ORONO – The folks in Buffalo, N.Y., have spent the last few days digging out from under three feet of snow dropped during a recent storm. The University of Buffalo women’s basketball team was caught in a Maine basketball blizzard Thursday night at Alfond Arena,… Read More
    The Brewer High School Witches have won the last two Eastern Maine Class B hockey championships. But mainstays Ben and Chris Roeder, Matt Enman and Matt Blaine have graduated so Eastern Class B appears to be wide open this season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    DEER ISLE – Kara Webster scored all of her 10 points in the second half to lead a Searsport rally against Deer Isle-Stonington for a 51-48 victory in schoolgirl basketball Thursday night. Chandra Robert and Rosie Robert chipped in with 11 and 10 points, respectively,… Read More
    SHERMAN STATION – Janna Walker poured in a game-high 19 points to lead Southern Aroostook to a 47-42 victory over Katahdin in schoolgirl basketball Thursday night. Shay Fox scored nine more as Southern Aroostook outscored Katahdin 15-9 in the fourth quarter to rally for the… Read More
    The University of Maine-Farmington and Husson College each placed two players on NAIA Umbro All-American soccer teams that were chosen by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. UMF junior midfielder Jamie Beaudoin from Orono and UMF senior sweeper Dave Long were named first team… Read More
    Gary Fifield, head coach of the University of Southern Maine women’s basketball team, achieved a milestone recently when he recorded his 200th career victory. Fifield, who began the season ranked second in winning percentage among active NCAA Division III coaches at .841, now boasts a… Read More
    Winthrop’s All-State forward T. J. Caouette is among four Ramblers basketball players who have been suspended for two weeks, according to reports. Winthrop opened the season with a 86-80 win against Leavitt of Turner without Caouette, point guard Andy O’Hearn, Arben Mulay and forward Josh… Read More
    Rumors of his candidacy for the open sports director’s position at WLBZ-TV (Channel 2) in Bangor have been greatly exaggerated, says WABI-TV (Ch. 5) sports director Tim Throckmorton. “I didn’t apply for it,” Throckmorton said Thursday afternoon. “Why would I want to? We’re on in… Read More
    WASHBURN – Matt Deschaine’s basket with 20 seconds left in overtime allowed Wisdom of St. Agatha to edge past the Beavers 62-60 in overtime boys basketball action here Thursday night. Wisdom tied up a Washburn player to force a jump ball, got the ball back,… Read More
    FARMINGTON – Troy Norton and Steve Toland scored 20 points apiece, Norton also grabbed 11 rebounds, and Lance Meader dished out 14 assists to lead the University of Maine-Farmington men to an 83-69 victory over Maine Maritime Academy Thursday night. Darren Elder had 12 points… Read More
    GUILFORD – George Bunker did the job for the Lee Academy Pandas by scoring 22 points, thanks to a pair of 3-pointers and eight foul shots, and helping sink the Piscataquis Community Pirates 70-60 in schoolboy basketball action. Adam Peters also had a pair of… Read More
    PORTLAND, Maine – Manute Bol, the 7-foot-7 former NBA player, has agreed to play for Portland’s new United States Basketball League team next summer. Bol is expected in Portland within 60 days to formally sign a contract with the Mountain Cats, the team announced Wednesday. Read More
    The Bangor Salvation Army, a northeastern Maine institution that will bring necessities to families at Christmas, is itself in need of help. Unless donors who mail in or make substantial contributions to the charity respond quickly, the Army may have to dig into its general fund for gifts… Read More
    ORONO — In anticipation of a weekend of increased travel and alcohol use, the Orono Police Department is gearing up for its part in National Holiday Lifesavers Weekend 1995. The event, which runs Friday through Sunday, is sponsored by the International Association of Chiefs of… Read More
    Congress is currently proposing legislation that would cut $450 billion from Medicare and Medicaid. This legislation will severely cut funds to hospitals, nursing homes, hoem health agencies, physicians, and others who provide services to beneficiaries of these programs. Premiums for Medicare would be doubled, and deductibles would increase. Read More
    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — The president of Canada’s largest shipbuilder says its main shipyard in Saint John will soon be a virtual ghost yard unless it gets new contracts. Saint John Shipbuilding will have to lay off almost all of its 1,000 remaining workers by… Read More
