Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living A century ago, Bangor was a ‘Modern Babylon’ on the Penobscot by Wayne E. Reilly June 5, 2016June 5, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Police nab college men looking for a taste of hobo life by Wayne E. Reilly May 22, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living A century ago, Bangor faced a traffic mess by Wayne E. Reilly May 8, 2016May 8, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Bangoreans made big profits shipping rum, coal, wood during WWI by Wayne E. Reilly April 24, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Wealthy Bangor snowbirds missed the glory of spring a century ago by Wayne E. Reilly April 10, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Booze, brawls enlivened old Bangor in Springtime by Wayne E. Reilly March 27, 2016March 28, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Bangor laundrymen prosecuted under Chinese Exclusion Act by Wayne E. Reilly March 13, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Bangor police cleaned up ‘trenches of Satan’ on Harlow Street by Wayne E. Reilly February 28, 2016February 28, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Ice house fire marked the end of Maine ice export industry by Wayne E. Reilly February 14, 2016February 14, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Escaped German POWs visited Bangor in 1916 by Wayne E. Reilly January 31, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Mainers joined WWI effort long before US declared war by Wayne E. Reilly January 17, 2016January 17, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Ice on Penobscot River transformed Bangor a century ago by Wayne E. Reilly January 3, 2016January 3, 2016
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living When a daredevil’s ‘fire dive’ into the Kenduskeag didn’t go as planned by Wayne E. Reilly December 20, 2015
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Arctic explorer Robert Peary urged Bangoreans to prepare for WWI by Wayne E. Reilly December 6, 2015December 6, 2015
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living When Bangor banned lunch carts by Wayne E. Reilly November 22, 2015
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Shack stores lingered years after Bangor’s great fire by Wayne E. Reilly November 8, 2015
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Horses, trolleys contended with ‘devil wagons’ for Bangor streets by Wayne E. Reilly October 24, 2015
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Jitney ‘buses’ competed with Bangor trolleys a century ago by Wayne E. Reilly October 11, 2015
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Mishaps marked decline of coastal steamboats a century ago by Wayne E. Reilly September 27, 2015September 27, 2015
Posted inBlogs and Columns, Living Confetti war, Charlie Chaplin look-alikes marked dedication of rebuilt Central Street a century ago by Wayne E. Reilly September 13, 2015