BANGOR – Rick McDonald’s RBI double tied the game in the fifth inning and Ellsworth scored two go-ahead runs during a rundown between first and second base later in the inning en route to a 16-5 victory Friday over John Bapst at Husson College. Ellsworth… Read More
When Scott Loukes of Bangor went to summer camp in upstate New York two years ago, he went for all the traditional outdoor sports a teen-ager expects to find in a country retreat. What he got was a lesson in how to grind down on… Read More
College 1998 All-NESCAC Team Outfield: Carrie Hironaka (Tufts), Sarah Rinaldi (Amherst), Vicki Gonzalez (Amherst), Laura Goldberg (Wesleyan); Infield: Ann Mortensen (Colby), Tinesha Clark (Tufts), Jen O’Malley (Tufts), Liza Feldman (Amherst), Abbey DeRocket (Bates), Brianna Stanton (Trinity); Catchers: Meghan Nelson (Amherst), Sarah Kollman (Wesleyan); Pitchers: Alison… Read More
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Former University of Maine coach Walter Abbott and late film director John Ford have been honored by the State of Maine Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Inc. Abbott will recieve the Contribution to Amateur Football Award given to a… Read More
DYER BROOK – Freshman Jeff Swallow belted a two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday, lifting Southern Aroostook to a 6-5 baseball victory over Hodgdon. Chris Webb earned the victory for the Warriors by scattering six hits and fanning… Read More
Late last winter, the signs of an early spring were unmistakable: sap flowed early in February – as an Ice Storm aside, a friend who owns a wood lot told me the sap spilling from broken maples sounded like rain falling in the forest – and warm March… Read More
MANSFIELD, Conn. – Jason Crepeau’s 3-for-5 day, which included a home run and four RBIs, paced the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 12-8 victory Friday over Brandeis University in the second round of the NCAA Division III New England Regional baseball tournament. USM… Read More
GUILFORD – It was a nerve-wracking afternoon for Piscataquis Community High School baseball coach Kevin Jordan. He was hoping his Pirates could build up a sizeable lead over Central High School of East Corinth so he could pull ace righty Brody McKenney after three innings… Read More
FAIRFIELD – The Messalonskee softball team may look back on a stunning loss it got in the middle of the season and the winning week after to see where its season changed. Since a defeat against Medomak Valley at Waldoboro last week, Messalonskee of Oakland… Read More
HOULTON – The Houlton and Madawaska softball teams both used balanced attacks as the two squads split a doubleheader in schoolgirl action Friday. Jessica Bissonnette led Houlton as the Shiretowners won the first 6-4 and fell in the second 8-5. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BELFAST – Coming into Friday’s game with Erskine Academy of South China, veteran Belfast baseball coach George Ross was a bit apprehensive. Despite an 8-3 record, his team just hadn’t been able to get into a good offensive flow since preseason ended. Belfast’s late rally… Read More
College 1998 All-NESCAC Women’s Team Attackers: Alana Teutonico (Williams), Lina Chickering (Middlebury), Ashley Knowles (Trinity), Adrienne Gratry (Bowdoin); Midfielders: Lauren Gloia (Williams), Heidi Howard (Middlebury), Dorothy Cavanagh (Trinity), Amity Wall (Middlebury); Defensemen: Amanda Tucker (Trinity), Missy Hopkins (Middlebury), Jessica MacLellan (Tufts); Goalie: Emily Bracken (Middlebury)… Read More
College 1998 All-NESCAC Team Outfield: Christian Sheehan (Trinity), Dan Morse (Tufts), Ian McAllister (Williams), Matt McDonald (Bowdoin); Infield: Scott Mulvaney (Tufts), Kyle Armstrong (Trinity), Christian Burchfield (Trinity), Hugh Quattlebaum (Amherst), Davin Wilfrid (Middlebury); Pitchers: Matt Jewel (Williams), Matt Marengi (Tufts)… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – The Mount Desert Island Trojans scored one run in the bottom of the seventh to knock off previously undefeated Bucksport 6-5 in schoolgirl softball action Friday. MDI is now 3-8 and the Golden Bucks are 10-1. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
AUBURN — Two Lewiston men who blamed each other for the killing of a man whose body was discovered in a snowbank more than a year ago were convicted Friday of murder and robbery. Walter Hartford, 32, and Ronald Drake, 35, admitted beating Bradley Burnell… Read More
BANGOR — It’s a great trivia question. Where was the other proposed site for the Bangor Mall? Give yourself two points if you said off Hogan Road, over by Sam’s Club. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
