BANGOR – Dale Landrith scored 16 points in the second half as Husson College knocked off previously undefeated St. Joseph’s College 66-65 on Wednesday night at Newman Gymnasium. Landrith finished with a game-high 22 points for the Braves, who helped coach Warren Caruso to his… Read More
AUGUSTA – Chris Willer scored six of Valley’s 15 points in the fourth quarter as the No. 2 Cavaliers defeated No. 6 Hyde 51-46 in a Western Maine Class D boys basketball semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center Wednesday. Valley of Bingham advances to play… Read More
BANGOR – Exactly one year ago, guard Willie Sleeper was already thinking about what might have been after his Katahdin team watched defending Eastern Maine champ Narraguagus turn a close game into a rout in the final quarter of their Class C quarterfinal. Wednesday afternoon,… Read More
Back last fall when we thought we were going to have a winter with snow on the ground, I was talking with Kathleen Murphy who handles publicity for Tubbs Snowshoe Co., of Stowe, Vt. She made arrangements for me to try out a couple of pairs of her… Read More
BANGOR – Adrenaline, butterflies, nerves. They’re all helpful in postseason competitions. The Penquis girls found out Wednesday, however, that first-time jitters can also do you in when the game is on the line. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
State skiing champions were crowned in Classes A and C on Wednesday, following three days of skiing competition. Edward Little High School of Auburn took home the boys Class A championship, held at Sunday River in Newry, as it slipped past Mt. Blue of Farmington… Read More
AUGUSTA – Seventh-seeded Cony bolted to a 4-0 first-period lead Wednesday night on its way to a 7-1 Class A hockey preliminary victory over No. 10 John Bapst of Bangor at Kennebec Ice Arena. Cony (13-7-1) advances to meet No. 2 North Yarmouth Academy in… Read More
MAINE vs. DELAWARE Time, site: Thursday, 7 p.m.; Carpenter Center, Newark, Del. 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
BANGOR – Camden-Rockport doesn’t wow opponents with its offensive prowess. Instead, the Windjammers go after their foes with stingy man-to-man defense. Defense was the main ingredient Wednesday night as top-seeded Camden-Rockport earned a 55-39 Eastern Maine Class B schoolgirl semifinal victory over No. 4 Mount… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine – The City Council is considering a proposed five-year lease that includes a $50,000 annual increase in the fee charged to the Portland Sea Dogs for use of Hadlock Field. The Eastern League franchise now pays $65,000 a year under a 10-year deal… Read More
AUGUSTA – 3,000 hunters were awarded turkey permits on Wednesday as the results of a random-chance drawing held by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Each applicant receiving a permit will be notified by mail next week and will have approximately three weeks… Read More
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BANGOR – It didn’t take Sumner coach Jeff Richards long to sum up his team of senior starters and veteran reserves after its quarterfinal game at the Bangor Auditorium on Wednesday. “It’s the best team I’ve had in a while,” Richards said. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
MAINE vs. DELAWARE Time, site: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Alfond Arena, Orono 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
PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine-Presque Isle opened the second half with a 13-4 run, building a 16-point lead en route to a 74-52 win over Maine Maritime Academy on Wednesday. Jodi Dodge paced the Owls with 18 points. Lori Morrow contributed 11 points… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine athletic department will offer a special Group Discount for fans wishing to attend the UMaine vs. Merrimack season finale hockey game on Sunday, February 28. Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for just $7 per ticket, a… Read More
Term limits are often compared to turning over a garden — regular tilling loosens things up, lets the sun shine in, allows the fresh air to circulate. With the Maine Legislature now in its second term-limited edition, it may be time to rethink the growing season. Read More
AUGUSTA — A Somerset County senator no longer wants companies to “double dip” into two business incentive programs by collecting property tax rebates from the state when they have not paid those taxes locally. Under state law, a municipality may offer a business a tax… Read More
INDIAN TOWNSHIP — A fight between a Passamaquoddy youth and a white teen-ager at Lee Academy last week bubbled over into a series of racial incidents on the campus, including death threats against Passamaquoddy students. The incidents prompted the parents of some Passamaquoddy students to… Read More
AUGUSTA — The debate over who gets what in the 1998 tobacco settlement will be ratcheted up a notch this weekend when the nation’s governors meet in Washington for the National Governors’ Conference. Gov. Angus King said he will leave Friday for the capital to… Read More
