This is how Bangor High’s Mark McEwen spent his afternoon Wednesday during the Eastern Maine Class A championship baseball game at Mansfield Complex: For the first three innings, McEwen caught the lasers thrown by senior classmate and Red Sox sixth-round draft pick Matt Kinney. McEwen… Read More
When the heavens opened up Wednesday night, Witches coach Kelly Cookson knew someone was watching over her team. Down 5-2 in the bottom of the third inning of the Eastern Maine Class A finals, the Brewer girls were coming to bat after giving up four… Read More
It was a throw across the diamond during a week-long baseball camp in Florida this past winter that resulted in University of Maine junior backup first baseman Brian Jolliffe getting drafted as a pitcher by the Atlanta Braves. Jolliffe was chosen in the 56th round… Read More
U.S. Championships SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Results Thursday of the USA-Mobil Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hughes Stadium (race distances in meters): Men 3,000 Steeplechase googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
On Sunday’s 12 race program, race secretary Frank Hall Jr., has programmed the beginning leg of a “New Faces” series for 3-year-old horses that are beginning their racing careers. Some will do better than others, and a few will be outstanding. But racehorses are not… Read More
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. – Nine-year-old Tessa McCue of Hampden won two gold medals and a bronze at the New England Inter-Club Figure Skating Championships, held last weekend. McCue, who has been figure skating for a year, won the compulsory skating and 90-second free skating competitions. She and her teammates… Read More
When the middle of June comes around and it’s time for the Bangor Daily News Amateur Golf Tournament, the talk always turns to Mark Plummer of Manchester. The fact the sturdy redhead has won 11 of the 30 tournaments, including last year’s event, has a… Read More
Local Bangor Muni 18 closed ’til 2:30 Bangor Municipal Golf Course’s 18-hole course will be closed until 2:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday due to the Bangor Daily News Amateur Golf Tournament. The nine-hole course will be open as usual, call 941-0232 for starting times. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
FORT KENT — Tight education budgets have forced school districts to look at all kinds of ways to save money but the superintendent of SAD 27 said Wednesday that closing an elementary school and redistricting pupils are not her answers. Sandra Bernstein was responding to… Read More
The Mount Desert Island YMCA has received a $3,479 grant, made available by contributions from a checkoff donation option on Maine’s tax forms for the Maine Children’s Trust. The trust funds are used for prevention of child abuse and neglect. The grant will assist the… Read More
ATLANTA — People with weakened immune systems can best avoid the possibility of contracting a dangerous parasitic illness from their drinking water by boiling it, the government said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency issued a report saying… Read More
The United Way of Penobscot Valley officially became the United Way of Eastern Maine on Thursday. To mark the name change, staff and volunteers at the reinvigorated Bangor-based United Way launched a two-pronged effort to emphasize the organization’s commitment to people in a five-county area in central, northern… Read More
CALAIS — In 1604 St. Croix Island, a small dot of land between Calais and St. Stephen, New Brunswick, became the site of the first European settlement on the Atlantic coast north of Florida. Area residents hope the island that was settled by French explorers Sieur DeMonts and… Read More
Students in today’s elementary and middle schools will graduate from high school in the 21st century and enter a world with very different demands compared with those faced by previous generations. As adults in the 21st century, they can expect that 75 percent of jobs will require major… Read More
In 1987, a team of University of California geneticists, led by Allan C. Wilson, sent shock waves through the scientific community with a paper published in the journal Nature. The result of a genetic survey of 147 people from around the world, the study stated that the ancestors… Read More
Somerset County Superior Court: Samuel Bailey, 26, Portland, criminal trespassing and assault, 20 days in jail. 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… Read More
BREWER — A member of Dick Rice’s family has lived at 9 Brimmer Court for 65 years, but now Rice must find a new place to live. He was served an eviction notice this week authorized by the City Council, which took possession of the… Read More
BARING — Rather than appeal a recent court decision, Elena Eaton, the owner of Fantasy 4-Play, has agreed to pay one month’s rent, and the owner of the building on Route 1 where the adult book and video store is located has agreed to delay eviction for 30… Read More
NEW YORK — Smokers trying to kick the habit may have a far better chance of success if they let the clock tell them when they may have a cigarette. In a study, the strategy proved twice as successful in the long term as quitting… Read More
Sheldon Lee, New Brunswick minister of transportation, will discuss mutual transportation issues between Canada and Maine at the June 22 meeting of the Maine Better Transportaton Authority at the Calais Motor Inn. Also speaking will be Alden Small, deputy commissioner of the Maine Department of… Read More
Navy Secretary John Dalton delivered a strong defense of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as the Navy got its opportunity to make a presentation to the base closure commission in Washington. Dalton told the commission on Wednesday that the Kittery shipyard is an “integral component” of… Read More
