AUGUSTA – Four Maine student-athletes are among the 1,200 regional finalists for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Awards, it was announced. Shannan Eckstein of Bangor Christian, Mary Davis of Lubec, Zachariah Conover of Islesboro, and Chris King of Erskine were among students from 22,000 high… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – David Winchester’s two driving layups in overtime helped ice an 83-77 boys basketball victory for Bucksport over Mount Desert Island Tuesday night. Winchester finished with 26 points, including two 3-point baskets, for the Golden Bucks. Nathan Bowden scored four of his game-high… Read More
LINCOLN – Christina Lyons scored 11 points to lead the Schenck Wolverines of East Millinocket to a 66-32 schoolgirls basketball win over Mattanawcook Academy Tuesday. Heather Rosebush added 11 for the winners, while Carrie Cram netted 10. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BOSTON – On the Celtics recognition scale, he has yet to crack the top seven. Marquee players Dee Brown and Dominique Wilkins are jockeying for the role of team leader. Xavier McDaniel and Rick Fox are the established role players. Rookie 7-footer Eric Montross is… Read More
Jagos Medenica is not your typical 22-year-old college student. He is from war-torn Yugoslavia. He is also a University of Maine-Machias basketball player who will be profiled by a film crew from his native country. Two representatives from Studio B in Belgrade, one of the… Read More
ORONO – The Waterville Purple Panthers received goals from three different players and posted a 3-1 high school hockey win over Brewer at the Alfond Arena here Tuesday night. Jude Violette, Craig Lenz, and James Laliberty notched the goals for the 3-0 winners, while Bruce… Read More
ORONO – Jen Freese’s 19-point effort helped lead the Orono Red Riots to a 58-32 schoolgirl basketball victory over Stearns of Millinocket Tuesday night. Amy Taylor chipped in with 15 points and eight rebounds for Orono. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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MAINE vs. DePAUL Time, site: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.; Alfond Arena, Orono googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
HOWLAND – Scott Anderson scored 10 third-quarter points and Mike Burgess had seven more as Greenville outscored host Penobscot Valley 31-18 to erase a two-point halftime deficit and post a 78-71 boys basketball victory here Tuesday night. Burgess scored a game-high 23 points for the… Read More
CARIBOU – Chris Funk’s foul shot with 25 seconds to play in overtime gave the host Vikings the lead and Caribou’s defense stymied Fort Kent for a 78-77 victory in schoolboy basketball action Tuesday night. Funk scored 24 points, pulled down 12 rebounds, and blocked… Read More
MACHIAS – Corey McPhee converted on the back end of a two-shot foul situation with seven seconds to play, after missing the first, to lift the University of Maine-Machias to a 74-73 men’s college basketball victory over UM-Farmington Tuesday. Dan Legage missed a jumper at… Read More
BANGOR – When we last left the Bangor-Brewer schoolboy basketball rivalry, following an improbable one-point Brewer victory in the waning weeks of last season, the Witches were celebrating on the floor of Bangor’s Red Barry Gym. On Tuesday night, at the same site of last… Read More
A ringing phone in a pale, sunlight-flooded, Yarmouth apartment brings the first announcement that spring is on the way. “That was the Bangor Garden Show,” says Deborah E. Goebel, re-entering her living room. “I didn’t think that stuff came out until January.” googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake Chamber of Commerce’s office and information center will be closed Sunday, Dec. 18, through Sunday, Dec. 25. Read More
ORRINGTON — The North Orrington School PTO has joined the Campbell’s Labels for Education Program and is asking people to donate their labels to help the school earn supplies. Collection boxes have been placed in stores in Orrington and in the schools for the next… Read More
ORONO — The National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, in the Orono-Old Town area as volunteer bird counters join more than 43,000 nationwide taking part in the 95th annual count Dec. 17-Jan. 2. The first count was done in… Read More
BREWER — Dale Jellison, coordinator of the Mathcounts program through the Eastern Maine Chapter of the Maine Society of Professional Engineers, has announced that 27 area junior high and middle schools have registered for the program. Students chosen to fill the four spots from each… Read More
ORONO — Santa and Mrs. Claus will hold a tea for children ages 3-5, from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Keith Anderson Community House. Adults should accompany children and reservations are requested. Call 866-5065. Read More
Continental Express is temporarily replacing its beleaguered ATR-42 planes with smaller aircraft and has cut back on some of its commuter flights, an airline official said. With the FAA grounding the ATR-42s last Friday, Continental Express has brought in Embraer Brasilia aircraft, which hold about… Read More
