The past, the future and the unchanging of sports on this Tuesday morning, with a distinct touch of sadness. The past has claimed the voice of the Yankees’ Mel Allen. Through the 1940s, 50s and 60s, his voice more than any other represented that select… Read More
Hampden 8 1/2-miler AT HAMPDEN Top finishers 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
Dereck Treadwell of Milford shared the Olympic Stadium track Monday with legendary performer Carl Lewis, world-class sprinter Michael Johnson, and 1,500 star Steve Holman. For now, he has proved he belongs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
U.S. Olympic Trials ATLANTA (AP) – Results Monday in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Olympic Stadium. (All race distances in meters. Note: some hometowns were not available): MEN 1500 First Round (Top five each heat plus four best times advance) googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
U.S. Olympic Trials ATLANTA (AP) – Results Monday in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Olympic Stadium. (All race distances in meters. Note: some hometowns were not available): MEN 1500 First Round (Top five each heat plus four best times advance) googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ORONO – Ginger Gomez said she has never been a big baseball fan. She is now. Ginger and husband Brian, who live in Bucksport, are season ticket holders to Bangor Blue Ox games and they haven’t missed one yet. Brian clangs a cowbell from his… Read More
Former University of Maine assistant hockey coach Bruce Crowder, who has been the head coach at the University of Massachussetts-Lowell for the past five seasons, has been offered the head coaching job at Northeastern University. University of Maine interim head coach Greg Cronin is also… Read More
Expect the same cast of characters at the top of the 1996 Zone 1 American Legion baseball pile. The Old Town-Orono Twins have gone to the state tourney four times and come home with three consecutive titles before being knocked off the throne last season,… Read More
NEPGA Pro-Am Maine chapter AT KENNEBEC HEIGHTS Pro-Am Gross: Sean Clark, John Hutchins, G.L. Bailey, Scott Blackstone, White Birches, 62; (tie) Steve Hodgkins, Allen Emerson, Jim Dow, Ray Mountain, Dexter Muni, and Pat Bucklin, Ken Seehusen, Ken Richards, Tom Binnie, Falmouth, 63; Net: Mal Strange,… Read More
ORONO – Six errors, 14 hits, five walks, and a strong outing by Newburgh lefty Gene Caruso added up to the worst loss in the young history of the Bangor Blue Ox. The Newburgh Night Hawks pummeled Bangor 10-1 in the finale of Bangor’s first… Read More
Former University of Maine All-American Bill Swift (photo) of the Colorado Rockies underwent arthroscopic surgery last Thursday to remove the non-healthy tissue from his right shoulder, according to a Colorado spokeswoman. Swift, who had been placed on the disabled list on June 10, retroactive to… Read More
Starting times for the CITGO Paul Bunyan Amateur Golf Tournament will be listed in Wednesday’s NEWS. The tourney will be held on June 21-23 at Bar Harbor Golf Course, Bangor Municipal Golf Course, Kebo Valley Golf Club and Rockland Municipal Golf Course. Read More
PORTLAND – David W. Fisher was appointed president and general manager of the Portland Pirates by principal owner Thomas R. Ebright Monday. Fisher replaces W. Godfrey Wood, who will remain as an advisor to Fisher during the transition and served as general manager since the… Read More
PORTLAND – David W. Fisher was appointed president and general manager of the Portland Pirates by principal owner Thomas R. Ebright Monday. Fisher replaces W. Godfrey Wood, who will remain as an advisor to Fisher during the transition and served as general manager since the… Read More
There are 20 dates on the Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League calendar, but if there’s rain, don’t count on a make-up game. The eight-year-old league has always shared the University of Maine’s Mahaney Diamond with the school’s summer camps, but the addition of the Bangor… Read More
ORONO — A forest management panel will ask Gov. Angus King to review its mission and perhaps extend a fall deadline, members decided Monday. As the Maine Council on Sustainable Forest Management wound up its work on the first half of its charge — fine… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Two grant approvals and a loan application will come before the Pittsfield Town Council Tuesday night, part of a series of funding for neighborhood upgrades in the Waverly Avenue, Harriet Street Community Development Block Grant project. The grants of $5,700 and $20,000, and… Read More
CARIBOU — A Presque Isle man pleaded guilty Monday to setting fire to two churches last January. One of the houses of worship, the Grant United Methodist Church in Presque Isle, was burned to the ground. Christopher Mills, 22, also pleaded guilty to stealing two… Read More
