At 6 p.m. on July 31, Dan DeLuca of Scarborough will dip into the northern tip of Moosehead Lake in Greenville. He won’t emerge from the water until the afternoon hours of Aug. 1, when he will have swum the 32-mile distance across the lake. Read More
For most of my life I have jogged. Over the last two weeks certain attributes have been attributed to those of us who run, trying to reduce the effect of those wonderful LaBree’s chocolate donuts. The Adidas sports company, makers of running shoes among other… Read More
EAST HOLDEN – The Penobscot Valley Archer’s Association will hold the first ever 3-D Archery Tournament for Pine Tree Camp Aug. 7 and 8 at the P.V.A.A.’s archery course off Route 46. The tournament will feature a 40-target competition on Aug. 7 and a 30-target… Read More
Citing poor timing for conducting a national coaching search and focusing on a chance to improve efficiency, the University of Maine announced Tuesday that it is taking a novel approach to filling its vacant women’s soccer coaching job. Instead of hiring a new coach, UMaine… Read More
BANGOR – Old Town captured the District 3 title in the ages 15-16 baseball division with an 8-4 victory over Acadian at Mansfield Stadium Tuesday night. Old Town advanced to the state Senior League baseball tourney and will play the District 5 winner July 24… Read More
Following a flurry of phone calls between American Legion baseball Zone 1 commissioner Dennis Damon and five head coaches Tuesday morning, Waldo County was left holding the short straw. Despite finishing the regular season with an 11-7 record Monday night in a three-way tie for… Read More
Over a year after he was effectively fired from his position as the Calais boys basketball coach, and with a grievance against the Calais school board still waiting to be arbitrated, Arnold Clark has found another coaching job. Clark, who skippered the Calais boys for… Read More
WESTBROOK — Westbrook city workers are hauling out their old electric typewriters after a computer glitch crippled the city’s computer system. City councilors had to postpone their meeting Monday night because they couldn’t access spreadsheets, databases and other documents. The city’s 290 computer users are… Read More
PORTLAND — Fresh Samantha, a fast-growing juice maker whose products are sold from Maine to the Southeast, will open its first retail operation this fall as a way to learn more about customer preferences. The Saco-based company, which projects $35 million in sales this year,… Read More
PHIPPSBURG — The Viking replica ship Snorri will sail again next summer in millennium festivities in Newfoundland, boat-builder Robert Stevens said. Last summer, the 54-foot boat was used to retrace the voyage of the legendary maritime exploits of Norsemen who lived 1,000 years ago. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — The number of riders hopping aboard the new islandwide transportation system has exceeded expectations of its planners. “The ridership is fantastic. It’s way beyond our wildest dreams,” said Ed DeWitt, general manager of Ellsworth-based Downeast Transportation, the company operating the fleet… Read More
BANGOR — A Washington County school principal who was the focus of controversy in the 1995-96 academic year Tuesday denied hitting students or shouting at teachers at the Elm Street School in Machiasport. During the third day of testimony in a civil lawsuit trial that… Read More
LISBON FALLS — Fashion statements will be monitored when students at Lisbon High School return to classes this fall. Students wearing choker chains or studded collars won’t be allowed in, and the same goes for those carrying laser pointers or wallets attached by a chain. Read More
AMHERST, N.H. — Andrew Turow gets more than letters and care packages from his mother while he’s away at summer camp. He also gets fashion advice, thanks to a Web site that lets parents see their children when they’re far from home. Camp Young Judaea… Read More
BANGOR — Maine Public Broadcasting Corp.’s board of trustees on Tuesday approved an $11.3 million budget that covers operating and capital expenses for its statewide radio and television network for the current fiscal year. This is up 7.5 percent from last fiscal year’s $10.5 million… Read More
LEWISTON — No one knows what to do about pollution in No Name Pond. The pond’s contamination is nothing new. But residents whose homes surround it say the city of Lewiston is blaming them for the mess. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
WALDOBORO — The Medomak Valley Land Trust will be host of its annual freshwater canoe trip on Saturday, July 31. The trip will be a leisurely paddle up the Medomak River in a section surprisingly wild considering its proximity to Routes 1 and 32. Each… Read More
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BAR HARBOR — The Natural History Museum at College of the Atlantic will present “Whales, Myths and New Sounds” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, in the Thomas S. Gates Jr. Community Center auditorium. The lecture-demonstration will be given by composer and flutist Geoffrey Kidde… Read More
