Cindy Blodgett didn’t even have 24 hours to sit down with family and friends and celebrate her graduation Saturday from the University of Maine. The former Black Bears basketball star attended Saturday’s graduation ceremony at Alfond Arena in Orono. Sunday afternoon, Blodgett boarded a plane… Read More
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BANGOR – The George Stevens Academy softball team put together a seven-run fifth inning to get a 14-1 victory over John Bapst at Husson College Monday and remain unbeaten through nine games. And while the Eagles of Blue Hill weren’t going to look past the… Read More
Seven games in May. The Red Sox and the Yankees. A battle for first place in the American League. Two teams off to one of their best starts ever. The Red Sox and the Yankees. Kind of makes your heart race, doesn’t it? It is… Read More
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LINCOLN – Mattanawcook Academy capped a furious rally by scoring four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to post a 13-12 high school softball win over Piscataquis of Guilford Monday. Taryn Turcotte singled twice and tripled to lead the Lynx back from an… Read More
ELLSWORTH – There was nothing especially pretty about Ellsworth’s 8-7 victory over Orono Monday afternoon, but that didn’t keep the Eagles from feeling good about winning an exciting game. Considering Ellsworth was forced to send its starting catcher to the mound, made five errors, gave… Read More
NEWPORT – Winning pitcher Paul Trask reached on a fielder’s choice and scored from first on a misplayed fly ball with two outs in the seventh inning Monday as Hampden Academy took a 12-11 baseball victory over Nokomis. Jason Littlefield doubled and singled for the… Read More
Northeast Regional YMCA Gymnastics Championships AT PROVIDENCE, R.I. Piscataquis Regional YMCA’s top finishers Level 4 Ages 7-8: Jaime Harmon (beam 3rd, vault 11th, all around 9th), Alena Spanger (beam 2nd, vault 7th, all around 8th), Meghan Tilton (bars 10th, beam 5th, all around 12th); ages… Read More
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WOODLAND – Matt Ayer tripled with one out in the bottom of the seventh to drive in the winning run Monday as Woodland posted a 6-5 schoolboy baseball victory over Jonesport Beals. Ayer finished with two RBIs. Mark Knowles hit two singles and drove in… Read More
Former Maine gubernatorial candidate Charles L. Cragin III of Raymond has been recognized in a U.S. Naval Reserve retirement ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington. Cragin was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, the Military Volunteer Service Medal and the Legion of Merit Award… Read More
CAMDEN — “Safe Schools,” a workshop for Waldo, Lincoln and Knox county teachers, counselors and administrators, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Camden-Rockport High School, Knowlton Street, Camden. This event is being organized by Coastal Outright and the Coastal AIDS Network. Read More
EASTPORT — Two dogs died Sunday when they were trapped inside a burning house. A defective water heater is being blamed for the fire, Eastport fire officials said Monday. About 11:30 a.m., a fire was discovered in a single-family house on the Toll Bridge Road. Read More
Endangered right whales have meager calving season> Only 5 born alive in waters disturbed by El Nino
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Scientists say only six endangered right whales were born this past winter in the calving grounds off the coast of Georgia and northern Florida. But there is good news despite the poor season: None of the whales were killed by ships in… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine Bell Atlantic customers now may receive their telephone bills in Braille or enlarged print. The bills are part of the company’s move to adopt universal design principles. “We believe we must ensure that all our telecommunications services are more accessible and more… Read More
Here’s a real memory-tester. Back in 1936, two short silent movies, part of The Movie Queen series, were shot in the towns of Newport and Lincoln. This July, the first Maine International Film Festival in Waterville will feature these films, and organizers are seeking people… Read More
BANGOR — The Maine Council on Economic Education will hold the second annual symposium on the teaching of economics in Maine, from 1 to 4 p.m. May 21 at the Richard E. Dyke Center for Family Business at Husson College. Dr. Robert Duvall, president of… Read More
ORONO — Sunglee Randall, a Dexter Regional High School graduate, is the recipient of the Wall Street Journal Award from the University of Maine. Randall, a senior at the Maine Business School, was given the honor at an April 17 recognition banquet. She graduated from… Read More
