WATERVILLE – Chandler Perine had a 66-yard interception return for a touchdown to give Bowdoin College a 10-7 football victory over Colby and the CBB Championship. Colby quarterback Nate Bradley’s pass sailed through the hands of receiver Miguel Gonzalez and into Perine’s hands at 9:08… Read More
AMHERST, Mass. – The Ambush in Amherst nearly became the Embarrassment in the Berkshires. Senior captains David Cullen and Steve Kariya produced a third-period power-play goal with 13:58 left as the University of Maine salvaged one point in its weekend series against the University of… Read More
College AT WALLACE POOL, Orono Holy Cross women 138, Maine 101 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
AMHERST, Mass. – Basic Football 101. If you put eight men up near the line of scrimmage and blitz frequently, that means your secondary will be forced to cover the opposing receivers man-to-man. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
HAMPDEN – It took maybe 15 minutes, probably less, for sports booster Val Bellomy to put the letters on the message board outside Hampden Academy spelling out the historical victory: EASTERN MAINE CLASS B FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS! HA-32 BELFAST 0. The sign said it all. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
College NESCAC All-Stars Men First team: John Giannacopoulos (Middlebury), Nick Trebat (Williams), Matt Adler (Tufts), Dave DeCew (Bowdoin), Ben Hardy (Middlebury), Steve Danbusky (Williams), Peter Ingram (Bowdoin), Matt Franzosa (Middlebury), Mark MacDonald (Amherst), Hugh Keegan (Bowdoin), Scott Wiercinski (Middlebury) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
MIAMI, Fla. – Cherryfield native Andy Santerre was crowned 1998 Raybestos Rookie of the Year on the NASCAR Busch Series following the Jiffy Lube Miami 300 Sunday afternoon. Santerre nearly missed a live television award presentation as his No. 47 Monte Carlo crashed in a… Read More
BANGOR – Husson College built its success this fall on a combination of aggressive, physical defense and speed up front. Saturday afternoon, the Braves ran into an opponent that possessed a little bit more of those attributes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Louie Luchini intended to win the New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships in Manchester, N.H, but the Ellsworth senior far surpassed his expectations – winning by 11 seconds in a time that threatened the course record. The 3.1-mile, hilly course is considered to be a… Read More
MILLINOCKET – With the Eastern Maine Class C title game looming the next day, Ben Lankhorst didn’t get much shut-eye on Friday night. He was too nervous, thinking about how the Stearns football team had scored just 19 points against Mattanawcook Academy a few weeks before and how… Read More
College AT WELLESLEY, Mass. NCAA Div. III New England Championship 3.1 miles Williams women 74*, Middlebury 93*, Colby 164, Amherst 182, Tufts 192, Springfield 200, Brandeis 231, Trinity 232, Bowdoin 242, Wellesley 250, Coast Guard 320, Connecticut College 351, Westfield State 368, Bates 379, Smith… Read More
ORONO – Hampton University tried several tactics to put a blanket over Rumford native Andy Bedard’s University of Maine debut Saturday night. The ease of UMaine’s 98-75 victory over the Pirates in a mutual season-opener stands as stark proof that no matter what Hampton did,… Read More
Just the fact that the Hampden Community Council invites all Hampden residents to participate — free of charge — is reason enough to make its fourth annual Community Thanksgiving a success. The all-inclusive invitation is so sincere that planners offer suggestions on how you and… Read More
ALLAGASH — Maine loggers won’t be blockading any roads today, and probably not any time this week. The end of the controversy — which last month saw loggers blockade three roads into Maine from Quebec — is not in sight, however, said one of their… Read More
HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. of Orrington late last month agreed to pay the state $28,000 in fines for the company’s February spill of mercury-contaminated brine into the Penobscot River. The payment closes the books on a court case brought by the state Department of Environmental Protection… Read More
BANGOR — As U.S. troops began their most recent military buildup in the Persian Gulf over the weekend, the Maine Air National Guard’s 101st Refueling Wing kicked into high gear. By midafternoon Saturday, the Bangor-based tanker unit had performed 25 sorties up and down the… Read More
Claude Debussy probably did not mean to be flattering when he described the music of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg as “a bon-bon filled with snow.” But after hearing the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Grieg’s Norwegian Dances, Opus 35, on Sunday at the Maine Center for the Arts,… Read More
Fort James Operating Co. of Old Town on Oct. 28 agreed to pay fines totaling $73,000 for a variety of air quality violations going back to October 1991. Brooke Barnes, deputy commissioner of environmental protection, said the violations were numerous but not individually significant. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Not long ago, we received a request from a Two Dads reader for a column on family meals and suggestions for good ideas to “liven up” dinnertime. We’re happy to oblige. As full-time working dads, we know how difficult and stressful mealtimes can be. Between… Read More
