ORONO – Ed Jones has always seemed content to play tenacious defense, grab a few rebounds, and show off his shot-blocking ability. Call it a flash of offensive brilliance if you like, but the University of Maine senior was feeling it Tuesday night at the… Read More
    In some detail, a week ago, we gave you a look at the Claude Z. Westfall file, the conclusion of a long-held goal, a seven-week, 12,047-mile adventure over land from Orono, Maine, to Alaska. Westfall, a retired University of Maine engineering professor, and his wife,… Read More
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    It was one of the greatest game-winning baskets in Bangor High hoop history Friday night. But when Danny Dahl’s half-court bomb against Waterville rattled through the rim at the final buzzer, it gave the Rams something more than just another notch in the win column. Read More
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    BELFAST – Mike Farnham, a 6-foot-4 senior, made six free throws in overtime to lift the Bucksport Golden Bucks to a 63-57 schoolboy basketball win over the Belfast Lions Tuesday night. David Winchester tossed in 13 for the Golden Bucks, while Nathan Bowden had 11. Read More
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    Mark Sweeney hasn’t been in pro baseball very long but he has already made a name for himself. Sweeney, who will begin only his third full pro season this year, has been placed on the California Angels’ 40-man roster and will go to spring training… Read More
    WALDOBORO – The Rockland Tigers built up a lead early in the fourth quarter and then held off Medomak Valley down the stretch to take a 35-32 schoolgirl basketball win Tuesday night. Susan Ware paced the attack with 13 points as the Tigers remained undefeated. Read More
    Tuesday’s announcement that the Black Coaches Association is expecting its members to boycott men’s college basketball games beginning as early as Saturday left University of Maine head coach Rudy Keeling adopting a wait-and-see attitude. “Whatever the BCA decides to do to be effective, I think… Read More
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    HOULTON – Joe Ulmschneider, Pat Noonan and Travis Beaton combined for some fourth-quarter heroics to lift the Houlton Shiretowners to a 72-68 schoolboy basketball win over the Stearns Minutemen Tuesday night. Ulmschneider scored 12 fourth-quarter points and Noonan and Beaton each hit two foul shots… Read More
    CASTLETON, Vt. – Chris Casavant poured in 28 points, 19 in the first half, to lead the University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls to a 96-82 men’s college basketball victory over Castleton State Tuesday. Kirk Lurvey and Joel Peterson each added 13 points for the winners. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Rachel Underwood scored from inside with three seconds left in the game to give the Presque Isle Wildcats a 60-58 victory over Fort Kent here Tuesday night. Kim Condon paced the winners with 15 points, Shannon Reynolds added 13, and Underwood netted… Read More
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    The Bangor Post Office is forming a Customer Advisory Council and is seeking volunteers 18 or older to meet monthly for discussion of ways the Postal Service can better serve the community. This volunteer committee will consist of a diversified group such as college students,… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — A classic New England boiled dinner will be served in the Cherryfield American Legion Hall at noon Sunday, Jan. 23, to help raise the final $10,000 of the $30,000 cost of building a new community bandstand. According to Cynthia Curtis, director of the… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Jerry A. Smith, D.O., a surgeon on the medical staff at Waterville Osteopathic Hospital, was recently certified in general surgery by the American Board of Osteopathic Surgery. Smith gained certification after successfully completing an extensive case survey, written and oral exams and a… Read More
    This is in response to (Jim) Mitchell’s “Power for Maine’s future” column, published on Dec. 30. There are strong words here like “distortions and half truths, onslaught,” etc. I felt like the witness to a train wreck or hit-and-run accident. I am no apologist for the power utilities;… Read More
    I was recently made aware of a very upsetting possibility. Our school district, SAD 22 (Hampden, Newburgh and Winterport) is starting to check into the possibility of bus leasing. This would mean that our children would have different drivers and our drivers would be losing… Read More
    Regarding the Jan. 7 BDN article by Jeanne Curran, “Bangor man gets jail time:” The Bangor man was reported to have been arrested on two separate occasions, each time possession of cocaine and a firearm occurred. It was also reported that the man was sentenced to five years… Read More
    Shame on you, all those who promised a convenient shuttle bus for the shoppers of Shop ‘n Save on Third and Union streets. The store had closed there but these people had high hopes that they would be taken care of. No way! The shuttle… Read More
    I would like to send a heartwarming thank-you to the Bangor Fire Rescue and the operator of 911. I don’t know their names, but on Jan. 3, we needed them. Our daughter, Jamie, has a shunt and she has seizures. Around 6:45 a.m. she had the worst seizure… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Newport Planning Board approved two conditional-use permits Tuesday night but both projects must come before another town board for final approval. SAD 48 was granted approval for a three-classroom building it wants to construct behind the school. Although the structure was approved,… Read More
