After winning the Greater Bangor Open in dramatic fashion, Joe Cioe of West Dover, Vt., will be looking to sweep Maine’s two major open golf tournaments when the 80th Wendy’s Maine Open gets under way today. Cioe won the GBO on Aug. 1 by chipping… Read More
    After a 19-year career in the majors, Don Baylor, who played in Boston in 1986-1987, turned to a coaching future. He is now in year six as the only manager of the Colorado Rockies, having been named National League Manager of the Year in 1995. Read More
    ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Wahoos, the Women’s Pro Fastpitch League’s defending champs, have signed former University of Maine Black Bear shortstop Michelle Puls. In 1998, Puls became the first player in America East history to be named Player of the Year in two consecutive… Read More
    WETHERSFIELD, Conn. – Less than a week after Abby Spector won the Maine Women’s Amateur Golf Championship with two rounds in the 60s, the Waterville senior shot a 71 to take a four-stroke, first-round lead in the Greater Hartford Jaycees Junior Classic in Wethersfield, Conn. Read More
    CARMEL – The Ted Johns Senior Memorial Junior Golf Classic scheduled from Sep. 5-7 has been cancelled due to construction repairs from ice damage. All participants from last year’s tournament will have their membership for 1999. For questions call Ted Johns Jr. at 848-2217. Read More
    Local AT PERRY Third Annual Warrior Run 5 miles 1. Newell Lewey 23:17, 2. Jon Aretakis 23:48, 3. Roger McLaughlin 26:29, 4. Joe McLaughlin 26:29, 5. Terran Moore 26:42, 6. Tim McKim 26:42, 7. Posi Bassett 27:34, 8. Sam Neptune 28:06, 9. Mike Cummings 28:12,… Read More
    BANGOR — The United States Department of Agriculture has approved $420,000 in grants, loans and loan guarantees for community development projects in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Androscoggin and Oxford counties, according to U.S. Rep. John Baldacci. The funds are being made available through the USDA’s Rural Development agency. Read More
    Walk into any store located remotely near Interstate 95 and other routes running north and south in Maine this week and you’ll notice it. More beer, more ice, more bread and cheese and soft drinks. More vegetarian selections, too. You’ll also notice longer store hours… Read More
    Every year at this time, we receive the same request and it is difficult to understand, since we are at the height of our growing season; gathering crops aplenty from our backyard gardens, fields and farms. But the need is always there, and it is… Read More
    A month after returning from treatment for post-concussion syndrome and, shortly afterward, denying he was on the racing hot seat, Ricky Craven resigned his NASCAR Winston Cup ride with Hendrick Motorsports on Tuesday, according to reports by The Associated Press. “The decision was a mutual… Read More
    BANGOR — Six days after he was removed from a Continental Airlines jetliner in Bangor for assaulting a flight attendant and intimidating members of the crew on a trans-Atlantic trip, Santiago Diaz appeared in Bangor federal court Tuesday and was released on bail consisting of a $5,000 unsecured… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Despite concerns raised by a senator about his suitability to become a Superior Court judge, Thomas Warren was praised by Maine’s attorney general as an “intuitively brilliant” legal scholar during a nomination hearing Tuesday. Andrew Ketterer and his predecessor as the state’s top… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Monitoring equipment to ensure 24-hour service at four northern Maine border crossings into Canada will be installed this month, according to an announcement Tuesday by Sen. Olympia J. Snowe. The four small crossings are included in 12 sites along the northern border,… Read More
    Back when telephones were a convenience, slamming was something employed to quickly end a heated conversation. Now telephones are a necessity and slamming is a business opportunity for thieves. A worthwhile bill that would stop it easily passed in the Senate last spring, but may not make it… Read More
    If journalism learned anything about itself during the last six months of falsifications and assorted other embarrassments, the Boston Globe has yet to catch up. Its silly and confused suspension of well-known columnist Mike Barnicle is a disappointing example of lost perspective. Mr. Barnicle is… Read More
    WASHINGTON — A former Maine state tax assessor has been tapped for one of two top deputy commissioner posts at the Internal Revenue Service. John LaFaver, who was Maine’s top tax official from 1988 to 1995 and now serves as revenue secretary in Kansas, will… Read More
    A quote in a story Tuesday on petitions filed in Newport regarding public nudity was attributed incorrectly to Shirley Davis of Newport. It was Davis’ neighbor Mary Thompson who said, “We’re all proud of our bodies, but we keep it to ourselves. What about common courtesy or morals?”… Read More
