ORONO – It is quiet on the University of Maine campus here. The silence of the outdoors is broken only by the sound of leaves rustling underfoot as students make their way to class on a sunny, mid-October day. But something is stirring within. Thump,… Read More
The University of Maine will not be getting a new athletic director, at least not yet. UMaine president Frederick Hutchinson announced late Monday afternoon that the search process to find a new athletic director has been suspended until early next spring. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
The shootout has been approved for Hockey East this season and the concensus among University of Maine players and Coach Shawn Walsh is that it is a positive addition for the league. Teams will still play a five-minute sudden death overtime if the game is… Read More
ORONO – The Hofstra Flying Dutchmen were outshot but not outscored as they defeated the University of Maine 3-1 in women’s soccer action Monday afternoon. Debra Johnson scored one goal in each period to spark Hofstra to its 13th win against one loss. Dara Mazzie… Read More
PORTLAND – Mike Boback of the unbeaten Portland Pirates, who had four goals and six assists in four games, was named the Sher-wood AHL Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 16. Sher-wood will donate $500 in sticks and a case of pucks to a Portland… Read More
High Schools AROOSTOOK COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AT CARIBOU, 2.9 miles Caribou boys 29, Presque Isle 41, Ford Kent 69, Ashland 143, Washburn 161, Fort Fairfield 175, Hodgdon 196; East Grand, Southern Aroostook and Houlton didn’t have full teams googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
NEW LONDON, N.H. – Mitch Stone of Orono has been named Colby-Sawyer College’s Male Athlete of the Week for the Oct. 2-8 period. Stone, the goalie for the varsity soccer team, has won the award twice already this season. Read More
He has already lost a coin toss. But that won’t matter to Brewer High School girls soccer coach Mark Savage if his Witches can beat Hampden Academy today in a Class A pre-preliminary playoff game. Brewer and Hampden tied for ninth in the final Heal… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Displaced Homemakers Program is conducting a free eight-week career-life planning workshop for people unemployed or experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment. The training will involve about 12 hours of classroom time. Sessions will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9… Read More
Jim Harvey of Dover-Foxcroft has opened HARVEY’S PROPERTY CARE and MANAGEMENT. Harvey, manager of the Union Square Mall and owner of Jim Harvey Photography, will help others look after their property, including seasonal homes. He plans to actively pursue all areas of property management from low income housing… Read More
The University of Maine at Fort Kent has created its Athletic Hall of Fame at the northern Maine Campus. Hanging on the wall is a portrait of the first inductee, Floyd “Red” Powell, a former athletic director and coach who served at the school from 1935 to 1969. Read More
HOULTON — One of the men charged with conspiracy in an attempt to burn the home of a state trooper last year was back in court Monday, this time charged with violating the conditions of his bail. Richard J. Churchill, 25, of the Frenchville section… Read More
A Blaine man was in critical condition Monday afternoon after being involved in two car accidents within hours of each other in Blaine and Bangor. Scott Clark, 32, was being transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center via Crown Ambulance following the Blaine accident when the… Read More
ROCKPORT — Architect Robert Davis of Camden has been hired to design a new town office for Rockport. Davis was chosen by the town building committee from eight applicants. Davis’ recent work includes the addition and renovation project at the Rockport Public Library. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Penobscot School Forum, a speaker series, begins its second season at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, with author and essayist Carol Brightman discussing her recent return trip to Vietnam. Brightman’s talk will be held at Penobscot School, 28 Gay St., and is open to the… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Rockland-Thomaston Area and the Rockport-Camden-Lincolnville Chambers of Commerce are planning for their annual Business-to-Business Showcase in November. The event will be held Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the Samoset Resort. Four seminars will be offered in the morning at 9:30 and 11:45 a.m. Read More
HOULTON — A Canadian man charged with the 1992 murder of one of his countrymen in Fort Fairfield was arraigned Monday in Houlton District Court. Clifford Solomon Sr., 55, of the Tobique Indian Reservation in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, appeared before Judge David B. Griffiths, but… Read More
