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Delta Air Lines is set to resume flights at Bangor International Airport after suspending flights during the summer because of the coronavirus, airport officials said Thursday.Delta will offe stanley cup r daily flights to and from LaGuardia Airport in New York beginning on March 2. It had suspended service in Bangor on July 8 as part of a broader suspension of operations at 11 airports across the country due to lower nike air max passenger numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic.The return of Delta represents a fortunate turn for an airport that has seen a 71 percent decrease in travelers since the pandemic began, amid a growing hesitancy from Americans to fly amid virus spread and numerous statewide virus-related restrictions. Airport Director Tony Caruso 鈥?who just said Wednesday that he looked forward to Delta returning to Bangor Intern adidas yeezy ationals fold 鈥?said in a statement that he was thrilled to see Deltas return and hoped to see more flights return to its schedule in the future.Delta has previously also flown to and from Detroit and Washington, D.C.s Reagan National Airport. Delta is not yet resuming service to either of those airports, though American Airlines currently flies from Bangor to Reagan National. Bangor International saw 71 percent fewer passengers 鈥?a decrease of 332,000 鈥?from April to November 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. That decrease was slightly greater than the decline in air travel seen nationwide in that period.On Wednesday, Caruso said he recognized that commer Svpd BDN Climate: Snow Business 8211; What do shorter, milder winters mean for our outdoor industry
A Bucksport woman has been charged with murder in connection with the October 2017 death of a 2-year-old girl.Savannah Smith, 21, was arrested around 6 p.m. Thursday at the Spring Fountain Motel in Bucksport after having been indicted on a murder charge earlier Thursday by a Hancock County grand jury, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. She is accused of killing Kloe Hawksley on Oct. 18, 2017.Smith was the partner of Tyler Hawksley, the childs father, at the time of the childs death, McCausland said Thursday night. Kloe was found dea yeezy website d inside a home at 264 Central S nike air force t. in Bucksport after emergency dispatchers received a 911 call about an unresponsive child in the home, he said.Additional details about the death have not been released.Maine State Police and officers with the Bucksport Police Department have been investigating Kloes death si owala water bottle nce then. In December 2017, state police said they classified the girls death as a homicide.Smith was taken to the Hancock County Jail in Ellsworth and is scheduled to make her first appearance in court at 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 8.More articles from the BDN |