Scott Nance, Ray Alley and Mamadou Kone were exceptional point guards for the Husson College basketball team. By the end of the week, all of them will be looking up to the new man at the top of the list, Bryan Jefferson. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Sub5/BDNC Race Series Final Standings Overall female: Jo-Ann Nealey 50, Sue Foster 46, Sheila Hodges 42, Katrina Bisheimer 36, Nichi Farnham 32, Bernice Stockley 24, Erin Ray 13; Male: Patrick Sullivan 47, Mike Gaige 40, Tim Wakeland 37, Judson Esty-Kendall 26, Glendon Rand 16, Peter… Read More
    PORTLAND – The Portland Sea Dogs will sell individual game tickets for the 1996 season Saturday. Tickets will only be available at the Sea Dogs box office at Hadlock Field, which is open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Opening day is April 12. Read More
    Status symbols are a thing of the past, so says Vogue. “Mink coats, the diamond ring, the year-round tan, now have too many associations with criminals and aging movie stars for us to find them desirable.” Mink coats? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    Rangers reopened the entrance to Acadia National Park, shipbuilders breathed a sigh of relief and hundreds of federal workers returned to their jobs Monday as the six-day government shutdown came to an end. “We’re getting cranked back up. Everybody’s working,” said Bryant Woods, a ranger… Read More
    DEXTER — An auction to benefit Literacy Volunteers will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Dexter Town Hall. More than 75 gift certificates and goods from local businesses from Dexter to Greenville will be auctioned off. A complete list of items… Read More
    The Democrats lost another one over the weekend. It wasn’t Bill Clinton’s capitulation on the issue of a seven-year balanced budget; or the landslide Republican victory in Louisiana’s gubernatorial election. On Saturday, Rep. Andy Jacobs, perhaps Congress’ last throwback to the days before political action… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Budget deliberations will get under way Tuesday night when Pittsfield councilors begin the page by page, account by account review of the proposed 1996 expenditures. Following their regular council meeting at 7:30 p.m, councilors will begin the budget workshop. According to Town Manager… Read More
    Park your gum and your First Amendment rights at the door. Class is now in session. A real student newspaper: for students, by students. Your responsibility. It was quite an incentive when I presented the idea to my eighth grade computer class. The first edition… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Believing they had captured a fugitive felon, city police held two men at gunpoint last week only to determine it was a case of mistaken identity. The incident occurred in front of the Bowling Alley last Wednesday in broad daylight. Passing traffic slowed… Read More
    Belfast District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Bryan L. Bigwood, 42, Limestone, $400, 72 hours in jail, license suspended for 90 days; Richard A. Hodgdon, 46, Belfast, $600, seven days in jail, license suspended for 18 months; David J. Parsons,… Read More
    Politicians Sunday night revved up the Jaws of Common Sense to pry themselves out of the train wreck orchestrated by congressional Republicans. The good news is that everyone appears to be OK. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    Q. My utility bills are too high. I know that the attic and walls need more insulation, but that itchy insulation drives me crazy. Are there any types of new insulation available for the do-it-yourselfer? — T.E. A. You are in luck. There are several… Read More
    Every few years an article appears hailing aspirin as “the true wonder drug.” The term wonder drug was first applied to the antibiotics penicillin and streptomycin when they appeared on the scene 50 years ago. Then someone realized that the most widely used drug in the world was… Read More
    Kay Blanchard of Bangor covers the dining room table with her favorite light-green tablecloth, noting with satisfaction that the celery-colored fabric is the perfect foil for the milky green Wedgwood china her grandmother presented her on her wedding day. She places crystal wine and water… Read More
    Central High School, Corinth First-quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Jessica Eells and Jeanne Speed; honors: Joy Allen, Terri Allen, Justin Bragdon, John Bryant, Jerry Burns, Angelene Doody, Joshua Easler, Stephanie Edwards, Jodi Giles, Matthew Goodrow, Julie Guay, LeeAnn Gupton, Jestina Iwanisezk, Katharina Pethke, Jeremy… Read More
    John Cooper is the head coach of the No. 2 college football team in the nation — Ohio State. In eight years as head coach there he has compiled a hefty 65-26-4 mark. His slight build and bespectacled look belies his position, but nobody at… Read More
    Reforms are working, ahead of schedule. That’s the practical conclusion to Friday’s announcement of an early end to the 10 percent surcharge assessed against customers of the Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. The surcharge, which was expected to remain a fixture in the accounts payable… Read More
    WASHINGTON — With a budget truce revving the government back to life, the White House and congressional Republicans pledged Monday to use December talks to champion divergent spending priorities that have so far been irreconcilable. The GOP signaled possible give on its prized tax cut. Read More
    Blockbuster Video isn’t confirming it, but city officials in Bangor have seen a sign that the world’s leading video store chain has set its sites on Bangor for a new store. Although the Florida-based company has yet to file the necessary application with the city,… Read More
