AUGUSTA – The highest-scoring team in the Pine Tree Conference just kept on rolling Friday night – right over host Cony High School – as the Bangor Rams dropped the host Cony Rams 50-12. Cony’s 12 points were the first Bangor has given up in… Read More
    ORONO – Orono’s high-powered “T” offense has captured plenty of headlines during the Red Riots’ recent football successes. With some key offensive players either sidelined or significantly slowed by injuries, Coach Bob Lucy’s team let its defense take care of business Friday night. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    High school AT MACHIAS Varsity: Jonesport-Beals (8-0) def. Machias (4-4) 15-6, 15-10; JV: Jonesport-Beals (8-0) def. Machias (1-7) 15-7, 12-15, 15-7… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine men’s soccer team won its third straight game and started the North Atlantic Conference schedule with a 1-0 victory over Hofstra University in college soccer Friday afternoon. Mike Dunphy took a Kyle Gray pass, dribbled past a Hofstra defender… Read More
    Come hell or high water, a multitude of moose hunters will await dawn’s promised daylight on Monday, opening day of Maine’s 1995 moose hunt. The one-week hunt closes at sunset, Oct. 7. Owing to Maine’s expanding moose population, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in 1993 received… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on Friday released the hunting license numbers of those hunters who will be granted an any-deer permit for this hunting season. The numbers were selected at random by a computer program, according to V. Paul… Read More
    Maine Intercollegiate Champ. AT RIVERSIDE GC, par 72 UM-Farmington 315, Thomas 325, So. Maine 327, Bates 329, Colby 329, So. Maine Tech 346, Husson 348, Maine Maritime 363, St. Joseph’s 385, No. Maine Tech 392, Bowdoin 407, Westbrook no score googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – Stearns’ Brian Johnson had a 90-yard interception return for a touchdown and the stingy Minutemen defense held the visting Black Raiders to 85 yards as Stearns downed Winslow 27-7 Friday in high school football action. Johnson’s touchdown provided the hosts with a 21-0… Read More
    Seacoast Invitational AT EAST SULLIVAN, 2.97 miles Woodland girls 46, Narraguagus 51, Sumner 57, George Stevens 57, Lubec, Calais 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
    NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. – Newburgh native Ricky Craven has entered into a long-term joint ownership venture part with a NASCAR Winston Cup team owned by Larry and Sue Hedrick. Craven, 29, spent his inaugural season driving the Kodiak-sponsored Cheverolet Monte Carlo for the Larry Hedrick… Read More
    CHICAGO — Membership in the Elks is no longer for bulls only. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks changed the wording of its constitution Friday to remove “male” from the list of qualifications for membership. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    The murmur of young voices reading aloud is punctuated alternately by the silences of shy hesitation, and later, by outbreaks of applause. It’s Young Writers Symposium time at Haystack Mountain Crafts School in Deer Isle, where high school students from throughout Maine retreat for three… Read More
    As the 15th anniversary nears of the agreement that resolved six years of bitter contention over Indian land claims in Maine, the state is dangerously close to repeating that unpleasant chapter in history. The signs of conflict, within tribes and between tribes and industry, are everywhere in the… Read More
    The United Methodist Women of the Jacksonville district of East Machias will serve a public supper of baked beans at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, in the church’s dining hall at Jacksonville Campground, not on Sunday, Oct, 1 as stated in Friday’s edition. —- The… Read More
    According to a Page One story in Tuesday’s newspaper, scientists are currently hard at work studying how jammed brain neurons can tangle the human tongue and result in those maddening tip-of-the-tongue verbal stumbles. I say good on them. The world will surely beat a path to the door… Read More
    Television’s lastest fall season is well under way now, and it is notable for what is new, and for what is no more. New to our TV screens this fall are shows about young people. These shows are simple-minded sitcoms or sex-filled dramas that have… Read More
    HANCOCK — A Machias couple escaped, cold but unscathed, when their truck tumbled into the frigid ocean waters off Hancock Friday afternoon. Sherman E. Graham, 74, and Amy Graham 70, were rescued within minutes of their splash into the Carrying Place waterway off Route 1,… Read More
    Jerry Elwell, who formerly wrote the column Feathers ‘n Fur for the Bangor Daily News, fell last week and broke her hip. She would appeciate hearing from old friends. Her address is Sherman Station 04777. The Brewer High School Class of ’86 is collecting addresses… Read More