MACHIAS — The soaring crime rate in Washington County is expected to force communities of about 1,000 or more to establish their own police departments or contract with the sheriff’s department for police services within the next three years. Sheriff John Crowley told the county… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Almost 80 cowboys from along the East Coast will ride into Presque Isle today for the second annual Northern Maine Stampede. For three days, the Star City will be host to bareback riders, steer wrestlers and bull riders. One of the contestents… Read More
ROCKLAND — The 19th annual Great Schooner Race, with the Maine Windjammer Association as host, will be Friday, July 7, in Penobscot Bay. With more than two dozen schooners expected to participate, the event represents the largest annual gathering of traditional schooners in North America. Read More
ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum has announced its summer 1995 schedule of workshops from July 5 through Aug. 25. Three-day workshops for adults are offered in beginning and intermediate watercolor painting, woodblock printing, intaglio printmaking, drawing for beginners and intermediates, poetry writing, color harmony,… Read More
Milestones marks some of the outstanding accomplishments of the people of eastern and northern Maine. Submissions may be sent to Milestones, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402-1329. Tony Cerbone of Bangor received the 1995 Italian of the Year Award for outstanding service presented… Read More
BANGOR — A procession of students wearing white and burgundy caps and gowns made its way to the front of the room. Parents dabbed wet eyes. Video cameras rolled. A guest speaker congratulated the “graduates.” The school principal handed out certificates that signaled the end… Read More
What do Neil Simon, Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare have in common? They are all summer people in Maine. 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;… Read More
WASHINGTON — The House passed the first real military spending increase in a decade Thursday, approving a $267 billion plan that would add money for troop readiness, B-2 bombers and a host of other defense programs. The defense budget plan for the fiscal year beginning… Read More
WASHINGTON — If men took as good care of themselves as they do their cars, most could live an additional seven years. That’s the conclusion of a survey of 1,500 doctors released here this week. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
WASHINGTON — Certain Republican leaders want to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling, but New England lawmakers are fighting back. The 14-year-old ban, which prevents new oil and gas drilling off the Outer Continental Shelf of the North Atlantic, needs to be extended each… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act will be part of the discussion when the Maine Central Institute board of trustees holds its annual meeting Saturday in Pittsfield. Adapting MCI’s historic buildings to accommodate handicapped students and members of the public is an… Read More
FORT KENT — Two Fort Kent teen-agers were sentenced to indeterminate time at the Maine Youth Center for their part in a vandalism spree that caused nearly $40,000 in damage to three northern Maine camps in 1994. A third Fort Kent youth’s sentence to the center was suspended… Read More
THOMASTON — A state and federal investigation is under way into a major marijuana and cocaine smuggling ring — dubbed the “toilet caper” — at Maine State Prison, Warden Martin Magnusson confirmed Thursday. Five inmates have been transferred to the Maine Correctional Institute “Supermax” facility,… Read More
The state is on the move in two key areas — headed down fast. But the subjects are Workers’ Compensation insurance rates and the incidence of workplace injuries, two strong developments that should encourage investors to sink their money in Maine. Once the perennial loser… Read More
Voting for the annual Dedham town meeting, from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 17, will be at the municipal building, not at the school as reported on Page B4 Thursday, June 15. F. Michael Young and Barbara Cox are unopposed candidates for seats on the school board. Read More
LINCOLN — The Community Health and Counseling Services has kicked off a $50,000 fund-raising campaign. The agency is seeking contributions from major businesses in northern Penobscot County. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
The international service and social sorority Beta Sigma Phi will be celebrating its 50th year in Bangor this weekend, drawing more than 250 people to the Queen City from New England and Canada. Maine has 64 active chapters of Beta Sigma Phi, including about 14… Read More
Though congressional Democrats seem a little slow in getting it, President Bill Clinton this week did what he should have done a month ago by proposing a reasonable plan to haul the nation out of its deficit. His 10-year plan is a welcome counterbalance for the GOP’s seven-year… Read More
CANAAN — Investigators will keep looking for the cause of a fire that destroyed the Town Hall almost a week ago, according to Sgt. Bob McMahan of the state Fire Marshal’s Office. The structure, more than 100 years old, was destroyed by fire early Saturday. Read More
For the first time in more than a decade, dividends for holders of common stock in Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. will drop. Officials of Bangor Hydro, the second largest power company in the state, announced this week that second-quarter dividends will be cut by almost half. Read More
