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Abbie Quinn posts double-double as Bangor girls cruise past Windham

By Larry Mahoney on Dec 30, 2021 05:59 pm
The Bangor High School girls basketball team has played exceptional team defense all season long and added an impressive offensive component on Thursday afternoon.
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New Jersey woman who jumped off Bar Harbor boat on a dare will pay $800 fine

By The Associated Press on Dec 30, 2021 05:03 pm
The woman jumped from the M/V Acadian as it was preparing to dock, plunging into Frenchman's Bay and forcing operators to disengage the propellers and mount a rescue.
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CDC warns against cruises, regardless of vaccination status

By The Associated Press on Dec 30, 2021 04:33 pm
The CDC said it has more than 90 cruise ships under investigation or observation as a result of COVID-19 cases.
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Nursing home workers are urged to get boosters as cases soar

By The Associated Press on Dec 30, 2021 03:43 pm
Cases among nursing home staffers jumped to 10,353 for the week ending Dec. 27, a rise of nearly 80 percent from the previous week, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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New York jury holds drug firm Teva liable in opioid crisis

By The Associated Press on Dec 30, 2021 03:31 pm
The Suffolk County jury found the drug company played a role in furthering the opioid use epidemic linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. in the past two decades.
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Janet Mills calls lobstering restrictions ‘misguided’ as state prepares to intervene

By The Associated Press on Dec 30, 2021 02:55 pm
Maine has been granted intervenor status in a federal lawsuit brought over new lobstering restrictions intended to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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Bangor Bed Bath and Beyond and Comfort Inn robbed

By Leela Stockley on Dec 30, 2021 02:22 pm
On Wednesday, an unidentified man wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, shorts, sunglasses and sneakers allegedly threatened a clerk at the Bed Bath and Beyond located at 496 Stillwater Avenue.
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Return of NHL taxi squads creates domino effect in minors

By The Associated Press on Dec 30, 2021 01:57 pm
Each of the NHL's 32 teams can now carry up to six players on the taxi squad to prevent more virus postponements and fill lineups with 18 skaters and two goaltenders.
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Record number of guns found in US airports in 2021, despite travel slump

By Tribune Content Agency on Dec 30, 2021 01:47 pm
The TSA has stopped travelers carrying more than 5,700 firearms since the beginning of 2021, surpassing the 4,432 firearms recovered in 2019.
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What to know about at-home COVID tests and the omicron variant

By The Associated Press on Dec 30, 2021 01:37 pm
"The bottom line is the tests still detect COVID-19 whether it is delta or alpha or omicron," says Dr. Emily Volk, president of the College of American Pathologists.
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