PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain – Kevin Eastler of Farmington, the only American to score in the World University Games 20-kilometer racewalk Sunday, finished 11th overall with a time of 1 hour, 32 minutes, 20 seconds. Mexico’s Alejandro Lopez won the event at 1:25:20. Eastler went… Read More
The Power Team has performed in 40 countries and has a world-wide television show. The team of bodybuilders and former professional athletes, whose members entertain crowds with acts such as breaking concrete with their fists and bending steel in their teeth, is one of the most sought-after motivational… Read More
Barry’s lesson learned How symbolic that two of the greatest high school basketball coaches of our time, George Wentworth and Red Barry, should pass away within just months of each other. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Jay Edgecomb’s first dream was to get back to Aroostook County. His second dream was to land a varsity coaching position there. The Wisdom High School grad’s first dream came true when he took an elementary school physical education position at Van Buren two years… Read More
Sarah Ames-Leong has proved that she is an up-and-coming high school gymnast in Maine and YMCA gymnast in New England. In February, Ames-Leong finished second in the all-around competition at the state high school championships, and last month she earned the highest all-around score at… Read More
Fifty-three years ago, Ed McLaughlin was a 17-year-old stockboy just trying to get out of work to see a ballgame. When he finally convinced his superiors at the Jordan Marsh Company in Boston to give him the day off, he took a little ribbing for… Read More
There were plenty of doubters. After his accidents at Talladega and Texas Motor Speedway, his four-month hiatus due to postconcussion syndrome and inner ear problems, and his dismissal from the Hendrick Motorsports team, Ricky Craven’s future was in jeopardy. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Eric Crouse of Windham will meet his biggest foe early on this week as he defends his Maine Amateur Golf Championship at The Woodlands Club in Falmouth beginning today. Crouse beat Mark Plummer of Manchester on the third playoff hole at Kebo Valley Golf Club… Read More
HAMPDEN – Bucksport pounded out 11 runs in the third inning and cruised to a 15-9 victory over Old Town in the District 3 championship game for nine and ten-year-olds. Bucksport had seven hits on the day. Joe Soper and Matt Gray spearheaded the attack… Read More
HYANNIS, Mass. – Jack Bicknell, former head coach at the University of Maine and Boston College, will receive the Johnny Vaught Head Coach Lifetime Achievement Award at the All-American Football Foundation’s Banquet of Champions XIX on Aug. 8 at the Sheraton Hyannis Resort Hotel. Others… Read More
PORTLAND — An Auburn man accused in the fatal beating of his landlord at a Lewiston motel lost an appeal of his murder conviction to the state Supreme Court on Monday. Leroy Tomah Jr. was the second of two men convicted in the slaying of… Read More
HERMON — A public hearing intended to help the Hermon School Committee and residents resolve communication problems apparently missed its mark Monday, with participants coming away angry and frustrated. A member of a recall group trying to unseat school committee members Linda Russell, Rick Thomas… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine Medical Center says it is the first hospital in the state to offer a new treatment involving the implantation of radioactive seeds into cancerous prostates. Brachytherapy, limited to early-stage prostate cancer, “offers an effective, more comfortable option for many men” that does… Read More
BANGOR — The lazy, hazy days of summer camp turned dangerous for an 11-year-old boy injured two years ago at Camp Caribou for Boys in Winslow, according to a lawsuit filed this month at U.S. District Court. In a civil suit claiming negligence, the mother… Read More
GOULDSBORO — A Sullivan man was taken to an Ellsworth hospital Sunday evening after the parasail he was operating crashed into Jones Pond, knocking him unconscious. Chad Parrot, 30, was operating the parasail — which was tethered to a powerboat — when it apparently lost… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Conservation on Monday purchased 78 undeveloped islands in Nicatous Lake in northern Hancock County for $231,580, the Trust for Public Land said. The islands, which total 132 acres, were acquired as part of an effort to conserve 22,000 acres… Read More
AUGUSTA — Three years after the Wrendy Hayne slaying, the Augusta Mental Health Institute continues to be dogged by turnover in its psychiatric staff. Dr. Anne C. Bauer, clinical director of the state Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, has been… Read More
BIDDEFORD — A science project involving two Biddeford High School students may help people with disabilities pursue DNA research. Using scraps of wood, a rubber band and a metal shelf bracket, Brad Cote and James Callahan designed a holder for a micropipettor, the turkey basterlike… Read More
