In its Feb. 26 editorial, the BDN suggests that George Mitchell apologize to George Bush for remarks concerning Bush’s actions relating to recent events in China. I do not agree. The wimpish pondering approach Bush has taken toward China is shameful. Bush might as well… Read More
    Donald Taylor, who has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Maine next fall, will be at the NCAA Final Four to receive one of the top awards presented by the United States Basketball Writers Association. Taylor will receive the USBWA’s Most… Read More
    I am 17 years old and recently earned my driver’s license. Within months of receiving my license I hit a a deer. The game warden wrote up an accident report the next day. I again hit a deer a fairly large doe. I called my… Read More
    COLLEGE BOWDOIN-Announced the resignation of Paul Baker, women’s tennis coach and men’s and women’s squash coach. Read More
    The Eastern Maine Baseball Umpires Association (EMBUA) will hold its organizational meeting and clinic for veteran and prospective umpires Sunday, March 25, at 6 p.m. at the Bangor Civic Center. All current and would-be umpires are required to attend the session. The remaining clinics are… Read More
    This letter is a thank you to the citizens and organizations of Lubec for their generous support of our program, CLOSE-UP. CLOSE-UP is a program that sends high-school students to Washington, D.C., for one week to participate in seminars and workshops to learn about the… Read More
    Three-time All-America forward Matt Hancock of Colby College in Waterville has been selected as 1989-90 Player of the Year by the Maine Basketball Coaches Association. Joining Hancock on this year’s MBCA All-Maine first-team squad are senior forward Buster Frederick of Husson College in Bangor, junior… Read More
    On March 5 you published a front-page picture of the “unscheduled delivery” of an upset log truck. As I reread the story a few times there was not one thank you to this truck driver who risked his life to save another or could have caused a much… Read More
    What merriment we find in smirking at the everyday life of Donald Trump. He is the image of capitalistic excess, a volcano of money, erupting for some of the most garish and least useful items on earth. He calls press conferences to discuss — or not to discuss… Read More
    I read with interest your editorial about a separate department for families and children in state government, and share many of the same concerns. Despite appearances to the contrary, there is agreement in Augusta that we need to improve our delivery of services to children… Read More
    I commend your paper on an impartial presentation of the animal rights movement in the recent article by Steve Kloehn. As a member of the Maine Animal Coalition, a statewide animal rights group with more than 400 members, I am increasingly concerned by the apparent… Read More
    JONI AVERILL COLUMN Yesterday’s column was about a group of 80 swimmers from eastern Maine who set more than 300 career personal-best records winning the Junior Olympics last weekend at the University of Maine. More than 600 youngsters participated. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    It’s been a long time since I accepted the position as director of vocational education for MSAD 27, 33, and the Madawaska School Department. At least eight months seems like a long time. My biggest job was to get through March 9, the day the referendum vote was… Read More
    I have seen many things in this world, but nothing like heartless people who don’t give a damn about how someone feels about a missing person. I tried my hardest looking for my wife in the back woods but it was hard doing it alone. I asked people… Read More
    The Bangor Chapter of the American Diabetes Assocition will host the Anything Goes Competition Saturday. This event is a series of 10 relay events in which 10 teams of 10 members compete for fun and prizes. Points are awarded based on what position each team… Read More
    HIGH SCHOOL REPORT Stacy Hafford of Presque Isle High and Lenny Cole of Lawrence in Fairfield have been selected as the Most Valuable Players of last Saturday’s Class A state championship basketball games played at the Cumberland Couty Civic Center in Portland. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Area basketball fans will get a chance to watch many former high school and college stars compete at the ninth Men’s Adult State Championship Tournament in Old Town this weekend. This year’s tournament is being played in Old Town for the first time after Brewer… Read More
    The pending legislation to establish penalties against those who leave firearms within reach of children is interesting in how much of the problem of child safety it bypasses. An examination of the statistics on the causes of accidental death in the United States reveals that of the 10… Read More
