CALAIS – Bob McShane vividly remembers his first season as the girls basketball coach at Calais High School. He can still hear the echoes bouncing off the empty bleachers as he instructed his team during a painful 4-14 season. “Bobby Campbell was playing for the… Read More
SAN DIEGO – Kevin Mahaney’s Young America on Friday continued its domination of the first round of the America’s Cup defender trials by posting a convincing victory over the all-women America3. In ideal conditions on the Pacific Ocean off Point Loma here, Young America, directed… Read More
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EAST MILLINOCKET – Three Wolverines scored 10 points each to pace host Schenck to a 76-19 schoolgirl basketball victory over Penobscot Valley of Howland Friday night. Kelly Morin, Heather Rosebush, and Rebecca York each hit double figures for the Wolverines, with York also grabbing seven… Read More
CASTINE – Glen Sharp scored 15 points to lead the University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls to a 75-55 men’s basketball victory over the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners here Friday. The Owls used a balanced attack and never trailed after the first half. Sean Thomas scored… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Cory Thibodeau scored six points in overtime and Jason Nadeau added four to lead the Fort Kent Warriors to an 86-83 schoolboy basketball victory over the Presque Isle Wildcats Friday night. Thibodeau finished with 27 points for the winners, Ryan Martin added… Read More
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Dawn was a smudge of drizzle and fog that touched our faces with flannelly fingers as Rick Levasseur, my son, Jeff, and I rigged “coot” tollers on a tide-exposed point in Trenton Narrows. “If I were a coot I wouldn’t want to fly in this… Read More
CASTINE – Glen Sharp scored 15 points to lead the University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls to a 75-55 men’s basketball victory over the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners Friday. The Owls used a balanced attack and led for most of the game. Sean Thomas scored 14… Read More
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BANGOR – Jill Partridge canned a basket and two free throws in the final minute to help the Bangor Rams secure a 60-55 schoolgirl basketball victory over Lawrence of Fairfield at Red Barry Gym Friday night. The Rams nailed nine of 10 free throws in… Read More
ORONO – The “Guest” column on the Alfond Arena scoreboard remained stuck on “1” here Friday night. The University of Maine chained up Northeastern’s potent offensive attack with another concerted effort on defense and Blair Allison continued his stingy goaltending with a 22-save performance as… Read More
FAIRFIELD – Folsom Gym, basketball home to the Lawrence High School Bulldogs, often seems to transform itself into a Twilight Zone for teams from away. It’s a sardine can of a building where rowdy fans all but sit on top of the court and the… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Matt Enman scored two goals, including the game-winner, to lead the Brewer Witches to a 4-3 high school hockey win over the Presque Isle Wildcats Friday night at the Northern Maine Forum. Chad Allen, Chris Vydas and Chris Roeder each added a… Read More
This is the week I got in touch with my feminine side. It started with the University of Maine women’s basketball team drawing a campus-record 4,243 fans to Alfond Arena for a game with Delaware. It was a North Atlantic Conference attendance record. It was… Read More
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PRESQUE ISLE – Matt Enman scored two goals, including the game-winner, to lead the Brewer Witches to a 4-3 high school hockey win over the Presque Isle Wildcats Friday night at the Northern Maine Forum. Chad Allen, Chris Vydas and Chris Roeder each added a… Read More
HODGDON – Wendy Ivey was the key as the Hodgdon Hawks ran out to a 26-6 lead after one quarter and cruised past the Madawaska Owls 70-40 in a schoolgirl basketball game Friday night. Ivey paced Hodgdon with 23 points. Jodi Quint added 15 points,… Read More
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BELFAST — The Harbor Committee’s decision to grant Belfast Boat Yard a permit for a marina appears to be in conflict with the city ordinance it is obligated to enforce. Boat yard owner Alex Turner was granted permission to build a 14-slip marina last month. Read More
Some anonymous pen pal who knows my weakness for “Shoe” comic strips sent me the strip out of Thursday’s paper which features that crafty old newspaper bird, Uncle Cosmo, in deep discussion with his editor. “Did you kill my column?” asks an apprehensive Uncle Cosmo. Read More
Reta Schreiber will celebrate her retirement from the Bangor Public Library after 25 years of service with an open house 5-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the library. Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Jellison II, P.O. Box 71, Sullivan 04664, telephone 422-3531, will celebrate their… Read More
PALMYRA — The annual Palmyra budget committee meeting is a “y’all come” event. Unlike many neighboring towns, Palmyra voters do not appoint or elect a budget committee, but simply schedule an open meeting in advance of the annual town meeting to allow voter-input on the budget needs for… Read More
Two women bled to death when their pacemaker cables snapped, puncturing their hearts. Now doctors are struggling with what, if anything, to do for 42,000 others around the world who carry identical wires inside them. The overwhelming concern is that more people will suddenly die. Read More
