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Former University of Maine star quarterback Mike Buck, who was released by the Arizona Cardinals last month, has signed with the Miami Dolphins, according to his sister, Michelle Buck. Michelle Buck spoke with her brother on Tuesday night and said he had signed with the… Read More
Six races into the Winston Cup season, there is a surprising new face in the top five of the series standings. Ricky Craven, despite his Rookie-of-the-Year laurels of 1995, is not yet considered a realistic candidate for the series title. But there he is, fourth… Read More
SURRY – The Maine Magic 13 and under girls basketball team has qualified for the A.A.U. National Tournament in Cocoa Beach, Florida on July 10. Team members include: Jamie Wood, Sedgwick; Tiffany Shoppe, Coley Stetler, Lamoine; Maggie Kropp, Michala Bunten, Castine; Alison Smith, Stockton Springs;… Read More
BANGOR – Saucony has taken over the primary sponsorship of the former Bangor Daily News Charities road racing series, which begins with Saucony’s own 5K road race in Bangor on May 5. The NEWS discontinued its sponsorship of the race series, along with several other… Read More
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There’s a good reason the University of Maine’s baseball and softball teams didn’t schedule any home games until April 19 this year. Hint: It’s white, wet, and wintery. The snowstorm that blanketed the state Wednesday has thrown a curve at the Black Bears and other… Read More
Some NBA fans in Greater Bangor were tempted to try to shoot a 3-pointer with their TV sets Sunday afternoon when they couldn’t tune in to the start of a game between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. Rather than witness Shaquille O’Neal’s… Read More
Someone close to Rep. John L. Martin should take him aside. Offer some advice: “John, give it up. Maine spoke nearly three years ago. The voice was loud and democratic. It demanded limits on legislative terms. By fighting change, you appear bitter. If you push it, you’ll force… Read More
With the outdoor gardening season just around the corner, the experts at local greenhouses and garden centers are gearing up for their busiest time of year. Success in such a business depends on keeping up with trends in customer needs regarding annual and perennial plants and landscaping elements. Read More
On behalf of Orono students in grades five through 12 who love music, Diane Erb of Orono thanks Morris LaFlamme of Northern Kingdom Music in Bangor for a $2,000 donation to an effort by interested parents and friends to raise $4,000 for the town’s school music program. Read More
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A federal judge’s decison this week to deny a preliminary injunction that would have forced the state to ignore its term-limits law gives Maine citizens a good sense of how the courts will view the legal battle over limits. For the large majority of voters who supported the… Read More
FORT KENT — Gerald Huang would have turned 40 two months ago if his life had not ended on a lonely hillside in Fort Kent, possibly during the first week of October 1981. The site where he died was a stone’s throw from where he… Read More
AUGUSTA — If the eighth-grade Maine Educational Assessment scores in Wednesday’s newspaper looked familiar, they were. The Department of Education mistakenly provided last year’s scores to the state’s newspapers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
AUGUSTA — A lawyer for patients at the Augusta Mental Health Institute said a plan to revamp the state’s mental health system receives a barely passing grade. “I’d say it’s a D,” said Helen Bailey, a lawyer for Maine Advocacy Services. “It’s woefully inadequate.” googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The Healthy Communities Project affiliated with Bucksport Regional Health Center has scheduled a public forum to gather ideas on improving health in the area. After completing a phone survey last summer, project officials determined that area residents considered health insurance costs, the local… Read More
Older baby boomers may remember grandmother’s pantry, a separate room off the kitchen where a previous generation stored canned goods. Pantries seldom appear in modern kitchens, in which designers incorporate more room for food preparation and cooking than food storage. The attitude is, “That’s what… Read More
DEER ISLE — Islanders for Wider Telephone Access will hold an informational meeting with a representative of the Maine Public Advocates Office at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Deer Isle-Stonington High School. According to IWTA spokesman Patrick Weirs, the meeting was planned as part… Read More
