EAST CORINTH – Angela Allen’s sacrifice fly with one out in the sixth inning delivered Marie Cookson with the winning run as the Central Red Devils defeated Mattanawcook Academy 4-3 in schoolgirl softball action Friday. Cookson had reached on an infield error and been chased… Read More
ORONO – Barry Terrill pounded a bases-loaded double in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Orono an 8-7 schoolboy baseball victory against Foxcroft Academy Friday. Terrill added a single for the winners and Peter Munn also ripped a double, a single, and two… Read More
Class C Quarterfinals AT VAN BUREN No. 3 Van Buren girls (8-5) 4, No. 6 Sumner (5-10) 1 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++)… Read More
SHERMAN STATION – Senior righthander Sam Shippee, making his first start since undergoing knee surgery this past winter, fired a two-hitter to lead the Katahdin Cougars to a 6-1 schoolboy baseball win over the Central Aroostook Panthers Friday. Shippee struck out 14 and walked two. Read More
WOODLAND – Jill McCarthy scattered eight hits, striking out eight and walking one, and Michelle Hussey hit a two-run single in a four-run first inning that sent Machias on its way to a 7-2 schoolgirl softball victory. Catherine Luce doubled and singled, scored three runs… Read More
GUILFORD – Todd Tufts knew his Piscataquis Community team needed this win badly to have any hope of a playoff berth. Penobscot Valley pitcher Corey Clukey, who hadn’t lost a game this spring, had beaten the Pirates earlier in the season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
MILLINOCKET – Angela Philbrook’s two-run single tied the game in the fifth and her RBI single in the seventh lifted Stearns to a 3-2 schoolgirl softball victory Friday over Bucksport. Philbrook drove in Lisa Santerre with the winning run after Santerre singled and advanced on… Read More
BANGOR – Bangor High School junior righthander Keith Dorr had two-thirds of an inning of varsity pitching experience when he took the mound for his first start against Nokomis High School of Newport on Friday night. Bangor was playing its fourth game in three days… Read More
It all began in earnest shortly after the last paying customer filed out of Burlington Athletic Stadium in North Carolina on a hot, humid, August evening last summer. A small group of Burlington Indians management, employees, and interns met, as they did periodically, at the… Read More
Building the Blue Ox September, 1993 – Dean Gyorgy mentions to father-in-law Vincent Burns that boss Miles Wolff, Jr. is scouting locations in New England for a new independent baseball league. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
It is my profound pleasure to inform you that in spite of the cold, sodden weather of late, spring has definitely arrived in this neck of the woods. How do I know? Because a week or so ago I breathed and swallowed and wretched and gagged on black… Read More
It requires only a brief glance at Taylor Field to realize those of us with children involved with the Bangor East Side Little League don’t care enough about the baseball experience our children receive. Springtime in Maine provides weather that is far from ideal for… Read More
Winterport’s Mike Bordick, the starting shortstop for the Oakland Athletics, was named as the most underrated player in major league baseball in a survey of 84 coaches, general managers, and players in each league. The survey was conducted by Sports Illustrated magazine, and the findings… Read More
The former Spud Speedway will make its debut under new ownership as Caribou Motor Speedway on Sunday to highlight a busy Memorial Day weekend of racing. Caribou Motor Speedway was supposed to open last weekend, but rain forced postponement of the racing. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
The political noise in Maine these days is coming from the two major parties as they prepare for their primaries, but alternative parties — the Greens, the Reform Party — have a case to make in addition to their platforms. They properly are protesting the hoops Maine forces… Read More
BARING — Every summer for 41 years, as night fell at the St. Croix Valley Drive-In Theater, cars converged on the big outdoor screen, front wheels driven up on small banks, speakers hung inside windows. Inside the cars, parents handed out popcorn and soft drinks… Read More
It is truly unfortunate that recent editorials in the Bangor Daily News should come so dangerously close to identifying the lack of leadership within the University of Maine as one of the central problems. Even the Apologia by trustee George Wood does little to dispel the specter of… Read More
