ORONO – Wickes Canines of Bangor-Brewer posted two victories during Sunday’s Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League action at Mahaney Diamond. The Canines beat Downeast 6-1 in the first game, then edged Mid-Maine 3-2 in the second contest. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    STANDISH – The Winslow Black Raiders picked up their second state Class B baseball championship in three years with a 5-3 victory over Greely, and the Windham girls posted a 9-0 victory over Winslow for the Class B softball title at St. Joseph’s College Saturday. Read More
    BANGOR – Although the final round of the Bangor Daily News Amateur Golf Tournament’s women’s division was played Sunday, Pennie Cummings of Lewiston locked up the title Saturday. Cummings’ blistering 2-over-par round of 73 on the soggy Bar Harbor Golf Course in Trenton Saturday gave… Read More
    USATF JR. OLYMPICS Region I Qualifying Meet At Orono Boys Results 10 and under – Shot put: Matt Swindells 24-5; Christian Westleigh 18-7 1/2; 1500 racewalk: Chris Westleigh 11:52.2; High jump: Matt Swindells 3-6; 1500: Patrick Gildart 5:34.2; 400: Matt Swindells 83.5; 800: Gilder 2:52.1… Read More
    STANDISH – This year it was Jonesport-Beals’ turn to watch. After dominating the state Class D softball championships for three consecutive years, the Royalettes were forced to watch Richmond, last year’s runners-up, accept the title trophy following a 2-0 shutout at St. Joseph’s College here… Read More
    STANDISH – It wasn’t the prettiest game played Saturday, but it was good enough for Jonesport-Beals’ first state baseball championship. The Royals made their 6 a.m. wake-up call pay off as they knocked off Western Maine Class D champ Richmond 11-9 by the grace of… Read More
    AT HAMPDEN Hampden 8 1/2-Miler Men: Giles Norton 48:27; Patrick Sullivan 49:33; Judson Esty-Kendall 51:57; Rick Chalmers 52:31; Randy McNeill 52:48; Steve Peterson 54:50; David Simard 55:45; Mike Thompson 56:06; Paul Baillageron 56:35; Greg Dorr 57:10; Larry Deans 58:06; Tim Reid 58:14; Rick Lyons 58:19;… Read More
    BANGOR DAILY NEWS AMATEUR PINS AND SWEEPS AT BAR HARBOR GC, TRENTON FRIDAY Sweeps – Gross: (tie) Bob Girvan, Len Cole and Jon Martin, 72; Net: Bunny Leonard 66, (tie) Charlie Pray, Paul MacDonald, Mike Knox, 71 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    There was a lesson that Bob Kelley didn’t want to let slip unnoticed into the early evening air where his Bangor High baseball team hugged and laughed and cried after winning Saturday’s Class A state championship game at rain-dampened Mansfield Complex. Yes, the coach with… Read More
    BANGOR – Medomak Valley sophomore righthander Alice Bishop had less than 15 hours rest between her 4-3 Eastern Maine Class A softball victory over Brewer on Friday night and Saturday morning’s state championship game against Bonny Eagle of West Buxton. No problem. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    OXFORD – Jeff Taylor of Farmington continued his winning ways, picking up his sixth win of the season Friday in the Pro Stock division at Oxford Plains Speedway. Dana Staples of Wilton grabbed second place, his best showing in his rookie season. Jim Field of… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A man’s body was recovered from the Kennebec River on Saturday, police said. The body was found at about 2 p.m. in a marshy area of the river 26 feet from the high-water mark, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of… Read More
    The Task Force on Learning Results, currently holding meetings around the state, has offered a much-needed review of the educational goals of Maine. Its plan to establish state outcomes for community schools, however, will meet strong resistance unless its members can persuade local school boards to endorse the… Read More
    It’s a steamy Friday night and the steamer is going strong outside Keenan’s at the corner of Route 102A and the Flat Iron Road — known locally as “The Triangle” — in the village of Bass Harbor on Mount Desert Island. Hand-knit, twine bags brimming with steamed crab,… Read More
    A story published Saturday about the Greenville Police Department contained the wrong picture. The picture used was that of Raymond Poulin Jr., the new state deputy commissioner of education, and not Greenville Police Chief Duane Alexander. Read More
    PORTLAND — With a referendum battle over gay rights laws looming, more than 700 people marched down Congress Street this weekend in Portland’s annual gay pride parade. The crowd was more than double last year’s turnout, said parade coordinator Laurie Fortman. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    The more you know about your vehicle, the more likely it is you can head off problems. Northeast COMBAT was sent the following information by the Federal Trade Commission, the National Association of Attorneys General, and the American Automobile Association to share with Maine consumers. Read More
    The Natural Resources Council of Maine led the 1991 campaign to stop the expensive widening of the turnpike and to establish the Sensible Transportation Policy Act. The referendum, endorsed by voters just 3 1/2 years ago, required the turnpike authority to explore cheaper, less polluting options before undertaking… Read More
    Against the rush to deregulate the telecommunications industry, Sens. Olympia Snowe and Jay Rockefeller have intelligently insisted on a piece of government intervention that will help schools, libraries and rural hospitals connect to the larger world. When the Senate approved the massive changes in the… Read More
