AUGUSTA – Despite a waterfowling fatality in October, Maine’s 1996 deer hunting season turned out to be the second safest season on record. This is only the second time since 1940 that Maine enjoyed a single-digit injury rate during the season. According to Maine Fish… Read More
University of Maine junior wide receiver Rameek Wright, who set four school records this past season, has been named a third-team Division 1-AA All-American by the Associated Press. Wright had previously been named second team All-Yankee Conference and first team All-New England. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – The battle for berths in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, starts in Maine this weekend for U.S. snowboarders. The Bud Light U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, one of five Olympic qualifers for Americans to be held over the next two years,… Read More
ORONO – Ben Preston and Seth Sands each had a hat trick to lead the Foxcroft Academy Ponies to a 7-2 victory over Old Town at Alfond Arena Wednesday night. David Speed scored the other goal and added an assist for the 3-2 Ponies. Ben… Read More
Bar Harbor radio station WMDI (107.7 FM) has been sold, but station officials say that won’t affect their commitment to sports programming. Richard Bush of Chelsea has sold the station to R. Scott Hogg of Athens, Ga., pending Federal Communications Commission approval. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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GUILFORD – Darby Smiley scored 16 points and added nine assists as Piscatiquis Community rolled to a 57-41 victory over Dexter Wednesday. Lyndsay Goulette added 13 points and Jane Burdin 12 for the Pirates. Courtney Martin grabbed 10 rebounds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – Christy Grover led the Bucksport Golden Bucks with 17 points as they downed Mount Desert Island 41-38 here Wednesday night. After scoring just five points in the first quarter, the Trojans cut a 16-5 Bucksport lead to 16-14 in the second, but… Read More
BANGOR – In the first period of the Bangor High School hockey team’s game against Waterville Wednesday at Sawyer Arena, the Rams looked like they would give the undefeated defending Class A state champions a fight. Waterville coach Norm Gagne attributed the close first-period contest… Read More
MILLINOCKET – Scott Cunningham scored seven points in the fourth quarter as the Orono Red Riots came from behind to beat the Stearns Minutemen 65-55 Wednesday night. Cunningham finished with nine points. Robey Rhoads and Barry Terrill paced Orono with 14 apiece. Jeremy Poulin added… Read More
BREWER – The Brewer girls basketball team has been working hard on a full-court run-and-jump press that may prove troublesome to opponents sometime this year. In fact, at the end of Wednesday’s 51-38 loss to Bangor, the press worked well, allowing the Witches to narrow… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD – The Tigers were held to just two points in the fourth quarter, as Central Aroostook of Mars Hill captured a 57-49 come-from-behind win in schoolgirl basketball action Wednesday. Jaime Alexander scored 21 points and Jessica Clark added 13 for the Panthers. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
There was no gold ball on the line, but Saturday’s 66-58 victory over Rockland made the Belfast girls feel like they’d won some kind of a championship. “It just gives us all a lot of confidence, and I think it will carry us through the… Read More
We have a special invitation today for some special people. Susan Hall, secretary of the American Council of the Blind of Maine, Northern Chapter, invites anyone who is, or is associated with someone who is, blind or visually impaired, to attend the ACB meeting from 11 a.m. to… Read More
AUGUSTA — Three former Augusta police officers and a former firefighter accused of killing hundreds of trout at a state hatchery have settled a lawsuit against them. Under the out-of-court settlement, each of the men will pay $2,500 apiece, or $10,000 total, and admit no… Read More
BANGOR — The state’s technical colleges and Maine Maritime Academy joined forces for the first time Wednesday to provide new educational opportunities to students. Representatives from the two institutions signed an agreement that one day will allow students from the state’s seven technical colleges to… Read More
Although they save thousands of lives annually, heart bypass surgeries cause lasting brain damage in 6.1 percent of patients, a figure some specialists find surprisingly high, according to a big new study. The 1-in-16 figure, based on a study of more than 2,100 bypass patients… Read More