    What people in the United States have read and seen about our experiences during the NGO Forum (Nongovernmental Organization Forum on Women) in Huairou, China, is true. I was among 30,000 women who slogged through mud and water and met in some half-built structures — the Chinese did… Read More
    PORTLAND — The federal government on Friday formally released $38.6 million to restore passenger rail service from Boston to Portland, which could begin late next year. Berle Schiller, chief counsel for the Federal Transit Administration, was joined by Maine Department of Transportation project manager Michael… Read More
    If you’re casting about for something different today, you have from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to jump into your car and drive to the Augusta Armory on Western Avenue to find all you ever wanted to know about tole painting. It’s an art form,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The scarecrows are coming and Main Street businesses, the Farnsworth Museum and the Rockland Public Library are preparing to welcome them. The harvest creations will appear on Sunday, Oct. 8, as part of a community celebration of the fall season sponsored by the… Read More
    Sen. Powell invaded my neighborhood bookstore earlier this month. He caused more commotion than Desert Storm. If Powell decides to run for president, some local politicos hope he’ll kick off his campaign in Bangor, on Nov. 4. That’s when the Maine Republican Party will hold… Read More
    The Northern Maine Development Commission has received a $300,000 federal grant designed to market the closed Loring Air Force Base as an attractive place to do business. Announced by Rep. John Baldacci on Friday, the grant from the Economic Development Administration is the first funding… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Rockland Radio Corporation will sponsor a Job Fair for residents of midcoast Maine. The Mid-Coast Maine Job Fair, called “Job Fair 95-Square One,” will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. Read More
    Where’s the best place in North America to watch bull moose during the rut? Most folks around here know that lots of the huge, hairy monsters cruise the Maine woods about now, with their racks cleaned off, ready to fight it out over the affections… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Bill Wentworth, one of the founders of Hospital Administrative District 4 and a longtime board member, was honored Wednesday for his years of service to Mayo Regional Hospital. Wentworth, former president of Moosehead Manufacturing Co., retired from the hospital’s board of directors in… Read More
    LITTLETON — The two sides involved in a split within the Houlton Band of Maliseets that has produced an eight-day standoff met separately Friday with a representative of the Department of Justice from Boston. The meetings failed to resolve the dispute. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    MADAWASKA — Madawaska has a lot of work to do, the Madawaska Town Council has learned, before Maine’s Enhanced 911 emergency telephone system comes on line in 1997. During the 100 years of growth in Madawaska, its streets and addresses were developed piecemeal with no… Read More
    MONSON — Concerned with the rising costs of operating a small town, a group of concerned Monson taxpayers presented selectmen Thursday with a list of nine questions they’d like answered. For months, a group of about 20 residents have been gathering informally to discuss ways… Read More
    BROWNVILLE — A Milo man was charged with assault after he was involved in a fight with police and with another man at a Brownville restaurant Thursday night. Scott Stubbs of the Brownville Police Department said police were called to the River’s Edge Restaurant after… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — One of two brothers who led police on a three-state manhunt in August assaulted an inmate and a corrections officer at the Somerset County Jail, authorities said Thursday. Scott Tucker, 21, allegedly smashed another inmate’s head against the bars and then scuffled with… Read More
    About 150 seventh- and eighth-grade pupils in eastern and northern Maine are expected to participate this year in MATHCOUNTS, a nationwide math coaching and competition program sponsored locally by the Eastern Maine Society of Professional Engineers and Champion International Corp. Dale Jellison, coordinator for Eastern… Read More
    Query 2642 TURNER-MILLS. Seek info on wife and descendants of Walter Turner b. 1879 at Vinalhaven; also George Havener Turner and Julia F. (Mills). She sometimes called “Fanny.” George and Fanny left there 1892 and later divorced in N.Y. Family lore says Walter lived in Maine and had… Read More
