BRISTOL, Tenn. – Qualifying results Friday for Saturday’s Goody’s 500 NASCAR Winston Cup stock car race at Bristol International Raceway, with driver, residence, type of car and qualifying speed in mph (rest of 36-car field to be determined Saturday): 1. Mark Martin, Daytona Beach, Fla.,… Read More
MADAWASKA – Michele Dufour and Tiffany Nelson each scored unassisted goals to lift Madawaska High School to a 2-0 schoolgirl soccer win over Houlton here Friday. Goalie Michele Hebert knocked down 14 of 18 shots for the winners, now 4-0-2. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Mark Martin slammed the door on the rest of the competition Friday night, setting a Bristol International Raceway qualifying record in winning the pole for Saturday night’s Goody’s 500. Martin, who also was the fast qualifier for the race at Bristol in… Read More
BANGOR – Sheila Hodges of Hampden and Patrick Sullivan of Bangor will try to extend their leads in the Sub 5 Track Club-Bangor Daily News Charities Race Series with strong efforts in the annual Grant’s Dairy Milk Run here Sunday. Hodges has 31 points and… Read More
Mark Plummer of Manchester could not hide his exuberance. The golfer from Maine had just beaten Kris Cox 3 and 1 and Tasmanian opponent Matthew Goggin 2 and 1 on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship at the Newport… Read More
BREWER – With apologies to the songwriter of the 1970s hit, we’ll call this “The Night that the Lights Went Out in Brewer.” With Bangor High School holding a 21-0 advantage at halftime of the 96th Brewer-Bangor football game, the field and the Wilson Street… Read More
The Maine Running Hall of Fame Selection Committee has selected five inductees for the sixth annual induction in November. The inductees are Danny Paul of Preque Isle, Dave Farley of Choconia, N.H., Larry Greer of Cape Elizabeth, Wendy Sayres of Readfield and Steve Ross of Scarborough. Read More
SCARBOROUGH – Five of New England’s premier racing mares will race Saturday evening at Scarborough Downs competing for top honors in the $2,500 Mares Open Event. The featured mares will be Gaelic Merry Morn, Avon Lynette, Duchess of Alba, Lady Lanzo and Thunder’s lady. The… Read More
FARGO, N.D. – Maine State American Legion baseball champion Andrews Post from Portland, the first Maine team to ever qualify for the AL World Series, whipped Osseo, Minn., 9-1 in its opening-round game here Friday. Andrews, which beat three-time state champ Old Town-Orono 12-0 in… Read More
Let’s begin by saying that last Tuesday reminded me of how easily and abruptly “the best laid plans of mice and men often go asunder.” Better yet, make that sportsmen. To chart the course for this column, however, it is necessary to backtrack to last year’s annual Bath… Read More
MSGA STATE TWO-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP At The Woodlands Club and Sable Oaks Golf Club 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 (isMobileDevice()) { if… Read More
Three national football publications have named him a first-team NCAA Division III preseason All-American. But you don’t have to worry about that recognition going to the head of Maine Maritime Academy senior tailback Rob Marchitello. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Food City 250 BRISTOL, Tenn. – Results of Friday night’s Food City 250 Busch Grand National stock car race at Bristol International Raceway, with starting position in parentheses, driver, residence, type of car, laps completed, reason out, if any, money won and winner’s average speed… Read More
U.S. Amateur NEWPORT, R.I. – Results Friday after the second and third rounds of match play at the 95th U.S. Amateur Championship, played on the 6,688-yard, par-70, Newport Country Club: SECOND ROUND Upper Bracket googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
The Maine Senior Games Inc., which annually conducts a sort of Old Fogey Olympics for would-be athletes in their golden years, has a line on its application form that is not exactly designed to provoke the faint of heart to beat a path to the starting line at… Read More
When an ocean breeze draws up from the bay in Cushing, you can imagine a tattered, lace curtain lifting into the air at the Olson House. A sweet, musty odor drifts past the cracked wallpaper and creaky floorboards that have dried in the sun and salt air for… Read More
The average 18-month-old can say about 10 to 30 words. Some normal 18-month-olds can say only five words. Sometimes I see an 18-month-old who can say more than 70 words and can put these words in combination to form phrases and sentences. Kate, Trevor, Ryan and Cameron, when… Read More
Alma Perkins, P.O. Box 157, Penobscot 04476, a retired schoolteacher, will be 90 years old on Monday, Aug. 28, and would appreciate having her day brightened with cards and greetings. Dorothy Blaisdell, P.O. Box 101, Athens 04912, will be 96 years old on Saturday, Sept. Read More
With their guitar-picking fingers readied at their sides, Marty Stuart and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Cowboys rode into Augusta on Thursday night. Only about 1,000 people came out to greet Stuart and his band at the stop along the concert trail, but those who did… Read More
