BURLINGTON, Vt. – The University of Maine Black Bears had an opportunity to greatly enhance their postseason chances during an America East weekend series at Vermont. It was a missed opportunity. The momentum generated during the Bears’ recent seven-game win streak didn’t carry over as… Read More
HAMPDEN – Jessie Poulin fanned 12 for the Broncos’ 13-0 victory in the first game of a schoolgirl softball doubleheader against Presque Isle on Saturday, but the Wildcats battled back in the second contest, getting a 10-3 win. In the late game, the ‘Cats scored… Read More
High school AT BELFAST, Thursday Belfast boys 123, Maranacook 87.5, Lawrence 44.5, Oxford Hills 38; Belfast girls 124, Oxford Hills 71, Maranacook 60, Lawrence 30… Read More
5k Pet Run-Walk AT OLD TOWN, Saturday Perry Lebreton 17:16, Jeff Sands 18:14, Tory King 18:15, Joseph Ewing 19:24, Angela Edgecomb 19:32, Josh Lake 19:57, Lisa Chapman 20:01, Mark Batchelder 20:20, Vern Demmons 20:23, George Sanchez 20:25 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
ORONO – Caroline Levy’s two-run double drove home Kati Libby and Meg Taylor with two outs in the sixth inning to give Orono a 7-6 schoolgirl softball comeback victory. Levy finished with two hits and two RBIs, and Taylor was a home run short of… Read More
BREWER – As Saturday’s game against cross-river rival Brewer headed into the fourth inning, it had been entirely forgettable for Bangor’s Tom Waterman. A steady rain which alternated between shower and drizzle since the game’s opening pitch had soaked through his uniform and he was… Read More
SCARBOROUGH – Second-year pro Robbie Harrison used a caution flag on lap 21 to take the lead, and hold off the pack in a 40-lap Winston Racing Series Late Model Sportsman race Sunday afternoon at Beech Ridge Speedway. Jim Emerson held onto the lead from… Read More
ORONO – In a Sunday America East doubleheader, Kristi O’Connell’s three-hitter was enough to lead Delaware to a 2-1 win in the opener. In the second game, the Blue Hen offense tagged Maine with five unearned runs for a 7-3 victory. O’Connell pitched eight innings,… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET – Two Schenck errors in the fourth inning led to the go-ahead runs and gave Penobscot Valley of Howland the 4-2 victory in a rain-shortened schoolgirl softball contest on Saturday. Heather McGinn had the Howlers’ only two hits, a single and double. Amanda… Read More
Holes-in-one Ross Waite ISLAND FALLS – Ross Waite of East Millinocket aced the 11th hole at Va Jo Wa Golf Course Sunday in his first round of the season. His shot with a 7-iron on the 138-yard hole was witnessed by Bob Whalen of Millinocket. Read More
26th Piscataquis River Race AT DOVER-FOXCROFT Top 10 overall: Jeff Sands 46:35, Wayne Hickey-Will Hickey 49:08, Mike Burke-Raymond Chabot 49:16, Mert Hickey-Dan O’Laughlin 50:37, Julian Campbell 50:41, Dan Littlefield-Christopher Deane 50:55, John Connelly 52:08, Justin Reynolds-Mike Murphy 53:30, Norm Hawes-Direk Bradt 54:20 googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ORONO – When Jen Burton was asked about her pitching record Saturday after leading the University of Maine softball team to a 2-0 win, Burton cringed and looked away. After giving up one hit in seven innings and striking out nine, Burton didn’t want to… Read More
PORTLAND — A Passamaquoddy Indian has produced an interactive computer program to teach tribal children to speak and understand their ancestral language and help keep it from fading into oblivion. “Without the language, we do not have an identity,” said Ed Bassett. “We need to… Read More
NEWPORT — A chilling wind and six miles of country road created a lot of red cheeks at Nokomis Regional High School on Sunday. Walkers in the March of Dimes Walkathon for the Newport area were chilled as they waited to hear the tally for… Read More
PORTLAND — Ten years ago, Maine residents voted to create a statewide emergency response system. But the system known as “enhanced 911,” or E-911, won’t be available for at least another year. Portland Police Chief Michael Chitwood blames the holdup on an inefficient state bureaucracy. Read More
ROCKPORT — Contamination from a Department of Transportation salt pile may have put a hitch in the construction schedule of the new five-town high school. Project manager Ken Smith acknowledged this weekend that the permit schedule for the $21 million high school was in “limbo”… Read More
MACHIAS — In 1957 James Rier Jr. gained statewide recognition by defeating 500 competitors to win the Maine soapbox derby. Four decades later, the Machias car dealer has won acclaim for masterminding one of the most important laws the Legislature enacted this year: a change… Read More
