Jon Austin makes no bones about it. He knows his quest is next to impossible if not improbable. But, his goal has been set and he’s taken the green flag at full throttle with his eyes focused dead ahead on the road to success. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Two University of Maine athletic programs could be affected by the 1994 amateur baseball draft. E.J. Collins of Union, N.J., who signed to play football at UMaine, and baseball recruit Roark Birsner of Edgewood, N.J., have both been drafted. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Dave Brown of Bangor is on a better roll now than a well-struck ball on a smooth green. The 1980 Bangor Daily News Amateur Golf Tournament champion has shared or won outright three of the six Maine State Golf Association weekly tournaments in Class A. Read More
DOVER, Del. – Ricky Craven, overcoming some bad practice laps he said gave him more incentive, took the pole for Saturday’s Goodwrench 200 by edging Rodney Combs in qualifying Friday at Dover Downs International Speedway. Craven drove his Chevrolet around the one-mile high-banked oval at… Read More
Paul Lynch Jr. directed his three Skowhegan High School football teams to an impressive 25-7 record and a Pine Tree Conference championship before stepping down in order to spend more time with his family. Lynch will return to guide the fortunes of the Indians this… Read More
Tim George, 31, of Bangor was killing time between men’s league softball games nearly four years ago when he decided to take a dip in a pool to cool off. A miscalculation on the dive produced two crushed cervical vertebrae, paralyzing George’s legs and drastically reducing the use… Read More
The Maine Principals’ Association will be tabulating final points for high school softball and baseball on Saturday. There were several makeup games played Friday, delaying the final standings. The standings will be published in Monday’s paper. Read More
The 30th annual Bangor Daily News Amateur Golf Tournament will be held June 17-19. The starting times follow. Withdrawals must be made by 5 p.m. Monday, June 6, to get refunds. Call the NEWS Promotion Department at 990-8140 or 1-800-432-7964, ext. 8140. SEE NEWS LIBRARY… Read More
GREENVILLE – Traci Morrell knocked in seven runs with a triple and four singles to lead the Greenville Lakers to a 19-4 schoolgirl softball win over the Bangor Christian Patriots Friday. It was the season finale for both teams. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
There will be four 12-minute quarters. An orange puck. Four skaters and a goalie. No blue lines, just a red line. Welcome to professional roller hockey and the world of the Portland-based New England Stingers, who will open their inaugural season on Sunday at 6… Read More
Talking with Larry LaBrie of the Maine Principals’ Association Friday morning was comforting. I no longer felt alone in being unfamiliar with the sport of Maine interscholastic cycling as I did before I made that call. “It’s the first time I have heard about it,”… Read More
I am writing in reference to a the front page article of May 25 concerning the decision to keep the Navy base at Winter Harbor open. Being both a town resident and a retired Navy wife I noticed a few errors in the article. First,… Read More
I want to commend your paper for carrying the article from the San Francisco Examiner by Carol Ness, “Author sued over advice in self-help book” (BDN, May 21-22). We need more articles such as this to educate the public as to what is happening to innocent victims by… Read More
I have had the grand opportunity to serve with Rep. Mary Sullivan these last two years. I want to let you know just how fortunate you are to have such a hard-working and committed legislator. Mary’s energy and dedication to the citizens of Bangor is… Read More
I am writing on behalf of Mary Cathcart and her campaign for House District 2. Seldom have I been so excited about an election as when I heard that she was going against Olympia Snowe. I vowed at that time to do everything in my power to see… Read More
Taxpayers in Clifton, Eddington, and Holden will be asked to pay approximately 30 percent more in property taxes to support a half million-dollar budget increase if the budget of SAD 63 is passed on June 8. Attempts to increase property taxes have become an annual effort on the… Read More
So now we are going to kill 1,200 moose, probably the most gentle citizens of our land, because they get in the way of our motor traffic. How absurd! It is we who are in their way. Long before the white man came from Europe… Read More
Our grampy, Lester Cavan, turned 93 on May 7. My sister, Sherry, gave him three lawn ornaments for his birthday. They were a pink pig, a yellow duck, and a white lamb. These were made of plastic and they all had windmills on them. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
As a teacher of English at Katahdin High School, I stress to my students the importance of proper word choice. That importance was made especially clear to me when I read the June 3 edition of the Bangor Daily News. I did attend the SAD… Read More
SANGERVILLE — Residents will be asked to borrow $10,000 to pay the remainder on a new firetruck at a special town meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, in the town hall. If residents approve the funds, the final payment will be made on the… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Police here are investigating the theft of four shotguns and rifles taken from an East Dover Road residence. Investigator Glen Perkins of the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department said someone used force to enter the home. He said that along with the shotguns and rifles,… Read More
