On June 13, Jeff Taylor returns home. Sort of. That is when the Busch Grand National North series visits Scarborough’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway for the Primestar 150. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    When former University of Maine hockey coach Jack Semler ended his seven-year career as the Bears hockey coach in 1984, he was 38 and far from his dream job. Semler only started dabbling in what would become a full-time creative passion in 1989. It wasn’t… Read More
    Don Marean of Standish, the president of the Maine Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association, and four members of the board of directors have resigned. Marean resigned two weeks ago for what he termed “dirty politics.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    GUILFORD – Brody McKenney recorded 14 of 15 outs by strikeout Thursday as the Piscataquis Community High School Pirates shut out Schenck 11-0 in the baseball season opener for both teams. McKenney allowed only two hits and three walks for the Pirates. Scott DeCastro had… Read More
    The Brewer High School girls softball team may get a chance to use that old adage, good defense makes for good offense. With the graduation of third baseman Emily Sevigny and her .510 average, the Witches will depend on more strategy than outright hitting to… Read More
    MACHIAS — The third annual Children’s Health and Fun Festival, sponsored by Down East Community Hospital, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the DECH MacBride Administration Building. This event is geared toward children from preschool to pre-teen and everyone who… Read More
    BELGRADE — Town Manager Paul Beattie was arrested at the town hall Thursday on federal child pornography charges. Beattie, 54, was arrested by Maine State Police and U.S. Customs agents after an investigation that began when state police received a tip several months ago, said… Read More
    BOSTON — Finding a place to park at Logan International Airport can be difficult these days, and officials say it will get worse before it gets better. Hundreds of travelers are allowing an extra 20 minutes or more to park and catch their planes. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    ORLAND — Champion International Corp. is planning fishway upgrades that could help reverse the decline in the number of alewives able to reach their inland spawning grounds. The herringlike fish return to lakes, ponds and rivers to spawn after having spent four to five years… Read More
    PORTLAND — The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $22 million to the state of Maine to promote economic development, upgrade public housing, help low-income families buy homes and assist people who are homeless in obtaining temporary shelter, according to a press… Read More
    Members of Bangor’s Unitarian Universalist Church kicked off a campaign Thursday to show support for equal rights for homosexuals just a 100 yards from the spot where Charlie Howard, a gay man, was murdered nearly 14 years ago. The church’s Gold Ribbon Project is asking… Read More
    PORTLAND — A 15-year-old juvenile has emerged as the prime suspect in the slaying of a Gorham teen-ager in a restaurant parking lot early this month, Police Chief Michael Chitwood said Thursday. Dozens of young people were outside Denny’s restaurant when Robert Joyal, 18, was… Read More
    ROCKLAND — City Councilor James Raye will vote against the $1 million capital projects referendum which will be on the June 9 ballot. The City Council approved the measure on Monday night, with Raye casting the lone dissenting vote. Raye fought a losing battle to… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — A controversial proposal to rezone the Bar Harbor Club for use as a conference center is likely to come to a vote at a town meeting in June, say organizers who mobilized late this week to collect signatures for a citizen’s petition. Read More
    LAMOINE — Residents here are likely to pay more property taxes next year, but not a whole lot more if the proposed $1.8 million budget passes intact at town meeting this Saturday. As proposed, fiscal 1999’s budget is less than 1 percent higher than the… Read More
    Wisdom Middle-High School Third quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Peter Bosse, Loni Gervais, Cristina Guerrette, Jill Michaud, Jessica Paradis and Chris Thibodeau; honors: Anja Bergstrom, Chad Bouchard, Nicholas Clapp, Eric Collins, Trisha Cyr, Jody Daigle, Nathaniel Deschaine, Steven Dube, Jessica Dumond, Corey Fongemie, Tracy… Read More
    You suffer from diabetes and must take a painful insulin injection daily. Or you have some other chronic illness that requires a strict regimen of different medications each day. It may be that you have a prescription that directs you to take a dose every four hours even… Read More
    Two medicines already widely used by organ transplant patients show unexpected promise as treatments for enlargement of the heart, a serious condition that affects 5 million Americans, research in mice suggests. The discovery emerged as a surprise offshoot of a Texas team’s work to find… Read More
    The Land Use Regulation Commission is contemplating some serious changes to its building rules for structures near water. And though the hearings have been well-attended, many landowners who closed their camps last fall and went back to their home states are going to be surprised to learn that… Read More
    It’s not exactly a civil war, but the disagreement between the Midwest and the Northeast over which is responsible for the dirty air in this region has both a way of life and regional identity at stake. It also is a good example of why Maine was right… Read More
    Bar Harbor District Court Grant G. Baker, 41, Hobe Sound, Fla., operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $400, license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
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    ORONO — The Greek words Phi Beta Kappa had a new meaning Thursday: Better late than never. On Thursday, Sydney Daugherty Porelle, a 1986 graduate of the University of Maine, was inducted into the presitigious honor society, 12 years after an invitation for her to… Read More
    Dover-Foxcroft District Court Tajin Magoon, 22, West Enfield, leaving fishing lines for cusk unattended, $50. 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())… Read More
    ORONO — Almost half a century after the first attempt to establish a local chapter of Phi Delta Kappa in the central Maine region, area educators last month celebrated their chapter’s formal installation. Since May 1997, local educators have been holding meetings as a club… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — A five-year agreement consolidating East Millinocket and Medway’s three elementary schools into two has been signed, sealed and delivered. Members of the East Millinocket and Medway school boards this week unanimously approved a contract service agreement, effective July 1. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Although you may not have signed up for the MS Walk, which begins with registration at 8:30 a.m. Sunday at Fifth Street School in Bangor, it is not too late. You may register on the day of the 5-mile event, which local organizers hope will… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — Boy Scouts of America Troop 58 will hold a spaghetti dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Millinocket American Legion. Proceeds from the dinner will help send the scouts to Camp Roosevelt in Eddington. On the menu will be… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The second annual Redington-Fairview General Hospital Health Fair will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 9. Free tests and services will include: hearing tests, blood pressure, cholesterol tests, lung screenings, tetanus-diphtheria immunizations for ages 15 to adult, and hepatitis B immunizations for… Read More
