CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Tessa McCue of Hampden placed 14th out of 110 skaters in the Regional National Figure Skating Championships that concluded Saturday. McCue beat out 15 other skaters in the intermediate level to make Saturday’s final. She placed 13th in the long program and… Read More
    FARMINGDALE – When the York boys soccer team needed some help in the second half of Saturday’s Class B boys state final, it got a lift from an unlikely source. Chris Lord, a freshman who has seen minimal time this season, assisted on a York… Read More
    AT WATERVILLE NESCAC Championship Tournament All-Tournament team Leslie Edwards (Middlebury), Amy Greifenstein (Williams), Vicki Gonzalez (Amherst), Kate Hagstrom (Bates), Samantha Good (Bowdoin), Randi Martin (Colby), Olga Samborska (Connecticut College), Heather Onderick (Hamilton), Beth Landry (Trinity), Angela Yost (Tufts), Alexis Keeler (Wesleyan)… Read More
    ORONO – If University of Maine sophomore left wing Dan Kerluke finds a few of his hockey sticks missing, he may want to question teammate Jason Vitorino. Vitorino lost his stick and was handed one by Kerluke in the second period and Vitorino promptly scored… Read More
    College AT WALLACE POOL, Orono Maine men 168, Vermont 106 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
    HAMPDEN – Coach Bob Sinclair touts Hampden Academy’s “T” offense as a four-back attack. Better make that five. 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
    FORT KENT – The University of Maine-Fort Kent dominated the weekend, sweeping a pair of men’s basketball games and capturing the title of the Bengal Tipoff Classic. On Saturday, the Bengals routed Central Maine Technical College 109-66. On Sunday, they captured the tournament title with a 102-74 win… Read More
    College HAYES MACARTHUR BRUNSWICK – Hayes MacArthur, a senior quarterback at Bowdoin College, has been named NESCAC offensive player of the week following his performance in a 49-14 win over Bates College on Saturday. MacArthur completed 13-of-19 passes for 303 yards and three touchdown passes… Read More
    GORHAM – Winslow field hockey goalie Emily Roy attributes the Black Raiders’ perfect 19-0 season to her defense. She says she wears No. 33 for her coach, Brenda Beckwith, who sports her old college basketball jersey number on her jacket. But spend some time with… Read More
    GORHAM – Defending Class A field hockey champion Bonny Eagle scored the first goal in its rematch against Skowhegan. But for the Indians, there was never a question who would win. They made that known 54 seconds after Bonny Eagle’s goal when Skowhegan’s Jen Gray… Read More
    BELFAST – Josh Brady made two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown, and also ran back a fumble for a score Saturday, sparking Belfast to a 27-21 victory over Winslow in an LTC Class B football semifinal. The second-seeded Lions advance to Saturday’s 1 p.m. Read More
    DAYTONA – Carmel’s Craig Babcock recently competed in the American Motocross Association’s Race of Champions, picking up three top ten finishes in three races. Babcock came home eighth in the Endurance race, ninth in Superbike and sixth in Grand Prix. He races under the 600cc… Read More
    College AT GRAFTON, Mass. ECAC Championships Women’s 5,000m Plattsburgh (N.Y.) 28, Middlebury 84, Williams 92, Springfield 96, Coast Guard 181, Amherst 182, Wheaton 188, Colby 215, Smith 217, Tufts 250, Mount Holyoke 255, William Smith 465, Salem State 478, Fitchburg State 507, Connecticut College 521,… Read More
    GORHAM – The Dexter field hockey team proved Saturday that if you already have confidence, you don’t need experience to win. In their first appearance at the state final in 15 years, with six freshmen among their 11 starters, the Dexter Tigers beat out the… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Sean Fleming scored 13 minutes into the second half and set up Dicky Duffy’s insurance goal nine minutes later as Husson College of Bangor beat the University of Maine-Farmington 2-0 to win its first Maine Athletic Conference men’s soccer title. Fleming toe-poked home… Read More
    BATH — Bobbie Garrett glanced up at the huge black belly of the warship that was to be christened in honor of her brother and she smiled. “It’s really something because sometimes my little brother could be kind of destructive,” said Garrett, referring to Oscar… Read More
    BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $440,000 to help Maine farmers cover losses resulting from the economic disruption of the market, according to U.S. Rep. John E. Baldacci. Baldacci, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, said the funds now available to… Read More
    Four outstanding Maine women will be honored with this year’s Maryann Hartman awards in ceremonies from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine in Orono. The public is invited. Lucy Anne Poulin of Orland, Eleanor G. Sargent… Read More
    Northeast COMBAT receives many complaints this time of year from consumers who have been cheated by home improvement frauds. Frequent targets for fraud are senior citizens who live alone. Typical examples of the types of fraud involved are: a roof job that turns out to be just some… Read More
    1. Create and maintain a highly functional, multi-modal transportation system that connects the northern half of the state to the rest of the state, the nation, Canada and global markets. 2. Create and maintain a state-of-the-art telecommunications and engergy network to help overcome distance and… Read More
    Ask Gov. Angus King to name which programs he is most proud of and he will invariably mention Learning Results, which measures education outcomes and raises the standards for most schools in Maine. One of the ideas behind Learning Results is that if Maine can identify where a… Read More
    In 1996, Maine voters passed the Clean Elections Law. This campaign reform measure provides public funding to qualified candidates who agree to spending limits and do no private fund raising. The Maine Civil Liberties Union (MCLU) is attacking Maine’s Clean Elections Law in court, hoping… Read More
    You, a senior in college with more dreams than experience, are sitting in a fancy restaurant where you are being interviewed by a guy whose suit cost more than your car and a woman whose jewelry is equal to your college loans, when suddenly a snooty-looking guy carrying… Read More
