High school PENOBSCOT VALLEY CONFERENCE Class A Baseball First team: catcher – Keith Dorr (Bangor), first base – Spen First team: catcher – Keith Dorr (Bangor), first base – Spencer Day (Nokomis), second base – Mike McInnis (Hampden), third base – Zach Gasaway (Old Town),… Read More
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ORONO – University of Maine Director of Athletics Sue Tyler expressed little concern Monday when she learned a civil rights complaint had been filed against UMaine and 24 other schools for noncompliance with Title IX. However, officials at the National Women’s Law Center who filed… Read More
Here we are in the month of June and it must be NHL playoff time. Here we are going to Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals tonight, so it must be Snow and Hextall, Hextall and Snow question time again. Who will be in net for the… Read More
ORONO – Hampden had planned on playing this semifinal Saturday. But Mount Desert Island’s boys messed that plan all up when they upset No. 2 John Bapst in a Class B team tennis quarterfinal Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Two weeks ago, Steve Parady took his cancer-weakened father, Bernard, to the Little League field behind the Northeast Harbor Elementary School. Steve and his 9-year-old son, Sean, helped Bernard to the pitcher’s mound where they set up a folding chair for him. From there, he… Read More
ORONO – Reliever Garrett Quinn struck out three batters in one inning in his pro baseball debut with the Bangor Blue Ox Monday night, but he probably won’t be framing the box score. Quinn wishes he had one pitch back, the one that Massachusetts’ Felix… Read More
BANGOR – Husson College will add men’s and women’s cross country and women’s tennis as varsity sports for the 1997-98 season. Men’s tennis, to be coached by Victor Garay, also will be added as a club sport. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine pitcher Garret Quinn signed a contract with the Bangor Blue Ox Monday afternoon. Quinn was officially activated before Monday’s game after Bangor placed right-handed relief pitcher Ray Coleman on the injured reserve-disabled list with a hairline fracture of his left… Read More
Bangor Savings Bank Open AT NORTHEAST HARBOR G.C. Overall Champions – First gross: Bob Girvan 133; First net: Tom McCrea 108 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
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ORONO – It didn’t take much to find former Boston Red Sox slugger George “Boomer” Scott at Mahaney Diamond Monday afternoon. You just had to follow all the recorders, microphones and cameras he attracted. It was Scott’s first trip to Maine in his official capacity… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Candidates for public offices in Dover-Foxcroft have announced their intentions. Municipal elections will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 23. The annual town meeting will begin at 7:30 that evening at Foxcroft Academy. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BANGOR — The Good Samaritan Agency will hold a graduation ceremony and open house for those in its Teen Parent Education Program, from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, June 10, at the First United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St. The open house is in honor… Read More
BANGOR — D.A.R.E. graduations will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, at St. Mary’s School, and Friday, June 6, at the Mary Snow School. The June 3 graduation is a combined ceremony for children at St. Mary’s, St. John’s and the Bangor Christian… Read More
BREWER — A rumbling explosion at Eastern Fine Paper Inc. on Monday morning shook a South Brewer neighborhood surrounding the mill. The explosion occurred in the oven section of a No. 2 solvent “coater” operation at 10:25 a.m., according to the company. The blast produced… Read More
KENDUSKEAG — Mystic Tie Grangers will have a busy month in June. A public baked bean supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5, followed by a Father’s Day dinner at noon Sunday, June 15. Cost is $5 for adults, $2.50 for children under… Read More
WASHINGTON — After at least 17 deaths and 800 illnesses linked to ephedrine-laced dietary supplements, the government said Monday it will crack down on the pills, tablets and teas that promise to help people lose weight, build muscle and feel more energetic. The Food and… Read More
While in most of Maine the price of residential real estate increased for the first quarter of 1997, houses were cheaper in Penobscot County for the same period. For the state, the median, single-family residential sale price in the first quarter of 1997 was $112,500,… Read More
DENVER — Timothy McVeigh was convicted Monday in the deadliest act of terror on U.S. soil, a verdict that brought jubilation and bitter tears to relatives of the 168 people killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. The jury will now decide whether he should pay… Read More
