ORONO – Cindy Blodgett has set nearly three dozen records during her four seasons on the University of Maine basketball team. Surely, others will follow. Throughout her career, the humble guard from Clinton has discounted the importance of such statistical accomplishments. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
If the matchup for Saturday’s girls Class C state championship game looks familiar, it should. Western Maine champion Dirigo of Dixfield has played Calais in the past two title games. Each team has walked away with a championship, most recently Eastern Maine champ Calais. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Upsets ruled the day in the quarterfinal round of the Maine Athletic Conference women’s basketball playoffs on Wednesday, as the No. 5 and No. 6 teams advanced out of the quarterfinal round. No. 2 Husson College pounded No. 7 University of Maine-Machias 103-46, but the… Read More
Terry Carr achieved a lot of success as a basketball player for Stearns High Schoool and the University of Maine. As its point guard, Carr helped lead Stearns of Millinocket to the New England championship in 1963 and was named to the BDN’s All-Maine first… Read More
Despite losing four-fifths of their starting lineups, including members of the 1997 NEWS All-Maine team, the boys teams from Falmouth and Greely of Cumberland Center find themselves right back in another state championship game this year. While a state final appearance isn’t new for the… Read More
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Sports fans should notice another sure sign of spring this weekend as University of Maine baseball broadcasts hit the airwaves for the first time this year. The broadcast of Sunday Night’s Maine-Villanova game from Boca Raton, Fla., will also be a historic first as it… Read More
Hampden Academy’s 1996 boys soccer team has been recognized as lone Maine recipient of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s 1997 Team Academic Award. The team grade point average for the 1996-97 school year was 3.58, the fourth highest in the United States. Four… Read More
High school Penobscot Valley Conference Hockey All-Stars First team forwards: Jared Gordon (Bangor), Kyle Folsom (Presque Isle), Adam Sewall (Orono); defense: Jason Yehle (Hampden), Eric Holmes (Orono); goalie: Stuart Cady (Orono) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
PEORIA, Ariz. – Mark Langston has banked enough money and strikeouts in a 14-year career to make for a gratifying retirement party. Langston, 37, earned $4 million for the Anaheim Angels in 1997, and moved into 28th place on baseball’s all-time strikeout list with 2,365,… Read More
BANGOR – The Husson women’s basketball team lost the chance to compete in last season’s Maine Athletic Conference tournament due to questions about a scholarship. The No. 2 Braves made up for lost time by thrashing No. 7 University of Maine-Machias 103-46 in a MAC… Read More
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Indian leaders said everyday life won’t be affected by Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling that a tribe does not have regulatory or taxing powers over 2 million acres of Alaskan wilderness. The unanimous decision was a big victory for state officials and a… Read More
Gov. Angus King, the lone independent in a sea of Republican and Democratic governors, says his lack of affiliation with a political party has not been a handicap. “On balance, I think what we’re doing in Maine with an independent governor and a Democratic state… Read More
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders intend to pull campaign finance legislation from the Senate floor if advocates fail to gain the support needed to overcome a filibuster in a series of test votes today, officials said. “After we finish three or four … votes we ought… Read More
AUGUSTA — A Canaan man was assaulted Tuesday night at an Interstate 95 rest area in Augusta when he stopped to use the phone. State police are asking for help from anyone who may have seen the incident. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
WASHINGTON — Bankers won a big Supreme Court victory Wednesday that will keep many Americans from joining federally chartered credit unions, a traditional source of low-cost loans. Congress already is being asked to reinstate the policy that has let credit unions add millions of members. Read More
CALAIS — Maine and New Brunswick may be sharing more than a border if the Quoddy Coastal Tourism Association goes international. Founded in New Brunswick in 1995, the group was created to market the Quoddy region, encompassing Passamaquoddy Bay, as a vacation destination and to… Read More
AUGUSTA — A new family court division that will initially focus on paternity suits and divorces involving children has received its first batch of case management officers. The family division was conceived by Chief Justice Daniel Wathen as a way to cut down on the… Read More
