PRESQUE ISLE – Husson scored 31 runs en route to a sweep of the University of Maine-Presque Isle in a college baseball doubleheader Wednesday. The Braves shut out the Owls 19-0 in the opener, then won the nightcap 12-2. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
University of Maine freshman Carrie Green’s goal this season was to make the America East softball championship in Newark, Del. Not because UMaine has its best team in five years or because its seniors have more postseason experience than the rest of the team combined. But because Green… Read More
DEXTER – Darby Smiley and Debbie Goulette each notched two hits to help the Piscataquis Community Pirates notch their first win, 10-7, over the Dexter Tigers in schoolgirl softball action Wednesday. Smiley and Goulette each connected for a triple and a single each and the… Read More
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WOODLAND – Senior pitcher Josh Thornton struck out 14 batters and added two singles and an RBI to propel Woodland to a 4-1 schoolboy baseball win over Calais on Wednesday. Mark Knowles, Kris McAlpine and Brian Seavey each added an RBI for Woodland. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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PORTLAND – Infielder Walt White has joined the Portland Sea Dogs, replacing Victor Rodriguez who was placed on the disabled list Wednesday after breaking a bone in his left hand. White was expected to be in uniform for Wednesday’s game again Binghamton. Read More
Saturday is Kids Day at the University of Maine’s Mahaney Diamond, where youngsters ages 18 and under will receive free admission to the Black Bears’ America East baseball doubleheader against Drexel. Action begins at noon. Read More
He will be remembered as one of the most versatile athletes ever at the University of Maine. Richie Prior was one of the few Black Bears to have an extended career in two sports during the modern era. He was a three-year quarterback in football… Read More
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PRESQUE ISLE – Husson scored 31 runs en route to a doubleheader sweep of the University of Maine-Presque Isle Wednesday in college softball action. In the first game, Brian Malo slugged a homer, single and drove in four runs to lead the Husson attack, John… Read More
TRENTON – Although it ended up being a sweep for the Ellsworth boys and girls teams, Wednesday afternoon’s dual tennis match here at Tennis East meant a lot of different things to the athletes and coaches involved. For the Ellsworth girls, their impressive 5-0 victory… Read More
WASHBURN – Sue Greenlaw blasted a two-run homer to go with two singles and four RBIs to lead the Southern Aroostook Warriors to a 19-6 schoolgirl softball win over the Washburn Beavers Wednesday. Janet Corsey lined a three-run triple for Southern Aroostook. Crystal Blankney, Billie-Jo… Read More
It has been a tough week for Boston Bruins fans, especially those living in Maine. It’s bad enough their beloved B’s are on the verge of elimination from the NHL playoffs, but that frustration was compounded when many fans in the Greater Bangor area were… Read More
BLUE HILL – Senior Heidi Carroll allowed only three hits to help the undefeated George Stevens Academy Eagles roll past the Mount Desert Island Trojans 14-2 in schoolgirl softball action Wednesday. Denise Erland paced George Stevens, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs, while Anne Foss had… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Bucksport sophomore Craig Harvey was almost perfect Wednesday as he no-hit the Foxcroft Academy Ponies to give the Golden Bucks an 8-0 schoolboy baseball victory over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies Wednesday. Harvey struck out 14 and walked only one batter. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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PENQUIS – Three Lee Academy players drove in two or more runs to help the Pandas pound the Penquis Patriots 24-12 in schoolboy baseball action Wednesday. Before the game, a plaque was dedicated at the field in the memory of Garfield “Gip” Harris, a local… Read More
Partnerships for Healthy Communities has done its homework in working to create a children’s museum in Bangor. A new feasibility study shows the project to be highly feasible. The business plan is realistic. The newly hired exhibit designer is brimming with exciting ideas. Start-up fund-raising exceeded expectations. A… Read More
I’ve done it. You’ve done it, too; admit it. You’re out in the woods. You’re thirsty. You dip a cupful of water from a brook. Ah, you’re back of the trail and thinking nothing of the Russian roulette you just played with your health. If… Read More
Former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, architect of the historic Northern Ireland peace accord, was named the 1998 recipient of the Philadelphia Liberty Medal on Tuesday. Mitchell will accept the medal and its accompanying $100,000 at Independence Hall as part of the city’s Fourth of July celebration… Read More
They’re all highly successful authors. But what they really want to be is just singers in a rock ‘n’ roll band. The members of the Rock Bottom Remainders are more likely to be found on the best-seller list than the Billboard charts. Still, when they… Read More
