MUNCIE, Ind. – Ken Barnes scored 16 points, including two on an offensive rebound as time expired, lifting the University of Maine men’s basketball team to an 84-82 victory over Western Illinois in the consolation game of the Cardinal Classic at Ball State here Saturday. Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine will investigate the recent disclosure that hockey coach Shawn Walsh had prior knowledge of the NCAA’s interpretation of the eligibility status of freshman defenseman Jeff Tory, the school announced Sunday. UMaine President Fred Hutchinson, athletic director Mike Ploszek, and… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls posted a pair of victories over the University of Maine-Machias Clippers over the weekend. On Sunday, UMPI beat UMM 90-44, the day after beating the Clippers 82-49. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    BOSTON – The University of Maine’s special teams, which had sputtered lately, sprang to life Saturday night at Matthews Arena. The Black Bears killed off nine penalties without allowing a goal and cashed in for one power-play goal and a shorthanded tally while cruising to… Read More
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    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick – John Slaney scored twice and added an assist to lead the Portland Pirates to a 5-3 victory over the Fredericton Canadiens in the American Hockey League on Sunday. Martin Jiranek, Jason Woolley and Randy Pearce also scored for Portland. Jeff Nelson… Read More
    New Hampshire Tech 80 Parker 1(3), Moore 3(2), Seaborne 6(1), Bernard 12(2), Kordas 4(7), Blanchard, Washington 4, Reese Eastern Maine Tech (0-5) 71 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine women’s basketball team got a good look at an All-American candidate in their Dead River Tip-Off Classic championship game against Northwestern State at the Alfond Arena Saturday evening. Too good a look. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    At New York City, Geraldo Martinez scored 26 points and Sean Campbell 23 to lead the College of Mount St. Vincent to a championship victory over Maine Maritime Academy Sunday in the College of Mount St. Vincent Tournament. Mike D’Allegro had 20 points for the… Read More
    HERMON – Freshman Steve Tweedie capped off a 16-point, second-half comeback by sinking four free throws in overtime, allowing the Hermon Hawks to pull out a 76-70 victory over Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield. Tweedie hit a 3-pointer with 37 seconds left, cutting MCI’s advantage… Read More
    EAST CORINTH – Kristen Chavarie tossed in 21 points to lift the Schenck Wolverines to a 66-23 season-opening victory over host Central High School here Saturday night. The Wolverines opened up a 14-8 first quarter lead before blowing the game open with a 28-6 second… Read More
    WMEB College Hockey Poll (The top 10 teams in the country, according to WMEB-FM, Orono, with place, team, record, and total points listed) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    Matt Westhoven scored four goals and Zac Pelleriti had three goals and three assists as the Orono Red Riots opened their season high school hockey season Saturday with an 11-1 victory over John Bapst at Sawyer Arena in Bangor. Chris Furbish added another hat trick… Read More
    WESTBROOK — Six people have sued Westbrook police, claiming officers were too rough when they broke up a Christmas party two years ago. The excessive-force lawsuit filed Nov. 19 in Cumberland County Superior Court names nine officers and Chief Ronald Allanach. It alleges that the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The bearer of one of Maine’s most prominent political names is being mentioned as a possible entrant into the already crowded field of gubernatorial aspirants. And James B. Longley Jr. of Lewiston, the son of the late independent governor, acknowledges that “it’s obvious… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Early warnings about budget problems began to spread more widely through the Legislature on Friday. Members of the Taxation Committee, one of more than half a dozen panels gathered to discuss an agenda for the coming session, were told to expect to be… Read More
    PORTLAND — The Army Corps of Engineers is investigating the filling of wetlands in Portland by a development company connected to Rep. Annette M. Hoglund, who has already been fined by the state. The federal agency is focusing on three separate areas that were filled… Read More
    PORTLAND — State and federal officials are satisfied the Maine Department of Transportation didn’t intentionally conceal the presence of wetlands to win approval for a cargo terminal on Sears Island. The officials, who don’t plan to review the original 1992 investigation, said the DOT’s failure… Read More
