BANGOR – A team of former Boston Red Sox will play the Bangor Firefighters in a baseball game to benefit the firefighters at 7 p.m. Sunday at Mansfield Stadium. Former Red Sox, including Rick Miller, John Tudor, Bill Lee, and Jeff Plympton will participate in… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for the 1999 induction process. The primary criterion for selection is achievement in the athletic program, but other factors are also considered, including: character, leadership, integrity and nonathletic service. Potential inductees must… Read More
    On May 28, after a six-month hiatus, the shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral with supplies and equipment for the International Space Station. The Discovery crew will spend several days rigging cranes and working inside the ISS. Last December, crew members from the shuttle… Read More
    BANGOR — Several members of the National Association of Letter Carriers participated in an informational picket line outside the city’s post office to alert the public to the reasons behind a breakdown in contract talks with the U.S. Postal Service. The picketing was part of… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The steady growth in the food processing industry of battered french fries has led an Idaho company to open a dry blending facility at the Loring Commerce Centre, according to an announcement made Wednesday. A lease for Hydroblend Inc. of Nampa, Idaho, was… Read More
    LEWISTON — Maine entertainer Tim Sample is headed to the windy city to pitch Poland Spring bottled water to midwesterners. Sample, who uses a thick Maine accent in his comedy routine, will endorse the bottled water from a mock general store in Union Station in… Read More
    PORTOFINO, Italy — This secluded village of about 590 people is described in a local tourist guide as being “a playground for the financially advantaged.” That was obvious to the bus load of Maine Maritime Academy cadets, faculty and crew members viewing the huge yachts anchored in the… Read More
    Affordable homes are the focus of National Home Ownership Week June 5-12 as proclaimed by President Clinton. In recognition of that week, the city of Bangor, Penquis Community Action Program, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and REALTY EXECUTIVES are hosting an open house… Read More
    GLENBURN — Voters at Wednesday night’s annual town meeting rejected a private club’s plan to build a recreation building on a town-owned, 51-acre parcel at Pushaw Lake. Proposed by a local snowmobile club, the plan would have required the town to borrow $30,000 to construct… Read More
    BANGOR — Investigators are looking into what caused a fire Tuesday night that heavily damaged a mobile home and injured a resident who had gone back into the burning home to rescue his cat. Vincent Libby remained in fair condition at Maine Medical Center in… Read More
    MILO — SAD 41 voters will be asked to raise taxes to cover deficit spending and fund a $5.6 million budget that officials say more accurately reflects the cost of running the district. The proposed 1999-2000 budget will include $160,000 toward the five-year loan voters… Read More
    For the past three weeks — while most Mainers were watching apple blossoms fall like snowflakes — I have been wallowing in Southernness. Lulled by the clicking of the porch ceiling fan, I didn’t smell lilacs as I would have Down East but rather was… Read More
    It harkens to a time of girls in poodle skirts, a pack of Luckies tucked into the sleeve of a white T-shirt, tubular neon lights reflecting off 18 coats of hand-rubbed lacquer, the rumble of lake pipes and the sound of squealing tires. The lure… Read More
    I knew we were in trouble. The summit of Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park was 100 yards away and it was 4 p.m. Within four hours it would be dark. As in pitch black. On the side of a mountain. A big mountain. Most… Read More
    THE WINSLOW BOY On the surface, David Mamet’s new film, “The Winslow Boy,” is about justice. British justice. But beneath it all, Mamet has other things in mind, such as a film about passion. British passion. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    “New Sculpture by Karen Kang and Jesse Salisbury” at Tunk River Sculpture & Gardens, Steuben, through the summer. On a recent afternoon along the Tunk Stream in Steuben, the heat was heavy and the black flies thick. Neither discomfort took away from this outdoor show… Read More
    A story in Wednesday’s Mid-Maine edition of MaineDay misstated the status of the snowplowing contract in the town of Clinton. Selectmen have recommended Ken Irving’s Trucking for the job; the budget committee has recommended low-bidder Starbird construction. The decision will be made by voters at town meeting on… Read More
    It was hot in New England for nearly two full days this week. Not hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Not hot enough to parch the landscape or to threaten public health and safety. Certainly not hot enough to cause a calamity in the region’s… Read More
