A 15-year-old Hampden Academy student finished third in the country in the United States Pony Club National Tetrathlon Competition held July 31-Aug. 5 in Lexington, Ky. Bethany Atkins amassed 3,724 points in her first-ever championship, 302 points behind the winner. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
After returning from a nightmarish trip to Barcelona and stepping off a 2 1/2-hour air flight that was delayed more than five hours, it’s a wonder Olympic bronze medalist Michael Poulin of Fairfield didn’t kiss the ground at Bangor International Airport when he arrived early Monday morning. Read More
AT HOULTON and ISLAND FALLS County Open Results Saturday and Sunday Division A gross: John Donato 141, Jerry Adams 154, Tim Guy 155, Ralph Michaud 156; Net: Scott Walker 134, Fred Bagley Jr. 140, Wayne Hughes 141, John Byron 142; Long drive: Tyson Perry googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ORONO – Robbie White and Ed Vanidestine each hit RBI triples to help give Bangor-Brewer an 11-1 victory over Old Town-Orono and clinch the Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League regular-season title here at Mahaney Diamond Monday. For 13-5 Bangor-Brewer, Joe Nelson had three singles and… Read More
ORONO – The rosters for the first Maine High School Senior All-Star Baseball Classic have been announced. The game, which features the East vs. the West, is scheduled for Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Mahaney Diamond on the University of Maine campus. The players… Read More
UNITY – Ralph Nason of Unity, the man who owns the one-third-mile Unity Raceway, chalked up another victory at his “home track” Saturday, cruising to a victory in the Hamlin Sporting and Marine 100 here. Nason grabbed the lead from Levant’s Art Beam with 27… Read More
TOGUS – The State American Legion Baseball Tournament will remain at Togus and Augusta’s McGuire Field permanently, according to State AL Baseball Director Lionel Koss. Koss said the state’s AL delegates voted this past June to make Togus-McGuire the permanent site for the tournament. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Out and About: If you’re a native to this neck of the woods, you’re aware of the axiom declaring that the end of the Bangor Fair signals the end of summer. If you’re a newcomer hereabouts, I can assure you that axiom is accurate. But if avoiding pavement… Read More
AT SCHOODIC Schoodic Point 15K Results Jim Newett, 51:55; Shaun Keenan, 52:41; Todd Murphy, 53.56; Jay Henderson, 54:07; David Renault, 54:24; Alan Rielley, 54:56; Steve Connor, 55:00; Dan Maxim, 55:47; Brian McCrea, 55:50; Rick Davee, 55:53; Mark Snow, 55:55; Michael Mageles, 55:55; Jay Jenkins, 56:14;… Read More
TOGUS – Dave Paul wasn’t sure what to expect from ace reliever Gary Sibley in his start against Cumberland in the State American Legion Tournament here Monday morning. “I knew he’d give me everything he had in his arm and his heart, and that’s quite… Read More
TOGUS – Steve Coombs didn’t want his American Legion career to end so soon. So he did something about it. 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
BELFAST — Belfast Area Child Care Services Inc. will have some of the best cooks in the region open their homes and treat those donating to the Belfast Area Children’s Center to lavish meals. Included on the menu will be a French country feast, Ukrainian… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maybe you’ve seen the commercial: Maine hills form the backdrop. Closer to the camera are Maine trees and Maine water. Closer still, perched on a Maine boulder, is Maine’s governor, Jock McKernan, telling you that someone else’s job may depend on whether or… Read More
We would like to thank all the firemen and their wives who helped make our annual chicken barbecue a great success. We would also like to thank the people who attended and everybody who contributed their time and effort. Marcel Morin Bill Collins, co-chairmen Madawaska… Read More
I wonder if Catherine Johnson, staff attorney of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (Readers Write, July 29), ever read the fable about the poor camel out in the cold who pleaded to just put his nose under the tent of a poor Arab. In case she hasn’t,… Read More
President Bush is back, vacationing at the only home he owns and the place where he has spent almost every summer of his life. Now that he has returned, his neighbors again request that he stop using a clever tax loophole and pay his fair share of income… Read More
When the five international teams lift off from Bass Park sometime during the next six weeks, they’ll be looking to an experienced balloonist as their race director. Alan Noble was introduced to ballooning about 18 years. “I used to run my own advertising and marketing… Read More
Reflecting the same pioneering spirit that sailed past the first horizon, flew the first plane across the Atlantic, and manned the first flight outside the Earth’s atmosphere, five international teams will compete in the Chrysler Transatlantic Challenge”, the first-ever transatlantic balloon race. Only five manned… Read More
For almost 200 years, balloonists could only stand on European and American shores and gaze longingly in the appropriate direction. Adventurers envisioned the day that a manned balloon would cross the Atlantic Ocean, a very formidable barrier even for the aircraft that appeared early this century. Read More
