Joe Bessey is one of the busiest men in stock car racing. The 1979 graduate of Auburn’s Edward Little High School owns Winston Cup and Busch Grand National teams sponsored by PowerTeam Chevy, and he has also driven on the BGN series. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Lucerne Hills Golf Club, which has been for sale at least once since its resurrection in 1993, has been sold to a former teaching pro who has returned to his home state. Bath native Jeff Peabody, who became a teaching pro in Hawaii before moving… Read More
    High school Penobscot Valley Conference Track All-Conference Teams BOYS 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
    Recently, the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine’s reel ran in opposition to a Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife decision to stock two Moosehead Region wild trout waters, Monkey (Mirror) Pond and Sourdnahunk Stream, with hatchery fish. In a letter to DIFW Commissioner Lee Perry, SAM Executive Director George… Read More
    Hole-in-One TOM SULLIVAN KENDUSKEAG – Tom Sullivan of Kenduskeag used a 9-iron to ace the 108-yard fourth hole at Kenduskeag Valley Golf Club on Friday. The feat, Sullivan’s second career ace on the hole, was witnessed by Steve Browne of Holden and Earl Van Dine… Read More
    Mike Ross of the University of Maine has been selected as a member of the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team compiled by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. The Foxboro, Mass., native was the America East Rookie of the Year after hitting .361 with a team-leading eight home runs and 63… Read More
    NESN New England Boys lacrosse rankings Through June 3 1. Wilton, Conn. 15-1, 2. Newton North, Mass. 18-2, 3. Winchester, Mass. 19-1, 4. Woodstock, Vt. 13-1, 5. Concord-Carlisle, Mass. 16-1, 6. Fairfield Prep, Conn. 13-1, 7. Darien, Conn. 14-2, 8. Pinkerton Academy, N.H. 12-0, 9. Read More
    High school NESN New England baseball rankings Through June 3 1. Bishop Hendricken, R.I. 19-0, 2. Northbridge, Mass. 18-1, 3. Danvers, Mass. 20-0, 4. Stamford, Conn. 18-1, 5. Southington, Conn. 15-1, 6. Kenne, N.H. 17-2, 7. Boston Latin, Mass. 18-2, 8. Brattleboro, Vt. 13-1, 9. Read More
    BANGOR — Four years after he raped and brutally killed a Brewer woman, 28-year-old Douglas Littlefield was sentenced Friday to 95 years in prison for her murder and a series of random rapes that occurred in the ensuing months. Standing before Justice Margaret Kravchuk, Littlefield,… Read More
    PORTLAND — Great weather attracted what may have been record-breaking crowds to the state’s parks over Memorial Day weekend, the state’s conservation commissioner said. “I think it probably was a record-breaking weekend,” said Commissioner Ron Lovaglio, who took his family camping at Mt. Blue State… Read More
    ORONO — Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, Old Town High School and Mount View High School in Thorndike placed first, second, and third in a statewide Envirothon competition. The Maine Association of Conservation Districts awarded these three teams miniature scenery-painted canoe paddles at the… Read More
    WELD — The Maine chapter of the Sierra Club will recognize National Trails Day with events Saturday, June 5, on Tumbledown Mountain trails. More than 3,000 events are held on Trails Day in the United States on more than 23,000 miles of trails. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Bangor District Court Kevin J. Dubois, 18, Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking, $750. 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… Read More
    The letter and the information was most welcome, as was the open invitation offered you by Linda Hansen of Brewer, who is co-chairwoman for the annual Garden Club Federation of Maine convention. This year’s convention, hosted by the Penobscot District, is planned for Wednesday and… Read More
    It was parent night at the driving school, a time to observe one of the most important rites of passage in our child-rearing lives. And if any of us failed to appreciate the significance of the event when we arrived, we quickly felt the unfamiliar weight of it… Read More
    BANGOR — Laurier K. Cote went to Togus on March 9, 1998, to get his toenails clipped, but medical staff at the Veterans Administration Medical Center were more interested in examining part of his anatomy located a bit higher. The 77-year-old Biddeford native was taken… Read More
    Veterans, once again, are outraged. They are promised that the health care system they earned in uniform is becoming more efficient, more responsive to their needs. Yet the wait for appointments is getting longer, as are the bus rides to specialists. The familiar, trusted caregivers are getting laid… Read More
    Kill your friends guilt free. Get in touch with your gun-toting, cold-blooded murdering side. More fun than shooting your neighbor’s cat. With these spectacularly egregious examples taken from ad campaigns for computer games, President Clinton announced Tuesday an investigation into how the entertainment industry markets… Read More
    The Bridgewater Classical Academy will hold its fifth all-school reunion Aug. 6 and 7. BCA held classes from 1906 to 1965, when SAD 42 was formed. Reunions have been held every five years since 1979 but this year will be different because the public is invited. A variety… Read More
    I was pleased BDN reporter Beurmond Banville attended my May 26 meeting in Fort Kent on the subject of wolves and their likely reclassification to threatened status on the Endangered Species List by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service I’d like to clear up some apparent confusion in… Read More
