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Maine at War
Maine snow bird took a March cruise down Jacksonville way
By Brian Swartz, Special Sections Editor on March 26, 2013, at 2:45 p.m.
Restless natives extended a particularly warm “welcome” to the Maine snow bird who cruised to Jacksonville in Florida in late March 1863. Seventeen months earlier, Capt. Henry Boynton had sailed to war with the 8th Maine Infantry Regiment, an outfit cursed with too many arrogant and madcap company officers who ...
Maine at War
Soldier from Bangor battled Shoshones instead of Confederates
By Brian Swartz, Special Sections Editor on March 12, 2013, at 2:17 p.m.
His teeth chattering, his fingers and toes numb in the deep cold, William Farnham of Bangor struggled through knee-deep snow as he approached the Bear River in Washington Territory about 4 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 1863. Around him other men clad in Union blue cursed the snow, their colonel and ...
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Reinforcements marched to assist war-weary Union veterans
By Brian Swartz, Special Sections Editor on Feb. 26, 2013, at 3:01 p.m.
To paraphrase the patriotic song “We Are Coming, Father Abraham,” by February 1863, the war-weary Maine veterans who manned the nation’s ramparts from Virginia to Louisiana could “look across the hilltops that meet the southern sky,” where “long moving lines of rising dust your vision may descry.” In this dark ...
Husson College announces its dean’s list for fall 2012 semester
on Feb. 12, 2013, at 2:50 p.m.
BANGOR — These students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Husson University: Alton: Crystal Ellis. Bangor: Charmy Anonuevo, Annie Ashton, Albert Baker, Alexandra Barner, Jamie Barnett, Ruth Bayless, Kiana Benner, Rebecca Bogan, Melinda Bonney, Mary Boyce, Erin Boulier, Brett Bradford, Kathryn Brochu, Mitchel Caluri, Cuong ...
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Escaping slave saw Maine soldiers standing by ‘the gates of Heaven’
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on Feb. 12, 2013, at 2:46 p.m.
Editor’s note: This article is the second of a two-part installment about Samuel Guess, an escaped slave who moved to Bangor sometime near or after the end of the Civil War. Born into slavery, Sam Guess escaped the lash and found safety with two Maine soldiers startled to see him ...
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Aviation maintenance school to open in Bangor
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on Feb. 12, 2013, at 2:38 p.m.
BANGOR — A new aviation maintenance technician school does not yet exist at United Technologies Center on the Hogan Road, but students are already asking Director Fred Woodman when they can start taking classes. And when the program begins, he foresees no difficulty in filling the classroom. Maine Aero Services ...
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Persistent Abial Edwards courted Anna Conant by wartime mail
By Brian Swartz, Special Sections Editor on Feb. 12, 2013, at 2:23 p.m.
Neither burning barracks nor smallpox nor “the enemy’s bullets flying in all directions” could stay Abial Hall Edwards from the not-so-swift completion of his appointed rounds: courting Anna Lucinda Conant by wartime mail. Edwards and Conant met on the job at a Lewiston textile mill. He hailed from Casco, she ...
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Grab the kids! Rick Charette’s in town at Brewer PAC on Feb. 9
By David M. Fitzpatrick, Of the Weekly Staff on Feb. 05, 2013, at 3:25 p.m.
When I told my wife I was interviewing Rick Charette, she immediately leaped off the couch and began singing “Alligator in the Elevator” and dancing, making chomping jaws with her arms, grabbing her face in mock fright, and cupping her hands to make eyes at me. At 30, she’s 13 ...
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Back Alley Pub opens at Family Fun Bowling Center
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on Feb. 05, 2013, at 3:21 p.m.
BANGOR — Hungry bowlers are packing the booths and tables at the Back Alley Pub. And other diners seeking delicious fare are joining them at the new restaurant, which opened earlier this year at the Family Fun Bowling Center, 15 Hildreth St., Bangor. Tina Saccuto and Dwayne MacLeod own the ...
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Cross-country skiers enjoy the local trails
By Greg Westrich on Feb. 05, 2013, at 3:15 p.m.
There are many great cross-country skiing opportunities in the lower Penobscot Valley. Many golf courses in our area allow skiing on the fairways. A few courses actually groom trails and offer some services; for example, the Barnes Brook X-C Ski Center in West Enfield (732-3006) is on a golf course ...