WINDHAM — More than half of Maine’s residents get their drinking water from underground sources, but experts say the water is increasingly threatened by development and chemicals. In 60 large municipal water systems that use ground water, contamination has shut down eight water sources, at… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — Maritimes & Northeast LLC has filed for a permit with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to install an underground gas pipeline between Westbrook and the Maine-Canada border in the vicinity of Baileyville. Between Westbrook and Baileyville, just under 200 miles of… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The First Citizens Bank board of directors elected Lawrence D. Ayoob, David I. Dorsey and James A. Thibodeau to three-year directors’ terms at the annual shareholders meeting April 28 at the Campus Center of the University of Maine, Presque Isle. During the… Read More
BANGOR — A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit that pits a former proprietor of an Irving “Big Stop” restaurant in Houlton against the fuel-convenience store giant that dominates the highways of Maine and Canada. The antitrust case of Randy Campbell vs. Read More
HOULTON — Anyone who plans to attend the senior prom at Houlton High School on May 30, take heed. If you plan to drink or take drugs, you won’t be welcome. That was the essence of a letter sent out to seniors and their parents… Read More
Three public hearings planned around the state this week and next will give Mainers an opportunity to weigh in on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway’s first management plan — and to join the fray in a debate that increasingly pits motorized access against a more remote wilderness character. Read More
AUGUSTA — A 15-year-old boy from Mexico is this year’s state Chess Champion. Guillermo Pierdant outwitted both high school and college rivals for the title. He was one of 60 competitors. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Students at Mount Desert Island High School and actress and guest director Kathleen Lake will present Jose Rivera’s play “Giants Have Us in Their Books” at 7 p.m. May 15-16 at the school’s Demas-Higgins Theater. Lake chose the play for its imaginative… Read More
For a week and a half now, the Northeast has seen little more than rain, fog and clouds. Kids are driving Mom and Dad up the wall, farmers are starting to worry and house painters are getting restless. “I hate it,” said Jacqueline Kawich, 28,… Read More
BRUNSWICK — A group claiming to be a nonprofit charitable organization soliciting money for cancer patients is raising suspicion in the midcoast area. The Maine Attorney General’s Office says it has received several calls about the group called the Maine Children and Family Cancer Aid. Read More
ROCKLAND — They might not have known it, but when Camden residents voted down improvements to the Bok Amphitheater they were doing the people of Rockland a favor. The amphitheater project was to be funded by a $300,000 grant from MBNA New England. With that… Read More
HOULTON — Residents who choose to use the Andino Inc. transfer station rather than have curb-side collection are back to paying a per-bag fee. Company owner Andy Marino said Monday that the per-pound plan was scrapped last week because “the system didn’t work. It didn’t… Read More
BANGOR — A Bangor woman died Monday from injuries suffered in a car-motorcycle accident in Glenburn on Sunday evening that claimed the lives of two others. Michelle Pulkkinen, 26, of Bangor and Massachusetts died Monday afternoon, one day after the accident on Lancaster Brook Road… Read More
If the name of her organization puts people off, then so be it, said Susan Joyce, who founded Bangor’s Women’s Activity and Recreation Against Isolation, a group for people with a history of mental illness. Although some have looked askance at the acronymn WAR, Joyce… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Last weekend Jim Kaiser was cleaning up after a bunch of elephants. Now he has to get ready for a herd of donkeys plodding north to Presque Isle for this weekend’s Maine Democratic State Convention. The carnival atmosphere, provided first by the… Read More
Antique maps and the latest numbers from the U.S. Commerce Department are unlikely allies. But, in fixing Maine’s true geographic location and the price the state pays for ignoring it, they may prove to be the best friends an east-west highway could have. The maps… Read More
Machias Memorial High School Third quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Jessica Clement, Shirley Moe; honors: Toni Fortini, Veronica Guerra, Carolyn Luce, Courtney Maratta, Sarah McKinney, Kevin Reynolds, Kate Romei, Brooke Sanborn, Melissa S. Smith, Owen Worcester. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Piscataquis Community High School, Guilford Third quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Casey Brown, Kristi Kelly, Amber Derosa Reed, Darby Smiley, Emily Anderson, Elizabeth Auger, Justin Bates, Nell Blodgett, Sacha Jackson, Merrianne Reardon, Shane Simpson, Amy Armstrong, Marybeth Flanders and Rosemary Garrett-Young; honors: Winnona Currier,… Read More
