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The 35th R.H. Foster Energy/Mobil Paul Bunyan Amateur Golf Tournament will have up-to-the-minute results available on a website which can be accessed through the Bangor Daily News website’s home page. The site includes starting times, past winners, and other links. Players can be searched for… Read More
Maine high school swimmers and divers will be able to participate in a New England championship next year – if one more state in the region agrees to participate as well. The tentative date for the meet is March 4, 2000, and if the meet… Read More
BREWER – If Brewer coach Dave Gonyar was certain his team could do one thing heading into the American Legion season, it was hit the ball. True to expected form, the Falcons pounded out 14 hits en route to a season-opening 12-4 Zone 1 victory… Read More
I’d forgotten how old he is. Maybe I didn’t really want to know. We have these images in our lives now. Lucy and Desi are about 40, the Beaver is 8, and Fonzie is 20-something. Television has done that to us as well. The pictures defraud us into… Read More
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The following are Class of 1999 recipients of awards and scholarships at Maine Central Institute: Maine State Golf Association Scholarship, Shane Ross, $1,000 a year for four years. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
OFF THE COAST OF MARSEILLE — While at sea, a ship comes alive, emanating a distinctive pulse that passengers feel coursing through the decks and bulkheads around them. When the engine dies, as it did at 10:50 p.m. Sunday, it is as if the ship’s… Read More
WASHINGTON — Relief is on the way for more than 20 Mainers who have waited months for their federal tax refund checks to arrive, U.S. Rep. John Baldacci announced Tuesday. According to Baldacci, U.S. Postal Service officials determined that the checks, which were issued during… Read More
PORTLAND — Many potential solutions to the problems of global climate change and worsening air quality are on display in Portland this week, as solar power takes center stage at what’s considered one of the largest conferences on renewable energy. SOLAR 99, which continues through… Read More
Two teen-agers were killed Tuesday afternoon in separate accidents in Hampden and Sydney. A 16-year-old Winterport girl, Valerie Morin, was killed when the car in which she was traveling slammed into a stand of trees off the Monroe Road in Hampden. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
WASHINGTON — Senior citizens may receive a hand in paying for prescription drugs under a plan proposed Tuesday by Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe. Snowe said seniors account for 12 percent of the population but pay one-third of prescription drug expenses. Currently, Medicare does not offer… Read More
Editor’s Note: Following are journal entries made by Alec Cunningham, a Maine Maritime Academy junior from Kuttawa, Ky. Cunningham is on the academy training ship’s trip to the Mediterranean. 26 days until Castine googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
WISCASSET — Maine Yankee’s plan to store nuclear waste on plant property until the federal government comes to retrieve it has cleared the first hurdle. The Wiscasset Planning Board voted 6-1 Monday to accept the nuclear facility’s preliminary application to store the waste in concrete… Read More
LINCOLN — Lincoln Pulp and Paper Co. has changed the pulp-bleaching process it uses to make specialty papers, further reducing the possibility of discharging dioxins into the Penobscot River. The new bleaching process, which the company is seeking a patent for, was announced by top… Read More
PORTLAND — A new law allowing Maine employers to issue paychecks every other week is drawing protests from workers-rights advocates who say lower-income workers depend on weekly paychecks. “Our position is simple: It’s the workers’ money,” said Ned McCann, a lobbyist with the Maine AFL-CIO,… Read More
A late-night party on the roof of a building at the Broadway Shopping Center in Bangor left three men arrested for criminal trespassing and one of them with a broken leg. Bangor police Officer Erik Tall went to the scene at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday and… Read More
WINTER HARBOR — A special school committee meeting will be held at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at Sumner Memorial High School. Committee members will discuss school funding revenues. Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Planning Board will hold a workshop at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the City Council chambers to discuss changes to the city’s zoning ordinance. Read More
LAMOINE — Voters Tuesday nearly unanimously approved the use of town-owned land for the construction of softball, baseball and soccer fields behind the Lamoine Consolidated School. A total of 132 votes were cast in favor of using the land, against only 12 votes to the… Read More
TRENTON — Roughly 25 Trenton residents filed into the elementary school gymnasium Tuesday evening to hear cost-saving modifications proposed by the school building committee. Little was said by the crowd as Christine Sandberg, chairwoman of the Trenton School Committee, outlined options that could trim between… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Reversing an earlier decision, town councilors in a 3-1 vote Tuesday night OK’d a plan to allow a new downtown restaurant called Oceanside Grill a permit — with conditions — to turn up the volume on musical acts. Councilors unanimously had rejected… Read More
