HERMON – Mike Lenfestey’s two-RBI, eighth-inning single delivered Calais’ 11-8 win in the opening end of Saturday’s Zone 1 American Legion doubleheader, but Hermon’s Spencer Day crafted a three-hitter to notch the Navigators’ 8-6 win. Josh Thornton powered Calais to the first game win with… Read More
    Bangor West finished 1-1 for the weekend, defeating Gardiner on Saturday 13-8 before losing to East Biddeford 6-4 Sunday at the Little League state championship for 9-10 all-stars at Saco. Camden wasn’t so lucky, losing to Scarborough 12-0 Saturday, and Sunday’s 11-7 loss to Gardiner… Read More
    UNITY – Larry Burgess of Oakland drove into the Unity Raceway winner’s circle for the first time this season, as he led the final 48 laps of Saturday’s Coca-Cola Classic Super Street 75. Burgess was followed by Glendon Mehuren of Searsmont and Duane Haight of… Read More
    BANGOR – Jason Littlefield scattered seven Bangor hits as Waldo County posted a 9-5 victory in the first game of a doubleheader but Bangor took the second game 11-4 in American Legion action at Mansfield Stadium Sunday. In game one, Waldo’s George Tripp had a… Read More
    EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick — This city across the St. John River from Madawaska, Maine, is preparing for the 18th edition of its annual Foire Brayonne, the largest Canadian Francophone festival outside Quebec. The five-day spectacular will feature music each night for an expected crowd of… Read More
    DEXTER — Community groups, town employees and area merchants are gearing up for Dexterfest 1996, to be held Aug. 15-18. Organizer John Simko said the theme for this year’s celebration is the 30th anniversary of the Dexter Historical Society. The official Dexterfest booklet will include… Read More
    The latest “road hazards” on the information superhighway are scams broadcast over rapidly growing computer networks and electronic bulletin board services. The scams aren’t new, just the medium. Some con artists who always used telemarketing, infomercials, newspapers and magazines, and the mail to attract consumers to their products,… Read More
    BREWER — The grounds of the Brewer Auditorium took on the air of a real live M.A.S.H. unit Saturday, during an annual blood drive centered on that theme. The activities of Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals in the Korean War era gained fame through a book,… Read More
    Maine’s welfare legislation in recent years anticipated many of the reforms currently being considered in Washington. But some of the changes approved in the House last week would be harmful to Maine and other states and should be rejected by the Senate. Welfare reform on… Read More
    Americans lecture each other on the virtues of exercise and nutrition, but the evidence suggests people have exhausted themselves with the preaching and in increasing numbers are slugging it on the couch with the no-fat chips. The recent U.S. surgeon general’s report on phsycial activity… Read More
    It appears that certain senators and congressmen in Washington are at it again in their continuing war against citizens’ constitutional rights, specifically, the right to keep and bear arms. Now Sen. (Barbara) Boxer has started legislation in her bill, S. 1654, which would: googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    On behalf of the Maine Council of Churches, I would like to thank you for Tom McCord’s article on restorative justice, printed July 13-14 in the Bangor Daily News. McCord’s article was interesting, informative, and provided an accurate profile of how the concepts of restorative justice are being… Read More
    I am writing in response to your recent article (“Acadia land squabble,” BDN, June 26), which describes a landowner’s efforts to resolve a dispute with Acadia National Park. Having grown up on Mount Desert Island, I appreciate many of the qualities that having the park in our “backyard”… Read More
    Recent articles in the local press pertaining to so-called “septage dumping” operations seem to be becoming much more numerous, and with good reason. This is an issue that is rapidly dividing outlying townships such as Franklin, Charleston, and Bradford. Increasingly, law-abiding, working homeowners are feeling… Read More
    New World Entertainment is developing a two-hour movie for Fox dramatizing two spine-chilling short stories by Stephen King and Clive Barker, it was announced Friday by Trevor Walton, senior vice president, Longform Programming, Fox Broadcasting, at the Television Critics Association meeting in Pasadena. Mick Garris… Read More
    BANGOR — A would-be bank robber who broke into an automated teller machine over the weekend left without the money, but not without leaving his impression on the machine’s camera. Bangor police are reviewing the tape that shows a facial shot of a man fiddling… Read More
    Bangor District Court: Amy M. Pelkey, 20, Bangor, presenting false identification to enter premises, $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
    WASHINGTON — In a move that will save the government millions of dollars, Social Security recipients who sign up for benefits after Aug. 1 will have their checks deposited directly into their bank accounts — if they have bank accounts. Senior citizen groups say the… Read More
    FORT KENT — Preparing for the new school year, SAD 27 directors have hired seven teachers and two educational technicians for its four elementary schools and the high school. Hired under one-year probationary contracts were Susan Olmsted as district music teacher, Karen Gagnon as a… Read More
    NEW SWEDEN — Swedes celebrated their ancestors’ arrival to northern Maine more than a hundred years ago with a pioneering re-enactment Saturday and the dedication of historic places in New Sweden Sunday. The re-enactment of the Swedish arrival to Maine in 1870 started at the… Read More
    CORINNA — A Corinna man operating an all-terrain vehicle in a ditch on the Town Line Road was injured Saturday night when the vehicle crashed into a culvert. James Bradley Jr., 23, set off from his house on the Town Line Road in a four-wheeler… Read More
    DEXTER — A public supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Dexter United Methodist Church. The menu is baked ham, baked beans, potato salad, cole slaw, rolls, desserts and beverages. The price is $6 for adults and $2 for children younger than 12. Read More
    DEXTER — Winners have been announced for the recent Dexterfest contest, in which students submitted drawings for the official festival T-shirt. John Simko, Dexterfest coordinator, announced the winners, who will be honored at a 10 a.m. ceremony Aug. 16 at the Main Street Stage in… Read More
    We have good news for parents in the Greater Bangor area. New opportunities abound for those who are in need of emergency child care, or child care while you enjoy a concert, and concerts for you to enjoy with your children. First, the new emergency child care program. Read More