Across Maine, the talk of UMaine and the Blodgett – oops, make that Black – Bears has centered on losses lately. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
ORONO – Coach Paul Kostacopoulos’ overhaul of the University of Maine baseball team should be evident today when he unveils the 1998 Black Bears. Maine opens its toned-down southern schedule with a 2 p.m. game against the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Florida Atlantic University. Kostacpoulos… Read More
BANGOR – Just when it looked like they’d saved their most amazing comeback for last, the boys who seemed to have a pocketful of miracles found that pocket empty late Friday night. And all they needed was just one more. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine hockey team has spent the last three weeks on the fumdamentals of the short passing game. It is paying huge dividends. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
BANGOR – After everything went their way in the first half, the Presque Isle Wildcats had to sweat things out in the final quarter before eliminating a beat-up but unbowed Medomak Valley squad. Despite shooting a dreadful 43 percent from the foul line in the… Read More
NEWARK – A strong second half propelled Northeastern past Maine 74-54 in the America East basketball tournament at the University of Delaware’s Bob Carpenter Center Friday night. The No. 7-seeded Huskies pulled away from a halftime tie with No. 10 Maine in the evening’s second… Read More
BANGOR – After the Orono girls basketball team rolled over Greely of Cumberland Center 51-42 for its second Class B girls state championship in three years, the Red Riots took a jubuliant roll on the floor of the Bangor Gymnasium. The Riots finished a group… Read More
Ask a bobcat hunter where he’s finding tracks and he’ll become as quiet as a “silent trailer.” But ask him about bobcat hunting in general and he’ll become as vocal as a hound in full cry. Carl Trask of Kenduskeag is no exception. Earlier this week, it seemed… Read More
Four years ago, Bangor native Chris Shepley was having a difficult time adjusting to college hockey as a freshman at Colby College. “It was real tough,” recalled Shepley. “It was the first time I was confronted with a situation in which I wasn’t hurt and… Read More
BOSTON – University of Maine high jumper Derek Davis won the high jump during the first day of the New England Track and Field championships at the Boston University Armory on Friday. Davis, a sophomore at Maine, cleared 6 feet, 9 inches to win the… Read More
Due to the January ice storm which eventually led to ice from the roof falling on its ice-making system, Bouchard Arena in Brewer lost its ice prematurely. Owner Lou Janicki explained that six of the 10 fans in the ice-making system were damaged but after… Read More
ORONO – The Pine Tree Cluster Maine YMCA swim league will hold their state championship meet on Feb. 28 and March 1 at the Wallace Pool at the University of Maine. More than 1500 swimmers from 6-19 are expected, with competition set to get underway at 8:30 a.m. Read More
BANGOR – Hampden Academy point guard Amy-Jo Crawford said she has been struggling with free throws all winter. Crawford shrugged off any problems from the line as the No. 5 Broncos upset No. 4 Bangor 57-51 in the opening game of the Eastern Maine Class… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine men’s hockey team welcomed first-year program Nebraska-Omaha to the Alfond Arena Friday night, but the Bears were less-than-gracious hosts. Maine scored nine times in the game’s first 27:47 en route to an 11-0 victory over the Division I independent,… Read More
University of Maine senior shortstop Michele Puls is trying to look to next year – but the view is being clouded over. Last year’s America East Co-Player of the Year wants to play professional softball when she graduates from UMaine. The NCAA is restricting Puls… Read More
The Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward has been shattering the stained-glass ceiling for 25 years. One of the first women ever to be ordained an Episcopal priest in 1974, she has written and talked about sexuality and theology since “coming out” as a lesbian in 1979. Read More
FORT KENT — For the next four days, Steve Kennedy of Wallagrass will lay down his band leader’s baton and take up the reins to compete in his first 250-mile sled dog race, the Can Am Crown International. Kennedy, a middle school band teacher in… Read More
Earlier this week, valiantly attempting to reduce the pile of rubble that is the accumulation of mail from loyal readers over the past decade, I discovered in the hoard a treasured, albeit fairly well beat-up, copy of Puck dated Sept. 13, 1882, a contribution from Ote Redding of… Read More
A band with an interesting blend of music and politics will attempt to entertain and raise social awareness this Saturday night at the Blue Goose in Northport. Papa Loves Mambo, a Portland-based musical group, will be performing at the hall in a benefit for the… Read More
As discouraging as it is that campaign finance reform got filibustered once again in the Senate last week, there is reason for hope. Bipartisan support is growing, a majority of 51 was reached. Evidence of corruption, abuse and influence-peddling mounts. And, perhaps best of all, opponents are down… Read More