PORTLAND — It’s no secret U.S. Rep. Tom Allen planned to run for re-election. He made it official Friday when he formally announced his intentions to a history class at Deering High School. Allen is unopposed in next month’s state Democratic primary. In November, his… Read More
ROCKLAND — City Hall is finally taking steps to remove the grain mill and silo that have loomed over the city’s south end for more than 30 years. The City Council voted unanimously this week to have City Attorney James Bivins begin the process of… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Tree Free Fibre Co. auction was recessed for two weeks Thursday as potential buyers showed growing interest in the idle paper mill in Augusta, the state’s loan guarantee agency said. The pending bid for the property had been raised to $5.5 million… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Two brothers from Pittsfield were charged Friday with unlawful sexual contact after police began an investigation that may involve the abuse of dozens of girls over a period of years. John Heaton, 19, and David Heaton, 20, both of Libby Street, were home… Read More
CALAIS — City Manager Tim Smith suggested some drastic budget cuts at the City Council meeting Thursday night. Working on orders from the City Council to prepare a budget that would represent a zero increase over last year’s $2,665,577 budget, Smith’s finished product offered some… Read More
PORTLAND — Like the periscope of a World War II submarine breaking the water’s surface, Tom Connolly’s beige sword-bill fisherman’s cap is the first thing you see as the Portland lawyer makes his way through a crowded room. Just beneath the cap’s patent-leather brim lies… Read More
SEDGWICK — The smell of charred wood was still in the air Friday, 24 hours after three cabins at Camp Four Winds were destroyed by fire. Co-owner David Larson of Alexandria, Va., said Friday that the cabins will be replaced by the time the camp… Read More
BANGOR — Secretary of Defense William Cohen will be back at his alma mater Monday to talk to students about the importance of aspirations. Cohen, a standout basketball player at Bangor High School, will launch what is to be an annual symposium with a half-hour… Read More
YORK — The Maine Turnpike Authority will install color-coded signs at its toll plazas to ease confusion among motorists arising from the electronic Transpass system. Some drivers have been left baffled as they search overhead for direction to the proper lane. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
WASHINGTON — From time to time, Defense Secretary William Cohen has to make a big pitch — to Congress for money, or the White House for policy support. But before a packed house on opening day at Fenway Park on April 10 he was in dire need of… Read More
NEWPORT — Not everyone wants to own an armory, an oversized, outdated, ready-to-be-mothballed building. That may be why there was only one bid for the Newport building this week. But Dave Pepin didn’t want to see the doors close to the Sebasticook Valley Community Center… Read More
FAIRFIELD — A case of a damaged reputation that began five years ago finally was settled this week when Fairfield councilors signed an insurance settlement with Kenneth Works, a resident who claimed he was irreparably damaged when he was falsely arrested in 1993. Although town… Read More
From where I was seated that October night in 1979, Frank Sinatra’s eyes could have been pink, orange — anything but blue — but who was complaining? More than 7,400 fans and I had his glorious voice to keep us warm for one hour, 15 minutes as he… Read More
The International Whaling Commission begins its week-long annual meeting today in Muscat, Oman. At the top of the agenda for the 40 member nations gathered on the Arabian Peninsula will be the same item that’s been there for 12 years — the moratorium on commercial whaling. Read More
Throw a snow-white toga or gold breastplate on Scott Potter, and with his regal bearing, the 35-year-old Portland man could easily be an Egyptian prince or a Greek philosopher-poet. Part of Potter’s otherworldliness is just his graceful, ballet dancer’s posture. But there’s also something neoclassical… Read More
Huge multi-national corporations now control much of our food supply. Food in local supermarkets comes from all over the world, most grown with extremely toxic chemicals (pesticides) which leave residues in the food, and pricing is whatever the market will bear, no matter the need. Much oil and… Read More
With the death early yesterday of Frank Sinatra, that great American icon who brought us decades of listening pleasure while Doing It His Way, the newspaper focus this morning is on giving Old Blue Eyes a proper sendoff. Accordingly, the subject of today’s drill is obituaries. Read More
