The Weekly

Curiosity leading her to watch passersby at Compass Harbor in Acadia National Park, a white-tail doe stands amidst a mixed forest not far from busy downtown Bar Harbor. To help restore a deer herd ad-versely impacted by coyote predation and snowy winters, sporting groups across the state have formed the Maine Deer Management Network.

Penobscot County Conservation Association joins effort to help Maine deer

Maine sportsmen are lending Bambi a helping hand, and the Brewer-based Penobscot County Conser-vation Association has joined the “hunt.” Despite the “easy” winter of 2011-12, ...

Jerry Mundy is a retired ironworker who has watched the Bangor Arena construction with great interest. He helped erect steel for paper mills in Fairfield and Jay and for the Prudential Building in Boston.

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Retired ironworker admires quality of Bangor Arena work

The ironworkers assembling steel for the new Bangor Arena “are doing a fabulous job,” says Brewer resident Jerry Mundy. He should know: A retired ironworker ...

Bangor music students play the Pops

The award-winning Bangor Schools Music Department will awaken spring with a Pops Night to be held at 7 p.m., May 11, in the Bangor High ...

Career and Resource Fair set for May 17

BANGOR — Most people are coping with a down economy, with unemployment a fact of life for many. Yet hope springs eternal: That’s the ...

Sixth Annual Senior Expo slated for May 18 at Spectacular Events

Get a red pen and circle Friday, May 18, on your calendar. You don’t want to miss the Sixth Annual Senior Expo at the Spectacular ...

Bangor Courts

Cases April 9-13, 2012 Jordan A. Adams, 18, Orono, possessing marijuana, $350. Joseph M. Ahern, 17, Bangor, failing to stop, remain, provide information, $250. Stephen ...

Brunch for a cure

This Mother’s Day, plan on treating mom to brunch and at the same time honoring those moms and families struggling with a breast cancer diagnosis. ...

Seniors should prepare for travel emergencies

While gas prices are coming down, they are still extremely high. Even so, the allure of the open road is sometime too much of a ...

Downtown Bangor Cool Sounds line-up announced

BANGOR — The Downtown Bangor Partnership announces the 7th annual Cool Sounds Concert Series and Outdoor Market, now extended through August. The market, located along ...

W. Louis Greenier II is the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine. Before participating in the April 21 dedication for the Grand Lodge’s new business office in East Holden, he described the location as “pretty convenient to Bangor, the interstate, the coast.”

Masonic admin offices relocate to East Holden from Portland

More than 50 people, including Masons and their friends and relatives, gathered in East Holden on Saturday, April 21 to dedicate the new location for ...

Bangor Courts

Cases April 2-6, 2012 Justin D. Adams III, 25, Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, jail 15 days; theft of services, jail 15 days; ...

Laura Lynn Michaud is both a mom and a fashionista. Her business, Laura’s Style Boutique, is located in Veazie and offers a stylish option for women’s jewelry. With a style that is decidedly vintage, her creations often use repurposed vintage items.

This year buy something local for Mom

VEAZIE — One Veazie woman knows that when vintage meets chic great things can happen. Laura Lynn Michaud should know: She’s the creator of jewelry ...

“Women in War 1861-1865” exhibit opens Saturday

At the Bangor Museum and History Center, the marketing poster for the “Women in War 1861-1865” exhibit features an unusual photo, taken sometime after the ...

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 ...

Business is looking “up” at Bangor International Airport

The trends are positive at Bangor International Airport, which recently gained daily service to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. and a fourth daily flight ...

Programs available to keep seniors in their own homes

“Let’s go home.” There is something very comforting about that phrase. Even my little white dog knows it by heart and strains at the leash ...

Bangor seventh-grader chasing national dream

BANGOR — For much of her life, Sydney McDonald has been helping others. The seventh grader at William S. Cohen School has volunteered at local ...

Dance with Real Deal Band to benefit cancer support group

BUCKSPORT — Cancer touches everybody. That’s the message that the Bucksport-based Cancer Support Center of Maine is trying to get out to people in Penobscot ...

Bangor Courts

Cases March 26-30, 2012 David Ambrose, 45, Bangor, operating vehicle without license, jail 48 hours. Donald Chamberland, 60, Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer; ...