With only 2 1/2 months to go before the start of preseason, four area schools are scrambling to fill football coaching vacancies. Brewer, Orono, Stearns of Millinocket, and Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield are all looking to hire a new coach before the end of… Read More
Local raceways have been forced to postpone their races due to rain over the weekend. The NASCAR Busch North Series Primestar 150 along with the NASCAR Winston Racing Series events scheduled at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough have been postponed and a rescheduled time… Read More
The rain that is wreaking havoc with the state high school baseball championship games is also causing problems for some of the Zone 1 American Legion teams trying to start their seasons this week. Eastern Maine Class B champion Camden-Rockport High School and Class C… Read More
The Ashland Hornets were scheduled Saturday to play Richmond for the Class D baseball state championship. Instead, rain forced postponement of the game at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor. Coach Bill Nemer’s ballclub appears to be taking the disappointment of the delay in stride. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BLUE HILL — The senior high school student who told a group of fellow students to “DIE, DIE, DIE” in his yearbook entry, graduated Sunday afternoon without incident and picked up $4,700 in scholarship money to boot. Despite concern by some that Luke Eaton, 18,… Read More
Saturday’s soap box derby in Brewer was to be a big day for 11-year-old Larry Sawyer III, who was prepared to make history by being the first racer in Maine to use adaptive equipment in a soap box race. Instead, Larry woke up Friday morning… Read More
Despite many words crossed out and misspelled, a 15-year-old boy from Maine, while at a psychiatric hospital out of state, wrote the story of his life with painful clarity. He started with what happened to him when he was 5. Much of his story is unprintable. Read More
Your home is much more than a physical structure. It’s the place where memories are made, where dreams are shared, where lives are lived. Many of your home’s contents — the video of your baby’s first steps, grandmother’s brooch or old family photos — simply cannot be replaced. Read More
PORTLAND — Travelers accustomed to catching flights at Portland International Jetport or Boston’s Logan Airport are increasingly turning to a third option: Manchester Airport in New Hampshire. Manchester, less than two hours from Portland, has plenty of flights and the cheapest fares in the region. Read More
MONTICELLO — A chair was draped with a cap and gown at graduation ceremonies at Houlton High School Sunday afternoon in memory of an 18-year-old student who was to graduate but died in a automobile accident late Friday night. Rebecca Larson’s brother William, who was… Read More
ORONO — The Special Olympics have been held in Maine for 30 years. Maxine Briggs of Madison has been there for every one of the games. On Saturday, Briggs was dressed from head to toe in her trademark bright green and armed with a bullhorn… Read More
BANGOR — A small group of area residents braved the rain Sunday to pay tribute to the American flag as part of 10th annual Flag Day ceremonies. Sgt. Kevin Tillman, the Army medic who gained national attention when he grabbed a saxophone from a John… Read More
BOSTON — State and federal health officials said Saturday they are preparing to widen their investigation of tainted hamburger that they suspect is behind the illnesses of more than a dozen people in New England. Health department officials say E. coli bacteria has sickened about… Read More
AUGUSTA — Firefighters and paramedics across the country are going to school to add another skill many of them thought they would never need: responding to domestic terrorism. In some areas, the effort is being hampered by complacency, other training demands, and even resistance, as… Read More
PORTLAND — A civil rights complaint is expected to be filed against a white youth accused of starting a racial brawl in the city’s West Bayside neighborhood. Attorney General Andrew Ketterer said that if the court upholds the complaint it would prohibit 17-year-old Alan Shaw… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine State Trooper Robert Slattery of Gorham was named “Trooper of the Year” this week during a State House ceremony that honored other top troopers as well. Slattery, who is based out of Gray, patrolled Cumberland County for nearly a decade as a… Read More
Thanks to some high-powered diplomatic dealings, Maine Maritime Academy’s training vessel will begin its journey to Russia early this morning. Late Thursday, school officials learned a goodwill trip to St. Petersburg was in jeopardy because Russian officials denied docking rights to the ship because they… Read More
THE SERIES From street corners to school hallways to the beds at juvenile detention centers, it’s easy to find kids with problems. Some are troublemakers. Some are victims. Some are sick. Many are a complicated mix of all three. Even more complicated is the way… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Division of Deafness, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, of the Department of Labor will hold three public forums for members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community to give them the opportunity to express their opinions and concerns regarding LD 1964, “Resolve, An Act to Ensure that… Read More
LEWISTON — Colleges and universities are required by federal law to hear complaints in student courts. But that doesn’t mean the courts are qualified to hear serious crimes like rape, critics say. Mark Goodman, executive director of the Student Press Law Center, a nonprofit organization… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Henry Ryan, retired last week, leaving behind a 22-year career — as well as hundreds of jars of preserved body parts. “Here’s a piece of trachea,” says Ryan, pointing at something floating in formaldehyde. “There’s a piece of… Read More