Belgium Wim Verstraeten, the pilot for the Belgian team, started his working career by undertaking aerial photographic surveys, so it is not surprising that he became involved in ballooning, since a balloon is the perfect camera platform. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
MORRILL — Newspapers stuffed into a woodstove produced a lot of smoke but no fire or serious damage at a house here Monday afternoon. Firefighters from throughout the region responded to the alarm at about 2:30 p.m. The home of Millie Hatch on Route 131… Read More
OWLS HEAD — A questionnaire concerning wells in the town of Owls Head will be sent out with the 1992 tax bills. The one-page survey has been compiled by Al Johnson, Geoffrey Torney, Paul Devine and Richard Benner, members of the natural resources committee, a… Read More
ROCKPORT — Members of the Vermeer Quartet, baritone Sanford Sylvan and pianist Leonard Hokanson will offer an evening of works by Franz Schubert at the Bay Chamber Concerts at 8:15 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 13 and 14, at the Rockport Opera House. Prior to… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Selectmen in St. Albans have agreed to study an increase of more than 16 percent in the state valuation of the town. Monday night selectmen were informed of the increase during a regular meeting. Town Manager Larry Post explained that the increase was based on… Read More
Smoke Free Singles Society will meet at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 for friendly hour at Pete and Larry’s, Holiday Inn, Odlin Road, Bangor. There will be a business meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Bradford Commons. A slate of officers will be presented at this… Read More
OWLS HEAD — The memory of Karen Wood was invoked Monday night as residents passed a new firearm discharge ordinance with a vote of 53-23. The ordinance would prohibit the discharge of firearms, other than shotguns or other weapons with a barrel of less than 12 inches. Read More
ORONO — The Woman’s Club of Orono is celebrating 36 years of sponsoring the Community Calendar as their money-making project, with Mary Ryan as chairwoman this year. Anyone interested in listing a birthday or anniversary may call Ruth Reed, Verna Witter or Eva Grubb. Deadline… Read More
Author Stephen King of Bangor finished his five months of federal jury duty Monday — without ever getting picked for a jury. King got turned down once again in U.S. District Court in Bangor after a federal prosecutor and a defense attorney selected a 13-member… Read More
ORONO — Councilors on Monday killed any hopes that the town would purchase a group of buildings for municipal services, opting instead to wait for a new developer to refurbish the run-down structures. A group of residents from the Mill and Beech streets neighborhood had… Read More
A Bradley man pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to growing more than 750 marijuana plants in his home, but not without criticizing federal authorities for inflating the estimated street value of the plants. In a statement to the court made at… Read More
BELFAST — A child playing with a cigarette lighter could be the cause of a fire that gutted a four-family apartment house here Saturday morning. Fire swept through the building at 1 Bayview St. at about 11 a.m. Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
GARLAND — Tri-County Beekeepers will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at the home of Polly and Mel Johnson, Upper Garland Road, Garland. Bring chairs and a picnic lunch. Directions from Dexter: Take Route 94 east (off Route 7), approximately 4.6 miles to bee signs; from Bangor… Read More
The five balloons that will ferry 10 pilots from Bangor to Europe during the Chrysler Transatlantic Challenge are a vast improvement from their 1970s’ predecessors. The equipment “is so much more sophisticated than earlier equipment. I really do believe that the race is a safe… Read More
The Chrysler Transatlantic Challenge would not be launching from Bangor without outstanding support from the community. When race organizers sought a suitable launch site in the Northeast, “we visited Bangor and met with your local officials,” said Race Director Alan Noble. “We knew the geographical… Read More
The Brewer City Council plans to commend former City Councilor and School Committee member Harry J. Dalton on his recent induction into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Brewer City Hall. Jennifer Allen will be… Read More
Wednesday-Thursday, Aug. 12-13 Five international racing teams arrive in Bangor. 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
Editor’s note: Camden resident Joan Piccard shares the same surname as Bertrand Piccard, a Belgian pilot participating in the Chrysler Transatlantic Challenge. There is a reason for the familial affiliation, as Piccard relates in her article about ballooning in Europe. The trip to England that… Read More
The prospect of paying more for water does not sit well with the Bangor City Council, which unanimously passed a resolve Monday night opposing a rate increase sought by the Bangor Water District. The district plans to increase the cost of water by an average… Read More
HOULTON — No cause has been determined for a fire Sunday that caused extensive damage to Edrissi’s Restaurant on Bangor Street in Houlton and caused smoke damage to the motel in which the restaurant was located. Investigator Stewart Jacobs of the State Fire Marshal’s Office… Read More