Next Saturday, Sept. 2, we will be in the midst of our three-day celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. Preparations for this event have been going on for as long as three years by officials at the sponsoring Cole… Read More
For the second time this month, fracture lines are exposed between determined outsiders and entrenched insiders on the Productivity Realization Task Force. Disagreement will be more intense as the downsizing panel approaches its first deadline. Those members committed to the process can do this state… Read More
BANGOR — The Maine Forest Service joined in the firefighting efforts on Long Island, N.Y., Friday while keeping an anxious eye on the increasingly threatening conditions across Maine. The entire coastline of Maine was under a “red flag warning” on Friday while the danger levels… Read More
BANGOR — As Brewer goes, so goes Bangor? Time will tell. On Monday, the Brewer model of an ordinance prohibiting paid sexual contact will be on the Bangor City Council agenda when the group meets at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. Municipal Operations Committee members… Read More
SEARSPORT — The town will start wrapping up its yearlong 150th anniversary celebration beginning today. For the next 10 days, the Main Street and waterfront parks will be festooned with ribbons and home to myriad activities ranging from lobster boat races to face painting, parades,… Read More
MONROE — They packed up the town and shipped it to Augusta Friday. All in the name of local control. In a decision that falls under the category of cutting off your nose to spite your face, residents of this Waldo County town voted Thursday… Read More
MACHIAS — It is the rare person who has not had at least one special teacher whose genius and enthusiasm inspired interest in a subject that might have seemed devoid of life, the teacher who taught that a dangling participle was not something hanging from a window shade;… Read More
The six weekly newspapers named in a story in MaineDay Friday for carrying lists of “deadbeat” parents incorrectly included the Lincoln County News, which is an independent newspaper. The list should have included the Lincoln County Weekly, which is owned by Courier Publications. In Friday’s… Read More
Mark Finks won’t pay. Finks, who bannered his independent write-in campaign for governor last year as “The ONLY Pro-Family Choice,” refuses to cough up the $7,933 the state Department of Human Services (DHS) says he owes in overdue child support payments. Finks’ name turned up… Read More
Is managed care either “managed” or “care”? The answers to those questions depend on one’s understanding of what “managed care” is and ought to be. In its most simple form, “managed care” is new jargon for a type of health care insurance. United States health… Read More
BANGOR — The 75th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote will be marked today at the Peace and Justice Center, 128 Main St., Bangor. The formal tribute will begin at 6:30 p.m., and a festive celebration with music by Six Street Basin at 7 p.m. Read More
ESSEX, Mass. — Local clam diggers and Hollywood filmmakers are at odds in a dispute pitting the 20th century against the 17th century. Clam diggers say Twentieth Century Fox officials don’t want them or their motor boats within camera range on clam flats when filming… Read More
Eight o’clock on Thursday morning, the 26th of August, 1920. U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby took his pen in hand to sign the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, the measure granting more than 26 million women the right to vote. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
State regulators are expected to decide Monday whether Central Maine Power prematurely pulled the plug on some of its operations in Jackman. Meeting in Augusta, the Maine Public Utilities Commission will take up a 10-person complaint charging that the power company’s work force reduction last… Read More
These summer days, take the mail boat out to Great Cranberry Island and you will find many island homes that boast windowboxes brimming with artfully arranged flowers and whimsical garden gates gracefully shaped from alder and cedar boughs. These creations are the work of Gary… Read More
I could tell when Ken and Brenda Nadeau of Brewer didn’t blink an eye as my 2-year-old ran rampant through their beautiful plantings of phlox and lilies that the award-winning gardeners are an exceptional pair. Two weeks ago, Bangor Beautiful named the Nadeaus overall winners… Read More
Some facts about the Hindu religion and Hare Krishna sect: “Hindu” is the Persian word for “Indian.” The name was given to the people in A.D. 1200 by invading Muslims, who wanted to distinguish the Indian faith from their own. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Back when the winter winds were sweeping down through Maine, I was yearning for fresh string beans, golden summer squash, crisp leaf lettuce, juicy tomatoes and green, green zucchini. So I did what any self-respecting gardener would do: I bought seeds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ORONO — Precisely, delicately, Sandra Baker-Griffith offered up the birthday gifts. There was light from small candles with which to see, a plate of colorful food, incense and flowers to purify the air, and water to cleanse the palate — all given to what to… Read More
