Coach John Giannini and the University of Maine men’s basketball team have reached a brief break in what to date has been a grueling early-season schedule. The Black Bears took a day off Monday in the wake of Sunday’s 71-57 loss to America East defending… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine interim head hockey coach Greg Cronin said he hadn’t cried since 1986. That changed during a meeting with his players on Monday when he informed them he would be leaving the program permanently to take a job as assistant coach… Read More
EAST CORINTH – Lora Trenkle was playing in her first varsity game – her first high school game – and still the freshman had the confidence of a point guard who is eager to lead her George Stevens Academy team to excellence. George Stevens’ 50-35… Read More
ST. AGATHA – Tracy Guerrette scored 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Wisdom Pioneers to a 59-41 schoolgirl basketball win over the Van Buren Crusaders Monday. Kim Michaud scored 14 points for Wisdom, and Trisha Cyr added 12. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
The NBA’s Charles Barkley may not be one worthy of the sports hero mantle, but he recently issued an intriguing comment about the young guns of the NBA. With the scoring down across the league and shooting percentages being an embarrassment, Barkley said the league was guilty of… Read More
College TERRY HUNT Terry Hunt of the University of Maine has been recognized as the America East Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Hunt, a 6-foot-5 forward from Jersey City, N.J., averaged 20.3 points and 9.0 rebounds as the Black Bears went 1-2. The senior… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET – The Schenck Wolverines used a balanced scoring attack to beat the Mattanawcook Academy Lynx 74-58 in schoolgirl basketball action Monday night. Holly Rosebush paced Schenck with 19 points and Kellie Morin and Rebecca York tossed in 11 each. Erin Chavarie and Jen… Read More
WATERVILLE – Jen Moore led four Thomas players in double figures as the Terriers rolled to a 74-21 women’s college basketball victory Monday over Maine Maritime Academy. Moore finished with 14 points, while Tee Fecteau had 14. Vanasse Cayford and Amylynn Smith each had 10. Read More
DEXTER — When the coat he was wearing caught fire last month, 4-year-old Doug Richardson remembered exactly what Dexter firefighters had told him during his visit to the fire station. He remembered to stop, drop and roll to extinguish the flames. Thanks to his actions,… Read More
ATKINSON — Police are continuing their investigation into the theft of two Arctic Cat snowmobiles from a garage in Atkinson earlier this month. The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department was notified that two 340 Arctic Cat snowmobiles were taken after burglars removed a small portion of… Read More
BANGOR — A Brewer man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison with all but nine months suspended for setting a fire last February that damaged the apartment building where he lived. Paul Garland, 43, pleaded no contest to the charge of arson, meaning… Read More
PORTLAND — A one-year experiment in Cumberland County has generated little support for the use of interactive video cameras to arraign jail inmates. Many of the judges, lawyers and court clerks who were involved in the test said they did not like the new system,… Read More
NEWPORT — Report of a fight in progress sent Newport police officers to a Route 2 bar early Sunday morning, and resulted in two brothers being summoned to court for charges of disorderly conduct. Roland Cookson, 30, of Dover-Foxcroft, and Jeffrey Cookson, 36, of Poland… Read More
After he was forced to resign as secretary of labor — and was cleared of all charges that he had dealings with organized crime — Reagan Cabinet member Ray Donovan walked onto the courthouse steps and asked the reporters who helped drive him from office, “Where do I… Read More
WESTBROOK — A motorist was fatally injured Monday when his station wagon veered across the center line on the Methodist Road and slammed into a parked trash truck, police said. Roger Lizotte Jr., 42, of Gray, was pronounced dead at Maine Medical Center at about… Read More
GLENBURN — Two teen-age boys from Waldo County were arrested Sunday night after allegedly trying to run over a Penobscot County sheriff’s deputy, then fleeing, according to police Monday. The driver, a 14-year-old who allegedly borrowed his Searsport parents’ Geo Storm without permission, was still… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. William Cohen, President Clinton’s pick to lead the Pentagon, got a few high-level warnings on Monday about what to watch out for in his new job. “We don’t call them pitfalls, we call them land mines,” joked Defense Secretary William Perry, as… Read More
