Jack Cosgrove usually prefers to hold freshmen out of action during their first season on the University of Maine football team. First-year players not only have plenty to deal with in terms of adjusting to the rigors of college life, they also often don’t possess… Read More
Like teal tumbling into decoys, September’s flock of announcements arrives quickly and without warning. So, allowing that we’ll be looking at this month’s tailfeathers all too quickly, let’s draw a bead on a couple of forthcoming events important to outdoors addicts. Now that the first… Read More
BREWER – Both the Brewer and Oxford Hills football teams unveiled brand-new offenses in Friday evening’s season opener at Doyle Field. The Vikings of South Paris found success with a new I-formation offense, notching a 24-0 Pine Tree Conference victory. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
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GREENVILLE – Tom Deming and Alex Rockwell each scored two goals to lead the Greenville Lakers to a 4-0 schoolboy soccer win over the Vinalhaven Vikings Friday night. Deming’s first- and second-half goals were both unassisted. Rockwell had assists from Deming and Luke Knowlton, respectively. Read More
ORONO – On paper, Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln might appear to be a football team destined for its fourth straight 2-7 season in the LTC. Coach Tom Whitney’s Lynx have only two seniors on a roster that includes no more than four players who weigh… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Eric McCaslin and Shawn Barnes each contributed rushing and receiving touchdowns to lead the Winslow Black Raiders to a 32-19 schoolboy football verdict over Bucksport Friday night. McCaslin caught an 84-yard heave from Pat Bard in the first quarter, and also ran the… Read More
Road runners in central and northern Maine will have a couple of 5-mile options on Labor Day with races on tap in Bangor and Caribou. In Bangor, runners will take part in Maine’s second-oldest road race, The Bangor Labor Day Road Race. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
SEARSPORT – Joey Light scored twice to lead the Searsport Vikings to a 3-1 schoolboy soccer win over the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners Friday night. Rusty Grove added a goal off an Aaron Ward assist, Andy Moran and Ryan Middleswart assisted on Light’s goal and Nate… Read More
Hole-in-one DAVID ADAMS ORONO – David Adams of Brewer scored an ace recently on the 163-yard, par-3 sixth hole at Penobscot Valley Country Club. Adams’ 5-wood shot was witnessed by Kevin Hughes, Bob Mulhern, and Stan Miller. Read More
PITTSBURGH – Richard Duffy scored three goals, including the game-winner, to lead the Husson College Braves to a 4-3 men’s soccer win over Point Park Friday night. Joey Melanson scored a goal and added two assists in the Braves’ season opener. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
LEE – Will Cole scored two first-half goals and Matt Corbin had two second-half scores and two assists as the undefeated Lee Pandas downed Katahdin of Sherman Station 7-1 in boys soccer action Friday. Derek Dicker scored a goal and assist, and Chris Carr and… Read More
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BREWER – Brewer High School wrestlers and boosters will be hitting the phones over the Labor Day weekend to raise funds for the school’s first-year varsity wrestling program. Wrestlers and boosters will be calling Brewer residents and residents in area towns which send students to… Read More
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When George Foster of Hampden got a letter from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine on Tuesday, he was shocked by the news his HMO premiums would be jumping a whopping 48.5 percent beginning Oct. 1. That meant coverage for him and his wife and two children… Read More
BANGOR — An 18-year-old woman made an initial court appearance in Bangor this week, a month after police charged her with furnishing marijuana to a child. Heather Cohen, niece of U.S. Defense Secretary William S. Cohen, was released on her own recognizance Monday after her… Read More
ELLSWORTH — An Ellsworth man was sentenced Friday to 48 hours in Hancock County Jail for biting two Mount Desert Island police officers in November of last year. Steven R. Biron, 22, pleaded no contest in Hancock County Superior Court on Friday to two felony… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The yellow school buses are back on the road, and a smattering of red and yellow leaves hint at the flamboyant foliage to come. Autumn is in the air and Maine’s tourism industry is looking forward to a promising fall season. With… Read More
BANGOR — A man best known in the Greater Bangor area for being shot by Defense Secretary William Cohen’s brother was sentenced to more than eight years in prison Friday on a federal charge of being a felon in possesion of a firearm. Michael Lucien… Read More
WINTHROP — Executives at Carleton Woolen Mills are worried that a government offer of retraining for laid-off workers could make it harder for the company to get them back. About 100 workers were laid off last month for an indefinite period. That’s in addition to… Read More
