LINCOLN – Tony Aldrete smacked a two-run single in the sixth inning and later scored on a wild pitch to rally Mattanawcook Academy to a 5-3 high school baseball victory over Lee Academy on Thursday. Jared Tash earned the win, pitching a seven-hitter for the… Read More
BANGOR – You just can’t keep these guys down. The Bangor Rams continued to play baseball like they’re auditioning for an Energizer Bunny commercial, coming back from a five-run deficit at a cold and rainy Mansfield Complex Thursday night for their latest come-from-behind victory. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Ed Flaherty of the University of Southern Maine has been named the Little East Conference Baseball Coach of the Year. The veteran boss guided the Huskies to a 32-8 regular-season record and a spot in the NCAA Division III New England Championship, which is being played this week… Read More
ST. AGATHA – Chad Bouchard and Matt Deschaine belted back-to-back home runs to highlight a three-run seventh inning as Wisdom rallied to beat Limestone 4-3 in the first game of a schoolboy baseball doubleheader split Monday. Limestone won the nightcap 8-5. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
With last Friday’s season-ending loss to Towson State still fresh in his memory, University of Maine baseball coach Paul Kostacopoulos is hard at work recruiting. The Black Bears, who landed three players during the early signing period, have now received verbal commitments or National Letters… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor Blue Ox re-signed one of their best pitchers from last season Thursday. Lefthander Pete Hartmann will return for another Northeast League season with the Ox after going 5-1 with a 2.58 ERA and striking out 57 batters in 59 1/3 innings in the second… Read More
GREENVILLE – Allagash Canoe Trips has announced their canoe poling clinic and race has been rescheduled for Sunday on the Valley Road section of the Kenduskeag Stream in Bangor. There is a $5 registration fee, for more information call Warren Cochrane 695-3668. Read More
University of Maine hockey coach Shawn Walsh and Director of Athletics Sue Tyler have agreed to terms on a multi-year contract. The contract is currently being drawn up at the Office of Human Resources and, upon completion, it will have to be approved by President… Read More
To the uninitiated, the notion of running a marathon in the mountains of western Maine may seem a novel – and downright crazy – idea. But the Veryfine Sugarloaf Marathon isn’t what you’d expect. This one is fast. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
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HAMPDEN – Ben Preston doubled home Chris Knickerbocker and Mike McInnis in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Hampden a 6-5 victory over Brewer in high school baseball action Thursday. Preston rapped two doubles on the day and Knickerbocker smacked two singles to… Read More
BANGOR – Old Town sophomore pitcher Tara Drinkwater threw a bunch of fastballs, risers and drops against the Bangor Rams on Thursday. She even threw a couple of changeups and curves. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET – Rachael Dawson rapped two singles and scored two runs to lead Penobscot Valley of Howland to a 9-1 high school softball victory over Schenck on Thursday. Dawson also made two shoestring catches with the bases loaded to end Wolverine threats. Mitchelle Doyon… Read More
The level of driving competition at Bangor Raceway’s upcoming 27-day extended harness meet moved up a notch with the addition of the Kim Ireland Stable from Foxboro Park in Massachusetts. Ireland, one of Foxboro’s leading drivers, confirmed this week he would be in Bangor for opening night on… Read More
MADAWASKA – Steph Gagnon fashioned a no-hitter in five innings to lead the Madawaska Owls to a 13-0 schoolgirl softball victory over the Fort Kent Warriors Thursday night. Madawaska committed no errors and put together a 13-hit attack in the win. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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HODGDON — By summer, the hiker who wanders off the trail, the child who heads off into the puckerbrush to play and the sportsman who forgets his compass will have a better chance of being found if they get lost. After about three years of… Read More
Those who have needs and those who can help fill them will exchange greetings this weekend. Expanding to four sites increases the opportunities for young people with orthopedic problems to get the help they need without cost, thanks to the Anah Temple Shrine. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Nearly 20 years of experience with the Maine potato industry’s trade problems with Canada has convinced Sen. Olympia Snowe that the industry has little time left to lose. Her testimony recently before the International Trade Commission offered a compelling case for swift action by the ITC. Read More
ORONO — At the special collections department at the University of Maine’s Fogler Library, the lives of ordinary — and a few extraordinary — people become history. Special collections is made up largely of family papers, scrapbooks, letters, photos, diaries and journals from people’s attics… Read More