HOULTON — A Danforth man who collapsed and died after a fist fight last Saturday in that town died of a heart condition. An autopsy performed Sunday by Dr. Henry Ryan, the state’s chief medical examiner, determined that Clyde Malone, 65, died of hardening of… Read More
BELFAST — Helen Patterson, Democratic candidate for House District 105, believes it is time to make it harder for government pensioners, those so-called double-dippers, to hold elective office. “We should make it a law that anyone receiving a state pension must forfeit it to serve… Read More
STOCKTON SPRINGS — The Maine Department of Transportation will repair the Cape Jellison Bridge that carries West Cape Road over a tidal area in Stockton Springs. The wooden deck and curbs will be replaced. Work will require a week, during which the road will be… Read More
Wholesale grocery sales surged in Maine by nearly $180 million between 1987 and 1992, not enough, however, to offset substantial declines elsewhere in sales, including paper and lumber, according to the federal government. In the latest report from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Maine saw… Read More
HOLDEN — Minutes are brief periods of time — unless you’re waiting for assistance after having an accident or a heart attack. So the Holden Rescue Squad is pleased to have a quick-response vehicle, donated recently by Capital Ambulance. It is the second vehicle given… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook County Action Program and Fleet Bank have joined to offer $50,000 in loans for ACAP Job Start Microloan borrowers. The loan program offers small business loans up to $10,000 to either expand or start a new business. The Fleet Bank… Read More
KATHLEEN CHAMBERS has joined Designwrights, Inc. an advertising and graphic design firm in Blue Hill, as a graphic designer. Chambers had operated her own design business since 1980. She is a graduate of San Francisco State University and holds a master’s degree in creative arts therapy from Lone… Read More
AUGUSTA — The controversy over the endorsement of independent gubernatorial candidate Angus King by the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine widened Monday after a second member of the organization’s executive board confirmed he had strong ties with the King campaign. James Hilly, secretary of SAM, said… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Day of Unity, a speakout against domestic violence and sexual assault, will be held 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 29, at Ellsworth City Hall. The local speakout is being sponsored by The Next Step Domestic Violence Project and Downeast Sexual Assault Services to promote… Read More
Milestones marks some of the outstanding accomplishments of the people of eastern and northern Maine. Submissions may be sent to Milestones, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402-1329. Dr. Charles Duncan, professor of chemistry and environmental studies at the University of Maine at Machias,… Read More
An article in Monday’s publication inadvertently stated that the Republican candidate for House District 151, Shirlee Connors-Carlson, had received campaign contributions from the Aroostook County Democratic Committee. The contributions were from the Aroostook County Republican Committee. Read More
PORTLAND — The state Supreme Judicial Court on Monday upheld the 1993 murder conviction of a Houlton man accused of strangling his girlfriend. Paul Gray, 48, is serving a 55-year sentence for killing Betty Curliss in October 1992 following an argument. Gray and Curliss were… Read More
A disclaimer needs to accompany this review of “Brigadoon,” which opened last weekend and continues this weekend at The Grand in Ellsworth. I hate this musical. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
A story on the annual meeting of the United Church of Christ in the Sept. 26 edition mistakenly said that Gabriel’s Trumpet was the Maine Conference newsletter. The conference’s official newsletter is Mainstay. Gabriel’s Trumpet was privately published by a group of individuals who made it available during… Read More
Though Congress could not agree at the end of its session on how to streamline the complicated Superfund process, cleanup at the former Loring Air Force Base is on schedule and should be expanded soon. The work is essential to finding new uses for the base, and the… Read More
PORTER — At 5:21 p.m. last Tuesday, Gail Thibideau arrived at Elmer Walker’s trailer with dinner. Walker kissed her on the cheek and thanked her four times. Mrs. Thibideau hurried home to her family. At 5:47, Walker was still eating Mrs. Thibideau’s five-bean soup with… Read More
BANGOR — A jury has awarded a Bangor man $107,215 after finding that he was fired from a Bangor printing company because of his age. The Penobscot County Superior Court jury decided in a 7-to-1 vote that Bacon Printing Inc. wrongly terminated Edward Taylor in… Read More