LILLE — The sixth annual “Festival de Musique Impressionniste-Impressionist Music Festival” will be held at the Centre Culturel du Mont-Carmel in Lille on Labor Day weekend. There will be two concerts featured this year. The first will be a concert of violin and guitar, at 4 p.m. Saturday,… Read More
RAYMOND — A 6-month-old baby who had cocaine in her bloodstream was used by her stepfather to conceal drugs that were smuggled from Lowell, Mass., police said. Richard Davison, 41, of Raymond was arrested by drug agents after they learned from the Maine Department of… Read More
Five Bangor Daily News staff members were among the award winners announced this week in the annual New England Associated Press News Executives Association newspaper contest. Each competed against other professionals working for newspapers with circulations of 60,000 or more. Eric Zelz, graphics editor, won… Read More
SANFORD — Police investigating the stabbing death of a retired custodian were looking into the scenario that his 88-year-old girlfriend inflicted the fatal wounds in self-defense. Howard Lafoe, 63, was found dead Thursday night after Verna Junkins went to the police station to report that… Read More
BANGOR — A Saudi national living in the United States for five years, at least one of them in Bangor, was arrested at a downtown business Friday by agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and held for deportation. Eyrlab Algosaibi, who also is listed… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine State Police conducted a search Friday afternoon of the home where a 78-year-old, mentally retarded woman was found last week locked inside a small bedroom. The Attorney General’s Office executed the search warrant at the home of Everett Hodsdon in Dover-Foxcroft,… Read More
A $20 million bond issue meant to boost the state’s research and development efforts is “very vulnerable,” and not likely to pass without a massive public education campaign, according to a recent poll. The question is one of two bond issues that will appear on the November ballot. Read More
ORONO — Reducing the standard workweek to 35 hours could mean a better quality of life for Americans, according to a University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education publication, which urges people to consider shaving off 10 or 15 minutes of work a day each year. Read More
WASHINGTON — Maine’s congressional delegation announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $360,000 to Maine for use in preserving farmland. With less than 1 percent of Maine’s farmland protected from development and more than half of its farmers near retirement, land preservationists… Read More
AUGUSTA — State Tax Assessor Brian Mahany has submitted his resignation, saying he wants to follow other career interests and maybe start his own business. “I want to go back to something in public safety. That’s why I came to Maine in 1991, when I… Read More
AUGUSTA — After residing in a wooden box for decades, a flag that is one of Maine’s most valuable historical artifacts went on display Friday to the thunder of Civil War muskets. The tattered flag believed to be the one that Gen. Joshua Chamberlain’s 20th… Read More
New rules that went into effect last week will ban commercial ground fishing within three miles of Maine’s coast for the months of April, May and June in an effort to protect and rebuild spawning stocks of cod and haddock. Federal scientists say cod are on the verge… Read More
While the networks are busy rolling out their new fall schedules, the Bangor affiliates are also unveiling their new syndicated programming. WLBZ-TV (Channel 2), the NBC affiliate, has done a major overhaul, especially on the Monday-Friday schedule. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Native rights issues in New Brunswick’s forests nearly climaxed in chaos several times this summer, but compromise has come out ahead of confrontation to this point, a Fraser Papers Co. official told Maine forestry leaders Thursday night. During the months of heated… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Marine Patrol has charged the owner and captain of the purse seiner Atlantic Mariner for an illegal catch of 260,000 pounds of spawning herring. The charge this week comes as the state is seeing a dramatic decline in herring in the Gulf… Read More
The filming of a movie is called production for a good reason. That’s because it normally is. There’s gear and props heaped all over the location. And there’s people everywhere, spreading out in concentric circles in descending order of their importance to the film. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The Presque Isle High School Class of 1969 will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Presque Isle High School guidance room. Anyone wanting to organize the 30th reunion is welcome. Bring new addresses of people who have moved within the past five years. For information,… Read More
The old folks always admonished that one must never wear white after Labor Day, but if you’re among the thousands expected to flock to the Springfield Fair this weekend, attracted by the ever-popular manure-flinging contest, I suppose you might want to consider putting that particular sartorial ban into… Read More