AUGUSTA — State Trooper Vicki Gardner closed a chapter in her life’s police work Thursday and turned to open a new one. Wearing the Maine State Police blues, Gardner strode swiftly into a room at the state police crime laboratory in Augusta packed with reporters… Read More
VAN BUREN — Residents approved more than $1.4 million in municipal expenditures for the coming year at their annual town meeting Wednesday. Voters made few changes to the $1,478,845 budget prepared by town officials. They added $5,000 to the bottom line for code enforcement, which… Read More
VEAZIE — Council Chairman Roderick Hathaway was re-elected to the Town Council Tuesday night with 91 votes and Reginald Le- Blond was elected to his first term on the council with 82 votes. Both candidates ran uncontested. Incumbent School Board Chairman Peggy Lewis was re-elected… Read More
HODGDON — The SAD 70 board at its meeting Monday night voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent of Schools Terry A. Comeau, effective at the end of the 1995-96 school year. Comeau has decided to retire after working in the district for 22 years… Read More
HANCOCK — A tractor-trailer slammed into a Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. line truck and sent it into a ditch where it rolled over early Thursday afternoon. Two Bangor Hydro workers, whose names have not been released, were treated for minor injuries at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital… Read More
FRANKLIN — So, what’s a town to do when the check from the state is about $159,000 too much? Put it in the bank, of course. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
WASHINGTON — The government told medicine companies Thursday to quit making their bottles so hard to open. It will be a boon to struggling senior citizens, regulators said, and actually safer for the children the caps were designed to protect. The Consumer Product Safety Commission… Read More
SULLIVAN — Sullivan and Sorrento voters Monday night will consider a $1.4 million budget for the K-8 Mountain View School. If approved, the 1995-1996 budget will cost residents more in property taxes because of an expected reduction in state aid and other factors. Sullivan and… Read More
ROCKLAND — Justice Donald Alexander Thursday rejected arguments from two members of the pro-marijuana Maine Vocals organization that drug laws are unconstitutional and should not be obeyed. Carroll Cummings, 47, of Waterville and James Hardenburg, 58, of Madison were summoned by Rockland police for smoking… Read More
GOULDSBORO — At her own request, Gouldsboro Town Manager Sally Crowley underwent an evaluation of her job performance by the Board of Selectmen in front of at least several dozen residents Thursday night. The day before the meeting, Crowley told the Bangor Daily News that… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — State officials will allow long-term methadone treatment for drug addiction during a three-year trial. Two clinics opened last year with provisional licenses limiting methadone programs to six months. But the state threatened to bar treatment for longer than that for 18 months. Read More
BANGOR — The City Council took an important step in the proposed Shaw’s Supermarket project earlier this week when it gave the Main Street area a special designation to help prepare the site for development. Despite four property owners who have refused to sell their… Read More
BANGOR — Less than a month ago, the City Council received a standing ovation for authorizing $2.5 million in bonds to repair and expand Bangor Public Library. Library supporters probably would not have been so pleased to hear the council’s discussion at Wednesday evening’s budget… Read More
AUBURN — A female dog has taken over the mothering duties for a cat that was too busy chasing mice to look after her four kittens. But it’s not that surprising, because Sandie the pooch was raised by a cat herself. The kittens’ mother, Badger,… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A review of SAD 53’s Family Life Curriculum Thursday night revealed that few people objected to the concept, but a minority continued to question the content. The school board’s Curriculum Committee initiated the review when parents objected recently that sexually explicit information was… Read More
Behavior is learned. We are not born with instinctive responses or uncontrollable urges. None of us is born with a destiny which forces us into a life of self-destructive behavior, or any behavior for that matter. If you’re a parent you most likely know this… Read More
Two years ago I was left with two children to take care of. With no education and no experience, I tried to find a job with no success. I was left with no choice but to go on welfare. A few months later, I went to school and… Read More
I have entered the moose lottery and attended the drawings since 1982. Only once during the live drawing by the kids did it seem unfair; when a handful of cards were pulled out and three members of the same family in the Portland area were drawn. From that… Read More
The Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District is very concerned and disappointed with the contents of an article on drinking water written by your reporter John Day that appeared in the Bangor Daily News on June 2. Day stated that “Among the state’s larger water districts, Kittery and… Read More
Our government is a government “by the people and for the people.” Here in Appleton, we have allowed “by the people” to be left to the handful of voters who are willing to be there. Whether it is a town election, a public informational meeting or a selectman-appointed… Read More
