BANGOR – Maine Special Olympics will be holding a benefit basketball game today at Husson College. The game will be held between a team of Bangor area celebritteas and a team of former New England Patriots. The tip off time is 7 p.m. This is… Read More
    DURHAM, N.H. – The University of Maine men’s hockey team works on wraparounds in practice regularly. By his own admission, sophomore center Ben Guite is not one of assistant coach Grant Standbrook’s prize pupils. “I never score on wraparounds in practice. I couldn’t score if… Read More
    LEWISTON – Bates College junior Billy McEvila of Hartford, Conn., has won the 35-pound weight throw at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. McEvila won the event with a lifetime best throw of 58 feet, 10… Read More
    CLEMSON, S.C. – The fifth-ranked Clemson Tigers pounded 18 hits while steamrolling the University of Maine baseball team 12-2 Friday afternoon. Sophomore Ryan Mottl won his ninth game in a row for the Tigers, dating back to last season. Mottl pitched seven innings and allowed… Read More
    John Motta of Hampden, Matt Hedrick and Jake Hedstrom of Orono and Darren Carlisle of Easton have been named to the 1998 Select-15 Hockey Team by the Maine Amateur Hockey Association. The four players are all members of the Penobscot Valley Hockey Conference Travel Bantam Teams. Read More
    BANGOR – The Maine State Junior High School and Elementary Cheering Championships will be held at the Bangor Auditorium today. There will be three divisions in the competition: PeeWee (grades 4-6), Mixed (grades 4-8) and Junior High (grades 6-8). The PeeWee and Mixed divisions will… Read More
    You won’t be wrong in saying the signs of an early spring are as clear as the sap now spilling from sugar maples. Fact is, the sap started running early: the pumping action necessary to put Maine’s maple syrup factories in gear was provided by February’s unseasonably warm… Read More
    BANGOR — Bangor firefighters will be going door-to-door in selected neighborhoods Monday, March 16, to install free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to qualified recipients. One hundred and forty detectors were donated by Home Depot in Bangor for the cause. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    BANGOR — The Bangor School Department will hold kindergarten registration on Tuesday, March 31, and Wednesday, April 1, between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the following locations. Please register the child at the school they will attend: Abraham Lincoln School, 45 Forest Ave. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    CARMEL — Carmel Elementary School will hold kindergarten registration Monday, April 13. Please call 848-3383 for an appointment. Children must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15, 1998. Parents are asked to bring their child along with a copy of the child’s birth certificate, Social Security… Read More
    DEDHAM — The town of Dedham and Lucerne Village Corp. residents can set all of the broken limbs, branches and brush broken off trees during the January ice storm on the side of the road between now and April 1. The town public works crews will pick up… Read More
    MEDWAY — Students attending School Union 113 schools (East Millinocket, Medway and Woodville) will be dismissed early from classes Monday, April 13, for a teacher in-service day. Opal Myrick Elementary School will dismiss at 11:25 a.m.; Medway Primary and Middle schools will dismiss at 10:40… Read More
    After reading the recent Bangor Daily News article about the Bath Iron Works project, I realized my fears were confirmed. In my lifetime, all of it lived in Maine so far, never have I seen such biased news reporting by any publication. The BIW project… Read More
    There are two big reasons why voters in Corinth should vote no on the article requesting $115,000 to purchase a new tank truck for the Fire Department at the annual town meeting (March 17). First, the apparatus being proposed is not a truck that meets… Read More
    Your cover story (Maine Weekend, March 7-8) is sadly ironic. As your reporter notes in the article about the new ferry, “the romantic appeal” of a waterborne visit to Maine is “undeniable.” However, there is no romance in the latest, biggest, fastest, (ugliest?) vessels plying Bar Harbor’s waters… Read More
    While the Maritime gas pipeline may be a good thing for Maine in the long run, what about the cost to all the landowners whose land this pipeline will cross? Who will compensate these landowners, and will they be compensated, for the loss of peace, quiet, and privacy… Read More
    Since the inception of the Maine moose hunting season, each applicant for a permit has been able to submit one application for one chance in the drawing for a $5 fee. This was very simple, fair and affordable. This year, the Maine Department of Inland… Read More
    The preliminary report by the Maine Commission on Secondary Education, a panel of educators charged with putting some meat on the bones of Learning Results, got something less than an overwhelming endorsement from Gov. King the other day. The commission shouldn’t feel bad, though — it took the… Read More
