Editor’s note: Tom Caron, a member of the NEWS advertising staff and an avid Maine golfer, is the caddie for Mike Baker during the PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club. Caron shares his observations on Baker’s first round on Thursday when he carded an 8-over-par… Read More
Hole-in-One JOHN MOORE BUCKSPORT – John Moore of Bucksport aced the 147-yard third hole at Bucksport Golf Club Thursday. Moore used an 8 iron to record his first career hole-in-one. The shot was witnessed by Jay Moore, Richard Moore and Harold Hutchins Sr. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
PORTLAND – A former University of Southern Maine slugger’s dream of playing in the big leagues suffered a setback when he was struck by a broken baseball bat in a game in Pennsylvania. Jeff Keaveney, who played for the Waterbury Spirit in the independent league,… Read More
KNOX – Chris Leroy pitched a complete game with six strikeouts and no walks as Portland North defeated York 12-5 Thursday to claim the 9-10-year-old Little League baseball state championship. Willie Joy went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles to pace Portland North. Alex Brown… Read More
Morgan cards 7-under 65, rolls to lead> Massachusetts golfer takes 2-shot edge over Schuster, Downes
FALMOUTH – When Peter Morgan and Billy Downes play in the same golf tournament, it doesn’t take long for each of them to see who their toughest competition will be. They’re sitting across the table from each other. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Clayton Smith, director of racing at Skowhegan Raceway, summed up the new steel grandstand and the new exhibition hall at Skowhegan this week by saying, “It’s all shiny and brand new and looks great. Fair directors and community leaders certainly have a right to be proud of Skowhegan… Read More
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ST. ALBANS – The town of St. Albans is sponsoring three sessions of a hunter safety course at the town hall. Meetings will be held Tuesday, Aug. 17 and Thursday, Aug. 19, from 6-9 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 21, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. For more… Read More
ORONO – Add to that list of inexorable events, the ones people set their calendars by, one more item. Right next to the coming of mud season in Maine, and the turning of leaves, and the two weeks of honest-to-goodness summer heat, add this yearly… Read More
Concerned that a state plan aimed at preserving Maine’s dwindling stocks of wild Atlantic salmon is not working, two fish protection groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, asking that the fish be immediately protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit, filed… Read More
Somerset County Superior Court Doris Dunnells, 16, Parsonsfield, driving deer, $50. 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
BANGOR — Nyer Medical Group’s pending sale of one of its divisions will bring an infusion of money into a company that’s looking to the Internet and its other subsidies for growth. Nyer Medical announced Tuesday that it was selling one of its subsidiaries, Nyer… Read More
There is something very special about the ear-to-ear smile and the sparkle in the eyes of a co-worker who walks into your office one day and announces that, finally, after five long years of searching for just the right place, she has found the house that will become… Read More
AUGUSTA — Six years ago when Cathryn Knox became a principal, her emergency response kit consisted of rosters of students and staff, a map of the school and a first aid kit. Today the Orono High School principal’s emergency kit contains a cell phone, walky-talkies,… Read More
HOULTON — The National Weather Service Office at Caribou issued two tornado warnings late Thursday for parts of northern Penobscot and southern Aroostook counties. The first warning was issued at 4:27 p.m. after Doppler radar picked up a tornado 10 miles southeast of Oxbow, in… Read More
FORT KENT — Student enrollment at the University of Maine at Fort Kent continues to climb, even higher than last year’s record student population. In the wake of even more students announcing plans to come this fall, the campus has initiated a drive to find… Read More
Bangor District Court Rachel McDonald, 23, Milford, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, continued for sentencing. 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;… Read More
Bangor District Court Roxanne Lewis, 25, Hampden, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $800, jail 10 days, 160 hours public service work, license suspended 18 months; operating motor vehicle when license suspended, two days jail, to be served concurrent with previous sentence. Read More
Somerset County Superior Court Thomas Sproul, 40, Skowhegan, assault, $250. 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
Two teen-agers absent without leave from a youth crisis center in Ellsworth were arrested in Bangor on Thursday morning after police connected them to several burglaries in the city. Bangor police charged the youngest, a 13-year-old, self-described transient, with at least three counts of burglary… Read More
Somerset County Superior Court David McKeage, 23, Westbrook, criminal trespass, $250. 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
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A census of hikers conducted earlier this month on the trails in Acadia National Park measures their popularity. The census counted nearly 5,000 hikers on the trails during a two-day period earlier this month. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
LINCOLN — A downtown fire that resulted in the dramatic rescue of a mother and her infant daughter from a burning building early Thursday morning apparently was set by the woman, according to a state fire investigator. Stewart Jacobs of the State Fire Marshal’s Office… Read More
OLD TOWN — A pair of local outdoor outfitters were among the thousands to weather a fierce tornado that ripped through downtown Salt Lake City on Wednesday afternoon. Representatives from Old Town Canoe and Byer Manufacturing Co. of Orono were participating in the Outdoor Retailer… Read More
RUMFORD — Firefighters who thought they were called to an oil spill met with a sweet surprise. Instead of oil, 55 gallons of honey had spilled onto Route 2 near the center of town Wednesday morning. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
