BANGOR — As funeral arrangements and memorial plans were made final for the Husson University student who police found Monday strangled in her apartment, an instructor at the university said Brooke Locke had not shown any signs of being worried about her safety. “Bright, clever and always smiling, always cheerful. That’s how I remember her […]
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‘Suspicious item’ found in downtown Bangor after bomb threat
BANGOR — Police blocked off a section of downtown Wednesday night after an anonymous caller reported there was a bomb in Pickering Square. Bangor patrol officers reported to the area after the 7:10 p.m. 911 call and located a suspicious item in the park. The Bangor Police Department Explosives Ordnance Team was activated to examine […]
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Ralph E. Goss
1922 – 2013 BANGOR — Ralph E. Goss, 91, of Glenburn, beloved husband of Phyllis A. Goss, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 19, at a Bangor healthcare facility. He was born Aug. 2, 1922, in Levant, the son of Roy C. “Pop” and Addie (Phillips) Goss. Following graduation from Bangor High School in 1940, Ralph served […]
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Husson student charged in murder of Edward Little grad
BANGOR — The woman found strangled in her Bangor apartment Monday is a graduate of Edward Little High School in Auburn. Police on Tuesday identified Brooke Locke, 21, as the woman found dead at the Essex Street apartment she shared with a 21-year-old local man who is charged with her murder. “An autopsy was performed […]
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Bangor man arrested after woman injured in fall
BANGOR — A local man was arrested early Sunday after an altercation with his girlfriend, police said. David Tinker, 33, and the woman had been arguing throughout the night, according to Bangor police Sgt. Catherine Rumsey, and Tinker had also threatened to harm the woman. At one point, the woman was standing on a chair […]
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Mother collapses when given 2-year prison term for helping son bring oxycodone to Maine
BANGOR — The mother of a man who distributed cocaine and oxycodone in Kennebec County collapsed Thursday in sobs into the arms of her lawyer when a federal judge said she would spend two years behind bars for being part of her son’s drug smuggling operation in central Maine. Robin Brown, 57, of Harlem, N.Y., […]
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H.S. soccer: Scarborough repeats in A states
BATH — Scarborough rallied with a goal late in regulation and then won in the first overtime to beat Hampden Academy 2-1 in the Class A boys’ state soccer final Saturday at McMann Field. It is the second straight state title for the Red Storm and fourth in the past six years. Hampden was shooting […]
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Cohen says Americans need to demand that elected officials work together
ORONO — Former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen on Thursday urged Americans to take control of their government and demand that elected officials work together to make the hard choices it will take to lower the deficit and cut the growth of the federal budget. Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, who was the featured […]
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Police arrest Bangor man suspected of making threatening phone call to health care facility
BANGOR — Police arrested a local man suspected of making a threatening phone call to Eastern Maine Healthcare Mall on Union Street Thursday morning. Bangor police Sgt. Catherine Rumsey said in a press release the facility’s switchboard received a phone call about 9:31 a.m. that was considered threatening. She did not disclose the nature of […]
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Suspicious package in Orono turns out to be discarded Halloween costume
ORONO — A suspicious package turned out to be a discarded Halloween costume once it had been exploded by the Bangor police bomb squad, Police Chief Josh Ewing said Sunday. Ewing said Orono police received a report midmorning Sunday that the item, which was about the size of a cereal box and appeared to have […]