Fans will need a scorecard to keep track of the teams and ownership groups shuffling in and out of the Northeast League. In only three months, the league has gone from six teams to eight with the possibility of enlarging to 10, back down to… Read More
    He is my godson. Kevin Blanchard, Old Town. He graduated from the Air Force Academy a couple of years ago. He flies C-130s into Saudi Arabia now. I think of him now more than he knows – with silent prayers when he’s in Saudi air… Read More
    The Eastern Maine Class A schoolboy soccer championship game between Brunswick and Hampden Academy should have been a purist’s delight. Those who attended the 3-2 Brunswick win should have come away feeling they had genuinely received their money’s worth. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    It was a spur-of-the-moment backpacking trip in late October on the last weekend before deer hunting and maybe the last warm weekend before the snow pummeled the mountains. After finishing some Saturday chores, we literally threw our gear into our packs, took our 10-year-old, Elias… Read More
    It’s an interesting way to build a team bound for a state championship game. Lose seven starters from last season’s team. Including the whole defense. Then rotate players in and out before finally finding the right mix – six games into a 14-game season. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two 20-year-old Dover-Foxcroft residents were charged with trafficking in food stamps after trying to sell the stamps to an undercover police officer last month. The charges against Darren Williams and Kimberly Currier were brought after the officer purchased $67 worth of food stamps… Read More
    It was a labor of love born of grief; a dream shared by those left behind by the loss of a loved one. In the early 1980s, after her husband’s death from cancer, Barbara Harrison of Bangor founded Evensong to provide moral and financial support… Read More
    BANGOR — There’s new life for the long-vacant Freese’s building. The city of Bangor on Tuesday conveyed title to the rear third of the former department store to developer Freese Building Associates, the company formed by Realty Resources Chartered of Rockport to develop 34 units… Read More
    BANGOR — Edward P. Williams, 25, of Bangor will be arraigned at 8:15 this morning at Bangor District Court in the Oct. 3 stabbing death of Eric Heath. Heath, 23, was stabbed with a knife during a street fight in the Capehart neighborhood of Bangor. Read More
    MACHIAS — A former restaurant owner was sentenced earlier this week to jail time and community service for failure to pay more than $50,000 in sales taxes. Carol Coffin, 51, of Steuben was sentenced to 30 days in jail and one year probation in connection… Read More
    It was nip and tuck Tuesday in the presidential race at Vine Street School between Bob Black Bear and Larry Lobster. At one point, Larry appeared to be gaining, but in the end, Bob emerged victorious with a vote of 5 to 4. Lisa Loon… Read More
    BANGOR — A new committee will spend the next two months ironing out administrative and technical issues surrounding a proposed regional public safety dispatch center for Penobscot County. County commissioners agreed to form the new committee during their meeting on Tuesday, which was attended by… Read More
    CHICAGO — Two new studies confirm that taking hormones after menopause can strengthen women’s bones, perhaps heading off fractures in old age, researchers say. A third study in Wednesday’s issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association found that older women with the strongest… Read More
    Maine’s snowmobile industry is showing determination and foresight with its get-tough campaign against speeding and alcohol use by sledders. Signs 3-feet by 4-feet — large enough to be seen — are being put up in key communities. The warning is simple. “Snowmobilers: Maine has a… Read More
    The $1 million donated to the Clinton campaign by an Indonesian family is small change compared with the soft money flowing into both parties. Caught with his hand in the cash register, President Clinton last week began talking about campaign finance reform. But the real change must come… Read More
    BANGOR — The fragrance of cinnamon bread enveloped me as I walked through the flower shop and back into the greenhouse at 117 Buck St. Colorful stalls of flowers, baskets of breads, glorious piles of fruits and vegetables, aromas of herbs assailed my senses. I thought that perhaps… Read More
    While the work of some artists may live for ages, the creations of Ottie Thomas-Smith live for today. Thomas-Smith is an anaplastologist/ocularist who creates prosthetic devices for people disfigured by disease or trauma. Her firm, Boston Ocular Prosthetics, is one of 200 in the country… Read More
    Brewer City Manager Harold F. Parks was fired on Tuesday night at the council meeting. This serious breach of council ethics, which brought the manager’s 10-year career to an end here in Brewer, was not really focused on in the press. So much for the talk of Brewer’s… Read More
    Pettiness and boredom color these election days and, in the allegedly threatened north woods, the foliage has peaked in ho-hum fashion. Folks in need of excitement ought to look at Machiasport where the Real Estate Tax ripoff is in high gear. My land there is… Read More
    CALAIS — A 25-year-old Calais man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for the rape of a 17-year-old St. Stephen, New Brunswick, woman earlier this year. Superior Court Judge Paul Pierson made the sentence he imposed on Devery Johnson concurrent with one Johnson… Read More
    CALAIS — The Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge will be open to deer hunting during firearms and muzzleloader seasons, said Mark Sweeny, refuge manager. Hunters need not have annual permits during the 1996 season. Only deer with antlers at least 3 inches long may be taken… Read More
    MACHIAS — Washington County projects have gotten a boost from the Sunrise County Economic Council through the support of the Coastal Program of the Maine State Planning Office. The following projects have been approved for funding with a total of $66,400: googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BRADLEY — In a townwide referendum election Tuesday, residents voted 374-252 in favor of a cap on their municipal and school budget. The measure, which was adopted as the result of a change to the town charter, will take effect in the 1997-98 fiscal year,… Read More