    GREENVILLE — The ice on Moosehead Lake is thick enough for the first-ever stock car ice race to be held in Greenville on Sunday. Race time is noon with preliminaries conducted at 11 a.m., according to Toni Blake, executive director of the Moosehead Lake Region… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Sebasticook Garden Club of Newport, a member of the Garden Club Federation of Maine, has been awarded an incentive grant of $500 to be used for a local project. The grant is part of the Protect the Environment Through Action, Learning and… Read More
    BANGOR — Plans for a new Rite Aid at the intersection of Hammond and Union have gotten off track slightly as developers pause to submit a revised application for a rezoning. Tom Russell, the Bangor attorney representing the developer of the project, Union Realty Trust,… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — When Belfast police Chief Allen Weaver saw a newspaper article last week that outlined problems the town of Pittsfield was having with loitering, noisy adults, he knew he had an answer. Weaver provided Pittsfield police Chief Steve Emery with a copy of Belfast’s… Read More
    The Tri-County Technical Center in MidMaine has granted the following students the Student of the Quarter Awards for the second quarter of the 1997-98 school year based on performance in their chosen technical programs: Lance Marchant, a Dexter Regional High School student, for automotive technology;… Read More
    Ethan Ross, son of David and Tracye Fortin of Pittsfield, has been named Maine Central Institute’s 1998 Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation Leadership Seminar ambassador in the nation’s only program exclusively for high school sophomores, sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Criteria for… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Whether it was negligence or an “unfortunate mistake,” four girls from Skowhegan Middle School were sent to Redington-Fairview General Hospital on Thursday after they were overcome by chemical fumes. The girls were treated and released, according to hospital spokeswoman Claudette Bean. No further… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — Kindergarten registration for the 1998-99 school year at the Opal Myrick Elementary School for East Millincoket and Woodville children will be held 8-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, at the school auditorium. Children must be 5 years old on or… Read More
    Skowhegan District Court Phillip W. McKenney, 30, Jackman, unlawful operation of snowmobile on plowed road, $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
    A Bangor man was arrested Friday and charged with tampering with a witness after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman who had been scheduled to testify against him the day before. The woman told police that earlier this week James Pelkey, 29, had been… Read More
    BANGOR — John Noon, national commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor at 2 p.m. Monday, March 16, as part of a statewide tour. He also plans to visit Togus and other veterans homes and VFW… Read More
    Bangor High School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Syrenata Ashley, Jennifer Barry, Tama Catell, Kerry Darling, Alison Glanville, Brooke Hayes, Jennifer Hill-Snyder, Lewis Kotredes, Elizabeth Miller, Son Nguyen, Phu Thai, Thomas True, Thomas Waterman; honors: Katwren Anderson, Shane Ashe, Patricia Barrett, Michael Black,… Read More
    PORTLAND — The Maine Turnpike Authority hopes to ease confusion and congestion at tollbooths by installing more clearly worded signs that will direct drivers to the appropriate lanes. While the Transpass electronic toll system was designed to reduce congestion, motorists and turnpike officials agree that… Read More
    AUGUSTA — State health officials announced creation of a program Friday they hope will reduce tobacco use in Maine. The Partnership for a Tobacco-Free Maine will be funded by $3.5 million from the increase in tobacco taxes passed last year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Kennebec County jail officers say their efficiency is suffering because they have the lowest pay scale among corrections guards in the state. Sheriff Bryan Lamoreau says the low pay is creating a high turnover in the 70-officer force. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    FARMINGTON — A 19-year-old Wayne man has been ordered to spend nine months in jail for torching a trailer. Joshua Whittemore pleaded guilty Thursday to arson in connection with the April 20 incident in Jay. The fire destroyed a vacant home and damaged a nearby… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Time is running out for people who have not yet registered for disaster assistance for damage from the January ice storms. Monday is the last day to file applications for most disaster help programs, according to federal and state recovery officials. Anyone who… Read More
    PORTLAND — A judge on Friday set bail at $1 million for a former Maine State Prison inmate accused of stabbing two former inmates and fleeing in a hijacked car in Gorham. Douglas Clifford, 32, of Lewiston, was returned to the Cumberland County Jail after… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Hancock-Washington Board of Realtors and the Maine Association of Realtors Foundation will present a $5,000 grant to Covenant Community Land Trust of Orland and $7,500 to WomanKind of Machias at their membership meeting Thursday. Convenant Community Land Trust will use the money… Read More
