BANGOR – Keith Dorr may be small in stature but he looked a lot bigger than his 5-foot-9, 165-pound frame to the Gardiner High School Tigers on Saturday afternoon. Dorr pitched five innings of five-hit, two-run ball and drove in three runs while going 3-for-4… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Jana Wardwell received the childhood nickname of “Bomber” from her father, who joked that his usually mild-mannered daughter went off like a bomb on those few occasions when she got upset. The nickname stuck, not because the behavior lingered, but for the kind… Read More
Track & Field Class A BOYS Cheverus GIRLS Gardiner 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 (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
High school AT HAMPDEN Class A Boys State Championships Cheverus 103, Edward Little 60, Kennebunk 43, Brewer 41, Gardiner 41, Sanford 37, South Portland 34, Waterville 33, Brunswick 15, Bonny Eagle 14, Mt. Blue 13, Lawrence 13, Skowhegan 11, Biddeford 11, Portland 11, Mount Ararat… Read More
LEWISTON – Former World Boxing Association champion Joey Gamache faces a hearing after being charged with assault in an incident at his home, police said. Gamache was arrested and charged with the misdemeanor early Friday morning, Lewiston police Sgt. Mark Watson said. The 31-year-old boxer,… Read More
HAMPDEN – Reduced to a column of names and numbers, Gardiner’s state Class A track championship looks really simple. It’s second-grade math. Three girls. Six events. 50 points. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
AUGUSTA – Erin Herbig of Belfast faced a 25-yard deficit when she grabbed the baton for the final leg of the 4×400 relay during Saturday’s Class B track state championship meet at Alumni Field. Herbig churned around the track in hot pursuit of Scarborough’s Katie… Read More
PORTLAND – Mike Grace scattered eight hits over seven innings, giving up one run and leading the Reading Phillies past the Portland Sea Dogs 7-1 Sunday in the Eastern League. Grace (1-2) was making his third start on a major league rehabilitation assignment. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
OXFORD – Jeff Taylor continued on his run to a fifth consecutive points title with a first place finish in the Pro Stock race at Oxford Plains Speedway Saturday. Despite a number of quick restarts, Taylor was able to overtake Al Hammonds on lap 27… Read More
WATERBURY, Conn. – The Bangor Blue Ox offense was on fire Saturday, beating the Waterbury Spirit 11-6, but that fire was put out by Jeff Letourneau as the Spirit came back to win 7-1 Sunday. In Saturday’s game, Steve Hine sparked the Blue Ox with… Read More
Penobscot Valley Conference softball rivals George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill and Searsport will square off for the third time this season Wednesday. The winner of this one heads to Saturday’s Class C state championship game. By virtue of GSA’s 23-10 win Saturday over Mattanawcook… Read More
ORONO – Jamie Marie King-horn said she was tired. And no wonder. The 13-year-old eighth-grader from Glenburn Elementary had been on the go since Thursday, when she participated in the bowling competition at the 28th Maine Special Olympics Summer Games. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Eight teams have earned trips to the Eastern Maine Class A finals after posting semifinal victories Saturday. Seventh-seeded Hampden Academy knocked off No. 3 Cony of Augusta, earning the right to face No. 1 Bangor, an 8-2 winner over Gardiner, in the title game. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
LONG POND, Pa. – Defending champion Jeff Gordon overcame a tire problem that left him nearly a lap down, then controlled the second half of the Pocono 500 on Sunday for his sixth win this season. The victory at Pocono International Raceway came a week… Read More
ORONO – Ben Jenkins and Matt Mehalic have played doubles for Cape Elizabeth for three years. They hadn’t played in a doubles match together until Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
Local AT DEXTER GC Men’s three-ball championship Gross: Steve Levitt-Tim Dow-John Albertini 70, (tie) Galen Chapman-Jim Rand-Randy Mann and Mark Wallace-Butch Baranek-Herb Tenney 72; Net: Gary Sawyer-Ed Guiski-Harris Cohen 73-51, Darien Keaton-Butch Brooks-Kirby Littlefield 74-53 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
BANGOR – Waterville native Ruel Goodblood Jr. drove JM’s Dream Girl to a 2:02.3 win in the final of the 13th North American Driving Championship at Bangor Raceway on Sunday. It was Goodblood’s third NADC series win. He won the NADC title twice at now-defunct Lewiston Raceway in… Read More
BRUNSWICK – It was a great day for winning streaks, if you happened to be at the Class C state championship meet here Saturday. The Orono boys won their second straight state title and the Winthrop girls came away with their third in a row… Read More
BAR HARBOR — College of the Atlantic marked its silver anniversary Saturday as 45 students hailing from as far as Spain and as near as Northeast Harbor, received bachelor of arts degrees in human ecology at outdoor graduation ceremonies. Two students received master of philosophy degrees in the… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — While the aviation business may not have a high profile in northern Maine, there is a lot of Aroostook County enthusiasm for all aspects of flying as evidenced by the first open house Saturday at Northern Maine Regional Airport. In addition to… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — SAD 68 directors are in a dilemma. Do they keep business in their community or contract elsewhere if a savings is involved? At issue is the district’s transportation contract. Rowell’s Garage of Dover-Foxcroft for years has bused students for the district in Dover-Foxcroft,… Read More
AUGUSTA — With a brief legislative session 10 days away, Gov. Angus King and legislative Democrats remain deadlocked over how to spend $30 million from a proposed doubling of Maine’s cigarette tax. The Maine Medical Association is adding its voice to the debate, citing a… Read More
