OLD TOWN – Bangor outscored the Indians 24-14 in the final quarter en route to a 74-52 boys basketball win over Old Town Wednesday night. Joe Campbell netted 22 points for the Rams while Eliot Blackstone scored 20. Nick Loukes scored 14. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ORONO – Kristen McCormick realizes she isn’t the focal point for opposing defenses. And that’s exactly the way she likes it. Perhaps the junior sharpshooter will receive more attention after Wednesday night’s performance at Alfond Arena. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
What would you do if you were faced with the possibility of severely limiting or giving up your favorite recreational activity because of the pain it caused you? Most of us would begin looking around for a substitute, something less painful. We might give up… Read More
There are plenty of swimmers who toil for four years but never qualify for states. So when Josh Kingsbury swam fast enough for a Class A state berth at a Jan. 29 meet, he was pleasantly surprised. The senior captain from Brewer High qualified for… Read More
READFIELD – Brian Gerrity poured in 34 points as No. 8 Maranacook earned a 70-67 win over No. 9 Wells in a Western Maine Class B boys basketball preliminary matchup. Greg Creek had a solid all-around game with 14 points, 18 rebounds and six assists. Read More
BANGOR – It may be the only time in Scott Richardson’s fledgling coaching career he’s glad a player didn’t listen to him. Jesse Levesque’s offensive rebound and putback with no time left gave the No. 9 Wisdom Pioneers a 60-58 victory over No. 8 Lubec… Read More
Everyone knows author Stephen King is a baseball fiend. However, the recent donation from King and his wife, Tabitha, to the University of Maine had nothing to do with them wanting a new field of dreams built there, although that is what the money will go toward. Read More
As big as the high school basketball tournament has become in Maine – Eastern Maine in particular – one individual has become almost synonymous with it. Friday marks the start of the 45th Eastern Maine Tournament George Hale has called game action for, either on… Read More
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The University of Maine built a 23-point halftime lead, watched it melt away for most of the second half, then iced the game at the free throw line to earn a 102-91 win over the University of Hartford in America East men’s basketball action… Read More
BANGOR – For the Piscataquis Community boys basketball team, watching Buddy Leavitt heave away from the 3-point arc is nothing new. But during Wedneday’s Class C preliminary game at the Bangor Auditorium, No. 9 Washington Academy turned up its defense to take Leavitt out of… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – John Constant tossed in 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as Presque Isle earned a 58-51 victory over Caribou in schoolboy basketball action Wednesday. Nick Casavant added 16 points for the Wildcats and Scott Griffin contributed 13. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King has made no decision yet regarding a new commissioner of agriculture. The position has remained vacant since the resignation of Edward McLaughlin, who left the post Jan. 15. Dennis Bailey, King’s spokesman, said Wednesday that rumors that a qualified candidate… Read More
BANGOR — Bangor firefighters waded through the frigid and fast-moving waters of the Kenduskeag Stream on Wednesday afternoon to rescue a large brown dog. The dog, named Ray after Boston Bruins hockey player Ray Bourque, became trapped on a rock in a pool of water,… Read More
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BANGOR — Sohander Nijjar is an elderly man who lived an independent life with his wife in a Van Buren apartment — until a local Rite Aid pharmacist allegedly gave him a stronger-than-usual dose of medicine used to treat his Parkinson’s disease. Within days of… Read More
AUGUSTA — A new report highlighting the financial needs of Maine’s Transportation Department was released by two prominent interest groups Wednesday, two weeks in advance of a legislative hearing on Gov. Angus King’s proposal to raise the gas tax by a nickel. The report issued… Read More
WHITING — Family and friends of a Lubec couple and their fishing companion who drowned in Rocky Lake waited in the cold Wednesday as Maine Warden Service divers plumbed the depths to recover the bodies. At 9:20 a.m., minutes after an airboat carrying a dive… Read More
You know what you’re getting when you buy tickets to a performance of “Brigadoon,” a Mozart symphony, or an art exhibition. But a group called Hot Mouth? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
AUGUSTA — In what could be viewed as a prelude to its vote today, Maine Public Utilities Commission members voiced opposition to standby rates, the fees that would be charged to customers who stay connected to a utility only for backup power. Central Maine Power… Read More
