HARRINGTON – Andrew Batson scored the lone goal of the game with 2:03 left in double overtime to give the Narraguagus Knights a win. Cameron Worcester set up the scoring play with a well-placed corner kick to Adam Meyer, who assisted on the score. Bruce… Read More
Journalist Walter Lippman once said, “I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, `Put not your trust in princes.’ Only the very rarest of princes can endure even a little criticism, and few of them can put up with even a pause in the… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Jesse Ricardo scored a pair of unassisted goals 33 seconds apart in the final minute of the first half to snap a 1-1 tie and give Providence College a 3-1 women’s soccer win over Maine Monday. Ricardo scored the game-winner with 46… Read More
ORONO – Alicia Vinal’s goal with eight minutes left in game gave the Orono Red Riots the winning edge en route to a 3-1 verdict over the Stearns Minutemen in high school field hockey action Monday night. Pam Ventura scored the first goal of the… Read More
DEXTER – Shawn Rosebush scored two goals to lead the Schenck Wolverines to a 4-0 schoolboy soccer victory over the Dexter Tigers Monday. Chris Wyman added a goal and an assist and Dustan Thompson had a goal. Aaron Turcotte saved 14 of 22 shots for… Read More
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BANGOR – During Monday evening’s Bangor-Presque Isle boys soccer game, five players were issued yellow cards, the Wildcats took 18 shots on goal and the Presque Isle defenders held tight control over the midfield for the entire game. Wildcats goalie Gene Cronin didn’t break a… Read More
OXFORD – Durham’s Larry Emerson took the lead on lap 48 of the 100-lap Grand Enduro race at Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday and never looked back as he took the win. John Black Jr. of Winthrop finished second followed by Marc Noyes of Lewiston. Read More
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Construction fever has hit Brewer High School, with both the tennis courts at the high school and the practice soccer field at Capri Street undergoing overhauls. The tennis courts have been overgrown with weeds, pitted with cracks and holes, and the fences have been spotted… Read More
The sounds coming from the private, wood-paneled gym in Hampden were intense and frightening. But the reality of the man who made the sharp noise and guttural rumble was more amazing. The occasional loud exhale, woooosh, or the rhythmic cry, eiiaah, conjured images of a… Read More
WATERVILLE — A former Waterville junkyard used by children as an impromptu playground has turned into a nightmare for local and state health officials and the parents of the youngsters who often played there. Last Friday, up to 20 pounds of mercury were discovered spilled… Read More
MACHIAS — The sign-up period is open for The Washington County Farm Service Agency’s next Conservation Reserve Program, which will take place over a five-week period from Oct. 14 to Nov. 14. The CRP is designed to improve America’s natural-resource base. Landowners enter into contract… Read More
HOULTON — The Houlton Parks and Recreation Department and Vital Pathways again will sponsor a fun night for Houlton children on Halloween. They are in the planning stages of the event and would like to invite teens, businesses and other members of the community to work on the… Read More
HOULTON — The Houlton Parks and Recreation Department will be sponsoring an after-school program for children in kindergarten through grade four. The program will be held 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays starting Oct. 15. The program will run for eight weeks, and costs $15 for Houlton residents and $22.50 for… Read More
HOULTON — The Houlton Parks and Recreation Department will be sponsoring K.I.D.S. Club for youth in fifth and sixth grades. Activities include pizza parties, field trips, roller skating and raising money for special causes. To join, call the department at 532-1310 by Oct. 3. The first meeting is… Read More
CARIBOU — An Ashland man pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to the motor-vehicle death last year of his girlfriend and their baby. Lloyd McPherson, 23, entered his plea in Aroostook County Superior Court in Caribou. His name had been included on the trial list… Read More
BLUE HILL — The Liberty School has not received state “approval” as school officials indicated Friday, but it did get permission to open this week with the designation of “nonapproved private school acceptable for attendance purposes only,” a state official said Monday. After a visit… Read More
Bowater Inc., the parent company of Great Northern Paper in East Millinocket, will spend $180 million in the next two years to modernize its Calhoun, Tenn., newsprint facility. The modernization project now under way includes expanding the Tennessee mill’s thermo-mechanical pulp facility and converting an… Read More
