High school HEAL POINT STANDINGS (Compiled by Bob Butler, York) 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] googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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    NEWPORT – Rachel Underwood scored eight of her 16 points in the fourth quarter to lift Presque Isle past Nokomis 45-33 in schoolgirl basketball Saturday. Kim Condon tossed in 13 points for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls rolled past the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners 86-53 in men’s basketball action Sunday. Willie Rivera popped in 16 points, Zachary Morrow added 11 and Glenn Sharp finished with 10 for UMPI. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    AT ORONO Penobscot Valley Conference Eastern Maine Indoor Track League Championships Brewer boys 101, Ellsworth 60, Orono 58, Old Town 48 1/2, Bangor 30, Belfast 26 1/2, Foxcroft Academy 23, Hermon 14, Hampden Academy 11, Mount Desert Island 11, Mattanawcook Academy 11, Bucksport 8, George… Read More
    High school AT HUSSON COLLEGE Penobscot Valley Conference Championship Bangor girls 392, Old Town 342, MDI 162, Brewer 150, Orono 109, John Bapst 97, Foxcroft Academy 39, Hampden 29, Ellsworth 8 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    TOWSON, Md. – University of Maine coach Rudy Keeling believes it’s tough to win back-to-back games on the road and Sunday the Black Bears proved him right. Two days after winning at Delaware, Maine came out flat in the second half and Towson State limited… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The UMaine-Presque Isle’s defensive pressure forced Maine Maritime Academy to committ more than 30 second-half turnovers in nabbing an 86-53 men’s basketball win Sunday. Willie Rivera popped in 16 points, Zachary Morrow added 11 and Glenn Sharp finished with 10 for UMaine-Presque… Read More
    The suspense finally ended for Maine high school basketball coaches in Classes B, C, and D Sunday afternoon as the final Heal point standings were released. For coaches like George Stevens Academy’s Larry Gray, the wait was worth it. Gray’s girls moved up from 13th… Read More
    COLUMBIA, S.C. – Maine’s Joan Benoit Samuelson, America’s most famous female marathoner, may have crossed her last finish line. Samuelson, who won the gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, trained for more than a year for another chance in Atlanta. However, she finished… Read More
    BANGOR – Justin Payson scored two goals and assisted on another to lead the Bangor Rams to a 6-2 high school hockey win over the Portland Bulldogs at Sawyer Arena Saturday. Richard Laferter made 23 saves for the 9-8 Rams. Jason Cooper, Jared Gordon, Brad… Read More
    BANGOR – From the beginning, the Bangor Rams believed they faced an uphill battle to gain the Penobscot Valley Conference’s girls swimming and diving crown at the annual 18th meet at the Husson College pool. In fourth place after two legs of the opening event,… Read More
    DURHAM. N.H. – University of New Hampshire junior right winger Eric Boguniecki, who nearly didn’t play due to an ankle injury, stole the show. But University of Maine sophomore right wing Shawn Wansborough came out for the encore. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BANGOR – After being shutout a year ago in the state cheering finals, Eastern Maine teams took home two plaques at the Bangor Auditorium Saturday. The Calais Blue Devils topped a year of firsts, with their first Class C title, edging out Eastern Maine runnerup… Read More
    EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Former University of Maine star Paul Kariya had a goal and an assist and Guy Hebert made 33 saves Sunday night, leading the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to a 4-2 victory over New Jersey that ended the Devils’ eight-game unbeaten streak. Read More
    ORONO – Intense and focused. That is the mental approach the University of Maine women’s basketball team uses for every game, regardless of its magnitude. The Black Bears faced another struggling North Atlantic Conference opponent Sunday at Alfond Arena, but they approached Towson State (Md.)… Read More
    John Bapst of Bangor swept the Penobscot Valley Conference championships, while Fort Kent captured Aroostook County titles as their respective league ski meets were completed over the weekend. At Big Squaw Mountain in Greenville, Brenda Bilotta won the slalom and Rebekka Brooks placed second in… Read More
    AT RUMFORD Mountain Valley 138.65, Biddeford 125.05, Hampden 119.53 Vault 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
    Dexter halted Penobscot Valley’s consecutive win streak at 72 nearly three weeks ago, but the Tigers wound up in a familiar place at the Eastern Maine Class C wrestling championships at Madawaska Saturday. The Howlers collected four individual championships and 167.5 points for the win,… Read More
    ORONO – Sarah Parcak had one jump left and three inches to make up to top Old Town’s Brooke Birmingham in the long-jump finals in Saturday’s Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet at the University of Maine Field House. And, after what amounted to a… Read More
    Penobscot Valley Championships Overall team scores: John Bapst girls 83, Hampden 150, Greenville 258, Mattanawcook 294 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… Read More
    For over five years I have been targeted, stalked, harassed and persecuted by AIDS activists. The first two complaints against me were complete fabrications. After more than four years, these two cases against me were dropped the first time the activists appeared before a judge. Read More
