Jul 16, 2008 | Bangor Daily News
Robbinsotn: Camp blaze started in fire ring
District Ranger Jeff Currier of the Maine Forest Service said Tuesday night that an investigator with the State Fire Marshal's Office confirmed that the fire that burned a camp and 131 acres of forestland ...
Crews mop up after Robbinston wildfire
Firefighters on Monday continued to douse flare ups from a weekend wildfire and dig deep into the earth with shovels and bulldozers to extinguish fires that had run underground.
Bangor: Veterans receive July 4 parade honor
The Fourth of July Parade in Brewer and Bangor will indeed have honorary grand marshals, but it's safe to say they won't all be walking abreast.
Walk for Wishes creates smiles for ill children
ROCKLAND : More than 75 people gathered Thursday night at the Congregational Church on Limerock Street to begin their one-mile Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine Walk for Wishes.
Walk for Wishes event benefits Midcoast children
ROCKLAND : The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine will host its eighth annual Walk for Wishes on Thursday, May 29 at eight locations in Maine - ' including Rockland. via Village Soup
Eastport: New Union 104 leader faces budget dilemma
“There are costs for doing business in rural Maine that are more than in some other places”
By Diana Graettinger Thursday, May 01, 2008 - Bangor Daily News Terry Lux is the new kid on the block. via Bangor Daily News
House votes to repeal school consolidation law
“It's apparent that one thing this Legislature has done is taken the perception of two Maines and turned it into a reality”
AUGUSTA : The House voted 73-to-59 on Wednesday evening to repeal the school consolidation law, siding with rural members who said the law as written is unworkable and did not take into account the effect it ... via Village Soup
Wayward seal hits land, locals try to send it back
“I said, - What? A seal in a field? ... Now boys, don't be pulling my leg,'”
By Diana Graettinger Monday, January 14, 2008 - Bangor Daily News TRESCOTT TOWNSHIP - Such a deal, to see a seal cross the road in search of a meal. via Bangor Daily News