    SANGERVILLE — Residents approved exchange of timber and some cash for 38 acres that could be used for industrial purposes. As directed, selectmen will proceed to barter for the so-called Crane property. Residents also voted during a special town meeting Thursday that all or part… Read More
    I am rarely so blunt in assessments, but Robert D. Voight (Oped column, BDN, Sept. 22) is just plain wrong when he asserts that LD 1217 would not have affected municipalities or municipal zoning. Under LD 1217, property owners in Maine would have been entitled… Read More
    I’m writing in regard to the article (BDN, Sept. 23-24) about the King family of Greenbush titled, “Angry parent’ ruling draws fire.” If only the miseducation of children with disabilities would draw fire. It’s odd how after years of misery and struggle between one family and a school… Read More
    On Sept. 21, the Bangor Daily News published stories concerning Bangor residents (10, I believe) who say it should be put to public vote on whether we should have sex-for-pay spas. Also mentioned was another person who said we all should vote down anything against gays. And still… Read More
    I have just received word from CWA (Concerned Women for America) that “At its recent conference, the National Education Association (NEA) passed an official resolution calling teachers in every school district of the country to observe October as `Gay-Lesbian History Month.’ The resolution was adopted by an overwhelming… Read More
    LEWISTON — It has become “Scotty’s Tree.” Doris Croteau-Robinson named it that in memory of her 17-year-old son, a star athlete and national honors student whose body was found there two weeks ago. Scott Croteau had put a noose around his neck and shot himself… Read More
    Penobscot County Superior Court: Ralph Cataldo, 39, East Corinth, possession of a firearm by a felon, unconditionally discharged. 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++)… Read More
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — “Artists are weird,” announced Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at a press opening the other day for the Nelson Gallery’s huge Andrew Wyeth retrospective. The remark clearly was prompted in part by the many hours Hoving… Read More
    JACKMAN — Two people from Moose River narrowly escaped serious injury Friday morning when the station wagon they were riding in rolled over and was demolished on Route 201 at a popular scenic lookout. Chester Weymouth, 65, was uninjured. Cora Weymouth, 43, who had to… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Jonathan Carter, statewide coordinator of the Green Party, will explain the proposal to prohibit clear-cutting and to promote forest rehabiliation in Maine, at a UMPI Greens meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, at the UMPI Campus Center. Aroostook County volunteers are… Read More
    BANGOR — A group of liberal organizations came together Friday to challenge the Republicans’ “Contract with America,” which the group claims is nothing more than corporate welfare for the rich. JoAnne Dauphinee of the National Organization for Women, the keynote speaker, said that since 1980… Read More
    PORTLAND — The state supreme court Friday denied Central Maine Power Co.’s petition for a new trial after a jury awarded $97,000 to a couple injured in an accident involving a utility vehicle in Randolph. The state’s largest utility appealed to the Maine Supreme Judicial… Read More
    BANGOR — Amanda Auld was getting dressed for what seemed like just another day of classes at Eastern Maine Technical College. Then she turned to see a fellow student, who had been standing on her second-story windowsill at Acadia Hall, fall more than 20 feet… Read More
    AUGUSTA — After six hours of highly emotional testimony and debate, a committee voted 3-1 Friday to support the Department of Corrections commissioner’s plan to cut his budget by $6 million and eliminate 158 positions. Commissioner Joseph Lehman faced a standing-room-only crowd of about 130… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Central Aroostook Chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives will be available to provide free business counseling to existing and prospective small-business owners at new hours, 9 a.m.-noon Fridays at the offices of the Northern Maine Development Commission on South Main Street. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King, reasserting his self-styled role as Maine’s chief salesman, will lead a group of business and government representatives on a trade mission to Japan next month. On a 10-day trip beginning Oct. 23, King is to be accompanied by representatives of… Read More
    BREWER — Things are very sweet at the Brewer waste-water treatment plant. The treatment plant staff, led by Superintendent Kenneth Locke, recently was presented with the Department of Environmental Protection’s highest honor, the 1995 Richard B. Goodenow Award. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More