BANGOR – Boxing has enabled Joey Gamache to see the world, develop self-confidence, and meet many friends on his way to winning two world championships. Now that his professional career is winding down, Maine’s best-known boxer is supporting the game which has brought him such… Read More
ORONO – Winslow’s 5-2 victory over Stearns for the Eastern Maine Class B hockey championship Thursday night at Alfond Arena played out exactly like the Black Raiders’ title victory over Stearns last year. Winslow took a convincing 3-0 lead into the third, Stearns rallied back… Read More
BANGOR – Every time Deer Isle-Stonington got close, Kevin Walcott would strip the ball away and convert on the other end. The 5-foot-8 junior ran amuck during a 16-4, third-quarter run for 10 points to give Hyde of Bath a 49-43 Class D state schoolboy… Read More
Teams from around the state will again for the title in the 1997 Great Harbor/Skip Chapelle Shootout, scheduled for March 14-16. The tournament will feature two divisions of eight-team double elimnation play: Division I, for grades 11 and under at Mount Desert Island High School;… Read More
TOWSON, Md. – The University of Maine women’s basketball team will take on No. 8 Towson State in Sunday’s America East quarterfinal at Alfond Arena in Orono. Trinette Tucker scored 19 points Thursday night, leading the Tigers to a 62-49 play-in victory over No. 9… Read More
BANGOR – The 33rd annual YMCA state meet will be held Saturday and Sunday at Husson Pool in Bangor. About 1,000 swimmers from 14 teams, ranging from five years old to high school seniors, will compete for state titles at the meet. Admission is $2… Read More
ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick – Jane and Gene McKenna of Bowdoinham have been named to the 1996 Atlantic Salmon Federation Roll of Honor for Maine. The ASF annualy honors volunteers from each of the eight member councils in New England and Canada for their work… Read More
SCARBOROUGH – Live harness racing returns to Maine on Saturday with pacers and trotters heading to post for a 12-dash program at Scarborough Downs. The seaside track will race a Saturday-Sunday schedule through March with a 1 p.m. post time both days. All live races… Read More
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John Gordon of the University of Maine has gained a top America East honor for the second straight year. The league named the 5-foot-10 Gordon to its all-conference first team Thursday. The sophomore guard was selected to the league’s all-rookie team last season. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Local AT XL GOLF, HERMON Two man best ball (Cour D’Alene) 1st gross: Tom Caron and Paul Farnsworth 62, 2nd gross: Bill Curtis and Bon Ouellette 62, 1st net: Tim Ray and Sean Farnsworth 68-16-52, 2nd net: Steve Eck and Loren Blair 68-14-54, Pins: No. Read More
A 13-year-old boy born in Bangor recently had a positive, close encounter with the nation’s best known superstar, Michael Jordan. Patrick Cahill and his father, Terry, attended a game between the Chicago Bulls and Charlotte Hornets in December. Terry Cahill learned where the Bulls were… Read More
BANGOR – The girls from Forest Hills of Jackman were the ones with the school’s first gold basketball Thursday night, but the school’s boys team may also have a legitimate claim on it. Playing the Forest Hills’ boys squad all week long to prepare for… Read More
When scientists at Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, released a report early this week that they had successfully cloned a lamb using a cell obtained from an adult sheep, the news sent shock waves around the world. The ethical, moral, and legal ramifications of this feat are only… Read More
ROCKLAND — For many, the faces in this wind-whipped coastal city have long been in need of intensive care. A recent dry skin study conducted on behalf of Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion has proved them right. Plain and simple, dry skin is caused by bad… Read More
Some years ago, as a State Department interpreter, I was escorting a group of West African educators on a tour of the United States. As we drove through a small town in the Midwest on a sunny summer day, one of the Africans said he was surprised how… Read More
BANGOR — David E. Proctor, 16, the son of William and Mija Proctor of Bangor, received the rank of Eagle Scout on Dec. 4 at a ceremony at the First United Methodist Church. Proctor is a junior at Bangor High School and a member of… Read More
BATH — Six peace activists accused of damaging a Navy destroyer at Bath Iron Works were ordered Thursday to remain in jail while they await trial May 5. Former Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and five co-defendants were returned to the Cumberland County Jail after they… Read More