Two articles, one from the Greenville News, which appeared in the Bangor Daily News on the editorial page on May 6, and another article appearing in the Bangor Daily News on May 15, demand a response as they give inaccurate information. The Greenville News was… Read More
When you go to Arnold Greenberg’s home, you never know whom you might find. Arlo Guthrie eating breakfast. Noel Paul Stookey playing his guitar. Odetta singing the blues. What you do know about going to Greenberg’s house is that there will always be bread. Dark,… Read More
Only in America, where Memorial Day is listed on the calendar as Thursday, May 30, would the occasion be celebrated on Monday, May 27, by government decree, in order that the masses might be mollified by yet another contrived three-day weekend. Long weary of splitting… Read More
Sunday, May 26 FORT KENT — A parade will start at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at Martin Ford on Route 1. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s children and its taxpayers benefit from one of the best school funding systems in the nation, a Harvard economics professor said Friday. Testifying for the state in a landmark case over the way it pays for education, Caroline Hoxby said… Read More
Jennie Getchell will be 97 years old on Monday, June 10, and would appreciate hearing from old and new friends. She is at the Brewer Convalescent Center, 64 Parkway South, Brewer 04412. Junior Elwell will celebrate his 80th birthday with an open house Saturday, June… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Voters in SAD 1 will consider a $13 million budget, reflecting a 1.6 percent increase over last year, when they meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at the local high school. The proposed budget asks for a 2.8 percent increase in… Read More
ORRINGTON — Kerry Wass waits briefly outside a small white house for a signal from outer space, a small yellow and white receiver strapped to his back. It takes very little time for the signals to come in clear, and within 30 seconds he’ll have… Read More
BRUNSWICK — The driver of a tractor-trailer who apparently fell asleep at the wheel before his rig slammed into a motel faces charges of falsifying his records and having an alcoholic beverage — unopened beer cans — in his truck. There were no serious injuries… Read More
There’s a crisis of credibility at the Maine Public Broadcasting Corp., but it has nothing to do with what that network puts on the air. MPBC’s problem is with its top management. Item one: The board of trustees held a public meeting at MPBC’s Bangor… Read More
OLAMON — The Greenbush and Passadumkeag fire departments responded Friday to an out-of-control brush fire in Olamon. The fire, caused by high winds fanning embers of a brush fire thought to have been extinguished the day before, involved approximately 1 1/2 to 2 acres on… Read More
PORTLAND — A Bath man was found guilty Friday of starting a fire that almost killed four people at his estranged wife’s house in Brunswick last July. Christopher Carr, 32, set the fire days after a court report recommended that his wife get full custody… Read More
Those who believe there’s little else to do with food aside from eating or cooking have yet to experience a performance by Ron Gallagher. The comedian, known as Gallagher II, will present his famous “Sledge-O-Matic” routine in which he sends food flying at 8 p.m. Read More
Sensing deja vu in 1996, Sen. Olympia Snowe has joined big-state political leaders to avert a repetition of the 1992 debacle in Houston when hard-liners on the party’s far right took control of the convention and helped doom the re-election chances of then President George Bush. Read More
An Aroostook County Superior Court listing published May 23 said that Scott Doak, 19, of Presque Isle was sentenced to 90 days in jail for a charge of assault. In fact, the jail sentence was suspended and Doak received six months probation. A Stonington man… Read More
Central High School Third quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Angelene Doody, Jessica Eells, Michelle Gilbert, Jestina Iwaniszek and Katharina Pethke; honors: Joy Allen, Terri Allen, Jennifer Bailey, Justin Bragdon, Alfred Brickett, Ronald Broad, John Bryant, Monica Cookson, Joshua Easler, Stephanie Edwards, John Foss, LeeAnn… Read More
Despite tax increases caused by a newly revamped formula for funding education, a pair of local school budgets were approved this week. A total budget of $4,698,000 was approved Tuesday, May 21, for SAD 23, a district that includes the towns of Carmel and Levant. Read More
Principal Terrence M. Daigle has announced the four co-valedictorians for the 1996 graduating class at Stearns High School in Millinocket. Jeremy Bither, son of Elaine and Vaughn Whitaker of Millinocket, is a member of Boy Scout Troop 57 and an Eagle Scout. He was a… Read More
