Fifth-year senior Wayne Conlan has quit the University of Maine hockey team. Conlan, a right winger, called Maine coach Shawn Walsh on Thursday and announced his intention to leave the team. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Jerry Tarkanian got a fresh start last April, ending a three-year absence from basketball by taking the the head coaching job at his alma mater, Fresno State University in California. Tarkanian had left the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 1992 with the best all-time winning… Read More
BANGOR – WLBZ-TV sports director Lee Goldberg is going home. The Portland native is leaving Channel 2 for its sister station, WCSH-TV Channel 6 in Portland. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
Steph Guidi is back. And, while she may not be 100 percent healthy, the University of Maine’s senior tri-captain is ready to do whatever she can to help the Black Bears win the Dead River Co. Tipoff Classic, which begins tonight at Alfond Arena in… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Simon Mitchell poured in 17 points to spark the University of Maine-Presque Isle attack Thursday night in a 63-58 men’s basketball victory over UM-Fort Kent. Sean Thomas added 12 points for the Owls, who led the entire game. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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During this holiday season when the Maine standardbred industry is relaxing from the rigors of a recently completed nine-month racing season, thoughts turn to annual winter meetings and assessing the sport’s past season. At several horsemen’s annual meetings scheduled during the next three months, last… Read More
Hodgdon High School’s Hawks aren’t going to sneak up on anybody in Eastern Maine Class C this year like they did last season, coming out of the sixth spot to win their first State Class C championship. That’s because they are the favorites to win… Read More
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AUGUSTA — Unemployment in Maine dipped below 6 percent in October, reflecting “a modest increase” in the number of people holding jobs and a slight decline in the number looking for work, the state Labor Department said. The statewide jobless rate for October was 5.9… Read More
BREWER — Youths ages 14 through 21 who have an interest in a law enforcement career should call Cpl. Jay Munson who heads the Brewer Police Department Explorers Post, one of several police Explorer posts in the Greater Bangor area. His number is 989-7001. The… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A holiday variety show will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Aroostook Centre Mall in the food court. The show will be broadcast live over local radio and cable television stations. Performers include Miss Maine, Sharon Pelletier,… Read More
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. said it will acquire Revco D.S. Inc. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock, strengthening Rite Aid’s position as the nation’s largest drugstore chain. The purchase, while almost doubling Rite Aid’s sales and drugstores, will also allow the… Read More
MADAWASKA — The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service reminds holders of alien registration cards issued prior to June 1978 they have until March 20, 1996 to apply for new mandatory versions of the card. Eugene M. Fitzpatrick, district director of the Maine INS office, said… Read More
MADAWASKA — Madawaska’s Bicentennial Park will come alive Dec. 16 and 17 with the Madawaska Chamber of Commerce and Recreation and Parks Department’s “Christmas in the Park.” There will be sleigh rides, caroling, snowman-making contests and Santa Claus will make appearances both days in the… Read More
ST. AGATHA — Church bells atop St. Agatha’s Roman Catholic Church will ring every six minutes for 12 hours today in remembrance of the life lost to AIDS every minute throughout the world. Local youths, from the parishes of St. Agatha and Sinclair, will work… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The merger of Fleet Financial Group and Shawmut National Corp. creating the country’s 10th-largest commercial bank was sealed Thursday by the new bank’s top two executives. After signing documents during a ceremony, Fleet chairman Terrence Murray assumed the title of president of… Read More
FRENCHVILLE — The first of four youth rallies taking aim at the tobacco industry met at Frenchville and selected HABIT — Hopeful Adolescents Battling the Industry of Tobacco — as the name of their endeavor. Jesse Pooler and Amber Caron, both juniors at Community High… Read More
BREWER — You’ve probably seen them at Brewer parades or at other crowded events, young men and women, dressed in their dark blue uniformed pants with the French blue stripe down the side and white shirts with French blue lapels, directing traffic or assisting with crowd control. Read More
BANGOR — A chimney fire at 75 Lincoln St. around 6 p.m. Thursday had the potential to be a serious incident, but it was detected in time and extinguished by the Bangor Fire Department. Assistant Fire Chief Frank Dinsmore said the chimney at the residence… Read More
BREWER — The City Council is accepting applications for membership on standing committees including the planning board, Parks and Recreational Advisory Commission, board of appeals, board of assessment review, Housing Authority, Conservation Commission, cemetery board and library board. Application deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 6. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
On the wall of Sandra Brawders’ tiny office at the University of Maine, where she runs the Center for Adult Learning and Literacy, hangs a framed illustration from the pages of the Alice in Wonderland story. Addressing the Cheshire cat draped lazily across a tree… Read More
Schenck High School, East Millinocket First quarter honor roll Seniors, honors: Tara Anderson, William Cousins, Aimee Cram, Jennifer Duprey, Kathy Fiske, Brandon Goddard, Beth Grant, Kelly Hanlon, Thomas Jamo, Christie Jones, Shauna Land, Carrie Landry, Shanna Landry, Steven Libby, Bethany Lyons, Christopher Miner, Lisa Pelkey,… Read More
