For the first time since 1991 and 1992, there will be a successful defense of the Stanley Cup, barring the greatest comeback in Cup history by the Washington Capitals against the Detroit Red Wings. Tonight in D.C., the Wings can defend their Cup title with a win and… Read More
Hole in one DAVE COTE DEDHAM – Dave Cote of Glenburn shot a hole-in-one on the second hole at Lucerne Hills Golf Club on June 12. Cote aced the 160-yard hole using a 6-iron. His shot was witnessed by Eric Robinson. Read More
ORONO – Despite the state championship conflict, the Maine Senior Baseball Classic will be played as scheduled. The game is Friday at 7 p.m. at Mahaney Diamond. Read More
AUGUSTA – Maine Gov. Angus King, along with a number of state legislators, will take part this Saturday in the Second Annual Governor’s Cup Charity Bass Tournament at Cobbosseecontee Lake near Winthrop. The tournament will be a catch-measure-release contest, the winning team determined by poundage. Read More
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Janice Braxton scored 18 points and Suzie McConnell-Serio added 16 points and 11 assists to lead the Cleveland Rockers to a 96-85 WNBA victory over the Detroit Shock on Monday night. Detroit, which is 0-2 in its first WNBA season, was… Read More
Greg Sponberg, who has been the Bangor High School boys JV soccer coach for the past six years, has been promoted to head boys soccer coach. He was approved for the position by the Bangor School Committee on Monday night. He will replace Keith Bosley,… Read More
Waiting until Saturday to play the Class A state championship game, especially after having already waited four extra days, isn’t the most attractive scenario for coach Terry Parlin and the Messalonskee High softball team. The Eagles and two neighboring Eastern Maine title teams intend to… Read More
HALLOWELL — Don’t put away your umbrella yet. As if teasing soggy Mainers after a weekend of soaking rain, the sun glowed behind gray clouds over southern and central Maine Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
CORINNA — It takes a lot of quarters to buy a $16,500 thermal-imaging camera for the local fire department. Children from Corinna Elementary and Junior High schools raised money toward the purchase with 25-cent hat days, a dance and class donations. Monday was the last… Read More
FRIENDSHIP — Marine Patrol Officer Jay Carroll could hardly believe his eyes when he uncovered an illegal catch of striped bass. “I’d never seen anything like it,” Cole recalled Monday. “This was the biggest I’ve ever seen. Fifty-one fish — nothing comes even close to… Read More
BANGOR — Ground was broken Monday for a $9 million, 30,000-square-foot eye-care facility expected to create 50 new jobs while offering a range of vision services not now available under one roof anywhere in the state. Vision Care of Maine is the brainchild of Dr. Read More
TOPSHAM — An abandoned paper mill along the Androscoggin River is the first Maine property to make the “endangered places” list issued by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The group, which has released its list annually the past 10 years, included the Great Bowdoin… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Human Rights Commission is scheduled to hear complaints against the Aroostook band of Micmac Indians, Unity College and the state Department of Conservation at its meeting Monday, June 29 at 9 a.m. at the Senator Hotel. The HRC acts as a… Read More
LINCOLN — Area residents plan to hold a rally today in support of Lincoln Pulp and Paper Co. a few hours before an Earth First! protester is arraigned in connection with a May 4 demonstration against the paper company. Matthew D. Spurlock, 22, of Troy,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Maine’s potato acreage is expected to take another major dip this year, according to industry observers. Some estimates say that the number of acres planted this year may be as low as 60,000 to 62,000, a decrease of almost 13 percent from… Read More
BLUE HILL — It was “all just a joke,” says Luke Eaton, but if he had to write his yearbook entry over again, the George Stevens Academy graduate says he wouldn’t write it the same way. “Definitely not,” the Sedgwick resident said in an interview… Read More
Bangor — The Celiac Sprue Support Group for people who suffer from gluten intolerance will meet at 7 p.m. today in the conference room of St. Joseph Healthcare. For information, contact Ann Delaware at 827-2733. Read More
ELLSWORTH — The following seniors were presented scholarships during graduation ceremonies for the Class of 1998 at Ellsworth High School: James Allen — Anna Salisbury, EHS Student Council, Ellsworth Falls Mother’s Club, Ellsworth Rotary Club, Gifford Cochran scholarships; googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Considering that “thousands visit Maine every summer, and we’ve got what they drive hundreds of miles to see,” Bangor Center Corp. promotions coordinator Steve Robbins believes we who live here should take advantage of “living on the banks of one of the prettiest rivers in the country.”… Read More