    This morning, I went to Presque Isle District Court because the teen-agers who foolishly scrawled graffiti on the Jewish Community Center last fall were there to be arraigned, not for vandalism, which would be reasonable and expected, but for something else: a so-called “hate crime.”… Read More
    Mention the date June 6, 1944, to any American who has been around the track more than a couple of times — any American with even a trace of institutional memory tied to the dark days of World War II — and he or she is likely to… Read More
    Promoting home ownership and the revitalization of strong neighborhoods is a top priority of the Bangor City Council. That is why the city of Bangor is aggressively promoting the New Neighbors Program, which is a $10 million program targeted to eligible neighborhoods in Bangor, Lewiston and Portland to… Read More
    The Kosovo air campaign, like comedian Rodney Dangerfield, just can’t get any respect. Thursday’s capitulation by Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic and his country’s parliament to a peace agreement on NATO’s terms was greeted with the same partisan nit-picking and naysaying that occurred when the 73-day bombing campaign was… Read More
    The order of a couple paragraphs was inadvertently changed in a story by Judy Harrison on today’s Religion page. The paragraph beginning with the quote, “He helped shape my religious view … ” actually belongs to comments made by Jo-Ann Kirstein, not to Norma Berg as the published… Read More
    Of course, you didn’t plan to spend that long-awaited vacation at the seashore, or mountains or wherever during monsoon season, but chances are the sky will open up and rain on your parade at some point. Instead of letting this intrusion lead to depression, boredom,… Read More
    PORTLAND — The Sen. George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute has announced the 1999 recipients of its scholarships. Among them are 20 students from Hancock, Waldo, Knox and Lincoln counties. The institute selected 132 students in Maine as Mitchell Scholars this year — a significant… Read More
    GREENBUSH — Voters here will head to the polls Tuesday, June 8, to elect one new selectman and three new school committee members. Keith Kneeland and Diane Knight are vying for one seat on the Board of Selectmen vacated by Richard Fish, who opted not… Read More
    PORTLAND — The Sen. George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute has announced the 1999 recipients of its scholarship program. The institute selected 132 students as Mitchell Scholars this year — a significant increase from the 30 awards given annually the past five years. This year… Read More
    JONESPORT — Jonesport-Beals High School Principal Colleen Haskell has announced the honor parts for the Class of 1999. Nicolette Centanni has been named valedictorian and Michele Alley salutatorian. Centanni is the daughter of Robin Smith and Stephen Centanni. She was treasurer of the National Honor… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — A public workshop on how to create healthy, tasty dishes by steaming — with a steamer, in foil or parchment in a “make do” rack — will be held 10 a.m.-noon, Thursday, June 10, at the Somerset County Extension office. To attend, register… Read More
    Aroostook County Superior Court Patrick White, 22, Presque Isle, burglary, 11 months in jail, all but four months suspended, one year probation; criminal mischief, 60 days in jail; theft by unauthorized taking/transfer, 60 days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    Principal Daniel Mills of Searsport District High School has announced that Andrew Blanchard, Jesse Barton and Jennifer Goodwin have been honored as students of the month for February through April. Blanchard is the son of Nick and Corinne Blanchard of Searsport. He is an award-winning… Read More
    PORTLAND — The Sen. George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute has announced the 1999 recipients of its scholarships. The institute selected 132 students as Mitchell Scholars this year — a significant increase from the 30 awards given annually the past five years. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    BELFAST — Ward 3 City Council candidate Tammy Lacher knows taxes are the major issue in any campaign, but perhaps more so than usual this year. “I’m a person of extremely modest means, and I struggle to pay my taxes each year,” the Washington Street… Read More
    SANGERVILLE — A portion of the downtown road reconstruction project on Route 23 in Sangerville may be delayed until next year. Wayne Heath, the Department of Transportation’s resident engineer for the project, recommended Thursday at a pre-construction meeting in Sangerville that the final paving in… Read More
    DEXTER — Replacement of a portion of the roof on the Tri-County Technical Center is expected to begin later this month. The center was successful in obtaining money for the project under the new state revolving loan fund for health and safety improvements. Under this… Read More
    On May 31, I had the privilege of attending the parade in Bangor and a wonderful ceremony at [at the Cole Land Transportation Museum] honoring World War II veterans. As I watched car after car drive by carrying WWII veterans, saw marching and many other veterans in different… Read More
    The award given to education professor Brenda Power at the recent University of Maine commencement ceremony was well-deserved and should get particular attention as we consider how to make our schools safe and nurturing places for all of our children. Professor Power’s commentary (BDN, April 8) on multiage… Read More
