Sixth in a series of previews about Eastern Maine’s promising high school basketball teams for the 1995-96 season. Boys Class D defending state champion Machias brings back two starters and three seniors. Runner-up Central Aroostook brings back three starters and nine seniors. You do the… Read More
Those lusting for minor league baseball probably will be in luck next season as Bangor Baseball Inc. moves closer to Dean Gyorgy’s dream. The Readfield native’s franchise, which would be a member of the six-team, New York state-based Northeast Baseball League, has hired upper-management personnel… Read More
Trimmer Logan all business for the Bears> Maine senior a force on boards during Fresno State tourney
The University of Maine men’s basketball team has come to count on Greg Logan for his ever-present smile and easygoing personality, not to mention his strong play in the middle. Logan has even more to smile about during his senior season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick – Andrea Leishman had a hot hand from the floor as she scored a game-high 24 points to lead the unbeaten University of Maine-Machias to an 88-57 women’s basketball victory Tuesday over the University of New Brunswick-Saint John. Leishman hit 10… Read More
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) will host the undefeated USA Basketball Women’s National Team in a meeting with seven other women senators Wednesday afternoon. The team is in Washington, D.C., as part of a tour which included an exhibition game against George Washington University’s women’s team… Read More
WASHINGTON — The government has finalized regulations that it hopes will prevent up to 60,000 seafood poisonings a year by forcing seafood processors to ensure they’re selling fresh, clean fish. The Food and Drug Administration regulations require seafood processors to identify in advance places where… Read More
ORONO — Maine and its higher education system have a lot to be proud of, the final aspirant for the state’s top university post said Tuesday. Warren Fox, executive director of the California Postsecondary Education Commission, is the last of four finalists for the chancellorship… Read More
AUGUSTA — More than a decade since the ashtrays were removed from the House and Senate chambers, legislative leaders voted Tuesday to ban smoking altogether at the State House. The new rule, which will take effect as soon as signs can be posted, will affect… Read More
HOULTON — A senior attending the new science magnet school in Limestone will not be allowed to graduate with her former Houlton High School classmates next June. In order to participate in SAD 29 graduation ceremonies, students will have to attend classes here full time,… Read More
CARIBOU — A 29-year-old woman charged with manslaughter pleaded not guilty Tuesday during an appearance in Aroostook County Superior Court. Elaine M. Godin of Caribou was among those arraigned before Justice Paul T. Pierson. Also appearing was Michael Beitch, 42, a Caribou psychological examiner, charged… Read More
ROCKLAND — A Rockland fisherman’s compact lobster trap could be on the brink of a big catch in the marketplace after making a nationwide trade magazine’s Top 10 list of the best new products in the commercial fishing industry. Eric Wass’ collapsible lobster trap is… Read More
The nation marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War when Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush signed arms-control treaties to reduce strategic weapons and ban chemical weapons. Those achievements were cause for celebration, making it all the more disappointing that the treaties remain tied up… Read More
CORINNA — The owners of a multi-unit apartment building in Corinna have been given notice to tear down the structure by the end of the month. Last September, voters accepted the donation of the building and the land it sits on, located at the corner… Read More
BELFAST — Fearful of scaring off prospective developers, the City Council took no action on a neighborhood group’s request for a moratorium on cluster housing. The moratorium was put forth by the group Neighbors for Neighborhoods. It was made in response to the proposed 52-unit… Read More
AUGUSTA — Three district courts could be closed and the size of grand juries reduced under a draft proposal for restructuring Maine’s court system as part of the productivity savings effort launched by the Legislature and Gov. Angus King. Also under discussion are other court… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — While some local residents claimed Monday that the municipal budget needs more cutting, public service agencies implored the City Council to restore funding for their activities. The Temporary Shelter for the Homeless, facing a zero contribution from the city, pleaded for “one… Read More
The Penobscot County commissioners are adding another layer of judicial oversight to their operation, effectively allowing them to take a step back from controversial personnel issues involving high-level administrators. The move was prompted by recent allegations of improprieties leveled by one of the commissioners against… Read More
CORINNA — A special town meeting has been called so that voters can approve the state match of a funding package that will allow Eastland Woolen Mill in Corinna to receive a federal low-interest loan to upgrade equipment. The meeting will be Wednesday, Dec. 13,… Read More
