SHERMAN STATION – Traci Aldrich of Hodgdon nailed a 3-pointer with three seconds left in overtime to clinch a 44-43 schoolgirl basketball victory over Katahdin on Tuesday. Amanda Quint led the Hawks with a game-high 20 points. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Senior goalie Javier Gorriti said he wished his return to the University of Maine’s hockey team came under “different circumstances.” Maine’s hockey team came under “different circumstances.” But, nevertheless, he said he is excited about being back in uniform on Friday when the team resumes… Read More
EASTPORT – Dan Morang and Willie Suddy each scored four points in overtime to lead the Shead Tigers to a 76-72 victory in overtime over the Woodland Dragons in schoolboy basketball action Tuesday night. Woodland’s Josh Thornton nailed two free throws with three seconds left… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – Ian Jones scored five of his game-high 35 points in overtime to lead the Mount Desert Island Trojans to a 69-64 schoolboy basketball victory over the Bucksport Golden Bucks Tuesday night. Aaron Gray added 21 points for MDI. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BANGOR – To look at the rosters of the Bangor and Hampden boys basketball teams, it would seem that the Broncos have the edge in terms of height, with a 6-foot-7 starting center and two forwards listed at 6-3. But the Rams had the speed… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine basketball coach John Giannini says the Black Bears offensive scheme, at its most basic, is pretty simple. Big guys set picks. Lots of ’em. Little guys respond to aggressive defense with back-door cuts. Little guys who end up underneath continue… Read More
Orono diver Amanda Gammisch’s total score of 204.05 points in the 1-meter dive was good enough for second place in the Red Riots’ swim meet against Bangor last week. It was also good for an Orono school record. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
A recent Sounding Off column by Pete Warner of the BDN summarized a sports leadership symposium held at Husson College with a caution against parents pushing their young children too hard into sports. Several symposium panelists spoke of the inappropriate parental pressure placed on young children to play… Read More
WINSLOW – Messalonskee goalie Ryan Redkey made 44 saves and Presque Isle’s Ted Wright made 35 as the teams battled to a 3-3 tie in overtime at Sukee Arena Tuesday. Mike Gallagher, Jamie Brewer, and Jeremy Fisher all scored for 7-1-1 Presque Isle. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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DEER ISLE – Rachel Sobey and Megan Brewster each scored 12 points as Bangor Christian cruised to a 61-46 schoolgirl basketball victory over Deer Isle-Stonington Tuesday afternoon. Heidi Niles added 10 points for the Patriots. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
HAMPDEN – Bangor star forward Emily Morse said Tuesday a loss is a loss regardless of the opponent. But to Hampden standout Amanda Rodgerson, the Broncos’ narrow 53-51 win over the Rams was as good as it gets in the regular season. “When we play… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — It appears unlikely that a seasonal resident’s appeal for improvements to the county road in remote Chesuncook Village will be honored. Richard Rugen of Hope Falls, N.Y., on Tuesday forwarded a letter to Piscataquis County commissioners, asking for improvements to that portion of… Read More
BOSTON — That sticks-and-stones stuff to the contrary, names really can hurt, and some companies are gladly buying up the rights to them to keep them from falling into unfriendly hands. Bell Atlantic bought the Internet addresses bellatlanticsucks.com and bigyellowsucks.com. (The company’s online version of… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Father Martel of St. Agnes Church in Pittsfield was looking upon Tuesday’s rain as a blessing of sorts. He was praying that the rain would melt the snowbanks and help his parishioners find the missing Baby Jesus. The statue was taken from the… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Investigators Tuesday looked for the cause of a fire that destroyed a family’s home here the night before. The fire at the home of Kevin Codraro in a wooded area off Norway Drive was reported around 6 p.m. Monday, said Fire Chief… Read More
WASHINGTON — A replica of the Endeavour, the vessel that British Capt. James Cook sailed around the world, will visit East Coast cities, including Bath, Maine, next year. Built in Australia, the 110-foot sailing ship began a three-year world tour in 1996. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
MILLINOCKET — For the past few years, a Vermont man has camped out all night behind a local hotel in below-zero temperatures and snowstorms to be the first in line to make summer reservations for camping in Baxter State Park. This year, Bill Gunther of… Read More
FAIRFIELD — A young couple looking for a missing friend made a macabre discovery Tuesday afternoon in the Fairfield apartment of the woman’s former boyfriend. They found the naked body of their friend lying on the floor, covered in blood, reportedly shot four times. Within… Read More
ROCKLAND — City police are hoping that two teen-age girls, hospitalized after ingesting stolen dog tranquilizers, have learned a valuable lesson. “If a drug is not prescribed for you by a physician and dispensed by a pharmacist, you should have nothing to do with it,”… Read More
PATTEN — Local voters reversed their decision of Nov. 4 and decided Tuesday that their two elementary schools should stay open. The vote to keep the 92-year-old Patten Primary School open was 267-144. The Patten Grammar School, which was built in 1949, also will remain… Read More
BRENTWOOD, N.H. — The trial of Seth Bader, a Stratham lawyer accused of killing his ex-wife and disposing of her body in Maine, has been delayed again. Following a closed-door session Monday, Rockingham County Superior Court Judge Walter Murphy postponed the trial until March 10. Read More