The idea originated, fittingly, in a Canadian province surrounded by the sea. Outside a house on a side street in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, a garden composed with bleached scallop shells, driftwood, and a lobster buoy or two spreads across the narrow strip between foundation… Read More
MATTAWAMKEAG — A lawsuit filed against the town by a former police chief is now in the hands of the insurance company that will defend the town. “It is a plus for the town because their business is municipal law and liability,” said Town Administrator… Read More
James River Corp. will shut down its pulping operations in eastern Maine later this spring for several weeks because of declines in prices and demand for pulp. Although the James River mill in Old Town normally shuts down for 10 days in May to undergo… Read More
A powerful April snowstorm, described as “a snow bomb” by one meteorologist, blanketed the state Wednesday with a wet, heavy snowfall that accumulated as much as 14 inches in some areas. The storm, with wind gusts approaching 20 to 30 mph, caused countless minor car… Read More
When many people think of Maine history, they think of lobsters and lighthouses. Alan Taylor, a 1977 graduate of Colby College, is more realistic. The author, historian, university professor and Maine native enjoys chronicling the less-well-known history of his home state. His first book, “Liberty… Read More
WASHINGTON — High schools that are excessively large or very small may impair learning, according to a new study that reckons a student complement of 600 to 900 is ideal. “Students learn less in small schools,” said researcher Valerie E. Lee of the University of… Read More
BANGOR — Of course my watch has a second hand. How else could I pick up my son at school, stop at the store for milk, deliver them both home, and be off to the next city meeting on time? Where’s the rhythm, the pauses,… Read More
BANGOR — Five banks and the city of Bangor are heeding the saying “Put your money where your mouth is” as they join forces in a loan program designed to stimulate business growth and job creation in the downtown area. About $1 million in low-interest… Read More
Recently at a meeting, I told Gov. Angus King that, if he decided to lead the charge of the paper companies against the November referendum to ban the clear-cutting of Maine’s North Woods, he would have to bear responsibility if there was violence against the campaign’s environmentalist leaders. Read More
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — Three proposals for a seasonal public transportation system on Mount Desert Island will be outlined at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the Seal Harbor Fire Station. The meeting is sponsored by the MDI League of Towns, an islandwide group of… Read More
AUGUSTA — John Miller is leaving his job as assistant press secretary for Gov. Angus S. King on April 24 so he can move to Eastport and open a new restaurant on Main Street. “It’s a great opportunity,” Miller said Wednesday. “I will miss everyone. Read More
It took 20 years for Pam Tillis to climb to the top in the town she calls home. Tillis, the daughter of legendary country singer Mel Tillis, won the Country Music Association’s Female Vocalist of the Year award in 1994. This followed two decades of… Read More
WYTOPITLOCK — Forest activist Mitch Lansky has just completed a report card on wood harvesting in Maine. Much of the work gets an “F.” Lansky concludes that the Maine Forest Practices Act must be changed because it does nothing to prevent bad forestry. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
WASHINGTON — The government moved Wednesday to curb sales of an herb offering Generation Xers a “natural high,” telling consumers not to buy such dietary supplements as Herbal Ecstacy that contain the stimulant ephedrine. The supplements are advertised to young people — sometimes as a… Read More
ROCKLAND — Wrong place, wrong time, wrong trousers pretty much sums up Tuesday for Jason Palmiter, cuffed in downtown Rockland after a sawed-off shotgun fell out of his pants at the very moment a passing deputy sheriff was wondering why he walked so funny. Palmiter,… Read More
SPOKANE, Wash. — Police have found disturbing similarities between the plot of a Stephen King novel and a real-life classroom shooting in Moses Lake in which three people died. Barry Loukaitis may have been acting out the plot of “Rage,” a copy of which was… Read More
NEWPORT, R.I. — A former Tiverton man who was extradited from Maine last year after his wife told police he had killed their infant daughter in 1992 pleaded guilty Wednesday. Richard Machado, 47, of Fort Kent pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge and was… Read More