In May 1989, a U.S. National Guard transport dropped an advance party of scientists onto the Greenland ice sheet to prepare for the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2). Over the next five years giant drills bored 10,020 feet through the glacier until they hit the ancient bedrock… Read More
SACO — Saco Defense Inc. said Thursday it has landed a five-year contract to manufacture Desert Eagle sporting pistols, boosting the company’s push into the commercial market to lessen its dependence on military weaponry. Saco Defense expects to hire 50 to 75 employees during the… Read More
Each year, Christmas Seals arrive in the mail, part of a national fund-raising effort by The American Lung Association, to aid individuals with breathing problems. Christmas Seals were first printed in 1907. In the intervening years, the ALA has raised millions of dollars this way,… Read More
Many working families remember all too well the fallout from the financial greedy streak during the 1980s that produced the likes of Charles Keating and Ivan Boesky. Millions in taxpayer dollars and family investments were lost to wild speculation and fraud — some right here in Maine. Read More
DALLAS — Working rotating shifts may be hazardous to women’s hearts, a study suggests. The study, in Friday’s issue of the American Heart Association journal Circulation, says women nurses who worked irregular shifts for more than six years were up to 70 percent more likely… Read More
Department of Education Commissioner Wayne Mowatt promises not just a trim for his shaggy bureaucracy but a full makeover. The state should settle for nothing less than total redesign, including elimination of entire divisions and functions at DOE. “There’s going to be a major overhaul,”… Read More
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An item in Monday’s edition regarding rabies clinics included a telephone number for the Calais Police Department. The correct number for information on rabies clinics in the Calais area is 454-8522. Read More
WASHINGTON — Caller ID, the system that lets people know who’s phoning, is going long distance on Friday. But so is a simple way to shield the calling number. A code on the telephone touch pad will become important in a compromise that protects privacy… Read More
ORONO — The Maine Masque will present Timberlake Wertenbaker’s “Our Country’s Good” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2; 8-9; 2 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 3 and 10; and a student matinee at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at Cyrus Pavilion, UMaine. The play, which… Read More
AUGUSTA — Advocates for the poor Thursday sought a rule change to enable needy Mainers whose fuel assistance benefits were eliminated to recover more than $6.3 million a year in food stamps. The move was a response to a decision earlier this fall by the… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Mayor Lisa Whitney spent many a sleepless night last year worrying about the growing bill — now nearly $1 million — local taxpayers were incurring in defending themselves against Champion International Corp.’s huge property tax appeal. Paying for lawyers and expert witnesses’ hotel… Read More
BUCKSPORT — As expected, the Town Council has affirmed a suggestion to pursue a land purchase option as a first step toward developing a business park. Town finance committee Chairman Jeffrey Robinson Sr., also a town councilor, recommended pursuing the option in his report to… Read More
THOMASTON — A chimney fire spread out of control Thursday night and forced a Thomaston family from its Wadsworth Street house. Fire Chief Malcolm Tyler said the incident was reported as a chimney fire at about 7 p.m. But by the time Tyler arrived at… Read More
Efforts to reshape the Eastern Maine Development Corp. continue today with the first meeting of a search committee seeking a new leader for the organization that aids business development in a six-county region. Headed by Jill Goldthwait of Bar Harbor, the four-member search committee consisting… Read More
PORTLAND — A proposal to build a Maine Turnpike exit at the Portland International Jetport advanced Thursday with a preliminary nod from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps agreed that the proposed exit across outer Congress Street from the airport was the “least… Read More
A Freedom man accused of stealing $50,000 worth of timber over a four-year period has been indicted by the Kennebec County grand jury, authorities said. Gerald Nelson Jr., 29, faces charges of theft by unauthorized taking, theft by deception and criminal mischief, Regional Forest Ranger… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus S. King’s controversial bonding plan to bail out the Maine Department of Transportation was moving toward passage in the Legislature at midnight Thursday. But the House and Senate had yet to supply the two-thirds votes needed for the measure to take… Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you have wrinkles, probably the last thing you want is for someone to put them under a bright light. But these days, more and more people are doing just that. The light is laser light, the hottest anti-wrinkle rage since… Read More
WASHINGTON — Wednesday night, the U.S. Senate passed the Safe Drinking Water Act including language based on a bill written by Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Bill Cohen to speed up action by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in issuing regulations to ensure continued safety of bottled… Read More
TREMONT — Agreeing that tourism will impose problems on the entire region in the future, members of the Mount Desert Island League of Towns formed a subcommittee Thursday to study “sustainable tourism.” Dana Reed, town manager from Bar Harbor, and Len Bobinchock, deputy superintendent at… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Described as a born-again Christian and a clamdigger, a former Thomaston resident was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for the 1993 thefts of rugs and other valuables from homes in Hancock, Washington and Lincoln counties. Jeffrey A. Herrick, 32, was found… Read More
