CARIBOU – Erin Cole-Karagory buried a game-high 31 points to lead the Caribou Vikings to a 70-39 schoolgirl basketball win over the Fort Kent Warriors Tuesday night. Carlyn McCormick added 19 points for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Leslie Weed sank three 3-pointers in the third period to spark the Mount View Mustangs to a 41-37 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Maine Central Institute Huskies Tuesday night. Weed finished with 15 for the Mustangs of Thorndike and Naomi Gillette added 12. Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Vincent Lavoie of Canada took home the Webber Family Cup Tuesday after posting his second straight Eastern FIS super giant slalom victory at Sugarloaf/USA. Lavoie’s winning time was 1:23.92. Lavoie also won the first Super G race Monday with a time of… Read More
A dispute between the Maine Warden Service and a hunter over ownership of interlocked moose antlers has been settled amicably. On Tuesday, Andrew Deraspe, 47, of Carmel, who discovered the carcasses and removed the antlers while bird hunting with his nephew, signed an agreement with… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Leslie Weed sank three 3-pointers in the third period to spark the Mount View Mustangs to a 41-37 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Maine Central Institute Huskies Tuesday night. Weed finished with 15 for the Mustangs of Thorndike and Naomi Gillette added 12. Read More
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Basketball players Becky Tower and Barry Shramban of the University of Maine-Machias have been named players of the week. The Maine College Basketball Coaches and Writers Association selected Shramban as he averaged 30 points and 12 rebounds as the Clippers went 1-1. The Maine Athletic… Read More
‘Tis the season for donning our nordic skis and setting forth into the snow-laden wonderland. Nothing beats gliding through a wooded paradise on a well-groomed trail. The same trails that hosted mountain bikes all summer. I had never ridden much on singletrack. My mountain bike… Read More
BLUE HILL – Davey Seward had a game-high 19 points and to lift the Sumner Tigers of East Sullivan to a 63-59 schoolboy basketball victory over George Stevens Academy Tuesday night. Willie Seward netted 11 points and Chris Carter had 10 for Sumner. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BINGHAM – Senior forward Dustin Littlefield scored 35 points, including the 1,000th of his career, and hauled in 10 rebounds to lift Valley to a 76-61 win over Greenville in schoolboy basketball action Tuesday night. Littlefield reached the milestone in the fourth quarter. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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ORONO – Goaltender Ian Diltz turned back 35 of 36 shots Tuesday night to backstop Hampden Academy’s 4-1 schoolboy hockey victory over Orono at Alfond Arena. Hampden got goals from Tyler Whitehouse, Jason Dority, Ryan McPike, and Scott Tardiff. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
HAMPDEN – Old Town started strong. Hampden Academy poured it on in the second half. As the teams took turns controlling the action, Joe Mannisto provided the consistency the Indians needed. Mannisto scored a game-high 31 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, powering Old Town to… Read More
College NCAA DIV. I POLL TROY, N.Y. – Top 10 teams in the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey poll published by the Troy Record, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 17, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through… Read More
BANGOR – Welcome to Katie’s Playland. Bangor senior Katie Clark got to do everything she liked Tuesday night – score, rebound and roam the floor creating defensive and offensive havoc wherever she went, as she threw up a few wild-looking shots in drives to the… Read More
FORT KENT – Ryan Martin buried a foul-line jumper with six seconds left to ice a 62-60 win for the host Warriors in schoolboy basketball action here Tuesday night. It was Fort Kent’s first win and Hodgdon’s first loss. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Parents hunting for Christmas gifts for their science-minded children face no shortage of choices this year. Catalogs and stores abound with items from magnetic marbles and voice-activated robots to rock displays and telescopes. Every area of science appears to have gotten into the act. However,… Read More
HOULTON — Six school districts in the southern Aroostook County area are being considered for a pilot project to enhance cooperative services and purchasing. Last month, Education Commissioner Wayne Mowatt met with officials from the districts to discuss a proposal for a regional business services… Read More
ORONO — Employees at Treats Falls House have been waiting for back pay for nearly a year. A Treats Falls official claims the state has not sent the money, but a state official says Treats Falls has been getting the funding for two years. About… Read More
