BANGOR – Fort Fairfield High School baseball coach George Solomon likened his team’s Eastern Maine Class D championship game against Jonesport-Beals to “a pair of fighters slugging it out for 10 rounds.” And it was Jonesport-Beals High School senior southpaw Kevin Alley who landed the… Read More
PORTLAND – Billy McMillon and Lou Lucca drilled doubles in the sixth inning, keying a five-run rally that powered the Portland Sea Dogs past the Norwich Navigators 5-2 Tuesday in the Eastern League. McMillon’s two-bagger to left led off the sixth and he scored the… Read More
BANGOR – Eric Gunning was so nervous when he took the mound Tuesday afternoon, he couldn’t keep himself from shaking. Fortunately for him, his trembling didn’t affect his pitching. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
PORTLAND – The Florida Marlins have sent Sea Dogs’ right-handed pitchers Pat Leahy and Doug Pettit to their A affiliate in the Florida State Leauge, the Brevard County Manatees, effective today. In other moves, pitcher David Wainhouse will come to Portland from the Marlins’ AAA… Read More
Our nine-person raft crashes into the “Exterminator hydraulic,” an open mouth of a hole in the rapids of the same name on the Penobscot River, and the world for the next few seconds looks like the inside of a dishwasher. Water explodes on all sides,… Read More
ORONO – The Mid-Maine Marlins won the Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League season opener, defeating the Bangor Canines 14-4 at Mahaney Diamond Tuesday. Justin Vantil drove in three runs for Mid-Maine on two singles, and Corey Hight and Ken Reed added two RBIs apiece. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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BANGOR – Starting out with a huddle chant of “revenge,” the Winslow Black Raiders quickly made Maine Central Institute sorry for interrupting their perfect season. Winslow took the Eastern Maine Class B softball title 8-4 at Union Street Field in Bangor Tuesday night, avenging its… Read More
BANGOR – Jonesport-Beals has dominated Eastern Maine Class D softball for the past four years. The Royalettes demonstrated again Tuesday the kind of resiliency that has helped them win four consecutive regional titles. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
BIDDEFORD — Shape Inc. and Global Zero will merge to form the nation’s largest independent manufacturer of video cassette shells, the companies announced Tuesday. Shape Global Technology will offer a full line of plastic shells for traditional high-grade video cassettes and for an environmentally friendly… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Senate decided Tuesday that Maine will not excuse variety stores from the state’s law banning smoking in public places. The House had earlier approved the bill, which would have allowed smoking in variety stores with lunch counters for no more than 36… Read More
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BANGOR — Excessive speed and alcohol were contributing factors in last week’s fatal car accident on Outer Broadway, according to the Bangor Police Department. Lt. Brian Cox confirmed Tuesday that speed and alcohol played a part in the crash that killed Aaron Hartery, 21, of… Read More
George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill Third quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Tara Astbury and Nathaniel Huckel-Bauer; honors: Jason Adamo, Kelcey Balombini-Goddard, Seanna Cousins, Adrienne d’Entremont, Cammie Fowler, Sandi Francis, Ralph Graceffa, Barbara Greening, Molly Gross, Thipayachand Hasdin, Francis Hatch, Evangeline Lowrey, Melissa Manyak, Gabrielle… Read More
AUGUSTA — As debate over federal legislation that would blur the lines dividing cable, telephone and electric services seems near an end in the U.S. Senate, debate is just beginning to simmer here in Maine. On Tuesday, while the Senate continued what was expected to… Read More
A sensible bill that would reduce red tape and speed up wetland-permitting decisions has been caught in the mire of the Legislature, where it is fast becoming an endangered species. A task force established by the Legislature a year ago brought together such groups as… Read More
VAN BUREN — In a script carefully choreographed by town officials, the Van Buren Town Council Monday cleared its police chief of all allegations of wrongdoing. Under a provision of the so-called Draft of Statement Regarding Chief (Jean) Michaud, prepared during three emergency meetings over… Read More
BANGOR — A federal grand jury on Tuesday added additional charges to the case of a Canadian man who allegedly smuggled marijuana into the country through Houlton. Rinaldo Ticchiarelli’s alleged accomplices, 34-year-old Phyllis Ann Luker of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Bradley Oliver Bowen of Jamaica and… Read More
PORTLAND — A rowdy weekend in Portland’s Old Port district has Police Chief Michael Chitwood planning to crack down on bars in the area. The summer of ’95 got off to a bad start after unruly crowds nearly got out of control last weekend in… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — About 25 people here Monday attended the first of four hearings being held around the state on a proposed plan to set a common core of standards public school students must meet before graduation. Most of those speaking during the 90-minute hearing… Read More
EASTPORT — Pictures and light fixtures were ripped from the walls or twisted into grotesque shapes and left hanging by a single wire. Bathroom fixtures were beaten with antique hatchets. Furniture was ripped up. An upright piano sat on its head. Even the American flag did not escape… Read More
