After the Maine field hockey team’s game against Towson State today at 3:30 p.m. at Lengyel Field, win or lose the Bears will immediately focus on Sunday’s matchup against Delaware. Towson offers a chance for the Bears to go 4-1. But Delaware is an opportunity… Read More
    WATERVILLE – A second-half goal by Natalie Gott with just under 30 minutes to go gave Clark University a 2-1 women’s soccer win over the Colby College White Mules Thursday. Gott scored her goal on an assist from Erin Walsh. Clark also scored with nine… Read More
    NEWRY – Maine’s largest ski resort is hiking up its prices. But skiing at Sunday River is still cheaper than in Vermont, where some lift tickets have passed the $50 mark. Sunday River will charge adults $47 for lift tickets on weekends – up a… Read More
    Holes-in-one JOHN ROBINSON At Green Valley G.C. in Enfield, Robinson sank a hole-in-one on the 160-yard seventh hole using a 5-wood. The shot was witnessed by Becky Delsp? of Engstrom. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
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    MILO – Chris Carr and Derek Dicker scored two goals each to give Lee Academy a 4-1 over Penquis in schoolboy soccer action Thursday. Carr and Dicker both scored unassisted, with Carr connecting once off of a penalty kick. Travis Jacobs had 10 saves on… Read More
    Mark Gilbert of Burnham has been named to coach the elite 12-and-under baseball team from Maine that will represent the state in the Capital GAmes Invitational Tournament next summer in Cooperstown, N.Y. The Capital Games will be the first national tournament among the best youth players from each… Read More
    This weekend marks the 7th annual Captain Nick’s Tournament, which wil be held Saturday at Hermon Meadows and Sunday at Bangor Municipal Golf Course. The $50 entry for the 36-hole tourney can ve sent with an entry form to Brian Enman at Bangor Muni. Read More
    NORTH READING, Ma. – Mike Baker of Bangor was the runner-up in the New England Open Championship shooting a 68-72-70-210 at Hillview Country Club. Baker earned $4,510, while winner Geoffrey Sisk, who shot a three-round total of 208, took home $10,000. Read More
    BREWER – There’s no question the Bangor girls soccer team was out for a little revenge in its game against Brewer at Pendleton Street Field Thursday afternoon. After all, the Rams lost their home opener against the Witches 2-1 on Sept. 9. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    DYER BROOK – John Armour scored off a throw-in with 16 seconds left in the second overtime to give Southern Aroostook a 2-1 win over Bangor Christian in schoolboy soccer action Thursday. Ben Walker opened the scoring for the Warriors of Dyer Brook scoring off… Read More
    Farmington Fair has only two days left to race and David Dunn, Farmington’s director of racing, thinks the track’s racing program is headed for a pretty good year. “We had a few problems with simulcasting at the beginning of the week,” Dunn said, “but they… Read More
    Two recent articles in the Bangor Daily News (Sept. 4 pg. B-4 and Sept. 13 pg. A-1) have called attention to the efforts of Pittsfield citizens committed to improving the safety and well-being of the town of Pittsfield, the Pittsfield Neighborhood Watch. Pittsfield is indeed… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — When former Madison Town Clerk Lisa Paine pleaded guilty last May to embezzling more than $250,000 in town funds, Justice Donald Alexander did not order her to pay restitution. Alexander said at the time that he believed Paine did not have the means to repay the… Read More
    A recent article in the Bangor Daily News reported on a plan being devised by biologists in Vermont, New York, and Quebec to combat foreign invaders in Lake Champlain. These consist of both plant and animal species such as alewives, zebra mussels, purple loosestrife, and the water chesnut. Read More
    Maybe that “TV is Good” advertising campaign is starting to pay dividends for ABC. The network ended NBC’s 18-week Nielsen Media Research winning streak in the prime-time rankings. Miss America helped, and the ABC newsmagazines had a good week. Nielsen said ABC had an 8.6… Read More
    HOULTON — With last fall’s state forestry referendum still fresh in their minds, several Aroostook County residents stood up Wednesday night before the governor’s Land Acquisition Priorities Advisory Committee and made it clear that they wanted the state to keep its hands off their land. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Forty more students have joined a lawsuit against the Maine State Academy of Hair Design, bringing the number of people seeking reimbursement of tuition and fees to 74. The lawsuit in bankruptcy court will likely attract several hundred students before it’s over, said… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, expressing no reservations, voted without dissent Thursday to recommend Superior Court Justice Leigh Saufley for confirmation to a seat on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. The committee vote was 12-0, with one member absent. It came after the panel… Read More
