BRISTOL, Conn. – Host Bristol scored two runs on wild pitches – including the winning run in the ninth – to edge Brewer 4-3 in the first round of the American Legion Region I Tournament here Friday night. Bruce Morneault’s 0-1 wild pitch with the… Read More
A flock of duck hunters gathered in the Bangor Civic Center Monday evening to gabble about the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s proposed regulations for Maine’s 1996 waterfowl hunting seasons. During the public hearing conducted by DIFW Commissioner Bucky Owen and bird group leader Pat Corr, the… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will offer a new training program for women called `Becoming an Outdoors Woman’ on September 13-15. Participants will be schooled in canoeing, fly fishing, riflery, orienteering, hiking, outdoor cooking, archery and other topics will be… Read More
Travis Lajoie opened his senior campaign with a goal and an assist as the Van Buren Crusaders scored the first two goals of the game Friday to beat the Madawaska Owls 2-1 in their schoolboy soccer opener. Lajoie assisted on Isaac Cote’s first-half goal and… Read More
ORONO – Excited about the prospect of leading the University of Maine baseball program back to regional dominance, and calling it the best job in New England, Paul Kostacopoulos beamed Friday as he was introduced as the Black Bears’ 23rd head coach. Promising to build… Read More
The Maine Mutual-United Way Golf Tournament at Aroostook Valley Country Club in Fort Fairfied will be held on Saturday, September 7. Spots are still available for the popular tournament that benefits the United Way of Aroostook. For information contact the United Way of Aroostook at… Read More
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Mike Buck, who became one of the youngest inductees into the University of Maine’s Sports Hall of Fame last fall, isn’t enjoying any glory in the NFL. Brian Gaine, the UMaine career reception leader for tight ends, isn’t either. But while Buck is a six-year… Read More
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BREWER — One seat on the City Council, two on the School Committee and one on the board of trustees of the Brewer High School District will be filled during elections to be held Oct. 8, according to City Clerk Arthur Verow. The three-year council… Read More
LIMESTONE — An Illinois telecommunications firm is considering moving into the former Loring Air Force Base, bringing with it up to 750 jobs, according to Brian N. Hamel, president of the Loring Development Authority of Maine. APAC TeleServices has entered into serious discussions with the… Read More
The Compact for Maine’s Forests, a much-heralded alternative to the November forestry referendum, asks the Legislature and voters to make a giant leap of faith. Forged during eight months of secret negotiations, key provisions of the agreement remain sketchy. Supporters of the compact hope to… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A scared young boy hid from intruders during one of five burglaries that occurred in the Dedham and Ellsworth areas Thursday. Detective Steve McFarland of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department said he thinks the incidents are related because of the type of entry… Read More
LIMESTONE — Any agreement to extend Air Force money for the upkeep of the former Loring Air Force Base is far from final, according to local and congressional officials on Friday. “Clearly, it’s not a done deal,” said Brian N. Hamel, president of the Loring… Read More
SANGERVILLE — She’s lonesome for her animal friends and she’s not eating well, but that could change soon when “Licorice,” the 250-pound potbellied pig found wandering around Sangerville late last month, is reunited with her owner. Sangerville Town Manager Derik Goodine and others spent about… Read More
ALFRED — An extramarital affair may provide the motive for the stabbing death last month of a Biddeford woman, according to testimony at the arraignment of her husband. Samuel Collins, charged with murdering Lucinda Collins by stabbing her to death in their bathroom July 7,… Read More
The faxes came out of San Diego, Calif., every night this week, usually around 2 a.m. They warned of the evil lurking behind Colin Powell, Elizabeth Dole and Susan Molinari, the “gentler, kinder” stage prop Republicans put on prime-time television to con America into thinking… Read More
We are fortunate that our community cares about our children. The YWCA, St. Joseph Heathcare, and Eastern Maine Medical Center are working together to establish a unique opportunity for our children ages 8 to 14 years old with asthma. These three organizations are providing a very rich day… Read More
Discontented legislators, unhappy at not being brought in at the beginning of the forestry negotiations, should not rattle proponents of The Compact for Maine’s Forests. They have a solid document for improving forest practices in Maine and should press for its passage to voters. Some… Read More
The 36th annual national convention of the Republican Party this past week offered a smorgasbord of manipulation, hypocrisy and amnesia. And that was just from the major network television news departments. It’s not as if the high-priced producers in charge of prime time coverage didn’t… Read More
Now that television, which stage-managed the recent Olympic Games to a farethewell, has been beaten at its own game by the Republicans at their national convention it will be interesting to see whether Democrats at their forthcoming hawg wrassle in Chicago can out-show-biz the GOP’s masterfully scripted Left… Read More