    HOULTON — Dale P. Lancaster of Skowhegan has been promoted to sergeant in the Maine State Police and assigned to Troop F in Aroostook County. Lancaster, a nine-year veteran of the MSP, for four years has been a detective with the Criminal Investigation Division and has patrolled in… Read More
    FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent will be offering several Academic Outreach Programs this semester. UMFK photographer Julia Bayly will offer the five-week course Outdoor Photography starting Thursday Jan. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. The course will include a field… Read More
    HODGDON — The SAD 70 School Board at its meeting Monday night approved a policy regarding life-sustaining emergency care for students. According to the new policy, appropriately trained staff members whose responsibilities include life-sustaining emergency care should take all reasonable steps to provide that care… Read More
    MACHIAS — Until Jan. 5, Sidney Hughes faced an uncertain future as a temporary full-time deputy and Drug Abuse Resistance Education teacher with the Washington County Sheriff’s Department. On Tuesday, Hughes was busy in his new capacity as the department’s first permanent full-time drug education… Read More
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    BAILEYVILLE — The Woodland High School Band has rescheduled its bottle drive. The drive will be held from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday, Jan. 15. Music students and boosters will gather returnable bottles and cans from homes and highways in Woodland, Princeton and other area towns. Read More
    CALAIS — The management of private lands will be the topic for discussion leader Gregg Sepik at a meeting of the Schoodic Chapter, Maine Audubon Society at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, in the recreation room at Sunrise Apartments in Calais. Sepik, a regional biologist… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — It will cost the town of Dover-Foxcroft $4,800 to determine whether the town’s landfill contaminated a well belonging to an abutting landowner. Town officials assume the landfill is the source of contamination of a well owned by Eric and Marcie Grant. The Grants… Read More
    NEWPORT — The on-again, off-again lawsuit brought by the town of Newport against the Newport Sanitary District appears to be on again. The town of Newport is taking the district to court over the expansion of sanitary district sewer lines out of town. The district… Read More
    CAMDEN — The American Red Cross will sponsor a blood drive from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, at the First Congregational Church, 53 Elm St. Walk-ins are welcome or appointments may be made by calling 236-6714. Donors must be in good health, 18… Read More
    BELFAST — Waldo County Sheriff John Ford warned county residents not to be taken in by telephone solicitations on behalf of his department or the Maine Sheriff’s Association. Ford said residents throughout Maine had been contacted by out-of-state callers asking for contributions. Ford said neither… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Newport Budget Committee completed its review of the proposed 1994 budget Monday night, avoiding a second night of deliberations. Chairman Phil Brown said the committee reviewed all items “very carefully,” including proposed town office construction. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Nomination papers are available at the town office for elected positions in Dover-Foxcroft. Positions open include two on the Board of Selectmen held by Elaine Heath and Julie Mountain; two on the SAD 68 board held by Ray Beless and Brent Jones and… Read More
    THOMASTON — The Thomaston Fourth of July Committee has chosen “Maine: The Way Life is Going to Be,” as its 1994 theme and for the first time has opened membership in the committee to all midcoast community residents. The Rev. Peter Edwards-Jenks, parade committee chairman,… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — No one was injured in a fire that may have been caused by welding sparks at Champion International paper mill Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters spent about 90 minutes on the small fire burning in a utility tunnel between the kraft plant and paper mill,… Read More
    BELFAST — The Waldo County Commissioners overspent their $1.7 million 1993 budget by $195,710. That dismal news was revealed Tuesday by County Treasurer Ralph Stephenson during the commissioners’ first meeting of 1994. Stephenson informed commission Chairman Kenneth Murch and members Lloyd Drinkwater and Mel Shute… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Knox County Commissioners said Tuesday they’re willing to look at whether towns with their own police officers pay too much for the Sheriff’s Department, but doubted whether a “magic formula” will be found. The issue was brought to the commissioners’ table by… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — A walk in tribute to the memory of Martin Luther King will begin at noon Monday, Jan. 17, starting at the Village Green and then proceeding down Main Street to Agamont Park. The walk will be held during the nation’s observance of… Read More
