Saturday’s Maine Windjammer boys AAU basketball tryouts at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield have been postponed until Feb. 23. The tryouts, for players ages 15 and under, will be held at Parks Gymnasium. For more information call Steven Vance at 487-6316. Read More
For the past two months, it appeared as though the 1996-97 University of Maine men’s basketball team would forever be haunted by the spectre of December’s demoralizing loss to Division II Husson College of Bangor. That changed Wednesday night, when first-year coach John Giannini’s Black… Read More
AUGUSTA – Tyler Whitehouse scored three goals and Rob King notched three assists to help Hampden skate to a 6-0 high school hockey victory over Kents Hill at Kennebec Ice Arena on Thursday. Justin Shute added a goal and an assist for the Broncos, while… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Jana Wardwell sank two free throws in the final minute to seal a 33-31 schoolgirl basketball victory for Bucksport over Ellsworth Thursday night. Christina Wheeler scored 10 to lead the Golden Bucks, whose leading scorer, Christy Grover, is sidelined with a sprained ankle. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Becky Warren scored eight of Foxcroft Academy’s 19 first-quarter points Thursday night to power the Ponies to a season-ending 56-37 schoolgirl basketball victory over Dexter. Warren and Kelly Dow each scored 17 points, with Dow notching six assists. Jodie Nelson added 10 points. Read More
HERMON – After a game like this, the tournament will probably seem like a letdown. The Hermon Hawks, living game to game as they fight for one of the final Eastern Maine Class B tourney berths, picked up a crucial, pointworthy, 84-80 boys basketball win… Read More
The University of Maine women’s basketball team, which already has shattered America East and school attendance records in the past two years, has achieved another milestone. The Black Bears will play in front of the first sellout basketball crowd in Alfond Arena history Sunday when… Read More
High school AT FORT FAIRFIELD Aroostook County Championships Freestyle XC, 5K Fort Kent girls 18, Madawaska 34, Presque Isle 42, Caribou 68, Fort Fairfield 92 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
ORONO – Stearns High School of Millinocket’s Josh Lynch and Justin Grant have haunted Eastern Maine Class B schoolboy hockey goalies for four years. Messalonskee High School of Oakland’s Ryan Ridky and Phil Leigh were the latest victims as linemates Lynch, Grant and Jared Merry… Read More
On Oct. 20, 1995, in his first shift in a Boston University uniform, Yarmouth’s Travis Roy suffered a cracked fourth vertebra and was paralyzed. Fifteen months later, Roy has the use of his right arm and is getting around in a wheelchair. He is in… Read More
DANFORTH – Nic Parker made one of two free throws with 23 seconds left in regulation and then East Grand prevented Greenville from getting off a potential game-tying shot while eking out a 38-37 schoolboy basketball victory Thursday night. Craig Whiting paced East Grand with… Read More
Local AT XL GOLF, Hermon Cour D’Alene, par 71 Cobra League, 3-man best ball 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
HOWLAND – Ryan Rivera poured in 26 points to lead the Central Red Devils of East Corinth to a 68-43 schoolboy basketball verdict Thursday over Penobscot Valley. Adam Elcewicz added 12 points and Greg King and Jon Hatch each had 10 for the Red Devils… Read More
CONCORD, NC – NASCAR Winston Cup driver Ricky Craven of Newburgh joined forces with his Busch Grand National North racing ties recently by purchasing part interest in PCCW Engines of Woodstock, Vermont. Craven’s purchase reunites him with PCCW partners Robbie Paterson, Glen Wright and Robbie Crouch from his… Read More
East Grand 47, Greenville 40 At Danforth, the Vikings picked up some valuable tourney points by knocking off the Lakers. 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
BAR HARBOR – The 7th Annual Acadia Crossing Cross Country Ski Race has been postponed from Sunday, Feb. 9 to Sunday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. The ski race is an 11-kilometer race through the carriage roads of Acadia National Park and the Rockefeller estate. The race is… Read More
THORNDIKE – Warren Ard scored 11 points in overtime to lead the Mount View Mustangs to a 70-64 schoolboy basketball victory over the Winslow Black Raiders Thursday night. Winslow’s Zac Reynolds hit a shot with about 30 seconds left to send the game into overtime. Read More
Hundreds of student-athletes will be competing in regional and state championships this weekend in wrestling, swimming, track and field and cheerleading. Track & field googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
MILO – For all of Penquis’ scoring power, it was the Patriots’ 3-1-1 full-court defense which saved their butts Thursday night. Utilizing that defense and a deliberate offense late in the third quarter, the Patriots narrowly averted a catastrophe and escaped with a 52-39 schoolgirl… Read More
