The certainty of video lottery machines being installed in New England was the topic of conversation and discussion raised most often at each of the three horse-related annual winter meetings and awards banquets this past month. Some of the legitimate concerns that horsemen questioned were:… Read More
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    EAST CORINTH – Tema Rodgers scored 15 points to lead a balanced scoring attack and Sumner of East Sullivan held Central to 12 second-half points while posting a 55-32 schoolgirl basketball victory Thursday night. Jenn Richardson and Sami Scott netted 10 points each for the… Read More
    MANCHESTER, N.H. – Bangor Table Tennis Club members Charles Ripley, his wife Dianna Ripley, and their son Lou Soo competed in the Ralph Robinson Memorial Tri-State Open on Sunday, Jan. 26th. The 11-year-old Lou took a first place finish in the juniors and under 1,200… Read More
    MADAWASKA – Jamie Doucette scored 18 points to help the Madawaska Owls notch their ninth straight win with a 51-44 verdict over the Fort Kent Warriors in schoolgirl basketball action Thursday night. Tina Nadeau added 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    STANDISH – Beth Miller poured in 22 points and ripped down eight rebounds as the Braves downed the Monks 94-71. Emily Walker popped in 18 points, and Carrie Cram and Sue Ann Allen tossed in 13 apiece for Husson. Amanda Pomerleau added 12 on four… Read More
    The number of Class C schools in Maine with three former basketball players competing at the college level is probably pretty small. That’s why the feat accomplished by a threesome from Hodgdon is so impressive. Jered Stewart, Scott Sjoberg, and Sam Henderson are not only… Read More
    WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The University of Maine’s 39-game America East basketball winning streak is history, left for dead on a cold-shooting night at The Sports Center when illness and a tenacious University of Hartford defense combined to stun the Black Bears 70-58. The league… Read More
    ORONO – Orono High School boys basketball coach Dave Paul makes no bones about it when he says “As our two guards go, we go.” He was referring to seniors Robey Rhoads and Scott Cunningham, who combined for 34 points to rally his Riots to… Read More
    Biosphere 2 is a 3-acre, self-contained world consisting of living quarters, greenhouses, and a minature environment made up of desert, ocean, savanna, and rain forest. The project was funded by Edward Bass, a Texas billionaire who said he was interested in developing a sealed environment where ecologically correct… Read More
    STETSON — A suspected chimney fire sent Stetson firefighters to a two-story home on Route 222 early Thursday morning. According to Stetson Fire Chief Andrew Gray, a passer-by reported a possible chimney fire at the Robert Frappier Sr. home shortly after 5 a.m. The initial… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Domestic automakers told federal regulators in their most strongly worded letter to date that the companies’ proposal for less forceful air bags would save hundreds of lives and should be adopted quickly. The detailed letter, sent Thursday to the National Highway Traffic Safety… Read More
    GLENBURN — School committee members agreed Wednesday night to proceed with plans to dissolve Union 34 so that Glenburn can obtain its own superintendent. Residents at town meeting will make the final decision as to whether the community actually goes out on its own. Committee… Read More
    CORINNA — Work is under way on a long-awaited addition to the Corinna Health Center. According to Medical Assistant Sandy Bourgoine, the center will be closed for the month of February to accommodate the structural work, and will reopen in March. Patients will be seen… Read More
    BATH — The state Department of Transportation has proposed restoring passenger rail service in the midcoast region so that vacationers could take a train and then a ferry to connect to islands and places Down East. The DOT will ask the Legislature to approve money… Read More
    MADAWASKA — An advisory committee organized to look at ambulance service problems told the Madawaska Board of Selectmen it has two choices to enhance its system. The town can consolidate its public health nursing program with the ambulance service and hire a medical professional to… Read More
    Bangor High School First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Katrina Abell, Allyson Ashe, Marie Blanke, Kate Comeau, Jovana Davidovic, Ethan Field, Adam Henckler, Lars Hernell, Peter Holman, Beth Pancoe, Rebecca Petros, Jennifer Sarjeant, Justin Warner and Sara Wickware; honors: Lukas Abbott, Heather Adams, Joseph… Read More
    LINCOLN — The Maine State Championship Sled Dog races, the featured attraction of Lincoln’s three-day winter carnival, are a go for this weekend. Although Lincoln didn’t get as much snow as many other areas during Tuesday’s storm, the five inches of snow that fell was… Read More
    In 1993, Maine was represented in Congress by George Mitchell, the Senate majority leader; Sen. William Cohen, the rankng GOP member of the Armed Services Committee; Rep. Olympia Snowe, a national leader on women’s issues; and Tom Andrews, who was making a name for himself among liberals in… Read More
    NEW YORK — Bolstering hopes of one day developing a new obesity drug, scientists have uncovered the first direct evidence that people with low levels of the hormone leptin may be prone to weight gain. A study reported in the February issue of the journal… Read More
