More cities should go bankrupt
Yesterday, Detroit’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing was greeted with sadness by those with personal or emotional attachments to the city. But while you wouldn’t want to call it a cause for celebration,...
View ArticleRacer receives marriage proposal at end of Sunday River’s Tough Mountain...
NEWRY, Maine — It’s not every day you get engaged on a water slide. But Allison Smith said “yes” Saturday in the most unlikely of places. As Smith came to the end of the Tough Mountain Challenge course...
View ArticleUnfortunately, not an Onion article
“This is an Onion article, right?” wrote one online commenter. It came in reaction to a July 17 BDN article about two anti-gay activists who commended Gov. Paul LePage for the sexually vulgar Vaseline...
View ArticleTwo-alarm fire destroys Bowdoinham home
BOWDOINHAM, Maine — Firefighters from eight communities went to a two-alarm fire Sunday morning that destroyed a home on Carding Machine Road. The large, 2½-story building was fully engulfed when...
View ArticleFort Kent brothers recall years spent keeping planes flying at Loring
FORT KENT, Maine — When Michael Bouchard walked into the Loring Military Heritage Center for the first time two years ago, he never expected to come face to face with some very personal military...
View ArticleKeep US oil flowing by lifting outdated ban on exports
The last time serious talk about exporting oil was heard in Washington, the Soviet Union still loomed, the Reagan Revolution had yet to take place and the National Basketball Association had an...
View ArticleFind the courage to ask the really tough questions!
A remarkable lady died this week. Helen Thomas was 92 years old and was the first woman to become a Chief White House Correspondent for a wire service, and the first to join and to lead the White House...
View ArticleTwo men charged in Rochester, N.H., home invasion
ROCHESTER, N.H. — Police have arrested two men who allegedly invaded the home of an elderly man in a wheelchair last month and stole his prescription drugs. Jonathan A Bolz, 33, of 131 Milton Road,...
View ArticleTwo-state solution
Kerry sets to resume peace talks between Israel and Palestine…as both parties can’t agree internally – let alone with each other.
View ArticleShipping news produced stories of glamour, tragedy
A century ago Bangor boasted a prestigious new railroad station. Dozens of trains passed through the city daily. To add to the noise and the acrid smell of burning coal, more than 300 automobiles were...
View ArticleZiggurat Theatre brings ‘Twelfth Night’ to Bath’s Library Park
BATH, Maine — Offering music, romance, shipwrecks, mistaken identity and cross dressing, the Bath Shakespeare Festival’s inaugural production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” plays out weekends through...
View ArticleJustin Alfond and Mark Eves: From budget to health care, Legislature fought...
Mainers expect results from whomever is leading. The legislative session that recently came to a close in Augusta was no ordinary session: For the first time since the early 1990s, Maine government was...
View ArticleTexas police confirm woman fell to death from roller coaster
DALLAS — The woman who died Friday while riding a 14-story roller coaster at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park outside Dallas fell from the train car she was riding in, local police who are...
View ArticleSparkling 66 earns Phil Mickelson first British Open win
GULLANE, Scotland — After huffing and puffing at the British Open so often in the past, Phil Mickelson finally blew the house down by romping to a three-shot victory over Swede Henrik Stenson in golf’s...
View ArticleJustices propose increasing time defendants held before seeing judge from 48...
PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hold a public hearing in September on a proposed rule change that would increase from 48 to 72 hours the time a defendant may be held in jail...
View ArticleWoman jailed in Dubai after reporting rape hopes to warn others
DUBAI — A Norwegian interior designer jailed in Dubai for illicit sex after she reported being raped says she has no regrets about coming forward if her warning will protect others from a similar fate....
View ArticleMonday, July 22, 2013: Bait fishing, conservation fundraising and obstacle...
Restrict bait fishing An article by George Smith in the July 13 BDN and one by Paul Johnson in the July 17 BDN failed to mention one important issue in the use of live bait fishing. Numerous research...
View ArticleJobs, innovation: What offshore wind can do for Maine
In recent days, heated outcries have been made in these pages and in other Maine media outlets criticizing the action taken by the Legislature in directing the Maine PUC to reopen the process of...
View ArticlePortland’s Momentum offers barbershop alongside hip clothes for young men
PORTLAND, Maine — Growing up in South Portland, Jason Dodge had to strike out to the mall if he wanted to shop for style. As the skater and biker grew older and more fashion-conscious, it became harder...
View ArticleHoulton’s Kyle Bouchard sparks Maine Athletic Club 17-and-under basketball...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Houlton’s Kyle Bouchard scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds Saturday night as the Maine Athletic Club edged E1T1 of Florida 48-47 to advance to the silver bracket of the AAU boys...
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