FALMOUTH — A doctor who was severely beaten while jogging in broad daylight has no memory of the attack, and police have appealed to the public for help in locating the assailant. Police identified the victim only as a 40-year-old Portland doctor who suffered a… Read More
WASHINGTON — Doctors prescribing the powerful acne drug Accutane should watch patients carefully for signs of depression, says a warning issued Wednesday on the basis of reports of depression and a few suicides among Accutane patients. There’s no proof that Accutane caused the problems, argued… Read More
LIMESTONE — Limestone Republicans will hold their Lincoln Day Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Limestone Masonic Dining Room. Supper is at 6 p.m., followed by guest speaker Sen. Leo Kieffer of Caribou. Limestone Community School Lincoln Essay winners will be awarded at this time. For ticket… Read More
HOULTON — The Battered Women’s Project is looking for volunteers to provide an array of services. A 30-hour domestic violence training is required for all voluteers. Volunteer training has been scheduled in Houlton. The first session is scheduled for March 2. The training will run… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Turnpike Authority is trying to put together a plan for the major widening project approved by voters last year that could include a hefty toll increase. In a referendum last November, voters approved widening the toll highway from two lanes to… Read More
GARDINER — A week after selling his bill to raise teen driving standards to a receptive legislative committee, Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky faced a tougher crowd Wednesday. High school students. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine chapter of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation has awarded Health 1st, a division of the Aroostook County Action Program, a grant to continue prepregnancy planning educational services for local women. ACAP Health 1st provides primary and preventive health… Read More
AUGUSTA — A Winthrop man who allegedly tried to run over his estranged wife after she obtained a protective order against him has been charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon. Boyd Webber Jr., 40, was apprehended at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon outside Augusta District… Read More
DETROIT — Water in the roadway was cited as the primary cause of a fatal accident Wednesday on Route 100 in Detroit. Everard Day, 35, of Palmyra died at the scene. A Pittsfield man also was injured in the accident. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
AUGUSTA — Lewiston Police Chief Michael Kelly won the unanimous recommendation of a legislative committee Wednesday to become Maine’s next public safety commissioner. The State and Local Government Committee voted 11-0 to recommend that the Senate confirm Kelly, who has been police chief of Maine’s… Read More
AUGUSTA — The state Board of Environmental Protection on Wednesday gave 10 groups or individuals the right to present and cross-examine witnesses when the board considers siting issues for the proposed Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline later this year. The main stem of the proposed natural… Read More
AUGUSTA — A row of fishermen from Friendship and Monhegan Island sat stiffly in the formal chairs at the back of the Senate chamber Wednesday morning, watching with disbelief as the results of the vote on the lobster conservation zone for the island were displayed on the tally… Read More
A story published in the Feb. 25 issue of MaineDay erroneously referred to an Eastern hemlock as a hardwood tree species. It is a softwood. Read More
WASHINGTON — Capping a fight fueled more by institutional rivalry than partisan politics, Congress completed its drive Wednesday to restore 38 military construction projects that President Clinton had killed by line-item veto. It was the first time lawmakers had revived projects erased by the new law. Read More
Island Falls — The Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at Whittier Congregational Church. For information, call 1-800-439-1789. Caribou — The Northern Maine Regional Post-Polio Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the… Read More
If you go to Penobscot Theatre in the next few days, you’ll see lots of little people, most of whom hardly measure 4 feet tall. One has green hair. Another has fluorescent orange hair. And they all have pointy ears. Sometimes they smack each other in the heads… Read More
Superior Court Justice Donald Alexander pulled off a deft piece of jurisprudence Tuesday when he ruled that petitions for a medical marijuana referendum, though late, must be processed. Now it’s up to Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky to turn in some solid secretary of stating… Read More
