SUGARLOAF – Jakub Fiala has a hold on first place after day one of the Eastern Federation International de Ski Race. Fiala beat second-place finisher Joshua Applegate by nearly a second and Kevin Stell was third. Day two of the F.I.S. Super G will take… Read More
WATERVILLE – UM-Presque Isle and UM-Farmington each picked up wins in the Maine Event basketball tournament played at Colby College Monday. UMPI defeated Westbrook 80-67 and UMF beat Thomas 89-81. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
As if the University of Maine’s hockey team hasn’t absorbed enough adversity already, the Black Bears will begin the second half of their season without their leading goal scorer. Sophomore right winger Shawn Wansborough won’t be in the lineup when the Bears resume Hockey East… Read More
Mario Thyer, the former University of Maine Hockey East Rookie of the Year in 1987-88, has signed a contract to become the school’s new assistant hockey coach. His contract is for four months. Thyer will work under interim head coach Greg Cronin, who replaced suspended… Read More
Let us crawl over the snowbanks and let our thoughts flow to the sounds of spring. The melody of the song birds, the trickle of the winter snow runoff, the crack of the bat on the ball and the crunch of major league baseball owners hitting each other… Read More
WATERVILLE – Kyle Sewer scored 19 points, pulled down seven rebounds and dished out six assists to lead St. Joseph’s College of Standish to a 66-59 victory over host Colby College in the championship game of The Maine Event basketball tournament. In the consolation game,… Read More
The transition from grass fields to wooden floorboards has been a crash course in basketball for Anke Brummer of Camden-Rockport High School. The German exchange student who was a field hockey standout for the Windjammers last fall decided to try her hand at basketball this… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET – A 17-6 third-quarter scoring spree by host Schenck sparked a 53-45 victory over Piscataquis Community High in schoolgirl basketball action Monday night. Kelly Morin scored 14 points and Erin Chavarie added 12 for the Wolverines. Rebecca York led Schenck’s rebounders with 18… Read More
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DYER BROOK – Shay Fox scored 10 of her game-high 19 points in the first quarter as host Southern Aroostook got out to a 12-4 lead and cruised to a 53-38 win over Katahdin here Monday night highlighting schoolgirl basketball action. Kim Collier chipped in… Read More
John Gordon, a freshman guard for the University of Maine, has been named the North Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Week for the second time this season. Gordon averaged 17 points and made six of 10 3-pointers in wins over Delaware and Towson State. Against… Read More
BANGOR – The winners of the Bangor Elks Lodge local Hoop Shoot were crowned at Husson College on Jan. 7. The winners will now move on to the District shootout at Old Town High School on Jan. 21 and will compete against winners from the six other lodges… Read More
Out and About: The bone-creaking cold of the last week or so has strengthened the icy solderings of Maine’s waterworks but fishermen and snowmobilers should beware of leaks caused by spring holes, pressure ridges and moving water at inlets and outlets. Additionally, on many lakes and ponds the… Read More
MAINE vs. MASSACHUSETTS Time, site: Tuesday, 7 p.m.; Mullins Center, Amherst, Mass. 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
Sophomore guard Cindy Blodgett of the University of Maine has been named the North Atlantic Conference Player of the Week for the third time this season. Blodgett averaged 32. 5 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals in wins over Delaware and Towson State. Read More
BREWER – Just tag this one and throw it in the Brewer vs. Bangor classic games vault. Monday night’s Big East basketball matchup was another in a long line of nail-biting, stomach-churning, back-and-forth matchups that left fans hoarse and sweaty after the final buzzer sounded. Read More
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John Gordon shoots the basketball with confidence, believing he can make every shot. The freshman’s clutch shooting and poised play have been pivotal to the University of Maine’s 4-0 start in North Atlantic Conference play. He will showcase his talents tonight at 7:30 when Maine… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Three locations for new unemployment compensation services centers were announced Monday by the Maine Department of Labor. The new teleprocessing centers will be sited in Bangor, Lewiston and Presque Isle and may be operating by the fall, the department said in a… Read More
Kindergarten registration for the 1996-97 school year is being held at the following schools: Southern Aroostook CSD in the towns of Crystal, Island Falls, Dyer Brook, Oakfield, Merrill and Smyrna Mills, weekdays through Monday, Feb. 5. Call 757-8206 or come by the elementary school office. Read More
Of the 34 committee chairmanships in the Legislature, 17 belong to Republicans and 17 to Democrats. House GOP members are protesting this as a lack of parity, and want as many as eight more seats for their party members. They may settle for a couple more, but taxpayers… Read More
For people in need, it is nice to know that there is a place you can go. “Meals for the Harvest” is a program which regularly feeds more than 100 people from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the basement of the Church… Read More