DYER BROOK — Relations among members of the Southern Aroostook Community School District board became strained Monday night when the group split over cutting administrative positions. The meeting, which lasted four hours, got off to a rocky start after it was determined that the agenda… Read More
AUGUSTA — Legislative Democrats promised Tuesday they would unveil a new plan today for dealing with a controversial tax on hospitals that could break the budget impasse with Republicans. But Republicans continued to accuse the House speaker of delaying a vote on the centerpiece of… Read More
HOULTON — Just two weeks after it appointed three new members to the SAD 29 board, the Houlton Town Council on Monday night found itself in the position of having to replace two of the new appointees. Houlton has had five representatives on the 10-member… Read More
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AUGUSTA — Registration for the Summer Educator Seminar Series of the American Institute for Creative Education in Augusta has been extended to Sunday, June 25. Courses are: “Teaching the Exceptional Child in the Regular Classroom,” June 26-30, Dexter, and July 31-Aug. 4, Orono; and “Computer… Read More
I see that Terence Hughes is now picketing the home of a doctor who reportedly performs late-term abortions. Among Hughes’ various statements to the press explaining this action, one in particular leaps right off the page: “We thought it was time for the people of Bangor to know… Read More
What could be safer for a teen-ager than staying home to peck away at a computer keyboard? Plenty, it would appear from two recent cases of teen-age runaways lured from home by computer users they met on line. A 13-year-old girl missing for two weeks… Read More
My heart goes aflutter every time I see our flag on a pole, or one carried proudly by some Boy Scout or aging veteran in a parade. A rather large one dominates most of an entire wall in my office. I dearly love the flag,… Read More
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — A meeting called by the town of Mount Desert to discuss the high-school funding formula will be held next week, despite expected no-shows by municipal officers from two of the four towns in the school district. Mount Desert Town Manager Jerry… Read More
NEWPORT — High schools are a resource not being tapped, according to Howard Whitten, an environmental science teacher at Nokomis Regional High School. Whitten and fellow teacher Don MacDougal are key elements in the resource Nokomis and its students have become in recent years. Their… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sens. William S. Cohen and Olympia J. Snowe asked the Navy Tuesday to name an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer after Margaret Chase Smith, who died earlier this month at the age of 97. “Because of her outstanding career of service to Maine… Read More
Born in revolution, the U.S. flag has survived war (both civil and international), Depression, false patriotism and government scandal. Its colors are as sharp as they were 218 years ago. No amount of shooting, burning or political self-aggrandizing has marred its stripes. It is made anew, its stitches… Read More
BANGOR — About five days before she died, 5-year-old Tavielle Kigas walked to the bathroom for the last time, according to her mother, who is on trial for the child’s murder in Penobscot County Superior Court in Bangor. Kigas believes her daughter died on Friday,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — With school budgets in limbo until the Legislature decides on state subsidies, many towns face the prospect of short-term borrowing. “The town has to continue its business, to meet the payroll and pay its venders and pay the monthly school allocation,” said Dover-Foxcroft… Read More
According to officials with the Environmental Protection Agency, the water districts for Kittery and Kennebunk did not report the largest number of elevated levels of contaminants during 1993 and 1994, as reported in a June 2 story. Kittery was cited for monitoring violations in 1992 and 1993. Kennebunk’s… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Donated funds can be rare in the public school system. So when the organizers of the Easy Street coffeehouse presented the directors of SAD 53 with $301 at the June board meeting, it was received with much appreciation. David Post, Easy Street director,… Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou Development Corp. has reported an active business climate and said more money is needed to fund expansions and start-ups. Toward that end, Carolyn Dorsey, the corporation’s executive director, asked city councilors Monday night to add $250,000 to the city’s revolving loan… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport manager on Tuesday was authorized to put out to bid the final contract for reconstruction of the main runway, which carries a price tag of $1.3 million. Airport manager Bob Cossette told Hancock County Commissioners that Hancock County… Read More
ROCKPORT — In Tuesday’s town election, Marietta Wheaton trounced incumbent Selectman Robert Duke, C. Lee Goss won a seat on the school board, and proposals to build a new office and to scrap the emergency dispatching center went down to defeat. Wheaton defeated Duke 528-221… Read More
Within 20 minutes and 18 miles between Medway and Howland, moose caused two separate accidents Tuesday in the southbound lane of Interstate 95. Ronald Stuart Lewis, 28, of Alberton, Prince Edward Island, was hospitalized after the tractor-trailer he was driving rolled over on its side… Read More