    PORTLAND — A ruling by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has, at least temporarily, killed the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s hopes of building a casino in Calais. It was unclear whether the tribe plans to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — Excessive speed was a factor in a single-car crash on Route 191 early Saturday night that killed two 18-year-old men and left three other male passengers in serious but stable condition at Down East Community Hospital in Machias. Jeffrey Moores of Whiting… Read More
    In a story Saturday about a hearing to relicense Great Northern Paper Co.’s hydroelectric system, a word was inadvertently dropped from a sentence. The sentence should have stated, “He acknowledged the hearing was not the forum to argue points of law.”… Read More
    3rd District Court at Bangor: Franklin A. Sanborn, 62, Old Town, assault, four days in jail; violation of bail condition, two days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    I enjoyed reporter John Hale’s piece, “Group’s study of turnpike widening irks officials,” in the Feb. 1 Bangor Daily News. However, Mr. Hale made a few statements I believe need correcting. “The Sensible Transporation Act of 1991 … was approved by voters,” Hale writes. Later… Read More
    I read with interest the article in the Jan. 30 issue of the Bangor Daily News about the Green Party’s referendum proposal to ban clear-cutting. As a worker in a forest-products industry, I resent the fact that a group of self-righteous, narrow-minded and self-centered people… Read More
    Congratulations to the leadership, members and staff of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce. As indicated in the informative annual report (BDN Feb. 1 insert) progress which benefits us all is being made in a number of areas by that outstanding volunteer organization. Keep up the great work!… Read More
    The continuing leftwards slant of your paper has become increasingly obvious in your keeping the eco-nazi comic strip “Mark Trail” on the funnies pages where children read it instead of in the editorials, along with the equally seditious “Doonesbury.” The new character, “Steve,” a self-righteous, pompous braggart, obviously… Read More
    Your editorial on Jan. 23, “The nightmare continues” omitted or seriously misrepresented a number of facts concerning the ongoing dispute over fish passage at Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.’s Ellsworth project. Many of these issues have recently been covered by Letitia Baldwin in her Jan. 18 Bangor Daily News article,… Read More
    BANGOR — The Bounty Taverne was evacuated shortly after midnight Sunday after someone set a fire in a restroom. Police have a suspect in the case, but no arrest has been made. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    Give the students of Eastern Maine Technical College an A for effort in their attempt to make sure every planned activity for their winter festival, “Arctic Fun,” was attempted even if it wasn’t completed to perfection. Athletic Director Lisa Hanscom planned four days of fun-filled… Read More
    NEWPORT — There’s an old expression “A day late and a dollar short.” Well, the snow may have been a day late for the 23rd annual Pine Tree Camp Snowmobile Ride-In in Newport this weekend, but organizers certainly weren’t a dollar short. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Democratic lawmakers are going to take a crack at doing what five task force’s in the last decade have failed to do: reinvent the school-funding formula. One difference in their approach, however, is encouraging. Instead of addressing the problem where the money comes out, from the state to… Read More
    Not that many years ago, water fees didn’t show up on the radar screen of the typical Bangor family budget. Little blips. No big deal. Now, they’re a significant line item, and are proposed to get larger, by 24 percent. For Bangor residents faced with… Read More
    HOULTON — The Retail Trade Board of the Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce is seeking community comment on promotional campaigns and ways to bring the business community closer together. A free reception will be held for this purpose at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at… Read More
    HOULTON — The Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce will hold an initial meeting of a new Tourism Committee at 3 p.m. today at the Chamber office. People or businesses involved in the tourist industry are encouraged to attend. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    FORT KENT — Employees were hosing out freezers and refrigeration units as customers searched for a few remaining bargains among the aisles of near-empty shelves. By the end of the day Saturday, the Fort Kent and Madawaska Shop ‘n Save stores closed their doors for the last time,… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Registration for the next session of swim lessons will be held today, at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA. The seven-week session will run from Monday, Feb. 26, through Sunday, April 14. Registrations are being accepted for the following aquatics programs: “Y Skippers” for children… Read More
    Gerald Roussell, 34, of River Road, Milo, was being held Sunday in Piscataquis County Jail on charges of gross sexual assault and domestic assault. His bail was set at $10,000 cash. Roussell was arrested at 8 a.m. by Dover-Foxcroft police Officer John Richards and Milo… Read More
    You may have a great idea for a new product or service, but a great idea is not enough. You need to know how to develop and market it commercially. You could try to sell your idea or invention to a manufacturer who would market it and pay… Read More
    HOULTON — Members of the Houlton Regional Hospital Auxiliary undertook the task of underwriting an emergency notification system for senior citizens in the hospital’s service area in 1981. But 15 years later, the system is wearing out. The system allows users wearing a special pendant… Read More