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    HAMPDEN – Brianne Slamin rapped a triple and two singles to lead the Bangor Rams to an 11-7 high school softball victory over Hampden Tuesday. Rachel Dionne added a double for undefeated Bangor, which benefited from 13 Hampden errors. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    HAMPDEN – No matter how strong they are, almost all teams seem to have personal nemeses. The New York Yankees have the Seattle Mariners, Baltimore has the Boston Red Sox, and Boston has the Texas Rangers. No matter where they are in the standings, there’s… Read More
    FARMINGTON – Darren and Dick Meader of the University of Maine-Farmington have been named NAIA All-New England player and coach of the year, respectively. Darren, a pitcher and outfielder, went 6-1 with a 2.26 ERA in seven games for the Beavers. He struck out 43… Read More
    ISLAND FALLS – The Green Valley Association (GVA) of Island Falls and Community Living Association (CLA) of Houlton have announced plans for co-hosting a million-dollar Hole-in-One shootout at Va-Jo-Wa Golf Course. The four-day event begins Thursday, June 18, and concludes on Sunday, June 21, with… Read More
    LEWISTON – Senior first baseman Jason Crepeau hit his eighth and ninth home runs of the season Tuesday, leading the University of Southern Maine to a 16-4 college baseball win over Bates College. Greg Michaud singled twice, doubled, and tripled to pace the Huskies’ offense… Read More
    BREWER – So, you’re invited to a five-team track meet that includes a Brewer High girls team that has won both Class A running state championships contested this year. You show up and find out that – gift of gifts – each member of the… Read More
    VAN BUREN — The town of Van Buren has received a $400,000 grant for the reconstruction of St. John Avenue. The project could begin by the end of August. Town Manager Lawrence Cote said Tuesday that the project will be a total reconstruction of the… Read More
    BANGOR — The area’s perennial underdog television station has come under new ownership in a deal between an upstart New York City investment group that has acquired the company that has owned WVII-TV since 1982. The Channel 7, ABC-TV affiliate has traditionally finished last in… Read More
    BANGOR — A federal judge Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss a high-tech lawsuit that pits two Maine computer-service companies against one another and indirectly involves the Middle East country of Kuwait. U.S. District Judge Morton Brody set a trial date of Aug. 5 after… Read More
    PORTLAND — An autopsy failed to determine the cause of death of a Portland man but officials found no cause for suspicion. Dr. Margaret Greenwald, the state’s deputy chief medical examiner in Augusta, will release her findings on Harold Bracey’s death after further tests, including… Read More
    CARMEL — After a weekend locked away in the town ballot box and vault, two copies of tape recordings from the April 27 Board of Selectmen’s meeting are available at the town office for public inspection. Selectmen Thomas Demmons, Douglas Small, Jimmie Phillips, Russell Treadwell… Read More
    EASTPORT — The City Council voted Monday night to accept a bid from a Water Street property owner to tear down a dilapidated house situated next to his. City officials have identified the house as a health hazard because it is filled with human and pigeon excrement. Read More
    HARRINGTON — Narraguagus High School will present a Fine Arts Night, a special program designed to exhibit and auction off about 60 pieces of student artwork to the public. The auction will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21, in the Charles F. Lawrence Gymnasium at Narraguagus… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The westbound lane of a bridge across the Kennebec River was closed Tuesday and was expected to remain closed overnight due to a hole in the road surface. Police said they hoped the westbound lane of Memorial Bridge would reopen at 4 a.m. Read More
    BANGOR — Dick MacPherson made quite a life for himself with just a whistle and a stopwatch. On Tuesday, the former New England Patriots coach returned to his home state to encourage high school students to follow in his footsteps by finding a job they… Read More
    HOULTON — In an effort to reduce a $108,000 deficit in next year’s budget, the SAD 29 board voted at its meeting Monday night to eliminate or leave unfilled some staff positions, cut a bus run, and reduce field-trip funding. The preliminary budget offered by… Read More
    May is Asthma Awareness Month to provide an opportunity to emphasize our improved understanding and better treatment of this long term illness. In a recent Bangor Daily News article, Susan Carney described the Maine Lung Association report of the large number of Mainers who are not aware that… Read More
    Legislators had a great idea back in 1987: Enclose the roughly 650 exposed municipal and state road salt and sand piles within 10 years, share the costs with locals and protect precious ground water from contamination. Eleven years later, barely 200 sheds have been built. Read More