An attempt to start a pig-feeding operation in the St. John Valley earlier this year stirred dramatic feelings toward such operations in northern Maine. A public hearing will be held Wednesday in Augusta to discuss limiting swine-feeding operations in Maine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Extremophiles are a very special type of bacteria. They are found in places where you would think it impossible for life to exist. Some, the thermophiles, live in underground springs at temperatures approaching those of a pressure cooker. At the other extreme are the psychrophiles who thrive in… Read More
BANGOR — Constance Carlson, a former president of the University of Maine at Presque Isle and dean of University College in Bangor, died Wednesday night at the age of 81. She was the first female president of a University of Maine System campus. The daughter… Read More
AUGUSTA — Republican House members from Aroostook County were united Thursday in their support of a resolution asking the Department of Transportation to upgrade Route 11 in the western part of the county. The resolution, LD 1333 “Resolve, Regarding the Posting of Certain Roads by… Read More
DYER BROOK — Students at Southern Aroostook Community High School will go to class using a block schedule next year. The Community School District 9 board, at its meeting Monday night, unanimously approved the change from a traditional class schedule to the block format. The… Read More
AUGUSTA — With a turbulent year behind them and an uncertain year ahead, more than 300 Central Maine Power Co. investors converged for the utility’s annual shareholders’ meeting Thursday. CMP President David Flanagan knew what was on most of their minds: the idling of the… Read More
When the Maine Legislature refuses to carry out the wishes of the people, Mainers have the constitutional rights to bring legislation before the voters through direct democracy (better known as citizens’ initiative and referendum). But, if the Maine Legislature passes and the governor signs LD 89, this constitutioanl… Read More
An amendment to the governor’s Learning Results plan technically reiterates current law, but it has the effect of changing the plan from a set of state-imposed goals to one of a countless number of reports on standards for schools. Some school districts may find it useful; others may… Read More
Math performance level scores for eighth-graders on the Maine Educational Assessment were partly incorrect as reported in the April 26-27 issue of the Bangor Daily News. The percentage of pupils scoring at the distinguished and advanced levels was listed incorrectly, while the percentage scoring in the basic and… Read More
The environmental community recently marked Migratory Bird Day. The event was initiated to educate the public about the ecological condition of migratory songbirds. Though extensive habitat destruction in Central and South America remains the primary threat to migratory bird populations, habitat fragmentation in North American breeding regions has… Read More
The home shopping network, QVC, is coming back to Maine for another one of its Maine-products shows. The company is inviting vendors from across the state to a trade show, to be held May 22 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, to compete for a… Read More
The afternoon sun glistens off the Penobscot River. On its eastern shore, barking dogs and squealing children dart in between cars. A group of young men and women, clad in dark, decaying clothing others have discarded, gather at the entrance to an old, wooden-floored garage. Read More
A new Subway sandwich shop franchise has opened in the G&M Market on Route 1A in Holden. Franchise owner Brian Hansen plans to celebrate the grand opening this weekend, offering a buy-one-get-one-free promotion. “We’re glad to be part of the G&M Market,” Hansen said. “We… Read More
David Sklar, owner of both The Maine Coat Town and Sklar, Regular, Big & Tall, has just signed a long-term lease to move into the former Basketworld store in the Broadway Shopping Center. Sklar has started a moving sale at his present Hogan Road locations, in the Maine… Read More
People who previously filed new unemployment claims in person at the Maine Department of Labor’s Skowhegan field office now must file their claims by phone or by mail to the Bangor office. Effective May 12, the Bangor call center expanded its service to compensate for the Skowhegan facility. Read More
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the donation of a precision approach path indicator, a safety system for aircraft landings, that was offered to the Knox County regional airport from the credit card telemarketer MBNA. Belfast-based MBNA proposed to construct the guidance system last year,… Read More
The state has successfully sold $42.7 million worth of general obligation bonds. The proceeds from the sale will be used for voter-approved capital improvement projects and economic development efforts including: library information system, water pollution control facilities, housing, state parks and safety improvements. “The bonds… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Tatyana Golovkina, an associate staff scientist at The Jackson Laboratory, has won a $100,000 two-year grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research to further her study of the immune system in breast cancer. The V Foundation for Cancer Research in Cary,… Read More