Valedictorian of the Class of 1996 at Penquis Valley High School is Bethany Lavign, daughter of Gerald and Jeannine Lavigne of Milo. Holly Jo Andrews, daughter of Susan and Peter Cannon of Atkinson is salutatorian. Lavigne was a member of the student council, National Honor… Read More
Principal Jerry Goss has announced the three students with the highest grade averages in the senior class at Brewer High School. Robert J. Reynolds, son of Timothy and Roxanne Reynolds of Brewer, earned the highest grade-point average. He has been a member of the National… Read More
Honor parts for the class of 1996 at Caribou High School have been announced by Principal David Ouellette. Valedictorian Erin Cole-Karagory is the daughter of Dr. George and Diane Karagory and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cole. President of the Caribou High School Student Council and… Read More
BANGOR — The tall Maine evergreens and coastal lighthouse on the left side of the mural offer balance to Independence Hall and Liberty Place on the right. Hands extended from both sides meet in the middle just beneath a beautiful, golden sunflower. In the center… Read More
The Earth has awakened. The muffled quiet of winter gave way to a cacophonous chorus of blackbirds every morning and the sweet harmony of peepers each night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
BANGOR — Two missions were elevated to parish status during the annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine on May 17 in Bangor. Welcomed as new parishes were two congregations that had formerly been missions: St. Patrick’s in Brewer and St. Francis by the… Read More
MILLINOCKET — C’mon now, ‘fess up. How many times have you waited until the kids were asleep, then built a dream house with their Lego building blocks? Guess what — some people in Maine have taken that idea a whole lot farther. A few intrepid… Read More
If you’re like most gardeners, the flood of garden catalogs in the late winter comes as a welcome harbinger of spring. When the first beacon arrives in January, we know we’ll have a long wait until planting time, but we just don’t care. The bright pictures of lush… Read More
Douglas Cummings, Headmaster at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield has announced the honor parts for the Class of 1996. Bethany Collier was named valedicatorian and Yeugeniy “Gene” Gouysha salutatorian. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
ROCKLAND — Accused embezzler Frances Hernandez opened her defense Friday in Knox County Superior Court by calling to the stand as character witnesses a Thomaston selectman and a retired San Francisco cop. The 36-year-old former Thomaston town bookkeeper is charged with stealing $32,468 in excise… Read More
AUGUSTA — Factors from the weather to presidential politics are likely to have an effect on Maine’s summer tourism, an optimistic state official said as the season got off to an unofficial start Friday. Warm, sunny weather throughout the East during the last few days… Read More
CARIBOU — Memorial Day here will be a bit more special because it also has been declared Verna Norton Day, according to a proclamation signed by Mayor Lee Doody. Ms. Norton, a former teacher, will turn 102 on Monday, May 27. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
THOMASTON — The old joke went that if Dragon Products Co. got a cold, the town sneezed. The giant cement plant on Route 1 pays about one-third of the annual property tax assessment. But no one is laughing in Thomaston now that a new draft… Read More
DEXTER — Marcia Delaware has resigned as Dexter town clerk, effective June 14. Councilors here accepted her resignation at a meeting earlier in the week. Delaware has worked at the town office for 20 years, the last five as town clerk. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Principal Martin Gray has announced the honor parts for Central High School in East Corinth. Valedictorian for 1996 is Matthew Goodrow and salutatorian is Terri Allen. Goodrow is the son of Dennis and Wanda Goodrow of East Corinth. A member of the math and cross… Read More
Belfast Area High School Principal Ronald Gleason has announced the honor parts for the 1996 graduating class. Kirk Klausmeyer is valedictorian and Katie Giddings is salutatorian. Klausmeyer, son of William and Barbara Klausmeyer of Swanville, was president of student senate. He received the Bauch and… Read More
Valedictorian and salutatorian for the 1996 class at Fort Kent High School are Andrew Martin and Nathan L. Parent respectively. Martin, son of Vaughn and Ann Marie Martin of Fort Kent Mills, served as student council president and National Honor Society regional president. He was… Read More
