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
READFIELD – Don Williams rushed for 184 yards and scored four touchdowns as Rockland ruined Maranacook’s return to the football field after a 10-year hiatus with a 38-0 schoolboy football win Saturday. Williams, a senior fullback, scored on first-half runs of 20, 19, and 50… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Ryan Saucier scored one goal and assisted on another Saturday, leading Presque Isle to a 4-1 schoolboy soccer victory over Hampden Academy. Jamie Brewer scored unassisted for the 4-1 winners and Saucier scored off a free kick from goalie Jeff Yeager. Adam… Read More
BANGOR — A Dixieland band, pony rides, balloons, a steady waterfall feeding a majestic fountain, a high sun and cloudless sky — a return to a simpler time. That was Grotto Cascade Park on Sunday, as a steady stream of people of all ages gathered… 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
MOON OVER BROADWAY. Directed by D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Running time: 98 minutes. No rating. Showing nightly, Sept. 7-10, Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville. At the opening of “Moon Over Broadway,” Tom Moore, the director of the Broadway show “Moon Over Buffalo,” leans back against… 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
BANGOR — While thousands of Maine workers enjoyed one of the summer’s last holiday weekends, organizers of Saturday’s Clean Clothes Fun Fair issued a call to action by American consumers, whose appetite for cheap goods is fueling the corporations that have resorted to using sweatshop labor. Read More
FAIRFIELD — Troops in Union blue and Confederate gray charged across the field of tall grass that undulated in a late-summer breeze. Rifles popped and cannons boomed, belching plumes of sulfurous white smoke. Along the field’s edge, between camps of white tents, families in bluejeans,… 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
Ask high school seniors Jason Lew and Ian Gallagher about their summer vacations, and then take a seat. You’ll want to hear their stories because they are rare. Rare for teen-agers. Rare for boys. Rare for Maine. There are other stories like the ones Jason… 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
Three years ago, James McLeod was looking for a way to get his business off the ground. Literally. “When we originally started, when we were looking to get our test pattern on the air, we went to a neighbor’s house up the road. We asked… 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
Cause of fatal Cat crash unclear> Fisherman’s death leaves confusion about high-speed ferry’s future
YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia — Residents here remain puzzled after The Cat ferry’s fatal collision with a fishing vessel in thick fog late Friday night. The fishing boat’s 33-year-old captain was killed when the two vessels hit each other at the entrance to Yarmouth Harbor. “I… 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
JACKMAN — The unthinkable happened to logger Ed Berry when he least expected it. An accident in the woods nearly cost him his life. In 1981, Berry, a logger with R.A. Berry & Sons of Norridgewock, was hit across the back by a beech tree… Read More
CARIBOU — Two Allagash men lost yet another bid last week to have the town of Allagash pay them for the loss of four sporting camps, their contents and 8 acres of forest land, all burned during a May 1992 forest fire in Allagash. A… 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
Maine’s summer tourism season comes to an official close on Labor Day, and state police were expecting southbound traffic to peak on major highways — especially the Maine Turnpike — after noon today. The National Weather Service forecast partly sunny weather Labor Day before it… 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
BANGOR — A year ago, University College of Bangor didn’t offer food services, but that should change come Tuesday. Students will be able to get something to eat at the Student Center cafeteria thanks to the school’s agreement with the City Nursing Facility, just down… 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
BANGOR — Growing up in an apartment above a clothing store on Main Street in Fort Fairfield, Larry Mahaney knew the value of aspirations. He knew he wanted a better life and that if he worked hard, he would likely get it. His parents were… 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
ROCKLAND — Leaning sharply under a fresh northerly breeze, the Grace Bailey cut through the swells off Lincolnville, speeding up the coast. The people of Rockland call it windjamming; the people on board called it “wonderful.” “Two or three days into the trip and you… 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
LAGRANGE — Four people, including a state police trooper traveling with two police dogs, escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon in a three-car crash at the intersection of Routes 16 and 155. Trooper Eugene Sutton of Dover-Foxcroft, who was heading south on Route 16, was driving… 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
Speedway crash a fiery spectacle> No one injured during bag race when car gets stuck in tire barrier
The normally carefree bag race at Speedway 95 in Hermon provided a fiery spectacle for fans Sunday evening. Mark Dunlop, 21, of Carmel, was driving a 1977 Ford LTD around the track with a bag over his head while his passenger, Trevor Kneeland, also of… Read More
OLD TOWN — Rescuers used a helicopter Sunday to evacuate a southern Maine man undergoing a diabetic emergency at a camp on Brandy Pond in the small Hancock County town of Great Pond. Citing confidentiality, rescuers from the Old Town Fire Department said they were… 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
PORTLAND — Regional Waste Systems, which burns trash from 31 southern Maine communities, has agreed to a $533,730 penalty for environmental problems, but it will have to pay only a fraction of that if it makes improvements. The settlement, outlined in a consent decree with… 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
In search of investments for working capital, an oil company sends consumers surveys of property that suggest the land is rich in oil. The company’s sale force tells interested consumers that top oil experts project the fields will yield thousands of barrels of oil a day — and… Read More