    Never mind the overnight ratings published for television shows. We all know the ones that really count for the networks are the Nielsen diaries, the one-week booklets that are carefully filled out by randomly chosen households around the country. Three years ago, the Sauciers were… Read More
    Here is a list of some of the more far-reaching state laws that take effect Friday: TRANSPORTATION 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
    If common sense were the coin of the realm, the Senate wouldn’t need the Snowe Rule. It’s not, so it does. The legislation introduced by Maine’s Sen. Olympia Snowe this week doesn’t sound like much. So obvious, so logical — limit spending in emergency appropriations… Read More
    The first half of the 118th Maine Legislature was a busy one. This year we saw welfare reform, utilities deregulation, restructuring of Blue Cross Blue Shield, the beginnings of tax reform, a review of our worker’s comp. system, and learning results all come across our desks. As House… Read More
    WINDSOR — The Common Ground Country Fair, a grand celebration of organic farming and Maine country life, will be held Sept. 19-21 at the Windsor Fairgrounds. The fair was organized in 1977 by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association to provide “common ground” for… Read More
    Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Education made a bid to become the direct lender of student loans, to take private banks and their nasty old profits out of the picture. Congressional critics beat back the proposal, saying the huge federal agency wasn’t up to the job. Read More
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    PORTLAND — A federal judge delayed sentencing Wednesday for Philip Berrigan, the longtime Baltimore peace activist convicted of vandalizing a Navy destroyer at Bath Iron Works. Berrigan, 73, was to be the first of six co-defendants sentenced for boarding the USS The Sullivans in February,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — History was made on the fields of South School on Thursday as ground was broken for a new $4.8 million middle school. The district broke from tradition by having students rather than dignitaries perform the ceremonial groundbreaking. Construction is expected to begin in… Read More
    For a second time in less than a month, an Orono woman was arrested and charged with filing a false public report. The arrest came after the woman called 911 Monday and told the Orono dispatcher, “Could you come get me, 911?” and, “Please come… Read More
    The Newport town treasurer was identified incorrectly in a MaineDay story Sept. 18. Her name is Evelyn Ricker. Dance lessons offered by Bangor Ballroom Dance Club begin at 7 tonight at Bangor Community Center on Davis Road. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Local law enforcement officers seized almost 300 marijuana plants this week and arrested four local men in two separate drug-trafficking investigations. In one investigation, three men were arrested Wednesday night after 97 plants were seized Monday behind one suspect’s home in Skowhegan. Charged… Read More
    ORONO — A yearlong program designed to help members of the University of Maine community better understand issues related to rape and sexual assault will begin next week. Shannetta Mennenga, assistant director of UMaine’s Center for Students and Community Life, said that awareness is an… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Seated Thursday before dozens of schoolchildren eating peanut butter sandwiches and oranges, Waterville philanthropist Harold Alfond seemed more interested in waving at the children than in the crowd of 200 that had gathered in his honor. During unveiling ceremonies in Castonguay Square, Alfond… Read More
    Cereal for breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacktime. It doesn’t make any difference when you eat it, but when you do, Jennifer Murphy of Bangor and a member of the Vine Street School Parents-Teachers Organization, would like you to check the box to see if it is a General… Read More
    I am pleased that the waiting for the audit report on Cascade Park is completed and that Marshall Frankel has been exonerated. There is one aspect which was not reported and that pertains to the increased costs for refurbising the park. I believe the original… Read More
    I’m a personal watercraft dealer, PWC operator, and president of the Maine Personal Watercraft Association. I’m responding to the PWC comments by retiring Fisheries and Wildife Commissioner Bucky Owen. The answer is enforcement and education, not discriminatory restrictions. PWC dealers have been working to develop… Read More
    In the Sept. 9 edition of the Bangor Daily News, on the front page of Section C, was a graphic photo of the entire carcass of a formerly majestic and splendid African elephant and five “brave” men were sitting atop it. I was offended by the photo. I… Read More