PORTLAND — District Attorney Stephanie Anderson said she hopes guilty pleas by a notorious burglar in Cumberland County will keep him behind bars for at least 10 years. Lance Jones, 26, pleaded guilty Friday to charges linked to six burglaries, including the theft of $75,000… Read More
The expansive Dyer mansion and accompanying riverfront land in Hampden will remain in the hands of Bangor Savings Bank for a while longer after the bank bought the properties at its own auction Tuesday. The auction drew more than a dozen people but not the… Read More
BANGOR — To limit the number of community service organizations that can set up shop in its neighborhood, the Center Street Neighborhood Association asked the City Council to consider a change in the city’s land development code Monday night. To expedite the process, the council… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA will sponsor a dance for students in grades 6-8 from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at the YMCA. Bob Hartford will be the guest disc jockey. Admission for the event is $3 and will include use of… Read More
GUILFORD — Residents of the Guilford Sangerville Sanitary District will see an increase in water rates beginning Jan. 1. The current $3.41 rate will increase to $3.90 per hundred cubic feet of water used, based on a water meter reading. The $6.25 per quarter “readiness… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — More than $1,700 was raised by the HAD 4 Auxiliary during the annual tree-lighting ceremony recently at Mayo Regional Hospital. The proceeds from this event will benefit the many projects the auxiliary does for the hospital. This year, the group had the lobby… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — More than 20 colorfully decorated Christmas trees were displayed by businesses, individuals and organizations at the annual Festival of Trees earlier this month at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA. According to Jean DeIeso, administrative assistant at the YMCA, more than 300 people toured the… Read More
CUMBERLAND — Police Chief Leon Planche faced a Wednesday deadline for deciding whether to resign in exchange for a settlement of more than $500,000 from the town and its insurers. The settlement includes $150,000 from the town over three years. The rest, nearly $400,000, would… Read More
ROCKLAND — Adopting the tactic that the best defense is a strong offense, the Knox County Commissioners on Tuesday said towns that gripe about the high cost of county government should first look within to curb wasteful spending, starting with emergency dispatch services. The three… Read More
ORONO — A school science experiment led to several tense hours in the emergency room Monday for a local family. Martin Brown said his 8-year-old daughter and 17 other second-graders recently grew crystals for an experiment at Asa Adams Elementary School. The girl brought the… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Nutrition Council is seeking nominations for the annual Katherine Musgrave Public Service Award recognizing those people and programs contributing to public policy, consumer education, adult or youth education and research. Nomination forms are available from Leah Rae Donahue, P.O. Box 856,… Read More
ROCKLAND — A “Night of the Angels” has been scheduled Monday, Dec. 19, in Camden to honor the victims of child abuse. The night was organized partly in memory of Deanna Wadsworth, 4, according to Jean Ivy, chairman of the Knox County Child Abuse Council. Read More
The Maine Center for the Arts was transformed Monday night into an intimate comedy club, as standup comic Paula Poundstone came to Orono with her intelligent, humorous observations. The gangly Poundstone entertained the audience of 900 for 90 minutes with her thoughts on a wide… Read More
The recent endorsement in Miami of the concept of a hemispheric open market cutting across two continents sends a powerful message to Maine. This state has been balky politically on free trade. It needs to focus positively on this issue and develop an attitude and an infrastructure that… Read More
PORTLAND — Clinical trials of a new drug designed to stop diarrhea in advanced AIDS patients have been disappointing for a Portland biotechnology firm. The trial concluded that the milk-based antibody product from ImmuCell Corp. lowered the number of parasites but did not significantly reduce… Read More
On Dec. 7 a Bangor Daily News editorial called for the abolition of the Maine Health Care Finance Commission (“Controlling Hospital Costs”). That editorial’s conclusion — that the agency’s mission has been accomplished and the agency, therefore, should be shut down — is erroneous. Because the ultimate outcome… Read More
MADAWASKA — St. John Valley police are hopeful that the arrest of a Madawaska man at Grand Isle Monday night will put an end to a string of unsolved thefts and burglaries in the St. John Valley. Jean Hebert, 32, who owns homes in Madawaska… Read More