    “Happiness,” written and directed by Todd Solondz. Running time: 140 minutes. No MPAA rating (language, sexuality and extreme adult themes). Nightly, Nov. 9-12, Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville. In a recent telephone interview with this critic, Todd Solondz, the award-winning writer-director of 1996’s “Welcome to the… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — Great Northern officials and some residents want to see the towns of East Millinocket, Medway and Millinocket merged as a single community in the future. For nearly a century, the paper industry has brought economic prosperity to the one-industry towns of the… Read More
    NEWPORT — Police have yet to determine the cause of a single-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon in Newport that put Thomas Paige, 26, of Pittsfield in the hospital in serious condition. The 1989 Dodge Dakota pickup driven by Paige was southbound on Route 7 near Coveside… Read More
    BANGOR — Gene Moon was in the front row of the multipurpose room Sunday afternoon, the better to hear the Eastern Standard Trio. The old favorites the group played nicely accompanied the refreshments that marked the open house at the Maine Veterans Home on Hogan Road. Read More
    WILLIMANTIC — A 71-year-old Maryland hunter, reported missing after noon Friday, apparently found his way out of the woods on his own late that night, according to a spokesman at the Maine Warden Service in Greenville on Sunday. Harold Bantalt Sr. of Rawlings, Md., was… Read More
    Bangor District Court Joseph S. Reeves, 18, East Corinth, theft by unauthorized taking, continued for sentencing, violation of bail conditions, continued for sentencing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    Joyce Packard, a Newport resident and chairman of the board at Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield for 12 years, has been named chairman of the Maine Hospital Association trustee advisory group, a statewide hospital trustee organization. The group is made up of nearly 800 trustees… Read More
    Bangor District Court Luke F. Stefanik, 19, East Corinth, speeding 35 mph over posted limit, $250. 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
    More than a month ago the Campaign to Stop Corporate Welfare announced the cessation of its signature-gathering drive to place a referendum on the ballot which would enable all Mainers to vote on the 118th Legislature’s enactment of a $60 million tax credit to Bath Iron Works, owned… Read More
    Winter is fast approaching and many people are wondering what to do to shorten the winter. The University of Maine has three teams that look like they might have a pretty good season. The Maine hockey team is nationally ranked and looks like if it… Read More
    Recently a doctor in New York was shot in the back and killed by a sniper. He was in his kitchen with his family, having just returned from the synagogue on the Sabbath. This cowardly murder is part of a growing number of shootings, bombings and other attacks… Read More
    The BDN editorial (Oct. 14), “On Clinton’s trail,” asserts that because Clinton continues to raise money, the charges against him are not serious. How preposterous! It also asserts that the Republicans have not pressed the more crucial aspects of this mess: the perjury, witness tampering, comtempt of court,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Roger Pomerleau of Frank X. Pomerleau Inc. of Augusta was re-elected president of the 3,000-member Maine Merchants Association at the group’s 1998 annual meeting recently in Augusta. New board members selected include Erik Laustsen of Danica Design of Rockport; Maureen Kinsey of Sheepscott… Read More
    PORTLAND — Lobsters too small to be legally fished are being trapped in a hurry in Portland Harbor so they will not be hauled up by a giant dredge scheduled to start digging in less than a week. “We think this is a national precedent,… Read More
    Imagine being able to diagnose a disease, identify genetic defects, or even run a complex chemical reaction on a chip of silicon no larger than the microchip in a computer. All of these applications and more will soon become reality with the new science of microfluidics, writes Robert… Read More
    The Oct. 27 BDN printed a letter regarding pet adoption. Although I do not discredit the Bangor Humane Society’s extreme need for the program, I do question the free use of the word “adoption.” “Adopt-a-confusion” is the title of an excellent article about this issue… Read More
    BANGOR — A workshop, Understanding Financial Statements, is planned for small, home-based business owners from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 10, at the Cooperative Extension office at 307 Maine Ave. The purpose of the workshop is to help owners of small businesses understand the balance… Read More
    LUBEC — The push to preserve a Lubec man’s lifetime collection of artifacts from Washington County’s earliest industries got a jump-start Saturday when Barney Rier threw open the doors to his former Sardine Museum. Rier’s wife, Becky, used pieces of 100-year-old machinery to demonstrate how… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, in an effort to help Maine’s small manufacturing firms address the Year 2000 issue, has established an e-mail address to respond to inquiries pertaining to Y2K technical problems. Ignoring the millennium bug might very well lead to the disruption… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve, as part of its Year 2000 plans, will be ready if Americans want to hold more cash than usual on New Year’s Eve 1999, board governor Edward W. Kelley Jr. said at a recent Houston economic symposium. “We will be… Read More
    CORINNA — An unlocked door and an unknown intruder had Penobscot County sheriff’s Deputy John B. Skroski en route to Corinna early Saturday morning from Bangor. Skroski was called to a Mill Street home where a couple discovered a man had entered their home about… Read More
    CALAIS — Police arrested a 39-year-old man on drug charges after a search of his Germain Street home. Calais police Sgt. David Randall said Stephen McGouldrick of Calais was arrested Friday and charged with one count of aggravated trafficking in Schedule W drugs and one… Read More