DEER ISLE — The following seniors were presented scholarships during graduation ceremonies for the Class of 1998 at Deer Isle-Stonington Junior-Senior High School: Matthew Billings — Betsy Barter Richardson Memorial, Summer Evening of Broadway Music at the Stonington Methodist Church, Island scholarships; googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ELLSWORTH — City councilors have approved a mutual aid agreement between the city’s Police Department, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department and the Maine State Police — the first such formal agreement in Hancock County between a municipal law enforcement agency and its county and state counterparts. Read More
JONESBORO — Firefighters from several Washington County towns and the Maine Forest Service battled a blaze at the idled Indeck-Jonesboro plant Sunday when fire broke out in about 10,000 tons of wood chips stored in the yard of the wood-fired electricity-generating facility. Jonesboro Fire Chief… Read More
MADAWASKA — The following seniors were presented awards and scholarships during graduation ceremonies for the Class of 1998 at Madawaska High School: Erik Albert — University of Maine at Orono Top Scholar Award scholarship; googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
PITTSFIELD — SAD 53 directors Monday night wholeheartedly backed the idea of holding a public forum to discuss prevention of violence in school, home and community. No date has been set, but the meeting, which is intended to begin a community coalition against violence, will be held before… Read More
JONESBORO — A five-month investigation into an allegation that two out-of-state energy companies attempted to profit from January’s ice storm will not result in charges against the companies, according to the Maine attorney general’s office. Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. asked the attorney general to investigate Indeck… Read More
BANGOR — Two Bangor real estate dealers each were sentenced to 30 days in jail Monday after they pleaded guilty to failure to file Maine income tax returns. The sentencing took place at Penobscot County Superior Court. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
FOR COMPLETE TEXT OF REPORTS FROM THE SCHOOLS — ARTS HIGHLIGHTS 1997-98, MAINE ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION, BANGOR REGION OFFICE, SEE LIBRARY MICROFILM. Read More
A headline and story in Monday’s paper incorrectly identified the name of the boat launched Saturday by the Apprenticeshop in Rockland. The name of the boat was Humanite. Read More
Turning 100 is a big marker along the road of life. This year, George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill turns 100, and the board of trustees wanted to celebrate with something more spectacular than a birthday cake. Some board members suggested a plaque be erected… Read More
“Scotland Road,” currently being performed by the Belfast Maskers, is a psychological thriller. It’s eerie, scary and bordering on the fantastical. Written by Jeffrey Hatcher in the early 1990s, the two-act play has at its center one of the most captivating themes in popular culture right now: the… Read More
Dear Jim: I want to build up the ground a little, with a retaining wall, around the south and north sides of my house. I plan to plant flowers and ornamental shrubs. Will this lower or increase my utility bills? — Pat D. Dear Pat:… Read More
Hoping that greater numbers will help them negotiate a better settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, representatives of between 80 and 90 businesses and communities gathered at the Bangor Civic Center last Friday. The participants were from an estimated 400 “potentially responsible parties,” or PRPs, the EPA… Read More
Last week, a small blond girl threw herself into the arms of my daughter, who grinned, braced herself against the other child’s weight, and returned the affection. The greeting had become routine for my daughter Jayci and her friend Tia, and was relished by the… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — In a jailhouse interview, Seth Bader said he does not understand how a jury convicted him of murdering his ex-wife. “There’s an old joke that says the operation was successful but the patient died. That’s kind of what happened at the trial. Read More
BANGOR — The owner of a popular Bangor eatery was sentenced Monday to 90 days in jail and ordered to pay $62,500 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to misusing state restaurant taxes and failing to file Maine state income taxes. Linwood S. “Scott” Feeney,… Read More