ROCKPORT — Ambulance crews from Ashland, Bar Harbor and Belfast received “extraordinary call awards” at the Saturday night dinner of the Maine Emergency Medical Services’ annual seminar. More than 600 members of ambulance crews attended the annual weekend meeting at the Samoset Resort. MEMS executive… Read More
Steve Rowe, the incoming speaker of Maine’s House of Representatives, graduated from West Point. His demeanor is understated, disciplined. I met Rowe in 1992 when we both campaigned for the first time for the state Legislature. When colleagues describe Rowe, the phrase “Boy Scout” is… Read More
All you really need to know about “Lord of the Dance,” the popular dance spectacle that performed two shows this weekend at the Bangor Auditorium, is this: There was a fury of Irish-style dancing and it was brilliantly fun to watch. But since we’re all… Read More
It didn’t take long for Vern Haynes of Bangor to figure out that music would be a big part of life with his adopted son Elias. When he turned on MTV in a hotel room in Cambodia, before returning to Maine with the 2-year-old, the boy’s response was… Read More
“Touch of Evil,” written and directed by Orson Welles. Based on the novel “Badge of Evil,” by Whit Masterson. Running Time: 100 minutes. No rating. Nightly, Nov. 16-19, Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville. At the heart of Orson Welles’ great noir film, “Touch of Evil,” is… Read More
I am writing in response to the letter to the editor written by Dr. John C. Frachella of Bangor on Oct. 30. I am surprised that Dr. Frachella would write such a negative letter regarding the King administration’s efforts to improve the Medicaid dental system… Read More
I am sometimes torn between watching the evening political talk shows or enjoying the savagery of a channel dedicated to animals feeding off one another. At last my dilemma is over. With the flick of my wrist, I can move from watching a trapped wolf… Read More
Leaders of Maine’s Democratic Party have missed no opportunity since the Nov. 3 election to congratulate themselves for retaining control of the Legislature. Lots of crowing, backslapping, high-fiving. They say they have the vision. They say they have the agenda. They say they have all… Read More
Thousands of villagers died every year from drinking the microbe-laden water fetched from small, fetid ponds. The government and an international relief agency embarked upon a massive campaign to provide safe, drilled wells. No one suspected the aquifers those wells tapped were contaminated with naturally occurring arsenic. Now,… Read More
Editor’s Note: Maine’s juvenile violent crime rate has been increasing slowly but steadily for most of the past decade. This is the second of a three-part series exploring the scope of the problem, its causes and some solutions. Jason Mann has no illusions about himself. Read More
FARMINGTON — Author Stephanie Coontz issued a challenge Saturday to the more than 400 people attending a women’s studies conference at the University of Maine at Farmington. Don’t get so caught up in waving the feminist banner that men and women in traditional roles are… Read More
I noticed a small article at the bottom of the business page of the Nov. 11 Bangor Daily News that indicates the new H stamps have already been printed for the 1-cent postage-rate increase that will become effective in January. The last reporting of this… Read More
Please allow me to extend welcome home wishes to Larry Emery (“Issues and strategy,” Nov 5.). His letter reads like the opening paragraph of a high school text on participatory governance. It was succinct and clear. However, after reading it one can only conclude he spent the last… Read More
I would like to bring some light to the term “sniper,” as in the case of the terrorist who murdered Barnett Slworking at an abortion clinic. The media are quick to label anyone who picks up a rifle and fires a well-aimed shot a sniper. This is an… Read More
I went shopping today at the same store I have shopped at for years, Ames on Broadway. I was greeted by some employees whom I have seen around for years and I am sorry to say I never noted the names of most, but rather took it for… Read More
Bangor District Court Jeffrey Leadbetter, 36, Bangor, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $400, jail 48 hours, license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
FAIRFIELD — About 30 opponents of a proposal to shred millions of scrap tires at a facility in the woods off a country road urged town councilors Saturday to adopt strict controls. A Massachusetts company, Arthur Schofield Inc., hopes to establish a plant that could… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — During November, Skowhegan town employees will collect nonperishable items to be donated to the Skowhegan Food Cupboard and St. Anthony’s Soup Kitchen. Examples of items to be collected are: toilet paper, shampoo and hair conditioner, laundry detergent, deodorant, paper towels, soap, dish detergent… Read More
JACKMAN — Residents outside the SAD 12 area will not have to pay a surcharge to take adult education courses, the board of directors has decided. Meeting at Forest Hills Consolidated School, directors took no action last week on revisions first presented for the adult… Read More
BELFAST — As residents sway to the music at this weekend’s Fall Ball benefit for the Belfast Free Library, it will be with the knowledge that their fund-raising dreams are within grasp. Library President Judy Stein said residents of Belfast and beyond have pledged more… Read More
GUILFORD — A potluck supper to benefit Richard Long, Piscataquis County sheriff and dispatcher, whose family lost their home to a fire recently, will be held 5-7 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Guilford Middle School. An auction will follow the supper until 10 p.m. Those… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — An early morning snow, creating slick roads, caused more than a half-dozen accidents Sunday around Aroostook County, according to state police. Up to 3 inches of snow fell in the central and northern parts of The County, said a meteorological technician at… Read More
CALAIS — If efforts among federal, state and local governments remain on track, a $5.5 million cultural and natural heritage center in this border community could be in place for the 400th anniversary of the settlement of St. Croix Island. The island in the St. Read More
ELLSWORTH — Fire Department employees returned to their City Hall headquarters last week after nearly eight months at a temporary location on Eastern Road. City employees moved out of Ellsworth City Hall in April when a $2.3 million renovation of the historic building began. The… Read More
EASTPORT — Described as a giant among men, a gentle soul and a Washington County leader, the late Dale Sherrard of Charlotte was remembered by family and friends, including Gov. Angus King, over the weekend at a memorial service. Sherrard, 47, died Sept. 12. Although… Read More
Evan Michaud (Letter, BDN, Nov. 4) hit the nail on the head. Russ Quaglia and Doug Hall’s ludicrously out of touch column on “Dumb Dad Syndrome” (Oct. 26) made me laugh out loud, mostly at the Bangor Daily News and the syndicator of their column. Did they do… Read More
BENTON — Two people were slightly injured Saturday in a three-car accident on Route 139. Jennifer Douglass, 24, of Benton and a passenger in her Pontiac, Christy Thobodeau, 21, were taken by ambulance to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Waterville. They were treated in the emergency… Read More
ALBION — Game wardens late Friday charged two men with night hunting and a variety of other offenses after a 45-minute chase that began in Freedom and ended on a dead-end road in Albion, a warden said Sunday. Brian Meserve, 35, and Darrel Lewis, 34,… Read More
BANGOR — Two months from now, six Maine fire departments will have access to thermal-imaging cameras, the latest evolutionary development in firefighting technology. So firefighters from Caribou, Houlton, Greenville, Old Town, Ellsworth and Trenton gathered here this weekend for a joint training session. Bangor firefighter… Read More
WATERVILLE — City fire officials have asked a state electrical inspector to help find the cause of a weekend fire that gutted one floor of an apartment house and caused minor injuries to a tenant and a firefighter. The second floor of the two-story building… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Aroostook County may be distant from the rest of the state, but its residents are as talented and creative as those in any other region of Maine. That’s according to the writers of a directory introduced Saturday that has listed the artists in the central… Read More
A Bangor teen-ager was arrested Saturday and charged with forgery and possessing stolen property after an unsuccessful attempt to cash a stolen check at a Stillwater Avenue bank, according to a Bangor Police Department report. Nicholas Swoboda, 19, was taken to Penobscot County Jail, where… Read More
BELFAST — A Glenburn teen-ager was injured Sunday afternoon when the pickup truck he was driving struck a fire hydrant and a utility pole on Route 1 in Searsport. The accident left more than 1,000 households and customer accounts without power in the Belfast and… Read More
Bangor District Court Michael Pelkey, 39, assault, jail 30 days, suspended, probation one year, to complete batterer’s intervention program, $10 per month supervision fee. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
PORTLAND — Mark Apalsch’s vision of widespread chaos when computer calendars click to the year 2000 has prompted him to leave urban Milwaukee in search of a sanctuary for his family in rural Aroostook County. “I’m sure you understand what could happen with civil unrest,”… Read More
ALFRED — A Livermore Falls man who was charged with murder after being stopped for speeding was being held without bail Sunday while awaiting an initial court appearance in the strangulation of his girlfriend. Charles Whitehouse, 29, was arrested Saturday after police found Regina Trogdon’s… Read More
SEBAGO — Using historical information and sonar technology, two salvagers believe they have pinpointed the location of two fighter planes that crashed into Sebago Lake more than a half-century ago. In the spring, Wayne Peabody plans to explore the deepest portion of the lake in… Read More
AUGUSTA — Sitting in a renovated House chamber with freshly painted cream-colored walls, the light pouring in through new windows, Democrats nominated Steven Rowe of Portland as the next speaker of the House on Saturday. He’s the first representative in many years to come to the post with… Read More
OXFORD — A weekend accident on Route 121 left one man dead and another injured. George Angove, 23, of Oxford was killed shortly before midnight Friday when the pickup truck in which he was riding struck a telephone pole and two trees, state police said. Read More
The Leonids are coming! The Leonids are coming! This is the headline that Ron Cowen uses in a recent issue of Science News to highlight his article on the meteor shower coming up in a few days. If you, like me, should happen to be… Read More