Two hundred thousand letters, the large majority saying more or less the same thing, informed Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman that his proposed regulations on organic food struck the writers like so much insecticide on an aphid. The secretary is to be commended for recognizing their disgust and promising… Read More
Jerry Bates is standing at the lectern, baton in hand, eyes on the music. More than 50 middle school children — all with instruments in hand — wait for his direction. “One two, one two, ready go,” Bates says, and then there is music. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
WASHINGTON — From Chilean grapes to Mexican tomatoes to fish from around the world, Americans are enjoying an expanding cornucopia of imported food. But with imports up 50 percent in less than a decade, inspectors are failing to keep pace. A General Accounting Office study… Read More
PORTLAND — Terry Fralich of Windham can be found each day at his Buddhist shrine, meditating in a manner developed in Asia more than 2,000 years ago. He is not alone. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Dear Jim: We plan to build our first new house this year and have heard a lot about new post and beam construction. Are they efficient and do these houses have a “barnlike” look? — Peg R. Dear Peg: Nothing could be further from the… Read More
My family and I recently enjoyed a brief vacation in Scottsdale, Ariz. In addition to a much anticipated opportunity to experience both warm temperatures and desert scenery, the trip also afforded some lessons about the downisides of rapid economic growth. Maricopa County, which encompasses Phoenix and the surrounding… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine Public Radio and WMTW-TV of Auburn won top honors at the annual Maine Associated Press Broadcasters Association contest. Maine Public Radio won first place in five categories. And WMTW-TV won first place in six categories to take station of the year honors… Read More
PITTSFIELD — To bolster the chances that the $7 million proposed SAD 53 budget will pass on June 9, directors plan to include in this year’s budget booklet a list of quality indicators. The indicators show that all is quite well within the SAD 53 schools. Read More
NEWPORT — State Rep. Susan Kasprzak, R-Newport, has announced she will seek a second term in the Maine House of Representatives. Kasprzak represents House District 125, which comprises Newport, Exeter, Charleston, Corinth and Stetson. In the 118th Legislature, she served on the Joint Standing Committee… Read More
BANGOR — A Presque Isle eye specialist who had received approval two years ago for city assistance on a 24,000-square-foot Vision Care of Maine facility went home disappointed Monday evening. Dr. Craig Young saw the updated version of his agreement go down to defeat in an 8-1 vote. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — An ordinance that governs the obstruction of free passage will be presented for adoption by residents at the annual June town meeting. After many months of discussion, Dover-Foxcroft selectmen voted Monday night to place the proposed ordinance on the town meeting warrant. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
GUILFORD — A proposed $5.5 million budget that reflects an increase of about $50,000 over this year’s spending plan is expected to be adopted tonight by SAD 4 directors. Only Cambridge will see a decrease in its assessment for education if the proposed budget is… Read More
ORONO — The Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to authorize a capital campaign to fund the design and construction of a new public library building. The public library shares 4,000 square feet of space with the high school’s library, an arrangement that was put… Read More
BANGOR — As they investigate two alleged sexual assaults that were reported recently in the vicinity of Hayford Park, police said Monday they soon would be concentrating on ridding the park of teen-agers who hang out there after the 10 p.m. curfew. Investigators said the… Read More
An inmate escaped from a Tennessee facility was captured in Bangor early Friday morning during a routine police roadblock on the Penobscot Bridge. Police initially didn’t know that in their custody they had David Woodall, 43, a man with a history of armed robbery who… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Decreases in local assessments for education will be reflected in SAD 68 communities if the proposed 1998 budget of $6.8 million is approved at the June 10 district budget meeting. The budget represents an increase of six-tenths of 1 percent over this year’s… Read More
SOLON — Residents have voted to join the Regional Super Park study group and to appropriate $235 as the town’s share of predevelopment costs. The vote was held last Thursday night during a special town meeting attended by about 50 residents. The townspeople also voted… Read More
