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    ORONO – The University of Maine women’s hockey team began Friday’s game against Providence College as though it were frozen. In a mostly empty Alfond Arena, the Black Bears played with slow skates and petrified arms. Gradually, they began to thaw out, but not before… Read More
    MAINE vs. DREXEL Time, site: Saturday, 1 p.m.; Phys. Ed. Athletic Center, Philadelphia 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… Read More
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    NEWCASTLE – State biologists trapped and released 18 turkeys Friday as part of an ongoing attempt to re-establish the birds in their historical range in Maine. Biologists had been baiting an area near a farm in Newcastle with turkey feed for several weeks. Biologists had… Read More
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    WALDOBORO – Mike Irons scored 11 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter to lead Medomak Valley to a 60-54 schoolboy basketball victory over Hampden Academy Friday night. Joe Kay scored 20 points and ripped down 12 rebounds for the Panthers. Wes Crocket had… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Sean Foye netted 17 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead Husson College to an 81-51 men’s basketball win over St. Lawrence University in the opening round of the Colby College Winter Classic Friday night. Chris Funk added 10 points for Husson College… Read More
    DEXTER – Angie Hogan and Kristy Veazie combined for 11 points to spark a fourth-quarter offensive surge and the Tigers held the Howlers scoreless over the final six minutes to secure a 45-33 schoolgirl basketball win Friday. Morgan Titus topped the Tigers with 13 points… Read More
    LINCOLN – Daryl Huwa scored eight of his 19 points in the fourth quarter Friday night to lift Woodland to a 65-63 boys basketball win over Mattanawcook Academy. Bob Ferry tossed in 15 points for the Dragons, and Mark Knowles added 14. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Sean Foye netted 17 points and grabbed five rebounds as Husson cruised to a 81-51 men’s basketball victory over St. Lawrence University Friday in the opening round of the Colby College Winter Classic. Chris Funk added 10 points for the Braves of Bangor. Read More
    SHERMAN STATION – The Katahdin Cougars limited Central Aroostook to four points in the fourth quarter Friday night while earning a 51-41 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Panthers. Jennifer McNally connected for a game-high 22 points to pace Katahdin. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    BANGOR — Whenever weather forecasters predict a winter storm, lines at supermarkets and hardware stores lengthen as people buy staples such as food, water and rock salt that are necessary to ride out the burdensome snow and ice. It’s a given — each year winter… Read More
    It was early on a Saturday morning, a chance to lie in bed an extra hour or so and catch up on my reading. So I didn’t appreciate it when my son appeared with the phone and said it was for me. “Someone who wants… Read More
    The new Congress has just been sworn into office, and we have high hopes for the new year. Maybe we’re just incurable optimists, but things have been such a mess in Washington, we believe they just have to get better. Take environmental protection, an issue… Read More
    The story (BDN, Dec. 30) about [attorney] Lewis Vafiades was outstanding. It should be required reading for students, teachers, librarians and anyone who could use an occasional positive story on the front page of their daily newspaper. Enjoy your retirement, Mr. Vafiades, and thank you… Read More
    Great news! Our local cable television supplier, FrontierVision, has done it to us again. I have received two notices from them in the past week that will severely raise my cost to subscribe to the only system available to Bangor citizens unless one desires to… Read More
    A veteran is a veteran. Sen. Beverly Daggett has introduced a bill to the Legislature to change the law between peacetime and wartime veterans. I am a peacetime veteran. Peacetime veterans cannot be buried at the VA cemetery; they also cannot receive a property tax… Read More
    I enjoyed the column by Andrew Neff (BDN, Dec. 31), “Resolutions for local sports media.” May I add a couple more suggestions: 1. Less use of nonwords such as gotta, wanna, gonna; where did you go to school? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    Stephen Judy wonders where the homeless come from (BDN letter, Jan. 6). We didn’t have any in the Bangor area 40 years ago as he points out, but we now have many and their number is growing. The answer is, they are coming from institutions which are being… Read More
    The time has come for people to unite and speak out against the practices of the Department of Human Services. I have involvement in DHS, through an infant. I have no say in the legalities and can only stand by to see my younger family suffer. Read More
    As the owner of a rambunctious 7-month-old Labrador retriever, it is necessary for me to walk her on a daily basis. Since I live only a half block from a major street, one whose sidewalks are plowed and sanded, I assumed the pup and I could make it… Read More
    ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick — “Please, give us a chance,” an emotional Elias Hurtado said as he appealed to the Canadian government Friday to allow his family to remain in the country. “I can lose my life and family if you do not give me… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Selectmen received a preliminary harbor study compiled by Bath-based Pine Tree Engineering Inc., a company contracted by the town last year to complete the report, said Harbor Master Lewis Hutchins. Selectmen launched the study to determine whether the harbor could be dredged… Read More
    Gertrude Carson, a longtime resident and native of Houlton, has moved from a nursing home in Zephyrhills, Fla., to Maine to be close to her family. She would enjoy receiving mail from those who remember her. Her address is Maine Veterans’ Home, 477 High St., South Paris 04281. Read More
