TAMPA, Fla. – Joe Anderson struck out nine and gave up four hits in six innings as Defiance College handed Husson College a 12-4 baseball loss Tuesday. Jeff Calmes rapped two singles and a double, Mike Certain had two doubles and two RBIs, and Jim… Read More
After cruising through a 21-0 Western Maine Class A schoolboy basketball season, Westbrook is trying to cast itself into an underdog role. “In this game here, it makes it tough, because in Eastern Maine, Bangor has such great tradition,” Westbrook coach Mark Karter said. “It… Read More
AMARILLO, TEXAS – Craig Gray and Angel Darian put on a high-scoring show as Louisiana Christian downed the University of Maine-Fort Kent 98-64 in the opening round of the National Small College Athletic Association’s men’s basketball tournament Tuesday night. UMFK must win on Thursday to… Read More
After winning the North Atlantic Conference title and earning a berth into the NCAA Tournament Saturday, the University of Maine Black Bears enjoyed two practices in the comfort of Memorial Gym before beginning a busy NCAA schedule. The UMaine women’s basketball team will be the… Read More
USSA Masters AT SUNDAY RIVER Alpine Championships Men’s Giant Slalom (2 runs) Class 1 (25-29): Scott Tanner 2:29.60; William Withington 2:30.81; David Elliott 2:34.50; Scott Berube 2:37.26; David Bruhm 2:37.76; Class 2 (30-34): Bill McGrath 2:24.68; Ronn Gifford 2:29.45; Donald Shipp 2:29.45; Patrick McNamara 2:29.63;… Read More
Youth Amateur AT WALLACE POOL, Orono Winter Age Group Championships COMBINED TEAM SCORES: Portland 4,591.5 points; Westbrook 2,457.5; Canoe City 2,271; Coastal Maine 2,263.5; Hurricane Swim Club 2,059; Seacoast Swim Club 1,516; Long Reach 1,277.5; Mount Desert Island 1,027; Bangor YMCA 470; Sanford Y 430;… Read More
There are moments in our lives when the obvious strikes us like a well-directed snowball, and we’re left wondering why this thing didn’t seem so glaringly apparent before. I’m thinking this as I pause to briefly rest my burning calves and thighs on the side… Read More
Rams and Indians dominate the 1996 Bangor Daily News Eastern Maine Class A All-Tournament boys team. Players from Bangor and Old Town High School – the combatants in the Eastern championship game – fill four of the five slots on the roster. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – No. 12 Florida State defeated Maine 14-5 Tuesday night, handing Maine its’ 17th loss so far this season without a single victory. In the third inning, the Florida State Seminoles (14-4) mounted a comeback from a 5-2 deficit, sparked by catcher Jeremy… Read More
High School DOWNEAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE All-Stars Girls basketball 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
Maine’s first-round game against George Washington University Friday in the NCAA women’s basketball tourney is the Black Bears’ chance to show they are more than a one-woman team, as some skeptics claim. GWU will concentrate on stopping Maine’s Cindy Blodgett, the nation’s leading scorer. This… Read More
Maine Broadcasting System has secured television broadcast rights to the University of Maine women’s early-round NCAA Tournament basketball games. WLBZ (Channel 2) in Bangor and WCSH (Ch. 6) in Portland will televise the No. 11 Black Bears’ game with No. 6 seed George Washington University… Read More
After 16 years in coaching, Peter Caruso is hanging up his whistle. Foxcroft Academy’s Caruso, who has served as golf, boys varsity basketball, and softball coach, resigned as the Ponies’ basketball coach Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR — A Bangor man accused of pointing two loaded guns at a 12-year-old boy and attempting to sexually assault him remained in Penobscot County Jail Tuesday, unable to make the $25,000 cash bail set by a District Court judge on Monday. Timothy Shannon, 46,… Read More
SULLIVAN — The Downeast U.S. Route 1 Committee voted on March 11 to make replacement of the Sullivan Bridge its top priority. A petition recently was sent to the Maine Department of Transportation by the Sullivan Bridge committee asking that it be replaced. A committee… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — “It runs and runs, blows, shakes, rattles and rolls,” Town Councilor Milton Annis said as he described the glass shattering noises coming from Georgia-Pacific’s pulp and paper mill. Annis, along with other Baileyville residents who live within the shadow of the mill, are… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — As part of the 1996-97 budget deliberations, the school board will consider budget cuts totaling nearly $119,000. The proposed budget cuts include eliminating four full-time positions, reducing two other positions and cutting two programs — high school tennis and junior high school… Read More
PITTSFIELD — “Guiding principles” and “content standards” are part of the new educational language that will re-create education in Maine for the year 2000. They also represent two major elements in the final report of the Task Force on Learning Results, a document teachers in SAD 53 will… Read More
CARIBOU — After a day of finger pointing and contradictory testimony by witnesses, an Aroostook County jury decided Tuesday that an Ashland man was not guilty of conspiring to burn down a state trooper’s house. The Superior Court jury deliberated about 1 hour and 20… Read More
