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Plan for Portland-Auburn commuter train gets ‘game changer’ grant

PORTLAND, Maine — A long envisioned passenger rail service connecting Portland with Auburn took another important step forward Thursday as a national Realtors group announced it has awarded a grant to study, in part, new ways to fund the 29-mile public transit line. The promise of a ...

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 10:36 am
Maine entrepreneurs take a lesson from Google

PORTLAND — C.H. Becksvoort, a maker of fine furniture in New Gloucester, is on the Web, but not enough potential customers are finding their way to the site. So Peg Becksvoort spent Friday morning with some experts in se...

Matt Wickenheiser, Bangor Daily News • News •
Friday, July 27, 2012 at 3:24 pm

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USM student chemists: ‘The bigger the boom, the more fun we have’

PORTLAND — Nearly 100 Portland area children gathered in Deering Oaks Park Thursday just after noon to… learn more about chemical science?

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Friday, July 27, 2012 at 10:39 am
Dropkick Murphys join Mumford & Sons for outdoor Portland concert

PORTLAND — The Dropkick Murphys, one of the nation’s top punk rock bands, announced this week they will join Mumford & Sons during the highly anticipated concert festival on the Eastern Promenade on Aug. 4. The Massachusetts natives — perhaps best known for the punk r...

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • Arts & Entertainment Calendar •
Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Federal charges filed against Biddeford man who allegedly attended Batman screening with loaded gun

PORTLAND — The Biddeford man arrested Sunday after a traffic stop and police seizure of his arsenal of weapons now faces federal charges.

Nick McCrea, Bangor Daily News • News •
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 10:23 am
Black market for guns seen as key to solving Portland cold case shooting death; $10K reward offered

PORTLAND — Portland police said Monday that the 2010 killing of Darien Richardson has become a cold case, and they hope a new $10,000 reward for information will help them find the masked intruder who broke into her bedroom and shot her while she slept. Portland Police Assistant Chie...

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 9:52 am
New York man gets 1½ years for using 160 fake credit cards

PORTLAND — A New York man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 1½ years in prison for conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and credit card fraud. In addition to prison time, Terrell Campbell, 26, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to three years of supervised releas...

Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News • News •
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 9:45 am
Mumford & Sons to visit best-decorated Eastern Promenade home

PORTLAND — One Eastern Promenade home may get a visit from the British folk rock band Mumford & Sons when the group comes to the neighborhood for its highly anticipated Aug. 4 concert. Bob Kennedy, director of the band’s exclusive Gentlemen of the Road Festival tour, told a...

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • Arts & Entertainment Calendar •
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 9:41 am
Portland residents sue wealthy Australian to save a historic parish

PORTLAND — A group of 12 Portland residents has filed a lawsuit to prevent wealthy Australian developer Frank Monsour from renovating the historic Williston-West Church complex for office space.

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 8:06 am
The Forecaster and Bangor Daily News announce collaboration

PORTLAND — Sun Media Group and the Bangor Daily News are proud to announce that The Forecaster and BDN are now working together to offer Maine the most comprehensive news, information, sports and entertainment coverage in the state. Beginning today, the news organizations have entered into ...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 6:00 am