OLD TOWN – The view from the front door of the Old Town Canoe Company’s retail store in downtown Old Town is of the Penobscot River, the site of canoeing activity in the spring and summer. But in late December, the view is not inviting… Read More
MAINE WOMEN vs. BOSTON UNIVERSITY Time, site: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Alfond Arena, Orono 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
New Years Day 5k AT PORTLAND Men: Allan Muir 16:22, Guy Segars 16:50, David Severance 17:21, Robert Fast 17:35, Roland Thibault 17:36, Bryan Haigopian 17:46, Marlin Conrad 17:48, Steve Fluet 17:50, Robert Goodspeed 17:53, Dave Howard 18:01 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Ah, the joy of experience. When Marcus Nash of Fryeburg, Maine, woke up on New Year’s Day, he took one look at the thermometer, turned over in bed and flipped on the television. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Yesterday was the start of a new year and as we optimistically face 1998, most of us will probably make at least one resolution or a wish for the new year. Observing the annual ritual, I asked several people in the Maine harness and fair industry the following… Read More
WASHINGTON — A deadly poison from the skin of a South American frog provided the decisive clue for the discovery of a powerful new painkiller that researchers say may have all of the benefits of morphine, but none of the damaging side effects. Researchers at… Read More
ROCKPORT — Police put the kibosh on the plans of four teens to loot liquor from a home on New Year’s Eve. According to Rockport Police Chief Mark Kelley, his department received an anonymous phone tip at 9:36 p.m. Wednesday. The caller said he had… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — State officials are reviewing a multivolume application from a Canadian company interested in mining gold and silver on Bald Mountain, 15 miles west of Portage. If the application is approved, ground work and construction of a processing facility could begin this summer,… Read More
BREWER — The Jean Emerson saga, a stranger-than-fiction tale from the beginning, probably deserves an ending like this: Living in her car after a judge determined the rundown house she rented was a “real and present danger,” Emerson moves to Abbot to live rent-free with… Read More
LINCOLN — Gina Munson’s five sisters accompanied her to Penobscot Valley Hospital after she went into labor Wednesday night, urging her to hold off until midnight so her baby could be the first born in Maine in 1998. “They kept telling me to wait and… Read More
The most recent issue of the journal Science listed what it considered to be the 10 top science stories of 1997. No one could seriously disagree with their top two picks, however, after that the field widens considerably. Here, for what they are worth, are this columnist’s top… Read More
NEW YORK — Drinking moderate amounts of wine might lower the risk of an eye disease that’s a leading cause of severe vision loss and blindness in the elderly. In a large study of people ages 45 to 74, researchers found that wine drinking was… Read More
BELFAST — People were few and traffic sparse in this city on New Year’s Day, hardly reflecting the bustle and electricity of the night before. Hundreds of people descended upon downtown Belfast from 3 p.m. to midnight for New Year’s by the Bay, a festival… Read More
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Though Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo has been forceful in condemining the recent terrorism in Mexico’s Chiapas state, his government’s inability to restore order there further erodes public confidence and places peaceful reforms in question. News reports this week that vigilantes have taken at least four… Read More
A statewide crafts organization is now accepting applications for membership from professional craftspeople of Maine. Membership in DIRECTIONS: Maine Crafts Guild, headquartered in Portland, requires a completed application form, fee, six to 10 slides of current work and a resume of work and educational training… Read More
Belfast District Court Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Sharon L. Pennington, 35, Winterport, $600, seven days in jail, license suspended for 18 months; Otto K. Proctor III, 26, Rockland, $800, 12 days in jail, license suspended for 18 months;… Read More
Gov. King’s proposed $25.6 million supplemental budget is a surprise in neither size nor scope. Given the fiscal roller coaster Maine’s been on for most of this decade, that in itself is pleasant surprise enough. With the revenue surplus projection expected to top $200 million… Read More
Following are petitions for bankruptcy filed recently at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: John J. Wells, laborer, Oakland; assets, $237,046; debts, $41,304. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
BELFAST — When talking with Kaetheryn Walker, a homeopathic practitioner for animals, it doesn’t take long for the subject to turn to vomit and diarrhea. Mind you, it’s not that she finds such bodily evacuations any more pleasant than a layman pet owner would —… Read More