MACHIAS — Atlantic Salmon of Maine will host a three-hour tour of its salmon pens at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 24. Reservations for a place in the two boats may be made by calling 555-6714 or fax a reservation to 255-4350 by Thursday, July 22. Read More
For no other reason, perhaps, than meeting the delightfully creative ladies who wrote the flier promoting their first Dixmont’s Fireman’s Ladies Auxiliary Yard and Food Sale — with the front-page notation, “Tack this on the fridge so you don’t forget…” — you might just want to take take… Read More
BELFAST — The Waldo County YMCA will be host of a public event Saturday, July 31, to celebrate its community campaign kickoff called “Raising the Roof.” Admission is free. Most of the activities will be held at the Troy Howard Middle School on Route 52. Read More
CAMDEN — Like its neighbors to the north and south, Northeast Health Inc. will soon wade into the world of retirement communities. Northeast Health is the parent corporation of Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, the Knox Center for Long Term Care in Rockland, the… Read More
CUSHING — The Cushing Historical Society will sponsor Cushing Artists’ Fine Art and Fine Craft Show and Sale at the society’s meeting place on Hathorn Point Road on July 31 and Aug. 1. More than 30 artists, full- or part-time Cushing residents, will present work… Read More
BLUE HILL — The public library’s annual family picnic is set for 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 23, under a tent on the library parking lot. Marcus Gale, a storyteller and recording artist, will perform at 6 p.m. All are welcome. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
CAMDEN — Kerry Hardy will discuss home landscaping as part of the Merryspring Summer Lecture Series at noon Tuesday, July 27. Hardy holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the State University of New York and has been a landscape designer in the Camden-Rockport… Read More
Having been told that the surplus identified by the House Ways and Means Committee last week was not $864 billion but, more likely, a tiny percentage of that, members of Congress did the only sensible thing yesterday and proposed a tax cut for $792 billion. Read More
Using the criteria for writing expected of Maine middle school students, the Bangor Daily News editorial “Peace in our schools” (BDN, July 13) receives an “F” for faulty reasoning and inaccurate research. While three earlier BDN news stories reflected the true tenor and broad developmental… Read More
The year is 1779 and more than 40 American rebel ships have sailed into upper Penobscot Bay to combat a British force from Halifax. The Brits have 500 men. The American rebels have more than 3,000. Take a second and think about those numbers. Picture… Read More
LIMESTONE — Gov. Angus King traveled Tuesday with 25 businesspeople and politicians from Cumberland County who were on a whirlwind tour of Aroostook County. In the St. John Valley, industrialists and King hailed the work ethic, skills and culture of the region. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
PORTLAND — Peoples Heritage Financial Group on Tuesday announced record earnings of $40.8 million for the second quarter, attributed partly to strength in the company’s insurance agency business. The multistate banking and financial services company also announced plans to repurchase up to 4 million shares… Read More
By making the modest concession that consumers worried about the effects of genetically modified food are not necessarily kooks, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman recently opened an opportunity to discuss an issue the Clinton administration previously considered closed. The impetus for the secretary’s observation, however, may have had less… Read More
WASHINGTON — Members of a Senate panel accused some small sweepstakes companies Tuesday of making millions of dollars by misleading Americans hoping to win cash, cars and other prizes. One company’s operator cited his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and declined twice to answer questions… Read More
As a caregiver to mentally ill people from eastern and northern Maine, I feel I must speak. Maine has systematically abandoned its commitment to care for the chronically ill since Gov. Angus King took office. This administration has denied that there are people who are so sick and… Read More
BATH — A prosecutor has dropped a domestic assault charge against a Sagadahoc County sheriff’s detective who allegedly assaulted his wife. Deputy Attorney General Paul Gauvreau said Joseph P. “Jay” Manhardt’s wife, Kelly, refused to testify against her husband for the alleged March 20 attack. Read More