Gertrude Stein and Alfred Stieglitz are near the top of my list of people I’d like to have known if I’d been alive in the 1920s and 1930s. Stein was a writer who inspired and cajoled countless artists in her salon in Paris. Stieglitz was a photographer and… Read More
BANGOR — Six of eight confiscated guns first reported missing from the Bangor Police Department last fall have been found. They were sold at auction nearly five years ago, a police official reported Friday. Meanwhile, the city continues to investigate the whereabouts of the two… Read More
Maine has come a long way in the past year. Maine’s economy has done very well. For the first time in recent memory, Maine has a budget surplus. This surplus comes even after this legislature funded the largest tax cut in Maine history and the largest investment in… Read More
It’s hard to say which is more offensive — Congress’ abrupt about face on the line-item veto or the reasons given for overriding President Clinton’s scratching of $287 million in military construction projects. For years, for decades, forever it seems, members of Congress, especially the… Read More
GREENVILLE — Two consent agreements were signed by Greenville selectmen this week to resolve land use violations. Under the agreement, George Schott will replant trees on his property on the end of the Shoals Road and will pay the town a $1,000 fine. Schott had… Read More
As Bobbie Peddicord of Bangor prepares for a bone marrow transplant, which is expected to take place shortly in Florida, those who know and care for her are preparing to help, as much as possible, reduce the expenses incurred during her treatment for cancer. Peddicord… Read More
CARIBOU — Todd Philbrook, 29, of Caribou, who last week pleaded guilty to two firearms charges and assault on a child, was sentenced Friday on those charges in Aroostook County Superior Court. Justice Paul T. Pierson sentenced Philbrook to 18 months in jail, with all… Read More
In a Feb. 21 MaineDay story about the alleged assault of a Brownville man by his neighbor, erroneous information provided by a police spokesman stated that Mike Tenan of Brownville had left his vehicle to speak to Joseph Mawn when the assault occurred. In fact, Tenan told police… Read More
The Supreme Court decision Wednesday limiting credit union membership to people with something in common found a 1982 federal regulation to be in conflict with the underlying 1934 law. Now it’s up to Congress to fix the underlying law. The 5-4 ruling essentially says members… Read More
Caribou District Court Robert L. Crouch, 19, Caribou, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $400, 48 hours in jail, license suspended 90 days; illegal transporation of liquor by minor, $200, license suspended 30 days consecutive to previous suspension. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Last Wednesday, the Maine House of Representatives voted on a joint order to roll back the temporary sales tax from 6 to 5 percent. The proposal represented just over one-third of the available money for tax relief. The issue was defeated by the Democratic majority by a vote… Read More
CALAIS — A 35-year-old Calais man was arrested on a charge of manslaughter Friday after a Maine State Police investigation into the death of his 4-week-old daughter. Thomas St. Yves was taken into custody at approximately 6 p.m., almost 24 hours after Calais police found… Read More
Things have got to get better for the Maine Green Party because it’s hard to imagine how they could get any worse. That is, of course, providing you’re willing to overlook the emergence of Pat LaMarche as the standard bearer for this group of 3,600… Read More
ORONO — What first attracted Mary Cathcart to her stately Greek Revival house on Main Street was the way it reminded her of home. “It reminded me of New Orleans,” Cathcart said about the house she has lived in since 1978. The state senator had… Read More
CARIBOU — The Aroostook Episcopal Cluster will present a five-session seminar series on dying and death titled “The End of Life: Today’s Issues,” weekly 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning March 4 through April 1. The first session will be held at St. John’s Episcopal Church in… Read More
FORT KENT — Maine State Court Officers of the Catholic Order of Foresters are making plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Maine COF. The Maine State Court was organized at Augusta in 1898. The special COF Day in Augusta is set for Saturday,… Read More
Marilyn Sibley stood on the snow-covered banks of the Penobscot River early this week and performed a ritual nearly 1,400 years old. The members of the altar guild of St. James’ Episcopal Church in Old Town burned the dried palm leaves left from last year’s Palm Sunday celebration,… Read More
Looking across the road and down into the hayfield this morning, I noticed a hawk circling, eyeing something on the ground. It kept the bird’s attention for quite some time. The hawk, its wings flat against the windless air, head bent downward and feet flat against its belly,… Read More
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ORONO — Candidates for the School Committee and Town Council will speak at a candidates night at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, at the Orono Public Library. Read More