AUGUSTA — When Thomas Anderson was just beginning his dental education years ago at Tufts University, a professor demonstrated how “silver fillings” were made by mixing mercury, silver, tin and copper. When a fellow student asked how a dangerous heavy metal such as mercury could be put safely… Read More
PORTLAND — Pharmaceutical companies are working to kill support for a plan to cut prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare, according to U.S. Rep. Tom Allen. He said the bill would take two to three years to get through Congress because the companies are… Read More
GREENVILLE — Investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office were in Greenville on Wednesday sifting through the remains of the Railroad Cafe, one of two restaurants destroyed by fire in January. Approached at the restaurant Wednesday, Investigator Stewart Jacobs of the fire marshal’s office said… Read More
MACHIAS — The final decision is weeks away, but two tributaries of the Penobscot River are strong candidates to join seven Maine rivers now covered by a state conservation plan to protect the last wild strains of Atlantic salmon. Concurrent with those deliberations, hearings to… Read More
A notary public workshop will be held 9 a.m.-noon Friday, Feb. 19, at Kennebec Valley Technical College. Course cost includes workshop material and application. For information or to register call 453-5119 or 800-528-KVTC, Ext. 5119. Read More
AUGUSTA — A bill proposed by Rep. John Martin, D-Eagle Lake, which would require judges to be approved by public referendum found little support before the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. The committee voted 6-1 against the bill. Testifying during a public hearing on the… Read More
AUGUSTA — The bicentennial celebration of Kennebec County scheduled to be held Feb. 20 at the County Government Center, 125 State St., Augusta, has been postponed. A date will be announced. Read More
Justine Stevens, dressed in a maroon and white gown, walked up and knelt before her teacher, Deborah Friedman. Friedman drew a sword and dubbed the third-grader “Dame Justine” for her valor during a study of the Middle Ages. A dame is the female equivalent of… Read More
A significant portion of the global ecosystem is made up of marine phytoplankton. These are free-floating, single-cell plants that occupy the base of the ocean’s food pyramid. One estimate states that it takes a metric ton, or 2,200 pounds, of phytoplankton to produce 1 kilogram of tuna. Read More
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Countless rounds of legislative debate over the years have taught supporters of a local-option sales tax that a simple proposal to add a penny for the local coffers will never fly in Augusta. If they wanted the option to pass, they would need something in it for rural… Read More
AUGUSTA — Christina Dunphy, a 16-year-old junior at Bangor High School, believes she is “very safe” when she’s at her school. She’s not so sure she would feel that way if she were going to school in Portland. “We have security guards and hall monitors… Read More
DESIRE LINES, by Christina Baker Kline, William Morrow and Co., New York, 1999, 343 pages, $24. There’s something unsettling about the purple-pastel jacket of Christina Baker Kline’s second novel. Pictured alongside a Maine road map, with Bangor at the center, are images of a compass,… Read More
My childhood didn’t plan for the long haul. Bigmama lived to be 94, probably because she drank buttermilk every day for dinner, which we called lunch, and was her big meal. Supper sometimes consisted of a big bowl of cold, chopped tomatoes and cornbread. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Some very dedicated students at the University of Maine in Orono hope the public will swing dance its way into spring to help them swing into action during spring break as they fan out across the country helping the less fortunate. Members of LET’S Volunteer… Read More
In this great democracy of ours, freedom of information and freedom of choice are precious and indisputable rights. One of the greatest things about a democracy is that people are encouraged to speak of their concerns openly. Freedom of speech and freedom of information are absolutely necessary for… Read More
AUGUSTA — Affirmative action is “racist and arrogant” and forces employers to hire unqualified people, Rep. Adam Mack said Wednesday in defending his bill to ban preferential hiring in public-sector jobs. Sally Sutton, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union, countered that affirmative action… Read More
MONSON — A Wednesday morning fire heavily damaged a home on the North Guilford Road in Monson. The 6:40 a.m. fire at the home of Roger Burton apparently started around the chimney near the roof, according to Will Bickford, Monson’s assistant fire chief. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
AUGUSTA — The state Department of Transportation’s first six-year plan includes work in the midcoast area that will begin to change the way tourists and others move through the region. DOT traditionally has compiled a two-year transportation improvement plan that corresponds to the legislative funding… Read More
