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
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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
WATERVILLE – The last time they played, the Purple Panthers needed five quarters to edge the Bangor Rams. Saturday afternoon, they only needed two for a resounding 31-0 Pine Tree Conference semifinal victory. Waterville erupted for 14 points in the second quarter and 17 in… Read More
ORONO – With 32 seconds left in the Class C boys soccer championship, Stuart Poole obeyed the beckoning referee and hobbled onto the field for the first time of the afternoon. In North Yarmouth Academy’s 18 games, Poole scored 28 goals. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ORONO – Every so often former University of Maine basketball star Rufus Harris returns to his old stomping grounds and renews old friendships. But it isn’t every day that the career points leader (2,206 from 1976-80) gets to take on the current crop of Black… 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
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland – The capacity crowd of 3,200 hockey fans fell silent as a bleeding Jeff Libby collapsed on the ice. In what by all accounts was a freak accident, the former University of Maine standout and current Lowell Lock Monster was hit in… 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
LEWISTON – Cinderella never wore soccer boots, so forget the idea that a team that began the playoffs with a 5-7-2 record and ended up winning a state championship must be a fairy tale. No, the Greely boys soccer team prepared for its run at… Read More
BREWER – In sports jargon, the phrase “the cream rose to the top” means a particular team’s best players were able to elevate their games at a critical time. Richmond High School soccer standouts Justin Schanck and Sunshine Anders did just that Saturday to give… 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
FORT KENT — The select commission chosen to study the opening of a discount liquor store here not only nixed that idea Saturday afternoon, it also voted to recommend that the Legislature take another look at the discount liquor store that opened just two months ago in Calais. 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
Whether you realize it or not, your kids face negative peer pressure every day. According to the American Council for Drug Education, the percentage of eighth-grade students who have tried marijuana rose from 10.2 percent in 1991 to 23.1 percent in 1996. Bureau of Justice statistics cite that… 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
When applied to a chamber music orchestra, the word `young’ can have an unflattering twist. Indeed, classical music may be the only performing art left these days that celebrates maturity in the way a wine lover would. Yet to call Quebec City’s Les Violons du… 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
Police searched Sunday for two men in their mid-20s who tied up and robbed an 82-year-old man early Saturday at his 100 Dutton St. home just behind the grandstand at Bass Park. The victim, who helps take care of Bass Park, was awakened at 5… 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
HARTLAND — Louise McCannell is not the first person to say “it’s a small world.” Yet this year, the literacy specialist with SAD 48 hopes to demonstrate how small it really is with an educational and enrichment trip to Japan in conjunction with the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher… 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
LEE — Roger Weston, 49, of Lowell was in custody at the Penobscot County Jail in Bangor Sunday on charges stemming from an assault and shooting that took place in Lee earlier in the day. Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputy John B. Skroski responded to a… Read More
COLUMBIA — A head-on collision at midnight on Route 1 sent four people to the hospital Saturday, including a student from Narraguagus High School who was flown from the scene to Eastern Maine Medical Center. Levi Carpenter of Harrington was in serious condition Sunday afternoon,… Read More
BANGOR — President Clinton’s theory that a “don’t ask, don’t tell” philosophy would protect homosexuals in the military isn’t working, said John Buie. Rather than follow the “don’t ask” procedure, he said, the higher-ups in the military are asking and searching, and “gays are still… 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
PRINCETON — A 25-year-old Meddybemps man and an 18-year-old woman from Princeton were transferred to Eastern Maine Medical Center after a one-vehicle accident early Sunday on the South Princeton Road. Maine State Police Sgt. Kelley Barbee said Daniel Lyons and Amanda McLaughlin were ejected from… Read More
HAMPDEN — A scientist told area Girl Scouts on Saturday that she chose her career because she wanted to do “something that would be fun.” Annette deCharon, an educator-scientist from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science in Boothbay Harbor, told Scouts Saturday morning that her job… 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
BANGOR — Recruiting more women to the military is not only the right thing to do, it’s a necessity for the survival of the military. That’s the view of Lt. Col. William Beutel, chief of staff of the Maine Air National Guard’s 101st Refueling Wing… Read More
EAST ORLAND — The scores of wide-eyed children who gathered on the shores of Alamoosook Lake this weekend may be the next stewards of Maine’s most prized game fish. At least, that’s the hope of those at the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in East Orland. Read More
After seeing Washington state voters shoot down a medical marijuana measure in 1997, Rob Killian tried a new strategy this year: no tie-dye. Killian and other medical marijuana proponents realized it wasn’t the prospect of giving sick people the drug that bothered most voters. The… 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
ST. PAMPHILE, Quebec — Without Maine lumber, more than half of the mills in Quebec border towns probably would close, a Canadian lumber company official says. Yet, Denis Blanchet, vice president of operations at Materiaux Blanchet Inc., located 1,000 feet from the U.S. border, says… Read More
AUGUSTA — It didn’t matter for Democrat Tom Connolly and his populist message whether voters thought their economic lot had improved in the last two years or not. For Connolly and Republican James Longley Jr., the income level of those going to the polls proved… Read More
INDIAN ISLAND — For former Penobscot Gov. Jerry Pardilla, Saturday’s traditional tribal induction ceremony was as much a celebration of the here and now as it was a springboard to the future. “A lot of people have said there would be no more Penobscots, but… 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
ORONO — Hurricane Mitch may be no more, but images of the destruction left in its wake will forever remain in the memory of a University of Maine professor in Honduras at the time. “I’ve never seen anything like it before,” said Richard Jagels, a… 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