Surely you’ve noticed that springtime has split the icy seams of winter and rivers and streams are celebrating by rushing in all directions. Likewise, if you have a canoe cradled in the rafters of your garage, you’re probably in a rush to put water behind a paddle –… Read More
    MAINE vs. MICHIGAN Time, site: Thursday, 1 p.m.; Providence Civic Center, Providence, R.I. 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… Read More
    The Bangor High School boys and girls swim teams will be honored by the state legislature at 9:30 a.m. today. Eighteen seniors will represent the teams, which will be recognized in the legislature’s Daily Agenda for their achievements as state Class A swimming champions, according… Read More
    BRUNSWICK – Three Bowdoin players have been named to the New England Hockey Writers East All-Star Team. Charlie Gaffney, a senior center, set 18 Bowdoin scoring records, becoming the all-time leading scorer with 228 points in 102 career games. He also holds the Polar Bear… Read More
    VEAZIE — A fuel leak caused a Springfield Terminal train engine to catch fire on Tuesday afternoon here, near the Main Street crossing by Silver’s Auto Parts. Veazie Fire Chief Sherman Lahaie reported the fire was contained within minutes by two 10-pound dry chemical exting-… Read More
    HOULTON — A Florida man was arrested in Houlton Monday and charged with possession of $6.4 million worth of illegal drugs. U.S. Attorney Jay P. McCloskey announced in a press release Wednesday that Rinaldo Ticchiarelli, 46, was arrested after a narcotics-detection dog indicated drugs were… Read More
    BANGOR — Ask a class of fifth-graders, ages 10 and 11, who their favorite singers are, and try not to look too shocked when more than two-thirds of them answer Snoop Doggy Dogg, the rap star and gang member who is facing murder charges. Don’t… Read More
    LINCOLN — Proposed zoning ordinance amendments related to timber harvesting will be the topic of a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, April 3, in the town office. If approved by the Town Council, the proposed zoning amendments would allow timber harvesting in the four… Read More
    Jonesboro Marvin Pineo became the newest member of the board of selectmen Tuesday night at the annual town meeting. He replaced incumbent Richard Price, who chose not to run. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou Communications Link, organized by staff from area schools, will sponsor four sessions designed to improve communication between schools and the community. Parents, residents and business leaders are invited to the Middle School for a system-wide workshop from 8 a.m. to 1… Read More
    CARIBOU — Community civic groups will hold a bicycle safety poster contest for second-graders and a bicycle safety rodeo for kindergartners through fourth-graders to call attention to accident prevention. Volunteers are needed for the rodeo and should apply to the Parks and Recreation Department. The… Read More
    CARIBOU — The City Council voted Monday to appropriate up to $20,000 to extend the sewer line about 750 feet on Route 89. The extension will accommodate Pines Health Center which wants to move into a building near the Light Industrial Park. Pines plans to… Read More
    Aroostook County Superior Court: Howard C. Arbo Jr., 19, Houlton, burglary, all but one year suspended from four-year jail sentence, two years probation; theft, 30 days in jail to be served concurrently with previous sentence. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    A “friendship line” which will offer noncrisis support for people with mental illness in Greater Bangor will start Friday evening, March 31. The Greater Bangor Area Crisis Stabilization Service and Together Place will sponsor the line which “will offer a supportive, calming voice during times when most other… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine Wardens found the body of a missing Belgrade man in a stream Wednesday, discovered a pair of teen-agers stranded on a chunk of ice in the Penobscot River, and found a missing 5-year-old boy in woods near his home in Gray. Warden… Read More
    Knox County Superior Court: Matthew B. Krom, 20, Camden, burglary of motor vehicle, all but 10 days suspended from one-year jail sentence; and theft, five days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Police recovered three stolen vehicles in Pittsfield Wednesday night as part of an ongoing investigation that they believe will lead them to many more. Maine State Trooper Christopher Carr said a red Chevrolet Camaro was recovered from a Cottage Street residence and two… Read More
    Caswell The election of municipal officers and the issue of how land once part of Loring Air Force Base should be managed are among the items Caswell voters will address at their town meeting at 7 p.m. Friday, March 31, at Dawn F. Barnes Elementary… Read More
    It was routine, but important. The Bangor City Council Monday night quietly reinforced a positive new direction for a section of Main Street that for two decades has traveled the hard road from stagnation to decline. The council authorized money for option fees and independent… Read More
    When an auction was originally planned to help raise funds to rebuild Railroad Square Cinema, the Waterville alternative theater, it became clear from the start that the offerings would be of unusual proportions and selection. Everything from a vasectomy to mulch hay to “earth treks”… Read More