Walking across the universe Saturday, visitors to the University of Maine’s planetarium and observatory were impressed by what they have, but reminded of what they would have lost without public interest and philanthropy. Back in 1980, the planetarium was canceling shows and preparing to shut… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Gov. John R. McKernan has reappointed Daniel LaPointe of Van Buren, Albert Watt of Limestone and Paul R. Cariani of Presque Isle to the Loring Development Authority of Maine. The authority was created in 1993 by the 116th Legislature to act as… Read More
Students from Washington Academy, Woodland, Jonesport-Beals, Piscataquis Community, Nokomis Regional, Caribou and Gardiner high schools attended the Young Leaders Trend Setters Program sponsored by the Maine Army National Guard at its Bog Brook training site in Gilead. The three-day program combined classroom instruction with outdoor exercises to help… Read More
A Chinese Shar-Pei dog owned by a Bangor couple has sired an unusual blue-gray puppy which could be worth thousands of dollars. John and Tina Trainor worked for four years to produce the puppy, which is named Belle. With the extra folds of skin common… Read More
PHILADELPHIA — Scott Paper Co. is selling more tissue around the world, and the results show in its balance sheet. Scott, in the midst of a turnaround that includes employee cutbacks and shedding a non-related business, said Monday that third-quarter profits rose 73 percent from… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Americans are “weather wimps” spending 97 percent of their lives indoors with push-button lifestyles, according to a walking guru who visited the area last weekend. “People are gaining about 10 pounds a decade and wondering why their hips, thighs and stomachs are… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook Medical Center’s Harvest Health Fair will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at the Aroostook Centre Mall. Health and educational screenings are free. Clinics will be available for blood pressure, hearing, posture screening and body composition… Read More
CARIBOU — Cary Medical Center will offer an adult heart-saver course from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the medical center. In addition to imformation on the heart, a course in first aid for choking will be presented by the American Heart Association. For more information… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Northern Maine Development Commission’s Small Business Development Center and Key Bank of Maine will hold a business seminar titled “Sexual Harassment Awareness Training,” from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the second floor conference room at Key Bank on State Street. Read More
CARIBOU — Partners in Caribou’s Future, in cooperation with the Caribou PTA, will present “Meet the Candidates Night” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Chan Center at Cary Medical Center. All candidates for the Caribou City Council and Caribou school board have been… Read More
It appears, from their actions, that the Bangor City Council has a burning desire to get involved in financing private projects with public money. If Anastos & Lohnes Inc. or any other private developer wishes to establish a business in Bangor, it should secure the financing from commercial… Read More
CHARLESTON — Town Republicans will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the town library. Rep. Don Strout and Maine Senate candidate Steve Hall will discuss issues and answer questions. For information, call 285-7986. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A proposed six-month municipal budget that signals a change in the town’s fiscal year was approved by the Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen Monday. The proposed budget for Jan. 1 to June 30, 1995, of $903,483, less $568,947 in revenues, will need the approval… Read More
ROCKPORT — With a five-town vote coming up Nov. 8, the “50/50/100” plan to share the cost of a new community school district (CSD) for high school education got its first public airing here Monday before an audience of Rockporters Monday night. The proposal would… Read More
WASHINGTON — General Motors C-K pickups, which have been involved in several fatal fires following side-impact crashes, pose an “unreasonable risk,” Transportation Secretary Federico Pena said Monday. He called a Dec. 6 hearing to determine whether the government should require GM to recall the trucks,… Read More
BANGOR — The residents of the Queen City Trailer Park did not get the definitive answers they hoped for Monday night about the proposed on and off ramps from I-95 to Stillwater Avenue, but they did get assurances from city and state officials that they would be kept… Read More
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — If you like the school, join the district, several school board members said Monday evening when debating whether to continue accepting tuition students at Mount Desert Island High School. “I urge these towns, if they feel MDI is their high school… Read More
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Town Council voted 5-0 Monday evening to approve the relicensing of Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facility’s Secure III landfill, provided that the new license contains language ensuring that the next phase of the hydrogeologic study will be on a “reasonable timetable.” Councilor… Read More