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I attended the city council meeting on Dec. 15, which was held to determine if the victualer’s license of the Market Cafe on Stillwater Avenue in Old Town should be revoked. I was very interested to hear what ordinance or code was violated that would warrant revocation. I… Read More
Gracie Bonds Staples’ fine [commentary] on affirmative action was a welcome addition to the Op-ed page (BDN, Dec. 20-21). She makes the case for continuation of this policy in the face of an increasing clamor for its demise. And it makes me want to ask why we would… Read More
I read with great interest the article about the dedication planned at Elephant Mountain near Greenville for the B-52 that crashed in January 1963 (BDN, Dec. 20-21). I was a flight medic stationed at Dow Air Force Base at that time and was on the… Read More
BOSTON — Tufts Health Plan could become the second-largest HMO in Massachusetts after winning the deal to administer claims for state employees. Tufts also has won the contract to insure employees at Bath Iron Works in Maine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Pharmacy giant Rite Aid Corp. has asked for a two-month delay in presenting completed plans for a new pharmacy in Bucksport, while it coordinates traffic patterns with the Shop ‘n Save supermarket across the street from the proposed site. At its monthly meeting… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Undeterred by temperatures that barely reached double digits, about a dozen hardy souls took their annual plunge into the Atlantic at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park at 10 a.m. Thursday. At about 30-35 degrees, the ocean is warmer than the air,… Read More
New Year’s Eve in Bangor was, as usual, a busy night for police. And, as usual, the bulk of the problems did not involve drunken driving. There were no arrests Wednesday night for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a lack of… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The city had a relatively trouble-free New Year’s Eve, with no one charged with drunken driving and only one serious car accident, which occurred around 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Passengers Luren Becker, 15, Meredith Wullen, 18, Heather Rollins, 16, and 18-year-old driver Sharon Card… Read More
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Bangor District Court Jennifer Reese, 25, Brewer, forgery, $100. 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
How ironic it is that at the same time [letter writer Jim Busque, Dec 13-14] is accusing environmentalists of using the wolf to promote their agenda, he is using the wolf to promote his. By his own admission, “our greatest threat is how the preservationists will use the… Read More
WOODLAND — Speed was cited Thursday as a factor in the snowmobile accident that killed a 21-year-old Limestone native, according to investigators. Mathew Harvey, 21, of South Harpswell was killed Wednesday afternoon when the Ski-Doo Mach Z he was operating hit a gate post on… Read More
BRUNSWICK — Last fall, Bowdoin College graduate and Wall Street powerhouse Stanley F. Druckenmiller pledged to donate at least $30 million to his alma mater. By Wednesday’s deadline, Druckenmiller’s investment fund had done so well that he transferred $35.6 million to the college’s account. The… Read More
BANGOR — One of the the downtown’s handsome buildings, the former United Bank Building at 2 Hammond St., was sold this week to a Connecticut man who runs a charitable foundation serving underprivileged children. John A. Couri of Ridgefield, Conn., who runs the Couri Foundation… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — After several years of suffering an economic slump, Aroostook County enjoyed an uplift of sorts during 1997. From a three-day rock concert that poured about $25 million into the local economy to news of two telemarketing firms moving into the region and… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Piscataquis County grand jury handed up indictments Wednesday: John Currier, 44, of Sangerville was charged with theft by unauthorized taking, assault, two counts of terrorizing and gross sexual assault involving a female in Sangerville on Jan. 25. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BREWER — An investigation of two people arrested Wednesday after a high-speed chase and suicide is focusing on possible links to drug-related burglaries of veterinary clinics in Maine and other New England states. The arrests came Wednesday night, moments after a chase ended with a… Read More
Starting today, Maine dentists who agree to treat children in the Medicaid program will receive roughly twice as much money from the state for many common procedures. The first increase in Medicaid dental reimbursement rates since 1988, the changes are expected to encourage more dentists… Read More
BANGOR — If you had to guess how many different 1998 calendars were available this holiday season at Borders Books & Music in Bangor, how many would you say? Fifty or sixty, maybe? As many as two or three hundred? Try 1,500 — and that’s… Read More
AUGUSTA — L.L. Bean and Direct Mail of Maine have won a $500,000 state contract to handle tourism inquiries from all over the globe. Under the three-year agreement, the Freeport retailer will handle all calls for tourism-related materials, and Direct Mail will be responsible for… Read More