    NEWPORT — Les Lovley is searching the world to find an available and willing executive chef for the family’s new restaurant on Route 2 in Newport. “We’re not going to serve until we have the ideal chef. Nothing but first-class,” he said Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    I hope the Allagash Draft Management Plan being discussed will be carried out. This will be the first long-range plan for these lands since the waterway was created in 1965. This will guide management and use of this unusual resource until 2009. The Allagash wilderness… Read More
    Nancy Garland needs to make sure she gets her facts straight before writing a story. She obviously knows very little about Stephen King (BDN, July 27). The fact that she put the wrong name for the character in the novel “It” proves this. The correct… Read More
    Reading the story (BDN, Aug. 8-9) of the woman in Newport who was mowing the lawn in the nude reminded me why I always loved living in Maine so much during the last 50 years. Only in Maine would the town selectmen use an item like this to… Read More
    Every time I read any article pertaining to the Ken Starr investigation, I am puzzled as to why these same writers, be they individuals or media reporters, are not more concerned about the Clinton entourage’s 10-day trip to China. The more than 1,000 individuals with… Read More
    According to Washington County state Sen. Vinton Cassidy of Calais, cheap booze will help rescue the local economy. Regarding the recent opening of a discount liquor store in Calais, Cassidy was quoted in the Bangor Daily News as saying, “I think this will be a draw to the… Read More
    Dale Hamilton’s letter (BDN, Aug. 8-9) criticizing Judge Francis Marsano’s one-year sentence of the latest child sex offender to make the news makes a very good point. It seems that in our judicial system, the law comes down hard on men who rape women, and… Read More
    BANGOR — A Spanish-speaking group will meet from 5 to 6 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month at the New Moon Cafe. The group is sponsored by Michaud Linguistics of Bangor. For those who are interested, new members are welcome. Read More
    HOULTON — The Town Council Monday night unanimously approved an application to the state Office of Economic and Community Development for a loan which, if approved, will result in a cymbal manufacturing company locating in the town. The loan, which is part of the Business… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Knox County commissioners received a “divorce notice” from District Court officials at a Tuesday morning meeting. A combination of air problems and space shortage is causing District Court officials to look for a new home, which they expect to move into within the next two years. Read More
    Bangor District Court Michael Jowdry, 23, Augusta, drinking in public, $50. 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; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
    ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Rangers rescued a hiker Tuesday afternoon who fell 15 feet down the slick face of Gorham Mountain. Barbara Nichols, 46, of Acton, Mass., lost her footing and tumbled onto a rocky ledge about 1:30 p.m., according to Ranger Sarah Wilson. Wilson… Read More
    YORK — A man who lives along the popular Cliff Walk says the public’s failure to respect his property forced him to slap a chain-link fence across the path’s entrance. The town responded with a lawsuit against Jefferson Harkins that seeks to force him to… Read More
    Somerset County Superior Court John Toms, 36, Solon, habitual offender, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, jail five years, all but nine months suspended, four years probation, license suspended six years, $2000. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Richard Leeman has been elected to serve as chairman of the 20-member Maine Tourism Commission, according to Dann H. Lewis, director of the Maine Office of Tourism, a division of the Department of Economic and Community Development. Leeman, 43, of South Portland has… Read More
    Bell Atlantic Corp. Tuesday reached tentative agreement on a two-year contract with the Communications Workers of America that all but guarantees that CWA members will get what the union calls the new jobs of the information age. The two-day strike, which idled 73,000 workers from… Read More
    A Bangor man who tried to start a brawl on Forest Avenue in Bangor on Tuesday morning ended up fighting with police and then going to jail. Chet Sanipas, 27, was charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer, disorderly conduct and refusing to… Read More
    U.S. Air Force Airman Hillary E. Mishou, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mishou of Kenai, Alaska, has completed basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Mishou is a 1997 graduate of Kenai Alternative High School and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leighton… Read More