AUGUSTA — Survivors of one of the worst ice storms to slam northern New England are sick and tired of looking at the jarring reminders of winter savagery that mock the blooming maples and springtime warmth. They are the mounds of fallen and cut tree… Read More
Being an energy-smart consumer means getting the most from the energy that you use. Shade your room air conditioner from direct sun. This will reduce its work load. Clean the filters monthly and replace as necessary. This will save energy and reduce dust and pollen… Read More
JONESBORO — Former members of the Jonesboro Parent-Teacher Association from across the state will be on hand April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Maine’s oldest continuous parent-teacher association. Thursday’s festivities include a variety show by the students of Jonesboro Elementary School, a parade… Read More
SCARBOROUGH — The elusive fox is foraging real estate developments in this southern Maine town looking for food, shocking and scaring suburban residents. Children recently watched from inside their house as one calmly killed the family cat. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR — Nearly three months after the City Council started talking about regulating commercial nudity, an ordinance is ready for a decision. The council will take up the eight-page document this evening at City Hall. First there will be a council workshop at 6:25 p.m. Read More
Presque Isle District Court Orman K. Blackstone, 31, Caribou, failure to pay a parking ticket, $35. 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
Fort Kent — Northern Maine Medical Center is accepting registration for a three-evening first aid course to be held from 6-9 p.m. on May 18, 21 and 26. The class will meet in NMMC’s second floor solarium. For more information, or to register, call 834-3155. Read More
JON HAMLIN of Caribou has been promoted to supervisor of outpatient emergency services at the Aroostook Mental Health Center’s Presque Isle office. Hamlin, a veteran employee, currently provides counseling services to children, families and individuals. Hamlin works as a team consultant to youth who have had problems with… Read More
Now that legislators and lobbyists have vacated Augusta and the dust is settling from the swirl of activity and media attention of the final hours of the 188th regular and special sessions, I’d like to share my view of the session’s environmental accomplishments. They were… Read More
“Love and Death on Long Island.” Written and directed by Richard Kwietniowski. Based on the novel by Gilbert Adair. Running time: 93 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for language and sexual content). Nightly, April 27-30, Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville. When Giles De’Ath (John Hurt), a fussy, behind-the-times… Read More
Carolyn Chute and her fellow Border Mountain Militia members marched into the Brewer Auditorium playing the “Star Spangled Banner” on kazoos and carrying the American and militia flags attached to tree limbs. Chute was the keynote speaker at the fourth annual Help Organize Peace Earthwide Festival held Saturday. Read More
HOULTON — Despite chilling temperatures and a heavy blanket of dark gray clouds, the 22nd running of the Meduxnekeag River Canoe Race got off without a hitch Saturday. Ken Cushman, a native of Houlton and whose father helped reorganize the local race, was the overall… Read More
As a former owner and director of a local home health agency in Bangor, I am compelled to respond to the April 16 and 17 front page articles, “Woman sues doctors in cancer case — Hampden patient says removal of breast would’ve saved her,” and “Bangor doctors found… Read More
Before fans of campaign finance reform bring out the horns and party hats over last week’s announcement of a House vote on this issue, they ought to be clear on what Speaker Newt Gingrich actually did. Faced with the certain prospect that reform advocates had… Read More
Bangor City Attorney Erik Stumpfel has tried to draft an ordinance restricting nude dancing. Despite my wife’s desperate calls, Attorney Stumpfel is unable to craft an ordinance that bans me standing in the shower imitating the recent film “The Full Monty.” I wrap myself in nothing but the… Read More
The Bangor City Council tonight will consider limiting nude-dancing establishments through regulation or ban them altogether. The choice is clear, the council should do both. It should do both because even in banning these operations, the council has discussed allowing a phase-out period in which… Read More
