As part of its 4th of July holiday weekend racing program, Bangor Raceway will showcase the 3-year-old divisions of the Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes. After the initial series outing at Scarborough Downs last weekend, the MSBS moved into Bangor for three weekends of competition in the lucrative “Maine-only”… Read More
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Al Sokaitis of the University of Southern Maine is among three current or former college coaches still in the running for the top basketball job at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school’s search committee on Wednesday narrowed the field of 61… Read More
ELMIRA, NY – Duane Thomas’ one-out single plated Butch Burrough with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as the Pioneers defeated the Bangor Blue Ox in Northeast League play Thursday. Corey Parker tied the game in the top of the ninth with… Read More
BANGOR – Josh Pressley ran his personal American Legion baseball record to 3-0 and helped his own cause with four singles and four RBIs to lead Bangor to a 13-8 victory over Hermon Wednesday night at Mansfield Stadium. Justin Perry added a double and single… Read More
HODGDON – Matt Day rapped two doubles and three singles and hurled a six-hitter to lead Border to a 13-5 District 3 Little League tournament win on Tuesday. Day struck out 13 and walked two. Chris Blanchette added a double and a single for the… Read More
Bill Ferm is a 44-year-old lawyer in Ellsworth who went from Amherst College to Harvard Law School to a small farm on a small island to raise a large family. But for much of his life, one thing has remained the same. Since July 4,… Read More
After two years as a principal, Greg Bellemare is coming back to coaching. And 18 years after taking over as Piscataquis boys’ varsity soccer coach, and three consecutive trips to the Eastern Maine finals, Paul Stearns is turning into a principal. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BANGOR – There were Yo-Yo Balloon carts and green balloons, an Italian sausage vendor and a grand stand – all the makings for a Fourth of July parade. But a road race? Half an hour before the Fourth of July parade in downtown Bangor Thursday… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Convalescent Center has changed its name and added services. It is now Eastside Rehabilitation and Living Center and offers pulmonary rehabilitation. ERLC’s pulmonary program is directed by Dr. Larry Smith, Dr. Frederick Oldenburg and Dr. Dale Walker. Services include pulmonary nursing,… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Humane Society has begun its 1996 Putt for Pets discount golf program with coupon books available that offer “2 for 1” plays at 16 area courses and driving ranges. The Putt for Pets coupon books cost $35 and proceeds benefit the… Read More
ATLANTA — The Federal Aviation Administration fined Delta Air Lines $650,000 Wednesday for violating a directive for stepped-up inspections of thrust reversers, which help slow and stop a plane after landing. Delta used one of its Boeing 757s for 476 passenger flights without inspecting the… Read More
A Salem, N.H., man who saved a frightened Kingston boy from drowning said he understands how a Maine river claimed the lives of the boy’s parents. Ruth and William Chase of Kingston drowned Tuesday in the Saco River in Fryeburg, Maine. The couple’s 7-year-old son,… Read More
PORTLAND — A woman who said she was denied access to an airplane’s bathroom and left sitting for an hour on an empty plane sued United Airlines Wednesday, claiming it discriminates against disabled people. Alice Conway, an author and advocate for disabled people, also claimed… Read More
WEST ROCKPORT — Quick reaction by Department of Transportation truck driver Brent Moody avoided what could have been a serious accident. As it was, Moody and the occupants of the station wagon his truck drove over needed hospital treatment for minor injuries. Moody’s 1983 Ford… Read More
BAR HARBOR — A celebration of the native culture of the Wabanaki people — the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes — will take place rain or shine on the north lawn at College of the Atlantic 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, July 14. The eighth… Read More
WOODLAND — Georgia-Pacific will hold public guided tours this summer from its Princeton timber office through several managed forest areas to the Pocomoonshine Mountain scenic area. The tours will show how the forest grows at various stages of harvesting and regeneration. Foresters will discuss the… Read More
BUXTON — Long before Clyde Harmon died in May, he promised to hand over his dairy farm to Ken Moulton, the man who has milked and fed cows and tended the fields with him for 40 years. But Harmon’s eight nieces and nephews say the… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — The early morning hours of July Fourth were soggy and painful for a Caribou woman and her children who spent the night stranded on a trail in Acadia National Park. Sarah Grier, recuperating Thursday afternoon at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Maine congressional delegation has announced that the Cumberland County Training Resource Center has received a $550,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand services offered by Veterans Career Centers throughout Maine. The centers, currently located in Portland, Bangor and… Read More
AUGUSTA — Applications are available for those wanting to take the Internal Revenue Service tax examination on federal tax law and ethics. The applications must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, July 31. The examination usually is taken by tax preparers who are not lawyers… Read More
LEO E. PAQUIN JR. has been hired as parish social ministry coordinator for Aroostook County by Catholic Charities of Maine, based in Caribou. Paquin worked with Catholic Charities in Worcester, Mass., in the 1980s and has served as director of religious education at Holy Cross… Read More
