College America East All-Conference Team Player of the Year: Jodi Byrd (Delaware) 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
    It’s officially playoff time in all three high school football classifications, but only three games will dot the Eastern Maine schedule Friday night: one Pine Tree Conference semifinal and both LTC Class C semifinal games. No. 3 Mattanawcook Academy (6-3) at No. 2 Bucksport (7-2),… Read More
    Hampden Academy running back Ben Preston, the leading scorer and second-leading rusher in LTC Class B, will not play in Saturday’s semifinal playoff game between top seed Hampden and No. 4 Messalonskee of Oakland. Preston has been suspended for one game after violating the substance… Read More
    FARMINGTON – Jodi Dyer scored with 22:12 left in the first half and Vicky Cyr added an insurance goal with 29:47 left in regulation to give UMF a 2-0 women’s soccer victory over UMaine-Presque Isle and a berth in the Maine Athletic Conference final on Saturday. Read More
    MAINE vs. UMASS-LOWELL Time, site: Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m., Alfond Arena, Orono 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
    PORTLAND — A Portland teen-ager who pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old friend was ordered Thursday to serve six years in prison for manslaughter. Sochean Ung, 18, pleaded guilty last summer under an agreement that capped his sentence at seven years. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    Whatever there is about Saturday, Nov. 7, it sure must be special. There must be a good reason it is the date so many organizations choose for such a variety of activities that it makes your head spin trying to keep them straight. However, we will make a… Read More
    NEW YORK — Money-back guarantees help sell everything from hearing aids to delivery services, so why not drugs? In an unusual move for a big pharmaceutical firm, Merck & Co. on Thursday began using the marketing gimmick to promote sales of its cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor. Read More
    OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A town manager who was quoted in a newspaper article that painted an ugly picture of Old Orchard Beach has resigned, effective Friday. The Town Council voted 3-2 Wednesday night to accept the resignation of Norman Marquis. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BANGOR — Problems with home heating equipment, such as wood stoves, oil furnaces and space heaters, is the second-leading cause of fire deaths in the United States. As temperatures begin to cool, the Bangor Fire Department is offering 10 steps to help decrease the chances of having a… Read More
    AUGUSTA — As the harvesting season for Christmas wreath tips and trees begins in Maine, the Maine Forest Service rangers from the Department of Conservation are urging all harvesters to obtain written landowner permission before beginning these efforts. According to Jim Downie of the Forest… Read More
    Bangor police interrupted a burglary on Garland Street early Thursday morning and arrested a Guilford man after he led police on a chase through sections of the city. Police charged Christopher Currier, 20, who was also listed as being a transient, with burglary, three counts… Read More
    AUGUSTA — It will be a half year before a federal trial begins on a case filed by a Brewer man with bipolar disorder who claims his group insurer breached its contract by cutting off his disability coverage too soon, a lawyer in the case said Thursday. Read More
    BARING — Brothers Arthur and Lloyd “Dunk” Johnson have coffee together every morning at the Irving Big Stop in Baileyville, and Thursday was no exception. But what happened after yesterday’s coffee break will be something the Johnson brothers of Baring will talk about for a long time. Read More
    When Jonathan Carter recently declared war on the paper companies, he declared war on all of rural Maine. That’s because most of rural Maine’s economy is either directly or indirectly tied to the paper companies. For example, sawmills sell their byproducts to the paper mills and most farmers… Read More
    The wonderful world of high-definition digital television flickered into view last Sunday with ABC’s “Wonderful World of Disney” broadcast of “101 Dalmatians.” This Sunday, CBS joins in with a couple of pro football games. These events are of little concern to the typical American because:… Read More
    The Bangor Daily News’ special advertising supplement Winter Recreation Guide was not in Thursday’s newspaper as indicated on the front page. Please look for it later this month. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our readers. —- Election results on Page A5… Read More
    The school-choice argument heard this week by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court contains many familiar themes from cases around the country, but one that the state has yet to properly answer rings as true as a campus chapel bell. How is it, choice advocates ask,… Read More
    Sports Editor Joe McLaughlin is making his move, trying to win his first title as the NEWS Football Forecast heads into Week 9. McLaughlin posted a week’s best 17-3 to inch within two games of defending champion Pete Warner. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    Gerald S. Clockedile, superintendent of schools in School Union 7, which includes Saco and Dayton, has been named Maine’s 1999 Superintendent of the Year. Clockedile was nominated by the Saco School Committee and the York County Superintendents Association for his “altruistic leadership style, high standards… Read More
    Maine Association of Math Leagues, Eastern Maine Math League Southern Division, Meet #2. FOR COMPLETE LISTING OF MATH MEET SCORES, SEE LIBRARY MICROFILM. Read More
    WASHINGTON — Calling the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s $2.185 million in aid to Maine for ice storm recovery “totally unacceptable,” Maine’s congressional delegation vowed Thursday to fight for more relief. Earlier in the day, HUD announced funding for a Disaster Recovery Initiative… Read More
    VEAZIE — A holiday fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Veazie Congregational Church. Fair highlights will include crafts, knits, cookie walk, bake sale, candies and a white elephant sale. Coffee and doughnuts will be sold in the morning, and… Read More
    BANGOR — The Hose 5 Fire Museum will hold a pancake breakfast from 6 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at 247 State St. Pancakes, sausage, home fries, baked beans, coffee and juice will be served. A $4 donation by all adults is requested. Read More
    BANGOR — A parent education seminar on eating disorders in children and adolescents will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Acadia Hospital. Sheri Glazier, a nationally recognized eating disorders educator, will speak and cover such topics as: what is an eating disorder, what… Read More
