ORONO – It was their first home game at Alfond Arena and the University of Maine’s home opener, but Cory Larose and Bobby Stewart played as relaxed as veterans. Not even when the Bears were down 3-1 in the third period of their game Friday… Read More
    RICHMOND, Va. – Annie Elkanich scored two first-half goals to lead the University of Maine to a 4-0 field hockey victory over Virginia Commonwealth Friday night. It was Maine’s eighth straight win. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    RINDGE, N.H. – John L’Heureux of Old Town, a senior center for the Franklin Pierce College men’s basketball team was named to the New England Collegiate Conference preseason first team. L’Heureux, a 6-foot-8, 260-pound center, averaged 12.8 points and 8.3 rebounds last year while shooting… Read More
    Mention deer hunting and someone’s sure to remark that something stinks about the doe-permit system or the dates of the hunting season or “residents only” day. It’s odd, however, that the smelly business of using scents to attract deer is seldom mentioned, especially since increasing numbers of hunters… Read More
    ORONO – Brian Bates scored at the 72:58 mark of the second half to lead the Delaware Blue Hens to a 2-1 men’s soccer win over the University of Maine Black Bears Friday in America East action. Chris Ahern scored at the 35:43 mark off… Read More
    College 1996 MEN’S DIRIGO CUP Final Standings Top 5 Teams: 1. Unity College 20, 2. Maine Maritime Academy 17, 3. University of Maine at Presque Isle 12, 4. University of New England 11, Saint Joseph’s College 8 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    I have three young children. Some day, they may wish to compete in high school athletics. Luckily, we live in Brewer. If we lived in Dexter, then there’s a chance my children would have to urinate in a cup to prove they are not on… Read More
    HOULTON — It’s a sign of the times, political sign, that is, and someone is taking them. Hundreds of political campaign signs from all over southern Aroostook County have been stolen from where they were displayed, according to state police at Troop F in Houlton… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — Two 16-year-old Bucksport boys who allegedly stole more than $3,000 in personal property from a River Road residence Thursday evening were apprehended after a nearly three-hour search by several law enforcement agencies. According to Bucksport police dispatcher Byron Vinton, the River Road homeowner… Read More
    AUGUSTA — An environmentalist who accuses Maine of harming the endangered right whale compared the state’s treatment of the mammal Friday to the near annihilation of the American Indian. “The Maine people have not only killed off the American Indians that were living in Maine,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Health officials said Friday private sector contributions of $644,000 will enable Maine’s immunization program to serve children throughout the state. The program provides free vaccines, purchased at discount rates, to physicians and is designed to reduce the cost of childhood immunizations. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    JAY — Four years after workers booted the paperworkers union out of the International Paper Co. mill here, the union is trying yet again to get back in. United Paperworkers International Union organizers say they have gathered enough signatures to hold another recertification vote. The… Read More
    Bangor District Court: David Ranlett, 33, Bangor, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, jail 48 hours, license suspended 90 days, $450. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    BANGOR — Professor Susan E. Davies, Jonathan Fisher Professor of Christian Education, will be installed as the seminary’s academic dean at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the David Nelson Beach Chapel of Bangor Theological Seminary, 300 Union St. Davies served as a parish minister… Read More
    Downhill skiers are creatures of habit, particularly the weekenders. They hook their skis to the car roof on Friday night, pile in and head for the closest, best slopes where they might have rented a house for the season. They take this path of least… Read More
    CAMDEN — Seeing it now, it’s tough to grasp how arduous a life The Bean House has coped with over the past decade — or how perilously close to extinction it was only three years ago. Like too many small-town landmarks, the ediface high above Camden Harbor could… Read More
    I wrote to Ann Atkinson, the Democratic candidate for state representative in District 136, and asked her opinion on the “A” word. Apparently abortion is one of those words you just don’t bring up around election time. Wanne-be politicians don’t particularly like the word, oftentimes becoming scarce, or… Read More
    OLD TOWN – An award-winning author, Ellen Bryan Obed of Old Town, will have her work featured by one of Canada’s most respected theaters for the young. Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia had adapted Obed’s “Borrowed Black, a Labrador Fantasy” for the stage with a… Read More
    The Bangor Daily News’ Oct. 24 editorial addressing the Sierra Club’s decision to devote resources to the Ban Clearcutting initiative for a yes vote on 2A raises some interesting points. We agree that voters should take a close look at 2B and read the whole… Read More