When Theodore Kaczynski goes on trial Monday, he will do so amid virtually unanimous consensus — his defense team included — that he is the Unabomber, that he did in fact make and send bombs that killed two and injured two others. The where, when… Read More
SEARSPORT — A community group working to raise part of the $1.5 million needed to remodel Searsport High School collected almost $3,000 over the holidays. Save Our School received $945 from a raffle held at the Seafarer’s Tavern for a Princess Beanie Baby. Marge Moody… Read More
Portland Air Freight Inc., a mail hauling business with operations in Bangor and Portland, and the company president have been barred from bidding on or obtaining federal contracts for a period of three years as a result of an order signed by the chief administrative law judge of… Read More
While you are in the midst of ringing in the New Year this evening, there is a pretty good chance you will be celebrating it with a bottle of bubbly. Champagne, considered the most elegant of wines, will be flowing freely throughout the world tonight. Read More
Before leaving for a two-week study in England, my good friend Judy Gervais Eyerer told me about one of her family’s food customs. While she was growing up in Houlton, the Gervais family, much to her brothers’ and sisters’ dismay, always had pea soup on New Year’s Day. Read More
The New Year is around the corner and that means resolutions for changes in our lives. With the news that one out of two Americans is now overweight, the resolution to lose weight is likely to be the predominant one for 1998. Many people can lose weight, but… Read More
Regarding the article, “Foster family planning,” published Dec. 19 in the Bangor Daily News: I was disappointed to read Dawn Stiles version of the state’s position on the proposed changes to the foster care rules. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
The Maine Commission on Children’s Health Care presented a sensible proposal recently to provide more children with health coverage, an act that is both good for the kids and good for the state. One of the challenges for the plan, however, is to persuade families to use it. Read More
Island Falls — The Island Falls Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Whittier Congregational Church in Island Falls. Group leader Dottie Sines is from the Aroostook Area Agency on Aging. All caregivers are welcome. For more information, call… Read More
BELFAST — The city appears to be in robust financial shape, according to an annual audit of the city’s finances by C.H. Dorr & Co. The audit, which comes before the City Council next week for formal approval, indicates there is no “material weakness” in… Read More
Early in the 19th century, bands of English weavers called Luddites went about smashing mechanical looms in a futile attempt to stop the Industrial Revolution and save their jobs. They were wrong, of course. The Industrial Revolution created millions of jobs and raised living standards around the world. Read More
BANGOR — Developers, architects, real estate companies, a bank and, yes, an arts school, are among the entities that responded to the city’s offer of information on its portion of the seven-story Freese’s building on Main Street. The city is seeking proposals for development of… Read More
COLUMBIA — What appears to have been an attempted robbery in the parking lot of the the Machias Savings Bank in Columbia Falls has prompted the Washington County Sheriff’s Department to issue a warning to businesses that use the night deposit box. Deputy Rodney Merritt… Read More
MACHIAS — Washington County sheriff’s deputies say they have some strong leads on the equally strong suspect who stole a safe from Island Maid Seafoods on Beals Sunday night. Chief Deputy Joseph Tibbetts said the burglar carried the 200 pound safe down a flight and… Read More
HOWLAND — Two young men returned home Tuesday after being hospitalized for head injuries received Monday in a snowmobile accident in Howland. Brandon Soucier, 15, of Howland and Kevin Lawlor, 16, of West Enfield were injured when the snowmobile on which they were traveling hit… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — A civil lawsuit filed by three men who were shot more than four years ago at the Red Garter Bottle Club in St. Albans finally will be heard in early January in Somerset County Superior Court. The hearing was prompted last June by… Read More
RICHMOND — A 66-year-old Westbrook man continues to recover after a close call on the Kennebec River. Authorities say Joseph Francoeur was visiting relatives in Richmond on Monday when he fell 20 feet down an embankment. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Womancare/Aegis Association has added a toll-free crisis hot line number to help meet the needs of residents of Piscataquis, southwestern Penobscot and eastern Somerset counties dealing with issues related to domestic abuse. The hot line — 1-888-564-8165 — will be available 24 hours a day, seven… Read More
As 1997 draws to a close, we pause to recognize acts of kindness, volunteer efforts that help make our lives better, and occasions that are cause for pride and celebration. Karen Austin of Vassalboro and family members Kim LaHaye, Alicia Gray and Linda Hunt of… Read More
AUGUSTA — An Oakland woman will spend four days behind bars for leaving her dog outside to freeze. Patricia Thompson, 49, was convicted last month of criminal cruelty to an animal. Authorities said her 12-year-old German shepherd, Major, was found outside her home frozen to… Read More
FARMINGTON — The shooting of a Farmington lawyer eight months ago continues to baffle investigators. Peter Froelicher was shot in the head at his home on a Tuesday morning last April during a burglary. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BANGOR — An electric utility company looking to replace its loss of Maine Yankee power has fashioned a multiparty deal that may offer a preview of deregulated energy markets in the state. Maine Public Service Co. is moving rapidly away from generating its own power… Read More