BREWER — Brooks Pharmacy may be coming back. In addition to its recent purchase of three Downeast Pharmacies, the New England chain that left the state two years ago is planning to construct its first new store in the state along Main Street in Brewer. Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Society for Human Ecology will hold its ninth International Conference at College of the Atlantic on Oct. 15-18. Three keynote speakers will address the conference: Richard Forman, professor of landscape ecology at Harvard University, on “Landscape Ecology in Land Use Planning;” Robert Kates, former… Read More
HOULTON — Houlton Regional Hospital announced Monday that it will open a 150-seat-capacity community-education center by the middle of next month. The announcement means that Houlton and the rest of the region will have a state-of-the-art facility for meetings and conferences that has been lacking… Read More
MACHIAS — A community wellness series of free educational programs is being sponsored jointly in October by Down East Community Hospital and Community Health and Counseling Services. The three workshops are: Thursday, Oct. 2, a workshop focusing on the warning signs of teen suicide. Presenters… Read More
CARIBOU — A local man charged with trading drugs for firearms stolen from vehicles last fall in central Aroostook County was ordered Monday to serve almost one year in prison for his part in the crime. Appearing in Aroostook County Superior Court, Peter Dubay, 24,… Read More
FORT KENT — Quiet and kind of shy, the boy quickly admits to wanting to be a policeman — maybe a dentist, he adds after some more thought. He likes the lights on police cruisers and his father is in the dental field. Chapin Scaggs,… Read More
In Washington, D.C., it’s said, the distance between principle and sellout is measured in millimeters. Principle above politics was the credo of former Democratic Congressman Tom Andrews, who currently serves as deputy executive director of Citizen Action, a Washington-based advocacy organization that has called for… Read More
HOULTON — Houlton Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring three youth soccer programs throughout the harvest break. The program is for fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders. The games are scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 30, under the Bob Ruth Field lights at Community Parks. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ALFRED — A truck driver from Indiana apologized and pleaded guilty Monday to charges of beating and sexually assaulting a woman he had met at a Biddeford bar in 1995. “I’m sorry. I swear to God, I didn’t mean for this to happen,” Trent McPherson,… Read More
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Maine’s teachers are teaching one another this year as part of a $3.5 million campaign to move lessons from the classroom to cyberspace. The “Electronic Learning Marketplace” allows teachers to explore one another’s classroom techniques by connecting to an Internet site. Read More
ELLSWORTH — Scientists from the New England Aquarium have found a second right whale tangled in fishing line in the Bay of Fundy, and they say this one may be in danger of dying if they can’t free it. A whale-watching boat first spotted the… Read More
The current national experiments in the reduction of welfare rolls remind me of the day 30 years ago when I found some gunpowder (stole it, really). I wrapped it in a napkin, set the napkin on fire and stood back with the kind of excitement… Read More
Fresh from transporting his daughter from a private high school to a private university, President Clinton promised Sunday to veto any Republican education plan that does not include national testing in the public schools. How the younger Clinton was admitted into prestigious Stanford University without one of her… Read More
Harrington — The Harrington Family Health Center will celebrate Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October with an art display, films and information available to the public at the center. 483-2408. Bucksport — Healthy Communities of Bucksport will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at the… Read More
Malawi stretches its long, narrow shape along the shore of Lake Nyasa and down the Shire River valley in southeastern Africa. A developing nation, it does not come readily to mind when discussing vacations, but this summer it provided an unforgettable experience — and a new perspective —… Read More
WASHINGTON — A Maryland company recalled a shipment of epinephrine injectors called EpiEZPen that allergy sufferers carry to treat life-threatening attacks. The pen-size injector full of epinephrine can prematurely activate, meaning it is ineffective when allergy sufferers go to use it, Meridian Medical Technologies said… Read More