Hey Democrats! Welcome to the County. Don’t be put off if you hear some local mutter something like “there’s no intelligent life south of Houlton.” It’s probably not personal. That’s just an old County saying designed to make Aroostook’s residents feel better for being almost… Read More
Whoopi Goldberg, Meryl Streep, Newt Gingrich and Barbara Bush all have taken their turns — and their fees — as commencement speakers over the years at some of America’s most prestigious colleges and universities. Although marching along with the other graduates clad in black robes… Read More
George Mitchell …? “You just brought peace to Northern Ireland. There’s talk of knighthood and the Nobel Peace Prize.” 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;… Read More
An item in Friday’s NEWS gave incorrect information about a Calais District Court case. Patricia J. Lyons, 25, Calais, was listed in court documents as being convicted only of operating a motor vehicle after suspension of her license and was fined $200. An incorrect photo… Read More
ROCKLAND — The radio reported a small-craft advisory at 6:30 a.m. on a rainy April Monday, an hour before a group of scientists from the Maine Geological Survey and the University of Michigan was supposed to head out to sea for a third day of taking a video… Read More
If there is anything I have learned in the past several weeks, it is that all rodents are not created equal. I had been operating under the gross assumption that all small, furry, gray critters were essentially the same and warranted little more attention than… Read More
ORONO — In 1993, Brenda Hall was a graduate student looking for evidence of ice in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys with a team of fellow researchers from the University of Maine. The Standish native was trying to find out if ice from the nearby Ross Sea… Read More
Connie Fortier wanted to burn down the old parsonage. She did not think the Dexter United Methodist Church could afford to repair the run-down, 100-year-old building. She figured the best use for it would be to let the fire department set it ablaze in a training program. Read More
BANGOR — Vietnam veteran Ron Warner ended a 12-day hunger strike Friday, after being assured by U.S. Rep. John Baldacci that officials at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Togus will address questions about staffing levels and quality of service. Warner, 46, had been camping out… Read More
BANGOR — A Superior Court justice has overturned a condemnation order voted by the Bangor City Council because the city failed to provide owners with a list of deficiencies and to give them a reasonable opportunity to fix up the property. The property is owned… Read More
PITTSFIELD — In a partnership unique to the state of Maine and rare in New England, Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield and Andrei Bossov, formerly a principal dancer with one of Russia’s premier dance companies, have teamed up to include classical ballet in MCI’s curriculum. Read More
Questions continue to surface about the fund-raising practices of a charity established to assist people with cancer, which has operations around the state, including in Bangor. The Maine Children and Family Cancer Aid group is promoting a rubber duck race fund-raiser in the Kenduskeag Stream… Read More
BANGOR — Community Health and Counseling Services has terminated its subcontract with Maine Mental Health Connections to operate a mobile outreach unit and residential services for people in crisis. Joe Pickering, the executive director of CHCS, said Friday that his agency’s decision to sever ties… Read More
NEWBURGH — Newburgh Elementary School is holding a “Spring Fling” from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today featuring crafts, raffles and other events. The school’s Parents, Teachers and Friends organization is hosting the event. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
NEWPORT — It was five minutes to closing at the Newport Citgo convenience store on outer Main Street on Thursday night when two people entered the store, demanded money, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. Local police were called at about 10 p.m. Read More
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Rifle and Pistol Club will hold a high-power rifle match at 8 a.m. today on the range at 286 Meadow Road. The range facilities include 100- and 200-yard rifle ranges. Read More
DEXTER — SAD 46 directors are undecided whether to propose the renovation of the aging Dexter Middle School or to recommend the construction of a new facility. Some discussion ensued at Wednesday’s meeting about the pros and cons of both, but directors remain uncommitted to… Read More
The University of Maine System board of trustees is expected to raise tuition an average of 3 percent for the next school year, the lowest increase in 10 years, at its bimonthly meeting Monday in Augusta. The rate increases would range from $90 to $120 for in-state undergraduates,… Read More