HAMPDEN — More than 400 voters from Hampden, Newburgh and Winterport devoted one very long evening to debating, amending and then approving a budget for SAD 22 during last year’s district budget meeting. In November, voters decided there must be a better way of preparing… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Registration will begin Monday, June 13, for the summer session of swim programs at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA. The seven-week session will begin Tuesday, July 5. Individuals interested in registering for the YMCA swim programs must do so in person at the YMCA. Read More
BAR HARBOR — Volunteers of all ages are welcome to help in the upkeep of Acadia National Park’s hiking trails and carriage roads. Volunteers meet all summer from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays, and from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays. The work… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A simple donation of two teaspoons of blood may become the key to saving someone’s life. Volunteers from the Hancock County chapter of the Gift of Life Campaign will be taking blood samples from people willing to become part of a national registry… Read More
THOMASTON — The Children’s Room of the Thomaston Public Library has announced plans for the 1994 summer reading program called “Reading is a Magic Trip.” It is co-sponsored by the Library and the American Library Association. This program is for all independent readers through grade… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The latest achievement in Pittsfield’s economic development will be celebrated and showcased on Monday, June 6. If GS Building Systems Inc., formerly Edwards Co., is the primary beneficiary in the achievement, its employees and Pittsfield taxpayers are second in line. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ORONO — In an effort to launch an economic revitalizaton of the community, Orono is going to attempt to cash in on the outdoor writers convention to be held June 12 at the University of Maine. Administrative Assistant Mary Casciotti said Friday that the state… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — Dr. Stephen Graham will offer a free health clinic Friday, June 24, at his office on Route 1, for women who are not covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or any other form of insurance, and who have neglected their gynecological health care because of an inability… Read More
CALAIS — The University of Maine at Machias Calais Center will conduct placement examinations June 21 and 23 at its offices on the Washington County Technical College campus in Calais. The English placement exam, which tests students’ knowledge of grammar and vocabulary as well as… Read More
The annual June Blueberry Field Days, sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will be held at three county meetings and will focus on weeds, fertilizer and fruit fly trapping. At the first discussion on weed identification and strategies for cultural and chemical management,… Read More
CALAIS — An educational opportunity workshop will be presented by Sally Daniels, counselor with the Maine Educational Opportunity Center, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 14, at the University of Maine at Machias Calais Center in Calais. The workshop will be divided into two… Read More
TOWNSHIP 42 MD — A three-acre forest fire of suspicious origin was extinguished Friday near the border of Washington and Hancock counties, according to officials of the Department of Conservation. District Ranger Maynard Thornton of the St. Croix District said Friday that an investigation was… Read More
AUGUSTA — Democratic State Convention delegates gathered Friday to pay tribute to their retiring top-of-the-ticket champion and pledge support for his would-be successor. Part farewell for Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, part pep rally for 1st District Rep. Tom Andrews, the three-day assembly at the… Read More
BANGOR — A Bucksport man was injured when his motorcycle was struck at the intersection of Intersate 395 and Odlin Road Friday morning. Jason Howes, 20, was operating a 1985 Kawasaki motorcycle, and turned left from Outer Hammond Street on Odlin Road. While making the… Read More
In a move that foretells the coming of national health-care reform, eight Bangor primary-care doctors have decided to merge their practice with Eastern Maine Healthcare. Norumbega Medical Specialists Ltd. will become part of EMH, which also owns Eastern Maine Medical Center, Acadia Hospital, Affiliated Healthcare… Read More
GUILFORD — Amber Reed and Rosemary Garrett-Young have received the Girl Scout Silver Award, the highest for a Cadette Girl Scout, for their project to improve the Wellington Arboretum, at Wellington Elementary School. The girls planted bulbs, shrubs and trees, attached labels with the scientific… Read More
ORONO — The University of Maine is one of four agencies in the United States chosen to introduce college students from Russia to a democratic society before they enter U.S. colleges. Housing in private homes is needed for three weekends in July and August, one… Read More
HAMPDEN — Playground maintenance day will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the community playground behind the McGraw School. Read More
