Jason Wood of Orono doesn’t think much of John Davidson’s driving at Bangor Raceway, but Fred Nichols, the general manager, wants to give Davidson a big hug. Again, the disagreement evolves around the new automobile giveaway promotion and the photo-finish camera. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    Reactions while training for the channel-switching Olympics: ESPN has outdone itself with two recent technological innovations: the base-cam – a camera actually built into a regulation base – now being used at the College World Series, and the goal-cam employed in the Stanley Cup hockey… Read More
    PORTLAND – Portland Pirates head coach Barry Trotz received the Louis A.R. Pierie Memorial Award as the American Hockey League’s coach of the year. Trotz is only the third coach to lead a team to the Calder Cup championship in its first year of existence. Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor High School baseball team has ridden Matt Kinney’s right arm through much of this high school season. In Thursday’s Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal contest, the Rams hopped onto Kinney’s bat. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    The schools of the two players in the photo of a high school baseball playoff game in Thursday’s editions were reversed. David Gross plays for Bucksport. Chris Linscott is the Mount Desert Island catcher. Read More
    BANGOR – Christoper “Kip” Keeling will spend part of his summer performing 20 hours of community service after pleading no contest Tuesday to a charge of disorderly conduct in Penobscot County Superior Court. Keeling’s case in 3rd District Court was dismissed Thursday because of the… Read More
    High school baseball AUGUSTA – Center fielder C.J. York made a shoestring grab of a Nate Lajoie line drive and doubled a runner off second base to end the seventh inning and preserve Old Town’s 6-5 victory over host Cony in Class A quarterfinal baseball… Read More
    Home cooking was very much in evidence Thursday as the higher seeds won all 14 Eastern Maine schoolgirl softball quarterfinal games, although rallies were required in a handful of games. Madawaska needed two, two-out runs in the bottom of the seventh to overcome Penquis 4-3. Read More
    High Schools AT ORONO Freshman Championship Bangor boys, Brewer, Ellsworth, Hampden, MDI, Nokomis, Old Town, Orono, Searsport, Stearns (No scores) 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
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    In response to the letter to the editor of June 6 on BMHI and Rep. Sean Faircloth; many of the statements are true, but why should seven employees speak out for what has been done? Five of those who signed the letter never have attended meetings. Read More
    I must take exception to what John A. Easton set forth recently (Letter, June 1) when he extolled Mary Cathcart’s political courage as opposed to those other candidates who, in his words, “came out of the woodwork.” Glenn MacNaughton of Greenville displayed incredible faith and… Read More
    The best campaign advertisement for Angus King is the article (BDN, June 2) written by old-fashioned, spend-and-tax, liberal Democratic candidate Dick Barringer. If King supports all the Reaganisms highlighted by Barringer and opposes the Barringer agenda, then my vote goes to King. Byron A. Johnson Guilford… Read More
    I have been following the Democratic campaign for the 2nd District congressional representative over the last few months. I have read the campaign literature and newspaper accounts, attended the University of Maine at Machias candidates’ forum, talked to some of the candidates, listened to TV interviews and more. Read More
    As a veteran state representative, I have been frustrated by the way federal rules and regulations have hurt job creation in Washington County. Time after time, someone willing to start or expand a business here has been stopped by bureaucratic rules that make no sense… Read More
    I am supporting Paul Young for governor and these are the reasons why. As first-term legislators, we were sent to Augusta to make changes. During the early months of the first session we were faced with business as usual and a gridlock on the supplemental… Read More
    I was pleased to have the opportunity to pledge my support of the Children’s Miracle Network recently. I was, however, dismayed that only the physical ailments and maladies of children were addressed and no consideration given to the emotional and mental health needs of children and their families. Read More
    I recently read of the letter of understanding by Eastern Maine Medical Center and The Aroostook Medical Center of Presque Isle. They elected to share diagnoses, etc., between themselves. I found it interesting. I am also pretty sure what was shared first. Over the past… Read More
    Dick Barringer batted .667 at the Democratic State Convention which adopted two of his three amendments to the party platform — a bill of rights for Maine women and an approach to lower power rates through competition. Not bad in the context of platitudes and promises without plans… Read More
