BANGOR – Bangor High School girls soccer coach said senior striker Cathy Flemming has the “truest shot of anyone we’ve ever had.” Brewer Coach Bill Schwarz said “she’s tough in front of the net. She gets her shot off quickly and she’s accurate with it.”… Read More
VAN BUREN – Lyn Tardif broke a scoreless tie when she booted in a Nicole Sirois feed with 18:20 left in the game to propel Van Buren to a 2-1 schoolgirl soccer victory over Wisdom Tuesday. April LaPierre added an insurance goal off a Casey… Read More
THORNDIKE – Nick Callanan ran onto Justin Gushee’s cross and knocked it into the net from 15 yards out with 13:10 left in the game to give Camden-Rockport a 1-0 schoolboy soccer win over Mount View Tuesday. Drew Mazzeo made 11 saves on 15 shots… Read More
GREENVILLE – Tom Deming knocked in a Pat Libby feed from eight yards out with 1:58 left in the first overtime to give Greenville a 2-1 schoolboy soccer win over Bangor Christian Tuesday. Ian Morrill scored the first Greenville goal on an assist from Garth… Read More
With basketball season two months away, University of Maine junior Cindy Blodgett has already begun racking up awards. Blodgett, the NCAA’s leading scorer last year, has been named a second team All-America by Dick Vitale’s 1996-97 College Basketball Preview, a national preseason basketball magazine. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
PORTLAND – Joe Aversa singled to center in the sixth inning, driving in Quinn Mack and breaking a 5-5 tie as the Portland Sea Dogs beat the Harrisburg Senators 8-5 Tuesday in the Eastern League Championship series. A pair of Sea Dogs homers in the… Read More
UNITY – Ryan Plumb scored two goals, including one with just nine minutes left in the game, to give Unity College a 2-1 men’s soccer win over Southern Maine Technical College Tuesday. Jay Scott assisted on the game-winner for 2-0-1 Unity. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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During Hampden Academy’s 5-1 win over Nokomis High of Newport on Monday, two of Hampden Academy’s players incurred the wrath of referee Tom Duffy for their overzealous celebrations after scoring goals. The first one, who did a dance and then embraced the corner flag, received… Read More
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BANGOR – Jen Wilkes scored from the middle of a goalmouth scramble with 22 minutes remaining to give Bangor Christian a 1-0 win over Woodland in schoolgirl soccer action Tuesday. Stephanie Regan made seven saves for the 2-0 winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
HAMPDEN – Hampden had the seniors and memories of last year’s Eastern Maine quarterfinal victory, while Foxcroft had mostly juniors and sophomores. But it was the young Ponies who earned the 1-0 victory in schoolgirl field hockey action Tuesday. Playing with three senior starters, Foxcroft,… Read More
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AUGUSTA — A series of conferences this fall is intended to highlight the importance of small business to Maine’s economy. “The business of Maine is small business,” Gov. Angus S. King said Tuesday. “That’s what these conferences are about.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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WASHINGTON — An effort to ban gay marriages in Maine received a boost Tuesday when the Senate voted to deny federal recognition of same-sex marriages. “It definitely gives it a symbolic shot in the arm,” said Michael Heath, executive director of the Christian Civic League… Read More
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PLYMOUTH — When Maine State Police Trooper Darryl Peary stopped a car in Pittsfield last Saturday night, he wasn’t surprised to find two boys from Detroit inside. He was surprised, however, when none of the information supplied by the teen-agers matched the information in the car and two… Read More
BANGOR — Last year, 10 towns and 15 schools were represented by the Bangor-based Heritage Singers, a young people’s nonprofit, nondenominational choir. An open audition for membership in this choral group is scheduled from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the… Read More
BANGOR — City officials increased the number of citizen members on the City Recycling Committee from three to six to expand the public representation and to allow broader participation. Now officials are asking interested citizens to volunteer to serve on the committee. The committee meets… Read More
TOPSHAM — “Building Community Partnerships: Mental Illness Issues in the Criminal Justice System,” a special conference examining community models and resources for working with mental illness issues in the criminal justice system, will be held here on Friday, Oct. 4. The program will run from… Read More
BANGOR — A Calais man visiting the Bangor area told police he wants two teen-age girls prosecuted for “hate crimes” as a result of a bus stop assault on Monday evening, Bangor police reported. Brandon Dupuis, 25, who is staying at a Brewer motel, told… Read More
HERMON — All three Hermon schools were evacuated Tuesday morning when a call to the superintendent’s office indicated there was a bomb in one of the buildings. Police were summoned about 10:30 a.m. to search the elementary, middle and high schools for explosives, according to… Read More
BREWER — The North Main Street bridge, which spans railroad tracks, will be closed beginning today for as long as six weeks, during which the deck will be replaced, said a spokesman for the Maine Department of Transportation. Eastbound traffic will be detoured down Center… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Maine’s potato industry would be able to ask for relief against cheaper imported produce individually under new legislation introduced Tuesday by Sen. Olympia J. Snowe. Under current law, relief may be granted only if the nation’s entire domestic industry is in jeopardy… Read More
