The 14th Great Caribou Bog Wicked Winter Ski Tour and Race will be held on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 11 a.m. Proceeds will benefit Shaw House, a shelter for homeless children in Bangor. This year, the 18.8-kilometer cross country ski event will follow a freestyle… Read More
Certain Old Town athletic teams may move to Class B under a recommendation being studied by the school board’s curriculum and policy committee. The high school’s Oct. 1 attendance was 659 students, which is below the minimum requirement for seven of the eight Class A… Read More
Winter may seem the worst time of year to pursue wildlife photography in Maine. But while it’s true that winter presents greater challenges to the wildlife photographer, it also presents some unique opportunities. Those who live near Bangor have a chance to enjoy one of… Read More
Based on the way The Sports Zone has been Joining some games In Progress, leaving some early, and totally ignoring others the last few weeks, it might be a good idea to switch the call letters from WZON to WJIP. In the last couple months,… Read More
WISCASSET — The Maine Yankee board of directors is negotiating a severance package with plant President Charles Frizzle, who resigned last week after the board’s unanimous decision to replace him. How much Frizzle, who has worked at the plant since its beginning 25 years ago,… Read More
The Georgia-Pacific Corp. has closed its Bangor distribution center, consolidating operations into larger locations like Portland and in Massachusetts. The consolidation is part of an 18-month restructuring effort by the Atlanta-based paper and wood products company which earlier this year also announced plans to downsize… Read More
MILFORD — Milford’s search for a new town manager came to an end Tuesday, when selectmen announced their pick. Scott J. Talcove was chosen from a field of 18 applicants for the post vacated by Bruce Locke earlier this month, according to John Costigan, chairman… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Public Library has part of the Herbert T. Silsby II collection of rare maps and prints of early Maine and Hancock County on display on the library’s upper level. The five pieces on permanent loan are a framed print of “A… Read More
PORTLAND — Regulatory agencies appear to support a cost-cutting plan by two natural gas companies to jointly build a single, larger line between Massachusetts and Portland. The proposal advanced by the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline could save an estimated… Read More
Editor’s Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Susan Young received a fellowship from the Education Writers Association to study efforts to boost academic standards in the nation’s schools. She focused on three states, Maine, Kentucky and Virginia. This is the last in a four-part series about what she found. Read More
BANGOR — A man believed to be a transient from Colorado was charged with robbing Young’s Market at 167 Ohio St. Christmas Eve. Police had Chad Narango in handcuffs within minutes after the robbery. Police were able to confirm the identity of the robber because… Read More
PORTLAND — Prospects for a white Christmas dimmed across much of Maine as drenching rain moved into the state Tuesday in advance of much colder air. Many stores and offices closed early Tuesday as Mainers headed home to spend Christmas Eve with family members. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR — Though the Japanese had surrendered more than 15 months before, the days of December 1946 still had a definite “Christmas after the war” feel. “Today marks the first time that many men have been with their families in four or five years, and… Read More
BANGOR — City staff get the credit for rescuing the proposed Cadillac Mountain Sports project to redevelop the former W.T. Grant building downtown, a city councilor said Tuesday. “Rod McKay put the proposal together and sold it to a majority of the council,” Joseph Baldacci… Read More
PORTLAND — A convicted child molester is returning to prison willingly, saying he’s tired of being “treated like a dog” by his probation officer and police. Shawn Michael Baker, 27, asked a judge Monday to revoke his probation and order him to serve the remaining… Read More
BELFAST — Development plans for the former Mathews Brothers factory are in neutral as the parties involved scramble to make it work. Joseph Cloutier of Realty Resources in Rockport confirmed Tuesday that negotiations between his group and the owners of Mathews Brothers have hit a… Read More
It is nearing the end of the second millenium of the Christian era. The Roman legions once garrisoned in Palestine long ago returned to dust. But the passing of scores of generations of common men and of hundreds of kings and tyrants and presidents has… Read More
ROCKLAND — The next time around, Harold M. Clarke is going to be found innocent of manslaughter, attorney Steven C. Peterson said Tuesday. In June, a Penobscot County jury could not agree on a manslaughter verdict against the Rockland man, and the case ended in mistrial. Read More
It is a remarkable tribute to Maine and our political leaders that President Clinton’s choice for Secretary of Defense was Maine Sen. Bill Cohen, and that his choice for secretary of state was between two people possessing a strong identification with, and affinity for, our state: Sen. George… Read More
WASHINGTON — MDK Inc. is recalling about 20,000 model trains that may create a fire hazard if the train derails, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday. The danger comes if the coupler coil spring overheats, although neither the commission nor the company is aware… Read More
Jay L. Clement was misidentified in a story in Monday’s editions about a proposed landfill expansion in Norridgewock. Clement works for the Army Corps of Engineers. Read More
Belfast District Court: Jason R. Ball, 20, Northport, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $400, 30 days jail, all but three days suspended, probation one year, license suspended 90 days; driving to endanger, three days jail, concurrent with previous sentence; failure to… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Next Step, the Domestic Violence Project of Hancock County, needs people willing to open their homes to people needing shelter for one or two nights. The temporary shelters, called “safe homes,” are for survivors of domestic violence. Training will be provided from… Read More