    Iwo Jima, Saipan and Tinian are but a few of the many isolated and nearly forgotten relics of World War II scattered throughout remote corners of the Pacific. Once household names, they now are just difficult to pronounce, their relevance more and more relegated to… Read More
    The driver of the red Saturn apparently hadn’t noticed that he was driving the wrong way on Interstate 395 early Thursday morning, but the police had. The car drove past two Bangor police sergeants who were in a cruiser stopped at the intersection of the… Read More
    I salute the powers that be who have at last upgraded access to immediate medical care for seriously injured people. I can only imagine what the swift evacuation of a family member or two could have benefited from this much-needed care and transport, one from a remote lake,… Read More
    I would like to respond to James Lynch’s April 7 Op-ed commentary. We all are responsible for the decline in the freshwater fishery. Each of us needs to assume responsibility for bringing about the changes necessary to bring back fishing as it is remembered. Merely blaming Inland Fisheries… Read More
    There is an effort in Congress to ban affirmative action in college and university admissions. Under the so-called “Anti-Discrimintion College Admissions Act of 1998” (HR 6), any college that received federal funds such as Pell Grants could not use affirmative action when admitting students. This will apply to… Read More
    I feel badly about the premature release of information about the possible sale and purchase of Bowater’s Maine operation. However, it has happened and now we must move forward. Time will heal these wounds and we should concentrate on the future of our communities and livelihood. Let’s not… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation, which is continuing its massive cleanup to rid Maine’s roadsides of debris from January’s ice storm, wants to clarify brush removal operations. MDOT is responsible for cleanup of debris within the right of way on state highways and… Read More
    BANGOR — An Alton couple was sentenced to prison Thursday for harboring and concealing a person from arrest — their son. In a case termed unusual by court officials, Dana Lavoie, 50, received 46 months in prison for the offense while his wife, Ann Louise… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Junior Chamber of Commerce, or Jaycees, will host an informational session regarding its new Junior Chamber Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Advancement program at 12:30 today at the Comfort Inn. The JCCECA was launched by the U.S. Jaycees to maximize new… Read More
    BREWER — The Brewer Agway is celebrating the opening of its new permanent greenhouse with special activities this weekend. The new polyacrylic structure is attached to the store at 790 Wilson St. and will remain open year-round. It replaces three temporary greenhouses which had to be changed each… Read More
    ORONO — The Republican Town Committee will introduce legislative candidates at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at the Keith Anderson Building. The candidates are Robert Fiske, Senate District 7; Raymond Bemis Jr., House District 122; Scott Morelli, House District 123. For information about the meeting… Read More
    CORINTH — Town Manager Don Strout has announced that Homestead Tax Relief applications are available to all homeowners in Corinth and may be picked up at the town office. Deadline to return the application is May 15. For information, call 285-3271. Read More
    NEWBURGH — The town of Newburgh is having a spring cleanup on Saturday, May 2. Crews will not accept car parts, wood or tires with rims. Two tires without rims will be allowed per household. Refrigerators will be picked up only with a certificate attached certifying that Freon… Read More
    BREWER — The city will conduct its annual spring cleanup for residential garbage May 4-22. The city’s cleanup is for residential debris only. Debris may not be moved from one location to another, but must be picked up at the residence where it is generated. Read More
    I read with great interest Cal Thomas’ column, “Another black eye for CBS” (BDN, April 10), and thought of the similarity Bangor finds itself in with the city council and the sleaze business on State Street called Diva’s. While the silent majority await the city fathers to vote… Read More
    BANGOR — The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $99,500 grant to the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine, according to a press release from U.S. Rep. John Baldacci. The grant will be used to preserve an endangered collection of material… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education has approved Maine’s annual Title I allocation of $33.7 million for Maine schools to assist low-income children during the 1998-99 academic year, according to a press release from Maine’s congressional delegation. “We are pleased that the needs of… Read More
    CASTINE — The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office will conduct hearings at Maine Maritime Academy next week involving six merchant marines charged either with using dangerous drugs or violating regulations pertaining to intoxication. If the charges are proved, the merchant marines face revocation of their… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Brunswick man pleaded innocent Thursday in federal court to attacking his mailman with a .22-caliber pistol earlier this month. David R. Paiement, 58, is being held without bail pending a detention hearing Monday in U.S. District Court. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Acting on a tip from the Biddeford Police Department, Ellsworth police arrested a 45-year-old man who had never returned a rental car and who was also wanted in York County and Connecticut. At 8 a.m. Thursday morning, police Officer Dotty Small and Lt. Harold Page woke… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — David W. Kee of Fellows, Kee and Tymozcko is the Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce 1998 Business Person of the Year. The Chamber also honored Paul Domincovich for outstanding community service. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The topic of “United States Energy Policies: Adequate or Falling Short?” will be addressed by U.S. Rep. John Baldacci at 7 p.m. Monday, April 20, at the Ellsworth High School auditorium during the 1998 sixth annual meeting of the Coalition for Sensible Energy. The public is… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth School Department will hold a kindergarten registration make-up day on Wednesday, May 27, at the Dr. Charles C. Knowlton School. Children who will be 5 years old by Oct. 15, 1998, are eligible to register. Registration is by appointment only. For more information, or… Read More