Honor parts for the Class of 1996 at Old Town High Shool have been announced. Valedictorian Jonathan Pratt is the son of Claire and Eugene Pratt of Old Town. He was a member of the National Honor Society and recipient of the I Dare You… Read More
Principal Richard C. Greenlaw of Mattanawcook Academy in Lincoln has announced honor parts for the Class of 1996. Robert Douglass Gerry, son of Mike and Linda Gerry of Lincoln, is valedictorian. During his high school career, Gerry was active in the band, jazz and combo… Read More
PORTLAND — A Sebago man accused of intentionally running over his son’s dog and then trying to shoot it was found guilty Thursday of cruelty to an animal. Carl Wallace was tried in Cumberland County Superior Court, where the case was continued until next month… Read More
Principal David Wiggin has announced the honor parts for the Class of 1996 at Houlton High School. Valedictorian is Danielle M. Audette and salutatorian is Danielle M. Cassella. Audette is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Audette of Ludlow. She was a member of… Read More
This concerns the recent article about the Make A Wish Foundation. Isn’t it sad that a young man can’t honestly express his few desires in life and others can’t grant him those wishes without some liberal trying to manipulate the unfortunate situation? As for the… Read More
I am writing this letter to defend Rep. John Baldacci, the Constitution, and law-abiding gun owners everywhere. Baldacci should be given praise for his vote on repealing the assault weapons ban. It took a great amount of courage to vote for freedom in a time when it has… Read More
I found myself very moved (recently) by the kindness and compassion I saw demonstrated by three young men, maybe in their late teens, two white and one African-American. I was heading into Super Shop ‘n Save near the Bangor Mall and noticed these three friends perched on a… Read More
This letter is in response to the story titled, “Lawyer to contest animal cruelty law,” in the May 18-19 edition of Maine Weekend. I am appalled and disgusted to read that lawyer Ronald Bourget is fighting to get the charges of animal cruelty dropped against… Read More
I was saddened to read the article in the May 18-19 edition of 8-month-old Aisha Dickson’s last day of life. All three adults living with her — mother, father and grandmother — had no concept of parenting. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Are these people the Green Party or the Red Party? I was raised to believe we are living in the greatest country in the world, and I still do, but I don’t understand why some so-called Americans want to take our rights away and are attacking the Constitution… Read More
Bangor Daily, your bias is showing. The straw poll in Lincoln was up for any U.S. Senate candidate to steal (or buy). A. Jay Higgins stated in a May 17 article, titled, “Straw poll a GOP steal?” that “Both Collins and Monks favor policies that do not discriminate… Read More
Principal Earle Tourtillotte of Woodland High School has announced honor parts for the Class of 1996. Valedictorian this year is Kenneth Worster, son of Dennis and Jeanette Worster of Princeton, and salutatorian is Christine Murphy, daughter of Charles and Susan Murphy of Princeton. Worster, a… Read More
Scott L. Hayden, 18, a senior at Hampden Academy and a member of Boy Scout Troop 41, received the rank of Eagle Scout on May 1 at the Hampden Kiwanis Civic Center. Hayden’s Eagle project included installing a steel door in the Hampden Kiwanis Civic… Read More
PORTLAND — Key players in an effort to keep Maine’s Hathaway shirt factory running said Friday they will try to enlist retailers in a campaign to promote the shirts as “made in America.” Former Gov. John R. McKernan, who heads an investor group seeking to… Read More
AUGUSTA — Stephen M. Bost of Orono filed more than 4,600 voter signatures Friday nominating him as an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Sen. William S. Cohen. Secretary of State Bill Diamond will review and approve the signatures, which already… Read More
AUGUSTA — Former Gov. Joseph E. Brennan says he plans to work hard on his U.S. Senate primary campaign despite a poll showing him with a commanding lead over four other Democrats. “I am encouraged,” said Brennan in a press release. “And we will continue… Read More
It has been more than 25 years since Madeleine Freeman got the “bright idea” to launch a career in public service that has been going strong ever since. While the Vietnam War was continuing to stir up its own brand of turmoil on the University… Read More
