BRUNSWICK – For a few short hours Saturday evening, some of the world’s best track athletes circled the oval at Bowdoin College’s Whittier Field in the fourth annual Maine Distance Festival. By the time they were through, they had run the fastest times ever in… Read More
ORONO – Poor defense Sunday cost the Bangor Blue Ox a chance to pick up what could prove to be a pair of vital wins in the race for Northeast League’s Northern Division first half title. The Blue Ox dropped both games of their twinbill with the Elmira… Read More
ORONO – John Swaim, a national expert in middle level education and appropriate sports for children aged 10-14 will present two workshops on “New Evidence on Middle School Sports” on Wednesday, July 9, as part of the 1997 Middle Level Education Institute at the University of Maine. Swaim… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND – Ed Baird and his New York Yacht Club/Young America team placed second at the Swedish Match World Championship of Match Race Sailing Sunday in Marstrand, Sweden. Top-seeded Peter Gilmour of Australia won the Worlds with a 3-1 victory over the NYYC/Young America… Read More
KINGSPORT, Tenn. – The Maine Windjammers downed the Southern Mississippi Silver 63-46 in the first game of the 15-and-under AAU National Basketball Championships. Dereck Rogerson of Hampden paced the Windjammers with 22 points, Jesse McCue of Hampden scored nine, and Chris Gray had eight. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
OXFORD – The True Value Oxford 250 was a lesson in frustration and perseverance here Sunday night. There were so many collisons, caution flags and restarts, it was a wonder the pace car didn’t have to pit to get new tires and a splash of… Read More
Dale C. Lincoln Kids Run AT EASTPORT, 1.5 miles Boys: 1. Mike Lebrun, 9:38; 2. Steve Lucius-Daniels, 9:39; 3. Chad Pike, 10:04; 4. Billy Curtis, 10:05; 5. Willie Emery, 10:21 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
BRUNSWICK – When Erik Nedeau rounded the final bend of the track in the Maine Distance Festival mile Saturday, he wasn’t just chasing Andy Downin and Scott Anderson. He was chasing Maine running history. As Nedeau moved to the outside around the last curve, he… Read More
BANGOR – Millinocket recorded two victories in the opening weekend of the District 3 Little League All-Star tourney for ages 9-10 at the 13th Street field. Millinocket beat Bucksport 17-5 in Saturday’s tourney opener and then stopped Brewer 6-4 in Sunday’s first game. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
MSGA Weekly AT J.W. PARKS GC, Pittsfield Class A gross: Jerry Scott 70, Mike Norris 71, Bob Giruan 71, (draw) Mickey Davis 75; net: George Starr 66, Bunker Spear 67, Ned Collins 68, Eric Dubay 68 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
SCARBOROUGH – Jim Emerson of Windham picked up his first victory this season, beating out a 21-car field to win the NASCAR Winston Racing Series Late Model Sportsman race at Beech Ridge Speedway Saturday night. Emerson took the lead for good after a restart on… Read More
OXFORD – Unity driver Stan Meserve was riding an emotional high during the Oxford 250 Sunday. On ESPN’s Shop Talk show on Saturday afternoon, Newburgh NASCAR Winston Cup driver Ricky Craven said Meserve was a major influence on his career. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
WALDO – Waldo County’s Matt Cox won a pitcher’s duel 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader and the Trenton Acadians answered with some late inning heroics for a 6-5 win in American Legion baseball action Saturday. In game one, Cox pitched a complete… Read More
CALAIS – Skowhegan and Calais split a doubleheader in American Legion baseball action Saturday. Calais won the first game 7-0, and Skowhegan took the second, 15-5. In the first game, Calais’ Glenroy Wood pitched a two-hitter, struck out 10, and slapped two singles. Catcher Joe… Read More
ORONO – Pete Hartmann pitched his second straight gem for the Bangor Blue Ox, striking out a season high 13 batters as the Blue Ox downed Elmira 7-0 Saturday night. Hartmann’s 13 strikeouts is one short of the Blue Ox record. Last season, Hartmann struck… Read More
HOULTON — People in southern Aroostook County with nothing to do over the long holiday weekend had only themselves to blame. At least 15,000 of their friends and neighbors found plenty to keep themselves busy at the Houlton Agricultural Fair. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR — Some downtown business owners are continuing to oppose Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.’s request to put a transformer and other equipment on part of a city-owned lot at 24-28 Central St. The issue will be on the agenda of the community and economic development committee… Read More
BELFAST — The late Maine supreme court Justice David A. Nichols has left the bulk of his extensive estate to the Bangor Theological Seminary. The bequest was given in honor of Nichols’ high school classmate and lifelong friend, Loren Woodbury Dow, a graduate of the… Read More
HOULTON — A Houlton man convicted in March of the shooting death of another man while the two were at a party is seeking a new trial or acquittal. A jury of seven men and five women found Donald Boyce, 39, guilty of depraved indifference… Read More
BANGOR — A former engineering employee is suing the city of Bangor, claiming that officials retaliated against him after he accused women from another department of sexually harassing him. The city will counter that Randy V. Goodrich, who was fired last year, caused his own… Read More