BANGOR — Now it seems there’s some elastic in the early October deadline for the city to decide whether to go for a multipurpose stadium. Bangor Blue Ox President Dean Gyorgy said Monday that the City Council could probably have “the month of October” to actually decide on… Read More
WASHINGTON — The government of Chile has retained Bob Dole’s law firm to lobby for it in a dispute over salmon subsidies. A Democratic congressman criticized the arrangement Monday. Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and former Senate majority leader, met recently with Chile’s ambassador… Read More
In using the scattergun approach on Passamaquoddy Tribe’s bingo parlor, the Albany Township opposition has sprayed a lot of objections around but so far has failed to shoot anything of substance — except its own foot. First, it was the pristine natural environment argument, the… Read More
Lurking buried and unseen, often for years, antipersonnel land mines daily threaten farmers tending their crops, women bringing crafts to market and children playing in fields. These hidden killers claim some 26,000 casualties annually in 70 countries recovering from war. The mass media’s coverage of… Read More
St. Agatha — An Alzheimer’s disease support group will meet 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 24, at the St. Agatha Parish Hall. 834-3155, Ext. 209. Fort Kent — Northern Maine Medical Center will present a lecture on breast and cervical cancer 7-8 p.m. Oct. 1, at the… Read More
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BANGOR — Those with Down syndrome and their families and friends will march from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 5 at Broadway Park in Bangor to promote the acceptance of all people with Down syndrome during the third annual national Buddy Walk. The walk is… Read More
OLD TOWN — The Greater Old Town Association of Business and Community invites members of the community to “talk trash” Wednesday at the Fort James Corp.’s Earland K. Sleight Training Center. The topic of the forum is commercial garbage disposal in Old Town. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
VEAZIE — A three-way race is shaping up for the remainder of the Town Council term recently vacated by Reginald LeBlond, whose move from Veazie rendered him ineligible for the post. The remainder of LeBlond’s term, which expires in June, will be filled during a… Read More
OLD TOWN — There are just enough seats available for the number of residents who signed up as candidates for City Council and school board in Old Town’s local elections Tuesday, Nov. 4. Voters here will fill two three-year seats on the City Council, and… Read More
NEWBURGH — Fall cleanup will be held beginning on Friday, Oct. 3. No wood or car parts will be picked up and households are limited to disposal of two tires without rims. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR — The annual Bangor High School Open House will be held at 6:30 tonight. A shortened class schedule will allow parents to meet teachers and hear presentations by teachers on expectations and policies. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
WASHINGTON — The phone rang in the office of a dentist here and at the other end was a very angry woman, calling long distance. Why, she demanded, wasn’t President Clinton answering her letters about her son’s troubles in the Army? Receptionist Elizabeth Jaramillo, who… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Motorists who frequent Morton Avenue and the Danforth Road in Dover-Foxcroft will be forced to change their method of entering and exiting the Morton Avenue Elementary School. After a public hearing Monday evening, Dover-Foxcroft selectmen voted to change the traffic on the streets… Read More
Q. I plan to install efficient infloor radiant heating. I will replace my wall-to-wall carpeting with decorative hardwood floors for better heat transfer (and allergy relief). What type of hardwood is best? — J.R. A. Warm floor radiant heating is very efficient and comfortable. Hardwood… Read More
AUGUSTA — Sen. Mary Cathcart, D-Penobscot, and Sen. Robert Murray, D-Penobscot, invite Penobscot County residents to attend a citizens forum to discuss options for the current state surplus. Area legislators, local officials, and administrators also are invited. The citizens forums are scheduled: googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine Initiatives, a statewide public foundation, is now accepting applications for its 1998 grant awards. Grants of $35,000 over three years are awarded to start-up projects or project expansions having the potential to improve the lives of specific Maine populations. Criteria include 501c3… Read More
