ELLSWORTH – With an eye on the future, the Stearns High School Minutemen have a new league, a new coach, and a new attitude in hopes of being more competitive in the high school basketball ranks. One game into the 1993-94 season, the moves are… Read More
HERMON – Hermon gave up 29 points to Emily Walker of Maine Central Institute, but held the rest of the Huskies from Pittsfield to a total of 11 points in a season-opening, 53-40 schoolgirl basketball victory Tuesday night. Liza Doughty scored 13 points for the… Read More
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AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts administrators said Tuesday they have asked trustees to establish two new varsity teams for women – water polo and crew – at the Amherst campus. The two new teams would bring the number of varsity teams for women to… Read More
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BLUE HILL – The Bucksport Golden Bucks outscored George Stevens Academy 8-4 in overtime to beat the Eagles 73-69 in schoolboy basketball action Tuesday night in each team’s opener. Eric Curtis hit a key basket for the Bucks when he nailed a 3-pointer with 1:30… Read More
Dick Beaulieu and E.J. Silke of Newport are the new owners of Leen’s Lodge, one of Maine’s foremost destination stops. The Leen heirs, daughters Lynda, Kathy, Margaret, and brother Stephen, have transferred the ownership to the Beaulieu-Silke partnership. Beaulieu, a native of Fort Kent, currently… Read More
After leading Maine Maritime Academy to the most successful season in its history, head football coach John Huard may be ready for bigger things. Such as coaching in the pros. According to speculation in the Ottawa, Ontario, media, Huard is a candidate to become the… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine – Kyu Han Park, Joey Gamache’s latest opponent, predicted an easy victory Wednesday night against the former lightweight and junior lightweight champion. Gamache is 33-1 and Park is 33-18. Gamache has been elevated to top-ranked lightweight contender by the WBA and IBF. He… Read More
HODGDON – Senior forward Jered Stewart scored 27 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and dished out seven assists to power Hodgdon past Central Aroostook 86-66 in an early-season showdown between two top schoolboy basketball teams Tuesday night. Sam Henderson had all of his 15 points in… Read More
The elevation of Bangor High School’s football program to the upper echelon of the Pine Tree Conference continued recently when four Rams were named to the All-PTC first teams. Senior split end Craig Bowden, junior tailback Josh Jamieson, linebacker Matt Nye, and defensive end Jamie… Read More
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Jeff Tory, who was declared academically ineligible last week by the NCAA, is disappointed about that decision, but said he still intends to play hockey for the University of Maine. The freshman defenseman from Coquitlam, British Columbia, maintained Tuesday night that he should be eligible. Read More
Bangor’s Mike Gaige didn’t know who passed him on a downhill stretch with three-quarters of a mile to go in the USA Track and Field National Masters 8K Cross Country Championships around Boston’s Franklin Park on Nov. 20. “I didn’t recognize him because he had… Read More
NEW YORK – Julie Parisien, the United States’ best Olympic medal hope at the start of the season, will try to recover from the worst slump of her brief career by dropping her individual coaching program. Paul Major, Alpine director of the U.S. Ski Team,… Read More
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WASHBURN – Michelle Paradis scored 18 points and Erin Killarney added 10 to help the Wisdom Pioneers of St. Agatha blaze their way past Washburn 48-44 in a schoolgirl basketball game Tuesday night. Killarney also had 11 rebounds for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
HOULTON — No decision was reached Monday regarding the future of St. Mary’s School in Houlton, the Rev. John Skehan, pastor of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, said Tuesday. The church’s parish council and school board voted Nov. 21 to recommend that the school be… Read More
PALMYRA — Twenty-eight dogs seized by state humane agents and the Palmyra animal control officer last Thursday are improving. According to Animal Control Officer Steve Raymond, the dogs, including three 4-week-old puppies and their mother, were taken from a site on an abandoned road where… Read More
HOULTON — The Heart of Gold Vaudeville Co. will present “Under the Magic Christmas Tree” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at the Houlton Recreation Center. The show is being sponsored by the Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce and radio station WHOU, and features Rick… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Phi Delta Kappa chapter at the University of Maine at Presque Isle has announced that scholarship grants are available for prospective educators. High school seniors in Aroostook County and western New Brunswick may apply. Forty-two $1,000 grants and one $2,000 grant… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine Association of Health, Physical Education and Dance recently recognized Sue Lougee of Presque Isle as Maine Physical Education Teacher of the Year at the middle school level. Lougee was honored for her contribution to physical education by her approach to… Read More