Manned flight owes a great debt to famous brothers. Take the Wright boys, for example: Wilbur and Orville created and flew the first powered airplane at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Then there are the Montgolfiers, brothers named Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne. They didn’t initially fly… Read More
LIMESTONE — Loring Air Force Base’s Air Show ’92 and open house will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the base. Featured in the show will be performances by the Air Force Thunderbirds and Army Golden Knights parachute demonstration… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Recreation and Parks Department will sponsor an overnight camping trip for children older than age 6 starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14. A campfire, sing-along, nature games and breakfast will be featured. Campers will be ready to be picked up at 9 a.m. Read More
PORTLAND — In a 3-2 ruling Friday, the state supreme court upheld a $12,500 judgment against a Biddeford social club for negligence that contributed to a knife injury in which a member’s thumb was nearly severed. Donald A. Fournier sliced through the bone and tendon… Read More
TOPSHAM — Michael Kelly Blanchard, who has recorded eight albums of original music, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at Sky-Hy Conference Center, Meadow Road, Topsham. Blanchard has traveled throughout the United States, and his music has been featured on Dr. Read More
LIMESTONE — Volunteers are being sought to assist with the Loring Air Force Base “Volksmarch” Saturday, Aug. 22. Volkmarch is a popular year-round weekend activity in European communities. The sport is either a 6.2- or 12.4-mile walk or run through a village and woods. The non-competitive event is… Read More
ALLAGASH — The Maine Department of Transportation is planning to construct permanent replacement bridges over the St. John and Little Black Rivers in Allagash. Both bridges were washed away by flooding in April 1991 and traffic has been routed over temporary replacement bridges since then. Read More
HOULTON — Registration dates for adult education classes in the southern Aroostook County area have been announced by some school districts. In SAD 29, Houlton, and SAD 70, Hodgdon, registrations are being accepted on a daily basis. In addition, evening registrations will be taken from… Read More
MACHIAS — Several limited edition posters commissioned by the Kennedy Galleries in New York to commemorate the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games have been donated for WomanKind’s auction, which will be held Saturday, Aug. 15, during the Blueberry Festival in Machias. The posters were created… Read More
PLEASANT POINT — The value of tradition and the importance of passing on that treasure to succeeding generations was brought home Sunday during the 27th annual Sipayik Indian Day Celebration. For more than three hours Sunday, members of the Passamaquoddy tribe related traditional stories, danced… Read More
CALAIS — U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe attended the 19th annual International Parade Saturday to greet her constituents less than 90 days before voters in the 2nd Congressional District decide who will represent them during the next two years. Snowe is in a tough campaign… Read More
MACHIAS — The next regular meeting of the Washington County Refuse Disposal District has been changed to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, in Room 109 of the University of Maine at Machias Science Building. The meeting was set for Aug. 12. Bill Howard is expected… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — Troopers assigned to Troop J of the Maine State Police responded to the following complaints and incidents in Washington County July 19 to Aug. 2: Trooper Timothy Varney was dispatched to Danforth July 19 to investigate a report of an unattended death. Read More
JONESBORO — Dwight C. Whitney Jr. of Jonesboro has been elected to the Down East AIDS Network of Ellsworth. He also is a member of the organization’s fund-raising committee. Down East AIDS Network is a grass roots community organization comprised of local residents from all… Read More
LINCOLN — Penobscot Valley Hospital has received a new ultrasound system that officials say will improve certain medical diagnoses. The $175,000 Ultramark 9 ultrasound system was purchased through Katahdin Shared Services, a separate corporation affiliated with Penobscot Valley Hospital and Millinocket Regional Hospital. Katahdin Shared… Read More
The Maine Department of Transportation is planning to improve two sections of Route 15 in Glenburn, Kenduskeag and Corinth. Bids on the project will be opened Wednesday, Aug. 12, in Augusta. The first section begins on Route 15 in Glenburn about 600 feet south of… Read More
MILO — It was bottles, bottles, everywhere, but not a thing to drink. Working on a hot sunny Saturday, members of the Milo Recreation Department held a bottle drive to benefit the department’s annual trip for Little Leaguers and participants in the summer recreation program… Read More
LINCOLN — The following divorces were heard in 13th District Court in Lincoln on the grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: John L. Moholland of Chester and Mary Moholland of Princeton. Mary Moholland allowed to resume use of her former name of Mary Cash James. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
