HOULTON, Maine — Despite a persistent rain interspersed with periods of torrential downpours, a crowd still sat in cars and lined the streets with umbrellas and rain jackets to take in the annual parade.
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BANGOR, Maine — Paradegoers and participants dodged intermittent rain drops Saturday morning and afternoon, and a dreary forecast may have kept some people away, but thousands of area residents lined main thoroughfares in Bangor and Brewer for the annual Greater Bangor Kiwanis Club Fourth of July Parade.
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BANGOR, Maine — A threat of thunderstorms and rain Saturday night likely will not deter the planned Fourth of July fireworks show on the waterfront.
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BANGOR, Maine — The first woman in North America to become a licensed ship captain will be buried at sea Sunday in the waters of New Brunswick, Canada.
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There’s nothing fun about learning history while sitting in a classroom or studying a textbook.
What if, instead, schoolchildren could learn about the histories of their towns or cities by …
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BANGOR, Maine — Among the many Maine projects approved for federal stimulus funding this year, about $53 million has been set aside for renovations to the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building on …
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CLIFTON, Maine — A pilot and his passenger are lucky to be alive after the single-engine Cessna floatplane they were flying in went down Friday afternoon on Chemo Pond.
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ISLE AU HAUT, Maine — Lightning from a violent thunderstorm that ripped across central and eastern parts of the state early Friday morning is the likely cause of fires that nearly consumed a summer …
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HAMPDEN, Maine — The town is set to begin a $1.85 million sewer replacement project on Monday and the work is expected to last through the summer and fall.
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