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For Democrats, perhaps the most significant casualty of the Clinton-Starr war has been the death of moral outrage. One could argue that the ability to cast opponents as immoral or unethical players on the American political stage has been the side arm of preference of liberal Democrats. Read More
Though still a favorite topic of consumer-interest groups and editorialists, campaign-finance reform has slipped from the public’s outrage list, if it ever occupied a place there. That’s too bad, because Congress is as close as it has ever been to passing meaningful reform at a time when it… Read More
Webber Energy Fuels and its president, Larry Mahaney, have been extraordinarily generous to Maine students over the years, contributing more than $1 million to scholarships and other education programs. A recent $300,000 research grant continues that highly commendable record. It’s not the gift, but the… Read More
“The days still feel like summer,” my gardening neighbor said to me recently, “but nights definitely are beginning to feel like fall.” Cool, crispy nights and clear mornings with a stiff breeze have certainly triggered many of us into fall-minded activities over the past couple… Read More
I recently discovered a wonderful new way to view the splendor of autumn’s annual foliage extravaganza. I rode a chairlift at a ski resort. As leaves fell just inches from me to the ground, an endless blanket of changing colors seemed to reinvent the landscape… Read More
GREENBUSH — On the 10-acre field of Scotts-Smart Farm Aug. 13-15, an estimated 200 youth took part in a Christian festival featuring Christian rock ‘n’ roll bands. Karen Veinote, founder and president of Ministry In Motion, sponsor of the event, was the primary organizer of… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Theological Seminary will feature an address on the church in Indonesia by the Rev. Dr. John Campbell-Nelson, titled, “Our Common Humanity: Learning from a Third World Church,” at its opening convocation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. “You can learn much… Read More
NEWPORT — It looks like Newport voters will have the last word on topless lawn mowing. Despite an invalid petition, selectmen may still seek the opinion of voters during the November election. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
WEST TREMONT — Nearly one year ago, the West Tremont post office canceled its last stamp and closed its door when its postmaster of 26 years retired. Residents of this coastal village have since adapted: Some rented boxes at one of three post offices within… Read More
BANGOR — The Acadia Hospital will sponsor a free gun lock giveaway program from noon to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at the hospital. To order a gun lock, call 800-628-4772 on Friday. The program is supported by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department, Maine State… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Band will hold auditions for all instruments beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Bangor Parks and Recreation Department in the Bangor Armory Building. Musicians of all levels are welcome but seating is limited. Contact Sam Wyman, band president, at 942-1917. Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Band will hold its annual Labor Day concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, in Cascade Park. Conductor Jim Trembly plans a variety of pieces, including traditional band music, marches, dixieland and contemporary. All Bangor Band concerts are free to the… Read More
WISCASSET — Federal regulators have granted Maine Yankee’s request to go without certain nuclear emergency response requirements since the plant is no longer in operation, officials said Friday. The exemption acknowledges the reduced radiation risk of the plant because it is no longer active, and… Read More
AUGUSTA — The reputation of New Hampshire having the cheapest alcohol around may be “a bit exaggerated” these days, according to the Portsmouth Herald, which conducted a random survey of 10 types of alcoholic beverages in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Results of the survey revealed that the… Read More
Auditions for the University of Maine at Machias production of “Occupation and Idleness” will run through Sunday. Gerard NeCastro, assistant professor of English at UMM, said the play is about the universal tensions between sloth and industry. It is the oldest known play in the… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Penobscot River Festival ’98 will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11 and 12, at the waterfront and Fort Knox. The festival will kick off at 9 a.m. Sept. 11, when nearly 1,000 schoolchildren will participate in hands-on programs and exhibits at Schools… Read More
WASHINGTON — The College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor has received a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a community-based approach to managing development and its impact on Maine watersheds. The grant was awarded as part of the EPA’s watershed… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Nomination papers are available at Ellsworth City Hall for three open City Council positions, as well as two openings on the school board and one on the Ellsworth Library board of trustees. Each opening is for a three-year term. Thus far, incumbent Ellsworth… Read More