    LUBEC — Someone is going to foot the bill for the budget shortfalls at the Lubec waste-water treatment plant, but it is up to townspeople to decide if that will fall to some 1,900 property owners or the system’s 384 customers, according to Steve Levy of Maine Rural… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Hancock-Washington Board of Realtors and the Maine Association of Realtors Foundation will present a $5,000 grant to Covenant Community Land Trust of Orland and $7,500 to WomanKind of Machias at their membership meeting Thursday. Convenant Community Land Trust will use the money… Read More
    MILBRIDGE — The Washington-Hancock Agency is holding small-business workshops about Adding Employees on March 17, 18, 19 in Machias, Ellsworth and Calais. The cost is $10. The sessions are open to anyone interested about the process of hiring an employee. For information call 546-7544, Ext. 350. Read More
    BELFAST — Repairs to two Route 1 overpasses will detour traffic on Route 1 in Belfast beginning Monday according to the Maine Department of Transpor- tation. “The overpasses carrying High Street and Waldo Avenue over U.S. Route 1 have both been struck by overheight loads. Read More
    To most of us, last night’s full moon was simply a full moon. But to the children who attended Friday’s performances of “Borrowed Black, a Labrador Fantasy,” that full moon was a magical, mystical character from a story about sea beasts and fisherfolk and Betty and Joey and… Read More
    VERONA — The Verona Republican Party will hold its caucus at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at the Verona Town Hall. Officers will be elected for local, county and state posititions, including delegates to the state convention May 29-30. All registered Republicans are invited to take part. Read More
    BOSTON — A plan that will be presented to New England governors and Canadian premiers calls for curbing emissions from waste incinerators as a way of cutting mercury contamination in the Northeast. A draft of a Northeast Regional Mercury Action Plan calls for a 90… Read More
    MADAWASKA — For the first time in more than 20 years, the Greater Madawaska Chamber of Commerce awarded a Citizen of the Year Award night at its annual meeting Friday night. Joseph LaChance, a paper mill worker and owner of LaChance Apartments in Madawaska, was… Read More
    The Senate voted Friday to enact a bill which would raise the minimum wage 25 cents an hour. The bill now has to be considered by another legislative committee because of the $11,000 the change would cost the Department of Labor in notification requirements. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    WASHINGTON — With the Senate finished with its fight over highway funding, the effort to secure Maine’s fair share of federal dollars for roads has shifted to the House of Representatives. Rep. John Baldacci on Friday urged House Speaker Newt Gingrich to push for a… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Over the next two weeks, the Legislature will debate two bills to manage growth in Maine’s $107 million lobster industry and preserve the tradition of owner-operated lobster boats along the Maine coast. The Marine Resources Committee reported out Thursday two amended lobster bills. Read More
    LIMESTONE — Students at the Limestone Community School recently competed in the American High School Mathematics Exam. One Limestone student, Kurt Hunter, scored more than 100 points on the exam. He achieved honor roll status and is invited to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The 11th annual meeting of Leaders Encouraging Aroostook Development will be held Tuesday, March 17, at the University of Maine at Presque Isle campus. Activities will include a social time at 5:15 p.m. and a dinner at 6 p.m. with Irish entertainment… Read More
    PORTLAND — Maine will receive at least $1 million in a settlement reached by the smallest of the major tobacco companies with 14 states, Attorney General Andrew Ketterer said Friday. The settlement by Brooke Group Ltd. and its Liggett Group subsidiary in North Carolina will… Read More
    WADE — Voters will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, at the Wade Town School House for their annual town meeting. During the session, nominations for various town positions will be taken from the floor and voted upon. The following people now hold the… Read More