    Creating a wine is like creating a symphony, say wine importers Cindy Brooks and Marcel Bastide. The creator must know when to be subtle, when to be strong, when to be sublime. This husband and wife team knows its music. And knows its wines, too. Read More
    PORTLAND — A Standish lawyer who served federal prison time for defrauding the U.S. government in a trucking scam can practice law again, the state supreme court ruled Friday. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court placed several conditions on Brian L. Datson’s practice, including that he… Read More
    CAMDEN — Molly Brown’s margin of victory over Arthur Andrews of Camden was just a few inches, but it was enough to send the 10-year-old Falmouth girl to the World Soap Box Derby championship in Akron, Ohio. There were some touchy moments as Brown worked… Read More
    STANDISH — A 20-year-old Massachusetts man drowned in Sebago Lake after disappearing from a group that went for a late-night swim, authorities said Sunday. George Giakoumidis of Stoneham, Mass., was at a gathering with friends at a cottage in Standish when they all decided to… Read More
    I was extremely dismayed and angry at the careless way in which Sears Island opponents recklessly mixed fact with fiction at a State House press conference on June 5. It is wrong and unwise to criticize the project before the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement is… Read More
    Our country is going backward! The House of Representatives recently passed a “dirty water bill,” HR 961. This bill guts current clean water standards. We should all thank Rep. Baldacci for voting to maintain current clean water protections. I am very concerned that the Senate may follow the… Read More
    I’d like to thank the Bangor Daily News for its weekend article on transient hottoppers, and for making citizens of the Greater Bangor area aware of this very serious problem. It was brought to our attention last week by a detective of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department that… Read More
    This is a comment on the moving of the Prospect Harbor monument. In 1949, when I was 6, I went with my grandfather, Irving C. Moore, and my father, Covert E. Cowperthwaite, to Franklin and picked up a stone. It was brought to the Prospect Harbor Library where… Read More
    BANGOR — Two car accidents, happening within a half-hour of each other on separate sides of the city, sent two people to Eastern Maine Medical Center with injuries Sunday night. A one-car accident on Jefferson Street in Bangor sent Robert Bouley of Bangor to the… Read More
    HOULTON — A 22-year-old Florida man was arrested Saturday in connection with an estimated $30,000 in damage to one airplane and with the moving of an undisclosed number of other airplanes at Houlton International Airport. Carl Malaskiewicz of West Palm Beach was arrested by Houlton… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield councilors will meet half an hour earlier than usual this Tuesday, June 20, to deal with a poverty abatement. At their regular 7:30 p.m. meeting, councilors will deal with seven public hearings, two ordinances and seven new resolutions. The public hearings deal… Read More
    BEDDINGTON — An early morning fire Saturday destroyed a tractor-trailer and a portion of its cargo. At around 12:45 a.m., a tractor-trailer owned by Sunbury Transport Inc. of New Brunswick was traveling on Route 9, near Schoppee Hill, when the driver, who police did not… Read More
    LINCOLNVILLE — Harold Churchill, 51, of Rockport was killed early Saturday when his vehicle veered off the road and slammed into a tree. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported that the accident occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on Route 52. Churchill was traveling alone just… Read More
    DEXTER — SAD 46 residents offered their visions of what the future of their district may hold, at a daylong workshop Saturday. Sponsored by the SAD 46 Futures Planning Team, the session was held to develop ideas from conversations with participants about the future direction… Read More
    BANGOR — After being peppered with questions from a couple of dozen delegates from the 1995 Dirigo Girls State convention, Sen. William Cohen must think a one-hour taping of the NBC television show “Meet the Press” would be as easy as a stroll around Capitol Hill. Read More
    In reply to Rep. George Bunker Jr.’s letter (BDN, June 2) on his opposition to the Republicans’ plan to cut taxes, I would like to offer this response. It is true that Maine Republicans would like to lower the sales tax from 6 to 5 percent. It is… Read More
    GOULDSBORO — Town officials are looking into whether it can remove from the town meeting warrant an article authorizing a portable addition to the school. The article authorizes the town to spend up to $38,000 to construct the addition to the Gouldsboro Grammar School. The… Read More
    BANGOR — Four young adults were arrested early Sunday morning and charged with criminal trespassing at West Market Square, after receiving three warnings to disperse from parks in the downtown area. Bangor police arrested Justin Magee, 18, of Brewer; Jason Guerette, 18, of Bangor; Ilka… Read More
    The purpose of the Civil Air Patrol has changed little since its inception in 1941, according to Lt. Col. Larry Brown who turned command of the Bangor-Brewer Composite Squadron over to Lt. Col. Larry Woods at the Maine Wing Conference last month in Waterville. CAP… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Old Glory and World War II took center stage at the annual state convention of the Maine department of the American Legion held in Ellsworth this weekend. Nathaniel Cobb, a 51-year member of the American Legion and a veteran of WWII, rallied the… Read More