South Portland eliminated Belfast, 9-8, from the state Little League tournament for players 9-10 on Tuesday. In state Little League softball tournament action, Sanford defeated Old Town 14-3 and Cape Elizabeth beat Augusta 8-3 in the playoffs for 9-10-year-olds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BREWER – David Winchester drove in Mike Tardif and Mike Solovei with the tying and winning runs with one out in the bottom of the seventh as Brewer edged Bangor in American Legion baseball action Tuesday 3-2. Winchester had three base hits and two RBIs… Read More
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VASSALBORO – A field of 96 players was cut in half here Tuesday as the Maine State Golf Association’s Maine Junior Championship held its qualifying round for golfers 17 and under at Natanis Golf Club. After Tuesday’s 18-hole qualifier, Ian Sady and Brandon Milliken of… Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. – Abigail Spector of Waterville shot a 9-over-par 80 Monday in the first round of the McDonald’s Betsy Rawls Girls National Championship golf tournament at Du Pont Country Club. Spector is in 27th place, 10 strokes behind co-leaders Cristie Kerr of Miami and Jenny Chuasiriporn of… Read More
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The American Legion’s Zone 1 regular baseball season is over, the wins and losses have been tabulated, and the playoff standings are set. Or are they? Due to a protest filed with state Legion baseball director Lionel Koss, whether the Trenton Acadians will compete in… Read More
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LIMESTONE — The state’s entire congressional delegation, the governor and the country’s defense secretary are scheduled to attend Friday’s official opening of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service here. Dr. William J. Perry, the secretary of defense, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at… Read More
Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. has been awarded a $515,000 federal grant to improve communication and information technologies in rural Maine, Rep. John Baldacci announced Tuesday. The grant is from the Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. William S. Cohen gave the federal government flunking grades on its computer literacy during a Senate hearing Tuesday. Cohen, who is chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee that oversees the administrative workings of federal agencies, said Uncle Sam is losing hundreds… Read More
PORTLAND — The state supreme court Tuesday upheld the murder conviction and sentence of a Bangor man imprisoned for the execution-style slaying of a Lubec banker nearly three years ago. In their unanimous opinion, the justices rejected the appeal of Dale Allen Wood, who is… Read More
SULLIVAN — Taxpayers concerned about overall education costs are expected to challenge a proposed $1.386 million budget for the K-8 Mountain View School to be voted on Thursday night. “I am a state employee. The last five years, I have not received a raise. Things… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved stricter disclosure requirements for lobbyists Tuesday, but remained bogged down on the more difficult issue of whether to disallow lobbyists’ gifts to lawmakers, including meals, vacations and entertainment. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said he hoped the gifts issue could… Read More
HOULTON — Sewer rates for Houlton Water Co. customers could increase by 18 percent Sept. 1. In a letter to customers last week, General Manager John L. Clark said that although the company had reduced personnel, other expenses such as inflation, interest, insurance, plant relicensing… Read More
WASHINGTON — White House officials said Tuesday that proposed Republican cuts in government spending intended to balance the budget by 2002 would reduce federal funds allocated to Maine for education and training by $157 million over the next seven years. President Clinton said last week… Read More
UNITY — One day after hauling lobsters from the bottom of Casco Bay, Gov. Angus King climbed aboard the Spirit of Unity for a ride through the heartland of Waldo County. Gov. King was the guest of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad. He was… Read More
PORTLAND — Detectives are looking into one or more deaths at an AIDS hospice as part of an investigation into the illegal dispensation of pain medication, police Chief Michael Chitwood said Tuesday. A civil investigation that was launched by the Attorney General’s Office in April… Read More
PRINCETON — Princeton voters will be asked Monday night to approve a 25 percent increase in local taxes to cover what Union 107 Superintendent Paul Malinski calls a “bare-bones” school budget. On the flip side, if voters approve the proposed town budget, it will be… Read More