    Penobscot County Superior Court: Ralph Jones, 49, Ellsworth, negotiating worthless instrument, $10 to victims compensation fund, $300 fine with $2,620.61 restitution. 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
    A popular over-the-counter painkiller is remarkably effective in fighting the progression of cystic fibrosis in children, researchers have found. Ibuprofen — the generic name for the drug found in Motrin, Nuprin, Advil and other common products — slows the deterioration of the lungs that is… Read More
    As the Senate considers its version of a bill to cut the current federal budget, the public should watch carefully to see whether its members make reductions that improve government or simply use the same slash-and-burn technique employed recently by House Republicans. The House last… Read More
    To most people, the brick double house at 128-130 Hammond St. has been just another of Bangor’s aging eyesores for the past decade. Standing opposite the Bangor YMCA, the structure sits on a high granite foundation, the seven Doric pillars of its full-width portico sadly peeling. Read More
    In yesterday’s column, I discussed some of the problems with the plan for the Education Network of Maine (ENM) recently recommended by Chancellor J. Michael Orenduff and approved by the University of Maine Board of Trustees. In today’s column, I would like to address a broader issue: a… Read More
    Bangor District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Joshua Carrigan, 25, Orrington, 10 days in jail, weekend intervention program, one year license suspension, $500; Merry Carrigan, 33, Brewer, continued for sentencing; Robert Clark, 37, Auburn, three days in jail, 90 day… Read More
    As I read the headlines day after day informing us of one group after another that will suffer terrible damage as a result of state and federal government spending cuts, I’m beginning to wonder if my own circumstances are truly an exception. Contrary to 60… Read More
    FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Rehabilitation Club will hold the eighth Rehabilitation Awareness Day beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 6, at the Olsen Student Center, UMF. Information tables will be set up at 9 a.m. and the keynote address by Burt… Read More
    BANGOR — Musicians and singers from Connecticut’s Bristol Central High School will present two public concerts during their spring tour in Bangor March 31-April 2. A special performance will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, at the Bangor Garden Show in the Bangor… Read More
    DEXTER — The financial news for SAD 46 just keeps getting worse, with directors told at a special budget workshop Wednesday night that more than $200,000 in cuts will be needed next year. Decreased state subsidies, coupled with the possibility of no tuition fees from… Read More
    WASHINGTON — In a surprise move, Republican Rep. James B. Longley, who campaigned on the term limits issue, voted against the final amendment Wednesday, an act praised as one of political “courage” by the executive director of the national term limits movement. Rep. John Baldacci,… Read More
    In the March 7 edition, your paper featured an article about the acquisition of Hampden Telephone Co. by TDS TELECOM. The article referred to a 1992 investigation of Hampden Telephone Co. by the Maine Public Utilities Commission stating “the PUC never determined whether Hampden Telephone or its owners… Read More
    BANGOR — The first episode of the new Masterpiece Theatre series, “Martin Chuzzlewit,” will be rebroadcast on March 30 for Bangor area viewers who missed the airing on Sunday because of transmitter problems. The episode will be rebroadcast at 11 p.m. Thursday, March 30, following… Read More
    This is in response to Philip G. Carthage (“Down with snail mail,” March 20). He wonders where all those letters to Santa Claus go. I know. Joe, my mailman, picked it (a letter to Santa) up and said he’d ask Dave, his supervisor, about it. Read More
    This letter is in reference to your March 23 story about Maine Yankee steam tube cracks. A possible interpretation of the (admittedly scanty and vague) data on steam tube cracks is: The average life of a steam tube is 26 years with a standard deviation of 1.9 years. Read More
    ORONO — Volunteers are needed for town boards and committees including the Planning Board, Tree Board, Board of Appeals, Board of Assessment Review, Conservation Commission, Personnel Appeals Board, Library Trustees, Trustees of Orono High School, Community Development Block Grant Citizens Advisory Committee and Community Beautification Committee. Read More
    I would like to announce that I will hold an informal press conference on April 1, to inform people that I will NOT be running for president unlike what seems to be a host of others. Owen S. Shepherd Eastport… Read More
    It is most unfortunate that organizers of Bangor’s parade celebrating the end of World War II should choose to invite as grand marshal a man so thoroughly discredited as Gen. William Westmoreland. It is now well documented that Westmoreland consistently and intentionally lied to President… Read More
    Dover-Foxcroft District Court: Stephen Scripture, 39, Milo, operating after suspension, $100. 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
