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Bangor and Brewer’s rivalry continues Friday with return of high school football

By Ernie Clark on Sep 02, 2021 06:13 pm
The Bangor-Brewer football rivalry is on the rebound.
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Penobscot County is bearing the brunt of the latest COVID-19 surge

By David Marino Jr. on Sep 02, 2021 05:50 pm
The 159 cases reported in the county on Thursday were by far the most for a single day since the beginning of the pandemic and the third day in a row that it has led the rest of Maine in cases.
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Jan. 6 riot lawyer’s illness throws wrench in several cases

By The Associated Press on Sep 02, 2021 05:33 pm
A prominent conservative attorney representing more than a dozen defendants charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is seriously ill and hasn't appeared in court for more than a week, throwing some cases into disarray.
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Joe Biden says Ida, wildfires show ‘climate crisis’ has struck

By The Associated Press on Sep 02, 2021 05:19 pm
President Joe Biden on Thursday pledged robust federal help for the Northeastern and Gulf states battered by Hurricane Ida and for Western states beset by wildfires — with the catastrophes serving as deadly reminders that the "climate crisis" has arrived.
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Last US plane to depart Afghanistan stopped at Bangor airport Wednesday night

By Emily Burnham on Sep 02, 2021 05:03 pm
The plane, a C-17 based out of Charleston Air Force Base in Charleston, South Carolina, departed Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday night, and made the long flight back to the U.S. over the course of several days.
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9/11 victims’ families seek probe of missing evidence

By The Associated Press on Sep 02, 2021 04:53 pm
Relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks called Thursday for the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate the FBI's failure to produce certain pieces of evidence from its investigation.
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Susan Collins calls Texas abortion law ‘extreme’ under more scrutiny for Kavanaugh vote

By Jessica Piper on Sep 02, 2021 04:37 pm
She criticized the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to leave it in place amid outcry from abortion-rights activists who decried the senator’s 2018 vote to confirm a conservative justice.
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Police led on 100 mph chase after waking up driver

By The Associated Press on Sep 02, 2021 04:12 pm
The driver was charged with eluding a police officer and passing a police roadblock, officials said.
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The key to being great at identifying birds is to make more mistakes

By Bob Duchesne, Good Birding on Sep 02, 2021 04:01 pm
"Photos are the worst. A guidebook image is careful to show all identifying features. A real-life photo is seldom so generous," Bob Duchesne writes.
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Rookie QB Mac Jones ushers in new era for revamped Patriots

By The Associated Press on Sep 02, 2021 03:54 pm
"He's had a high level of production," Bill Belichick said of Jones. "He's young. I'm sure he'll continue to learn and grow."
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