AUGUSTA — Only a year ago, the Christian Civic League of Maine and the Maine Lesbian Gay Political Alliance were adversaries during the people’s veto of legislation that would have extended the protection of the Maine Human Rights Act to homosexuals. On Wednesday, both groups… Read More
PORTLAND — UNUM Corp. employees will see a longer workweek and a postponement of salary increases as a result of the company’s coming merger with Provident Companies. A ban on bluejeans in the workplace also may be forthcoming. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom Allen filed a bill Wednesday that he said would reduce the cost of prescription drugs for seniors on Medicare by 50 percent. Allen, D-Maine, said too many elderly people are ignoring doctors’ orders to get prescriptions filled because they cannot afford… Read More
WASHINGTON — University of Maine President Peter Hoff asked the Maine congressional delegation Wednesday to help steer more federal research money to university scientists developing new products from the state’s natural resources. Speaking to about 30 professors, lawmakers and congressional staff members on Capitol Hill,… Read More
Do electromagnetic fields adversely affect human health? This is a question that refuses to go away. In 1996 the National Research Council appeared to have settled the controversy once and for all when it published the results of an exhaustive three-year analysis of the hundreds of studies made… Read More
AUGUSTA — A proposal from Rep. John Martin, D-Eagle Lake, to have judicial appointments confirmed by public elections would undermine support of judges and upset their balance between independence and accountability, speakers told the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. It has been suggested that the… Read More
I offer the following response to Steve Cobb’s commentary (BDN, Feb. 3). Isn’t it remarkable how the creation of one, hidden deep-in-the-woods public access point to a public river can generate a call for a Maine woods national park? Isn’t it remarkable that a public… Read More
The Atlantic halibut has all but disappeared from New England waters, but once it was plentiful here. Like the now-depleted cod and many runs of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, halibut have been nearly wiped out where they previously were thought to be countless. When… Read More
With his land-bond proposal last week, Gov. Angus King set the other half of the debate over acquiring public land in Maine. His proposal is a serious, reasoned position that, held against the major Democratic plan, promises to offer Maine a substantial debate on the direction it will… Read More
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Barring the unforseen, such as an urgent need to bomb Iraq or a last-minute intern eruption, the Senate may reach a verdict today on the articles of impeachment against the president. With acquittal almost certain and lest this long national nightmare be for naught, it is time to… Read More
This commentary is in response to you Feb. 4 editorial, “Out of the wilderness.” On the surface, the opening of John’s Bridge [on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway] seems like a relatively minor concession. But when considered in the broader scope, it may mean much more. Read More
An item in the Wednesday MaineDay section gave an incorrect address for the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine. The address is 170 Park St., Bangor. Read More
Its binding is loose, but the lessons on each page of the tiny book are tight. Here, in “The Century Handbook of Writing,” are truisms today as they were in 1918. The pupil is drilled in exercises on sequence, modifiers, mixed imagery and correlatives in an effort to… Read More
“A Tale of Two Cities: Eugene Atget’s Paris and Berenice Abbott’s New York” and “Occupying the Street” at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, through March 21. People rarely take center stage in the black-and-white urban landscapes of Berenice Abbott and Eugene Atget. In… Read More
WATERVILLE — Professor Hazel Carby of Yale University has canceled her lecture that was set for Feb. 11 at Colby College due to illness. Carby was to speak at Colby as part of the college’s Black History Month program. Carby’s lecture was to kick off… Read More
Reservations are still available for couples wishing to attend the 17th annual World Marriage Day Valentine’s Dinner-Dance beginning at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Bucksport. The $25 admission fee includes dinner by candlelight, wedding cake for each couple, and… Read More
BELMONT — The State Fire Marshal’s Office has concluded that the cause of a Jan. 26 fire at the William Drinkwater home was not of suspicious origin. Sgt. Jennifer Mills said Wednesday that the fire at the single-family home on Route 3 was accidental. She… Read More
WATERVILLE — Thomas College will offer free tax-preparation help through a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program starting Feb. 9. Sessions will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on the following Tuesdays: Feb. 9 and 23; March 2, 9 and 16; and April 6, in… Read More
