HERMON – In each of the last two seasons, Ellsworth waited at least three games to earn its first victory. This year, the Eagles will try to build on an opening-game win. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
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EAST MILLINOCKET – The Penquis Patriots scored scored 10 of 14 from the line in the third to rally past the Schenck Wolverines 52-48 in the schoolgirl basketball opener Friday night. Erin Weston scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Patriots of Milo, and… Read More
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Bowling Green State University went on a 8-2 tear with 1 minute, 18 seconds left to beat the University of Maine men’s basketball team Friday 89-83 in the Pizza Hut Classic. Maine’s Fred Meeks sank an 18-foot jumper with 1:18 left to… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Nate Soucy had two goals and an assist to lead John Bapst to a 5-2 victory over Presque Isle in high school hockey action Friday night. David Raczek added a goal and an assist while Tim Smith and Nate Waring each scored… Read More
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If you have a few questions, suggestions, or sage advice for Lee Perry, commissioner of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, keep in mind that come Dec. 11 you can cut his trail at the Maine Air National Guard’s 37th annual Sportsman’s Supper. To do so, set… Read More
ELLSWORTH – Erica Paige scored 14 points to lead Ellsworth to a 42-38 come-from-behind victory over Hermon in a schoolgirl basketball game Friday night. The Eagles outscored the Hawks 15-7 in the final quarter to secure the win. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The University of Maine hockey team’s struggles continued here Friday night. The Providence College Friars scored a pair of early third-period goals 1:47 apart to turn a 2-1 lead into a safe three-goal cushion en route to 6-2 victory over the punchless… Read More
VAN BUREN – Junior center Nathan Marquis drilled 18 field goals, including five 3-pointers, en route to a 52-point night to power Van Buren to a 98-80 schoolboy basketball victory over Wisdom of St. Agatha Friday night. Marquis missed matching the school record of Allen… Read More
LEE – The Lee Academy Pandas were 12-for-27 on 3-pointers as they jumped out to a 20-point halftime lead en route to a season-opening 89-53 schoolboy basketball victory over the Greenville Lakers Friday night. Adam Peters led Lee with 19 points, including four 3-pointers, while… Read More
Talk about breaking out of your big brother’s shadow. The year after his heralded distance companion left for college, Ellsworth’s Louie Luchini went right to work building running renown of his own – on a national scale. A year after the Joey and Louie Luchini… Read More
WATERVILLE – Six students from Bowdoin and Colby colleges face court appearances next month on charges arising from a fight in the stands at Alfond Arena during a hockey game. College officials said the fight started midway through the second period when Colby students entered… Read More
GREENVILLE – NASCAR Winston Cup driver Ricky Craven faces challenges and the threat of death all in a day’s work. But the 31-year-old Newburgh native knows that a more dangerous menace exists in the form of cancer-related illnesses. And he’s doing something about it. The… Read More
BANGOR – Chris Funk poured in 23 points to lead Husson to a 94-82 victory over Green Mountain College in the first game of the Paul Bunyan Tournament at Newman Gym. Sean Foye had 19 points and Mick Dyt and Gio Cotto each contributed with… Read More
ORONO – If Susan Gardner wanted to make a case for the Orono girls basketball team to be contenders in Class B, she did it in Friday’s home opener against Bucksport. The senior point guard scored 30 points to help the Riots open their season… Read More
MACHIAS – Tisha Gilman drained her second 3-pointer of the game with 10 seconds left to lead the East Grand Vikings to a 42-40 schoolgirl basketball win over the Machias Bulldogs Friday night in the opener for both teams. Gilman finished with eight points. Lindsay… Read More
BANGOR – After Matt Kinney won his second state title pitching for Bangor High School two years ago, pro scouts and sports agents swarmed around him like sirens, promising perfect scenarios that were unlikely to happen. Kinney was drafted in 1995 in the sixth round… Read More
CAMDEN – Tory King scored a game-high 14 points to lead the Camden-Rockport Windjammers over Belfast 65-38 in boys basketball play Friday night. Nathan Neville and Mike MacDonald each had 11 points and six rebounds for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Presque Isle District Court Danny Antworth, 42, Mars Hill, operating motor vehicle after suspension of license, $200. 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
Since 1990, Jeff Dobbs has been exporting the beauty of Maine. Among the videos produced by the veteran Bar Harbor filmmaker are 1991’s “Gift of Acadia,” 1994’s “Maine: America’s Coast” and 1995’s “High on Maine.” All initially aired on Maine Public Television before being shown… Read More
