Other than perhaps a little extra spring in the steps of the football players as they made their way through Hampden Academy’s corridors Monday morning, it was hard to discern any lingering euphoria from the Broncos’ emotional victory Friday over Orono. “Other than the fact… Read More
    LOUDON, N.H. – Seventeen months ago, K.K. Craven watched her husband, Ricky, taken by ambulance to a local hospital after a spectacular crash at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. She was seven months pregnant with the couple’s second child at the time. Sue Santerre once watched… Read More
    The University of Maine has scheduled seven home football contests for the 1998 season. With a little luck, the Black Bears will play them in the snazzy new confines of Harold Alfond Sports Stadium. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
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    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Katie Pelletier had two second-half goals to lead unbeaten Bucksport to a 3-1 schoolgirl soccer victory over Foxcroft Academy Monday. Pelletier broke a 1-1 tie off a pass from Lacey Annis at 33:01 of the second half, then followed it less than five… Read More
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    NEWPORT – At halftime of Monday’s Bangor-Nokomis girls soccer game, with the Rams down 1-0, Bangor coach Jeff Ingalls pulled forward Emily Morse aside after the team meeting. Whatever Ingalls said to Morse, it worked. Morse exploded for one goal and three assists in the… Read More
    The Fourth Annual Maine Elks Association Golf Tournament at Sanford Golf Club raised $44,056.09 for the Maine Children’s Cancer program. The event drew 144 golfers from Maine and New Hampshire for the one-day tournament, which was held on Sept. 13. Read More
    LAWRENCE, Mass. – Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertgana announced on Monday that Ed Saunders has been named the new director of media relations for the Hockey East Association. Saunders replaces Ed McLaughlin, who was recently named Merrimac College’s assistant athletic director. Saunders is a 1997 University of New… Read More
    The Maine Association of Basketball Coaches annual awards banquet and fall clinic has been changed from Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Lawrence High School, to Nov. 8 at Eastern Maine Technical College in Bangor. The annual awards ceremony will be included in a luncheon and business… Read More
    How do you get folks to buy one bar of soap instead of another? It is the eternal question in marketing, the task of convincing the public to do A rather than B. Sports are marketed, are they ever. Take Big Tuna for example. On… Read More
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    Patty Blocker of the Wild Mustangs 4-H Club of Dover-Foxcroft, will be heading south this fall to attend the Eastern States Exposition held annually in West Springfield, Mass. She was one of 20 members selected during the Maine 4-H Days to repesent Maine in the Big-E 4-H Horse… Read More
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    SKOWHEGAN — The construction of a new 12th District Courthouse in Skowhegan is progressing well, and the latest hall of justice in Maine will likely be ready for occupancy the last week of October, only a month behind schedule. Regional Court Administrator Norman Ness, a… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Two of the nation’s most popular diet drugs were pulled off the market Monday after the government uncovered disturbing new evidence that they could seriously damage patients’ hearts. The Food and Drug Administration urged millions of dieters to immediately stop taking Redux, also… Read More
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    The University of Maine at Augusta With Campuses in Bangor and Lewiston/Auburn and Live and Interactive Television Centers Statewide has a name problem. University of Maine System trustees meeting next week can solve it. UMA’s problem is that its name no longer and is unlikely… Read More
    A Coast Guardsman down Bar Harbor way saves a group of terrorized school kids waiting for their bus from a rampaging German shepherd. Now, he’s in a jam with his superiors and local police for sending the beast scurrying with a warning shot. Seems he should have left… Read More
    The incorrect person was listed in Monday’s paper as the Maine Press Association’s Advertising Person of the Year. The 1997 award was given to Linda Johnson of the York County Coast Star. Read More
    Beef, we were once told, is “real food for real people.” Nearly 60 years ago, an American presidential candidate promised “a chicken in every pot.” Much of the promise of American life seems to be associated with the enjoyment of meat. No wonder then that when a major… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — After one year of legal wrangling, Eric and Aurora Kuntz are right back where they started: at the Ellsworth Zoning Board of Appeals, trying to get their neighbor Harry Moore, known as Bud, to move his garage and his boulders away from their land on the… Read More
    BANGOR — The Maine Air National Guard will celebrate its 50th anniversary at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. All present members and retirees of the Maine Air Guard are invited to attend the celebration at the Guard base. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BOSTON — Children’s Hospital here reported Monday that it had temporarily closed its neonatal intensive care unit after four infants died of a bacterial infection. The deaths occurred over the summer. The unit was closed on Aug. 29, a few days after the fourth infant… Read More
    BANGOR — Literacy Volunteers of America — Bangor will hold an information meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Bangor Daily News conference room, 491 Main St. Information about LVA, tutoring, office and committee work will be given. Tutor training will begin Sept. Read More
