ELLSWORTH – Mike Hangge took charge by scoring three times in the second half as the Ellsworth boys soccer team shut out Bucksport 3-0 Friday afternoon. Hangge was assisted by Isaiah Hangge, Darby Higgins, and Cooper Friend. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Brunswick football coach Dick Leavitt said he hoped Bangor would come into Friday night’s contest overconfident, get surprised by his team and make enough mistakes to allow the young Dragons to challenge for the upset. In short, everything had to go right. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The University of Maine, coming off back-to-back losses to ninth-ranked Villanova and No. 23 James Madison, faces its third consecutive Top-25 opponent today when it travels to No. 25 Richmond. Maine (2-2) at Richmond (3-1), UR Stadium, 1 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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A week or so ago, the Atlantic Salmon Federation and the Atlantic Salmon Trust of Scotland added backing to their reels by sponsoring the 5th International Atlantic Salmon Symposium. Held in Galway, Ireland, the symposium was successful in focusing international attention on the long-term decline of North Atlantic… Read More
HERMON – The backfield of the John Bapst boys soccer team was instrumental in a 1-0 victory over Hermon on Friday, but the Crusaders know the real secret of their recent winning streak. Baldness. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
ORONO – Defending Class B state champion Belfast has had difficulty getting out of the blocks. Early-game inefficiency was a factor in the team’s 0-3 start. Friday night, coach Butch Arthers’ Lions started fast and proved they have gotten back on stride during an LTC… Read More
AUGUSTA – Below are the results of the 1997 Maine any-deer permit drawing. Check the zone which you applied for and look for the last two digits of your hunting license number. The numbers shown do not indicate how many actual any-deer hunting permits are… Read More
It’s a typically light Saturday high school football schedule, but one of the six games could be the game of the LTC’s regular season. Old Town (3-1) at Winslow (3-1), Poulin Field, 1:30 p.m. – It wouldn’t be a stretch to bill this as a… Read More
HOULTON – Amber Howe scored with 15:11 left in the second half as Houlton defeated previously unbeaten Schenck of East Millinocket 1-0 in a schoolgirl soccer game Friday. Jessica Prosser stopped seven of the nine shots she faced for the 5-6 Shiretowners. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ORONO – University of Delaware freshman sweeper Megan McFadden will certainly remember her first collegiate goal. McFadden’s goal with just 34 seconds left in the first half proved to be the game-winner as Delaware, last year’s America East Tournament runner-up, edged the University of Maine Black Bears 2-1… Read More
NEWARK, Del. – Sophomore forward Ricky Brown scored an unassisted goal 15 minutes into the first half as the Black Bears defeated Delaware in America East action on Friday. It was the league opener for both teams. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Cony 14, Brewer 0 Key plays: Cony – Jake Castonguay sacks Kyle Meahan on 3rd-and-8 to end Brewer drive and set up second Cony touchdown; Bobby Lee Lippert completes 11-yard pass on 3rd-and-7 to sustain drive; Adam Wintle interception stops Brewer on 4th-and-8 inside the… Read More
I was watching the major league baseball playoffs on the tube one evening this week when I heard sportscaster Tim McCarver make a startling observation. “For the Mariners to win they have to outscore the opposition,” he explained to his stunned cohorts in the booth, and in the… Read More
Rena Bonsey, RR 1, Box 504, Hancock 04640, formerly of Surry, where she taught school for many years, will celebrate her 90th birthday Thursday, Oct. 16, and would appreciate cards from friends and former students. Marilyn Richardson, 28 Merriam Road, Apt. 107, Belfast 04915, lost… Read More
You could call us a group of women out on the river for the day. You could say we were strong and capable and, yes, hear us roar. But the truth is, we were warriors. Part Viking, part Amazon, and a whole lot of chutzpah. Read More
MONSON — Four Monson juveniles were apprehended this week after allegedly breaking into a Pleasant Street home. Investigator Jamie Kane said two of the 13- and 14-year-olds will be charged with burglary and the remaining two with criminal trespass. The four were turned over to… Read More
Chris Smither is making the most of his second chance at a music career. Smither, who will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Sea Dog Brewing Co. in Bangor, was one of the up-and-coming performers on the Boston acoustic-music scene in the mid-’60s. Bonnie… Read More