LUBEC — If a proposed $1.5 million floating marina project is unsuccessful it can be scuttled in two years at no cost to the town, Chet Childs, director of community and economic development, said Monday. But if voters decide to scuttle the marina project during… Read More
WASHINGTON — If U.S. Sen. William Cohen is approved by the Senate as secretary of defense, Maine will have doubled the number of Cabinet members hailing from the state this century. The Bangor native would follow the late Sen. Edmund S. Muskie as only the… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Earl Dean, founder and organizer of the Community Christmas Project, is still looking for a home for his food bank. The food bank provides food, home heating oil, eyeglasses and other items to the Pittsfield-area needy. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
During these busy days of December, as we hustle and bustle around in preparation for the holidays, we need to stop and remind ourselves how very fortunate we are, and do whatever we can to reach out to those less fortunate. While we may take… Read More
BRUNSWICK — An alumnus of Bowdoin College who was an avid gardener has died, leaving $3.7 million to start a fund to pay for a botany professor and tend the flowers and plants on school grounds. “We’ve got a lot of trees that are sick… Read More
ROCKLAND — A high-speed chase down the St. George peninsula Sunday afternoon ended in the arrest of two men on traffic, drug and other charges. While on patrol on Route 131 in South Thomaston at about 3 p.m., Knox County Deputy Bernard Cox spotted a… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Two Blue Hill 15-year-old males were briefly jailed Sunday night after a prolonged joy ride ending with a low-speed car chase. The incident began shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday when a Blue Hill man reported to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department that his… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Two Blue Hill 15-year-old males were briefly jailed Sunday night after a prolonged joy ride ending with a low-speed car chase. The incident began shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday when a Blue Hill man reported to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department that his… Read More
The legislative agenda from a panel examining the condition of Maine’s working poor properly pushes state government to confront the fact that many state residents work hard but have little to show for it. The recommendations of the panel’s agenda move Maine in the right direction, but need… Read More
Holidays Around the World, a program for students in kindergarten through grade six, will be presented Saturday by the senior class at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill. Foreign students and those who have studied abroad as American Field Service exchange students will share their experiences about Hanukkah,… Read More
THORNDIKE — Ed Hinkley has been appointed principal at Mount View Junior High School. He brings more than 25 years’ experience and has worked with students in a broad variety of educational settings. A resident of Augusta, Hinkley has served as dean at Talcott Mountain… Read More
It is said that when university administrators die they are found with their hands clutching their wallets. Recent reports suggest that athletic directors share the same morte behavior. I’m talking about the recent “crackdown” on snacks brought into the Alfond Arena by patrons. The sedate… Read More
Without diminishing questions surrounding President Clinton’s campaign-money connections to an Indonesian billionaire, the nature of the contributions should be seen as less a revelation than an exacerbation of business as usual. And this is business carried out enthusiastically by both political parties. The president has… Read More
Art, in the minds of most people, is something behind glass: carefully framed and hung, ever so carefully, on a wall. It’s not something you rip, lick, stick and throw in a metal box on the street corner. But art in the form of stamps,… Read More
BANGOR — The musician who won Maine hearts with his blues rendition of the national anthem during an airport reception for Desert Storm soldiers is coming back. Sgt. Kevin “Doc” Tillman, who borrowed a saxophone from a member of the John Bapst Memorial High School… Read More
While on my way to Ellsworth recently, I passed an ominous advertisement outside a local health club. The billboard suggested that failure to exercise regularly was the equivalent of smoking half a pack of cigarettes a day. After quickly reassuring myself that I had already… Read More