INDIAN TOWNSHIP — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded a $45,000 grant to the Passamaquoddy Tribe to study cadmium levels in moose livers. It is believed to be the first grant of its kind awarded to an American Indian tribe, according to Donald Soctomah,… Read More
When I was growing up, my maternal grandmother Winona Palmer had a magnificent cultivated raspberry patch in the cellar hole of her old barn in Norway. She guarded it fiercely and it was not until her freezer was full that she’d let other members of the family pick. Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Historic Preservation Commission will be awarding state preservation matching grants under the New Century Program. Eligible projects will involve the preservation of buildings, structures, or sites listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR — The threat is real: This summer, New England could experience its first imposed electricity blackouts since the current power grid was developed in the late 1960s. It almost happened June 8, when the region was in the second day of its first power… Read More
PORTLAND — No one would ever confuse little Books Etc. in Portland’s Old Port or The Kennebunk Book Port in Kennebunkport’s Dock Square with industry giants like Amazon.com. But as they fight for survival in an online world, the two small bookstores along the Maine… Read More
WALDOBORO — A little pig got a big unwelcome bear hug Monday from an unfriendly intruder. The pig, which is being raised for an Aug. 7 pig roast, nearly had its life ended prematurely when it was attacked by a 300-plus-pound black bear that left… Read More
BANGOR — Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. does not share or sell its contributor list to any organizations except those that help it to raise money, according to its top official. “We don’t swap or trade our donor list in any way,” said Rob Gardiner, president… Read More
BANGOR — After a full year of study, the state’s first comprehensive economic impact analysis for a proposed east-west highway is nearing completion. On Monday, the City Council’s Ad Hoc East West Highway Committee, City Hall staffers and others with an interest in the project… Read More
BANGOR — Bangor and Hampden firefighters will be working together today with the counselors at Camp Prentiss in Hampden for the fourth annual Fire Safety Fun Day. Since 1996 the Bangor and Hampden fire departments have partnered with the YMCA and local businesses to offer… Read More
BELFAST — The Belfast Bay Festival will launch its 52nd edition this evening with live entertainment, good food and plenty of fun. The festival runs through Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Madelyn C. Betts of Dover-Foxcroft was honored July 12 at the Thompson Free Library by being named secretary emeritus in recognition of her 37 years of dedicated service as secretary of the Thompson Free Library Association. Officers elected at the recent annual meeting… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The competition over a site for a proposed weather station in Piscataquis County is heating up. On Tuesday, the Piscataquis County commissioners received a letter from Brownville officials who want the station in Milo. The letter from Dennis Green, chairman of the Brownville… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Somerset and Waldo counties lead the state in confirmed cases of rabies this year, according to a state biologist. As of Monday, there were 91 confirmed cases of rabies statewide for 1999, according to Nancy Farrin, a microbiologist at the state’s Health and… Read More
FRENCHVILLE — Thirty-four years after a small community school closed, more than 400 former pupils got together to renew friendships and talk about old times. Last weekend, the former pupils of the Dewey School held a reunion to celebrate the community school that closed its… Read More
BANGOR — The USDA Rural Development Office, 28 Gilman Plaza, Suite 3, will be closed Wednesday, July 28, to allow personnel to attend a training meeting. Read More
Juanita G. Higgins, an Ellsworth Realtor, was awarded the prestigious certified residential specialist designation by the Residential Sales Council, a nonprofit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. Realtors who receive the designation have completed advanced courses and have demonstrated professional expertise in the field… Read More
WASHINGTON — Bucking President Clinton’s angry protests and threat of a veto, the House on Tuesday night approved a $2 billion bill for teacher training and recruitment that did not require, as the president wished, that over $1 billion be devoted to his initiative to reduce class sizes… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Convention & Visitors Bureau is now looking for volunteers proud of where they live, with a desire to share their experiences and knowledge of Maine with visitors to their parts of the state. Applicants should be able to commit to at… Read More