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Chocolate Fest, auction to highlight 20th anniversary of Next Step Domestic Violence Project
By Ardeana Hamlin, Of the Weekly Staff on Feb. 05, 2013, at 3:12 p.m.
DEDHAM — The Next Step Domestic Violence Project will celebrate its 20th anniversary with its annual Chocolate Fest and Silent Auction 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Lucerne Inn in Dedham. The event will benefit Next Step, a nonprofit organization that serves those affected by domestic violence in Hancock and ...
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Fireplace mantel revealed Bangor connection to a former slave
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on Feb. 05, 2013, at 2:55 p.m.
Editor’s note: This article is the first of a two-part installment about Samuel Guess, an escaped slave who moved to Bangor sometime near the end of the Civil War. While solving a mystery about a surname scrawled on a fireplace mantel, Renee Perron met some Bangor residents who lent diversity ...
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Learn more at Senior College classes
By Carol Higgins-Taylor on Feb. 05, 2013, at 2:33 p.m.
Any sentence with the word “spring” in it is a welcome diversion from the winter doldrums. So let’s use the word as often as we can to snag our attention from the bone chilling temperatures and high heating costs. The Penobscot Valley Senior College has released its spring catalog. Spring ...
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Westside Auto Sales moves to new location on Verona Island
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on Jan. 29, 2013, at 3:44 p.m.
VERONA ISLAND — Todd and Jennifer Bridges believed that when they relocated their Westside Auto Sales to 161 U.S. Route 1 in this town, business would increase. They were right. The Bridges opened Westside Auto Sales “down the road 1½ miles at our home” elsewhere on Verona Island last May, ...
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Wilson Street dawn
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on Jan. 29, 2013, at 3:34 p.m.
No matter the air temperature last week, the sun still rose each morning over Wilson Street in Brewer. This time of year, the sun pops above the Dedham Hills in almost perfect alignment with the busy highway. The natural light changes by the minute, as Weekly Editor Brian Swartz discovered ...
Tax Aide volunteers ready to assist seniors with income tax filing
By Carol Higgins-Taylor on Jan. 29, 2013, at 3:27 p.m.
April 15 is more than two months away, but time flies so start thinking about your taxes now. And while seniors may think they need not worry about this, sometimes it pays to check things out. “The volunteers with AARP’s Tax Aide Program have answers to questions you might not ...
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Six-pound medal adorned neck of champion bean-eater
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on Jan. 29, 2013, at 3:23 p.m.
Absolutely nobody wanted to stand down wind of Kenduskeag’s Frederick A.H. Stackpole on Friday, Jan. 24, 1879 — or on Saturday, Sunday, and probably Monday, too. After the Civil War ended in 1865, Union veterans formed the Grand Army of the Republic, the equivalent of today’s Veterans of Foreign Wars. ...
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History of the Bangor Auditorium, Part IV: The Next Generation
By David M. Fitzpatrick, Of the Weekly Staff on Jan. 29, 2013, at 3:20 p.m.
Click here to read all four parts of this series. Editor’s Note: In 2013, the Cross Insurance Center will become the third structure to serve as the community auditorium since 1897. This is the fourth in a four-part series to tell the historic tale of those three structures, and their ...
The Weekly calendar for January 24, 2013
on Jan. 22, 2013, at 4:10 p.m.
Weekly calendar| Calendar runs as space permits. Items with dates take precedence over activities that occur every week. ITEMS FOR CALENDAR ARE DUE 10 DAYS BEFORE THE THURSDAY OF PUBLICATION. Email: weekly@bangordailynews.com. Mail The Weekly Calendar, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402. Art BANGOR • “Uncertain Spaces,” paintings of Shane Charles ...
Main Street dawn
on Jan. 22, 2013, at 4:04 p.m.
In that quiet time between the fleeing night and the approaching day, Main Street in Bangor comes to life as the early birds head to work. The light and scenes change quickly as dawn illuminates the Dedham Hills to the southeast. Weekly Editor Brian Swartz recently chased the dawn along ...
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Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74
Penobscot Theatre Company ends season with whirlwind production of ‘Around the World in 80 Days’
Pirates invade Penobscot Theatre Company!