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Three proven companies, two worthy bids, one lucrative state subsidy — even the arithmetically challenged can see a flaw in the Department of Transportation’s plan for a cargo terminal at Mack Point. Tilting the playing field, creating winners and losers, on the taxpayers’ dime is a tricky business. Read More
Narraguagus High School, Harrington Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Anya Belanger, Candace Kelley, Heather Knapp, Alex Lovit, Michelle Potter, Heather Stocks and Holly Strout; honors: Meredith Checker, Natalie Davis, Marcia Duggan, April Hall, Joshua Leighton, Nicholas Lyford, Adam Meyer, Starley Moffitt, Allison Ouellet,… Read More
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Central Aroostook Senior High School, Mars Hill Second quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Lise-Marie Collard and Stale Harberg; high honors: Emily Agus, Bobbi Jo Dyer and Jason Woollard; honors: Kristen Bagley, Blake Bradbury, Nicole Brewer, Gloy Clair, Jonathan Codrey, Daniel Howlett, Stephanie Kilcollins, Holly… Read More
The days before car seats for babies and toddlers, seat belts, even bicycle helmets now seem unreal and the danger of not using them curiously obvious. In this decade, most of us wouldn’t dream of holding a baby on our lap in the car, packing the back of… Read More
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Fort Kent Community High School Second nine-week ranking period Seniors, high honors: Cindy Bourgoin, Andrew Dumond, Robin Lamarr, Steve Michaud, Andrea Nadeau, Melanie Ouellette, Jessica Saucier, Jarita Sirois, Rebecca St. John, Cheryl Taggett and Leah Theriault; honors: Tina Babin, Sonya Caron, Nicki Charette, Chad Fournier,… Read More
BANGOR — More than 760 Bangor homeowners receive an annual property tax exemption for wartime veterans — typically $5,000 deducted from the municipal valuation of their residence. But City Assessor Ben Birch is sure that there are more who qualify for the exemption, and he… Read More
GEORGETOWN — A Coast Guard plan to replace Seguin Island Light’s rare 1857-vintage lens with today’s advanced technology is being challenged by a lighthouse preservation group. Friends of Seguin Island said removal of the First Order Fresnel lens and its replacement with a solar-powered light… Read More
Bangor — A post-adoption support group will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. March 2, at the Maine Department of Human Services, 396 Griffin Road. Call 827-2783. Bangor — The Penquis Community Action Program has announced a new program for pregnant and parenting teens, “Transition… Read More
BANGOR — Many words of praise were offered the weekend of Feb. 14-15 for the hard work done by those who put on the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Maine. Now it’s official. On Monday evening, the City Council… Read More
BELFAST — Although the city doesn’t need a replacement for City Attorney John Carver until he steps down from his appointed post in June, Belfast City Councilor Jon Cheston wants the council to consider hiring an in-house city attorney immediately. Carver, who has been Belfast’s… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A veterans service officer from the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management will be at the Community Health and Counseling Center 8:30 a.m.-noon Wednesday, March 4, at 1093 West Main St. Help for veterans, widows and dependents in filing for state and… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor School Department will hold kindergarten registration from 4 to 8 p.m. March 31 and April 1 at the following locations: Abraham Lincoln School, 45 Forest Ave.; Downeast School, 100 Moosehead Blvd.; 14th Street School, 224 14th St.; Fruit Street School, 175 Fruit St.; and… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — A five-part series on personal financial planning, “Women Take Charge of Your Money,” will be held 7-9 p.m. Mondays, March 2-30, at the Somerset County Cooperative Extension office. The series is designed to help midlife and older women take charge of their money… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The nonpartisan Maine State League of Women Voters and the Maine Education Fund will present a one-day conference on “Running and Winning,” 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan. Enrollment is recommended for any woman interested… Read More