    I understand the latest government solution to help rescue the Medicaid-Medicare system is to pay teaching hospitals for not teaching doctors. More to the point, $100,000 per teaching hospital for each slot left blank at admission time. I have decided to open a teaching hospital… Read More
    The recent announcement of stricter standards for medical waste incinerators by the federal Environmental Protection Agency is nothing short of an endorsement of the weekly protests by the Green Party in Blue Hill. The same people who were called “environmental extremists” by the hospital administrator were correct in… Read More
    On Sept. 22, the City Council will probably decide the future of the Bangor City Nursing Facility. I am one of more than 90 employees at the nursing facility. More than 80 of us are women. As far as I know, this is the only city department that… Read More
    KENNEBEC — A series of public meetings will be held to assist the Department of Transportation Advisory Committee for the Kennebec Valley in preparation of the Regional Advisory Report Recommendations for Policies and Projects in the Kennebec Valley Region. The outreach meetings will be held:… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Improvements to Pope Memorial Bridge in East Machias are under way. Spanning the East Machias River, the bridge carrying U.S. Route 1 is being reconstructed by BridgeCorp of Augusta to be 12 feet wider. Wendell Harriman, Maine Department of Transportation’s construction manager for… Read More
    CARIBOU — Two mothers and two wives cried and hugged each other Thursday afternoon, and a heavy sigh of relief was heard from at least one of two defendants when the Aroostook County Superior Court jury set them free. Four verdicts were announced, all not… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — More than 500 educators are expected today to attend a workshop on the implementation of the Maine’s Learning Results program at Presque Isle High School. The educators, from the University of Maine at Presque Isle and the secondary schools of Caribou, Easton,… Read More
    I enjoyed Jenna Russell’s review of the “Maine at Work” show at the Farnsworth Museum, especially her unabashed rapture over Rockwell Kent’s “Toilers of the Sea.” Her enthusiasm helps takes the sting out of the mistreatment Kent received at the hands of Grace Glueck a while back in… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The conference report of the Fiscal 1998 Military Construction Appropriations bill passed in the Senate Wednesday morning with a 97-3 vote. The bill, which includes funding for completion of a $6.5 million airfield improvement project in Bangor, is highly important to the Maine Air National Guard. Read More
    WASHINGTON — Public schools in New Jersey, New York, Alaska and Connecticut spent more money per student than schools anywhere else in the country except the nation’s capital, the Census Bureau said Thursday. New Jersey spent an average of $8,902 on each kindergarten through 12th-grade… Read More
    U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe introduced a bill Thursday that increases pressure to block the Dutch-backed vessel Atlantic Star and other so-called supertrawlers from fishing for herring or mackerel in federal waters. Snowe, who chairs the U.S. Senate’s Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, co-sponsored the… Read More
    BANGOR — Despite calls from the public for a major management shake-up at Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., the company president said Thursday there would be no changes. Two nights of public hearings on the electric company’s proposed 15.58 percent rate increase drew nonstop criticism of the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A Waterville man whose prosecution was characterized by defenders as a clash between old-fashioned rural values and modern standards of law has pleaded guilty to two counts of gross sexual assault stemming from liaisons with two teen-age girls. Ricky Loisel, 24, was sentenced… Read More
    NEW YORK — Shares of paper companies rallied for a second day after Georgia-Pacific Corp. said it expects third-quarter earnings to exceed forecasts because of rising prices for its paper and building products. The Standard & Poor’s paper index rose 40.57 to 1468.93, a 52-week… Read More
    Bangor District Court: Kenneth Legasse, 25, Glenburn, operating watercraft while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $1,000, seven 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… Read More
    A study of men with osteoporosis featured in Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News will not require participants to travel to Bangor for injections. Study subjects will administer the shots themselves at home. Men interested in being part of the study should contact Elizabeth Kinnicutt at the… Read More