If you stepped up to the parimutuel window at Bangor Raceway and had to make a wagering choice in the live Bangor racing program between Herve Filion or Ronnie Waples, which one would you choose? Well, that’s one of the choices racing fans may have… Read More
STANDISH – Cindy Harrington threw a no-hitter, striking out 13, as the University of Maine Black Bears blanked St. Joseph’s 1-0 in softball action Thursday. Maine won the second game 3-1. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
ASHLAND – Cory Searles spread out eight hits and was backed by errorless defense as the Van Buren Crusaders opened their schoolboy baseball season with a 6-3 win over the Ashland Hornets Thursday. Searles struck out 11 and walked five. Isaac Cote had two hits… Read More
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Steve Kariya, younger brother of former Hobey Baker Award winner Paul Kariya and now of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, is signed and sealed to attend the University of Maine next fall. Kariya, who verbally committed to Coach Shawn Walsh’s program last month, has signed his… Read More
HOWLAND – Kelly Smith had two RBIs as Central broke loose for nine runs in the fifth inning to erase a six-run deficit en route to a 14-6 high school softball win over Penobscot Valley Thursday. Smith knocked in four runs with a double and… Read More
ST. AGATHA – Freshman pitcher Tracey Guerrette fashioned a two-hit shutout in her high school debut here Thursday, leading host Wisdom to a season-opening 4-0 softball victory over defending Eastern Maine Class C champion Madawaska. Guerrette had a perfect game for 4 2/3 innings before… Read More
BANGOR – Senior hurler Matt Kinney started this season the way he finished 1994 – with a win. Kinney, in his first outing of the year for defending Class A state champion Bangor, was consistent, striking out nine Broncos in a 5-2 Bangor victory here… Read More
College NCAA District 1 Championship at Portsmouth (N.H.) CC, par 72 Team scores: Rhode Island 303, New Hampshire 305, Dartmouth 305, Hartford 308, Providence 311, Central Connecticut 312, Harvard 315, Yale 317, Connecticut 318, Fairfield 321, Boston College 321, Brown 321, Maine 329, Vermont 333,… Read More
Justice prevailed. That’s the only way I can look at the elimination of Bangor-based PACT 95 from the America’s Cup defender finals. America3, also headed home, gets no sympathy here, either. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
SAN DIEGO – Old salt John Marshall, a veteran now of eight America’s Cup campaigns, sounded a little tired Thursday but plenty satisfied with Young America’s efforts in the defenders races that ended with an amazing comeback by Stars & Stripes on Wednesday afternoon. By… Read More
BREWER – Seth Gilman singled home Aaron Sucy with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Old Town Indians to a 3-2 schoolboy baseball win over the Brewer Witches at Heddericg Field Thursday. Brian Goody and Jeremy Miller also had… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Chris Margraf drove in two runs on a double and two singles to lead host Bowdoin past Colby College 14-4 Thursday in baseball action. Joe Meehan added an RBI on a double and two singles for the Polar Bears, and S.J. Baxter knocked… Read More
If the Beth Abraham Sisterhood’s 24th annual luncheon fashion show, “American Style ’95,” at noon Tuesday at the Bangor Conference Center, Hogan Road, were to have a permanent theme song, it would be “Tradition” from the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” It is the tradition… Read More
MACHIAS — Owners of businesses bordering Route 1 have become concerned that unless Route 1 is better advertised and made more attractive to motorists, communities on the scenic coastal route may become the next generation of ghost towns in Washington County. “We have already lost… Read More
Rep. John Baldacci will be in Aroostook County Saturday. At 9:30 a.m. he will officially open his new field office in Madawaska. He will be at the office to meet members of the public until 11 a.m. The office is at 500 Main St. and can be reached… Read More
VAN BUREN — Kindergarten, pre-first and first-grade pupils at the Gateway School at Van Buren entertained family and friends, in French, with song, dance and plays this week. About 150 people attended the Soiree Francaise, where children danced to the music of “Sur Le Pont… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A local grocer and a Catholic nun were honored during a Thursday night banquet for their contributions to the city. Bill Smythe, owner of Smythe’s IGA Plus, received the 1994 Citizen of the Year Award, and Sister Mary O’Donnell was honored with… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Rockland District High School Band requests the public’s support in a “Voluntary Toll” fund-raising project 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the intersection of North Main Street and U.S. Route 1 in Rockland. Four students working two-hour shifts each will collect… Read More
