President Bill Clinton’s campaign staff was on the phone Sunday morning soliciting some visible local support to attend Monday’s midnight rally for U.S. Senate candidate Joe Brennan at Bangor International Airport. The Democrats targeted representatives of the University of Maine, specifically its women’s basketball and… Read More
    College DENISE HUDSON Denise Hudson, a junior forward for the St. Joseph’s College women’s soccer team, had two goals and three assists last week and was named the Maine Athletic Conference’s Offensive Player of the Week. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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    The University of Maine-Fort Kent men’s basketball team split two games over the weekend in Canada. On Saturday, the Bengals downed New Brunswick-Saint John Community College 119-58. On Sunday, Mount Allison University defeated the Bengals 75-53. On Saturday at Saint John, Bobby Johnson paced the… Read More
    Sunday’s Blue-White scrimmages were, for all intents and purposes, glorified practices for the University of Maine’s basketball teams. That didn’t stop 2,222 fans from watching the Black Bear women’s and men’s squads work out in game situations at Alfond Arena in Orono. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court Monday refused to block a Saco-based credit union from changing from a federally chartered to a state-chartered credit union and expanding its field of membership. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court denied an appeal by the Maine Bankers Association that sought… Read More
    NEWPORT — The stabbing of a student and an assault on a teacher at Nokomis Regional High School will be the subjects of expulsion hearings scheduled before the SAD 48 board of directors tonight. Unfortunately, that is just two of a possible seven such hearings, according to Superintendent… Read More
    DEXTER — Twelve-year-old Hartley Thomas Gilbert Jr. isn’t in school today. He is not likely to be there soon. Gilbert is allergic to his school. He’s not allergic to learning, just to the Dexter Middle School. Whenever the eighth-grader attends classes regularly in the 40-year-old… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Amid rising fears that health maintenance organizations may deny needed services to patients, the federal government is writing new regulations to strengthen the appeal rights of 4 million enrollees in Medicare HMOs. Exactly how often Medicare patients are denied various medical treatments by… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Monday rejected an appeal by Mississippi officials seeking to allow student prayer in public schools, choosing once again to stand clear of the trench debate over prayer in the nation’s classrooms. The justices refused to revive a 1994 state law… Read More
    Regular readers of The Standpipe are aware that for those of us who call eastern Maine home, “Make a Difference Day” is every day. But since Oct. 26 was designated “Make a Difference Day” by our Saturday magazine, USA Weekend, and its co-sponsor, the Points… Read More
    GUILFORD — A late evening fire destroyed a trailer on the Wharf Road Sunday. Guilford Fire Chief David Cookson said owner Ed Shank believed the fire started around an oil furnace. Cookson said he asked a state fire marshal to inspect the rubble. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    MACHIAS — Bruce Gardner, a 53-year-old certified public accountant, pleaded guilty Monday in Washington County Superior Court to one count of theft in connection with the embezzlement of more than $100,000 from a client. Gardner, who is free on personal recognizance, will be sentenced after… Read More
    If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve heard it all, many times. The presidency, U.S. Senate, forest practices, park bonds, all have been discussed and today await your decision. Maine Secretary of State G. William Diamond expects a big turnout in this general election. At the… Read More
    Seventeen juniors and seniors were inducted into the National Honor Society at Presque Isle High School during an Oct. 22 ceremony. Guest speaker Steve Richard, director of the Central Aroostook Association for Retarded Citizens, encouraged students to commit themselves to lives of service and becoming heroes in the… Read More
    No question about it, heating oil prices are higher this fall than last. But contrary to your editorial (Oct. 14), “petroleum corporation miscalculations, mismanagement of supplies, refining capacity and speculation” are not the culprits. Higher heating oil prices this fall are not the result of… Read More
    Even without considering the disastrous price that is anticipated for the 1996 potato, it should be obvious by this time, that by any method of measurement, decline in the market share, acreage or the debt/equity ratio of the remaining farms, that the Maine potato industry, and with it,… Read More
    Fort Kent District Court: Rino Dumond, 59, Clair, New Brunswick, theft by unauthorized taking, $150. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice())… Read More