    STANDISH — A $23.5 million water purification plant for the state’s largest water district will mimic nature at its most violent when the facility goes on line this month. Inside the plant, 480 volts of electricity will purify water by blasting it into ozone, similar… Read More
    GILEAD — The victim of a fiery highway crash has been identified as a 17-year-old girl from New Hampshire, Maine state troopers said. Amanda Calomb of Chatham, N.H., was killed Thursday night in the one-car accident on Route 113 in Gilead, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman… Read More
    SCARBOROUGH — Broad community involvement is needed to curb fires started by children, public safety officials attending a weekend workshop were told. “Juvenile fire-setting is not a fire department problem, not a mental health problem — it’s a community problem,” said Gerald DiMillo, who is… Read More
    ORONO — Democratic state Rep. Mary Cathcart is expected this week to file as a candidate for the 2nd District congressional race. Cathcart, 51, serving her fourth term in the Maine House, said in a statement, “I have found tremendous support for my candidacy. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    PORTLAND — Central Maine Power Co., trying to cope with an unfavorable rate decision by the utility regulators, has been downgraded by a third credit rating agency. Standard & Poor’s lowered CMP’s rating for preferred stock, secured stock and unsecured stock to one step above… Read More
    LIMESTONE — A Limestone woman, Danielle Spink, 18, was treated for injuries and released from Caribou Medical Center Sunday after a one-vehicle accident reported at 9:30 a.m. on Route 89. Spink was a passenger in a 1988 Ford Bronco owned and operated by her father,… Read More
    An East Corinth woman was injured Saturday afternoon when the truck in which she was riding on Ohio Street collided with a vehicle crossing Davis Road in Bangor. Virginia Pinkham, no age available, was in serious condition Sunday night at Eastern Maine Medical Center in… Read More
    KITTERY — A Boston man arrested for allegedly stealing nearly $6,000 worth of merchandise during a daylong shoplifting spree in New Hampshire and Maine had planned to resell the goods, police said. Thomas F. Vesey, 38, was nabbed Thursday in the parking lot of the… Read More
    The 2,400 customers of the Hampden Telephone Co. will rightly ask when the PUC considers an agreement between its staff and the phone company, “What’s in it for us?” The Public Utilities Commission, which will consider the consent decree in the next few weeks, must recognize that the… Read More
    If you are thinking about buying a house, especially your first one, you may have some basic questions about the homefinancing process. The following answers may help. How large a mortgage will you be able to get? A general rule is that you usually can… Read More
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    PORTLAND — Visitors to the Portland Museum of Art may think twice before buying any more shiny red and green balls for their Christmas trees. The museum, which is celebrating its 10th year in its modern downtown building, turned to dozens of contemporary artists across… Read More
    The story of “The Nutcracker” is probably as well-known to middle America as is the original Christmas story, so there’s hardly ever anything new to be found in its dreamy plot line. Yet when the Robinson Ballet performed its annual “Nutcracker” Friday night at the Maine Center for… Read More
    In a sad epilogue to a story of cooperation and collective achievement, Mothers Against Drunk Driving is fracturing the alliance that produced some of the toughest and most effective drunken-driving laws in the country. MADD, the national organization, went on the offensive recently, not against… Read More
    Gaye Erskine had always wondered about her biological parents, the two strangers who made one of the most important decisions of their very young lives 37 years ago when they gave up their daughter for adoption. In Erskine’s eyes, they must have been a reasonably… Read More
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    WISCASSET — A woman and her boyfriend who were accused of handcuffing an 11-year-old boy to a basement pipe while they went to work pleaded guilty Friday to charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Lisa Cunningham of Nobleboro, the boy’s mother, and David… Read More
    LUBEC — Selectmen here Thursday announced that the town and the Bangor accounting firm of Brooks & Carter had settled a longstanding dispute over an unpaid bill for a sewer project audit conducted by the firm last year. At issue was a bill for $20,218… Read More
    HARRINGTON — Selectmen will hold a public discussion at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, on a proposal to establish a new municipal position of administrative assistant to the Board of Selectmen. The discussion will be conducted after a 7:30 p.m. public hearing is held to… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Dogs in Maine need to be licensed no later than Jan. 1 of each year, according to officials from the Maine Department of Agriculture’s Animal Welfare Unit. For this year only, the state is giving a 30-day grace period to dog owners. Read More