I am writing in response to the article, “Hospital run stalls at bridge,” as reported in the Aug. 19-20 edition of the Bangor Daily News. What is the Department of Transportation waiting for? Would it like a repeat of the (collapsed bridge) disaster in Greenwich,… Read More
BANGOR — Sitting tall in the saddle, Deb Zion, dressed in a formal blue riding suit with tails, directed her Morgan horse, Ovation Persnickety, out of the show ring at Bass Park raceway. A quality control engineer in Massachusetts, Zion had just captured third place… Read More
ST. GEORGE — The St. George Historical Society will hold its August meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at the St. George Grange Hall in Wiley’s Corner. In keeping with the remembrance of this year’s 50th anniversary of the end of World War II,… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — The peregrine falcons have flown, but the popular Precipice Trail may remain closed rather than reopening as it usually does in late August after the nesting season. This was the fifth season that falcons nested in the trail area, which the… Read More
BANGOR — In just a little more than five weeks, the newest Maine Veterans Home will open its doors to residents. In early October, the sprawling brick structure at 44 Hogan Road will begin caring for war veterans and spouses. “We’ve been getting referrals for… Read More
CAMDEN — The conclusion of the 1995 Merryspring Park Talks will occur with two discussions, the first to be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, with Lois Berg Stack discussing “Buttoning Up the Garden at the End of the Season.” Nancy Syme will demonstrate “Dried-Wreath Making” at 5:30… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The state Department of Human Services has recommended to its federal counterpart that Dover-Foxcroft Family Practice and Guilford Medical Associates be designated rural health clinics. The designation will allow them to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, according to Nancy Owen of… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Reaching down to grab a cinder block for a project he was working on, David Roberts of East Dover got a painful surprise last Sunday. As he gripped the block, he disturbed wasps that had built a nest inside. Before he knew it,… Read More
BATH — The president of the largest union at Bath Iron Works resigned abruptly Friday, but his decision had nothing to do with a controversial contract ratified a year ago, an official said. Stoney Dionne told union officials Thursday that he planned to resign, and… Read More
BREWER — Two-thirds of Brewer was plunged into darkness for 50 minutes Friday night when an animal climbed into the Greenpoint substation behind McDonald’s on Wilson Street and short-circuited the transformer. Don McCarthy, a supervisor for Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., said that around 10:15 p.m., after… Read More
WASHINGTON — A pro-industry coalition has targeted Maine’s Republican senators for not supporting legislation that would make union membership voluntary across the country. The National Right to Work Committee said it is beginning a grass-roots drive to push William Cohen and Olympia Snowe into supporting… Read More
One of the letters published on Aug. 18 made me smile with recognition. My mother used to say that people always treated anything north of Bangor like it was Canada. Having been raised in Caribou, I remember the local sensitivity to descriptions of “Northern Maine,” usually referring to… Read More
There’s no way of knowing who was the first woman to vote in the presidential election of 1920, but in Maine at least, more than a few people think it might have been Helen Williams Stickney. At the time, Maine still voted in September, nearly… Read More
I am a landowner whose land is crossed by the Searsport-Loring pipeline about which you editorialized in your Aug. 18 issue. If the Defense Department does not want to use the pipeline, it should dig it up, cancel the easements and give us landowners back the full use… Read More
Back in the 1970s the people of Minnesota were sold the idea that a national park was needed. The people were told that public access and traditional outdoor recreation would continue unchanged. A national park would increase tourism. Also the lost property tax revenues would be made up… Read More
Republican Party director Rick Tyler’s disjointed broadside against United We Stand America (Letter, BDN, Aug. 24) amounted to little more than self-congratulatory drivel. Tyler must know something that his national counterpart, Haley Barbour, doesn’t. For that matter, he must have a leg up on fellow GOP stalwarts Domenici,… Read More
According to my trusty Webster’s dictionary, the following is a description of vengeance: “Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense, generally implying indignation on the part of the punisher and justice in the nature of the punishment.” The bombing of Nagasaki and… Read More
The bizzare spectacle of men and boys at The Citadel cavorting with glee at the decision of Shannon Faulkner not to take part in their silly, masochistic rituals without an adequate support system was embarrassing. The United States, according to a recent United Nations report,… Read More
