Friday, June 21, 2024

Quote of the Day


“Holy Hannah — there’s a ton of people that remember eating out of that thing. The bones are there. It’s not as bad as it actually looks.”


— Chris Rotta of Ellsworth describing the old English double-decker passenger bus he is restoring. After a first life in public transportation, the bus was resurrected as a food truck in Bangor, then languished in a field for two decades before Rotta took it in.


Today’s Top Maine Stories

The FBI claims to have solved the 1996 murder of a Unity College student and her girlfriend. Laura “Lollie” Winans and Julianne “Julie” Williams were murdered at their campsite in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Some of Winans’ former classmates shared their recollections and thoughts on the end of the long-unsolved case.

Is Roger Clemens a hero or villain?A group of Maine kids born after the former Boston Red Sox pitcher and seven-time Cy Young Award winner retired didn’t seem to care one way or the other when he paid them a visit Thursday.

A string quartet and juggling are planned for Orono’s new arts festival. The Orono Arts Fest picks up where the long-running Artsapalooza left off but with a somewhat of a different feel.

An English double-decker bus that was once a Bangor food truck is getting a new life in Ellsworth. Chris Rotta is restoring the structure and appearance of the bus, but it won’t need to be road-ready for its next assignment.

Bangor set a new high temperature record during this week’s heat wave. The previous high was recorded on June 20, 1931.

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