AUGUSTA — A formerly fuzzy field of Republican gubernatorial aspirants locked into focus Friday with the announcement that former 1st District Rep. James B. Longley Jr. will enter the race for the Blaine House. “If we get the signatures, we’ll be there,” Longley said Friday… Read More
BANGOR — Proposals for the addition to the Bangor Mall that will house Filene’s show that the expansion will be a two-story building, so that it will not take up so much ground space. The planning board will take up the proposal at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City… Read More
It’s encouraging to see that Maine’s secretary of state is trying to drum up support for a bill that would raise teen driving standards. Among other things, legislators want to increase the hours of road instruction and make the license test tougher. There is even… Read More
BROOKSVILLE — When town meeting convenes next week, voters will decide whether to approve a proposed budget increase of nearly 12 percent. The proposed municipal budget of $247,245 is up less than $1,500, said Selectman Kip Leach. By contrast, the school budget of $939,640 is… Read More
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BANGOR — The Bangor Historical Society needs volunteers and will hold an open house and orientation for volunteers from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at the society museum, 159 Union St. For information, call Olsen at 942-5766. Read More
BRADFORD — The Republican Committee will hold a caucus at 7 p.m. Friday, March 6, at the Bradford Town Hall. Republicans will elect delegates and alternates to the Republican State Convention, to be held May 29-30 at Augusta. Read More
HERMON — The gas pumps were up and running again at Quinn’s Auto Repair on Friday morning, barely three days after a fire devastated the family-operated business on Route 2. Janet and Phil Moody, the daughter and son-in-law of owner Leland Quinn, are operating the… Read More
BANGOR — The Orono girls basketball team rolled over Greely of Cumberland Center 51-42 Friday night for its second Class B girls state championship in three years. The Greely boys held off Camden-Rockport 70-69 for the Class B boys state title in the final game… Read More
BANGOR — Calling the Bangor riverfront and its future a precious resource, Rodney McKay will tell you why the city wants to avoid any hasty decisions. “There will be only one opportunity to do it right,” he said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
HOLDEN — The need to appoint an interim representative to the SAD 63 board of directors is among the topics the Board of Selectmen is slated to take up Monday night. Kathleen Day, who was elected to her three-year term in 1996, tendered her resignation… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The Southwest Harbor Medical Center will hold “Quietside Health Fest” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Southwest Harbor American Legion. Free screening for cholesterol, diabetes and H-pylori; and testing for dental, hearing, pulmonary function, blood pressure and… Read More
Jerry Wiley, 40, of Bangor was summoned for assault after he allegedly struck a 17-year-old girl late Thursday night. The girl told Bangor police Officer George Spencer that she had been on the phone around 10:15 p.m. when Wiley came into the room and an… Read More
MOUNT DESERT — From the 1850s to the 1920s, the little yellow Sound Schoolhouse on Route 198, with its separate doors for boys and girls, was where children of local farmers and quarry workers got their educations. In those days, a lone teacher stood at… Read More
PENOBSCOT — During the next two weeks, town meeting voters will decide on a proposed $1.6 million budget that reflects increases in municipal and school expenses. The town meeting will be held in two sessions this year. The first, devoted to municipal budget articles, is… Read More
As a resident of Orrington, I am writing concerning the recent events at the HoltraChem plant. Many residents and nonresidents are justifiably concerned about chemical spills. I join in that concern. However, after looking at the facts, I believe a different outlook needs to be taken. Read More
The Bangor Convention & Visitors Bureau would like to commend Skip Chappelle and the Bangor Daily News Enterprises for Hoop Town 1998. It was an event whose time had come and it will undoubtedly grow substantially from year to year. During Hoop Town, the bureau… Read More
On behalf of the Maine Library Association, we are writing in support of the Old Town Public Library, its director, Valerie Osborne, and members of the library staff, concerning the recent court case involving a library patron and her failure to return library materials. We applaud their efforts… Read More
It was with great interest that I read your article on the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Belfast (BDN, Feb. 21-22). I wondered if the members realized that the Rev. Ashley A. Smith was minister of the Universalist Church there for 11 years. All the Smith children were born in… Read More
