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Family of third plane crash victim puts Knox County on notice
OWLS HEAD, Maine — Knox County has received the third notice that it may be sued for up to $2 million as a result of a plane crash at the county’s airport in Owls Head that killed three young men. The claims against the county total $6 million. The latest ...
More than 500 help with ground search for missing Glenburn teen
GLENBURN, Maine — Well over 500 people took to the roadsides, woods and bogs of the Glenburn area Sunday in the search for 15-year-old Nichole Cable, who last was seen a week ago. Besides more than a dozen law enforcement officials, Sunday’s massive search effort drew an estimated 100 trained ...
Emma Libby, 15, overcomes ruling to win Sport-4 race at Speedway 95
HERMON, Maine — Fifteen-year-old Emma Libby of Glenburn was irritated. She was sent to the back of the field for her role in an accident on the fourth lap of the 35-lap Coca-Cola Sport-4 series race at Hermon’s Speedway 95 on Saturday night. She felt she was wronged. So she ...
Call put out for ground search volunteers in effort to find missing Glenburn teen
GLENBURN, Maine — As the search for missing Glenburn teen Nichole Cable entered its sixth day Saturday, the Maine Warden Service issued a call for ground search volunteers. Although the warden service initially asked that the public stay away from areas of interest so as not to interfere with K-9 ...
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
BANGOR, Maine — Dozens of children are reported missing every month in the state, but almost all are found or return on their own within a couple of days or even hours, Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Friday. Only about once a decade does a child go missing ...
Law enforcement searching for black pickup in missing teen case
Local law enforcement asked for assistance Friday in locating a black pickup truck that may have been in the Glenburn area around the time that 15-year-old Nichole Cable disappeared.
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Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance
BANGOR, Maine — The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office and its law enforcement partners want to hear from anyone who saw a black Ford Ranger or similar-looking pickup truck in the Glenburn area around the time 15-year-old Nichole Cable went missing, Sheriff Glenn Ross said Friday in a news conference. “This ...
Motley Crue concertgoer accused of criminal threatening arrested
BANGOR, Maine — An intoxicated Bucksport man was arrested before a Motley Crue concert after allegedly showing a local television reporter what looked like the butt of a gun in his waistband, according to police. Sherman Watt, 49, was arrested and charged with criminal threatening, a Class D misdemeanor, on ...
Pedestrian struck by car in Old Town
OLD TOWN, Maine — A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Main Street in Old Town on Friday morning. A Penobscot Regional Communications Center dispatcher said at 11 a.m. police and rescue personnel are headed to the scene. The victim is pinned underneath the vehicle, the dispatcher said. No ...
Firefighters quickly extinguish blaze at Kenduskeag dairy farm
KENDUSKEAG, Maine — A quick response was crucial in saving a local dairy farm from being destroyed by a fire on Thursday evening, a fire official said. Kenduskeag fire Capt. Scott Dore was the first on scene at a Stetson Road residence shortly after 8:30 p.m. “They had fire coming ...
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Search continues for missing Glenburn teenager
BANGOR, Maine — Multiple law enforcement agencies continue to search for a Glenburn teenage girl and are hoping multiple leads will aid the process. Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross said Friday morning police are still hard at work looking for 15-year-old Nichole Cable, who has been missing from her Route ...
Police looking for man involved in hit and run in Kenduskeag
KENDUSKEAG, Maine — Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man involved in a hit-and-run accident on First Street on Wednesday night. Deputy Mark Lloyd of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said Friday deputies were called to the scene shortly after 9:30 p.m. The driver, whose name Lloyd did not release, ...
Bangor ‘Shouts at the Devil’ as Motley Crue rolls into town
The inaugural concert of the 2013 Waterfront Concert season was a big, bright, loud, flashy affair — Motley Crue rolled into Bangor, and Motley Crue doesn’t just play a concert. They put on a show. A near-capacity crowd filled the newly redesigned Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion to hear classics both new ...
Sheriff’s office fields 60 tips in 24 hours in missing Glenburn teen investigation
BANGOR, Maine — The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office and several partner agencies are following up on at least 60 leads that have come in over the last 24 hours in the effort to find a missing 15-year-old Glenburn girl. Nichole Cable was last seen Sunday evening on Route 221 in ...
Commencements at Maine colleges and universities, May 18-June 8, 2013
on May 16, 2013, at 5:49 p.m.
University of Maine at Machias MACHIAS, Maine — The University of Maine at Machias will celebrate its 102nd commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Frederic A. Reynolds Center. Jim Thompson, a retired journalist and communications specialist, will deliver the commencement address and will be given the ...
African Children’s Choir to perform at Maine churches
The African Children’s Choir will perform Sunday and Wednesday at three churches in Maine in Bangor, Ellsworth and Cape Neddick. The choir was founded in 1984 by Ray Barnett of White Rock, British Columbia. “Inspired by the singing of one small boy, we formed the first African Children’s Choir to ...
UMaine field house renovations on schedule for Oct. 15 completion
ORONO, Maine — University of Maine indoor/outdoor track and cross country coach Mark Lech said he is looking forward to the renovation of the school’s field house, which has already begun with the gutting of the old field house. “My feet won’t stick to the floor any more,” quipped Lech. ...
Bangor man arrested after calling police to remove ex-girlfriend from his residence
BANGOR, Maine — A local man who called police to have his ex-girlfriend removed from his residence was arrested when the woman told officers the man had assaulted her. Asa Mace, 52, remained at the Penobscot County Jail Thursday afternoon, according to Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards. Officers were called ...
Murder trial of Bangor woman accused of slaying husband in bathtub to go forward
BANGOR, Maine — The murder trial of a local woman will go forward next month after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday refused to hear an appeal over the competency of Roxanne Jeskey before there is a verdict in the case. Jeskey, 49, of Bangor is accused of brutally ...
Conduct of Central High principal under investigation by Corinth area superintendent
CORINTH, Maine — RSU 64 Superintendent Daniel Higgins said Thursday he has begun an investigation into the alleged illegal conduct of Central High School principal Garry Spencer. Spencer, 56, of Old Town, is facing charges of leaving the scene of a property damage accident and filing a false report, Old ...
Call put out for ground search volunteers in effort to find missing Glenburn teen
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Three indicted in Houlton meth bust, endangering welfare of child
Funding isn’t everything: Education reform takes innovation, cooperation
Maine protects a woman’s right to choose
Strengthening the schools Maine already has
Scandals, real and imagined
Marcus Davis wins mixed martial arts main event at NEF VII
Emma Libby, 15, overcomes ruling to win Sport-4 race at Speedway 95
For those who are too fat for Abercrombie and Fitch
Market Basket in Biddeford starts hiring 300 workers
Promise of land brought Theriault family to ‘Acadie’ in 1630s
How do I teach my kids it’s not OK to be bullied, even by family?