PORTLAND — A declaration by Roman Catholic bishops affirming the Church’s acceptance of homosexuals does not signal a shift by the Diocese of Portland in favor of Maine’s gay rights bill. The statewide diocese has remained neutral on the measure, which is expected to go… Read More
CARIBOU — Fire officials determined Friday that an unattended pot of cooking oil left on a stove was the cause of a fire that destroyed a 17-apartment complex Wednesday night which left 35 people homeless. According to investigator Tim Lowell of the state Fire Marshal’s… Read More
GREENVILLE — A Greenville businessman who feared his town would lose one of its historical buildings to new development has taken over ownership of the landmark. Earl Richardson confirmed this week that he has purchased the historic Shaw Block, the current home of The Indian… Read More
BANGOR — As an inmate at Supermax, Maine’s highest security prison, Billy Williams knew not to cross the lines. He went so far as to always ask permission twice to cross a yellow line in the prison’s recreation room to get to the water fountain. His life was… Read More
HODGDON — Fire officials did not have a cause Friday for an early morning fire which destroyed a single-family home on the Hodgdon to Linneus road. Capt. Ricky Tidd of the Hodgdon Fire Department said the home of Pat Toner was destroyed. The roof and… Read More
HOULTON — A Linneus man is facing up to five years in prison after being found guilty Friday of trespassing on a farm during hunting season last year and pointing a loaded rifle at the property owners. The verdict against Joseph J. Rodweller was rendered… Read More
SEARSPORT — A $3,500 out-of-court settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a girl who claimed Police Chief James Gillway coerced her into informing on her marijuana-growing parents. “There was no admission of guilt or that we did anything wrong,” said Gillway’s attorney,… Read More
Today we present more evidence that the world is headed to hell in a handbasket. Victimization as a way of life is again being heard in the court of public opinion. Parents in Greenbush and Winterport are seeking to essentially fire their school systems because… Read More
Legislators this week held public meetings throughout Maine to get a sense of what taxpayers wanted to do with last year’s state budget surplus. The question came down to whether the money should be spent on worthwhile programs or given back in the form of tax breaks. The… Read More
Maine’s Green Party, rumored to have been stomped out by the Legislature last session, is instead very much alive and today is playing host in Topsham to 19 other state Green organizations. The Maine party currently is on life-extension courtesy of a court order barring the state from… Read More
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WASHINGTON — More ground beef was recalled Friday because of possible contamination with E. coli bacteria, this time nearly 444,000 pounds produced by a Nebraska meatpacker and distributed nationwide. No illnesses have been reported because of the tainted beef, which was discovered in a random… Read More
BANGOR — The basketball floor at the Bangor Auditorium still has a few games left in it because the new floor won’t arrive until after the season has started in early December. Bangor’s finance committee will review bids for the 60-foot by 96-foot floor when… Read More
Gov. Angus King’s forest Compact is on the upcoming ballot in November. It will be some time before the hard disagreements over the proposed forest policies, that were created during last year’s legislative and grass-roots debates, fade away. Those hard feelings will all regenerate during the debate and… Read More
A New Hampshire-based foundation is asking religious groups throughout northern New England to observe a moment of silence during Sabbath services or ring church bells for one minute at 1:15 p.m. Oct. 4, the first Saturday of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to heighten attention about breast cancer. Read More
Brewer — The North Brewer-Eddington United Methodist Church will hold a contemporary worship service 9 a.m. Sundays, Sept. 28, Oct. 12, 19, 26, and Nov. 8, 16 and 23, at the church on Route 9, North Brewer. For more information, call the Rev. Joan DeSanctis at the church,… Read More
Jews around the world this week heard the haunting, ancient sound of the shofar, or ram’s horn, announce the High Holidays, beginning with Rosh Hashanah and concluding with Yom Kippur Oct. 11. “When the shofar is blown, I feel like I am hearing the same… Read More
You’ve stowed the lawn furniture in the basement and moved the sweaters from storage into the dresser drawer. The grass grows more slowly with the weakening sun, so it doesn’t need mowing. And the fallen leaves haven’t reached the critical mass requiring raking. Or perhaps… Read More
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The Series – Today: Robberies and murder during the outlaws’ infamous early years. Monday: The gang returns to Bangor for their machine gun and drive into a carefully planned FBI trap. Poppy Davis may wish she’d never gone to work that autumn morning 60 years… Read More
