Bangor resident Charlie Howard was attacked and thrown off the city’s State Street Bridge in 1984, an event depicted in a scene from Stephen King’s book and the movie.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine labor market growing tighter, federal data shows
The July unemployment rate in the Portland-South Portland metro area dipped nearly half a percentage point, to 1.9%.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Former Bangor school official arrested in child porn case
The man is charged after a national group notifies police about the uploading to the internet of a sexually explicit image of 2 boys.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This, Life & Culture
DeWitt Hardy and Harold Garde, in Lewiston and Bangor
The artwork of two Maine masters is on view in separate exhibitions.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine study part of effort to solve Alzheimer’s puzzle
In the oldest state in the nation, finding a cure has never been more important.
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Game warden placed on administrative leave following assault charge in Bangor
A Mechanic Falls Game Warden, who has served with the Maine Warden Service since 2003, was placed on administrative leave Monday after being summonsed for misdemeanor assault at a concert in Bangor.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine health officials looking for links in 6 cases of Legionnaire’s disease
The CDC is trying to determine whether there are any connections between the cases in the Bangor area, including one in which the patient died.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
New law is aimed at easing burden of homelessness on Portland
But the president of the Maine Welfare Directors Association doesn’t believe Sen. Ben Chipman’s bill will have much of an impact on service center communities such as Portland and Bangor.
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Nepalese man facing up to 5 years in prison for marriage fraud
Eilove Shrestha, who married a U.S. citizen in Maine, pleaded guilty Monday to charges of marriage fraud and conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Children – and battery electric school buses – are our future
A new federal bill will help districts get the resources they need to provide tens of thousands of young Mainers with healthy air to breathe and a safe ride to school.