FREEPORT — Students and civil libertarians are questioning the legality of a policy that lets officials search students’ cars at Freeport High School without justification. The policy is aimed at discouraging students from taking illegal materials to school, officials say. But its critics say it… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — A local regional development organization has hired Eastern Maine Development Corp. to provide administrative services. The Katahdin Regional Development Corp., a nonprofit organization representing East Millinocket, Medway and Millinocket, hired EMDC to provide it with a development specialist, who will administer operations… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A former SAD 68 janitor was sentenced to six months in jail with all but 30 days suspended for assault in connection with the inappropriate touching of an 11-year-old girl at the Monson Elementary School last May. Robert L. Dougherty, 72, who pleaded… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A 30-year-old Franklin man was found guilty of four counts of theft and burglary in Hancock County Superior Court on Monday. In one of the two incidents that occurred last year, a guitar was stolen from the bedroom of a Corea residence where a woman sick… Read More
BREWER — The director of the Central Maine Indian Association — which provides a plethora of services to local Native Americans in need — has been fired after being charged with sexually discriminating against two former female employees. Terry Polchies was fired last Thursday, although… Read More
Q. I should replace my old gas furnace with a new super-efficient model. Which type of super furnace provides the best comfort and most even room temperatures? Will variable-speed/output models save more? — H.S. A. Variable-speed, two-stage heat output gas furnaces provide the best comfort… Read More
Consumers should make sure this winter that drifting snow doesn’t block the fresh air intake or exhaust venting systems to dryers, furnaces and-or water heaters, according to the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association. GAMA, the national trade association of manufacturers of gas- and oil-fired heating systems,… Read More
As both political parties collaborate in trimming or eliminating the traditional “safety net,” they assure us no one will starve. Private generosity will not only fill the void, it will do so in a more careful and supportive way than public bureaucracy ever did. Before leaping on this… Read More
Almost 10 years ago the U.S. Department of Energy had a team in Maine holding public hearings on a congressional manadated “characterization” of Maine bedrock as a potential site for the long-term disposal of high-level nuclear waste. Outrage was universal and explosive. The only rational voice in the… Read More
With more than 30 years of waitressing behind each of them, Charlotte Harding and Cathy Larkin could write volumes about their experiences, about the people who have often quickly passed in and out of their lives, sometimes leaving memories and many times leaving tips. But… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Mayo Regional Hospital obstetrics department has a “sit and stroll” car seat and stroller available for a needy family. The seat is designed for a handicapped toddler who may have poor upper-body muscle control and needs to ride partly reclined in the… Read More
In response to Jane J. Hennings’ letter to the editor (“You can’t say that,” BDN, Jan. 5), I can appreciate her frustration, however, she must also understand the U.S. Postal Service’s reasoning behind their policy. The USPS obviously recognizes the many religions, beliefs and celebrations of the season… Read More
Newt Gingrich and his Republican supporters in Congress are destroying the democracy we have enjoyed for 200 years in order to satisfy their egos by achieving a meaningless objective. Acceptance of their “plan” will not balance the budget. For 200 years we have enjoyed a… Read More
James Watt, eco-marauder and interior secretary in Ronald Reagan’s right-wing band of beady-eyed thugs, finagles his way out of 18 felony charges and gets slapped on the wrist like a naughty schoolboy! (BDN, Jan. 1). After a five-year taxpayer-funded investigation into corruption at HUD during… Read More
No brag, just fact. That was the phrase which won my brother, Sean Walsh, an Adirondack Bat at age 12 in a slogan contest. As a child, he lived, breathed, ate, and slept sports. As an adult, he chose to make it his profession, his livelihood. And that… Read More
Regarding the mothers in Canaan proposing seat belts in school buses: Are these women willing to volunteer to ride and supervise the implementaion of them? Consider the youngest children and how long it would take them to buckle up. Picture the older pupils having fun with the buckle… Read More
Even though it did not score a direct hit, a winter storm that paralyzed much of the Eastern Seaboard packed a punch Monday as it hit coastal Maine with blowing snow and icy winds. The storm arrived with fury around noon with 25-mph wind gusts… Read More
BANGOR — A Turner man who pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering the United States after being deported remained in federal custody this morning. Juan Aguilar-Aguilar, formerly of Mexico, pleaded guilty on Friday in U.S. District Court. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR — The City Council on Monday voted to appoint Kathleen Murray as administrator of the 61-bed Bangor City Nursing Facility. Murray has been employed for the last dozen years at the Elizabeth Levinson Center for children with special needs in Bangor, now as executive director, and before… Read More
Turkey bowling After eating your fill of turkey over Thanksgiving and Christmas, have you ever felt like flinging a frozen gobbler down an icy pond? If you have, head down to the 75th annual winter carnival in Stowe, Vt. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The owners of 10 tax-acquired properties in Dover-Foxcroft were given a second chance to recoup their loss Monday. Selectmen voted to give the 10 owners 30 days in which to pay the taxes in full or the property would be placed up for… Read More