BREWER — A meet-the-candidate event 2-4 p.m. Saturday, June 4, sponsored by the Brewer Republican City Committee, will include a straw poll. Republican gubernatorial and 2nd Congressional District candidates may not relish the thought of participating in a straw poll eight days before Primary Day,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook Retired and Senior Volunteer Program will honor volunteers at 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 6, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building on the Van Buren Road. Speakers at the event will be Mary Pelky of the ACTION district office in… Read More
HOULTON — Opponents of a proposed regional landfill in southern Aroostook County have collected enough signatures to force a vote on financing the project. Beth Taylor of Houlton, one of the project opponents, said Thursday that petitions bearing 470 signatures from residents of the eight… Read More
VAN BUREN — The SAD 24 board Wednesday continued to reduce its professional staff. The layoffs were prompted by a significant loss in state aid. The district, comprising Van Buren, Hamlin and Cyr Plantation, is bracing for a nearly $180,000 loss in state subsidy next… Read More
Bangor District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, 90-day license suspension: Michael Bonneau, 22, Old Town, two days in jail, $350; Heather Giguere, 18, Yarmouth, $300; Jamie Hanson, 35, Brewer, 10 days in jail, $300; Karen Hughes, 26, East Holden, two… Read More
LUBEC — A water quality study of Johnson’s Bay and Lubec Narrows begun last year by Lubec Middle School pupils has been selected by Anheuser-Busch as a finalist for its annual “Pledge and a Promise” environmental award. The project grew from a proposal submitted by… Read More
ORONO — They came to the Orono campus of the University of Maine in 1940 from all over the state and country, the children of the Depression, many of them the first of their generation to enter college, looking for opportunity. They found it at… Read More
BLAINE — Marcie Cheney, 16, of Blaine was recently crowned Miss Maine National Teen-ager. She was also awarded the citizenship, speech and best scrapbook awards, and two four-year college scholarships. Cheney is the daughter of Steven and Deborah Cheney and is a junior at Central… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A writers conference titled “Voices in the North County: The Relevance of Literature in a Rural Setting” will be held Sept. 15-17 at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. The conference will feature acclaimed authors Cathie Pelletier, Dori Sanders, Terry Kay,… Read More
EXETER — The townwide revaluation project in Exeter has been completed, and property owners can expect to see information about their property’s assessment in their mailboxes either this weekend or early next week. Jim Phillips, the town’s assessment consultant, said Friday that notices with the… Read More
June 14 is a historic primary election day for Maine voters. The unprecedented size of the field in the Democrat and Republican primaries for governor of Maine and for Congress is an impressive testimonial to the lure of public service and the power of limited terms. Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Individuals who became unemployed as a result of flooding and ice jams in Aroostook County on April 15 may be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance. Self-employed individuals and unemployed workers who are not covered by the regular state unemployment insurance programs may… Read More
VAN BUREN — Borderview Manor, a Van Buren nursing home, will recognize more than 30 local volunteers at a luncheon Friday, June 10, at Dayton’s Restaurant. The volunteers have given their time to serve as Eucharistic ministers, activities volunteers and chauffeurs. The luncheon is an… Read More
BATH — When several troubled eighth- and ninth-graders pull the halyard on the 100-ton schooner Harvey Gamage, they will be doing more than raising the ship’s sails. The students from Bath’s alternative education program will also be learning about the importance of teamwork. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — With a single show of hands, voters from the four towns comprising SAD 77 on Thursday approved a nearly $4 million education budget for the coming fiscal year. Initiated by one of the district’s residents, the surprise move to consolidate 27 funding… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Park officials are boasting of another successful nesting season for Acadia’s peregrine falcon pair. Perched even higher on the cliffs of Champlain Mountain than in previous years, the birds, members of an endangered species, have successfully hatched at least one chick… Read More
Maine voters should be aware there is more than meets the eye in the article (BDN, May 26) reporting that a new study indicates Maine has earned a poor grade in economic development. Since this is a political year, and since virtually all candidates are mass producing economic… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Recognized by the federal government in 1991, the Aroostook Band of MicMacs had set their sights on acquiring Loring Air Force Base to provide the tribe with a land base, to establish an Indian treatment facility and to provide housing for its 900 members. Read More
DEXTER — Voters will have their say on the merits of the proposed SAD 46 budget at the district referendum vote scheduled for Monday, June 6. Voting will be held at the regular polling places in Exeter, Ripley and Garland, but voting in Dexter will… Read More