    The news media lately are consumed with two sets of numbers: There are the public opinion polls that have dominated political coverage this election season, and there are the stock market measurements that purport to tell us the daily state of the economy. As for… Read More
    Fair warning to University of Maine sports fans: The jig is up on the smuggled-food scam that you people – and you know who you are – have been getting away with for lo these many years. No more stuffing your pockets with Fig Newtons… Read More
    OLD TOWN–George Pardilla was walking in circles around the historic Bradbury Block of North Main Street where black and dirty yellow smoke rose above the early morning fog and the orange flames in buildings near his store. His son, Jim Pardilla, stood with a cup… Read More
    OLD TOWN–When fire devastated several North Main Street businesses and apartments Friday morning, it took with it a part of Old Towns history. The 151-year-old Bradbury Block and adjacent structures comprised landmarks whose names have been known in Old Town for a century or more. Read More
    In politics, four years is a lifetime After the Gulf War, George Bush towered above the American political melodrama like the Colossus of Rhodes. Two years later, he was an ex-one-term president like Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    The telephone number to call for ticket information and reservations for “On Baile’s Strand” and “The Cornfields of New York” is 581-1773. Read More
    Campaigns are about political positions and issues, but ultimately they are about people, what is inside them, their potential for growth. As Maine voters look down the list of U.S. Senate candidates Nov. 5 they will find a name that offers ideas, character and promise: Susan Collins. Read More
    The Compact for Maine’s Forests is an essential step forward in both the health of Maine’s forests and the future of state regulations. Instead of being only a list of limits, the compact sets standards for forestry and lets landowners decide how to meet them. It gives landowners… Read More
    BANGOR- Fifty-one years after the city vowed its intention to erect a memorial to those who served in World War II, it’s going to happen– without city money. Councilor Don Soucy will introduce a resolution at the City Council meeting on Monday evening to support… Read More
    Citizens of Maine are faced with making a very difficult, yet extremely important, decision on the future of the forest resources of Maine. These choices are embodied in the three options on the upcoming forestry referendum. The College of Natural Resources, Forestry and Agriculture at the University of… Read More
    On Nov. 5 in SAD 22 we will be asked to vote for three new members to join the school board. Four people are running for the three positions. They are Betsy Chapman, Arlene Nicholson, Ivan McPike, all incumbents, and Lynn Madden. Betsy Chapman will… Read More
    Our political process is rotting from the top down, and can only be rebuilt from the bottom up. Unprecedented amounts of money, in the form of campaign contributions, are eating away at our fragile economy like some sort of parasite. The symptoms of this parasitic… Read More
    The representatives of corporate interests have spent millions of dollars to make you believe that the Compact for Maine’s Forests (2B) is a middle ground, a compromise that considers both environmental and economic concerns. But the truth is that 2B is not a compromise, a viable alternative or… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will no longer contribute to the salaries of new employees hired as secretarial support staff in its county offices. Although those hired as support staff are considered university employees whose salaries and increases are set by collective… Read More
    BELFAST — The city’s splendid Colonial Theater rolled out the red carpet Friday night for the premier of Stephen King’s “Thinner” — an actual red carpet, with spotlights, limousines, popping flashbulbs, sidewalk saxophones, dinner out, and the entire panoply of Hollywood hoopla. Too bad they… Read More
    BIDDEFORD — A suspect was arrested Friday night on a burglary charge in an attack on a church here that desecrated its most sacred object, the tabernacle of the Eucharist, police said. Patrick W. Ordway, 19, of Old Orchard Beach was taken into custody after… Read More
    Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Maine on Sunday and Monday. A rally featuring the first lady will start at 5 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Gym at the University of Maine. Later that day she will fly to Portland, where she will spend the night. Monday… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A candidates night in the Pittsfield Town Council chambers Thursday attracted a little more than two dozen local voters and few candidates. Candidates for House District 104 — Democrat Arthur Clement of Clinton and Republican Sumner Jones of Pittsfield — offered the liveliest… Read More
    DENNYSVILLE — Residents in this sport fishing community will meet this morning to develop a strategy to fight the state’s efforts to prevent farm-grown salmon from migrating up and spawning in the Dennys River. The meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Dennys River… Read More