Three Old Town teen-agers were arrested in connection with two burglaries in Old Town on Sunday in which jewelry, money and prescription drugs were taken. According to police reports, two 16-year-olds reportedly couldn’t find a car to steal in Old Town on Sunday evening so… Read More
This is in response to Dennis Fisher, who has a ghastly feeling about the Spanish American War Memorial in Bangor (BDN, Dec. 23): We are glad he noticed and know what is there. Most people do not. So, thanks for giving us a chance to… Read More
Why is it that every time someone wins a large amount in the lottery or even not so large, the story is always the same? I’m not quitting my job, the money won’t charge my life, and everything will be the same. Is this something lottery officals tell… Read More
What to do with some of the surplus money the state has? It would be only fair and a nice gesture to do away with the extra 1 percent sales tax on alcohol in restaurants. People have to pay the extra 1 percent tax in restaurants that serve… Read More
It was recently suggested in a letter to the editor that the nation adopt a “graduated flat tax.” The writer was distressed because the wealthy seem not to have to pay their fair share of income taxes; that the tax burden for our country falls unfairly on the… Read More
I would like to respond to an article that was published in the Bangor Daily News’ Dec. 13-14 issue, concerning the deer herd reduction on Monhegan Island. What I read truly and thoroughly upset me, as I am sure it did many Maine sportsmen. Why… Read More
In response to the letter written by the disgruntled man over the fruitcake toss to raise money for Christmas Daddies (BDN, Dec. 25), I would like to open his eyes to see the point he is missing. Christmas Daddies is an organization intended to help… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Southwest Harbor man has been sentenced to 50 hours of community service and a year’s probation on a suspended six-month jail term, after he and a colleague used a baby monitor to listen in on a personnel meeting of the ambulance company where they both… Read More
CARIBOU — A New Brunswick man, convicted of manslaughter in the 1996 death of a college classmate, should spend at least 17 years in prison, according to a brief filed in Aroostook County Superior Court. Defense attorneys for Dean Michaud, 20, of Clair, New Brunswick,… Read More
BANGOR — On a recent trip to South America, Gov. Angus King and 50 business and community leaders made a stop in La Plata, Argentina, a sister city to Bangor. In the mayor’s office, one wall was filled with certificates, city honors and historical artifacts. Read More
LUBEC — Voters elected the owner of a local business to the board of selectmen and gave unanimous approval to four warrant articles during a special town meeting Monday. Brenda Case was one of five candidates vying to complete the unexpired term of former Selectman… Read More
Last winter, weather permitting, Mike Reidy would leave his Carmel home long before dawn and put in a 12-hour day diving for sea urchins among the islands and ledges off Stonington. At day’s end, he got home well after dark. This year, the growing scarcity… Read More
MILBRIDGE — When the Chinese serve up sea cucumber to celebrate their new year in February, few may realize some of the holiday delicacy they’ll be feasting on came from a small Maine coastal town. For two years now, Lawrence and Drusilla “Doody” Ray have… Read More
OLD TOWN — The recent closing of the Kimberly-Clark paper mill in Winslow is particularly significant to workers at the Fort James mill here. The Winslow mill made tissue paper, as does this mill which employs more than 600 people. The question confronting the Fort… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Authorities say a group of teen-agers may be responsible for a series of burglaries in Augusta and Skowhegan. The discovery of a stolen gun in Augusta two weeks ago tipped authorities off to the group, a self-proclaimed gang which calls itself the “Underground… Read More
AUGUSTA — The owners of the Edwards Dam have formally appealed a federal decision to tear down the 160-year-old structure. Lawyers for Edwards Manufacturing Co. on Monday requested a rehearing on the issue before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Hancock Post Office needs space> New, larger quarters sought to accommodate increased volume of mail
HANCOCK — After more than four decades in its 135-year-old headquarters, the local post office is seeking larger premises. “We’ve outgrown this space,” said Postmaster Al Whisenant. “It’s just too small.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
DEXTER — A Dexter man escaped being crushed to death when a vehicle he was working beneath fell on him late Monday afternoon. Edward Chase, 40, was rushed by ambulance to Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, where he was stabilized and later transferred to Eastern… Read More
AUGUSTA — Genetic tests have positively identified a Saco woman as the mother of a baby girl she is accused of murdering. The state Medical Examiner’s Office said DNA tests confirm that Jody L. Johnson, 38, is the mother of a newborn girl who was… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Three Dover-Foxcroft residents have been charged in connection with break-ins at a local company and a camp. Arrested Friday were Joshua Nickerson, 18, and Christopher Blanchard, 26, each charged with two counts of burglary, aggravated criminal mischief and violation of condition of release. Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Brewer contractor admitted in court Tuesday to leaving the state with money that a Bucksport woman paid for home repairs, some of which were never done. At an arraignment hearing in Hancock County Superior Court, Michael S. Chasson, 34, said he would… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A decrease of about 2 percent will be reflected in tax bills forwarded to Piscataquis County municipalities, plantations and unorganized territories for the operation of county government in 1998. A county budget of $2,255,654 was unanimously approved Tuesday by Piscataquis County commissioners. The… Read More