OLD TOWN — Bangor Gas Co. will hold an informational meeting for Old Town residents to discuss construction of its local gas pipeline network in the town. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, July 22, at the Old Town Library, 51 North Brunswick… Read More
SHIRLEY — A Norridgewock mother and daughter escaped injury Tuesday when their vehicle left Route 15 and crashed into a clump of trees in an area known locally as Shirley Flats. Neither Raylene Bates, 34, or her daughter, Cassandra, 10, were injured in the accident… Read More
BANGOR — The owner of the city’s lone exotic dance club filed an appeal in Penobscot County Superior Court last week contesting the city’s vote that would have forced the club to close its downtown location. In her July 16 appeal, Diane Cormier, owner of… Read More
BREWER — An effort aimed at giving local in-line skating and skateboarding enthusiasts a place of their own has paid off — and nearly a month earlier than projected. As the result of a fund-raiser that began in April, the now-empty 140-by-60 foot asphalt pad… Read More
ORLAND — The extended stretch of hot weather could be to blame for the deaths of 34 fish in Alamoosook Lake during the past few days. Biologists and a fish pathologist from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife were on the lake Monday,… Read More
The Maine Woman’s Fund has awarded more than $80,000 in grants to initiatives across the state working to eliminate gender barriers and help low-income women and girls. Three of the grants were awarded to organizations in Penobscot County that will specifically benefit women and girls. Read More
HOLDEN — In an effort to stop telemarketing scams and frauds in the community, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department and the town of Holden will join with the American Association of Retired Persons to host a Stop Fraud Seminar from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, July 29, at… Read More
I was told Gov. Angus King visited Lubec the second week of July. I wonder if he took notice of Highway 189 from Whiting to Lubec? People Down East got a yellow line once more for our tax dollars, plus a little ditch digging and hole patching from… Read More
On June 29, I attended the Knox County Regional Airport Advisory Committee (KCRAAC) meeting at the Knox County Courthouse. This is the committee delegated by the county commissioners to advise them on airport-related matters. One of the more important items of discussion at this meeting was the process… Read More
Regarding the question of where the first sun of the new century will strike our country, a case can be made for Alaska. The morning sun shines on the Aleutian Islands, part of Alaska, long before it gets to the eastern United States. An examination of a globe… Read More
Many will recall President Clinton’s pledge during his State of the Union address to pursue a lawsuit against the tobacco industry. This lawsuit would seek to recover billions of federal taxpayer dollars spent to treat tobacco-related illnesses. In the president’s annual budget, he requested $20… Read More
The current debate about health care nibbles at the edge of the problem and promises no significant change in this important problem. It is estimated there are more than 45 million Americans with no health care protection at all. Making it possible to sue HMOs should be unnecessary… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The City Council on Monday repealed the city’s road construction standards and adopted new ones that will give councilors some leeway in redesigning existing roads, a move which may eliminate some of the opposition that has arisen over road reconstruction projects in recent years. Read More
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital will offer a free American Heart CPR how-to class from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, July 30, in the Education Center on Northport Avenue. The training will be led by the hospital’s director of community health and education, Cindy… Read More
SEARSPORT — The Waldo County Craft Cooperative will hold its annual Meet the Crafters Day from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 25. Visitors will have a chance to watch the crafters do their work. Read More
School systems in Searsport, Rockland and Bangor are waiting to welcome foreign exchange students for the 1999-2000 school year. Host families supply a home, a bed, study space and meals. Students arrive with their own spending money. For information, call Bev Stone at 722-3708, or… Read More
Bangor police summoned 36-year-old Kevin Lang of Bangor after witnesses reported he faked being struck by a car on Main Street Monday night. A Penobscot County sheriff’s deputy and a Bangor Fire Department ambulance crew found Lang lying in the street near the Greyhound Bus… Read More
