Ricky Craven’s lesson plan at the beginning of the season as a rookie on the Winston Cup circuit was simple: grow, mature and build for the future. While doing so, the Newburgh native also picked out three races as his most important for this year:… Read More
BINGHAM – Culture shock, poor management and illness turned a trip of a lifetime for two Maine teenagers competing in the recent International Power Lifting Federation’s Junior World Championships in New Delhi, India, into an ordeal they would rather forget. Lindsay Cool, 17, from Moscow… Read More
It was approximately two hours before he was to make his major league debut in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform. He was called up from Triple-A Louisville to replace the injured Geronimo Pena. Former University of Maine first team All-American Mark Sweeney said he was… Read More
BANGOR – Ken Perrone, former high school football coach at Brewer and John Bapst Memorial, will visit the site of his early triumphs Saturday night as part of a fund-raiser to benefit the John Bapst football program. John Bapst will host a dinner and evening… Read More
The University of Maine’s football program has produced four 3-8 seasons over the past five years including the last two. The Bears were picked to finish last in the Yankee Conference’s six-team New England Division on Thursday, but third-year coach Jack Cosgrove feels if he… Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sarah Kovenock of Orono set a state record in the 100-meter freestyle at the National YMCA Long Course champonship here Friday. Kovenock’s time of 1:01.33 placed her 12th overall in the event. Read More
Defending three-time State American Legion baseball champion Old Town-Orono and newly-crowned Zone 1 champ Bangor had to overcome various adversities to earn trips to Harrison for the state tournament that gets underway Saturday. It was a pair of special veterans who led them to the… Read More
Morning adventure: catching stripers on the fly> They were fresh, strong and sporty – but no keepers
Set like a jib, a sliver of moon sailed the dawn sky as Mike Augat eased his 20-foot bass boat “Striper Quest” into the swift, tidal flow of the Kennebec River. With the lights of Bath blinking sleepily astern and the 125-horse outboard running easily… Read More
WASHINGTON – Seasons are going to be longer and game bags heavier for most waterfowlers this year. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed the longer seasons and larger daily bag limits on Friday because of an increase in the numbers of ducks and geese. Read More
It appears that the United States Forest Service, disappointed to hear that the federal government may not be squandering your well-earned tax dollars at the frantic pace to which you have become accustomed, has decided to take matters into its own hands by painting rocks to make them… Read More
THOMASTON — The Chamber Theatre of Maine will open its 1995-96 season with a world premier of “The Underground River” by May Sarton. Among the more than 50 volumes Sarton produced, there are only two plays. The Chamber Theatre of Maine is the first to… Read More
When Sally Littlefield set out last fall to renovate the 88-year-old guest house her husband has run for years in rural Brooksville, she ran into a few contingencies they didn’t prepare her for in industrial-design school in Cincinnati. Seaweed insulation, for one. Bathtubs with five… Read More
Gladys Smith of Jonesport will celebrate her 100th birthday with an open house 2-6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at Jonesport-Beals High School. Rosella Moody, 3 Katahdin Ave., Lincoln, will be 100 years old on Saturday, Aug. 26, and would like to hear from friends and… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded more than $100,000 in grants to two regional planning and development agencies in Maine, U.S. Rep. John Baldacci announced Friday. Under the solid waste management grant program, the department awarded $88,040 to the Eastern Maine Development… Read More
Ozone was a volatile gas during the legislative session, and Gov. Angus King prevented what would have been a self-destructive political explosion in Augusta when he convinced lawmakers to support his proposal to meet federal clean air requirments. As lawmakers who supported King understood, the… Read More
