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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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 — 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
    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