Fifty-six years ago tomorrow — Dec. 7, 1941 — Japanese dive bombers shattered a quiet Hawaiian Sunday morning with their attack on Pearl Harbor. As such events recede into the past, they often become remembered only in round-numbered anniversaries and eventually forgotten, but that must not be so… Read More
Let’s take a trip back in time. Say, a dozen years or so. Pretend we’re listening to the Bangor Symphony Orchestra perform. How about, hmmm, a Mahler piece. Maestro Werner Torkanowsky flails his arms and bounces on his feet. He’s conducting the bejesus out of the Mahler, and… Read More
Saturday, Feb. 21, 1998. Mark it well on your calendar, this mother of all red-letter days that all of Maine approaches with dark foreboding. For on that date in history the immensely talented Cindy Blodgett, arguably the most beloved resident of this great state, will play in her… Read More
Speaker Elizabeth Mitchell’s $17 million plan to repair, restore and retrofit the State House is ambitious. And it’s about time someone showed some ambition regarding the dreadful condition of Maine’s most important public building. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Houlton District Court David Brinkeroff, 19, New Limerick, assault, jail 60 days, all but 14 days suspended, credit for time served, probation for one year; theft by unauthorized taking, jail 14 days to be served concurrently with previous sentence. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Kyoto, Japan, where international negotiators are now debating ways to prevent potentially catastrophic global climate changes the world may not see for decades, can seem very far away as Mainers shovel out from this year’s early snow. But mainstream scientists say those changes will make… Read More
With all the health threats around us, competing for our dread and fear, there’s not a lot of worry left over for the threats of the 21st century. Already we must consider the skin cancer risk in sunlight, the artery-blocking effects of beef, the common… Read More
ROCKLAND — Believing that global warming triggers a gradual rise in sea levels, scientists fear a time when coastal communities could be tossed to the tides like castles in the sand. Although it may seem far-fetched to worry about such dangers when the annual documented… Read More
According to M. Maurice Portiche, the French consul in Boston, 22.6 percent of Maine’s population is Franco-American, and roughly seven percent — more than 90,000 people — speak French. Yes, they speak French. But right now they can not legally watch an abundance of French language television via… Read More
BANGOR — Fifteen-year-old Ingrid Rutan was thrust into the public spotlight last week when her name and photograph appeared in the Bangor Daily News as part of a story in which her father, Michael Rutan, lashed out against Shaw House, Bangor’s shelter for homeless youth, and Maine’s runaway… Read More
The Rev. Kevin Holsapple felt as if he had come home last Sunday. Even though the new rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church was born in Dexter and did not become an Episcopalian until his college days, he called his first service in the 162-year-old Bangor church “a… Read More
Churches are invited to list their Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services in the Bangor Daily News. The list will be published on the Religion page Saturday, Dec. 20. To be included, churches must send written notices to the Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329,… Read More
When Phineas and Hannah Bean built the colonial farmhouse that sits on North Ridge here in Center Montville, landscaping must have been the furthest thing from their minds. He, a soldier of the American Revolution, and she, a wife and mother, established the farmstead sometime in the late… Read More
A historic event in the relationship between the Roman Catholic diocese of Portland and this state’s Freemasons occurred Saturday, Nov. 22, in Portland when the Most Rev. Joseph J. Gerry, bishop of the diocese of Portland, addressed the Masonic Research Lodge of Maine at the Masonic Temple on… Read More
CHONGQING, China — By the time we reached this riverside city, our Maine delegation had splintered into three groups. The Maine legislators group, in China to conduct trade talks with government and industry leaders, had “successfully” completed its mission, said Maine Trade Council President Perry… Read More
Downtown is the place to be Saturday, as the popular 105-piece Pride of Madawaska Marching Band leads the Bangor Holiday Parade at 2:30 p.m. to begin an afternoon-long event that should be great fun for everyone. Bands and floats from schools and organizations throughout Greater… Read More
OLD TOWN — Twin brothers in middle school were arrested for assault, and one of the brothers was charged with tampering with a witness, police reported Friday. The 13-year-olds, who have not been identified because they are juveniles, made an initial appearance in 3rd District… Read More