    BELFAST — Charges against two Waldo County Jail inmates are expected following an assault on two guards Monday night. County Sheriff John Ford said corrections officers Connie Colby and Melissa Rollerson were not injured during the attacks which came from behind. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The Jackson Laboratory will sponsor a program, “Genes and Cancer,” a guide to the genetics of cancer, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, in the laboratory’s auditorium. Dr. Harvey Segal, a cancer specialist at Eastern Maine Medical Center, will join Drs. Kenneth… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — No one was injured in a fire that may have been caused by welding sparks at Champion International paper mill Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters spent about 90 minutes on the small fire burning in a utility tunnel between the kraft plant and paper mill,… Read More
    ORRINGTON — An amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow auto repair facilities in the Residential Farming Zone will go before voters again. Voters approved the change at a special town meeting on Dec. 6, 1993, but there is a question now on the validity… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A straw poll in Southwest Harbor Tuesday evening revealed no groundswell of public support for the construction of a consolidated middle school on Mount Desert Island. The meeting at the Pemetic Elementary School was the second in a series of public meetings… Read More
    TRENTON — A four-car accident on Route 3 in Trenton sent at least six people to the hospital Tuesday afternoon. Sgt. Ken DeBeck of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department said at least six people were transported by ambulance with a variety of injuries. No injuries… Read More
    KENDUSKEAG — Authorities on Tuesday were searching for two men who Maced an elderly woman and her son after breaking into their home during a robbery. Cora Tozier, 83, was alseep in her room when two men, reportedly masked, entered her Mudgett Road home and… Read More
    A request from S. Melvin Brown for permission to develop a 6.3-acre lot along the Penobscot River, about 1,000 feet north of the Veterans Remembrance Bridge, was approved Monday night by the Brewer Planning Board. The property will be divided into three parcels, one for… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Joseph G. Carleton Jr., a Wells attorney, confirmed Tuesday he will be a Republican candidate for House speaker despite the prospect of an “uphill battle” by the numerically superior Democrats. Carleton, a two-term representative on the Legislature’s Banking and Insurance Committee, said he… Read More
    LD 1603 is just a small bill; if it were a fish, it would be thrown back. But it is one of a couple of thousand bills that the 116th Legislature will consider this term, and it is one small reason that the Legislature’s plate is too full… Read More
    The Bangor City Council approved two zone changes Monday night. The first one granted was for John E. Murray for property at 572 Odlin Road. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    PORTLAND — A looming battle over a tax initiative advanced by Central Maine Power Co. has prominent Democrats poised on opposite sides. CMP President David Flanagan, who is leading the fight for a “windfall revenues” tax on independent generators of electricity, served more than a… Read More
    A Pleasant Point man Tuesday became the first person in Maine to receive a jail sentence for shooting an eagle. Appearing in Bangor’s federal court, Clifford J. Mitchell Sr., 45, was sentenced by a U.S. magistrate judge to serve three months of incarceration for shooting… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Proponents of a bill that would legalize marijuana for medicinal use took their cause to the State House Tuesday by presenting the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee with a potted marijuana plant. “There,” said Cheryl Thompson, a Sherman Mills resident and marijuana advocate. “It’s not… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Portland woman who fell into a manhole while getting ready for a walk around Back Cove assumed the “Spiderman stance” to keep herself from falling farther into the hole as she tried to figure a way out of her dilemma. One moment… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives refused Tuesday to revive the “ballotgate” controversy. By a 68-68 tie, the House failed to approve a Republican order to revive a bill seeking the release of certain documents obtained by state and federal officials who investigated the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Sue Davenport as the new commissioner of Maine’s Mental Health Department on Tuesday. Davenport served as the New England head of the federal Health and Human Services Department for five years under the Reagan and… Read More
    CARIBOU — A contractor involved in the building of the Aroostook Centre Mall says that the mall owners failed to pay the total bill for the construction. As a result, the contractor was unable to pay its subcontractors. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Council of Churches will hold a conference on sex offenders and the criminal justice system on Friday, Jan. 14, at the Holiday Inn, Augusta. Experts from treatment programs in Oregon and Vermont will speak on types of sex offenders and treatment,… Read More
    TOGUS — Jesse Brown, secretary of Veterans Affairs, will visit patients at the VA Medical Center at Togus, where he also will speak with management, tour the facilities, and attend a Disabled American Veterans’ boxing show at the Togus gymnasium. Brown’s visit will start at… Read More