I agree with Sen. Cohen and Rep. Snowe and Gov. McKernan that the United States Trade Council is not doing its job in enforcing the trade agreement with New Brunswick. My recommendation to solve this dilemma is to charge an 11-percent sales tax for all… Read More
In a recent Op-ed column (BDN, Nov. 25), gubernatorial candidate Jim Howaniec attacked Joe Brennan. Busy on the attack, Jim didn’t offer a single idea to help regular Mainers. Howaniec, chairman of the Lewiston City Council, has been running for office since he got out… Read More
Referring to Lorraine Scott’s letter (Dec. 3) — I am also a smoker. I feel sad that you cannot go for one hour without a smoke while you shop for a loving gift for the special person in your life. People do not want to smell your smoke… Read More
It happens without fail every year about this time. I’m minding my own business trying to Christmas shop when I’m subjected to it. Five feet away stands a group of elderly women who are clicking their tongues disdainfully at me — speaking loud enough for… Read More
The Maine Bureau of Taxation “creates” the community property valuations used in school funding formulas. Errors in the Bureau of Taxation valuations often exceed the corrections proposed by the governor’s task force on school funding. Bureau of Taxation personnel, naturally enough, choose to ignore errors… Read More
In response to the BDN article, “Driving the mean streets,” Nov. 30, by Tom Weber. I have a gripe. People who gripe for a living — why is it that I still hear complaints about our city’s roads and highways? This is the first year in many that… Read More
I recently attended services at an area funeral home for a dear old friend. He was a very private person and also could be considered a little shy. There were so many people there that night, I guess you could say it was standing room only. Read More
After many years of supporting Bangor’s holiday parade, I didn’t this year because the greed of charging participants a $2 fee is ridiculous. We spend many hours and much more than $2 to build floats for the many spectators to enjoy. If we win any of the contests… Read More
Laurie A. Hamm of Milo was granted sole parental rights and responsibilities of two minor children, not one child as was stated in a listing of divorces out of 13th District Court in Dover-Foxcroft on the Penquis page Nov. 23. Read More
CHAPMAN — A Presque Isle man and a Chapman woman were treated for injuries and released from Gould Memorial Hospital Tuesday following a two-vehicle accident reported at 7:55 a.m. on the East Chapman Road. Joseph Neece, 26, was traveling north in a 1989 Ford Thunderbird,… Read More
HOULTON — The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department reported this week that two people were arrested after they reportedly tried to smuggle drugs into the county jail in Houlton. Anna Walls, 24, of Caribou, and Joseph Sears, 23, of Bangor, were arrested Dec. 2 in the… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Local communities will have to find an alternative to handling unpredictable or unidentified explosives when Loring Air Force Base closes and takes its bomb demolition team with it. During a Presque Isle City Council meeting Monday, Local Emergency Management Director Michael Smith… Read More
HOULTON — A total of 331 students in SAD 29 worked during the annual potato harvest this fall, earning $92,016, an increase of $14,239 from last year. The harvest report was presented to the district’s School Board at its meeting Monday night. According to the… Read More
VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Town Council named a fourth hospital district trustee Monday and discussed grant opportunities for the town. David Cyr was named to the Van Buren Hospital District board. Cyr, who works for the Aroostook Mental Health Center, was nominated by… Read More
MEDWAY — The Medway Community Development Committee has established a four-member subcommittee to look into a grant for housing rehabilitation. The group’s action came Monday after a meeting with Mike Bush of the Eastern Maine Development Corp. who explained grant programs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
PALMYRA — Cindy Preble, wife of Palmyra Selectman Carlton Preble, is scheduled to appear in 12th District Court at Skowhegan on Wednesday for allegedly knocking over a video camera at a selectmen’s meeting. A clerk at the District Court offices in Skowhegan said Preble is… Read More
