Bangor, Maine Regional News
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UM students living a ‘sheltered’ life to raise funds
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 … more
By Jessica Bloch
BDN Staff | 2/9/10 | 1939 views
Bangor councilor censured for secret tape-recording
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 … more
By Eric Russell
BDN Staff | 2/9/10 | 6506 views
Bangor taking steps to improve communication with residents
BANGOR, Maine — The city is taking steps to create a citizen e-mail and text message alert system to open up the line of communication between Bangor residents and their municipal staff and elected … more
By Eric Russell
BDN Staff | 2/9/10 | 952 views
Residents decry narrow scope of HoltraChem site cleanup
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 … more
By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 2/9/10 | 747 views
For dietitian Musgrave, life just as sweet at 90
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. more
By Jessica Bloch
BDN Staff | 2/9/10 | 1648 views
Man denies killing father
BANGOR, Maine — A Newport woman quietly wept Monday in the first floor courtroom of the Penobscot Judicial Center as her son denied killing his father and pistol-whipping her last fall in the … more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 2/9/10 | 6940 views
HelpMeLaw.org offers smart help on legal matters
Anyone who has asked a Northeast CONTACT volunteer for help is told right away, “We do not give legal advice.” We are volunteer members of the general public, not lawyers. Any advice or … more
By Russ van Arsdale

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,NORTHEAST CONTACT | 2/8/10 | 760 views
Five teens hurt in Lee rollover
LEE, Maine — Five teenage girls suffered minor injuries Saturday night when the 17-year-old driver missed a corner, overcorrected and rolled her father’s pickup truck on North Road. Penobscot … more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 2/8/10 | 1714 views
Venture Scout program attracts adventuresome boys — and girls
BANGOR, Maine — Bangor High School senior Elizabeth “Liz” Farrell is no boy, but she plays like one. She’s a Venturer in the Boy Scouts of America Venture Scouts program and was the first … more
By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 2/8/10 | 721 views
A century of honor
ORONO, Maine — The Boy Scouts of America organization has spent a century helping cultivate young men into strong, civic-minded citizens, and the Katahdin Area Council will spend the next year … more
By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 2/8/10 | 1445 views
Bangor event celebrates Chinese New Year
BANGOR, Maine — What do 20 kids bouncing on Bubble Wrap sound like? Answer: Chinese New Year and the firecrackers set off in cities around the world to mark the beginning of a new lunar … more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 2/8/10 | 857 views
Bangor was fed up with state liquor detectives
Maine liquor detectives invaded Bangor during the spring and summer of 1909 in a major effort to crush the Queen City’s booze business. This was not the first assault by the much-reviled Sturgis … more
By Wayne Reilly
Special to the NEWS | 2/8/10 | 1301 views
Bangor Daily News wins honors at Boston convention
BOSTON — The Bangor Daily News was honored in six categories at the annual New England Newspaper and Press Association Better Newspaper Contest awards banquet Saturday night at the Park Plaza … more
By Mike Dowd
BDN Staff | 2/8/10 | 1256 views
GOP gathers for Penobscot County caucus
BANGOR, Maine — Area Republicans turned out in some force Saturday afternoon at the Husson University Student Union to listen to speeches by several gubernatorial candidates and attend the political party’s Penobscot County caucus. more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 2/6/10 | 7311 views
Friends, family pack church for shooting victim’s service
VEAZIE, Maine — Far more people Saturday came to mourn John “Bobby” Surles than could fit inside the town’s only church. Surles, 19, of Bangor died Jan. 28 at Eastern Maine Medical Center … more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 2/6/10 | 8860 views
Outage affects BIA, hotel and call center
BANGOR, Maine — A power outage brought activity at Bangor International Airport, the Four Points by Sheraton Bangor Airport Hotel, and the nearby L.L. Bean call center to a grinding halt for more than three hours Friday night. more
By Dawn Gagnon
BDN Staff | 2/6/10 | 1508 views
Bangor bids Barrett goodbye
BANGOR, Maine — A bon voyage bash for former City Manager Ed Barrett drew an estimated 250 well-wishers to the Bangor Civic Center on Friday night. more
By Dawn Gagnon
BDN Staff | 2/6/10 | 1606 views
Taking the good news with bad
Some weeks it’s harder than others to determine whether things fall into the good news category or the bad news category. more
By Renee Ordway
Special to the NEWS | 2/6/10 | 1042 views
PERC waives penalties for town waste shortfalls
ORRINGTON, Maine — Bangor and 54 other Maine communities that didn’t send enough trash last year to meet guarantees outlined in their contracts with the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. of Orrington have been given a reprieve from penalties. more
By Diana Bowley
BDN Staff | 2/6/10 | 407 views
Maine tea party organizers say movement is building
BANGOR, Maine — Despite gallons of newspaper ink, hours of air time and untold clicks in the blogosphere, the effect of the tea party movement in local and national politics remains to be seen. more
By Christopher Cousins
BDN Staff | 2/6/10 | 4819 views
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