AUGUSTA — When Dominique Lewis drilled her first 3 of the game Saturday, she emphatically pumped her fist. When the junior guard from Lawrence High School drained her final 3, she — and her teammates — celebrated a championship. Moments after Bangor tied the teams’ Eastern Class A title game at the Augusta Civic Center, […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Bangor fends off Edward Little in Eastern A semifinal
AUGUSTA — The first meeting between Edward Little and Bangor this season featured frayed nerves, chewed finger nails and a fantastic finish. It was no surprise that the rematch provided much of the same. Top-seeded Bangor held off a late charge by Edward Little on Wednesday and won another nail-biter, a 47-45 triumph in the […]
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Bangor firefighters put out blaze at high school
BANGOR — A fire at John Bapst Memorial High School on Broadway has been brought under control, according to Bangor Fire Chief Tom Higgins. Crews from several area departments began hauling hoses out of the structure after fighting the fire for about two hours, Higgins said at 1 p.m. Wednesday. One firefighter was injured when […]
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Class A East girls’ quarterfinal: Bangor survives Hampden on last-second block
AUGUSTA — Call this one Saved by the Horn, the Tournament Years. Pushed to the brink of what would have been an unfathomable quarterfinal collapse, No. 1 Bangor used a Katie Butler free throw, a Mary Butler block and a Cordelia Stewart defensive rebound in the closing seconds to survive No. 8 Hampden, 41-40, in a […]
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Family Dollar in Bangor damaged by fire
BANGOR — A fire swept through the Family Dollar store at 89 State St. on Monday morning, heavily damaging the discount retail establishment. Thick, black smoke was pouring out of the front of the business at the intersection of State Street and Broadway when firefighters arrived. The blaze was reported shortly before 10:30 a.m., Bangor […]
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Portland man charged after opening fire on police, 7-hour standoff in Bangor
BANGOR (AP) — A Portland man accused of firing shots at police during a standoff in Bangor is being held on $100,000 bail. Officers who arrived at the scene Sunday morning were fired on and returned fire. Two hostages were eventually released, and Condon gave up after police fired tear gas into the home. District […]
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Police identify man arrested after Bangor standoff
BANGOR — A standoff between Bangor police and an armed man at a Union Street residence ended peacefully Sunday afternoon, according to police. Shortly before 2 p.m., Nicholas Condon, 27, of Portland, exited 831 Union St. with his hands up in surrender, according to a news release from Bangor police Sgt. Tim Cotton. The standoff […]
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L/A couple found with teen at Bangor motel face federal prostitution charges
PORTLAND — An Auburn man and Lewiston woman arrested New Year’s Eve in Bangor on charges of aggravated sex trafficking have been charged in federal court with transporting a teenager in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution and aiding and abetting the same. Alvin Houston, 27, of Auburn and Shawna Calhoun, […]
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University of Maine System partially divests from coal investments, closes in on next USM president
BANGOR — The University of Maine System board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to partially divest itself from investments in the coal industry, making it the first land-grant higher-education institution in the country to cull a fossil fuel from its portfolio. The trustees approved the system’s new “coal divestiture policy,” which directs the system’s equity […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Four-goal third period pushes Lewiston past Bangor
Despite seeing a two-goal lead evaporate in the final minute of the second period, the Blue Devils didn’t waiver and exploded for four goals in the final frame in a 7-3 victory over Bangor on Saturday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Jean-Luc Dostie scored the game-winner 2:16 into the third period on the power play […]