Greater Bangor
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. |
Brewer: Hampden extends Hike for Homeless challenge Friday, May 09, 2008 The 13th annual Hike for the Homeless on Saturday has a challenge attached to it that is designed to raise community fellowship, while at the same time provide a shameless effort to show off the winning community’s colors to the losing communities. |
Brewer, Bangor students win Law Day art, essay scholarship Friday, May 09, 2008 BANGOR, Maine — The Penobscot County Bar Association last week awarded college scholarships to the winners of its annual Law Day essay and art contest. |
 Bangor: Students' art wins congressional prizeFriday, May 09, 2008 A few weeks of hard work and Bangor High School senior Mary Howard has won a place in Washington, D.C. |
 Glenburn: 2 injured in car-bus accident; elementary students unharmedFriday, May 09, 2008 Two area women were injured Thursday in a chain-reaction crash on Route 15 that involved two cars and a Glenburn school bus. |
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. |
Bangor: Residents weigh in on post office site Thursday, May 08, 2008 BANGOR, Maine - Though the U.S. Postal Service has the final say, it is interested in the community's views regarding where to locate a new post office. |
Former UM student to serve jail time in alcohol death Thursday, May 08, 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. |