BUCKSPORT — A motorcyclist was seriously injured Friday morning in Bucksport after he lost control of his bike while swerving to avoid a pickup truck on Route 46. Marshall A. Cole, 47, of East Holden was listed in serious condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Friday. Read More
BANGOR — As area schools open, Bangor Fire Department officials remind parents to keep children safe with basic injury prevention at school, on the playground, and on the way to and from school. Things to look for include small objects that a child could choke… Read More
ELLSWORTH — City police were investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle early Friday morning when one of the car’s occupants allegedly punched an officer in the head. Joseph A. Snow, 27, of Ellsworth was arrested on a felony charge of assaulting an officer after… Read More
DEXTER — Fire destroyed a residence on the Garland Road on Friday night and spread to two nearby motor vehicles. Few details were available Friday evening, such as what caused the fire, but a Dexter firefighter said everyone in the home had been evacuated no… Read More
SANFORD — A stolen pickup truck crashed into a utility pole Friday night, killing at least one person, police said. The pickup was reported stolen about 8:15 p.m., and it crashed into the pole and burst into flames a half hour later, police said. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The spiritual care of patients and the role of spirituality in the hospital setting will be explored 8 a.m.-noon Sept. 15, at the Congregational church chapel. Conference speakers are Sally Brochu, director of Pastoral Care Services at Sister of Charity Health System in… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Womancare-Aegis Association will present “Family Violence: A Community Affair” 6-8:30 p.m. Thursdays beginning Sept. 24 at the Mayo Street Annex. Womancare is a domestic violence prevention project specializing in family violence and child abuse. For more information, call Womancare at 564-8165. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The United Way of Eastern Maine needs volunteers to distribute $4,000 to programs benefiting children ages 10 to 14, through Keeping Kids On Track. The committee will meet at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, at Bangor Savings Bank in Dover-Foxcroft. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Recognizing that technoloy is overtaking humanity, as Albert Einstein predicted, is a very astute observation by Loren Ritchie and thoughtfully presented in his Sept. 2 commentary, “Key to student aspirations.” It very effectively relates educational technological demands to this key realization. The commentary opens the way to consider… Read More
For some time now I’ve noted that many of the full-color pictures in your editions are being printed fuzzy. It appears something in the process is out of synchronization. This has been going on ever since the BDN introduced the color press and I thought as time went… Read More
I am not an individual inclined to write letters to the editors of a city newspaper, but after traveling through Maine, I felt compelled to let you and your readers know what kind of experience we had with one of your citizens. On Aug. 14,… Read More
In reference to the commentary by Perley Wormell (BDN, Aug. 29-30), I would like to express to him and to the public that all nursing homes are not alike. I will agree with Wormell that most chain-owned and operated nursing facilities appear to have the same prablems. Read More
Norma Harris was born in Dover-Foxcroft 75 years ago. She left in the late 1940s, but returned about 10 years ago to the pretty little river town that always felt like home. A few weeks back, Harris thought she recognized the reclusive, white-haired man painting… Read More
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AUGUSTA — The state Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil complaint against a Bangor man who allegedly planned to spray-paint anti-Semitic words on The Bagel Shop in downtown Bangor earlier this summer. The office announced Friday that it is seeking a restraining order against… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The planning board will meet Wednesday, Sept. 16, to review a conditional use application for a new hangar at the municipal airport. The project’s developer, Alton “Chuck” Cianchette, has described the project as housing for antique planes and meeting space for youth organizations. Read More
United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Maine is planning a wonderful new fund-raiser, but it can’t succeed without your help. Fifty crafters and 15 volunteers are needed for the UCP Holiday House scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 27 and 28, in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
HOULTON — McGill’s Community Band will perform its final concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Houlton High School. Refreshments will be served after the concert in the school cafeteria. Read More