WATERVILLE — Thomas College will offer a course on the implementation of Microsoft Windows NT onto computers from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Feb. 15-19, in the main administration building. For information, call 1-888-299-6832 or 859-1102. Read More
Washburn District High School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Amy Allen, Joshua Blackstone, Krista Doody, Kristen Long, Mary McIntosh, Christopher Peary and Bobby Rowbotham; honors: April Clapper, Billie Fitzherbert, Meranda Hafford, Steven Hobbs, Jessica Laliberte, Bryan McCoy, Jeanice Searles, Nicholas Thompson and Amanda… Read More
Clinton board faces charges of misconduct> Former town official alleges selectmen mishandle meetings
CLINTON — In a sign of the change in power at town hall, the people who had accused the previous Board of Selectmen of misconduct now face similar allegations. In a two-page letter, former Selectman Roger McAllister Sr. and six supporters claimed the current administration… Read More
Pam Sutherland, a senior studying at Presque Isle Regional Technology Center, has been named a local winner in the Tools for Tomorrow All-American Vocational Student Awards progam. As a winner, Sutherland of Presque Isle will receive a personalized award and a $100 gift certificate from… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook County Action Program announced Wednesday it has received about $1.2 million in funding for the 1998-1999 Home Energy Assistance Program. More than $850,000 in benefits has been distributed to nearly 3,000 households in Aroostook County since October 1998. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Belfast District Court Ivory A. Young, 23, Belfast, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $450, 48 hours in jail, license suspended 90 days. Read More
HOULTON — Dressed in purple tights and armed with a condom cannon, Capt. Condom — better known as David Vaughan, a teacher at Waynflete School in Portland — took his message of abstinence and safe sex to several hundred students Wednesday at Houlton High School. Read More
LIBERTY — The Maine Parent Federation Inc. has honored state Sen. Susan Longley, D-Liberty, for her work on behalf of people with disabilities. The organization recognized Longley’s efforts as Senate chairwoman of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee and her bid, through the Health and Human Services… Read More
CORINNA — A public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at the Corinna Fire Annex to allow residents to discuss the future of the former Corinna Junior High School. Selectmen were asked Wednesday night to approve a referendum ballot for Corinna… Read More
WARREN — A Warren man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and witness tampering charges. The state Attorney General’s Office said Donald S. Carter, 55, was sentenced to five years in prison, with all but three years suspended, to be followed by three years probation. Read More
VINALHAVEN — For a tense two hours Wednesday, searchers combed the woods of Vinalhaven for 4-year-old Shane Carlsen. “It was quite a turnout,” Fire Chief Marc Candage said of those who rushed to look for the lost boy. “We had 30 firemen and probably 40… Read More
ELLSWORTH — How do you stuff a 10-pound salami into a 5-pound bag? That’s what the departments that inhabit the Hancock County Courthouse tried to figure out this week as they met with county commissioners to discuss allocation of space. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ROCKLAND — Five years after it was created, the midcoast’s regional transportation advisory committee is struggling with purpose. The panels are known in state Transportation Department jargon as RTACs and they were created with passage of a referendum in 1992 that stopped the proposed widening… Read More
ORONO — Officials here unveiled a detailed proposal Tuesday night to boost the tax base in town, much of whose land is dominated by the tax-exempt University of Maine. The plan, written by the Bangor consulting firm of Weiss, Baldacci and Fletcher, was outlined at… Read More
How could the head of the second largest issuer of credit cards so misunderstand his own business? Charles Cawley (BDN, Feb. 4) claims that when our grandmother put goods and sundries on a tab, the local shopkeeper built in a percent bump to offset the cost of that… Read More
As the head varsity cheering coach at Hampden Academy, I believe the BDN deserves a slap on the wrist for its reporting, or lack thereof, on the Big East Cheering Competition Jan. 30 in Brewer. Both Hampden, who won, and Brewer, who took second, have… Read More
Rep. Douglas Ahearne’s, D-Madawaska, latest proposal to make it a felony to purchase alcoholic beverages through the mail is from a very narrow point of view, but with broad-ranging and perhaps severe consequences for many Mainers. Keeping in mind all the talk of economic expansion… Read More
Bangor is joining a growing list of communities where counterfeit money is being passed off as the real thing, prompting police here to warn businesses to keep an eye out for the phony bills. Bogus $10 and $20 bills have cropped up at several Bangor… Read More