ELLSWORTH — State corrections officials say they will decide later this week whether to renew a waiver allowing Hancock County to hold more than 18 inmates in its substandard jail. Until now, the county has been granted the waiver on condition it makes progress toward… Read More
WILTON — Investigators hope to find out Tuesday whether a fatal shooting in Wilton was self-inflicted or not. Police received an emergency call Monday morning reporting the shooting of Sarina Hiltz, 21, whose body was found in the walk-in closet of her mobile home on… Read More
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — The lights went out in Kevin O’Connell’s house three days ago. He considers himself a lucky man. The brief outage Friday night convinced O’Connell to buy a gas generator. When his power went out for good on Saturday, he was ready. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
PITTSFIELD — SAD 53 directors agreed Monday night to develop a computer curriculum, prompted by two substantial donations of computer equipment to the district. Superintendent Terry McCannell said the gifts will complement the district’s current inventory of student computers. One gift was the result of… Read More
ROCKLAND — Faced with a number of unanswered questions, the city council tabled the award of the municipal insurance contract on Monday night. The councilors were faced with three different sets of figures on memos with different dates. The most recent figures indicated bids of… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the regional demolition debris landfill filling up quicker than anticipated, Dover-Foxcroft will take a tougher stance on its future use. No longer will users be allowed to deposit paper material, such as the wrapping paper from roofing projects. Nor will mattresses or… Read More
BELFAST — For one group of Waldo County juvenile delinquents, even the onset of winter hasn’t chilled their habit of breaking the law. Four juveniles with extensive criminal records were arrested Friday when County Sheriff John Ford, a handful of his deputies and Probation Officer… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Questions about the response time of the all-volunteer Hartland-St. Albans Ambulance Service was taken as criticism Monday night by individual service members at the ambulance directors’ meeting. The directors, a board that includes the town managers and selectmen of both towns, met… Read More
Our holiday season, which begins with Thanksgiving, extends through Christmas and Hanukkah and ends with New Year’s, is often when people take extra time, and make an extra effort, to be in touch with family and friends. For Lynn Dupuis of Bangor, this holiday season… Read More
OLD TOWN — Police in at least three Maine communities are investigating possible links between a group of Portland music fans and a string of incidents that includes the theft of a luxury van from a Portland dealership, a brawl at an Old Town music hall, and trashed… Read More
“In search of an ethical compass” in today’s Bangor Daily News [Dec. 4] prompts us to view other news items and editorials as [Rushworth] Kidder probably would. When we do so it becomes apparent that a great deal of what we read presents ethical problems. Read More
The sensitive and concise presentation of your coverage of Arian Haghkerdar’s funeral [BDN, Nov. 25] captured the drama of her struggle through illness and the celebration of her life. Yet the question “Why Arian?” was left unanswered and gives the impression to the reader that the writer misses… Read More
As a leader in the 1991 referendum to enact the Sensible Transportation Act, the Natural Resources Council of Maine is extremely concerned about the public statements that appeared in the Bangor Daily News made by several members of the Maine Turnpike Authority indicating that they have prejudged the… Read More
The estimable John Buell has provided us with a thought-provoking and disturbing story centering on the excessive number of nonvoting Americans [BDN, Nov. 26]. Among the several factors leading to this state of affairs outlined in his [commentary], it would seem, is the individual’s sense… Read More
The Mike Royko column which appeared in the Nov. 26 Bangor Daily News was insulting to all the people of French heritage. Where does this columnist get the right to take out his computer frustrations on an ethnic group that has nothing to do with his computer company?… Read More
NEW YORK — In the first verdict of its kind, a federal jury ordered computer maker Digital Equipment Co. to pay nearly $6 million to three women who suffered disabling arm and wrist injuries they blamed on their keyboards. The verdict was returned last week… Read More