BANGOR — A couple of dozen people came to City Hall Tuesday evening to ask questions and offer opinions about the Bangor Water District’s plan to ask the Public Utilities Commission for a 24 1/2 percent rate increase. As expected, no one is eager to… Read More
BANGOR — The Penobscot County Soil & Water Conservation District is taking orders for its spring tree and shrub sale, including shade trees, evergreens, apple and crabapple trees, ground covers, hedges and shrubbery. Orders must be received by April 12 at the district offices, 28… Read More
The Institute for Spiritual and Environmental Awareness is celebrating the “Great American Meat-Out” by offering downtown Bangor merchants a meat-free luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the Vedic Resource Library, above the Grasshopper Shop, at 6 West Market Square, Bangor. The… Read More
HERMON — A daylong fund-raising event dubbed “Boston ’96” will be held Saturday, March 30, at the Hermon Elementary School. Proceeds from the event, which will include an auction, will go to the Hermon Middle School’s eighth-grade class, which is trying to raise enough money… Read More
BANGOR — The Friends of the Bangor Public Library will hold a book sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 4, to raise funds for the library’s capital campaign. Donated hardcover and paperback books are being sought and may be left at the… Read More
VAN BUREN — SAD 24’s business manager resigned Feb. 28, after school directors placed him on administrative leave without pay while an internal investigation of the district’s central office finances was continuing. An internal investigation into the finances of SAD 24’s central office was started… Read More
At least one freight train was diverted into Maine Tuesday after a massive train derailment in New Brunswick Monday morning. Two locomotives and nearly three dozen train cars hauling butane, propane and sulfuric acid were brought into Maine Tuesday afternoon, confirmed a spokesman of the… Read More
SANFORD — Officials from Maine Technical College System say the former Nasson College may not be big enough to accommodate York County Technical College. President John Fitzsimmons toured the campus Monday afternoon with other college officials, and said they will decide soon whether to move… Read More
BANGOR — Eastern Maine schools brought home all of the titles in the state scholastic team chess championships Saturday. The first-place trophy stayed with the host school, John Bapst Memorial High School, and the runner-up award was earned by Old Town High School. A second Bapst team won… Read More
While less is sometimes more when it comes to creative arts, less is definitely less when it comes to funding arts. And less is what artists and arts organization in Maine can expect when funding from the National Endowment for the Arts decreases 40 percent,… Read More
BATH — An 18-year-old man shot during a confrontation with Bath police was high on LSD at the time and scared of an officer’s dog, a friend said Tuesday. Edwin Curtis was wounded in the arms and torso Monday night after he refused repeated orders… Read More
Those who have been hibernating missed the Black Bears, women’s basketball, a phenomenon that has packed the Alfond Arena, made prime-time TV and today hits the road for Charlottesville, Va. The next stop could be Charlotte, N.C. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
AUGUSTA — A St. John Valley legislator’s tenacious fight to keep a District Court in Madawaska may pay off, despite opposition from a state government cost-cutting panel. Last month, the Productivity Realization Task Force approved a restructuring plan designed to save about $630,000 in the… Read More
MONROE — Fed up with the back-biting and innuendo that has dominated town affairs for the past year, Fire Chief Marshall Moody has decided to retire. Moody, who has served as chief since 1982 and a fire department member for 36 years, will step down… Read More
Monday’s editorial in the Bangor Daily News gave an accurate report of the history of the sewer rate struggle and the demands that it has placed upon the ratepayers and the Bangor City Council. The decision to increase the sewer rates to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency… Read More
WASHINGTON — Prospects for a new federal shutdown faded further Tuesday as retreating Senate Republicans agreed to boost funds in a social spending bill and GOP leaders planned to send President Clinton a measure temporarily keeping agencies open. Under pressure from Democrats, the Senate agreed… Read More
BANGOR — As emergency medical technicians worked frantically to revive his son, Robert Ardolino was seen drinking a cup of coffee, according to testimony heard Tuesday at Ardolino’s murder trial. By all accounts, Ardolino was nearly hysterical when he called his neighbors before dawn on… Read More
It’s the desire to tinker, after all, that makes town meetings such a cussedly frustrating, yet blessedly enduring part of the Maine landscape. After dog-weary selectmen and school board members slog through uncounted hours of budget meetings, finishing their homework to defend their positions, the… Read More
HAMPDEN — William Cattelle, the Weatherbee School principal who received a two-year contract extension from the SAD 22 board last Wednesday, has resigned his position, effective at the end of this school year. Cattelle will leave the district to take a position at the American… Read More