HOWLAND — The new recycling center may look like it cost $100,000, but actual costs are far less thanks to the generosity of businesses, contractors and individuals who donated materials, equipment and labor. When the recycling program begins later this fall, the Howland Recycling Committee… Read More
WALDOBORO — The Midcoast Audubon Society will sponsor a bird banding expedition and nature walk at the Laudholm Farm in Wells on Wednesday, Aug 26. Those interested should meet at 7:45 a.m. at Moody’s Diner on Route 1 in Waldoboro. The tour will leave no later than 8… Read More
DEXTER — Another theatrical whim of Dave Greenham and Heri Pitcher will begin with open auditions for the musical comedy “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the First Universalist Church, Dexter Commons. For information or for those who… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The following case was heard during the month of July in Somerset County Superior Court by Justice Donald Alexander: Jason Flagg, 19, Skowhegan, aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs; assault; terrorizing, two years in jail, all but six months and eight days suspended, two… Read More
MILO — Why would an elementary school teacher want to leave the serenity of a small Maine town to teach in a city of 90,000 people in Eastern Europe? For Roberta Smolenack, who leaves Wednesday to teach for a year in Bulgaria, the answer is… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Developmental education, cooperative learning, literature-based language arts and integrated language arts programming are some of the terms parents in SAD 53 may hear this school year. Those are among the subjects studied this summer by teachers of the district’s kindergarten through sixth-grade classes. Read More
BUCKSPORT — Youths in Hancock County are renovating buildings, maintaining state parks, even mapping a cemetery as part of a summer youth program set to begin a new phase on Aug. 24. Federal funding allocated for youth training in the wake of the Los Angeles… Read More
ROCKLAND — Faced with a groundswell of opposition from residents of Pen Bay Acres, the City Council voted unanimously to reject a proposed zone change for Camden Street. The zone change, requested by William McLellan, would have converted the west side of Camden Street from… Read More
GREAT POND — Local officials agreed Monday evening to schedule a special town meeting within 60 days to address the appropriation of some waterfront property by a member of the board of selectmen. During the 2 1/2-hour session, David Honey, a selectman, assessor and local… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Human Rights Commission sided Monday with a veteran school janitor who said illegal age discrimination prevented him from getting a job in the Standish-area schools. In voting 3-1 to find reasonable grounds to believe discrimination had occurred, the commission rejected arguments… Read More
The March of Dimes Jail and Bail for the Old Town-Orono area is set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 11 and 12. The jail will be set up inside Doug’s Super Shop’n Save in Old Town near the magazine section. Local police from… Read More
ORRINGTON — Mel Coombs, a resident of the Betts Road, complained at the Orrington selectmen’s meeting Monday night about the quality of paving recently completed on the Betts Road. Selectman Scott McGarr asked Town Manager Candy Guerette to compile an evaluation of the recent paving… Read More
ORIENT — Representatives of camp owners who lease land from Georgia-Pacific Corp. and company officials will meet Thursday to discuss leaseholders’ concerns about dramatic increases in lease fees. Larry Hunter of Presque Isle, president of a newly formed leaseholders group, said Monday that representatives of… Read More
The estimate of money allegedly taken from Burlington’s town coffers since 1986 by its former town clerk has again been revised upward, a regular occurrence since the loss came to light last spring. A lawsuit in Penobscot County Superior Court against Amber Jipson, already facing… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s Libertarian Party went to court Monday in an attempt to force the state to place 18 of the party’s candidates on the general election ballot in November. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, seeks a preliminary injunction to bar Secretary of… Read More
ORONO — Despite a successful four-day conference on American Indian spirituality last week at the University of Maine, the Montana-based Tekakwitha Conference faces an uncertain future. The conference was filled with days of prayer, worship, workshops and celebrations of tribal traditions, but the frustrations of… Read More
Perhaps Congress will have the same sinking feeling most people get an hour after they start driving to their favorite vacation spot: “Wait! I think I left the iron on. We have to go back.” What was left on in Congress? The deficit, and it’s burning up everyone’s… Read More
NEW YORK — A teen-ager accused of cheating the second time he took his Scholastic Aptitude Test won a court fight Monday with a judge ordering that his improved scores from that test be given to colleges. State Supreme Court Justice William Friedman ruled that… Read More
Lawmaker turns down Quayle Who would turn down Vice President Dan Quayle’s offer to mingle with top GOP lawmakers at the Republican National Convention in Houston next week? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