AUGUSTA — Women in saris or business suits, others in traditional African headwear or sandals, all gathered Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center for the first Maine International Women’s Business conference. The three-day event, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development, was planned to… Read More
Skowhegan District Court Alan Obert, 36, Norridgewock, violation of protection from abuse order, jail 90 days, suspended, probation one year, get domestic violence counselling and treatment, no contact with Susan Obert unless approved and in compliance with protection order, pay $10 monthly Probation and Parole… Read More
The costumes are great, the performance is greater, but the actors are the greatest. You don’t want to miss the show. It’s time once again for the “Y Players” annual performance to benefit programs of the Bangor-Brewer YWCA. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
GARDINER — As winter weather wanes and tourist traffic mounts on Maine’s highways and byways, troopers shift their efforts to speeders and drunken drivers. With 36 more troopers on the road now, following graduation at the state police academy in December, enforcement efforts this summer… Read More
FORT KENT — A nearly new waste-water treatment system at Fort Kent is struggling to do its job because a potato processing plant is overloading the system almost daily. Several times in recent years, Northland Frozen Foods has attempted to cut the concentration and quantity… Read More
ROCKLAND — The rest of the nation should look to Maine lobstermen for guidance on how to manage fisheries, members of the National Marine Fisheries Service were told at a public hearing Wednesday. “Maine fishermen are the experts,” said state Rep. Wendy Pieh, D-Bremen. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR — A U.S. District Court jury awarded more than $650,000 to a South Portland man Wednesday who said Wal-Mart violated his civil rights and breached contracts because he was of Hispanic descent. Last spring, Benjamin J. Guiliani, a Mexican-American, brought suit against the discount… Read More
What is the biggest, the brightest, the most distant, and the weirdest objects in the universe? Starting this month, the current winners in these and other celestial categories will be given. The winner in the most distant category is a galaxy called RDI whose discovery… Read More
Bangor author Stephen King will be appearing on “Celebrity Jeopardy,” airing at 7:30 tonight on WVII (Channel 7). King, who won $11,400 in 1995 and donated the funds to the Bangor Public Library, will take on Howard Stern’s co-host, Robin Quivers, and Kathie Lee Gifford’s… Read More
Patrons navigating the stacks of the newly renovated Bangor Public Library can lose themselves in a sea of 485,000 books — ranging from Henry Fielding’s “Tom Jones” to Stephen King’s “The Tommyknockers” — but since the institution was established in 1883, one volume was never written: a thorough… Read More
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Belfast District Court Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Karl A. Macleod, 37, Searsport, $400, 30 days in jail, all but 48 hours suspended, one year probation, license suspended 90 days; Julie McIver, 33, Monroe, $400, 72 hours in jail, license suspended… Read More
Rather than penalize home health care agencies that have been careful with Medicare dollars, as a federal payment plan currently does, a bill gaining support in Congress would reimburse the agencies at a rate that more fairly reflects costs. It is a solid improvement to a poorly assembled… Read More
A clarification is in order regarding Maine gubernatorial candidates appearing at the Help Organize Peace Earthwide Festival held in Brewer last Saturday. There were two independent candidates collecting signatures to place their names on the November ballot: Nancy Oden, running as a CLEAN Maine independent, and Pat LaMarche,… Read More
In the early 1990s, California and Oklahoma started the SANE program to assist victims of rape. Penobscot and Piscatquis counteis are now considering adopting the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program, a unique, community-based approach to victims. SANE seeks to ensure more accurate and timely collection… Read More
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“One of the great things about living in Bangor is that we feel like we are on the cusp,” Susan Potters told the group gathered for the quarterly meeting of the Bangor Region Arts Council. “We are the ones making it happen, and it’s very exciting and it’s… Read More
ABBOT — A fire on Wednesday destroyed a single-car garage on the Howard Siding Road in Abbot. An incinerator that was being used to burn paper rubbish was the source of the fire that destroyed the approximately 20-by-40-foot garage owned by Peggy Cookson, according to… Read More
WASHINGTON — Her father died of leukemia when she was 12 years old, and her mother died a year later, leaving her family to be taken care of by her 70-year-old grandfather — until he became too old and the children had to take care of him. He… Read More
Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan will deliver a lecture and lead a workshop on the historical Jesus on Friday and Saturday at Communiversity ’98 at the United Church of Christ, 150 Congress Ave. in Bath. Crossan’s lecture is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1. The… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The owner of a laboratory that produces seed potatoes recommended Wednesday that the state’s seed potato farm be turned into a research facility and stop producing seed for commercial growers. Donovan Todd of PTS Labs of Hampden told the Maine Potato Board… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins support the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, saying that including Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary in the alliance would better secure the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. With their most important foreign policy vote… Read More
VEAZIE — It’s the day after the town condemned two trailers at the Greystone Mobile Home Park, and Town Manager William Reed is on a roll. Strolling the grounds, he looks down into a ravine and spots an assortment of household junk. “Oh, they started… Read More
SMITHFIELD — As darkness fell Wednesday, authorities in Somerset County called off a seven-hour search for an armed man sought in the beating of his wife earlier in the day. Lt. William Crawford of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department said the man is not considered… Read More
BANGOR — No toilets, no bathtubs, no sinks. Public works crews will not pick up these items during the city’s annual spring cleanup. They will, however, pick up several kinds of metal appliances curb-side at single- and two-family homes during the coming week, May 4-8:… Read More
BUCKSPORT — In the wake of a recent incident that led to disciplinary action against a police officer and dispatcher, the Bucksport Town Council is expected to discuss issues related to emergency services, at its special meeting tonight. Interviewed this week, Mayor Jeffrey Robinson Sr. Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — The school board this week cut more than 15 positions, which could result in 11 people losing their jobs. Although the board voted to cut the positions, its vote to terminate contracts will not occur until after the May 4 special town… Read More
CALAIS — The manager of the Georgia-Pacific Corp. Woodland Pulp and Paper Mill believes the mill’s future lies in specialty paper and not the pulp that was once the mill’s basic product. Ralph Feck told the Calais Rotary Club on Wednesday that the Woodland mill… Read More
NORTHPORT — Three summer cottages were leveled Wednesday by fire driven by high afternoon winds off Pitcher Pond. Fire Chief Peter Simpson said firefighters and Maine Forest Service personnel had all they could do to keep the blaze from raging through the shore-land woods. Simpson… Read More
One dollar. That’s all that stood between a man wanted in Veazie and his continued freedom. Veazie police had searched for 20-year-old Darrell West for days after he allegedly took a 1996 Dodge pickup truck the early morning of April 23. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
PALMYRA — Construction of a long-awaited salt and sand shed for the town may be on tap this year, if voters approve funding at a special town meeting in two weeks. Selectmen reviewed a nine-article warrant Wednesday in preparation for the meeting, which will at… Read More
WINTERPORT — Residents could shed no light Wednesday on why selectmen decided the previous night to place Town Manager Sharon Perry on administrative leave with pay until further notice. Selectmen, without explaining their action, then appointed Deputy Clerk Cheryl Johnson acting town manager. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
GREENVILLE — A municipal budget of about $1.07 million and a school budget of $2.5 million will be presented to residents at the annual town meeting June 1-2. The school budget, which reflects an increase of about $20,000 over last year’s spending plan, will be… Read More
After reading, “Jonesboro slayings spur gun control legislation” (BDN, April 21), I would like to provide readers insight into Swiss gun control. In Switzerland, the possession of firearms is allowed only to those who are legally permitted to own them such as police officers, militia… Read More
During the past two years, I have worked on a temporary basis at Augusta Mental Health Institute, Maine Medical Center and Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle-Fort Fairfield. Permanent psychiatrists had not yet been hired, therefore temporary physicians were needed. As far as I know, there is still… Read More
I would like to know where the surplus food or the government food is going. We need to help our people and the needy and homeless people here in the United States. Yes, we do have food cupboards at Penquis CAP and the United Methodist Church in Dover-Foxcroft,… Read More
I hear a lot about the great concern for teen-age tobacco use. What to do to stop it? The government has raised the price and the tax but to no avail. Teens are smoking more. I have a solution, but the government won’t consider it. Read More