Women from the Northeast die of breast cancer at higher rates than women elsewhere in the United States, mostly because they wait longer to have children, experience menopause later and drink more, a study reports. The study in Wednesday’s Journal of the National Cancer Institute… Read More
WINTERPORT — One of the most historic buildings in this riverside community was destroyed by a fire early Tuesday morning, leaving two school-age children and four adults homeless less than a week before Christmas. The fire at the old Kelly Law House, erected in the… Read More
BOSTON — Less than a month after concluding a $3.45 billion merger that cemented its position as New England’s largest bank, Fleet Financial Group on Tuesday scooped up the U.S. operations of Britain’s National Westminster Bank for $3.26 billion. The deal marks Fleet’s first foray… Read More
MACHIAS — Town Clerk Martha Bagley, who has been on sick leave from her job at the town office since Dec. 7, said Tuesday she has hired a lawyer to assist her in obtaining Workers’ Compensation benefits and to help remedy a confrontational workplace environment in the town… Read More
AUGUSTA — A subcommittee of cost-cutters continued to plow through state government Tuesday, looking for savings as it voted 2-1 in favor of merging the Office of Substance Abuse with the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. But in a third meeting on the… Read More
BANGOR — In the Portland building housing Maine’s highest court, there is a small wooden box that occasionally is carried into the courtroom to aid attorneys who are, well, short. It has been available since the first time Bangor lawyer Martha Harris argued her first… Read More
WISCASSET — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted permission for Maine Yankee to return to service at 90 percent power pending an investigation into an anonymous letter, officials said Tuesday. The decision means the nuclear power plant can continue its startup procedures with the goal… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Nearly 16 percent of the 113 truckloads of Canadian potatoes approaching Maine-New Brunswick border points when inspectors were in place during the past six days have been rejected by federal and state officials. “It has confirmed our suspicions right along that potatoes… Read More
Washington County Superior court Joseph Schmidt, 58, Cherryfield, four counts of gross sexual misconduct, one count of unlawful sexual contact, all but four years of 12-year jail sentence suspended, probation six years, required to participate in sex offender counseling, have no contact with the victims,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — For the first time in recent history, the City Council unanimously approved a spending plan for the coming year. But the Monday vote came only after almost four hours of debate on everything from funding shelters for homeless people and animals to… Read More
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WASHINGTON — The Senate defied veto threats Tuesday and sent President Clinton a military policy bill that anticipates building a national system of defenses against missile attack as part of a Republican-initiated rearmament effort. The bill, which the House approved last week, would also put… Read More
Dexter Regional High School, Dexter First quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Kristy Arsenault, Russell Drazek, Angela Webber, Emily Whitney; high honors: Lauren Balsley, Joe Cabral, Lonnie Levensalor, Heather Pullen, Chad Reed, Crystal Small; honors: Floyd Burton, Erik Chadbourne, Stephani Duplisea, Samantha Gendron, Tasha Hight,… Read More
Once upon a time, Maine mills and their communities had a tacit understanding: Each was critical to the other’s survival. The mill needed workers and a cornerstone for its statewide foundation of political support. The community needed jobs and a tax base. Societal symbiosis. All… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The Maine Division of Veterans Services has announced that a travel ban has been lifted on Veterans Affairs representatives who plan to maintain office hours at Pittsfield and Skowhegan areas. A representative will be at the Skowhegan Armory from 8:30 a.m. to noon… Read More
Contributions to the Santa’s Helper Fund are used to help real people in real situations. The Salvation Army is the key to seeing that people who deserve help get it. One family who sought and received help this year agreed to tell their story. The… Read More
DEXTER — A committee has been formed in SAD 46 to survey the public about what improvements are needed to correct deficiencies in the district’s buildings. According to Superintendent Dolly Starbird, the SAD 46 Building Advisory Team met earlier this month. The focus of the… Read More