    ON THE ICE The Maine Broadcasting System, Channel 2 (WLBZ-TV, Bangor) and Channel 6 (WCSH, Portland) has secured the rights to televise the second and, if necessary, the third game of the Maine-Wisconsin NCAA Tournament quarterfinal series from Madison, Wis. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    County government in Maine is being challenged from two directions, one a direct frontal assault from the House and perennial adversary John Martin, who would strip them of their jails, and the other a gnawing back-door attack focused on Cumberland County, which would result in the sheriff losing… Read More
    MIKE DOWD COLUMN As you read this, the future of University of Maine athletics is being determined behind closed doors. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
    For University of Maine second-year assistant coach Grant Standbrook, this weekend’s NCAA tournament quarterfinal series between the Bears and the University of Wisconsin will be a homecoming. Standbrook spent 11 years as an assistant hockey coach at Wisconsin under Bob Johnson (1976-77 to 1981-82) and… Read More
    I commend your paper on an impartial presentation of the animal rights movement in the recent article by Steve Kloehn. As a member of the Maine Animal Coalition, a statewide animal rights group with more than 400 members, I am increasingly concerned by the apparent… Read More
    What I have to say in no way removes the responsibility from the adult who carelessly leaves a loaded gun within easy rech of a child. We have another problem, the adult who leaves matches within easy reach of a child and death results from a fire. Read More
    What I have to say in no way removes the responsibility from the adult who carelessly leaves a loaded gun within easy rech of a child. We have another problem, the adult who leaves matches within easy reach of a child and death results from a fire. Read More
    Recently, much attention has been focused on a bill currently before the legislature regarding setting up a Department of Children and Families. L.D. 1666 has been both hailed and challenged by both political parties. On one hand, Democratic leadership would ask people to believe the establishment of a… Read More
    I am writing in response to your March 13 article titled, “Worker ideas save money for taxpayers.” I am currently a student at UMA and not a state employee, but I do have a few ideas on how to save the state some money. Instead… Read More
    I read with interest and not a little nostalgia Steve Kloehn’s recent feature on photographer George Santillo, “Sharing images of the hunt.” I have spent many a fall day on the Jersey salt marshes rail shooting. For me, Mr. Kloehn’s article was not only beautifully written, but powerfully… Read More
    Enough is enough! After fussin’ and fumin’ for the past hour I felt I needed to contact the taxpayers of this state and hopefully this country to revolt. Vice President Quayle guaranteed Nicaragua big bucks to have a peaceful transition in power. Rep. Gephardt wants to give foreign… Read More
    BOSTON — A new survey indicates a jump in interest in teaching, which fell on hard times in the early 1980s after word got around that the only thing tougher than finding a teaching job was living on the salary. Enrollment in the nation’s teaching… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A little more than two months after announcing their intention to move toward affiliation, the board of trustees for the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital and the Blue Hill Memorial Hospital decided Wednesday to postpone indefinitely any further efforts to find mutual solutions to shared problems. Read More
    WINTERPORT — With the uncertainty of a $300,000 state-proposed budget reduction looming over their heads, the SAD 22 board of directors approved instituting two social studies programs and 9-percent salary raises to district administrators Wednesday night. The board, representing the towns of Hampden, Newburgh and… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Over many decades, the Penobscot River has yielded both fish and electricity to the people of Maine. Add to that list, controversy. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    A Ripley man was killed Wednesday when he was overcome by gas fumes from a generator in Topeka, Ind. According to a spokesman at the Lagrange County Sheriff’s Department, Blaine Gould, 42, of Ripley, died of carbon-monoxide poisoning Wednesday morning. He and G. Thomas Nutter… Read More
    PORTLAND — A 14-hour census of Maine’s homeless ended after sunrise Wednesday as teams of counters staked out two abandoned buildings in Portland to wait for people to step outside into the damp morning air. But when no one emerged from either building by 8… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Maine State Office, a pivotal link between the governor’s office and the nation’s capital through the tenures of James B. Longley, Joseph E. Brennan and John R. McKernan, will close down this summer. “I’d like to think the office will be missed,”… Read More