PORTLAND — An investigation by city and state authorities into an explosion at a Fourth of July fireworks display determined that the blast that injured three members of the pyrotechnic crew was “one of those unfortunate things,” a spokeswoman said Saturday. Sgt. Jennifer Mills of… Read More
CAMDEN — In a living image of the New England most people see only on postcards, a church’s white spire soars above this seaside town as sailboats bob in the harbor and tourists wander down streets lined with chowder houses and gift shops. Anyone glancing… Read More
INDIAN ISLAND — “It’s unbelievable — the whole island is quiet with grief.” That’s how the Rev. Tim Nadeau of St. Ann’s Rectory in Old Town described his community in the aftermath of the drowning of 10-year-old John Joseph Love on Friday night as he… Read More
The Chestnut Street Baptist Church went for nearly a century without a steeple until a Boy Scout led an effort in 1980 to build the 40-foot spire now being repainted. A spire erected in 1868 lasted only until 1887, when the water-damaged structure threatened to… Read More
CANAAN — The sheep were as curious as the visitors at the Fiber-Lee Farm in rural Canaan on Sunday as Leah O’Donnell guided people in and out of animal pens on Maine Open Farm Day. Edie, a ewe, and Brutus, a young ram, nuzzled visitors,… Read More
Wolcott Balestier Dunham, a cancer specialist whose research over more than six decades advanced the treatment of several infectious diseases, died on June 22 at a nursing home in Towson, Md., near Baltimore. He was 97. Dunham, who published his final research paper at 95,… Read More
If erstwhile presidential candidate and flat-tax maven Steve Forbes got a warm Maine welcome at a stop in Portland the other day, it’s probably because there were no archers, whalers, cider makers or owners of elderly cows in the audience. Forbes’ visit, while way too… Read More
Aroostook County Superior Court: Leon R. Gervais, 24, Van Buren, prohibited possession of a firearm, 30 days in jail. 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;… Read More
The governor called it a significant issue. The director of the Bureau of Health vowed to make its reduction a priority of her tenure. Nothing wrong with trying to check the problem of unplanned teen-age pregnancies, but it is equally important to keep the issue in perspective. Read More
PORTLAND — The last time Portland built a bridge over the Fore River, it was so expensive that folks named it after its price tag: the Million Dollar Bridge. But that was 80 years ago, and in a few months, the city will replace that… Read More
A Maine Street item in Saturday’s MaineDay section gave incorrect information about David Espling Jr., who will turn 16 on July 16. He has cerebral palsy and is recuperating from surgery on both legs. Cards of encouragement may be senttto David at 44 Salmon Lake Road, Perham 04766. Read More
I couldn’t agree more with your comments about the Viking replica expedition in the July 1 Bangor editorial section. Why clog the newspapers, radio, and television with stories about this educational, uplifting, and inspiring adventure when we could have more coverage of government corruption, domestic violence, murder, rape,… Read More
The masters of the political dirty trick remain the congressional Republicans and their allies within the federal bureaucracy. Remember the “Nixon enemies list”? Speaker Newt Gingrich and his pals could teach Richard Nixon lessons at the doctoral level. The latest example: special Republican prosecutor Kenneth… Read More
Your coverage of Pol Pot’s capture, as well as war crimes in Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia, has led me to think about the fact that there is no court system ready and able to try such individuals. Every time an individual such as Pol Pot carries out genocide,… Read More
Never would I imagine that I would stand beneath the star-spangled banner in a public meeting and be told I was not allowed to speak. I am a British citizen and permanent resident of Gouldsboro and have lived in this town for some five years. My wife, who… Read More
As to “Why not apologize?” (BDN letter, June 28-29), about Kent Ward’s sarcasm; I’m with Ward. Wouldn’t it be hypocritical to apologize to Afro-Americans and go on fighting the Civil War in the north? Watch your newspaper as some group in the north is growing beards, donning moth-eaten… Read More
Media outlets throughout the land praise the GOP passage of bills to cut the taxes for investors by reducing the top rate on capital gains from the sale of stocks, bonds, real estate, and other assets to 20 percent from the present rate of 28 percent. The billions… Read More
DALLAS — High blood pressure speeds the loss of memory and other cognitive abilities in the elderly, and causes their brains to shrink, a study found. The changes occur in spite of drug therapy to control blood pressure, according to Gene E. Alexander, the study’s… Read More
You may have noticed something missing from Main Street in the last week. The for-sale sign has come down from the windows of the Opera House, one of Bangor’s most beloved centerpieces and a testament to the city’s boom days of arts and culture. Although mostly vacant during… Read More
APPALACHIAN TRAIL — A 16-year-old Quebec girl reportedly lay on the ground on the Appalachian Trail for about 30 hours with a dislocated kneecap before she was rescued Sunday. Kim LeDaux of Charlesborough, Quebec, was hiking with a group of 16 people from Tkakwitha, a… Read More
BANGOR — Eliminating the Economic Development Advisory Commission will be the topic when the municipal operations committee meets at 5 p.m. tomorrow at City Hall. An ordinance amendment to accomplish that has been proposed by Councilor Don Soucy, and the measure would have to go… Read More