The board of directors of the Down East Harness Horsemen’s Association and Bangor Raceway are joining together to help area horsemen by reducing the barn rentals for the 1997 racing season. The association authorized its president Harold Billings to enter into a contract with Bangor… Read More
AUGUSTA — A coalition of environmental groups is backing a bill that would prevent development on 4.5 million acres in the unorganized territories. Sponsored by Rep. David Shiah, D-Bowdoinham, the bill would allow timber harvesting and backwoods recreation to continue. Construction of new camps, houses… Read More
Three local businesses have found a way to help with the special needs of clients served by Eastern Maine AIDS Network in Bangor and Down East AIDS Network in Ellsworth. Coffee Express, WVII-Channel 7 and The Bear, 104.7-FM, are encouraging those who patronize Coffee Express… Read More
After years of dire warnings, global warming due to the greenhouse effect became official in 1995. Or at least official to the extent that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that global warming in this century is unlikely to be entirely due to natural causes. Read More
BAILEYVILLE — A physician and surgeon who has been denied medical staff privileges at Calais Regional Hospital drew praise from area residents Wednesday night as he described his problems he said were caused by the hospital’s executive director, Ray Davis Jr. “I have been the… Read More
CALAIS — A District Court judge issued a one-year protection order Thursday against an Eastport police officer after saying the man’s own testimony demonstrated he had harassed an Eastport woman. Officer Robert Gregory made no comment when Judge John Romei made his ruling. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Etna residents question fire chief’s effectiveness> Taxpayers say criminal record could be liability
ETNA — The fire chief in Etna has a criminal record and more than 90 local taxpayers want to know what implications that could have on town liability. In January, Etna resident Forrest Simpson circulated a petition in the community to call a special town… Read More
CARIBOU — A Fort Fairfield man was ordered to serve three years in prison for stealing guns from motor vehicles and trading them for drugs. Brian K. Turcotte, 20, was one of five men allegedly involved in a scheme to trade stolen guns for illegal… Read More
BANGOR — A Hampden man went to jail Thursday after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting his three stepdaughters at the family’s former home in Greenbush. The jury at Penobscot County Superior Court took just under three hours to convict 38-year-old Edward Loring, who… Read More
Opening a plastic bottle for fresh, clean water that leaves no chemical residue is not just a big-city phenomenon. People in rural Maine who live far from megalopolises plagued by rotting pipes and collapsing infrastructure use the supermarket as their well. One of the reasons,… Read More
PLYMOUTH — A school bus driver suffered minor injuries Thursday afternoon when her bus was rear-ended at the last stop of the day. Eleanor Hopkins was treated at Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield for neck pain. Her two young passengers were uninjured. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
America’s real-life legal soap opera began with a low-speed police chase of a white Bronco, hit bottom when a jury found protagonist Orenthal James Simpson not guilty of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, and now has reached another anti-climax with a jury concluding the former football player… Read More
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary William Cohen said Thursday he will keep an open mind on the issue of military men and women training together and promised to look into the matter during coming base visits. But the new Pentagon chief added that he did not… Read More
Editor’s Note: Each month, the children’s librarians at Bangor Public Library offer a selection of old classics and new favorites designed to encourage reading and provoke thought in young readers. The books may be purchased at local bookstores or found at your local library. For… Read More
In the Feb. 6 edition, a news story about the possible deorganization of the town of Cooper described resident Carolyn Hatton as raising an 8-year-old granddaughter. Hatton actually is helping her daughter, Linda Foss, raise the child. Read More
On Monday, tne Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Education recommended unanimously to the Appropriations Committee that the biennial budget include a $3-a-year increase in funding for the University of Maine System. As a senator on the Education Committee, I attended the public hearing on the proposed budget for… Read More
BANGOR — Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. announced Thursday that its earnings for 1996 were $1.33 per common share, compared to $0.36 per common share for 1995. For the fourth-quarter earnings were $0.24 per common share compared to $0.20 per common share in 1995. 1996 results compared… Read More
When Amiri Baraka, the poet, screams out the word “slavery,” stand back. He’ll blow out your eardrums. In doing so, he not only expresses his anger over the sins against black people in America, but he hopes to make you understand the anger and to know its piercing… Read More
