The new scoreboards being installed this week at the Bangor Auditorium are part of a good faith bargaining move by Bass Park with the Maine Principals’ Association. “We had been talking about new scoreboards for a while and it was a show of good faith,”… Read More
BOULDER, Colo. – Colorado basketball coach Joe Harrington, in the middle of his sixth season with the Buffaloes, resigned Tuesday night before a game against Southern Utah. Harrington is a former Morse of Bath schoolboy basketball standout. He was an All-Maine first-teamer in 1962 and… Read More
Sarah Billmeier of Yarmouth, will seek a fourth skiing medal Wednesday when she races in the slalom at the World Disabled Alpine Championships in Lech, Austria. The 18-year-old Dartmouth College freshman has, since Saturday, won gold medals in the giant slalom and downhill and a… Read More
It sits in the stack of mail, teasing me with its glossy cover photo of two cyclists enveloped in the lush green summer landscape of Vermont. I couldn’t resist. I flipped from one tantalizing layout to another. Who wouldn’t devour every savory photo in its 50-some pages, considering… Read More
ROCKLAND – Cam Brown scored 18 points and Matt McNealy added 16 as Rockland grabbed a 66-56 schoolboy basketball victory over Camden-Rockport Tuesday night. Matt Breen added 11 for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
FAIRFIELD – Quinson Lancaster sparked a strong second-half comeback by tossing in 14 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, helping Lawrence down Skowhegan 60-48 in schoolboy basketball action Tuesday night. Chad Denis netted 12 and Rusty Nelson chipped in with 11 for the… Read More
WATERVILLE – Brian Jefferson scored 27 points and dished out 11 assists to lead the Husson College Braves to a 118-87 men’s basketball win over the Thomas College Terriers Monday night. Chris Funk added 20 points and pulled down eight rebounds for Husson of Bangor. Read More
LIMESTONE – A Kevin Chasse free throw in overtime proved the margin of victory as the Limestone Eagles posted a 70-69 victory over Ashland for its first schoolboy baskeball victory in two seasons. Ashland had a chance to tie or win the game on foul… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Last season, the Maine Central Institute boys basketball team went through a lot of growing pains en route to a 5-13 campaign. This year, with the end of the season still a bit more than three weeks away, those same MCI Huskies already… Read More
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ELLSWORTH – The leader may have not been strong enough and the hook may have been too small, but both didn’t matter on Monday when Joe Kitchen hauled a 18 1/2-pound togue from Green Lake. Kitchen, 50, of Ellsworth used an 8-pound leader and a… Read More
WASHBURN – Bobbi Jo Dyer scored a game-high 14 points as Central Aroostook’s full-court press smothered Washburn and collected a 56-41 schoolgirl victory Tuesday. After two periods, Central Aroostook had already outdistanced Washburn 42-14. Jessica Clark netted 11 points for Central Aroostook and Jamie Alexander… Read More
ORONO – The veterans on the University of Maine hockey team have been prepping the first-year players on playing in the most hostile of environments because that is what lies ahead this weekend at Boston University’s Walter Brown Arena. Boston University, 17-1-2 and ranked first… Read More
BURLINGTON, Vt. – When playing at Alfond Arena, Cindy Blodgett has a knack for getting the University of Maine’s large crowds fired up with her flashy play. Maine’s sophomore point guard had the opposite effect on an upset-hungry crowd of 2,017 at Patrick Gymnasium here… Read More
Nick Bragg of Messalonskee High School in Oakland, a senior defenseman, was omitted from a list of the Maine All-State Junior hockey team that ran in Tuesday’s editions. Read More
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NEWPORT – The Bucksport Golden Bucks came away with the Penobscot Valley Conference Class A-B cheerleading championship at Nokomis High School Monday. Bucksport outdistanced runner-up Brewer 71.33 points to 69.0. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
BANGOR — The call came Monday evening as I was sitting down for dinner with my family. I had waited three years for it. Rod Hotham had been spotted, my editor said. In downtown Bangor, no less — at the post office. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Milestones marks some of the outstanding accomplishments of the people of eastern and northern Maine. Submissions may be sent to Milestones, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402-1329. Gladys Hasty Carroll, Kay Gardner and Katherine Musgrave were the recipients of the 1995 Maryann Hartman… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The town office accepted responsibility Tuesday for misdirecting information from a Bar Harbor business owner, information that would have canceled a harbor committee public hearing on Monday evening. Gary Mohr, owner of Frenchman Bay Co., sent a fax to the town office… Read More