BUCKSPORT — A proposed expansion project for the local high school is poised for state approval in 1999. School Superintendent Marc Curtis said Wednesday that the project to add 8,000 square feet to Bucksport High School is now 10th in line for approval, and has… Read More
LUBEC — The Community Blood Drive will be held 2-7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at the Lubec School cafeteria. Anyone 17 or older who weighs at least 110 pounds may donate blood, provided he or she hasn’t given blood during the past eight weeks and… Read More
GLENBURN — In an effort to keep from throwing the baby out with the bath water, Union 34 has asked the state Department of Education to evaluate several ways in which Glenburn could remain with Hermon in the school union to save on administrative costs, yet have its… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has awarded police grants of more than $330,000 to four Maine communities — Newport, Old Town, Swans Island and Washburn. The towns will be able to hire additional officers as a result of the grants, which are $64,206 to… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus S. King’s proposed two-year state operating budget repeals a $130 million Republican tax cut and phases out funding for the fledgling magnet school in Limestone. Offering the $3.7 billion spending package for fiscal years 1998-1999 as his first significant attempt to… Read More
PORTLAND — The U.S. Postal Service has announced holiday hours for Christmas and the New Year, with most Maine post offices closing at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24. No mail will be collected after 3 p.m. Christmas Eve. The main post offices in Portland and… Read More
BANGOR — Maine’s largest bank is being sued by a former vice president who claims the firm violated the Americans With Disabilities Act when it fired her from a $42,000-a-year job in 1994 because she has a neuromuscular disorder called fibromyalgia. In a case being… Read More
BANGOR — The University of Maine field hockey coach was arrested on charges of trespassing and assault after allegedly refusing to leave a restaurant parking lot and kicking a police officer Tuesday night. Police were called to Paul’s Restaurant on Hogan Road to remove a… Read More
PORTLAND — For the second time, a jury has failed to agree on a verdict in the murder trial of a drifter who is accused of strangling a Portland man with an electrical cord in 1994. Jury foreman Richard Doane said Tuesday the state failed… Read More
Rockland District Court: James I. Pendleton, 24, Camden, operating motor vehicle after license revocation, 14 months in jail, with all but 90 days suspended, one year probation; operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, seven days in jail concurrent with previous sentence, $500,… Read More
SULLIVAN — Investigators are conducting a series of interviews to determine who set the Dec. 4 fire at Sumner Memorial High School. Sullivan Fire Chief Joseph Fountaine said an inspection of the scene by state Fire Marshal Stewart Jacobs and a dog had not only… Read More
BELFAST — Sue Ann Milton, 43, of East Eddington was killed Wednesday afternoon when she drove her vehicle into the path of another on Route 1. Belfast Patrolman Wendell Ward, who investigated the 3:42 p.m. accident, was unable to explain why Milton’s midsized pickup truck… Read More
It’s clear in Crystal, but down south it’s like looking through mud churned up by a skidder. Rep. Henry L. Joy’s legislation to consider creating two Maines has been met with perplexity, confusion and some amusement below Bangor. A wise politician, one with a statewide… Read More
CARIBOU — Forget presents under a Christmas tree and mistletoe hanging in a doorway. What’s really important the morning of Dec. 25 is having cold white stuff outside on the ground. A Currier and Ives white Christmas, like the popular holiday song, is what people… Read More
Bangor District Court: Jason Cummings, 22, Illion, N.Y., illegal possession of drug paraphernalia, $50; possession of marijuana, $200. 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++)… Read More
LITTLETON — A bag of Maine potatoes could mean more than just a night’s dinner to some lucky person or family in the Northeast this winter. It could mean $50,000. Under a new promotional campaign unveiled Wednesday by the Maine Potato Board, 20 people who… Read More
Belfast District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Mark D. Bellerose, 36, Worcester, Mass., $350, four days in jail, license suspended 90 days; Priscilla Bergey, 34, Hampden, $400, 72 hours in jail, license suspended 90 days; Dana B. Boynton, 27, Liberty,… Read More
Maine Association of Math Leagues, Aroostook Math League, Meet #3… Read More
