BANGOR – The Brewer Witches erupted for eight runs in the fourth inning en route to a 12-2 schoolgirl softball win over the Bangor Rams Wednesday. Alicia Gilmore paced the eight-hit attack with three singles, and Denise Hewes singled twice. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR – The Brewer Witches turned the tables on Bangor Wednesday night, capitalizing on several fielding miscues and backing up a solid outing by sophomore Mike Kane to hand the Rams their first loss of the season. The Witches notched a 6-1 schoolboy baseball victory… Read More
CARIBOU – Presque Isle scored seven times in the first inning en route to a 23-2 schoolboy baseball victory over the rival Caribou Vikings here Wednesday. Colin White hit a two-run homer and a single, John Sewell two singles and winning pitcher Adam Daigle an… Read More
University of Maine baseball coach John Winkin and assistants Mike Coutts and Jay Kemble will begin their wait on Thursday when the baseball draft begins. Bangor High School righthander Matt Kinney and Stoneham (Mass.) High righty Peter Fisher, who both stand 6-foot-4, are expected to… Read More
The search committee appointed by University of Maine President Frederick Hutchinson to find a new athletic director for the Orono campus is proceeding on schedule, according to chairwoman Dr. Anne Pooler. Pooler, UMaine’s associate dean for academic services in the College of Education, said the… Read More
HOWLAND – The Penobscot Valley Howlers finished the regular season with a doubleheader sweep over the Greenville Lakers 10-3 and 3-2 in schoolboy baseball action Wednesday. In the opener, the Howlers cooked up a 10-run feast in their last three innings to pull out the… Read More
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Although ABC has been officially designated by Major League Baseball to carry the 1995 All-Star Game, there’s still no word on which networks will carry what in the postseason, according to the Bangor affiliates. The Baseball Network, the name given the cooperative effort between ABC… Read More
Art Greenlaw spent 15 seasons coaching the Stearns High School football team from 1976-1990. After a four-year hiatus, Greenlaw will return to his familiar role as the Stearns coach. The Millinocket School Board on Wednesday voted 4-0 to approve the 47-year-old Greenlaw, who was nominated… Read More
Curit gets ace at White Birches HANCOCK – Dorothy Curit of Bangor scored a hole-in-one Wednesday on the 140-yard, par-3 third hole at White Birches Golf Course with a 7-wood. Her shot was witnessed by Barbara Vickers. Read More
ORONO – The Brewer boys and Hampden girls captured the Penobscot Valley Conference Track & Field championships when the final three events were held at University of Maine’s Beckett Complex Wednesday. Brewer rolled up 98 points to win the title and Hampden compiled 113 as… Read More
AUGUSTA — Starting this fall, coastal residents could add riprap or other materials to protect seawalls that are in danger of collapsing without obtaining an environmental permit under a bill the Senate enacted Wednesday and sent to the governor. The bill would allow the materials… Read More
A man who held police at bay for six hours in Eddington Tuesday was in Penobscot County Jail Wednesday charged with reckless conduct with a firearm and criminal threatening with a firearm. Joe Davis, 47, allegedly pointed a gun at a state police trooper who… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Senate on Wednesday enacted and sent to the governor a pair of bills dealing with liquor sales. One bill would allow the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in any audience seating area at auditoriums. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
AUGUSTA — A move to relax Maine’s state limit for ozone pollution to match the federal standard faltered Wednesday in the Senate. Currently, the only practical effect of the more stringent state standard — 80 parts per billion, compared to the federal standard of 120… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate refused Wednesday to support the immediate repeal of $5 disposal fees on household appliances, furniture and other bulky items, even though the agency financed by the fees is slated to be dismantled July 1. The Senate instead supported Gov. Angus… Read More
WASHINGTON — Looking at the map, it seems an unlikely alliance. The Texas Legislature, its governor and most members of the state’s congressional delegation are asking Congress to approve a “regional compact” to allow low-level radioactive waste to be trucked halfway across the country from… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A regional tourism group is forging ahead with plans to build a $4 million “welcome center” at the junction of Routes 1 and 3 in Ellsworth. The high-tech facility would serve tourists bound for the Greater Ellsworth-Mount Desert Island area and points farther east. Read More
FARMINGTON — A teen-ager was taking her car to a mechanic when the brakes failed as she pulled out of her driveway, causing a crash that killed two elementary school pupils last September, she said. Margaret A. Dalton, 18, of New Vineyard admitted that she… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The printer zips through 60 computer sheets before finally spitting out the complete list of tax-exempt properties in Bar Harbor. Beginning with Acadia National Park, the lengthy list is a who’s who of nonprofit groups — churches, neighborhood associations, civic organizations, medical… Read More
