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    At a time when the high school basketball tournament usually takes over the Maine sports scene, two snowmobile racing events are grabbing their share of the spotlight. This weekend, Skowhegan and Caribou will be hosting snowmobile racing at the Skowhegan State Fairgrounds and Spud Speedway,… Read More
    The second-seeded St. Joseph’s College Monks, along with University of Maine-Farmington and the University of New England, advanced to the semifinals of the Maine Athletic Conference tournament Tuesday. The semifinal games will be played Sunday at the Augusta Civic Center. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ORONO – The John Bapst hockey team came into its Eastern Maine Class B semifinal game against Winslow Tuesday night as a mighty underdog. But before the Crusaders of Bangor fell 8-5 to the two-time defending state champion Raiders, they made their Class B game… Read More
    High school NESN girls poll 1. Seymour, Conn., 20-0, 2. Norwood, Mass., 20-0, 3. Andover, Mass., 19-1, 4. Essex, Ver., 24-0, 5. Agawam, Mass., 19-1, 6. Minnechaug Regional, Mass., 18-2, 7. Cony, Maine, 18-0, 8. LaSalle, R.I., 17-1, 9. Fairfield, Conn., 19-1, 10. Nashua, N.H.,… Read More
    CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy athletic director William Mottola has announced that the college’s intercollegiate golf program will move from club to varsity status in the fall of 1998. Beginning in September, Maine Maritime will compete as a member of the Maine Athletic Conference. Read More
    Gerry Duffy of Hermon, Vinal “Red” Russell of Fort Fairfield, and Charles “Chick” Norton of Eastport will be among the 11 inductees to the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, July 12. The induction ceremony and banquet will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the… Read More
    ORONO – The Orono High School Riots were being frustrated by the Presque Isle High School Wildcats and their sophomore goalie, Ted Wright. But within eight seconds, the frustrations were gone. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    If you followed the news in the last few months about the feud between the lobstermen of Monhegan Island and Friendship, you probably were expecting the seas to one day erupt in violence. It certainly crossed my mind a few times, considering the tension that… Read More
    WELLS — The Priscilla Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star is going the way of many social organizations with aging members — it’s closing its doors. The Priscilla Chapter is merging with the Madonna Chapter in West Kennebunk to give its 18 active… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The centerpieces of contrasting legislative agendas for Gov. Angus King and House Speaker Elizabeth Mitchell went before separate committees Tuesday. The independent governor is pushing for income and property tax breaks worth more than $200 to the the average family, while the House… Read More
    BANGOR — Diversify, diversify, diversify. That could be the battle cry in any corporate boardroom. Instead, it serves as a clarion call for the future of Husson College, which this year celebrates its centennial. Husson’s diversification strategy is relatively new, coming on the heels of… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Women’s Health Center is offering a “Women and Heart Disease” program, free for women of all ages. This program will include the myths, misconceptions and missed oportunities dealing with heart disease. Debbie Adams, clinical cardiac nurse clinician, will present this program… Read More
    MACHIAS — Centre Street Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, located on Centre Street, will hold an Ash Wednesday service at 7 tonight in the church sanctuary. This will be a service of the word, the Lord’s Supper and the administration of ashes. The church… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The protest of several members of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs against its government continued Tuesday in front of the band offices on Main Street. But behind the office doors, Micmac Chief Richard Getchell was working on a plan that may end… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The Madison Avenue Women Investors’ Club met Tuesday to plan its first public investment seminar. Although this is no high-pressure Wall Street team, it’s no “cookie jar” investment club either. There are no elderly, white-haired ladies; this all-female group consists of nurses, teachers, manufacturers and a… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation is expected next week to recommend one of two proposals to the Legislature for rebuilding Mack Point port in Searsport using $13 million of state funds. The review process has moved quickly since the Transportation… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The resentencing of convicted murderer Allen Teele, 26, of Westbrook was continued until at least May, in Knox County Superior Court on Tuesday. The original sentence of 25 years for a combination of murder, manslaughter and robbery was overturned earlier this month by the state supreme… Read More