A Bangor woman was taken to the hospital after she suffered a seizure and lost control of her car at the intersection of Essex Street and Grandview Avenue Thursday evening. Bonnie A. Hartley suffered severe cuts to her head and broke a wrist and ankle… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — More women need to be encouraged to vote and become involved in politics so Democratic policies can be preserved, according to speakers at the women’s caucus of the Maine Democratic Party convention Friday night. “This is the fact — when women vote,… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Students from College of the Atlantic and area high schools, along with members of Friends of the Union River will celebrate National River Cleanup Week with the fourth annual cleanup of Card Brook today. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. in the parking… Read More
BANGOR — Conflicting testimony was presented Friday in Penobscot County Superior Court over events that led up to the fatal stabbing of Eric Heath. The sometimes graphic testimony came on the second day of Edward Williams’ murder trial. Williams, now 27, is claiming he acted… Read More
BANGOR – The 179th commencement of Bangor Theological Seminary will be a time of celebration and a time to hear some difficult truths. Domestic violence will be the topic of the Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune’s commencement address, “This Is Not about You.” Fortune “is… Read More
Republican State Rep. Susan Kasprzak, District 125, Charleston, Corinth, Exeter, Newport and Stetson, has served her constituents with distinction in the 118th Legislature. She fought against a 14.12 percent increase in the biennium budget because she knows who pays for it: hard-working, overtaxed families and businesses. Families and… Read More
There is a holiday that occurs in May that we all can observe without worrying about time for shopping or balancing our budgets. Yet indebtedness is involved for all of us. Memorial Day must not simply be another day off from work. If the general… Read More
I am writing in response to the May 8 letter, “Child-bearing slaves.” I hope to address the issues presented there in a loving way, because both pro-life and pro-choice individuals need to hear. Abortion is a problem. It has emotional side effects and physical dangers,… Read More
George G. Locke of Portland (BDN letter, May 9-10) could have added that it would be a waste of time to try to get your money back if your called party doesn’t answer. You have to deposit first, and the operator is obviously trained to “dump” your money… Read More
This morning I received a letter from Bangor’s environmental health inspector giving me 48 hours to remove my pile of trash from curbside. The trash had been placed at the curb awaiting the city’s spring cleanup. The only thing taken was an electric dishwasher. Now I’m supposed to… Read More
It might surprise some people to know the common folks I talk to are very concerned about the direction the state is taking, especially in regard to the flat economy, the low wages, and lack of employment with which the working-class people, welfare and pension recipients all have… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Letters were stolen off the Pittsfield Community Theater marquee last week. During the week, police summoned a half-dozen young drivers for squealing tires and speeding. On Thursday, trees for sale in front of Reny’s Department Store were hung upside down on a restaurant’s air conditioner. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — As Dover-Foxcroft and county officials seek to encourage construction of more lodging facilities in the region, two potential developers say their plan for such a project has been dashed by the town’s refusal to extend the sewer line. Carl and Leon Cousins, who… Read More
CALAIS — State Sen. John T. Jenkins told Washington County Technical College graduates Friday that “wisdom is power.” A motivational speaker who owns the Lewiston company Pep-Talk, Jenkins kept his audience absorbed for 20 minutes with his keynote speech at the graduation ceremony. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
RUMFORD — The Lewiston Sun Journal has sued a school board over a closed-door meeting in which the board voted to hire a lawyer to investigate complaints against its superintendent. The lawsuit in Androscoggin County Superior Court said the April 14 meeting in which the… Read More
GRAY — Between cups of coffee and more than a few back-to-back cigarettes, Joe Ricci dominates the conference room of his Golden Ark Enterprises headquarters as he lays out strategies for a revitalized Maine. Not only will he win the Democratic gubernatorial primary on June… Read More