BANGOR — For 30 days during the fall of 1993, 5-year-old Tavielle Kigas battled for her life in the upstairs bedroom of her mother’s Capehart apartment in Bangor. Tavielle lost her battle by virtue of starvation and dehydration at the hands of her mother. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Flash-in-The-Pan Community Steelband will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 19, at the Charles Wakefield Bandstand in the park overlooking the Narraguagus River. The 12-member community band, directed by Carl Chase, was formed during the summer of 1990 in the Blue Hill area. Read More
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital’s radiology department has recently received accreditation from state specialists who examined the facility’s mammography procedures. The inspection, which followed guidelines from last year’s federal Mammography Quality Standard Act, reviewed and tracked several duties of the department, including its use… Read More
Township 18 MD BPP — Driven by revenge, craving excitement or twisted by sexual perversion, an arsonist struck this quiet Washington County township in late May. A nearby woods crew quickly spotted the fire, and it burned less than 5 acres of scrubland before it… Read More
HOPE — The Maine Street Jamboree will be Saturday, June 24, at Hope Corner at the intersection of routes 105 and 235. The day will begin with a parade at 10 a.m. Hope’s oldest citizen, Hazel Payson, who is 101, will lead the parade, riding… Read More
ROCKLAND — Local folk group Any Monday will appear in concert at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at Second Read Books & Coffee. Any Monday features traditional musicians Nick Apollonio on guitar, cittern and fiddle; Seamus Lea on concertina and bodhram; Susan Silver on flute;… Read More
Many of Maine’s consumers later this year may see for the first time an environmentally friendly beverage holder that had its genesis in the state. Developed by New York-based International Paper Co., the recyclable paperboard carrier would replace the plastic rings used to bind six-packs… Read More
HOULTON — Police are investigating the burglaries of three motor vehicles early Thursday morning on Elm Street. Sgt. Edward Archer of the Houlton Police Department said a woman called at about 2 a.m. to report that she had spotted two young men pushing her car… Read More
AUGUSTA — A Democratic compromise to impose a cap on income and sales taxes while giving future Legislatures more freedom in how to lower taxes won a surprisingly strong 110-28 vote in the House Thursday night. The plan modified an earlier Republican bill to cut… Read More
The Aroostook County Action Program has announced its receipt of approximately $1.2 million in heating benefits for its Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. HEAP provides financial assistance to eligible low-income households to help offset the high cost of heating. ACAP is continuing to schedule… Read More
United, Camden National announce plans to merge> Official says separate names, boards to be retained
United Bank of Bangor will merge with Camden National Corp., owner of Camden National Bank. Bruce D. Bartlett, president of United, says the merger will allow the Bangor bank to make much larger loans and acquire new technology that is needed to remain competitive with… Read More
NEW SWEDEN — Musicians are needed for a band to play for the 125th celebration of the founding of the Swedish colonies to take place in July. Music consists of marches and traditional Swedish pieces. Practices are held weekly at the New Sweden Elementary School… Read More
AUGUSTA — Bills that would have required parental notification for minors seeking abortions and imposed a 24-hour waiting period in advance of an abortion were defeated Thursday during initial House votes. Both measures were sponsored by Rep. Douglas Ahearne, D-Madawaska, who argued that the 24-hour… Read More
A three-year, $1 million Housing and Urban Development Grant recently was approved, enabling the Housing Authorities of Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Presque Isle and Van Buren to develop Family Investment Centers to help public housing residents become self-sufficient. Each Family Investment Center will provide residents with… Read More
ROCKLAND — After concluding a four-day session Thursday, the Knox County grand jury handed up indictments on 43 people. The indictment on a 44th person was impounded until an arrest is made. Leading the list was Deane R. Brown, 31, of Rockland, who authorities contend… Read More
AUGUSTA — After weeks of wrangling, the Legislature’s Education Committee voted 12-1 Thursday for a new school funding formula for the next two years. The proposed formula, which needs to be approved by two-thirds of the House and Senate, would use the existing formula in… Read More
LIMESTONE — After a lengthy discussion and a secret ballot at the annual town meeting Wednesday, residents voted 79-61 to continue with ambulance service from Caribou. The issue was a hot one. Residents were divided on which service they wanted, Caribou Fire and Ambulance or… Read More
MEDWAY — Townspeople will consider town and school budgets totaling $2.9 million during the annual town meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, in the middle school gymnasium. The gross budgets of $2,924,285 represent a decrease of $99,543, or 3.29 percent, compared with last year. Read More
Four weeks ago, Pine Tree Camp Director Joe Haney and his crew began preparing for the opening of the camp’s 50th-anniversary season. Counselors and staff arrive at the North Pond site 20 miles outside Augusta on Sunday. The campers come next Sunday, June 25. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ROCKPORT — State Rep. Gordon Gates faces a bar association hearing next month that will determine his future as a member of the legal profession. The Rockport lawyer, who represents District 63 in the Legislature, will be called before Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Kermit… Read More