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Because of the keen mind of a mathematics whiz from Peterborough, the SAT scores of an estimated 45,000 high school students will be hiked by up to 30 points. Those students owe their gain to Colin Rizzio, a senior from Contoocook Valley… Read More
FRANKFORT — The sun was just setting on an unseasonably warm Thursday when fire erupted at the Chet Porter residence on Loggin Road, leaving the family of five homeless. Fire Chief Gerald Welch said the blaze broke out in the second story of the wood-frame… Read More
ORONO — The University of Maine General Alumni Association is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for vandalizing the portrait of former UMaine President Arthur Hauck, which is displayed in Memorial Union. According… Read More
STONINGTON — The captain of a sea urchin dive boat and a husband-wife dive team were rescued Thursday afternoon after their 28-foot vessel struck a ledge and started sinking off the eastern shore of Isle au Haut. Just after 2 p.m., Capt. Sidney Eaton radioed… Read More
BANGOR — A Newport man pleaded guilty Thursday to raping a woman in her Stetson home in front of her 3-year-old child. Jeffrey McEwen, 31, who had already confessed the crime to police, entered his guilty plea to Class A gross sexual assault before Justice… Read More
ROCKLAND — An urchin diver drifted away from his fishing vessel in heavy currents Thursday morning, prompting a rescue call from anxious shipmates. But diver Joe Labelle returned to the Dutchess before rescue personnel arrived. The Rockland Coast Guard base reported a rescue call at… Read More
ROCKLAND — Rockland police have arrested a 16-year-old male in the burglary and theft of $800 at Schooner Fare Restaurant on Main Street. Police said the burglary was reported Tuesday. Restaurant owner Dave Ihrig reported that a money bag containing about $800 in cash was… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Despite some local grumblings to the contrary, the national park’s carriage roads are not too crowded, according to a recent survey of Mount Desert Island residents. The survey that tapped the opinions of nearly 400 residents last August found the majority… Read More
BUCKSPORT — After a brief public hearing, the Champion International paper mill got the go-ahead from the planning board Thursday night to build a new $50 million wood processing facility. The project’s primary purpose is to replace outdated equipment with new automation, said mill environmental… Read More
Have you ever walked into a building and suddenly felt very good there, for no particular reason? Conversely, have you ever walked into a house that made you feel just a little distracted and anxious? Maybe you moved into a new place and found yourself… Read More
After reading Bill Simpson’s letter [BDN, Jan. 25-26] regarding Togus Veterans Administration hospital and the Bangor walk-in sevice, I must get my 2 cents’ in, too. I found the Bangor VA outpatient center a blessing. Bill Potter and Dr. Myers bent over backward to help me. They both… Read More
Re: “Forensic overload” [BDN, Jan. 24]. It is difficult to comprehend why the state has such an antique facility for our chief medical examiner’s services. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
The state is proposing rail service linked with ferry service between Rockland and places Down East [BDN, Jan. 31]. I hope the appropriate authorites take note and urge that Bangor be a ferry stop during the summer and fall. What a boost to tourism to rediscover the old… Read More
Thanks, Paul Hanson, for the excellent letter [BDN, Jan. 31] relative to the injustice in our tax system which runs amok with “corporate welfare”. In addition to the benefits of the $80 million from the tree growth tax and $70 million from the repeal of… Read More
After reading John Buell’s provocative Oped piece on health care reform , I found myself wishing he would elaborate on one of his three simple premises: “a genuinely universal system ought to be financed through federal taxation.” Perhaps Buell would give us his estimate of… Read More
Your editorial of Dec. 17, 1996 (“Dioxin breakdown”) was right on. Like many, I was surprised and disappointed that the promises made last spring by the paper industry to eliminate dioxin discharges still have not materialized. There is still no timetable, still no plan for getting this poison… Read More
On Jan. 29, Judith Brown was seriously injured when her van skidded on ice and hit a tree on Route 1A in Ellsworth. The services of the Ellsworth Fire Department and the Jaws of Life were greatly appreciated, but a number of questions linger due to an in-depth… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King unveiled a proposal Thursday at the State House to eliminate dioxin from Maine rivers by 2002, but the state’s largest environmental group said the bill was a sham. “Maine rivers are coming back,” said King. “Now we want to ensure… Read More