ROCKLAND — Burglars struck five homes in rural Knox County Monday, netting $6,855 in cash, including more than $5,500 from one Warren residence. The burglars entered the homes in Warren, Union and Hope by forcing doors open or by breaking windows. The burglaries all occurred… Read More
PORTLAND — U.S. District Judge Gene Carter has come under scrutiny for a second alleged breach of judicial conduct. Carter was criticized by a federal appeals judge for his conduct in a case in which he had a potential conflict of interest, the Portland Press… Read More
MACHIAS — A District Court hearing to determine if the state Department of Agriculture should return several animals taken from a farm in Jonesboro has been continued until 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22. District Court Judge John Romei continued the hearing to enable Dennis and Carol Smith of… Read More
BANGOR — In the second major political earthquake to hit Maine in less than two years, U.S. Sen. William S. Cohen announced Tuesday that he will not seek a fourth term this year. The announcement — which echoed former Sen. George Mitchell’s unexpected retirement in… Read More
CARIBOU — In a surprising turn, a Presque Isle man accepted a plea bargain and pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to burn down a state trooper’s house in 1993. Richard J. Churchill, 26, originally from Ashland, had been scheduled to go on trial Thursday in… Read More
ORONO — The Bangor Symphony Youth Orchestra and Ensemble will hold auditions for new members Sunday, Jan. 21, at Lord Hall at the University of Maine. The conductors will audition young musicians on bassoon, oboe, and all brass and string instruments, Dan Keller, string director… Read More
CARIBOU — Irvin G. Belanger of Caribou plans to seek the House District 147 Republican nomination for the Legislature. The seat is being vacated by Julie Marie Robichaud, also of Caribou, who won’t seek re-election. Belanger recently resigned as superintendent of Caribou schools. He had… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Park officials have announced “user friendly” improvements to the camping reservation system at Acadia and other parks in the National Park system. Campers now may reserve sites for 12 national park areas nationwide on the DESTINET. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
“I have an affinity with an old building. A picture comes into my mind of what it could look like.” Bonnie Sawyer is standing in the elegantly grand living room of her bed-and-breakfast inn on the shore of Frenchman Bay, now seeing only with her… Read More
Polished in local politics before he went to Washington, Sen. William Cohen, who has served Maine in Congress with style, dignity and courage for 24 years, appeared to be a man at peace Tuesday when he surprised the state with the announcement that he won’t run for re-election. Read More
Humans are subject to emotional trauma all the time. As one grows older, the mind usually develops methods of dealing with these emotions. More often than not, we meet crisis by hiding reality — often by taking a nostalgia trip. This is why there is so much bad… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — This weekend needy people in New York and Boston will be eating fresh potatoes donated by Maine growers and packers. Gordon Wathen, president of Nightingale Enterprises Inc. of Fort Fairfield, said 1,000 50-pound bags of U.S. Grade varieties donated by Mainers will… Read More
BELFAST — Camden developer John Morris has appealed the recent planning board decision to reduce the size of his Cedar Ridge apartment complex from 52 to 30 units. Code Enforcement Officer Robert Temple said Morris had retained Bangor attorney Edmund Bearor to shepherd his appeal… Read More
BANGOR — The mood was surprisingly subdued in the Bangor City Council chambers, as Maine’s senior senator announced that he was setting aside a lifetime of politics, possibly for a new career in international trade. Only a handful of family, staff and friends were gathered… Read More
AUGUSTA — Sen. William S. Cohen’s bombshell announcement that he was withdrawing from the 1996 Senate race set off a wild flurry of political speculation Tuesday at the State House and elsewhere in Maine. Politicians universally lamented Cohen’s political passing, praising his record while also… Read More
Requiring school buses to provide seat belts for all children, as a petition currently circulating in the region would do, could create as many headaches as it solves. Though the petition certainly was drafted out of a concern for safety, it would be unlikely to produce safer buses. Read More
CARIBOU — Philip R. Bosse has been named executive director of the Caribou Chamber of Commerce. Bosse, who resides in Caribou and has a business, Mementos Inc., a hobby shop on Sweden Street, will start his new duties on Jan. 22. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BANGOR — Members of the Bangor Planning Board very much wanted to say to the Soucy family: “Yes, you can put in a small music shop next to Frank’s Bakery.” But that wasn’t the question before them. The request from the Soucys was for a… Read More
Students at Bangor’s John Bapst Memorial High School got an unexpected day off Tuesday when a water pipe broke in the building shortly before 8 a.m., forcing officials to turn off the heat and send about 450 students home shortly after they had arrived for the day. Read More