    Your front-page article, “Teachers struggle with D-Day” (BDN June 6), raises a large question in my mind concerning the capabilities of several of the history teachers mentioned. If their students have trouble comprehending D-Day and its significance because of “black and white film” and the fact that “50… Read More
    I’d like to thank the Bangor Daily News for the article on Blue Cross’ intent to make changes in the Maine Select Program. It sure is an interesting way for them to notify the membership of a 17 percent premium increase and other changes for a program many… Read More
    Over time it is inevitable that a reader of Kent Ward’s column would become a decaying pessimist. He has written on a range of subjecs from skivvies to skyrockets and pinheads to potholes. His grasp of the human equation is so vibrant and poignant most people likely find… Read More
    The death of our son, Scott Spencer (following a heart-lung transplant), has left our family in total devastation. The people in your community have shown us that people really do pull together in different times such as this. They have all shown great compassion to my sister, Phyllis… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Sebasticook Valley Hospital kicked off its annual appeal in May with employee pledges, said Michael Lynch, chairman. This year’s overall goal is $65,000, which has been earmarked for the purchase of a specialized table for the operating room, a new physical therapy treatment table and several… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Planning Board members on Wednesday approved a proposal by Pepin Associates Inc. to lease the former Mobil Station for office space and materials research. John Pepin of Scarborough informed Planning Board members that he was contemplating leasing the former gasoline station from which… Read More
    BANGOR — For her efforts on health care reform, the Maine State Nurses Association on Thursday endorsed Democrat Mary Cathcart in the 2nd District congressional race. “Mary Cathcart has worked long and hard throughout her campaign to fight for health care reform that would provide… Read More
    SANGERVILLE — Residents gave selectmen approval to use $11,250 from surplus to pay the remainder on a new firetruck, at a special town meeting Tuesday. The original request of $10,000 was amended and increased to allow firefighters to purchase a radio and the nozzles that… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Besides narrowing down the field of state and county candidates next Tuesday, residents here will act on a proposed change in the town’s fiscal year. Selectmen have recommended that the fiscal year be changed to July 1 to June 30, to coincide with… Read More
    In an effort to reach the state’s Franco-American population, state Sen. John Baldacci this week began airing a television ad translated into French. Beginning Thursday voters in the St. John Valley will hear the 2nd District congressional candidate warn his younger brother, Gerry, not to… Read More
    In the battle to gain name recognition in the crowded 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary field, Jim Howaniec’s campaign posted its 5,000th sign Thursday. The former Lewiston mayor said a strategy as simple as posting campaign signs has helped “level the playing field” in his… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Rep. Judith Foss of Yarmouth was endorsed by 28 current and former Republican legislators Thursday in her quest to win the Republican nomination for governor in Tuesday’s primary. “We believe that Judy Foss is the right candidate to beat Joe Brennan, Angus King… Read More
    HOLDEN — Voters at the SAD 63 district meeting Wednesday evening approved the requested $5.26 million for the 1994-1995 school budget, but the bottom line doesn’t tell the whole story. During the course of the five-hour meeting, consideration of amendments and requests for written ballots… Read More
    DEXTER — SAD 46 directors were back at the budget process Wednesday night, trimming about $50,000 from their previous budget in the hope that voters would find this revised figure more palatable. In the wake of Monday’s referendum vote where residents overwhelmingly voted down a… Read More
    PALMYRA — An emergency meeting of the Palmyra selectmen is scheduled for 5 p.m. today at the town hall. According to Chairman Victor Kimball, a new development in an old Workers’ Compensation claim requires immediate action. The board will meet in executive session before making… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — SAD 53 Superintendent Terry McCannell characterizes the 1994-95 school budget as “doing more with less. “Tightening the proverbial belt,” he said, the district is able to present a budget without a significant impact on local taxes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    HARRINGTON — Voters from six western Washington County towns in SAD 37 will reconvene their annual meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 13, at the elementary school to consider several remaining unfunded articles in the district’s 1994-95 school budget. About 336 of the district’s 4,150… Read More