    The people want their elected representatives to be of good conscience, to act in good faith and with due regard to the interests of the citizens they represent. In Hampden, we have five councilmen who voted to make a donation of $140,000, of tax monies not yet collected,… Read More
    As a responsible, law-abiding, taxpaying citizen, I believe that if you commit a crime you should be incarcerated. I was appalled to read that a bunch of do-gooders calling themselves “Maine Pretrial Services” are fighting to get the criminals out of jail (BDN, Oct. 12-13, re: burglary suspect… Read More
    As a children’s advocate, I feel a responsibility to publicly express my deep disappointment and outrage at the victim-blaming statements recently made by Assistant District Attorney Michael Roberts regarding the sex abuse case involving Penobscot County Deputy Fred E. Emerson Jr. Emerson, age 55, recently pleaded guilty to… Read More
    I enjoyed the write-up on Mayor Pat Blanchette (BDN, Oct. 30). She is truly a woman of tenacity. Congratulations, Pat. Keep up the good work; you have been a very interesting councilor and I’ve enjoyed watching your progress from a non-councilor to mayor. Fred Vardamis Bangor… Read More
    In February a letter of mine appeared in the Bangor Daily News which bemoaned the devastation of what was once known as the Haynesville Woods. The letter pointed out that since loggers had decimated the entire forests, locals now referred to the area as the “Haynesville Stumps.”… Read More
    CAMDEN — Camden voters gave Democrat Judith Powers a 380 vote cushion in her three-way race for the Legislature, with the Rockport half of the equation still counting ballots late into the night. Powers polled 1,323 votes in Camden for House District 63, followed by… Read More
    ROCKLAND — In voting Tuesday, Rockland elected Lewis Metcalf and Patrick Reilly to the City Council, Julie Raye and Dan Fogerty to the school board and Paul Chartrand to the Legislature. In addition, voters approved the city’s end of two bond issues for school construction and renovations. Read More
    UNITY — With about half the vote counted by late Tuesday night, retired Waldo County Sheriff Stanley E. Knox held a slight lead in a three-way race for county commissioner. With seven of the western Waldo County district’s 13 towns reporting, the Republican Knox, of… Read More
    CALAIS — With only a small number of votes counted, Washington County voters appeared to have rejected a move by some members of the county’s legislative delegation to expand the number of seats on the county commission from three to five. The move to increase… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Two former Knox County Jail guards were in court Tuesday claiming they were fired illegally by a sheriff who surreptitiously taped them plotting his re-election defeat with surreptitious tapes of their own. Stanley Hooper and Paul Farrell were fired by Sheriff Daniel Davey… Read More
    Rick Gallo was hesitant to talk about the way he voted Tuesday. He may have been suffering from an election malady — anger and apathy resulting from the unprecedented barrage of negative television commercials and seedy election tactics. A construction worker from Winthrop, Gallo said… Read More
    Both the magic of the Longley name and the family reputation for last-minute miracle comebacks evaporated early this morning, as 1st District Rep. Jim Longley Jr. lost to Democratic challenger Tom Allen, a former Portland mayor. Longley conceded at 12:30 a.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    This letter is prompted by an incident that occurred on Friday, Oct. 18. The school bus driven by Melanie VanAken was dropping children off from school. She had come to a complete stop and had the bus flashers on, indicating she was dropping off children. Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Greenville businessman urged Piscataquis County commissioners Tuesday to move forward on a plan for a regional sand and salt storage facility. “No one wants to stand at the plate and grab the bat,” said Dale Buzzell, urging commissioners to take the lead… Read More
    Maine voters want their political candidates to take a public stand on term limits and to clean up the way they finance their campaigns, according to referendum voting Tuesday. Career politicians and big-money special interests took a hit in late returns as voters by a… Read More
    ORONO — Voters here settled a five-way race Tuesday for the Town Council position that Francis Martin, a longtime local official, held until his death in late September. Elizabeth Schneider, a local travel consultant, won a special townwide election for the position, which expires in… Read More
    FRANKLIN — The Franklin Veterans Club got the OK Tuesday from voters to sell liquor on club premises. It was the fourth time a question on liquor sales had gone to referendum. Town Clerk Robert Fernald reported the vote was 348-286 in favor of liquor… Read More
    LIBERTY — Although early returns indicate that Democratic state Sen. Susan Longley is headed toward easy re-election, she apparently did not have the coattails to pull her fellow party candidate with her. As tallies from across Waldo County were recorded Tuesday night, a pattern of… Read More
    Mainers were in a spending mood Tuesday, backing $40.5 million in bond issues to clean up sewer systems and landfills, jump-start small businesses and fix up historic sites and parks in the state. Early Wednesday morning, with 83 percent of the state’s 646 precincts reporting,… Read More
    BANGOR — Shortly before 1:30 a.m. today, the Bangor Daily News declared Bangor Republican Susan M. Collins the winner in her U.S. Senate race against Democratic nominee Joseph E. Brennan of Portland. A downcast Brennan and his staff said they would call a press conference… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Voters bounced an incumbent city councilor out of office Tuesday and elected six first-time officeholders in the city’s annual elections. Jennie Cook-Coghill was the only incumbent official to seek re-election to her expiring term. Although she was the choice of 1,585 voters,… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Stephen Beathem won his bid for re-election to the Ellsworth City Council Tuesday 2,493 to 1,534 against independent candidate Fred Garland. Write-in candidate Mitchell Small garnered 266 votes. Also in Ellsworth, Bethany Preble-Carter landed with 240 votes the one open seat on the… Read More