BANGOR — Transportation Security Administration officers say they have stopped two people who attempted to bring guns past a security checkpoint at Bangor International Airport in the last several days. The agency said Thursday that officers stopped a man on May 21 after finding a firearm among his clothing in a suitcase. They also said […]
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Airports get $2.2 million for upgrades to runways, roads
WASHINGTON — Maine communities have been awarded nearly $2.2 million for local airport improvements. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced Friday the Federal Aviation Administration is funding infrastructure upgrades at nine airports. Recipients of the funds include Bangor International Airport, Knox County Regional Airport, Princeton Municipal Airport and Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport as well […]
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Augusta man gets 2 years for pot plot at airport
AUGUSTA (AP) — An Augusta man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for growing marijuana inside the security fence at Augusta State Airport. Marlon Cloutier was also sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to four years of probation. The Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/1fJxmsr ) reported that the 48-year-old Cloutier pleaded guilty […]
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Auburn airport looks for someone to tend its cafe
AUBURN — Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport officials are looking for new operators to take over the operation’s small cafe. “It’s busy place, especially on the weekends,” airport assistant Debbie Berube said. “Some people fly in just to go eat. And of course, with the local people coming out to see the planes fly in, it got […]
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Ice slickens roads, tarmac in Northern New England
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Icy conditions made travel treacherous by road and air across Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Saturday, closing roads, causing accidents and even sending a flight at Bangor International Airport skidding off a taxiway. But as the weather warmed and road crews across the region cleared ice from highways, up to […]
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Passenger jet slips off taxiway in Bangor as freezing rain pelts Maine; hundreds of accidents reported
A passenger jet slid off a taxiway at Bangor International Airport and sections of Interstate 95 were closed by extremely icy conditions Saturday that had emergency responders scrambling statewide. Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash on Cape Road in Hollis, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. The accident happened shortly […]
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Bangor Airport lays off 15 workers; more coming
BANGOR (AP) — Bangor International Airport has let go 15 part-time employees and more job cuts are on the way. Airport Director Tony Caruso said he met with the affected employees Thursday and about half were given the chance to stay with the airport on an on-call basis. Caruso told WABI-TV (http://bit.ly/1kfaOH5 ) that the […]
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Friends, veterans reflect on legacy of troop greeter Bill Knight
BANGOR — Bill Knight was at Bangor International Airport at 2 a.m. one day in 2004 when filmmakers Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly first met him. He was standing in the hallway, shaking hands with troops. Just hours earlier, doctors told Knight he had prostate cancer, Gaudet and Pullapilly said. That didn’t matter much. He […]
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Well-known Bangor troop greeter Bill Knight, 91, dies Christmas Day
BANGOR — Well-known Maine troop greeter Bill Knight died Christmas Day at the Maine Veterans Home at the age of 91. Funeral arrangements are pending. Knight, along with Jerry Mundy and Joan Gaudet, was featured in the documentary “The Way We Get By,” produced by Gita Pullapilly and her husband, Aron Gaudet. Knight and the […]
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Plane headed for Orlando forced to return to BIA after engine trouble
BANGOR — An Allegiant Air flight headed for Orlando, Fla., was forced to return to Bangor International Airport about 10:45 a.m. Sunday shortly after takeoff due to an engine problem, according James Canders, assistant airport director. The pilot noticed a loss of power in the left engine, declared an emergency and circled back to land, […]