Bangor — Rec. Ride Plus, a nonprofit program at the Bangor House that provides transportation seven days a week, 16 hours a day to senior citizens and the handicapped, needs volunteer bus and van drivers with commercial driver’s licenses willing to donate four hours a week. For information,… Read More
LINCOLN — Get rid of the temporary sales and snack taxes, and economic development will come. Give the money back to the schools and get automatic property tax relief. These were common themes suggested by the nearly 30 Lincoln area residents who gathered Monday night… Read More
More reports from out of state have been coming into the Bangor Police Department about possible fraud over the Internet involving a Bangor address. A Maryland man reported Sunday that he had paid $227 more than a month ago for a computer hard drive for… Read More
FARMINGTON — University of Maine System officials incurred the wrath of two powerful lawmakers Monday when they refused to grant a request from the University of Maine at Augusta to change its name to The Maine State University. Because of opposition from other campuses and… Read More
BANGOR — After months of struggling with the future of the City Nursing Facility, the City Council on Monday voted 8-0 to keep it open and invest $400,000 to expand services. Plans call for renovating the building, taking away five of the 61 nursing home… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Wal-Mart stores in at least three communities have been erroneously charging customers an excise tax on some items that was repealed by the Legislature more than 20 months ago. The issue was brought to light by Rep. Ed Povich, D-Ellsworth, who looked into… Read More
In the Sept. 13-14 op-ed column, “Blair’s government works for Irish peace,” the author, Robert McLaughlin, makes a glaring error. McLaughlin refers to British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s party as the Liberals. Blair is the leader of a Labor Party government. The Liberal Party has… Read More
Come on, Bangor Daily News, what are you doing? You won’t accept “name withheld upon request” letters but let someone ruin another’s reputation through an anonymous letter to the governor’s office and apparently without any justification, and it’s front-page news. Since so many believe what they read in… Read More
Your recent editorial (BDN, Sept. 6-7) criticizing the management of Maine Yankee ignores the obvious flaws in the audit that spawned your commentary. The audit is contradictory in concluding that the Maine Yankee board of directors was wrong in December when it invested in the… Read More
As I read the front page (BDN, Sept. 12), “Tradition vs. modern law,” I wondered what those men were thinking of as they were skinning porpoises. I commend their bravery and tenacity in pursuing their beliefs. I wish them much luck in their endeavor. As… Read More
On Sept. 17, the Bangor Daily News ran a Cox News Service article that contained some very misleading information. The article was tited, “Key senators vow to limit use of longer trucks on interstate.” The quote I take the most issue with is, “New Hampshire… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — Georgia-Pacific Corp.’s Woodland pulp and paper operation began its annual maintenance shutdown with a lime kiln outage that began last week. The remainder of the mill began shutdown procedures on Saturday. This year’s routine maintenance shutdown, company officials said, will include capital projects… Read More
HARTLAND — Two of her children had missed the school bus Monday morning. So Barbara Gould of Hartland gathered them into her car and drove them there. Afterward, she stopped at her mother’s home, also in Hartland, for a visit. The visit ended at about… Read More
ORONO — The link between investment in technology and the development of good jobs will be the focus of the University of Maine’s 24th Annual Governor’s Economic Development Conference, scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 14. The conference will also explore how this link can improve the state’s economy. Read More
BUCKSPORT — The Coalition for Sensible Energy is sponsoring a public meeting 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Ellsworth Public Library to discuss buying electricity in Maine in the future. The meeting also will focus on buying electricity that benefits the state’s natural environment. Read More
BANGOR — Bangor International Airport officials are negotiating with Business Express to expand maintenance operations here with the hopes of adding jobs to the current 60 positions. Contrary to an Associated Press report in Monday’s Bangor Daily News, there are no negotiations to locate headquarters… Read More