Gov. Angus King sacrificed some of the punch in next month’s budget message to a good cause Wednesday, when he dropped in on the Loring Development Authority (LDA) meeting in Augusta and pledged support for $250,000 to continue a maintenance program and long-term plan for marketing the former… Read More
MILLINOCKET — No new revenues and a tax cap already mean cuts in town and school budgets, but a drop in Great Northern Paper Co.’s valuation could mean even deeper cuts. “That is the wild card,” said Town Manager James Kotredes, referring to the pending… Read More
In December, Monitor Radio early morning news reported that Wall Street was happy with the economy as it was progressing. Unemployment was holding at 6.6 percent, wages were constant or slightly lower, and prices were stable. Good news for investors. Inflation nonexistent, growth slow. The… Read More
Independent Gov. Angus (“Don’t Call Me a Control Freak”) King isn’t the first of the state’s chief executives to come up with the idea of gagging his Cabinet. Maine’s previous governor-without-a-party, Jim Longley, tried the same thing 20 years ago without noticeable success. Democrat Joe Brennan flirted with… Read More
Anniversaries and commemorations of World War II events occur frequently now. Soon we will be reading and thinking about the discovery of the death camps, V-E Day, the battles of Manila, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, and the end of the war in Japan. However, while we remember the… Read More
CALAIS — Dr. David Green, whose home was searched by federal drug agents last week, issued a statement Friday that addressed the search and his license status as a physician. Green is employed as an anesthesiologist at the Charlotte County Hospital in St. Stephen, New… Read More
There was one incorrect date and an incorrect statement concerning a Supreme Court decision in a Jan. 7 story on the status of a case involving a Whitneyville doctor. Steven C. Patterson has been charged with sexual abuse in an indictment that lists the dates on which alleged… Read More
A third lawsuit has been filed over the state’s controversial decision to license off-track betting at a Bangor restaurant. The suit was filed in late December and charges that a Bangor real estate broker interfered with and sabotaged efforts by a business group called Inside… Read More
AUGUSTA — A Bangor man who allegedly used his forefinger and thumb to mimic a handgun at an abortion clinic has been charged under the Maine Civil Rights Act and faces thousands of dollars in fines. Maine Attorney General Andrew Ketterer announced Friday that a… Read More
BAR HARBOR — A Bar Harbor couple reminisced on Friday about the life of devotion and joy Earl and Margaret Green had shared with each other and extended to their neighbors. Describing an elderly couple who loved each other’s company, who opened their home as… Read More
Virtually every baby boomer grew up with Matchbox toys. Today those very same people are paying big bucks for these toys which seem to summon up memories of innocence and lost youth. Matchbox toys are the brainchild of Leslie and Rodney Smith of England whose… Read More
AUGUSTA — Undaunted by the King administration’s lack of commitment for funding, board members for the proposed magnet school in Limestone decided Friday to maintain plans to open the school this fall. Proponents of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics for gifted and talented… Read More
BANGOR — The Rev. Walter Dickhaut had not seen the parcel of 67 acres in Indiana in 40 years. But the land called to him, and he visited the family homestead last summer to fulfill his desire, as he put it, to stand “in the fields my grandfather… Read More
There is something frightening about a large group of people all shouting for attention. From time to time, we see such scenes on TV or in the movies, but when it happens to us, it is bewildering. Imagine a group of perhaps 10,000 or even 100,000 people crowding… Read More
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Despite the January thaw, Maine winters are long. For those who wish to remain sane throughout the short days, position yourself in the seemingly tropical paradise of a greenhouse. That’s what Louise Snow of Orono is doing, and cabin fever isn’t even close to setting in yet. Read More
Great plumes of sea smoke rise from the waters off Stonington on the coldest of January days. It’s the sea, whether at its most bone chilling or balmy best, that defines this community and the people who make a living here. One flight up from… Read More
DETROIT — Richard Bradley, chairman of the board of SAD 53, will bow out of local politics at the end of his term this year. Bradley is in his final year of a three-year term representing the town of Detroit, and is not seeking re-election. Read More
PITTSFIELD — More than two dozen people attended or expressed interest Thursday night in rejuvenating the town’s historical society. Until recently, the society — caretaker of the town’s Depot House museum and caboose — had dwindled to six members, with not enough participation to hold… Read More
VEAZIE — Town leaders are about to take a major step toward economic development. Town Manager Bill Reed said this week he and Donald Buffington, head of an economic development consulting firm in Bangor, agreed on a contract for the firm to help Veazie officials… Read More
UNION — Scot Sabins has been named the Union Fire Department’s firefighter of the year — not for doing any one particular thing, but for pretty much doing it all. Sabins was chosen based upon his years of service in the Camden and Union fire… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Redemption Center, located at 490 Broadway, has accepted more than 1,250 cans and bottles in a fund-raising effort for Innocents International, a Bangor-based charitable organization aiding the orphaned children of Romania. Less than a month ago, redemption center manager Suzi Schafer… Read More