Owing to the many reports that have surfaced during the past several months regarding the plight of Maine Public Broadcasting Corp., I feel that it is not only my right, but also my duty, and my obligation to speak up and be counted. You see, I am one… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A veterans forum to address the issues and problems of Maine veterans will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, June 21, in the Chan Center at Cary Medical Center, Van Buren Road, Caribou. The forum is part of a series of meetings… Read More
Enough is enough. Doug Rooks, the editor of Maine Times, couldn’t resist bashing me one more time for the Joe Brennan pardon story. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — An ongoing drug investigation by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department resulted in two arrests for dealing marijuana recently, one in Skowhegan and a second in Land O’Lakes, Fla. Ronald “Hooker” Breingan, 39, of Palmer Road in Skowhegan, was arrested and charged with Class… Read More
BANGOR — A Bangor law firm has been hired to represent Ross Perot’s Reform Party in its legal battle to gain a spot on presidential ballots across the country. Cuddy & Lanham’s first three legal skirmishes will be in Arkansas, Florida and Indiana, where the… Read More
PORTLAND — The Maine Marine Patrol was out in force during Maine’s elver season, and now hundreds of fishermen face charges of illegally catching the baby eels. Courthouses from Kittery to Rockland have been flooded with cases involving elver fishermen. Last month, Wiscasset District Court… Read More
Gov. Angus King will announce his nominee for the state’s top education job this morning at Bowdoin College — the alma mater of the man rumored to be next in line for the commissioner’s post. J. Duke Albanese, a 1971 graduate of the Brunswick college,… Read More
BANGOR — An Orrington man charged with conspiracy in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme will remain in jail until at least Thursday. During a hearing Monday afternoon, U.S. Magistrate Judge Eugene Beaulieu scheduled probable cause and detention hearings to be held Thursday for Ronald E. Tilley,… Read More
MEDDYBEMPS — A former military surplus storage area in Meddybemps has been added to the Superfund national priorities list, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. The listing makes the site eligible for federal funds for hazardous waste cleanup. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
In medical school we were taught the four cardinal signs of inflammation are rubor, dolor, calor and tumor. Years ago someone thought that was an intellectual way of saying redness, pain, heat and swelling. They love to complicate things in medical schools. Aspirin relieves all four. It reduces… Read More
Developers of a natural gas pipeline that will cross Vermont into southern New England should pursue aggressively the market for that fuel in the Green Mountain State. Tying in customers there will produce three winners: the energy company, the environment and the economy of northern New England. Read More
ORONO — Keller George took a small wallet out of his pocket and held it at an angle, one side lower than the other. Pointing to the lower end, he said, “This side represents Native Americans.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
LIMESTONE — While state government can help with the redevelopment of the former Loring Air Force Base, the heart of the effort has to come from local groups, said Gov. Angus King. Speaking Monday at the annual meeting and dinner of the Loring Commerce Centre,… Read More
From the beginning of the standoff between the Freemen and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI has been as scrutinized by the public as the rebels they surrounded. Through patience and faith in negotiation, federal officials emerged this week with an image far different than that after… Read More
Q. The afternoon heat from the south and west is intense. The walls stay hot all evening. Is planting flowering climbing vines on a trellis be an effective shading method? Which vines are best? — E.H. A. Growing flowering climbing vines is an effective natural… Read More
CASTINE — As the town’s bicentennial celebration gets under way, a new book helps to document nearly 100 years of life here. “Castine” is the latest in Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series of softcover pictorial volumes depicting the history of Maine regions and communities. Read More
MACHIAS — A plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect was entered Monday in Washington County Superior Court on behalf of a 26-year- old Edmunds man accused of beating his mother with a broom earlier this year. Norman Toffolon of Machias,… Read More
OLD TOWN — A Lincoln educator with 21 years of experience has emerged No. 1 in the search for a new Old Town High School principal. The nomination of Frederick M. Woodman Jr. as successor to retiring Principal Donald Sturgeon will be considered by the… Read More
