BANGOR — A memorial event honoring Don Winslow, Bangor’s late police chief, will pit area police officers against firefighters on the Bangor Waterfront next summer. “Don Winslow is one of a kind, and we were blessed to have known him during our lifetime,” Corenna O’Brien said during an interview Sunday. O’Brien, a friend of the […]
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German cancer survivor who has biked 132,000 miles around world set to cycle through Bangor on Monday
BANGOR — Cancer didn’t take out Randolph Westphal. Neither did 28 surgeries to remove it. Neither did a hit-and run crash in Argentina that knocked him off his bike and severed a portion of his lower leg — though that came close. Westphal, 56, will be out and about Monday, biking around Bangor, and he […]
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Kennebec County sheriff’s department looking for man who robbed Manchester Rite Aid
MANCHESTER — Police are looking for a man they say robbed the Manchester Rite Aid just after noon on Sunday. A man wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, gym shorts, sunglasses and a black hooded sweatshirt over a T-shirt that appeared to have a skull on it approached the pharmacist and claimed he had […]
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Police: 3-hour LaGrange standoff ends in fatal shooting
LAGRANGE — A state trooper shot and killed a man at the end of a nearly 3-hour standoff Sunday, authorities said.Lewis Conlogue, 49, of LaGrange died at the scene, the site of the former Island Farm restaurant on Route 16.The trooper, Sgt Scott Hamilton, has been placed on administrative leave with pay, which is standard […]
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Maine Baseball Hall: Taylor’s love of game made him a shoo-in
PORTLAND — When Arthur ”Arthie” Taylor was on the diamond, he often dominated the action. His exploits and competitive nature were honored when he was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. The Rumford native proved to be the epitome of what a town team baseball meant to the respective communities when […]
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Firefighters douse fire in Auburn
AUBURN — Firefighters quickly knocked down a fire at 52 Summer St. Sunday night. According to Battalion Chief Scott Hunter, what was initially reported as a bathroom fire just before 8 p.m. turned out to be burning cardboard in a first-floor storage room. Auburn Engines 3, 5 and 2 flanked the street as well as […]
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Funerals set for victims of Maine shootings
SACO — Funerals are scheduled for Monday in Arizona for a mother and her children who were killed in Saco. The services are being held in Phoenix for Heather Smith, along with 12-year-old Jason Montez and 7-year-old Noah Montez and 4-year-old Lily. They were shot to death on July 26. Police said Joel Smith killed […]
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Winthrop teen dies from pulmonary embolism
WINTHROP — Kelsey Stoneton, a junior at Winthrop High School, died early Saturday at Maine Medical Center in Portland, as reported by the Kennebec Journal. Stoneton, the daughter of Winthrop High School athletic director Joel Stoneton, collapsed early Friday morning due to a pulmonary embolism, according to the Facebook page of her mother, Kimberly. The […]
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Plane carrying Ebola patient stopped to refuel in Bangor
BANGOR — A plane carrying one of two American aid workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa stopped briefly in Maine to refuel. Bangor Mayor Ben Sprague confirmed that the plane landed Saturday morning at Bangor International Airport on its way to Atlanta. He said airport staff, law enforcement and public health personnel were […]
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Three struck and injured by Shriner go-cart during Maine Lobster Festival
ROCKLAND — A 79-year-old woman was treated at Penobscot Bay Medical Center Saturday after being struck by a Kora Temple Shrine go-cart during the Maine Lobster Festival parade. At about 10:23 a.m. Saturday, the go-cart drove onto the sidewalk on Main Street near AutoZone and struck the woman, as well as a 43-year-old man and […]