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BANGOR — Police officers, wildlife biologists, and a game warden were hoofing it around the city Tuesday morning during an unusual three-hour chase. An 800-pound cow moose was on the loose in Bangor and officials had a difficult time tailing the animal. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR — Two Penobscot County Commissioners found themselves at the center of a media storm Tuesday trying to answer questions concerning Sheriff Edward J. Reynolds’ handling of a 10-month internal investigation for supposed “media leaks” in his department. The latest development that prompted press curiosity… Read More
Rockland’s Caldbeck Gallery has aimed its spotlight this month on a functional design exhibition of pieces created by Maine woodworking artisans. Most of the artisans involved have spent years honing their craft, and many of the furniture pieces on exhibit are of their own design. Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — When other birds have flown south this fall, a flock made up of species native to Maine will remain in residence year-round at the Wendell Gilley Museum. Home to the bird carvings created by the museum’s famous namesake who died in the… Read More
GEORGE P. CHRISTAKOS has been promoted to brigadier general in the Maine Air National Guard. He has been a member of the 101st Air Refueling Wing of the Maine Guard for more than 25 years, including commander of the 101st Support Group. In April, Christakos was named chief… Read More
Kurdish refugees by the thousands are pouring out of Iraq and into Iran. Driven by guerrillas supported by Saddam Hussein, they are only the latest of their cousins victimized by international conflict and their own self-destructiveness. The Kurds, after fleeing north during Desert Storm, have… Read More
Rep. James Longley, who recently launched his re-election campaign in the 1st District, is seemingly bewildered by the aggressiveness of his opposition. But the tone should have a familiar ring: The style is borrowed from the ranks of angry GOP congressional freshmen — including Rep. Longley — who… Read More
AUGUSTA — The leader of the Ban Clearcutting initiative lashed out Tuesday at backers of the Compact for Maine’s Forest, deriding the measure as dishonest and self-serving. Jonathan Carter, who helped the group get the clear-cutting ban on this fall’s referendum, claimed the compact would… Read More
Tuesday’s report of 3-year-old Ashley Spring driving her mother’s car into the corner of a building at Thompson’s Store in Waldo Sunday evening contained an error. While Tamara Spring did leave her keys in the ignition, the vehicle was not left running. The precocious 3-year-old managed to climb… Read More
DEXTER — The Dexter Town Office was not closed Monday or Tuesday, but a lightning strike last weekend made it seem closed. The office phone system was out of order until Tuesday afternoon. Anyone calling the town office assumed there was no one answering the… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — What better way to clear out surplus equipment and materials than to participate in what is billed to be the world’s longest yard sale. Town fathers here decided Monday to sell the town’s unused items during the yard sale as part of the… Read More
BREWER — The first reading of amendments to the zoning and building codes was approved by a vote of 3-2 at Tuesday night’s council meeting, after Councilors Larry Doughty and Don LaGrange said two of the requirements were unfair to homeowners. Doughty and LaGrange took… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Workers at S.D. Warren’s Somerset mill rejected a new contract offer Tuesday, despite the paper company’s threats to implement work flexibility rules if this latest proposal was voted down. Members of United Paperworkers International Union Local 9, the largest of the mill’s three… Read More
BELFAST — Peter Sanfillippo of Unity was charged with aggravated assault in connection with the beating of a man who allegedly had sexually abused a young girl. The beating took place in Unity last Saturday night. The victim, 62-year-old Silas Reynolds of Freedom, remains hospitalized… Read More
BANGOR — Zofia Jaworska was deported to her native Poland on Sept. 5, according to Eugene M. Fitzpatrick, district director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Jaworska, who was described as having a long criminal history in New Jersey, Maryland and Maine for theft and… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County commissioners are questioning whether the county treasurer and his assistant should be pocketing — as compensation — a portion of excise taxes paid by unorganized territory residents. Treasurer Robert Lakin Tuesday reported to county commissioners that he and his assistant personally… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Residents here appealed to the planning board Monday night to keep their neighborhood intact. About a dozen Hartland Avenue residents objected to a proposed zoning change, requested by developer Stan Kitchen who wants to expand his Pittsfield golf course and create a driving… Read More
DYER BROOK — Terry Comeau, former superintendent of schools for SAD 70 in Hodgdon who retired this June, will serve as interim superintendent for the Southern Aroostook Community School District. Comeau, whose appointment was approved by the district’s board of directors Monday night, will take… Read More
The Bangor Daily News story of Sept. 5 reporting on the Land Use Regulation Commission hearing in Bangor had one major inaccuracy. I sat through the entire hearing and listened to every one of the 66 people who testified. In contrast to what was reported… Read More
On Aug. 30, the front page of the Bangor Daily News contained an article about the University of Maine looking ahead to a bright year. Among the encouraging facts cited was an increase of 75 points in the average SAT scores of this year’s entering class, compared to… Read More
