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
    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
    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
    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 — 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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