UNITY – Mitch Hayden of Skowhegan shook off a mid-race accident and came from the rear of the field to win the NAPA Auto Parts 50-lap Charger feature Saturday night. Hayden, in his Variety Drug/DRE Engines Camaro, led for the first 25 laps of the… Read More
Four Bangor Blue Ox players were included among the 15 players chosen for the first Northeast League All-Star Team announced this weekend. Lonnie Goldberg, Angelo “Jello” Cox, Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd and Tim Morrow were selected for the team, which was voted on by members… Read More
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.- The University of Maine men’s soccer team won two games in the XARA Cup tournament at Central Connecticut State over the weekend. Maine defeated host Central Connecticut State 2-0 on Saturday afternoon and Niagara University 3-0 on Sunday. The Black Bears blanked… Read More
HERMON – When Ralph Nason was a youngster growing up in Bangor, he used to hunt rabbits in a field near Speedway 95 in Hermon. On Sunday, he hunted Cushing’s Chuck Lachance for 96 laps before passing him with 15 laps left and winning his… Read More
HAMPDEN – Brett Weymouth has no use for strategy. The 36-year old from Howland realizes some wheelchair rugby teams work on game plans and set plays but he and his Maine Roadrunner teammates prefer what Weymouth calls the “helter skelter” approach. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
JONESPORT — An occasional fistfight is not uncommon in this Down East community overlooking Moosabec Reach and Beals, Great Wass and Head Harbor islands. But when eight young men beat up a blueberry raker in front of his wife and children, tearing out fistfuls of his hair and… Read More
BANGOR — A city-owned building at the corner of Maine and Florida avenues may not be empty much longer. Snow Hill Corp., a business which manufactures display glass for items such as laptop computers and cellular telephones, hopes to be in full production by Oct. 1 in the… Read More
Four fire departments responded to an alarm at the R. Leon Williams Lumber Co. in Clifton Saturday afternoon when a pile of scrap wood ignited and flames spread to a conveyor and nearby building. The wind reportedly fanned flames from the scrap pile into the… Read More
Fifty years ago today — Labor Day, Sept. 2, 1946 — Dick and Eva Estey of Bangor were married at St. John’s Church. As was the tradition of the time, the Bangor Daily News carried the announcement of the “Estey-Crawford Nuptials” on its Society Page the very next… Read More
OLD TOWN — A 20-member team of firefighters left Maine Sunday headed for a forest fire near Wennenanucca, Nev., joining more than 40 other Mainers already fighting several fires in the West. The Old Town crew is headed by Ranger Joe Mints of Masardis. The… Read More
BANGOR — The closing of municipal governments on Labor Day will slightly compress Bangor’s busy schedule of city meetings this week. The brief agenda of the municipal operations committee, meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, will begin with a request for a crossing… Read More
AUGUSTA — During the special legislative session this week, lawmakers will consider whether those who depend on tips for a living — such as waiters and waitresses — should get a raise. At issue is a bill that would freeze the so-called “tipping wage” in… Read More
BANGOR — “DIG SAFE” read the painted blue letters by a manhole on Eighteenth Street. “No Hydro” and “No NYNEX” were painted nearby in other fluorescent colors. Protests of some sort? Not at all. The notes had a practical purpose for city workers, who a… Read More
Where are working Americans heading? No one knows the future, of course, but as labor secretary, I have two special advantages: an opportunity to meet and talk with thousands of working people and their employers throughout America, and lots of data from our Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here… Read More
Ellsworth District Court: Operating a motor vehicle with license under suspension, Darryl L. Ogden, 20, Brewer, two charges, $200 and $300. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
If Labor Secretary Robert Reich isn’t careful, he may accomplish what seemed impossible just a few days ago. He could turn brown egg magnate Austin “Jack” DeCoster into a sympthetic figure. In July, DeCoster brought federal heat down on his operation, and accumulated $3.6 million… Read More
FORT KENT — The people who brought the world fast food more than four decades ago now are turning their attention to fast restaurant construction. Seven trucks rolled into Fort Kent Friday carrying parts for a prefabricated McDonald’s restaurant. It took five hours for a… Read More
Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich’s prognosis for the economy is upbeat, as is to be expected in an election year. But as his commentary on today’s Oped page shows, the good news does not carry far beneath the surface of the latest unemployment rates. Read More
