WINSLOW – The LTC Class B football nay-sayers were out in force last week after hearing that Winslow had lost to Kennebunk. Words such as “overrated,” and “fluke” were tossed in the Black Raiders’ general direction. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Jeremy Brooks scored two goals to lead the Wildcats to a 5-0 schoolboy soccer win Saturday. Joel Duncan scored a goal and added an assist for 8-3 Presque Isle. Mike Chasse and Jared Keegan scored unassisted goals. John Blanchard had an assist. Read More
College AT SALEM, MASS. Salem Invitational UMaine-Farmington def. Southern Maine 15-7, 15-10, 15-5 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++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if… Read More
MCI 28, Rockland 0 Key plays: MCI – running back Nate Cota goes 49 yards for first touchdown; Cota’s second touchdown comes two plays after Rockland loses two-way starter; Rockland – defense holds MCI passing game to 3-16 passes; lost two starters: wide reciever David… Read More
College AT LEWISTON, Sunday Bates 9, Plymouth St. 0 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++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
LAKEWOOD – It’s not unusual for high school students to be serving up chicken wings, but the proper place to do it as at a restaurant. Abby Spector of Waterville, the two-time defending champion of the Schoolgirl Individual Golf Championship, was doing it on the… Read More
Wesleyan 20, Colby 13 Key plays – Wesleyan: Ties game with 12 seconds left in third on 18-yard pass from Jake Fay to John Pascucci googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
GUILFORD – David Emrich scored two goals to lead 6-1-3 Piscataquis Community to a 3-0 schoolboy soccer victory over Dexter SaturdayCommunity to a 3-0 schoolboy soccer victory over Dexter Saturday. Chris Conner netted an early goal and John Riitano saved six of 10 shots for… Read More
TOWSON, Md. – Richie Moller scored a pair of goals to lead Towson State to a 3-2 America East win over Maine Sunday. Towson State is now 8-3 overall, 2-0 in the conference. Maine fell to 2-4-1, 1-1. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Local AT ORLAND, Sunday 5 1/2 mile results: Men: 1. Hugh McLean 36:26, 2. David Kenyon 37:12, 3. James Burnett 39:42, 4. Eric Larson 42:22, 5. Ken Kudrak 44:09; women: 1. Jill Baroody 47:45, 2. Kristin Walstad 48:16, 3. Trina Smith 48:41, 4. Julie Baroody… Read More
BANGOR – Bruce Pratt, a John Bapst assistant football coach, was standing outside of the Crusaders’ locker room after their game against Stearns on Saturday night when video operator Clarence Higgins handed him the game tape. “Don’t lose that one,” Higgins said. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
He who blocks last blocks best. That seemed to be the lesson inherent in the University of Richmond’s highly improbable 17-14 victory over the University of Maine Saturday at UR Stadium. The teams traded touchdowns set up by blocked punts in the fourth quarter, an… Read More
High school MDI Invitational AT MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, 3 miles 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++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ORONO – For weeks, the Brewer girls have snuck their way up through the coaches’ poll that tracks the state’s best cross country teams. Last week, their sneaking days ended when the Witches took the No. 1 spot after downing Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln and… Read More
The Bangor Police Department is investigating a fatal accident that occurred at 2 a.m. Saturday. Emery Emerson, 27, of Carmel was killed when he apparently lost control of his vehicle while traveling south on Ohio Street near Eighteenth Street. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Exhausted and with little to show for their efforts, divers ended a third day of searching for the body of 10-year-old Massachusetts boy believed to have been slain, then sexually molested by two men. Authorities say Jeffrey Curley of Cambridge, Mass., was… Read More
PHIPPSBURG — A 29-year-old Phippsburg man died after his car flipped over and landed in a pond, the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department said. John D. Lewis was driving the vehicle that went out of control on Stony Brook Road at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday. He… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Details were sketchy Sunday about a Caribou man who was injured during the night Saturday while riding an all-terrain vehicle off South Caribou Road at Fort Fairfield. Roderick Guerrette, 31, was being transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor Sunday afternoon… Read More
BIDDEFORD — A Brunswick man has been charged with raping a Topsham teen-ager two months ago at Old Orchard Beach. Kenneth Folk, 23, was arrested Tuesday and was being held without bail on a charge of gross sexual assault. He is accused of attacking the… Read More
BATH — The widow of William Richard Higgins joined more than 1,000 people at the launching of a Navy destroyer named in honor of the U.S. Marine colonel, who was kidnapped and executed while serving in Lebanon. The destroyer will venture into the world’s hot… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A new $72,000 mammography unit will serve women at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft. The state-of-the-art equipment will be used to provide free mammograms during the hospital’s observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, according to Tom Lizotte, marketing and development… Read More
NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. — Block Island residents may regret allowing the state to bring deer to the island in 1968. Nearly 30 years after four does and a buck were delivered by ferry at the request of hunters, who hadn’t seen any deer since the… Read More
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Police and child advocates in New Hampshire say they’re well aware of a group whose goal is, in its words, “to end the oppression of men and boys who have mutually consensual relationships.” The North American Man-Boy Love Association made the news… Read More
When the Senate gets down to voting on campaign-finance reform this week, Maine’s Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins will find themselves torn between party loyalty and cleaner elections. If they listen to the folks back home, they’ll know what to do. McCain-Feingold hangs by a… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s working class is losing its voice in the Legislature because of low pay and long hours, critics say. Liberal and conservative groups agree that with the salary for a two-year term set at $18,000, the Legislature no longer mirrors the people it… Read More
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Interested in buying a piece of America’s largest skiing company? The Maine-based American Skiing Co. expects its stock will sell at between $17 and $20 a share when it’s offered to the public later this year, according to documents filed with the… Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa — Federal regulators are invoking the Safe Drinking Water Act as they seek fines in an April incident in which hog manure spread on a field soaked into an agriculture drainage well. A federal official said the action against DeCoster Farms of… Read More
Elwood P. Dowd is pleasant. He’s considerate and generous and intelligent. He’s the kind of guy you want around at a party, the kind of guy you can go to if you need to talk. So what if his best friend is a 6-foot-tall white rabbit that only… Read More
Billions of consumer dollars are wasted on unproven, fraudulently marketed, and sometimes useless health care products and treatments. In addition to wasting their money, consumers with serious medical problems may be wasting valuable time before they seek proper treatment. Even worse, some products may cause serious harm and… Read More
Editor’s note: On Saturday the story of the Brady Gang opened with the shocking news that Public Enemy No. 1 Al Brady and a pal, Clarence Lee Shaffer Jr., had been killed by federal agents as they returned to buy a submachine gun at Dakin’s Sporting Goods in… Read More
COLUMBIA — When she was 10, Mareike Winchell learned the sad fate of a schoolmate who she said she had seen come to class more than once with suspicious black eyes, bruises and, once, a broken arm. Shortly after school let out for the summer,… Read More
Congressmen refer to themselves as the Honorable this and the Honorable that, when in fact there is little that is Honorable about them at all. Today’s Congress should be renamed the Special Interests Chamber of Commerce, or SICC. What a spectacle they are, as they… Read More
Mickey McNeal’s letter (“Knowing the truth,” BDN, Sept. 29), in reference to the gay-rights referendum, deserves comment. We agree the real issue is whether we want to expand the civil-rights law to include sexual orientation. We are pleased to learn from McNeal that hundreds of people who signed… Read More
Your Sept. 29 Standpipe column quotes Gerald Robertson of AARP-VOTE on his self-congratulatory success in proselytizing senior citizens. Robertson reports that he handed out every one of his pamphlets and that he preached at booth visitors how they should sign up and “volunteer” to help… Read More
The guns have grown silent. The dark clouds and cold wind have swept away the stars. Small groups of soldiers huddle around campfires seeking warmth, bound together by their survival during another gory battle in a young nation’s bloodiest conflict. One of these soldiers quietly,… Read More
As I have talked to people this summer, I have noticed that not many seem to be aware that there will be another vote on the forestry Compact in November. The compact is a balanced and positive solution to the debate over clear-cutting and forest management in Maine. Read More
“The Full Monty” Rated R (for langauge, adult content, and brief nudity) Oct. 6-16, Colonial Theater, Belfast Oct. 6-30, Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville “The Full Monty” storms into America with all the flash and glitter of a runaway disco ball. It is a fun, endearing… Read More
MOOSEHEAD LAKE — A man, woman and child set off in a canoe on a clear afternoon Friday for a weekend camping trip on Moosehead Lake but never reached their campsite. A day later, a boater and wardens found their drowned bodies in different areas of the lake. Read More
WEST FORKS TOWNSHIP — The rescue efforts of several white-water rafting workers Sunday may have saved the life of a 31-year-old New Hampshire man who fell out of a raft when it crossed a long set of rapids located at Little Poplar Hill Falls on the Dead River… Read More
BANGOR — City Council has established a downtown parking advisory committee. The committee, headed by Councilor Joseph Baldacci, is charged with creating a comprehensive parking plan. The plan will be based on recommendations from the Republic Parking System, as well as careful consideration of the city’s resources, prices… Read More