CHARLESTON — The town of Charleston and Penobscot County are a better place because of Carl Andrews, Pastor Ron Libby told hundreds of mourners Tuesday who gathered to pay their respects to the 20-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department. Andrews, 53, died Saturday of a… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Milo man has been named director of engineering at Mayo Regional Hospital. Mark Donaghy replaced Roger Mullins, who retired Dec. 28 after 18 years with the hospital. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
BANGOR — Streets were on the mind of the finance committee Tuesday evening, from summertime striping to wintertime plowing. The committee gave the go-ahead to privatizing the striping and marking of streets outside the downtown area in a vote that will send the proposal to the full city… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The committee charged with boosting the town’s economy wants to know why some people who work in town don’t choose to live here. To help the Bucksport Economic Development Committee to better understand why people choose to live where they do, committee member… Read More
HOULTON — Members of the state’s congressional delegation and federal officials continued their close monitoring of the potato inspections going on at the U.S.-Canadian border this week. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. John E. Baldacci and Lon Hatamiya, administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural… Read More
HAMPDEN — The Town Council and some members of the town’s planning board butted heads Tuesday night, after not seeing eye to eye on the recent consent agreement negotiated between the council and Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facility. Planning board Chairman Kevin Ingram said he was… Read More
ROCKLAND — Councilor Robert Peabody joined FMC manager Mike Stumbo Tuesday night in calling for an independent audit of the operation of the city treatment plant by consultant-engineer Whitman and Howard Co. There is now “an incestuous relationship” between the city and Whitman and Howard Co., Peabody said. Read More
PITTSFIELD — For five years, Mike Robbins of Berry Road, a road cut in half when Interstate 95 was built, has been trying to get the snowplow to go just a little bit farther down his road — 300 feet farther, in fact. As it… Read More
NEWPORT — Administrators in SAD 48 were granted 2 percent raises Tuesday night, retroactive to July 1995. The school board’s negotiations committee recommended the raises during the regular board meeting to finalize the administrative contracts for the current school year. The increases were made in… Read More
BANGOR — Firefighters and members of the Bangor School Department custodian staff were busy Tuesday night cleaning up an estimated 200 to 300 gallons of heating oil from the basement of the Garland Street Middle School. School custodian Jean Scripture said the school’s oil tank… Read More
BREWER — The city of Brewer may end up having its own page on the Internet if Kenny Rankin, the city manager’s new administrative assistant, can work out all the details. Rankin is familiar with today’s computerized technology. In fact, the Internet changed the course… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — About $1,000 will be distributed among snowmobile clubs that groom the numerous snowmobile trails in Piscataquis County’s unorganized territories. Each year, the state donates a portion of the costs of snowmobile registrations to municipalities and counties. Clerk Carolyn Doore estimated Tuesday that Piscataquis… Read More
OLD TOWN — Old Town’s Curriculum and Policy Subcommittee Tuesday officially upheld the school department’s “zero tolerance” stance on weapons in school, but put off a formal reaffirmation pending more information on a firearms provision recommended by state school law experts. The Old Town School… Read More
The failure of the King administration to protect the public interest at Maine’s aging nuclear power facility in Wiscasset is another consequence of Gov. King’s bizarre fascination with the financial welfare of big corporations. Following disclosure by a whistleblower of fraudulent manipulation of computer safety… Read More
On Jan. 29, 1995, after losing to UMass-Amherst, Coach Shawn Walsh communicated to his University of Maine hockey team the following: “It is in defeat that we face adversity. How we handle adversity will dictate our futur. … We had truck loads of adversity last season and we… Read More
In 1647, when Maine was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Pilgrim forefathers passed the colonial ordinance which states, “In all great ponds lying in common, though within the bounds of some town, it shall be free for any man to fish and fowl there, and may… Read More
Crime seems to be on the rise in Maine. The last few months of 1995 brought murder, assault and various other criminal activities to many rural areas throughout our state. True, Maine is no New York, but it does seem that our peaceful lifestyle is being threatened. We… Read More