    BANGOR — The Good Samaritan Agency is participating in activities in recognition of National and Maine Adoption Awareness Month, including a reunion of Good Samaritan families. The Good Samaritan Agency is a nonprofit agency that offers adoption services to individuals and families in Maine. The… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Maine Public Utilities Commission will hold an open forum from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the Riverview Room, Ellsworth Public Library, 20 Main St. Commissioner William M. Nugent will answer questions and listen to comments on electricity, gas, water and telecommunications issues. Read More
    BANGOR — U.S. Rep. John Baldacci will speak at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Acadia Hospital, on current mental health legislation in Washington, D.C. He will answer questions and listen to public concerns. He also will present the first annual Dorothea Dix Award, which is sponsored… Read More
    BANGOR — The Maine State Planning Office and the ECO-ECO Civic Forum of the College of the Atlantic are working together to host a series of regional meetings this fall to examine public attitudes toward the spreading out of residential and commercial development, sometimes referred to as sprawl. Read More
    BANGOR — According to the Maine SpeakOut Project, progress in the military has been “brought to a complete halt by the `don’t ask — don’t tell’ policy, which has turned out to be even more repressive than those that preceded it.” The project will sponsor… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — Town Manager Paul Bird has been charged with investigating an overpayment of sick time compensation made to former Town Manager James F. Kotredes. With no opposition, the Town Council on Thursday voted to accept the fiscal 1998 audit report along with a 13-page… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Thirty-five Japanese high school students and their chaperons arrived in Pittsfield on Tuesday for an annual exchange visit with Maine Central Institute students. The cultural and language exchange program is in its fourth year and allows the students to experience American life by… Read More
    BANGOR — The Maine State Planning Office and the ECO-ECO Civic Forum of the College of the Atlantic are working together to host a series of regional meetings this fall to examine public attitudes toward the spreading out of residential and commercial development, sometimes referred to as sprawl. Read More
    Another election has come and gone and hopefully all the signs will also be gone. Danby’s cartoon (BDN, Nov. 4)) ilustrated this well. Who is influenced at all to vote for a particular candidate because of campaign posters? I didn’t vote for anyone because he… Read More
    Having attended the luncheon, I read your article (Oct. 30) concerning Speaker Newt Gingrich’s visit to Maine with great interest. I was disappointed that the reporter chose to focus on who was not there, rather than on the content of his talk and his outlining of the Republican… Read More
    In 1983, my proud and patriotic Marine nephew was killed in his sleep by a car bomb left by terrorists in Beirut. They invoked the name of God to justify their evil. Today, a doctor’s family in Amherst, N.Y., mourns the loss of its husband,… Read More
    Many thanks to the thousands who voted for my cousin, Ron Green, for sheriff of Penobscot County. Unfortunately, on Election Day, the day he had worked so hard for and spent so much of his time and desire on, was damaged by a false rumor that was spread… Read More
    DENNYSVILLE — The Washington County Sheriff’s Department is continuing its investigation of an accident Wednesday night that involved a hit-and-run collision and, later, a car fire. About 7:15 p.m., Dan Pugsley, 28, and his wife Anne, 26, of Roque Bluffs were traveling south on Route… Read More
    Searsport District High School Principal Daniel Mills has announced that Rachel McFadden was selected by the faculty as Student of the Month for September. McFadden is the daughter of Glenn and Cheryl McFadden of Searsport. She will play the lead role of the witch in the musical, “Into… Read More
    Bomb threats telephoned to three Aroostook County schools the past two weeks have prompted the arrests of two teen-agers charged in unrelated cases with terrorizing. Police charged a 14-year-old student at Houlton High School with terrorizing for allegedly telephoning a bomb threat to the school… Read More
    FAIRFIELD — A winter parking ban prohibits parking on any street from midnight to 5 a.m. from Nov. 1 to March 31. Violators will be fined $10 and may be towed at their own expense. Exceptions are for emergency vehicles of the town, ambulances, doctors… Read More
    FAIRFIELD — Lawrence Junior High School will hold parent-teacher conferences from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, and 8 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 13, at the school. Call 453-4200 from 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Nov. 5, 6 and 9, to schedule appointments. Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield planning board will meet Monday night with an attorney to discuss whether one of their members is ineligible to serve. Deborah Fletcher’s dual role as town bookkeeper and planning board member is being questioned. Fletcher’s seat on the board is pivotal… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield councilors listened attentively Wednesday night as dozens of library patrons asked them to address salary inequities for the library staff. After hearing a presentation by Librarian Lyn Smith on the salary levels of the four librarian employees, the patrons told the council… Read More
    After reading the article (BDN, Sept. 29), “Dad accused in stabbing had sought help,” our group, Bangor Alliance for the Mentally Ill, felt anger and dismay. We fail to understand the logic in refusing someone help. The article indicated the referral to Eastern Maine Medical… Read More
    CRAWFORD — A 66-year-old Calais woman remained in critical condition Thursday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor following a one-vehicle accident on Route 9 Wednesday afternoon. Trooper Stan Jandreau of the Maine State Police said Irene Stacey suffered severe head injuries when her 1996… Read More
    DEXTER — The Dexter Community Food Cupboard will have a reorganization meeting and work party at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the United Methodist Church, 59 Main St. The church is the cupboard’s new home since the cupboard closed at the end of October. Read More
    CALAIS — Police are investigating a single-vehicle accident Wednesday that left one person slightly injured. At around 6:20 p.m., Patrick Calder, 16, Jonathan Andrews, 16, Erika Doyle, 15, and Aaron Mitchell, 16, all of Eastport, were traveling north on Route 1 toward Calais near the… Read More
    MILBRIDGE — First-time home buyers in Hancock County can benefit from an affordable home ownership program administered by the Washington Hancock Community Agency. The program, funded by a grant from the Maine State Housing Authority, will serve individuals and/or families in the communities of Gouldsboro,… Read More