    AUGUSTA — After 18 years, the tongue-twisting “Department of Educational and Cultural Services” will go back to being the plain old “Department of Education.” The name change will make life just a bit easier for newspaper reporters, stationery printers, school superintendents and anyone else who… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Mainers who support a woman’s right to have an abortion outnumber opponents 2-1, according to results of a Family Planning Association of Maine survey released Wednesday. The survey, which also was designed to gauge public opinion about the effectiveness of family planning services,… Read More
    Bangor, Me. Important changes are to be made on the property recently purchased by Rev. Father M.C. O’Brien. The lot lays at the corner of Main and Cedar streets near St. Mary’s church, and has on it two stores and a house. The buildings are to be removed,… Read More
    MEDWAY — Joseph Gagnon, a junior at Schenck High School, is one of only two Maine students who will visit the Soviet Union this summer as part of the People to People Youth Science Exchange for marine biology. Gagnon, of Medway, has been chosen to… Read More
    AUGUSTA — State officials Wednesday recommended stricter limits on eating fish from Maine’s industrial rivers, citing tests that revealed levels of dioxin that were significantly higher than expected. The changes, which stiffen existing recommendations for three rivers, were announced in a joint statement from the… Read More
    As building season fast approaches, builders in Old Town and Milford are facing a problem that could bring a halt to any further development in the two towns. Recently Gary Stetson, superintendent of sewers at the Old Town Wastewater Treament Plant, was informed that several… Read More
    A Deer Isle Road resident told Bangor police Wednesday that someone had taken his clothes from his home. The theft, he reported, took place within the past two weeks, while he was serving time in Penobscot County Jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    Renovation of two horse barns at Bass Park continues as the city starts negotiations with a private operator. The council voted two weeks ago to start talks with Bass Park Associates, a group of businessmen interested in running the complex. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    EDDINGTON — Voters passed the town warrant Tuesday night, passing a budget of $341,536 and making only one amendment to the proposal, town officials said, Wednesday. The warrant asked that $220,000 be appropriated from the surplus account to meet expenditures for the 1990 tax year. Read More
    A Corinna man went on trial Wednesday before a Bangor jury for allegedly helping to steal more than $2,000 from a laundry last summer. The trial of Edgar Paradis, 45, began in Penobscot County Superior Court, where the day before, a woman was sentenced for… Read More
    WINTERPORT — Town Manager Arthur Ellingwood came away from Tuesday night’s town meeting bruised by the loss of almost $15,000 of administrative funding but vowing, Wednesday, to continue business as usual at the Town Office. Ellingwood commented on the cut from the proposed $135,338 administrative… Read More
    Area property taxpayers may get exemption forms from their town offices or city halls, Brewer Assessor Kathleen Martin said recently. Deadline for filing applications is April 1. Martin said that the forms were available at her office for veterans’ exemptions, the Homestead exemption and the… Read More
    WINTERPORT — Chief Deputy Joseph Smith of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that excellent detective work by Sgt. Gary Boynton and Rick Osgood of the department led to the recovery of an estimated $50,000 worth of tools and equipment that had been reported stolen from a… Read More
    OLD TOWN — The Old Town School Board voted Tuesday to take a closer look at a state mandate requiring schools to have an attendance coordinator on staff. Until last June, the district had used the Old Town Police Department to bring truant students to… Read More
    Maine Freewheelers, the Bangor area’s recreational cycling club, is offering a series of three 10-mile time trials for bicyclists who wish to race the clock and see how fast they can ride. The time trials will be at 10:30 a.m. on three consecutive Sundays, April… Read More
    A story Wednesday incorrectly identified the judge who presided over the case of George Lawson, who pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery. Justice Eugene Beaulieu handled the case — not Justice Jack O. Smith, as was reported. Read More
    ORONO — The American Association of University Women is collecting books and toys for its annual spring book sale starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 7, in the downstairs vestry of the Church of Universal Fellowship. The proceeds will support local scholarship programs and AAUW… Read More
    In recent months, several articles have been published concerning the Maine Forest and Logging Museum and our Leonard’s Mills project in Bradley. Since some of the reports have had negative aspects, I am responding to reassure our hundreds of supporters (many of whom are Chemo Pond cottage owners)… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Senate turned back a third attempt to strengthen the compromise clean air bill on Wednesday, defeating a proposal supporters said would close “loopholes” in the battle against urban smog. Opponents argued the amendment, which lost on a 53-46 vote, would burden too… Read More