As far as the head of the state’s technical colleges is concerned, Gov. Angus King is a Grinch. John Fitzsimmons is upset that the governor has called for the elimination of a highly touted school-to-work program that has won several national awards. The Maine Career… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Recreation and Parks Department has more than 100 pairs of ice skates available for use by the general public at the Multipurpose Building skating rink. The skates, donated by residents, are of various sizes and styles and are free during skating… Read More
Their fingers move in and out of the eucalyptus, willow and lemon leaves, deftly twisting and tying the stems. In rapid succession, they tuck a blue lupidium here, a red strawflower there, interspersing a wisp of white baby’s breath on this side and a profusion of dainty pink… Read More
I’d like to comment on Phyllis Grace’s recent letter concerning the “windfall” Social Security cost-of-living allowances we’ll all be getting come January. Never mind that we’re paying about 25 cents more a gallon for fuel oil and gasoline. Never mind that our real estate taxes are up. Never… Read More
Leonard Peikoff, on your Oped page , protests that the real meaning of Christmas is “assorted nativity tales and altruistic injunctions … that no one takes seriously.” He also complains about those who, according to him, have “… tried to replace happiness with guilt by insisting that the… Read More
America is slowly losing its treasure. It is not being stolen, misplaced or misused. It is being consumed by a far more relentless enemy, one we can do little to fight or guard against. This enemy is death. Death is claiming America’s treasure in the form of the… Read More
Television programs are insulting to our intelligence. Schools are inadequate. Why can’t we use TV as an educational tool? We have college classes on interactive television. PBS is geared to nurture our growth. Mainstream TV is hurting our society. There is an awesome opportunity for… Read More
In response to recent articles on SAD 25 and the letter to the editor, “Who’s the boss?” on Dec. 16, it seems to me that Mitchell, besides insulting previous superintendents, missed a lot of issues and focused on one. If the people that support SAD 25 think that… Read More
I am writing in response to your Dec. 16 article about the Brady law (“Maine case shows good — and bad — of Brady gun control law”). As flawed as the Brady law is, it is matched by the flawed statistics and anti-gun rhetoric in your story. The… Read More
There are many people who choose to ignore the speed limit on the Finson Road in Bangor. These infractions occur at all hours of the day but are especially serious when they involve impatient drivers who tailgate the school buses and then recklessly try to outrun them. Many… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Parents appeared unusually serene Tuesday afternoon as they gathered at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Ellsworth for the annual children’s Christmas Eve pageant. This year, for the first time, they could sit back and relax as they watched the presentation. Members of the… Read More
WATERVILLE — Peter Harris of Waterville has won the 1996 Maine Chapbook for Poetry award for his manuscript, “Blue Hallelujahs,” according to the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. The award carries a $300 prize, publication of the manuscript and royalties. Honorable mentions went to Patti… Read More
Today is the last time my siblings and parents will celebrate Christmas in our family home. After 33 Christmases there, the place is up for sale and next year, it will be someone else’s home for the holidays. Difficult as it is to see that… Read More
HOULTON — Five people escaped injury Tuesday morning when a pickup truck hit a utility pole and the pole fell on a car. Brian Duprey, 23, of Limestone, and his passenger, Jason King, 18, also of Limestone were traveling north in the pickup truck on… Read More
A holiday thief made off with more than Maggie Kennedy’s purse last Friday. The unknown robber also took several hundred dollars Kennedy had collected to send her terminally ill sister to Epcot Center in Florida. Kennedy, of Palmyra, was shopping at Bangor’s Wal-Mart when her… Read More
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — A Mississippi congressman is urging Ingalls Shipbuilding to appeal the Navy’s decision to award a $1.5 billion contract to a team that includes Maine’s Bath Iron Works. The Navy last week awarded a $641 million contract to a team of shipbuilding companies… Read More
TRENTON — A Tremont man was badly injured Tuesday morning when the float plane he was piloting crashed after taking off from the Bar Harbor-Hancock County Airport. A federally licensed aircraft mechanic, John Young, 55, was listed in critical condition and undergoing surgery Tuesday afternoon… Read More
HOULTON — Frank Draus, the club owner who lost his nude activity permit in August for violations of the town’s nudity ordinance, was back before the Town Council again Monday night seeking leniency. Draus, who operates Dance & Eat, asked councilors if there was any… Read More
Heartfelt thanks go out on this Christmas morning to the many generous people who have contributed to the Santa’s Helper Fund. Donations from individuals, families, groups and schoolchildren have added up to more than $31,800, and will surely make Christmas much brighter for hundreds of needy, grateful families… Read More
If there is a town where the Christmas spirit lives year-round, it is Levant. At T.J.’s Market here, Al and Paula Smith offer you down-home hospitality and everything you need from gum rubbers to groceries to pizza. Paula will make your breakfast, while Al slices… Read More
HOULTON — When the new year rolls around next week, residents of Houlton will find that getting rid of their trash will cost them a few pennies more in 1997. The Town Council at its meeting Monday night unanimously approved a rate increase caused by… Read More
BANGOR — The people who enter the chapel at St. Joseph Hospital are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, members of some other faith, or perhaps even in doubt that they want to talk to God at all. Many are looking for some kind of miracle — that… Read More
PALMYRA — Loren Later, Palmyra’s road commissioner, was expecting to be awakened Monday night, but he thought it would be for a round of snowplowing, not to extinguish a fire from an explosion in the family’s kitchen shortly before 9 p.m. Later had retired early… Read More