SCARBOROUGH — The salutatorian at Scarborough High School has become the first winner of a scholarship named in memory of the Scarborough woman who was abducted and killed on Mother’s Day a year ago. Catharine Cornell, 18, was presented the $1,500 Virginia Jackson Scholarship by… Read More
WASHINGTON — State prison inmates are protected by a federal ban on discrimination against the disabled, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rebuffing officials in 34 states who said the law has led to unreasonable demands by prisoners. The Americans With Disabilities Act clearly covers state… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, by the narrowest of margins, endangered multistate programs that for two decades have provided the nation’s poor with up to $100 million worth of free legal help each year. Voting 5-4 in a Texas case, the justices ruled Monday that… Read More
BLUE HILL — “Blue Hill Pops,” the eighth annual festival of “Sound Around Blue Hill,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 3, at the George Stevens Academy gymnasium on Union Street in Blue Hill. A benefit for the Bagaduce Music Lending Library, this… Read More
BANGOR — Where else can you go to a small business conference and find yourself subjected to a 45-minute lecture on basic business principles by the state’s top elected official? In this era of fiscal conservatism and state budget surpluses, a lecture on the subject… Read More
BANGOR — Randy Harriman, who saw the Bangor Police Department through an era of technological advances and increased cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, announced his resignation Monday. In 21 years on the force, Harriman, 44, went from patrolman to chief, but was thwarted recently… Read More
BANGOR — The USDA Rural Development Office, in conjunction with Penquis Community Action Program and Merrill Merchants Bank, is making a loan available to an individual to purchase, repair and cover closing costs on a property located in Milo. The property will be repaired with… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation’s cleanup of Maine’s roadsides after last January’s ice storm has taken 300 crews thousands of hours to remove more than 200,000 tons of debris. The total cost of the cleanup will be more than $15 million. Since the… Read More
BANGOR — St. Joseph Hospital employees and visitors will be able to sample creations of a guest chef from the City Limits restaurant in the hospital’s Guest Chef program, which allows chefs from area restaurants to spend the day in the hospital kitchen. Chef Peter… Read More
BREWER — Four students from Brewer High School have won the 21st Century Book Award for 1997-98. Robert Johnson, Heather Fraser, Liz Boone and Josh Grant were selected by their school’s English department for outstanding improvement in the field of English. The award is sponsored… Read More
ROCKWOOD — Say sea kayak to anyone and the first reaction you get is generally, “Boy, I’d like to try that, but isn’t it scary?” For more and more people of all ages the answer is becoming, “Not really!” Perhaps that’s why it’s reportedly the… Read More
HERMON — Hermon High School has announced its students of the month for May: senior Danielle Guyot, daughter of Jerry and Mary Guyot; junior Danielle Cyr, daughter of Alan and Dianna Cyr; sophomore Ryan Foss, daughter of Scott and Linda Foss; and freshman Mike Ketchum, son of Jeremiah… Read More
HEBRON — Two Bangor-area residents were awarded diplomas at the Hebron Academy commencement ceremonies held May 30. Thomas Ritter of Bangor presented a film he directed, produced and starred in while studying in the private high school’s art department. The son of Marianne and Christopher… Read More
GLENBURN — A portion of Glenburn Elementary School will be transformed from July 27 to Aug. 7 into a setting for the Middle Ages, the era of the Knights of the Round Table and wizards. Some Glenburn teachers and parents decided to offer the program… Read More
BANGOR — St. Joseph Hospital’s Live and Learn program for July will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, in the hospital’s St. Francis Center. The featured speaker will be Lynne Spooner, senior vice president for mortgage lending at Merrill Merchants Bank. Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce’s Early Bird Breakfast scheduled for today has been canceled. For more information, call 947-0307. Read More
BANGOR — The United Way of Eastern Maine will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, at Rangeley Hall on the Sullivan Road. New board members will be introduced at the meeting, and this year’s recipient of the Coombs award will be… Read More