HAMPDEN — Town Council members didn’t appear to relish the task, but they approved a $6,966,667 fiscal year 1997 budget Monday night nevertheless, increasing the town’s tax rate from $17.80 per $1,000 valuation to $18.70. The municipal budget, which totaled $6,451,525 last year, owes much… Read More
MILFORD — At least 300 voters appeared to stage a taxpayer revolt at Milford’s annual town meeting Monday night aimed mostly at school officials whose proposed budget would have increased taxes by $3.50 per $1,000 valuation. Townspeople questioned each town and school item, demanding accountability,… Read More
The faces are young, old, smiling, serious, with husbands, with children, alone. They are all races and professions. But they are no longer with us. An exhibit sponsored by the Maine Breast Cancer Coalition, “The Face of Breast Cancer, A Photographic Essay” opens at 7 p.m. today at… Read More
BANGOR — Last winter, it looked as though city officials couldn’t wait to drop Coregis Insurance, the Chicago-based company that kept them and Bangor residents waiting for decisions on insurance claims. But now, two weeks before the city’s insurance policy is up for renewal, Coregis seems to have… Read More
BELFAST — A new City Council took office Monday amid calls for harmony and pledges to work together. Jon Cheston, Bonnie Becker and Michael Lewis were elected to the council last Tuesday. Cheston, of Ward 1 and Becker of Ward 3 won contested races. Lewis,… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The county commissioners will be meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, in the Somerset County Courthouse and, despite recent temperatures in the 90s, will award snowplowing contracts to Concord and Moxie Gore. Other business includes: liquor license hearing for The Blue Ridge… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The $50,000 expense of hiring an architect to do some initial design work for a public safety building was one of the few items sparking any public comment in discussion over the city’s $4.171 million 1997 municipal budget that sailed through Monday night. Read More
CORINNA — In an effort to avoid a looming financial crisis, voters endorsed more than $170,000 in spending cuts at a special town meeting Monday night. Seven town employees will be laid off for the summer, and there will be little nonessential spending until September. Read More
SPRUCE HEAD — Although a motorcyclist lost his leg in a collision here Friday night, police say the tourniquet applied by the other driver probably saved his life. Jay Putansu, 45, of Spruce Head was riding his motorcycle on Clark Island Road at about 5:30… Read More
DEXTER — A Dexter man has been fined for violating junkyard laws and has been ordered to pay $500 to the town, plus court costs. Bill Murphy, Dexter’s code enforcement officer, said Roger Belanger has been fined $500 for operating an illegal, unlicensed junkyard on… Read More
I was appalled at the article in Maine Style titled, “Salt new wonder spice” (BDN, June 10). First, there is nothing new about salt. Nor is it a spice (definition: aromatic vegetable products used to flavor or season foods). Sodium is necessary for life. Salt is also a… Read More
In response to the article in the Bangor Daily News, June 12 from Elizabeth D. Hauger. I was recently in the town of Gouldsboro following a gravel truck. There was no tarp over the load and rocks were visible at the top of the load, plus there was… Read More
I am writing this letter as a concerned parent and taxpayer of the town of Lubec. Our school system has once again found itself in dire straits. The annual school budget meeting is scheduled for today, and as of the last school board meeting, more than 24 positions… Read More
Every article that the Bangor Daily News writes about the trucking business is either negative of one-sided. So I shouldn’t have been surprised by the latest one. It’s about stepped-up Department of Transportation night patrols. Most trucking companies would agree that getting dangerous trucks and… Read More
Professor Richard Hill (Letter, BDN, June 11) speaks to the point concerning his assessment of the replacement cost of electricity. Since Maine Yankee is on reduced power, nuclear energy in Maine is replaced by coal and oil-powered units. Perhaps the time is right to build… Read More
Rob Gardiner of Maine Public Broadcasting has done it again — and again — and again — etc., etc., etc.! Raincoat and rubbers are absolute necessities for a true appreciation of his emotional pleadings. Witness his latest prayer in the June 11 letters column of the Bangor Daily… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Robert Griffeth feels like he’s on vacation at his new job grooming the fairways at the Caribou Country Club. For the first summer in 19 years, he’s not tending a potato crop. Griffeth plans to sell off his machinery and hopes to… Read More