With the new 10 percent increase in postal rates (29 to 32 cents for a first-class stamp), can we now expect a commensurate 10 percent increase in service? Sure. This increase will yield, in one year, $4.7 billion (yes, billions). Where will they spend those billions? The postmaster… Read More
With the new 10 percent increase in postal rates (29 to 32 cents for a first-class stamp), can we now expect a commensurate 10 percent increase in service? Sure. This increase will yield, in one year, $4.7 billion (yes, billions). Where will they spend those billions? The postmaster… Read More
With the new 10 percent increase in postal rates (29 to 32 cents for a first-class stamp), can we now expect a commensurate 10 percent increase in service? Sure. This increase will yield, in one year, $4.7 billion (yes, billions). Where will they spend those billions? The postmaster… Read More
I am angry — very angry, in fact — at the pompous proselytizers take their positions outside the clinic that provides women’s health care — pap smears, gynecological services — and yes, abortions. They hold signs emblazoned with messages of hate — proclaiming the clinic to be a… Read More
As a working artist and arts administrator, I am grateful to the Bangor Daily News for its stance in favor of continued funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. The Endowment provides essential funding to arts organizations and arts agencies (such as the Maine Commission for the… Read More
Is everyone as ticked off as I am over Channel 5’s coverage of the NFC game on Sunday? One of the most important football games of the season and Channel 5 ends the coverage at exactly 7 p.m. Their excuse was they had to stop… Read More
WELLINGTON — SAD 4 directors will wait until later this year, when more information on the budget is available, to decide whether or not to close the Wellington and Abbot elementary schools. The suggestion, however, has upset residents in both communities. About 50 people crowded… Read More
After meeting with Navy Secretary John Dalton on Thursday, U.S. Rep. John Baldacci said he came away cautiously optimisic about the future of the Navy’s four facilities in Maine. “I feel very good about Cutler (Naval Computer Telecommunications Station) and (Naval Security Group) Winter Harbor,”… Read More
WATERVILLE — Midweek worship services in the manner of Friends (Quakers) will begin at Colby College in Waterville in February. Beginning Feb. 8, worship meetings will be held every Wednesday 6-7 p.m. in the Rose Chapel, located in Lorimer Chapel at Colby. Members of the… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — An open house will be held 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at PEAK Rehabilitation, Central Maine’s aquatic exercise center, associated with Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan. The Physical Ergonomic Aquatic and Kinetic center will offer free fitness evaluations, free use of equipment… Read More
PALMYRA — A proposed personnel policy received another review Wednesday night at a meeting of the Palmyra Board of Selectmen. Despite some agreement on the specifics, the board has reserved approving the final document until it is typed in a final form, according to Town Clerk Joan Bradley. Read More
BURNHAM — Problems with the septic system at Burnham Village School have been resolved, thanks in part to the recent warm weather. According to SAD 53 board Chairman Richard Bradley, warm weather allowed a local contractor to excavate the leach field at the school and… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset County Budget Committee Wednesday night restored $85,000 in budget cuts made earlier by the committee. Funding was restored in four areas: $53,000 in telecommunications; $20,000 from community corrections; $10,000 from the District Attorney’s Office; and $2,000 from Somerset County Soil Conservation. Read More
CARIBOU — The Northern Maine Development Commission is offering updated code enforcement officer tests free of charge to individuals interested in becoming code enforcement officers or for current officers to update their certification. The tests are from the Department of Economic and Community Development. NMDC… Read More
CARIBOU — The Air Force Base Conversion Agency’s Loring office and the Market Development Center will hold an environmental and construction contracting workshop 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center. The workshop is to update Maine businesses interested in… Read More
DANFORTH — The Tri-County Recreation Association is accepting applications for the Miss Tri-County Pageant to be held April 8 in Danforth. Theme is “A Toast to Nashville.” Entrants must be 13 to 18 years old, single, childless and still in high school. They also must… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Funding applications are available for nearly $154,000 in direct payment from the United Way of Aroostook. A total of 28 county-based agencies will receive funding through the 1995-96 fiscal year campaign. Nonprofit health and human services organizations serving Aroostook County residents are… Read More
FORT KENT — Nearly 350 of Aroostook County’s top young musicians and singers gathered for two days of rehearsal in anticipation of the All-Aroostook Music Festival concert today at the University of Maine at Fort Kent gymnasium. The concert, which begins at 3 p.m., will… Read More