AUGUSTA — With less than an hour to spare, the Maine Legislature gave overwhelming approval Thursday night to the King administration’s $25 million state downsizing plan. “I’m very pleased, I’m proud of the institution,” beamed a jubilant Gov. Angus S. King. “I’m proud of the… Read More
In response to “Think of the children” in the BDN’s Nov. 17 issue: I, too, am a parent of a visually impaired student. I definitely oppose any spending cuts that will directly affect the services and needs of the blind and visually impaired children of… Read More
A mandatory seat belt law has just become a reality for the first time in the dear old state of Maine, noted for its tolerance and rugged individualism. This did not come from the dictum of a group of elitist politicians who “know what’s good for us,” but… Read More
A. Mark Woodward’s Nov. 18 column pinpointed the difficulty in applying the hunter’s target-identification law when there is no way to verify what a hunter thought he saw, and there is equally no way to prove criminal neglect. One would think a dead human being would be enough… Read More
The recent budget confrontation between our president and our Republican-controlled Congress and Senate underscores the fact that we, the citizens of the United States of America, cannot trust in any of them (at least not a significant percentage) to sit down and behave like reasonable adults to come… Read More
Over several years certain folks have repeatedly brought a mandatory seat-belt bill to the Maine Legislature, even though success was doubtful each time. Those efforts cost the taxpayers many thousands of dollars, but I don’t recall any complaints about the costs or the merits. People were merely exercising… Read More
BANGOR — Ronald Mansir, 41, of 50 Curve St. was arrested at 11:45 a.m. Thursday and charged with trafficking in Schedule Z drugs (marijuana), a Class D crime. Sgt. Robert Bishop said that as a result of an ongoing investigation by Bangor Patrol Officer Robert… Read More
ORONO — Privileged by their extensive educations, university professors and administrators must work for the betterment of their fellow citizens. Terrence MacTaggart, the second candidate for the University of Maine System chancellorship to visit the state, reiterated this theme many times during a question and… Read More
If you went looking for Rush Limbaugh on radio station WSNV 103.9 FM in Bangor this week and heard silence, it wasn’t because the portly political pundit had nothing to say. He had plenty to say but no local transmitter through which to say it. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Residents may comment Monday on the proposed 1996 municipal budget at the first of two scheduled hearings on the $7.4 million spending plan. The first hearing will be held at 7 p.m. in the City Council chambers on the third floor of City Hall. Read More
PORTLAND — Supporters of Ross Perot’s new Reform Party said Thursday they have gathered enough signatures to get the party on the 1996 presidential ballot in Maine. But leaders of the state’s Democratic and Republican parties and Maine’s secretary of state were already questioning the… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Marine Atlantic of Saint John, New Brunswick, has been forced to cancel a round trip by the Bluenose, the ferry between Maine and Nova Scotia, this week. Trips were canceled so that dock repairs could be carried out at Bar Harbor. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
COLUMBIA FALLS — Richard N. Bedard Sr., a local property owner who has sued the town to have its Board of Assessment Review act on his abatement appeal, has asked a Washington County Superior Court justice to hold a hearing to determine why all board members resigned last… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — After nearly six years as the director of a regional development group, Gordon C. Lane has resigned. Lane’s last day as director of the Katahdin Regional Development Corp. will be Dec. 29. KRDC is a nonprofit group organized a decade ago to… Read More
Three regular visitors to the Salvation Army’s Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen are Joshua, 4, and Sandra, 2 1/2, along with their grandfather, Richard, 58. Although he has already raised three children to adulthood, Richard has started over with the responsibility of caring for his two grandchildren. Read More
BREWER — The Brewer Public Library has designated December as Amnesty Month for all those in possession of overdue books. Brewer Librarian Elise Gould held a stack of nearly 400 library cards Thursday afternoon showing how many books had been checked out and never returned. Read More
LUBEC — Efforts to raise money to acquire the former John P. McCurdy herring-smoking complex and turn it into a downtown museum will continue, despite the loss of one of the buildings during a severe coastal storm on Nov. 12. Robin Gautier, Lubec’s deputy director… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft woman will spend 60 days in jail for embezzling funds from Rowell’s Garage where she formerly was employed as a bookkeeper. Nancy Taylor, 46, pleaded no contest to one count of theft in Piscataquis County Superior Court on Wednesday. Taylor was… Read More
BANGOR — St. Joseph Hospital will join the Brewer Police Department in sponsoring a D.A.R.E. seminar from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 9, at the hospital’s Willette Conference Center. Detective Perry Antone of the Brewer Police Department will present the class. D.A.R.E., which stands… Read More
DEDHAM — Winter hours are in effect at the Dedham Town Office: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; 8-6 p.m. Wednesday; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday and Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
HERMON — A Vermont Transit Co. bus had a tire blow out around 2:15 p.m. Thursday in Hermon on the southbound lane of Interstate 95 near Dysart’s Truck Stop. The shredded tire apparently ruptured the gas tank, spilling more than 100 gallons of gasoline on the highway, police… Read More