    The Work Group on Electric Utility Restructuring, which conferred in obscurity until very recently, may turn over to state regulators more than one plan for a revolutionary makeover of the state’s power industry. Maine lawmakers formed the panel to find the best way for the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Promising Maine voters an alternative to traditional party politics, members of the fledgling Reform Party turned in more than enough signatures Thursday to put the new party on the 1996 ballot. The group turned in petitions they said bore 33,510 signatures of Maine… Read More
    BANGOR — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed most of the remaining claims in the Penobscot Indian Nation’s lawsuit against Key Bank. The majority of the claims and cross claims in the lawsuit — in which the Nation charged that Key Bank and others conspired… Read More
    Icy road conditions caused an accident in East Corinth Wednesday night. Donna Salvia, 40, of Hudson was heading east on Route 43 in East Corinth about a quarter mile from the Hudson town line when her 1987 Ford Bronco hit a patch of ice in… Read More
    BANGOR — The Clinic for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Eastern Maine Medical Center is searching for volunteers to take part in a study of a cancer prevention drug, Tamoxifen. The drug is being given to women surviving breast cancer to prevent recurrence. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Harlan A. Philippi, who served the University of Maine System in a variety of high-level positions, including acting chancellor, died Wednesday at the age of 69. Philippi most recently was interim president of the University of Southern Maine prior to the appointment of President Richard… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus S. King plans to seek legislative approval next year to create a new foreign trade center designed to identify and enhance world export opportunities for Maine. King and representatives of the 48-member Governor’s Advisory Council on International Trade met with State… Read More
    FORT KENT — Residents this week invested their trust in a Fort Kent industry in the hope it will continue to invest in them. At a special town meeting Wednesday night, residents guaranteed a 10-year, $240,000 loan for Northland Frozen Foods Inc. The loan is… Read More
    Calais District Court: Janet L. Roberts, 32, Baileyville, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, 48 hours in jail, 90-day license suspension, $400. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    Evidence of a life lived in the outdoors is now in the possession of the Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine in Orono. The papers of Ralph W. “Bud” Leavitt have been donated to the university, and may be viewed in the… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — The school board this week voted to seek postponement of a school lunch program. The school department has never had a school lunch program. The current three-year waiver postponement will expire in September 1996. East Millinocket is one of 10 schools across… Read More
    MONCTON, New Brunswick — The Bluenose ferry service will cease winter operations on Friday, Dec. 29, its federally owned operator said Thursday. Marine Atlantic said it will resume the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia-Bar Harbor, Maine, crossing in mid-May and continue with a seasonal operation that ends… Read More
    The American Red Cross Donor Center on Hammond Street in Bangor has its own version of a “gift That gives twice.” If you bring a friend who has never donated blood when you make your much-needed holiday donation during this Saturday’s donor hours from 8… Read More
    Belfast District Court Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Michelle L. Leathers, 20, Belfast, $400, 72 hours in jail, license suspended for 90 days; Paul T. Andrews, 40, Morrill, $500, 96 hours in jail, license suspended for 90 days; and John M. Read More
    This plea from a young mother who has been laid off from her job arrived addressed to the Santa’s Helper Fund: “I have a 5-year-old girl, and her Christmas is going to be very bad this year. She has two very small gifts (Match Box… Read More
    In his letter of Dec. 9-10, George Lehigh suggested that a group be formed to initiate a seat belt and helmet law that would exempt anyone who would sign a binding pledge not to use any of the taxpayer-funded medical services, if they are injured in an accident… Read More
    NEWPORT — With more than half of Newport Junior High School pupils at home with flu and flu symptoms, the decision was made Thursday to shut down Friday classes. All pupils at Newport Elementary School and Newport Junior High, which are adjacent and share cafeteria… Read More
    BANGOR — A Brewer woman injured in a freak accident in a Husson College parking lot Wednesday night was treated at Eastern Maine Medical Center and then released. A car, driven by Robert Goodwin, 57, of Brewer, lost its brakes, pinning Jennifer Hines, 27, between… Read More
    Belfast District Court David S. Mitchell, 20, Pittsfield, assault, $150. 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++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