DEXTER — A health professional here is spearheading an effort to create state legislation requiring boarding home residents and staff to be tested for tuberculosis. Tonya Webber, a unit coordinator at the medical surgical unit at Mayo Regional Hospital, learned recently that she had been… Read More
PORTLAND — May Sarton’s estate will go on the auction block next month, a sale likely to draw fans and admirers looking to acquire objects that once belonged to the feminist poet and novelist. The 260-piece collection includes memorabilia of Sarton and her father, George,… Read More
ORONO — Town councilors this week reluctantly voted to sell a modular building to the town of Newburgh, which submitted the high bid of $22,001. The reason for the reluctance was that the Orono Housing Foundation, a community nonprofit organization, had hoped to use the… Read More
A draft report issued by the International Joint Commission on water flow levels for the St. Croix River Basin concludes that while there are conflicting needs among users of the water system, the Georgia-Pacific Corp., which controls most of the dams, has managed the system well. Read More
ORONO — Society may not be able to curb child abuse until it is prepared to say no to sanctioned violence, such as spanking, a New York University professor told local educators, medical personnel and social workers Wednesday morning. While acknowledging that most parents who… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus S. King and Mental Health Commissioner Melodie Peet promised Wednesday to conduct a thorough investigation into the stabbing death of a patient at Augusta Mental Health Institute over the weekend. King said he would “hold those people accountable” if employee mistakes… Read More
LIMESTONE — While the efforts to market the former Loring Air Force Base have taken center stage lately, the environmental cleanup of the installation has been going on simultaneously. The cleanup team recently announced another milestone reached in the multimillion-dollar effort to rid the base… Read More
GUILFORD — Sixth-graders at Piscataquis Community Middle School will head to Canada later this year and a group of eighth-graders will represent the school at the state PACT 96 competition in May at Gorham. Sixth-graders told SAD 4 directors Tuesday they were studying Canada and… Read More
GREENVILLE — Police have a lead in the search for a 34-year-old Greenville woman who has been missing since April 1. Louise Desrosiers left Greenville on April 1 planning to hitchhike to her mother’s home in Woonsocket, R.I., for Easter dinner. She never arrived. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Residents apparently changed their minds from “It can’t happen here” to “It can happen … but not in my back yard.” After residents packed the Skowhegan selectmen’s meeting Tuesday night, town officals set a public workshop for later this month to begin creation… Read More
AUGUSTA — Superior Court Justice Francis Marsano might not have liked being called “insane” by Somerset-Kennebec County District Attorney David Crook after a sentencing the judge handed down last fall. But that didn’t mean Marsano believed Crook should be punished for exercising his right to free speech. Read More
The April 5 letter by Annie Cilley, concerning Department of Human Services caseworkers, should have included this sentence: “There should be mothers, fathers, grandparents, and legal personnel on the task force.” The letter by William England, published April 8, also contained a typesetting error. The paragraph in question… Read More
The Bangor Daily News editorial, “Misused Nominee” (April 2), paints an interesting picture of the Legislature’s Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee hearing on Mary Beth Dolan, the governor’s nominee to the Land Use Regulation Commission. As Senate chairman of the committee, my first reaction to your editorial was… Read More
I appreciate your inclusion of the full text of the clear-cutting referendum in the April 6-7 issue. Hopefully, many people will read it in detail to fully understand the impact of the proposal. Two things occur to me that I have not seen addressed in any of the… Read More
One sure sign of spring has nothing to do with crocuses which now are buried under a blanket of snow. It’s tax crunch time again. If you haven’t filed your federal or state tax forms by now, you’re not alone. Many Mainers haven’t filed yet. Read More
Twice this winter we have cleaned our wood-fired boiler, squeezing into its narrow firing chamber to scrape or sand the creosote build-up. After the warmer weather finally arrived in early March, we closed the boiler’s discharge valve, cleaned out the ashes, and switched to the oil furnace. Read More
