BANGOR – Brad Holabird isn’t starting his senior year at Caribou High the way he would have hoped. Not after the Vikings soccer team made the playoffs each of the last two years. And not after they are off to a 1-3 start this year. Read More
    HERMON – Jim Goodman of Orrington made his move on the 32nd lap, overtaking pole sitter Trevor Hold of Cooper to win the 35-lap Late Model Sportsman feature at Speedway 95 Sunday. Peter Melanson of St. Albans also made a late charge to take second… Read More
    BANGOR – Messalonskee football coach John Hersom admitted Saturday night that offensively, the Eagles aren’t the most diverse team you’ll find. In fact, on the ground-to-air continuum, the Messalonskee attack rests somewhere just above “subterranean.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    College AT NORTON, Mass. Wheaton College Relays Saturday’s results Brandeis A men 41:21.20, Southern Maine A 41:25.88, Wheaton A 42:45.72, Brandeis B 42:51.38, Stonehill A 43:17.61, Brandeis D 43:35.10, UMass-Dartmouth A 44:05.29, Babson A 44:44.51, Brandeis C 45:22.84, Wheaton B 46:33.53, Stonehill C 46:50.38, Babson… Read More
    WATERVILLE – The ball seemed to hang in the air forever. It’s movement slowed down as the mind slipped into slow motion. Many of the roughly 100 people gathered Saturday morning at Rommel Field in Waterville must have seen the same thing: googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    ORONO – Russell Hutchinson scored off an assist by Andy Guastaferro at the 76:35 mark Sunday, giving the Black Bears a 2-1 men’s soccer victory over St. Francis Xavier of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, in the second round of the Best Western/Black Bear Inn Classic. Guastaferro… Read More
    AT CAMDEN Maine Sport Triathlon Individual results 1. Tim Downes (West Barstable, Mass.) 2:06:35, 2. David Koenka (Penobscot) 2:11:04, 3. Rob Smith (Cape Elizabeth) 2:11:44, 4. David Drew (Litchfield) 2:12:49, 5. John Cooper (Scarborough) 2:13:23, 6. Michael Olson (Northeast Harbor) 2:15.41, 7. Phil Johnson (Reading,… Read More
    ORONO – Russell Hutchinson scored off an assist by Andy Guastaferro at the 76:35 mark Sunday, giving the Black Bears a 2-1 men’s soccer victory over St. Francis Xavier of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, in the second round of the Best Western/Black Bear Inn Classic. Guastaferro… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A $407,000 federal grant means Maine tobacco retailers can expect at least one undercover visit during the coming year to ensure they aren’t selling cigarettes to underage customers, state officials say. The money from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will let police… Read More
    NORWAY — A wildfire blackened about 2 1/2 acres of forest Sunday afternoon before firefighters brought it under control, the Maine Forest Service said. A helicopter dropped water onto the blaze for about three hours while forest rangers and local firefighters battled it on the… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health has awarded $116,435 to the Foundation for Blood Research in Scarborough, according to Maine’s congressional delegation. The foundation will undertake a three-year program to provide Maine high school biology teachers… Read More
    SANFORD — A person killed in a stolen pickup truck that crashed into a utility pole and burst into flames was burned beyond recognition, police said. Identification of the fatality in Friday night’s crash on a rural Sanford road was not expected until this week… Read More
    BRADLEY — The Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine will hold its third annual Forestry Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Maine Forest and Logging Museum at Leonard’s Mills. The fair is sponsored by the Department of Inland Fisheries… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The 11th annual MAINEducation Technology Conference will be held 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at the Augusta Civic Center. The theme for this year’s conference is “Achieving With Technology.” The conference will feature an extensive exhibit area and offer more than 60 individual sessions, many… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Maine congressional delegation announced this week that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a $119,666 grant to help Maine comply with guidelines of the FBI’s National Sex Offender Registry, which identifies and contains current address information on convicted sex offenders who are released from… Read More
    BRUNSWICK — A reserve squadron established to help the Navy avoid a repeat of a tragedy like its 1988 shooting of an Iranian passenger jet is slated to be decommissioned. Fleet Reconnaissance Squadron-11, a special unit for communications training at the Brunswick Naval Air Station,… Read More
    PORTLAND — AIDS prevention and education groups in Maine say they are having a hard time recruiting volunteers because of a prevailing feeling that medical advances have all but whipped the disease. “People do see the good news, and say … it’s not as big… Read More
    CASCO — A domestic dispute turned violent Saturday when a Casco man drove his car into two police cruisers, slightly injuring one officer, police said. Rocky Libby, 34, ran into the woods after the crash, and was arrested after police used dogs to locate him. Read More
    A BDN editorial, “Dam compromise” (Sept. 1), stated that the pond was “illegally built, disrupted aquatic life, and was flawed in design.” I wish to point out that work on the pond was started in the every 1970s, when it was perfectly legal, and was completed in 1990,… Read More
    Schools and businesses across the country will close on Labor Day to honor America’s work force. Though many will enjoy a day of rest, few will consider the risks millions of workers face daily on the job. On average, 20 times a day — nearly… Read More
    In 1956, M. King Hubbert, a Shell Oil Co. geologist, predicted that oil production in the lower 48 states would peak between 1965 and 1970 and then go into decline. He was almost universally scoffed at by others in the oil industry, but it turned out that he… Read More
    All roads lead to Rome. Bangor would settle for just two roads — Interstate 95 (north-south) and a new east-west highway (four-lane, limited-access). Maine is the only state of the Contiguous 48 with no major East-West highway. Last week the state hired a team to… Read More