Army Pfc. Walter A. Gibbons III, son of Walter A. Gibbons of Bangor and Nancy R. DeWitt of Otter Creek, has graduated from One Station Unit Training at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training combines basic military training and advanced individual training. Gibbons… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A recent decision by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court brought up an old issue: How far does a school board’s power extend into the classroom? The court determined that SAD 58’s school board (Kingfield area) did not overstep its authority when it set… Read More
PORTLAND — A University of Southern Maine associate professor has been indicted on 55 sex charges after the seizure of sexually explicit photo images from his office. Peter Lehman, 52, a member of the USM sociology department, was free on bail after being indicted Thursday… Read More
A mother of four asked the Salvation Army for help for her children at Christmas. A widow, she is hoping to begin a nursing program in January. Two of her children have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and require special activities and counseling. Read More
The Bangor Area Information Resources Network Web site address for the BAIRNET is http://bairnet.bpl.lib.me.us. Read More
WATERVILLE — A Waterville teen-ager has been arrested for allegedly shooting his mother in the arm. Jason Potter, 17, faces charges of reckless conduct with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
In the wake of an apparent case of misguided vigilante justice, Warren “Scott” Robbins, 24, of Bangor was charged this week with aggravated assault. Bangor police said he beat a man who he suspected had sexually assaulted Robbins’ underage half sister. Late in the evening… Read More
VEAZIE — Representatives of the Casco Bay Energy Co., the Brunswick-based energy firm that hopes to build a natural gas-fired power plant here, will conduct back-to-back informational meetings Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 8 and 9. Earlier this fall, the company confirmed its interest in Bangor… Read More
AUGUSTA — The truck rumbled around in front of the governor’s office, engine chugging, as Sgt. Maj. Steve Mairs described with quiet pride how well it handles. “I wish I had one of these in a blizzard,” Mairs said. He poked the soft rubber roof… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — A little more than a month after being found guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of a fellow Augusta Mental Health Institute patient, Harold Pulsifer was sentenced Friday to 28 years in prison. Justice Donald Marden, who reached the guilty verdict himself,… Read More
BANGOR — Friday afternoon’s Open House at Wellspring Inc. was billed as a celebration of the holiday season. The substance abuse treatment agency opened the doors of its Cumberland Street men’s halfway house and State Street women’s house to welcome past and present board members,… Read More
ROCKLAND — A treat was added to Rockland’s Christmas stocking this week when the Department of Environmental Protection lifted its sewer connection moratorium against the city. DEP Commissioner Edward O. Sullivan informed city officials that his decision to lift the moratorium was triggered by the… Read More
The BDN article, “Liquor markdowns protested” (BDN, Nov. 29-30), is another example of do-gooder social engineers sticking their noses into matters that don’t concern them. I am sick of these social engineers pushing their weight around at the expense of the freedom and liberty of the people of… Read More
Many people who are blind or visually impaired have received formal training in safe travel techniques in order to navigate as independently as possible through crowds and moving traffic. They learn to read the clues of their immediate environment by the use of sound, a white cane, and-or… Read More
I’m writing in response to the letter, “Workers’ comp works” (BDN, Nov. 28). Who is Leonard G. Peters to criticize the Bangor Daily News for biased reporting, to see the facts of these cases every day by people who are filled with fear and emotions?… Read More
Hunting and trapping. The good old days. Is it worth continuing these activities? After reading Douglas Radziewicz’s letter, “Change hunting laws” (BDN, Dec. 2), I felt like a ruthless and inhumane criminal. I also enjoy fishing. Evidently that is not an issue. I may even give up gardening. Read More
Your article on Arlo Redman, Belfast’s former city manager, was well-written (BDN, Dec. 4). As Paul Harvey says, “Now the rest of the story…” Indeed, Redman is correct that he called me and asked that a story in Belfast’s Republican Journal be killed; the story that dealt with… Read More
Bill Cohen’s biggest Pentagon challenge may not be Saddam Hussein or Bosnia — or the continuing controversy over who gets buried at Arlington National Cemetery. It is restructuring the Department of Defense to deal with post-Cold War challenges in an era of “peace dividend” budgets. Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor City Council will hold a public workshop to discuss the proposed new interchange for Interstate-95 and Stillwater Avenue at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the City Council chambers at City Hall. The interchange is necessary to relieve traffic congestion at the present… Read More
PENOBSCOT — She was born when Benjamin Harrison was president. She remembers the sinking of the Titanic and driving a Model T Ford. She cleaned clothes on a washboard, taught in a one-room schoolhouse and gave birth at home long before it became a New… Read More