BELGRADE — Less than two weeks after being charged with possessing and receiving child pornography over the Internet, Belgrade’s town manager has resigned. Under terms approved by selectmen Tuesday, Paul Beattie will continue to receive his salary through May 10 and his insurance coverage until… Read More
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday said a November rail car accident at HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. in Orrington that spilled more than 1,600 pounds of chlorine and sent 10 people to the hospital occurred mainly because the company was operating a train with a partially… Read More
FORT KENT — Municipal highway department personnel should have an easier time with snow removal next winter in Fort Kent. The Town Council on Monday night bought a $54,360, 300-horsepower diesel snow blower. The unit, manufactured by Kenco of Quebec, attaches to a front-end loader. Read More
FORT KENT — Free cholesterol, blood pressure and blood glucose screenings will be available, along with cholesterol counseling, from 2-7 p.m., Monday, May 11, at the Madawaska Outpatient Center and on Thursday, May 14, in the Inservice Room and medical library at the NMMC at Fort Kent. Read More
ELLSWORTH — A dozen patchwork quilts sprawl across the gymnasium floor, embroidered flowers and stitched messages of love and remembrance covering up the basketball court markings and the Ellsworth eagle mascot. Each quilt is made up of eight panels that commemorate Mainers who died of… Read More
KENNEBUNK — A Kennebunk police officer whose claims of corruption and favoritism prompted a state probe of his department has been suspended without pay. Town officials decided to stop paying Officer Guy Emerson’s $605 weekly salary Tuesday. He had been suspended with pay since shortly… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — Kindergarten registrations for SAD 77 will be held May 1, 4 and 11. Children living in Cutler, East Machias, Machiasport and Whiting who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15 must be registered at this time. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
LEWISTON — The crime rate in Lewiston and Portland dropped last year, while Bangor recorded a slight increase, according to the most recent statistics from Maine’s three largest cities. The number of crimes in Lewiston fell from 59.13 per 1,000 residents in 1996 to 51.52… Read More
AUGUSTA — City officials admit they seriously underestimated the scope of their cleanup from last January’s ice storm. City Services Director Kelley Gray said that nearly three times more debris than expected will be removed from city streets. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
AUGUSTA — City councilors met privately with Bath Iron Works officials to discuss the shipyard’s offer to help pay for removal of the Edwards Dam, but Augusta’s city manager said negotiations will continue. The meeting Monday night comes in the midst of discussions aimed at… Read More
Normally, I would not reply to a knee-jerk editorial such as “Ruling by feeling” (BDN, April 16), but I suggest you take your own advice “to base its conclusions upon thorough investigations, full consideration of the facts.” Your inforamtion was misleading and false. This could… Read More
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — An Old Orchard Beach infant who died this week was the victim of a homicide, the state Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Wednesday. Four-month-old Jake Belisle died of blunt force head injury due to shaken impact syndrome, a Medical Examiner’s Office spokeswoman… Read More
AUGUSTA — Independent Gov. Angus King far outdistances all challengers for his office in campaign contributions and spending, according to reports filed Tuesday with state election officials. A report filed by King’s re-election campaign said it has collected $84,211 so far, less than $30,000 of… Read More
MACHIAS — Machias selectmen are beginning their eighth month without a town manager but announced Tuesday that they have filled the pending vacancy resulting from the resignation of Town Clerk Jolene Sprague. “We were able to interview several candidates and we feel very fortunate to… Read More
AUGUSTA — After one of the weirdest winters Maine has seen in a long time, the annual warning by utility executives of possible power shortages this summer took on an added twist Wednesday. A January ice storm, which left hundreds of thousands of people without… Read More
BANGOR — Everything from a City Council gavel to student essays and copper jewelry by artisan Jeannie Mooney was on display Wednesday afternoon in the periodicals room at Bangor Public Library. These and many more items were placed carefully Wednesday afternoon into the TimeStoppers capsule,… Read More
THORNDIKE — About 300 students at Mount View Junior High School were confined to their classrooms Tuesday as school officials searched school lockers for a BB gun. Two students had separately reported seeing the gun on Friday and Monday. Although no weapon was found, rumors… Read More
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MACHIAS — The Washington County grand jury indicted a former New Hampshire couple Wednesday in connection with the February death of their 4-week-old daughter in Calais. Thomas St. Yves, 35, was charged with Class A manslaughter for “recklessly or with criminal negligence” causing the death… Read More