Transfers are having an increasingly significant impact on the success of America East men’s basketball programs. That may bode well for the University of Maine, which has acquired Carvell Ammons, a 6-foot-6 transfer from the University of Illinois. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    For as long as the Special Olympics Winter Games have existed, they’ve been held in Maine – because they were created here. But little about the Games has stayed the same. Maine Special Olympics director Mickey Boutilier, who began the Winter Games 29 years ago,… Read More
    SEARSPORT – The Sumner Tigers outscored the Searsport Vikings 16-5 in the first quarter en route to a 45-34 schoolgirl basketball victory Tuesday night. Sam Scott led the Tigers of East Sullivan with 13 points while Tovan Willey had nine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    Last Friday Paul Kariya’s 17-game home point-scoring streak ended. On Monday he started another streak. His 17-game mark was the longest home-point stretch in the NHL since Mario Lemieux’s 31-game record in 1995-96. For former University of Maine star Kariya, such streaks are mounting milestones… Read More
    BANGOR – It almost seemed like it was over before it began. The Bangor Christian boys scored the first 19 points of the game, raced out to a 28-6 lead, and never glanced back en route to a 63-26 victory over Liberty of Blue Hill… Read More
    College DESTINY DEMO PORTLAND – Destiny Demo, a senior forward at the University of Southern Maine, has been selected as the New England Women’s Basketball Association Division III player of the week. Demo helped the Huskies to a pair of wins by averaging 14.5 points,… Read More
    WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The University of Maine Black Bears gave the America East’s top-rated defense a lesson in that aspect of the game Tuesday night. UMaine put a stranglehold on the Hartford Hawks, allowing only 14 first-half points on its way to a resounding… Read More
    BANGOR – Seth Condon scored his third goal 6:46 into overtime to give the Foxcroft Academy Ponies a 7-6 high school hockey victory over the Kents Hill Huskies Tuesday night at Sawyer Arena. Condon converted a Corey Beaulieu assist. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    OWLS HEAD — Ronald W. Green, who served under four governors as commissioner of the Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, has died at his home at age 82. Green, who died Jan. 15 after a long illness, was a Lubec native who worked as… Read More
    WALDOBORO — Maynard C. Dolloff, a former commissioner of agriculture who came within less than 400 votes of becoming Maine’s governor, died Jan. 17 in Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport. He was 85. Dolloff, a former dairy farmer in his native Gray, also served… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Partners in Ending Hunger, a nonprofit organization working to end hunger in Maine, acknowleged Tuesday the organizations and credit unions that raised more than $1 million for the cause last year. The 78 participating organizations and credit unions of Maine were honored during… Read More
    BANGOR — After three hours of deliberation, a federal jury went home for the night Tuesday without deciding a civil case that pits a prison inmate against corrections officials he claims abused him to the point that he lost consciousness 26 months ago. The case… Read More
    BLUE HILL — After operating Largay’s IGA Food Store in Blue Hill for 23 years, owner Tom Largay said no Tuesday to rebuilding the Blue Hill Shopping Center, which housed the supermarket and burned to the ground in a December fire that destroyed three businesses. Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Millinocket man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Piscataquis County Superior Court to aggravated drunken driving and to manslaughter in the vehicular death of his best friend in May 1997. Police say an inebriated Edward Raymond, 21, was driving his Pontiac Fiero on a… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A change in the regulations covering the use of studded snow tires has been put on hold until next winter. The traffic division of the Maine State Police, in its revision of the manual that regulates inspection standards for motor vehicles, prohibited the… Read More
    STETSON — A malfunctioning furnace is believed to have caused the fire Friday morning that destroyed a Stetson landmark. The closed Stetson General Store at the intersection of Routes 222 and 143 was gutted by fire about 8 a.m. Fire crews from nine towns responded… Read More
    HOULTON — Black ice that formed along a 15-mile stretch of Interstate 95 early Tuesday morning has been blamed for about 20 accidents, including a multiple-vehicle crash that injured three people. The accidents took place between 7 and 9 a.m. along the stretch of highway… Read More
    During a recent holiday road trip over the crowded highways of several states, I had ample time to confirm my growing suspicion about modern automobile design. By the end of the 1,000-mile trip, I concluded that new cars have come to look very nearly like… Read More
    When President Clinton announces that federal education dollars would, under a new proposal, flow to only those states that meet federal standards, local education leaders could be excused for thinking, “What federal standards?” The president last night presented a message that has tested positively with any number of… Read More
    I know, I know, 73 percent of the people want President Clinton to remain in office. This is a democracy, isn’t it? Fortunately, it is not. It is a republic. If you do a little research you will find the framers of our Constitution went out of their… Read More
    Boris Yeltsin’s latest health crisis — a bleeding ulcer — has critics of the Russian president once again demanding his resignation. Yeltsin supporters say he’s as capable of running the county as anyone. There can be no better indication of just how dire conditions are… Read More
    Maine needs elections law reforms which will encourage the largest group of Maine voters, independents, to participate on an equal basis with other voters in elections. Members of five Maine third parties have announced the formation of the Maine Fair Election Coalition to support reform… Read More
    Although somewhat overlooked, there is a silver lining in the impeachment trial of William Jefferson Clinton. It’s the civility of the masses. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