    MADAWASKA — A three-day snowmobiling festival which has a regional economic impact surpassing $1.5 million will be held on both sides of the St. John River next month for the third consecutive year. The International Snowmobilers Festival, an idea of the chambers of commerce of… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — SAD 4 Adult Education has announced its spring program, which begins in January. Classes will be held at Piscataquis County High School, Dexter Regional High School, Eastern Maine Technical College, Tri-County Technical Center, and the University of Maine at Augusta. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    ABBOT — A Massachusetts man was hospitalized Friday with back injuries he received while riding on a connecting snowmobile trail in Abbot. Craig Struck, 36, of Agawam, Mass., was transported around noontime by Mayo Regional Ambulance to Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, where he was… Read More
    NEWPORT — SAD 48 Superintendent William Braun is awaiting a decision from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that could provide a significant reimbursement for the district’s asbestos abatement efforts. Braun received a notice from attorneys for the Asbestos School Litigation… Read More
    FAIRFIELD — Kennebec Valley Technical College will offer two sections of a basic welding course this semester. The first section will be an accelerated program in which students will meet 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays beginning Jan. 23 and finish in seven weeks. Students then will… Read More
    CLINTON — Gary and Dorothy Sherburne were surprised when a surveyor pulled up to their home one day last spring and began checking their property line. They were even more surprised when, the week before Christmas, they received a letter from the town’s attorney demanding… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The Maine Veterans Services officer from the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management will be available to help veterans, widows and dependents from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, at the town office. The town office’s telephone number is 487-3136. To arrange another… Read More
    JACKMAN — The Maine Veterans Services officer from the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management will be available to help veterans, widows and dependents from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the town office. Call Rene Morin at 668-5191 for information. To arrange another… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The Maine Veterans Services officer from the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management will be available to help veterans, widows and dependents from 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 22, at the National Guard Armory. The armory’s telephone number is 474-2520. To arrange another time… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Somerset County provides free nutrition education programs that focus on stretching food dollars, making meals healthier and other topics. The Maine Families Nutrition Program serves families in southern Somerset County who are receiving food stamps. The Senior Nutrition Program… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Good new and used books are wanted for the ongoing book sale in the Skowhegan municipal building hallway. All proceeds will be donated to the Lake George Regional Park. For information, call 474-6900. Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — There will be a free tofu cooking workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 21, at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Office on Outer Avenue. A $2 donation for recipes and tastings will be accepted. Registration by Jan. 19 is requested. Read More
    GREENVILLE — A fire that destroyed the Railroad Cafe in Greenville on Monday was caused by an electrical malfunction, according to a state public safety spokesman. Stephen McCausland of the Maine State Police said state Fire Marshal John Morse and a state electrical inspector reached… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — A trailer home on the Church Road in Bucksport was destroyed by fire Friday night. Two people and a cat were inside the home at the time, but the people were able to call the Fire Department and get out. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    BANGOR — A Brooks woman died Friday afternoon, one day after the car she was driving collided with a truck in Bangor. Bangor police were notified Friday evening that Mary Bradford, 85, of Brooks had died at Eastern Maine Medical Center earlier in the afternoon. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine Commissioner of Education J. Duke Albanese has announced a $595,000 federal grant to support secondary education school reform in Maine. The Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program was approved by Congress last year and provides competitive grant awards of $50,000 to 11 secondary schools this spring. Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — A 19-year-old Skowhegan man died Thursday night from injuries he suffered in a New Year’s Eve incident in Skowhegan, according to Sgt. James Luce of the Maine State Police. Shane Gregoire, who was being treated at the Augusta campus of MaineGeneral Medical Center,… Read More
    BENTON — A 5-foot break in one of the main lines feeding the town Friday morning left dozens of people without water for most of the day. The town’s 800-pupil elementary school had to rely on a tanker truck from the local fire department to… Read More
    BANGOR — State House Speaker Steven Rowe is seeking stability. Newly named as the Maine House of Representatives’ top leader, the Portland Democrat is facing more than 2,600 bills on his desk in Augusta that need to be tossed, shuffled to committees or put off… Read More
    The last time we had a report on the progress of the Hampden Fire Department’s effort to raise $20,000 to purchase a heat-imaging device was mid-December. Much has happened since we last spoke with fund-raising committee member Lt. Frank Coombs who told us, at the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King asked Maine motorists and truckers to pay more at the pump Friday by proposing a 5-cent-per-gallon increase to the state gas tax. The governor also released a new $4.5 billion budget plan to cover the state’s finances for the next… Read More