HERMON — In the final chapter of a three-month investigation into his conduct, the town’s embattled code enforcement officer resigned during a Wednesday night meeting of the Town Council. After a brief meeting behind closed doors, council members voted 5-1 to accept the resignation of… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Mooring owners here will pay twice as much to float their boats, now that selectmen have approved a 100 percent increase in mooring fees at their Wednesday night meeting. The board unanimously voted to double mooring fees after the harbor committee held… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Village Green is set for an overhaul this spring, now that funding for the project has been secured and landscape plans are complete. Five years in the making, plans for the Village Green improvement project were temporarily put on hold Feb. Read More
CAMDEN — Five burglaries reported to police over the last three weeks have police stymied and looking for help from the public. Four of the five burglaries apparently occurred during daylight hours, according to Lt. Phil Roberts of the Camden Police Department. Police are not… Read More
BELFAST — No one is sure what the full impact of the Y2K bug will be, but one thing is certain: Waldo County is not ignoring the problem. “We are in the process of upgrading everything,” said Scott Story, chief deputy for the Waldo County… Read More
WARREN — Warren Sanitary District has scooped the competition in its bid to provide waste-water treatment services for the state’s proposed 1,000-bed prison. That leaves nearby Thomaston hanging in financial limbo over the targeted closing of Maine State Prison — which the new prison would… Read More
CORINNA — Federal regulators next month are expected to release the results of weeks of tests to find the extent of chemical pollution at the old Eastland Woolen Mill. The Environmental Protection Agency has called an informational meeting for 7 p.m. March 4 at the… Read More
WATERVILLE — A convicted sex offender has been sent to jail for six months for exposing himself as children arrived one day last spring at the city’s junior high school, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Waterville police had charged Thomas Brown, a 48-year-old transient, with indecent… Read More
AUGUSTA — The state Department of Transportation has issued its first six-year transportation improvement plan, for 2000 through 2005. The plan is intended to be a link between the department’s two-year plan — with its emphasis on immediate needs — and its 20-year plan. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Madawaska High School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Pamela Albert, Andrew Clavette, Jonathan Cyr, Lori Cyr, Laura Deschaine, Rebecca Deschaine, Tina Dube, Heather Gendreau, Vanessa Hebert, Brianne Jackson-Eldridge and Andrew Sirois; honors: Desiree Albert, Julie Ayotte, Brian Beaulieu, Jenny Lee Chasse, Timothy Cowie,… Read More
Aroostook County Superior Court Kerry D. Quint, 20, Houlton, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, 11 months in jail, all but 90 days suspended, one year probation, $4,270 restitution, 25 hours community service; criminal trespass, 60 days in jail; second count of theft by unauthorized… Read More
HOULTON — Negotiations are at a standstill on a contract for registered nurses working at Houlton Regional Hospital. At issue is whether a step system should be implemented in the pay scale system in the current contract. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Expediency has become the forgiver of moral turpitude, and the use of semantics its justification. All acts can become rationalized and accepted. In our country, the umbrella of ethics is increasingly unable to protect the cloak of legality. Double standards proliferate in the judicial systems;… Read More
A privately owned 20-acre strip of forest bordering 70 homes and town trust land near downtown Orono that people thought was an environmental safe haven will now become a horse farm with a barn and pasture where trees once stood. There will doubtless be severe consequences for the… Read More
Anger is an emotion that seems to be spreading across the country like an infectious disease, taking its victims without prejudice, resulting in a multi-generational group of deleterious-minded bipeds whose only enjoyment in life is ensuring others dare only to share their limited convictions. We apparently have evolved… Read More
If the state of Maine is hellbent on acquiring more land for recreation and ecological purposes, why doesn’t it first consider buying up federal property, like, say, Acadia National Park? Such purchases would: satisfy the real estate appetites of the environmentalists; retain the character of,… Read More
ORONO — A state forest sustainability plan, which calls for better timber harvesting practices and more public accountability from woodland owners, was attacked Wednesday for being both too modest in its proposals and too aggressive in how soon it expects those changes to be implemented. The plan was… Read More