OWLS HEAD — Foreign automobiles will be celebrated at the Owls Head Transportation Museum’s Foreign Auto Festival and World War I Airshow on Sunday. Owners of pre-1977 foreign autos are invited to exhibit their vehicles. This year’s featured country will be England, and owners of… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Jackson Laboratory was recognized Friday for its achievements as an outstanding American business and for its history by the Newcomen Society of the United States. Dr. Kenneth Paigen, director of the world-renowned genetics research facility, accepted the award at a luncheon. Read More
BANGOR — It’s all about breaking the silence. As they do every fall, survivors of domestic abuse are preparing to step forward to tell their stories. Spruce Run and the Bangor Domestic Abuse Task Force will sponsor the local commemoration of Domestic Violence Awareness Month… Read More
ETNA — The Maine Municipal Association has ruled that an Aug. 9 special town meeting, during which a decision was made to hire a town manager, was legal. Questions about the legality of the meeting were raised by selectmen concerned that an article was put… Read More
A truck was stolen Thursday night from 146 State St. in Bangor, according to police. The red 1994 four-door Ford Explorer was stolen when it was left running while the owner went into a store. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Letters to J. Edgar Hoover flooded the FBI during its 19-month Brady Gang manhunt. Written by bank presidents, gas station attendants and others from all walks of life, many lured by the government’s $1,500 reward for information leading to the outlaws’ apprehension, the mail today reads like pages… Read More
Many children were raised on Mother Goose, Dr. Seuss and the Brothers Grimm, but they don’t know what they missed. Growing up, I was given annual recitations of the Battle of Bangor,” courtesy of my mother, who was an eyewitness to that moment in history on Columbus Day… Read More
Sometimes Marjorie Marsh Quigg believes the Brady Gang came into her life for a reason. In a turn of events so odd it might be fiction, her daughter was born because two gangsters died. And even stranger, in the weeks before the shootout, she rubbed shoulders with the… Read More
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BANGOR — The Bangor Area Visiting Nurses are conducting flu shot clinics at area Shop ‘n Save stores and the Bangor Wal-Mart store through October. Clinics will be held at Shop ‘n Save stores at the following times and places: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Lawmakers are seeking a pay raise under the table. Do they really need another pay raise? This is outrageous. Whoever the persons were who tacked this pay raise onto another bill so they could sneak it in without a vote should be named so the people who put… Read More
We should have seen this one coming. First, the state politicos failed to relocate the University of Maine (I’m dating myself) to Portland and so settled instead for the semi-lofty label “University (of) Southern Maine.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me.” Failing as a sure defense, this old adage expresses merely a hope — a false hope. In reality names do hurt us, especially when the taunts are contained in social messages that… Read More
Contrary to the implication in yesterday’s Bangor Daily News story on the so-called Lott amendment, I share Sen. Snowe’s strong support for requiring that union members give prior approval before any part of their dues is spent by the union on political activity. A problem… Read More
SORRENTO — Great Eastern Mussel Farms has received a 10-year exclusive lease to grow blue mussels in a 14.3-acre patch of Flanders Bay, off the eastern shore of Sorrento, despite protests from a few residents. The Department of Marine Resources authorized the permit, one of… Read More
NEWPORT — Richard Hodsdon of Calais said he plans to build a new restaurant on Route 7 at the Triangle business district in Newport in early 1998. Hodsdon, who now operates The Wickachee, a family-style restaurant in Calais, said he purchased the property in June. Read More
WISCASSET — The chief of Maine’s nuclear power plant urged Congress Friday to delay ratifying an agreement that would let Maine and Vermont send low-level radioactive waste to Texas. Maine Yankee Chairman David Flanagan said his state’s participation in the compact was based largely on… Read More
PROSPECT — A pair of 24-pound howitzers that used to be at Fort Knox will return to the fort as a result of efforts by the Friends of Fort Knox and Bucksport’s American Legion Post 93. The cannons had been displayed in front of the… Read More