AUGUSTA — Legislative leaders cast a vote of confidence in state Transportation Commissioner John Melrose Tuesday, refusing to let the Legislature consider an outside audit of his department next year. After the Legislative Council turned down his request 5-4, Senate President Jeffrey Butland vowed to… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — Officials of a regional development organization will ask Eastern Maine Development Corp. to provide interim development services during its search for a new director. In a special meeting Monday, the Katahdin Regional Development Corp.’s board of directors voted to accept the resignation… Read More
HAMPDEN — Staff and volunteers of the United Way of Eastern Maine concluded their fall campaign on a positive note Tuesday night by announcing the organization has surpassed its $1.75 million fund-raising goal by $14,639. A total of $1,764,639 has been raised from the fall… Read More
Officers with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency have arrested several Maine residents during the past week who allegedly were trafficking in marijuana. Arrests occurred in Dexter, Milo and Presque Isle. On Nov. 30, officials with the MDEA Bangor Field Office conducted a search of the… Read More
The case for the federal government’s role in guaranteeing health care coverage to this country’s medically needy could easily be made in the waiting rooms of physicians’ offices across Maine. Here in my Presque Isle practice, 40 percent of my HIV-AIDS patients are also on Medicaid, a staggering… Read More
A Penobscot County Superior Court justice this week authorized the federal government to recoup nearly $1.2 million from three well-known Bangor businessmen after they defaulted on a strip mall project three years ago. The decision Monday by Justice Andrew Mead gives the go-ahead to the… Read More
CARMEL — Two of four Nova Scotia men returning from a business trip in Florida were killed shortly after noon Tuesday when the Chevrolet Suburban they were riding in went off the northbound lane of Interstate 95, rammed a rock ledge and catapulted end over end. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Requests for broader inspections and a narrower channel for Canadian potatoes into Maine will be on the agenda Thursday in Washington, D.C., when an Aroostook County potato delegation meets with Dan Glickman, the U.S. secretary of agriculture. David Lavway, executive director of… Read More
WASHINGTON — The country’s largest labor organization wants to make sure Rep. Jim Longley Jr. serves only one term in Congress. Longley has become a target of a media campaign launched by the AFL-CIO, which claims the freshman congressman from Portland, Maine, has voted for… Read More
BANGOR — The city of Bangor’s semiannual increase in sewer rates may be smaller than anticipated come Jan. 1. The municipal operations committee voted 2-1 Tuesday to recommend that the City Council approve a 5 percent increase in sewer rates instead of the anticipated 7 1/2 percent increase. Read More
The Oped column by Bruce Brown, M.D., published in the Bangor Daily News on Nov. 29, is disconcerting at best, unsound at worst, and contributes to what many who have parented kids believe is causing so much irreverence among teens these days. He states that… Read More
A cutline on Page 1 of Tuesday’s edition should have stated that Scotte Flannery is an EMT paramedic in Houlton. Read More
BUXTON — Prosecutors will issue a misdemeanor complaint for unlawful sexual contact against the former basketball coach at Bonny Eagle High School, authorities said Tuesday. Paul Piscopo, who resigned abruptly on Nov. 21, will receive a summons to answer the charge in District Court sometime… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved hotly disputed legislation Tuesday that would restrict class-action securities fraud lawsuits against corporations as Democratic opponents pressed President Clinton to veto it. Senators voted, 65-30, for the measure that represented a compromise between bills passed by the House in March… Read More
The Eastern Maine Soap Box Derby Inc. has an unusual suggestion for anyone who’s wracked his or her brain trying to come up with an unusual holiday gift for a youngster who enjoys competition. How about registering that young person for the Eastern Maine Soap… Read More
NEWPORT — Attempts to revive a Newport man after he was involved in a single-car accident on Durham Bridge Road Tuesday morning were unsuccessful. According to Newport police Chief James Ricker, Daniel Patten, 76, of Fire Lane 27 in Newport apparently suffered a heart attack… Read More
Matt Lane is the best schoolboy cross country runner Maine has produced in a long while. It is now clear he is one of the best in the country. When somebody is this good, the first question is always: How did he get so good?… Read More
HOULTON — Students in SAD 29 who are caught with tobacco products, whether on or off school grounds, could wind up getting a visit from the local police. In response to a state law that took effect Sept. 29 that bans possession or use of… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A former SAD 68 janitor pleaded no contest to a charge of assault in connection with the inappropriate touching of an 11-year-old girl at the Monson Elementary School last May. Robert L. Dougherty entered the plea Monday in 13th District Court in Dover-Foxcroft. Read More
Realistic? Ambitious? Impossible? Responses ranged from the upbeat to the negative Monday to Gov. Angus King’s vow to add 8,000 manufacturing jobs by the end of his first term. But on one point there should be consensus: Maine needs goals to accompany reforms in rebuilding its economy. Read More