CORINNA — The headaches in operating and maintaining two dams will be someone else’s as soon as Corinna officials secure a right of way to the opposite side of Corundel Lake from the town’s property. A right of way will provide access to both sides… Read More
HOULTON — Town officials received notification Thursday that the state Department of Economic and Community Development has given initial approval to the town’s application for a $300,000 business assistance loan to aid a Canadian cymbal manufacturer in building a manufacturing plant in the town. CYMCO… Read More
SHERMAN — Labor Day just wouldn’t be complete without Old Home Days. Starting today, the town and the Washburn Memorial Church will again hold the three-day event which has been a tradition since the Depression. In 1932, members of the church, which is located in… Read More
MADAWASKA — A primary care and specialty clinic proposed for Madawaska by Horizons Health Services could be a foot in the door for a full-blown medical facility by The Aroostook Medical Center through its affiliation with Eastern Maine Healthcare. The idea of a full-service facility… Read More
CARIBOU — A Van Buren man was sentenced this week in Superior Court to 10 years in prison on sexual assault charges involving minors. Kevin St. Pierre, 32, will serve four of the 10 years imposed and will be on probation for the remainder of… Read More
MACHIAS — A 47-year-old Indian Township man who claimed he was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed his longtime girlfriend was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for murder. Albert Stanley maintained the same stoic attitude he showed during his four-day trial… Read More
Norman Patchell, 23, remained behind bars Friday night after he allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home in Old Town, assaulted her and threatened to kill her. Patchell was charged with assault, burglary, criminal mischief, criminal threatening and violation of bail conditions. Bail was set on… Read More
Like thousands of other Maine mothers, Valerie Emerson made the requisite back-to-school buying binge this fall. But as she walked through the aisles of notebooks, sneakers and baggy jeans at Ames department store in Bangor, she was anything but an anonymous mom of three. “Every… Read More
Authorities in Maryland said this week that an indictment has been issued in connection with the 1996 slaying of a Presque Isle doctor in that state. The sealed indictment involved the shooting death in July 1996 of Dr. Stephen Olowu, according to a story published… Read More
BELFAST — Waldo County sheriff’s deputies have begun their annual roundup of cultivated marijuana. The illegal cash crop seems to thrive in the county’s fertile soil, a fact known to users and traffickers as well as the police. This week, deputies made two sizable hauls… Read More
BANGOR — City Councilors Joseph Baldacci and Gerry Palmer Jr. have asked officials to develop background information on a possible shuttle bus to encourage use of the downtown area. The idea will be discussed during the meeting of the municipal operations committee at 5 p.m. Read More
BANGOR — By Friday’s 4:30 p.m. deadline, six candidates for City Council and three candidates for the Bangor School Committee had turned in enough signatures to earn a place on the ballot for the Nov. 3 election. A seventh potential council candidate came up short… Read More
PLEASANT POINT — Three men and a woman are vying for the positions of governor and lieutenant governor in Indian Township and Pleasant Point. The election is Tuesday, Sept. 8. Polls open at 10 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. In Pleasant Point, tribal Councilor… Read More
ROCKLAND — In preparation for its 1999 Area Visitor’s Guide and Business Directory and it planning its publicity activities, the Rockland-Thomaston Area Chamber of Commerce would like to review photos or slides of scenic places, the different seasons and area activities. The Chamber also would… Read More
ROCKLAND — A contrite Knox County District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau apologized to the Rockland Rotary Club for failing to blow his own horn and act the part of a politician. Rushlau, a Republican, who also serves as district attorney for Waldo, Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties,… Read More
UNION — A 14-acre hilltop in Union will remain in its natural state, thanks to a gift to the Georges River Land Trust by a Vermont college administrator. The land, a wooded area adjoining a blueberry field, is on Barrett Hill and is prominently in… Read More
ROCKPORT — The splendor of the sea, its power, its fellowship, its glimmering beauty, are the focus of three illustrated lectures sponsored this fall by the Friends of Rockport Public Library. Titled “Sea-faring: Near Shores and Far,” the wide-ranging series will be offered one Tuesday… Read More
BLUE HILL — An Ellsworth nurse talked about the bureaucracy of health maintenance organization. A Penobscot firefighter wanted an emergency generator in case of another ice storm. A Lamoine gun dealer feared that proposed background checks on people getting their guns repaired would drive the business underground. Read More