Two years ago, after her gubernatorial campaign flamed out, Susan M. Collins signed up for ice skating lessons at the University of Maine’s Alfond Arena. “Believe me, I was no threat for the gold,” said Collins after the Washington Post gossip column disclosed Monday that… Read More
OLD TOWN — The future of the municipal airport and of the Lily Tulip Building were the topics of separate meetings in Old Town Wednesday night, but no action was taken on either one. The airport advisory committee and several city administrators met in the… Read More
OK, we all want a Currier-and-Ives Christmas. And, admit it! When Martha Stewart smugly tells us that we can all have one with just a little work and organization, we’d all like to choke her with a slice of her own special-recipe fruitcake. After all, a perfect Christmas… Read More
HAMPDEN — The SAD 22 board of directors put down their plates of cookies and posed together, smiling, for a photograph before Wednesday night’s board meeting. It was a brief moment of unity for the 13 directors and two administrators in a meeting that had… Read More
After reading many letters scrutinizing [Bangor School Department] Superintendent [James] Doughty for his decision not to let the Bangor High School band play when President Clinton was in Bangor, I would just like to say shame. It is the job of the School Committee and the superintendent to… Read More
Re: “Domestic violence law being abused,” BDN, Nov. 25. The experiences of battered women in Aroostook County trying to escape violent partners sometimes include obtaining a Protection from Abuse Order, but not all of the time and not even most of the time. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
In his letter of Dec. 5, lawyer Marshall T. Cary invokes no less than Jesus Christ, Harvard University, [John] Kenneth Galbraith and the Russian tsars in order to support the old cliche that Republicans believe in the “simple anti-compassion formula: make the rich richer and the working people… Read More
Thanks for printing Aynne Ames’ eloquent expose, “No method to Maine’s education madness” [BDN, Dec. 11]. However, there is a method to this certification thing not unique to just Maine. I’m convinced this is a protectionist ploy by the education establishment to keep the “unanointed” from entering and… Read More
Re: editorial, BDN, Dec. 6 [“Inflation and CPT”]. It is impossible for Stanford University economist Michael Boskin to prove that the Consumer Price Index runs an average of 1.1 percent ahead of inflation. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
TRENTON — Residents needed only eight minutes Tuesday evening to approve several items related to development of a business park. The 22 voters who showed up for the special town meeting approved borrowing $60,000 for initial development of a business park the town hopes will… Read More
Reduced in numbers, the Eastern Maine B League will still send teams to the tournament next February. The Orono Red Riots swept EM B and then Lincoln Academy in the state finals to “win everything last year, but we don’t expect we’re going to have… Read More
Eastern Maine Class C boys could be best described as “wide open” this season. While most coaches predict 1996 state champs Hodgdon will appear in the tournament come February 1997, the title of EM C champ is up for grabs. Marty Bouchard has already figured… Read More
When Randy Hooper and Nick DePatsy step outside Georges Valley High School in Thomaston, they see eastern Maine. When they review their basketball schedules, they see Western Maine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Parity may exist in the Eastern Maine Class A girls’ ranks. Only time, wins, and losses will tell. Kim Haggan expects her Hampden Academy Broncos will repeat their 1996 visit to the Eastern Maine A Tournament, which the Hampden girls entered with a 15-3 record… Read More
When six Eastern Maine B League schools returned to a KVAC schedule this year, the change “has certainly not been good for EM B basketball,” said Bob Cimbollek and boys’ varsity coach at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor and president of the EM B League. Read More
CALAIS — When Bob McShane and Arnie Clark seek preseason competition, they frequently cross the border to New Brunswick. McShane and Clark respectively coach girls’ and boys’ varsity basketball at Calais High School, the Class C school that shares a hilltop perch on the River… Read More
David Price believes the Lubec Hornets can repeat their 1996 trip to the Eastern Maine D boys’ tournament, as long as the Hornets play well and win their key games. Price, a first-year coach, said the Hornets “have one returning starter, senior Greg Giggie. He… Read More
