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Hollywood Casino rolls out two more poker tables

BANGOR, Maine — Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway has added two more gaming tables to deal with customer demand in time for the holiday weekend. ...
Renee Ordway
RENEE ORDWAY

Police right to demand qualified applicants

Sit up straight, tell the truth and say “please” and “thank you.” These are traditional, basic lessons for the average 5-year-old child. Yet take a ...
People gather at Pickering Square to hang out, play games or loiter on Friday, May 25, 2012. Citizens have complained that the area can be scary at certain times of the day.

Pickering Square behavior concerns residents, councilors, merchants

BANGOR, Maine — Foul language, shouted curses, public intoxication, panhandling, and fistfights — even in broad daylight. These are examples of behavior regularly witnessed in ...
Towle Tompkins

Veteran TV, radio director Tompkins named BDN’s sales and marketing director

BANGOR, Maine — Thirty years into his media career, Towle Tompkins has decided to cross over from the broadcast business to the print side. The ...
Bangor police converge on an Essex Street apartment building after receiving a report of a possible stabbing shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, May 25, 2012.
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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 ...
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POSTCARDS FROM A WORK IN PROGRESS

So many worries, so little time!

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CULTURE SHOCK

Things To Do This Weekend, May 25-27: Country boys and punk rock girls

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WPC PRESENTS

People get ready!

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BANGOR EVENTS

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Hiking in Great Pond Mountain Wildlands

Lace up your hiking boots for a 7-mile jaunt up ...
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From the community

Trouble AGAIN on Essex St.

I came home from work to find three police cars ...
Asa Marsh-Sachs, employee at the Central Street Farmhouse downtown Bangor, carries buckets of soil while planting hops along the wall of the store. The Lundys, owners of Central Street Farmhouse, are transforming the lot next to their business into an organic garden, a test kitchen for brewing beer, canning classes and a multipurpose outdoor space for events.

Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows

Retired Col. George C. Benjamin and wife Ruth, of Auburn, look over the antique Freedom Bell that Cole Land Transportation Museum has used in Bangor’s patriotic parades over the years. Benjamin will give the final remarks during the last reunion of World War II’s 5th Armored Division on June 16 in Bangor.

Senior living regimental commander to close out WWII unit’s last reunion

The scene at the fatal accident on outer Union Street.

Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor

Accidents involving 7 vehicles tie up Bangor traffic on Interstate 95

BANGOR, Maine — A pair of multiple-vehicle crashes Thursday evening ...

Hermon school budget clears first voter approval

HERMON, Maine — It took 26 residents about half an ...

Bangor International Airport gets another $4M in federal funds for baggage screening

BANGOR, Maine — Fresh off the official announcement of a ...

Old Town wins grant to start redevelopment of downtown Old Town Canoe site

OLD TOWN, Maine — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ...
Richard Connor

Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans

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Hamlin's Marina General Manager Dan Higgins stands atop on one of the many boats in storage at the Hampden boat business. The marina has brokered a deal with the Town of Hampden to swap a parcel of adjacent land to which will allow greater public access including a new kayak launch site and walking trails along the Penobscot River.

Small idea launches major project in Hampden

Brewer taxes to increase after decade

BREWER, Maine — Steep declines in revenues, a flat citywide ...

Bangor looking to hire fire chief, airport director

BANGOR, Maine — While the application process is still going ...
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Gary Allan will perform on the Bangor Waterfront on Sunday, May 27.

Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert

Bangor Police investigate the area of a fatal stabbing on First Street in Bangor on Tuesday.

‘Quite a few’ interviews done in Bangor stabbing probe, police say

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Sean Doughty, 13, of the Sacopee Valley Middle School in Hiram was among the about 1,000 students who participated in the 9th annual Maine Learning Technology Initiative Student Conference at the University of Maine in Orono on Thursday, May 24, 2012.

1,000 students attend laptop conference in Orono

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Bangor Sports

Mary Butler of Bangor clears 4 feet 6 inches in the high jump event at the 2012 PVC Large School Championship Meet in Brewer Friday.

Bangor sweeps PVC large-school championships

BREWER, Maine — Bangor High School swept to the boys and girls titles at Friday’s Penobscot Valley Conference large-school track and field championships. Bangor dominated ...
  • Messalonskee’s seven-run fourth seals victory over Hampden
  • Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
  • BDN, Sea Dogs collaborate for Bangor Community Day at Hadlock Field
  • Orono baseball shuts out archrival Old Town for ninth straight victory

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    EMCC graduate named Mitchell Peace Scholar
    BANGOR, Maine –  Lawrence Barrett, Ed.D, president of Eastern Maine Community College, has announced that the Selection Committee of the Maine Community College System has ...
     
    Holden Congregational Church supper
    HOLDEN, Maine – The Holden Congregational Church will hold a public supper  with settings at 5 and 5:45 p.m. Saturday, June 9. Menu consists of ...
     
    Local student receives degree
    Bangor resident Audrey MacLean earns Connecticut College degree   NEW LONDON, Conn. - Audrey MacLean of Bangor was awarded a bachelor of arts degree from Connecticut College ...
     
    Mayo Regional Hospital awarded Leadership Award
    DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine  - VHA Inc., the national health care network, awarded a VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence to Mayo Regional Hospital at its annual Leadership Conference ...
     
    Cadet promotion
    BANGOR, Maine – Ensign John Gorecki, commanding officer of the Gary I. Gordon Division of the Navy League Cadet Corps, has announced the following promotion ...