CORINNA — A decision to put Corinna’s Eastland mill site on the National Priorities List for a federal Superfund cleanup becomes a “no-brainer” when the Environmental Protection Agency removes anticipated barriers, according to Corinna Selectman Steve Buck. EPA and state Department of Environmental Protection officials… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A Detroit man was summoned to court for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor as the result of a single-car accident Wednesday morning on Grove Hill in Pittsfield. Johnny Haskell, 35, reportedly was attempting a left turn off… Read More
GLENBURN — A public hearing will be held at 7 tonight to repeal the 1978 ordinance which created the Glenburn Library Department. The measure would allow the governance of the municipal library to be transferred from the Town Council to the school committee. Town Manager… Read More
Stopping a car on Main Street in Bangor on Wednesday morning, Bangor police Officer Chris Desmond watched as the driver — the vehicle’s sole occupant — jumped into the back seat. The driver then got out of the 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier through the rear passenger… Read More
BATH — There will be no ship launching at Bath Iron Works. But the show must go on this weekend for a protest organizer. Steven Cohen organized a “peace action” to coincide with the launching of an Aegis destroyer O’Kane this weekend. He did not… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded two grants totaling $1.7 million to the state for use in helping crime victims, according to Maine’s congressional delegation. The funds are being made available through the Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime. “These federal… Read More
HOWLAND — William A. Fowler, who has led eight-town SAD 31 for the past 10 years, will resign when his contract expires June 30, 1999. Fowler said he decided to quit as superintendent to pursue other career opportunities, but that he doesn’t know what they… Read More
OLD TOWN — Officials are looking for potential residents for the Meadows, a 16-unit residential care facility under construction on Perkins Avenue. The Meadows is the first development project for Old Town Residential Services Corp., a nonprofit group that focuses on developing and operating housing… Read More
BREWER — A new, user-friendly zoning ordinance is in the offing here, but first residents need to explain how they want the community to look. To that end, the land use and zoning oversight committee will hold a community workshop at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March… Read More
ROCKLAND — Trying to run the undersized South School is like “trying to fit a size 10 foot into a size 9 shoe. You can do it, but it is never comfortable,” according to Principal James Toomey. The principal made the statement at a public… Read More
The person who wrote “Plebiscite plethora” (BDN editorial, Feb. 16) appears to have little understanding of how our governing system is actually supposed to work. I wish to clarify this person’s and many other people’s minds concerning this. We elect our legislators to represent us. Read More
Since when does the Bangor Daily News give a stand-up comic review assignment to a person with a complete lack of a sense of humor? Alicia Anstead’s review of the Norm MacDonald performance at the Maine Center for the Arts (BDN, Feb. 17) failed to give credit to… Read More
I am writing in support of actions taken by Valerie Osborne and the Old Town Public Library in response to Laura Winters’ overdue library books (BDN, Feb. 20). Too often libraries are taken for granted. Not enough thought is given to the tremendous resources available there. Read More
I read with great interest your recent articles on the American University in Bulgaria. As a native of Maine, a graduate of the University of Maine and former finance officer of the AUBG for the first five years, I continue to applaud UMaine’s decision to participate in this… Read More
BANGOR — Expansion plans of Maine’s federally chartered credit unions have been effectively placed on the back burner with Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that sides with the American Bankers Association. The decision in the case, which pitted the American Bankers Association against AT&T Family… Read More
MACHIAS — A Washington County grand jury has indicted the following: Troy Claridge, 27, Calais, was charged with five counts of theft, three counts of burglary, two counts each of criminal mischief and theft by receiving stolen property, and one count of possession of a… Read More
PEMBROKE — Rep. Albion Goodwin, D-Pembroke, has announced he will seek a second term in the Legislature. District 134, Goodwin’s dictrict, includes Lubec, Meddybemps, Pembroke, Perry, Pleasant Point, Charlotte, Cooper, Crawford, Dennysville, Eastport and Indian Township, and unorganized territories Edmunds, No. 14 and 21, and… Read More
MACHIAS — “Here From There,” a benefit rock concert, will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, March 6, at the Holy Name Parish Hall. The concert proceeds will benefit the food pantries and shelters of Down East Maine, and a food and craft bazaar… Read More