CORINNA — The former Eastland Woolen Mill will be taxed this year, but at considerably less value than in recent years. At their Wednesday night meeting selectmen debated the mill’s assessment and the potential for collecting any taxes on it. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR — The attorney defending a Bangor man accused of stabbing Eric Heath to death in Bangor last fall says it would violate his client’s consitutional rights to be forced to undergo a court-ordered psychological evaluation. Attorney Jeff Silverstein argued before Superior Court Justice Andrew… Read More
FRANKFORT — Two neighborhood dogs attacked 8-year-old Arthur Brassbridge on the Marsh Stream Road Wednesday afternoon, mauling his right elbow and leg. Animal control officer James Allen said the pair of Rottweiler-collie mix dogs attacked the boy as he rode by them on his bicycle. Read More
NEWPORT — The Newport Farmers’ Market, sponsored by the Sebasticook Valley Chamber of Commerce, will open for the regular season May 23. The market will run four days each week in the parking lot of Bear’s One Stop on Route 7. Hours of operation will… Read More
GREENVILLE — Volunteers are needed for cleanup day at the Moosehead Historical Society Eveleth-Crafts-Sheridan Historical House, beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday. Work will include restoring lawn and flower gardens, clearing debris and raking, cutting dead shrubs and trees, pruning, and cleaning inside the house and… Read More
GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Historical Society will offer a guided bus trip to the State House in Augusta, where visitors will be able to watch a legislative session and meet with state Rep. Sharon Libby Jones, D-Greenville. The trip will start at 7 a.m. Thursday… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Alzheimer’s Disease Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 9, and on the second and fourth Mondays each month at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, Main and High streets. The meeting is for those who provide care and the families of… Read More
After tense moments Thursday in which a Kenduskeag man allegedly threatened to throw police or himself off a first-story roof, Bangor police officers were able to calm the man down and take him to a local hospital. Officers James Dearing and Clifford Worcester arrived at… Read More
BLUE HILL — Victims of repeated power surges and outages plaguing parts of the area for the last couple of years can complain tonight before the Maine Public Utilities Commission. In response to requests, the PUC will hold a public hearing on the problem from… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The Town Council unanimously approved a preliminary 3.3 percent school budget increase during a special meeting Thursday night. Having hammered out details at previous meetings, council members had no questions nor did any members of the audience. Most of the 20 people at… Read More
PORTLAND — Fishermen, processers and dealers who bring herring onshore for sardines or lobster bait say they are disappointed with Gov. Angus King’s decision to allow some of the fish to be exported. King decided last week to allow 6,000 metric tons of herring to… Read More
HIGHLAND PLANTATION — An air and ground search mounted early Thursday morning in the Stratton area by Maine game wardens ended abruptly in the afternoon when the missing man was found at a local grocery store. Russell Barrios Jr., 39, of Stratton was reported missing… Read More
CARIBOU — Elaine Godin was acquitted Thursday by an Aroostook County Superior Court jury in the manslaughter death of her former female lover. The verdict, however, does not absolve Godin in the Oct. 4, 1995, death of Sharon Delisle, 32, of Caribou. The jury of… Read More
It is outrageous that any politician would tout the Legislature’s budget achievements (BDN, May 2). Can any member of the Legislature be truly proud of the fact that each year they have diverted education funds to other projects and have caused towns to raise property taxes for education… Read More
The Hermon School Committee’s decision not to revisit the 1997-98 school budget despite legitimate, proactive, financially responsible suggestions by community and faculty on ways to retain two full-time principals for the elementary and middle schools reflects an ineptitude on the part of board members to utilize basic community-building… Read More
Just when are all the special interest groups going to get down to business and establish the only fair tax laws and system that is fair to everyone? Perhaps I am worng, but I believe most people realize it takes funding to manage any business… Read More
The editorial, “Skilled nurses,” was not based on any facts regarding the status of nursing in the country and particularly in Maine. Hospitals and nurses are committed to quality care, and there are systems in place to ensure that patients receive the best care possible. Nursing leaders are… Read More
Neither a lighthouse nor a chickadee works for me as a license plate image; neither says “This is the spirit of Maine as we make ready to enter the 21st century.” How about a pregnant teen-ager smoking a cigarette? Yours for a more googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
The best strategy to insure against both the federal and state government from robbing us Mainers of our dignity and respect, etc., to live, work, and raise our families in Maine, is to organize on Independence Day in Bangor, and all of us Mainers who can come to… Read More