LEWISTON — Nate S. had sex with at least three women in his freshman year at Bates College. The teen-age sex was awkward and at times drunken. But he never thought it was a crime. The student, now 19, has learned the hard way that… Read More
ALFRED — A jury has found an Alfred man guilty of manslaughter and driving while under the influence of cocaine for a crash on the Maine Turnpike last year. Thomas Metz, 51, faces up to 20 years in prison following his conviction Friday. Sentencing is… Read More
At first glance, it looks likes a drawer standing up on end. However, on closer inspection, it becomes clear that it is a narrow wooden box, waiting to be sealed, its contents safely tucked away for future generations. Its outside has been painted a deep… Read More
May 10, 1998. Mother’s Day. Ben Fiori is an honor student, artist, and athlete at John Bapst High School. At 16 his future is bright. Dick Robinson, 41, is the Department of Human Services’s first public health nurse, father of two boys, a fun man… Read More
POWNAL — Nine police-canine teams graduated Friday from the Maine State Police Canine Training School. The graduation took place in the former Pineland Center and marked the conclusion of the 12-week training program for the teams. The dogs and their police officer handlers trained together… Read More
Diplomats from dozens of countries begin meeting in Rome today to try to eliminate an almost endless list of problems associated with forming a permanent international criminal court. They have five weeks and 1,700 disputed items in the text of the court agreement. It would not be surprising… Read More
And they’re off. The five-way 1998 Maine gubernatorial race has begun. Somebody tell the favorites. All five ballot candidates — Gov. Angus King, Republican James Longley Jr., Democrat Tom Connolly, independent/Green Pat LaMarche and independent/Taxpayer Bill Clarke — were invited to a live Maine Public… Read More
“The Big One.” A documentary written and directed by Michael Moore. Running time: 96 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for some strong language). Nightly, June 15-18, Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville. Michael Moore, the corporate-bashing proletarian who butted heads with Roger Smith, president of General Motors, in 1989’s… Read More
Bruce Cockburn is a believer in speaking his mind, both in word and in song. The veteran Canadian singer has developed cult followings around the globe, and has racked up 13 gold and three platinum albums in his homeland, while also collecting 10 Juno Awards… Read More
The recent commentary, “Sickened by U.S.`factory farms’ ” (BDN, May 20), written by Seattle-based Simon Chaitowitz and Washington-based Neal Barnard, is based on false claims. The 1,300 dairy and beef farms in Maine are concerned caretakers of the resources that provide family income — animals… Read More
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DEXTER — Relatively little discussion took place on proposed changes in the municipal land use ordinance before the Dexter Town Council approved the document on Thursday. The revisions included in the ordinance approved Thursday were recommended by the town’s planning board, according to Town Manager… Read More
The citizens of Winterport, for the first time ever, will have an opportunity to vote for revaluation of the town. Voting will held on day one of the annual town meeting, June 19. The warrant article proposes to spread the revaluation cost over 20 years, at a cost… Read More
For more than 20 years the Maine Women’s Lobby has fought for the right of women to make their own reproductive choices. We have promoted women’s right to choose in the Legislature through our support for family planning, comprehensive sexuality education and contraceptive coverage. We have helped to… Read More
Interesting to read recently in the Bangor Daily News that many eateries in Bar Harbor are closing at lunchtime, due to a lack of enough workers. Even more interesting is the statistic that Maine restaurants will be more than 1,000 workers short this summer. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The Orono High School seniors and their parents would like to thank and salute the area businesses whose kindness and generous support helped to make Project Graduation 19998 a successful and memorable night. Roberta Townsend and the parents of Orono High School Project Graduation… Read More
Probably many people in Maine have voted for Olympia Snowe because of her assertion that she backs the Second Amendment. Since that time she has changed her spots. Not only has she been co-sponsoring Sen. Hatch’s bill S.10, which is a really draconian assault on our gun rights,… Read More
UNITY — A 30-year-old Unity man held law enforcement officials at bay for three hours from his home on Main Street before taking his own life Sunday afternoon. No one else was injured. Police found the body of John Strout, who had shot himself in… Read More
FORT KENT — A Fort Kent woman’s medical problems precipitated the search for her biological parents two years ago, and the fruits of her labor will be realized July 7 when her mother and one of her sisters arrives in Maine from California. For Louise… Read More
The University of Maine department of military science recently held its annual spring ROTC awards ceremony to recognize outstanding performance by Army cadets in academics, military science, leadership and service. Those honored at Neville Hall were: Edward L. Sleeper, son of David and Anne Sleeper… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Rangers summoned a juvenile male from Bar Harbor Friday night accusing him of leaving the scene of a property damage accident and driving to endanger after the boy allegedly rolled over his father’s car in the visitors’ center parking lot. The… Read More
