Those waiting for a new Bangor Comrades American Legion baseball coach to be named will have to be patient. Bangor Legion Inc., which has overseen the program since 1989, hasn’t even scheduled a meeting yet, never mind given thought about who should succeed coach Steve… Read More
    Former University of Maine All-American Billy Swift of the Colorado Rockies, who had arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder to remove damaged tissue in June, said he has begun throwing and is hoping to return to action in September. “They’re talking about sending me to… Read More
    The Maine agricultural fair season is in full swing. This week, two fairs, Topsham and Northern Maine, will wind up a week of head-to-head competition, with racing programs scheduled on Friday and Saturday. Harness racing then moves to Skowhegan Fair beginning Sunday. At Presque Isle… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine ticket office will begin accepting order forms, on a limited basis, for men’s and women’s basketball on Monday, Aug. 12, at 8:30 a.m. Season packages, as well as Hoopspaks (men’s and women’s basketball), Sportspaks (men’s and women’s basketball, football,… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine announced Thursday that Jackie Gebhart has been hired as the women’s soccer assistant coach to replace the departed Darcie Woodruff, who left to pursue other opportunities. Gebhart, who played for current UMaine head coach David Patterson at Lenoir-Rhyne College… Read More
    EDMONTON, Alberta – First it was Mario Lemieux. Now Paul Kariya of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks has withdrawn from Canada’s entry in the upcoming World Cup of Hockey. The high-scoring left wing, one of the NHL’s upcoming stars at age 21, has a serious groin… Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor Police Athletic League’s scheduled boxing show on Friday has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. The final race of the mountain bike championship series will be held at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Essex Street recreation area. Read More
    The Union Trust Co. in Ellsworth has become the latest banking institution in Maine to be named a certified lender by the U.S. Small Business Administration. On Thursday, Patrick McGowan, regional administrator for the SBA, formally presented Union Trust with the designation that will allow… Read More
    CARIBOU — Aroostook County commissioners accepted the resignations of two full-time deputy sheriffs, approved the commissioning of two part-time deputies, and promoted two officers to the rank of sergeant Wednesday. Michael Bouchard, a full-time officer patrolling the St. John Valley, resigned to accept a position… Read More
    The Acadia Hospital Aftercare program for chemically dependent patients is in need of volunteers. If you have an interest in sharing your own recovery experience with others, have been in recovery for the past two years, and have one evening a week to share, then… Read More
    Phytoremediation, the cleansing of polluted waters and soil by means of plants, is one of the newest weapons available in the fight to regain control of the environment. Tina Adler, in a recent issue of Science News, tells how plants are being used to clean up radioactive and… Read More
    Gov. Angus King’s announcement Monday of a special legislative session to consider a forestry referendum bill sets the direction of the struggle for control of Maine’s woods. The Legislature must now deliver to voters a substantial alternative to the clear-cutting ban. The proposed alternative, the… Read More
    The robbery and abuse of blueberry growers must stop. So who is robbing whom? This is a reply to a column about blueberry raking by Tom Hilyard (BDN, July 24). The underlying theme of his piece seems to be that the blueberries somehow belong to the rakers. This… Read More
    BATH — The Associated Press erroneously reported Wednesday that four unions were voting on a performance-base bonus plan at Bath Iron Works. Only one union, Local S6 of the machinists’ union, voted on the plan. Thursday’s MaineCalendar listed the wrong name of a performer at… Read More
    The nation began accumulating nuclear waste at 3:20 p.m. Dec. 2, 1942, when Enrico Fermi calculated that the fission reaction in Chicago Pile One had achieved criticality demonstrating the feasibility of plutonium production (for weapons fabrication). Soon, three plutonium production reactors were operating in Hanford, Wash., and increasing… Read More
    As constituents of a free and democratic society, we are entitled to our opinions and are required to respect the opinions of those who have conflicting views. However, in his recent letter to the editor (Aug. 5), Terence J. Hughes stepped over the line and committed a horrific… Read More
    I am a young mother with two small children who receive AFDC benefits. I have no work experience and no education, but I do participate in the ASPIRE program. I am enrolled in the Maine State Academy of Hair Design. I am scheduled to start… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Donated items from bird carvings, furniture and ceramics to woven items and artwork will be auctioned at noon Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Maine State Museum. More than 165 items will be sold at the fourth annual Made in Maine Auction, a benefit event for the… Read More
    MONTPELIER, Vt. — The rights of dairies outweighs consumers’ right to know what’s in their milk, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, suspending Vermont’s law requiring labels on products from cows given bovine growth hormone. The 2-1 decision by a 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of… Read More
    Former Bangor resident Patricia McCarthy Warren of Boston was too shy to talk with us, but she gave her mother, Annie McCarthy, permission to relate the tale of “Caroline and her Cat.” On a Sunday in June, Warren; her son, Russ; and cousin, Nancy Prange… Read More
    MATTAWAMKEAG — The 30-year-old Lincoln Maine Federal Credit Union this week opened the doors of a new branch office in Mattawamkeag. The new banking facility, believed to be the first in Mattawamkeag in many decades, opened for business in the VFW building on Willow Street. Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court Thursday overturned a Maine State Prison inmate’s assault conviction. In May 1995, a Knox County Superior Court jury found Joseph L. Bowman, 35, who is serving a 60-year jail term for a 1989 murder, guilty of assaulting prison… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Milk lovers who are worried about fat and cholesterol but think skim milk tastes thin and watery will soon have an alternative. Golden Jersey Products, a Vero Beach, Fla., company, unveiled what it calls an all-natural, cholesterol-free milk that relies on oat flour… Read More
    BATH — Members of Bath Iron Works’ largest union overwhelmingly rejected a plan Wednesday that would have based employee bonuses on the shipyard’s performance. The plan was worked out by a team of labor and management representatives as a way to provide the profit-sharing bonuses… Read More
    MACHIAS — A 24-year-old Calais man was sentenced Wednesday in Washington County Superior Court to three years in prison for assaulting his live-in girlfriend with a claw hammer. Devery Johnson had pleaded no contest to the charge of aggravated assault. Johnson was charged in the… Read More
    The Lemforder Corp. in Brewer has been named the top plant among 18 facilities worldwide owned by the Germany-based Lemforder Metallwaren company. Five employees of the Brewer plant, which produces automobile suspension parts, flew to Germany this week as part of the Lemforder Quality Prize… Read More
    BANGOR — The New England School of Broadcasting will change its name to the New England School of Communications on Monday. The new name reflects the direction the school has taken during the past few years, according to President George Widley. While continuing to focus… Read More