The Susan Kinzie puff piece on Libby Mitchell (BDN, April 22) failed to mention how much Mitchell is expected to cost the taxpayers in state government pension and health care benefits. Charles S. Colwell Ellsworth… Read More
OLD TOWN — A house on French Island that was the scene of an electrical fire Friday night was gutted in a fire Saturday morning. Firefighters’ visit to the Herbert Dow residence at 95 Bosworth St. was the second in two days, according to Assistant… Read More
BANGOR — A loan guarantee for a project expected to create 30 to 35 jobs is on the agenda of the City Council this evening. The panel will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the third floor of City Hall. The city is being asked to… Read More
Showhegan District Court Robert Parkman, 58, West Rutland, Vt., hunting from paved way, $100, loaded firearm in motor vehicle or trailer, $100. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
Bangor District Court Albert W. Demeo, 49, Bristol, R.I., fraud in obtaining license, $300; unsworn falsification, $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++) {… Read More
A Bangor man reportedly driving to the Penobscot County Jail Sunday morning to get his brother made it only partway to the jail in his own car. The rest of the trip, he was in custody of the Bangor police. Sgt. Garry Higgins reported that… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A Skowhegan woman escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon when she lost control of her car on Route 2 in Pittsfield. Deborah Turcotte, 49, was traveling north on Phillips Corner Road approaching its intersection with Route 2. The woman apparently was unfamiliar with the… Read More
TOWNSHIP 2 RANGE 8 — The body of a 35-year-old New Hampshire woman who allegedly was murdered in her home state and then transported to a remote area near Lincoln likely was found this weekend. New Hampshire police investigators are confident it is the body… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Region of Commerce Information Center and Gift Shop, located under Paul Bunyan’s elbow on Main Street, will reopen on May 1. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house will be held starting at 10 a.m. May 19. As part of the celebration… Read More
Written to comfort the living, Johannes Brahms’ “German Requiem” begins, “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.” The Bangor Symphony Orchestra performed the composer’s massive choral work with the University Singers and the University of Maine Oratorio Society at its final concert… Read More
ORONO — It’s not unusual that the University of Maine has an investment club. In fact, across the nation, investment clubs have become commonplace at institutions of higher learning, simply for their educational value. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
LINCOLN — A single-story ranch home was destroyed by fire Sunday morning in Lincoln. No one was home at the time of the blaze. Firefighters were called to the home on Transalpine Road about 10:15 a.m., according to Assistant Chief Bill Junkins of the Lincoln… Read More
HERMON — Separate accidents Sunday afternoon sent two Hermon women to the hospital. Susan Morrill, 35, was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where she was treated for an adverse reaction to insulin before being released. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BANGOR — The Waterworks is in view for only a few seconds to each of the thousands of motorists who drive by its State Street location daily. “It’ll fall in if they don’t do something,” is the oft-heard comment. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
In a recent editorial (BDN, April 9), Bates College was criticized for coddling criminal behavior when one of its students is involved. Bates does not condone or protect criminal behavior. If any student brings to the attention of the College an episode or event violating… Read More
In the news story by Orna Izakson (BDN, April 18-19), the issue of removing aging underground fuel tanks was addressed. That is a very important concept but she never mentioned why it is so important to prevent oil contamination of all kinds. In the information… Read More
An article about the Latin get-together at the University of Maine (BDN, April 20) stated that Maine has a small percentage of Latinos. So what? Hundreds of other nationalities are in the same boat. There are two types of immigrants: the important ones who came… Read More
Many believe the Internet is going to have a bad effect on travel agencies and employees, but it will not. In fact, agencies will hardly feel the effect of the Internet. The Internet is no match for a travel agent. Agents have resources an average… Read More
