She played in 87 of 88 possible high school games. Earned two state titles in three attempts and collected two individual Eastern Maine tourney records to boot. And Holli Tapley, Calais’ senior guard, is the only Bangor Daily News’ All-Maine Schoolgirl Basketball First Team member… Read More
Local Eastern Zone Championships AT BUFFALO Maine finishers: ages 13-14 – Jason Thomas, 8th, 50 free, 22.98; Thomas, 6th, 500 free, 4:51.27; (Jim Soucie, Dan Soucie, Derek Anton, Thomas) 200 free relay, 7th, 1:34.05… Read More
NORWICH, Conn. – Victor Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with three RBI and Ryan Jackson had a three-run homer to lead the Portland Sea Dogs to a 12-2 win Friday night over the Norwich Navigators. Bryan Ward pitched five innings, allowing two runs and striking out six… Read More
Since openwater fishing grounds are scarcer than 5-pound squaretails, let’s take up the slack by hooking onto an event that is important to the management of wildlife resources and the future of sporting recreations. First off, if you’ve never heard of The Wildlife Society, be… Read More
The lighthouse beyond the fence at Hadlock Stadium in Portland should be active this season. Charlie Eshbach, the general manager of the Eastern League’s Portland Sea Dogs, said he expects this year’s team to send a bunch of baseballs out of the yard, triggering the… Read More
The Player of the Week honor in America East is a strange and deceiving beast. It’s the individual stats, theoretically, that determine the selection. But that’s not always how it works. There is no formula involving stats or schedules that goes into chosing the Player… Read More
University of Maine baseball coach Paul Kostacopoulos isn’t reading too much into his team’s 5-1 start in America East this spring. Don’t misunderstand, Kostacopoulos is pleased with the Black Bears’ progress, but there is a long way to go before next month’s America East Tournament. Read More
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FORT WORTH, Texas – Maine driver Ricky Craven, injured in a crash during practice for the Interstate Batteries 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, was upgraded to fair condition Friday. Jimmy Johnson, general manager of the Hendrick Motorsports team, said, “Ricky has moved out of the… Read More
Andy Bedard, the former Mountain Valley of Rumford high school basketball star, may be returning to his Maine hoops roots. The sophomore guard at Boston College expressed his desire to transfer from the Big East school last week and is expected to meet with University… Read More
The Legislature last week accomplished something it has not done in recent memory. Responding to the people’s demand for efficiency in government, it passed a budget on time. This milestone represents an end of a long and careful deliberative process that began many months ago… Read More
Nobody ever accused Bill Cohen of being a couch potato. Granted, the new secretary of defense writes poetry and managed to fit a quotation from Cato the Younger, the Roman senator from Julius Caesar’s era, into a recent speech before the U.S. Navy League. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
AUGUSTA — Marine Resources Commissioner Robin Alden on Friday blasted a set of proposed federal rules for lobstering designed to protect whales as “unreasonable, potentially devastating and totally unacceptable.” Alden said the federal rules could add $40 million to $70 million to the cost of… Read More
Putting to rest months of rumors, Bangor Mall and City Hall officials announced Friday a $26.6 million renovation and expansion project aimed at bolstering the city’s economic role in the regional economy. More than a face lift, the project is a major remodeling of the… Read More
HOULTON — The Houlton Children’s Theater Inc. will perform Karen Boettcher-Tate’s adaptation of the fairy tale classic “The Shoemaker and the Elves,” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, and 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12. Both performances will be in Lambert Auditorium at the Greater Houlton Christian Academy. Read More
ROCKPORT — Rep. Tom Allen, whose election was aided by an estimated $1 million in union funds, will make campaign spending reform a major goal in his first term. Allen, elected to the 1st District congressional seat in November over incumbent Jim Longley Jr., has been named chairman… Read More
