BANGOR – It seems that no matter where they go or what they do, Frederick “Red” Barry’s former players, students and colleagues don’t forget the lessons taught by the tough, intense 22-year Bangor High School boys basketball coach. Just Friday, Secretary of Defense William Cohen,… Read More
The Hampden Academy girls and Penobscot Valley boys have been named winners of the Eastern Maine Board No. 111 of Approved Basketball Officials sportsmanship award. The Higgins Christian of Charleston and Mount View of Thorndike girls and Mount View and Penobscot Valley of Howland boys… Read More
MAINE vs. PROVIDENCE Time, site: Saturday (2), Sunday (2), 11 a.m.; Providence, R.I. Records: Maine 7-7; Providence 14-3 Series: Maine leads 19-9 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
BOSTON – Sprawled on the FleetCenter ice as his teammates struggled to get a first-period hack at Maine goalie Alfie Michaud, Brian Gionta found himself as low as he could get. The puck spun, tantalizingly, just five feet in front of the Maine goal, and… Read More
BOSTON – Boston College junior center Blake Bellefeuille continues to be a University of Maine nemesis. Bellefeuille scored a pair of controversial power-play goals and sophomore goalie Scott Clemmensen made 33 saves to lead the Eagles past Maine 3-2 in their Hockey East semifinal at… Read More
BANGOR – They’re the main object of everyone’s attention night in and night out from mid-December to mid-March. Thousands of fans – cheering or booing, supporting or distracting, yelling and screaming – each game. And these players were always the main targets. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Time was when the rod racks in the Penobscot Salmon Club cradled 14-foot fly rods built by the legendary Bangor rod makers Hiram Leonard and Fred Thomas. Built of split bamboo, the flawlessly finished “two-handers” were the exemplars of the rod maker’s art. Appropriately, the… Read More
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The University of Maine softball team split two games Friday, defeating the University of North Carolina-Greensboro 5-2 and losing to Colgate 3-0 in the second game. Tara McGoff tossed the shutout for Colgate in the second game. She scattered three hits… Read More
WATERVILLE — Manufacturer Crowe Rope Industries LLC on Friday appointed Michael W. Carrender as chief executive officer. Crowe employs 350 people at plants in Winslow and Searsmont. It is the largest rope, twine and cordage manufacturer in North America and is owned by JPB Enterprises… Read More
BANGOR — Three years after the referendum that nearly split Canada in two, support for Quebec’s separatist Parti Quebecois is waning, Stephane Dion, a high-ranking Canadian government official, said during a visit to Maine on Friday. Separatists narrowly lost a 1995 referendum on secession, nabbing… Read More
PORTLAND — A campaign to lure cruise ships and their affluent passengers to Portland harbor suffered a setback when the operator of the Sea Breeze canceled 16 of this year’s 17 scheduled visits. Premier Cruises eliminated its weekly stops in Portland this summer because the… Read More
BANGOR — The American Red Cross will hold public blood drives throughout the state. Lincoln, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, April 1, at Mattanawcook Academy gym. For information, call Fred Woodman at 794-6711. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
AUGUSTA — Patrick Moore co-founded Greenpeace. He protested U.S. nuclear testing in the Aleutian Islands. He sat on baby harp seals to keep them from being clubbed to death by fur traders. When the Russians wanted to harvest sperm whales off the coast of California,… Read More
BANGOR — A bus is scheduled to leave the Bangor High School parking lot at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, May 1, for a one-day trip to see the Mary Cassatt exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and Isabella Gardner Museum. The cost, which includes the bus trip, museum… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Two stores in the Aroostook Centre Mall will close in the next few weeks, the mall manager said Friday. Lechter’s, which specializes in housewares, is scheduled to close by the end of the month, John Dickey confirmed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
AUGUSTA — A proposal to use $10,000 to step up protective monitoring of Indian archaeological sites around Maine received a lukewarm reception Friday from lawmakers who wondered what good such a modest sum would do. Proponents conceded the requested funding level was low, but said… Read More
BANGOR — A basketball player and a former geologist-geophysicist will be the cadet leaders aboard the training vessel State of Maine for Maine Maritime Academy’s annual two-month training cruise in May. This year’s cruise covers four ports in the Mediterranean Sea. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BANGOR — Helen Higgins is astounded at the way things have turned out. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d still be here,” said the Levant resident, who celebrated her 105th birthday with lunch at Momma Baldacci’s Italian Restaurant in Bangor on Friday. Read More
BANGOR — No one is watching the clock in Jane Mullen’s kindergarten class. It’s about 10:30 a.m., and the bustling 5- and 6-year-olds proudly show their teacher the weather projects they’ve been working on this morning — projects they otherwise might not have had time… Read More
NEWPORT — Sweet vibrations resonated through the halls of Nokomis Regional High School on Friday as the first of two days of the Maine State Jazz Festival got under way. The festival is an annual competition of junior high and high school jazz bands and… Read More