Judy Steele of Troy will receive the Maine Historical Preservation Commission’s annual preservation award Friday at the Old Berwick Historical Society’s Counting House in South Berwick for her work with the Maine Barns and Rural Heritage program. Steele founded the program to promote the idea… Read More
ROCKPORT — When the state agreed in March to fund a proposal to build a bicycle and pedestrian path along an old railroad bed, town officials were thrilled, and the chances of anyone opposing the plan seemed remote. But four months later, residents of Limerock… Read More
OTIS — State officials on Tuesday inspected the scene of a suspicious fire that consumed nearly 2 acres of brush and destroyed three pieces of forestry machinery. The fire — which occurred Monday night about three miles off the West Shore Road and along a… Read More
ELLSWORTH — After months of haggling over the state and Hancock County’s popular drug education program, county commissioners began Tuesday to research ways to maintain the program without adding any full-time officers to the sheriff’s department. The move came after the commissioners last week declined… Read More
BELFAST — Unless its patrons clean up their act in a hurry, the Game Time Video Arcade will be history. That pledge was made by owner Teddy Rakis who is fed up with complaints from arcade neighbors and upstairs tenants about rowdy behavior inside and… Read More
ASHLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation is asking for the cooperation of motorists, especially truckers, as DOT continues construction of several areas of Route 11 between Knowles Corner and Ashland. The weight and speed of some of the trucks passing through the gravel-based areas… Read More
It’s fair to say that modern-day parenting is one of the most difficult jobs a person could undertake. Ask anyone who’s going through it. The biggest problem is that no matter how hard you try to get it right these days, no matter how diligent… Read More
BAR HARBOR — For the first time in recent history, Bar Harbor town councilors Tuesday night unanimously suspended a local restaurant’s permit to host live entertainment. Owners of the Olde Flame BBQ Pit and Tap House received two notices for violating the town’s special amusement… Read More
WALDOBORO — It was strike two Tuesday for the $14.3 million SAD 40 budget. Voters overwhelmingly defeated all seven articles that also had failed at the June 8 referendum. Districtwide, 908 voters cast ballots. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The American Association of Retired Persons, Maine chapter, will provide information about direct deposit and basic banking, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, at the Aroostook Centre Mall. Three workshops will be held following the informational day: noon-1:30 p.m. Read More
CARIBOU — The National Weather Service in Caribou took over the broadcasting of short-term forecasts on Tuesday as part of modernization efforts. Short-term forecasts are accurate and timely weather predictions used to inform people of weather that does not meet “severe” weather criteria, such as… Read More
PITTSFIELD — An egg drop contest will be held a 2 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at part of the Central Maine Egg Festival in Manson Park. Fourth- and fifth-graders are eligible for the contest. They must package a raw hen’s egg in a container no… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield post office is offering a special cancellation from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at the annual Central Maine Egg Festival, Manson Park. The special cancellation was designed by Norman Clarke, festival publicity director, who has designed the cancellation… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — A domestic violence vigil will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. today in front of the Skowhegan Municipal Building on Water Street. The Domestic Violence Committee for Somerset County, the Family Violence Project and the men who have held domestic violence vigils… Read More
SEBEC — The Sebec Fire Department First Responders and Mayo Regional Hospital Emergency Medical Service will sponsor a basic emergency medical technician class from 6 to 9 p.m. beginning Aug. 24 and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday through Dec. 16, at the Sebec Fire Department, North Road station. Read More
FAIRFIELD — The Summer Youth Start Community Project, operated last summer by SAD 49 in Fairfield, was honored recently by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. At a New England regionwide ceremony held at the College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, Mass.,… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Anything goes for Thursday’s annual window painting contest in Pittsfield, except paint — and windows. Although the popular Central Maine Egg Festival competition began more than 25 years ago with a washable, and sometimes rain-soaked, painting on store windows, the practice changed several… Read More