On a balmy October evening, I walked down West Street in Bangor knocking on doors. At one a man answered; we got talking. He’d worked for an old newspaper, the Bangor Commercial. “Oh, I’d met a guy the other day, in his 80s, who worked at the Commercial,”… Read More
LIMESTONE — A 30-year-old Michigan man was arrested early Friday on charges of assault, criminal trespass and driving to endanger in connection with a bizarre incident on the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone. Salvatore Joseph Russo remained in Aroostook County Jail late Friday,… Read More
Donna Maritato, an emergency room nurse at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, and Roxie Walton, emergency department manager, accepted more than 50 koala bears from Mervyn Taylor, financial consultant, Key Brokerage Co. Inc. The bears will be given to children who are treated in… Read More
FORT KENT — St. John River watchers were able to breathe a little easier Friday afternoon after the level of the river started receding and the National Weather Service lifted its river statement that warned people living along lowlands of the river. The National Weather… Read More
In a column on yesterday’s Op-ed page, Chancellor Michael Orenduff got it exactly right when he drew parallels between a comment by James Rouse, the developer of Boston’s Quincy Market, and the Educational Network of Maine: The choice is not development vs. no development, but… Read More
VERONA — A Verona woman is dead and her live-in companion has been charged with her death at their Cove Street home in Verona Friday afternoon. Sandra L. McCormick, 32, was found dead in the cellar of the couple’s modest one-story house at the corner… Read More
ROCKLAND — Accused killer Allen Teele’s release on $50,000 bail lasted about a week. Teele, 25, of Westbrook, was picked up at his home by state police Friday and transported to Knox County Jail after his bail was revoked. He was released on bail Friday,… Read More
“Mainly Bluegrass” has returned for its second season on Maine Public Television. The series, which features top regional bluegrass acts, is hosted by Pat Lamarche, and airs at 6:30 p.m. Saturdays. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Power Co. customers may soon have the option of being their own meter readers every other month under a proposal the power company is considering. Under another proposal, CMP customers would let the utility continue estimating their bills every other month… Read More
CARIBOU — Community representatives from around Aroostook County learned here Friday that $1 million is available to municipalities and waste disposal districts through the Maine Waste Management Agency. Members of the Northern Maine Solid Waste Management Committee were told about the available funds by Geoffrey… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine Center for Women, Work and Community (formerly Displaced Homemakers Program) will conduct a free self-esteem workshop series at the Aroostook Hall at Northern Maine Technical College. The course will be held 9 a.m.-noon, Tuesday and Thursday mornings, starting Feb. 7. Read More
AUGUSTA — Two advocacy groups Friday filed a lawsuit asking Maine’s courts to block an expected referendum on gay rights this fall. The Maine Civil Liberties Union and the Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, or GLAD, said the referendum plan amounts to a… Read More
BANGOR — The Passamaquoddy Indians filed suit Friday in federal district court against the state of Maine and Gov. Angus King, asserting their right to operate a casino in Calais. In a complaint filed late Friday in U.S. District Court in Bangor, the Passamaquoddys asked… Read More
KARTALKAYA, Turkey — Search efforts are to be called off Sunday if rescuers don’t find a Maine-born U.S. Air Force officer and his son, who disappeared on a ski trip. On Thursday, the Pentagon said the two apparently were caught in a blizzard while skiing,… Read More
LIMESTONE — The Limestone Board of Selectmen Wednesday handled several items of local significance, including amendments to the bylaws for the budget committee, Town Manager Troy Brown said Thursday. The amendments allow for the appointment of three alternates to the committee, changes to review schedule… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE — Fred Gray, 88, died Thursday night when he was struck by a car in front of his house on Route 52 just north of Lincolnville Center. According to Waldo County Deputy Sheriff Mark Shade, Gray was hit by a vehicle driven by Jennifer… Read More
AUGUSTA — Former Maine House Speaker John L. Martin, D-Eagle Lake, will get to apply his 30 years of legislative experience to the intricacies of the school funding formula as House chairman of the Education Committee. Martin was one of 16 House chairmen named Friday… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Town Council Wednesday night approved a $25,000 Urban Development Action Grant Fund loan for the start-up of a new business in town. Douglas and Elizabeth Cyr, owners of Cyr’s Can Am Travel Agency, sought the loan to develop a loan originator… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — New Brunswick’s labor minister is afraid to intervene in the 8-month-old strike at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, says New Democratic Party Leader Elizabeth Weir. “Whenever the name Irving comes up in his department, (Labor Minister Camille Theriault) drops… Read More
WISCASSET — Maine Yankee nuclear power plant remained shut down Friday, after nearly a week, as officials tried to locate a short in the plant’s electric generator. The plant was taken off-line last Saturday, for the second time in a week, after operators received a… Read More