Carmel News

Crews from Plymouth, Newport, Detroit, Etna, Dixmont and Carmel fought to get the fire under control.

Six people are living in a hotel after a fire rips through a two-family home. The two families lived in a barn that was converted into two apartments in Carmel.

Fire crews from more than half a dozen Penobscot County communities converged on Carmel Thursday night to battle a fire at a two-family residence on Hampden Road, also known as Route 69.

Several area fire departments responded to a blaze that tore through a Hermon business early Monday evening.

Firefighters and trucks from Hermon, Hampden, Levant and Bangor surround the Carmel Electric building in Freedon Industrial Park in Hermon as they battle a blaze on Monday November 9, 2009.

Supporters of the repeal of gay marriage say their political signs are being stolen and vandalized in the greater Bangor area.

Firefighters from two counties got extensive training on how to save people in motor-vehicle accidents.

Traffic was backed up on I-95 South late Friday morning due to a three car accidnet.

The Carmel Auto Rest Park, which closed in the late 1950s, was resurrected and in full swing in downtown Bangor Saturday, marking the 72nd anniversary of the Central Street shooting of crime boss Al Brady and the 175th anniversary of the founding of the city of Bangor.

Maine ranks third highest in the nation in the number of reported drinking water safety violations in public schools over the past decade, according to a survey released Friday by The Associated Press.

If not for the smoke detectors in her Swan Road home, Jennifer Stalter says that she and her toddler might not have survived a fire that began in the wee hours of Thursday morning.

A mother and her baby escaped from their burning home Thursday morning...all thanks to a working smoke detector.

Philip W. Moody, 88, of Kittery, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at Varney Crossing Nursing Care and Rehabilitation with his loving family by his side.

ETNA, Maine a ' Damage to a mobile home involved in a fire Thursday was limited to about $1,000, thanks to quick response from firefighters from three towns.

Brian Sylvester, director of the Thomaston Public Library, notes that thrillers have been especially popular this summer.

A lack of cars didn't make for a lack of excitement in the Late Model feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night.

A lack of cars didn't make for a lack of excitement in the Late Model feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night.

A lack of cars didn't make for a lack of excitement in the Late Model feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night.

Even before Sharon and John Fitzgerald got their canoe in the water Saturday morning, they heard the eerie resonating cry of a pair of loons fishing nearby.

Whata TMs canceled and whata TMs not? Canceled Below is a partial list of local paving projects that have been canceled for 2009-10 due to lack of funding: a ' 8.8 miles of Route 69 in Carmel, Hampden and Newburgh a ' 3.1 miles of Williams Road in Corinna and Newport a ' 7 miles of Route 177 in Blue Hill and Penobscot a ' 5.5 miles of Route 137 in ...