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The editorial, “Forest finances” (BDN, Aug. 28), suggested that my recent test of the proposition that timber harvest causes jobs does not apply to the clear-cutting referendum. You contended that changes in the volume of timber available to Maine’s forest products industry projected by the Maine Forest Service… Read More
The alleged negative effects of welfare reform seem to receive top billing from journalists and are in the forefront of political campaign ads. The truth, however, was buried within the Bangor Daily News’ Sept. 4 edition where it was reported that the Legislature will shortly be asked to… Read More
We support Chuck Weser’s candidacy for the Maine Senate, because we know from our own experiences as public servants what personal qualities a voter should look for in a candidate. We believe we can predict Chuck’s performance as a state senator, because as a selectman… Read More
FORT KENT — Fort Kent’s third annual Scarecrow Festival, in which dozens of businesses and homeowners create colorful scarecrows and window displays throughout town, will be held Oct. 9-13. The five-day festival will also have a pumpkin hunt, scarecrow costume contest for children, story hour… Read More
DEXTER — Lauren Balsley of Dexter has received the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest a Girl Scout can receive. Among her accomplishments leading to the award was a community service project in which she wrote a book of math games and activities for young… Read More
PORTLAND — First Congressional District candidate Tom Allen had best hope for better luck in his campaign than he had in his “blast-off” Tuesday night in Monument Square. Just after he took the pickup truck “stage” at 5:15 p.m., the skies opened up and drenched the square, the… Read More
It has been one year since friends, neighbors and strangers gathered with tools in hand to be part of a good, old-fashioned home raising for the Peter Violette family of Levant. Described in a Bangor Daily News article as “a working poor family” reluctant to… Read More
BAR HARBOR — A two-part documentary chronicling the history of Bar Harbor from the 1840s through 1947 will premiere at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Bar Harbor Congregational Church. Titled “A Place They Called Eden,” the documentary was written and directed by Stephen Moulton of… Read More
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Parts of the Northeast are enduring the worst outbreak in years of tar spot, a fungus that puts unsightly black blotches on some maple leaves and can make them drop off early, plant biologists say. In the wake of a long, wet… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The local chapter of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women known as the Maine Street BPW will meet at noon Sept. 18, at the Bear’s Den in Dover-Foxcroft. The group meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month from September through June. Read More
STETSON — Driver inexperience and speed unsafe for the circumstances were cited as contributing causes to a single-vehicle rollover Tuesday afternoon in Stetson. According to Trooper Brian Strout, Jason Willard, 19, of Stetson was driving south on the Coboro Road. When he attempted a right-hand… Read More
NEWPORT — Newport officials have declined to accept the offer of Community Ambulance, formerly Dixmont Community Ambulance, to act as the town’s primary ambulance service. Newport now is served primarily by Sebasticook Valley Hospital ambulance, which is backed up by the Corinna and the Hartland/St. Read More
HOULTON — The owner of a local club that last month lost its permit for nude activities for six months appealed Monday night to the Town Council to reverse that decision, but to no avail. Frank Draus, owner of Dance and Eat on Airport Road,… Read More
SOUTH THOMASTON — As one would expect from a Navy man, the message on Capt. George Kittredge’s answering machine is Morse-code blunt: Tuesday. Out on the water, giving submarine lesson. Back by 3:30. Aye-aye, skipper, except it’s actually Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BANGOR — One of four people arrested in connection with an Aug. 27 bomb scare at a grocery store in Old Town was arraigned Tuesday at Penboscot County Superior Court. Erika Nadeau, 19, of Milford pleaded not guilty to charges of felony robbery and terrorizing,… Read More
PORTLAND — Peoples Heritage Financial Group announced Tuesday that it has begun a tender offer to its shareholders for up to nearly 10 percent of its outstanding stock. The banking company said the offer was being made in the form of a Dutch auction in… Read More
CAMDEN — With employers crying for more technically adept employees and the feds demanding a shift from welfare to work, state Labor Commissioner Valerie Landry said Tuesday the midcoast region will be a testing ground for a new project to increase the skills of Maine’s workers. Read More
MACHIAS — Wesley D. Hussey of Machias has been promoted to lieutenant in the Maine State Police and has been assigned commanding officer for Troop J, which covers Washington and Hancock counties. Col. Alfred R. Skolfield, chief of the Maine State Police, made the appointment… Read More
Authorization for new Aegis destroyers and programs to benefit the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Maine defense contractors have been included in the fiscal 1997 defense authorization bill, given final approval by the Senate Tuesday. “This bill authorizes a number of programs and projects that will… Read More
CALAIS — A subdued Pleasant Point man appeared in 4th District Court Tuesday charged with aggravated assault for allegedly clubbing a white man with a baseball bat in a racially charged fight over a woman. Judge John Romei told Alan T. Lola, 28, a leader… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Neighbors aired complaints about the disruptive behavior of some patrons who frequent the Bear’s Den Restaurant and Tavern on Friday evenings during a public hearing here Monday. Despite the complaints, the Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen renewed the liquor license sought by tavern owner… Read More