BANGOR — University of Maine System trustees approved increasing tuition by 2.3 percent on average for in-state undergraduate students at their meeting Monday. The rise is the lowest in a decade, according to Chancellor Terry MacTaggart. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR — About three dozen workers in the University of Maine System protested Monday against a proposal to raise their health insurance premiums by 35 percent each of the next two years while only raising their wages by 1.5 to 2 percent at the same time. Read More
BANGOR — Only one councilor voted against an ordinance to extend the parking lot behind the Bangor Police Department, but that one was enough to sink the measure Monday night. Councilor Patricia Blanchette voted against the project, while Joseph Baldacci, John Rohman, Michael Aube and… Read More
BANGOR — A routine traffic stop led to an OUI arrest for a North Carolina man early Monday morning. According to Bangor police reports, Officer George Spenser was sitting in the parking lot of the Bacon Printing Co. on Hammond Street when he saw a… Read More
Loon lovers are asked to step forward — bright and early — to take part in the annual Maine Audubon Society swimming loon count. Throughout Maine, volunteers will be asked to count loons, 7-7:30 a.m. Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BREWER — A presentation on the latest batch of standardized test scores sparked some frank discussion about whether enough is being done to make sure students here make the grade when compared to their peers in Maine and the nation. The dialogue followed curriculum coordinator… Read More
PORTLAND — American Skiing Co., saddled with $400 million in debt, announced Monday that an investment group will give it $150 million in exchange for nearly half the company. The cash infusion from Oak Hill Capital Partners will help reduce debt and give the resort… Read More
WASHINGTON — As discussion of two partisan plans to reform health care began on the Senate floor Monday, one Maine lawmaker remained doubtful that a compromise could be reached by the end of the week. Republican Sen. Susan Collins kicked off the debate with a… Read More
Jackson Laboratory announced Monday that it will expand its mice production operation on Mount Desert Island by a quarter-million mice a year, or 16 percent, by the winter of 2001. Jackson lab distributes more than 1.5 million mice each year to 12,000 research laboratories in… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Several union presidents who have been working on an employee-led buyout of Great Northern Paper Co.’s Maine holdings want the company’s 1,500-member work force to know there is still an alternative to Inexcon Inc.’s proposal for the mills. Quebec-based Inexcon in May made… Read More
Dear Jim: Our old kitchen range vent hood is noisy, hard to clean and now it only runs on one speed. Even its styling looks like a Model T. What are the newest things in quiet range hoods and what really is best? — Tim M. Read More
FAIRFIELD — The people in rural Fairfield Center have complained for years about foul colors and odors in their well water. Some have black-tinted water. Some have rusty water. Some have water that smells like rotten eggs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
WAREHAM, Mass. — Despite a dry start to the season, Massachusetts cranberry growers are expecting a bumper crop. That’s not good news for growers, though. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
There are lots of 500-pound gorillas involved in health care wars these days, but not one stands completely in the patient’s corner. Doctors have the American Medical Association, hospitals have the American Hospital Association, American business has all of the money, and the health insurance industry seems to… Read More
To get an idea of how the state intends to protect the public interest in Maine’s forests, consider this recent conclusion from a report on sustainability by the Maine Forest Service: During the recent Forest Practices Act rulemaking process, it became clear to both the… Read More
It takes time to break free from the kitchen table in Ken Morgan’s house. There’s a ritual for first-time visits, and this is where we start, with photographs of the abandoned Grange hall before it was transformed. We’re in Charleston, deep in Maine’s Bible Belt. Read More
Steven is a typical foster child. He came into foster care because one parent hit him repeatedly and so hard that he needed medical care and the other parent refuses to acknowledge the problem. He did not come into foster care because of a mean caseworker, a power-hungry… Read More
The specter of the Columbine tragedy dominated the conversation at a middle school education institute held last week at the University of Maine. Presenters discussed the dramatic increases in violence and threats of violence in our schools, as well as ways of dealing with disruptive… Read More