TREMONT — The third time’s a charm. After having rejected similar proposals twice before, residents here Monday voted 426-221 to issue a $1.416 million bond to renovate and expand the Tremont Consolidated Elementary School. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth schools have requested a $1 million budget increase this year, but the school budget committee is having none of it. In the past month, the committee members have trimmed almost $600,000 from the $8.63 million request, turning a 12 percent increase… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A support group for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, May 29, at the Ellsworth Respite Center in the community building of Meadowview Apartments. The group is led by respite center director Mary Kennedy and is open… Read More
ROCKLAND — Applications are being accepted by coronation Chairman Kay Warren for the 1998 Sea Goddess Pageant at the 51st Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland July 29-Aug. 2. Eligible are young women who expect to graduate from high school this June or who are under… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The second annual Hospice Regatta of Maine will be held July 25. Festivities will include spectator boats to carry sponsors and their guests to the race course, observation boats that will carry larger groups of spectators for a modest fee, the Flash in… Read More
PROSPECT HARBOR — The Center for Coastal Studies, in cooperation with the Maine Whale Take Reduction Plan coordinator, will conduct a workshop on “Whale Identification and How to Respond in the Rare Event of an Entanglement” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at the Prospect Harbor Women’s Club. Read More
Editor’s Note: The idea of building a four-lane highway from Calais to the state’s borders with New Hampshire and Quebec is getting new attention as residents look for ways to stimulate rural Maine’s lagging economy. NEWS reporter Letitia Baldwin and photographer Susan Latham traced the proposed routes last… Read More
Someone on the BDN staff must have happy pills they can give to Alicia Anstead before she goes to the Maine Center for the Arts to review a performance. Maybe she is under tremendous stress and only needs Prozac. At any rate, based on the audience response, 1,600… Read More
I have just finished reading the May 5 Bangor Daily News article, “Protester arrested at Lincoln mill,” and would like to inform readers of what Amy LeVangie, spokesperson for Earth First and the Native Forest Network, is not telling the public. She does not mention… Read More
I am writing in response to the letter, “The naked truth” (BDN, May 6). On that same day, there were also articles concerning a policy that was partially approved on notification to the public of registered sex offenders. Police Chief Randy Harriman stated that as of that date,… Read More
I would like to respond to the April 29 letter from Brian Kelly who chastised the Bangor Daily News for publishing a picture of two women kissing in celebration of the passage of the Bar Harbor human rights ordinance. I applaud the BDN for publishing… Read More
Your recent diatribe (“Abortion agenda,” BDN editorial, May 2-3) against citizens exercising their right to petition their government regarding a partial-birth abortion ban not only misrepresents their intentions, but insults the intelligence of all your readers. The issue is not getting one’s name in the paper, but the… Read More
LEWISTON — At $22,078, Mainers’ per capita incomes were last among the New England states and ranked 36th nationally last year, according to newly released Commerce Department figures. Mainers’ per capita personal incomes grew at a rate of 4.7 percent between 1996 and 1997, compared… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — Lorna Dawson and John Kierstead, Civil War re-enactors who fell in love after meeting at an encampment last summer, agreed that their wedding should be a trip back in time. So they pulled out all stops to make sure the Saturday afternoon… Read More
I’ve been meaning to attend the canoe poling clinic that has been held in Bangor now for several years, but various factors conspired to thwart me. This year was almost another washout. I didn’t decide until the last minute to go for it. Thankfully the… Read More
BANGOR — Bullies, miscreants, juvenile delinquents. They were a small but growing problem the Bangor school system and police found they shared when it came to the Garland Street area. To correct the problem, the Bangor School Department and the Bangor Police Department initiated a… Read More
CALAIS — Two American bald eagles that for eight years have made their home at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge near Washington County’s busiest highway have abandoned their nest. Maurry Mills, wildlife biologist at the refuge, said he is uncertain why the pair left the… Read More
SOLON — Local residents have voted to join the Regional Super Park study group and to appropriate $235 as the town’s share of predevelopment costs. The vote was held last Thursday night during a special town meeting attended by about 50 residents. The townspeople also… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — After months of negotiations between town assessors and S.D. Warren, a settlement has been agreed upon regarding the taxation of $20.7 million in bleaching equipment at the paper mill. In early 1997, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection ruled the equipment was not… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — An elderly woman was killed after she was struck by a car while walking in the parking lot of the Maine Mall, police said. Theresa Paquette, 71, died Friday at Maine Medical Center. Her sister, Jacqueline Marcotte, 63, suffered a broken foot… Read More
THOMASTON — Two female suspects in the $30,000 vandalism of the Thomaston Grammar School have disappeared, Thomaston Police Chief James Hosford said Monday. Hosford said an all points bulletin has been issued for two Rockland teen-age girls wanted for questioning in the May 5 vandalism… Read More
MERCER — The wife of a Maine fugitive, who apparently fled the state two weeks ago to avoid being arrested for assaulting the woman, also has left Maine to join her husband in Missouri. Geraldine Mosher, 37, left Maine Friday with her two children, ages… Read More
OLD TOWN — The groundbreaking last week for a new Bangor Savings Bank along North Main Street marks a bittersweet milestone for the city. It’s the first contruction the downtown has seen in nearly two decades, according to City Manager Ron Singel. At the same… Read More
Soon the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands will draft the first long-range plan for the management of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. If properly drafted, it will offer invaluable protection to a national treasure to the year 2009. Conversely, if handled haphazardly, irreparable harm is probable. Read More
A St. Agatha man was presumed drowned Monday night and his companion was taken to the hospital after the canoe they were in capsized on the St. John River. Robert Levesque, 35, was identified as the man searchers believed drowned in a region of fast… Read More
PORTLAND — People who want to use a Bell Atlantic pay phone in Maine must dig a little deeper because local calls are increasing from 25 cents to 35 cents, according to the company. The new rate reflects the market price for phone calls and… Read More
BREWER — The Brewer farmers market has opened for the season at its location on Wilson Street in front of the Brewer Auditorium. Hanging baskets, perennials, potted plants and annuals, such as pansies and geraniums, will be available at the market Friday and Saturday. Other… Read More
Hampden Academy Third quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Ashley Atwood, Gabriel Brooks, Tiffany Curtis, Jessie Poulin, Angela Rankin, Dawn Seymour and Jody Smith; honors: Manuel Antonio, Katie Arsenault, Ben Bosse, Jason Boucher, Michelle Caron, Pamela Carter, Linda Cianette, Grace Conley, Katelyn Cottrell, Amy-Jo Crawford,… Read More
BANGOR — The domestic violence project Spruce Run is looking for hot-line volunteers. Volunteers support and validate callers’ feelings, explore options, provide information about resources and validate the caller’s right to live a violence-free life. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Fire Department will conduct a chlorine protection education training session 7 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at the Town Council chambers at 106 Western Ave. The session is designed to educate residents in sheltering-in-place procedures, in the event of a chlorine or… Read More
BANGOR — The All-City Band Concert, featuring band students in grades five through 12, will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, at Fifth Street Middle School. The concert, which will highlight a combined piece performed by the students and narrated by Superintendent James Doughty, is… Read More
BREWER — A proposed mobile home park for senior citizens, a natural gas distribution resolution, and final action on two zoning issues are among matters to be addressed by the City Council, which meets at 6:30 tonight at City Hall. Among items of new business… Read More
BREWER — Brewer High School’s search for a new boys basketball coach came to an end Monday night with the appointment of a well-known and successful coach. Dave Paul, former boys basketball coach for Orono High School, was unanimously named to the Brewer post with… Read More
BREWER — In one of the year’s quickest meetings, the school committee briefly revisited its English as a Second Language program and handled personnel matters. Faculty member Kerry Priest provided a brief overview of the school department’s policy and regulation on English as a Second… Read More