BURNHAM — Thomas Wright, 42, the operator of one of central Maine’s largest dairy farms, The Wright Place in Clinton, was killed Friday afternoon when he became tangled in a piece of farm machinery. Wright and several other family members, including a grandson, were planting… Read More
BANGOR — A Canadian man was released from jail this week after the U.S. government dropped smuggling and assault charges against him following a dispute over court scheduling. In ordering Peter John Hull released from jail on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Morton Brody admonished the… Read More
People in the Greater Millinocket area can take heart, and pride, in the recent announcement by Great Northern Paper Co. manager of public affairs, Gordon Manuel, that GNP has made a $10,000 pledge to the Unfinished Symphony Endowment Campaign. For years, strong support for the… Read More
LEWISTON — A month-old ordinance in Maine’s second-largest city that bars business permits for people with criminal records has been put to the test for the first time, and it failed. Lewiston City Council granted an exception to the rule for a man seeking a… Read More
They were the poster children of the Maine Democratic Convention last weekend. Dressed in red shirts, a dozen women stitchers at the C.F. Hathaway shirt plant in Waterville met privately with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. In her keynote address, Mrs. Clinton promised that her… Read More
MADAWASKA — Mired for months in employee-related controversy, Madawaska selectmen have sent a strong message to the Madawaska Ambulance Service by seeking privately operated emergency medical services. Madawaska is the only town in the St. John Valley that has its own full-time ambulance service. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
WATERVILLE — Older stitchers at C.F. Hathaway remember when Baron George Wrangell, the eyepatch man in an ad campaign that became a Madison Avenue legend, would visit the shirt factory and swap small talk with employees. “He was so handsome. Oh my gosh, we would… Read More
WASHINGTON — Farmers will have until July 12 to sign up for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s market transition commodity program and those who do not will be excluded from the program for the next seven years, USDA officials said. The new program was described… Read More
A little more than a year after being named president of Webber Energy Fuels, James Mullen is leaving the company, citing philosophical differences with the ownership. Mullen, 45, confirmed Friday that he would be leaving Webber some time in early June. The former head of… Read More
DYER BROOK — The committee working to develop a community building for Oakfield, Smyrna and Merrill will meet June 3 to decide how to proceed with its effort to raise $50,000 to purchase land in Oakfield for the facility. Residents of Smyrna and Merrill attending… Read More
AUBURN — A jury on Friday found a 25-year-old man guilty of murder for the stabbing death of a man outside the Auburn Mall. Thomas “Tony” Garrett maintained that the stabbing of Robert Riley, 26, was unintentional, while the prosecution said the defendant deliberately slashed… Read More
ROCKPORT — The Maine Photographic Workshops has become a college after 24 years as a nonacademic, alternative training center for artists, photographers, filmmakers and actors. The Legislature passed and Gov. Angus King signed a bill that grants the center authority to award degrees in areas… Read More
ROCKLAND — Rockland District Middle School will hold an open house-cookout 5:15-6:45 p.m. Thursday, May 30. Parents, pupils and siblings are invited to share a free outside barbecue with members of the RDMS staff. Those planning to attend are asked to call the school at… Read More
PORTLAND — A white tenant at a subsidized housing complex has been given an eviction notice for allegedly instigating a brawl between whites and Cambodian immigrants, authorities said. William Greenwald, 47, was ordered to stay away from Asian residents at Sagamore Village or else face… Read More
NEWPORT — Sam was run over by a drunken driver when he was a child. He has been bedridden the 50-some years since. He doesn’t want to reveal his last name because he doesn’t want what happened to him this week to happen again. Sam… Read More
The Maine Forest Service recently formed the Maine Wildland Arson Reward Program to combat wildland arson. The program, which is privately funded, will provide substantial remuneration for important information which leads to either an arrest or conviction or both. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Rick Hautala, horror and psychological suspense writer, will be at The Booksource in Bangor for book signings and conversation 1-2 p.m. today. Hautala, who lives in Westbrook, recently published “Beyond The Shroud.”… Read More