AUGUSTA – The Maine State Harness Racing Commission demonstrated its own approach to slimmed down government this week when it issued race dates in less than a day of hearings. Issuing race dates is a process that in the past has taken as long as… Read More
    Jack Cosgrove has spent most of his professional life as a football coach at the University of Maine. That trend is likely to continue. Though he still has one year left on his coaching agreement, the 39-year-old Cosgrove is expected to receive an extension in… Read More
    High School All-State CLASS A Biddeford: Michelle Ouellette, Sr., Katie Willett, Jr.; Bonny Eagle: Hannah Larrabee, Soph.; Cony: Janet Riese, Jr.; Deering: Vi Do, Sr.; Edward Little: Kris Neuswanger, Sr.; Gardiner: Jody Mertzel, Sr.; Messalonskee: Christine Bragg, Sr., Catherine Henrick, Sr.; Morse: Amanda Shorey, Sr.;… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Lamar Odom scored 24 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Christian Redemption Academy of Albany, N.Y., to a 77-65 victory over the Maine Central Institute Postgrads in men’s basketball action Thursday afternoon. University of Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun and associate head… Read More
    NEW ORLEANS – Buddy Teevens, who upgraded his players’ graduation rate but could not upgrade Tulane’s football record, was fired as coach Thursday. The announcement came about six hours after he left a meeting with the school’s board of administrators. Teevens was on the practice… Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor YMCA and Hoops, Inc. have announced that nationally regarded clinician Bob Bigelow will conduct his seminar entitled “Youth in Sports” to area coaches and parents. The former University of Pennsylvania standout and Boston Celtic will speak on Sunday, Nov. 24 from… Read More
    College LAWAUN CURRY Sophomore running back Lawaun Curry of Colby College was named NESCAC Co-offensive player of the week. 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;… Read More
    BATH — A 71-year-old man was killed Thursday when a 32-ton trash compactor backed over him at a landfill where he used to work. The victim, Francis Lebel, often visited the Bath landfill to watch the machines and socialize with former co-workers over coffee. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent is holding its second annual Campus and Community Talent Review at 7 p.m. Friday,. Dec. 13, in UMFK’s Fox Auditorium. A $150 cash prize will be awarded to first-place winners in both UMFK and community… Read More
    FORT KENT — The experience of growing up in a Catholic school is the focus of a musical, “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?” being performed at the University of Maine at Fort Kent’s Fox Auditorium at 8 tonight and Saturday night. The… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — After six months of intensive laboratory testing, the cause of a Bar Harbor toddler’s death, which was the subject of media attention when it occurred last May, has been ruled natural. Dr. Kristin Sweeney, the state’s deputy chief medical examiner, recently determined… Read More
    GLENBURN — The Glenburn School Committee has agreed that it wants to assess the pros and cons of withdrawing from Union 34 when it meets with the Hermon School Committee at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, at Hermon High School. “This is not to be… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The state Department of Transportation is seeking permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fill part of Northeast Creek, adjacent tidal wetlands and several unnamed streams along Route 3 to bring the route up to current design standards. The Army… Read More
    CAMDEN — The Mid-Coast Soap Box Derby will be held here again next year. The 1997 race date has been set for Sunday, June 15, with registration and trial runs to take place on June 14. This year’s race will feature two divisions of race cars — the… Read More
    MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Recreation and Parks Department will have two preholiday programs for children. On Wednesday, Junior Holiday Chefs will be held for kindergarten through second grade 10-11:30 a.m., and for third- through fifth-graders 1:30-3 p.m. at the Madawaska Safety Complex. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    NEWPORT — Premier FastTrac Business Development Programs will be part of education offerings in Central Maine through a Rural Business Enterprise Grant. FastTrac consists of two learning programs, including entry strategies for start-up ventures. FastTrac II works with existing business owners to plan, research and… Read More
    BANGOR — One-half of the alleged burglary team that looted homes in three counties this past summer and fall pleaded not guilty Thursday in Penobscot County Superior Court. Jamie Sowerby, 26, faces a long list of charges in the rash of daytime break-ins, including 15… Read More
    Buffered and specially coated brands of aspirin may be no better than cheaper, regular aspirin in reducing the risk of severe — but quite rare — gastrointestinal bleeding, according to a new Boston University study. The study does not challenge claims that enhanced brands of… Read More
    NEW YORK — Physicists have generated antihydrogen in the world’s most powerful particle collider, demonstrating that mass production of the bizarre antimatter atoms will likely be possible, Fermilab announced Thursday. Encountered more often in science fiction than in real life, antimatter is nevertheless a real… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Researchers have found evidence for a genetic link to prostate cancer, proving for the first time that people can inherit a tendency for a disease that kills more than 40,000 American men annually. In a closely coordinated research effort, scientists at the National… Read More
    PORTLAND — A former University of Maine football player argued that losing his athletic scholarship for allegedly assaulting a teammate was punishment enough. But Maine’s highest court ruled Thursday that the player can still be criminally prosecuted. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court reversed a lower… Read More
    A 12-year-old girl died Wednesday. Family and close friends knew the death was imminent. It was expected. Unpredictable a dozen years ago was the impact of one child’s life on her community. Arian Haghkerdar didn’t live to finish grammar school, but her personal experience eventually… Read More
