LEWISTON — An untimely breakdown and a four-hour ride on a cold Friday night didn’t slow down the Bangor Rams. As soon as they arrived in Lewiston, the Rams warmed right up and used their height and patience to whittle down the Lewiston Blue Devils to produce a 51-28 victory in a Class A girls’ […]
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Facing protests, UMaine System committee recommends dropping coal investments
BANGOR — The University of Maine System should cut some investments in coal mining companies out of its portfolio and prevent future investments in the industry, a committee of the system’s board of trustees recommended Wednesday. In a 4-0 vote, the system’s Investment Committee backed a “coal divestiture policy,” which will appear on the consent […]
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Maine Army National Guard named best in U.S. for facilities, environmental stewardship
AUGUSTA — The Maine Army National Guard has received two national awards for achievements that aren’t always associated with the military: efficient maintenance and construction practices and environmental stewardship. For the 2013 fiscal year, the Maine Army National Guard received the Fred Aron Award for Excellence in Facilities Programs as well as the National Guard […]
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Canadian official tells Bangor group border security is a priority in wake of recent attacks
BANGOR — Security along the longest international border in the world continues to be a high priority, but should be managed in a way that eliminates inefficiencies and duplication, according to a Canadian official who visited Bangor on Tuesday. Aaron Annable, the Boston-based acting consul general of Canada to New England, spoke to a small […]
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Stephen King talks baseball, his latest book ‘Revival’ and how he’s not done yet
BANGOR — Stephen King has slowed down a bit, he’ll admit, in the way those fireballing baseball pitchers he loves to watch often do when they age. But the renowned master of horror writing says his newest novel, “Revival,” which releases Monday, shows he still can bring it. “So ‘Revival’ is a fastball,” he says. […]
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University of Maine System will pursue a plan to give central office more control of budgets
BANGOR — A panel of University of Maine System trustees gave administrators the go-ahead to pursue a plan that would give central administration more control of the individual budgets of the seven campuses. The plan, which is currently being created by Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Rebecca Wyke, is intended to give the Board […]
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High school football: No. 4 Bangor avenges late-season defeat, topples No. 5 Oxford Hills
BANGOR — Consider it a return to normalcy for the Bangor High School football team. Dane Johnson rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns, and the Rams’ defense shut out Oxford Hills of South Paris until the game’s final seconds Friday night as Bangor secured a 24-7 victory over the Vikings in an Eastern Maine […]
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H.S. boys’ soccer: Blue Devils advance by Bangor, 1-0
LEWISTON — The game prompted frayed nerves and rushed plays. With a trip to the Eastern A final at stake, Lewiston and Bangor faced off in back-and-forth semifinal battle of anxiety and near misses Friday. As the game went on, the stakes got higher and the nerves got thinner. When Lewiston’s Abdi Shariff had an […]
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Auburn mother accused of killing child told social worker: ‘I don’t want Loh to have another mother’
BANGOR — Less than 24 hours after she allegedly smothered her nearly 2 ½-year-old daughter, Leanna Norris told a mental health worker that she decided to kill Loh Melody Grenda after the girl’s father ended their relationship, according to testimony Wednesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center. “I don’t think I can live without him,” Norris, […]
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Auburn woman starts trial in killing of 2-year-old daughter
BANGOR — The first day of testimony on Monday in the jury-waived murder trial of an Auburn woman accused of killing her nearly 2½-year-old daughter last year was an emotional one with witnesses and the defendant weeping as the last days of Loh Melody Grenda were described by the girl’s father and grandfather in a second-floor […]