BANGOR — For Joanne Palombo-McCallie, the role of spokeswoman for the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk adds another dimension to her life. “If basketball is all I had, it wouldn’t be nearly as fulfilling as doing this plus basketball,” the University of Maine women’s basketball coach… Read More
ORONO — The Orono Nursing Home has become Orono Commons, part of Sandy River Health System Orono, a 103-bed facility on Bennoch Road. The Orono Nursing Home had been owned and operated by Bill and Karin Shirley since 1965. The Shirleys sold the home when… Read More
Bangor and Old Town police departments are investigating two incidents that occurred Friday, during which a young man allegedly drove his car up to vehicles occupied by young women and proceeded to masturbate. In the Old Town police report, the subject is described as white,… Read More
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials on Friday provided a plan to improve access to services at Togus for Maine veterans, and assured state officials about the VA hospital’s future. The plan was outlined in letters to each of the Maine congressional delegation from Dr. Denis… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — The misty rain that fell here Sunday may have dampened fire historian Bill Patterson, but it didn’t dampen the serious nature of his predictions on the possibility of another fire in Acadia. “My guess is that over the next two weeks,… Read More
Orono residents are learning about the requirements and effects of the addressing ordinance that was enacted last year and that will be implemented later in this year or early in 1998. The ordinance generally conforms with guidelines issued by the state’s E-911 addressing coordinators. However, in many details… Read More
Police say burglars who broke into veterinary clinics in Wells and Kennebunkport were looking only for ketamine, an animal tranquilizer also used by people as a hallucinogenic drug. The thieves who broke into the two York County clinics bypassed Valium and other drugs to steal… Read More
“Praises to Captain Hanson Gregory. Inventing the doughnut was his destiny. In fried cakes he found a hole that was round would benefit the whole of humanity.” — Camden Town Manager Roger Moody googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
CARIBOU — Local police, Maine State Police and the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a rash of burglaries that occurred early Thursday morning when officials were tending two major fires in Caribou. Trooper Dana Thibeault said Sunday police believe the burglaries occurred between 1… Read More
BANGOR — When a member of the public asked Wednesday at a meeting of the stadium committee at City Hall whether it was time to hold a referendum on building a multipurpose stadium, Councilor James Tyler responded, “We’re not at that stage yet.” The concept… Read More
BANGOR — The day might have been shrouded in clouds and mist, but the messages of women who had survived domestic abuse were clear Sunday during the annual speakout at Cascade Park in Bangor commemorating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.. Five area women eloquently… Read More
FRENCHVILLE — The Maine Arts Commission and the Maine Office of Tourism will hold a three-state arts and heritage planning session Oct. 22 at Rosette’s Restaurant in Frenchville. A proposal for the St. John Valley, which centers on Acadian culture, was submitted by the Maine… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — In a unique and, it is hoped, gainful venture, Skowhegan planners are working with the University of Maine to compile an inventory of community businesses and industries, historic buildings and sights. The project, described as a “heritage tourism inventory,” is about celebrating a region in a… Read More
MADAWASKA — What to do with the extra money? Maine’s politicians are getting all kinds of suggestions for Maine’s surplus money. Sen. Judy Paradis, D-French- ville, held two meetings this week to get public comment. While attendance was low, she said, other people have offered… Read More
HOULTON — The ruins of a 200-by-50-foot potato house complex continued to smolder Saturday night as local officials sought a cause for the fire that leveled the structure early last Friday morning. The fire in the wooden, three-unit building was discovered shortly after 1 a.m. Read More
PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield Town Council will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday as the final chapter of a Community Development Block Grant program for the Waverly Avenue neighborhood. It is the final step in the million-dollar, three-year program, which provided massive infrastructure and road improve-… Read More
Millinocket hopes its three empty schools and geographically central location will grab the attention of some of the state’s top law enforcement officials, who are looking for a place to put a new criminal justice academy. State, county and local law enforcement and corrections officers… Read More
BANGOR — Despite recent success stories, Maine still lags behind other states in the importance of its export sector. Exports have grown in the past few years but not more quickly than the rest of the state’s economy. After operating for more than a year,… Read More
There are reunions and then there are REUNIONS! This one has to rate right at the top of the list of most delightful and unusual. The announcement we received was short and to the point, but there is so much more to tell. The message… Read More