(As reported in the Bangor Daily News)

10 years ago – Aug. 30, 1997

BANGOR – Dusk is falling, but doing little to cool things off on this late August evening, as Vicki Trask and Judy Jernigan drive through downtown Bangor. Library books are piled high in the back window of their car.

The two women park at Pickering Square and open the trunk to unload drink boxes and packaged cheese and crackers into backpacks. The routine, established in April, is familiar. Before they can pull the nylon straps over their shoulders, there is motion among the teenagers at nearby park benches.

Trask and Jernigan are outreach workers aiding homeless teens.

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BANGOR – For some people, it’s more than a fad, more than just a passing phase that is indulged in by a new generation.

For some companies, however, it’s a cause for dismissal.

That was the case when a young woman insisted upon wearing her nose ring while on the job slugging out java at a drive-through coffee business in Bangor.

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BANGOR – For one young group, the battle of the bands could be a first step toward bigger things.

The competing groups are Medicine Head, a psychedelic rock band from Bar Harbor; No Comply, a hardcore band from Eddington; Dugen, a punk band from Old Town; Billings Brew Band, a blues trio from Eddington; Sam Sarah, a hardcore band from Brewer and Mendicants, a hardcore band from Augusta.

The driving force behind the event is Curtis Bates, the owner of Rolling Hills Records, a new recording studio in downtown Bangor.

25 years ago – Aug. 30, 1982

BANGOR – Six architectural firms will be interviewed in September by the finance committee of the Bangor City Council and a committee of city staff in an effort to choose one to design a police station adjacent to the fire station on Main Street.

The six firms to be interviewed are Webster-Baldwin-Day-Rohman, which designed the central fire station; Sargent-Webster-Crenshaw and Foley; C.E. Maguire; Anderson-Nichols; Harriman Associates; and Wright-Pierce.

50 years ago – Aug. 30, 1957

CASTINE – Nine retired sea captains foresook their shoreside duties to run the sixth annual Maine Retired Skippers Race, with Capt. Vernon Haskell of Castine and his crew from Maine Maritime Academy driving the yawl Toccata II into the winning spot in the last few minutes of the 15-mile race.

The nine starting yachts grouped in Blue Hill Bay outside the harbor were plagued with a nearly flat calm at the mid-forenoon starting gun, but shortly after picked up a gentle southerly that held until finish time and gave the veteran mariners a chance to renew their skills and try to outfox each other hunting for favorable wind slants.

Crew members of the winning yawl were Arthur Fairley, John Kennaday of the Maritime Academy faculty and Midshipman William Kelley. Captain Haskell is bosun at the academy.

Captain Mace Eaton of North Castine brought the Fidelio, owned by Vale Marvin of Brewer, in third.

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BANGOR – “The Pride and the Passion” opens at the Bijou Theatre today.

An epic story of human spirit and faith projected against the tempestuous background of the Spanish War of Independence in the Napoleonic era, “The Pride and the Passion” is filmed in VistaVision and Technicolor on location in Spain, with a production span that covered 18 months.

Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, the film co-stars Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra and, in her first appearance in an American film, the voluptuous Italian star, Sophia Loren.

Frank Sinatra is the fiery and intense Miguel, leader of the guerilla band that performs the impossible feat of turning the tables on Napoleon’s crack army. Grant is a correct dutybound British naval officer whose fortunes become inextricably enmeshed with the guerilla rabble. Sophia Loren brings to life Juana, the dedicated Spanish girl whom both men love.

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ORONO – The Methodist Church vestry has taken on a new look thanks to more than 200 hours of manpower contributed by the Men’s Club of the church. When the church school youngsters, and the various organizations of the church meet for the first time this fall, they will be greeted by a room decorated in shades of wood rose on the woodwork and a delicate smoky rose on the walls.

In addition to the walls and woodwork the ceiling and the heat ducts have received a coat of white paint. A dozen men of the church, including the minister, the Rev. Chauncey D. Wentworth, have spent several evenings at the task.

Last summer the Men’s Club laid new asphalt tile floor covering, which added warmth and attractiveness to the room. The Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the church assisted with the expense of the floor covering, and will be responsible for draperies for the newly decorated room.

100 years ago – Aug. 30, 1907

SOUTH ORRINGTON – The cool weather is sending our summer friends home to Massachusetts and New York much earlier than usual, and the summer population is small at present in South Orrington.

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SOUTH ORRINGTON – A lawn party under the management of the Smith’s Pond Ladies’ Aid Society, connected with the Methodist Episcopal church at Orrington Corner, was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. Glass, who opened their house and grounds to guests from different parts of the town.

The lawn was decorated with Japanese lanterns, hammocks and settees arranged about the grounds. Phonograph music was in evidence and the moon at night was at its best. Ice cream and cake were served in abundance and a good sum was realized for church purposes.

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CASTINE – Don’t forget the Peary lecture next Tuesday evening and be sure to secure your seats early as the seating capacity of Emerson Hall is sure to be taxed to the limit.

The lecture will be illustrated by stereopticon pictures taken by Commodore Peary on his several journeys to the Arctic regions. The citizens of Castine should consider themselves very fortunate in securing Commodore Peary for this lecture as his time is pretty fully taken up.

BANGOR – Unlike other fairs, the one at Maplewood isn’t going to die on the fourth day. There are three baseball games scheduled for today besides some fast racing. And all the attractions along the midway will remain standing. Thursday, the third day of the fair, was a good one although the attendance was sliced down very noticeably from Wednesday. But this was expected.

Thursday was cold and windy, and the morning didn’t promise a large attendance. Along toward noon, however, the crowd began to pour through the gates and at 2 o’clock the grandstand was filled, and there were six to seven thousand outside.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin