Nine bruising weeks remain in the Atlantic 10 football season, but the University of Maine may already have played its toughest opponent. The Black Bears are prepping for Saturday’s home game against 25th-ranked James Madison after losing 34-14 to Villanova, now ranked No. 4 in… Read More
READFIELD – Khano Smith’s unassisted goal with 15:45 left in the first half lifted the Maine Central Institute Huskies to a 1-0 schoolboy soccer win over the Maranacook Black Bears Tuesday. Sean Souza made 12 saves on 14 shots for 6-1 MCI. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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HAMPDEN – Christina Cangleton’s goal with 17:33 left in the game gave the Hampden Academy Broncos a 2-1 high school field hockey win over the Old Town Indians Tuesday. Rebekah Dickinson scored early to make the score 1-0 with one minute remaining in the first… Read More
HAMPDEN – Just like she has been doing all season, Emily Morse turned around the Bangor-Hampden girls soccer game last night. With 2:27 left in the first period of sudden-death overtime, Ram wing Morse took a pass from Susan Price and tipped the ball past… Read More
BANGOR – Corey Searles scored off a second-half penalty kick to give Northern Maine Technical College a 1-0 soccer victory over Eastern Maine Tech Tuesday. Jerry Burns scored off a Searles assist for NMTC of Presque Isle, now 3-2, in the first half. Keith Hunter… Read More
ORONO – For the past two seasons, the University of Maine’s hockey team was the Tantalus of college hockey. In Greek mythology, Tantalus was punished for various crimes by being stood up to his neck in water only to have it flow from him when… Read More
Mt. Blue High School in Farmington went from 2-0 to 1-1 in the Pine Tree Conference football standings last week without playing a game. After discovering an ineligible player on its roster, Mt. Blue had to forfeit its 14-0 win over Lawrence of Fairfield. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
NEWPORT – Six-year-old Tommy Ray of Dixmont finished first in the peewee category in the Maine State 3-D Archery Tournament, while his father, Tom, placed second in the male bowhunter release category. The tournament took place Saturday and Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Capturing a bull moose on film in the Maine woods in the fall presents a greater challenge than shooting one with a firearm does. I’ll just bet that some of you doubt that! Why is it more difficult to photographically shoot a bull moose in… Read More
BOSTON – The 1999 All-Star baseball game will be held at Fenway Park in Boston. The decision was made and reported earlier this summer, but never formally announced. The Red Sox have scheduled a news conference for Wednesday to make it official. Read More
On Thursday, Bangor resident Jeff Courtney will take a plane to New York City for a four-day trip. But Courtney won’t get to see any Broadway shows, shop on Fifth Avenue, or visit the Empire State Building. In fact, he won’t be spending any time… Read More
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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Several individuals pleaded guilty in Piscataquis County Superior Court this week to an assortment of charges. Those whose guilty pleas were accepted by Justice Andrew Mead were as follows: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
ORONO — Children and teens who stutter will be the focus of a workshop to be held Saturday, Sept. 27, at the University of Maine, in an effort to strengthen the children’s self-esteem and their understanding of helpful ways to cope with the disability that affects about 1… Read More
AUGUSTA — The 133d Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Heavy) will hold its second annual Retirees-Award Banquet on Nov. 7 at the Elks Club in Augusta. All retirees from the 133d are welcome. Contact SFC Preston Ward at 626-4261, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. RSVP by Oct. Read More
ELLSWORTH — A 60-year-old Bangor man was in critical condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Tuesday in Bangor, after the car he was riding in rolled over on Route 1A in North Ellsworth on Monday. According to Ellsworth police, Dean Smith was heading north… Read More
CALAIS — Maine State Police have determined that Ingrid Bareuther, 40, of Calais died as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Sgt. Mark Silk of the Calais Police Department said Tuesday. Silk said police were called to Mount Holly Subdivision Road, about 13 miles… Read More
CARIBOU — The City Council did a $100,000 about-face Monday night when it voted not to purchase the former J.J. Newberry building on Sweden Street. Last month, the city’s economic development arm, the Caribou Development Corp., appeared before the council imploring it to purchase the… Read More
BANGOR — The story of an alleged marijuana ring that stretched from Arizona to Camden unfolded Tuesday as the criminal trial of Todd Proctor began in U.S. District Court. The saga, which goes back to 1993, began with packages whose contents were questioned by authorities… Read More