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    Bangor District Court: Harry D. Chapman, 40, Bar Harbor, allowing a junior hunter to hunt without supervision, $50. 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
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    PRESQUE ISLE — The state’s potato industry honored one of its own Wednesday when it presented the Maine Potato Board’s President’s Award to John Logan of Westfield. Logan started the television version of the Picker’s Special. The program included information on individual farms’ harvesting plans… Read More
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    It was with great pleasure that 100 people and I watched Bangor Community Theatre’s production of “The Music Man” Friday night. What a treat! It was not a last hurrah, as some have said. It was more like a revival, a dream that Bangor Community… Read More
    This is in response to David Calder of Skowhegan [BDN letter, Jan. 17] suggesting we are not overtaxed. He is comparing our tax rates with other nations stating that they tax their citizens at a higher rate than we are paying. That is not a… Read More
    Last month your paper ran a front page article that read, in part, “… Magnet school, liquor stores face budget cuts…” Surely you must know that the reader sees such headlines as diversionary tactics to deflect public attention away from the real problems of tax giveaways and corporate… Read More
    MBNA’s “Point Lookout” project struck me like a rouge wave from hell. As Coastal Waters Project had predicted, the taking of our coastalscape will proceed bit by bit until lost. Is there no way to halt corporate predation of our locale? Today, I mourn for… Read More
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    BRADLEY — Local officials named a local woman to a short-term vacancy on the Town Council. During a council meeting Tuesday night, Bonnie Cote was appointed to the remainder of Rosemary Sidelinker’s two-year term, which expires in June. Sidelinker resigned recently for health reasons. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BANGOR — An 86-year-old man who was struck by a pickup truck last week while returning a neighbor’s garbage can, died on Wednesday night, Eastern Maine Medical Center officials said. Ernest C. Hopkins of 1083 Ohio St. was struck and run over in front of… Read More
    BANGOR — A Maine State Prison inmate was sentenced Thursday to more than 21 years in prison for mailing threats to President Clinton and New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, among other federal and state officials. Shawn P. Williams, 30, was sentenced in U.S. District… Read More
    A letter to the NEWS from Kevin Codraro, acting director of the Mount Desert Island YMCA “Learning to Climb” indoor climbing program, prompted us to try to reach him to get more details about a project dear to his heart. Unfortunately, Codraro was not available,… Read More
    ALFRED — A hospital employee held 8-month-old Victoria Rose Dale when she died because the baby’s mother, Sandra LaValliere, went outside for a cigarette, a social worker testified. Maine Medical Center social worker Carol Zechman said she had to prod LaValliere, 22, and the baby’s… Read More
    BANGOR — The Hope House Fund Development Team has set a schedule for meetings in 1997. The meetings will be held on one Tuesday each month at the United Way of Eastern Maine office, 12 Stillwater Ave. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    STANDISH — Charges against a teacher accused of hitting a student last year will be dropped, but first the teacher must apologize to the student and donate $250 to a charity. Robert Bourget must also have a clean record for one year in order to… Read More
    BANGOR — Federal securities prosecutors narrowed their focus in a Mexican investment scheme case with strong ties to Maine, announcing a settlement with one of the participants that is expected to return more than $400,000 to investors. Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Morton… Read More
    BANGOR — Bangor High School Adult Education will offer a basic driver education course for instructors beginning in February. The course, offered through the Unviersity of Southern Maine Professional Development Center, will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturdays, beginning Feb. 22, at the Bangor… Read More
    BANGOR — The Pine Tree Chapter American Red Cross will hold community first aid and safety, standard first aid, baby sitter skills, infant and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation and adult CPR review courses in February. The community first aid and safety course will be held 6-9… Read More
    A 43-year-old Scarborough woman was killed when her vehicle went out of control and tumbled down an embankment. Police say Debra Summers was alone in the Jeep Cherokee when the accident happened Wednesday evening. Her vehicle went out of control at a curve, hit a… Read More
    PERRY — The state Fire Marshal’s Office has been called to investigate a fire of unknown origin that damaged a two-story dwelling on Cannon Hill Road early Thursday morning. Perry Fire Chief Paula Frost said that Len Adams was asleep at 2 a.m. Thursday morning… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Washington County Children’s Program will offer a service to parents of infants and young children, “Grow with Us,” letting parents monitor their children’s growth and development with Ages and Stages Questionnaires. The program provides information and activities to support development and augments… Read More