WASHINGTON — Men who eat at least 10 servings a week of tomato-based foods are up to 45 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer, Harvard University researchers report. A six-year study of the dietary habits of 47,000 men found that pizza, spaghetti sauce and… Read More
The staff at the Salvation Army recently shared this story of one of their clients: A single mother has been trying very hard to care for her 8-year-old daughter, and was managing only the essentials of food and rent. Although she had never approached the… Read More
According to Peter St. John, vice president and senior commercial lender at Katahdin Trust Co., Aroostook County residents and businesspeople must work together to improve the regional economy… …and Katahdin Trust has positioned itself to support such improvement. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BANGOR — A reported assault and abduction of an elderly Bangor woman is being investigated by Bangor police. Bangor police Detective Sgt. Ward Gagner said the woman was caught off guard and beaten on the face as she walked near the laundry at the Bradford… Read More
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Nearly four months after a fiery plane crash outside Carrollton, Ga., Jennifer Grunbeck is leaving the hospital. Grunbeck, 29, of Bangor, Maine, will leave Erlanger Medical Center on Wednesday after intense treatment for second- and third-degree burns over 92 percent of her… Read More
AUGUSTA — Time is running out to apply for property tax refunds, said state Rep. Marge L. Kilkelly of Wiscasset, Monday. The deadline is Dec. 31 for the Maine Resident Property Tax Relief Program, known as the “circuit breaker.” More than 18,000 Maine families will… Read More
BANGOR — A Bangor police officer went to the hospital with minor injuries Tuesday morning after the cruiser he was sitting in was rear-ended by another vehicle on Union Street. Patrolman John Heitmann was investigating another car accident at the junction of Union and Charles… Read More
NEWPORT — SAD 48 board members got a contrasting view of the high school of the 1990s Tuesday with two program reports from Nokomis Regional High School. Directors were treated to a “field trip” to the school’s new computer labs, one of which was completed… Read More
INDIAN ISLAND — Pupils at Indian Island Elementary School will soon be using the information superhighway to share their Penobscot Nation culture with youngsters from seven other tribal schools around the country. Under the auspices of a five-year, $5 million Challenge Grant for Technology awarded… Read More
PITTSFIELD — More than 100 residents, including police officers and firefighters, packed council chambers Tuesday night to protest the planned closing of the town’s dispatching service. Dozens of people stood and spoke in favor of the service, asking that it be retained for their protection… Read More
BREWER — The City Council accepted its planning board’s recommendation Tuesday night not to permit churches in the General Business District, then voted 4-1, twice, not to amend the ordinance. The vote effectively blocked the Rev. Herman C. “Buddy” Frankland’s attempt to bring his Messiah… Read More
Several months planning and a long final weekend culminated in a successful opening on Nov. 13 for the Katahdin Trust Co.’s new branch in Caribou. Sunshine poured across the parking lot that cool Monday as the branch staff unlocked the plate-glass doors to let customers… Read More
MONSON — Wood ashes left unattended in a woodshed started a fire that destroyed a Monson home on Willimantic Road on Tuesday, according to Monson Fire Chief Terry Gaudet. Gaudet said Carla Hutchinson had removed the ashes from a wood stove and had placed the… Read More
When you go looking for the Penobscot Theatre holiday production this year, you may feel a bit like Ebenezer Scrooge trying to find his way through a night of sleep. You may, that is, feel lost, but it won’t be because of ghosts. It will… Read More
The holidays will soon be upon us with some of those yearly traditions, like the cute little kittens on the Bangor Savings Bank commercial. I enjoy kittens too, but the reality is that they’re not kittens forever. While some may think it’s nice to give… Read More
We have resigned the state director position for The Concord Coalition in Maine. New state directors have been selected: Craig Cheslog of Brunswick and Walston “Bud” Gallie of Portland. These two men bring a great combination of public policy interest, communication skills, and work ethic to our state… Read More
The rain and very windy conditions that we experienced in our area recently kept area dispatchers extremely busy. How can the city of Brewer think of consolidating the dispatching unit with the Sheriff’s Department? With the weather as bad as it was, I think the… Read More
I was very interested to read John S. Day’s recent column regarding potential nonparty or third party candidates running for president of the United States on the Maine ballot. As secretary of state, I would like to offer several corrections to the column. Day implied… Read More
Would someone please explain to me how President Clinton thinks he is qualified to send our troops into battle on foreign soil for no apparent reason other than his own ego when he himself never served a day in his country’s military service? Now he was talked to… Read More
I am writing in response to Erik Steele’s letter of Nov. 21 regarding the United Bikers of Maine’s seat belt referendum recount. He thinks UBM’s recount effort is a waste of taxpayers’ money and that everyone but UBM will pay the cost. Who does Steele think belongs to… Read More