GUILFORD — The Maine Cancer Pain Initiative, a committee of the Maine Hospice Council, will present the third in a series of six programs on pain management at 7 a.m. Thursday, March 14, at Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford. The program will be broadcast… Read More
Crystal No one took out nomination papers for elected positions here, meaning that a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen and a three-year term on the Southern Aroostook Community School District board will have to be filed by write-in candidates, according to Town Clerk… Read More
Nokomis panel studies ideas for raising scores> Teachers’ suggestions aimed at improving MEA results
NEWPORT — The SAD 48 Education Committee, a subcommittee of the school board, set out Tuesday night to review suggestions for improving the scores of Nokomis Regional High School students on the annual Maine Educational Assessment testing. What they found, and discussed at length, was… Read More
HODGDON — The SAD 70 board of directors voted Monday night to hire Deborah Stewart of Presque Isle as the district’s new superintendent of schools, beginning July 1. She will replace Terry A. Comeau, who is retiring after 10 years heading the district. Stewart received… Read More
MILO — Sixth-graders at the Penquis Valley Middle School in SAD 41 will be taking to the great outdoors this week as part of the first “Schoodic Experience.” Funded by grant money from Project Seed and private material contributions, the pupils will travel to the… Read More
ORONO — Voters in Tuesday’s town elections returned two incumbents to the Town Council and chose a new representative to the school committee. In the second major election here in two weeks — the first one being the presidential primary a week ago — Orono… Read More
OLD TOWN — After being arrested in Bangor recently, Old Town’s city manager is facing charges of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and possession of a scheduled drug, namely Valium. Ron Singel, 39, was stopped by Bangor police Friday, Feb. 23, near… Read More
MILLINOCKET — A rafting company and an environmental agency are interested in leasing space at the Katahdin Avenue School, which is owned by the town. New England Whitewater Center, owned by Matt Polstein, wants to lease two classrooms at the former school to house administrative… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club is gearing up for the 24th annual Piscataquis River Canoe Race to be held Saturday, April 27. The nine-mile race will begin below the dam at King Cummings Memorial Park in Guilford and finish across from Foxcroft Academy in… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Town Manager Roger Raymond says he is “extremely concerned” that the combined 1996-1997 school and town budgets as proposed would require an increase of 6.8 percent in the amount raised from property taxes. The total proposed budget for next year stands at $10.3… Read More
BELFAST — The succession of storms that swept Waldo County last month resulted in the most property damage of any Maine county. Emergency Management Agency head Rick Ferris informed county commissioners Tuesday an estimated $412,312 in storm-related damage was reported. Ferris added that his total… Read More
AUGUSTA — The state Senate on Tuesday voted to water down a bill that would have imposed new restrictions on when reformulated gas may be sold in Maine. The Senate went along with a House-approved version that would reduce the bill to a study. It… Read More
SWANVILLE — It was a semisweep for the Sholeses at town meeting Tuesday when Dennis Sholes won a seat on the Board of Selectmen and his mother, Barbara, was re-elected town clerk for the 22nd year running. Barbara Sholes also won an 11th term as… Read More
The Land Use Regulatory Commission, which regulates Maine’s 10.5 million acres in the unorganized townships, is revising its Comprehensive Land Use Plan. It includes a provision allowing the application of Natural Character Zones (remote, undeveloped areas, 10,000-plus acres, of a natural and wild character, in which only forestry,… Read More
Imagine traveling to Aroostook from out of state to do some snowmobiling, stopping to buy your first tank of fuel and picking up the weekend edition of the Bangor Daily News for a little reading material for the three-hour ride north. While skimming the headlines you notice an… Read More
I felt a need to address Jack Monroe’s letter (BDN, March 5) concerning the article on the MIA-POW bracelet (Feb. 29). First of all, had he read the article well he would know that the bracelet was not a “trend” item for me. Even at… Read More
I would like to commend Kathy Holliman Harbour for her thorough and evenhanded coverage of recent Mount Desert Island issues. Naturally, I was pleased that Ms. Harbour pointed to the role that I and more than 100 other residents of the island played in a recent controversy involving… Read More
The ink had barely dried on the order authorizing the referendum on clear-cuts in November before referendum supporters issued letters showing moonscape clear-cuts, warning the forest will disappear imminently. Meanwhile, advertising from the paper companies painted on television sylvan scenes of tranquility. Most people know the more complicated… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — “Take Control of Your Financial and Legal Matters,” a series of five weekly workshops, will be offered by the Women’s Financial Information Program of AARP 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 4 through May 2, at the Presque Isle Extension office. The workshop… Read More
