A petition demanding the immediate dismissal of Brewer High School varsity boys basketball coach Mark Savage was formally presented to the Brewer School Board Wednesday. Brewer city councilor Bruce Johnson, a member of the group of parents seeking Savage’s removal, confirmed that he and others… Read More
AT ELLSWORTH Class B Boys Quarterfinal No. 4 Ellsworth boys (11-2) 4, No. 5 Stearns (10-3) 1 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++) {… Read More
SEARSPORT – Only in Searsport is a three-hitter an average game. On the other hand, junior fireballer Sarah Webster has thrown two no-hitters. This season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
More fans than ever turned out last winter to watch Division I women’s basketball – 4,522,051 to be exact. In keeping with that trend, the University of Maine women continued their steady climb in the NCAA national attendance rankings. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
SALEM, Va. – Jason Jensen scattered six hits Wednesday night as Southern Maine beat Wooster, Ohio 15-1 for the NCAA Division III baseball title. Jensen (9-3) allowed only two extra-base hits, a double to pinch hitter Andy Norwicki and Travis Snyder’s home run, while striking… Read More
HODGDON – Darren Stewart’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning Wednesday drove home the winning run as Hodgdon edged Houlton 2-1 in boys baseball action. Hawks’ pitcher Jeremy Ireland threw a four-hitter, chalking up eight strikeouts and one walk. Ireland, Stewart, Adam Carter, and Dana… Read More
SEARSPORT – Searsport had two of its top players at their best Wednesday, while Jonesport-Beals was without its starting pitcher. The result was a game many thought would be close actually wasn’t. The Class C Vikings exploded early and produced home runs often to wallop… Read More
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SHERMAN STATION – Nick Potts slammed a three-run triple to highligh a four-run fourth inning Wednesday, lifting Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln to a 5-4 schoolboy baseball victory over Katahdin. John Smith knocked a triple and a double for the Lynx to back Leroy Cox, who… Read More
CAMDEN – Jon Moro fashioned a two-hitter Wednesday, fanning eight batters, as Camden-Rockport earned a 7-2 schoolboy baseball victory over Erskine Academy of South China. Moro also ripped two triples, a single and knocked in three runs. Mike McDonald added a double, a single and… Read More
The relationship between Garth Snow and Ron Hextall is unique among NHL teams, and probable Boston Bruins top pick Joe Thornton is not another Eric Lindros. Just a couple of things Hall of Fame defenseman Bobby Orr had to say during a Wednesday afternoon telephone… Read More
You wouldn’t think that someone with 10,000 color slides of moose of all sizes and types – a photographic file collected from coast to coast: try from Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge near the coast of Maine to “the end of the road” at Homer, Alaska – would get… Read More
WMSGA AT MARTINDALE CC,Auburn Weekly Tournament A1 Gross: Jen Jordan 77; Net: Susan Gilpatrick 92-75 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 (isMobileDevice())… Read More
Golfer Mark Plummer of Manchester is modest when explaining exactly how it was that he ended up striding down fairways in the 1995 U.S. Amateur, matching shots with phenom-in-training Tiger Woods in a semifinal match. “Everybody I played played a little worse than I did… Read More
MOUNT DESERT ROCK — The Maine Marine Patrol seized close to $2,000 worth of brand-new lobster traps Wednesday and today will haul more gear they suspect belongs to out-of-state lobster boats fishing illegally in Maine waters. Sgt. John Williams, who oversees the Marine Patrol’s operation… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — It may be a little late in the season, but the Maine potato industry isn’t turning down a $702,000 government plan to buy potatoes from the state’s beleaguered farmers. Maine’s congressional delegation announced Wednesday the details of a $7 million federal diversion… Read More
FORT KENT — Four local men were summoned on 12 counts of criminal trespass and criminal mischief Wednesday in connection with “revenge” property damage done to vehicles owned by two Fort Kent police officers early Tuesday morning. At approximately 1 a.m. May 26, two individuals… Read More
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SCARBOROUGH — As rumors fly about the unsolved beating death of Virginia Jackson, some residents are locking their doors. Others are afraid to walk alone or go out at night. State and local police will meet with town residents Friday to address the fear surrounding… Read More
Where is Lizzie? That’s the mystery Donald Thompson of Searsport hopes you can help him solve: locating the burial plot of his great-great-grandmother, Isabel Elizabeth “Lizzie” Petitpas Ready Willett. Lizzie came from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the Millinocket area with her husband, William Ready, and… Read More