    My first response after reading “Wanted: Good home for Brother, ” by Josephine Ambrose (BDN Oped, Oct. 14) was anger, then fear, that families searching to meet the needs of their loved ones entails such a search via the “maze” of what is or is not available for… Read More
    More than 10 million Americans receive disability benefits worth approximately $60 billion annually through Supplemental Security Income or Disability Insurance. The Social Security Administration is charged with ensuring that only those people who are truly deserving get the benefits, but the administration has fallen three years behind in… Read More
    PORTLAND — DeCoster Egg Farm owner Austin “Jack” DeCoster continued negotiations Monday with two top advisers who had threatened to leave after two months on the job. Former Bath Iron Works head Duane Fitzgerald and state Chamber of Commerce chief Dana Connors were brought in… Read More
    Representing the third and fourth generation of the Old Town downtown business community, we have a great personal sadness in having witnessed the destruction of some of Old Town’s history. The efforts of those who came to the rescue deserve noting. Our heartfelt thanks to… Read More
    Q: We have an efficient airtight house. We use room air-cleaners, but they push up our electric bills. Are there really house plants that can remove cancer-causing and other pollutants from the air? — Y. D. A: Running several room air- cleaners helps remove particles… Read More
    If your article in the Oct. 18 paper is an example of the type of information Maine business people rely upon in their dealings with Canada, one can understand why our business has fallen off so badly. While one can understand your disregard of the… Read More
    On Oct. 21, on the County page, you ran a story pertaining to a speech given by Dr. Crystal Kuykendall at the University of Maine at Presque Isle which was presented before an audience of eager public school educators. In her speech, Dr. Kuykendall urged teachers to have… Read More
    Cal Thomas, in his denunciation of the pope’s (and the Catholic Church’s) evolution of consciousness [BDN, Oct. 30], excluded the pope’s empirical statement, “… the human soul is divinely created anew in each person…” Galen Stevens Mapleton… Read More
    Query the issue of partners of gay employees obtaining medical benefits under the new health insurance contract for the University of Maine System. Is sexual activity the only criterion? How about two brothers or two sisters living together, or simply two unmarried companions (no sex involved)? The same… Read More
    We are beset by pleas to adopt animals from shelters, but when we do we are discriminated against in housing and find there is hardly anywhere to walk with even a leashed dog without complaint. My dog’s fovorite city is San Francisco, where dogs can… Read More
    According to the National Safety Council, a Nov. 4 letter to the editor, “Testing for radon,” was in error. The correct method of obtaining test kits is to call 800-767-7236. Callers receive an order form for the kits and a radon brochure. Read More
    BOSTON — The problems dyslexics have learning to read may represent an advantage for them in a world of computers, where information often is presented in visual images rather than words, according to an author. Many dyslexics have strong visual-spatial abilities that may prove to… Read More
    SOMESVILLE — The proliferation of business directional signs lining the Trenton Bridge between Trenton and Mount Desert Island is under scrutiny by the Maine Department of Transportation. Bill McFarland, supervisor of rights-of-way within the DOT, said he hopes to find local support for developing alternative… Read More
    Horace Hildreth ran the first Maine political ad on television. It didn’t hurt that the GOP gubernatorial candidate owned a TV station. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
    BANGOR — Winter parking regulations are in effect in Bangor, said Gary W. Jewell, city parking supervisor. Nighttime parking is prohibited and no vehicle may stop, stand, park or remain on a public way or parking area from midnight to 6 a.m. through March 31. Read More
    CAMDEN — While Camden Shuttle’s first year was not a roaring success, backers of the project told the selectmen Monday the park-and-ride experiment is headed in the right direction. In their inaugural season, from June 13 to Oct. 15, the two 24-passenger buses served up… Read More
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    WASHINGTON — “Who can stand before the cold?” asks the Bible, warning of snow like wool and frost scattered like ashes. While Psalms 147 goes on to promise melting winds, coping with arctic outbreaks and piling snow, winter also means stocking the woodpile and checking… Read More
    BANGOR — The Penobscot County grand jury handed up the following indictments Monday: Cory Blake, 25, Milford, burglary and theft. 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