AUGUSTA — Just when Maine Democrats thought they had only two choices for governor in the primary, Westbrook state Rep. William Lemke upped the ante by offering himself as a write-in candidate. The 51-year-old, four-term lawmaker entered the race late due to family concerns that… Read More
ABBOT — Three rifles and a handgun were stolen from an Abbot home sometime this week, making a total of six guns stolen from Pease Bridge Road homes in recent months. Police believe the break-ins into the four homes are connected because guns were taken… Read More
MACHIAS — The Machias School Committee will take a proposed $3.4 million school budget and a request for a referendum vote on an additional $50,000 to selectmen in the near future, according to Superintendent Betty Jordan. As approved by the school committee, the proposed 1998-99… Read More
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky’s decision earlier this year to invalidate the effort to place a medical marijuana initiative before voters this fall was affirmed Friday in a ruling by Superior Court Justice Margaret Kravchuk. Barring a successful appeal, the ruling effectively squashed… Read More
WISCASSET — The patrol supervisor for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department has been fined $300 after pleading guilty to being drunk while operating a snowmobile. Clayton Jordan, 44, was on vacation when his snowmobile hit a rock in the Greenville area on Feb. 13. A… Read More
American teen-agers would appear to be in a crisis over just about everything. Headlines and TV specials about gun-toting teens give the impression that our youngsters are doomed to one day be either the victims of violence or its perpetrators. If they don’t die by… Read More
ORONO — The Arcady Music Society has selected eight Youths Winners, six Youths Finalists and one Maine College Winner out of over 50 entrants in the 14th Annual Arcady Youth Competition held at the University of Maine on May 2. The winners were: violinists Kendra… Read More
CASTINE — Gen. Anthony Zinni, who was scheduled to speak at Maine Maritime Academy’s graduation Sunday, has been dispatched to Pakistan to defuse a possible nuclear arms race with India. Rear Adm. Michael Bordy, deputy commander of naval forces within the U.S. Central Command, will… Read More
Follow your senses and head for the third annual Orono Rescue Squad Tasting Bee 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono. The squad is celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer, and the Tasting Bee is just one way for its… Read More
MACHIAS — A program titled “Teens and Sexuality: Building Family and Social Support” will be presented from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 28, in the MacBride Building on Upper Court Street in Machias. The forum is part of the Community Wellness Series hosted by… Read More
AUGUSTA — An elite group of 110 vintage sports car enthusiasts will once again take part in a New England 1000 rally beginning Sunday in Freeport. The rally, which features some of the most expensive and unusual sports cars in all the world, begins and… Read More
WATERVILLE — The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter will hold its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Notre Dame Church on Silver Street, where the first shelter was founded. Guest speaker for the event will be David Wagner, author of “Checkerboard Square” and other books about Maine’s… Read More
State Rep. Rosaire Sirois of Caribou swayed to the rhythm of the rails as he road the Maine Democratic Party’s ’98 Victory Express on Friday. Seven restored cars pulled by two engines of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad carried politicians and political junkies from Bangor to Presque Isle… Read More
BANGOR — For only the second time in 75 years, the national commander of the Disabled American Veterans has come to Maine. Cmdr. Harry McDonald arrived in the city Friday for the 24th DAV State Convention, which continues today at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel… Read More
BANGOR — A federal judge Friday refused to dismiss charges against a town manager accused of downloading child pornography from the Internet. After a brief hearing in Bangor, U.S. District Judge Morton Brody ruled that the indictment against Paul Beattie was not vague, and is… Read More
BLUE HILL — Residents of an area beset by power fluctuations in 1996 and 1997 will meet with Public Utilities Commission staff next week. The purpose of the meeting is to determine whether Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. has resolved reliability problems with its electrical service along… Read More