    LIMESTONE — A Limestone woman, Danielle Spink, 18, was treated for injuries and released from Caribou Medical Center Sunday after a one-vehicle accident reported at 9:30 a.m. on Route 89. Spink was a passenger in a 1988 Ford Bronco owned and operated by her father,… Read More
    LIMESTONE — A Limestone man remained in the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton Sunday after he was charged by officials of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with two charges of trafficking in scheduled drugs. Roger Blackwell, 36, was arrested Friday evening at his residence on… Read More
    CONNOR — Stephen Katz, 20, of Loring Air Force Base and three passengers escaped injuries after Katz’s vehicle hit a tree in an accident reported at 10:30 p.m. Saturday on the Beaulieu Road. According to Trooper Kim Espling of Woodland, Katz was traveling west in… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — “How many of us ever stop to think of music as a wondrous magic link with God, taking sometimes the place of prayer, when words have failed us ‘neath the weight of care?” quotes Marion Fillmore, 86, of Presque Isle. Raised in… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A group of Democratic activists that was convened months ago to screen gubernatorial candidates is breaking up without reaching consensus or issuing an endorsement. “It did not jell into something that encouraged us to make any kind of announcement to the world,” environmental… Read More
    HOULTON — It was a short, solemn ceremony. But even after 40 years, more than 60 Maine and Canadian Korean War veterans who gathered at the Houlton American Legion Post Sunday showed that time would not erase the memories of the 54,246 who gave their lives in three… Read More
    LIMESTONE — A first hurdle in the creation of a Maine School of Science and Mathematics was reached Friday with the announcement of a $1 million award from the Defense Reauthorization Bill. The funding is part of a $58 million package passed last month under… Read More
    Connee Jellison, who writes a genealogy column that appears in the Bangor Daily News, will lead a public genealogy workshop at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at First United Methodist Church in Brewer. The free workshop will be sponsored by Frances Dighton Williams Chapter, DAR. Read More
    LISBON FALLS — First it was homes. Then came restaurants and a country inn. Now, a bowling alley in a central Maine mill town is being offered as a prize in an essay contest. Frank and Pamela Hogan say they’ll turn over their family business,… Read More
    HERMON — A public hearing was held on an amendment to an ordinance Wednesday night which would make it easier for nonprofit charitable institutions to locate in town. Town Manager Kathryn Ruth said Bessie Merrill brought this issue to the attention of the Town Council… Read More
    PORTLAND — Michael Cole of Rockport has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the armed robbery of a Rockland bank. Cole, 35, was indicted for the Oct. 5 robbery of the Key Bank at Harbor Plaza by a grand jury that met in… Read More
    There are many people out of work, and if one is not too well educated and has to work at minimum wage, that wage is not sufficient to live on. It is $4.25 (Australia’s is over $10 an hour). That amounts to less than what one gets on… Read More
    We in America find time to defend human rights and the democratic process all over the world. I would say to you that charity should begin at home. I am speaking to the abuse of a public trust, that given to the Department of Human Services to protect… Read More
    My name is Katya and I was noticing something about the arts in Orono. On Nov. 22, an Indian dance Sanghamitra was performing at the Maine Center for the Arts. I noticed that there were tons of empty seats in the theater. I was amazed at the number… Read More
    This is in response to David Walsh’s article in the Nov. 11 BDN about the Brewer City Council meeting on Nov. 9. At that meeting, as Walsh’s article states, Mayor Whittemore said that he believed the voters of Brewer had decided where they stood on… Read More
    CALAIS — A news blackout was requested this week by a mediator from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service concerning contract negotiations involving Teamsters Local 340 and Barnard Nursing Home on Palmer Street Extension. Barnard’s administrator, Ed Fournier, said Friday that both he and the… Read More