BOWDOIN — What gradually grew into Maine’s largest tire dump was created in the early 1970s, when the state and town had no regulations governing tire stockpiles. Now, it looks like it will be 1998 before the company hired to clean up the West Road… Read More
PORTLAND — Former President George Bush joked that he would have parachuted in for commencement at Maine’s only medical school if officials hadn’t switched locations for the event. Bush, alluding to his widely publicized exploits in March at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, joked that… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Aroostook County graduates from the University of Maine said goodbye Friday night to the president of their alma mater, thanking Frederick Hutchinson for all he has contributed to the university system. “This gentleman has done a good job for us down there,”… Read More
BELFAST — The question of whether Mayor Page Worth has the electoral clout to carry her to a sixth term will be answered on Tuesday. Worth was elected to the first of four two-year terms in 1985 and has played a highly visible role as… Read More
WLBZ-TV, Channel 2, in Bangor has announced the winners of the 1997 America’s Future Awards. A reception to honor the recipients was held June 2 at the Bangor Airport Marriott. The awards are presented annually to young people in grades six through 12 who volunteer… Read More
A federal judge’s ruling against Boston whale activist Max Strahan might be good news for Maine fishermen or it might mean they’re one step closer to ruination. It all depends on whether the National Marine Fisheries Service reads between the lines. In dismissing Strahan’s suit… Read More
Last year’s mill rate in Hampden was incorrectly reported in Friday’s editions. The proposed budget in Hampden would raise the mill rate to $20.70 per thousand dollars from $18.70 per thousand, a $2 increase. Read More
Washington is consumed with women. Between Paula Corbin Jones, whose lawsuit has the White House in a tizzy, and Susan Molinari, whose job change has stirred up a huge media controversy, you hardly hear of anything else. The TV talk shows that are not focused… Read More
If the Bangor City Council endorses the Clean Clothes Campaign tonight as expected, it will be a small but important step in enlisting concerned merchants and comsumers into the fight against sweatshop labor in the apparel industry. In recent months, the local grass-roots group Peace… Read More
Caribou District Court: Timothy R. Cole, 35, New Sweden, possession of marijuana, $400. 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
The Maine Education Association announced at its annual meeting the awarding of the Clyde Russell Scholarships for 1997. The Clyde Russell Scholarships were established for Maine residents through a trust created by the late Audrey Lewis, MEA president in 1958, in memory of Clyde Russell,… Read More
BRADFORD — An alert neighbor can be credited for stopping the spread of a fire from a rear shed to a home. Firefighters received a call Sunday morning from neighbors of Warren Boucher, who lives on LaGrange Road, reporting smoke from the back of the house. Read More
NEW YORK — A survey released on the eve of important government hearings on World Wide Web privacy suggests users are extremely vulnerable to cyberspace spying and other personal intrusions by Internet businesses. The results could help frame one of the most fundamental debates in… Read More
PORTLAND — The Pennsylvania-based Peco Energy Co. hopes to approve the purchase of the idled Maine Yankee atomic plant on July 28, according to a letter between the two companies. The letter indicates that talks to sell Maine Yankee are further along than either company… Read More
As a personal watercraft dealer and a responsible PWC operator, I am responding to the comments about personal watercraft (Jet Ski is a brand name) in . To say “the problem with Jet Skis is that they were designed to fool around with” is typical of the way… Read More
This is in response to the letter from Donald Lowry of Lowry & Associates, titled, “Grandiose ideas” (BDN, May 1). As the former client of Mr. Gray’s law firm who is suing him for legal malpractice for failing to file my car accident case within… Read More
Last year my husband volunteer for a committee in town. They didn’t get much done because, a man kept getting up and saying he was “appalled” by any changes suggested. I wanted to find out why, so I attended some meetings. Some Republicans were behaving… Read More
The coverage of LD 1830, An Act to Provide Funding for Mental Retardation Day Services for Non Class Members, was excellent. I attended the open hearing before the Appropriations Committee and testified as did several other individuals who have grave concerrns regarding non-class members. Rep. Read More
Congratulations and thanks to Sen. Susan Collins for co-sponsoring the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill. This is a meaningful action and, I assume, not undertaken lightly. (As of this date, few, if any, other Republicans are co-sponsoring the bill.) This renders Sen. Collins more particularly courageous. Read More
Twenty years ago, when fire threatened the 300 people at the Lincoln movie theater, a guest at a nearby motel spotted the arson and rang the alarm box in front of the theater. Patrons were evacuated and the fire was put out quickly. But high up in the… Read More
DIANA RICHARDSON has joined MicroKnowledge, a Bangor software manufacturing firm. In addition to managing accounting products, Richardson will coordinate donations of used computer equipment for children’s education. She has an associate’s degree in business management from the University of Maine. ROBERT ROCHELEAU has joined the… Read More
BANGOR — The word on Howard Mitchell’s mind is “three-peat,” and he’s not talking about the basketball accomplishment of the Chicago Bulls a few years back. Mitchell has his eye on a large trophy to be awarded June 19 at the University of Maine. The… Read More