Mr. and Mrs. Harland E. Collins will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Dover-Foxcroft United Methodist Church. The couple request no gifts, just the presence of friends and family. Mildred Mayhew will celebrate her 90th birthday Sunday… Read More
Wednesday night’s call to Bob Dole to head the party’s fall campaign was routine, choreographed, a formality. In contrast, Thursday’s speech by the Republican nominee for president was a powerful surprise. Dispelling months of criticism of his staid style, lack of passion and fumbled syntax,… Read More
A listing published Wednesday of waste recycling rates for Maine municipalities should have identified the State Planning Office as the source of the data instead of the Maine Waste Management Agency. —- A cutline under a photograph of the Radio Kings in MaineStyle’s Calendar incorrectly… Read More
The nation anxiously awaits the painstaking reconstruction of TWA Flight 800. Once the wreckage is assembled into a grotesquely mangled mosaic, experts hope to determine whether a bomb, missile or mechanical malfunction caused it to explode without warning while in flight. Whether terrorism or technical… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sitting atop a scenic hill in Colorado, breathing in the fresh air and looking down upon the small mountain town of Georgetown, Jennifer Thomas can feel her blood pressure drop to normal levels. Back in Washington at the National Institutes of Health, Ann… Read More
Bangor District Court: Criminal mischief, Jodi Malley, 18, Bangor, not guilty; Remi Greenwood, 25, Bangor, $75; Isaac Wright, 18, Bangor, $200, fine suspended, restitution of $500 to District Attorney’s Office. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Students at the University of New Hampshire are getting an unprecedented opportunity to gain experience in the space program: Thanks to a $4 million NASA grant, they will get to build, test and operate a scientific satellite to be launched in 1998. Students at many… Read More
During the busy summer months, it’s hard for a gardener to find time for much reading. Rather than lengthy prose about the best gardening practices, nifty ideas for expanding the garden, and new ways to integrate plantings and plants into the landscape, summer reading usually… Read More
BANGOR — The agenda for the Bangor Planning Board’s meeting on Tuesday will feature a number of items related to new building construction or expansion. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. on the third floor of City Hall. Bangor Pipe and Supply is requesting… Read More
(Tabitha) King’s marginally irrational letter in the Bangor Daily News of August 13, about Sandor Polster’s recent columns on (Robert H.) Gardiner’s management practices at Maine Public Broadcasting, reveals a personal animus toward rank-and-file employees of the stations who may disagree with Gardiner that strongly validates Polster’s inside… Read More
My wife of 65 years passed away on July 29. On Aug. 1 her Social Security check for the month of July arrived. The words “for the month of July” were printed in bold print on the check. I could not cash the check or… Read More
What we do to our forests, we do to ourselves and to our children. By clear-cutting, overharvesting, and herbicidal spraying, multinational paper companies are decreasing the biological diversity and health of the Maine woods by creating a monoculture of trees that seriously disturbs the natural symbiotic relationships in… Read More
I am writing to warn readers, and especially hunters, of a serious health threat. While attending a “new products” symposium in Portsmouth, N.H., recently, I saw a demonstration of an electronic device that could be a danger to hunters. This device was a duck-finding radar, similar in concept… Read More
It was with total disbelief and anger that I read the Los Angeles Times article in the Aug. 8 Bangor Daily News regarding American people who are willing to give up some degree of liberty and freedom in exchange for safety. A poll was taken… Read More
They came away with a heightened sense of self, a renewed vision of their work and a keener awareness of the world around them. Maine recipients of the Fulbright Scholarship agreed recently that their time abroad added a new dimension to their roles as teachers,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Brewer man escaped injury when the loaded pulp truck he was driving tipped over and spilled its load onto the highway at Monument Square in Dover-Foxcroft Friday morning. Neither 73-year-old William Walker, the driver of the truck, nor 84-year-old Lillian Herring, whose… Read More
WELLINGTON — Residents voted Thursday 44-29 not to continue an investigation into the withdrawal process from SAD 4. The vote defeated a move to form a committee to investigate the withdrawal process and to use up to $10,000 for that purpose. The vote was not… Read More
PORTLAND — A man from Tenants Harbor has pleaded guilty to charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and making a sawed-off shotgun, U.S. Attorney Jay P. McCloskey said Thursday. Jason H. Palmiter, 27, was arrested in Rockland April 10 by a… Read More
Bangor Daily News Publisher Richard J. Warren has announced that the cost of carrier and mail home delivery of the Bangor Daily News will increase with the issue of Monday, Sept. 2, 1996. The new per-week price structure for carrier service is $3.10 and $3.75… Read More
BANGOR — Conditions are improving at the DeCoster Egg Farm, according to its owner. But officials say it still has a long way to go to meet federal health and safety standards. Farm owner A. J. “Jack” DeCoster met Thursday with the regional director of… Read More