    Instead of talking about new education initiatives as President Clinton did Tuesday night, Maine educators think federal officials should concentrate on funding the programs that already exist. In his State of the Union address, Clinton said federal education funding could be used to hold schools… Read More
    CAMDEN — Fourth-graders at elementary schools in the area have a new reason to look forward to PE. Thoughout January, fourth-grade pupils from schools in Camden, Rockport, Hope, Appleton and Lincolnville head to the Camden Snow Bowl, the town-owned ski center at the base of… Read More
    NEWPORT — The countdown to town meeting season has begun in several central Maine communities. Nomination papers for local elected offices were due Tuesday in two towns. Three neighboring communities have set next week for the return of nomination papers. Town meetings historically are held… Read More
    ROCKLAND — If there is to be an addition to the Knox County Superior Court complex, county commissioners learned Tuesday, the $2.5 million price tag they estimated is probably low, with $3 million being more realistic. Commissioners met with state court administrators Tuesday morning, discussing… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE — The people who regulate Georgia-Pacific’s Baileyville operation took time Tuesday to honor the company’s senior environmental engineer. The state Department of Environmental Protection recognized Jay Beaudoin for his efforts to protect the St. Croix River. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A judge Tuesday rejected confessions to police from a driver accused of striking and killing a pedestrian from Southwest Harbor whose body was found in a brook below Bass Harbor Bridge. Superior Court Justice Andrew M. Mead granted a motion by the lawyer… Read More
    Much has been made of Clinton’s hairsplitting, most recently by Maureen Dowd (Jan. 19): “He has a complicated understanding of the word `is.’ ” The actual quote is, “It depends what the meaning of the word is means. If it means is, and never has… Read More
    A. Jay Higgins got it wrong in a front-page story (BDN, Jan. 15). He alleged that an audit of the Christian Civic League of Maine’s books showed that I had not turned any of the funds that I collected at churches over to the league. I not only… Read More
    How many of your readers know that in 1998 the federal government, for the first time, was required to submit financial statements that were subject to an audit by the General Accounting Office? Not many, I’ll bet, but the results of that audit will come as no surprise. Read More
    Considering the per capita income, weather and lack of affordable housing in Maine, to learn that this state is one of four to have its indigent-care budget cut by a federal government with a budget surplus and a notoriety for supporting the surplus populations of foreign countries over… Read More
    Kudos to Tom Weber for his Saturday feature (Jan. 16-17), “Historic cold hardly shakes hardy bunch.” Weber again provides for readers an interesting, informative, and somewhat tongue-in-cheek perspective on enduring what we surely cannot alter — the Maine winter weather. Faye O’Leary Hafford’s assessment of… Read More
    BANGOR — Merrill Merchants Bancshares Inc., parent company of Merrill Merchants Bank, has reported preliminary net income for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31 of $1.9 million. The figure represents $0.78 per common share of stock on a fully diluted basis, compared to $1.4 million… Read More
    While I am normally very critical of the post office and its inadequacies, I felt I must respond to the letter of criticism in Friday’s paper (BDN, Jan. 15). I will agree there is room for a lot of improvement in our postal service as… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The eighth annual Margaret Chase Smith Maine State Quality awards banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Augusta Civic Center. Gov. Angus King will give opening remarks. The award, named after Maine’s Sen. Smith, seeks to promote excellence… Read More
    Belfast District Court Sidney S. Skidgell, 37, Detroit, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $500, 48 hours in jail, license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    BANGOR — City councilors on the municipal operations committee recommended Tuesday to allow FrontierVision to forgo mailing letters to its customers about three changes the cable company wants to make to the new lineup that will go into effect early next month. FrontierVision already had… Read More
    Bangor police arrested a Brewer man Monday night and charged him with unlawful sexual contact and with burglary after an incident on Fourth Street. The man police arrested, Kevin McCormick, 38, also was charged with possession of a usable amount of marijuana after a corrections… Read More
    TREMONT — Selectmen have made a land swap with Acadia National Park, trading a portion of a road for a parcel of land in a move designed to benefit both parties. The town Monday formally exchanged its rights to a 3-mile segment of Seal Cove… Read More
    Bethany Anne Blankley has been named deputy press secretary on U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ staff. Blankley previously worked for former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole in both his majority office and on his presidential campaign. Most recently, Blankley worked for a Washington research and consulting firm. Read More
    BELFAST — The City Council has delayed the adoption of a master plan for City Park. Council members Tuesday night decided they needed additional time to present the park plan being recommended by their parks and recreation commission to the public. The plan was compiled… Read More
    CALAIS — Police say they uncovered a scam that netted a 21-year-old Calais man $398 and a theft charge. Chief Michael Milburn said Tuesday police began their investigation about six weeks ago when Richard Hodsdon, owner of the Wickachee Dining Room on Route 1, called… Read More
    FAIRFIELD — Voters on Tuesday finally ended a three-year battle over construction of an arts and sciences center at Lawrence Junior-Senior High School. They endorsed the design of the Williamson Fine Arts & Technology Center by a vote of 280-116, allowing the project to move… Read More
    PORTLAND — After rallies and protests, Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo decided Tuesday to restore nearly $1 million in funding for homeless services in Maine’s largest city, officials said. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reviewed the city’s application for funding and decided that… Read More