    MACHIAS — A Washington County grand jury has indicted a 25-year-old Baileyville man for armed robbery and kidnapping after he allegedly robbed a convenience store clerk at knife point. The grand jury also indicted Dean Travis Moore on burglary, criminal threatening, assault and theft charges. Read More
    MACHIAS — A spokesman for the Maine Forest Service said the Washington County grand jury’s Feb. 23 indictment of 39-year-old Ricky Brown of Pembroke for alleged timber theft is one of an increasing number of such cases that are being handled in criminal court. “We’re… Read More
    AUBURN — Two Auburn men who blamed each other for the beating death of their landlord at a Lewiston motel were convicted Tuesday in Androscoggin County Superior Court. Jurors deliberated three hours before convicting Brad Chesnel, 25, and Leroy Tomah, 28, of murder and robbery. Read More
    Together with other legislators from Maine and four other states across the country, we attended a unique week-long seminar developed by the Flemming Institute. The Center for Policy Alternatives Flemming Fellows Leadership Institute, founded in 1994 and now in its third year of existence, is a bipartisan program… Read More
    The U.S. House of Representatives rarely behaves in a unanimous way — even the declaration of war against Japan in 1941 had a lone dissenter — so when it does march in lockstep, something is afoot. Such as the 409-0 vote the other day supporting… Read More
    I am almost 72 years old now and have fished Maine’s beautiful waters a good many of those years. I caught 4- and 5-pound bass and buckets of white perch when I was 10 years old in Spednick Lake. My father and I fished eastern Washington County lakes… Read More
    If it weren’t so serious, what’s going on over at HoltraChem would be funny. If it weren’t so serious. Take the latest incident at the Orrington plant whose primary enterprise seems to be the spilling and spewing of hazardous substances. Please googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    HAMPDEN — A free preschool screening for children between 3 and 4 years old as well as all 5-year-olds not yet eligible for kindergarten will be held for SAD 22 (Hampden, Newburgh and Winterport) from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, at the Earle McGraw School… Read More
    The Ellsworth High School Music Boosters are holding a Community Events Calendar fund-raiser. For $5, the purchaser gets to list family birthdays and an anniversary on the calendar. Students will sell the calendars through Feb. 27. To purchase one, call the school office at 667-4722. Businesses or civic… Read More
    OLD TOWN — The city has been awarded a federal grant to explore the potential for locating a facility here that would use home-grown technology to capitalize on some of Maine’s underused tree species. During a special meeting Monday night, the City Council unanimously voted… Read More
    The annual Ellsworth Music Night Concert will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Ellsworth Middle School. Music students in grades three through 12 will perform together in one concert. For more information, call Dean Paquette at 667-4722. Read More
    PALMYRA — Two proposed ordinances got the once-over Tuesday night at hearings held by the Palmyra selectmen. An ordinance to identify and ban municipal, industrial and commercial sludge-spreading within town borders was carefully scrutinized. Without the accompanying definitions included in the ordinance, the new law… Read More
    MADISON — The Somerset County Republicans will hold a monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Kiwanis Hall, Weston Avenue. Legislators and candidates will speak on legislative bills. The group will check on Republican caucuses, and all town chairmen or representatives should… Read More
    EAST SULLIVAN — By the year 2002, Sumner Memorial High School graduates may be required to show competency in the real world as well as the academic arena. After three years of study, a committee of faculty and school administrators has suggested expanding the graduation… Read More
    NEWBURGH — Town reports will be available in the town office beginning Friday, Feb. 27. Also, the annual town meeting will be held Saturday, March 7. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    It was a dark and stormy night. Tuesday’s winds knocked out power sporadically in the Bangor area Tuesday evening and took WABI-TV Channel 5 off the air for a time. Throughout the evening, officials of Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. said they were receiving slightly more than… Read More
    BANGOR — The trial of a Bangor man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl last summer was postponed Tuesday as reports and records surfaced suggesting the child may have been sexually abused by someone else in the past. Defense attorney Jeff Toothaker was granted the… Read More
