BANGOR — Despite chilly conditions and high water levels, canoers and kayakers raced to fast times through the Kenduskeag Stream at the 49th Annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race in Bangor on Saturday. The race, which has become an iconic event for Bangor, started at 8:30 a.m. in Kenduskeag Village with hundreds of locals coming out […]
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Chemical spill forces evacuation of Bangor FedEx facility
BANGOR — A chemical spill at the FedEx facility on Godsoe Road caused a small fire and forced the building to be evacuated on Friday morning, according to officials. Bangor Assistant Fire Chief Darrell Cyr said the fire was contained to a trailer. Firefighters moved the trailer away from the building and put out the […]
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Bangor Wal-Mart employee finds $4,400, helps return it to owner
BANGOR, Maine — A man who lost approximately $4,400 in cash over the winter had his money returned to him on Thursday thanks to a Wal-Mart employee, according to Bangor police. According to a post on the department’s Facebook page written by Sgt. Tim Cotton, the man left work on a snowy night, drove home and discovered […]
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Comics, pop culture ahoy: Livermore Falls native a guest at weekend comic con in Bangor
Livermore Falls native Michael Mitchell writes and draws the retro-feel comic book “ZOMBIE SUB-920” — about zombies, on a sub — and he’s a guest this weekend at the Bangor Comic & Toy Convention. He’s based the dashing captain on himself, the dashing nurse on wife Michelle and the dashing zombies on, well, you’ll have […]
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Bangor Howard Johnson’s on deadline to find new owner
BANGOR — There are only two Howard Johnson’s restaurants left, and that number could soon be halved. The clock is ticking for the HoJo’s restaurant in Bangor. David Patel, one of the owners, said Friday that the restaurant that dates to 1966 will close in a month if he can’t find someone to lease it. […]
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207 area code running out of numbers
PORTLAND — With 16 counties, two congressional districts, vast uninhabited tracts between its mountainous west and coastal peninsulas, Maine has just one area code: 207. It’s a flag we all fly. But that may not be forever. The projection for when there won’t be room enough for all of us in that beloved area code […]
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Hungry bobcat, raccoon captured at Orono chicken coop
ORONO — A couple of critters stopped by the home of a local TV meteorologist this week, but they did more than say “hi, Steve,” as so many of Steve McKay’s WLBZ viewers do. Instead, a bobcat killed one of McKay’s chickens, and the Maine Warden Service was called. After setting a pair of traps, […]
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Fat biking gains traction in Maine with new festival
Two cyclists pedaled past Paul Bunyan Snowmobile Clubhouse in Bangor and onto the groomed ATV trails. Snow crunching under their tires, they climbed the hill and disappeared into an evergreen forest, leaving behind the faintest of tracks. The couple — Craig MacDonald and Sarah Hannah of Bangor — were riding fat-tire bikes, commonly known as […]
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Battle with snow continues Down East
CALAIS — It hasn’t been the easiest of winters Down East, where the unofficial snowfall total for Eastport already is a half a foot higher than the previous record of 169.6 inches set during the winter of 1906-07. Municipal officials in Eastport, Calais and Lubec continue to battle with snow piles, high winds causing drifting […]
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Lori A. Smart
1962 – 2015 LEWISTON — Lori A. Smart, 52, of Lewiston, died unexpectedly on Saturday, March 21, at her residence. She was born in Bangor on Dec. 9, 1962, the daughter of Stuart and Janet (Hopkins) Mitchell. Lori was a loving daughter, mother, grandmother and sister, who touched many hearts, no matter what she did in […]