A flaming sword bromeliad nests in the crook of a withered tree high above the saturated soil, its roots clinging precariously to the bark. The plant’s waxy leaves cup themselves protectively around the brilliant orange flower, which juts toward the sunlight like a knight’s jousting lance. Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s Roman Catholic bishop is immune from civil liability for allegedly negligent supervision of a priest who had an affair with a female parishioner he was counseling, a divided state supreme court ruled Friday. In a 4-2 ruling hailed as a victory for… Read More
A Massachusetts father who has been battling the Maine Department of Human Services for two years over sex abuse accusations won a victory this week in a custody agreement that will let him visit his daughters without supervision and gain custody of his son. On… Read More
PORTLAND — The federal government will buy four more Maine fishing vessels from their owners as part of a $23 million effort to reduce the size of the fishing fleet. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Friday it has approved $890,000 to retire boats in… Read More
Baxter State Park, the 202,064-acre wilderness preserve surrounding Mount Katahdin, soon will be a little larger. On Monday, Gov. Angus King is expected to announce the purchase of more land for the park. Much of the commercial timberland surrounding Baxter is owned by Great Northern… Read More
LIMESTONE — Gov. Angus King visited the Maine School of Science and Mathematics for the first time Friday, touring the new school and talking with its students on their own turf. An opponent of schools that place gifted students apart from others, King said he… Read More
A controversial lawsuit that pitted a former Old Town city councilor against the widow of a prominent businessman seeking part of his estate has been settled out of court, according to attorneys for both parties. The civil suit, filed in Portland last fall by two… Read More
Waldo and Kathleen Tarbell will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at the Pembroke American Legion Hall. Gladys and Irving Patten will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 1 to… Read More
A headline in an article in the Friday paper about renovations at Houlton High School incorrectly stated that the renovation proposal had been approved. Officials have only agreed in principle to pursue a piecemeal approach to the renovations rather than a one-time bond issue. The article also stated… Read More
Republican Rep. Dave Lindahl of Northport has a theory — born of 21 years of service with the Maine State Police in several locales — that the farther east and north you go in the State of Maine, the more respect people have for the law. Read More
The colorful proprietor of a Southwest Harbor stained-glass shop finds herself the spiritual guardian of some divine handiwork these days. A 16-year veteran of design and conservation projects, Ann Seavey, owner of Hot Flash Anny’s, a stained-glass studio, has become committed to protecting a particularly… Read More
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Even as scientists find new dangers associated with dioxin, makers of public policy in Maine are looking for a way to remove this toxin from bleach kraft paper mill discharges. The legislative hearing on dioxin Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center should provide the state with some long-term… Read More
Last year, there was a great deal of public and press attentoin paid to the work of the Productivity Task Force, which, as many people may remember, made numerous recommendations to downsize and improve the overall efficiencies thorughout state governmnt in an attempt to fill a $45 million… Read More
WASHINGTON — Twelve-year-old Carey Chipps hopped off her school bus one April afternoon and was almost immediately yanked from her feet. The drawstring of her jacket had caught in the handrail, and the departing bus dragged her 40 feet until the string snapped. Carey, thrown… Read More
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary William Cohen may delay decisions on a portion of the Pentagon’s huge review of its long-term strategy, officials said Friday. The major sections of the review — which deal with adjustments to future military strategy, weapons modernization and potential cuts in… Read More
After reading two articles in the March 28 Bangor Daily News, it appears Coles Express might just be an early warning for many thousands of companies that will be unable to cross the “Bridge to the Year 2000.” The cemise of Coles Express and others… Read More
Brigham Young was ill with mountain fever when he first gazed upon the great Salt Lake Valley from the mouth of a canyon on July 24, 1847. The leader of the fledgling Mormon religion rose from his sickbed to declare the land of vast deserts, salt flats and… Read More