    Second of two parts It goes without saying that a few people may do quite well under a privatized Social Security system: well-educated, shrewd and experienced investors equipped to play the market and make the right choices, as well as those with high enough earnings… Read More
    The scrawled note on the side of my elementary school’s juice machine may not have seemed like a real threat on Tuesday morning, but I couldn’t take the chance. It read: “Bomb 6/2” in thin, barely legible letters. A dumb prank, copying recent events in… Read More
    Three times in the last month, intoxicated and violent British passengers have forced transatlantic flights to make emergency landings at Bangor International Airport. Although BIA officials and Bangor police richly deserve the wide acclaim they’ve received for their deft handling of these cases, enough is enough. Our fair… Read More
    PORTLAND — Mainers will get an early taste of an international parade of sailing vessels to visit next year when two replicas of famous 18th century British square-rigged ships sail into Portland Harbor this summer. The HMS Rose and the HMS Bounty will visit Aug. Read More
    GOULDSBORO — Town Manager Eugene Conlogue will step down by July 23 to become town manager of Millinocket. Conlogue — who has also been town manager of Fort Fairfield and Washburn — began working for Gouldsboro in January. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    GREENBUSH — Voters here elected Diane Knight to fill the three-year term on the Board of Selectmen during Tuesday’s election at the town office. Knight won the seat vacated by Richard Fish, who opted not to run for re-election, with 92 votes over Keith Kneeland’s… Read More
    CAMDEN — Kayakers from the Rippleffect 2000 AIDS Awareness Expedition will land on Laite Beach on Saturday. The six paddlers left Lubec for Key West, Fla., on Memorial Day. They are making the journey to heighten AIDS awareness, develop a network of AIDS organizations along… Read More
    STOCKTON SPRINGS — Daniel J. Coulters defeated incumbent Vern Thompson in Tuesday’s balloting for third selectman. Residents also joined with Searsport and Frankfort to award a passing grade to the SAD 56 budget. Coulters topped Thompson with a vote of 105-86. Coulters will take his… Read More
    BANGOR — A Delta Air Lines flight from Moscow to New York was diverted to the Bangor International Airport Wednesday afternoon because of a medical emergency, an airport official said. Flight 31 touched down at 3 p.m. because an American woman, who was not identified,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Daniel Winston, the Rockland District High School teacher accused of the gross sexual assault of a female student, has resigned from SAD 5. Winston, 36, was a math teacher and coach at the school. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    In one fell swoop, the BDN has shown how the state really feels about our children. In the June 3 edition we were told the Part Two budget increases General Purpose Aid to Education by $40.8 million, but the same page points out that $50… Read More
    I wanted to voice my opinion on how ridiculous it is for the Department of Transportation to force truckers to travel back roads because of stricter weight limits on I-95. Truckers don’t earn a huge lump of cash, so they need to make good time in order to… Read More
    Cole Torrey is an outstanding young man, quiet, polite, intelligent and hard-working. The way he has been treated is outrageous. Luckily he has the courage and perseverance to make it through this horrible incident (at Narragugus High School), as well as the support from loving… Read More
    As a member of the Unitarian-Universalist congregation and the Aroostook Hebrew Community, I feel compelled to respond to the Rev. Joanne Hunter’s op-ed in the June 5-6 BDN. She asked for forgiveness for the teens who desecrated the synagogue and did not believe they should be charged with… Read More
    Your letters column of June 3 contains the lamentations of Father C. James Martel who decries what he sees as “the tragic fall from correct English grammar.” He cites a statement containing two negatives. He betrays his lack of understanding of English grammar when he says, “Anyone who… Read More
    So, it seems the city of Boston has jumped on the bandwagon and filed suit against firearm manufacturers (BDN, June 4), alleging among other things that the industry has failed to “incorporate all possible safety devices” in their products. Before this becomes our society’s standard… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft woman on Monday was arrested and charged with two counts of assault after she allegedly struck two of her three small children while they were walking on Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft. Marialyce Harper, 24, was taken first to Mayo Regional Hospital… Read More