MILLINOCKET — A $550,000 reconstruction project is planned for one of Millinocket’s busiest sections of road. Next year, the Department of Transportation plans to reconstruct two-tenths of a mile of Central Street, between the intersections of Water Street and Penobscot Avenue. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Bangor is developing some big ideas for small businesses. The BanAir Corp. which runs economic development at Bangor International Airport for the city, is seeking more than $1 million from the state to help give small businesses a big boost. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Police Department soon may add a mint condition Harley-Davidson motorcycle to the fleet. Officers seized the motorcycle this week under a seldom-used law that permits them to take some drunken drivers’ vehicles. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE — The Camden Area District Nursing Association is sponsoring a free blood pressure and blood sugar screening clinic 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Lincolnville Central School. A public supper is also being held at the school that evening. The public is welcome. For more information,… Read More
BANGOR — Attendance is down again at the Bangor State Fair. That was the word from Bass Park Director Mike Dyer on a rainy, overcast Friday which left the midway looking like a nearly deserted ghost carnival during the early afternoon hours. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
SEARSPORT — The Penobscot Marine Museum has planned a special benefit cruise aboard the historic yacht Wendameen. The overnight cruise will depart Rockland at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, to a picturesque harbor or sheltered cove in the bay, where dinner will be served aboard the luxury yacht. Read More
BUCKSPORT — A public meeting will be held Monday on Champion International’s plans for a new wood-handling and storage facility, even though the company reportedly has put the project on hold. Although company officials failed to return requests for comment Friday, both a project neighbor… Read More
UNITED NATIONS — Moving to stem a global decline in fish stocks, more than 100 nations adopted a treaty Friday to regulate fishing on the high seas and permit the boarding of vessels suspected of overfishing. “When the fish win, we all win,” said Brian… Read More
This week’s bitter dispute over public committee hearings on charges against Sen. Robert Packwood contrasted failure, his and those who continue to protect him, and courage — the women who spoke out and senators such as William Cohen and Olympia Snowe who placed a premium on principle. Read More
EASTON — An Easton man about to be arrested for gross sexual assault surrendered peacefully after holding police at bay at his residence for 5 1/2 hours Friday morning by threatening suicide. Michael Hammond, 31, refused to open the door at his Station Road house… Read More
BOSTON — New England has an economic line running through it, one that separates a rebounding northern region from a southern portion still struggling with defense spending cuts and other problems. In the north, New Hampshire’s nimble, fast-growing electronics manufacturers have bounced back from the… Read More
Rockland District Court Robert Fazzina, 36, Damariscotta, theft by deception, $1,000, 30 days in jail, suspended, probation for one year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
Carolyn Cosby has gotten the brushoff from God. Cosby, the chairwoman and founder of Concerned Maine Families (CMF), has been abandoned by her old pals on the religious right because her campaign to outlaw gay rights laws in Maine has failed to focus on moral issues. Read More
An item in Thursday’s Calendar under “Music” should have read: Shizouka Mother’s Chorus, Shizouka City, Shizouka Prefecture, Japan, reception, 6 p.m.; concert, 8 p.m. Aug. 5, All Souls Congregational Church, Broadway. 947-5612. Read More
BANGOR — The first Biker Baseball Game will be played at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Mansfield Complex in Bangor. The game, featuring a group of local motorcyclists with the team name Haybalers, will take on a team from the United Bikers of Maine in… Read More
WASHINGTON — Foreigners who require U.S. documents to cross into the United States from Canada and Mexico soon will have to pay a fee, the Immigration and Naturalization Service announced Friday. Currently, the INS isn’t charging fees for the issuance of border crossing cards and… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — A small, two-story house on the Aroostook River is the target of 18 pairs of hands wielding hammers, crowbars and even large axes. A year ago, the house was one of dozens of structures under water as the raging river flooded Main… Read More
Editor’s Note: Dave Stonebraker, chairman of the English department at Hebron Academy, and his 15-year-old son, Austin, are bicycling across America from Seal Rocks Beach, Calif., to Owls Head. Stories of their travels and of the shared experiences of father and son are being featured weekly throughout the… Read More
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The young family in the station wagon ahead of us alighted after pulling over and parking on the narrow road leading to the summit of Little Round Top, glancing at our loon-festooned license plate as we parked our own vehicle behind them. Read More
