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Bangor High School Speech and Debate students head off to championships

Memorial Day weekend will mark the first of two championship speech and debate weekends for Bangor High School Speech and Debate students. Ten students will ...

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Caregiving elderly family member can be rewarding, challenging

Amy Cotton loved nursing long before she entered the profession. Cotton’s grandmother, Clarice Gooch Hoyt, a nurse in Downeast Maine who made house calls on ...

Historical competition

BANGOR — Kate Adam and Sydney McDonald, eighth-graders at William Cohen Middle School in Bangor, are in fundraiser mode. They achieved second place for their ...

From its new location in the Third and Union Street Plaza in Bangor, Gold Star Cleaners offers all of the services found at its former Main Street location, plus some amenities to make the wait a little more comfortable, including tanning beds, computer terminals and large-screen televisions.

Gold Star Cleaners moves to new Bangor location

When Gold Star Cleaners owner Eric Pooler made the decision to move his Bangor dry cleaning and laundromat location to the Third and Union Street ...

Weekly calendar for May 23, 2013

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 ...

A moth-like Skipper butterfly enjoys the greenery at Petit Manan.

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Many butterflies add color to the Maine landscape every spring

Since the beginning of May, there have been butterflies. The first to emerge were the Spring Azures, a small powdery blue butterfly that could hide ...

Orrington’s 225th Celebration organizers seek parade participants

ORRINGTON — The Orrington Old Home Week committee is organizing the biggest parade Orrington has ever seen. In recognition of Orrington’s 225th anniversary, the town ...

Robin Fowler of Northern Solstice Alpaca Farm in Unity cuddles with Riata at the farm.

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Raising alpacas can be an enriching experience

UNITY — Alpaca heads turn to stare with long-lashed dark eyes when visitors drive into the farmyard at Northern Solstice Alpaca Farm on Crosby Brook ...

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Miniature War Gamers Club of Bangor

For more than a decade, the Miniature War Gamers Club of Bangor has fought battles ranging from the War of 1812 to World War II. ...

Columnist’s mother fits the bill as outstanding senior|

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 ...

Maine bicyclist learns a lesson at a stop light

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, ...

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At the Northeast Technical Institute training yard on the Coldbrook Road in Hampden, CDL instructor Bob Daigle (left) explains pre-trip paperwork to Barry Wood of Old Town on May 3, 2012. Wood is enrolled in the CDL program at NTI.

Truck driving students undergo rigorous training

By Brian Swartz Weekly Staff Editor Mainers seeking employment as commercial truck drivers can find the appropriate training — and employment opportunities await successful graduates. ...

Mutt Nose Best owner Jenny Dwyer holds pets Chloe and Bandit, the face of Mutt Nose Best at the company's headquarters at 30 Bomarc Road, Bangor. The products on the shelves behind Dwyer are found in 38 states and soon will be shipped internationally.

Bangor’s Mutt Nose Best offers natural alternative for clean coats

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 ...

The meat counter at the Columbia Market in Bangor bore more than a slight resemblance to old Mother Hubbard's calorie-barren shelves on Thursday, Feb. 19, 1953 after bargain-hungry residents battled to purchase 12,000 pounds of beef in five hours at prices ranging from nine to 39 cents per pound. According to Albert H. Smaha, manager, the picture above shows the crowd at an ebb. Early arrivals forced the store to open 45 minutes early, he said, and the meat was gone by 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Some people bought as much as 100 pounds after sampling the meat at our counter, Smaha said.

YESTERDAY …

YESTERDAY … 10 years ago — May 1, 2003 (As reported in the Bangor Daily News) BANGOR — Gains in efficiency and losses in Bangor ...

Walk for Wishes set for May 18

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 ...

Four white-tailed deer graze in a field near the University of Maine Bike Path.
Photo taken on Thursday, April 25, 2013.

The Path to Spring

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 ...

Senior wildlife ecology major Olivia Reed of Warren greets Ginger, a 4-year-old goldendoodle at the University of Maine's Fogler Library. Reed, a dog owner, said the presence of therapy dogs on campus during finals week was the kind of stressbuster she needed.

UMaine library goes to the dogs

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 ...

Visitors to the Northeastern Forest Products Expo walk past large logging equipment manufactured by Hyundai. The expo will be held May 17-18 at Bass Park in Bangor.

May 17-18 Loggers Expo will feature high-tech equipment

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 ...

Have fun, learn a lot at seventh annual Senior Expo

Senior Beat by Carol Higgins-Taylor Eastern Area Agency on Aging May is Older Americans Month. To celebrate, Eastern Area Agency on Aging is holding the ...