DEXTER — A crucial question raised Thursday — whether SAD 46 and four sending school districts could end a dispute over the operation of the Tri-County Technical Center — was met with total silence. Thursday’s meeting, during which state education officials presented recommendations for the… Read More
BUCKSPORT — In-town property owners hoping for the town’s help with home improvements will have to wait at least a year, now that the state has rejected the town’s recent bid for program funds. In December, the town applied to the state for a $300,000… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King opposes legislation to pay $500,000 to the son of a New Hampshire woman killed in a fiery crash at a Maine Turnpike toll plaza, his spokesman said. Supporters say 3-year-old Allan Leech, who survived the crash that killed his mother… Read More
PLYMOUTH — Sixteen Maine towns and cities — including Bangor, Bar Harbor and Dover-Foxcroft — have been identified as having shipped waste oil to a Plymouth Superfund site. These towns, along with 334 businesses, school districts and others, may be required to share in the… Read More
CAMDEN — Students from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at Camden-Rockport High School will collect used T-shirts for the poor, starting Saturday. The T-shirts will be sent to Food for the Poor, a Christian organization that distributes goods in the Caribbean as well as… Read More
NEWPORT — Twenty-three applications have arrived at the Newport Town Office for the position of town manager. The successful candidate will have a tough act to follow. Former Town Manager Arthur Ellingwood was well-respected and appreciated for five years of service. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
GREENVILLE — Greenville selectmen this week awarded the construction of two gateway signs to local artists Richard Cote and Joe Bolf. A replica of one of the signs on which the pair will collaborate was unveiled Wednesday. The three-dimensionial sign features a hand-carved moose, loon… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Town councilors will be asked Tuesday to approve a license to operate a pool room and arcade on Main Street. John Ring, a former mayor of Pittsfield, said Friday he will divide in half his current business, a clothing store. The front half,… Read More
Opposition research, which is the polite name for political mudslinging, has always been a messy game. Back in Nixon’s day it was called “dirty tricks,” or “political sabotage.” A classic example was the “Canuck letter,” which derailed Edmund Muskie’s 1972 presidential campaign. The letter, supposedly… Read More
SAN DIEGO — Dr. Benjamin Spock, who made millions with his famous how-to book on bringing up babies, has bigger medical bills than he can handle in his old age, and his wife is pleading for help. Mary Morgan, the wife of the ailing 94-year-old… Read More
As a citizen of the real “Northern Maine,” I am concerned that [your paper] may have forgotten what consitutes the meaning of the word North. While it is true that Bangor is north of Portland, isn’t it also true that Georgia is north of Florida? Yet, you don’t… Read More
AUGUSTA — The secretary of state will not appeal a recent court ruling ordering his office to review petitions collected in an attempt to get a referendum on legalizing marijuana for medical use. Instead, Dan Gwadosky said, he will try to change the law and… Read More
STEUBEN — The first of Washington County’s town meetings begins Monday when Steuben voters go to the polls to cast their ballots for one selectman, an assessor and a school board member. Voters will reconvene March 7 to consider a 47-article town warrant. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
PORTLAND — The creation of a lobster conservation zone around Monhegan Island may be unique but it rests on solid legal footing. That is the opinion of Dr. Alison Rieser, director of the Marine Law Institute of the University of Maine School of Law. One… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will observe the centennial of the social work profession with a workshop, “Working with Difficult Adolescents,” 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the UMPI campus. Stephen Andrew, M.S.W., L.A.D.C., will present the workshop, which… Read More
AUGUSTA — Two Waterville men pleaded guilty this week to a total of 11 charges involving the sexual abuse of young boys, including rape and conspiracy to commit rape. Four additional sexual abuse charges are still pending against the men. Paul Poulin, 30, and Richard… Read More
EAST SULLIVAN — At 3 p.m.pupils pile into the school buses outside the grammar schools in Sullivan, Gouldsboro, Steuben, and Winter Harbor. Many head home to spend yet another winter afternoon watching television in an empty house while their parents are at work. While some… Read More
ORONO — The eighth annual Maine Agricultural Leadership Institute concluded Friday with 31 graduates. This brings to 200 the number of Maine farmers who have participated in the annual three-day seminar sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The focus of the seminar is… Read More
ROCKLAND — Even the wind and high tide came to say goodbye to the White Lupine on Friday. The 54-year-old Coast Guard buoy tender was formally decommissioned Friday, despite a brisk breeze that threatened to blow away the dockside proceedings and a rising tide that… Read More