WASHINGTON — It happens this way more often than not, said Phil Jutras. Each spring, the sky soldiers return to the small, French city a few miles inland from Utah and Omaha beaches. Near the eve of the 50th anniversary of D-Day, their numbers are… Read More
Dexter Last August, the taxpayers of Dexter, Garland and Exeter told their school board, no more local option money. The school board turned around and told the students, no more sports or band or math team. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
MILLINOCKET — For the first time in 14 years, Millinocket properties will be revalued. “There have been drastic changes in the local economy. It is important as more of the tax burden shifts to the property taxpayer that it taxes equitably and fairly among classes… Read More
FAIRFIELD — A former Fairfield reserve police officer has filed a claim against the town, a fellow officer and one of the town councilors, alleging harassment and job interference because she is a woman. Kelley Whitney, currently on inactive status with the department, alleges she… Read More
ROCKPORT — During its history, Rockland has called itself the lime, lobster, and then schooner capital of the world, historian Gil Merriam told the Rockland Rotary Club on Friday. Merriam, a retired history professor is now the director of the city’s Chamber of Commerce and “a person made… Read More
They are the World War II veterans, and they are aging. With increasing frequency their obituaries are being recorded in the daily newspaper, a miniature American flag cut into the column of type indicating that they willingly answered their country’s call to arms at a time of great… Read More
MILLINOCKET — The Town Council has cut in half a proposed $2 fee for a new solid-waste bag program aimed at encouraging people to recycle. By reducing the $2 fee, which was estimated to generate about $140,000 in revenue, the revenue budget was reduced by… Read More
FRIENDSHIP — Three Knox County Sheriff’s Department cruisers responded to a domestic complaint on the Cottage Road at 1:54 a.m. Friday. The Knox County jail reported that Warren Sylvester, 26, of Friendship was arrested on a charge of terrorizing. Sylvester was eventually released on $1,000… Read More
PORTLAND — A sharp rise in violent crime by juveniles is a disturbing trend that Maine cannot afford to ignore, law enforcement officials say. Assaults, rapes, robberies and weapons violations by youngsters under the age of 18 have increased 42 percent from 1989 to 1993,… Read More
LINCOLN — Mattanawcook Academy’s high school curriculum next year will not include driver education. The issue of continuing to offer the program was one of the final decisions made this week before the SAD 67 School Board approved next year’s budget proposal. Officials said cutting… Read More
Performance activist Judith Sloan will present “A Tattle Tale” at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 359 Main St., Bangor. The one-woman show, created by Sloan in collaboration with Warren Lehrer, is based on a true story… Read More
PORTLAND — A Portland teen-ager charged with raping, robbing and beating an 80-year-old woman should be tried as a juvenile rather than as an adult, his lawyer says. “Treat him, don’t throw him away,” said attorney Peter W. Evans, who represented Winfield “Steve” Doyle Jr. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — There were cardboard boxes lashed together, barrels topped with a door, a pirate ship, a converted snowmobile and a replica of a coffin, 34 in all. Some tipped and rolled, while others, like the Titanic, were salvaged from the bottom of the Piscataquis River. Read More
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Bill Diamond predicted Friday that 20 percent of Maine’s voters will go to the polls in the June 14 primaries, a higher percentage than in 1992. Diamond, who heads the state election division, said the 20 percent forecast would translate… Read More
HOULTON — A Houlton man with a history of burglaries and thefts in the town was sentenced Thursday to serve 11 months in prison. Tony R. Bulley, 21, was arrested in March after he used a stolen key to gain entrance into Shiretown TV and… Read More
WASHINGTON — An early jump this year in milk prices is turning into a rapid tumble, the nation’s milk producers say. But shoppers won’t know the difference. Prices paid to farmers are falling in part because they had risen unexpectedly earlier this year. And more… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Twenty acres of forest burned in a fire late Friday afternoon in north Ellsworth. The fire that started behind a gravel pit owned by Ronald Jordan off Route 179 was reported at about 2:45 p.m. By 5 p.m., the fire had been contained,… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Five motions, including one to dismiss all charges in the case of former Palmyra Town Clerk Donna Page, will be heard Monday morning in Skowhegan District Court. The motions, filed by Bangor attorney N. Laurence Willey Jr., include a motion to supress evidence… Read More
The Democratic State Convention this weekend in Augusta is the perfect setting for political mischief. Platform pranksters, disaffected delegates and chaotic campaigners traditionally have used the biennial gathering as an opportunity to embarrass the party. The person with the most to lose and the least… Read More
AUGUSTA — Convinced that the gubernatorial nomination is nearly within his grasp, Tom Allen opened the Democratic State Convention Friday with a scathing assault on Joe Brennan that angered and stunned many of the former governor’s supporters. Brennan, the perceived front-runner in the five-way primary,… Read More