I feel that the recent article, “Doctor took his own life at Acadia Hospital,” by Andrew Kekacs (BDN, Nov. 17), showed a lack of compassion and sensitivity both to Dr. (Mitchell) Saunders’ family as well as his professional colleagues. The obituaries for Dr. Saunders gave… Read More
KITTERY — A new offer of early retirement incentives should be enough to help Portsmouth Naval Shipyard avoid additional layoffs and to help the yard win more business, a union leader said. Arnold Paul, president of the Metal Trades Council, said the early retirement offers… Read More
It’s Thursday — crunch day — at the Portland Fish Exchange auction. Barbara Stevenson has a lot on her mind lately, but right now she’s preoccupied with 500 pounds of gray sole. “Who’llgimmetwothirty-six?” asks the auctioneer in a rapid, multisyllabic blur. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
MACHIAS — The executive director of the Maine County Commissioners Association has condemned a recently enacted law requiring the Washington County commissioners to hold a special election next year to increase its size from three to five members. According to Robert S. Howe of the… Read More
Maine art teachers take note: After 30 years of continuous sponsorship, the Bangor Daily News and the University of Maine Museum of Art have announced that the Maine Student Art Program has been discontinued. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County commissioners Tuesday reviewed the status of six legal cases involving the county. Tony Stewart of Guilford filed a negligence claim against the county and Investigator Michael Gould of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department to recover $5,000 in restitution he made to… Read More
PARKMAN — Because a Parkman man was trying to protect his livestock, Maine wildlife officials say they don’t foresee any prosecution stemming from his shooting a great horned owl last Sunday. Lt. Pat Dorian of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife headquarters in Greenville… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dennis Lyford of Dover-Foxcroft is the new executive director of the Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce. Lyford, who will assume his duties as director Monday, Dec. 11, worked at Moosehead Manufacturing Co. for many years. He has been active in volunteering with… Read More
MACHIAS — Dale Overlock, 21, of Calais was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Washington County Superior Court for contributing to the highway death of Judith Brackett, 20, of Calais. Justice Donald Alexander suspended all but three years of the prison term and… Read More
When Katahdin Trust Co. customers want something, they get it, states Jon Prescott, vice president for retail banking and marketing. “To be successful in any business, you have to be attuned to what your customers are telling you,” he explained. “We’ve been listening to what… Read More
ROBBINSTON — Drinking water laced with coliform bacteria, exposed electrical wires and a smelly sewage pipe inside a house trailer have led several tenants to wonder if they live in the trailer park from hell. Tensions at the park on Route 1 boiled over last… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Anyone wanting to carry the Olympic flame in next summer’s Olympic torch relay may apply to United Way of Aroostook by Friday, Dec. 15. The deadline was extended to allow those who have made meaningful contributions to helping others to apply or… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers team is surveying a section of the Union River as part of the process leading up to the dredging of the federal channel. State and local officials have placed the project high on a list of state dredging priorities. Read More
BANGOR — A Brunswick man accused of helping to burn down a Kenduskeag restaurant to get the insurance benefits was back in the courtroom Tuesday in a second attempt by the state to try him for arson. The first trial of Carl Smith occurred one… Read More
SEARSPORT — The Public Utilities Commission has rejected the Searsport Water District’s request for an immediate 66 percent rate increase. Although the water district had hoped to impose the rate hike on Jan. 1, the PUC decided that it needed more time to study the… Read More
BANGOR — Records detailing a settlement between the University of Maine System and a fired professor must be made public, a state court ruled Monday. The Bangor Publishing Co., which owns the Bangor Daily News, filed the lawsuit this June, claiming that the system had… Read More
DEDHAM — “If I can’t take money for it, I’ll give it away for free,”‘ declared the financial adviser of a relaxation spa business after an overwhelming vote by residents here temporarily to outlaw that type of commerce. Residents voted 63-7 Wednesday night to put… Read More
After approving a new branch to be based in Caribou, the Katahdin Trust Co. Board of Directors relied on the bank’s senior managers to hire the best staff for the new facility. Karen L. Chapman was appointed branch manager, and she in turn hired an experienced staff. Read More
Where others might see bears, Katahdin Trust Co. sees bulls, at least in the Caribou-area economy. After deciding last winter to open a branch in Caribou, the Katahdin Trust Board of Directors approved adding a commercial lender, the bank’s fifth, who would be assigned to… Read More
The articles and photographs appearing in this special section were provided by Brian Swartz, NEWS advertising staff editor. CARIBOU — The economic signs are heartening, especially the new sign at 105 Bennett Drive; it informs Caribou residents that there’s a new bank in town, a… Read More