Bangor News

A 911 call for help in Greene soon could be answered by a dispatcher in Skowhegan, Wiscasset or even Bangor.

BANGOR, Maine - A joint effort by the Bangor city staff and local farmers to regrow a farmers market in Bangor has taken root, and proponents think - with official City Council approval - it will blossom in June.

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Tomasz Herzog of Presque Isle has his head painted to resemble Neptune by Kevin McCartney, one of the organizers of Planet Head Day at the University of Maine at Presque Isle in 2010.

A power outage in Bangor has disconnected two stoplights and forced police to shutdown a local road.

The weather may have been a bit rough, but last night's WPC Presents show - the Anti-Valentine's Day Prom - was still a fun show.

Like Patty Griffin before him, singer/songwriter Howie Day emerged from the country quietude of Bangor, Maine, and entered both Boston's coffeehouse scene and the world of folk music.

The folks at Cumulus Broadcasting know a ton of pasta can go a long ways. They set up shop in four locations today; Ellsworth, Old Town, Brewer and Bangor; collecting pasta to fill area food cupboards.

WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-News Minute: Latest Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine - City workers moved in to finish cleaning up Portland's Lincoln Park after a deadline passed for Occupy Maine to clear away its four-month-old tent city.

HOULTON, Maine - A Canadian man who held police at bay for nine hours last March by threatening to blow up a Cyr Bus Line bus will serve more than a year in jail on terrorizing and assault charges related to the incident.

BELFAST, Maine - A doctor who was dragged and pinned by his truck Thursday afternoon was listed in serious condition Friday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.

We've almost made it through another winter. It's now time to think spring, get out of the house, and try something new.

OK guys and gals, let's dish. Valentine's day is almost here and do you have that special something picked out for your sweetie - guy or gal - yet? If the answer is "no", you have five more days before V-day. Here are some ideas to get your loving minds in gear.

BANGOR, Maine - Bishop Richard J. Malone on Friday called President Barack Obama's announcement that religious employers would not have to provide free birth control coverage under his health care plan a step in the right direction, but stopped short of endorsing it.

More than 150 people took the plunge Friday during the 12th annual Washington County Community College Polar Bear Dip at Split Rock on the Passamaquoddy Reservation.

Theresa and John Plummer and Bridget and Mark Woodward are pleased to announce the engagement of their children Angie Leigh Plummer and Zachary Terrance Woodward.

COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine - Three people are hospitalized Friday at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after a head-on collision Thursday evening on the Centerville Road north of Columbia Falls.

A rapidly developing snowstorm will take aim over southeastern New England and Long Island late tonight into Saturday, brushing New York City.

Bangor - Bangor has been chosen as the finish line for a nationwide charitable road race known as the Fireball Run.

BANGOR, Maine --- The committee working to keep the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center open in Bangor now says it has an idea how to do it.