BELFAST — Two men face burglary and theft charges after they were apprehended while removing a piece of stereo equipment from a vehicle parked overnight at the Beetle Shop. Terry Patterson, 21, of Belfast and Jeffrey Austin, 21, of Searsmont had a graphic equalizer in… Read More
HAMLIN — Americorps volunteers have designed a stream-side incubation box for fish eggs that — unlike commercially made units — can be built mostly out of materials available at local hardware or plumbing supply stores. Americorps crew supervisor Aubrey Raus of Hamlin and two of… Read More
KITTERY — Supporters of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Wednesday urged seacoast employers to give their workers time off on Friday for a rally to greet the federal base closing commission. The commission, which recently added Portsmouth to the list of bases being considered for… Read More
OLD TOWN — The internal affairs division of the Maine State Police reportedly is involved in the investigation of a woman who was found bound and gagged and suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning inside her car in Old Town on Monday. Meanwhile the Old Town… Read More
MILLINOCKET — The value of Great Northern Paper Co. is significantly less than $160 million, according to the first draft of a new appraisal. Town and company officials, who received the draft appraisal Wednesday afternoon, were tight-lipped about the preliminary information. Town Council members learned… Read More
MADAWASKA — Madawaska Police Chief Ronald Pelletier said that Canadian $20 bills that showed up in Madawaska Wednesday were counterfeit. Five counterfeit bills surfaced at two gasoline stations by Wednesday afternoon. One place had taken in four counterfeit bills. The second station took in one… Read More
Frustration continues to dominate the deliberations of the Education Committee as it struggles to concoct a distribution mechanism for the state’s general purpose aid to education. The goal is unanimity on a new school aid formula, but the committee is unlikely to reach agreement until it has a… Read More
O.J. Simpson should have the team of lawyers who represent the red squirrels of Mount Graham, Ariz. For more than a decade, the University of Arizona has been blocked in its attempt to complete an observatory atop Mount Graham by a group seeking to protect the endangered red… Read More
Usually if one member of a band starts enjoying success as a solo artist, the group itself soon dissolves. But that’s not the case with the Neville Brothers. Despite Aaron Neville’s Grammy-winning duets with Linda Ronstadt and Trisha Yearwood and his solo hits, he and… Read More
ROCKLAND — Tuesday, June 13, could be a turning point in the city’s history as voters will be asked to approve a plan to borrow $525,000 to purchase and renovate the Consumers Water Co. building on upper Pleasant Street for a new city hall. Sold… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s dioxin monitoring program would be extended for two years under legislation that was enacted by the Senate on Wednesday and sent to Gov. Angus King. The bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to notify owners of facilities that are being… Read More
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KINEO — Their hands were clasped and their feet were ready to take the next ballroom step. Nearby, a small child held onto a balloon while a maid carrying a wash basin prepared to enter a guest room at the former Kineo hotel. It could… Read More
In Wednesday’s MaineDay, a story about a new commuter air service from the St. John Valley incorrectly named the company Pine Tree Airlines. The correct name is Pine State Airlines. Joanne Palombo-McCallie’s name was misspelled in the headline over a D.A.R.E graduation story. Read More
GRAND ISLE — Grand Isle residents wondering when this year’s town meeting will be held will have to wait a little longer to find out. The annual meeting, traditionally held here in March, is more than two months late and it appears that it won’t… Read More
CARIBOU — A Grand Isle lawyer has been charged with assault, a Class D offense, according to a complaint filed in Aroostook County Superior Court. Richard K. Dubois, 30, has been charged with causing physical contact or bodily injury to a juvenile on Nov. 2,… Read More
Military experts have been tragically right about the former Yugoslavia, suggesting that a stalwart force of Bosnian Serbs would not surrender their arms willingly. The message has not been heeded by the international peacekeepers, and even as the United Nations mission continues to lack clear goals for peace,… Read More
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BATH — To officials in this shipbuilding city, it was like adding insult to injury. Forced to repay $5.45 million to its largest taxpayer after losing the Bath Iron Works tax case, the city has been hit with an $8,693 bill from the state for… Read More
OLD TOWN — Accidents involving moose and vehicles, including one on Interstate 95 in Old Town Wednesday in which a man died, have triggered a warning from game wardens to motorists to be wary of moose wandering onto roadways. This is the time of the… Read More
NORRIDGEWOCK — The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department was investigating a fatal accident Wednesday night on Route 2 in Norridgewock, heading toward Mercer. Details on the circumstances of the accident or what vehicles were involved were unavailable late Wednesday because the investigating officer, Sgt. William Crawford,… Read More