Forget tutus and toe shoes. From the most exuberant kindergartners to the most swaggering athletes, Surry elementary pupils proved this week that dance can bounce from basketball shoes, slide out of sneakers and careen from clogs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court Thursday upheld the wording of a proposed ballot question to outlaw aerial pesticide spraying, setting the stage for what could be a statewide referendum on the issue in 1998. The Supreme Judicial Court denied an appeal by the Maine Farm… Read More
ROCKPORT — The clam industry celebrated its successes Thursday morning during the annual Clam Conference, part of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum now being held at the Samoset Resort Inn. Programs in the Eastport, Thomaston and Brunswick areas have targeted 5,000 acres of clam beds for return to production. Read More
BREWER — Robert Cohen, brother of Defense Secretary William Cohen, had filed a police report against Michael Chasse just one week before he shot Chasse in what he claims was self-defense. Chasse, who is at Eastern Maine Medical Center recuperating from two small-caliber gunshot wounds… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Town Council members blasted local hospital officials Wednesday for considering consolidating their nursing home services with a facility in Mars Hill. Later, the council was criticized for deciding not to repeal a youth curfew that had been approved last month. After being… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Town Manager Eugene Conlogue has proposed cutting five full-time positions from town government, including reducing the police and fire departments, in order to meet an expected $252,455 revenue loss for the next budget. Presented Wednesday to the Town Council, the budget is… Read More
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It never ceases to amaze me how the people of Down East Maine will buck progress of any business venture. It’s usually based on a “Do Not Disturb” argument, meaning if one tries to get ahead, all other businesses yelp, “What about me?” Otherwise, table the whole idea… Read More
No one knows what the human effects will be of a scientist’s recent success at cloning. Researchers say it may be a boon to medicine. But as human desire for immortality and fear of death continue to shape society, it will also not be long before the demand… Read More
Amen to Professor Bill Farthing’s Oped commentary of Feb. 19, “UM academics loses to athletics.” My feelings exactly! Farthing raises many questions that need answers. Keeping these issues alive and visible may bring them into focus for the powers that be at the University of Maine. Read More
In the past, I have written to express concern over a certain bias when the Bangor Daily News reported on issues concerning the abortion debate. My concerns dealt with only one side (pro-choice) being presented fairly and accurately. Since I have voiced such concerns in the past, I… Read More
Brian Beal is right on target about Maine’s clamming industry being under attack [BDN commentary, Feb. 15-16]. Clamming has taken a big hit over the last decade due to a natural down cycle in clams, overdigging, and clam flat closures, due partly to the federal government’s one-size-fits-all standard… Read More
On Feb. 15-16, the Bangor Daily News ran an article about a demonstration at the Hancock County Courthouse by “Maine Dads,” a group of divorced fathers protesting their treatment by the courts and social services in child custody cases. The article quoted Kevin Concannon, commissioner… Read More
Maine lost seniority in the Senate with the retirement of Sen. William Cohen. Now it stands to lose Navy contracts at Bath Iron Works, as well, as Navy experts reviewed this week the facilities of the major shipyards. Public and congressional pressure and the need to maintain the… Read More
A photo on Saturday’s Business Page was misidentified as Alice Wilkins, director of marketing for Maine Instrument Flight in Augusta. In fact, it was not a photo of Wilkins but a photo of Barbara E. Merrill, who recently joined the Augusta law office of Verrill & Dana. Read More
PORTLAND — Lyle Lovett will perform one show only at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at the new Merrill Auditorium at City Hall in Portland. The Portland appearance will be Lovett’s only New England concert, and tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday,… Read More
ENFIELD — Everlyee Harriman needed a weapon. But what do you use to subdue a 95-pound Rottweiler who is attacking your 4-year-old son? Her hands were no match. Neither were wooden sticks. Desperately looking around the snow-covered yard, she grabbed the heavy metal kettle that served as the… Read More
FREEPORT — When DeLorme Publishing Co. came out with a computer mapping program, Rand McNally said the name, Tripmate, had to go. Rand McNally had warned DeLorme that “it couldn’t stand idly by” while its popular TripMaker travel planning software was being confused with DeLorme’s… Read More