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy will begin teaching logisticians this coming fall at the new Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics. The school, named in honor of MMA alumni David Loeb and George Sullivan of the Class of 1943, is considered unique to the… Read More
GRAY — The National Weather Service will present a series of Weather Spotter Training Courses at Calais, Ellsworth and Rangeley Tuesday through Thursday. Seminars will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the assembly room of Washington County Technical College on River Road, Calais; 7-9 p.m. Read More
EAST CORINTH — It took 52 voters less than 30 minutes to adopt a public indecency ordinance Monday night. When the special town meeting in the old town hall was over, residents had enacted guidelines designed to reduce “criminal activity, moral degradation, sexually transmitted diseases,… Read More
BANGOR — The City Council on Monday approved a revised developer agreement for part of the Freese’s building, but the designated developer doesn’t like it. Daryl Rhodes of the Northern Conservatory of Music, which is planning a Maine School for the Arts in the building,… Read More
OLD TOWN — City and school officials hoping for a decisive resolution to the months-old controversy over the cost of educating tuition students will have to stay tuned. A long-awaited study on the impact of tuition students on city finances, presented during Monday night’s council… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. schoolteachers teach longer hours than most of their colleagues abroad. Their pay also ranks high worldwide but looks worse when teachers’ incomes are compared with the pay of other jobs. Making the profession attractive to newcomers is becoming increasingly important as the… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Blue Hill woman has filed a civil suit in Hancock County Superior Court seeking $2.3 million in connection with an accident that left her a quadriplegic. Rhonda Rhodes, 38, is suing 55-year-old Donn F. Heanssler of Deer Isle, and his business, Heanssler… Read More
You’ve got to give it to University of Maine theater director Tom Mikotowicz. He’s not afraid to take risks. He’s not afraid to go over the top with programming. He’s not afraid to stretch an audience — or the students who make up the casts for Maine Masque… Read More
WATERVILLE — With termination of their contract with papermaker S.D. Warren Co. scheduled for Friday, union workers plan a rally today to build local support for their side. Officials for three unions representing workers at the mill say Warren’s parent company, Sappi Ltd. of South… Read More
WATERVILLE — Mother Nature is cited as the culprit that will prevent the new Donald C. Carter Memorial Bridge from opening by the end of 1996. The bridge will provide a new link between Waterville and Winslow across the Kennebec River. According to Allan Haggin,… Read More
BANGOR — A wild October melee at the veterans’ hospital in Togus netted a two-year probation sentence for a Bath man Monday in U.S. District Court. A police officer was knocked unconscious during the Oct. 2 altercation that began when Navy veteran Michael L. Robinson… Read More
WALDOBORO — Jim Amaral’s bread is just too “bodacious” for words. His sourdough mixtures have become so popular that he has to change the name of his product, with a little help from his friends. Bodacious Breads started in a couple of reworked pizza ovens… Read More
FORT KENT — The Writers Group at the University of Maine at Fort Kent is accepting submissions for the winter 1996-97 issue of The Northern Line, a literary magazine of original, unpublished works. Prose of 1,500 words or less, poetry and artwork should be sent… Read More
BANGOR — Political leaders and other prominent Mainers plan to pay tribute Thursday evening to retiring U.S. Sen. William Cohen. The three-term Republican, who was named by President Clinton last week as his choice for secretary of defense, will be honored at a dinner beginning… Read More
FORT KENT — The second annual Campus Community Talent Review will be held at the University of Maine at Fort Kent at 7 p.m. Friday, at Fox Auditorium. The review will include college students, community members and professionals. Cash prizes, determined by local celebrities, will… Read More
Q. I should replace my old leaky front door. I want one that is decorative and attractive, yet energy efficient, secure and maintenance-free. What is the overall best type of door to install? — T.A. A. An insulated steel front door would meet your needs. Read More
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of Northern senators is asking the Clinton administration not to make deep cuts in a program that helps people pay heating bills. The Office of Management and Budget has suggested substantial cuts in 1998 for the program, which subsidizes heating… Read More