CAMDEN — Bird and wildflower walks will be held at Merryspring Park on Saturday, May 13. The bird walk will begin at 6:30 a.m., and will be led by Bart Wood and Joe Gray. Participants will walk trails, woodland areas and fields. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A task force of members of the social service organizations composing the Washington-Hancock Community Agency will meet Tuesday, May 9, at the Training and Development Corp. in Ellsworth. The group will discuss what role its members can play in influencing state welfare reform… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The University of Maine System will hold an open meeting on programming and services the Education Network of Maine might offer in Hancock County. The meeting will be 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday, May 4, at the Ellsworth Center of the UM System. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BLUE HILL — Forest rangers continued their investigation Wednesday into a forest fire in Blue Hill Monday that one ranger said had been set. Ranger Doug Getchell of Jonesboro said, “A rather crude, but effective, time-delayed device was used to ignite this fire.” The fire… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Methodist Conference Home invites senior citizens to a celebration of residents who are in their 80s. The 80s birthday celebration will be held Tuesday, May 2, with an old-fashioned sing-along planned for 10:30 a.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
AUGUSTA — As Gov. Angus King signed a bill Thursday to kill Maine’s car testing program, the company hired to inspect vehicles was preparing for a court case that legal experts said could drag into years. Legal experts not connected with the case said Systems… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The Town Council has endorsed the idea of a McDonald’s restaurant worker who hopes to raise 50 cents per resident to contribute to Oklahoma City bombing victims. Derek Moran has spearheaded the drive to raise $2,412 in spare change by Friday, May 5. Read More
EASTPORT — Historically, 45 percent to 60 percent of Maine’s annual clam harvest came from the clam flats of Washington and Hancock counties. In 1992, that number dwindled to 23 percent. Between 1982 and 1992, the clam harvest in the two easternmost coastal counties dropped… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Three years ago, the Palmyra town clerk was accused of stealing $14,000 from the town cash drawer. The accusation politically divided the Somerset County community of 1,500 and devastated Town Clerk Donna Page. Page has borne three years of anguish in silence. Friends… Read More
BANGOR — A former Hampden man was sentenced to five years in federal prison Thursday for his part in a million-dollar drug ring that extended from Maine to Texas. Robert Paul Jr., 36, who now lives in Garland, Texas, also was ordered to pay a… Read More
In what has been described as an unprecedented coalition, Bangor area businesses announced Thursday that they’ve raised $15,000 to launch a campaign early next month to draw Canadian tourists back to the region. Once numerous in the Bangor area, the number of Canadian tourists has… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Kindergarten screenings and parents meetings will be held at 7 p.m. on the following dates at SAD 1 schools: Mapleton Elementary School parents, May 8; screening, May 9. 764-1589. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
WASHINGTON — The American Lung Association on Thursday warned that half of all U.S. children, including 159,050 in Maine, face respiratory health threats such as asthma because of elevated smog levels. Gov. Angus S. King, meanwhile, signed into law a bill terminating an enhanced vehicle… Read More
Past the hoopla surrounding Mighty Mary’s sometimes all-female crew, around the ego aboard Stars & Stripes, Kevin Mahaney and the crew on Young America sailed impressively into Maine history. The Bangor skipper made the entire state proud. America’s Cup, once the unquestioned domain of the… Read More
It now appears that another item of history many of us were taught in our youth was not strictly as it appeared. Historians credit Marco Polo, who journeyed to China in 1271 and spent two adventurous decades in the service of its emperor before returning to Italy in… Read More