    Sky-high food prices predicted as a New York City truck drivers’ strike spreads across the river into New Jersey. Holiday weekend death toll reaches 124 on the nation’s highways. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    The United States and Canada in the 1980s and ’90s hold extended negotiations to lower the borders on trade. Diplomats on both sides spend thousands of hours ironing out differences to ease delivery of lumber, agricultural products, beer and a dozen other items. Tourism departments in states and… Read More
    DOVER, N.H. — Maine State Police arrested a Lebanon, Maine, man Sunday in connection with the stabbing death of his grandmother’s 63-year-old companion, police said. Raymond Junkins, 43, was arrested at Strafford County Jail where he was being held on unrelated charges, said Stephen McCausland,… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — Aroostook Aviation and the Northern Aroostook Regional Airport were inspected by the Federal Aviation Administration last week and passed with flying colors. The FAA inspection team, led by Gil Decosta, was at the Frenchville facility for four days. Team members inspected all phases… Read More
    DEXTER — The Carr School will be moved Tuesday morning from the Garland Road to its new home behind the Miller’s House downtown. Rick Whitney, curator of the Grist Mill Museum and the Miller’s House, said the roof of the old school was removed in… Read More
    THOMASTON — Down East Singers, midcoast Maine’s largest community chorus, directed by Anthony Antolini, will begin rehearsals for their fall and winter season Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Thomaston Baptist Church. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m., downstairs at the church. New singers for all vocal… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The State Fire Marshal’s Office is searching for the cause of a fire that heavily damaged an apartment house on Route 100 early Sunday. The fire was reported about 3:45 a.m. at a three-unit building owned by Roger Engelhardt of Pittsfield. No one… Read More
    Fort Kent — A first aid course will be held 6-9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 21-22, and Monday, Sept. 28, at NMMC. Registration is required. For information, call 834-3155. Fort Kent — The American Heart Association “Fresh Starts — A Quit Smoking” program will… Read More
    FORT KENT — The Maine Humanities Council will have an open meeting at the University of Maine at Fort Kent at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17. The session will allow people from northern Maine to meet council staff, hear about grant guidelines, learn some history… Read More
    Public awareness is necessary when trying to protect every individual in our society. Neighbors are now being warned of child molesters moving into their area. Shouldn’t this type of action be used against those who have committed other serious crimes, such as murder? I know… Read More
    Reading the commentary by Valerie Radziewicz (“Majestic animals die in the name of sport,”BDN, Sept. 2) raised my blood pressure considerably. 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
    This fall Senate bill S1391 wil come before the full Senate for consideration. This legislation would exempt basic food and medicine from the U.S. embargo of Cuba. The bill is about trade, not aid, and it means that producers in Maine such as the potato… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine Potato Board will sell samples of Maine potato recipes at the annual Eastern States Exposition, “The Big E,” Sept. 18-Oct. 4, in West Springfield, Mass., where more than 1 million fair-goers are expected. The board will keep up a 25-year… Read More
    As a server for the past three years at the Lemon Tree Restaurant in Bangor, I was disappointed at the Bangor Daily News’ coverage of the lawsuit recently filed by Mark Dubay against the Lemon Tree’s owner, Scott Feeney, for alleged sexual harassment. I have… Read More
    YARMOUTH — Map publisher DeLorme has been included in PC Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential companies in the computer industry. The list, appearing in the Sept. 22 issue of PC Magazine, features such industry giants as Microsoft, Intel and IBM. “We consider this… Read More
    CLINTON — Selectmen are set to meet Tuesday to tackle a relatively short agenda. Among the items up for discussion are the awarding of the snowplowing contract and the status of police business, two months after the entire part-time police force quit. The Kennebec County… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — The proposed Rite Aid store on Route 1 moved a step closer to full approval last Thursday night, when the developer received the second of the three permits needed to start construction. The planning board approved the shore-land zoning permit for the new… Read More
    SOUTH CHINA — A North Sullivan man was arrested on drug-trafficking charges Sunday morning after a state police trooper found nearly 30 pounds of marijuana in the back of his rented sport utility vehicle. Gibran Buell, 27, was being held Sunday evening in the Kennebec… Read More
    COOPER — A two-story house belonging to an elderly couple burned to the ground early Sunday morning in this town about 15 miles southwest of Calais. The house was located on Eastern Ridge Road, about two miles from Route 191. The fire broke out at… Read More
    Bangor District Court Scott A. Roberts, 25, Brewer, operating motor vehicle with license suspended-revoked, $100. 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())… Read More
    Bangor District Court Shawn Bradford, 23, terrorizing, 30 days jail, all but 48 hours suspended, six months probation, evaluation and counseling to begin within 30 days of release. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    Today, the dual meaning of the term “Labor Day” is more evident than ever. No longer is it truly an extra day off many for American workers; no longer does it mean a long weekend for millions; no longer does it mean an end-of-the summer vacation for many… Read More
    BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $100,000 to support the work of Bangor’s Shaw House, according to U.S. Rep. John Baldacci. The funding, which is being made available through the Department’s Administration for Children and Families, will enable the facility to… Read More
    BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded grants to two American Indian communities in Maine, according to U.S. Rep. John Baldacci. The grants, totaling more than $700,000, are being made available as a result of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Discrimination Act… Read More