This month marks for me five years of writing about gardening in the Bangor Daily News. The most rewarding part of this job without a doubt has been hearing from readers like you. You’ve offered your advice, your opinions and simply news on how your garden grows. Read More
I wonder what American dream James Scroggy (BDN letter, July 3-4) is referring to that he claims the “Christian conservative Republicans” are responsible for destroying? Is he saying the dream is to live in an atheistic police state where everything you can and can’t do is regulated by… Read More
BROWNFIELD — Divers on Monday recovered the body of a Brownfield man downstream from his camp on the Saco River. James Crowley, 52, was reported missing Sunday night and his body was recovered 100 yards downstream by Fryeburg and Conway, N.H., divers at 10:54 a.m.,… Read More
CALAIS — A school committee candidates night, sponsored by the Bangor Daily News and hometown radio WQDY-AM in cooperation with the Washington County Technical College, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the lecture hall at WCTC. In May, petitions to force a recall… Read More
MILFORD — Maine School Union 90 superintendent A. Keith Ober has announced two new members of the school system. Kathleen Jablonski of Dover-Foxcroft recently was named principal of the Dr. Lewis S. Libby School in Milford, and Gayle Alaimo of Carmel was named assistant principal. Read More
WINTER HARBOR — They’re cleaning up their act. Or at least that’s the word at the Winter Harbor Water District — which boasts the recent addition of a new water source for the 240 households it serves. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
CALAIS — Police said Monday that a 24-year-old Calais woman who had been summoned in connection with a shoplifting incident at a local department store is no longer a suspect in that incident. But 30 minutes after the Calais Police Department made that statement, Bridget… Read More
BANGOR — Hathaway shirts is one among several Maine brands with fair labor practices highlighted in the summer-fall edition of the Bangor Clean Clothes Shopping Guide. Sold at Best, Bib & Tucker in Bangor, Hathaway shirts are union-made in Waterville. Other Maine brands mentioned in… Read More
BANGOR — Work has begun on updates to signs along Interstate 95 in Bangor and Interstate 395 in Bangor and Brewer, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. “The project area begins at the intersection of I-95 and I-395 at Exit 45 at outer Hammond… Read More
Recently, the owner of Diva’s decided to fight the city of Bangor for the decision to close the establishment. I applaud her for her fight, and hope she fight to the end. I hope that, in the end, she wins the fight. The city should… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County commissioners will provide an update Thursday on their attempt to lease property at the Skowhegan Armory site for an Emergency-911 communications center. The search committee for the county has reviewed nearly a dozen sites in its quest for a new communications… Read More
I tried, as a good Green, to maintain the solemnity you ascribe to us, but your editorial, “Laughter on the left” (BDN, July 9) provoked me into several loud and delighted guffaws. Funny, engaging and to the point, I thought. Yes, we Greens do need… Read More
We don’t agree with Lawrence Lockman (“Dishonest campaign to inflate hate-crime statistics,” BDN commentary, July 7.) He is attacking the reporter, A Jay Higgins, as well as the message. He is critical of [Attorney General Andrew] Ketterer and [his deputy, Steve] Wessler for counting as hate crimes bias… Read More
Thanks for the editorial, “Remembering E.B. White” (BDN, July 10-11). I spent some time recently with a person who certainly did remember E.B. This woman runs a bed and breakfast in coastal Maine and was White’s housekeeper for 3 1/2 years in the 1940s. She described him and… Read More
Russell Abbott (BDN letter, July 8) offered great praise for the island of Bermuda, but stated that the Caribbean islands offer only “small areas of manmade beauty, then the greater part of the island as slums.” While I agree with this praise for the charming, though densely populated,… Read More
Some rules for bicyclists to follow while pedaling along the carriage roads in Acadia National Park: Ride on the right, no more than two abreast. When passing, ride single file on the left. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
In regard to [Tom Weber’s column, July 10-11], “Bar Harbor steals Lubec’s millennial sun”; someone should take another measurement as to where the sun would first hit the United States on Jan. 1, 2000. It is my belief that the sun first hits the top… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Large granite stones that define the edges of the historic carriage roads at Acadia National Park are sometimes referred to by locals as “Mr. Rockefeller’s teeth.” And for the first time in recent memory, those stones have been given a good flossing. Read More