PLYMOUTH — There was no question Monday night that Plymouth residents want their own school. The third in a series of public meetings called by the SAD 48 Building Committee was held in the small town, but provided the largest attendance to date. The committee… Read More
An editorial Monday incorrectly identified the chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. He is Daniel E. Wathen. Read More
Last year I attended a public forum at the University of Maine at which Esther Attean was a panelist. Unquestionably, she is correct in protesting the damage done to Native Americans (past and present) by European culture. However, I find it curious that Ms. Attean chooses to express… Read More
The March of Dimes Jail and Bail fund-raiser will be held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 18-20, at the Bangor Mall. Call 989-3376 or 947-0713 to have anyone “arrested.”… Read More
In response to the liquor referendum issue to be voted on in Mars Hill. As a physician in this community for more than 30 years, I have seen the biblical teaching of being my brother’s keeper and not tempting a weaker neighbor being carried out. Read More
Last week Newt Gingrich organized a rally for the Republican congressional candidates so they could dramatize a conservative platform. The Senate candidates were not invited, so we are left with the mystery as to where our own Olympia Snowe stands on Gingrich’s platform. She has ducked this issue… Read More
This letter is in response to one written by Donna Modery of Olamon (BDN, Oct. 1-2). In her letter Donna Modery takes to task the city of Old Town and its public library staff for asking her to pay for books checked out by her… Read More
BANGOR — Clergy and lay people interested in serving disabled people and the frail elderly are invited to attend a meeting on Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, in the conference room downstairs in the parish hall at St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St. Read More
PITTSFIELD — More than 200 Cianbro Corporation employees were recognized for safety achievements at the Ellsworth Hydro and Graham Lake Projects in Ellsworth. Employees received awards for completing the projects in 186,000 hours without a lost-time accident. The project team, building a hydroelectric gate and… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset County commissioners will continue their budget review this week with an all-day session beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The first order of business will be the approval of a snow removal contract for Tomhegan Township with Moose River Construction, the low… Read More
Rather than support one of their own, the National Restaurant Association endorsed Congressional candidate Rick Bennett Friday. Bennett’s Democratic opponent in the 2nd District race, John Baldacci has worked for numerous years in his family’s Bangor restaurant — Mama Baldacci’s. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
PITTSFIELD — After a short foot chase, Pittsfield Police caught two boys, both 13 years old, who were dressed in gang garb and carrying a BB gun in the downtown area about 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning. According to Officer Pat Cumba, the two boys were… Read More
CANAAN — Mark Kierstead, 50, of the Nelson Hill Road in Canaan received facial injuries Saturday night when he crashed his 1990 Saab. According to Somerset County Sheriff’s Deputy Stephen McDaniel, Kierstead failed to negotiate a curve in the road, upon which he lives, lost… Read More
ST. ALBANS — A summer camp on Springer’s Landing in St. Albans was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. More than 30 firefighters and seven trucks from St. Albans and Hartland responded to the call, which came in at 5 a.m. Lakeside residents nearly jammed… Read More
DENNYSVILLE — It appears that when government bureaucracy seemed to move a bit too slowly in following salmon fishermen’s request to release trapped salmon up Dennys River, a beaver took charge by swimming into the fish trap and simply chewing a hole in the door. Read More
ELLSWORTH — TAPER (Teenage Pregnancy Ellsworth Response) will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Downeast Health Services on Christian Ridge Road. The group invites the public to share their perspectives on such varied issues as teen-age sexuality, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, and day care for… Read More
BLUE HILL — As part of Breast Health Awareness Month, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital and Parker Ridge are sponsoring a free public panel discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Parker Ridge Inn. Panelists will be James Blum, director of medical research at Eastern… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The local League of Women Voters and American Association of University Women are sponsoring a public forum on “Meet the Candidates” and on the state ballot questions at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Meadowview Apartments community room, Phase II. The housing complex is located… Read More