BANGOR — Senate President Mark Lawrence was briefed Wednesday on some of the economic development challenges facing eastern and northern Maine, during a session with regional movers and shakers. The Kittery Democrat was a one-man audience for the nearly two-hour briefing session conducted by members… Read More
BANGOR — When Chief Justice Daniel Wathen makes his annual trip to the House podium in Augusta today to deliver his State of the Judiciary speech, he will ask lawmakers to consider the public’s need for “prompt and affordable justice.” Prompt and affordable justice, however,… Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor has extended federal assistance to workers laid off from their jobs at Irving Tanning Co. in Hartland, according to an announcement Wednesday by U.S. Rep. John Baldacci. The Maine Department of Labor had petitioned the federal agency to approve Trade… Read More
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick received some good news about jobs coming to the area Wednesday, just after the community learned its Service Merchandise store was closing. The company says its Brunswick store is among the 134 stores that the jewelry and home products chain plans to… Read More
LINCOLN — Firefighter Frank Hammond will assume his new duties today as chief of the Lincoln Fire Department. Town Manager Glenn Aho’s appointment of Hammond to the chief’s post won the unanimous support of the Lincoln Town Council during a meeting this week. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR — Mike Keegan, chief of project planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the New England Region, did his best Wednesday morning to keep city officials and terminal representatives from feeling they were in over their heads when the subject was dredging the Penobscot River. Read More
ORRINGTON — In action that was both swift and unanimous, the zoning board of appeals Wednesday night issued the variance needed to move the town’s proposed school construction forward. The decision to grant the variance was made within 15 minutes of the meeting’s 7 p.m. Read More
SCARBOROUGH — A teen-age girl was found dead on a busy road early Wednesday, and police say she was the victim of a homicide. Ashley Ouellette, 15, of Saco was pronounced dead at Maine Medical Center after a motorist saw her lying in the middle… Read More
Bill Clinton started this problem and has continued the problem by using his friends and family by telling them stories (lies) to protect his behind. Kenneth Starr, the Congress and now the Senate have had to wade through all of his stories (lies) and manipulations (obstructions) to see… Read More
CARIBOU — A Van Buren man was found guilty Wednesday of growing more than 700 marijuana plants in his trailer in what investigators called the largest indoor growing operation prosecuted in Aroostook County. Randolph LaPierre, 46, was found guilty of illegal trafficking in scheduled drugs… Read More
Ellsworth High School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Laurelin Sitterly; high honors: Jason Anderson, Marc Applebee, Victor Chan, Katrina Closson, Sarah Decker, Stacie Dede, Kiriko Kudo, Mandy Latchaw, Amber Liebig, Mark Naumovitz, Jamie Rogers, Mira Schoppe, Bill Spreng and Jennifer Worden; honors: Meghann… Read More
ORONO — The wife of an Orono police captain accidentally shot herself in the lower abdomen while preparing to clean a small-caliber handgun Wednesday morning, police said. Tina Green, wife of Capt. Linwood Green, was in fair condition Wednesday evening at Eastern Maine Medical Center,… Read More
BLUE HILL — Now that a preliminary study outlining harbor development options has been completed and reviewed, selectmen plan to ask voters to spend up to $10,000 to take the process a step further. The preliminary harbor study completed by Bath-based Pine Tree Engineering Inc. Read More
Dover-Foxcroft District Court Sean P. Wood, 30, Spencer, Mass., failure to display snowmobile registration, $50. 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())… Read More
CAMDEN — When the new five-town community high school is finally named, no one will be able to say the decision was rushed. The CSD board came close to naming the school at its meeting Wednesday night, but instead will put three possible names before… Read More
Mount View High School, Thorndike Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Caryn Cross, Monica Elwell, Daniel Hirschlein, Kathryn LaMothe and Hattie Spaulding; honors: Sarah Anderson, Emma Beaudry, Suzanne Cioe, Rachel Cochrane, Amanda Emery, Brad Fitzpatrick, Amber Fletcher, Naomi Gillette, Shane Hall, Donna Harriman, Tristan… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A cultural perspective of black history will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in the Powell Memorial Library at Maine Central Institute. Student presentations will include black artist Faith Ringold, the black history of Bermuda, music and poetry by black authors, according to… Read More