DOVER, N.H. — Robert Dingman was found guilty Wednesday of “brutally, coldly and senselessly” shooting and killing his parents last year with his younger brother’s help. Jeffrey Dingman, 15, pleaded guilty earlier this year to second-degree murder in exchange for testimony against his 18-year-old brother. Read More
AUGUSTA — State officials reached agreement Wednesday on a $620,000 settlement with the parents of slain Augusta Mental Health Institute patient Wrendy Hayne. Chief Deputy Attorney General Linda Pistner told the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee the accord marked “the end of a long and very difficult… Read More
WASHINGTON — T.J. Sweeney wasn’t exactly sure about that second vowel in “optimistic.” He fished for clues. The 12-year-old honor student from South Bend, Ind., asked the definition and the word’s origin. He wanted it used in a sentence, too. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ROCKPORT — The third time never fails. At least that’s what Town Manager Don Willard is praying. On June 10, town voters will be asked for the third time to approve a new town office. Similar votes failed in 1989 and 1995. “This time is… Read More
BOSTON — Amtrak may be troubled, but the railroad isn’t champing at the bit to accept an offer from a private train operator in North Billerica to buy its Northeast Corridor Service. “We don’t take it seriously,” Rick Remington, a spokesman for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s unemployment rate rose a 0.3 percentage point in April to 4.7 percent, the state Labor Department said. Poor weather during the month impeded the usual seasonal growth in construction, retail trades and other occupations. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Houlton Cable to raise rates this summer> Officals say reduced-cost plan now possible — with a catch
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AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King’s proposal to limit dioxin discharges by the paper industry rolled to an easy initial victory Wednesday in the Maine House. The stage was set by late morning, when legislators rejected a tougher version of the governor’s bill by a margin… Read More
BELFAST — Douglas Brown tried to fight City Hall and wound up in jail. The 45-year-old Brown was jailed Wednesday morning for failing to repair his ramshackle buildings on the Waterville Road. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A former local official already charged with stealing from towns in two states, including Maine, now faces an indictment for an alleged theft from a Boy Scout troop. It was the latest legal trouble for Elizabeth Lavalette, 57, the former town clerk… Read More
BANGOR — Two men were arrested Tuesday while attempting to collect money from a cocaine deal interrupted earlier that day in the Department of Human Services parking lot on the Griffin Road, Bangor. Philip D. Siptroth, 27, of Parkton, N.C., and David M. Barfield, 31,… Read More
AMITY — Babies show up at Arthur Howell’s place all the time, On Wednesday, it was a 2-week-old female moose. Howell runs the Howell Conservation Center and Spruce Acres Wildlife Refuge in Amity. Wednesday’s addition to his family, which already includes a fox, a coyote,… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — Two men were killed Tuesday night after their motorcycle collided with a Chevrolet Blazer on Route 1. Dead are Kevin Kilton, 29, and Stephane Dube, 19, both of Machias. At around 6:30 p.m., Kilton, driving a 1989 Suzuki motorcycle with Dube as… Read More
Presque Isle District Court: Randy J. Beaulieu, 35, Presque Isle, operating snowmobile while under influence of intoxicating liquor, 48 hours jail, $300. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
Presidential Scholar winners The recipients of the 1997 Presidential Scholar Award are Laura Millay of George Stevens Academy and John Burgoyne of Penobscot Valley High School. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
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WISCASSET — Few in this once bustling shipbuilding center along the Sheepscot River expected Maine Yankee to live forever, but fewer figured their neighborhood nuclear plant would talk about dying so soon. Wiscasset, which for years has depended on Maine Yankee for nearly its entire… Read More
FORT KENT — The town of Fort Kent took an initial step to protect its interests Monday night by filing a legal action against the estate of its former office manager, who apparently committed suicide amid an investigation into town finances. The “demand for notice”… Read More