WASHINGTON — From the shipyards at Portsmouth and Bath to the nursing homes in Bangor, from airports in Augusta to the rural homes in bitterly cold Aroostook County, President Clinton’s budget proposal Thursday rippled across Maine. There were few surprises in the budget, particulary for… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The current Somerset County commissioners are being sued by last year’s commissioners for legal fees to defend themselves against a separate taxpayers’ lawsuit. The fees were denied recently by the current commissioners. The latest suit, filed this week in Somerset County Superior Court,… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — The Natural Gas Committee of the Down East Resource Conservation and Development Council of Hancock and Washington counties is asking local businesses and civic agencies to respond to an energy survey for potential natural gas use. Eastern Maine Development Corp. prepared the survey… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The American Red Cross and The Aroostook Medical Center will hold a blood drive at Gould Memorial Hospital in Presque Isle noon-6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in the McCain Room. The goal for his drive is 130 units of blood. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
AUGUSTA — The president of the Maine Bar Association, David Q. Whittier of South Paris, will tour Aroostook and Washington counties during the week of Feb. 10. Whittier will be host at a series of meetings with lawyers and judges. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — There will be no rate increase in 1997 for central Aroostook County towns served by Crown Ambulance Service. According to service manager Jim McKenney, the rate will stay at $10.25 per capita for Presque Isle, Easton, Mapleton, Washburn, Mars Hill, Blaine, Bridgewater,… Read More
BANGOR — A fit of rage that sent a self-described “time bomb” to Penobscot County Jail Wednesday might cost him his freedom. Convicted kidnapper Norman Dickinson, 27, remained in Penobscot County Jail Thursday awaiting a court hearing that will determine if he must return to… Read More
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary William Cohen defended the Clinton administration’s 1998 defense request of $259.4 billion Thursday, contending the plan contains “fairly significant increases” for programs such as ballistic missile defense despite pressures to balance the nation’s budget. His comments came in the face of… Read More
Machias District Court: Lawrence Varney, 28, Machias, criminal mischief, nine months in jail, suspended, probation one year with special conditions; violation of bail condition, nine months in jail, suspended, one year probation; violation of protection from abuse order, nine months in jail, suspended, one year… Read More
BANGOR — Pushing aside a dark-colored curtain in the doorway, John Starr stepped from the dining room into the small kitchen of the Oriental Dang restaurant in Veazie. Quickly scanning the kitchen with his eyes, Starr took note of a pair of white sneakers that… Read More
CALAIS — Members of the school committee would do well to come up with an alternative to closing the middle school and moving pupils to the high school. That’s what more than 400 parents told the board at a workshop Wednesday night. In addition to… Read More
Peter Steenstra and Cheri Domina made a substantial deposit Thursday in Bangor’s KeyBank, the likes of which the bank has never seen before. Domina and Steenstra are environmentalists with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Thursday morning they dropped off tiny pink Atlantic salmon… Read More
Recent recycling requirements discouraging the inclusion of junk mail and boxboard have neither hampered Maine’s recycling effort nor significantly increased towns’ tipping fees to the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. in Orrington, according to officials. As a matter of fact, recycling habits may not even have changed in many… Read More
AUGUSTA — Legislative efforts requiring a state agency to report to lawmakers on the status of tribal saltwater fishing rights were postponed Thursday after a Passamaquoddy tribal representative requested additional consultation time. The discussion before the Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee followed the arraignment Tuesday of… Read More
WESTMANLAND — The body of a Massachusetts snowmobiler last seen Monday night was found late Wednesday by a state game warden. Paul Bondeson Jr., 30, of Beverly, Mass., had arrived in Aroostook County last Saturday to do some snowmobiling. He was last seen at about… Read More
PORTLAND — An investment firm’s decision to downgrade Maine Yankee’s credit rating should have no immediate effect, a securities analyst says. Standard & Poor’s, a leading investment rating service, lowered the plant’s ratings Wednesday based on a negative outlook and likely higher production costs for… Read More
ETNA — The town’s first selectman is at the center of an arson investigation stemming from a recent fire at the town office. Five boxes of town records were removed from the home of First Selectman Verne Bubar last week in conjunction with the investigation. Read More