CORINNA — Yearly employee evaluations will top tonight’s of the Corinna Board of Selectmen. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at the town office. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The Community and Social Services budget for 1994 in Pittsfield received the onceover Tuesday night at the Town Council meeting. Carrying a total of $48,522, the account changed little despite a packed council room looking for increases in individual requests. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Federal Communications Commission recently charged Cavan Communications Corp. with violating rules requiring proper notification when a station goes off the air. Cavan Communications Corp. is the licensee of WTMS-AM radio in Presque Isle. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
PALMYRA — Two Hartland residents were treated at Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield and released Tuesday afternoon after a single-car accident on Route 151. Somerset County Sheriff’s Deputy Randy Wing said that Heidi Lavoie, 20, was driving a 1987 two-door Buick north toward Hartland when… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Museum will present two performances of “Peter and the Wolfe” at 2 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, in the museum library. A children’s classic, this symphonic fairy tale by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev was first performed in 1936 at… Read More
ROCKLAND — The following case has been disposed of in Knox County Superior Court before Justice Francis C. Marsano: Joell Fogg, 26, Rockland, possession of a firearm by a felon, driving after license suspension, driving after license revocation, concurrent 26-month sentences; violation of conditions of… Read More
ROCKLAND — A committee drawn from the SAD 5 communities of Rockland, Owls Head and South Thomaston held its first meeting Tuesday night on the delicate subject of changing the school cost-sharing formula from one based solely on property valuation to one that is rational. Read More
MACHIAS — The Machias Planning Board will begin a review of state and local ordinances governing mobile home parks at a work session beginning at 7 p.m. tonight in the Machias Town Office. The work session was called in response to a proposal from Harold… Read More
LEWISTON — Voters in Maine’s second-largest city chose a new mayor Tuesday, selecting John Jenkins in a runoff between the two top vote-getters in last month’s general election. The runoff between Jenkins, who is to become Lewiston’s first Afro-American mayor, and Edouard Plourde was required… Read More
BUCKSPORT — As the local sewer committee chose to hurry up and wait for its own decision, a selectman in a neighboring municipality said Tuesday that his town will resume disposing of its septic sludge at a nearby site recently reopened after a state-imposed shutdown. Read More
STONINGTON — Stonington’s Christmas Parade will be held Saturday, Dec. 11. Santa Claus will arrive by lobster boat at 10 a.m. at the Coop II dock. Riding in a firetruck, he will lead the parade up Main Street to the Odd Fellows Hall where a… Read More
SEDGWICK — Contending that it may be the state’s oldest meetinghouse in continuous use, town officials hope to have their Town House and a few other local landmarks added to the National Register of Historic Places. That way, if someone wanted to “build a superhighway”… Read More
HANCOCK — Hancock residents are encouraged to take a timeout from Christmas shopping Friday night to attend a public hearing on the town’s proposed environmental control ordinance. The hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the town office. Several local property owners are unhappy… Read More
BUCKSPORT — An informational meeting on plans to organize a March of Dimes WalkAmerica in Bucksport will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at the town office. WalkAmerica is a major fund-raiser for the birth defects foundation. The walk is held on the… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Hancock County Chapter of United We Stand America-Maine will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, at Ellsworth City Hall. Members will discuss plans to sponsor speaking engagements of local and state officials. Discussion also will focus on filling committee vacancies. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
United We Stand America, Penobscot County Chapter, will hold county meetings at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, and the third Tuesday each month, at the state UWSA office, 136 Union St., Suite 1. For information, call 990-2222 or 990-1900. Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A Blue Hill selectman received assurance this week that the park will seek local comment regarding the proposed acquisition of a conservation easement on Long Island in Blue Hill Bay. Selectman John Bannister, who attended this week’s meeting of the Acadia… Read More
ORRINGTON — Voters Monday night adopted new shoreland zoning and flood plain ordinances. Town Manager Candy Guerette said the new ordinances became effective immediately and in the case of the shoreland ordinance, the town-approved ordinance will replace one that was imposed on the town by… Read More
An expulsion hearing is scheduled for later this month for a Bangor High School student involved in a stabbing on school grounds in late November. On Monday evening the Bangor School Committee authorized Superintendent James Doughty to continue with his investigation into the incident and… Read More