COLONY, by Anne Rivers Siddons, HarperCollins, 466 pages, $20. Anne Rivers Siddons is a Southern writer, so it was somewhat of a surprise to note her newest book is set in Maine. Siddons has spent summers at Cape Rosier in Penobscot Bay for many years,… Read More
Most people don’t remember what it was like in the old days when any elective termination of pregnancy was a criminal act. Now, when the anti-abortionists are clamoring for the Supreme Court to overthrow its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which decriminalized elective abortions, maybe it’s time to… Read More
Factual error and innuendo, two of the hallmarks of most Bangor Daily News editorials, reached a new height on Aug. 7, in a piece titled “Veterans and Politics.” The editorial asserts that legislation sponsored by Sen. Harry Vose and co-sponsored by me concerning the construction of veterans homes… Read More
BALTIMORE — Four companies that made or distributed asbestos products must pay punitive damages up to 2 1/2 times their share of compensatory damages, jurors said Monday in the nation’s largest consolidation of asbestos personal-injury cases. It was the fourth and final stage of a… Read More
ORONO — Charles and Alice Smith are what you might call Maine Republicans. They have always been members of the GOP. But if asked, they can’t recall a time they didn’t split their ticket and vote for a Democrat or two. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
With about 85 days until the election, the three main candidates for the 2nd District congressional seat campaigned in their respective strongholds Monday. U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe joined members of the Maine State Nurses’ Association to accept an endorsement in Auburn, the congresswoman’s hometown… Read More
SANTA FE, N.M. — Three New Mexico men who will represent the United States in an international trans-Atlantic balloon race that begins in Maine got a send-off Monday from Gov. Bruce King. King and his wife, Alice, presented the balloonists with a New Mexico flag… Read More
AUGUSTA — Developers of an office-paper recycling plant, spurned by voters in Windham, confirmed Monday they have picked Auburn as the site for the $53 million facility. Plans call for the plant to be completed in about 18 months. It would employ about 30 people… Read More
AUGUSTA — Mainers looking for ways to save money for their children’s college education can now buy the state’s equivalent of U.S. savings bonds, but the opportunity will last barely a week. The new Maine College Savers program, which runs from Tuesday to Aug. 19,… Read More
Reading, writing and arithmetic aren’t the only lessons being taught at Blue Hill Consolidated School these days. When last year’s classes ended and the students cleared out, the small public school became a summer rental for the theatrical productions and youth camp of the New Surry Repertory Theatre. Read More
Penobscot Job Corps student Ronnie B. Smith of Colebrook, N.H., has been named first-place award winner for the National Job Corps Leadership Award for his outstanding performance as a participant in the Job Corps program. Smith, 20, was invited to an awards luncheon in Washington, D.C., to accept… Read More
If you think Boys II Men have the hottest harmonies in music, you should hear a group of shape-note singers. A traditional American a cappella singing style, shape note singing positions singers face-to-face in a square or circle. The major compilation of harmonies is taken from “The Sacred… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Herbie Lounder of Ellsworth, who was paralyzed more than 14 years ago in a motorycle accident, may walk again with help from the Walker Institute in California. The U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association will hold a semi-formal ball to benefit Lounder. The ball… Read More
The University of Maine and the Maine Arts Commission are holding a public art competition in conjunction with the construction of the College of Business Administration/Classroom building. On a site adjacent to the Maine Center for the Arts, the building will house a 300-seat auditorium, classrooms, lecture halls,… Read More
The Maine Arts Commission has been awarded a Design Education grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to promote design as a model for integrated learning in Maine schools. The Arts Commission will fund five pilot projects focusing on design education. Schools may apply for up to… Read More
A car-rental company wants the state of Maine to pay up to $15,000 for the loss of one of its vehicles, which allegedly was stolen by two escaped prison inmates. ABT&A Co. Inc., which does business in Bangor as Rent-A-Wreck, is charging in a lawsuit… Read More
Opposition has surfaced to plans by Manna Inc., a Bangor-based Christian soup kitchen, to buy the Jewish Community Center and turn it into an expanded soup kitchen and shelter for homeless families. A letter sent to residents who live near the Jewish Community Center on… Read More
KASINATHAN RAMANATHAN has joined the pulp and bleached board division of Georgia-Pacific Corp. in Woodland. A process engineer, Ramanathan holds a master’s degree from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich. He was previously employed by Tamilnadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd. as a production engineer. PAUL… Read More