    OWLS HEAD — Town voters stopped talking Monday night and quickly voted a 107-40 approval of amendments to town zoning that cleared the way for a $4 million instrument-landing system project at the Owls Head Community Airport. To a hard-core group of residents, many of… Read More
    CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Theft is an unwelcome intruder in any tight-knit community, but residents of this coastal island were even more disturbed to learn that the alleged thief was one of their own. Islanders were amazed and angered when Robert Riddle Sr., 51, was charged… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — It looks like one of Pittsfield’s claims to fame — the world’s largest frying pan — is about to be starring in a new movie. Well, not actually the pan itself, but rather a specially created model of the Pittsfield pan. A stunt pan. Read More
    BANGOR — The east side of the city found itself in the dark for an hour or so Monday night after a pair of insulators in Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.’s Broadway substation broke. “They don’t break often, but when they do, they do it with a… Read More
    Two Penobscot Valley High School students attended the All-New England Band Festival Nov. 20 at Plymouth State College in Plymouth, N.H. French horn player Kari Dudley and oboist Ashley Burgoyne performed with the 115-piece band directed by Timothy Mahr. They joined musicians from 46 other high schools in… Read More
    NEW GLOUCESTER — The Pineland Center should be redeveloped rather than demolished after it closes next year, a state task force said. Pineland, the state’s home for the mentally retarded, has seen the number of residents drop from a peak of about 1,500 residents to… Read More
    Many thanks to the two Bangor Hydro line workers, Don Ouellette and Mike Voisine, who restored power to my home in Hampden Sunday night (Nov. 12). I realize they were just doing their job, but all too often the efforts of service workers go unnoticed because of this… Read More
    Is it wrong to kill those who wish to die? This controversial topic is one that is best left up to God. He is the one that gives life and the one who takes it. Who are humans to say they can take their own lives? Is it… Read More
    Here I sit, working on the healing process after major surgery. I’m a driver by trade, after a military carrer which ended in 1979. Since moving back to Maine it’s been like being on a vacation with the driving jobs I’ve had. I’m on my second job since… Read More
    Bruce Kyle paid a fine tribute to the merchant seamen from Maine who were honored in Rockland on Veterans Day. I would correct one statement. In his last paragraph, he began, “The unarmed Liberty ships often sailed. …” The Liberty ships, like all merchant vessels… Read More
    Tom Hennessey’s column (BDN, Nov. 2), regarding people from away who do not like to see a deer carcass hanging from neighbors’ trees, caused me to be angry and then sad. His lack of understanding about people who have moved here from away is painful, to say the… Read More
    KENNEBUNK — Several local churches paid for the burial Monday of five fetuses discovered by a man who was exploring an attic. A graveside service was held at Hope Cemetery in the town center, Police Capt. Michael LeBlanc said Monday. Several local residents showed up… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield Town Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, to handle a brief business agenda and then tackle the proposed 1996 budget in a workshop session. The agenda items include the waiver of foreclosure of a tax lien, granting a… Read More
    BREWER — The Brewer City Council and Planning Board will hold a joint public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, to respond to a request from the Rev. Herman C. “Buddy” Frankland to amend the zoning ordinance to allow churches in the city’s general business zone. Read More
    Americans last week witnessed a six-day budget debacle that closed the federal government and prompted at least one fistfight in the halls of Congress. The “great debate,” as Sen. William Cohen termed it in a tongue-in-cheek tone Monday, has ended, at least temporarily. In its wake, however, are… Read More
    BANGOR — A 24-year-old Bangor man was arrested last week and charged with attempted murder and arson for allegedly setting a fire in a Cedar Street apartment building last July. A Penobscot County Superior Court grand jury returned the secret indictment against Michael Orchard earlier… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — The state Fire Marshal’s Office was investigating Monday a garage fire that destroyed two restored 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner automobiles, according to local fire officials. The fire started last Saturday night at a garage on the North Caribou Road owned by David Edgecomb,… Read More
    BANGOR — After more than a year of negotiations, faculty at the state’s technical colleges is working under new contracts. Classified staff also negotiated and recently ratified contracts with the Maine Technical College System. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    It should not came as a surprise to anyone that the United Bikers of Maine is pushing to have Maine taxpayers pay for their causes again. They have been doing it for a long time. The UBM’s call for a recount of the seat belt… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine-New Brunswick border may be the backdrop for “awareness” demonstrations by Maine potato growers protesting the dumping of cheap imports of Prince Edward Island potatoes into Maine’s traditional markets. According to Chipman Beckwith, a potato grower from Fort Fairfield, he called… Read More