HOULTON — A Caribou woman, who led police on a 93-mile high-speed chase through 15 towns in April, was sentenced to 10 days in prison Thursday in Aroostook County Superior Court. Mary Perry, 35, was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence… Read More
AUGUSTA — Can anybody beat Joe Brennan? The former two-term governor and two-term congressman towers over the rest of the Democratic field for governor. Each of the other candidates believes he’s in position to upset Brennan, but to do so they’ve got to get support… Read More
AUGUSTA — U.S. Sen. William Cohen is taking heat for a fund-raising letter urging key supporters to contribute to the campaign of a former aide competing in the eight-way race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Although Cohen’s staff maintained that the letter sent on behalf… Read More
OLD TOWN — When Delores Climo left her South Main Street home Friday afternoon, her washer and dryer were floating in the basement and her manicured back yard was gone. Nearby, gravel driveways were washed away and a section of South Main Street was underwater. Read More
Health care activists are calling on Rep. Olympia Snowe to support health coverage for all Americans that is at least as good as the insurance for members of Congress. Carrying signs that read “Give Us What You Get!” about 20 members of Consumers for Affordable… Read More
MACHIAS — The combined efforts of state, county and local police, helped by an alert witness, have resulted in the apprehension of two men and a 16-year-old juvenile, suspected of burglarizing a home in the West Kennebec district of Machias last weekend. According to a… Read More
ATLANTA — Smoking escalates a woman’s risk of dying from breast cancer by at least 25 percent, according to a study that also says women can eliminate that increase by quitting. Smokers were 25 percent more likely than nonsmokers and ex-smokers to die of breast… Read More
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Bangor is one of 14 cities in the country that will feature cancellations of the new D-Day stamps on June 6, the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. The 10 stamps that will be released on Monday are the latest in a series commemorating… Read More
George Mitchell (photo) was spotted in Paris this week attending the French Open with his fiancee, tennis honcho Heather MacLachlan. In his official capacity, he met with French Senate President Rene Monory, Prime Minister Edouard Balladur and Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. He headed home to Maine Thursday… Read More
WASHINGTON — The General Accounting Office has concluded that inadequate inspections are being done to enforce a law that is supposed to protect thousands of children from devastating and irreversible lead poisoning. Homes where more than 300,000 children younger than 7 reside are not being… Read More
LOS ANGELES — Children who eat more than 12 hot dogs a month develop the risk of childhood leukemia nine times above normal, according to a study. Other researchers warned, however, that such studies are hard to conduct and interpret because it is difficult for… Read More
Alice E. Clifford, 132 Parkview Ave., Bangor, 942-8552 or 990-2926, lost a black Newfoundland dog on May 28. He is 3 years old, weighs 115 pounds, and answers to “Major.” He has a black leather collar with rabies vaccination tags, 1990-94, and a registration from Stetson. He was… Read More
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Republicans Hollis Greenlaw and Glenn MacNaughton were left out of a story Friday on campaign spending in the 2nd Congressional District. And the figures listed for Democrat Jean Hay were incom- plete. Fairfield lawyer Hollis Greenlaw had raised $28,916 for the campaign by May 25. Read More
BANGOR — Bishop F. Herbert Skeete will install the Rev. Vicki L. Woods as superintendent of the Northern District of the United Methodist Church during a service at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Grace United Methodist Church, 193 Union St. Woods, who is pastor… Read More
BANGOR — Bangor Theological Seminary celebrated its 175th commencement May 20 with the senior pastor of Woodfords Congregational Church in Portland, the Rev. William Gregory, as speaker. The first class of doctor of ministry candidates graduated. Degrees were awarded to: Randall Chretien, Bethel; James Christensen,… Read More
At its temporary berth hard by the tugboat wharf in Belfast, all hands are hurrying about the decks of the Voyageur, readying the cruise ship for its inaugural passage down the Penobscot River from Bangor. Beginning the afternoon of June 17, the Voyageur will offer… Read More
“I was born in a large Welsh Industrial town at the beginning of the Great War: an ugly lovely town (or so it was, and is, to me) crawling, sprawling, slummed, unplanned, jerryvilla’d and smug-suburbed by the side of a long and splendid-curving shore.” Thus… Read More
Over the years I have made incursions into the chateau country of the Loire by bicycle, by automobile, by foot, by bus and, most recently, by train. Easing out of Paris on one of the speedy, comfortable and punctual trains that dart all over the face of France,… Read More
One of the world’s top tourist destinations is Florida’s inland city of Orlando, with a sunny, warm climate and a location midway between the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts. This area was frequented by northern winter visitors even before Walt Disney brought his Magic… Read More
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