Micky Bedell, Bangor Daily News

Micky Bedell

Bangor Daily News

Northampton, MA, United States

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Labor Day 2017: Higher wages and hot dogs on the menu — Opinion — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

This Labor Day also provides the opportunity to assess how far the labor force has progressed, or failed to progress, over the years. The trend is not encouraging. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Ryan O’Callaghan’s story shines light on cruelty of anti-LGBT laws — Opinion — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

Cruel initiatives meant to dehumanize LGBT Americans, to intensify their self doubt and drive them back into the closet, are morally reprehensible — and they can have deadly consequences. They should have no place in America. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Former UMaine stars nominated for top America East honor

Former University of Maine women’s basketball star Sigi Koizar and Black Bears running standout Jesse Orach have been nominated for the America East Conference’s most prestigious award. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Maine artist’s intricate tie dye more art than craft

This isn’t your typical summer camp tie dye. Not even close. → Read More

Painting ‘magic’ turns on a light in Maine man’s life

Stuart Loten had never been one for art. The woods, yes. Science? Sure. But art? Art wasn't his thing. Except it was. "For all those people out there who say they're sure they have no artistic tale... → Read More

Car submerges in Penobscot River while kayakers out for a paddle

BREWER, Maine —Two kayakers left their Subaru parked on the ramp of the Brewer municipal boat launch on Friday evening while out for a few hours on the Penobscot River, but the car became submerged as the tide came in. After witnesses reported seeing the car in the water, Brewer police [...] Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Maine man hooks fishermen with 20th-century reproductions

The scene is set in Bartow, Florida, in the early 1930s. A man named William Eger designs something he likes to call the "Florida Special." But with recent events on the brain, the locals start cal... → Read More

’80s icons Def Leppard rock Bangor Waterfront — Living — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

Check out this gallery of photos from their concert last night in downtown Bangor. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

A different way to rock: Artist helps you take Maine beaches home

Everything in life is a balancing act -- relationships, work, hobbies, pets, kids. No matter what it is, keeping it all together is like a man on a tightrope. Or a rock on.... well, another rock. T... → Read More

Bangor Fire Department celebrates 200 years, one year later

The Bangor Fire Department celebrated 200 years in 2015, but the festivities continued Tuesday in Bangor. Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News. → Read More

Maine game designer Kickstarts dreams of a dying artist

The dreams of local game designer Chuck Carter depend on you. Both literally and figuratively. Chuck, one of the artists behind Myst, recently Kickstarted his company Eagre Games' first game: ZED. ... → Read More

Maine woman transforms heartache into vibrant landscapes

Linden O'Ryan moved to Maine in 1985. Linden O'Ryan began creating art in 1985. I see a pattern. Don't you? I'm fairly certain photographing Linden is the first time in my young life I've ever had ... → Read More

Maine woman makes the abstract concrete

Valerie McCaffrey is the only artist I've ever met that admits to spending 20 years working in the wrong medium. But almost eight years ago she turned in her colored pencils and paint brushes and t... → Read More

Art groupie transforms pieces of Maine woods, beaches into functional art

"Look at this stick," Vicki Fox urges me, placing a hunk of driftwood on the table beside us. "I mean this is a really cool -- it's ugly. But, it's just got a lot of character. And I'll look at it ... → Read More

How a flower for Mom changed a Maine woman’s life forever

Over 20 years ago Laurie Sproul, then Laurie Stearn, sat down for her first wood sculpting class. A lifelong whittler and crafter, she'd taken the course "on a whim." But she had a plan: carve a fl... → Read More

More than ships: Maine man’s bottled art mystifies

Fluttering canvas sails become paper. Masts become toothpicks, and the hull is formed from a block no bigger than a finger instead of planks and planks of wood. The raging sea becomes a colored mas... → Read More

Photography is hard when a goat keeps photobombing you

A few weeks ago I joined BDN reporter Shelby Hartin on a visit to Gentle Meadow Goat Farm in Winterport. We met a lovely woman named Shea Rolnick. We also met a lovely goat named "Herd Queen" Dory.... → Read More

This Mainer read a book, quit her job and found her calling

From working on destroyers at Bath Ironworks to shelves lined with sailboats, herons, lupin and bumble bees, Kim Walker's spent nearly two decades respectively on two very different careers. Making... → Read More

A man as straightforward, cryptic as his paintings

Introducing: Made in Maine minis. A place for me to feature people I'm not able to get full posts out of -- for a variety of reasons. Maybe they're shy, video-opposed and private. Maybe they'll be ... → Read More

Forging art in a world where nobody wants $1 million garbage truck

Bill Schaefer's made a lot of big metal stuff over the years. For over a decade he traveled up and down the east coast working for shipyards, armored car factories and fabricating facilities of all... → Read More