    BANGOR — A man who police say is responsible for at least 94 Maine burglaries pleaded not guilty to three charges in Penobscot County Superior Court Thursday afternoon. Kevin Collins was arraigned on three Class C charges of burglary, aiding and abetting escape and trafficking… Read More
    MADAWASKA — A bilingual congressional office in Madawaska was promised to residents of the St. John Valley Thursday by Janet Mills, one of seven Democrats in the June 14 primary for the 2nd Congressional District nomination. She said other offices would be located at Presque… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Incumbent County Commissioner Gene Kenniston faces former state Rep. Douglas Curtis in the June 14 primary for the Republican nomination for the Knox County post. The candidates, both of Rockland, are seeking a four-year term representing the district that includes Rockland, Rockport and… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — Emile Rioux, a native of Daigle Village which lies south of Fort Kent, turned 100 years old June 8. A resident of the St. Joseph Nursing Home since 1990, Rioux was married to the late Edith Marquis for 74 years. The couple had… Read More
    MACHIASPORT — Planning Board members, meeting with Glenn Avery, director of the Washington County Regional Planning Commission, marked D-Day by launching plans that could lead to the town’s development of a comprehensive plan. Perhaps nowhere in Washington County has the lack of long-range planning been… Read More
    CORINNA — Dexter councilors Thursday granted a request from the Corinna Sewer District to develop a comprehensive water management plan for Lake Wassookeag in Dexter. Dexter Town Manager Steve Whitesel told councilors that Corinna was willing to pay for the study and Dexter would be… Read More
    BANGOR — The Greater Bangor Area Shelter will hold a Shelter Walk for the Homeless at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at Pickering Square. For information, call the shelter at 947-0092 or Bill Dove at 941-8095. Read More
    BUCKSPORT — The cost to the town of the abatement dispute with Champion Mill is escalating faster than he realized, a town councilor said this week. That realization, gained at an executive session with mill officials earlier this week, led Councilor Joel Wardwell to suggest… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Richard Barringer unveiled a new television ad Thursday, attacking two of his Democratic rivals for governor by name for their opposition to his plan to extend the sales tax to more services. “When the chips are down, Tom Allen and Joe Brennan side… Read More
    DEDHAM — The Dedham Board of Appeals, Planning Board and Budget Committee need volunteer members. Contact the town office. Town officers will be elected 4-8 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the town office; and the annual meeting will be held at 10 a.m. June 18,… Read More
    BANGOR — Irene Burke of Bangor has announced she will seek re-election as Penobscot County treasurer. Burke has 12 years of experience as treasurer and said she brings to the job fiscal responsibility, accountability to voters, and dedication to getting the job done well. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    EDDINGTON — Meghan Sekera will be the honorary fire chief during festivities celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Eddington Fire Department on Saturday, June 11. Nicole Clewley will be Miss Eddington, and Steven Saunders will be Mr. Eddington. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    ORONO — The Maine Health Information Management Association has elected new officers. They are Nancy Tracy of Brewer, president; Kathy Dow of Skowhegan, president-elect; Catherine Weeks of Waterville, treasurer; and Susan Ouellette of Augusta, secretary. The association awarded scholarships to students in the Health Information… Read More
    FORT KENT — Two St. John Valley Republicans, Shirlee Connors-Carlson of St. John and John M. Brown of Eagle Lake, are running in the June primary election to decide who will take on John L. Martin, D-Eagle Lake, in the November general election. Martin will… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Kindergarten makeup and registration day will be held Friday, June 17, at the Knowlton School. Parents are asked to bring their child’s birth certificate, proof of immunization, and a recent photograph. Call the school at 667-8074 to schedule an appointment. Read More
    BANGOR — In asking the City Council to waive a $10,000 fine, Daryl Rhodes, the man behind the Maine School for the Arts, suggested to a city committee that such a move would symbolize Bangor’s commitment to the project. “I see the city symbolically waiving… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE — Jack J. Clukey of Dover Foxcroft, a 1994 graduate of the University of Maine, will begin his first full-time job as town manager on Monday, June 27. He will replace Ed Collins, who is moving to Provo, Utah. Clukey, a 24-year-old native of… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE — The Woodland Elementary School Playground Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Monday, June 13, at the elementary school to discuss how a balance of $27,000 can be raised for the $40,000 safe playground project. In March, residents decided to build the playground as… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Hancock County Democratic Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at Ellsworth City Hall. A campaign workshop will be held for Democratic candidates and local Democrats with guest, Clerk of the House Joe Mayo. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Individuals and agencies working to strengthen families will be recognized at the annual meeting of the Hancock County Children’s Council on June 16. The meeting is open to the public and will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at White Birches Restaurant. Dessert… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Elizabeth Cough of Bar Harbor was honored recently for her extraordinary service as a volunteer for Hospice of Hancock County. As the group’s volunteer coordinator for Mount Desert Island, she visits individuals in the hospital or at home to talk with them about… Read More
    SULLIVAN — The Sullivan Village Improvement Association is looking for craftspeople to sell their wares at Sullivan Daze on Aug. 21. Forms are available at the town office during regular hours or by contacting Nuna Cass at 422-3273. Sullivan Daze is a one-day fun event… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island’s Beacon Schools have been awarded a four-year $25,000 grant under a program jointly administered by the Maine Aspirations Foundation and L.L. Bean. The grant will support Conners-Emerson and MDI High schools to form stronger and more systematic community-school ties… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Plans by Southwest Harbor to find a suitable location for a water-filtration plant should only be temporarily affected by a recent National Park Service moratorium on land exchanges. Len Bobinchock, acting superintendent at Acadia National Park, said the NPS has within recent… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — Police in northern Maine Thursday were searching for a motorcylce taken from the home of Gary Michaud on Pelletier Avenue in Frenchville sometime Wednesday night. Maine State Police Trooper Dana Thibeault said the owner noticed that the orange 1989 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softtail, valued… Read More
    Penobscot County Superior Court: Eric D. Murphy, 31, Mapleton, habitual offender, and failure to appear, 120 days in jail served concurrently, $25 to victims compensation fund. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    Rockland District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, 90-day license suspension: Corena Bartlett, 31, Coopers Mills, $350; Joseph W. Black, 41, Damariscotta, three days in jail, $400; Robert A. Calderwood Jr., 22, South Thomaston, $450; Glenn H. Cooper, 21, Northfield, Vt.,… Read More
    MONROE — A key issue in the Democratic primary contest for House District 107 is quality of life. Joseph Watson believes that quality of life is best defined by jobs and that’s why he is a fervent supporter of Sears Island. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    Somerset County Superior Court: Roy Stone, 19, Wellington, three counts of burglary, four counts of theft, all but 60 days suspended from two-year jail sentence, two years probation, $4,000 restitution. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    PORTLAND (AP) — A parachuting lesson given as a Father’s Day gift led to tragedy when a West Baldwin man plunged to his death in a skydiving accident as his wife and three children watched. Seebren Reeves, 33, was to be buried Thursday afternoon, four… Read More
    BREWER — An effort by the Brewer High School Athletic Boosters Club to gain exclusive rights to the concession stand at Doyle Field failed Tuesday night. Mimi King, vice president of the Boosters Club, in a letter to Recreation Department Director Kenneth Hanscom, requested “permission… Read More
    UNION — While the criminal case of child molester George Elwell ended Thursday with a 10-year prison sentence, the staggering task of healing the victims of the former school janitor is just beginning. Elwell, 45, was sentenced in Knox County Superior Court for sexually abusing… Read More
    AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. John R. McKernan offered Thursday to light up the State House dome, which has long been left darkened at night because of a lack of money. The governor, in a letter House Majority Leader Dan Gwadosky, offered as much as $15,000… Read More
    They were dancing in the streets Wednesday night when word came from Washington that the Navy had divided the Aegis destroyer contract in half, split evenly between Bath Iron Works and its major competitor, Mississippi’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. As the 8,900 workers at BIW, their… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Only five days before the election, Rep. Sumner H. Lipman of Augusta holds a slim lead over Susan M. Collins of Standish in the eight-way Republican primary race for governor, according to a poll released Thursday. “I’m very excited to hear that,” said… Read More
    ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly every town has someplace like it. In Bennington, Neb., it’s a hill called the “State Street Jump.” Recently a car hit it at 77 mph and skidded out of control, killing three teen-agers and leaving a fourth facing homicide charges. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    ROCKLAND — George Elwell will spend up to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing Union elementary school pupils while he was janitor there. In Knox County Superior Court Thursday, Justice Francis Marsano sentenced Elwell to 20 years in prison with 10 years suspended, followed… Read More
    While attention has been focused on Loring Air Force Base and Maine military installations that may be in jeopardy during the next round of base closings, the larger issue of defense conversion of the state’s economy has begged definition and a coordinated response. Historically reliant… Read More
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Prodded by veterans who say they have been forsaken by the nation they served, the Clinton administration endorsed a bill Thursday that would compensate victims of mysterious “Persian Gulf syndrome” ailments. “This legislation is revolutionary. We have never before provided payment for… Read More
    Last week, I wrote about a possible reason why women who suffer from the agonies of rheumatoid arthritis experience a remission of symptoms during pregnancy. The mother’s immune system appears to slow down dramatically so it will not attack the “foreign” fetus in the body. Since rheumatoid arthritis… Read More
    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada will now charge U.S. fishermen passing through its waters to reach U.S. fishing grounds, a move that underscores its unhappiness over collapse of talks on a Pacific salmon treaty. Beginning Wednesday, U.S. commercial fishing vessels must pay about $1,095… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — For some people the only way to go is up, and a 23-year-old Bucksport man made that choice early Thursday morning when, with police in pursuit, he abandoned his vehicle on the Waldo-Hancock Bridge and climbed to the top of the steel structure, 238 feet above… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine Democrats sampled recently believe Joseph Brennan would have had the gubernatorial nomination in the bag if the June 14 primary had been held this week. According to data provided Thursday to the Bangor Daily News from a Newscenter Bullet Poll conducted by… Read More
    EASTBROOK — Four candidates who hope to be their party’s gubernatorial candidate made clear their opposition to anti-gun legislation during a forum earlier this week before a standing-room-only crowd at the Eastbrook Town Hall. The Eastbrook Fish and Game Association invited Republican gubernatorial and Second… Read More
    Aroostook County Superior Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Howard C. Arbo Jr., 19, Houlton, all but 10 months suspended from three-year jail sentence, two years probation; Daniel W. Carr, 36, Smyrna Mills, 48 hours in jail, 90-day license suspension, $500;… Read More
    Calais District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, 90-day license suspension, fined $350: George A. Ramsdell, 63, Eastport; Christopher G. Delmonaco, 40, Calais, 48 hours in jail; and Roger E. Macvittie, 43, Crapaud, Prince Edward Island. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
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    The Millers opened their off-track-betting parlor in Bangor with little fanfare at noon Thursday. Despite months of noisy controversy surrounding the award of a state license, Post Time OTB at Millers started business quietly, with the news being spread only by word of mouth and… Read More
    Honor parts for Limestone High School Class of 1994 graduation have been announced. Tori Freitas is valedictorian, and Kim LaVoie is salutatorian. Freitas, daughter of Constantino and Jolleen Freitas of Limestone, has held offices in the National Honor Society, student council and French club. She… Read More
    Principal Thomas H. Perry has announced that student speakers for Orono High School Class of 1994 include Ben Anderson, John Wihbey and Abigail Curtis. Anderson, son of Lorraine Ostergren-Anderson and Mark Anderson of East Holden, is a National Merit Finalist. He is a member of… Read More
    Honor speakers for Carrabassett Valley Academy Class of 1994’s recent graduation included: Tonie Taft, valedictorian, and Josh Silver, salutatorian. Taft, daughter of James and Julie Taft of Liverpool, N.Y., has been an honor roll student, was named student of the week, and was a member… Read More
    Lubec High School principal Chet Hubbard has announced that honor parts for the Class of 1994 include Mike Haschalk Jr., valedictorian, and Sharon Hudson, salutatorian. Haschalk, son of Michael and Robin Haschalk of Lubec, is a member of the high school and New England math… Read More
    Terrence M. Daigle, principal of Stearns High School, announced that honor parts for the Class of 1994 will include Jason Howes, valedictorian, and Laura J. Cyr, salutatorian. Howes, son of Patricia Howes of Millinocket and Ronald C. Howes of Edinburg, is a member of the… Read More