BANGOR — The Penobscot County Republican Committee will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at the Husson College Center for Family Business. The guest speaker will be GOP gubernatorial candidate James Longley Jr. Reservations are required. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BELFAST — Summer learning labs will meet weekly in the Belfast Adult Education program, and students may attend as many as three learning labs. Instructors will design individual programs to teach reading, writing, or computing for credit toward a high school diploma or GED, or brush up on… Read More
FORT KENT — The Utility District board of trustees will hold an open house from noon to 3 p.m. June 19, at the Utility District’s main operations building. The event is in recognition of recent upgrades at the building. Directions to the facility are available… Read More
WILLIMANTIC — A challenge made by a ham radio operator in the 1970s that he could outshoot another person sparked the formation of a gun club and the subsequent construction of a shooting range in Willimantic. The challenger met his opponent in a gravel pit… Read More
When Congress took up legislation this session to combat a free-spending nation’s shameful surge in personal bankruptcy, it looked as though it also was setting up an unfair fight between child support and credit-card banks. Surprisingly, at least in the House version, the kids have held their own. Read More
As early as this fall, many Maine families who have not been able to afford health care coverage for their children will be able to breathe a sigh ofbrelief. A major new health insurance program known as Maine Cub Care will begin. In the typical… Read More
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Legislature, which last spring led the nation toward tougher mercury-emission standards, found regional allies recently in the fight for cleaner air. The signing last week of action plans to reduce mercury and acid rain in New England and Eastern Canada… Read More
The senseless violence that has shattered schools in other states and shaken our belief in the immunity of Maine from such tragedies was the impetus for a June 4 gathering of five regional school superintendents, other community leaders from municipal government, law enforcement, medicine and the clergy, and… Read More
The great days of parental denial are over in my home, swimming as the place is in adolescent estrogen and brassieres. Dinner table topics include basketball and boyfriends, math and menses and everything in between. Things had been going well until I began seeing pregnant… Read More
An editing error in a letter Monday by Lledrew Hackett, Paula Cole and Barbara Lawler misstated the length of time proposed to pay Winterport’s revaluation costs. The correct figures are two years at $33,500 a year. Read More
I would like to comment on Ron Huber’s article “Standing up to the global oil industry” (BDN, June 8). I know of no individual or group that has asked the state of Maine to surrender its authority on tanker operations in Maine waters. Quite the… Read More
I am nearly 80. Children in my generation, our parents and our great-grandparents all had access to guns and we never considered taking one to school. We were taught by very strict, intelligent, responsible parents. Today’s generation seems to have no parental discipline. Violence is forced down their… Read More
On Wednesday evening, May 27, a call came through the switchboard at Porteous from a young woman asking to speak to the store manager. The store manager was not available, so the call was referred to me, the floor manager on duty. The young woman proceeded to tell… Read More
LIMESTONE — Voters here elected representatives to the Board of Selectmen and the school committee last week. Re-elected to a three-year term as selectman was Charles P. Harris, with 236 votes. Opposing Harris was Freddie Pelletier Jr., with 147 votes, and Paul Taggett, with 57… Read More
HANCOCK — A Sullivan woman was arrested on a drunken driving charge after she allegedly backed her car into the Tideway Market on Route 1 Friday night. Amber Adams, 22, was arrested at her Hog Bay Road home about 11 p.m. Friday and charged with… Read More
PITTSFIELD — When the town did not receive a planning grant to conduct a study on a proposed community center earlier this year, officials had to step back and decide if they wanted to continue with their plans. A study done by Thomas College students… Read More
CAMDEN — Police have charged a Norwood Avenue man with selling marijuana within 1,000 feet of the Elm Street School. David Clark, 19, of Camden was charged with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and aggravated furnishing of scheduled drug after a police raid at 9… Read More
DEXTER — An apartment house fire on Route 94 resulted in mostly smoke and water damage, but “one room was completely destroyed,” said Assistant Chief Louis Easler of the Dexter Fire Department. The fire broke out in the apartment of Carl Briggs and seems to… Read More