GUILFORD — The fate of the Wellington and Abbot elementary schools will be up to residents in those two communities, who will decide in a referendum vote whether to continue operating their own schools. Residents in Wellington recently sought help in Augusta when the school… Read More
VEAZIE — There are rumors in Veazie, according to Sheila Brown, the mother of an eighth-grader, that the children will boycott or walk out on their graduation ceremony this Thursday. If they do, that would be a shame, said Peggy Lewis, chairman of the Veazie… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County commissioners this week unanimously agreed to revisit the option of expanding and renovating the current Hancock County jail to bring it into compliance with state corrections standards. At their meeting Tuesday, the commissioners scheduled a July 10 workshop with the corrections… Read More
BREWER — The City Council voted after a public hearing Monday night to grant Donald Sites approval to construct and license a campground on property he owns near the Ebb Tide Motel. John Frawley, Sites’ civil engineer, gave the council a presentation of the proposal. Read More
BANGOR — Just before the fiscal year draws to a close, you can hear the same sort of conversation among any group of budget-makers: “We really ought to take a look at (fill-in-the-blank) department. I think we could find some savings there.” googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR — Area residents had their chance Tuesday to influence statewide educational standards, but few took advantage of that opportunity. About a dozen people attended a public forum to discuss a plan that would establish a statewide set of standards that public school students must… Read More
HOWLAND — Town officials on Monday expressed concern about an increase in the amount of trash. “Something is wrong,” said Town Manager Glenna Armour. She asked selectmen to investigate why “all of the sudden”, after 18 months, the town’s trash tonnage is increasing. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
HERMON — The husband and wife duo of John and Linda Maynard will join two incumbents in serving the people of Hermon after Tuesday’s tight election results were added up. John Maynard will join incumbent Anne Freeman on the Town Council while Linda Maynard will… Read More
LINCOLN — Irene Soucy, 65, of Lincoln was hospitalized Monday night after his car ran into the rear of a tractor-trailer that was backing into a driveway on Route 2. Soucy was taken to Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln. Later, he was transferred to Eastern… Read More
ROCKLAND — “It will be back to the drawing board,” according to SAD 5 board member John Koster. On Tuesday night, voters in Rockland, Owls Head and South Thomaston rejected three lines of an $8.2 million school budget. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
CAMDEN — Sid Lindsley came out on top in a three-way race for the Board of Selectmen, and voters approved the full list of town and school articles in Tuesday’s town election. Lindsley had 253 votes for the three-year post, followed by Jim Gilbert with… Read More
BELFAST — Dispite an abysmal voter turnout, the proposed $11.2 million budget for SAD 34 squeaked through Tuesday’s referendum vote. Lukewarm support or not, the outcome marked the first time since passage of the school budget was shifted from open meeting to secret ballot eight… Read More
ROCKLAND — After years of debate, the city finally is going to get a new city hall. By an enthusiastic vote of 394-152, city voters on Tuesday agreed to buy the Camden & Rockland Water Co. building for $800,000, plus renovation costs. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
When we send our children off to school in the morning, we would like to feel confident that they will be safe throughout the day. In comparison to other states, we in Maine fare much better in this regard. We do, however, still have somewhat of a problem… Read More
The discovery by The New York Times that the record of the junior senator from Maine is a classic example of a legislator’s urging one principle (a balanced budget) and voting otherwise (heavy spending in her own state) should come as no surprise to Maine voters (BDN, May… Read More
We take issue with the way Bangor Daily News interpreted a statement made by Dr. Donohue in his “Dear Dr. Donohue” Saturday column (June 3, page C7). The BDN subsequently titled his column, “Female knee carries built-in deficiency.” Donohue stated, “In females, the anterior cruciate ligament has a… Read More
PORTLAND — A Bridgton doctor has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for molesting an unconscious man at a party three years ago. A grand jury indicted Dr. Robert W. Chagrasulis, 44, in 1994 on a charge of gross sexual assault. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
GLENBURN — The annual town meeting for Glenburn residents will be held at 7 tonight at the town’s municipal building on Lakeview Road. Residents will vote on whether to pass a $3.7 million school budget, a $924,000 municipal operations budget, and whether to sell town… Read More
I am writing in response to the article appearing in the Bangor Daily News on June 1, titled, “Kravchuk praises lawyer’s conduct.” I was present throughout the Therrien trial in April, and I agree that the lawyers were, for the most part, courteous and civil (especially in comparison… Read More
