Senior Beat by Carol Higgins Taylor Eastern Area Agency on Aging I’m always on the prowl for inspiring and interesting seniors, and while there is certainly no shortage of them, sometimes what you’re looking for is right under your nose. So is the case with my mother Margie Higgins. She ...

By Chris Quimby Special to The Weekly One of the lines in my comedy routine states that, in Maine, we would love to celebrate diversity, the only problem is that we don’t have any. The complications of such demographics are then illustrated by my narrative of the difficulty experienced a ...

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By Brian Swartz Weekly Staff Editor Mainers seeking employment as commercial truck drivers can find the appropriate training — and employment opportunities await successful graduates. But the training is rigorous. Aspiring truckers receive “intensive hands-on training” during a five-week, 200-hour CDL (commercial driver license) training program offered by Northeast Technical ...

By Debra Bell Of the Weekly Staff Several years ago when Holden resident Jenny Dwyer’s Australian Shepherd Bandit continually licked off sunscreen applied to his light-colored nose, Dwyer wanted a product that would provide sun protection and would be safe if ingested. She was already making her dogs’ food, so ...

YESTERDAY … 10 years ago — May 1, 2003 (As reported in the Bangor Daily News) BANGOR — Gains in efficiency and losses in Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.’s large customer base contributed to the layoff of 19 employees from various support functions at the utility. A reduction in customer work requests ...

BANGOR — The  Make-A- Wish Foundation of Maine, a nonprofit dedicated to granting wishes of Maine children with life-threatening medical conditions, announced that its annual Walk for Wishes will take place at 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 18, at Cascade Park on State Street. Rain or shine, participants will walk 2 ...

By Brian Swartz Weekly Staff Editor When Gen. Sam Veazie purchased a Bangor-to-Old Town railroad in 1849, he expected the short line to run for decades. It did until 1870, then closed forever. Nature gradually reclaimed the rail bed, but sections remain in use today — just not by trains. ...

By Debra Bell Of the Weekly Staff “It’s hard not to smile when you’re around dogs,” said Katie Kiel, a junior art history major at the University of Maine. And smiles abounded at the university’s Fogler Library when the library hosted a week of visits by local therapy dogs. According ...

By Brian Swartz Weekly Staff Editor For people employed in the forest products sector in New England and adjacent Canadian provinces, attending the Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo in Bangor represents an opportunity to check out the latest equipment and technology related to their industry. But there’s more to the ...

Chris Quimby is a standup comedian, author and graphic designer who is undertaking an eight-week adventure, Spokes and Jokes, with his family, cycling to Texas with their logistic support and performing in venues en route while staying in the homes of hosts across the nation. The family’s blogs of the ...

YESTERDAY … 10 years ago — May 9, 2003 (As reported in the Bangor Daily News) BREWER — A Brewer home will receive national attention on “If These Walls Could Talk,” airing on the Home and Garden Network. The red brick 1836 Greek Revival home of Paul Noddin and Scott ...

By Brian Swartz Weekly Staff Editor SEARSMONT — Bring a fishing rod and a camera and enjoy nature and history along the Canal Path, an interesting hike along the St. George River in this rural Waldo County town. Rising at Lake St. George in Liberty, the river flows south through ...

BANGOR — The Greater Bangor Convention and Visitors Bureau announced a new partnership with the Bangor Museum and History Center to offer guided tours across the Bangor region. The eight tours will feature four walking and four bus tours all with an experienced guide beginning in June. Each tour will ...

By Brian Swartz Weekly Staff Editor As the Cupcake Battles swept through the lobby at Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Westgate in Bangor on May 1, neither the judges nor the onlookers took any prisoners. Kindred-Westgate sponsored the second annual Cupcake Battles to raise funds for the Eastern Maine Walk to End ...

ORONO — Nearly 2,000 students from public, private and home schools will attend the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s Annual Young People’s Concert on May 20 at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono. Students traveling from as far away as Dyer Brook, Machias and Wesley, and as near as Bangor ...

By David M. Fitzpatrick Of The Weekly Staff Editor’s note: This is the second of two articles about WABI-TV’s 60th anniversary as Maine’s first television station. This week: the evolution of WABI’s programming. When WABI went on the air in 1953, it featured programming from all four networks: ABC, CBS, ...