WASHINGTON — Let the record show that Sen. William S. Cohen is not the fictional bogyman of “The Turner Diaries,” a 1978 novel that may have inspired the Oklahoma City bombing. In the book, which has some frightening parallels to the Oklahoma tragedy, right-wing commandos… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Richard and Meridith Kane may have conceded on round one in the hot-tub skirmish, but hold on for round two in what could be a protracted battle between the city councilor and the city of Ellsworth. The Kanes paid $2,500 in fines to… Read More
Kristine McHugh, 10, of Holden wants to be a veterinarian, a career not many females chose a few years ago. A pupil at Holbrook Middle School, the youngster said she is proud of the fact that girls can pick any career they want. In fact,… Read More
Woman am I. Spirit am I. I am the infinite within my soul. I can find no beginning. I can find no end. Oh, this I am. When Kay Carter was a girl, a choir director told her she couldn’t sing. Come to the group,… Read More
Gov. Angus King has called upon the Maine Legislature to conduct business in a new way. He has also called upon state workers to come forward with ideas that will save the taxpayers money and improve the delivery of services. It behooves people who work in local government… Read More
Caribou District Court: Lance Beloungie, 52, Caribou, operating without license, $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] googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
A story in Thursday’s paper stated that lethal injection was an option under a proposed physician- assisted-suicide bill for the terminally ill. Lethal injection would not be an option, according to Rep. Fred Richardson, D-Portland, the bill’s sponsor, who said the bill’s intent was to permit physicians to… Read More
The Co-Enterprise conference held in Lewiston Monday may spur some Maine businesses to more aggressively pursue commerce with Canada, but its more important, long-term value will only come through commitment and follow-up. One-shot promotions do not build a sustaining base for trade. Conferees helped dispel… Read More
Calais District Court: Brian A. Murphy, 50, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $350. 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
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency made it easier Thursday for citizens and businesses to recycle such items as batteries and pesticides. The revised regulations simplify packaging and handling requirements on certain products containing toxic chemicals. They also reduce the amount of notification and record… Read More
MATINICUS — The dove of peace has landed on Matinicus. If it doesn’t get bludgeoned with the axes and oars used in Monday’s fishermen’s brawl, criminal charges against the combatants will be dropped. Two Knox County sheriff’s deputies were rushed by the Coast Guard to… Read More
NEWPORT — A selectman is charging his fellow board members with “dirty politics,” claiming they deliberately circumvented him when they made a recent appointment to the Planning Board. But his partners in government say he was just plain late to a posted meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
As a money counselor, Lu Bauer is on the front line when it comes to personal finance. And despite advances made by women in finances, the Falmouth CPA said women are still being left behind when it comes to money matters. Bauer, who will be… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A 1995 limited edition fuel-injected, touring classic Harley Davidson motorcyle will stand among the 56 Harleys on display this weekend at the Aroostook Centre Mall to benefit D.A.R.E. groups around the County. The bike show on Saturday and Sunday is sponsored by… Read More
GREENVILLE — Wardens may conduct a search of a remote area off the Appalachian Trail in an effort to find clues into the 1991 disappearance of a Pennsylvania man. Major Dan Tourtelotte of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said the case involving Thomas… Read More
BANGOR — In some parts of Bangor, it’s not enough to remember that Election Day falls in November and June. Residents of Capehart, Griffin Park and Birch Circle will go to the polls Saturday at the Bangor Community Center to elect representatives to their resident council, the Bangor… Read More
HOPE — An increasingly demanding public, the mounting complexity of issues and “selectman burnout syndrome” have the town looking for a new approach to municipal government. The Hope Town Government Study Committee, formed last fall to review how the town operates and to make recommendations… Read More
BUCKSPORT — School Superintendent Marc Curtis made his pitch Thursday night for a 1995-96 school budget that would increase taxes on a $75,000 house by $38. The local appropriation would go up by 4.9 percent, or 5.4 percent if adult education is included. The budget… Read More
ROCKLAND — Consumers Maine Water Co.’s proposed 18.8 percent rate increase could be settled by a consent decree, an attorney told the state Public Utilities Commission chairman Thursday night. Attorney Paul Gibbons told Chairman Thomas L. Welch that both sides involved in the case are… Read More