    On April 22, I attended a slide show on the North Woods National Park at the Camden Opera House. The presentation revealed the national park would start near the Greenville area, over to Lincoln, north to Sherman, then west to the Canadian border and south to Jackman. In… Read More
    This is a response to the commentary published in the BDN on June 3, concerning the proposed development at Lakeside Landing in Glenburn. On May 26, 1989, Glenburn purchased a 51-acre parcel of land on Pushaw Lake from the Jewish Community Center, and began developing what is now… Read More
    BREWER — Gerald Bowie has decided to call it quits after being at the helm of the city’s Public Works Department for the better part of this decade. Bowie, 59, retired this week from his positions as public works director and city engineer. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BANGOR — Money raised by local associates and customers of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in Bangor, Presque Isle and surrounding areas will be given to Eastern Maine Charities this weekend. The presentation of the $108,000 check will take place during the Children’s Miracle Network… Read More
    American Airlines confirmed Friday that a passenger on Flight 1420 that crashed in Little Rock, Ark., was from Medford, Mass., not Medford, Maine. The airline had said in the hours after the crash Tuesday night that David Spatola, who survived the crash, was from Medford,… Read More
    PORTLAND — Police chiefs and prosecutors from across Maine viewed a demonstration Friday of the federal government’s latest technology in the war on drugs. Al Brandenstein, chief technical adviser to White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey, showed off such items as uncooled thermal-imaging night vision… Read More
    Bangor District Court Joseph Henderson, 21, Levant, marijuana possession, $200. 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] googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    NORTH BERWICK — A nonprofit group is working to save the top of Bauneg Beg Mountain from being developed. Great Works Land Trust is trying to raise $85,000 to buy the land, which was put on the market after a couple who planned to build… Read More
    BANGOR — A homeless man arrested Friday at a Bangor social service agency pleaded innocent later in the day to a federal charge related to downloading child pornography from the Internet. U.S. Customs agents arrested Steven Atkins, 38, while he sat in the general assistance… Read More
    ORONO — The Town Council and school committee will hear public comment on a proposed $10.9 million municipal-school budget at a Monday night meeting in the council chambers. The combined budget is expected to increase the town’s tax rate 4.5 percent from $23.35 per $1,000… Read More
    Monique Dostie, who runs Jaricot Foster Home [in Lewiston, BDN, May 29-30], needs to be applauded for the stand she takes in wanting high moral standards for her home and for educating the people she takes care of not to have unmarried sexual relations with anyone. If the… Read More
    BANGOR — The Bangor Fire Department will hold a Fire Safety Field Day from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, June 7, at the Fourteenth Street School. Pete Metcalf of the Bangor Fire Department said the purpose of the field day trip is to educate… Read More
    GREENBUSH — Voters here will head to the polls Tuesday, June 8, to elect one new selectman and three new school committee members. Keith Kneeland and Diane Knight are vying for one seat on the Board of Selectmen vacated by Richard Fish, who opted not… Read More
    BANGOR — The Bangor Public Library’s summer hours are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, beginning on June 21. June 19 will be the last Saturday the library will be open until after Labor… Read More
    BANGOR — The Maine chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons, in conjunction with the Eastern Area Agency on Aging, is sponsoring a forum to prevent telemarketing fraud at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 8, at the Maine Veterans Home on the Hogan Road. The… Read More
    BANGOR — Cub Scout Pack 301 will hold a bottle drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 6, throughout Bangor. Members of the pack and adult volunteers will pick up donations at the Fairmount Elementary School and door-to-door. Proceeds from the drive will… Read More
    VEAZIE — A joint $3.5 million municipal-school budget will go before residents at the June 8 annual town meeting. Voters also will fill two Town Council and two school committee seats during elections that same day. Among the warrant items are the $1.1 million municipal… Read More
    Bar Harbor District Court Bruce Collind, 41, Rockport, operating motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $500, jail six days, license suspended 90 days; operating motor vehicle after suspension of driver’s license, jail two days; driving to endanger, jail two days, license suspended… Read More
    BRADLEY — Residents here will vote on a $1.4 million town-school budget as well as elect two new town councilors and school board members during a referendum Tuesday at the municipal building. This year’s estimated $402,000 municipal budget is up about $3,000 from last year,… Read More
    Deborah A. Hayden has been named valedictorian of the Class of 1999 at Camden-Rockport High School. She is the daughter of James and Elizabeth Hayden of Camden. She played French horn in the high school band, the District III Band and the All-State Band and Orchestra. She was… Read More