BELFAST — Worried that the Federal Aviation Agency could hold a grudge, the City Council grounded its plans to sell land at the airport for a helicopter landing zone. Although the council was adamant in its support for Appleton resident Ben Magro’s heliport proposal, members… Read More
GOULDSBORO — The town should explore the possibility of constructing a breakwater and providing public access in Prospect Harbor, but there is little support for new projects requiring higher local taxes, according to a survey conducted last fall. Most of the survey’s respondents considered protecting… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Cancer Pain Initiative, a committee of the Maine Hospice Council, will offer the second of six presentations from 7 to 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Piscataquis Community High School. June Dahl, Ph.D., from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, will… Read More
CAMDEN — He’s not promising miracles overnight, but the new fire chief says his troubled department is on the way to getting its firehouse back in order. Steve Gibbons, who took over as Camden’s top firefighter last month after serving as chief in Glenburn, came… Read More
PROSPECT — Chances are, proceeds from your purchase of a loon license plate will land on the roof of historic Fort Knox, thanks to a Maine Bureau of Parks and Recreation plan to donate half of those sales over the next two years to the fort’s roof repair… Read More
GREENBUSH — Monday was worse than most for Lawrence Daigle: After the 40-year-old Costigan man was involved in an auto accident, he was hit by another car as he tried to flag down help. Police aren’t sure whether Daigle or his friend, 19-year-old Ramie Dyer… Read More
PITTSFIELD — When more than 150 townspeople showed up at a council meeting Tuesday night to speak out against a series of proposed budget cuts, they quickly discovered that the council had already informally agreed with them. In a half-hour budget workshop just before the… Read More
LINCOLN — By March, the town will run out of money for police overtime. “We will have shifts that need to be filled and no money to pay anybody to do it,” said Town Manager Glenn E. Aho. “The union is jeopardizing the 24-hour police… Read More
BANGOR — Members of the Municipal Operations Committee on Tuesday had every opportunity to tinker with the 1996 fee schedule for the Bangor Municipal Golf Course, but they didn’t do it. Instead, they voted 2-1 to send the original proposal back to the City Council. Read More
FORT KENT — When the air cleared at the end of a special meeting of the SAD 27 board of directors Monday night, Superintendent Sandra Bernstein’s contract was extended for one year, she received a 3 percent increase in salary, and Chairman Robert Michaud was ousted from his… Read More
ST. ALBANS — If the proposed 1996 budget is approved, town taxpayers can enjoy the same property tax rate for the sixth consecutive year. Selectmen looked over the budget proposal Monday night, but tabled a full review until Dec. 28. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has denied the appeal of a 34-year-old Veazie man convicted of raping a teen-ager in 1993 in Little Deer Isle. Sentenced to 20 years in prison with two years suspended, former Deer Isle resident Craig Eaton was convicted… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Police Department has received a pat on the back for the assistance it recently provided to a Maine State Police detective. Detective John Cote of the Criminal Investigative Division of the Maine State Police told Town Manager Owen Pratt that Chief Dennis… Read More
After reading the supplement to the Bangor Daily News about the sale of Grant’s Dairy and watching the dedication of the new building on the news, I want to let people know the other side of the success story. This was not a success story… Read More
Regarding JoAnne Dauphinee’s letter in the Dec. 8 issue of the Bangor Daily News, defending the Peace and Justice Center over remarks made in an earlier article by John Ripley, which appeared in the Nov. 27 issue of the BDN; while I agree with Dauphinee that Ripley’s remarks… Read More
Carl Delahunt of the Maine Greens wrote (BDN, Dec. 16-17) that my evil twin “Jim” Reismen was doing harm to the process, spouting mindless rhetoric and attempting to bamboozle the people of Maine. I’ll just stick to the facts and avoid the personal attacks. It… Read More
It is with deep sadness to learn of the passing of Dorothy Jones. Having had the oppurtunity and privilege of working with her as a volunteer for both the Maine State Chapter, March of Dimes, and the American Cancer Society’s Penobscot Unit Board, I personally know what a… Read More
CHICAGO — Men with high blood pressure in midlife are much more likely to have trouble thinking and remembering things when they are old, a study found. The finding adds yet another reason to control high blood pressure, already known to be a risk factor… Read More