AUGUSTA — A Bangor Daily News reporter was among five people honored Friday during the Maine Vocational Association’s 43rd annual conference at the Augusta Civic Center. Wayne Brown, who works out of the Houlton bureau, was honored with the award for “Outstanding Business-Education Partnership” for… Read More
BOSTON — Maine workers and their families are invited to call the U.S. Labor Department’s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration Saturday. The agency has set up an employee benefits customer service day Saturday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BRUNSWICK — The Blue Angels, the Navy’s precision flying team, will return to the Brunswick Naval Air Station to perform July 24-25 during the Great State of Maine Air Show. Some 180,000 spectators are expected to attend the event, equaling the turnout when the Blue… Read More
AUGUSTA — “State law: Stop for pedestrians in crosswalk.” Signs carrying the warning loom along busy streets, reminding drivers of their obligation to people on foot. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
According to the latest consensus estimates, roughly 40 percent of Americans are now invested in the stock market to some degree. A few observers say the figure is closer to 30 percent, while others (a boosterish minority) claim it is more like 50 percent. Whatever the precise figure,… Read More
Should the sales tax be cut by a half-cent because of a pledge made six years ago? Should the gas tax not be raised a nickel because the state survived recession in part by raiding the Highway Fund for non-highway purposes? Formulating tax policy is always tricky, more… Read More
When Marilyn Moss had to select a surface, or “footing,” for the indoor riding arena at her Camden farm, she chose shredded rubber. It’s easy on the horses’ feet. It’s recycled. In short, it’s better than what has been used before. People who ride on… Read More
There have been moments that left me proud I am a Mainer. One that comes to mind was watching the Ken Burns documentary about the Civil War on public television. For the first time, I appreciated the true dimensions of the heroism displayed by Joshua Chamberlain and his… Read More
Even the rawest of rookie reporters covering the legislature learns early on that you can’t always tell a legislative bill by its title, any more than you can properly judge a book by its cover. A legislative document — “LD” in legislative parlance — titled… Read More
Far off the beaten path north of Baxter State Park, some of the oldest trees in New England are shedding new light on forestry and preservation practices in Maine and beyond. The centuries-old hemlock, sugar maple and red spruce trees of the 5,000-acre Big Reed… Read More
Lamb’s Island is not a place people tend to pass through. They either are born and buried there, or simply summer on the tiny island off the coast of Maine. However, in writer Linda Hall’s imagination, Lamb’s Island and its abandoned church are a place of refuge and… Read More
Linda Hall opens her mystery novel with Joshua 20:1: Then the Lord said to Joshua: “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the… Read More
Swollen buds were spotted on a roadside maple tree this week, indicating — even as a mid-March snowfall was in progress — that spring isn’t far away. Spring’s warming temperatures and the increasing length of days cue woody plants and perennials out of dormancy. When… Read More
ASHLAND — The 1999 municipal budget adopted Wednesday tops last year’s local appropriation by $71,650, funds needed to support legal fees regarding more than $1 million in tax abatement requests by the energy plant in the community. The $1,013,307 total municipal spending plan includes $473,307… Read More
No one enjoys paying the state income tax, and there are some Mainers out there who even resent it. But for the 1,370 or so New Hampshire residents who work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, having to shell out some $3 million in… Read More
Where did Jimmy Busque come from (BDN letter, March 13-14)? Can he be serious when he says wolves will “threaten our economy and outdoor heritage”? Is this fear talking or outright ignorance? I would anticipate an argument next from Busque purporting that pileated woodpeckers will… Read More
This response refers to Eric Greiner’s letter (BDN, March 9) criticizing Rep. Tom Allen’s vote on House Armed Services Committee HR-4 against deployment of a countrywide defense system against ballistic missiles. In testimony on HR-4, Allen pointed out that, in an interview with Sea Power… Read More
Two woodchoppers from the Allagash area have been sacked and two more will be separated from the payroll if they fail to enroll at a one-day school where they would learn how to chop down trees in compliance with methodologies prescribed by the Certified Logging Program. This is… Read More
The opportunity for citizens in Maine to put a referendum in motion is a unique aspect of democracy here which should be preserved. I have lived in other states where people throw up their hands in frustration over questions because they feel there is no… Read More
I am a fisherman who does not protest the ban on Atlantic salmon fishing. I recognize the precarious position which we, as sportsmen and consumers, have placed the Atlantic salmon in. This beautiful fish, a symbol of Maine wilderness, has been put in the very real danger of… Read More
WASHINGTON — Less than 10 weeks after the start of the 106th Congress, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe already has introduced an impressive 28 original bills, making her the Senate’s fourth most prolific law writer so far. Only three senators — John McCain, R-Ariz., Daniel Patrick… Read More
SOUTH THOMASTON — Voters will elect officers and decide on a $554,588 gross municipal budget Thursday when they gather for the annual town meeting. The proposed budget represents a 14 percent decrease compared with last year’s $645,420 appropriation, which does not include money requested for… Read More