HOWLAND — The town will sell the old Pine Tree Tannery building and a portion of the land for $55,000. Townspeople, in a special town meeting Monday, approved the sale of the property to Jonnie Hallett, the owner of Hallett’s Doors and Windows, who has… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — The incoming administration of Gov.-elect Angus King and leaders of the 117th Legislature have locked arms instead of horns as they prepare to confront an estimated $375 million revenue shortfall in the next state budget. During a retreat held Monday evening, King… Read More
A release from McCrory Stores published in Tuesday’s paper mistakenly stated that the company was opening a Newberry store in Brewer on Dec. 15. A spokesman said Tuesday that the store is not ready to open yet and won’t be “in the near future.”… Read More
After months of stalling on its responsibility to confront the uneven treatment of U.S. and Canadian citizens at border crossings, including the collection of federal and provincial taxes from New Brunswick residents who shop in Maine, the Clinton administration says it now will move aggressively on these issues. Read More
CALAIS — Calais officials must grapple with a problem that municipalities all over Maine face: What to do with the high volume of solid waste produced by businesses. A City Council subcommittee tonight will meet with local businesspeople to see if the problem can be… Read More
MORRILL — Ivory Young, 18, of Belfast was critically injured in a single vehicle accident on the Poors Mills Road Monday night. Waldo County Deputy Sheriff Mark Merrifield said Young sustained massive head injuries after being thrown from his pickup truck when it struck a… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — Town employees plan to recapture special Christmas moments this year with the second annual “Festival of Lights” holiday decorating contest. Everyone is encouraged to participate. There is no need to preregister. All people have to do is light up. The contest is open… Read More
BARING — “Fantasy 4 Play,” an adult book and video store, is expected to open here before the holidays. Located between Calais and Baileyville, the store will offer adult books, videos and novelty items. Several weeks ago, the Calais Planning Board received a request for… Read More
ELLSWORTH — In a surprise move, discussion and action on the 1995 Hancock County budget was delayed Tuesday morning at the county commissioners’ meeting. Another meeting has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at the courthouse. Commissioners must approve the budget no later… Read More
AUGUSTA — After wrapping up a budget meeting Monday with Gov.-elect Angus King, Maine Senate President Jeffrey Butland wasted no time in trying to find savings in his end of the State House, drawing criticism from the House end controlled by Democrats. Butland, a Cumberland… Read More
The Santa’s Helper Fund passed a milestone Tuesday when donations brought the total over the $10,000 mark. It would be wonderful if it could at least double between now and Christmas. A donation from the W.E.K.S. Club in Carmel prompted a phone call to Dorothy… Read More
Alternatives to United Way are getting more financial attention from employees who pledge a portion of their paychecks to charity, according to information from a national group that surveys employee giving. The specter of the William Aramony scandal in 1992 still hangs over United Way… Read More
VAN BUREN — Town officials met with engineers Monday to explore what improvements Van Buren must make at its waste-water treatment system to handle its capacity now and in the future. The Department of Environmental Protection put a moratorium on growth here because the existing… Read More
BANGOR — Five people were injured when a van rolled over and landed on the railroad tracks parallel to State Street across from the Ronald McDonald House late last night. While details were sketchy and the investigation continued on past midnight, Bangor Police Officer Mark… Read More
GREENVILLE — Want an update on the weather, information about ski and snowmobile trails or what lodging and eating facilities are available in the Moosehead Lake Region? A new hot line provided by the Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce supplies this information and more… Read More
BREWER — The City Council voted Tuesday night to authorize the leasing of part of the Brewer Auditorium parking lot to the Bangor-Brewer Farmers Market Association Inc., but it did so without rescinding the city’s existing ordinance regulating the farmers market. That ordinance, and especially… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Had the timing of the two cars been just slightly different, the crash probably would never have happened, police said, and a retired East Holden man wouldn’t have died Monday night. On Tuesday, Ellsworth police expressed surprise that James D. Taylor, 74, who… Read More
