HAMPDEN – Hampden Academy boys and girls soccer coaches Waldo Caballero and Randy Dodge knew their playoff aspirations were at stake when their teams entertained Caribou on a wind-swept afternoon here Monday. Dodge was the happier of the two men at the dinner table Monday… Read More
    ORONO – Orono’s Tyra Gettleman scored with 44 seconds remaining in regulation to give thet Red Riots a 2-2 overtime with the Brewer Witches in schoolgirl field hockey action Monday. Gettleman, who also scored Orono’s first goal, one-timed a cross from Jenn Wlodarski to help… Read More
    Considering 125 Maine high schools have boys soccer and 105 have girls soccer, compared to 56 with football, I wondered aloud recently why most soccer teams play weekdays rather than Friday nights or Saturdays as do the football teams. The response from my co-workers? Tradition… Read More
    Editor’s Note: This is the last week of the regular season for Maine’s high school boys and girls soccer and field hockey teams. The Bangor Daily News sports staff has selected five of the most interesting Eastern Maine teams in each of the activities as they prepare for… Read More
    BANGOR – Fans curious about what has happened to the Bangor High School football team over these past two weeks shouldn’t be searching deep beneath the surface for answers. That was the word from head coach Gabby Price on Monday, 48 hours after the Rams… Read More
    Maine Maritime Academy junior running back Rob Marchitello was named New England Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week and earned the Gold Helmet award winner as the top Division III football player for last week after the Mariners’ 28-21 victory over UMass-Dartmouth. Marchitello, from… Read More
    STORRS, Conn. – A university committee will urge the board of trustees at Connecticut to upgrade the football team from Division I-AA to I-A, The Hartford Courant reported Sunday. The newspaper said the 20-member study committee will present a 35-page report Friday, claiming the move… Read More
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    University of Maine baseball coach John Winkin was given the Significant Sig Award from the Sigma Chi national fraternity in honor of his distinguished 50-year baseball career as part of a homecoming reception Saturday, Oct. 1. The award is Sigma Chi’s highest honor for professional and civic achievement. Read More
    Hole-in-one Joe Meehan of Brewer used a four-iron to ace the 165-yard ninth hole at Pine Hill Golf Club Friday. The shot was witnessed by Everett DeGrasse, Foster Ellis and Vern Braley. Read More
    UNITY – Sophomore striker-midfielder Adam Heaslewood figured in all six goals, scoring three and assisting on the other three, to lead Husson to a 6-0 men’s soccer win over Unity College here Monday. Husson is now 6-6. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Tim Belden and Trevor Folsom staked the host Wildcats to a two-goal halftime lead and Presque Isle held on to post a 2-1 schoolboy soccer win over Brewer Monday. Kyle Keenan had an assist for the 7-3-4 winners while Matt Casavant had… Read More
    Rep. Olympia Snowe was honored by the American Security Council for her stand on national security issues Saturday. Snowe was given the National Security Leadership Award by Reps. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and George Darden, D-Ga., co-chairmen of the Congressional National Security Caucus. The two men… Read More
    “Children of Divorce,” a seminar geared toward problems children in divorced families experience, will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, and from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Acadia Hospital, Bangor. Dr. David Hawkins, medical director of the children’s… Read More
    SHERBURNE, Vt. — Plans to protect the Appalachian Trail near Killington Mountain have been delayed by cuts in the federal program that pays for land acquisition. An appropriation for the Department of the Interior cut about $15 million from a $235 million appropriation for a… Read More
    PORTLAND — Mainers still regard Labor Day as the traditional finale to Maine’s summer tourist season, but owners of tourist-related businesses had no complaints about the Columbus Day weekend. Roads were jammed, hotels were packed, and rental cars were impossible to find as visitors flocked… Read More
    BREWER — If Ailine Simon doesn’t win a seat on Brewer’s City Council today, she’ll hold the Brewer Post Office partly to blame. Simon put all her election eggs in one basket — a mass mailing of 2,000 of her campaign fliers — that was… Read More
    Three years ago, when the United States and its allies crushed Iraq’s army, sent its air force scurrying to safe haven in Iran and declared victory, there still was a sense of incompleteness. Amid the rubble of downtown Baghdad, there was unfinished business: Saddam Hussein. Read More
    Gubernatorial candidate Susan Collins is beginning to show some steam — a good sign — and what got her boiling last week was the endorsement of one of her opponents, Angus King, by the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine (SAM). As institutional endorsements go, this one… Read More
    SOUTH PORTLAND — The principal at Dyer School has nothing but praise for substitute teacher Angela Dalton and teacher assistant Pamela Smart. “They’re wonderful,” said Mary Jo O’Connor. “They’re energetic, upbeat and great with kids.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
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    CARIBOU — A car was demolished and a Caribou woman sustained neck and back injuries in a two-car collision at the intersection of Route 1 and Lyndon Street Monday afternoon. Willetta Snow, 74, of Caribou made a left turn from Lyndon Street onto Route 1… Read More