ORRINGTON — The Orrington Garden Club has won a matching funds grant of $500 for lakeshore restoration and public access to the Maine Audubon Society’s Fields Pond Nature Center. The grant is part of the Protect the Environment Through Action, Learning and Service program sponsored… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Gov. Angus King and members of child abuse prevention agencies have begun the 1996 campaign to prevent child abuse and neglect. Joining Gov. King were Laura Carmichael, director of the Aroostook Council to Prevent Child Abuse, 50 supporters of the Maine Children’s… Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou City Council Monday night approved city and education budgets for 1996. The council hopes valuation figures due next month will allow the city to keep its property tax mill rate at $26 per thousand. Richard C. Matilla said Tuesday that the… Read More
HAMPDEN — Today could very well be Judgment Day for the Abundant Life Church’s hopes of building a $3.5 million facility on Western Avenue. Church officials have requested a one-month continuance to study the costs of expanding the town’s sewer line to the proposed site,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Town officials will proceed slowly on the development of a business park, the concept of which received unanimous approval from the Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen on Monday. The board’s action, which supported the recommendation of the town’s business park committee, is a statement… Read More
Family members report that their father, 64-year-old Carroll “Gully” Gulliver of East Millinocket, told them he can’t remember why he returned to his home Tuesday, March 5, in the midst of running errands as he prepared to drive to New York to visit a daughter, but the strange… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The thoroughness of the state’s investigation into the crime scene was called into question Tuesday during the third day of John Sullivan’s trial for attempted murder in Somerset County Superior Court. Everett Nichols, 72, was standing beside three men who were shot at… Read More
OLD TOWN — When the firetrucks rolled onto Carroll Street about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, all nine members of the Larry McLaughlin family were waiting safely across the street from their burning home. This is exactly what firefighters hope to see when they are called to… Read More
The Aroostook Medical Center has announced that Dr. MOMEN EL NESR has been named to the hospital’s active medical staff. As medical director for the hospital’s psychiatric services, El Nesr will be located at Community General Hospital in Fort Fairfield. He completed residences at Cairo University, the Caring… Read More
VAN BUREN — Pre-kindergarten registration for SAD 24 will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at Gateway Elementary School. To register, a child must be 4 years old on or before Oct. 15. School authorities request that the child’s birth… Read More
HOULTON — Northern Maine Development Commission and the town of Houlton have established a southern Aroostook office at the Houlton Town Office to house the NMDC regional planning documents, annual reports, loan program guidelines, and other materials. The office will be open from 7:30 a.m. Read More
ROCKLAND — An ordinance designed to allow the Rockland Golf Club to erect a sign twice as big as the law allows was soundly defeated by the City Council on Monday. With dues-paying club member James Raye electing to abstain, the council voted unanimously to… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — A free immunization clinic for children will be held from 8 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the Fort Fairfield Health Center, High Street. Immunizations include diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis, oral polio and haemophilus. Patients should bring immunization records. For… Read More
HOULTON — Ninety-four young racers from Madawaska to Sherman Station, together with parents and friends, gathered in Houlton Sunday afternoon to complete their registration for the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby on June 15 in Houlton. After six months of planning, which has included finding… Read More
BANGOR — A jury took less than an hour Tuesday to find a Bangor man guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. David Lynwood Bowden Jr., 24, of Bangor was found guilty by the jury after a single day of testimony in… Read More
ROCKLAND — David F. Lovejoy of Augusta was picked Tuesday for a return engagement as administrator of the Knox County Jail. Lovejoy, who ran the jail briefly a decade ago, was the unanimous choice of a search committee and of the county commissioners to succeed… Read More
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — A bill intended to eliminate dramatic annual changes in assessment for towns in the Mount Desert Island High School District is awaiting the governor’s signature, having gained approval of the Legislature. The amendment to the law governing apportionment of costs among… Read More