CLINTON — Townspeople on Monday were in no mood to increase spending for anything. Slightly more than an hour into the annual town meeting, Clinton voters already had cut more than $100,000 from the budget recommendations made by selectmen and the budget committee. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Contract eludes Union 96 as school year ends> Labor relations board hearing may not occur until fall
SULLIVAN — As the school year draws to a close, Union 96 teachers are completing an entire academic year without a new contract. Negotiations since last summer, which the school board turned over to a professional negotiator from Portland, have proved fruitless. As frustration mounts… Read More
BANGOR — With both federal and state money in place to do feasibility studies on an east-west highway, now might seem the appropriate time for proponents to take a breather. Not for a minute. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Bangor police are trying to determine whether a Bangor man is the victim of a hate crime. The man and his three children were stopped at the corner of Kenduskeag Avenue and Linden Street when they reportedly were passed by a white Ford Topaz driven… Read More
BREWER — After discovering that a one-time “push” payment on which school and city officials had been counting will not translate into a $302,000 cash boost for next year, the City Council on Monday night heard a proposal for an alternative funding source. Until last… Read More
HAMPDEN — After a relatively uneventful public hearing, the Town Council voted unanimously Monday to adopt a $3,207,379 municipal budget, which was $63,231 more than last year’s. Hampden residents will need to raise $5,995,878, once the $237,357 county tax assessment and the $4.3 million local… Read More
In reference to Dr. Eric Steele column of June 2: Dr. Steele, like a few in his profession, believes that successful completion of a rigorous course of study required to become a physician qualifies them as experts in a variety of unrelated subjects. It seems that among the… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield firefighters have used a combination of donations and fund-raisers to collect $2,500 in recent weeks toward the purchase of a thermal- imaging camera, a unit that allows firefighters to see inside a smoke-filled building. The camera costs $18,500. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Dan A. Gwadosky has issued suspensions for two motor carriers that conduct business in Maine. Gwadosky’s suspensions of Vance Worster & Son of Kingman Township, and Lloyd Jandreau & Sons of Portage, were made pursuant to recommendations received from the… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A 15-year old Pittsfield boy was injured Monday afternoon when he crashed the moped he was operating into a school bus about 3:15 p.m. The teen-ager was driving on Lancey Street toward Peltoma Avenue, according to Pittsfield Officer Len MacDaid, when the youth… Read More
WATERVILLE — The Waterville Area Boys and Girls Club has won a fourth-place award of $100 in the 1998 Colgate Youth for America campaign for community projects by young Americans. The award was for its summer 1997 program in which teens designed and built skateboard ramps. Read More
PITTSFIELD — Through community support of the Sebasticook Valley Hospital, the facility has been able to give each newborn in the area the Born to Read library of books. Born to Read is a grass-roots volunteer program co-sponsored by SAD 53, SAD 48 and Sebasticook… Read More
FREEDOM — Read D. Brugger will be installed as the postmaster of Freedom at 12:30 p.m. June 25, at the Freedom town office. Brugger began his career with the postal service in 1971 as a letter carrier for the Chicago post office. Brugger has also… Read More
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Walt Disney Presents the American Teacher Awards has named Ray E. Chelewski, a vocational-technical education teacher from Presque Isle Regional Technology Center, the Outstanding Teacher of 1998. The event was held June 10 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles and will be… Read More
Terrence W. Smith of Mapleton, the son of Janice M. Smith of Upper Brighton, New Brunswick, and Donald P. Smith of Hartland, New Brunswick, received their master’s degrees in ministry on May 16 from the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Smith is director of Baptist… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Central Aroostook Alliance for the Mentally Ill will hold a Family-to-Family education course for families of the mentally ill. The 12-week course will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. starting Saturday, June 27, at the Congregational church in Presque Isle. Read More