Readers: A few questions have trickled in during the past month. Keep them coming! I have a 15-year-old barberry hedge which has been declining in the last three or four years. Each spring some branches never leaf out. Please advise. — D.R., Holden googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
EASTPORT — For months the U.S. Coast Guard’s top brass tried to make its case that Eastport’s Search and Rescue Detachment didn’t save enough lives to earn its keep. For months Maine’s congressional delegation fought back, finally getting the Down East post off the hit… Read More
HOULTON — Drive-through banking took a new twist Thursday when a North Waterford man allegedly decided to get his money from roadside vegetable stands rather than from an automatic teller machine. Ronald Garey, 48, is being charged with theft after he took about $60 in… Read More
WINTHROP — Police are investigating the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl who is believed to have run away with a 49-year-old family friend. Bonnie Jean Wright left her Winthrop home on July 25 and has not been seen since July 30, when she was spotted… Read More
ROCKLAND — Julie Lynn Hedrich of Rockland was crowned Maine Sea Goddess at the 48th annual Maine Lobster Festival Friday night. The runner-up crown princess is Sharon Diane Barrows, also of Rockland. Both women are 1995 graduates of Rockland District High School. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
PENOBSCOT — The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 13 migrant workers in one field as agents began cracking down on illegal aliens working in the state’s blueberry harvest, authorities said Friday. In all, Border Patrol agents picked up 19 illegal aliens as of Friday afternoon, four… Read More
CORINNA — Seven people were injured in a two-car accident on Route 7 in Corinna Friday afternoon. Despite both cars’ being demolished, none of the injuries was life-threatening, according to police. Timothy Deck, 16, of Newport was pulling onto Route 7 from Shaker Avenue Friday… Read More
Gov. Angus S. King said he was looking for heavy hitters to fill three vacancies on the University of Maine System’s board of trustees. He appeared to fulfill that mission Thursday when he announced his nominations to the board that oversees the state’s seven public university campuses. Read More
PORTLAND — California Gov. Pete Wilson announced Friday that Maine Senate President Jeffrey Butland will serve as state chairman of his presidential campaign. Sharon Miller, former chief of staff to ex-Gov. John McKernan, and Republican activist Merton Henry will co-chair the campaign, Wilson said. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Shizuoka Mothers’ Chorus will take part in World Community Day at noon Sunday, Aug. 6, at the College of the Atlantic. The chorus will sing traditional American and Japanese songs in an effort to encourage peace. Other performers will be Aldona… Read More
BANGOR — An Eddington man who pointed a handgun at a state trooper during a standoff at his camp this spring pleaded guilty Friday to criminal threatening. By pleading guilty, Joseph Davis, 46, waived his right to indictment and a jury trial. Under a plea… Read More
The countdown has begun for the big Labor Day weekend commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. Bangor businessman Galen Cole has organized the event that includes the 50th anniversary reunion of Cole’s U.S. Army 5th Armored Division Association, the Eastern… Read More
Last Saturday, I was privileged to attend the dedication of the Maine Korean Veterans War Memorial in Bangor, along with hundreds of other people. The monument is just beautiful and is in an absolutely perfect setting at Mount Hope Cemetery. It does seem too bad… Read More
It’s about time the American people got some real answers to all the aspects of Whitewater. There are many issues remaining that need to be aired. The White House has been unsuccessful to prove to the media that none of the papers removed from Vince… Read More
Jim Perkins’ column in the July 31 Bangor Daily News is a clear, concise and compelling argument against nuclear waste transfer in Bangor. Every intelligent Bangor citizen should read it and join in a mass protest against such a reckless, foolhardy plan. Jerry and Edith… Read More
Jean Hay (Op-ed column, July 28) claims that publicly endorsed school prayer is a violation of the very foundation of this country. But in our Constitution, the right of our children to pray in school, or anywhere else, is guaranteed. The First Amendment says, “Congress… Read More
The “Baldacci pans GOP tax cuts” headline in your Aug. 1 newspaper is not surprising. Congressman John Baldacci, like all liberal Democrats, never met a tax on the American people that he didn’t like and vote for. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
I believe the state of Maine has lost out on some substantial income by refusing to allow a casino in the state. Woodstock, New Brunswick, will be opening a casino and bingo parlor in the very near future. This will generate a lot of U.S. dollars going to… Read More