LEWISTON — Carole Cross and Ken Emrick had been together since they were 19 years old. For the next 18 years, she endured his physical abuse, suspicious nature and attempts to control her. She had wanted to leave him before, friends said. Last week, she… Read More
BANGOR — If airline passenger Christopher Bayes had been given what he had asked for on a trans-Atlantic flight gone awry — a drink and the chance to sleep until the aircraft reached Manchester, England — “We wouldn’t be here today, would we?” asked his attorney, Daniel Lilley,… Read More
A strange thing happened on the way to the new millennium: The environmental movement disappeared. Oh, it hasn’t gone into total abeyance, of course. Anti-pollution laws are still enforced, after a fashion. Clean air and water standards still apply. Threatened species are still protected from extinction, if cuddly… Read More
BANGOR — It’s routine for a speaker to say she wants to learn from the audience, but Maureen Elgersman Lee means it. The University of Southern Maine assistant professor, talking about a collection of photographs Thursday at the Bangor Public Library, was intensely interested in… Read More
FAIRFIELD — Lewiston lawyer Bill Robitzek likes tough cases. Last year, he took on television network NBC on behalf of two men who claimed they were defamed by a pair of news reports on tired truckers. A jury awarded them $525,000. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
If you wanted to go on looking at the art of Gauguin with pure admiration, it would have been best to avoid Wednesday night’s lecture on the French painter at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. In conjunction with the college’s current Gauguin exhibition,… Read More
ROCKLAND — Impresario Paul Benjamin hopes to link the phrases “North Atlantic” and “Folk Festival” as successfully as he’s linked the North Atlantic with the blues. Benjamin kicks off the first North Atlantic Folk Festival this Sunday, featuring such nationally known musicians as John Gorka,… Read More
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Nothing could illustrate the ongoing conflict between the march of progress and the steadfastness of nature than that between expansion plans for University of Maine science labs and the ancient tree that stands in the way. It’s not just any tree; it’s a very large,… Read More
It used to be said that Americans got the kind of government they deserved. Today, they get the kind of government they can buy. The November 2000 election is shaping as the first $2 billion affair in the nation’s history; it is expected that the… Read More
WINDHAM — A Maine-made rifle was among weapons discovered in the vehicle belonging to the suspect in Tuesday’s shootings at a Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles. The weapon made by Bushmaster Firearms was not used in the shootings of five people at the center. Read More
FORT KENT — Madawaska native and University of Maine at Fort Kent alumnus Douglas Beaulieu has been named business office manager at the Fort Kent campus. Beaulieu who most recently worked at Madawaska’s La Vallee Federal Credit Union as a loan officer, is responsible for… Read More
FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent announced Joseph McLean is the new community service coordinator for its Americorps Volunteers In Service To America Volunteer Program, known as VISTA. McLean, who comes to the university from Nova Scotia, will direct the campus-community… Read More
HANCOCK — Final approval of a contractor’s application to expand his quarrying operations has yet to be granted, although the planning board and selectmen took up the issue during meetings Wednesday night. Ronald MacQuinn of Harold MacQuinn Inc. is seeking to expand his quarrying operations… Read More
ALFRED — An attempted murder charge has been dropped against a Hollis man who shot another man in the chest at point-blank range with a .357 Magnum handgun, authorities say. The charges against Fred Decker, 35, were dismissed after a York County grand jury reviewed… Read More
BIDDEFORD — A rash of handgun thefts across York County has raised concern among law enforcement officials. Handguns and jewelry were stolen in 15 daytime burglaries in Arundel, Lyman and Hollis over the past few weeks, said Arthur Titcomb, a detective with the York County… Read More
BANGOR — Vincent Florenzano enrolled in a CPR class a few years ago. Thursday, the general manager of the Pizzeria Uno restaurant put his knowledge to use and possibly saved the life of an elderly customer who was choking on food. “I didn’t know anything… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Two men were charged with eluding a police officer and driving to endanger Wednesday night after a wild all-terrain vehicle ride that ended with a crash into a cement barrier. Bernie Buker, 24, of Hartland and Frank Brown, 28, of St. Albans were… Read More
BREWER — For safety reasons, the Brewer Public Library will be closed Aug. 16-18 while the front steps are repaired. No fines will be incurred for books due on those days. Read More
FORT KENT — Northern Maine Medical Center has been awarded program certification for its cardiac rehabilitation program by the American Association of Cardiovascular Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Certification recognizes programs rigorously reviewed by a national board and found to meet the outlined essential requirements for standards of care. Read More
WALDOBORO — Construction of a $5.5 million lagoon-type, waste-water treatment system is close to winning the approval of the planning board. The project is expected to cost local taxpayers $1 million, with the balance covered by state and federal grants. John Fancy, superintendent of Waldoboro… Read More
ISLAND FALLS — The vision of a former resident and the vigor of a current one have combined to help the Island Falls Historical Society begin efforts to convert a 50-year-old potato house into a museum. Margaret Coburn died last February at age 92. For… Read More
Thursday’s letter by Charles Ashton Urquhart incorrectly stated that J. E. Carter of Cherryfield (BDN, Aug. 10) wrote about racism. Her letter, in fact, addressed President and Mrs. Clinton, and child abuse. Read More
Caribou District Court Paul R. Akerson, 39, Caribou, violation of number, weight, size of fish, $70. 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… Read More