DURHAM — A 31-year-old Brunswick man was shot and killed when he went to his girlfriend’s parents’ home, and state police were trying to find out why Wednesday. Ronald Nadeau took a cab to the Harrington home on Route 136 in Durham about 8 p.m. Read More
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Democratic Committee will hold its Christmas party 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at the municipal building. U.S. Rep. John Baldacci will attend and all residents of Hampden are invited. For information, call 892-4340. Read More
ORONO — The National Audubon Society’s Orono-Old Town Christmas Bird Count will be held Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Orono-Old Town-Bradley-Milford-Veazie region, where birders will join more than 45,000 volunteers taking part in the 97th national bird count held Dec. 20-Jan. 5. The event began… Read More
HALLOWELL — The Republican State Committee has re-elected officers for the next election cycle. Re-elected were Kevin Keogh, chairman; Kathy Watson, vice chairwoman; Joanne Smith, secretary; and Jim Nicholson, treasurer, all to two-year terms. Read More
BANGOR — Community Health and Counseling Services has received the Award of Excellence in advertising at the Maine Healthcare Communications Association fall conference in Greenville. The award recognizes achievement in health care communication. MHCA is a statewide group of men and women who work in… Read More
BRADFORD — The town books close on Tuesday, Dec. 31, and all taxes must be paid before closing on Monday, Dec. 30. The town office will close early on Monday, and taxes not paid on that date will be listed in the annual report, town… Read More
HERMON — The Kiwanis Club of Hermon has installed new officers for the coming year. They are: Harold Mailman, president; Rayond Charloux Jr., vice president; Kathryn Ruth, secretary; and Virginia Munn, treasurer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
AUGUSTA — When independent Gov. Angus S. King was preparing his two-year budget proposal to bridge a $360 million shortfall, he said there would be enough pain from his budget cuts to go around. After King outlined his budget plan Wednesday, the most common reaction… Read More
AUGUSTA — A divided Land Use Regulation Commission sided with the forest products industry Wednesday in refusing to impose a zone intended to protect large parcels from development without the consent of landowners. Representatives of environmental groups were enraged by the decision. They said the… Read More
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PALMYRA — Three fire departments responded early Wednesday morning to a residential house fire on the Raymond road off Route 2. Steve and Sharon Watrous were at their camp at the time the fire started in their Palmyra home around 1:20 a.m. The fire was… Read More
Students as well as adults are getting involved with the Santa’s Helper Fund, which stands at $23,765. Bangor Christian Schools’ eighth-graders, under the leadership of Bill Priest, collected $214 for the fund. Teacher Candy Kelley at Sherman Elementary School forwarded $62, earned by her 16… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — A Somerset County Superior Court jury found Allen Sockabasin, 52, of Hampden not guilty of illegally killing a moose, after four hours of deliberation, including a supper break, Wednesday night. But Sockabasin’s legal woes are not over. His attorney said that testimony Sockabasin… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — In a rural Aroostook County school a teacher dials a telecommunications hub in Ashland and uses a telephone and a computer linkup to teach children about the universe. Elsewhere in this large, rural northern Maine county, business, health or social service agencies… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Two county commissioners voted Wednesday to proceed with seeking a declaratory judgment on whether Somerset County goverment is being run illegally. County Commissioner Gerald Strickland said after the meeting that despite two commissioners’ being lame ducks to be replaced Jan. 1, he wanted… Read More
HOULTON — Prices for home heating oil in Maine remained steady this week at $1.05 a gallon. Regionally, average prices declined 1 cent in southwestern, eastern and northern areas of the state, and were steady in central and western sections. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
SACO — Many 13-year-olds are so busy wondering what they’re going to get for Christmas that they forget what the holiday season is all about. But not Toni Ricci. A few weeks ago, the 13-year-old started thinking about how she could help the elderly in… Read More