Merryspring Inc., a nonprofit organization dating to 1974, oversees a 66-acre nature preserve open dawn to dusk, 365 days a year, at the end of Conway Road on the Camden-Rockport town lines. The park is dedicated to horticultural education, recognition and appreciation of Maine’s indigenous… Read More
PORTLAND — A third man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the armed robbery of a Westbrook bank, U.S. Attorney Jay P. McCloskey said. Paul Dimeo, 24, of Old Orchard Beach was arrested in Methuen, Mass. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR — Testimony began Tuesday in Penobscot County Superior Court in the trial of Daniel Craig, 34, of Bangor, who has been charged with assaulting a private eye hired to investigate him by a Workers’ Compensation insurance adjuster. Craig is accused of accosting William Lawrence… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — An attorney for Spudstock Entertainment Inc. is mailing letters this week addressing payment concerns of creditors of the music festival held over the weekend. The letters individually will address payment for commitments and performance by vendors, bands and services for the three-day… Read More
CARIBOU — A linens store that closed recently in the Aroostook Centre Mall has declared bankruptcy, according to documents filed in Superior Court. Linens and Wares, which did business at the mall under the name Linens Too Wares, owes $12,159 in back rent to Widewaters… Read More
In a few years, the 199,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Maine along with millions of other Medicare beneficiaries in America will receive their health care quite differently from the way they do now. That’s because, driven by budget needs and inspired by the ongoing health care revolution in the… Read More
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BAR HARBOR — A celebrated peace activist and theologian will highlight events at World Community Day on Sunday, Aug. 6, at College of the Atlantic. The Rev. William Sloane Coffin, former chaplain at Yale University and president of the board of advisers of Peace Action,… Read More
VAN BUREN — Van Buren officials are still grappling with garbage. That issue — which affects virtually every household in town — has been gobbling up increasing amounts of time. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
J. MARC SEARS has been hired as director of human resources by Webber Energy Fuels of Bangor. Sears, a graduate of Northern Illinois University, was employed for seven years by Bangor Savings Bank. He lives in Glenburn with his wife, Theresa. JEANNE WYPYSKI has been… Read More
WASHINGTON — A bill designed to end disputes over Indian casinos was endorsed Tuesday by tribal officials who said they would accept limits in order to preserve their growing gambling operations. The Senate bill, however, was opposed by the nation’s governors who said it would… Read More
A photo caption on page B1 Tuesday, July 25, misidentified 7-year-old Lauri Soderbom of Bridgewater, Mass., who was shown building a sand castle at Lincolnville Beach with her friend, Kallie Montagano. A MaineDay article Tuesday incorrectly reported that Daniel Craig of Bangor was charged with… Read More
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Presque Isle High School Fourth-quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: David Allen, Paul Ballerstein, Mindy Bartley, Alan Berube, Teresa Corrow, Lucia Demaio, Robin Dennett, Alice Fletcher, Kelly Good, Wendy Holmes, Leslie Jones, Kyle Keenan, Andrea Millhouse, Jenny Paul, Heidi Robins, Marcie Smith, Rachelle Smith, LaRae… Read More
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CAMDEN — To break into pictures by auditioning for a bit part as a Gypsy, you could: 1) develop a resume loaded with legitimate acting experience; 2) bedeck yourself in loud clothes and cheap jewelry, or; 3) bring your pig with you. Of the hundreds… Read More
More snarling from Congress — this time, the GOP is outraged by the president’s lack of policy in Bosnia, while barely suggesting one of its own. Meanwhile, the White House is shrilly defending its budget priorities, though even Democrats remain unconvinced. The stakes in Washington are serious, but… Read More
BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts at Boston has chosen interim University of Maine System Chancellor Robert Woodbury as new director for its John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs. Woodbury, who served as chancellor of UMS between 1986 and 1993, returned as interim chancellor… Read More