BARING — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge recently completed revising the refuge’s fire management plan. The plan addresses all aspects of fire management, including preparedness, wildlife suppression and prescribed buring. The original fire management plan was developed in 1984. Read More
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ELLSWORTH — 4 a.m. Wednesday. After a week of honey dip deprivation Down East, it was finally time to make the doughnuts. And Ellsworth’s Dunkin’ Donuts was back in business after a fire in the fryer Feb. 17 forced a shutdown. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
COLUMBIA FALLS — Marine studies students from Narraguagus High School crowded around tanks at the Pleasant River Salmon Hatchery on Tuesday as technicians from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service carried in Thermos flasks containing more than 150,000 wild salmon eggs. The students and the… Read More
VAN BUREN — Kindergarten registration for the 1998-99 school year in SAD 24 will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at Gateway Elementary School. Prekindergarten registration will be at the same time. State law requires that a child must be… Read More
FORT KENT — Northern Maine Medical Center’s March community lectures will focus on “Trauma in the Community” and the teamwork required for success. The presentations will discuss what takes place when an acccident victim requires immediate care by ambulance personnel and emergency room staff. The… Read More
The increasing public discussion throughout Maine of providing emergency shelter for the homeless is a welcome turn of events for social service professionals, such as Dennis Marble of the Greater Bangor Area Shelter. So is the fact that state and local organizations are recognizing —… Read More
An article in USA Weekend (“Are common chemicals srambling your hormones?,” Feb. 13-15), offered some suggestions to counter the alarming trends of decreasing human fertility (males) and precocious onset of puberty (female). One recommendation was “Buy organic food to avoid pesticide residues.” For several decades my family has… Read More
VEAZIE — With a financial backer in the wings and no apparent obstacles on the environmental front, a proposed natural gas-fired power plant here is several steps closer to becoming a reality. Work will resume Monday night on a tax-increment financing agreement between the town… Read More
AUGUSTA — The national Rite Aid pharmacy chain has agreed to pay $900,000 for failing to divest two drugstores in Maine and another in New Hampshire, federal regulators said Wednesday. The Federal Trade Commission said it ordered Rite Aid in 1994 to get rid of… Read More
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AUGUSTA — The Natural Resources Council of Maine and Strategic Marketing Services, a research organization based in Portland, announced Wednesday that according to a new poll, Mainers overwhelmingly want more protection for the state’s forest lands. “Across every demographic segment in the state — whether… Read More
AUGUSTA — More Maine workers were killed on the job in 1996 than in the previous year, and the construction industry recorded a particularly sharp increase in deaths, the state Department of Labor said. A report says 23 people were killed in work-related incidents in… Read More
Mattanawcook Academy, Lincoln Second quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Edward Kirkpatrick, Joshua Pietras, Michelle Silvay and Meagan Thurlow; high honors: Sarah Betterley, Adam Boyington, Elissa Colbry, Danny Davis, Alicia Eyles, Cassandra Haynes, Kelly Muncey, Melanie Rand, Clint Sochulak, John Sutherland, Christin Taylor, Allan Trott… Read More
Waterville — Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area will hold a community grief workshop 7-9 p.m. March 3 at 76 Silver St. with Dale Marie Clark, bereavement coordinator at HVWA. Call 873-3615. Waterville — Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area will hold a parent bereavement support group… Read More
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BANGOR — The Bangor Republican Committee will hold a caucus at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at the William S. Cohen Middle School, Garland Street. The committee will elect delegates and alternates to the 1998 Republican State Convention to be held May 29 and 30… Read More
HAMPDEN — Although SAD 22 has seen a 27-point drop in its 1997 Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, no immediate action will be taken to change the district’s curriculum, according to Burt Payson, the district’s director of guidance. Payson reported the results at Wednesday night’s regular… Read More