    Enjoy them, governor. These few days before the official start of Maine’s 1998 gubernatorial campaign may be the last moments of quiet dignity left to Angus King, the state’s personable, unenrolled chief executive. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    CAMDEN — An early morning fire caused an estimated $30,000 to $40,000 in damage to a local hide tanning factory, according to the company’s president. More than 50 employees of Apollo Tanning Ltd. on Washington Street were evacuated in the blaze, which started at approximately… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A damaged-tree program will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Ellsworth Public Library. Mike Moore of Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. and Mark Lamberton of Lucas Tree Expert Company will share professional advice on how to handle trees damaged this winter. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A group of volunteers will begin training to become “watershed stewards” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Ellsworth Cooperative Extension Office. The training, sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is part of a yearlong project focused on protecting the water quality of… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Confusion appears to reign supreme over next week’s referendum on a proposed building moratorium. The ballot facing voters on Friday includes what selectmen have described as a nonbinding proposal to ban commercial building projects of more than 5,000 square feet until a… Read More
    Maine native, who now calls faraway Alaska home, has been recognized as a national hero by the prestigious Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Daniel Anderson, 43, of Valdez, was one of two Alaskans to receive the Carnegie Medal; the other was Charles Champaine. The men were… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District is coordinating a trout stocking program for private pond owners. Brook trout at 5 to 6 inches long will be available in limited quantities for those who must stock brook trout, according to a press… Read More
    My boss dropped a newspaper clipping on my desk the other day and said with a grin, “Just thought you’d like to know what they think of us Mainers out there.” It was a column from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, President Clinton’s old… Read More
    LUBEC — The Regional Medical Center in Lubec has received a $47,000 grant from The Pfizer Foundation to hire a managed care staff member, to be shared among four health centers, who will develop managed care systems and educate patients and staff about managed care. Read More
    The choice is simple and desperate: Buy a needed prescription drug for a heart ailment or pay the light bill; choose blood-pressure medicine or food. For some poor elderly in Maine, it’s a calculated risk — sometimes they take their medicine and sometimes they eat, and the result… Read More
    Pat and Jane Nash, RR 1, Box 1200, Lincoln 04457, will celebrate their 50th anniversary on March 20. Cards and greetings will be welcome. Edith Bickford of Camden, a resident of the Camden Health Care Center, is recovering from a broken hip and would like… Read More
    Like most displaced and homesick Mainers, when former Beals Island lobsterman John Alley eagerly returned from a recent two-year exile in New Hampshire and saw the sign at Kittery proclaiming that Maine symbolizes the way life ought to be he felt that the sign said it all. Now… Read More
    Aroostook County Superior Court Larry A. Scott, 38, Houlton, violation of protection from abuse order, $300. 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
    Editorials appeared in this newspaper on Feb. 25 and March 2 commenting on HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. LLC and its environmental record. These editorials, as well as several newspaper articles, contain misstatmeent or omissions of fact which, if properly presented during that time frame, would have conveyed a much… Read More
    The protest rally at the gates of HoltraChem in Orrington on Feb. 23 in response to a 9,800-galooon spill of mercury-laden brine into the Penobscot River brought together people from near and far: neighbors to the plant were joined by folks from Dixmont, Camden, Bardley, Union, Appleton, Belfast… Read More
    If GOP lawmakers announced a new Republican strategy in the middle of the forest and there were no Democrats there to hear it, would it still be wrong? “Probably” comes the immediate response from most State House Democrats. But more to the point, what IS… Read More
    CHINA LAKE — A three-credit-hour course on the book of Revelation is being offered through the American Baptist Churches of Maine Institute For Ministry at the China Lake Conference Center. Titled “Exegesis: the Book of Revelation,” the course seeks to explore in depth the literary,… Read More
    Churches are invited to list their Holy Week activities in the Bangor Daily News. The list will be published Saturday, April 4. In order to be included, churches must send their notices to the NEWS by Monday morning, March 30. Include a telephone number and… Read More
    Now that most of the snow has melted from my yard, oodles of work has surfaced. Picking up fallen branches that resulted from the ice storm is a full-time job in itself. Some of the branches from the larger trees fell with such force that they were driven… Read More
    MONSON ACADEMY REVISITED, 1847-1997 by William R. Sawtell, Howland’s Printing, 1997, 239 pages, $20 paperback, $30 hardcover. BANGOR — William Sawtell of Brownville describes himself as the compiler, rather than author, of “Monson Academy Revisited.” Readers might appropriately conclude that Sawtell took the right approach… Read More