WASHINGTON — Government regulations are not protecting cable TV customers whose rates are increasing faster than ever, consumer groups said Tuesday. They urged federal regulators to freeze rates and come up with stronger price controls. The Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America asked… Read More
BELFAST — It was midvote, with three city councilors in favor of hiring outside legal counsel to examine alleged misconduct by high-level city employees in Belfast. But last week, when Mayor Page Worth called for a show of hands from those opposed, the two remaining councilors sat wordless,… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed that the design of a levee to protect downtown Fort Fairfield may proceed as soon as funding is confirmed. A U.S. Senate appropriation passed in July included $300,000 for the levee. The U.S. House… Read More
ISLAND FALLS — Twenty-three years ago, the Katahdin Valley Health Center was literally nothing more than a storefront medical clinic on Katahdin Street in Patten. In 1974, with many of the region’s doctors close to retirement age and the closure of the Milliken Memorial Hospital… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate edged closer to passage of a bill to speed up drug and medical device approval Tuesday after rejecting a dogged effort by Sen. Edward Kennedy to remove a provision he said would leave consumers unprotected. The Food and Drug Administration overhaul… Read More
PORTLAND — Great Britain’s fourth-largest generator of electricity has offered to buy 30 Central Maine Power Co. hydroelectric plants for an undisclosed price. London-based Energy Group PLC acknowledged Monday it has made a bid for the CMP hydro stations. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BAR HARBOR — A collection of valuable vases and pitchers dating to the late 1800s was reported stolen from a historic inn Monday, and, according to its owner, it may have been an inside job. “Yes, we think they were taken by someone who worked… Read More
ALFRED — An Alfred man pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges of manslaughter and operating under the influence of drugs in a crash on the Maine Turnpike last winter that killed a Shaw’s Supermarkets trucker. Thomas Metz, 49, was arraigned in York County Superior Court in… Read More
WASHINGTON — Several Democratic women state legislators from Maine visited the White House this month to discuss issues such as federal funding cuts and welfare reform. “States are about to feel the full impact of federal cuts; I know I can better serve my constituents… Read More
AUGUSTA — The largest motoring association in the country has teamed up with state government officials as part of a national campaign aimed at reducing teen-age driving fatalities. In a joint statement Tuesday with Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky, Matthew C. McKenzie of the American… Read More
Fern Stearns remembers exactly where she was and what she was doing five years ago when her son, Alan, “came out” to her and her husband, Bill. She was sitting on the stairs off her living room in their Milford home. Her husband was sitting on the couch,… Read More
I abandoned an engineering career 15 years ago and became intrigued with the food business at the same time a talented young Austrian named Wolfgang Puck was making his mark on the trendy California restaurant scene. Puck had just published his first cookbook, “Modern French Cooking for the… Read More
Students, faculty and administrators from the University of Maine at Augusta told university trustees Monday they strongly supported changing their name to The Maine State University and asked trustees to approve the change. Instead, they got a committee to study which name would be most appropriate for UMA… Read More
“Students don’t see how history relates to their lives. Only 13 percent of students strongly agreed that social studies would be useful to them in the future.” This statement was offered as part of the rationale for the “small gain” made in social studies on the Maine Educational… Read More
What is going on? Has the Earth tilted in such a way that all of the wonderously weird and loopy ideas that normally go to California are now raining down upon eastern Maine? Is this the first chapter of a new Stephen King novel, in which the Lord… Read More
Doctors and pharmeceutical companies for the past several years have profited from a popular diet-pill regimen. Now it will be lawyers. But even as the lawsuits are filed and courtroom expressions of outrage are rehearsed, the pill-popping public is stuck with a larger question of what it had… Read More
If you read last week’s food review of The Rose Garden in Bar Harbor, then you were given some misinformation about location. We know it. We got it wrong. We regret it. Believe us. So for the record, The Rose Garden is located at the Bar Harbor Hotel-Bluenose… Read More
WESTBROOK — Federal regulators Tuesday cited the S.D. Warren Co. for alleged safety violations and proposed that the Westbrook paper mill be fined a total of $102,000. The alleged violations came to light when inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration visited the mill… Read More