LEWISTON — A series of coordinated drug raids in Lewiston-Auburn resulted in a half-dozen arrests and the seizure of $6,000 worth of crack cocaine and marijuana, authorities said Friday. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said the Thursday night sweep in the Twin Cities capped a… Read More
AUGUSTA — Recent graduates of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy have joined the ranks of Maine’s law enforcement community after completing the 12 weeks of training at the Municipal-County Basic Police School held in Waterville. Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department: Stephen K. Belanger. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR — A federal jury found Friday that an Oxford accountant and developer was defamed by the Penobscot Nation during a 1994 press conference when tribal officials called him and others “liars, plunderers and thieves.” In a split verdict issued Friday afternoon in U.S. District… Read More
WASHINGTON — When President Clinton unveiled his proposed budget for fiscal year 1998, there wasn’t a single penny for agricultural research at the University of Maine. With no money set aside for potato and blueberry research, the Maine congressional delegation shifted into high gear. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ALFRED — Former Thornton Academy basketball star James Saccuzzo has pleaded guilty to causing an accident that seriously injured a police officer. Saccuzzo remained free on bail while awaiting sentencing. Saccuzzo, 19, entered his plea Thursday to a charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous… Read More
No longer an afterthought, no longer a philosophy, the marketing of organic products has come of age and grown into a competitive business tool. Once thought of as a fringe market, organic products represent only 1 percent of U.S. food sales, but they’re big business. Read More
FORT KENT — Municipal sewer users at Fort Kent have received a Christmas gift from the trustees of the Fort Kent Utility District. The gift includes rebates for increased fees paid since last February and a promise that there will not be a rate increase… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Town councilors are recruiting 15 volunteers for a parking review committee charged with developing solutions for the town’s long-standing parking issues. According to council Chairman Rob DeSimone, the group will spend two to three months looking into the town’s parking problems. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The phenomenon that is the Wallflowers rolled into Alfond Arena in Orono last night, and the crowd of slightly more than 5,000 got what they came for. Introducing the band was Bangor’s most famous part-time guitarist, Stephen King, who said that his band, the Rock-Bottom… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Elementary schools are presenting three holiday concerts at the Ellsworth High School auditorium: The middle school concert will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9; the second-grade concert will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17; and the Moore School concert will be held… Read More
BANGOR — The annual holiday parade will begin downtown at 2:30 p.m. today. The parade route is from Exchange Street to Central to Main, concluding at the intersection of Main and Cedar. There will be a reviewing stand at West Market Square. At 4 p.m.,… Read More
HARTLAND — Investigators from the state Fire Marshal’s Office believe they have a “smoking gun” in connection with the arson of a Hartland restaurant Tuesday morning. Firefighters called to the scene of the fire at Hartland House of Pizza on Academy Street found the building… Read More
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Community Council invites the public to attend the lighting of the town tree at 4 p.m. today at the Hampden Town Office on Western Avenue. Christmas carols, refreshments and Santa Claus will be there to complete the celebration. Read More
BANGOR — After two years of a bitter and divisive battle over Maine’s forestry practices, those who make their living in the woods are looking for ways to reunite their fractured industry. About 100 people got together Friday at Pilots Grill to hear five speakers discuss strategies for… Read More
CARIBOU — There’s a glimmer of hope that the National Weather Service office, once a target for closure, may be expanded to a 24-hour forecasting facility with about 20 employees and a $1 million annual payroll. Sen. Susan Collins said Friday that the upgrade has… Read More
ROCKLAND — In a rare appearance here, the Maine Supreme Jusicial Court heard arguments in several cases, then conducted a memorial service for late Justice David Nichols, who died in June. With his oil portrait looking down from the courthouse wall, friends and colleagues on… Read More
MACHIAS — Officials at the University of Maine at Machias kicked off a campaign on Friday to raise funds for a $4.5 million Center for Lifelong Learning that would serve as the campus centerpiece. Officials plan to build the facility in two stages. The first… Read More