LIMESTONE — Weekend problems at the Jobs Corps Center on the former Loring Air Force Base ended with some students being sent home from the center Sunday, police Chief Ronald Sprague said. A Limestone police officer was called to the Job Corps site Saturday night… Read More
NORTHPORT — Given that his audience of about 200 lighthouse aficionados was about to begin dinner, Tim Harrison didn’t exactly give his listeners news to whet their appetites on Saturday night. President of the National Lighthouse Foundation, Harrison began displaying a litany of lighthouses via slide projector in… Read More
Basements and roads flooded, rivers breached their banks and campers were drenched Sunday as heavy rain fell across southern and central Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island for a second consecutive day Sunday. Dozens of boats sank, tipped over or washed ashore on Maine’s… Read More
GREENVILLE — While three neighboring chambers did not get the state grant they had sought together, they did get assurances Wednesday that the state would help them in their tourism efforts. Although state funds are limited, Dan Lewis of the Office of Tourism said Wednesday… Read More
ROCKLAND — Minutes before the christening of the 38-foot Humilite Saturday morning, its five young builders moved closer to the wooden stern. As students of the Apprenticeshop in Rockland, they had worked six months building this near-replica of an 18th century French admiral’s barge. So… Read More
Anne Murray proved just the thing to warm up a wet sellout crowd during a June monsoon. “Ah, another beautiful, balmy spring day in Maine,” the veteran Canadian songstress joked early in the show Sunday night at the Maine Center for the Arts, University of… Read More
Echoing a common misperception, (letter writers) Bill and Marilyn Voorhies reported (BDN, June 4) that the South African government opposes the African Growth and Opportunity Act, now pending before the Senate (S.778). Although it is true that President Mandela voiced some concerns about the bill, specifically about conditionalities… Read More
FRENCHVILLE — Area residents who want road work done on the heavily traveled 20 miles of Route 1 between Fort Kent and Madawaska will have an opportunity to have their concerns aired today. John Melrose, Maine’s commissioner of transportation, will hold two meetings in the… Read More
Second hearing planned on loitering ordinance > Revised proposal wouldn’t restrict Pittsfield events
PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield councilors will hold a second public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, to hear comments on a revised noise and loitering ordinance. At the ordinance’s first public hearing on June 2, residents complained that the proposal went too far. If taken… Read More
HOPE — Fire gutted the basement of a home Sunday afternoon on Alford Lake Road a half-mile from Route 235. No one was injured. Firefighters from the Hope Fire Department were called at 4:30 p.m. to a fire at the home of Jody and Dottie… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Police here received a half dozen calls this weekend about a “suspicious man,” decked out in camouflage clothing, who was seen around town. According to reports, one concerned caller described the man as “wearing a mask and hiding behind a tree.” Another… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A Detroit man was arrested and charged with several offenses after an incident on Harriet Street shortly after midnight Friday. John McCarron will make his initial court appearance in Somerset County on Aug. 12 to answer to charges of refusing to submit to… Read More
MILO — Classic and antique automobile buffs will converge in Milo on June 21 for the Penquis Cruizers’ ninth annual cruize-in. The event will begin at 10 a.m. at the Dexter Shoe Co. parking lot on Route 11. In the past, the cruize-in has attracted… Read More
PORTLAND — U.S. Rep. Tom Allen is accepting applications from young men and women of Maine’s 1st District for nominations to the Army, Navy, Air Force and Merchant Marine academies. “We are seeking motivated young women and men who would like an opportunity to represent… Read More
ORONO — The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce will hold a fiesta from 5 to 7 p.m. June 18, at Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant. Door prizes will include a white-water rafting trip and a sky diving adventure. For information, call the Chamber office at 947-0307. Read More
A 44-year-old Bangor man was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with violating his bail conditions after he allegedly called a woman he is accused of sexually assaulting. Police reported that a woman called them to say that David Willette had called her home numerous times,… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The Skowhegan High School Class of 1928 will hold its 70th reunion at noon Tuesday, July 21, at the Iron Kettle Restaurant in Skowhegan. A preliminary meeting to plan the event will be held at noon Tuesday, June 16, at the same location. Read More
Presque Isle District Court Joseph Farrar & Son, Island Falls, inadequate suspension system on commercial vehicle, $100. Read More
Bangor District Court Kenneth Carr, 37, Brewer, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $450, license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
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BREWER — Krystal Baker stood soaking wet on top of the starting platform, her long, blond hair whipping across her small, tear-stained face. She shivered as she stepped into her car and gave a nervous wave to the equally small girl in the gate beside her. Read More