    Dover-Foxcroft District Court: John I. Burgess, 60, Amherst, Mass., violation of a rule for a deer permit, $200, and failure to register deer, $200. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    Let us no longer speak of those things which may be the causes of our young bringing their lives to heartbreaking ends: Of the constant retrenchment by the state in its commitment to educational funding which has deprived many schools of the means bo successfully… Read More
    BANGOR — Some like it hot and the Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross aims to please with its Howling Hot Chili Cookoff beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Pickering Square Garage, downtown. The contest begins in earnest after the… Read More
    BANGOR — Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Family Practice Program has received a $6,500 grant from the Maine State Chapter March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Sarah Noyes, a March of Dimes volunteer, presented a check to Sandra Coleman, Ph.D., to benefit “Teen Moms: A Pilot… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — J. Nancy Owen of Newington, Conn., has been hired as the new director of community relations at Mayo Regional Hospital. Owen, who was selected from about 35 other applicants, will begin her duties on April 17. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BANGOR — Bangor area members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart will gather from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 29, at the Elks Lodge on Odlin Road in Bangor before traveling to Presque Isle to participate in the installation of officers for the state’s newest… Read More
    TRESCOTT — Forest rangers and volunteers worked late into the night Tuesday to quell three separate forest fires that were the work of arsonists, said Jim Downie, a spokesman for the Maine Forest Service. Investigators remained at the scene of the three fires on Wednesday,… Read More
    LUBEC — SAD 19 School Principal Chet Hubbard, who was placed on three weeks of paid administrative leave Monday after allegedly issuing a threatening letter to members of the school committee, said Wednesday he requested the leave of absence. “I requested a three-week administrative leave… Read More
    SHERMAN STATION — The SAD 25 board of directors heard comments and concerns about the district’s finances from 21 people who attended a public forum Monday night. The three-hour meeting highlighted the district’s dual dilemmas of declining enrollment and diminished state aid. The cost of… Read More
    WESTBROOK — The prosecution of former city employees suspected of stealing more than $24,000 in cash payments for motor vehicle registrations and excise taxes has been hindered by lack of evidence, authorities say. Lax accounting procedures that allowed the thefts to go undetected are making… Read More
    SANFORD — Former Rep. Norman Paul won a special election for the District 9 House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Mona Walker Hale, restoring the Democrats’ three-seat advantage in the House. Paul, a former four-term legislator and retired Sanford police officer, beat… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine’s state revenue dipped below projections last month, mainly because of speedier-than-usual processing of income-tax refunds, the King administration said. Acting State Tax Assessor Brian Mahany said officials processed 125,704 refunds totaling $39.1 million through the end of February. That was nearly 76,000… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The red lobster on Maine’s license plates looks like a crushed bug, according to a state legislator who has proposed a bill to change the design on Maine’s plates. Rep. William Lemke, D-Westbrook, submitted a bill Tuesday to rid the state of its… Read More
    WATERVILLE — An innovative community outreach program offered by Mid Maine Medical Center will begin April 2. “Sunday Morning Rounds at MMMC” is a one-hour live talk radio show that will air 8-9 a.m. Sunday on radio station 93.5 FM. Each week, Dr. Paul Berkner,… Read More
    GRAFTON — Veterinarians at the Tufts University Wildlife Clinic operated for five hours Wednesday on an injured bald eagle found along the Maine coast. The wildlife veterinarians evaluated the damage to the eagle’s right wing, removed dead tissue and pieces of shattered bone, and pinned… Read More
    National president Helen Harsh of New Holland, Pa., is making her official visit this week, bringing excellent news to the Department of Maine Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. “Korea was just opened last week,” she said, referring to VFW and auxiliary membership… Read More
    BANGOR — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has announced her staff will hold office hours from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, April 7, at the Probate Court Room, Piscataquis County Courthouse, Dover-Foxcroft, and from 2 to 4 p.m. the same day at the Maine Forestry Service Building in Greenville. Read More
    OLD TOWN — The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will hold a hunter safety course from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, April 17 through 20, at the Old Town Community Center. To register, contact the Old Town Parks and Recreation Department at… Read More