PORTLAND – Individual game tickets for the Portland Pirates will go on sale today at the Cumberland County Civic Center box office. The box office will be open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tickets may also be ordered by calling (207) 775-3458. Read More
    It isn’t the way you want to start your football season: losing 37-3 at home. But Maine Maritime Academy fifth-year football coach Mike Hodgson says the mistakes made during last Saturday’s non-league loss to powerhouse Plymouth State College (N.H.) are correctable. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    MILO – Miranda Nichols fired in a shot off a goal-mouth scramble with seven seconds left in regulation to give the Penquis Patriots a 2-1 schoolgirl soccer win over Lee Academy on Tuesday afternoon. Amanda Walker scored the other goal for Penquis. Lillian Gerrish made… Read More
    MIAMI – Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, once a candidate to become baseball commissioner, could join the ranks of ownership instead. Mitchell has indicated he might be willing to own a piece of the Florida Marlins once Boca Raton commodities trader John Henry completes… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Jessica Sawyer’s unassisted goal from the top of the 18-yard line gave the Golden Bucks the winning edge with 14:18 left in a 2-1 schoolgirl soccer victory over John Bapst Tuesday afternoon. Cara Pollard also scored unassisted for the 1-2-1 winners and goalie… Read More
    ORONO – In a game left unfinished, both teams left the field without joy. The Orono and Central field hockey teams each had some kind of an edge in Tuesday’s contest at Orono that amounted to a 1-1 tie after two overtimes. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    ORONO – Kati Libby scored from 15 yards out with six minutes left in the game as Orono edged archrival Old Town 1-0 in schoolgirl soccer action Tuesday. Meghann Taylor made four saves on five shots for the Red Riots, who improved to 3-1. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    After several rancorous months of public debate and rumors, embattled Houlton boys basketball coach Jerry Adams was rehired for a third season on the Shiretowners’ bench. The Board of Directors of SAD 29, which includes Houlton, Littleton, Monticello, and Hammond Plantation, reinstated Adams by a… Read More
    High school AT GREAT COVE, Rogue Bluffs, par 30 Washington Academy (6-1) 150, Jonesport-Beals (2-4) 168 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… Read More
    Hole-in-one CHRIS FARLEY BANGOR – Chris Farley of Bangor aced the 150-yard third hole during the Friends of Maine Hockey Golf Outing at the Bangor Municipal Golf Course Monday. He used a 9-iron and was witnessed by Lee Sumner and Gary Cole of Bangor and… Read More
    DYER BROOK – Nick Cullen scored two first-half goals, the first assisted by Kent Smallwood and the second by Carson Kelley, to carry Katahdin to a 2-0 win over Southern Aroostook Tuesday in school boy soccer action. Chris Willigar saved six of eight shots for… Read More
    High school AT WOODLAND, 2.5 miles Lubec boys 24, Calais 45, Woodland 86, Shead (no team score) 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++) {… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Becca Bruce scored the first two goals of her college career to help the Colby College field hockey team top Plymouth State 4-1 Tuesday, only the fourth time in 16 games the White Mules have beaten the Panthers of Plymouth, N.H. Melanie Estrella… Read More
    FAIRFIELD – Messalonskee forward Cate Cheevers wasn’t supposed to play in Tuesday afternoon’s schoolgirl soccer game against Lawrence on a wet David Martin Memorial field. With back pain that was diagnosed as possible fractured vertebrae, Cheevers wasn’t supposed to do much of anything. But with… Read More
    Musing on the subject of sex and —-, you fill in the blank Musing on the subject of sex and —-, you fill in the blank, seems the order of the day in light of the White House tribulations. Let’s put sports in that blank for a mind’s… Read More
    At Augusta – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has announced the date for the any-deer permit drawings for Friday, Oct. 2 at 9 a.m. in the commissioner’s conference room at the fish and wildlife headquarters in Augusta. A total of 90,000 applications… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine announced its 1998 Fall Baseball schedule. Maine will play the Canadian Academy of Baseball, Sept. 18-20, in a three game series and will conclude the fall campaign with a single game versus St. Joseph’s on Sept. 26. The Canadian… Read More
    Kathleen Farrell’s composed voice on the phone doesn’t match the rapid movement of her arms and hands as she sits amid the hundreds of cubicles at MBNA America in Belfast. Whether flipping through booklets of crib notes or scanning a succession of computer screens, Farrell speaks in a… Read More
    I was pleased to read the Sept. 11 article on research and development and your following editorial on the R&D challenge in the weekend edition. I cannot agree more that this effort is truly a “bootstrap” means to help lift us out of the two-Maine syndrome. Read More
    It is unfortunate that the article (BDN, Sept. 11) listing Maine’s most polluted rivers was not published prior to the publication of Jon Reisman’s op-ed piece rather than in the same issue. He could have decried the conspiracy responsible for this scurrilous attack on Maine’s munificent, altruistic and… Read More
