Cindy Blodgett’s No. 14 University of Maine basketball jersey, which is likely to be retired by the university in five years, is already headed for enshrinement at another venue. Blodgett’s dark blue road jersey will appear for the next year in an exhibit at the… Read More
WATERVILLE – Husson pitchers held Thomas College to only five hits in two games and posted a doubleheader sweep in college softball action Thursday. In the first game, Husson capitalized on four errors and three walks to score six runs and pick up the 9-0… Read More
University of Maine men’s hockey coach Shawn Walsh called the incoming recruiting class “the best we’ve had since 1992.” That class featured Hobey Baker Award winner Paul Kariya and the Ferraro twins, Peter and Chris, and it helped lead the Black Bears to a 42-1-2… Read More
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
On Tuesday night Kenny Cushman of Kenduskeag put his long kayak into the stream that meanders through town and explored Six Mile Falls. Not that Cushman, the area’s top kayaker, isn’t familiar with the notorious stretch that turns into a canoe graveyard once a year… 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
After leaping to make difficult catches over the middle amidst a bunch of defenders eager to take your head off, or continually being expected to go out and shut down the other team’s best wideout every play for the last four years, it couldn’t possibly get any tougher… Read More
WHITNEYVILLE — Outraged by a better than 60 percent increase in property taxes, Whitneyville residents will gather for a special town meeting April 27 to hear more about deorganization and cast their vote on whether to continue with the process. Town Clerk Karen Kilton said… 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
ROCKPORT — Changing demographics and economic uncertainty are among the challenges facing Maine’s social workers as they brace for the next century. That was the message Dr. Josephine Nieves, president of the National Association of Social Workers, delivered to Maine social workers at their annual… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A local funeral home director has been selected to receive the Sam Walton Business Leader Award sponsored by the Wal-Mart Foundation. Rick Duncan, owner of Duncan Graves Funeral Home in Presque Isle, was chosen as the award recipient by the Presque Isle… Read More
BANGOR — A jury Thursday afternoon found that two Bangor doctors were not negligent in their treatment of a Hampden woman dying of breast cancer. A third doctor, who originally was named in the suit, settled before trial for $600,000. Cecilia Sherburne, a 44-year-old mother… 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
Steve Cartwright is seeking the Democratic nomination to run for the Maine House of Representatives, serving Jefferson, Nobleboro and Waldoboro. Cartwright said he believes it is time to shift the burden of education costs off the property tax, finding more equitable sources of funding at… 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
DEXTER — The venerable local shoe company known for producing classic American footwear worn worldwide is laying off more than 20 production workers. Citing heavy global competition from other shoe producers, a spokesman for Dexter Shoe Co. confirmed Thursday afternoon that more than 20 workers… 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
BANGOR — At 3 o’clock on a winter morning three months ago, Elizabeth Tedford went to St. Joseph Hospital for help. She wasn’t broken or bleeding. She didn’t need pills or surgery. She needed someone to talk to, and a place to sleep. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
CALAIS — The Sunrise County Bassers of Woodland will hold a kids casting contest 9-11 a.m. and noon-2 p.m. Saturday, April 18, in the parking lot at Johnson’s True Value Hardware. Read More
By all accounts, Lord Percy had a lousy day in the Boston suburbs on April 19, 1775, what with bailing out the redcoats in Lexington and Concord, almost getting annihilated and starting a Revolution. Less clear is exactly when Hugh Percy, a brigadier general in… Read More
BANGOR — Ever wondered why those school photos are so expensive? Portland lawyer Jon Holder says it’s a mystery only to the parents who pay for them. Holder, of the law firm Holder and Grover, P.A., claims that photography companies violate state and federal laws… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — As the United Way of Aroostook celebrated its 40th birthday on Thursday, the newly elected president said she plans to prove to contributors that their efforts do produce results. “During this next year, my mission will be … to show donors that… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine forest rangers want to know who touched off four wild-land arsons in Washington County within the last week and they are willing to pay for the information. “We are urging anyone with information relating to any wild-land arson activity to call the… Read More
BANGOR — Twenty-three months ago, Michael Merric of New Hampshire tried to smuggle a loaded sawed-off shotgun into the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building in Bangor. Now 42, Merric has been in jail ever since, pleading guilty to possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun. Merric… 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
ALFRED — The godmother of a 2-year-old girl who perished in a 1993 Biddeford house fire has been absolved of liability for the child’s death. A York County Superior Court civil jury deliberated for 25 minutes Wednesday before returning the verdict in favor of Margaret… 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
AUGUSTA — Maine’s teen-age smoking rate is 30 percent higher than the national figure and remains one of the highest in the nation, according to results of a survey released Thursday by state health officials. Health Director Dora Anne Mills said she was particularly alarmed… 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
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant early Thursday morning ending with two arrests. Kenneth Ouellette, 39, of Skowhegan, was charged with trafficking in a scheduled drug. A passenger in Ouellette’s vehicle, Lenny Nichols, 39, also of Skowhegan, subsequently was arrested on… Read More
Bangor District Court Christopher N. Deprey, 21, Carmel, allowing illegal operation of a motor vehicle, $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… Read More
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
BANGOR — The lawyer for an Orono woman summoned for theft of books and an audiotape from the Old Town Library has asked a judge to dismiss the case on the basis of double jeopardy. Judge Douglas Clapp on Thursday took under advisement the motion… Read More
LOS ANGELES — In a new study, boys who got free condoms in high school didn’t have sex more often. But they were more likely to use condoms when they did have sex. The results released earlier this week reinforce other research indicating sexual activity… 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
CARIBOU — Three Aroostook County agencies, working together to boost tourism in the region, have received a $20,000 state grant to finance the agencies’ efforts. The funds were awarded by the Maine Office of Tourism to Aroostook County Tourism, Northern Maine Development Commission and the… 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
H. Anderson Giles is a time traveler. Giles, an art professor at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, takes viewers back in time, to a small island in the south Pacific during World War II, in his two-hour video, “The Thunder From Tinian.” 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
Peter Poliakine is a businessman. He wears a businessman’s suit. He has a businessman’s handshake. He takes notes. He makes eye contact. He wants you to know he cares. He wants you to care. For Poliakine, the new executive director of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra,… 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
AUGUSTA — William G. Ambrose, president of Bradco Chair Co. in Lisbon, has been named Maine’s Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Ambrose was nominated by Fleet Bank of Maine for the award. Ambrose purchased Bradco, a small furniture… 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
SEDGWICK — A 52-year-old local man was arrested on multiple charges Thursday after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase and threatening them with a gun. Shortly after midnight, two officers from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department went to the Gleason Gray residence on Route… 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
DEDHAM — The town of Dedham will hold a rabies clinic 6-7 p.m. April 20 at the municipal building. Shots cost $8. For more information, call 843-6217. 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