BANGOR — The Ellsworth man on trial for killing his wife on Christmas Day 2013 admitted to police the he injected an opioid substitute shortly before she died. Christopher Saenz, 32 , allegedly beat Hilary Saenz, 29, to death in their Central Street apartment while their two children, then 12 and 8 years old, were […]
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Bill aimed at helping cities fight blight hits roadblock
AUGUSTA — A bill that seeks to give Maine cities and towns more power to deal with abandoned and blighted properties is held up in a legislative committee because of opposition from bankers. The bill, LD 1203, sponsored by state Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, places a host of new requirements on financial institutions once they begin […]
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Joe Baldacci hires polling firm while weighing run for U.S. House
BANGOR — City Councilor Joe Baldacci isn’t saying whether he’ll challenge former state Sen. Emily Cain for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 race for the Second Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. But he already is spending money to size up his chances of beating incumbent Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, hiring […]
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Man found dead in Penobscot River identified
BANGOR — The body of a man found in the Penobscot River on Sunday has been identified as William Bell, 43, of Glenburn, a Bangor police official said Monday. Bangor police and firefighters and others began searching for Bell shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday, when they received a report of a person falling into […]
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Dunkin’ Donuts to build commercial kitchen in Hermon
HERMON — It will soon be time to make a lot more doughnuts in Maine for the well-known Dunkin’ Donuts corporation. Bangor CPL LLC, which makes doughnuts and transports them to 39 Dunkin’ Donuts stores in eastern and central Maine, is gearing up to build a new, larger commercial kitchen in Hermon. The $3 million […]
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Astronaut urges Husson grads to hug their moms after they get diplomas
BANGOR, Maine — Astronaut Christopher J. Cassidy looked decidedly out of place Sunday at the Cross Insurance Center in his blue jumpsuit amidst a sea of mostly black academic regalia. The York High School graduate and U.S. Navy SEAL urged more than 800 Husson University graduates to hug their moms after the ceremony because Sunday […]
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Anah Shriners to buy former Abundant Life Church in Bangor
BANGOR — The Anah Shriners voted overwhelmingly Monday night to purchase the former Abundant Life Church on Broadway. Local Potentate Jesse Thomas said more than 350 shriners showed up for the vote, with only one opposed and two abstentions. “The offer has been made and accepted, and we needed a vote from all the Shriners […]
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Last 2 HoJo restaurants soldier on in Bangor and New York
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. — The 28 ice cream flavors are just a cool memory. Those fried clam plates? All but eighty-sixed. Howard Johnson’s restaurants — the once-ubiquitous orange-roofed eateries that nourished baby boomers before the rise of burgers and burritos — have almost disappeared. The HoJo’s on the main strip of this Adirondack Mountain resort […]
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Former Bangor Greek Orthodox priest to serve 6½ years for child sex crimes
BANGOR — A former priest at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Bangor was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison with all but 6½ years suspended for sex crimes involving children. Adam Metropoulos, 53, of Bangor was sentenced by Superior Court Justice Ann Murray at the Penobscot Judicial Center. She also sentenced him to […]
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Former Bangor priest found guilty for sexual assault
BANGOR — A former priest at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Bangor was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison with all but 6½ years suspended for sex crimes involving children. Adam Metropoulos, 53, of Bangor was sentenced by Superior Court Justice Ann Murray at the Penobscot Judicial Center. She also sentenced him to […]