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 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
    MAINE vs. VERMONT Time, site: Saturday (2), 3 p.m., and Sunday (2), noon; Wareham, Mass. 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Fort Kent District Court: Eric Savery, 30, Fort Kent, operating motor vehicle without a license, $75. 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… Read More
    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 — 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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