    The brown bag lunch with Gov. Angus King scheduled for today in Bangor has been canceled because of expected bad weather this weekend. But another event, in Aroostook County, planned this morning in connection with King’s second inaugural was still on schedule Friday night. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Two convicted felons — a 26-year-old Augusta man convicted in 1993 of vehicular manslaughter and a 51-year-old Limestone man convicted of gross sexual assault — appeared Friday morning in Somerset County Superior Court to answer charges that they violated conditions of their probation. Read More
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John Baldacci announced Friday he is seeking nearly $7 million in funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to upgrade east-west travel through Maine and to build a border-crossing facility in the Calais area. Baldacci said he is seeking $4.8 million… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Senate may be tied up with President Clinton’s impeachment trial, but the gears of government keep grinding in the House. “We’re not getting the phone calls here anymore,” said Doug Dunbar, an aide to U.S. Rep. John Baldacci, D-Bangor. “But the work… Read More
    MARS HILL — A man died Thursday night when the car he was driving slammed into the tractor portion of a tractor-trailer on Route 1A, according to Maine State Police. James Flye Jr., 20, of Island Falls was killed when his 1987 Oldsmobile hit a… Read More
    ORRINGTON — HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. is “a good way up the mountain” when it comes to bringing its chlorine plant into compliance with environmental regulations, according to a report released Friday by a consultant hired by the company, which last year was cited for a series of accidents… Read More
    Ever since nearly 400,000 electric customers lost power for as long as three weeks during the worst ice storm of the century last year, many Mainers have been left wondering whether it can happen again. Utilities spent millions of dollars rebuilding and replacing thousands of… Read More
    ORONO — An ice storm with the ferocity of that which crippled Maine a year ago is most likely a once-in-a-lifetime event, according to a University of Maine researcher. But don’t return those generators just yet. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    FRANKLIN — When the ice storm hit a year ago, Carleton and Julia Robbins hunkered down in their home of 40 years against the best advice of friends and neighbors. They stayed with their 13-year-old mutt, Cindy, and two kerosene heaters loaned by friends, waiting… Read More
    With such talents as Eddie Murphy and Will Vinton involved, why does “The PJs” feel so lightweight? The new half-hour series, which debuts at 8:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox before moving to its regular 8:30 p.m. Tuesday time slot Jan. 12, centers on the life… Read More
    LAS VEGAS — A man from Maine stole a car waiting to pick up Virginia’s governor and died Friday when he drove straight into a tractor-trailer. Authorities say they believe the man purposely rammed the 1999 Lincoln Continental into the oncoming truck while speeding the… Read More
    Gov. Angus King used his inauguration Thursday night for a bit of indulgence, and he seemed to enjoy himself: He bantered, joked, swaggered and strutted about the stage at the Augusta Civic Center, exhorting Maine and Mainers to take control of their own futures, their own destinies. Read More
    There is a popular notion that we ink-stained wretches of the press are having a larky time of it — that compared to law or medicine or teaching, the business of writing is a pretty easy life,” syndicated columnist James J. Kilpatrick wrote in “The Writer’s Art,” his… Read More
    Friday, Jan. 9, 1998 After days of freezing precipitation, the full impact of the storm was being felt. About 300,000 households were without power, and Gov. Angus King told the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Get out your checkbook. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    When former Maine conservation commissioner Richard Barringer agreed to become the environmental overseer for Holtrachem Manufacturing Co. in Orrington last year he promised that he would not “advocate for or against the company. I am simply a public fact-finder, charged with the responsibility to help our environment and… Read More
    Disarray ruled the first day of the impeachment trial of William Jefferson Clinton. Standing by the elevator before the proceedings I was rendered nearly speechless when 96-year-old Senate president pro tempore Strom Thurmond walked briskly toward me with his hand extended. “Happy New Year, senator,”… Read More
    A headline on the front page of the Thursday, Jan. 7, edition, incorrectly referred to a $4.5 million expected state budget. The actual figure is $4.5 billion. Read More
    Bangor — Lifeteen Mass, 5 p.m. Sunday, switched from St. John’s Catholic Church, York Street, to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Ohio Street. Brewer — New Mass schedule beginning Jan. 9, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 531 North Main St. is 5:30 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m. and… Read More
    BANGOR — Bangor Theological Seminary’s historic Convocation, a 94-year tradition, will bring together three speakers on “Living Trinitarian Faith,” Jan. 25-27. Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, assistant pastor of the Union Baptist Church, Cambridge, Mass., and MacArthur associate professor of African-American studies and sociology at Colby… Read More
    Burton H. Throckmorton Jr. has stepped into the middle of controversy — again. True, it is not on the level of the one that got the New Testament scholar in trouble with Phil Donahue’s studio audience in the mid-1980s. And it certainly isn’t like the furor he was… Read More
    A CELEBRATION OF MAINE CHILDREN’S BOOKS by Lynn Plourde and Paul Knowles, University of Maine Press, Orono, 1998, 336 pages with 72 illustrations, $16. They’ll be home — our children, that is. Even if we don’t get clobbered by a few school-canceling snowstorms, the February… Read More
    THORNDIKE — Thorndike Press and G.K. Hall are adding a new hardcover American history series to their popular large-print lines. The series’ focus is American history nonfiction, but the scope broadens to include every aspect of the development and expansion of the nation and the… Read More