BELFAST — A rifle-wielding robber held up the Big Apple Store Thursday night and led police on a high-speed chase toward Augusta before being captured. The suspect, Harry Seavey, 33, of Milbridge, was arrested in the Kennebec County town of China after his vehicle crossed… Read More
A letdown, lousy, lackluster. That’s how many elver fishermen are describing the 1996 season that ended in recent weeks. This year’s poor harvest contrasts with last year’s bonanza, when baby eels abounded and anyone with a $33 fishing license and a dip net could cash… Read More
PORTLAND — An Old Orchard Beach businessman who tried unsuccessfully to head off a state ban on Maine’s hottest new gambling machines says he hasn’t abandoned the fight. But William Danton has covered and unplugged his video poker games in compliance with the ban that… Read More
During his inquisition next week, Defense Secretary William Perry is expected to be pilloried by congressional Republicans on the terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia. The spectacle may do the following. Turn the tragedy into a political coup for the GOP, which has been handed an… Read More
As the world poises on the brink of a new millenium, predictions of what the new age will bring are running rampant. Experts in the fields of politics, economics, religion, and human relations are finding it difficult to resist becoming oracles as the momentous event approaches. Science has… Read More
PITTSFIELD — In the wake of several teachers’ union grievances and increased pressure from a parents’ group concerned about students and education at Warsaw Middle School, the SAD 53 board of directors this week approved a full-time assistant principal’s position at the junior high. Superintendent… Read More
Eighteen months before Valujet flight 592 crashed in the Florida Everglades, Sen. William Cohen, as chairman of the Senate subcommittee on oversight of governmental affairs, began hearings on aviation safety. Its recent conclusions, highlighted by the May tragedy, would make significant, sensible changes of policy at the Federal… Read More
Houlton High School Fourth quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Danielle Audette, Danielle Casella, Kiley Gray, Casey Henderson, Tennille Hills, Erin Upton; high honors: Emily Cyr, Heidi DeVoe, Fred Ellis, Brent Estabrook, Kelly Folsom, Jason Howe, Amanda Hughes, Angie McNutt, Jessica Nason, Sarah Tomah; honors:… Read More
Despite the title of his current album, Frank Gotwals rarely finds himself on “Unfamiliar Seas.” Gotwals, 41, has been making a name for himself for more than 20 years, performing throughout the Northeast. The singer-guitarist-songwriter will bring his self-described “21st century folk” to the “20… Read More
In a story about a Madawaska selectmen’s meeting that ran in Thursday’s editions Daniel Daigle and Donald Cyr were identified incorrectly as emergency medical technicians. Read More
Caribou District Court: Tracy Hartt, 27, Fort Kent, failure to display snowmobile registration, $100. 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()) {… Read More
WEST ATHENS — The In Spite of Life Players’ annual gravel pit production was again the focus of the community’s wacky Fourth of July celebration, in spite of a stage and seating area that was a quagmire. Overnight rains turned the seating area into a… Read More
ABOARD THE STURGEON BAY — Fifteen miles off the Maine coast, the U.S. Coast Guard spots its target ship. Leonard Edwards and his team, armed with guns and protected by bulletproof vests, scramble into a small rubber boat and race toward the fishing vessel. “If… Read More
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — More than 6,000 people, both civilians and military brass, gathered at the Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia on Thursday to honor a Maine soldier hailed as the embodiment of the courageous spirit of Independence Day. A Navy ship named for… Read More
English teachers may be gnashing their teeth if they read David Solmitz’ Oped piece addressed to Duke Albanese, the new education commissioner (BDN, June 29-30). But having recently sat through an educational conference run in “ed-speak,” I understand that Maine teachers are accustomed to being lectured on “such… Read More
July 11 has been declared World Population Day by the United Nations. It is an appropriate time for us to consider the demographic imperatives facing us. World population is at 5.8 billion. Last year it grew by nearly 100 million, the largest annual net increase… Read More
Thank you so much for your beautiful and heartwarming front-page article, “Island Sheep” (June 28). Isn’t this the way life should be? This is really front-page news. There is still hope for our country as long as Jenny Cirone and her friends are with us. They know and… Read More
Since about mid-May, we have once again seen an increase in news stories and editorials across the state dealing with truck safety. No doubt a handful of truckers have made the job of anti-truck activists too easy by running into Brunswick motels, Westbrook overpasses, and the like. However,… Read More
The election campaign and its financing, since the beginning of this year, makes it clear that there has to be a reform and a spending limit. Too many people not as wealthy as the candidates are aware that the flow of money is so transparent that it makes… Read More
We agree and equate with Citizens for a Healthy Forest and Economy. Most voters are still unaware of the impact of the Green Party’s drastic forestry referendum. Most voters still don’t know that, in fact, only two sentences in the entire three-page measure have anything to do with… Read More
BANGOR — A Penobscot County grand jury issued the following indictments July 1: Terry E. Bragg, 42, Hermon, unlawful trafficking in marijuana. 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