    MILFORD — Ken Gastia, a Republican candidate for District 137, confirmed Monday that he will drop out of the race. Gastia said his withdrawal was based on personal reasons. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Secondary school students will be dismissed early on Monday, Oct. 24, so that teachers may attend staff development activities. Dismissals will be at noon for high school; 12:10 p.m. for middle school; 12:25 p.m. for elementary school; and noon for the regional program. Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset Senior Center will hold a genealogy class at 9 a.m. today for individuals researching their family history. A $1 fee is charged. The class will travel to Farmington to do research at the Mormon Church. The van will leave the center at 9 a.m. Read More
    State Sen. John Baldacci, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 2nd District, will hold a spaghetti supper at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Eagles Club in Brewer. The supper will benefit the Friends of Brewer Basketball, which is raising money to complete outdoor… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The veterans counselor from the Division of Veterans Services will be at the Skowhegan Armory from 8 a.m. to noon to assist veterans and their families on the following dates: Oct. 14, 28; Nov. 4, Dec. 9 and 16. Several of the dates… Read More
    Although Maine’s Loring Air Force Base shut its doors on schedule last month, 26 of the 67 military installations in other states targeted for shutdown by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission have remained operational past their closure deadline, or have been reopened after closing, according to a… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Senior Legislative Advocacy Coalition Third Annual Senior Assembly will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Elks Lodge in Augusta. Gubernatorial candidates are expected to be present and updates will be provided on state and national… Read More
    MACHIAS — Performances by Canadian singer Joan Kennedy, the Gene Hooper Family Show and the Black Socks String Band will cap an events-filled weekend at the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Eastern Maine Trade Show and Family Fall Festival on Oct. 21 and 22. Read More
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    New Hampshire educator Ed Gerety was the keynote speaker at the annual Northern Region Leadership Conference held Sept. 29 at Brewer High School. About 310 students from 15 high schools in northern and eastern Maine attended the event sponsored by the Maine Association of Student Councils and the… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A state Human Rights Commission investigator says several male guards at the Knox County Jail have not gotten the message about sexual harassment. After interviewing jail staff and administrators, Investigator Paul D. Pierce has reported that a significant number of male guards allegedly… Read More
    A few years ago, if you’d tried to introduce me to goat’s milk cheese I’d have said yukh. Now that we’ve been introduced I’ll swallow my yukh, along with all the chevre I can get my hands on. (Chevre is the French word for goat and is used… Read More
    DEXTER — Several health classes will be offered in November through the SAD 46 Adult Education Department. Topics include: Treating Chronic Pain and Fatigue, an exercise class, and a first-aid class. Also offered next month will be a computer class and a Christmas tree trimming… Read More
    DEXTER — SAD 46 Superintendent Phil Dahlinger stated this week that questions have arisen regarding the recent contract ratified between the district and its teachers. Last week, the local teachers’ union ratified a contract with the district. Board directors on Oct. 5 accepted it. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — John Albertini, “master composter,” will give a presentation entitled, “Compost Happens,” at the Thursday, Oct. 20, meeting of the Central Highlands Audubon Society. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft. Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The Education Department of Sebasticook Valley Hospital is holding a Lunch ‘n Learn session on fire safety from noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, in the East Wing Conference Room. Presenters will discuss the importance of smoke detectors as well as a written fire… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The story hours in October at Pittsfield and Newport libraries are being sponsored by Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield. The topic will be Halloween and safety. Presenters Joyce Medeiros and Mark DiTullio will talk about the tradition of trick or treating and its… Read More
    CORINNA — The Corinna Comprehensive Planning Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the fire station. The transportation section of the plan is scheduled to be discussed. Copies of this section of the plan are available at the town office or by… Read More
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The town of York, Maine — like hundreds of others across America at the turn of the century — erected a granite Civil War soldier as a memorial in the center of town. But there’s this little problem. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    A 73-year-old Moose River man was killed when his moped darted in front of car along U.S. Route 201 in Jackman during the weekend, state police said Sunday. Roland LeClair was driving his moped on the shoulder of the road about 10 miles south of… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Fred Hesketh of Dover-Foxcroft was lucky enough to receive funding for housing improvements under the town’s Community Development Block Grant. His luck ended there, however, when he found out that the improvements made to his home increased his property valuation by about $3,000. Read More
