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Penobscot County seeks person for Land Use Planning Commission
Bangor Daily News on May 02, 2013, at 3:28 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — The Penobscot County Commissioners are seeking an individual interested in serving on the Land Use Planning Commission. The reconfigured state panel is charged with overseeing zoning and development on Maine’s 10.4 million acres of Unorganized Territory. The LUPC last year replaced the former Land Use Regulation Commission, ...
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Experience a Bald Mountain high
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on April 24, 2013, at 1:55 p.m.
Hikers focused on exploring the peaks of Acadia National Park and and Baxter State Park might overlook the spring hiking opportunities looming along the Penobscot Valley eastern and southern horizon. The Dedham Hills straddle the Hancock-Penobscot county border and include several peaks accessible to hikers and the occasional mountain biker. ...
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Green Acres Kennel Shop offers free ‘Be a Tree’ program to children
BANGOR, Maine — Green Acres Kennel Shop has become a member of the non-profit organization Doggone Safe (www.doggonesafe.com) and has staff members licensed to present the group’s innovative “Be A Tree Program.” The “Be a Tree” program is an interactive dog bite prevention education program that teaches primary grade children ...
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Giant Church Yard Sale April 27 in Bangor
Grace United Methodist Church, 193 Union St., Bangor is having a giant Yard Sale this Saturday, April 27, from 9am to 1pm. It will feature furniture, children’s toys & clothes, household items, adult clothing, collectibles, boots & shoes, books, and more. Hot dogs & soda will also be sold and ...
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Portland Kitchen Tour & Shopping Getaway
Hermon Recreation is partnering with A Divine Time (Marcy Boynton Events) and Lana Wescott Events to offer a “ladies only” getaway on Saturday, May 11. This getaway will include a Cyr Bus ride to Portland where we will take part in the Portland Kitchen Tour. We will finish the day ...
April on the waterfront
on April 16, 2013, at 3:08 p.m.
As spring attempts to supplant winter this April, Bangor Waterfront Park offers Bangor-area residents and visitors alike a great place to enjoy the sunshine. On Friday, April 5, the steady April wind actually dropped to a breeze, and the sun shone like it has few days this month.
50th Annual Shrine Circus set for April 26-28
By David M. Fitzpatrick, Of the Weekly Staff on April 16, 2013, at 2:48 p.m.
The Anah Shrine Circus returns to the Bangor Auditorium Friday through Sunday, April 26-28, with two important footnotes: It will be Anah’s 50th circus in Bangor, and it will be the final one at the Bangor Auditorium, which will be demolished after the new Cross Insurance Center opens this fall. ...
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Editorial letter excoriated Bangor chaplain after Louisiana battle
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on April 16, 2013, at 2:45 p.m.
A war of words erupted in a Bangor newspaper in spring 1863 after an Army chaplain allegedly insulted the 26th Maine Infantry Regiment. For the use of one word in a letter written to the Daily Whig & Courier, the Rev. John K. Lincoln of Bangor earned righteous indignation from ...
Habitat for Humanity is building single-family home in Hampden
By Brian Swartz, Of the Weekly Staff on April 16, 2013, at 2:40 p.m.
HAMPDEN — Between the professionals and the volunteers, construction should be finished by mid-July on the latest house being built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bangor. According to Lin Lufkin, vice president of the organization’s board of directors, construction started earlier this year on a three-bedroom ranch at 5 ...
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Meet & Greet the Greyhound Dogs
April is Adopt a Greyhound Month!!! Come meet some great Greyhounds & the Ladies of Bangor Roller Derby. The meet and greet will be 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 20, at For Dogs Boutique, 251 Main Road, Holden. Bangor Roller Derby will be joining the Greyhounds! There will be a photo ...
Maine at War
A medical student just would not do for the 5th Maine Infantry
By Brian Swartz, Special Sections Editor on April 10, 2013, at 5:02 p.m.
When the 5th Maine Infantry Regiment sought a doctor in the house in 1863, officers discovered that a medical student just would not do. The 1,000-odd men and boys who had marched to war with the 5th Maine two years earlier had encountered germs, diseases, Confederate bullets and viruses galore. ...
Maine at War
A medical student just would not do for the 5th Maine Infantry
By Brian Swartz, Special Sections Editor on April 10, 2013, at 9:39 a.m.
When the 5th Maine Infantry Regiment sought a doctor in the house in 1863, officers discovered that a medical student just would not do. The 1,000-odd men and boys who had marched to war with the 5th Maine two years earlier had encountered germs, diseases, Confederate bullets and viruses galore. ...
Maine Jewelry and Art features Maine-made treasures
By J.B. Lawrence on April 09, 2013, at 10:55 a.m.
Owned by Roxanne Munksgaard, Amanda Coburn, and Anne Reigstad, Maine Jewelry and Art has been located at 96 Harlow St. in Bangor for the last two years. The artisan-focused business is expanding to 100 Harlow St. to provide space for workshops, an artisan gallery, and a metal and glass studio. ...
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 ...
Maine at War
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 ...
Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
Company seeks $200,000 for retrieving lost lobster boat
A better way to help people escape welfare
A letter to Michelle Obama in light of military sex assault epidemic
Five steps to remedy IRS wrongs
Manchester 15-year-old off to impressive start for Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports
Houlton council, community still concerned about costly Millar Civic Center
Bangor’s Marcus Davis hopes to counter opponent’s height, reach advantage in Lewiston MMA main event
Kitchen Nightmares meltdown or: How to lose an argument online
Farmers markets embracing food stamps with the help of USDA
Arguments over gun control and abortion will never be settled
For those who are too fat for Abercrombie and Fitch
A spot of tea, a spread of treats, at Camden’s Fromviandoux