A 40th wedding anniversary open house will be given for Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Trafton by their daughters at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at the Dover-Foxcroft YMCA. For information, call Laurie Martell at 876-3563. Sarah Haraden, Robbins Garden, Apt. 1C, Cherryfield 04622, is looking… Read More
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in Congress have introduced dozens of bills that will have repercussions for Maine if approved. Maine coastline and harbors 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
CUSHING — SAD 50 directors accepted nearly $50,000 this week for the Georges River Educational Foundation, which will provide library resources for district schools. Superintendent John Dirnbauer said Friday that about half of the $47,500 has come from private foundations and the remainder raised through… Read More
CLINTON — Tole ‘n ME, Maine’s Chapter of the National Society of Decorative Painters, will hold a chapter meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 3, at the Iron Workers Hall, one mile west on Hinckley Road off I-95, Exit 37. The public is welcome. The… Read More
A item in the “From Police Files” column in Friday’s city edition should have identified two Bangor police officers as Myron Warner and Kevin MacLaren. Read More
Portage Lake Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, March 26, at the municipal building to elect a selectperson for three years. Candidates are Christy A. Dicker and Janice C. Labbe. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
The Hancock Women’s Club offers scholarships for high school seniors and nontraditional students. Applicants must be residents of the town of Hancock and must plan to attend college in the fall of 1999. Scholarships will be paid the second semester. Applications may be picked up… Read More
Fort Kent District Court Robert L. Smith, 24, Fort Kent, theft by unauthorized taking, filed. 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
WOODLAND — Twenty-four brave souls defied Tuesday’s blustery snowstorm to attend Woodland’s scheduled town meeting. Because town officials would have had to meet that evening to reschedule the session, and the warrant would have expired that day, they decided to conduct their annual meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
NEWPORT — Reservations are being accepted for booth space at the May Fair and Business Expo sponsored by the Sebasticook Valley Chamber of Commerce. Businesses and organizations in the communities served by SVCC are encouraged to make reservations for the May 8 event before April… Read More
DEXTER — SAD 46 kindergarten registration for the 1999-2000 school year will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 1, and from noon to 3 p.m. Friday, April 2, at the Dexter Primary School. Children must be 5 years of age on or… Read More
JONESBORO — Town elections were held Friday and voters will convene for the business part of the annual town meeting Monday. Town Clerk Joan Brown said all incumbents were seeking re-election and that there were no challengers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR — The city is nearly ready to purchase the Kobritz building at 77 Railroad St. as part of its effort to redevelop the waterfront, but one of the potential sellers says that not all of the issues have been resolved. Barry Hodge, who owns… Read More
ELLSWORTH — African drums. You can hear their sound drifting faintly down the hall at Ellsworth High School. 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++)… Read More
NORTH HAVEN — Passengers on a Maine state ferry in December are getting soaked for up to $6,000 worth of damage to their vehicles — costs the state refuses to absorb. Investigators have determined the state is not liable for damage to private vehicles that… Read More
MACHIASPORT — Residents will have a chance to voice their opinions on the secession plans of their east side neighbors during a public hearing April 22. David Atkinson, chairman of the Machiasport selectmen, said the hearing also will be an informational meeting for town residents. Read More
ST. ALBANS — What began as a fight between friends Thursday afternoon on St. Alban’s Mountain quickly escalated into a brawl that included rocks and an ax. The final result was that one of the people involved was arrested on three outstanding warrants from Missouri… Read More
BANGOR — The 51 units of Air Force housing being renovated by the city have been on the market for just a month, but three of the single-family homes are about to be sold for the full asking price. The community and economic development committee… Read More
An Orono woman who told police that she “snapped” was summoned Friday, one day after she allegedly rammed two cars in order to get out of a Bangor parking lot. Bangor police charged Patricia Conley, 54, with driving to endanger, reckless conduct and criminal mischief. Read More
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine, based in Camden, is searching for “wish volunteers” in the Bangor area to help make wishes come true for Maine children with life-threatening illnesses. We spoke this week with program director Elliott Pitts who told us that the volunteers act as… Read More
Bangor District Court Donald P. Ganey, 40, South Hamilton, Mass., speeding, $70. 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
WASHINGTON — Social Security, Medicare and education reform may be grabbing the headlines, but Congress also is considering dozens of other issues with special importance for Maine. Lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced more than 40 bills that, among other things, would give… Read More