FRANKLIN — Angus S. King, the independent candidate for governor, will discuss issues facing the state and his bid for the Blaine House at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at the Franklin Community Center on Route 182. The meeting is being sponsored by area residents… Read More
CASTINE — “The Gulf of Maine: Deep Blues to a Greener Future,” a conference of the Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association, will be held at Maine Maritime Academy Oct. 21-22. Nonmembers are welcome to attend. Sessions will be held on wetlands education, learning opportunities… Read More
BOSTON — New England is slowly regaining the jobs it lost in the recession that swept the nation in 1991, but the region is far from the peak employment of early 1989, according to federal labor statistics. The number of workers covered by state and… Read More
BANGOR — After nearly throwing away the chance to privatize garbage collection, the city appears close to reaching an agreement with Sawyer Environmental Services Inc. for rubbish collection. City staff and representatives from Sawyer will hammer out final details of a contract that could be… Read More
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. John R. McKernan bashed former Democratic Gov. Joseph E. Brennan on Monday, charging that Brennan is trying to rewrite political history with television ads in the four-way race for governor. “I think the Brennan campaign has gotten off on the wrong… Read More
Q. My electric bills are outrageous and my children never turn off lights. I heard that I will save $50 for each bulb that I replace with a compact fluorescent bulb. How is the light quality from the compacts? — T.F. A. New compact fluorescent… Read More
It is at once hilarious, lamentable and somehow perfect that — by some accounts, at least — an ethical turning point in modern American civilization can be traced to a living-room screen on which appeared two people in isolation booths who answered questions posed to them by a… Read More
The Penobscot County Soil & Water Conservation District’s Annual Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 , at the East Corinth Methodist Church. There will be a ham dinner at $8.00 per person, prizes and awards.The speaker for the evening is Bud… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Smoke caused by a malfunctioning blower motor in a Burger King restaurant roof-top heating unit on North Main Street resulted in the evacuation Sunday of about 20 employees and customers at 8:40 p.m. Presque Isle fire fighters used a positive pressure blower… Read More
HOULTON — A “Meet the Candidate” radio program featuring candidates for the Houlton town council, SAD 29 school board and Houlton Water Co. board of directors will be aired at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, on WHOU radio. Questions developed by the Greater Houlton Chamber… Read More
DEXTER — A statewide search for a man a 7-year-old Dexter girl said assaulted her Oct. 12 has been called off after law enforcement authorities discovered that a majority of the incidents surrounding the report have proven to be unfounded. “There was no black man,… Read More
AUGUSTA — The chairman of Maine’s Republican Party charged Monday that Democrat Tom Andrews is using pictures of phony Mainers and “cookie-cutter” themes from out-of-state campaigns in his current television commercials attacking Olympia Snowe. Aides to Andrews claimed that Snowe is airing a radio ad… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Holistic healing, art therapy, tai chi, and a variety of massage therapies are among the nontraditional health care treatments to be featured at the 10th annual Sebasticook Valley Hospital Health Fair on Saturday, Oct. 22. The fair runs from 9 a.m. to noon at Maine Central… Read More
Republican Richard Bennett leads Democratic challenger John Baldacci in campaign fundraising over the last three months. And, three weeks before the 2nd District Congressional election, Bennett’s war chest is more than twice the size of Baldacci’s. According to the latest reports filed with the Federal… Read More
WASHINGTON — Slightly increasing the dose of a drug commonly used to treat heart attacks almost doubles patients’ risk of devastating strokes, say two studies published Monday. The findings on the drug heparin caused researchers to suspend the studies in April, and in Monday’s edition… Read More
BREWER — After nearly seven months of negotiations, Eugene Fizell has resigned as the city’s police chief and the city has agreed to pay him a year’s salary plus his legal expenses. The terms of the agreement were reached behind closed doors Monday evening. It… Read More
DETROIT — For the second time in two months, Ford Motor Co. is recalling its new Contour and Mystique compact sedans because of a defect in the fuel systems that could cause fires. Because it cannot make corrected tanks fast enough, Ford said it has… Read More