GREENVILLE — An evaluation of the Greenville School system completed by the Department of Education identified issues similar to those in previous reports. Connie Manter, manager of the office of School Improvement for the Department of Education, said Tuesday she was surprised at the number… Read More
NEWPORT — School construction or renovations are a minimum of four to five years away, SAD 48 board members learned Tuesday night. Members of the district’s building and education committees, along with a handful of Plymouth residents, met with Ted Ruark of the Maine Department… Read More
ORONO — University of Maine System faculty members narrowly rejected a proposed contract that raised their pay by 4 percent but required them to contribute toward health insurance coverage. A weekend count of ballots mailed by members of the Associated Faculty of the University of… Read More
ROCKPORT — Town officials are hitting the road to pump up interest in a municipal takeover of the Camden-Rockland Division of Consumers Maine Water Co. After hearing a presentation Monday by former Selectman Al Bird on the need to study a municipal buyout of the… Read More
ST. ALBANS — For the fifth year, there will be no increase in property taxes in St. Albans, if the current budget proposal stands. Selectmen reviewed the 1995 budget proposal with Town Manager Larry Post on Monday night with few comments or questions. Final action… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Members of the Bucksport Economic Development Committee adopted a wait-and-see attitude Tuesday night toward a sea cucumber processing plant a local man proposes to build. Developer Mel Adams, a local resident and former educator, said he and his sons have worked for three… Read More
CAMBRIDGE — Two people received minor injuries when the car in which they were traveling was involved in an accident on the Bridge Road in Cambridge late Tuesday morning. Richard Garland, 23, of Hartland lost control of his 1989 Plymouth Aries on an ice patch… Read More
The first sentence of your “Stamp Tact” editorial in the Dec. 9 edition states, “… the U.S. Postal Service is often unfairly criticized about its ability to deliver mail. …” I respectfully suggest that either the word “unfairly” is a typographical error or the writer… Read More
Once upon a time, there was a senator from Louisiana named Huey Long who had a reputation in Congress for making unfounded slurs on his opponents. When he was asked why he was so reckless, he said, “Calumniate, calumniate, calumniate, something is bound to stick.”… Read More
It’s often said that this time of year brings out the best in people and last Sunday night, Dec. 11, I was reminded of this in Winterport. Despite bad weather and busy schedules, several hundred friends came out to show their love and support for Darlene Thibodeau at… Read More
Who asks you to print Mary McGrory anyway? Her Dec. 7 diatribe blasting (like NBC’s bottle rocket) the GM pickups and settlement just shows her ignorance about the real world. Quoting Ralph Nader and Joan Claybrook (the D.C. pedestrians) are further proof that she’s detached from reality. Read More
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — The school board this week renewed its commitment to keep the MDI High School budget from increasing by more than 4 percent next year. In sending a proposed budget back to Principal Larry Coughlin for more reductions, school board members signaled… Read More
What is going on? I, and dozens of other supporters of Marc Warren’s, attended the public hearing in Newport on Dec. 7 to back him in his efforts to fight the consideration to revoke or suspend his special amusement permit, but it was all for naught. Read More
HOULTON — The Houlton police lieutenant charged with assault against two female Police Department employees has asked for a jury trial. Last month, the state filed a criminal complaint alleging two counts of assault and one count of unlawful sexual contact against Lt. Donald Mitchell. Read More
CARIBOU — “Project Compost” has produced three contest winners and a reduction in curbside solid waste among the 581 families that took part in the program offered by northern Maine communities, solid waste associations, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Northern Maine Development Commission. Read More
BANGOR — A Corinna man arrested last week in connection with a bank robbery was indicted on the charge by a federal grand jury Tuesday. Brad Stoddard, 19, was arrested Friday and charged with robbing the Key Bank in Corinna on Dec. 6. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
AUBURN — Responding to a $6.5 million drop in the value of its investment fund, this central Maine city is developing guidelines to avert further losses on its investments. City councilors Monday began the process of selecting members of a new committee assigned to draft… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Museum has received a $1,000 grant from the FMC Marine Colloids Community Relations Committee for school outreach projects and for transporting school groups to the museum. About 2,500 students from southern Maine north to Katahdin and west to Kennebec Valley towns… Read More