    CYNTHIA RICHMOND has recently joined Nancy Marshall Communications in Kingfield as account supervisor. She earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from Amherst College in Massachusetts. Previously, Richmond was employed as account executive with Triple Dot Communications, a youth-marketing firm. In her new role at Nancy Marshall Communications, Richmond… Read More
    Now that the Senate and Clinton administration have committed sending U.S. troops, as needed, to the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary, the public may wonder what made these nations deserving enough for inclusion in the NATO club. The answer should come next year. Five more… Read More
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    The NEWS apologizes to its readers in coastal Maine who because of editorial and production system failures did not receive timely coverage of important stories from Camden, Blue Hill, Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor in their Tuesday morning papers. Those stories were written on deadline Monday night by… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation Districts want to remind residents that pickup dates for those who ordered shrubs or trees is Friday and Saturday, May 8-9. Pickup hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the USDA building on Route 1A in Ellsworth Falls across from the… Read More
    BELFAST — Senior Spectrum is holding a carwash and bake sale 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Big Apple on Belmont Avenue. A fee of $3.50 will be charged. To volunteer for the carwash-bake sale, call 338-1190. Senior Spectrum also has office space… Read More
    BANGOR — Proposals for an ambulance venture and natural gas distribution got the ear of councilors on the municipal operations committee Tuesday, with one of them earning a positive recommendation to the City Council. On Monday’s agenda will be an ambulance agreement calling for a… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — A proposal giving Great Northern Paper Co. a tax break on a $220 million modernization project won overwhelming support from voters during a special town meeting on Monday. With a vote of 169 to 25, the large crowd approved a Tax Increment… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 5th District American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary will hold their annual convention May 17 at the Chadbourne-Merrill Post Home on Park Street. A noon luncheon will be served, followed by meetings at 1 p.m. The election and installation of the 1998-99… Read More
    HERMON — Wherever Bangor decides to go on a proposed nudity ordinance, Hermon is likely to follow. “We don’t want to get the spillover” from live dance clubs if they are forced to move or close in Bangor, said Town Manager Steven Tuckerman. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BANGOR — The question of rezoning land at Hammond and Union streets for a Rite Aid pharmacy will not be taken up by the planning board until June 2. The board agreed to that date Tuesday after attorney Tom Russell said that his client, developer… Read More
    Minor injuries and major damage were reported following a two-vehicle accident in Orono Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of College Avenue and Park Street. Sean McCue, 23, of Levant was driving a pickup truck and turned onto College Avenue around 4:30 p.m. when a second… Read More
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    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Despite a proposed budget that would raise taxes about $60 on a $100,000 home, voters here showed a buoyant spirit of largesse at Tuesday night’s town meeting, adding $8,500 for the Rhoades House Park on Norwood Cove, $2,500 for the Southwest Harbor-Tremont Chamber of Commerce,… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Eric Brewer, the 19-year-old charged with orchestrating burglaries at three Hancock County veterinary hospitals last December, pleaded guilty Monday in Hancock County Superior Court to three counts of class B burglary. The case has been continued for sentencing later in May. Assistant attorney… Read More
    Saturday’s letter about abortion and church and state was incorrectly attributed to Alice M. Jewell. The correct name is Alison M. Jewell. Read More
    This letter is in response to “Isn’t that ironic,” a letter published May 1. I agree with the position of letter writer Thomas Gilpatrick. Myself, I work and would like to enjoy a strip club without the scare of the club being shut down. But… Read More
    Gubernatorial candidate Henry Joy of Crystal has been in the news recently, drawing comments by letters to the editor and at least one BDN columnist. Joy, as a member of the board of the Christian Civic League, raised the question about CCL fiscal records and… Read More
    Travel writer Jenny Parker Bierman should steer clear of literary comparisons. Her lead article in the May 2-3 Bangor Daily News Travel section offers an appealing profile of an inn near Bar Harbor. Sadly, she stretches a point by seeking correlation between a noisy pensione with a view… Read More