As a result of injuries she received in a car accident early Monday, Phyllis Choiniere, 58, of Brownville remains in satisfactory condition at Mayo Regional Hospital, Wednesday. Investigator Scott Richardson of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department said Choiniere was traveling to Milo when she fell… Read More
BELFAST — Twenty-three Belfast Area High School seniors were suspended after taking part in a drinking party fueled by wine stolen during their Memorial Day weekend class trip to Boston. High school Principal Ronald Gleason confirmed Wednesday that some members of the group received five-day… Read More
Piscataquis County Sheriff Investigator Scott Richardson’s police dog was responsible for nabbing a motorist who tried to elude police after allegedly causing damage to the lawn at Packard’s Camp on Sebec Lake. The incident was reported to police and the vehicle was spotted by Deputy… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two people were injured and a dog died in a car accident on South Street in Dover-Foxcroft shortly after noon, Tuesday. Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Dennis Dyer said Hattie L. Larrabee, 45, of St. Albans was southbound on South Street when she lost control… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Apprenticeshop of Rockland will launch a replica of an 1812 cutter from its workshop at 8 Wharf St. at 3 p.m. today. The boat has been a winter project for five high school students from Rockland and surrounding areas. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
DEXTER — The owner of a nonlicensed junkyard on Route 94 in Dexter has been ordered to clean up the site and can no longer operate such a business in that location. Darrell Woodard, owner of the yard, was determined by a judge in Newport… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Joint Board of Foxcroft Academy trustees and SAD 68 directors voted Tuesday not to terminate the contracts of three academy teachers to allow openings for others whose jobs were eliminated in kindergarten through grade eight. The district’s last contract with Foxcroft Academy… Read More
ROCKLAND — Dedication of a plaque at the former poor farm on West Meadow Road in Rockland will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 3. According to Mayor Thomas Molloy, the ceremony will be held in conjunction with the state meeting of the Maine… Read More
CLINTON — The past nine months have brought nearly $600,000 in Community Development Block Grants to several Kennebec Valley towns with the assistance of the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments. The majority of those funds appear headed for Clinton where $400,000 was awarded this month… Read More
HOULTON — Two men who were killed in a Memorial Day fire at a camp on Pleasant Lake in Island Falls were identified Wednesday. The cause of that fire has also been determined. Killed were Kevin E. Hunt, 22, of Island Falls and Roger A. Read More
CANAAN — The creaking, antiquated stage of the Canaan Grange Hall is not nearly as old as the stories played out on it this week, but the players might think so. Fifth- and sixth-graders from Canaan Elementary School were center stage to try out their… Read More
CAMDEN — A Children’s Gardening Program is being offered at Merryspring Park this year for the first time. This new program, led by Elaine O’Neil and Anna Smith, has been designed for children age 7 to 12. Merryspring Park is a 66-acre nature park in… Read More
DEXTER — Administrative restructuring and closing one of the district’s schools were the focus of an SAD 46 budget workshop Wednesday night. But after more than two hours of debate devoted to the two issues, the board had adopted no changes that would affect the… Read More
Your recent article about the move to do away with the dollar bill in favor of a mandatory dollar coin stated that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the government would save “$120 million to $180 million a year” due to the fact that coins last longer than… Read More
Every so often, somebody in Maine government decides to infuriate people by proposing legislation that would endanger pets. This year, it’s LD 1356 — an “animal welfare” bill with little that fares well for animals and plenty that’s outright disastrous. Under the pretext of fostering… Read More
I am writing with reagrd to your recent article, “Old Town tax hike seen as inevitable.” As a taxpayer in Old Town, I was curious as to why the Old Town City Council felt it was necessary for a tax increase this year. Then I called for a… Read More
I am protesting the discontinuance of Tom Weber’s column. At two social events in mid-May I was with people who were discussing the absence of the column and wondering if Tom was on vacation or if he was leaving the area. The real reason, which I learned on… Read More
Kathy Harbour reports (BDN, The Coast, page B8) that we and the Northeast Harbor Water Co. have “contended (we) could no longer afford to exist as private companies. …” We can afford to continue; the Public Utilities Commission will authorize rates suffient to keep us going and our… Read More
In a lifetime of hard work and devotion to the people of Maine and the United States, Margaret Chase Smith stood second to no one. Regardless of the situation or the issue, she was never out of character — a character shaped by growing up in a small… Read More