WORCESTER, Mass. — A truck driver from New Brunswick accused of plowing into a car and killing five people was ordered held on $200,000 cash bail Monday. Unshaven and looking tired, Austin Kilcollins, 66, of Florenceville, New Brunswick, appeared in Worcester District Court to answer… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court entered the political cross fire over gun control Monday, agreeing to decide whether Congress through the Brady law can make local officials check the backgrounds of handgun buyers. The court said it will hear appeals by sheriffs in Montana and… Read More
LUBEC — Voters face a 13 percent increase in the local share of the 1996-97 school budget if it is approved without change tonight at the SAD 19 budget meeting. The interim superintendent warns similar increases can be expected for the next five years. Interim… Read More
MILO — A former Milo Town Office assistant who claims she was illegally terminated has filed suit against the town and Town Manager Jane Jones. Roberta J. Mossor of Lakeview Plantation filed her four-count civil lawsuit in Piscataquis County Superior Court. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
DETROIT — When the 1996 town report was dedicated to 85-year-old Anna Fernald, she was flattered and thrilled. But that was nothing compared with the excitement Fernald expressed when she discovered that the Detroit Public Library was going to be dedicated and named in her honor. Read More
SANFORD — More employees at Vishay Sprague will be laid off during the next six months as its parent company, Vishay Intertechnology Inc., continues to downsize, the company announced Monday. Company officials said Vishay is struggling to stay competitive in the face of declining product… Read More
AUGUSTA — The legislative primaries may be over, but a recount already has been requested in one House district and two more are anticipated, Secretary of State Bill Diamond said Monday. The first request was filed by Joanne Twomey, who unofficially lost the Democratic nomination… Read More
PORTLAND — Penny Gray of Edgecomb never has to go to the bank to confirm her account balances, pay bills electronically and complete other financial transactions. She can do it all from home. Gray is a member of Central Maine Power Employees’ Credit Union —… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Angry resident Mike Robbins plans to attend tonight’s council meeting to question why the street where he lives has once again been placed in no-man’s land by town officials. Town Manager D. Dwight Dogherty said Robbins has only state law to blame. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Regarding the column by Alexander E. Alexeev, titled, “Is Russian democracy inevitable?” (BDN, June 15-16), it should be clarified that Crimea is in Ukraine, not Russia. Incidentally, these are two separate countries, each with its own government. Bohdan M. Slabyj Brewer… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A former waitress at Tai Pan Restaurant in Dover-Foxcroft has filed a six-count lawsuit against the restaurant and its owner, George Tam, alleging sexual harassment. In the civil lawsuit filed in Piscataquis County Superior Court, Deborah Tibbetts of Guilford claims that in May… Read More
HOULTON — A Houlton man charged with shooting another man to death at a party last week was denied bail during a 2nd District Court hearing Monday. Donald Boyce, 38, allegedly shot and killed Shawn B. Bither, 30, while the two were at the home… Read More
BARNSTABLE, Mass. — Counselors went to Barnstable High School on Monday to talk to students upset about the death of an 18-year-old man who was “car-surfing” on top of a friend’s car. Patrick Swift was standing on the roof of the car, which belonged to… Read More
SACO — Along with the thousands of fish that have migrated upstream with the help of fishways in the Saco River, hundreds of humans are heading upstream for a look at the fish migration technology. Central Maine Power Co. recently started holding viewing hours at… Read More
BANGOR — A flood of juvenile offenders in six eastern Maine counties has drained funding for a jail diversion program dry, leaving teens entering the system in the next 3 1/2 months facing time behind bars. The 10-year-old program prevents juveniles from having to sit… Read More
Four-year-old Deanna Wadsworth “in a nutshell, bled to death” from internal injuries in a Rockland apartment on Nov. 7, 1994, while Harold M. Clarke Jr. was her “sole custodian,” Assistant Attorney General Tom Goodwin told a Penobscot County Superior Court jury on Monday afternoon. It… Read More
Twenty-five area musicians have been selected as participants in the second annual Kneisel Hall Young Musicians Program held this week on the campus of Kneisel Hall in Blue Hill. Selected for their musical ability and knowledge, the students will study chamber music and ensemble playing with faculty members… Read More