    Your editorial, Reform Party disarray (BDN, Nov. 15), was right on the mark. As someone who willingly signed the Reform Party petition on campus last fall, primarily because I believe everyone should have a shot at the ballot, I now count myself as a “reformed Reformer.” I mistakingly… Read More
    BANGOR — The Bangor-Pine Tree Chapter of the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dance Association-East will hold a ballroom dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Bangor Community Center on Davis Road. No dance experience is required and demonstrations and dance mixers will… Read More
    WINTERPORT — Kids were playing basketball in the gym, and a theater group was rehearsing in the auditorium at the Samuel Wagner School Thursday night, but no one came to the middle school for a public meeting. SAD 22 administrators and board members had their… Read More
    I would like to address the new tree stand law and to clarify the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s position regarding it. There have been numerous articles written reference to this and, unfortunately, all the articles I have read, except one, have contained incorrect… Read More
    I am surprised that the Bangor City Council has not considered a simple solution to rid itself of the flock of pigeons. It is similar to what a farmer friend of mine uses to protect his crop of corn by having a blank gun that goes off automatically… Read More
    There is an old truism that goes something to the effect that the more things change, the more they remain the same. A recent article in New Scientist by Oxford writer Helen Saul is yet another example of the reality that often gives rise to folksayings of this… Read More
    Twenty years ago, just two states had some form of legalized gambling. Today only two states don’t. Communities should know that business loss, crime and family breakdown often accompanies legalized gambling. Young people are now feeling the effects. As an example, the current investigation of… Read More
    Steve Smith’s letter in defense of his daughter’s parking problems at the University of Maine (BDN, Nov. 8), does not sound like he has checked out the other side of the story. First of all, there are plenty of parking spaces all over campus for students with student… Read More
    This is in response to the letter by Jim Koritzy (BDN, Nov. 14) titled “Mitchell for president.” I must disagree with Mr. Koritzy’s thinking. It is about time that both George Mitchell and Joe Brennan went into the private sector and got themselves a job. Read More
    Bangor District Court: Shawn E. MacNevin, 24, Kenduskeag, theft by unauthorized taking, continued for sentencing. 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
    Mandates in politics are bandied about a lot, but in essence, rarely occur. With 72 percent of the vote, I would say John Baldacci got just that — a rare mandate. The nice thing about this is that the party lines were crossed big time. Republicans, Democrats and… Read More
    BARING — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will allow Christmas tree cutting and beaver trapping in the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, according to a USFWS spokesman. Trapping of nuisance beaver will be allowed on parts of the refuge from Dec. 15 through Feb. 28,… Read More
    Physicians, law enforcement officials and pot activists debated this fall the merits of legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes in California. The addictive nature of nicotine in cigarettes was discussed in the presidential campaign. The country now has been startled by a surprise marketing offensive of another regulated and… Read More
    BOSTON — A lawsuit brought by two brothers against a Hingham priest imprisoned on a rape conviction has been settled out of court. The Rev. John Hanlon was sued by William and Matthew Wood, who sought compensation for emotional trauma and $100,000 in therapy fees. Read More
    BANGOR — Two men were hospitalized Thursday after a high-speed chase ended with their car wiping out two utility poles and striking a tree off Essex Street. Rodney Barnett, 19, of Bangor and Jeremy Wheaton, 19, of Exeter were traveling on State Street near Broadway… Read More
    PORTLAND — The first of two Lewiston police officers charged in an August assault in Brunswick has pleaded innocent. Officer Michael Murphy pleaded innocent through his lawyer Wednesday in Cumberland County Superior Court. Because he faces a misdemeanor assault charge, he was not required to… Read More
    Bangor District Court: Richard E. Wight, 55, Vero Beach, Fla., operating motor vehicle after suspension of license, $100, $25 suspended. 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
    WINTERPORT — Open Stage will present the play “Inspecting Carol” at 7:30 tonight and Saturday night, and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Samuel Wagner Middle School. Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for students and senior citizens. For information, call 223-2501. Read More
    BANGOR — A Bangor woman arrested in September for allegedly offering to perform an illegal sex act on an undercover police officer pleaded guilty to prostitution Thursday in 3rd District Court in Bangor. Buffy Plourde was arrested during the undercover operation that occurred inside a… Read More
    JONESBORO — The former Babcock Ultrapower electrical generating plants in West Enfield and Jonesboro are a step closer to reopening. The state Department of Environmental Protection expects to transfer all environmental permits needed for the operation of the wood-to-energy plants to the new owner within… Read More
    CONCORD, N.H. — New England dairy farmers hope a new milk-pricing deal will help them keep cereal topped and cookies dipped without going bankrupt. Against a backdrop of tumbling milk prices, an interstate commission composed of farmers, milk processors, consumers and retailers hopes to set… Read More
    New England groundfishermen and scallopers will test a new satellite system this winter that automatically records the number of days their vessels are out fishing, the National Marine Fisheries Service said Thursday. Federal fishing regulations allow groundfish and scallop vessels to spend only a certain… Read More