursday, May 15, 2008 MILLINOCKET, Maine - Town Council Chairman Wallace Paul is among a half-dozen Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. workers whose jobs will likely move to Massachusetts under a nationwide company consolidation plan, officials said Wednesday. |
Howland: SAD 31 lawyer: director worked 500 hours free Thursday, May 15, 2008 HOWLAND, Maine - An SAD 31 school board member worked 500 hours for free on a school renovation project after state education officials discovered his apparently illegal hiring as a project liaison, a letter by SAD 31's attorney states. |
Caught on video: Man robs Milford convenience store Wednesday, May 14, 2008 MILFORD, Maine - Shortly after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday a man claiming to have a weapon robbed the Mobil on the Run and walked away with an undisclosed amount of money. INSIDE: Watch surveillance video footage of the robbery |
Millinocket: Schools seek more from taxpayers Wednesday, May 14, 2008 MILLINOCKET, Maine - Declining outside revenues will leave town taxpayers paying another $772,229 next year in a proposed $7.8 million school budget, officials said Tuesday. |
Lincoln: Firefighters contract features 3.5% salary increase Wednesday, May 14, 2008 LINCOLN, Maine - The town's seven firefighters will get a 3.5 percent salary increase starting July 1 under their new three-year contract, officials said Tuesday. |
Lincoln: Bid for free youth swim lessons holds no water with councilors Wednesday, May 14, 2008 LINCOLN, Maine - Thora House wants town youth to get free swimming lessons. |
 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. |
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. |
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. |
Millinocket: Police continue to investigate bomb threat Tuesday, May 13, 2008 MILLINOCKET, Maine - Police had several leads and possibly some suspects Monday as they investigated a bomb threat that forced the dismissal of Millinocket schools for a day last week. |
Lincoln: Deputy finds lost 6-year-old girl Tuesday, May 13, 2008 LINCOLN, Maine - A 6-year-old girl was home safe after she and an intoxicated 52-year-old man got lost in thick woods near Folsom Pond Road for more than three hours. |
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. |
Lincoln negotiating town office move Tuesday, May 13, 2008 LINCOLN, Maine - The town will begin negotiations with Penquis to see about moving the town office into a proposed facility that the Bangor social service agency would build and oversee at the former Lake Mall site. |
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. |
Millinocket bomb threat probe continues Monday, May 12, 2008 MILLINOCKET, Maine - Police had several leads Monday as they investigated a bomb-threat that forced the dismissal of Stearns High and Millinocket middle schools for a day last week. |
 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. |
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. |
Orono: Longtime UM science professors retiring Thursday, May 08, 2008 ORONO, Maine - Two well-known University of Maine science professors are retiring after a combined nearly 70 years of service to the campus. |
BIA room stripped of all traces of King Thursday, May 08, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Before the first flight of troops walked down the ramp at Bangor International Airport on Wednesday morning, a handful of Maine Troop Greeters had removed all traces of Stephen King memorabilia traditionally housed in the greeters' terminal room. |
 BDN interview: Stephen King defends remarks on Army, IraqThursday, May 08, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Who knew that promoting literacy could cause such a firestorm? Related story: BIA room stripped of all traces of King |
Bangor Hydro trying to collect on past-due bills Thursday, May 08, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Knowing their electricity wouldn't be cut off in the winter, local residents Lana and Jon Courtright chose to buy food and gasoline instead of paying their electric bill. |
Howland: Illegal hiring topic of meeting Tuesday, May 06, 2008 HOWLAND, Maine - The Board of Selectmen will meet tonight with the town's SAD 31 representatives to discuss their handling of the apparently illegal hiring of a school board member as a liaison to the renovation of two district schools. |
Lincoln: Bob Marley to headline Homecoming Monday, May 05, 2008 Comedian Bob Marley will headline this year’s Homecoming on July 18. |
Mattawamkeag still concerns forecasters Monday, May 05, 2008 CARIBOU, Maine — As rain continued to fall in some parts of the state, forecasters were keeping a cautious eye on the still rain-swollen Mattawamkeag River at Mattawamkeag. |
Lincoln: Comedian Marley to headline Homecoming in July Saturday, May 03, 2008 LINCOLN, Maine - Comedian Bob Marley will headline this year’s Homecoming on July 18. |
 Lincoln: Two boys saved from raging floodwatersFriday, May 2, 2008 LINCOLN, Maine - Firefighters were credited Thursday with saving two young boys’ lives after their paddle boat was almost swept into the Penobscot River at the height of flooding. |
Howland working on razing tannery Friday, May 02, 2008 HOWLAND, Maine - Town Manager Glenna Armour toured the former Howland Tannery building on Wednesday with officials from a Massachusetts firm who are working to estimate costs associated with razing the contaminated, decrepit building. |
Water continues to rise Thursday, May 01, 2008 CARIBOU, Maine - While the water was rising in the St. John Valley, minor to significant flooding and road closures were reported in towns throughout Aroostook County and in parts of Penobscot County, and flood warnings continued for numerous rivers across the state. |
Lincoln firefighters rescue 2 children from river Thursday, May 01, 2008 LINCOLN, Maine - Firefighters were credited with saving two North Main Street boys’ lives after their paddle boat was almost swept into raging Penobscot River currents at the height of flooding. |
Aroostook, Penobscot counties eye rivers Wednesday, April 30, 2008 FORT KENT, Maine - A storm system moved through the state Tuesday bringing heavy rain that swelled rivers and forced road closures throughout central and northern Maine. |
Funds for homicide victim's exhumation grow Wednesday, April 30, 2008 EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine - Starting three weeks ago, Justice For Joyce Committee members have already raised a third of the funds needed to exhume homicide victim Joyce McLain for DNA testing. |
 Bangor: After 48 years, BDN ad manager retires Wednesday, April 30, 2008 In November 1959, Wayne Lawton landed a job running errands and performing other tasks as an "office boy" for the Bangor Daily News. |
Allegiant boasts profit in first quarter Wednesday, April 30, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - As fuel prices continue to soar and airline revenues plummet, Allegiant Travel Co., the parent to Allegiant Air LLC, announced Tuesday it turned a profit in the first quarter of 2008. |
Bangor extends talks with boat building firm Wednesday, April 30, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - City councilors on Monday extended negotiations with a company that wants to buy a 17-acre city-owned parcel in nearby Hampden. |
Orono party ends with alcohol arrests Wednesday, April 30, 2008 ORONO, Maine - Police issued at least 10 summons and made six arrests Saturday night when they broke up a party at 12 Spruce St. |