BANGOR — In two calls Monday evening to the Bangor Daily News, Gov. Paul LePage vehemently disputed assertions made by a liberal blogger in a forthcoming book that LePage made references in 2013 to executing Maine’s speaker of the House and Senate president. “I was never in the room where ‘execute’ was used,” the governor […]
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Feds award $11.3M to Maine school districts
PORTLAND — Thirty-two learning centers will be established or expanded at schools across the state thanks to an $11.3 million federal grant, Gov. Paul LePage announced Friday. The grant is part of an initiative called 21st Century Community Learning Centers, which funds academic and enrichment programs for students outside of school hours, LePage said during […]
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Bangor woman sentenced to 50 years for murdering husband
BANGOR — A local woman convicted of the savage murder of her husband more than three years ago in the bathroom of the couple’s Ohio Street apartment was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison. An emotional Roxanne Jeskey, 51, of Bangor apologized to her husband’s family and said just before being sentenced that she […]
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Ex-Maine tribal official pleads guilty
BANGOR — The former finance director of the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe has pleaded guilty to stealing $20,000 from the Maine tribe. Fifty-nine-year-old Charles Fourcloud was fired as finance director of the Passamaquoddy’s Pleasant Point reservation government in September for lying about his identity. He pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing more than $20,000 from the […]
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Judge hears motions in Bangor stun gun death case
BANGOR (AP) — A federal judge has heard arguments from defendants in a lawsuit brought by the father of a man who died days after Bangor police used a stun gun on him. Lawyers for Bangor police and six officers asked the judge in U.S. District Court in Bangor on Tuesday to dismiss some portions […]
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Class A state baseball: Courtney, Bangor whip Windham
The University of Maine-bound right-hander buckled down instead, racking up his ninth and 10th strikeouts, then braced himself for the dog pile in front of the mound as the Rams celebrated their first Class A state title since 2006 with an 8-0 win over Windham at Mahaney Diamond on the campus of St. Joseph’s College […]
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Man charged in connection with Thursday night stabbing
BANGOR — Police on Friday afternoon arrested a local man in connection with a stabbing Thursday night on Warren Street in Bangor. Anthony Bowie, 24, of Bangor is charged with elevated aggravated assault, according to a news release issued by Bangor Police. The 25-year-old male victim was stabbed at the junction of Warren and Sanford […]
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Bangor parade shooter competent for sentencing
BANGOR (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that man who fired as many as 70 shots in Bangor on the Fourth of July, forcing the city’s holiday parade to be re-rerouted, is competent to be sentenced. The judge made the decision on Monday after getting a hospital report, but no date has been set […]
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Bald eagle that fell ill in Bangor released in Brewer
BREWER — The female bald eagle that ingested an unknown toxin and fell ill in Bangor three weeks ago emerged from a large dog crate, flapped its wings, and returned to the wild on Tuesday afternoon. The eagle, dubbed “Bangor Mom” by biologists, flew across a pond at the Penobscot County Conservation Association and landed […]