As the gray month of March melts into April, I long for color — the yellow of the first forsythia blooms, the red maple buds unfurling with their burgundy leaves, the red of the first tulip flowers. And oh! The green, green, green, green! One… Read More
Thanks for Bob DeLong’s brilliant sunset picture taken last fall from Brewer looking toward Hampden. Also, the recent one of a sunset on the electric wires was a prize winner for certain. Susan Latham had a late fall sunset pictured over Penobscot Bay that was… Read More
GREENVILLE — William Crumley, principal at Greenville High School, submitted his resignation Thursday evening to the Greenville School Committee. Crumley’s resignation was a surprise to most committee members and to the general public. He took the job in August 1995. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
CARIBOU — Superior Court Justice Paul T. Pierson denied bail Friday to a young Canadian man charged with murder of a University of Maine at Fort Kent student last September on the shores of the St. John River in Frenchville. Justice Pierson ordered Dean Michaud,… Read More
BREWER — The City Council meeting normally held Tuesdays will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall. Read More
LUBEC — Representatives of a Connecticut-based firm, PSD Group, visited Ellsworth, Lubec and Eastport Friday to inspect possible sites for a fish and shellfish processing plant. Lubec Community Development Director Chet Childs told the Board of Selectman Thursday night that he had been contacted by… Read More
ELLSWORTH – A Bucksport woman convicted of Class A arson has begun serving her sentence at the Penobscot County Jail. At a proceeding held in Hancock County Superior Court Wednesday, Justice Andrew Mead sentenced Candice L. Kettell, 31, to five years in jail, with all… Read More
WINTERPORT — Department of Transportation officials ran into a buzz saw of opposition to posting area roads during a special meeting Friday night at the Wagner School. More than 100 area truckers attended the meeting and called for the roads to be opened as soon as possible. Read More
BROOKLIN — A local selectman for the past three years, Fairfield Goodale, is planning to resign to move closer to his family. Goodale said this week that he and his wife will relocate to the Boston area to be nearer his grandchildren sometime before November. Read More
When 60-year-old Torrey Sylvester of Houlton got to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa, he cried. “It is so powerful to be there,” he recalled of the January excursion. “It’s huge. It’s an effort to get up there, and it’s beautiful when you… Read More
LIMESTONE — History was made Friday when the federal government signed over about 3,700 acres of prime real estate on the former Loring Air Force Base to the Loring Development Authority of Maine. In addition, a precedent was set in signing the agreement, which is… Read More
I am writing to voice my support for LD 1198, An Act to Protect Maine’s Wild Lands. Vast tracts of uninhabited forest lands are what make Maine truly unique in the eastern United States, but they will not persist without some foresight among policy-makers. In particular, it is… Read More
The Natural Resources Council of Maine has submitted a bill to the Legislature that would tell Maine paper mills exactly which technologies they could and couldn’t use to get rid of dioxin. The NRCM likes to point out that some mills in Europe use the… Read More
I am upset about how the newspaper carriers are paid. My granddaughter delivers papers every morning on time, but when she goes to collect, the people never have the money. Some owe for five or six weeks and she has to pay for their papers… Read More
Gov. Angus King cannot make up his mind over what to put on the Maine license plate for a symbol. We don’t need a lobster, chickadee, eagle or loon; they are all very nice, but why these birds or lobster? There is only one thing… Read More
There have been many meetings to discuss the Searsport District Middle School/High School addition and renovation. The planning started long ago, the voting is near, and a decision needs to be made. Like most people, we came to the meetings seeking an answer to a… Read More
It was refreshing to read “Shooting for spring” in the Bangor Daily News’ March 29-30 edition. Too often, the media ignore the fact that the vast majority of firearms are owned by normal, everyday people and used for entirely legitimate purposes. Thank you very much for the coverage. Read More
On Tuesday, April 8 at 1 p.m. there will be a public hearing on LD 1116, An Act to Prevent Discrimination, to be held at the Augusta Civic Center. This is the 10th legislative session in which this bill has been introduced. It is time for Maine to… Read More