HOULTON — School boards in three southern Aroostook County districts completed their budgets this week. Only one did it without having to cut staff positions. “It won’t happen again,” said Deborah Stewart, superintendent of schools for SAD 70 in Hodgdon, on Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Maine denture makers seeking the right to serve customers directly say they have been betrayed by the state Board of Dental Examiners, the governing body that will license them. The president of the dentists’ board attributes the accusations to a misunderstanding, and said the board… Read More
AUGUSTA — Backers of a bill to buoy Indian beano games in Maine failed to override Gov. Angus King’s veto Thursday, putting the measure to rest. The House voted 85-62 in favor of overriding, falling short of the two-thirds majority required. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Several Maine higher education institutions will hold graduation ceremonies Friday and Saturday. Bangor Theological Seminary has invited back Minka Shura Sprague to speak for the seminary’s 178th graduation at 1 p.m. Friday at All Souls Church at 10 Broadway, Bangor. Seminary students requested Sprague as… Read More
MACHIAS — The United Way of Eastern Maine will distribute $4,000 to community groups serving adolescents ages 10 to 14 as the first part of a program called Keeping Kids on Track. The program, begun by United Way of Eastern Maine, brings families, schools, health… Read More
AUGUSTA — The House of Representatives refused Thursday to impose a smoking ban in Maine restaurants. By an 88-55 vote, the House rejected a bill that had won preliminary approval just a day earlier in the Senate. Arguments during Thursday’s House debate, which lasted more… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King on Thursday threatened to veto a union-backed Workers’ Compensation bill embraced by a majority of the members of the Legislature’s Labor Committee. King offered an alternative with bipartisan backing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
LIMESTONE — The Limestone Community Vision Association will have a daylong public meeting Saturday to develop the top seven municipal priorities for a working document for the future of the town. The 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. session, at Limestone High School, will be led… Read More
AUGUSTA — With Maine’s chief justice at his side, Gov. Angus King signed a bill Thursday to fund legal services for low-income people. The new law authorizes $5 surcharges on civil fines, and increases filing fees by $10 in District Courts and $20 in Superior… Read More
AUGUSTA — The man accused of murdering a fellow patient at the Augusta Mental Health Institute now faces an October trial date. Superior Court Justice Donald Marden also appointed a separate lawyer to represent Harold Pulsifer, who complained at his arraignment last month that he… Read More
A health fair at the Bangor Civic Center on Saturday will include information about asthma and allergies in connection with Asthma Awareness Month. In the Bangor area, 15 percent of children suffer from asthma, according to a 1996 study of kindergarten students by the American… Read More
NEWCASTLE — The Glidden Midden, a prehistoric pile of oyster shells on the banks of the Damariscotta River, has been deeded to a local land trust. Left behind by ancient peoples and described as one of the most significant shell deposits of its kind in… Read More
MACHIAS — After three days of testimony, a Washington County Superior Court jury took only 58 minutes Thursday to decide Melrose Beal was libeled in 1994 by the Bangor Daily News and its former reporter Paul Sylvain. By a 6-2 vote, the jury awarded Beal $125,000. Read More
BAR HARBOR — Imagine this. It’s July Fourth in Bar Harbor. Sixteen thousand people are in town, many of them clustered on several downtown streets. Tour boats and sailboats, whale watchers and fishing boats, kayakers and dinghies are in the water, all jockeying for a… Read More
The Bangor Daily News will publish a list of Memorial Day parades and observances as a reader service on May 24. Any group or civic organization planning a parade or observance for Memorial Day, May 26, is welcome to send the NEWS the relevant information… Read More
A disquieting peace has settled upon Micho Ntacyo of Bangor since he last saw his father. Ntacyo (pronounced TA cho), a Tutsi from Zaire, recently traveled to Rwanda, where he found his father and other relatives living in a refugee camp in the mountains. They… Read More
WISCASSET — A Philadelphia-based energy company says price will be a primary factor in any decision to buy the troubled Maine Yankee nuclear power plant. A spokesman for Peco Energy Co. confirms that the company is looking at the 24-year-old plant, but said it’s too… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The 45th Parallel Amateur Astronomers of Maine and Lake George Regional Park will offer a free instructionalseries beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Lake George Regional Park West, on Route 2 near the Canaan-Skowhegan town line. The group will meet on the third… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday night overwhelmingly rejected a White House-backed initiative to curtail late-term abortions that was offered as a way of derailing a Republican-sponsored bill banning what critics call partial-birth abortions. The proposal from Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle, D-S.D., was defeated… Read More