Maine Athletic Club U17 boys basketball team run ends in AAU consolation...
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Maine Athletic Club 17-and-under boys basketball team advanced to the classic (consolation) bracket quarterfinals at the AAU 11th-grade national championship tournament Saturday...
View ArticleCalifornia man sentenced to a year for failure to register as sex offender
BANGOR, Maine — A California man was sentenced earlier this week in U.S. District Court to a year and a day in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender when he moved to Maine more than...
View ArticleFatal July 4 accident in Bangor caused by failure of brakes on antique...
BANGOR, Maine — A malfunction of the brakes on an antique firetruck caused the fatal Fourth of July parade accident that left a Holden man dead, a southern Maine newspaper reported Saturday. In...
View ArticleAfter successful stem cell transplant, Caribou child beats rare disease
CARIBOU, Maine — Six months ago, as those around them ushered in the dawning of another new year, the family of 4-year-old Zyen Provost of Caribou was admittedly becoming discouraged again. In Jan....
View ArticleCyclists show support for Florida woman assaulted in Canaan
CLINTON, Maine — Just three weeks after a Florida woman was attacked while riding her bicycle in a small Somerset County town, 45 riders showed their support and solidarity on Saturday during a 35-mile...
View ArticleMoose Helps Prune Apple Tree
This young moose hung around for a few days eating the spring buds on several of my apple trees
View ArticleObama marks 60th anniversary of Korean War armistice
WASHINGTON — The Korean War, often called America’s forgotten war, was commemorated Saturday with a solemn ceremony in Washington to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended combat....
View ArticleCyclists show support for Florida woman assaulted in Canaan
A group of 45 bicyclists gather for a pre-ride talk at Fedco Trees along the Hinckley Road in Clinton on Saturday, July 27 2013. The 35-mile ride was organized by Keep Riding Our Roads in the wake of a...
View ArticleLindy Boggs, congresswoman and civil rights crusader, dies at 97
WASHINGTON — Lindy Boggs, who took over her husband’s congressional seat to become a crusader for women’s equality and civil rights, died Saturday at 97. Her death was confirmed by ABC News, where...
View ArticleFamed hacker Barnaby Jack, 35, dies a week before hacking convention
Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to make a...
View ArticleJJ Cale, writer of Clapton’s ‘Cocaine’ and ‘After Midnight,’ dies at 74
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter JJ Cale, one of the most versatile musicians of his era who played guitar and spanned music genres from rock ’n’ roll to blues and jazz,...
View ArticleHospital floor slick with blood after Egypt security forces open fire on...
CAIRO — Scores of people were killed and dozens more wounded Saturday in the worst violence in recent Egyptian history as police opened fire on supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi. The...
View ArticleCarnival worker from Maine identified in Bay State as fugitive
BEVERLY, Mass. — A Maine man wanted on charges of hindering a murder prosecution in that state was found Thursday working at a carnival sponsored by the Beverly Education Foundation outside Beverly...
View ArticleGeorge Mitchell, Texas billionaire who pioneered fracking, dies at 94
HOUSTON — George P. Mitchell, the Texas billionaire who pioneered shale-drilling techniques that triggered a renaissance in North American oil and natural gas production, has died. He was 94. He died...
View ArticleI want to make my hook-up dude my mentor. OK?
I am a hormonal young woman in need of career advancement.
View ArticleLego Day Palermo Library
PALERMO LEGO DAY August 10, 2013 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Join us to play with these colorful interlocking plastic bricks and create your own masterpiece. Let your imagination run wild as you work by yourself...
View ArticleConnecticut golfer makes first GBO appearance a memorable one with a two-shot...
BANGOR, Maine — Eric Steger of Rocky Hill, Conn. played in the New Hampshire Open earlier this week and said “it took me four hours to get up to that [tournament] and since I was already way up here, I...
View ArticleDoes the new Portland charter school deserve Justin Alfond’s condemnation?
Big Bangor Daily News story: “Maine Senate President Justin Alfond, D-Portland, attacked a new charter school in his district Friday for aligning itself with what he called one of the most extreme...
View ArticleDrew powers Red Sox past Orioles; Ortiz ejected
BALTIMORE — Stephen Drew homered twice and drove in five RBIs, helping the Boston Red Sox to a 7-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles Saturday night at Camden Yards. The victory let the Red Sox (62-43)...
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