    STOCKTON SPRINGS — Daniel J. Coulters defeated incumbent Vern Thompson in Tuesday’s balloting for third selectman. Residents also joined with Searsport and Frankfort to award a passing grade to the SAD 56 budget. Coulters topped Thompson with a vote of 105-86. Coulters will take his… Read More
    LEWISTON — State officials Tuesday inspected the Jaricot Foster Home, photocopied its records and interviewed one of the mentally retarded residents whom the house manager has forbidden from having sex there. Manager Monique Dostie, who has taken the state to court over its edicts, objected… Read More
    Principal Sally A. Leighton has announced honor parts for the Class of 1999 at Sumner Memorial High School, East Sullivan. Valedictorian is Ben O. Huber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Huber of Franklin. He was a member of the National Honor Society for two… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A New York couple escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon when the pickup truck in which they were riding left the road on Interstate 95 in Pittsfield and rolled over. Judith Coger, 59, of Livingston Manor, N.Y., was driving a 1999 Chevrolet S-10 pickup… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital has enrolled as a mammography provider with the Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program, offered through the state Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health. The program’s goal is to provide breast and cervical cancer screening and follow-up services to… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Seven officials were elected to six boards during Tuesday’s municipal elections. Elected to a three-year term on the Van Buren Town Council was Roland Ayotte, with 263 votes, over Elmer Corbin, with 133 votes. Ayotte replaces Donald Dumond on the council. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Rape Crisis Assistance and Prevention has scheduled a late-spring volunteer advocate training, beginning June 14. The 40-hour training will prepare volunteers to handle crisis and informational calls regarding sexual violence. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    HERMON — Money talks, but perhaps not loud enough. A group of parents from Carmel and Levant petitioned the Hermon school committee Monday to reinstate a popular high school teacher or face the possibility losing about half of the school’s population — and more than… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Food, Fitness and Fun summer youth programs for children in grades one to four will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. throughout June at the following locations: June 15 at Cambridge School; googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Two mothers demanded changes Tuesday in the way SAD 24 selects chaperones for school activities and field trips amidst allegations that a chaperone verbally and physically assaulted two children on a recent eighth-grade field trip to Bar Harbor. During a school board… Read More
    HOULTON — U.S. Cellular has donated five cellular telephones to the Houlton Police Department in conjunction with the company’s Stop Abuse From Existing phone-loan program. The phones will be available to victims of domestic violence through the police department. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    Principal Stephen Fizpatrick has announced the honor parts for the Class of 1999 at Hodgdon High School. Valedictorian is Erin Antonition and salutatorian is Bobbie Shrock. Antonition, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Antonition of Cary, served as class treasurer, and was a member of… Read More
    MADAWASKA — Two selectmen and two school board members were elected Tuesday to three-year terms. Vernon Doucette, the present chairman of the Madawaska Board of Selectmen, was re-elected with 588 votes. Also re-elected was Daniel Ahearne with 425 votes. A challenger, Cathy Marshall, failed in… Read More
    HOULTON — The SAD 29 board unanimously approved on Monday night a 1999-2000 budget of $8,457,451. The budget will go to district voters at the annual district meeting set for June 29. The district towns — Hammond, Houlton, Littleton and Monticello — will pick up… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Seven officials were elected to six boards during Tuesday’s municipal elections. Elected to a three-year term on the Van Buren Town Council was Roland Ayotte, with 263 votes, over Elmer Corbin, with 133 votes. Ayotte replaces Donald Dumond on the council. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BANGOR — In a June 8 letter to city planners, Brooks Pharmacy withdrew its application for a controversial zone change on the corner of Broadway and Stillwater Avenue. In the letter, developers for the national pharmacy chain thanked the city for its assistance, but said… Read More