The Joshua L. Chamberlain Chapter 1865 of the Purple Heart Association on Monday night called for issuance of Maine state license plates that Purple Heart recipients may purchase. According to John Gormely of Brewer, commander of the local chapter, the only one of its kind… Read More
LEWISTON — Voters in Maine’s second-largest city chose a new mayor Tuesday, selecting John Jenkins in a runoff between the two top vote-getters in last month’s general election. The runoff between Jenkins, who is to become Lewiston’s first Afro-American mayor, and Edouard Plourde was required… Read More
HAMPDEN — The SAD 22 board of directors extended Superintendent Richard Lyons’ contract by a year and gave him a 3 percent pay raise in a special meeting Tuesday. The matter of extending Lyons’ contract generated the greatest divisiveness of the evening with board members… Read More
Contrary to her previous statement, Housing Authority Executive Director Elsie Coffey threatened Tonia Kigas and her neighbor with eviction after the two were involved in a fight last year. Kigas, who allegedly starved her 5-year-old daughter to death last month, fought with her next-door neighbor,… Read More
As a scientist working to conserve Maine wildlife, I am responding to Clair Wood’s Science Forum, “Saving world’s biota” (BDN, Nov. 5). In general, the facts in the column are correct, but the bias the author displays makes an impartial assessment impossible. Wood implies that… Read More
HAMPDEN — Councilors Monday night appointed Sandy Albair to the SAD 22 board of directors to replace Jonathan Kunz, who recently resigned. Town Manager Marie Baker told the councilors that she had the names of several residents who would be willing to serve on the… Read More
HAMPDEN — Councilors took action Monday night on two amendments, one dealing with day care facilities, the other with a definition of wetlands. The council approved sending an amendment to the Planning Board pertaining to three designations for day care facilities. Home day care would… Read More
Henry P. Lombard Jr., one of two half brothers acquitted more than a year ago of the 1990 Thanksgiving Day shooting deaths of two men at a Fairfield farmhouse, was found guilty Tuesday of federal conspiracy and firearms violations. His half brother, Hubert E. Hartley… Read More
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy will host an open house for prospective students and their parents Dec. 11. Registration will take place in the new Student Center from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Saturday. A continental breakfast and lunch are free to all participants. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Tuesday’s lottery numbers: 597 — 3003 Tri-State Cash 5 numbers: 13 15 25 30 33; no winner… Read More
PORTLAND — A businessman convicted of bilking four women of their life’s savings in a printing machine scam has been accused of taking advantage of clients in another venture. Walter Baker says he and his girlfriend paid about $65,000 to a company called Turnkey Construction… Read More
CAMDEN — The U.S. press has a long, sad history of failing to do its duty in covering the military by sending amateurs to do a professional’s job, retired Army Col. William Kennedy said Tuesday. Speaking to the Camden Rotary, the author of “The Military… Read More
It’s enough of a challenge for many cooks to prepare dinner for a dozen relatives on Christmas day. How about adding the obstacles of violent motion, no refrigeration and two different kinds of meals to prepare? That’s what the cooks on cargo ships in the mid-1800s faced, according… Read More
WASHINGTON — The American Forest and Paper Association announced Tuesday that the paper industry had surpassed its 1995 goal of recovering 40 percent of all paper used in the United States for recycling. AFPA President Red Cavaney predicted that by the year 2000, half the… Read More
Milestones will mark some of the outstanding accomplishments of the people of eastern and northern Maine. Submissions may be sent to Milestones, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402-1329. Martin Beall of Farmington has received the United States Water Fitness Association’s C. Carson Conrad… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Dr. James Benjamin Jr., the African-American internist who was suspended last month from The Aroostook Medical Center, will be able to admit patients again to the Presque Isle hospital beginning Saturday, according to a decision issued Tuesday. Benjamin had been charged with… Read More
Piscataquis County Sheriff John Goggin said Tuesday that no charges have been filed yet in the wake of the rescue of eight starving animals in Orneville. Three cats also were found dead. “There has been no arrest. It is still being investigated as to who… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Veazie man, charged with kidnapping a young couple in October and sexually assaulting the young woman after he acquiesced to her request to use a condom, was indicted by a Hancock County grand jury Tuesday. Craig A. Eaton, 33, was charged with… Read More