In the April 23 Maine Day section there was a news story about a greyhound that was found dead in the Saco River with a 30-pound cement block tied with rope to its body. I hope the authorities find out who is responsible and punish him or her… Read More
What wonderful news we received last week! Shellie and Ross are off to San Diego! Thanks to your financial support, Shellie Arbuckle of Bangor will run her first marathon June 21 in San Diego, and the youngster for whom she will run it, 7-year-old Ross… Read More
AUGUSTA — Veterans’ groups claiming that the level of medical care at the Veterans Administration hospital at Togus is substandard are asking for a federal investigation. The five veterans’ groups and some doctors at the hospital say the facility lacks an adequate staff to take… Read More
BANGOR — Area clergy and volunteers working to promote understanding between Mainers of different sexual orientations stood together Sunday on the Kenduskeag Stream Bridge, the site where Charlie Howard was thrown to his death 14 years ago by three teen-agers because he was gay. Representing… Read More
Nickerson & O’Day Inc., builder of the Bangor Public Library, recently was honored as Builder-Architect Magazine’s builder of the month. The company was selected because of its ability to plan and execute with precision, which is evident in the firm’s renovation-addition of the library. Nickerson… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill co-sponsored by Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins that would have a strong economic impact on towns on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. The Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1997 clarifies a small provision of… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe last week voted to deregulate the only remaining transportation industry managed by the federal government. Passed by unanimous voice vote, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act ends industry price fixing and the anti-competitive “cartels” dominated by foreign-flagged ships that have controlled major… Read More
John Luigi Magro, a Cincinnati businessman who was a patron of the arts and a leading benefactor of Boys Town of Italy, died April 18 at his home in Camden, Maine, where he had retired in 1991. He was 90. Magro was born in Rochester,… Read More
HOULTON — It was all there: tires, boats, cell phones, computers, health care, banking, building materials, satellite TV and garden tractors. With two trade shows going on this weekend in Aroostook County, you didn’t have to look far to find what you were looking for. Read More
BREWER — Property-rights advocates who gathered in Brewer over the weekend said that Americans’ right to own land — and make a living on it — remains under fire. Nationally known speakers at the Maine Conservation Rights Institute’s eighth annual congress Saturday cited a stream… Read More
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — A “small but sacred piece of land” fought over in a crucial part of the Battle of Gettysburg is now part of the national park, a gift from a preservation group. The addition of the six wooded acres, on the east slope… Read More
EAST ORLAND — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering bird walks to search for spring migrants from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Fridays, May 8 and 15, at Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in East Orland. More than 110 species of birds have been… Read More
COLUMBIA FALLS — A 78-year-old Columbia Falls woman was seriously injured in a Sunday afternoon accident on Route 1. Maine State Police Trooper Jason Sattler said Agnes Hammill sustained chest and internal injuries when her 1992 Dodge was struck as she crossed Route 1 toward… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — First Citizens Bank, has announced record first-quarter earnings of $135,741, the bank’s best first-quarter net income performance since it opened eight years ago, according to David I. Dorsey, president and CEO. “The strong growth in our loan portfolio during the last six… Read More
GARFIELD PLANTATION — The search for an elderly Caribou man who became lost while hunting last November resumed Sunday. V. Paul Reynolds, spokesman for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, said Sunday that Warden Sgt. Roger Guay of Greenville and his specially trained search… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — Two teen-agers charged with back-to-back bank robberies in South Portland held up the second bank because they didn’t get any money from the first one, police said. Richard A. Gray, 19, and Robert L. Echols, 18, were arrested Friday after police staked… Read More