The Penobscot County grand jury indicted the following people on Monday: Rebecca L. Allen, 43, Brewer, theft. 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
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A 29-year-old Greenville man will serve one year in jail for a fire that damaged a home that he and his brother owned in Greenville. Mark Graham pleaded guilty to arson Monday in 13th District Court in Dover-Foxcroft for the April 13 fire… Read More
HOULTON — Despite a plea from his wife that he be allowed to get help, an Oakfield man who last week held three teen-agers hostage at gunpoint was denied bail Monday. Wayne F. Sanford, 47, a former military police officer, has been charged with burglary,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Milo man was sentenced to a jail term for violation of his probation on a domestic violence case. Patrick Hathorne, 24, pleaded guilty Monday to violation of probation for domestic abuse and was sentenced to about 9 1/2 months in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
AUGUSTA — Cigarette smokers breathed a sigh of relief Monday after Gov. Angus S. King promptly vetoed a bill passed Sunday by lawmakers that would double the state tax on tobacco products. The governor’s opposition to the legislation was not motivated by sympathy for smokers,… Read More
The intensive care unit of a Boston hospital is a cold and lonely place when you’ve just lost your first child — and you don’t know why. Ten years ago, Valerie and Chris Cianchette of Pittsfield were there, miles from home and family. Benjamin was… Read More
YORK — A Biddeford man who caused a highway accident that seriously injured two girls was handed a four-year prison term by a judge who said the public should be no less tolerant of reckless driving than of drunken driving. Dana Smith, 20, was convicted… Read More
BELFAST — The City Council on Monday took its first look at City Manager Arlo Redman’s $4.5 million budget proposal, and immediately questioned whether it might be excessive — especially in the area of salary increases. Along with proposing an 11 percent raise for himself,… Read More
BANGOR — The man police claim killed 58-year-old Alex James of Brewer two years ago now has been linked to two other violent and random rapes in Bangor. Police say there could be more victims of the man who may be a serial rapist. Douglas… Read More
One hundred years ago the display may have precipitated an attack of the vapors. Now, the 19th-century women’s lingerie in the window of The Extra Touch in downtown Bangor evokes curiosity. “People seem real interested — they talk and point,” said Heidi Thompson, an employee… Read More
Thirty steps. I was bringing her the news of his death, a task that made a long walk of a few steps. Forty-five minutes before, he had suffered a cardiac arrest in his living room, and I had just pronounced him dead in my emergency… Read More
He did not have a political party behind him, but independent Gov. Angus King had the next best thing this legislative session: two parties who quickly grew angry with each other and were willing to work with him to defeat the other. If there were winners and losers… Read More
The news that Maine Yankee may close down, never to run again, may leave Bill Linnell [spokesperson for Cheaper Safer Power] and some others gleeful. But let’s see how we can replace the 880 megawatts (MW) that Maine Yankee could produce. Even though our electricity comes from a… Read More
BOSTON — People striving to sterilize their homes and hands with anti-bacterial soaps may be fueling the development of dangerous organisms that defy known drugs, an authority on drug-resistant strains said Friday. Dr. Stuart Levy of Tufts University, president of the Alliance for Prudent Use… Read More
A new television series produced in Maine will spotlight outdoor activities in exotic locations across North America. “Anyplace Wild” will premiere with a special one-hour episode at 8 p.m. Wednesday on the stations of Maine Public Television. The 13-part, half-hour series will then air at… Read More
Nobody won in the standoff between the Democratic leadership in the Legislature and Gov. Angus King on what to do with money raised by doubling the cigarette tax. Nobody but Joe Camel. Both sides wanted to hike the tax from 37 to 74 cents per… Read More
MADAWASKA — A restored 1929 film about Acadian heroine Evangeline will be shown at Madawaska’s 20th Acadian Festival, 150 years after Longfellow’s poem “Evangeline” was written. Red, white and blue Acadian flags with the gold star of Mary will soon flutter in the wind in… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Sludge spreading in St. Albans is inevitable under state law when the Department of Environmental Protection grants a permit. But local selectmen want to know what oversight or limits the town can impose, and what residents want them to do. On Monday… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Camden Street area targeted for a Rite Aid development has high hydrologic stress and active erosion, according to consultants hired by the city to study landslide problems. The study was instigated by the City Council, partly as a result of the Rite… Read More