AUGUSTA — Moments after Democratic House Speaker Dan A. Gwadawsky announced Tuesday which eight standing committee chairmanships he was shifting to Republican control, GOP leaders were reviewing potential candidates. Gwadosky released the list in keeping his promise to Republicans after they forced a showdown last… Read More
SULLIVAN — Coastal Recycling’s board of directors has tightened the reins on its director and officers in the wake of apparent bylaws violations, and after half of member towns indicated their intent to withdraw from the nonprofit recycling cooperative. All of Coastal’s 10 member towns… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The publicized plight of a Brunswick family who lost a specialized stroller has led to another child with special needs receiving a car seat that converts to a stroller. When Colleen Robbins, coordinator of the child car seat loan program at Mayo Regional… Read More
EMBDEN — Somerset County sheriff’s deputies, including the sheriff himself, converged on a rented home in Embden late Monday night armed with a search warrant and a tip that an illegal marijuana growing operation was under way at the East Shore Road residence. The tip… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Bill Clinton lamented Tuesday that Sen. William S. Cohen’s decision not to seek re-election further diminishes the number of moderate members willing to seek bipartisan solutions for the nation’s great problems. Cohen’s impending departure means that 13 incumbent senators and 33… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A 7-year-old girl received a broken arm Tuesday morning when she was hit by a car as she was crossing the street to the Dr. Charles C. Knowlton School. Lauren Carter was taken by ambulance to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital for treatment Tuesday,… Read More
PORTLAND — A casting call for extras in “The Preacher’s Wife,” a movie starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington, is set for this afternoon at the Cumberland County Civic Center. About 150 extras will be needed each day when Washington and Houston film an ice-skating… Read More
Fire gutted house trailers in Frankfort and Montville late Monday night and early Tuesday, keeping firefighters from those areas cold and busy. In Frankfort, the Town Hill Road mobile home of Ralph and Robin Porter was struck by fire at 4 a.m. Tuesday. Across the… Read More
It’s a first for the Holden Fire Department and the Holden Fire Department Auxiliary; a first that makes one young volunteer in particular very delighted and very proud. Holden Fire Chief Henry Maynard has announced that the two organizations recently presented the first $500 Arthur… Read More
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PORTLAND — One of the nation’s largest health insurers plans to open a regional headquarters in downtown Portland, creating up to 200 jobs within five years, according to a newspaper report Tuesday. NYLCare Health Plans of Maine, a subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Co.,… Read More
NEWPORT — Newport selectmen will meet at 6:30 tonight to discuss the state funding for schools and how that will affect their 1996 municipal budget. The municipal operating budget has been reviewed and passed, with minor revisions, during several recent workshops, and tonight’s budget review… Read More
LINCOLN — Town and Teamsters union officials were tight-lipped Tuesday about a police union proposal hammered out during a 75-minute bargaining session. Both sides said the proposal would be reviewed by the Town Council during a special meeting scheduled for tonight. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
OLD TOWN — The Old Town School Board Monday plotted a course of action for its search for a new superintendent of schools. The school department’s top slot became vacant in early December when John Grady, who was halfway through his 24th year as superintendent,… Read More
ROCKLAND — Two Rockland men have been charged with the October heist of $7,000 worth of lobster from a fishermen’s cooperative. Police hope the arrests will help crack a similar case from last month. Terry Weaver, 28, and Stephen Wentworth, 37, are charged with the… Read More
NEW SWEDEN — Members of the New Sweden School Committee have sided with their counterparts in Woodland by adopting a traditional calendar for the next school year. Last month, the Stockholm School Committee adopted an expanded schedule that included time for remedial help for students… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The results of a public and private partnership were applauded Tuesday in Skowhegan at an open house for Maine Expressions, a domestic designer and manufacturer of patchwork products. The new manufacturing facility is housed in an 18,000-square-foot building in the Skowhegan Industrial Park,… Read More
DYER BROOK — The board of directors of the Southern Aroostook Community School District last week narrowly approved a two-year extension of the contract of Superintendent Kenneth Coville. The 5-4 decision means that his contract will now expire in June 1998. The vote came after… Read More