    In regard to the Clinton fiasco. I don’t remember anything on the ballot saying we were voting for a god, only a man. Let he who is without sin cast the first vote for impeachment. Stuff a sock in Ken Starr’s mouth or arrest him… Read More
    I have several comments to make regarding your Sept. 14 editorial, “Two Vacationlands.” There are two reasons why there are so few ads for Aroostook County in the Maine Publicity Bureau’s “Maine Invites You” publication. First, the ads are very expensive to buy for small Aroostook County hospitality… Read More
    Thank you for your current series of articles on the two Maines. This is an issue that must be addressed during the upcoming election by the candidates for governor and the Legislature. The attitude of the present administration seems to be that only the economically strong southern part… Read More
    Tom Shehan and Kathleen Farrell would seem to be unlikely co-workers. He practiced law for 10 years in the Bangor area, handling legal briefs and court cases. She worked for 20 years on production lines in Belfast, handling chickens, potatoes and shoes. Now, both work the phones at… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — Like many of the people who have passed through their East Machias home during the last five months, the Rev. Martin Maloney and his wife, Francine, don’t have much in the way of material possessions. What the Maloneys do have is Tranquillity… Read More
    FORT KENT — What happens when a town holds a special town meeting and no one cares? On Monday night, Fort Kent town councilors and department heads made the needed motions. They agreed, since no one was there to disagree or even question anything, that… Read More
    CARIBOU — A three-hour safety course on working around power lines will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Caribou Inn Conference Center. Bangor Hydro-Electric and Maine Public Service hold classes as part of the Maine Department of Labor’s SafetyWorks! program. Registration begins at 8:30… Read More
    STEUBEN — Acting on a tip, the Washington County Sheriff’s Department searched a residence off Route 1 and confiscated marijuana plants and growing equipment Tuesday morning. Deputy Dennis Perry said officers seized “a significant number” of plants that were growing nearthe home. Deputies also found… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Finance Authority of Maine will hold a public forum to help area residents learn more about Maine’s business and higher education finance agency. The forum will also give participants an opportunity to speak with people who are continually developing programs to help… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Monday approved a $30,000 loan to the East Millinocket Housing Corp. for rural rental housing improvement. The loan was made by the USDA Rural Development office to help the East Millinocket Housing Corp. complete repairs to 44… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The U.S. Coast Guard has scheduled a disaster drill here Sunday. The drill is designed to help prepare federal, state and local emergency services for large-scale maritime disasters. The drill’s scenario, to take place in Frenchman Bay sometime in the morning, will… Read More
    CASTINE — The Bangor Clean Clothes Campaign will present a slide show at the Adams School on sweatshops in the global garment industry at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21. A discussion will follow in the school’s seventh- and eighth-grade classroom. About 25 minutes long, the… Read More
    ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — The Acadia National Park’s Resource Acadia field seminar series will resume Saturday with the first of two programs featuring the park’s historic motor road system and conservation of Acadia’s hawks and owls. “A Drive in the Park: Acadia’s Historic Motor Roads:… Read More
    BANGOR — The Penobscot County Republican Committee will have a potluck supper at 6 p.m. and a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in their new headquarters at 631 Hammond St. Kim Leupold and Elaine Bridge of the Republican state committee will speak about absentee ballots… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Monday approved a $30,000 loan to the East Millinocket Housing Corp. for rural rental housing improvement. The loan was made by the USDA Rural Development office to help the East Millinocket Housing Corp. complete repairs to 44… Read More
    DIXMONT — Rep. Debra Plowman, R-Hampden, will meet with selectmen at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the town office. Truck weight issues on rural Route 9 will be discussed. An elderly Dixmont woman was killed July 23 while watching television when a loaded bark truck veered… Read More
    BANGOR — Members of the area’s business community Tuesday heard a status report on the effort to implement statewide education goals. Ronald Bancroft, the featured speaker at the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce’s earlybird breakfast meeting, also came here to recruit members from this region… Read More
    BELFAST — City Manager Terry St. Peter is predicting a quick resolution of the suit brought against the city by Code Enforcement Officer Robert Temple. “A settlement is out of the question,” St. Peter said Tuesday at the weekly press conference. “The suit is clearly… Read More