CORINNA — It’s official. The former Corinna Union Academy building belongs to the Corinna Historical Society. “We are delighted,” society President Leslie Bolstridge said Tuesday afternoon, relaying the group’s short-term plans for the building. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A list of needed improvements at the former civil defense center in Milo may delay the opening of the new kitchen facilities for the Meals for Me program in Piscataquis County. The program’s operators had hoped to begin preparing meals at the county-owned… Read More
CHICAGO — An estrogen substitute used to prevent brittle bones in women who are past menopause reduces the risk of breast cancer dramatically, a study found. The three-year study of 7,705 women found a 76 percent lower risk of breast cancer among those taking raloxifene… Read More
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Amy Gutow doesn’t usually greet guests at Arrows Restaurant in Ogunquit. Her typical post is at The Castine Inn, which she and her husband, Chef Tom Gutow, have owned for the last three summers. But Sunday morning, the Gutows packed up a car full of culinary gear and… Read More
Considering the tragic events that have befallen children and young people in our country and the world lately — from Littleton to Kosovo — staff at the Atwood-Tapley School in Oakland decided it might be a good idea for the pupils in grades K-6 “to do something positive,… Read More
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The trouble with examining miracles is that they often turn out to be less miraculous than a product of determination and plenty of hard work. So it proved to be Monday when Maine was introduced to the Irish economic miracle — and found that Ireland has spent decades… Read More
WASHINGTON — White House drug policy director Barry McCaffrey on Tuesday announced the formation of five anti-narcotics partnerships in central California, Hawaii, Oregon, Ohio and New England. The new High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas are federal, state and local partnerships designed to combat significant drug… Read More
ALFRED — The parents of a Marshwood High School student who lost an eye during a field hockey drill are suing the school for not making players wear protective goggles. Dennis and Pat Weightman of South Berwick filed the lawsuit in York County Superior Court… Read More
Rosa Parks received the Congressional Gold Medal yesterday. Along with her Presidential Medal of Freedom, the 86-year-old mother of the civil rights movement now possesses the highest civilian awards the nation can bestow. Those honors — plus the standing ovation at this year’s State of… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved legislation Tuesday that supporters said could save the economy from being crushed by lawsuits against companies in connection with Year 2000 computer problems. But the White House has threatened a veto, saying the bill gives too little protection to consumers,… Read More
AUGUSTA — A trickle of gubernatorial vetoes began growing into a torrent Tuesday as Gov. Angus King issued formal messages to the Legislature outlining his reasons for rejecting 10 bills. Among the vetoed bills was one to raise Maine’s minimum wage in two stages by… Read More
Ruth-Ellen Cohen’s report (BDN, May 27) concerning an evaluation method used by the Hampden Citizens Coalition to quantify the impact of the SERF landfill has drawn two letters criticizing the Hampden Citizens Coalition. Both letters raised the point that the HCC has not contacted the… Read More
The plan for the old freight yard presented by Hunter Interests, et al. on June 8 was breathtaking in its scope ($140 million private/$14 million public dollars) and architectural daring. Situating the proposed hotel-conference center at the point where the tracks run closest to Main Street will necessitate… Read More
Energy East Corp. is the newest incarnation of a New York-based electric and gas utility with roots that stretch back 147 years. The corporation, a holding company formed in April 1998, grew out of the old New York State Electric & Gas Corp., which was… Read More
AUGUSTA — CMP Group’s top executive officers are among the major shareholders who will be receiving big payouts from the company’s sale of its transmission and distribution lines Tuesday to Energy East Corp. for $957 million. David T. Flanagan, the company’s president and chief executive… Read More
AUGUSTA — Months of speculation ended Tuesday when CMP Group, parent of Central Maine Power Co., announced that it is selling its transmission lines and other assets to New York-based Energy East Corp. for $957 million in cash. The sale was less a shock than… Read More
MARSEILLE, France — The elegant reception aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s training vessel gave U.S. passengers and French visitors alike a delicious taste of smoked scallops and salmon pinwheels from Maine that few could resist. Guests expressed their approval of the hors d’oeuvres by returning to… Read More
BANGOR — A Hampden couple is suing Sam’s Club and its parent company, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., for more than $100 million for injuries the wife reportedly suffered while shopping in the Bangor branch of the nationwide discount store. In a civil lawsuit filed June 8… Read More
AUGUSTA — Once it was considered a subject unfit even for private discussion. Now issues concerning death and dying are being debated at the highest levels of state government. “We’ve brought [end-of-life issues] out of the shadows and into daylight,” said Kandyce Powell, executive director… Read More
You ask, “What should Mainers be doing to take full advantage of the state’s resources, and what measures should we be taking to overcome our weaknesses?” “Mainers,” and more particularly, those who live in eastern and northern parts of the state, should start by examining… Read More
UNITY — After weighing a number of cost-cutting proposals, the SAD 3 directors Monday voted to reduce the proposed school budget by $400,000. It was a divided board that voted 6-5 to approve the $11,598,056 budget package. The budget will be submitted to a public… Read More