It’s easy to understand why people are upset about the gas tax hike, despite whatever sound reasoning might have been behind the motivation to support it. Two years ago the Legislature repealed the income tax cap. That would have required surpluses to be returned to… Read More
In response to James McDonald’s letter (BDN, July 31-Aug. 1); I doubt any but the most rabid revolutionary would see our government, federal or state, as our enemy, but it is a sponge soaking up our tax dollars. It would be absurd to say we get nothing in… Read More
Have Great Northern hourly workers ever considered that they wouldn’t be in their current predicament if their labor negotiators hadn’t been so successful over the past 45 years? They were so successful in getting increases in wages and benefits, they priced themselves out of the market. Why did… Read More
A sigh of relief ran through the mill towns of Millinocket and East Millinocket on Thursday night. Unions representing more than 400 trade workers at the two Great Northern Paper Co. mills approved a concession package offered by Inexcon and Bowater Inc. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
CALAIS — The study of whales and the efforts by about 350 volunteer fishermen to free them from net entrapment will be the focus of a program sponsored by the Schoodic chapter of the Maine Audubon Society. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday,… Read More
Calais District Court James Forsythe, 25, Moncton, New Brunswick, operating motor vehicle without driver’s license, dismissed. 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… Read More
HOULTON — Members of a local committee looking into the possibility of a community college program being established in town got a better look Wednesday night at what they already have. The Education Advisory Committee was formed in June in conjunction with visits by officials… Read More
BELFAST — Police Chief Allen Weaver has added his voice to the chorus of concern about a planned reconfiguration of the road through City Park. Weaver is worried about the safety aspect of the proposal to convert the one-way, figure-eight road system into a single,… Read More
BREWER — Members of the firefighters union have issued a statement protesting the City Council’s 5-0 vote this week to sign a three-year contract with Eastern Maine Healthcare’s Meridian Mobile Health, which operates Capital Ambulance Service. The city’s nine full-time firefighters belong to the Professional… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Six students who had been attending Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield under a superintendent’s transfer agreement will have to make other arrangements with MCI if they want to re-enroll this month. The discontinuance of the transfer agreement, and the district’s refusal to grandfather… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — The National Park Service said Thursday it has decided to build three of the six village connector trails proposed as a way to tie Mount Desert Island towns more closely to Acadia National Park. The park service said it would complete… Read More
VAN BUREN — Lack of student discipline, unfair treatment of students, and poor communication between teachers and administrators are problems that need to be addressed at the Van Buren District Secondary School, according to a survey of teachers. Student attendance policies, not listening to opinions… Read More
OLD TOWN — Frequent springtime flooding has prompted a proposed $1.6 million renovation of a troublesome bridge on the Pushaw Lake road, according to city officials. Public Works Director John Ellis said Thursday that the project would involve raising the surface of the bridge by… Read More
A motor vehicle operator drives the vehicle off the right-hand side of a straight, dry piece of highway, in daylight and clear weather, causes grievous injury to a pedestrian and law enforcement lets the operator walk away. A motor vehicle operator crashes into two other… Read More
GOULDSBORO — Voices were raised, the table was pounded, and heated comments were exchanged. But one thing wasn’t done: The Board of Selectmen couldn’t decide on whether they should pay their former town manager the vacation pay and compensatory time he says he is owed. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — At any given time during the school year, there are 1,000 people under one roof at Presque Isle High School. At the same time, there has been easy access to the sprawling complex since there are 42 doors to the building. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Penquis Community Action Program recently expanded its Head Start building to accommodate a day care facility. The larger classroom will allow Penquis CAP to care for children while their parents work or study full time. The program, called Head Start-Child Care Wraparound, offers… Read More
CAMDEN — Adding a traffic signal to the congested intersection of Elm and Union streets on Route 1 won a green light from a town committee Wednesday night. The parking, traffic and transportation committee voted to recommend that the town apply to the state Department… Read More
ROCKLAND — The finalist for city manager is a Pennsylvania official who was born in Aroostook County. Thomas Joseph Hall of Easton, Pa., is the finalist for the $58,000 per year job, which was vacated when Richard Michaud became Saco city administrator earlier this summer. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Development Council and Eastern Maine Development Corp. are seeking a Piscataquis County resident to coordinate an inventory of the home-based businesses associated with cultural, historic and ecotourism assets in Piscataquis County. The inventory is part of a larger EMDC-funded project… Read More
LIMESTONE — Marketing materials designed to attract business to the Loring Commerce Centre has been recognized by the National Association of Installation Developers. The award to the Loring Development Authority of Maine was presented earlier this week during the NAID annual conference in Jacksonville, Fla. Read More
LUBEC — The dance hall at the Lubec Grange will be alive with music tonight as the Black Socks String Band holds the first of a series of monthly contradances. Beginning dancers can learn contras, reels, waltzes, polkas, schottishes and two steps. The band also… Read More