    The head of Central Maine Power Co. outlined his plan Tuesday to lift his company out of its financial doldrums while providing reliable power at a reasonable cost. Specifically, David T. Flanagan said CMP would cut more than 10 percent of its work force, or… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Jean Hay of Blue Hill, a Democratic candidate for Congress in the 2nd District, has appointed David Martucci of Washington, a former acting executive director of the Maine Democratic Party, as her campaign manager. Martucci, 41, was acting executive director of the party… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A 17-year-old Pittsfield girl remains comatose at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor a week after being injured in a car crash in Detroit. Mary Poulin, a junior at Maine Central Institute, is being treated for serious head injuries and multiple trauma after… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — A Skowhegan District Court judge dismissed aggravated drug trafficking charges Monday against Don Christen, 40, of Madison, one of the founders of Maine Vocals, a pro-marijuana movement. The charges stem from a three-county drug sweep in October in which $100,000 worth of marijuana… Read More
    A Maine man who escaped from the fire at the Branch Davidian compound hopes to return to Texas for the trial of 11 of his fellow cult members. David Thibodeau, 24, of Bangor said he hoped the trial would expose the way authorities handled the… Read More
    The former administrator of a Bangor boarding home who pleaded guilty last year to embezzling more than $50,000 in federal health-care funds to pay for cocaine was sentenced Tuesday in Bangor’s federal court. Timothy A. Bishop, 29, was sentenced to six months in prison, with… Read More
    PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Although he stopped short of supporting gambling, Plattsburgh Mayor Clyde Rabideau said that his town should consider turning part of its soon-to-be-closed Air Force base into a casino. The downtown business district of Plattsburgh, 150 miles north of Albany, might also make… Read More
    BATH — The Bath Fire Department will be honored this month as one of 10 departments nationally selected to teach others how to implement successful child education programs in schools. Ironically, the honor comes in a year where Bath’s program has been slashed to almost… Read More
    BENNINGTON, Vt. — Two months after state and hospital officials tried to disconnect a “near-vegetative” patient from life support, the 30-year-old man is eating, communicating and operating a tape player. Ronald Comeau, a drifter who tried to hang himself in a jail cell last summer,… Read More
    I’ve been thinking a lot in the last couple of days about pioneers, those hardy folk who bundled themselves in wool and animal hides and got on with the business of settling this great nation without so much as a whine of protest. Those were… Read More
    MELODY WRIGHT has been promoted to branch manager at the Union Trust Co. office on High Street in Ellsworth. A resident of Ellsworth, Wright joined the bank as a teller. Most recently, she was branch supervisor at the office. Union Trust Co. of Ellsworth has… Read More
    The Adopt-A-Park program was discussed last summer by the city and area businesses and institutions. It was needed and has been successful. By fall, however, it had left a legacy of signs almost as large as the program’s ambitions. Adopt-A-Park triumphs as a concept. The… Read More
    High school senior Anna Westfall Fricke of Hancock dealt with two milestones this Christmas: getting her driver’s license, and preparing for a sun-kissed week in Miami, where she will read her writing before panels of literati and compete for a national arts award. As one… Read More
    A well-known New England dealer in marine-mammal parts pleaded guilty Tuesday in Bangor’s federal court to charges of unlawfully transporting polar bear hides and skulls from Alaska to Maine. Michael G. Keim, 49, of Weld, who operated three businesses selling mammal parts, including whale bones… Read More
    A former Key Bank employee who pleaded guilty last year to defrauding the bank of more than $8,500 was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Bangor. Kimberly Perkins, 26, of Augusta was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $8,589 in restitution… Read More
    The impact of Speaker of the House John Martin’s surprise resignation on the Democratic caucus and the Maine Legislature will be explored on “MaineWatch” at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, at Maine Public Television. Several state house reporters will join host Patsy Wiggins to discuss… Read More
    Capping off two weeks of college bands at Sugarloaf/USA will be Warner Bros. recording artist Belly at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, in the King Pine Room. Belly is the new band founded and fronted by former Throwing Muses guitarist Tanya Donelly. The group’s debut… Read More
    Libby Russell, Angela Berry and David Farthing have taken top honors in the American Education Week essay contest sponsored by the Bangor Education Association, the Bangor Daily News and Stephen and Tabitha King. The topic for this year’s American Education Week (Nov. 14-20, 1993) was… Read More
    I think that better schools shape better tomorrows. I think this for many reasons. One reason is that children who have a good education not only have a better chance of getting a good job later on, but are also more likely to be good at it. Read More
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    January is National Volunteer Blood Donor Month, a time to honor Americans who give the gift of life, and to encourage others to consider becoming volunteer donors. Ellen LaChance, medical technologist, is the supervisor of the EMMC Blood Bank. Why is this an important time… Read More