ELLSWORTH — The number of teen mothers is expected to jump from four to seven at Ellsworth High School where supporters of a teen parent program are continuing in their effort to get enough funds to start a day care center. Ann Durgin, who heads… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A longtime educator’s job is on the line because the school board Tuesday night axed an industrial arts position at Ellsworth High School. Students have submitted a 176-signature petition opposing the elimination of Phil Sawyer’s industrial arts teaching job. The school board unanimously… Read More
Bare walls beg covering. For some reason, humans cannot gaze long at a bare wall without wanting to hang or paint something on it to break up the horizontal monotony. In the LA barrios, budding artists hit retaining walls and brick walls with spray paint. Read More
MILO — A Penquis Valley High School student was suspended from school for 10 days after a small amount of marijuana was discovered in the student’s car Tuesday. Superintendent J. Kenneth Laux said an investigation is under way to determine if another student also might… Read More
GUILFORD — SAD 4 directors made an unpopular move Tuesday, to proceed with plans to close the small Abbot Elementary School, which in recent years has faced a decline in enrollment. A binding referendum for the purpose of closing the school next year will be… Read More
GUILFORD — Straying from past practices, SAD 4 directors have adopted a school calendar for 1996-1997 that allows eight early-release days to give teachers time for curriculum coordination. Students will be released at noon Wednesdays, Sept. 11, Oct. 2, Nov. 6, Jan. 8, Feb. 5,… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Maine State Police and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department have joined forces to provide a swifter, more efficient response to emergency calls around Hancock County. Starting May 1, Hancock County will be divided into four geographic areas called “slots.” Hancock County deputies and… Read More
BELFAST — After devoting the first half of the decade to improving the city’s infrastructure, Belfast City Manager Arlo Redman has turned his focus to city employees. With the unveiling of his 1996-1997 budget calling for expenditures of $4,053,623, Redman has managed to lay out… Read More
Just about everyone in our community knows and respects Superintendent Clayton Belanger as the devoted educator that he has been throughout his career. For many years he has proven himself to be a fair, dedicated and honest teacher and principal of our elementary school. When… Read More
If we’d had a video, we would have sent it to Tim Allen to incorporate what had happened into a “Home Improvement” episode. On a snowy Saturday last March, Susan and I hung curtains in our new living room. Since we’d painted the walls and… Read More
The Brooksville Free Public Library will celebrate National Library Week beginning Monday, April 15, with speakers and activities. Roberta Wessell, radiologic technologist and president of the Hancock County unit of the American Cancer Society, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, April 15, on “Mammography, A… Read More
BRADLEY — Nomination papers are available for four municipal offices in this year’s town elections. Voters here also will decide up to three referendum questions. Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, June 11. The annual town meeting, which could be the last of… Read More
BREWER — Brewer High School is about halfway through an accreditation renewal process. Principal Jerry Goss told the school board at a recent meeting that he expects the school to get its accreditation, but it needs to correct problems that have been pointed out by… Read More
BANGOR — A convicted burglar who was found with two guns and more than 1,500 rounds of ammunition was indicted on weapons charges Tuesday by a federal grand jury. Daryl Seamon, 40, of Mount Vernon was indicted on federal weapons charges for possessing two .22-caliber… Read More
FAIRFIELD — As he neared Mile Marker 24 while driving south on the Maine Turnpike, with little more than 24 hours remaining before the filing deadline, Democrat Gerald York of Fairfield decided last month to run for the state Senate in District 13. Earlier in… Read More
LINCOLN — Firefighters here have negotiated a new contract with the town, and it was achieved with a lot more ease than previous negotiations. The two-year agreement between the town and members of Local 3038 of the International Association of Firefighters was ratified by members… Read More