ROCKLAND — A Vinalhaven woman has filed a damage suit against the Department of Transportation and the Cascade Construction company as a result of a fall at the Rockland ferry terminal in 1995. Barbara Healey said she tripped and fell in a temporary ticket office… Read More
YORK — More than 150 commercial truckers have been cited for violations in southern Maine’s biggest crackdown on unsafe trucks in five years. All three weigh stations in the area were open Thursday for inspections aimed at rooting out drivers who have been behind the… Read More
MACHIAS — A special town meeting has been scheduled Monday to ask voters to permit the Machias School Committee to borrow up to $100,000 for an engineering study, the first step in correcting air problems at the Rose M. Gaffney Elementary School, described last year by state officials… Read More
Winners in the regional Odyssey of the Mind Tournament at Hermon High School will be among those participating at the state competition at the University of Maine today. In the “Can you dig it?” event, Lamoine, Columbia Falls and Holden were winners in Division I,… Read More
Maine pupils’ ingenuity coupled with the U.S. Postal Service’s prompt service paid off Friday, as snow sent to a school across the country arrived intact and on time. Eighth-graders at the Redwood Intermediate School in Thousand Oaks, Calif., were able to construct an honest-to-goodness snowman… Read More
MONHEGAN ISLAND PLANTATION — An expert marksman began thinning Monhegan’s burgeoning deer herd Thursday in an effort to rein in this island’s soaring incidence of Lyme disease. During the next few days, about 40 of Monhegan’s estimated 60 deer will be killed in a joint… Read More
Bright Futures,” the Campaign for Abnaki Girl Scouts, officially launched the community phase of its fund drive during a reception Thursday evening at the G. Peirce Webber Campus Center at Husson College in Bangor. The major announcement by fund-raisers, led by campaign Chairwoman Clare Hudson… Read More
AUGUSTA — If lawmakers take a fifth-grader’s word for it, Maine’s proposed educational standards will vastly improve the state’s schools. Addressing the Legislature’s Education Committee Friday, Kathleen Ross, a fifth-grade pupil at the Lyseth School in Portland, said the Learning Results have made her a… Read More
The last time Angela Mattor saw her son, she was folding laundry at home in Rumford and he was telling her how excited he was about Christmas. “I knew he was having a bad month,” she said. “I could see the sadness in his eyes. Read More
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WATERVILLE — C.F. Hathaway Co. has announced plans for four lines of shirts, outlining extensive redesigns emphasizing comfort and looking toward a revitalized presence in the clothing market. “What we need to stand for is quality and comfort,” said President Donald Sappington. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
AUGUSTA — For months, House Speaker Elizabeth H. Mitchell extolled the benefits of her landmark legislation aimed at driving down state property taxes. The Vassalboro Democrat hopes the bill will raise a projected $200 million, in part by extending the state sales tax to dozens… Read More
AUGUSTA — A trooper and two dispatchers face disciplinary action for errors made before a deadly crash at a Maine Turnpike toll plaza nearly two weeks ago, the chief of the Maine State Police said Friday. Col. Alfred Skolfield released the results of an internal… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission has voted to reject Staples Inc.’s $4 billion acquisition of Office Depot Inc., saying a compromise agreement to sell stores to OfficeMax Inc. doesn’t resolve antitrust concerns. Friday’s vote, blocking the biggest office-supply merger in history, means the FTC… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court Friday denied an appeal of the Seamen’s Club’s conviction of buying short lobsters, but the restaurant’s lawyer said the case may not be over. The restaurant in Portland’s Old Port district was fined about $450 for the 16 illegal lobsters… Read More
WISCASSET — A plan outlining what must be done to restart Maine Yankee met with scorn at a public hearing before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The plan details how the nuclear power plant will achieve a “safe, controlled start-up and sustained periods of safe, reliable… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital is looking for volunteers to help at the front desk from 7:30 a.m. until noon and on the nursing floors Monday afternoons. Volunteers on the nursing unit run errands, fill water pitchers, carry food trays and help with other tasks. Call Ruth Frazier… Read More