BANGOR — The Independence Day fireworks fizzled under a heavy cover of clouds Thursday night, disappointing thousands of revelers who gathered along the Penobscot River waterfront to watch the show. While the fireworks that exploded just under the low cloud ceiling prompted the usual oohs… Read More
CLIFTON — A two-vehicle accident Thursday on Route 9 near the Eddington town line sent two Orono men to the hospital. Motorist Jeffrey Brooks, 24, and his passenger, Randy Woodman, 25, were taken by ambulance to St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor, state police Trooper Brian… Read More
Newport District Court: Richard F. Moloney, 20, Bangor, two charges of theft by unauthorized taking, sentenced to jail for four days, credit for four days served. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
BREWER — Columbia Records recording artist Loverboy is coming to Maine. Loverboy sarted its U.S. tour June 22 in Houston and will be in Maine July 5-7. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
BELFAST — After a few deputies were roughed up by intoxicated partiers, Waldo County Sheriff John Ford decided to lay down the law. “This has gone on long enough. We’re through fooling around with these guys,” Ford said this week. “These people are all old… Read More
THE FORKS– Twenty-six-year-old Dawn Roberson never imagined her life would be like this: Divorced with two children to feed — and walking on a wire 25 feet in the air deep in the Maine woods. Roberson and a group of other welfare mothers also spent… Read More
RYE, N.H. — A Rye man accused of running a gameboard advertising scam in New Hampshire and Massachusetts now faces charges in Maine. Mark Heirtzler was arrested Monday as a fugitive of justice from Maine. He is charged with aggravated theft by deception for reportedly… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A 54-foot sailing sloop, the Hammerhead, was reported overdue Thursday evening by the Coast Guard base in Southwest Harbor. A search of ports got under way shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday. The trimaran, with at least three people on board, left Bermuda… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Leslie Otten, the owner of North America’s largest ski resort company, is making his empire a little bigger. Otten, who already owns 51 percent of Sugarloaf/USA, plans to buy the remaining 49 percent this summer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
MILBRIDGE — The state Fire Marshal’s Office has been called in to investigate a fire that destroyed a 60-foot mobile home on Wyman Road at around 3:20 a.m. Thursday. The cause of the fire is unknown. The mobile home belongs to Chris and Holly Dorr… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — A South Portland teen-ager who broke into a school, wrote ethnic slurs on walls and poisoned frogs in the science terrarium has been ordered to spend up to a year in a residential substance abuse program. Patrick Hayes, 18, also stole formaldehyde,… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Business executives from central Maine use the Pittsfield Municipal Airport with increasing frequency, said Clyde Dyar, Pittsfield’s economic development director. A key to the town’s future, the small community facility handles corporate landings, shuttle flights and even shipping flights daily. A new airport… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A group of concerned parents is telling SAD 53 administrators that a unified and challenging education is overdue at the Warsaw Middle School in Pittsfield. In May, a group of 12 parents presented its concerns to SAD 53 Superintendent Terry McCannell and Warsaw… Read More
AMHERST, N.H. — Close to 200 people crowded into an Amherst church Wednesday to remember a brother and sister killed in a car accident last month. Jonathan Classen, 6, and his 19-month-old sister, Tiffany, died in a June 15 car accident in Auburn, Mass. Their… Read More
CARIBOU — Convicted murderer Howard Robinson will be back in court this month to defend a civil suit filed by the daughter of the woman Robinson shot to death in 1994. Anne Humphrey sued Robinson in December of 1994 just two months after he shot… Read More
WASHINGTON — If your day seems to be getting longer and longer, it is. Tidal forces from the gravitational pull of the moon have caused the rotation of the Earth to slow over millions of years, a change that gradually is making each day a… Read More
GREENVILLE — Because of the forecasted rain, the fireworks scheduled for Friday in Greenville have been rescheduled to 9:30 p.m. Saturday. In addition, the Rubber Duckie Race and the barbecue scheduled in Rockwood on Thursday will be held instead at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Read More
Despite dreary weather, thousands of people turned out all over eastern and northern Maine to celebrate the Fourth at parades and other events. Coralie Dapice had the best seat in the house for Bangor’s parade. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
NEWPORT — A Newport man was treated Wednesday night for a serious laceration after he broke a window to save a friend who he believed was about to kill himself. David Duncombe, 25, was treated at Sebasticook Valley Hospital and released after he broke a… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Maine’s agriculture commissioner has written a letter of protest to his counterpart in New Brunswick over the provincial agriculture chief’s inferences that a shipment of Maine seed potatoes contained disease. Maine Commissioner Ed McLaughlin said in his letter that such “inflammatory statements”… Read More
ORONO — The Public Affairs Building at the University of Maine has been named in honor of Howard Keyo, founder and architect of public information services at the university and a member of the Maine Press Association. Keyo, director emeritus of public information and central… Read More