CAMDEN — A senior class tradition — giving the school a parting gift — took on slightly wacky proportions last weekend at Camden-Rockport High School. Police and administrators are crediting — make that blaming — graduating seniors for the pool, or miniature pond, they found… Read More
CALAIS — Tension over the middle school issue spilled over at a meeting of the Calais school committee Tuesday night during discussions about whether to cut the proposed 1999-2000 school budget. Last week, the City Council asked the school committee to review its proposed budget… Read More
PORTLAND — After losing their home and spending two months in cramped tents with no warm water at a Macedonian refugee camp, a family of Kosovar refugees arrived in Maine on Tuesday, happy to be in a safe place. Selim Axhami, 67, and his wife,… Read More
BANGOR — The Maine Air Museum is expected to open later this year off Maine Avenue, Bangor International Airport Director Bob Ziegelaar said Tuesday. Building 98, not far from the Hammond Street intersection, is undergoing renovations by members of the Maine Aviation Historical Society, an… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County will formally hold Richard Burdick, the felon involved in a shootout with three county deputies last weekend, as a fugitive in connection with child rape charges filed against him in Massachu- setts. County officials filed the procedural paperwork Tuesday. He could… Read More
BELFAST — Tammy Lacher is the newest member of the City Council and if she was waiting for a lesson in hard-ball politics, it didn’t take too long. Lacher took the oath of office Monday morning and gazed quizzically at her colleagues Tuesday night as… Read More
Victory in Kosovo? The Kosovo capital of Pristina pounded by bombs, 500 Kosovo villages burned, thousands of Albanian Kosovars killed, hundreds of thousands of Albanian refugees scattered over the world, Slobodan Milosevic still in power, Serbian army intact, unexploded ordinance and mines scattered over Kosovo, billions of American… Read More
Now that Tom Morrison [director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands] has fired Tim Caverly [manager of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway], the AWW can have twice as many access roads and parking lots, a paved road to Allagash Lake, a rock-free channel through Chase Rapids, high-horsepower party… Read More
I am writing to express my opinion of the recent “debate” regarding the bill to equalize the burden of all Maine pensioners. This has been one of the worst cases of political pull hauling, as opposed to debate, I have ever seen in my life. Read More
ROCKLAND — The City Council has voted to rescind its offer to allow 42 houses in neighboring Owls Head to send sewage to the Rockland treatment plant. Mayor James Raye said the move was necessary administrative housekeeping, and did not signal an end to the… Read More
The Maine Legislature and the governor are to be commended for passing and signing the Democracy Improvement Bill. It eliminates the requirement that parties must obtain at least 5 percent of the vote in both the gubernatorial and presidential elections, that is, every two years, in order to… Read More
GOULDSBORO — A man was pulled from the water in Bunker Harbor on Tuesday afternoon after the canoe he was paddling capsized in the surf. The 23-year-old man clung to his overturned canoe for roughly three hours before being spotted by a lobsterman at 3:35… Read More
SCARBOROUGH — A man wanted for probation violations in Massachusetts led police on a foot chase through Scarborough on Tuesday after being stopped for traffic violations, police said. Michael Pardee, 37, of Worcester, Mass., was stopped at about 8:30 a.m. at the Maine Turnpike tollbooth… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — It pays to keep your car inspected, especially if you are a wanted criminal. About 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Officer Matthew Casavant of the Fort Fairfield Police Department stopped a 1986 Chevrolet on Presque Isle Street because it had an expired inspection sticker. Read More
NEWPORT — A propane grill was blamed for a fire Tuesday evening that destroyed a single-story camp on the Presley Road in Newport. Firefighters from three communities were called to the scene just off the Old Bangor Road about 7:30 p.m. The small wooden structure… Read More
BERNARD — Three people were treated at Mount Desert Island Hospital on Monday night after a two-car accident on Route 102 sent a vehicle spinning. Susan Stanisz, 30, of Phoenix, Ariz., and her friend Kathleen Tookmanian, 40, were preparing to turn their black 1999 Kia… Read More
BREWER — The Brewer Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registration for summer programs that include 48 clinics, special events, individual camps, canoeing and kayaking classes, a white-water rafting trip, a lifeguard certification class, a new advanced cheerleading class, four levels of swim classes and two day camps… Read More
BANGOR — The second annual Father’s Day Breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. Friday, June 18, at the New Moon Cafe, 21 Main St. Jim Lebrecque will speak at 8:30 a.m. and “Wayne’s Walk II” will raise money for a Department of Human Services appeal to return… Read More
BREWER — Before going into executive session to conduct annual staff evaluations Tuesday night, city councilors got an opportunity to test some new equipment recently installed in their meeting room at City Hall. The new sound and recording system, which cost about $2,900, includes three… Read More
HOULTON — Members of the Town Council on Monday renewed their debate over buying tables and chairs for the town’s new multipurpose arena and paving the parking area around the building, before finally approving both items. Town officials proposed buying 2,000 chairs and 110 tables… Read More