MADISON — Maine’s best-known marijuana activist and founder of Maine Vocals, Don Christen, will be back in court next week when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court hears his appeal of a 1993 drug case. Christen is appealing his February 1996 conviction for furnishing marijuana, which… Read More
MADAWASKA — On May 6, 1945, a U.S. Army private suffered a concussion and later lost much of his hearing because of a direct hit by enemy mortar fire as he set up radio operations at an observation post near Gomas, Mindanao, in the Philippine Islands. Read More
Steamed in white wine or served on the half shell as hors d’oeuvres, blue mussels have steadily gained in popularity among Americans and at fine restaurants across the United States. With demand growing for the bearded mollusk, several dozen Maine fishermen, fish farmers and other… Read More
DEXTER — The Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis Club was given the go-ahead by the Town Council on Thursday evening to make plans for the annual Dexterfest celebration on July 31 and Aug. 1, 1998. Last summer was the first year the Kiwanis Club organized and sponsored… Read More
PHIPPSBURG — In 1607 a small group of Englishmen landed at the mouth of the Kennebec River and established a short-lived settlement, the Northern cousin to the successful and thus better-known Jamestown in Virginia. On Thursday, Amon Purinton held a piece of the historic colony… Read More
NEWPORT — Newport Town Manager Arthur Ellingwood said Friday that although he has been undergoing “every medical test known,” he is still planning to return to his job as soon as possible. Ellingwood has been out on sick leave since Sept. 2, and selectmen voted… Read More
It was a lot of work, but certainly well worth it and apparently a great deal of fun for master gardeners Cynthia Annis, Cindy Ranta and Jeannie Tabor. They were recognized recently by University of Maine Cooperative Extension for volunteering more than 120 hours this spring and summer. Read More
ORRINGTON — Starting next week, water testers from the state and HoltraChem will visit eight homes along Ferry Road to sample tap water for possible mercury contamination. Ferry Road residents interviewed Friday said they were glad the state had ordered quarterly tests of their drinking… Read More
NEWPORT — Carl Stevens should have been in jail in Louisiana for probation violations when he was arrested at 1:26 a.m. last Sunday, Sept. 28, for assaulting his girlfriend, according to Newport Police Officer Keith Emery. The 25-year-old Bangor man had been convicted of armed… Read More
This is a letter to the residents of the towns of SAD 25. The committee that was organized to look into consolidation of our district schools is planning to hold several public hearings in the three towns plus Mt. Chase. These hearings are going to be held throughout… Read More
In 1678, a controversial Englishman named Titus Oates was locked in a pillory and exposed to the scorn of his countrymen for allegedly fabricating a plot by Catholics to assassinate King Charles II, massacre Protestants and burn London to the ground. The pillory was a… Read More
BANGOR — The University of Maine System board will hold public forums around the state to learn how the system can support the education aspirations of Maine people. They will be 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. at: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
WEST TREMONT — For the past 26 years, Eleanor Carter got out of bed at 5 in the morning to raise the flag over the West Tremont post office she ran. She ate her breakfast, then headed to the one-room, white building at the edge of her property… Read More
STONINGTON — The long-standing issue of whether to build a new K-8 school here or in Deer Isle will be put to an official vote next week, even as a petition circulates in town to dissolve the island’s 23-year-old consolidated school district. By more than… Read More
OLD TOWN — An estimated 100 firefighters in the United States die protecting lives, property and wildlife areas during any given year. The 94 firefighters who died in the line of duty during 1996 — among them one from Maine — will be remembered Sunday… Read More
OLD TOWN — The Old Town Action Group will meet at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in the Old Town High School seminar room. Area parents and others who are concerned about the well-being of local youth should make arrangements to attend. The organization is… Read More
MOUNT DESERT — A commercial fishing boat sank before dawn Friday at the town pier in Northeast Harbor. Assistant Harbor Master Bill Hodgkins was awakened at 4:15 a.m. by local yachtsman Gary Hooper who reported the Nordsee, a wooden scallop dragger, was submerged beside the… Read More
WINTERPORT — A forum on spending the nearly $60 million state budget surplus will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Winterport Inn. State Rep. Joseph Brooks will be host, and speakers will include Rep. Steve Rowe of Portland, a member of… Read More