AUGUSTA — What started as a compromise plan to empower Gov. Angus King to eliminate hundreds of state jobs was unraveling rapidly Thursday night after the attorney general said a key provision appeared to be unconstitutional. The bill had received initial votes of support from… Read More
BANGOR — The violin played its haunting melody at Congregation Beth Israel, and Holocaust survivor Helen Goldman raised her hand Thursday to light the candles, six of them — one for each million Jews exterminated by Hitler’s Nazis. Earlier in the day, air raid sirens… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine drivers who favor the state’s lobster symbol on automobile registration plates will have at least another three years to enjoy the design following a legislative committee vote Thursday. The Transportation Committee decided to kill a bill proposed by Rep. William Lemke, D-Westbrook,… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Next week, the Millinocket School Board will consider a budget reduction plan and the possible elimination of a number of positions. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, May 1, at the high school. In a joint meeting of town and… Read More
BANGOR — The tragedy of the Oklahoma City bombing hit home for countless Americans last week. If it could happen there, it could happen anywhere. Officials at the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building in Bangor have beefed up security to prevent such a thing from… Read More
With the improved weather of spring comes the annual cleanouts that provide merchandise for yard sales. But at the end of the sale, the merchant may find a lot of goods still left unsold. With many towns closing their solid waste disposal sites, the quandry of what to… Read More
WASHINGTON — The federal government indicated Thursday that it will not spend upward of $350,000 to renovate the air traffic tower at Bangor International Airport after all. The Federal Aviation Administration structure is scheduled to be demolished in a few months and replaced by a… Read More
Budget problems. Join the group — who doesn’t have them? It started with federal, then state, cities, towns and then down to families and individuals. The fact is what causes budget problems is paying out more than your income. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
I would like to commend you for having a religious story as your top article in the weekend Bangor Daily News. I have been disappointed with the reduction of stories regarding religion in your papers of late, so this is really appreciated. Sandra Carter Ellsworth… Read More
I am writing to protest your choice to print the picture of the fireman and child on the front page of the April 20 edition. We don’t need a vividly graphic reminder of the devastation that such a horrific act in Oklahoma City can administer. Read More
Imagine my surprise when, week after week, my trash barrels are upright after the Sawyer Enviromental passes down my street. I thought my barrels were defective since they were always scattered and always tipped over after the trash truck passed through. Could it be the… Read More
Regarding LD 170 and 1217 which the Judiciary Committee will shortly be considering: The scariest sentence in Black’s Law Dictionary runs, `Owner — “He who has dominion of a thing, real or personal, corporeal or incorporeal, which he has a right to enjoy and do… Read More
In Oklahoma City the paranoid projection of the shadowy Muslim fundamentalist has suddenly turned into the American right-wing, Christian fundamentalist, and as a result, we the people will look more suspiciously at a stranger, and glance over our shoulders more instinctively. Is this merely prudent… Read More
BATH — General Dynamics, a defense contractor that has entered preliminary discussions to buy Bath Iron Works, has plenty of cash on hand to make acquisitions. Recent divestitures by General Dynamics have left the company with $1 billion in cash reserves, Wolfgang H. Demisch, analyst… Read More
LINCOLN — Michelle Russell, 12, would like to be Maine’s first woman governor. But, she said, “Someone will probably beat me to it.” The seventh-grader put in a long day Thursday. She went to work with her mom, Cheryl Russell, to learn what it’s like… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Town officials are interested in selling the Village Square, a two-story block of office space on Main Street. “If anyone’s interested, we’d sell it,” said Town Manager Scott Seabury on Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board at its meeting Wednesday approved the construction of a 250-foot tower for cellular telephone service. The board imposed two conditions on the permit, according to Pat Zieten, code enforcement officer. She said the project must receive FAA approval and… Read More