    Regarding your page A6 story, “Health services team up,” in the Feb. 12 paper, there is a reporting inaccuracy that goes to the heart of how emergency medical services in the area are dispatched and the role of MedComm in that process. Your reporter stated… Read More
    Thank you for outstanding coverage (BDN, Feb. 17) of the Maine Air National Guard and the role this unit plays in world events. These guard members are the same citizen soldiers who so professionally assisted Maine citizens and communities during Ice Storm ’98. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    I just returned from taking three 11-year-old girls to Hooptown [at the Bangor Civic Center]. Congratulations to the Bangor Daily News and your Hooptown sponsors. The girls had a great time, loved the free “stuff,” and my daughter even wanted to return later in the week to show… Read More
    State Sen. Peter Mills argues against the homestead exemption (BDN commentary, Feb. 11) in that it doesn’t get tax relief to those who need it most. Not true! googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    HoltraChem has done it again. This time it’s an estimated 10,000 gallons of liquid contaminated with mercury spilled into the Penobscot River. So what else is new? Given the history of this particular plant operator, should we expect anything different? The plant manager, Glen Carr,… Read More
    We were pleased to read that Tom Weber’s column will again be featured regularly in the Bangor Daily News, and particularly enjoyed his column, “Post-ice storm era caveman dreams of sun,” which appeared in Saturday’s edition. After the kind of January Mainers endured we can most certainly relate… Read More
    WASHINGTON — American high school seniors scored below students from most other countries in an international test of math and science, according to results released Tuesday. Even those Americans who took tough physics and advanced math courses performed worse than most students taking equally rigorous… Read More
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    GREENVILLE — Issues that have an impact on the daily lives of women will be the focus of a series of presentations in March at the Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital in Greenville. The Moosehead Women’s Health Education Forum will delve into the benefits of… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The anguished pleas of his wife, Deanna, may have saved David Knowlton from a lengthy prison term. When Knowlton, 35, of Camden came before Knox County Superior Court Justice Francis Marsano this week to be sentenced on charges of fondling the breasts of… Read More
    Dover-Foxcroft District Court Roderick E. Cole Jr., 17, Guilford, operating motor vehicle after license suspended-revoked, $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… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island and Ellsworth housing authorities are sponsoring the American Association of Retired Person’s “55 Alive Mature Driving Course,” 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 17-18 at the Malvern Belmont Estates, Bar Harbor. AARP developed this eight-hour classroom refresher to help drivers… Read More
    Back in February 1965, the city of Bangor was undergoing a great change. Dow Air Force Base was closing and everyone was concerned with what the future would bring. Many people, businesses and organizations accepted the challenge of helping the community prepare for life after… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The King administration Tuesday unveiled a phased-in program to finance a $180 million overhaul of the Maine prison system that would combine spending cash in hand with long-term borrowing. The package also envisions a lease-purchase type of financing mechanism that prompted one lawmaker… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — For more than a decade the once-stately Bar Harbor Club where the wealthy summer elite played tennis and swam laps has slipped silently into a state of disrepair. Recently residents here have taken to calling the building an “embarrassing eyesore.” But perhaps… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Like other Maine communities, Dover-Foxcroft may be required to help fund the cleanup of a waste oil site that contaminated ground water in Plymouth. Town officials received notification this week from the Environmental Protection Agency that Dover-Foxcroft had contributed waste oil to the… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Councilor Bob Crosthwaite says the city needs to bring God back into government. At Monday night’s council meeting, he suggested hiring a chaplain to counsel employees and to open each city meeting with a prayer and the pledge of allegiance. “The separation of… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Class started a month ago, but Ellsworth High School senior Bryan McQuade still hasn’t met his computer programming teacher, nor laid eyes on most of his classmates. Since his teacher works at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone, that’s not… Read More