    ROCKPORT — All midcoast high school seniors and their parents are invited to attend a meeting on financial aid for college at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, at the Samoset Resort. Mia Purcell, director of the Education Division at the Finance Authority of Maine, will… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Old Town firefighters were called to the James River Corp. mill early Sunday morning to extinguish a fire in the tissue-production area. The fire broke out about 2:05 a.m., and the first crews were at the scene in about three minutes, said… Read More
    ORRINGTON — Voters will decide on a new shoreland zoning ordinance and a flood plain management ordinance at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Center Drive School. In June 1992, voters turned down a shoreland zoning proposal. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Hancock County Planning Commission has helped 13 towns write Community Development Block Grants, coordinated a joint road salt purchasing program for towns in the county, and initiated studies of the Long Pond Watershed on Mount Desert Island and the Route 3 corridor. Read More
    ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — At a time when some local communities are questioning the effect of conservation easements on their tax base, the park’s advisory commission has several to consider over the next few months. Peter Blanchard, owner of a 22-acre parcel at Mason Point… Read More
    LAMOINE — Increasing the level of parent involvement in the school was cited as a primary goal at the recent public forum held at Lamoine Consolidated School. Nearly 30 parents and teachers gathered last week at the forum to specify goals for the elementary school. Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following cases were disposed of Thursday in 6th District Court: Ronald D. Copeland, 45, Rockport, assault, nine months in jail, suspended, one year probation. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following cases were disposed of recently in 6th District Court: Mark A. Hodgkins, 72, Rockland, theft, $150. 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 — The following divorces were granted in 5th District Court during November on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: Kenneth J. Trout Sr. and Rowena A. Trout, both of Searsport; married at Rockland July 25, 1987. Rowena Trout will change her name to Rowena A. Read More
    Dr. James Benjamin Jr., M.D., a Presque Isle physician, is a man of integrity and scholarly ability. I was in the Presque Isle hospital for almost three months last spring, and Dr. Benjamin was available for my medical needs. He visited me sometimes twice a… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Rockland District High School Principal Michael L. Gundel has announced the honor roll for the first quarter as follows: Seniors, all A’s: Heather Fairfield; all A’s and B’s: Jennifer Crane, Eric Darby, Aimee Daivis, Joshua Gamage, William Geary, Gilliad Munden, Gordon Page, David… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Camden & Rockland Water Co. appears to have won the first battle in its war of words with the five communities opposed to the company’s merger and rate increase cases before the Maine Public Utilities Commission. Grant Siwinski, a senior utilities analyst… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were handled in November in Somerset County Superior Court by Justice Bruce Chandler: Tanya Cady, 23, North Anson, operating motor vehicle after suspension, $125. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    THOMASTON — Several of Thomaston’s historic residences will be open to the public during the second annual “Christmas Tour of Thomaston Homes.” The tour, which includes eight stops, will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, and will benefit the historic Watts Hall. Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following building permits were issued during November by the code enforcement office: Steve Clough, garage, $10,000. 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;… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Maine Central Institute has scheduled a variety of activities this week, including basketball and wrestling competitions, a drama club presentation and a band concert. On Monday, Dec. 6, representatives will be at the school from Endicott College, West Virginia College and Western New… Read More
    JONESPORT — The $1.3 million Jonesport Elementary School expansion project may not include a new hardwood gym floor, but the estimated cost of replacing the entire floor was included in the project’s construction budget to avoid underfunding the project. Douglas Whitney, an architect from Webster-Baldwin-Rohman-Czarniecke… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — One of the highlights of Monday night’s SAD 53 board meeting will be a presentation by Maine Central Institute Headmaster Douglas Cummings. The administrator will provide board members with a presentation on the future of MCI, the private school that accepts SAD 53 secondary students. Read More