Dale McCormick describes herself as a builder. On a practical level, she is one of the country’s first women journey-level carpenters, the former owner of a construction firm, author of two books on home repairs, and founder of a program that trains women on welfare… Read More
AUGUSTA — The last time Heather Hunt appeared before a legislative confirmation committee, she got the job in little more than a hour. On Monday, however, the 30-year-old candidate for one of three seats on the state’s Public Utilities Commission is likely to spend most… Read More
GLENBURN — A 16-year-old escapee from the Maine Youth Center was arrested this week in connection with a series of burglaries in Glenburn and Hudson. The arrest came after an investigation by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department, the Maine State Police, the Major Crimes Task… Read More
BANGOR — The former owner of a Bangor relaxation spa was arrested Friday after being accused of breaking windows and writing graffiti on another relaxation spa on Harlow Street. Mark Reynolds, 27, of Brewer, who until last May owned and operated the Special Touch treatment… Read More
ABBOT — The Abbot Elementary School will serve more students this year than it has in years because of an agreement between SAD 4 and Head Start, which will operate out of the school’s annex. Children ages 3 and 4 from Sangerville, Guilford and Abbot… Read More
BREWER — This summer’s prolonged heat has made for a difficult construction season for workers in the Brewer Public Works Department. Department staffers and summer college students had to work under stifling conditions in ditches, over hot asphalt, or in deep pits at the public… Read More
Nestled among mountains split by vibrant rivers, the Hungarian county of Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen is a land of vineyards, gold mines and economic crisis. A county of 740,000 people in the northeastern part of Hungary, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen once prospered under communist collective control. When that ended six years… Read More
MACHIAS — On Friday, only three weeks into what had been expected to be a banner blueberry harvest, hot weather and a lack of rain have shriveled the crop, and many rakers have put away the tools of their trade and written off 1995 as a bust. Read More
HERMON — Despite rumors to the contrary, the new Hermon High School will open its doors for classes bright and early Monday morning. “We will be open Monday morning,” Superintendent Gene MacDonald confirmed late Friday afternoon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
AUGUSTA — Windsor Fair was deemed Maine’s Most Improved Large Fair in 1994 by the Maine Agricultural Fair Association and this year’s fair, opening Sunday, Aug. 27, is expected to continue the tradition set in 1888. “Old-Timers Day,” is Thursday, Aug. 31, and all those… Read More
BANGOR — A federal jury on Friday awarded a Mount Desert woman $500,000 in damages against the nursing home that fired her three years ago. Elaine Dunbar, 55, claimed in her civil rights lawsuit that she was fired from her job as a bookkeeper and… Read More
All wasps are distinguishable from bees by their slender waists and long, slim bodies. But the name “wasp” is commonly given to four closely related flying insects: yellow jackets, hornets, mud daubers and paper wasps. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
HOULTON — The United Veterans Motorcycle Club will hold its annual Toy Run beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Irving Traveler’s Big Stop on North Road. The group will travel to Caribou, where they will join up with members of the Harley Owners Group Chapter… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — These late August mornings Omar Colunga sometimes rises as early as 4 a.m. His back is stiff from sleeping on the hard, mattressless surface of the wooden bunk bed. By the light of a flashlight, he and his brother Gregorio, cousin Ramon and 67-year-old father, Cirilo,… Read More
Island `justice’ exacts revenge> Matinicus toughs beat girlfriend of man who allegedly stole $80,000
MATINICUS ISLAND — Frontier justice is leading to criminal charges for a Matinicus posse that beat a woman and demolished her car and house as an act of revenge against a man — the woman’s boyfriend — who allegedly stole $80,000 from a fellow islander. Read More
KITTERY — Workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard fear that the purchase of Bath Iron Works by one of their biggest competitors could cost them more work. General Dynamics has announced it is buying Bath Iron Works. General Dynamics also owns Electric Boat, which, like… Read More
ROCKLAND — The annual Children’s Rummage and Bake Sale will be held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at St. Peter’s Church, next to the Rockland Recreation Center. The Teen Parent Program of Knox County sponsors this popular sale, where children’s clothes, toys, books, bedding… Read More
ANDOVER, Mass. — Police in New Hampshire reportedly seized hundreds of photos of naked children from an English teacher at exclusive Phillips Academy who is charged with trying to lure three youngsters into his car. David Cobb, 59, was arrested at his summer home in… Read More