    The wedding industry, burgeoning with the revival of traditional and expensive nuptials, has finally done it — early this year, it gave birth to the largest magazine ever published in the United States, a bouncing, 3-pound, 11-ounce issue of Bride’s magazine. At 1,032 pages, the… Read More
    Mark Miller of the pop-country band Sawyer Brown feels reassured when he looks out at concert crowds and sees people holding up signs with numbers like “70” and “52.” The figures represent the number of Sawyer Brown concerts the fan has attended. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    A show, dance and roast honoring disc jockey Bob Duschene of Q106.5 radio will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at the Ramada Inn on Odlin Road, Bangor. The event is sponsored by the Country Music Jamboree of Maine. Roast master… Read More
    LINCOLN — Eugene and Cynthia Libby, the owners of Colonial Acres Nursing Home, will sell the 78-bed intermediate care facility as a joint venture between First Atlantic Corp. of Falmouth and Eastern Maine Health Care of Bangor. First Atlantic is a developer, and EMHC is… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The return of the historic lightship Nantucket could boost the Rockland area as a tourist attraction. Kenneth Black, a member of the Lightship Nantucket Inc., and one of the people certified to pilot the ship, said Wednesday he hoped the vessel could be… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A Maine judge Wednesday approved a court settlement requiring Georgia-Pacific Corp. to pay a record fine of $637,000 for alleged water- and air-pollution violations dating back to 1986. The civil fine against Georgia-Pacific, which became Maine’s largest landowner when it recently assumed the… Read More
    PORTLAND — Bath Iron Works has suspended an employee charged with extortion in an alleged $5 million plot involving the threatened disclosure of documents on the welding of Navy frigates. BIW spokesman Jim McGregor said Wednesday that Harold L. Anderson, 37, of the Waldoboro area,… Read More
    BELFAST — The board of directors of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad have appointed David A. Noake of Islesboro as general manager. Noake was the unanimous choice of the board to fill the position, which has been vacant since last fall. Raymond Geary, chairman… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Cianbro Corp. has been awarded a contract to build an innovative pollution-control facility at the Dragon Products Co. Inc. cement plant in Thomaston, according to Cianbro President Alton E. Cianchette. The Dragon “recovery scrubber” project will be the first full-scale use of this… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were heard in Somerset County Superior Court, Skowhegan, Tuesday, March 20, before Justice Bruce Chandler: Joseph Deblois, 34, Fairfield, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $350. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    WOODLAND — About 75 residents during Tuesday’s annual town meeting approved a total 1990 municipal budget of $478,167, compared with $465,638 in 1989. The proposed 1990-1991 school budget for Woodland Consolidated School is $1,317,000, compared with $1,243,000 in 1989-1990. The total amount to be raised… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — The Down East Resource Conservation and Development Council will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 22, in the United States Department of Agriculture building on Route 182. John H. Cashwell of Calais, director of the Maine Forest Service, will discuss plans for staffing… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Over the objections of two city councilors and several members of the audience, the Ellsworth City Council voted Monday night to put the Pizza Queen Pool Hall back in business — sans pizza. Owned by Archie Whalen of West Sullivan, the business at… Read More
    HANCOCK — A topographical mapping project will begin in Hancock County on April 1, thanks to a dedicated search for grants by a local conservation group. The Frenchman Bay Conservancy, which represents nine towns in the same watershed, now has the funds needed to begin… Read More
    LITTLETON — At their annual town meeting Monday, residents of Littleton voted to approve the 1990 municipal budget of $224,970, not including county and school taxes, and elected two new selectmen and a director to the SAD 29 board of directors. Robert A. Bartlett and… Read More
    EASTPORT — City Councilor James D’Angelo, who announced this week that he will seek the Republican nomination for the District 137 seat in the Maine House of Representatives, apparently is not eligible to run in the June primary because he did not switch parties in time. Read More