ORONO — The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded nearly $2 million to the University of Maine through the department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The $1,918,000 federal grant will be used by the Maine and New Hampshire Sea Grant Program for research, education and… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Col. Alfred R. Skolfield has announced promotions of two veteran officers to the newly created rank of major. Charles N. Love, 51, of Winthrop and Jeffrey D. Harmon, 37, of Auburn will report directly to Skolfield and to the deputy chief, Malcolm Dow. Read More
WASHINGTON — It’s official Friday: If you’re under age 27 and want to buy cigarettes or chewing tobacco, you have to produce a photo ID proving you’re old enough — at least 18. The question is how will the government enforce the first wave of… Read More
AVON — A Temple man became the state’s ninth snowmobile fatality Thursday. Lee Nile, 29, died of injuries he suffered Wednesday night while riding along a trail in the western Maine town of Avon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
WASHINGTON — American students are improving in math, the Education Department said Thursday, but tests of fourth-, eighth-and 12th-graders found most understand no more of the subject than the basics. President Clinton seized on the results Thursday to push for voluntary tests of all eighth-graders… Read More
BIDDEFORD — Sunbeam Corp. has begun negotiations with the union at Biddeford Textile Co. for sale of the Sunbeam subsidiary targeted as part of a restructuring engineered by chairman Albert Dunlap. A manufacturer of electric blanket shells, Biddeford Textile employs 377 workers at one of… Read More
CALAIS — A state psychologist Thursday said the 15-year-old Calais youth who last year burned the former Johnson Hardware store considered serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, murderer Charles Manson and Adolph Hitler as his heroes. Carl Wakefield even had a picture of Dahmer affixed to his… Read More
BREWER — As he packs away the clutter of 11 years — the maps, feasibility studies and blueprints that compose a bureaucrat’s life — Harold Parks will come to a curious piece of pop art. The picture on the wall shows a children’s ball caught… Read More
DEXTER — Doug Pooler of Dexter remembers racing out of the town hall after kindergarten classes to climb on the old military gun behind the Abbott Memorial Library. The World War II era 75 mm artillery piece was black, had big wooden wheels and two… Read More
Kindergarten registration for the 1997-1998 school year is being held at the following schools: St. Albans Consolidated School, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. March 6. Call Mrs. Martin at 938-4581 for appointment. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
WASHINGTON — Deaths from AIDS in the United States last year fell significantly for the first time since the AIDS epidemic began in the early 1980s, federal health officials reported Thursday. The decline in AIDS deaths occurred in all regions of the country and in… Read More
The name of the program is Community Partnerships for Cultural Participation. Its aim is to make the arts more a part of people’s everyday lives. It’s an opportunity to identify who’s participating in the arts in Maine and — more importantly — who isn’t. And its final goal… Read More
Bangor District Court Mark MacDonald, 21, Calais, operating motor vehicle after license suspension, $125; illegal possession of drug paraphernalia, $100. 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
CARMEL — A proposed indecency ordinance will be among the 40 articles on the warrant for the annual town meeting to be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, at the Carmel Elementary School. Residents also will be asked to approve a 1997 municipal budget of $685,304, up… Read More
ALFRED — A Seattle man was sentenced Thursday to 32 years in prison for the 1988 bludgeon and stabbing murder of a Massachusetts hitchhiker in North Berwick. Shawn MacNevin, 34, who was arrested in 1995 after he called Maine State Police from Seattle and confessed… Read More
Stearns High School, Millinocket Second quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Rachel Boutaugh, Jessica Crosby, Janna Garvin, Sandra Illingworth, Tracy Nelson and Heath Weatherbee; high honors: Holly Arsenault, April Baker, Julia Berry, Amber Byron, Catherine Dinsmore, Michele Dispenzieri, Melissa Elliot, Lindsay Fanjoy, Shannon Folsom, Kelly… Read More
MACHIAS — The Washington County Cooperative Extension will hold a free workshop on osteoporosis from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at Machias Memorial High School. Topics include prevention and lessening impact of the disease. Sponsors include the Machias Adult Education and Washington County… Read More
AUGUSTA — The medical director at the Augusta Mental Health Institute is questioning laboratory tests showing elevated levels of psychiatric drugs in the body of a patient who died two months ago. The results “just made absolutely no sense clinically,” said Dr. Roger Wilson, who… Read More
