LEWISTON – Abbey DeRocker’s sacrifice fly in the 10th inning of the first game helped Bates post a doubleheader sweep of Husson in Monday softball action. The Bobcats won the opener 6-5 and the nightcap 8-4. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine-Presque Isle pounded out 43 hits in two games on Monday to sweep a softball doubleheader from Maine Maritime Academy. The Owls took the first game 14-6 and beat the Mariners 17-9 in the second. In the first game,… Read More
    CORINTH – Krystal Stevens tripled and drove in three runs to lead the Central Red Devils past Dexter, 11-5, in softball action Monday. Crystal Strout, who pitched a three-hitter, and Stephanie Partridge each had a single and two RBIs for Central. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    College BRIAN DiBELLO WATERVILLE – Colby College senior Brian DiBello has been selected as the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) baseball pitcher of the week. He ran his record to 4-2 last week with a win over Middlebury and allowed just one unearned… Read More
    PORTLAND – Distance runner Byrne Decker, 29, of Yarmouth finished first in a field of more than 700 to win the 70th annual Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Portland 5-mile road race Monday in 24 minutes, 47 seconds. Rose Prest-Morrison, 36, of Limerick won… Read More
    BREWER – The Penobscot Fly Fishers will hold their annual fly fishing day Saturday, April 24 at the Penobscot County Convservation Association on North Main Street in Brewer. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and classes will begin at 9. Classes will be held in entomology,… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Albert Glossian, making his first varsity start, went 3-for-4, drove in two runs, and scored the winning run in the top of the eighth inning in his first varsity sport to lift Orono past Ellsworth 10-8 Monday afternoon. Stuart Cady doubled twice, singled… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Albert Glossian, making his first varsity start, went 3-for-4, drove in two runs, and scored the winning run in the top of the eighth inning in his first varsity sport to lift Orono past Ellsworth 10-8 Monday afternoon. Stuart Cady doubled twice, singled… Read More
    Defining `sportsman’ In response to Tom Hennessy’s article, “Sportsmen must set their sights on antis’ activities” (BDN, April 3), I have just one question: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    CORINTH – Brock Kimball pitched a one-hitter while striking out 12 as Dexter downed Central 9-3 in baseball action Monday. Calvin Teixeira tripled to drive in two runs for the Tigers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    WASHBURN – James “Chico” Hernandez of Washburn recently won gold and bronze medals at the 1999 AAU Sambo Wrestling Championships held at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Va. Hernandez won the gold medal in the 180-pound class of the masters division (ages 45-50). He then placed… Read More
    ALBION — Albion Elementary School is one of only 26 schools in North America to receive an international award this year for its methods of teaching reading and writing. Two teachers will go to San Diego next month to receive the 1999 Exemplary Reading Program… Read More
    PORTLAND — The barndoor skate, a large flatfish that has never been worth much in the seafood industry, is in danger of extinction, according to an international group of ocean scientists. Scientists are calling for protection of the once-common bottom-dweller in the Gulf of Maine,… Read More
    HEARTBREAK HILL, Mass. — In the mind’s eye, especially for the uninitiated, this misnamed slice of the Boston Marathon lurks like a monolith against a stormy sky. It’s supposed to be pure evil, a runner’s nightmare personified, the motivator during months of dark winter training. Read More
    PORTLAND — The Center for Grieving Children now offers a program to help children whose family members or friends face life-threatening illness. Amanda Faust’s family was one of the first to go through the six-week Tender Loving Care program after her mother, Bess Faust, was… Read More
    Dear Jim: My allergist recommended a super-powerful central vacuum cleaner and I like how quiet they are. Do the powerful motors use a lot of extra electricity and can I install one myself to save a few bucks? — Mike H. Dear Mike: For deep… Read More
    I remember the start of World War II. I was born in 1933, so that at the age of 10 and 11, I remember the agony of the Jewish people trapped in Europe, specifically Germany, who were targeted by the German Fascist police as unwanted human beings. People… Read More
    The real reason Marie Antoinette got it in the neck is that when asked to do something about the high cost of prescription drugs facing the French peasants she scornfully replied, “Let them eat Prozac.” Things have not changed much since then. Despite the involvement… Read More
    What better way to end the millennium than with the discovery announced last week of the first solar system besides our own. For astronomers, the discovery creates all manner of questions related to planets and their motion. The rest of us can take comfort in knowing that the… Read More
    ORONO — The Downeast Society for Classical Guitar will celebrate its 10th anniversary this weekend with a concert of solos and duets, and its annual classical guitar competition for Maine high school students. The 10th annual classical guitar competition gets under way at 1 p.m. Read More
    Critics of the bill to exempt retirement income from the Maine income tax says it was merely a feel-good proposal, a political ploy with no chance of becoming law, a shameless bit of late-session grandstanding. The critics are being kind. Maybe the wave of support… Read More
    BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick-based patrol squadron has been deployed to Sicily to participate in the NATO war effort in the Balkans, officials at the Brunswick Naval Air Station said Monday. Patrol Squadron 10, with 350 members and nine aircraft, is flying continuous missions in support… Read More