BELFAST — A state inspection of the Waldo County Jail determined that measures aimed at saving money jeopardized security and directly led to last October’s jail break. “Some of these problems were caused by our taking shortcuts to save money on the budget,” Sheriff John… Read More
LINCOLN — Judith St. Germain, 49, of Lincoln was hospitalized Tuesday after a fire damaged a Route 6 home, leaving a family of three temporarily homeless. St. Germaine, who was admitted to Penobscot Valley Hospital for smoke inhalation, was in stable condition, according to a… Read More
HOULTON — The Houlton Town Council at its meeting Monday night awarded the following contracts: General insurance coverage, F.A. Peabody Co., Houlton, $31,463. The amount is about $10,000 less than the town’s previous premium. The Peabody bid was the only one received. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
FORT KENT — A memorial Christmas tree has been set up in the lobby of the Northern Maine Medical Center at Fort Kent by the hospital guild. Money raised through donations for ornaments will be used by the guild to buy equipment for the hospital. Read More
BANGOR — Allen Winters, a spokesman for the Central Maine Shelter for Homeless Veterans, said Monday the group believes it is close to its goal of finding a shelter location. The group has tried for close to a year to acquire a surplus government building… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Nearly $1,200 in cash and other memorial donations have been used by Community General Hospital to complete a hospitality room for long-term-care residents and their families. The living room-type environment will allow residents and their families to enjoy unrestricted private moments and… Read More
VEAZIE — The Town Council Monday night considered a property tax abatement request from Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. and advised the town manager and town attorney to seek additional information. Councilors reviewed information provided by the attorney who told them he needed to acquire additonal data… Read More
BANGOR — The Oriental Jade and Junior League of Bangor will hold a holiday celebration for the Eastern Maine Medical Center Pediatric Unit at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, with activities for children and a dinner for staff, volunteers, families and patients. “Pediatric Pal” has… Read More
HOULTON — The town of Houlton is seeking financial assistance from the federal government to help cover the cost of an additional police officer. At Monday night’s Town Council meeting, Police Chief Darrell Malone and Town Manager Allan Bean reported that over the last four… Read More
BATH — An Augusta man who says he quit his job after being offered a shipyard apprentice position that was later withdrawn has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Bath Iron Works. Robert Gayer’s suit seeks unspecified damages for lost wages and emotional distress. Read More
LIMESTONE — Despite community opposition, the Loring Development Authority still may gain exclusive rights to land use and zoning on the former Loring Air Force Base and related off-base sites. Language in legislation that created the LDA as a public municipal corporation in 1993 did… Read More
PORTLAND — A 22-year-old music store clerk, his feet blistered by fire, returned to his burning apartment building to alert the other nine tenants. Ian Ross said he couldn’t see more than a foot in front of him because of smoke when he fled the… Read More
PORTLAND — The state supreme court Tuesday set aside the sentence of one of three Augusta men imprisoned for a 1992 arson spree that included a series of barn fires in Sidney and Belgrade. After pleading guilty to five counts of arson, Keith Lajoie, 26,… Read More
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick — A new rail service soon will provide shipping connections from Saint John and St. Stephen to McAdam, and that announcement Tuesday had officials at Baileyville, Maine’s, Georgia-Pacific Corp. smiling. The newly formed Southern Railway Co. Ltd., a J.D. Irving Ltd.-owned… Read More
I was up late one night, zipping around the TV dial, when I happened to stumble on a program about a family known as the Martinettis. You might already have met this happy, modern family. With Christmas fast approaching, the crew can be found on… Read More
BANGOR — Eastern Maine Medical Center unveiled a 10-year, $35 million plan to adapt to the profound changes sweeping the health care industry. “Our objectives are to enhance the delivery of health care in the region, manage the cost, maximize the care, and increase patient… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Jeff Martin was preparing for bed late Monday night when his wife, Kim, smelled something burning. Suspecting a chimney fire, the couple called the Fire Department. On closer inspection, a shed area at the rear of their home was found to be in flames. A… Read More