    BANGOR — An old man sifted through a box of black-and-white snapshots of some of Bangor’s most historic fires Monday morning while a small girl impatiently waited to be hoisted into the seat of a 1917 Garford firetruck. It was a signficant sight to Richard… Read More
    BANGOR — Tom Andrews, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, on a campaign swing through Bangor Monday night, charged that his Republican opponent, 2nd District Rep. Olympia Snowe, was using the same campaign staff and television consultants from Virginia that her husband, Gov. John McKernan, used in 1990. Read More
    This fall’s choice between Olympia Snowe and Tom Andrews is clearly no choice. Tom Andrews believes there are two Maines. He has two TV commercials, one for northern Maine and one for southern Maine. Like Loring Air Force Base, Tom Andrews has once again sold out northern Maine… Read More
    I am writing in response to Nancy Garland’s article regarding wolfdogs that appeared in last weekend’s paper. There is much that I take exception to … The statement that wolfdogs are “exotics”; is not true. The Federal Register, Department of Agriculture, Part IV, 9 CFR… Read More
    A copy of the Sierra Club’s latest information pamphlet regarding the Sears Island Cargo Port project recently surfaced. Using a page from the club’s own playbook, I shall be highly selective in picking certain statements from their muddled missive … . The club quoted an… Read More
    I am the scoutmaster of Troop 215 in Searsport. Recently, our troop hosted the Fall Camporee for the Katahdin Area Boy Scout Council in the Waldo District. As most people already know, this was planned to take place on Sears Island on Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and 2. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Maine Coast Memorial Hospital is offering a conference on respiratory care at the Ellsworth Holiday Inn Oct. 21. Respiratory therapists, nursing and other health care professionals interested in respiratory issues are invited to the seven-hour program. Topics of discussion include how to care… Read More
    WESTERLY, R.I. — Counselors who treat problem gamblers say it’s time to view gambling as a potential addiction, rather than financial windfall. As Rhode Island voters prepare to answer historic ballot questions that could forever open the state to casinos, those most familiar with the… Read More
    BELFAST — Two Waldo County Jail inmates will face escape and other charges as a result of an eight-hour, unscheduled vacation Monday morning. Jeremy Bishop, 20, of Searsport and Michael Beaulieu, 19, of Burnham were being held awaiting court appearances on unrelated burglary and theft… Read More
    JONESPORT — The annual arrival of small sharks, commonly referred to as dogfish, has encouraged fishermen to stop their annual harvest of fin fish in the Down East area’s coastal waters. Michael Kirby, a fish buyer at Jonesport, said Monday that the arrival of schools… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Jean Hay of Blue Hill, who lost her bid for Congress in the June Democratic primary, has turned up as a talk show host on WSNV-Radio, 103.9-FM in Bangor, the station which carries Rush Limbaugh seven days a week. Hay, who describes… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Dr. Charles A. Nadeau of Presque Isle is seeking the seat of Aroostook County treasurer. He is treasurer of the Aroostook County Democrats and chairman of the Presque Isle City Democratic Committee. Nadeau has operated a chiropractic practice in Caribou and Presque… Read More
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    LINCOLN, R.I. — Lincoln Park faces extinction if a casino gambling question on the Nov. 8 ballot isn’t approved, General Manager Dan Bucci said Monday in unveiling a campaign aimed at passing the measure. The campaign, titled “Yes on 14. Keep Lincoln Park Working for… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Freed of their congressional duties until after the election, Reps. Olympia Snowe and Thomas Andrews hit the campaign trail running Monday as they headed into the last month of the Senate campaign. “You can’t let up for a moment,” Republican Snowe said in… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Nurses from Mount Desert Island and Maine Coast Memorial hospitals will observe Emergency Nurses Day with a display on safety from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Ellsworth Wal-Mart. The display will include a video on emergency nursing and information… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Knox County Republicans will hold a Tusk ‘n Tail Lobster Bake at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Red Jacket Restaurant, at the Trade Winds Motor Inn. The event will feature Ken Cole, State Republican Committee chairman; James Longley, U.S. congressional candidate;… Read More
    SULLIVAN — Wayne Kane, 25, of Sullivan remained in jail Monday after being charged with aggravated assault against a couple who attended a party at his home on Friday night. According to Sgt. Kenneth Mitchell of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, an altercation erupted between… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Compact discs valued at more than $10,000 were taken in a break-in at the Hide-A-Way on the Range Road in Dover-Foxcroft. Entry into the Hide-A-Way, a dance hall and bar, was gained through a window, according to Detective Glen Perkins, who is investigating… Read More