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers weighing competing welfare reform packages Thursday appeared to be split along party lines over a proposal to withhold benefit increases from recipients who have additional children. And similar splits in a series of subsequent straw votes on plans advanced by Republicans, Democrats… Read More
BANGOR — Police officers and educators were told on Thursday morning that in order to make a difference they must first make an effort. Howard E. Ormond, one of the featured speakers at the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Officers’ Association annual conference, held at the… Read More
PORTLAND — The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Maine will hold its spring meeting Saturday, May 6, at the Italian Heritage Center. Those interested in joining the society should attend the open meeting. Judy Elfring, Maine Society state historian, will attend and… Read More
WISCASSET — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given its approval for one of two contractors to repair steam generator tubes at the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant. The NRC approved a welding process used by Combustion Engineering of Massachusetts, but was still considering another process… Read More
MADAWASKA — Three road problems took up most of town councilors’ time during their biweekly meeting Wednesday. Susan Savoie’s request for road upgrading and winter plowing on the Dufour Road prompted the most extensive discussion. Savoie wants to build a home on the road, but… Read More
BELFAST — City officials acknowledge that the arrival of MBNA and its 400 jobs will mark a major change in this laid-back community. But they believe the city is up to the challenge. For an area that has been saddled with double-digit unemployment rates since… Read More
AUGUSTA — The National Day of Prayer will be held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4, on the state capitol steps. Spokeswoman for the Day of Prayer in Maine, Amy Brown, said that setting aside time to pray for the nation originated with the founding… Read More
Yes, it’s a typo. A reader was concerned over a line in my bicycling article from April 19 which stated, “You do not need a helmet.” I am a serious advocate of bicycle helmets for young and old. As a matter of fact, my article in the March… Read More
AUGUSTA — An amendment which would limit the number of budget referendums a school district could hold was aired before the Maine Legislative Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs Thursday in Augusta. Sponsored by Rep. William Reed, R-Dexter, the bill seeks to limit the number… Read More
VAN BUREN — Continuing tradition, directors of SAD 24 Wednesday night approved a school calen- der for 1995-96 that includes a two-week harvest recess for grades nine to 12. Elementary and middle-school pupils also will be getting a one-week vacation, Oct. 2-6, so that school… Read More
NEW SWEDEN — David Beal, superintendent of School Union 122, resigned Wednesday night at a special meeting called for that purpose. In submitting his resignation, Beal said he was preparing to retire. In June, he will end his sixth year as superintendent of the school… Read More
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CARIBOU — An Ashland man, convicted last week of six charges stemming from problems with his estranged wife, asked for a new trial based on new evidence that, his lawyer says, would question his wife’s credibility. Robert Argraves Jr., 30, was convicted of burglary with… Read More
SHIRLEY — The school committee Wednesday night approved a proposed budget of about $229,000 for the operation of the Shirley Elementary School. The budget, up about $3,000 from last year, must meet the approval of Shirley residents at the annual town meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s proposed mandatory seat-belt law won initial approval in the Senate Thursday following a debate that weighed personal freedoms against highway safety. The Senate voted 19-14 in favor of the measure that would make Maine the 49th state to require seat-belt usage by… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Members of the Somerset County Budget Committee gave their unanimous support Wednesday night to replacing a control panel for the county jail operations. In the 1995 county budget, $20,000 was allocated to repair a section of the panel that is used to control… Read More
Although Maine fourth-graders ranked first in the nation for their reading ability, only a third of those children were judged proficient readers, according to a national survey released Thursday. While educators praised Maine’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, they admit there is… Read More