LIBERTY — It also takes a village to make a library. In an era when most communities are trying to cut back on expenses, this Waldo County town of about 800 decided that establishing a new library was worth the price. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
I would like to comment on the Compact for Maine Forests article that appeared in the Aug. 17-18 Maine Weekend. It was stated that Charles Gadzik, the director of the Maine Forest Service, sees no danger that large landowners will abuse the clear-cutting exemptions or abandon their commitment… Read More
Concerning the Bangor Daily News’ Aug. 24-25th letter to the editor, “Reagan didn’t fight.” This is true, but, while he was not involvled in combat, at least he did not spend his time in a foreign country, badmouthing the United States and our way of life. Ronald Reagan… Read More
There are three reasons to have a straight up-or-down vote on the Green Party referendum this November rather than putting a third alternative on the ballot: 1. It would be best for the forest; googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Fort Knox is a wonderful place — amazing in construction, beautiful in situation, and interesting in history. It would be fun to know how many children, young and old, have followed their flashlight beams down the passage ways or standing above the Penobscot have imagined the days when… Read More
SHOWHEGAN — Houdini wouldn’t do it, but Gabe Barnes did: On Sunday the 21-year-old Madison man who wants to be Maine’s master illusionist escaped from handcuffs, padlocked chains and a wooden crate as it was hoisted — by flaming ropes — 92 feet into the air. Read More
WISCASSET — Maine Yankee officials said Sunday a contract worker at the nuclear plant was found in distress by a co-worker Saturday night and subsequently died. Maine Yankee spokesman Eric Howes said the cause of death appeared to be a heart attack. Howes said the… Read More
BANGOR — They prayed with Brother Crabtree this weekend. They praised God with him and sang with him, and sometimes they cried with him. That’s what a camp meeting is all about, and more than 100 worshipers spent their Labor Day weekend helping Glad Tidings Church conclude its… Read More
An Old Town woman was listed in fair condition at Bangor’s Eastern Maine Medical Center Sunday evening after the car she was a passenger in collided with another vehicle on Wilson Street in Brewer. Theresa Culbertson, 63, was seated in the back seat of a… Read More
Promoting high-tech investments based on information superhighway hype is one of the most common investment frauds among unscrupulous telemarketers. The latest of these scams involves licenses for wireless interactive television, also called Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS). Many companies are using telemarketing to sell… Read More
GARFIELD PLANTATION — An Ashland woman and her baby, which was born after a single-vehicle accident late Friday night, both died from injuries sustained in the wreck. The driver of the vehicle, Lloyd McPherson, 21, of Portage, was not injured. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
AUGUSTA — Fifteen new cases of AIDS among Mainers — 12 men and three women — were reported in April, May and June of this year. The quarterly statistics were released recently by the state Bureau of Health in Augusta. That brings the total cases… Read More
As Hurricane Edouard set a course for the Gulf of Maine Sunday, sunny skies and soft breezes belied the urgency felt by boat owners scrambling to batten down the hatches and secure their vessels. In Rockland, Harbor Master Ken Rich was busy pulling floats and… Read More
LINCOLN — A rally protesting the Nov. 5 forestry referendum, which could ban clear-cutting in the state’s unorganized territories, will draw at least one speaker who thinks an alternative known as the Compact for Maine’s Forests should also be thrown out. Robbi McKay, a housewife… Read More
PORTLAND — Weary after four days of partying and politicking at the Democratic National Convention, Maine delegates said they are energized and have a new sense of unity as the fall campaign officially begins. Standing before a lineup of delegates at the Portland Jetport after… Read More
AUGUSTA — Responding to a draft plan from state regulators, Central Maine Power Co. says the ability of utilities to recover past investments remains “the most controversial issue” in the debate over industry deregulation. Detailed comments by CMP on a July 19 Public Utilities Commission… Read More
ST. ALBANS — The annual Hall family reunion has always meant a lot to brothers Edward, Raymon and Bradley. Their mother died when they were just small boys, and their father left them in the care of a grandmother soon after. But this year’s get-together, held a week… Read More