OLD TOWN — Every booth and table inside the tiny cafe is full. Patrons laugh as they swap stories and office gossip and wait for their meals. Octogenarian ladies peer at menus, their wrinkled mouths silently sounding out the strangely spelled names of the dishes. Read More
A pickup truck reported stolen from the University of Maine campus in April turned up Sunday in the Stillwater River, just across College Avenue from where it disappeared. The missing blue 1986 Nissan pickup was spotted in the water behind the university’s steam plant parking… Read More
BREWER — The 19th century wooden building is still there at the corner of Center and Penobscot streets, painted brick red and ornamented with a handsome striped awning. Stoves and refrigerators and other appliances are visible through the display windows, where signs boast “All Major… Read More
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WASHINGTON — Defense Department officials raised the possibility Sunday that Gen. John Shalikashvili, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, might put off his retirement and remain in the post for another two-year term after the Air Force officer who was in line to succeed him acknowledged… Read More
PORTLAND — A former jail administrator has filed a civil rights suit against Cumberland County, alleging that he was demoted and his position was later eliminated because he is black. Moses Sebunya, president of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, also contended that his criticism… Read More
Bangor District Court: Brian Randall, 29, Glenburn, possession of marijuana, $200, criminal mischief, jail 10 days, restitution of $20 through District Attorney’s Office, two counts of assault, jail 90 days for first charge, not guilty on second count, criminal trespass, 10 days in jail, concurrent… Read More
In the end, Cablevision did not have to budge from its negotiation stance. And the 14-member consortium of Bangor area communities did not, as they feared, get left behind in the technology revolution, stuck with an outdated, 1970s cable service infrastructure. The white knight in… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The first graduates of a course designed to meet a company’s specific needs for a skilled work force received their diplomas Saturday during ceremonies at Northern Maine Technical College. A total of 33 students completed a 108-hour training course, specifically designed for… Read More
AUGUSTA — When Joe Mayo was elected to the Maine House of Representatives 15 years ago, the rules were simple. “When I first came here, not so much the leadership as the older members — the people with experience — would pat you on the… Read More
Hampden Academy The name of Hampden Academy’s honor essayist was omitted from a story published earlier. The honor essay for graduation ceremonies Sunday, June 15, will be given by Emily R. Brissette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Brissette of Hampden. She has been a… Read More
“What the first-termers lacked in experience, they made up for in enthusiasm and good intentions. What I saw was a real effort to get up to speed as fast as they could. We saw some odd reports come out of committees that wouldn’t have happened with more experience,… Read More
PORTLAND — The Maine Turnpike system is about to enter the computer age. Later this month, the turnpike will begin using Transpass, a system of high-tech antennas, transponders and other devices to collect tolls from commuters and truckers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
AUGUSTA — Champions of human rights for Maine’s gay, lesbian and bisexual residents were asked to close their eyes in the Augusta Civic Center Saturday night and visualize what their lives could be like in the year 2002. Prompted by Betsy Sweet, one of many… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — Heeding last year’s warning from voters, SAD 77 officials have delivered a budget proposal that cuts costs without trimming staff. That could mean easy passage Wednesday at the district’s annual meeting at the Elm Street School. The informational meeting is at 6… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — In a move that will protect the rights of homosexuals, New Hampshire has banned discrimination because of sexual orientation in job hiring, housing decisions and public accommodations. New Hampshire becomes the 11th state to offer civil rights protection to gays and lesbians. Read More
CASTINE — At every turn, Maine Maritime Academy crew members buzzing around their new training ship politely apologize for the steel-gray vessel’s temporary lack of spit and polish. Yes, the paint’s peeling in places, and some of the floor tile has seen better days. But… Read More
SCARBOROUGH — A Tennessee couple being held for questioning in Panama City, Fla., could hold the key to solving Virginia Jackson’ murder, Maine investigators said Sunday. Neither Leslie David Lynds, 22, of Linden, Tenn., nor Leah S. Estes, 20, of Waynesboro, Tenn., has been charged… Read More
On the coast, they mostly hiked or walked in celebrating National Trails Day on Saturday. Inland, the preferred means of transport was the ATV, the rugged four-wheeled, all-terrain vehicle. All the better to combat the clouds of black flies and mosquitoes that call the trails… Read More
GREENVILLE — Greenville lost one of its most respected residents Thursday with the death of Dr. Paul Arno Fichtner. He was 77. Known affectionately as “Doc,” Fichtner was staunch in his loyalty to and support of the Moosehead Lake Region. Out of respect for him,… Read More
ETNA — Three months late and several minutes into the annual town meeting Saturday, Etna residents became bogged down on town finances because of an ongoing investigation by the state Fire Marshal’s Office. The meeting, normally held in March, was delayed because a suspicious fire… Read More