    In reference to Kevin M. Megno Sr., the Bucksport police officer’s letter, I wish to commend him for having laid out all the facts of the March 29 emergency call on Verona Island. Officer Megno did the right thing and he, in spite of the… Read More
    Response to comments made by BDN science columnist Clair Wood (“A bone to pick over ancient skeletal finds,” April 24) would be undeserving if it were not for the sensitivity of the issues which he attempts to address. His perspective obviously is that of biased science and archaeology;… Read More
    Regarding the Danby editorial cartoon in the BDN’s May 2-3 weekend edition, showing a locomotive spewing OSHA fines as exhaust is bearing down on a HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. rail car. The intended punch line: “I hope their brakes work!” There is no excuse for a… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — In a town meeting that lasted a mere 36 minutes, Bar Harbor residents Tuesday night gave the thumbs up to a proposed $9.6 million town and school budget for 1999 and paved the way for a likely tax rate increase of 1.5 percent. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The local office of the Social Security Administration will undergo renovations from Friday, May 8, through Friday, May 15. During that time, agency services will be limited, according to Social Security’s local manager, David Mahoney. People with emergency situations may contact Social… Read More
    HOULTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to reimburse SAD 29 for the cost of removing snow from school roofs in January. Superintendent David Wiggin reported Monday night that FEMA will pay the district $23,143 as reimbursement for what the district paid to… Read More
    CARIBOU — A Castle Hill man, who owes almost $2,000 in fines and restitution, didn’t show up Tuesday in Aroostook County Superior Court for a hearing because he was vacationing in Florida. Robert Argraves, 33, was convicted in 1995 of several charges stemming from a… Read More
    Bangor — Asthma Awareness Night will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at Abraham Lincoln School. The program is sponsored by Dr. Paul Shapero, allergist, in conjunction with the New England Chapter of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Shapero will review the… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Although voter turnout was described as light, residents here gave two incumbent town councilors a resounding election to three more years at Monday’s annual town meeting elections. Out of a field of five candidates, Town Council Chairman Rob DeSimone, a police officer,… Read More
    DEXTER — A proposed 1998-99 municipal budget that reflects a 6.5 percent increase over the current spending plan has been proposed by Dexter Town Manager Robert Simpson. The proposed $3,798,879 budget, which will be reduced by $1.1 million in revenues, will be scrutinized by the… Read More
    BREWER — A citywide technology plan, a common library and a capital improvements program which takes some of the school department’s needs into account were among the projects discussed Tuesday night during a session participants hoped will become a tradition. “I know that this is… Read More
    Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers and the United Way of Eastern Maine ask you to participate in the 1998 NALC National Food Drive on Saturday. You should know that your contributions are needed now more than ever. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ETNA — Arbitrary valuations and altered tax records got the attention of Etna’s selectmen Monday night. Two Etna taxpayers attended the Monday night meeting of the board to straighten out long-standing disputes on their tax bills. The two are just part of a dozen Etna… Read More
    BELFAST — Representatives of the Waldo County YMCA Tuesday night asked the City Council for a $1 million contribution to help build the organization’s proposed fitness complex. And though generally expressing support, the council did not commit to giving any set amount. The total cost… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County commissioners were not happy to learn Tuesday that state officials rejected their request to delay until summer a public hearing on a controversial subdivision proposal at Schoodic Lake. The commissioners had requested that the Land Use Regulation Commission wait until July… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Councilors took a first look Tuesday night at two ordinances: a new loitering ordinance aimed at reducing the problem of young adults hanging around downtown, and a revision to the current sign ordinance that reflects a recent ruling in Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Read More
    BANGOR — Come Monday, the City Council will find itself looking at the same eight-page measure on toplessness that it declined to vote on last week. That’s because councilors on the municipal operations committee decided Tuesday they do want to pass the ordinance — but that’s not all… Read More