BANGOR — The shooting deaths of three Kurds who stormed the Israeli consulate in Berlin was unfortunate, but it was an act of self-defense, a leading Israeli official in this country said Wednesday. Meeting with reporters and editors of the Bangor Daily News on Wednesday… Read More
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — MBNA Corp., the nation’s third-biggest credit card issuer, will close a customer-service office here that employs 650 PNC Bank Corp. staff after it completes its purchase of PNC’s credit-card business. About 150 salaried and office-level staff will be offered jobs in… Read More
A Wall Street agency that rates communities on the basis of economic strength and credit stability has lowered Bangor’s bond rating from an Aa2 to an Aa3 category while insisting the change is not a reflection of worsening economic factors in the city. The change… Read More
JACKSON, Wyo. — An avid snowmobiler and an environmental engineer have teamed up to find a way to improve snowmobiles and the environment and challenge some of the nation’s brightest young minds at the same time. Teton County Commissioner Bill Paddleford and Lori Fussell have… Read More
BANGOR — For the second bone density test of her life, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe stopped by the Maine Center for Osteoporosis Research and Education at St. Joseph Hospital. While media waited outside, the senator spent a few minutes lying on a table in a… Read More
PORTLAND — Sen. Olympia Snowe is back in Maine, and she’s getting an earful from constituents about her vote not to remove President Clinton from office. During a visit to Starbucks in Portland, voters praised her for voting to acquit the president of charges that… Read More
BANGOR — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe pledged her continued support Wednesday to an effort to create an east-west highway running from eastern Maine to the borders of New Hampshire and Quebec. “I will help you. I will do whatever I can,” Snowe told Chairman Timothy… Read More
AUGUSTA — Members of the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry voted Wednesday afternoon to recommend passage of a $500,000 marketing and promotion plan — a plan that could return more than 20 times that amount to Maine’s farmers in increased sales. Read More
ORONO — The University of Maine has been awarded a $10 million Navy grant to help develop sensors to detect chemical and biological agents under battlefield conditions. The grant is the largest in the university’s history. Research to be conducted at Orono over the next… Read More
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association is living proof the pursuit of profits is of far greater concern than who pays what for their products. Low-income seniors often wind up paying much higher prices for prescription drugs than anyone else. Rep. Tom Allen recognizes how serious the… Read More
GRAY — Van Buren has reclaimed its title for the coldest day ever in Maine. Temperature sensors in Allagash were incorrect when they clocked minus 55 degrees last month, the National Weather Service said Wednesday. The record of 48 degrees below zero was set Jan. Read More
GREENVILLE — As railroad officials on Wednesday worked to clean up wreckage left by yet another train derailment, some Greenville residents questioned their safety in this small community. Early Tuesday morning, several Canadian American Railroad cars on a train bound from Montreal to Brownville Junction… Read More
Bangor police took a Machias teen-ager into custody Tuesday night and are looking for his alleged accomplice in what appears to be a coordinated theft attempt at the Ames Department Store. Store employees and security cameras caught the 17-year-old pushing a cart around the store… Read More
Bangor District Court Jessica M. Bracy, 20, Brewer, illegal transportation of liquor by minor, $100, license suspended 30 days. 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;… Read More
Brewer High School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Eric Brown, Jodie Comer, Heather Fraser, Andy Goupee, Allison Gray, Paul Houston, Joshua Kingsbury, Felicia Malerba, Joseph McGuire, T. (Kate) McGuire, William Voisine, Carianne Watson, Abby Weissman, Katherine Ziemer; honors: Amy Allen, Matt Bruni, Rebecca… Read More
Orono High School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Jenny Cheng, Heidi Crosby, Malin Pinsky, Carrie Rich, Matt Rogers and Brian Schilmoeller; honors: Shaun Brasseau, Benjamin Bryant, Ben Chapman, Jaci Cookson, Mandi Cota, Josh Dorr, Ben Enos, Kelly Gardner, Jenni Hagglund, David Hirst, Eric… Read More
John Bapst Memorial High School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Leo E. Coyle, Kate L. Crotty, Kristi L. Millard, Juliana C. Solinger, Anthony C. Tremble, Elizabeth L. Viner and Kelli A. Wong; honors: Daniel C. Allen, Jason W. Ashley, Robert E. Baldacci III,… Read More
BANGOR — City councilors on the Community and Economic Development Committee took a big step Wednesday toward selling 51 units of former Air Force housing when they established selling prices for the single-family homes. The houses on Union Street, Randolph Drive and Maxwell Lane are… Read More