Michelle Gamage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gamage of Rockland, graduated from New Hampshire College in Manchester, N.H., in ceremonies held at the college on May 8. Gamage, a business administration major, graduated magna cum laude from the college’s honors program. She also received the college’s Gold… Read More
WINTER HARBOR — The departure of two Union 96 elementary school principals in the last month has kept the union’s search committees with lots of work to do. The first departure was that of Ivan Gilpatrick, principal of the Winter Harbor Grammar School and longtime… Read More
HAMPDEN — A registered sex offender has taken up residence at the Bangor Rescue Mission in Hampden, a Department of Corrections official said Monday. Kendall Carter, 49, was released from the Charleston Correctional Center on July 2 after serving five years for two counts of… Read More
VINALHAVEN — A passing vessel came to the aid of a powerboat set adrift after striking a submerged object in the Fox Islands Thorofare on Monday evening. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Michael McLeod said the vessel responded to a call for assistance after a… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Ducking into a concession shop at Acadia National Park should encourage a sense of respect and reverence for the park’s beauty, rather just providing a pit stop for another refrigerator magnet. That was the consensus of the Acadia National Park Advisory… Read More
BREWER — City officials today will launch a communitywide effort aimed at reviving the city’s waterfront and returning the Penobscot River to a position of economic and recreational prominence. The city’s proposal to that end is among the items that will be discussed during a… Read More
MOSCOW — Most local property owners will find their taxes increased when they open their 1999 bills in a few days. “The local tax rate will go up this year, and most residents will see their tax bills increase,” First Selectman Donald Beane said this… Read More
WINTERPORT — Excessive speed was blamed for a Friday night accident that put a local man in the hospital and cut electrical power here for hours. Matthew Stetson, 22, of Winterport suffered a broken arm and leg in the single-car crash that occurred on the… Read More
The New England affiliate of the American Heart Association has awarded its 1999 “Time, Feeling and Focus” award to Judy Gerrish, R.N., and her husband, Dr. Harold Gerrish, of Dover-Foxcroft. Judy and Hap Gerrish were honored as a couple for their long involvement with AHA… Read More
Six members of the Fiddler’s Green Farm cycling team raised $2,500 for the American Lung Association of Maine in the June 18-20 Trek Across Maine, a 200-mile bicycle trip from Sunday River Resort in Bethel to the Samoset Inn in Rockport. Each person who undertook… Read More
ROCKWOOD — The Moosehead Lake Yacht Club held its first Vintage Weekend on July 8-11 at and around Rockwood. The 25 boats on display at the Moosehead Marina drew a crowd of visitors despite the less than ideal weather. The display was followed Saturday afternoon… Read More
DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council on Thursday approved a $4 million budget for municipal operations and the town’s share of county and school costs. The spending plan will maintain the current mill rate of $20.50 per $1,000 valuation for fiscal year 2000, according to… Read More
JACKSONVILLE — This year marks the 135th Jacksonville Methodist Campmeeting with more than 100 people expected to attend the 10-day event, according to Pastor Bill Wilson. The meeting at the Jacksonville campgrounds will begin Thursday, July 22, and continue through Homecoming Festivities with Bishop Susan… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A proposed subdivision ordinance 75 pages in length took six months to create and caused a yearlong subdivision moratorium, yet went virtually ignored Monday night by Pittsfield residents. Only two people, aside from town officials and planning board members, showed up for a… Read More
FAIRFIELD — Town councilors tonight will consider adopting a curfew to keep teen-agers from roaming the streets late at night. Police Chief Jean Pouliot said he hopes the measure will reduce rowdiness and vandalism. At this time of year, he said, his department often receives… Read More
BINGHAM — The tobacco products policy to be proposed tonight to the SAD 13 board of directors is the result of a process begun by staff members and students last March. “This is a first reading of the policy recommended by the policy committee,” Superintendent… Read More
JACKMAN — The superintendent’s position in SAD 12 has been changed from part-time to full-time. A special district vote is likely to be required to appropriate funds to pay a full-time administrator, officials said. “They’ll probably have to have another town meeting,” Superintendent Gene R. Read More
DEXTER — SAD 46 directors are expected tonight to hire a new high school principal and a new assistant principal-athletic director. The nominations of Bruce Bailey for high school principal and Stephen Bell for the combined position will be presented for action at the board… Read More