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Search continues for six missing Maine children on National Missing Children’s Day
PORTLAND, Maine — The parents of 6-year-old Etan Patz — who disappeared 33 years ago Friday after leaving his Manhattan home heading for the school bus — got the news this week that they have been dreading for decades. Their son is believed dead and a 51-year-old man has admitted ...
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Bangor police investigating Essex street assault
BANGOR, Maine — The Bangor Police Department is investigating an assault late Friday afternoon that sent a man to the hospital, Bangor police Sgt. Ed Potter confirmed Friday evening. The assault, initially reported as a possible stabbing, occurred shortly before 4 p.m. at an apartment building on Essex Street, near ...
Brewer taxes to increase after decade
BREWER, Maine — Steep declines in revenues, a flat citywide property value and increased costs mean city officials are proposing a property tax increase of $1.04, Finance Director Karen Fussell and City Manager Steve Bost said Thursday. “We’re actually having a mill rate increase — the first in a decade,” ...
‘Quite a few’ interviews done in Bangor stabbing probe, police say
BANGOR, Maine — Police are releasing few details about the homicide of a local man who died Tuesday after being stabbed in a fight on First Street except to say they continue to work on figuring out what happened. “We spoke to quite few people,” Bangor police Detective Sgt. Paul ...
Bus hits truck driven by Christian Civic League of Maine chairman Bob Emrich
PLYMOUTH, Maine — A veteran school bus driver for RSU 19 apparently did not see the pickup truck driven by local resident Bob Emrich, chairman of the Christian Civic League of Maine, when she turned and struck his vehicle on Monday, officials said. “It was very minor,” Superintendent William P. ...
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No arrests yet in fatal Bangor stabbing, police say
BANGOR, Maine — While an eyewitness said the fatal stabbing on First Street early Tuesday involved a group of people — one with a weapon — defending a woman, police remained tight-lipped Wednesday about what they think happened. No press conference is planned, no arrests have been made and no ...
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Robber said he had bomb at Bangor pharmacy’s drive-thru, police say
BANGOR, Maine — The man who robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy at 556 Union St. on Monday afternoon was standing at the drive-thru window, where he passed a note through the drawer demanding drugs and saying that he had a bomb, Bangor police said Wednesday. “An undisclosed amount of prescription ...
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Man fatally stabbed in Bangor during group assault, eyewitness says
BANGOR, Maine — The man mortally wounded in a stabbing early Tuesday morning on First Street was bleeding profusely when he tried to get help from a longtime friend who said he “had a bird’s-eye view” and witnessed the attack from an upstairs apartment. “I met my friend as he ...
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Man dead on First Street in Bangor after report of stabbing
BANGOR, Maine — A man is dead after he got into a group fight on First Street early Tuesday morning that involved a stabbing, according to police. Police arrived at the scene of the fight at about 1:45 a.m. They used yellow police tape to cordon off the area between ...
Brewer Scouts take job of marking veterans’ graves with flags for Memorial Day
BREWER, Maine — The aging group of local military veterans who for decades put flags on the graves of their fallen brothers-in-arms in Brewer for Memorial Day has all but disappeared and this year local Scouts have stepped forward to do the job. “We’re looking at a new generation to ...
Bangor man arrested for assault on Brewer police officer
BANGOR, Maine — A local man who got into a fight with a 14-year-old relative by marriage and the boy’s mother on Saturday night was arrested later in Brewer after he assaulted a police officer, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Monday. “There was a physical confrontation between the two ...
Bangor police looking for man using lost credit cards
BANGOR, Maine — Police are looking for a man who is using credit cards that he found earlier this month. On Monday they released surveillance camera images of him trying to use one of them, Sgt. Paul Edwards said. “Two of the transactions the suspect attempted were captured on still ...
South Portland-based airmen return from Afghanistan; 134 Guard members from Maine still deployed
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Members of the South Portland-based 243rd Engineering Installation Squadron returned home from Afghanistan on Wednesday, reducing the number of Maine National Guard members serving overseas, or soon to be overseas, to 134. “Everybody is home safe and sound,” Maj. Larry O’Connell of the 243rd said Thursday ...
Brewer school board to hold workshop Monday on upcoming superintendent referendum
BREWER, Maine — School board members want to educate residents about the upcoming city charter referendum that, if approved, will require future superintendents to live in the city and — they say — severely limit the pool of candidates. The panel will host a workshop at 6 p.m. Monday about ...
Brewer medical marijuana clinic now open
BREWER, Maine — The Bangor region’s first medical marijuana clinic — the last of eight authorized in the state — opened quietly a week ago in Brewer and had a 30-patient waiting list, Rebecca DeKeuster, executive director of Wellness Connection of Maine, said Thursday. “They called ahead and were waiting ...
Holden budget increasing slightly
HOLDEN, Maine — Draft budget figures and other annual town meeting warrant items will be presented Monday to the Town Council. The cost of education, county taxes and the municipal budget are all expected to increase moderately next year. The town’s preliminary budget for fiscal year 2012-13 is $2,370,967, an ...
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Bangor woman arrested for refusing to cooperate with police
BANGOR, Maine — A woman who was a passenger in a car stopped early Thursday on suspicion of having a drunken driver was later arrested for failing to listen to police, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Thursday. Several police officers responded to the Circle K on Broadway at about ...
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Newburgh man arrested after confronting man who assaulted him, threw him in river, police say
BANGOR, Maine — A Newburgh man who went to Raena’s Pub on Larkin Street early Thursday and ran into a man he says assaulted him last week was later arrested after refusing the leave the property, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said. “He said he had been jumped and thrown ...
Columbia Falls teen charged with passing Brewer school bus
BREWER, Maine — A Columbia Falls teenager stopped his vehicle when he came face to face with a school bus on Washington Street on Tuesday, but then “moved forward slowly after the bus’s lights were activated,” Brewer police Sgt. Arden Jones said Wednesday. Devin Brann, 19, was stopped at around ...
Orland teen charged with furnishing marijuana to others in car
BREWER, Maine — Officer Liz Kelley was doing a routine check of Indian Trail Park on Tuesday evening when she found a car with three teens inside that smelled strongly of burned marijuana, Brewer police Sgt. Arden Jones said Wednesday. The group “admitted to using marijuana” and a pot pipe ...
Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor
Harvard student asked to leave bar for ‘bad behavior,’ not drunkenness
LePage blasts teachers union for endorsing same-sex marriage question
Reporting crime
A people’s revolt in Bar Harbor
Old Town football coach steps down
Perakslis helps UMaine beat Albany; Binghamton next in America East tournament
Orono baseball shuts out archrival Old Town for ninth straight victory
Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
Aroostook businessman expands company out of home with hit mobile app 7 Little Words
Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Diversity predicts export success, MIT professor tells Maine audience
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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