Hampden News

Portland Mayor Michael Brennan asks voters to approve the school budget at a news conference in the foyer of the East End Community School Monday.

HAMPDEN, Maine - The Maine Insurance Agents Association recently elected Ken White of Hampden as the president of the Maine Insurance Agents Association.

A lost dog poster is taped to a power pole near 50 Mayo Road in Hampden on Sunday.

A Winterport man is in the hospital after a colliding with an 18-wheeler. Hampden Police said Dakota El-Hajj, 20, was driving his Audi when he struck an 18-wheeler driven by Douglas Woodward, 39, of Plymouth.

A veteran SAD 22 official has been chosen to provide superintendent services in Veazie for the 2013-14 school year - the first since residents voted last November to pull out of RSU 26.

A mobile wood-fired pizza oven will begin slinging gourmet pies on the Bangor Waterfront Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekly through the summer.

A member of the Hampden Town Council has tendered her resignation, effective May 6, due to an impending move out of town making her ineligible for public office there.

HAMPDEN, Maine - Rangers from the Maine Forest Service and firefighters from several municipal fire departments joined forces Wednesday to halt at least six wildfires in Penobscot and Washington counties Because of the recent stretch of warm, dry weather, the risk of fire danger remained relatively high throughout Maine for the third consecutive ... (more)

Country Caravan, a show sponsored by chainsaw company McColloch, featuring Shorty Thomas and His Sidekicks, was a very popular local act that played throughout Maine.

Maine Maritime Academy freshmen Sean O'Connor, Brian Bentley and Eric Cressey eat lunch in one of messes aboard the Training Ship State of Maine.

Mormon missionaries Tim Gunnel of Hampden and Riley Woodruff and Paul Giles, both of Utah, walk away form a home in Bangor after not getting an answer at the door during missionary work in March.

Some kids in Hampden got to experience a bit of Maine's ocean life on Friday, and they never even left their classroom.

To help celebrate Earth Day and keep the Bangor Area clean, Maine Cleanup and the Maine Air and Army National Guard cleaned up local streams.

Live piano music, straight from the studio. That's probably WABI's music director , Norm Lambert, tinkling the ivories.

Want to own a piece of local history? Now's your chance. The town of Hampden is selling a 1955 Willys Jeep to the highest bidder.

"After an extensive national search process and many strong potential candidates, the board feels Tony has the skills and leadership capabilities to take IC Federal Credit Union to the next level of growth," Ken Stone, chairman of IC's board of directors, said in a statement.

Negotiations for the new superintendent of schools went right down to the final seconds, but in the end, Hampden native Jay A. McIntire was selected to fill post.

BIG DROUTH BEGINS IN BANGOR TODAY, announced a large front page headline in the Bangor Daily News on Monday morning, April 14, 1913.

A fire Friday night heavily damaged a two-story, unattached garage at 38 Hackett Road, according to the Winterport fire chief.

Christina Parrish did a little gardening at the Brewer Public Library Wednesday.