    NORWAY — A Woodstock woman recovering from a car crash that killed a Gorham man Friday remained in stable condition at a hospital Monday. April Daye, 28, suffered a broken leg and other injuries in the crash on Route 26 in West Paris. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    PORTLAND — In the years when students are not participating in the Maine Educational Assessment exams, teachers will be able to assess students’ skills using a new Internet testing program. The program, called Schools and Technology for Assessment and Reflection, or STAR, is designed to… Read More
    SOLON — A local man was arrested over the weekend for possessing more than a quarter-pound of high-grade marijuana, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department. Kenneth Ouellette, 40, was charged with furnishing a Schedule Z drug after a search of his home on Route… Read More
    OLD TOWN — A free preschool screening for all Old Town area children, 3 and 4 years old, and for 5-year-olds not yet eligible for kindergarten, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at the Old Town YMCA. The free service is sponsored… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Police are still investigating the theft of a pickup truck reported stolen Monday afternoon. The truck was taken from Maverick Street, police said, and had not been recovered as of Monday evening. The vehicle, a 1986 two-tone brown Ford, is registered to Daniel… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Sandy Blitz, executive director of the East/West Highway Association, will be the featured speaker at the Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce annual meeting, which will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in Dover-Foxcroft. Blitz will… Read More
    LEVANT — A public hearing will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, at the Levant town office on the proposed discontinuance of a portion of the Forest Hills Drive cul de sac. Another public hearing will be held 7:15 p.m. April 28, at the town office, to… Read More
    BANGOR — The Bangor Theological Seminary Choir and members of the University of Maine Singers will perform a service of hymns and spirituals in the Seminary’s Nelson Beach Chapel at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 22. The public is invited. Read More
    ORONO — The Maine Forest and Logging Museum opens its 1999 season on Sunday, April 25, with its Woodsmen’s and Log Hauler Day with exhibits and demonstrations of traditional woods work, tools and machinery. The University of Maine and Unity College’s woodsman teams will show… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The first speaker of the new MCI Speaker Series Program, Dr. Peter Williams, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 29, in the Ella Powell Room of the Powell Memorial Library, about his trip to South Africa during the winter of 1998. The event is open… Read More
    The people of Maine should thank Aaron Baltes for his letter (“Unnatural act,” BDN, April 7), calling our attention to LD 1987, An Act to License Hikers, Canoeists, Kayakers and Off-road Bicyclists, sponsored by Rep. Henry Joy of Crystal and co-sponsored by Rep. Treadwell of Carmel. Read More
    Sen. Leo Kieffer of Caribou is sponsoring LD 314 (BDN, April 14), to keep petitioners far away from the voting places because of the “treatment of his wife” at Caribou. He said petitioning is (get that) “inconvenient for voting officials” and “promotes debate.” Horrors! “Collecting… Read More
    How refreshing to read letters of complaint about the Luis Palau crusade. It’s another reminder that we are in the last days. When Phish dominated the headlines with news of drugs, sex and violence, even involving underage children, many were hardly concerned. What a statement for America. While… Read More
    We grieve each time the image of young men committing thoughtless and reckless acts passes before our eyes. The excellent photographs told a troubling story of a few young men disgracing their campus and the University of Maine hockey team. Sadly, there were many more stories of students… Read More
    In response to the letter (“No Albanians,” BDN, April 12) by Carroll B Knox of Caribou; Sen. Susan Collins’ policy stands are often faulty. No one could doubt her family values. At the foot of her statue, the poet gives words to Liberty: googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Wedding bells will be ringing soon for a special couple whose love for each other is so strong it has already endured the worst of times and now is welcoming the best of times. On Friday, April 30, in the Bahamas, Christine Packard of Jacksonville,… Read More
    CUTLER — Union officials representing civilian workers at the Cutler naval base say they are feeling a bit more optimistic about the facility’s future after a weekend meeting with Navy Secretary Richard Danzig. Elmer Harmon, president of Local 2635 of the American Federation of Government… Read More
    PORTLAND — In a 5-2 decision, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has overturned a lower court ruling dealing with the constitutional rights of a man arrested by drug agents in 1997. The court determined that an Aroostook County Superior Court justice erred when he ruled… Read More
    Long before I saw Mount Katadhin or visited Baxter State Park, I was uplifted by the awareness that both were there in public trust and to remain “forever wild.” Sadly, we have among the least amount of public land of any state in the country… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A controversial vote on whether Pittsfield should become a member of the Kennebec Regional Development Authority — the agency developing the Super Park in Oakland — may be considered tonight. The Town Council delayed a decision on the issue two weeks ago after… Read More