BANGOR — Returning the water-damaged Peoples Heritage Bank offices on Hammond Street to some semblance of normalcy was a team effort that began Sunday morning and has gone on around the clock. The work continued into Monday, and the bulk of it wasn’t expected to… Read More
Mireielle Wagner, 19, stumbled through the sliding doors Monday at the Fairfield Inn on Odlin Road in Bangor, and doubled over in stunned reaction to Bangor’s bone-chilling cold. From Africa’s Ivory Coast, Wagner was among an estimated 400 passengers stranded in Bangor Sunday and Monday… Read More
PARKMAN — A 61-year old Parkman man was arrested for public indecency after exposing himself in the picture window of his home. Investigator Scott Richardson of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department said Lee Burgoyne was arrested Thursday after the officer spotted him standing in front… Read More
MARS HILL — Early next month, the local nursing home will reduce its number of patient beds by 20, according to an announcement from The Aroostook Medical Center. The remaining 50 beds will be used for the traditional type of nursing home care. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR — Citing the rising cost of newsprint and the effects of a lingering recession, the publisher of the Bangor Daily News announced this week that 20 jobs at the paper are to be eliminated. Richard J. Warren said the paper will attempt to reduce… Read More
NASHUA, N.H. — Snow insurance would come in handy to New Hampshire towns this winter, but many town officials have not heard of it. “It seems like it would have been a good investment on July 1, doesn’t it?” said John Andrews, executive director of… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s statewide jobless rate dropped to 5.5 percent in November, lower than the national average but still among the highest in New England. Nonfarm wage and salary employment increased by 8,600 people from November 1994, when the unemployment rate was 7 percent, said… Read More
HOULTON — Tasha Smallwood, the former Houlton High School senior now attending the Maine School of Science and Mathematics at Limestone, will be allowed to participate in June graduation exercises with the Class of 1996 at Houlton. Speaking to the SAD 29 board Monday night,… Read More
As a college student in Portland, Trish Rossignol was accosted on Congress Street by a man who wanted to take her to a hotel. When he grabbed her in a bear hug, instinct took over and she quickly kneed him in the groin. This maneuver… Read More
HERMON — A test fire that began Friday with a small stack of used railroad ties — but eventually consumed a much larger pile — was still smoldering Monday, according to Hermon Fire Department officials. The fire was being monitored around the clock as late… Read More
DERBY — A Derby man was killed early Monday when fire broke out in his mobile home on the River Road. The man’s two dogs also were killed. The body of Edward Trundy, 75, was discovered by firefighters in the hallway of the 10-by-46-foot building,… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — Sarah Dexter just had a “funny feeling” when her husband, Tom, left their Oakland, Maine, home to come here for a national coaching convention. Hours after her husband and three other tourists were shot in the French Quarter, the 32-year-old wife found… Read More
A banker from Lucerne has become the first layperson to serve as chairman of the board at St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation, which operates St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor. Edwin N. Clift succeeds Sister Mary Laureann of Enfield, Conn. The president of Merrill Merchants Bank in… Read More
Though the latest revelation about the first lady’s involvement in the White House travel office firings says nothing about her dealings in Whitewater, it says much about her ability to be forthright and honest. Her actions and those of President Clinton have turned what should have been a… Read More
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The union representing Marine Atlantic ferry workers said Monday a federal Crown-owned company soon will privatize or drop its routes everywhere except in Newfoundland. The union is frustrated with the drive toward privatization, Gary Murray of the Canadian Auto Workers Union… Read More
OXFORD — A 19-year-old man died after he was struck by a pickup truck as he was walking on a western Maine road, state police said Monday. Terry McAllister of Oxford died at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway after the accident Sunday night. The truck… Read More
In the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s Maine High School Music Competition held Saturday, five finalists were selected. The public is invited to hear clarinetists Nicole Janelle of Thornton Academy and Jennifer Wilcox of Foxcroft Academy, flutists Nicole Rabata of Cape Elizabeth and Sarah Nicholson of Skowhegan Area high schools,… Read More
BANGOR — Yes, it’s basketball season, and yes, it’s time for hockey. Life in Maine is very season-oriented, but members of the Bangor Parks and Recreation Advisory Board definitely think on a year-round basis. “The canoe race is not far away,” Recreation Director Craig Orff… Read More
Something attacked a 65- to 70-pound chow chow dog in Stetson, fatally wounded it, then tried to drag it off. Nancy Davis, owner of the 9-year-old dog, is convinced the attacker was a large wild cat or some other wild animal. Warden Kevin Adam says… Read More
I was deeply disappointed, then highly irritated, that you would lower your paper’s usually high standard of journalism in running John S. Day’s Jan. 2 column. This sloppily written, scare-mongering attack on Maine Yankee does a huge disservice to the single most important clean power source in Maine… Read More
HERMON — A malfunctioning wood stove is believed to be the cause of a fire early Monday at a Wing Road home. The fire, reported at 1:24 a.m. by homeowner Linda Hall, was contained to one room of the two-story house, according to Assistant Fire… Read More