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Old Town dam worker rescued after getting pinned in water
OLD TOWN, Maine — An employee of Black Bear Hydro Partners in Milford was working on the Milford dam on Wednesday morning and somehow got pinned by a splash board, Old Town fire acting Lt. David Daniels said. Four employees were doing routine maintenance on the hydroelectric dam when a ...
Old Town man accused of driving while on drugs with child, 3, in car
BANGOR, Maine — Someone called police Tuesday morning after seeing a man who appeared to be highly intoxicated get behind the wheel of his car with his young child in tow, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Wednesday. Danny Hickman, 27, of Old Town was stopped on Stillwater Avenue at ...
Bangor woman faces two felony domestic violence charges
BANGOR, Maine — A woman with a history of assaults was charged with two felony domestic violence assaults last week after she reportedly injured two men at her apartment, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Tuesday. Merry Carrigan, 50, was upset when her 63-year-old male roommate invited a 58-year-old friend ...
Bangor man arrested for third time in three weeks
BANGOR, Maine — A local man was arrested late Saturday — for the third time in three weeks — after he was found with a woman he is barred by the courts from being with, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Tuesday. This time the man’s girlfriend also was charged ...
Glenburn man caught with heroin in Old Town, police say
OLD TOWN, Maine — A Glenburn man who reportedly threatened to “cut up” a local woman last week if she didn’t get money from her mother was arrested when the check he got didn’t cash and he returned to the woman’s house, Capt. Kyle Smart said Tuesday. Christopher Tarr, 25, ...
Bangor police arrest man in bomb threat
BANGOR, Maine — A local man used a taxicab to get to the Penobscot Community Health Care facility on Union Street on Thursday and then called police saying he had a bomb, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Tuesday. “There was a report that someone in the parking lot had ...
Bangor police looking for Florida firefighter
BANGOR, Maine — Local police are looking for a missing Florida firefighter who last was seen in the area on Thursday, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Tuesday night. Jerry Perdomo, 31, of Orange City, Fla., drove a rental car from the Sunshine State to Bangor, where it was found ...
Man shot in Hermon home invasion arrested for second time Friday, released Tuesday
BANGOR, Maine — The Bangor man who survived being shot last week during a deadly home invasion in Hermon was arrested twice in the days following and for the second time has been released on bail. Philip McIntyre, 19, was charged with burglary on Thursday after he was released from ...
Retired tourney director Bill Fletcher relishes time to be a fan
BANGOR, Maine — When Bill Fletcher walks into the Bangor Auditorium this week, he’ll have the chance to do something he hasn’t done much in more than a quarter-century of tournament play — watch a full game. “The thing was I never watched that much basketball over the years because ...
Two-hour power outage planned Thursday morning in Glenburn
on Feb. 21, 2012, at 5:37 p.m.
GLENBURN, Maine — Sections of town will be without power for about two hours Thursday morning while Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. crews upgrade the electrical system, according to a Bangor Hydro press release. Electricity will be shut down around 9 a.m. Thursday in an area from Lancaster Road to Route 221, ...
Toilet-papering spree in Bangor neighborhoods a result of high school swimmers’ success
BANGOR, Maine — Houses scattered about Bangor were adorned with toilet paper Tuesday in the wake of the Bangor High School swimming and diving team’s successful defense of its state title. As part of a traditional way of wishing “good luck,” male members of the team traveled to the homes ...
TV anchorwoman organizes fundraising event to benefit brother
BANGOR, Maine — Comedian Bob Marley will perform at a concert from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, at the Bangor Civic Center to benefit Channel 7 News anchorwoman Cindy Michaels’ brother John Sovis of Charleston, who recently was diagnosed with bile duct cancer that spread to the liver. ...
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Gambling board approves Maine’s first casino: Hollywood Slots becomes Hollywood Casino Bangor
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Gambling Control Board on Tuesday unanimously approved the state’s first full-fledged casino in Bangor. The board approved both a gaming license for Hollywood Slots Hotel and Raceway and a name change for what will now be known as Hollywood Casino Bangor. “Our official opening date ...
Firefighters ask residents to call elsewhere to report chronic tree-climbing cat
BANGOR, Maine — A cat with a penchant for climbing a tree near the intersection of Garland and Grove streets over the past several days has drawn a lot of attention from passers-by and prompted Bangor firefighters to ask that residents call someone else. Bangor fire Capt. John Prentiss said ...
Federal judge: Machiasport let principal go due to budget cuts, not abuse
BANGOR, Maine — A federal judge has ruled the Machiasport School Department did not breach the contract of a former principal when it cut her position in 2008 due to reductions in state funding. Patricia A. Godin, who was principal at Fort O’Brien School, sued the district and the school ...
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Penquis expands transportation services to those with disabilities
BANGOR, Maine — Thanks to a $222,331 Federal Transit Administration grant, Sandra Rocco and those like her with disabilities in the Bangor area will be able to be much more mobile. The two-year grant allows the private, nonprofit Penquis agency to expand its Lynx transportation program, which provides services to ...
Orono to host candidates’ night Wednesday for those running for council, RSU 26 seats
ORONO, Maine — The town will hold a public candidates forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Town Council chambers. The municipal election is scheduled for 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, and voters will select candidates to fill three three-year council seats and two three-year seats, and one two-year ...
Hollywood Slots to get Maine’s 1st casino license Tuesday
The Associated Press on Feb. 21, 2012, at 5:22 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine officials are poised to issue the state’s first casino license. The Gambling Control Board is slated to issue the license to Hollywood Slots in Bangor when it meets Tuesday in Augusta. Hollywood Slots is now licensed as a slots operator, but it requires a casino license ...
Hermon company awarded earthwork site contract
By Stuart Hedstrom, Piscataquis Observer on Feb. 20, 2012, at 8:33 p.m.
DOVER-FOXCROFT — After reviewing 11 bids, the Board of Selectmen recently awarded the soil remediation and cleanup project at the former Maine Leathers Tannery site at Browns Mill to Gary M. Pomeroy Logging of Hermon for $172,872. “We had bids from as far away as Pennsylvania,” Rhode Island and Connecticut, ...
Man who shot home invaders in Hermon: ‘I had to protect myself’
HERMON, Maine — Daniel Williams, 24, was asleep when someone knocked at the front door of his apartment around 9 a.m. last Thursday. Moments later, he was in a fight for his life, he said Monday. Williams fired shots from a handgun last week that mortally wounded Robert Dellairo, 30, ...
Rosa Scarcelli suing stepfather for not firing her mother
Man shot in Hermon home invasion arrested for second time Friday, released Tuesday
Bangor police looking for Florida firefighter
Scarborough boy, 11, rocking open mike nights at Lewiston restaurant
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Toilet-papering spree in Bangor neighborhoods a result of high school swimmers’ success
No. 8 Houlton stuns No. 1 Orono, will face Stearns in semifinal
Cianbro has 150 job openings
Gambling board approves Maine’s first casino: Hollywood Slots becomes Hollywood Casino Bangor
Maple syrup producers concerned about mild winter
Maine inspires chefs and foodies nationwide
Photos of Mainers who served in Vietnam War needed for national center
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