    BANGOR — After fielding complaints from two of the firms not chosen to provide computerized record-keeping services for Penobscot County’s Registry of Deeds office, county commissioners agreed Tuesday to seek legal advice on whether the work needs to go out to bid again. The commissioners… Read More
    Waldo County Superior Court Gardner S. Stover, 38, of Augusta was sentenced to two years in prison with all but nine months and one day suspended, placed on two years probation and ordered to undergo psychological counseling and to have no unsupervised contact with children… Read More
    BELFAST — A proposal before the City Council to open land around Belfast Airport for housing never got off the ground. Although the proposed zoning change was supported by a majority of the planning board, the council decided it needed more study. The land in… Read More
    NEWPORT — As SAD 48’s first environmental education coordinator, Rex Turner is breaking new ground. The new post is funded with grant money from the Maine Conservation Corps and AmeriCorps, a federal service program. It will be up to Turner and SAD 48 supervisors to… Read More
    CARIBOU — Gov. Angus S. King is scheduled Friday to open the annual convention of Maine’s counties. More than 200 county government employees, administrators and their guests are expected to attend the three-day meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    BANGOR — A host of celebrities showed up at the Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation awards dinner Tuesday night at the Bangor Motor Inn. “Jeopardy” host Alek Trebek sent his best. Health guru Richard Simmons wished attendees “health and happiness.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    SHIRLEY — Greenville’s acceptance of a Shirley pupil on a tuition-free basis for the year has raised the ire of a group of Shirley residents. Some residents say they believe Greenville school officials are trying to encourage students to leave the town’s small school so… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The likelihood that the town’s planning board made errors in recently approving a subdivision has resulted in a review of its actions by the Town Council and several calls this week to lawyers familiar with municipal law. A recent subdivision approved for Beans… Read More
    CORINNA — The meeting of the Corinna Board of Selectmen to-night will be an orientation for new Town Manager Judith Doore. The board meets at 7 p.m. in the Stewart Library. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Due to the reconstruction of the railroad crossing on Route 100, Main Street in Pittsfield will be closed Wednesday from 6 a.m. to after dark. Police are rerouting all traffic through Industrial Park Road, which can be reached south of the railroad tracks… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Mark Butler, 35, of Clinton was charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle after license suspension following a rollover on Route 100 south of Pittsfield, police said. Butler allegedly was northbound on Route 100 near Pittsfield’s Snakeroot Road when he lost… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce will hold an “Issues and Eggs” breakfast meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 23, at the Covered Bridge Restaurant in Guilford. Guest speaker will be James Longley Jr. of Portland, former Maine congressman and Republican candidate for… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Joseph F. Nye Jr., dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, will speak on international affairs Thursday and Friday, Sept. 24 and 25, at Colby College. Nye will speak on China and the future of Asia at 4… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Selectmen on Monday denied a request to plow a private camp road at Sebec Lake. While selectmen agreed the town couldn’t afford to plow any more rural roads, they did agree to offer some assistance to Joanna Prince, who made the request. She… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Parts of this town are just too noisy and something should be done about it. At least that’s what several residents told Bar Harbor town councilors at their regular meeting Tuesday night. “There is definitely a problem in this town with trying… Read More
    BANGOR — The planning board gave a positive recommendation Tuesday evening to a rezoning of land at the corner of Davis Road and Ohio Street. The rezoning proposal, which would allow the Bangor Housing Authority to build a day care center on 3.7 acres of… Read More
    BANGOR — As expected, representatives of Guilford Transportation on Tuesday evening strongly opposed a public crossing of the Maine Central Railroad track near the former Waterworks on State Street. But those same representatives said that if the state Department of Transportation approves the crossing, they… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Images of grinning anglers hoisting huge Atlantic salmon taken from Maine rivers are all but a memory, and only time will tell if one of Maine’s most prized game fish will ever win its uphill battle to survive. Ken Beland, a fisheries… Read More
    TOPSHAM — A lawyer who says he is owed money by a woman convicted of falsifying names on petitions of a tax-relief referendum wants a judge to dismiss her latest bankruptcy filing. Carol Palesky, who is in the Kennebec County Jail, filed her fourth bankruptcy… Read More