HOULTON — Municipal officials completed their last workshop Monday on a proposed municipal budget for next year of $5.74 million. Budget proposals for the Fire Department, ambulance service and Cemetery Department were reviewed with little comment from members of the Town Council or the town’s… Read More
OLD TOWN — The Old Town School Board began the process of finding a successor for Superintendent John Grady, who had been at the helm of the city’s public schools for 24 years when he died on Dec. 2. At its first meeting since Grady’s… Read More
FREEPORT — Last-minute holiday shoppers? Heidi Woodbrey knows about dawdlers who waited to buy gifts this year. During each shift at L.L. Bean, she fills 800 orders of polar fleece jackets, wool socks, flannel shirts, hunting boots and other goodies, most of it destined to… Read More
CHARLESTON — Despite the possibility of being downsized, the Charleston Correctional Facility will continue to offer its restitution program to local communities. According to Jeffrey Merrill, director, it appears the facility will be downsized to serve 125 inmates, with a primary focus of maintaining the… Read More
AUGUSTA — When the name “Pinto” pops up around the jailhouse these days, two Maine sheriffs probably would like to think the reference concerns Ford’s discontinued subcompact car. But lately, discussion is apt to focus on Maurilio Pinto de Medeiros, a Brazilian police official who… Read More
One line of a letter from Kathy Lena of Orono, president of the Asa Adams School Parent-Teacher Organization, thanking those who contributed to the first Holiday Craft Fair, begged an explanation. “All the children who were able to choose their own gifts for their families,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Withholding the pay of Piscataquis County’s representative to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency was one suggestion aired by Piscataquis County commissioners Tuesday in an effort to get the state to make its reimbursement to the county on time. The state is four months… Read More
AUGUSTA — Republican Party Chairman Pamela Cahill, as expected, has submitted her resignation from the GOP post, saying her job as assistant secretary of the Maine Senate “prevents me from being an effective and forceful media spokesperson for the party.” Cahill, who was elected to… Read More
I think Jane Weil said it very well in her letter to the editor (BDN, Dec. 13), but she didn’t go quite far enough. The poor not only are too busy working two jobs or out looking for work, but are also too poor to organize. Read More
Belfast District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor: Ruth V. Dodd, 33, Searsport, $400, 72 hours in jail, license suspended 90 days; Russell L. Perkins, 27, Brooks, $600, seven days in jail, license suspended 18 months; Kyle O. Rosenberg, 21,… Read More
BALTIMORE — Women trying to get pregnant may be able to improve their chances by cutting back on the coffee, a study suggests. The Johns Hopkins University study found that women who consume more than 300 milligrams of caffeine a day — roughly three cups… Read More
Narraguagus High School First quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Emily Jordan, Amy Kennedy, Cory Rolfe, Lindsay Smith; high honors: Katie Aselton, Vanessa Baerga, Heather Dalton, Bonnie DeCarteret, Jamie Farren, Christopher Hicks, Dara Knapp, Cassie Mele, Marilyn Ortega, Annastasha Parker, Joshua Paul, Jeff Redimarker, Alahna… Read More
Short of cloning about 15 more of yourself, or postponing Christmas another two weeks, is there anything you can do right now to uncomplicate your life and make this week a little less stressful? For many this holiday season, the volunteers at the American Red… Read More
Medomak Valley High School, Waldoboro First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Anya Freiman, Josh Harrington, Meagan MacDonald, Dael Nelson, Denise Nickles, Katherine Schultz and Daniel Shenett; honors: Sarah Abshire, Larry Achorn, Melvin Achorn, Norman Benner, Nicholas Beverage, Scott Billing, Cheryl Brewster, Dorothy Campbell, Tara… Read More
Van Buren District Secondary School First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Angela Bouchard, Colleen Dever and Bruce Lajoie; honors: Tony Barker, Shelley Berube, Ryan Burgess, Yvette Fortin, Kelly Lapierre, Lorie Morrow, Sheila Pelletier and Benjamin Smith. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR — Last summer, David Cote was one of 100 youngsters from around the country who spent a busy week in Hartford, Conn., playing games with inner-city children through the Young Neighbors in Action program. The 17-year-old read to the children and participated in activities… Read More
BANGOR — After two hours of discussion Tuesday evening, the Bangor Planning Board voted 3-2 to recommend denial of a proposed zoning amendment that would regulate nightclubs and similar facilities serving more than 300 patrons in the Downtown Development District. When the City Council meets… Read More