FAIRFIELD — Two of the people who run the Truckers International rest stop announced plans Tuesday for a 60-room motel nearby. Melissa Hussey and her mother-in-law, Jane, hope to begin construction this fall of a Super 8 Motel just off Interstate 95. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
WARREN — The annual Marine Corps SOS Breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday at Eddie Boggs’ farm at the junction of Route 1 and Stirling Road, about a mile south from the intersection of Routes 1 and 90. Richard Vargas, commandant of the… Read More
GREENVILLE — Although the downtown improvement project in Greenville won’t be completely finished in time for the gathering of Anah Temple Shrine members this weekend, visitors will see a vastly improved village section. The town received a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant last year for… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pine Tree Hospice will hold annual hospice volunteer training from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 1, at Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford. The 10-week training is an offering of SAD 4 Adult Education. The cost is $20, and an application… Read More
DYER BROOK — After a minor adjustment Monday, the Southern Aroostook Community School District board passed a $3.5 million budget for next year. The annual budget meeting has been set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, in the multipurpose room at the school in Dyer… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A call-sharing agreement was signed Tuesday between the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department and the Maine State Police. Under the agreement, state police will routinely respond to complaints in certain sections of Piscataquis County. The move is expected to alleviate some of the pressure… Read More
FAIRFIELD — Kennebec Valley Technical College will offer an eight-hour course on basic first aid from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 26 or from 6 to 10 p.m. July 20 and 22 at the college. This course covers topics such as choking, diabetic emergencies, heart attacks, strokes,… Read More
PORTAGE — The Portage Lake tourism committee is sponsoring a pig roast at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 3, at the Portage Town Square. Rain location will be at the Catholic church in Portage. Cost is $6.50 for adults; $3.50 for children. For information, call Amy at 435-6247 or… Read More
EASTPORT — The city is one step closer to hiring a new police chief to replace Chief Charles Shaw Jr., who resigned in April. City officials anticipate they will offer the job to a candidate within the next few days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Med-Dent Inc., owner of a medical office building in Presque Isle, has entered into a settlement agreement to resolve a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Justice that alleged a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to U.S. Attorney Jay McCloskey on… Read More
OLD TOWN — When the final bell rings Thursday at Old Town High School, it will mark the end of the 31-year career of Lionel Bishop, the school’s longtime assistant principal. Bishop, 55, said he would remain in the school system part time as director… Read More
HODGDON — The SAD 70 board Monday approved a $4.1 million budget for 1999-2000. The figure is $37,993 more than last year, but the assessment to the local towns will remain unchanged at $1,324,282. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BATH — The attorney for a Calais man accused in the death of his 4-week-old daughter — whose body was found stuffed into a cardboard box — told jurors Tuesday they likely would find Thomas St. Yves guilty of abuse of a corpse, but not manslaughter. Read More
HOPE — After getting a nearly unanimous endorsement in Camden, a proposal to ban the use of personal watercraft on Megunticook Lake failed to win approval at Hope’s annual town meeting Monday night. Discussion of the article, placed on the warrant by the Megunticook Lake… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Public Safety is preparing the first television advertising campaign in more than a decade to attract potential state troopers. But state troopers say it would be easier to attract troopers if the state simply raised pay. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR — The Penobscot County Commissioners on Tuesday accepted a bid for a new air-exchange system for the county jail, as well as the purchase of equipment for a countywide technical rescue group. According to County Clerk Donna Keim, the county’s decision to purchase a… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — SAD 77 directors will present voters of the four-town school district with the lowest proposed budget in six years on Thursday. The $3.79 million budget for 1999-2000 is $185,087 less than this year’s budget. The local share is $1,184,277, an 11.7 percent… Read More
NEWBURGH — By approving the proposed $450,000 bond to repair SAD 22 schools, voters could forestall closing a wing at Hampden Academy, officials said Tuesday. The Department of Environmental Protection has concurred with the district’s consultant that the broken vinyl asbestos tiles in Hampden Academy’s… Read More
BELFAST — The City Council has set its final spending totals for the coming year at $5.4 million. A public hearing on the proposed municipal budget will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 24, at the boathouse on Steamboat Landing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Southwest Harbor man charged with burglary and arson in a fire that destroyed Big Al’s Pit Stop last December was indicted Tuesday on separate charges of burglary and theft in connection with a string of burglaries last year. A Hancock County grand… Read More