LEWISTON — A Belgrade motorist who has a long history of traffic violations was allegedly drunk when his car struck and killed an 18-year-old honor student, police said Friday. Police said test results received Friday afternoon show that Daniel R. Asselin’s blood-alcohol content was 0.21,… Read More
NEWPORT — With the use of increased foot patrols, the addition of a first-ever bicycle patrol and with high hopes of securing an $81,000 Department of Justice grant, the Newport community-policing program has gotten off to an excellent start, said Chief Jim Ricker Friday. Ricker… Read More
BANGOR — A shooting spree on Center Street last week remains under investigation by the Bangor Police Department. Three buildings at and near 83 Center St. were shot at sometime around 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 9. Police were alerted to what sounded like a string… Read More
WHITNEYVILLE — Two men were arrested at a gravel pit in Whitneyville Friday and charged with Monday’s attempted armed robbery at the Corinna branch of KeyBank. Charged with attempted bank robbery were: Aaron Leavitt, 23, of Old Town, and Garry S. Allen, in his 20s,… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Sebasticook Farms, a non-profit corporation that employs adults with development disabilities at a sawmill in St. Albans, is sponsoring “An Evening with Roger Milliken Jr.” at the St. Albans Grange Hall on Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. Milliken, president of Baskahegan Co.,… Read More
AUBURN — A former Turner man accused of defrauding customers of his truck business of more than $30,000 was found guilty Friday of felony theft and negotiating a worthless instrument. An Androscoggin County Superior Court jury deliberated for about two hours before returning a guilty… Read More
EASTPORT — A bank building that has been part of the Eastport landscape for more than 125 years got a reprieve from the wrecking ball after area residents urged Bangor Savings Bank to investigate the cost of restoring the red brick structure. The Eastport Historic… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — A South Portland woman out for a walk was killed when she was hit by a bicyclist who did not see her, police said. Martha Kyllonen, 77, fell and hit her head at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the bicycling and walking lane… Read More
BOSTON — Is Juliet romancing an impostor Romeo in full view of thousands of people in the Boston Public Garden? Mary Hines, spokeswoman for the Boston Parks Commission, said Friday that the city was “90 percent certain” that the male swan, named Romeo, recently purloined… Read More
Developers of a natural gas pipeline intended to run through Maine will be seeking approval later this month for the second phase of the $765 million project. Federal regulators have already given initial approval for the 64-mile section of the pipeline from Dracut, Mass., to… Read More
LIMESTONE — The board overseeing the reuse of Loring Air Force Base is apparently pleased with the performance of their president, Brian N. Hamel, who was hired in 1994. Hamel was granted an $8,500 cash bonus during the July meeting of the Loring Development Authority… Read More
NEWPORT — Selectman Ron Goode, president of the Sebasticook Lake Association, will lead a discussion of the lake water quality at the Board of Selectmen’s Wednesday meeting. This summer has been a poor indicator of water quality, despite a cool start, according to experts with… Read More
GREENVILLE — Greenville Planning Board members have asked for a meeting with selectmen next week to discuss their concerns surrounding the enforcement of Greenville’s land-use ordinance and the position of code enforcement officer. Chairman Art Geetersloh presented Town Manager David Cota with a written request… Read More
HERMON — The development of Hermon’s industrial park in the Coldbrook-Odlin road area took another step forward recently, as the town received a $10,000 Community Development Block Grant grant to study the feasibility of extending water service there. According to Town Manager Kathryn Ruth, the… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — Jackson Brook Institute said Friday it has opened Maine’s first psychiatric intensive care unit, a six-bed facility for patients in the midst of severe mental health crises. The private hospital said its new unit was developed in response to the trend toward… Read More
ROCKLAND — Allen Teele was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for his part in the beating death of a 79-year-old Warren man. Justice Francis Marsano sentenced Teele, 26, of Westbrook to three concurrent 25-year prison terms with all but 20 years suspended on… Read More
BANGOR — David McManus and Aaron Hartery were best friends from the time they met in the first grade through graduation from Bangor High School. Their close bond spurred a tragic reunion in June 1995 when McManus, home on leave from the Navy, drove a car that crashed… Read More
The call for help from Steve Watson, director of the Penobscot County Emergency Management Agency, could not be more timely as we follow each day’s recovery of bodies and debris from the explosion of TWA Flight 800 off Long Island, N.Y. Watson needs more than… Read More
GRAND ISLE — About 32 Grand Isle taxpayers, nearly 6 percent of the town’s 550 residents, approved a municipal budget of $203,532 at their annual town meeting Thursday night. The town meeting was moved back from its traditional March date because some reports, including the… Read More