Carmel News

The Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine and Anti-Defamation League New England Region are offering a $3,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of vandals who painted swastikas on headstones at a local cemetery.

Though he answered his calling late in life, Father James Albert has a religious career spanning more than two decades to reflect on as he retires effective Feb.

BANGOR, Maine a ' Two people were taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries Thursday after a three-car pileup on Interstate 95, according to police.

CARMEL, Maine a ' Though it caused some tense moments early Monday morning, what initially appeared to be a fire at a three-unit apartment building on Hampden Road actually turned out to be smoke from a malfunctioning computerized furnace control box.

Santa prays with Julie Dominguez , of Carmel, her son Austin Slover, 13, of Carmel, and volunteer Ella Weeks , of Exeter, during Manna's Christmas dinner at the Bangor Parks and Recreation Center on Friday.

Crews from Plymouth, Newport, Detroit, Etna, Dixmont and Carmel fought to get the fire under control.

Six people are living in a hotel after a fire rips through a two-family home. The two families lived in a barn that was converted into two apartments in Carmel.

Fire crews from more than half a dozen Penobscot County communities converged on Carmel Thursday night to battle a fire at a two-family residence on Hampden Road, also known as Route 69.

Several area fire departments responded to a blaze that tore through a Hermon business early Monday evening.

Firefighters and trucks from Hermon, Hampden, Levant and Bangor surround the Carmel Electric building in Freedon Industrial Park in Hermon as they battle a blaze on Monday November 9, 2009.

Supporters of the repeal of gay marriage say their political signs are being stolen and vandalized in the greater Bangor area.

Firefighters from two counties got extensive training on how to save people in motor-vehicle accidents.

Traffic was backed up on I-95 South late Friday morning due to a three car accidnet.

The Carmel Auto Rest Park, which closed in the late 1950s, was resurrected and in full swing in downtown Bangor Saturday, marking the 72nd anniversary of the Central Street shooting of crime boss Al Brady and the 175th anniversary of the founding of the city of Bangor.

Maine ranks third highest in the nation in the number of reported drinking water safety violations in public schools over the past decade, according to a survey released Friday by The Associated Press.

If not for the smoke detectors in her Swan Road home, Jennifer Stalter says that she and her toddler might not have survived a fire that began in the wee hours of Thursday morning.

A mother and her baby escaped from their burning home Thursday morning...all thanks to a working smoke detector.

Philip W. Moody, 88, of Kittery, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at Varney Crossing Nursing Care and Rehabilitation with his loving family by his side.

ETNA, Maine a ' Damage to a mobile home involved in a fire Thursday was limited to about $1,000, thanks to quick response from firefighters from three towns.

Brian Sylvester, director of the Thomaston Public Library, notes that thrillers have been especially popular this summer.