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Artists will hold its annual auction on Sunday, Aug. 6, at the gallery on Russell Avenue. Works by 160 Maine artist will be auctioned at this annual fund-raiser. The silent auction will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a light supper… Read More
ROCKLAND — The guided missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves will visit Rockland Aug. 3-6 to participate in the annual Maine Lobster Festival. The USS Stephen W. Groves was built by Bath Iron Works and commissioned on April 17, 1982. However, the ship’s association with… Read More
BANGOR — Even now the cars turn off from Hogan Road onto Mt. Hope Avenue, slowing near the gate to Mt. Hope Cemetery. The magnet is the Pagoda-style monument with names on it — the names of the Mainers who were killed in the Korean War. Read More
BUCKSPORT — By a 4-0 vote Tuesday, the line-item school budget concept, which would shift more power to the Town Council, gained its first round of approval. Taken at a joint meeting of the finance and ordinance committees Tuesday afternoon, the vote called for introducing… Read More
HERMON — A new sign greets visitors to Jackson Beach. It should also say, “under new ownership.” The town of Hermon has just completed its first full year of overseeing the hole-in-the-wall swimming area, located on Hermon Pond, just off Newburgh Road near Hermon Mountain. Read More
CUSHING — The Cushing Historical Society will hold an auction at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at its meeting place on Hathorne Point Road. Neville Lewis, owner of Neville Antiques, will officiate as auctioneer at the event, which will benefit the historical society’s general maintenance… Read More
HERMON — The town of Hermon has a long history of opening its arms to new businesses, acting like an overfriendly aunt going above and beyond the call of duty to make sure everybody feels welcome and that their stay is more than satisfactory. The… Read More
BANGOR — Penobscot County commissioners want to keep alive an idea that might improve public safety in the Greater Bangor area. The idea is to form a regional dispatch center that would handle all emergency calls for participating police and fire departments, ambulance services and… Read More
LINCOLN — An 8-year-old Lincoln boy was hospitalized following an all-terrain vehicle crash Tuesday night. Joshua Nelson, son of Brian and Sharon Nelson of Washington Street, sustained head injuries as well as abrasions after crashing a four-wheel ATV about 7 p.m. on a fire road… Read More
CAMDEN — The Camerata Singers, a small Camden-based group specializing in a variety of choral music, is presently auditioning altos, tenors and basses for the coming winter concert and the early summer concert in 1996. The ability to read and memorize music is a necessity,… Read More
ROCKLAND — A Rockland man charged with assaulting “Popeye” retracted his innocent plea in Knox County Superior Court on Tuesday. James Peters, 42, changed his plea to nolo contendere on charges of assault, aggravated assault, criminal trespass, assault on a police officer and terrorizing. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
DEER ISLE — Islanders for Wider Telephone Access has completed its petition drive, having collected signatures from an estimated 61 percent of residential phone users on the island. The petition is part of the grassroots group’s push for a broader toll-free calling area. At present,… Read More
On shipping low-level radioactive waste to Russia via Bangor: It is not a good idea to turn Bangor International Airport into a garbage dump, or to have garbage trucks from Tennessee competing with traffic on our highways. It would be a bad idea even if the waste was… Read More
Recently, a good deed was done by many of the drivers of the James River fleet. These truck drivers travel a lonely stretch of highway day and night. They went beyond the call of duty when a passenger car went off the road and needed help. Read More
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As chairman of the board of directors of MSAD 22, I would like to respond to several recent letters to the editor that contained irreponsible and unfair personal attacks on board members and administrators. One letter (BDN, June 29) concerned the roled played by Arlene… Read More
In regard to the recent Terry Marotta column about Cosmopolitan: Cosmopolitan was the best women’s magazine you could buy when I was a young working girl and then wife. It had the best articles and fiction and wasn’t all recipes and needlework. Then I bought… Read More
FREEPORT — The 40-foot Indian statue that oversees U.S. 1 in Freeport is up for sale. The landmark statue that stands outside Levinsky’s is on the market, along with the 12,000-foot retail store. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