OLD TOWN — The book closed Wednesday night on the Norman Harrington case. The Old Town City Council voted at a special meeting Wednesday night to authorize the city to accept $50,000 together with a general release of all claims which could result from Eaton,… Read More
Sunday is National Cancer Survivors Day. Few of us, especially in Maine, are unaffected by this disease, but because we live where the sun first rises, we have a unique opportunity to welcome officially this eighth annual national day of rejoicing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers paid tribute to Margaret Chase Smith on Wednesday, fondly recounting personal tales about one of the state’s most enduring political figures and passing a resolution in her memory. All 186 members of the Legislature and the two nonvoting Indian representatives signed… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Bucky Owen, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife commissioner, will hold a sportsman’s forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, at the Presque Isle Rod and Gun Club. Owen, wildlife managers, fisheries biologists and game wardens will discuss fish and wildlife issues. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ORONO — James W. Warhola of Bangor, associate professor of political science at the University of Maine, will be a visiting scholar June 3-24 at the Center for Social Sciences and Humanities at Moscow State University, Moscow. Warhola will have a series of seminars with… Read More
HOULTON — Members of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians elected three new members to the Tribal Council during elections Saturday. Eight candidates ran for three four-year terms on the council. Elected were: Dana Boyce, 63 votes; Anthony J. Tomah, 61 votes; and Sally Joseph… Read More
HERMON — The Republican Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at the town office. For information, call Pat Kimball at 848-5917. Read More
AUGUSTA — With the federal government breathing down its neck and a legislative deadline staring it in the face, the Marine Resources Committee ended its do-or-die work session on a major lobster bill Wednesday in a trap-limit stalemate. The deadline for getting bills out of… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor affiliate of Literacy Volunteers of America will hold an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at its new location, 6 State St., Suite 515. The two-room office is larger than previous quarters at the Bangor Public Library. Read More
Jackman’s largest employer, the Moose River Lumber Co. will shut down for an unspecified length of time Friday, making it the second lumber mill in a week to announce temporary work stoppages. An estimated 76 of the Moose River mill’s 85 employees will be temporarily… Read More
NEWRY — A wilderness program for teachers, educators and counselors that explores ways to work with at-risk youth will be offered at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School’s Leon L. Bean Mountain Center in Newry, Saturday, Aug. 26, to Friday, Sept. 1. The program will… Read More
PORTLAND — A memorial service will be held in the Portland area for a U.S. Air Force pilot killed when his F-15 fighter jet crashed on takeoff at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. The pilot, who was pulled from the plane and pronounced dead at… Read More
HERMON — Howard and Ruth Crosby have spent the last half century playing in the dirt behind their house, creating garden after garden over 40-plus acres of their property. The results have become the Crosby Gardens, a little-known ecological sanctuary that the owners have dubbed… Read More
AUGUSTA — Already forced to submit two emergency budgets to pay the state’s bills through June 30, Gov. Angus S. King was optimistic Wednesday that a new $3.5 million shortfall could be resolved without going back to the Legislature. “It’s really kind of a cash-flow… Read More
The 15th annual joint international Canadian-American Family History Festival will convene on Saturday, June 17, at Milltown Elementary School in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. The Washington County Genealogical Society, Charlotte Branch N.B. Genealogical Society, and Sunrise Research Institute of Machias will co-sponsor the festival with… Read More
AUGUSTA — Time limits for receiving welfare remain a divisive issue among legislators trying to forge a welfare reform package in Augusta, although Republicans and Democrats on the Joint Standing Committee on Human Resources appeared closer to agreement on the issue Wednesday than they have in the past… Read More
SURRY — The tick of the clock grows louder as a residents group faces down the deadline for purchasing a half-mile of coastline they hope to turn into a nature preserve. With the 120-day option-to-purchase deadline expiring in four weeks, the Friends of Morgan Bay… Read More
WOODLAND — Education officials plan to wait until state legislators determine a state funding formula before deciding how to whittle their school budget down another $54,000. But they did decide Tuesday not to eliminate any teaching positions that are under a continuing contract. If a… Read More
ROCKLAND — Air problems at the school building on Lincoln Street are nothing new, according to the 1878 annual report of city physician Benjamin Williams. Today, the School Board is working to close the school, now the middle school, because of air problems as well as problems with… Read More