    BANGOR — The Bangor chapter of Maine Media Women will meet at noon Thursday, Sept. 17, at City Limits restaurant. MMW provides a forum for exchange of ideas, news in communications, support and professional recognition. For information, call 989-3767 or 866-3354. Read More
    “Halloween on Ice,” starring Nancy Kerrigan, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. Tickets, which are still available, went on sale Monday at the Civic Center box office or by calling 775-3458 or 775-3331. Also… Read More
    BANGOR — Toward the end of Monday’s meeting, City Councilor Gerry Palmer Jr. pointed out what many in the room were thinking. It didn’t seem possible that Elizabeth Whitehouse, who had spoken up at the previous council meeting, was gone. Whitehouse, 83, died Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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    PRESQUE ISLE — The board of directors of Maine Public Service Co. declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents at an annualized rate of $1 per share on the company’s common stock, payable Oct. 1 to holders of record at the close of business Sept. 21. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — LeBlanc’s Gourmet Lobster Stew will be featured in the Williams-Sonoma Gourmet Food Catalog from mid-September through the holiday season. Williams-Sonoma is a San Francisco-based billion-dollar business with a catalog circulation of 1.4 million customers. Williams-Sonoma offers buyers many products, from Wild Scottish… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Robert L. Gilfillan, chairman of Bar Harbor Bankshares, has announced the recent vote by the board of directors to pay a quarterly dividend of 34 cents per share to stockholders of record as of Aug. 24, 1998. Bar Harbor Bankshares’ wholly owned… Read More
    BANGOR — The Product Safety Commission and AIWA America Inc. have recalled 200,000 mini home stereo systems that could catch fire because of faulty parts. AIWA America has received 100 reports of systems emitting smoke or a burning odor, and three cases where systems have caught fire. Read More
    CHARLESTON — Police across Maine continued Tuesday to search for three men who escaped from the Charleston Correctional Facility Monday night. Authorities believed Tuesday that the three men may be traveling in a 1988 two-toned brown GMC pickup truck, stolen sometime during the night from… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine State Planning Office has awarded a contract for planning the removal of the Edwards Dam to a subsidiary of CMP Group Inc. and a Portland engineering firm. E/PRO Engineering and Environmental Consulting will team up with Woodard and Curran of Portland,… Read More
    PORTLAND — The state has granted final environmental permits to dredge Portland Harbor in November, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received bids for the project. But officials are still waiting to learn whether Congress will fund the dredging this year. Coordinators of… Read More
    Senate leaders, who only want their fellow Americans to have the best government money can buy, were in a jam. The House had revolted, as had a slim majority from their own chamber. Soft-headed elements of the press and the public persisted in referring to those whose generosity… Read More
    WINSLOW — Repairing a cracked pipe that is releasing thousands of gallons of raw sewage into the Kennebec River is proving more difficult than expected, a state environmental official said. James Rogers, treatment plant inspector for the Department of Environmental Protection, said the pipe is… Read More
    Most Senate Republicans view the death of campaign-finance reform as a victory, but at least one well-heeled group of adversaries will use it as an excuse to put their money where their cigarettes might be. Trial lawyers, helped by the GOP’s move to kill federal tobacco legislation and… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Drinking water that contains radon poses a lesser health threat than inhaling the gas, according to a study by the National Research Council. The study, released Tuesday, recommends focusing health efforts on reducing radon from indoor air. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    Here’s the truth about being a vegetarian: If you’re invited out to dinner or if you go to a restaurant, the pickings are often slim. You can skip your way around any meal that features meat as the star, and usually you can fill up on side dishes… Read More
    During one of my first speeches after I announced my candidacy for goverrnor, I held up the legislative draft of the Toxic Use Reducation Act that Angus King had let die during the last session. I spoke about the importance of reversing the issue, about my support of… Read More
    An item in Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News on the Washington Hancock Community Agency Home Energy Assistance Program contained incorrect information on obtaining appointments. Appointments may be made by calling 546-7544 or (800) 828-7544 beginning Oct. 5 and continuing through April. Read More
    On Thursday the U.S. Senate will debate whether to overturn President Clinton’s veto of legislation that would ban so-called partial-birth abortions. A vote on the override resolution will take place Friday. Like the White House sex scandal, this is an issue both lawmakers and the… Read More