    MACHIAS — Residents who want to call the Machias office of the Community Health and Counseling Services for Mental Health Services will have a new phone number to use as of Saturday, March 24. The new number is 255-6786. People who want to reach the agency in connection… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The “sponsors welcome” sign is out at the Central Maine Egg Festival in Pittsfield. One of the highlights of this year’s Egg Festival will be the “High Ryders Golden Oldies Show.” The Portland-based group will offer humor and songs from the ’50s and ’60s in keeping… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — “Not every Arcady Music Society school program involves ferry service,” said Melba Wilson, executive director of the society, “but if we are to bring music to all students in Union 98, we have to include students who attend island schools.” For the… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE — Residents who live near the Georgia-Pacific Pulp and Paper Mill heard load groans emanating from the plant Tuesday night and Wednesday, but the sounds were not caused by a malfunction of equipment. Officials at the G-P facility blamed the noises on nature itself. Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A 53-ton increase in solid waste at the Pittsfield Transfer Station in the month of February is like “a shining neon light” that someone is abusing the system, according to Town Manager Dwight Dogherty. Dogherty relayed the information to the Pittsfield Town Council… Read More
    WESTMANLAND PLANTATION — Residents have voted to raise $30,085.57 in taxes and voted not to accept maintenance for the portion of Little Madawaska Road now owned by the state. During the town’s annual meeting March 15, residents also elected municipal officers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    Budget item This year Last year change General government 62,390 55,460 +6,930 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — Frenchville voters filled six municipal offices in daylong elections Monday and approved $401,393.87 expenditures for 1990 that will bring about an increase of $35,369 in property taxes. In the only elective contest, incumbent Reynold Dubois was victorious over newcomer Daniel Paradis for a… Read More
    ENFIELD — Residents voted down a proposed ordinance to govern minimum lot size and decided not to authorize selectmen to borrow up to $200,000 for a new municipal building during the annual town meeting Monday. More than 100 people attended the nearly four-hour meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    FARMINGTON — Two dance workshops will be presented Thursday, March 22, at the University of Maine at Farmington. The Authentic Movement Workshop will be presented from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at Dearborn Gymnasium. The Contact Improvisation Workshop will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Mallett School… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Eastport aquaculturist Burton Blanch to its Marine Advisory Board. In making the announcement, Rep. George Townsend of Eastport, a member of the committee, said Blanch’s appointment showed “the increasing importance of aquaculture… Read More
    MONSON — Monson residents approved an ordinance at the annual town meeting Monday that would impose restrictions on dogs roaming at large in the community. A $25 fine will be imposed for the first offense of the ordinance, $50 for a second offense and $50 for each subsequent… Read More
    CALAIS — Union 106 Superintendent Richard Marx, who has been an educator for more than 32 years, learned early in his career that the “wheel that squeaks the loudest gets the oil.” When one of Marx’s schools had trouble attracting the attention of the local office of the… Read More
    COLUMBIA FALLS — Most incumbent town officials were re-elected without opposition Tuesday during the annual town meeting. Contested offices were those of third selectman, director of SAD 37 and the five seats on the town’s Planning Board. Stanley Look, the incumbent first selectman, and Alan… Read More
    CASTLE HILL — Voters of Castle Hill approved a gross budget Tuesday night of $158,291.42, an increase of about $4,208.33, or 2.73 percent, over that of last year. The tax commitment was estimated at $140,806, including school and county projections, using $100,000 in revenue and… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The results of an engineering study of the town’s sewer system were discussed publicly for the first time at Tuesday evening’s Town Council meeting. Conducted by Wright-Pierce Engineers of Topsham, the study’s recommendations included changes that may eventually mean an extensive capital… Read More
    ASHLAND — Ashland voters elected officers and approved a gross municipal budget of $557,306 during the annual elections on Monday and the yearly business meeting Tuesday. Voters on Monday re-elected Incumbent Robert Sawyer to a three-year term as town councilor, defeating Norman Willette, 194-39. Michael… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following warranty deeds have been recorded with the Knox County Register of Deeds: Elisabeth W. Lee, Newton Square, Pa., land in Camden to Barbara Lee Morrison, Sherborn, Mass., and Elisabeth Lee Sallada, Virginia Beach, Va. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More