CASTINE — By popular demand, the town will retain its role as keeper of Dyce Head Lighthouse. Residents at a special town meeting Monday night overwhelmingly voted to have the town continue as custodian of the 169-year-old lighthouse tower and keeper’s house, despite financial incentives… Read More
Islesboro Central School Islesboro Central School has announced its two top students for the Class of 1997. Nathan Standish, son of Bonnie and Earl Mackenzie, is valedictorian, and Brandon Rolerson, son of Albert and Myra Rolerson, is salutatorian. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield The honor parts recipients for the graduating class of Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield have been announced by Douglas C. Cummings, head of school. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Piscataquis High School, Guilford The honor parts for the graduating class of Piscataquis High School in Guilford have been announced. 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
Greenville High School William H. Crumley, principal of Greenville High School, has announced the valedictorian and salutatorian for the Class of 1997. Valedictorian is Tiffany Wallingford, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Wallingford of Rockwood. She was active in soccer, ski team, basketball and the… Read More
Old Town High School recognized its student scholars at an Academic Letter Awards Breakfast, on May 23. First-time winners who received a letter and academic insignia included seniors Oleg Gaydamaka and Amanda Pilgrim, junior Kate Shorey and sophomores Alicia Carlstad, Nicole Edgecomb, Daniel Emerson, Sarah… Read More
ORONO — Despite lengthy, lively and often philosophical discussion on the myriad financial woes facing the University of Maine’s host town, none of the roughly 60 residents who attended Monday’s budget hearing came forth with a quick fix, silver bullet or magic solution for the mounting local tax… Read More
Bangor police are looking for a man who reportedly ransacked a Pine Street apartment and then allegedly assaulted the tenant as she was coming home Saturday. The woman told Officer Chris Desmond that she was unlocking her front door inside an enclosed porch around 2… Read More
HERMON — In a speedy meeting that left almost everyone grinning broadly, school committee members voted 4-1 Monday to put back into the 1997-98 budget two full-time principals, a reading recovery teacher and a technology instructor. The superintendent had recommended restoring the positions. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
OTTAWA — The governing Liberal Party suffered some embarrassing setbacks Monday, including losses by two Cabinet ministers, while eking out a reduced majority in a Parliament more divided than ever by regional interests. For the first time, a party playing on anti-Quebec sentiment — the… Read More
Kudos to Christopher Smith for his insightful review of Margot Peters’ biography of May Sarton in the May 24-25 Bangor Daily News. Although I knew Sarton only slightly, I was well aware that she could be difficult. However, I also knew her as a warm, caring person, who… Read More
John Glowa, president of the Maine Wolf Coalition [“Wood and wolves,” BDN letter, May 19], makes it sound as if we are saving the wolf from extinction by bringing it to Maine. He uses the phrase of the Endangered Species Act, like the wolf is an endangered species. Read More
[The May 22] Bangor Daily News had an article on deregulation of the electric industry. The Maine House and Senate have approved deregulation. The next industry that should be deregulated is the educational industry. Every parent choses his or her children’s wardrobe, selects his or… Read More
On May 16 and 17, a group of students at Piscataquis Community High School performed “The Shadow Box,” a powerfully written play by Michael Cristofer. The play was chosen and co-directed by two seniors, Molly Prickitt and Stacey Geiger. It was a serious drama about dying and the… Read More
In the Maine Style section of May 22, the piece by Kristen Andresen on ballroom dancing includes the following in the first sentence: “… and the sound of crickets filled the cool spring night.” Andresen must be from away, and quite far at that, as any New Englander… Read More
I always thought our justice system was based on precedents. I seem to remember that Ike had a girl with him during the war — didn’t she write a book about it? And didn’t Gen. Patton do something similar? I don’t recall either of them getting a general… Read More
Millinocket recently held a funeral for a 19-year-old who was killed in a car accident which allegedly involved speed and alcohol, pending further investigation. The May 29 Bangor Daily News has two articles which caught my eye. One stated the first nod was given to double the cigarette… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The new operators of the Bluenose ferry are considering instituting a high-speed ferry between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, that would cut travel time in half. John Cormier, vice president of Bay Ferries, part of Northumberland Ferries Ltd. of Prince Edward… Read More