Bangor area police were called to back up Orono police involved in a small melee early Sunday morning that had threatened to get larger. In all, police estimate several hundred people poured outside a bar shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday to watch the fight among… Read More
ELLSWORTH — All roads may not lead to Dunkin’ Donuts in this town, but they certainly stop there. Tourists headed for Bar Harbor, locals trying to get to the supermarket on High Street, and logging trucks bound for Down East all converge at the familiar pink-and-orange sign at… Read More
PALMYRA — The selectmen from Palmyra and Newport will hold a joint meeting at 5:30 this evening at the town hall in Palmyra. The Newport board requested the meeting after questions arose recently regarding fire coverage and other mutual issues. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
NEWPORT — The ninth annual Newport Quilt Show will be held at the High Street Congregational Church this weekend. Organizers expect at least 100 new and antique quilts to be displayed. The event runs 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-27, at the church… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Whether it be teen-agers staying out past the town’s 10 p.m. curfew, young adults squealing tires while leaving Manson Park or other young people loudly cursing and yelling at each other while hanging out by the town library, the town’s ordinance committee agreed Tuesday night that… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The annual 4-H Octoberfest will take place from 9:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Dover-Foxcroft YMCA. This event gives youth and adults from Piscataquis and Penobscot counties an opportunity to take part in hands-on workshop activities. Activities such as… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A Pittsfield man has been charged with assault in the wake of a weekend incident involving another Pittsfield man. Jason Gillis, 18, was charged Tuesday with assaulting Robert Mathews, 41, early Saturday morning. According to police, Gillis threw a bottle at Mathews, striking… Read More
KITTERY — Authorities have recovered $233,000 stolen from the bank accounts of a retired police chief, but a new report about possible missing cash remains under investigation. The $233,000 disappeared from William H. Nelson’s accounts at Peoples Heritage Bank on Sept. 9 — the day… Read More
PITTSFIELD — In Bangor, six people are running for election to three City Council seats. In Dexter, five people are trying to capture two positions on the Town Council. Candidates abound for public positions in Ellsworth, Hampden, Houlton and Rockland. But in Pittsfield, only those… Read More
Municipal elections are just around the corner for voters in Lincoln and Millinocket who will go to the polls Nov. 4. In Lincoln, voters will have plenty of choices as 12 people are running for seven open seats on four different boards. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
PITTSFIELD — It will take some researching of leases and cooperation by at least one established Pittsfield business, but Town Manager D. Dwight Dogherty said Tuesday he is confident a Texas-based company will locate in the local industrial park. Dogherty, local businesspeople, a state representative… Read More
Mainers generally, and genuinely, hold a special concern for their denizens of the woods, yet there is one more thing some of us can do to help assure the healthiest wildlife populations anywhere. Wildlife scientists have been expanding the trapping seasons on furbearers for many… Read More
I was very disturbed to read in the Bangor Daily News on Aug. 30-31 that the Bangor Theological Seminary has hired a professor, David Trobisch, who believes our Christian Bible is a book of fiction; [he] especially mentioned the book of Mathew. From time to time I have… Read More
In response to the letter from Debra Trice (BDN, Sept. 17), I needed to say this to support her letter: She is exactly right. What has this world come to? Dr. Robertson was one of my mother’s doctors until her death at age 79 in 1991. This is… Read More
In the Sept. 17 issue of the Bangor Daily News a letter from Cindy Sanborn waves words like “censorship” and “banning” around. Why is she doing this? Because the owners of certain stores have decided what they are going to sell, and what they aren’t. Read More
It was with a great deal of sadness that many opened last Friday morning’s Bangor Daily News to the lead headline, “Petitioners put stop to gay-rights law.” That Friday was the day that the anti-discrimination law, known as the gay-rights law, was to go into effect. Read More
“A laugh is where you find it…” The weekend edition of the Bangor Daily News (Sept. 13-14) gave me hearty mirth in appraising one of the colored “block” cartoons. The irate housewife berating her husband for dropping a tree squarely across their home reminds me… Read More
Allow me to set the record straight for your readers and correct a misapprehension of one of your readers: I am no longer a member of the board of trustees of the University of Maine System as my term has expired. I have not attended a board meeting… Read More