GALESBURG, Ill. — Businesses can receive a free “Tax Deduction Starter Kit” that shows how to earn a federal income tax deduction by donating slow-selling inventory or overstocked goods to charity. The kit, which is published by the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Mid-coast School of Technology adult education department in cooperation with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Rockland Police Department will offer a Maine hunter safety course. This course is mandatory for everyone acquiring their first adult Maine hunting… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Georges River Tidewater Association will offer boat tours on the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School’s motor vessel Hurricane as part of the sixth annual Tidewater Festival. The Hurricane will leave the Outward Bound School dock at Mechanic Street at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, for… Read More
APPLETON TOWNSHIP — An elderly Solon man died Monday night from the effects of hypothermia he suffered this weekend during a solo fishing expedition in the hinterland south of Jackman. Roland Tozier, 94, was reported to be in serious condition late Monday afternoon at Eastern… Read More
OLD TOWN — This year’s Riverfest celebration, Thursday through Saturday, will offer a blend of Old Town High School homecoming events and community activities for all ages. Sponsored by the city’s parks and recreation department, the festival will open at 7 p.m. Thursday with the… Read More
BANGOR — On Wednesday and Thursday, the Maine Industrial Show will be held at the Bangor Auditorium. The show will feature exhibits of products such as welding supplies, pneumatics, air compressors, material handling equipment and other industrial products. The show, organizers said, also will provide an opportunity for… Read More
A few years ago there was a place in Bangor called Cascade Park, but few of us knew it existed, and even fewer went there. After four decades of neglect, the “park” was a wreck. Then, along came a selfless citizen named Marshall Frankel. All on his own,… Read More
LIMESTONE — The acting chief of the Maine State Police, Malcolm Dow, is scheduled to visit the Loring Commerce Centre today for a briefing on a proposal to move the state’s criminal justice academy to the former military base. Dow is expected to meet with… Read More
WASHINGTON — As a Senate panel examined fraud in the penny-stock market estimated to rob ordinary investors of $6 billion a year, the government’s top securities regulator on Monday promised improved enforcement efforts. At the same time, the Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities… Read More
Helen Cummings Vanderbilt, a founder of the philanthropic South Forty Corp. and former trustee of Bennington College and Fisk University, died Sunday at the Harbor Inn in Venice, Fla., where she had lived for three years. She was 79. Mrs. Vanderbilt was born in Skowhegan. Read More
PORTLAND — The Maine chapter of the Sierra Club lined up Monday in opposition to a referendum proposal to manage tree cutting in Maine’s forests, ensuring a split among mainstream conservation groups as the campaign gets under way. The Natural Resources Council of Maine, the… Read More
ROCKLAND — Three candidates will square off in the race to succeed retiring City Councilor Robert Gagnon. The three-year City Council term to be decided by voters Nov. 4 will be contested by Dennis Norton of Broadway, Elizabeth Gifford Stuart of Cedar Street and Albert… Read More
When Sister Mary Ignatius arrives in a black, floor-length habit with a stern, pursed face staring out from her wimple, you’ll sit up straight. Chances are if you went to parochial school in the 1950s, you’ll probably also be compelled to make the sign of the cross with… Read More
LEVANT — The Department of Environmental Protection has requested further testing before it gives the green light to a proposal submitted earlier this month by Kimberly-Clark to spread paper-mill sludge and ash on 65 acres of land in the Phillips Road area. Rick Haffner, DEP… Read More
As part of its efforts to promote cultural and racial diversity, the Bangor-Brewer YWCA is inviting the public to attend “Traditions and Transitions: The Native People of Maine, A Celebration of Heritage” from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday in the third-floor function room at the YWCA on Second… Read More
ROCKLAND — With the deadline to take part in the Maine Lights Program rapidly approaching, City Hall has to decide, once and for all, whether it wants to take control of the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse. At a public hearing held Monday, city officials were urged… Read More
BANGOR — Employees of KeyBank will work on several community projects in the Greater Bangor area Wednesday during KeyCorp’s annual “Neighbors Make A Difference” day program. Projects include painting interior rooms in the Abnaki Girl Scout Council headquarters in Brewer; painting and yard work at… Read More