HERMON — A surprise debate ensued at Wednesday’s public hearing over whether to eliminate three items from the town meeting warrant so that the school committee could revisit issues that have bothered residents for weeks. In the end, however, the Town Council voted 6-1 not… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled in favor of two Piscataquis County women who filed sexual harassment claims against their former employer. The commission ruled last week that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Joyce Perry of Dover-Foxcroft and Cindy Martell of… Read More
State police were negotiating with an Oakfield man late Wednesday. The man apparently took members of his family hostage late Wednesday evening. Details of the standoff were sketchy, but the incident reportedly was taking place on the Thompson Settlement Road in Oakfield, a community of… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Members of the comprehensive plan’s river team grappled with river access and uses Wednesday night as they attempted to define the Sebasticook River’s role in Pittsfield. Pittsfield is in a unique position — at the confluence of the East and West branches of… Read More
LITTLE SQUAW TOWNSHIP — The theft of a substantial amount of cash from a coin-operated laundry in Little Squaw Township late Monday or early Tuesday is under investigation by the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. Investigator Jamie Kane said the cash was removed from a box… Read More
GUILFORD — SAD 4 residents will be asked to raise $1.8 million from local taxation to operate the district’s schools next year. Directors on Tuesday adopted a $5.4 million 1997-98 budget that Superintendent Norman Higgins said was designed to protect academic programs and the summer… Read More
BALTIMORE — Thousands of comet snowballs from outer space are pelting the Earth’s atmosphere daily, adding to the planet’s water and delivering organic chemicals that may have been the original basis for life here, a researcher says. The finding is a return from the scientific… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine House on Wednesday night narrowly gave initial approval to a doubling of cigarette taxes to discourage young people from smoking, despite Gov. Angus S. King’s vow to veto that version of the bill. After a spirited debate that lasted more than… Read More
First they said they were going to fix it. Then came the announcement they were selling it. Now, Maine Yankee’s owners are signaling that they are prepared to close permanently the 810-megawatt nuclear power plant in Wiscasset, bringing to an end the era of nuclear… Read More
ATLANTA — A staph germ that causes thousands of often deadly infections among hospital patients each year is becoming resistant to medicine’s drug of last resort and soon could prove unstoppable. A new strain of staphylococcus aureus bacteria that was discovered in a Japanese infant… Read More
The article in today’s issue titled “Newport apologizes for unprepared grave” highlights a well-known but very dangerous trend in our society: the “make ’em pay” principle. We are told of two women who arranged for a burial, which, in the end, took place on the day they had… Read More
Re: the Taxation Committee-Maine Municipal Association talk of expanding the sales tax. I wonder how anyone, having just filed their federal and state tax returns, could wish on anyone another tax return to file. I can just see the boy next door charging sales tax… Read More
I think that many people are missing the point in the current debate about denturists. The issue here is not about money. This is not a turf war. In fact, denture services provided by dentists are not lucrative. The issue here is about minimal competency and protecting the… Read More
Perhaps John Day thought he was adding up his golf score when he wrote about the trial of the “BIW 5” (BDN, May 10-11). Actually there were six Prince of Peace Plowshares arrested for vandalism at Bath Iron Works on Ash Wednesday and convicted in Portland last week. Read More
I am writing this letter in response to Ilze Petersons OpEd article (BDN, May 6), about the Prince of Peace Plowshares. As a U.S. Navy veteran who served during the Gulf War, I am extremely angered by Ilze Petersons misstatement of facts and her condoning… Read More
Maine Yankee nuclear power plant this week became first facility here to reflect the great unknown of a deregulated marketplace. Its owners’ decision Tuesday to reduce spending drastically at the plant while they continue to look for a buyer was both a concession to the plant’s condition and… Read More
I am writing to respond to Lois Marie Gibbs’ letter to the editor (April 29) on dioxin exposure resulting from hospital waste incinerator air emissions. Ms. Gibbs takes issue with a comment I had previously made that national findings indicating hospital waste incineration is one… Read More
Backers of the latest incarnation of a flag-desecration amendment to the U.S. Constitution say it’s altogether fitting and proper that Congress take its vote on June 14, Flag Day. Actually, given what the flag and this nation stand for, it’s sadly ironic. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
The commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection is expected by week’s end to decide whether to approve a 900-acre cranberry plantation — Maine’s largest cranberry farm to date — in three townships in southwestern Washington County. His staff is recommending the $36 million project be approved. Read More
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Farmers in the Northeast Dairy Compact have approved a proposed price increase for milk, the compact announced Tuesday. The price adjustment is expected to give a financial boost to New England’s dairy farmers. But the compact still needs to be approved by… Read More
BOSTON — Fleet Financial Group said it will place more than 100 automated teller machines at Cumberland Farms stores in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and New Jersey. Fleet acknowledged that one reason it doesn’t plan to place any ATMs at Cumberland Farms stores in… Read More
BOSTON — A longtime skeptic of the war on cancer acknowledged in a new study that deaths from the disease are on the decline for the first time. But he said the main reasons are less smoking and earlier diagnosis, not better treatment. Dr. John… Read More
FARMINGTON — A 17-year-old Farmington girl who suffered from lupus has died of meningitis. Jamie Shible went to her high school prom Saturday night and then became extremely ill Sunday with severe chills. She was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital, where she died Monday from… Read More
HOULTON — The Town Council Tuesday threw its unanimous support behind a proposal by SAD 29 to raise 1 mill extra in taxes to fund renovations to Houlton High School. The proposal will be listed as a separate warrant article to be acted on by… Read More
FORT KENT — An improperly functioning septic system has led the Fort Kent Town Council to start condemnation proceedings against a Fort Kent trailer park. After hearing a report from Code Enforcement Officer Dennis Cyr Monday night, the Town Council decided to proceed with a… Read More
HOULTON — The population of the shiretown will grow by 125 people next month as the cast and crew of Up With People arrive for a two-day show and community service. A three-person advance team arrived in Houlton this week to begin finding host families… Read More
AUGUSTA — A bill giving Calais the right to operate a discount state liquor store cleared the first in a series of hurdles Wednesday when the Maine House approved the proposal in a preliminary vote. Even while Gov. Angus S. King has declared his intention… Read More
Limestone Community School Third quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Joe Butler, Sean Edgecomb and Brent Tweed; honors: April Carroll, Dawna Elliott, Ian Hall, Kelly Hartman, Kara Johndro, Michael Myers and Derek Rolph. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
LUBEC — A 70-ton floating dock longer than a football field was towed across Passamaquoddy Bay Wednesday morning and secured off this community. Designed by Canadian engineers, the $1.65 million dock, which will function as a breakwater, is believed to be the first of its… Read More
Newport District Court: Jeremy Hammond, 17, Newport, purchase-possession of tobacco by minor, $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 < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gregory Allen Jones, 21, of Detroit, died early May 11 after he was kicked in the neck during a fight, recently released autopsy results show. Jones died during a drunken brawl at his brother’s trailer on Route 220. Although his death has not… Read More
A Rockland man, who spent time in three county jails in a little more than a month and had plans to skip his court appearance by heading for Florida, was behind bars again Wednesday. In early May, a Penobscot County grand jury indicted James H. Read More
BANGOR — Dr. Don L. Goldenberg, professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, will speak on dealing with fibromyalgia and arthritis from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Bangor Civic Center. Goldenberg also is chief of rheumatology and director of the Arthritis-Fibromyalgia… Read More
BANGOR — Jesse Brown, secretary of Veterans Affairs, will visit the Korean War Memorial at Mount Hope Cemetery at 8:50 a.m. today for a ceremony honoring Maine veterans. Brown will visit the Togus Veterans Facility at noon for a veterans forum. Both events are open… Read More
BANGOR — Firefighters were back in front of City Hall on Wednesday, staging yet another demonstration to protest working four years without a labor contract. It may have been the last such display. Union President Dave Bickford stood before the City Council on Wednesday evening… Read More
A 20-year-old Bucksport man was in serious condition Wednesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center after surgery stemming from a motorcycle accident that shattered his leg the day before in Orland. Wilbury H. Howard was riding his 1985 Yamaha motorcycle Tuesday afternoon on Route 1 when… Read More