MACHIAS — Incumbent selectman Melrose Beal won the only contested race on the ballot at the annual election of municipal officials Monday by defeating challenger Robert Ramsdell 115 to 86. Beal’s successful re-election won him a three-year term on the board. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine ski areas would have to post notices spelling out the inherent risks of the sport if a bill that received initial House approval Tuesday is enacted. The notices state that skiers assume a risk of injuries resulting from a variety of dangers… Read More
AUGUSTA — Police would have an easier time detecting diesel fuel on which federal and state taxes have not been paid under a bill that received final House passage Tuesday. The measure conforms state law with federal tax law, which requires that high-sulfur diesel fuel… Read More
AUGUSTA — A bill to allow physician-assisted suicides was solidly rejected Tuesday by the Maine House after a debate ringing with emotional accounts of suffering by terminally ill people. The bill is modeled after Oregon’s voter-passed assisted suicide law, which has been set aside by… Read More
AUGUSTA — An existing provision that reduces prison sentences by as much as half would be drastically changed under a bill that received final House approval Tuesday and awaits a Senate enactment vote. Under current law, offenders automatically get up to 15 days per month… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal appeals panel will decide whether former Maine resident John Joubert deserves to die or should be resentenced for the kidnapping and killing of two young boys in Nebraska. A federal judge in October 1994 overturned two death sentences against… Read More
BANGOR — A federal judge on Wednesday denied a Portland law firm’s motion to dismiss civil fraud charges filed last fall by the Penobscot Indian Nation. The firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson is one of nine parties defending itself against a complaint filed… Read More
CARIBOU — Two Civil War re-enactment groups will conduct drills and demonstrations from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at the Caribou Historical Center on Route 1. The activities will launch the Caribou Historical Society’s new book, “They Went From Caribou,” which records… Read More
ROCKLAND — Frustrated by a lack of definite proposals to save their old jail, the Knox County Commissioners on Tuesday suggested that the 100-year-old building’s reprieve from the wrecking ball may be coming to an end. The vacant, crumbling jail with an attached Victorian-style sheriff’s… Read More
MACHIAS — The county’s legislative delegation has been invited to meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 17, at Helen’s Restaurant with representatives of Eastport’s Union 104 and Lubec’s SAD 19. The purpose of the meeting is to begin the process of lobbying the state Legislature… Read More
Almost everyone in Maine agrees — or at least pays lip service to the idea — that our most burdensome tax is the local property tax, which goes to pay for city and town expenses, county services like the sheriff’s department and the jail, and our local schools. Read More
AUGUSTA — Prospects for legislation to ease the pressure on Maine lobster have dimmed considerably with the Marine Resources Committee’s failure to come anywhere close to consensus on whether the state should put a cap on who can go fishing and how hard they can work. Read More
ELLSWORTH — A 53-year-old Otis man accused of burning down his estranged wife’s Trenton home in 1992 was convicted Tuesday in Hancock County Superior Court. The Class A crime carries a maximum sentence of 40 years imprisonment. Although court records list John C. Mansfield’s town… Read More
ORRINGTON — Thomas Hammond, 26, of Bangor was killed in an industrial accident at the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. incinerator plant Tuesday. Chief Deputy Glenn Ross of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department said Hammond’s clothing became caught in machinery that pulled him in and injured… Read More
MACHIAS — The Comprehensive Planning Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at the Washington County Regional Planning Commission office on Main Street. Members of the Machias Quality Main Street group, comprised of area business people concerned about the development of downtown Machias,… Read More
The late U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith will be very much a part of Flag Day ceremonies today in front of the building named for her and of which she was so proud. Official ceremonies begin at 11 a.m. in front of the Margaret Chase… Read More
BELFAST — A bit of political clout was all Waldo County Sheriff John Ford needed to regain control of his maximum security prisoners from the state Department of Corrections. At Tuesday’s meeting with the county commissioners, Ford revealed that last week’s DOC inspection of the… Read More
AUGUSTA — Thomas J. Brazier resigned as Waterville mayor Tuesday after pleading guilty to embezzling nearly $100,000 from a business in the city and failing to pay state taxes on the money. Brazier, who entered his plea before Superior Court Justice Donald Alexander in Augusta,… Read More
SHERMAN STATION — The SAD 25 board, at its meeting Monday night, cut an additional $134,500 from the 1995-96 budget. Before the meeting, $1.4 million already had been cut. Cuts made at the meeting include $20,000 that had been designated for computers at the junior… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court on Tuesday rejected a Paris man’s bid for a shortened sentence for the 1992 highway death of skier Julie Parisien’s older brother. Derek Bonney, 32, was sentenced last year to four years in prison for manslaughter and drunken driving in… Read More