DEER ISLE — Where to build a new elementary school will be among the topics discussed at an educational forum Monday night. The special committee formed to study siting alternatives recommended earlier this week that a single kindergarten-to-grade-eight school be built, rather than separate schools… Read More
BANGOR — A Charleston man who set fire to a house was sentenced to a year in jail Thursday. Louis Courville, 49, was sentenced to five years in jail, with four years suspended. Superior Court Justice John Atwood also sentenced Courville to four years probation. Read More
CHAPMAN — A 14-year-old boy who was injured in a motorcycle accident Thursday was listed in serious condition Friday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, according to state police. Because of the boy’s age, Maine State Police Trooper Shawn Whalen declined to give the… Read More
INDIAN ISLAND — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros met Friday with representatives of Maine’s American Indian population to assure them his staff will continue to work toward meeting their housing needs in a time of federal belt tightening. Cisneros said… Read More
BANGOR — An accomplice in the robbery of a Bangor motel a year ago will serve nine months in jail. On Friday Superior Court Justice Margaret Kravchuck sentenced Timothy Boudreau to a year in jail — with all but the nine months suspended — and… Read More
ROCKLAND — Imagine working in an office where stale, fume-laden air sends you home daily with a splitting headache, raspy throat and watery eyes, where you have to buy your own word processor to do your job, where the few obsolete computers are outnumbered by ant traps, where… Read More
BANGOR — Bob Twilliger has had one of those up-and-down days where he has felt like he has just gone in circles. Of course, that’s exactly what has been happening to him for the last 40-plus hours. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR — The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office and Wal-Mart have joined forces to raise approximately $1,000 for the D.A.R.E. program. Two dozen volunteers from the Sheriff’s Office and Penobscot County Jail spent four days outside Wal-Mart, selling raffle tickets for a cellular telephone and a… Read More
BIDDEFORD — Just around the corner off South Waterboro Road sits a small pine shed. Inside on a wooden shelf are round baskets of cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini and summer squash. A vase of wildflowers sits by the doorway. On a stand below a hanging scale… Read More
I am appalled by the news story aired by WABI-TV Monday night regarding sexually transmitted diseases linking carnival workers to the citizens of Bangor. I believe there is no founded evidence which would prove that carnival workers are the main source of STDs in the Bangor area during… Read More
The bombing of Hiroshima helped end World War II and begin the Nuclear Age. An Alexander woman experienced that cataclysmic event through the eyes of her husband, an airman who flew under the mushroom cloud the atomic bomb produced. On Aug. 6, 1945, most Americans… Read More
HARMONY — A policy affecting secondary students from Harmony who choose not to attend Dexter Regional High School this fall will be before members of the Harmony Elementary School Committee Monday night. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the school’s library. Voters here at… Read More
BAR HARBOR — With its $3.2 million fund-raising campaign entering the final stretch, the Mount Desert Island YMCA has run into a public relations snafu generated by residents of other island towns. Eighty residents — hailing primarily from the towns of Southwest Harbor, Tremont and… Read More
PORTLAND — A group of homeless teen-agers went to Rep. Jim Longley Jr.’s local office Friday to protest his vote to cut $9.3 billion from health, education and other social programs. Longley, a Republican, joined the 219-208 majority in favor of the package, which would… Read More
BANGOR — A man convicted of raping a young girl after abducting her as she walked to school received more jail time Friday for refusing counseling. Clayton Byrum of Bangor plucked an 8-year-old girl off the street and dragged her to his Hersey Avenue home… Read More
BANGOR — An 8-year-old boy exchanged his Big Wheel for bigger wheels Thursday when he commandeered a school bus and drove it nearly a mile before being stopped. The youngster, whose name is not being released, was riding his plastic tricycle past the John T. Read More
LEWISTON — State officials Friday obtained a court order to place a Lewiston nursing home in receivership for an emergency period to correct deficiencies in patient care. The Androscoggin County Superior Court order followed complaints by the state Department of Human Services about patient care… Read More