AUGUSTA — If it’s good for Kittery and the state and possibly good for Calais, it’s probably a good idea for Fort Kent. Rep. Duane Belanger, R-Wallagrass, thinks the economic impact of a discount state liquor store at Fort Kent should at least be looked… Read More
BANGOR — Sometimes, city officials don’t get to spend federal money, but they do have the fun of passing it out. Councilors on the finance committee gave their approval Monday to accepting $504,695 in grants for use by local social service agencies. The City Council… Read More
BANGOR — Tonight’s meeting of the municipal operations committee should be the last stop for a revised ordinance on juvenile curfews before it comes up for vote by the City Council. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at City Hall. Last month the committee… Read More
BLANCHARD — A Blanchard man was arrested Monday after police searched his home and found nearly 100 marijuana plants in various growing stages on his property. Richard Pratt, 57, was charged with unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs and will be arraigned on the charge on… Read More
Q: We like to sit outdoors to cool off on summer evenings without the costs of air conditioning, but mosquitoes eat us alive. What types of low-cost screen or glass patio room kits are available? – W. D. A: Adding a do-it-yourself screened patio room… Read More
Emily Cianchette’s rare digestive disorder is a physical problem for her. For her parents, it’s a financial one. With the advent of managed care for the parents’ health insurance, the medical problem faced by their daughter was suddenly compounded. The rarity of Emily’s disorder makes… Read More
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AUGUSTA — Leaders of a union representing 150 workers at Maine Yankee asked Gov. Angus S. King on Monday to actively push the sale of the idled nuclear plant to Philadelphia-based Peco Energy Co. But King, recalling Maine Yankee’s troubled history, stopped short of giving… Read More
PORTLAND — A $250,000 federal grant will enable the Spurwink Institute to expand its child-abuse diagnosis and treatment program to Kennebec and Knox counties, a move seen as helping 300 children a year in the next five years. Sen. Olympia Snowe said the U.S. Department… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A grievance filed by the union representing employees at the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department has been sustained by the state Board of Arbitration and Conciliation. Sgt. Robert Young of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department said Monday that employees had filed a grievance over… Read More
WINTERPORT — Town managers come and go, especially in small towns. “People just love to come to Winterport,” said Selectman Samuel Butler dryly, after the board looked through 19 resumes to replace Bill Terry, who is leaving this summer after his first year as town… Read More
A federal judge has ruled against a Massachusetts activist who threatened to shut down Maine’s fishing industry to save northern right whales from extinction. Judge Douglas P. Woodlock rejected Max Strahan’s suit against the federal government, saying federal agencies are making progress toward saving the… Read More
WASHINGTON — A women’s rights group filed a federal complaint Monday against the University of Maine, charging the state’s largest university with widespread discrimination toward female athletes. The group, the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C., is asking the U.S. Department of Education to… Read More
PORTLAND — Peoples Heritage Financial Group Inc. said Monday it is buying Morse, Payson & Noyes Insurance, Maine’s largest insurance broker, in a deal that reflects a trend toward consolidation of financial services across business lines. Peoples Heritage said it has signed a binding letter… Read More
BREWER — The Brewer School Committee voted unanimosly Monday night to renew the contract of embattled coach Mark Savage, fending off a vocal group of residents who sought his immediate dismissal. Savage, coach of the Brewer High School varsity boys basketball team, has been under… Read More
HARTLAND — More than two months of campaigning will come down to one day, one question, one vote on Friday, June 6. Employees of Irving Tanning Co. will decide later this week whether they want union representation for negotiations with the administration of the Hartland… Read More
More than 50 students from the Carrabec High Earth Team in Skowhegan received an award from the Natural Resources Conservation Service for their conservation work in Somerset County. The students helped complete 900 feet of stream-bank stabilization and riparian habitat restoration on the Sandy River. They also planted… Read More