Rockland District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Frank A. Dennison, 40, residence not listed, $1,300, 50 days in jail, license supended four years; Robert P. Estes, 48, St. George, $400, license suspended 90 days; Ellis M. Reid, 48, Rockland, $500,… Read More
BANGOR — One day after Bangor Police Chief Randy Harriman vowed not to withdraw from the fight for the appointment to public safety commissioner, he was called to a meeting with the governor’s staff who told him just how difficult the confirmation process would be. Read More
FARMINGTON — A 25-year-old man charged with an accomplice in the beating death of an older man faces a maximum of 20 years in prison under a plea bargain with the state. Brett White of Wilton, who faced murder charges in Douglas Cochran’s death, pleaded… Read More
LINCOLN — Lincoln town officials, like municipal officials in Bangor, Old Town and Millinocket, are protesting the request by Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. for a 15.58 percent rate hike. Like other officials, Lincoln leaders say such an increase in electric rates will affect more than just… Read More
HERMON — Power was knocked out for a little over an hour in several area towns around 6 a.m. Tuesday when a Bangor Daily News newspaper delivery boy on his way home fell asleep at the wheel and hit a utility pole across from the railroad tracks on… Read More
CHICAGO — HMOs may be making death more merciful for elderly patients, researchers say. While the cost-cutting practices of health maintenance organizations are sometimes criticized as harmful to patients, a new study found that Medicare patients in HMOs were less likely to get prolonged, costly… Read More
BANGOR — Tickets to the Oct. 21 live broadcast by shock jock Don Imus are sold out, and chances seem slim that the event can be moved from the civic center to the larger Bangor Auditorium. One thousand tickets had been sold by 1 p.m. Read More
ROCKPORT — A new pier at the end of Sea Street has the local harbor committee crying foul. The pier was constructed this summer on behalf of David and Nancy Holmes, summer residents from Ohio, by Prock Marine of Rockland. Although Prock obtained a permit… Read More
UNION — There has been a Masonic Hall in Union for longer than there has been a state of Maine. “We are not about to stop now,” said Ron Hawes, a past lodge master and current member of the building committee. Someone burned down the… Read More
We hope for a good turnout at the Battered Women’s Project of Aroostook County’s third annual Moving Against Domestic Violence 5-Kilometer walk-run Saturday in Presque Isle. Just as needs for the project’s services are expanding, funding sources are decreasing. That is why every $5 donation… Read More
“He has fear of what can happen. He has fear.” With those words, Gail Orndorf-Sperry explained why she believes Carsten Geisel should not be forced to attend school in SAD 22. Orndorf-Sperry, a special education teacher at Brewer Middle School who befriended Geisel while he… Read More
BANGOR — Members of the public will be able to comment on a variety of trucking issues during a meeting at 7 tonight in council chambers on the third floor of City Hall. The meeting is sponsored by Bangor Area Comprehensive Transportation System, a regional… Read More
A short take in Tuesday’s paper gave the wrong toll-free number for the National Down Syndrome Society. The correct number is 1-800-221-4602. A story in Tuesday’s paper erroneously listed the Bangor Wal-Mart as one of several stores continuing to charge the repealed state disposal tax… Read More
CAMDEN — The Board of Selectmen approved a parking plan for Atlantic Avenue that may cost the town a few precious spaces but will enhance pedestrian safety at the Camden Public Library. The plan was put forth by the library’s board of trustees and was… Read More
BANGOR — Children soon will get a chance to see firefighters and equipment up close when the Bangor Fire Department visits Bangor elementary schools for Fire Prevention Week. Lt. Pete Metcalf of the Fire Prevention Bureau said that fire prevention efforts should not be limited… Read More
BREWER — The city pushed forward into the computer age Tuesday night with the approval of a $54,000 expenditure for computers, printers and other high-tech equipment. Some of the money will be used to make the city’s existing computer network more uniform. Other funds will… Read More
BANGOR — Eastern Maine Medical Center will hold the next Respiratory Support Group meeting from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in Main 2B Conference Room. The speaker will be a representative from a home care company who will update participants on proposed Medicare… Read More
A man remained behind bars Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted an Orono police officer and fled from police early Sunday morning. Shawn M. Currier, 21, had been stopped for erratic driving at 12:30 a.m. Sunday and was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s school funding formula, once a model for the nation, has come under increasing scrutiny from lawmakers as they have endeavored to distribute state money to schools as fairly as possible. The past year was no exception as the Legislature appointed two committees to examine parts… Read More