    Several people escaped serious injury about 7:30 p.m. Sunday when a 77-year-old New York man reportedly ran a stop sign on Coldbrook Road in Hermon, forcing eastbound travelers on Route 2 to stop abruptly to avoid hitting him. Herbert Ford of Massapequa, N.Y., reportedly told… Read More
    CAMDEN — The Board of Selectmen is banking on voters’ supporting a proposal to obtain ownership of the Curtis Island lighthouse at the entrance to Camden Harbor. Selectmen voted 4-0 Monday night to ask voters on Nov. 4 if the town could take over ownership… Read More
    BANGOR — Despite questions about the test’s format and scoring, school officials Monday lauded the performance of the city’s 11th-graders on the annual Maine Educational Assessment. On average, Bangor’s high school juniors scored 35 to 60 points higher than their peers across the state on… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Air Force, celebrating its 50th anniversary, was bruised by the spectacular loss of an F-117A stealth fighter at a Maryland air show and the mysterious disappearance of one of its long-haul C-141 transports. The crash of a Navy jet in the Persian… Read More
    BANGOR — Gerry Palmer, a Bangor native and businessman, announced his candidacy for the Bangor City Council. Palmer, owner of Palmer & Associates Career Counseling Services, made the announcement Monday at Norumbega Park on the 70th anniversary of the dedication of the nearby statue of… Read More
    Although the training period begins Monday, Oct. 6, and runs through Monday, Nov. 10, applications are now being accepted by New Hope Hospice of Holden for hospice volunteers. And while it may seem there is plenty of time to register to become a hospice volunteer, you might want… Read More
    A recent letter writer abhorred the manner in which Clinton and Gore raised their campaign funds. One wonders if the same writer finds the character of the two foremost Republican congressonal leaders of these times to meet with her approval. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    I was saddened to learn of Viktor Frankel’s death. As a college student in the early 1960s, I read his simple yet profound masterpiece, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” and had the opportunity to meet with him. He shared his concentration camp experience and set forth his belief that… Read More
    I am amazed that late in the 20th century, medical professionals are still attempting to perpetrate the myth that we can medicate nonconforming children to “normalcy.” Julianne D. Simone, in her letter (“Ritalin’s better side,” BDN, Sept. 10), ignores some very important facts. It is… Read More
    I am very supportive of the need for forestry reform. It is not a good idea to have excess referendums. We do not need the legislative process if important matters are put out on referendum ballots. Should we also put out to voters other important… Read More
    INDIAN ISLAND — When Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers came here this weekend, they paddled a canoe on the Penobscot River. They were impressed with the river’s beauty. They thought of people diving into it, swimming in it, fishing from it. Then they thought of one… Read More
    Regarding [University of Maine at Presque Isle] President W. Michael Easton’s “unapid” adviser position with Sen. Susan Collins; a monkey could figure out if Dr. Easton continued to receive his state paycheck at $7,600 a month, his “unpaid” position still net him around $30,000. It’s white-collar welfare at… Read More
    In reference to your Sept. 5 editorial, “Dressing down.” Professionalism is reflected by the way you conduct yourself and should not be equated with the manner in which one dresses. I have dealt with people dressed in jeans who handled themselves in a much more… Read More
    PORTLAND — Two longtime journalists were promoted Monday to top editor positions at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram. Jeannine Guttman, 42, who joined the Portland Newspapers as managing editor in 1994, was named editor and vice president. Curt Hazlett, 44, assistant managing… Read More
    MACHIAS — A 28-year-old East Machias man has been charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to his Pontiac Grand Prix as the vehicle was being repossessed late last week. Timothy Wood was summoned Saturday on the Class A felony charge arising from an incident… Read More
    BANGOR — Two of three men nabbed in late June on charges of trafficking in crack cocaine from a Waterville home pleaded guilty Monday to various drug charges in U.S. District Court. Julius Jones, 24, and Gregory Harrison, 21, changed their pleas before U.S. District… Read More
    A state task force will hold two public hearings this week to discuss a report calling for an increase in public conservation areas in Maine. The governor-appointed Land Use Priorities Advisory Committee is seeking residents’ comments on its proposal to double the amount of land… Read More
    SCARBOROUGH — Toll tickets will become a relic today with the debut of the Maine Turnpike’s new electronic toll system. The Transpass system will replace the toll tickets handed to motorists as they enter the highway. Instead, drivers will pay 50 cents whenever they get… Read More
    BANGOR — The city is ready to proceed with resurfacing Union Street, with financial help from the Maine Department of Transporta- tion. Councilors on the finance committee approved a low bid of $223,930 Monday from Lane Construction Co. in Bangor. As with all projects costing… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory was recently awarded a $100,000 grant for laboratory equipment from the National Institutes of Health. The Salsbury Cove lab was one of five centers of environmental study selected to receive the award from the National Institute of… Read More
    BANGOR — Two men were arraigned Monday in 3rd District Court, one in connection with a stabbing and the other for gross sexual assault. Lewis Green, 40, of Ellsworth entered no plea and posted a $500 bail after he was charged with aggravated assault in… Read More