GUILFORD — The owner of a subsidized low-income family housing development in Guilford claims a federal agency is harassing him, trying to get him to make unnecessary improvements to a building when all it needs is a new roof. “I would never have bought that… Read More
FORT KENT — Taxpayers at Fort Kent will see their tax bills increase by $1.50 per $1,000 of valuation this year to 16.5 mills. The 1.5 mill increase will be divided almost equally for education and municipal expenses. The town’s share of SAD 27 expenses… Read More
TOWNSHIP 8, RANGE 7 — Three Boy Scouts from Delaware were found unharmed early Tuesday morning seven miles from where they were last known to be, after getting lost the day before in the woods of Aroostook County. V. Paul Reynolds, spokesman for the Department… Read More
VAN BUREN — Van Buren town councilors met a half-hour before their usual meeting time Monday for a tour of the town’s new emergency dispatching center, which will be unveiled to the public at an open house soon. The new center, which opened this month,… Read More
PORTLAND — Three prison inmates have been sentenced to up to five years and three months in federal prison for their involvement in a 1993 tax fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Jay P. McCloskey said Tuesday. Stephen D. Guay, 26, and Donald L. Crochere, 27, pleaded… Read More
WATERVILLE — A Waterville trucker who claimed he lost his job because he took a nap fabricated the story because he didn’t allow enough time to make his run, authorities said. Richard K. Marx told the Maine Unemployment Insurance Commission that he was fired from… Read More
SOMESVILLE — Mount Desert officials on Monday evening mopped up some of the damage they say was dumped on the town’s image through published reports portraying the community as anti-tourist. “I didn’t say we don’t want tourists,” Selectman John Butler said after being chastised by… Read More
WHITING — County and state officials are investigating the theft of license registration stickers from the Whiting Municipal Building and five radio units from the town’s fire trucks. The burglary early Sunday night at the Town Office and Whiting Fire Department netted thieves an undetermined… Read More
LUBEC — Voters followed up their mandate to cut more than $170,000 from the school budget by deciding to cut $88,000 from the municipal budget. A tax rate of 21 mills per $1,000 of valuation for the 16-month period from March 1, 1995, to June… Read More
NEWPORT — Administrators in SAD 48 will present a $10 million budget package for 1995-96 to district voters at an informational meeting at 7 p.m. tonight at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport. The meeting will be held in the cafetorium. The budget package is… Read More
SHERMAN STATION — It took SAD 25 voters all of 12 minutes Monday night to approve the district’s $3.87 million budget for the 1995-96 school year. The overall budget is about $5,900 less than last year. However, changes in the state educational funding law will… Read More
ATHENS — Talk about your dreams and they may come true. Fifty-eight-year-old Tim Coffrin of Canaan, a developmentally disabled man in adult foster care, is making a habit of living his dreams. On Monday night, Coffrin was the first of his friends and co-workers at… Read More
OLD TOWN — James River Corp. has dedicated an environmental education forest named after one of its founders who died last year, Brent S. Halsey Jr. The Outdoor Classroom and Demonstration Forest was developed to introduce teachers and school children to principles of stewardship and… Read More
“It’s in his blood,” said Cathy Chipman. “Chris was born in the winter, and the following summer he was on the boat,” she said of her 18-year-old son, who took the wheel of his new lobster boat last week. Chris and his dad, John Chipman… Read More
PORTLAND — Betty Anne Bonney’s 90-day jail sentence caught up with her this month — seven years after she pleaded guilty to welfare fraud. Police arrested Bonney about two weeks ago after an investigator realized that she never served her sentence or paid back $5,600… Read More
Freshwater mussels look like clams, but they are not one of the state’s seafood delicacies. Craving the taste of steamed clams, a group of Scouts recently gathered up a bunch of freshwater mussels and cooked them. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its ruling that police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Jackman woman are immune from a lawsuit filed by her husband. The decision by the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston means officers cannot… Read More
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