BANGOR — Since last September, when the city finally put its hands on riverfront property off Main Street, one question has hung in the moist breeze blowing in from the Penobscot River. When will the land be developed? Requests for proposals on part of the… Read More
BREWER — A new program due to begin this fall at the Pendleton Street School may go a long way toward enhancing the lives of some of the area’s youngest and oldest residents. Thanks to a recently awarded $12,000 “America Reads” grant, the Brewer School… Read More
A 12-year-old Bangor girl was reported missing Sunday morning from her Fruit Street home. April Bryant told Bangor police Officer Butch Moor that her daughter, Sherrie Chapman, had been missing since Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
NEWPORT — The phosphorus content in Sebasticook Lake has decreased, but it won’t prevent an algae bloom late this summer. Devotion to the Newport lake brought nearly 100 members of the Sebasticook Lake Association to the annual meeting Saturday. Most came to renew their commitment… Read More
A letter arrived at our office from Sandra White of Kennebunkport. White told us that she had written to Animal Apparel in San Francisco and requested a catalog. The catalog arrived in less than a week. White ordered a blouse of African animal print the… Read More
PORTLAND — It’s a fish that only its mother — and makers of fancy wallets and shoes — could love: a prehistoric scavenger that coats its prey with sticky slime before eating it from the inside out. Until recently, about the only thing hagfish had… Read More
Albert Bean and his son, Wesley, delivered beef to their customers personally. They would heft the large slabs onto their shoulders and walk through the streets of downtown Bangor, delivering to markets, restaurants and hotels. They gave no thought to air-borne pathogens, E. coli bacteria… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s first major foray into TV advertising to promote its inland tourist attractions already has drawn about 2,500 calls for information. “Maine is 25 to 30 years behind the rest of the country in getting into this business,” said Dann Lewis, the state’s… Read More
HOULTON — Representatives of the Federal Aviation Administrations will be in Houlton this week to take a closer look at an automated weather monitoring system which, according to those who use it, is wrong almost as often as it is right. The Automated Surface Observation… Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The United Church of Christ decided during the weekend to unite with three other Protestant denominations, sharing congregations and ministers with the denominations for the first time since the 16th century. The plan, which needs approval from the Lutheran Church, would build… Read More
“Vertigo,” directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 124 minutes, PG. Nightly at 5, 7:20 and 9:40, Monday-Thursday, at the Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville. I knew I was going to be reviewing Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” two weeks before its star, James Stewart, died in his Los Angeles… Read More
CAMBRIDGE — Road crews replacing parts of the Upper Main Stream Bridge on Chandler Hill Road will close the structure to traffic next week, beginning today, for about 70 days. The bridge will reopen in mid-September after the superstructure is replaced. Signs will warn motorists… Read More
CANAAN — Repairs to the Nickerson Bridge, which carries Route 23 over Carrabassett Stream north of U.S. Route 2, will begin this week, Maine Department of Transportation officials said. The bridge surface, the top layer of the deck, and seals will be replaced one lane… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Nadeau Family Reunion Committee will have a meeting to plan the 1998 family reunion at 7 tonight at the Madawaska Safety Complex. The family reunion will be held in conjunction with the 1998 Acadian Festival at Madawaska. For information, contact Murielle Nadeau Deschaine at 728-4536. Read More
MACHIAS — A motion to dismiss the third-party complaints against Native American Resources Inc., its owners and several former members of the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Housing Authority will be heard in Washington County Superior Court on Friday. Late last year Pamela Francis, the housing authority’s… Read More
AUGUSTA — Highway projects in Albion, China, Winslow, Benton and Unity will begin today, Maine Department of Transportation officials said. The first project will be in China and crews will work their way through other sections, doing drainage improvements, ditching and paving in four areas… Read More
ATLANTA — Lyme disease? That’s old news. Scientists have discovered a new virus carried by a tick that often bites people. And they say it’s just the beginning, now that the spotlight on Lyme disease has sparked new interest on the bug. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Unlike Bangor, a city that has embraced its resident celebrity author, Limerick City in the Republic of Ireland just can’t make up its mind about Frank McCourt and his best-selling memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Angela’s Ashes.” Just as so many in Ireland are divided on the topic of… Read More
NORWAY — Like any bereaved parent, C.J. “Bob” LaVine went through a lot of anger when he found out his daughter and her fiance were killed while sightseeing in Washington state. But the Norway man’s rage was not directed just at the man who was… Read More