AUGUSTA — A southern Maine lawmaker thinks he has found the ideal solution for dealing both with Maine’s aging state prison and the imminent closure of Loring Air Force Base. Rep. William Lemke, D-Westbrook, said this week that the Maine State Prison in Thomaston should… Read More
The Northern Conservatory of Music will hold a free open house 3-7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, at 96 Harlow St. in Bangor. In addition to refreshments and faculty-performed music, the open house will be an unveiling of the artist’s sketches for the proposed Maine School for the Arts,… Read More
With family life in America becoming increasingly splintered, a University of Maine assistant professor and her siblings found a message about the importance of family in their childhood on the Crossland family farm in Mexico. In their book, “Once Upon a Farm,” Fern Stearns, her… Read More
WASHINGTON — If Maine 1st District residents simply voted their pocketbooks, they might have a beef with Rep. Tom Andrews. Andrews was among the Democrats who supported President Clinton’s $496 billion deficit reduction program last August. A new U.S. Treasury Department analysis indicates that Clinton’s… Read More
PORTLAND — Allegations that a Portland TV station hurt business at a lodge formerly owned by admitted child molester Warren Cole by featuring the lodge in news stories about him are “silly,” says an attorney for the station. John M.R. Paterson, who represents WCSH-TV, said… Read More
Compassionate Friends, a support group for bereaved parents, will hold a candlelight remembrance service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at All Souls Congregational Church in Bangor to mark the memories of parents, siblings and other relatives of area children who have died. Bereaved parents and relatives… Read More
BOSTON — A lobsterman and the owner of a small lumber company told first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday that the president’s health plan will break them. David Cousens, from South Thomaston, Maine, said he could barely afford insurance for his family. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Dick Barringer launched his environmentally based Democratic bid for the Blaine House Tuesday with a two-day, Portland-to-Presque Isle tour of the state’s rivers and technical colleges. A 56-year-old veteran of three administrations, Barringer’s kick-off tour is expected to reflect the tone of his campaign —… Read More
Bangor High School boys basketball coach Roger Reed likes to tell this columnist from time to time that he doesn’t spend a lot of his leisure hours browsing through the sports pages. After all, he claims, not much in the paper will affect what he’s… Read More
LILLE VILLAGE — Footprints in the snow along U.S. Route 1 led a U.S. Border Patrol agent Saturday night to the banks of the St. John River where he surprised a man allegedly loading liquor and tobacco products bound for Canada into a boat. The… Read More
In the summer of 1990, a group of former Air Force personnel held a reunion at Bangor International Airport. They had been stationed at Dow Field during the 1950s and as they toured the airport I asked several if they remembered a place called Bangor Gardens. Read More
MILFORD — The Pine Tree Snowmobile Club is hosting a cribbage tournament at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Clubhouse on outer Call Road in Milford. The tournament is open to the public and all are invited. Light lunches will be served. For more information call Mike… Read More
The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department will have adult open gym (over 18) at Garland Street Middle School from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays starting Tuesday Dec. 7. There is a $1 fee per visit, all are welcome. A six-week… Read More
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The following small-claims cases have been heard in 3rd District Court, Bangor. Plaintiffs are listed first. Edwin J. Bruno dba Bangor Podiatry, Bangor, vs. Peggy S. Lenentine, Monticello. Judgment for plaintiff by default, $45 costs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Once you retire, even though the mortgage may be paid off and interest on investments trickle in, your income is considerably smaller making the purse strings tighter. Plus, some people have the added responsibility of caring for aging parents. American Source Books recognizes this and… Read More
Pregnancy is a time during which a woman’s body undergoes tremendous changes. Extra weight, a shift in the center of gravity, hormonal changes, and increased fluid retention can cause stress and strain in many areas of the body. One of the most common complaints during… Read More
Retirements On Friday, Dec. 3, a retirement ceremony was given for Personnelman First Class David Clark of Bangor. Clark has 23 years of service in the military and the following decorations: three Navy Achievements Medals, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, Battle Efficiency “E”, four Good Conduct… Read More