    LEWISTON — A 39-year-old Lewiston man who apparently had been locked out of his apartment froze to death in a driveway near his home, police said Thursday. Police found the body of Mark Dixon in a driveway along Park Street Thursday morning. Dixon lived in… Read More
    BOSTON — The New England Fishery Management Council voted Thursday to enact a host of tighter fishing regulations May 1, but much of the details of the conservation plan have yet to be finalized. The 21-member council is trying to finalize a set of fishing… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A type A strain of influenza that has been isolated in 10 other states is now in Maine. State epidemiologist Dr. Kathleen Gensheimer said Thursday that the first three cases were reported this week in the midcoast area. Gensheimer has long been a… Read More
    Transmission difficulties from a newspaper syndicate have prompted a change in the columnist schedule for the BDN Oped page. Starting yesterday, Mike Royko’s column began appearing Tuesdays and Thursdays. Commentary by Cal Thomas will appear Wednesdays and Fridays. All other columns will be printed on their regular days. Read More
    According to John Day’s Dec. 7 column, a few Republicans are criticizing Sen. Bill Cohen for one of his votes. They seem to have forgotten all Cohen has done for the people of this state. He is a man of integrity who has served us well in Washington,… Read More
    Do your readers know of any other basketball player — high school, college, or NBA — who has scored 18 points in the first 6:01 minutes of an official game as Cindy Blodgett did in Boston against Northeastern? (Three points per minute equals 120 points… Read More
    NEWPORT — Most teen-age girls are easily “grossed out” at the sight of a dead animal on the side of the road. But when Kristi Connell, a senior at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, looks at fresh roadkill she doesn’t see death or destruction. She sees potential. Read More
    It seems to me, from what I have read, that we the people of Maine have been voting for highway bonds the last 10 years, plus or minus, and the money has been put to other uses. I’m sure other people have the same impression,… Read More
    The GOP plan to balance the budget does not reduce, cut, slash, decrease, or otherwise diminish outlays proposed for beneficiaries of Medicare, Medicaid and educational oppurtunities as many of your readers have been led to believe. The Bangor Daily News has contributed to this misconception… Read More
    BREWER — The Brewer Police Department is seeking national accreditation, according to Police Chief Steven Barker. The chief told city councilors here Monday that there are only three nationally accredited police departments in Maine — Portland, Falmouth and Lewiston. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    TENANTS HARBOR — A crustacean crime wave sweeping through two midcoast ports has cost local fishermen hundreds of pounds of lobsters and gear worth thousands. On Wednesday morning, the Knox County Sheriff’s Department received complaints from five fishermen reporting thefts of lobsters and equipment, such… Read More
    A week ago media attention was focused on the Galileo space probe as it undertook its suicidal mission into the searing hell that is Jupiter’s atmosphere. The data it gathered won’t be relayed back to Earth for a week but scientists are hopeful it will give the first… Read More
    Complaints by Maine potato growers that cheap Prince Edward Island potatoes are flooding U.S. markets should be resolved at international trade tables and not at U.S.-Canadian border crossings, Ivan Noonan, president of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board said Thursday. “Your trade politicians didn’t consult… Read More
    We feel the letter on Gabby Price (“Great coaches,” BDN, Dec. 11) should have been titled, “Great people.” While Gabby may be the best coach in Maine, above all and foremost, he’s a tremendous person. For as long as we’ve known Coach Price he’s always… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — The school board next month will outline ways it will address short-term building needs as well as the long-range use of school facilities. The windows, walls and roof of the 30-year-old Stearns High School need repairs that could cost $1.1 million to $1.5… Read More
    HOULTON — The interest in the southern Aroostook County radio market picked up this week when a second party made a bid for the license of the defunct radio station WHOU-FM. A bid of $13,750 was offered late Tuesday by canXus Broadcasting Corp. of Caribou,… Read More
    FORT KENT — Modern technology and an agreement between the Fort Kent, Machias and Presque Isle campuses of the University of Maine will make a bachelor of arts degree in behavioral sciences a possibility for Maine residents. The Education Network of Maine will serve as… Read More