Students in Old Town High School’s cooperative education work experience program are being true to their studies by helping one of their own. Junior Melisa Sanborn has been nominated to attend the 1997 National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine July 21-31 in San Francisco. Sanborn… Read More
LINCOLN — The Gateway Coin Club will hold a meeting and coin auction at 7 p.m. Thursday, at the Ballard Hill Community Building. The auction will feature several types of 1913 buffalo nickels and a roll of assorted nickels including Liberty head, buffalo and Jeffersons. Read More
ELLSWORTH — Action Opportunities, sponsor for Head Start in Hancock and Washington counties, has begun recruiting children ages 3 to 5 for Head Start centers in Bucksport, Ellsworth, Stonington, Bar Harbor and Sullivan in Hancock County; and Calais, East Machias, Eastport, Jonesport, Lubec, Princeton and Harrington in Washington… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Maine Business and Professional Women’s Futurama Foundation will offer three scholarships to Maine women who apply by April 20. Each scholarship will provide $500 for school expenses. Scholarships include one in memory of the late Rachel E. Lemieux of Augusta, for a… Read More
ELLSWORTH — State Sen. Marge Kilkelly, co-chairwoman of the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, will speak at the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District annual dinner meeting March 14 at the Hill Top House Restaurant. The evening will begin with a social hour at… Read More
MACHIAS — A partnership has been reached between the University of Maine at Machias and Northern Maine Technical College in Presque Isle that creates another option for students seeking bachelor’s degrees in business administration with concentration in accounting, marketing or management. Arthur L. McEntee, chairman… Read More
MACHIAS — Municipal planning board members and elected officials can take two two-hour workshops on the Geographical Information System and basic training for local planning and appeals boards, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at the East Machias Community Building. The GIS workshop will… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine leads the nation in the percentage of 2-year-olds properly immunized, Gov. Angus King announced Thursday. “Maine has the distinction of having the highest immunization level ever recorded in the United States,” King said at a news conference. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
CALAIS — Calais Regional Hospital officials Wednesday night described a stable financial picture that included low staff turnover and a stable patient census. But for many of the more than 200 people who attended the community meeting, the subject closest to their hearts was getting Dr. Tom McHugh… Read More
ROCKPORT — If the findings of the two-day Lobster Summit held here become the foundation of a new federal management plan for the entire East Coast, several conservation measures near and dear to the hearts of Maine lobstermen will be included. About 100 harvesters, scientists… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The patriarch of Pittsfield’s real estate community died early Thursday morning at Sebasticook Valley Hospital after a brief illness. Realtor Leland Inman, 81, had a hand in placing many of Pittsfield’s residents in the homes they occupy today. A longtime member of the… Read More
BANGOR — A federal judge Thursday sent a federal securities-fraud lawsuit involving a Bangor area pastor to trial. Lawyers for the Securities and Exchange Commission sought to avoid the trial. In court on Thursday they asked U.S. District Court Judge Morton Brody to pass judgment… Read More
ATLANTA — Smokers who switch to low-tar cigarettes are increasingly victims of a different type of cancer — one that reaches deeper into the lungs, according to a study published by the American Cancer Society. Tobacco companies have argued that nicotine levels naturally drop with… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Land Use Regulation Commission approved a new comprehensive plan Thursday to govern development on the 10.5 million acres in the unorganized territories. LURC will use the 171-page plan as a road map to guide its future decisions about land use in an… Read More
GREENVILLE — Representatives of the major health care institutions serving the Moosehead Lake region joined more than 30 members of the Community Health Task Force Tuesday in a discussion of health service needs. The discussion included representatives from Eastern Maine Health Care, Mid-Maine Health Systems,… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine heart disease death rates are declining, but not fast enough, say state health officials who blame smoking as the chief culprit. A report by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also says there’s more improvement in the heart disease death… Read More