LEE – There’s one sub, four returning starters and more inexperience than you might want on a team looking to get back to the Eastern Maine playoffs. But that didn’t stop the Lee Academy boys soccer team from scoring four goals in the second half… Read More
WINCHESTER, Mass. – Mike Baker, the club pro at Bangor Municipal Golf Course, will head into the second round of the 1999 New England PGA Championship just three shots off the lead. Baker fired a two-over-par 73 on Tuesday and sits three strokes behind Frank… Read More
DANFORTH – Josh Frye’s second goal of the game with less than three minutes remaining in the second half lifted East Grand to a 3-2 victory over Easton Tuesday in schoolboy soccer action. Frye notched a pair of unassisted goals for the Vikings, now 1-0. Read More
BOSTON – Boston University is holding a press conference today and is expected to name Cindy Blodgett as its new assistant women’s basketball coach. Blodgett, a former University of Maine star, recently completed her second season in the WNBA. She played with the Sacramento Monarchs… Read More
Chanel Wright and his Van Buren soccer teammates have played in the Eastern Maine class D championship game the past two years. By most standards, the Crusaders’ run would be considered successful. But not by Wright’s. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Hole-in-One JOHN SYMONDS GREENVILLE – John Symonds of Harford’s Point used a 7-iron to ace the 126-yard sixth hole at Squaw Village GC. Tom Young, Diane Young and Jeff Stafford witnessed the shot. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
Jim Riggleman is the manager of the Chicago Cubs. He has eight years of big league managing experience. Riggleman is not one to seek media attention. He is one to be honest. Recently we stood outside the Cubs’ dugout at Wrigley Field and talked about… Read More
AUGUSTA — A challenge of Maine’s voter-approved campaign finance reform law goes to federal court in mid-September, a little more than a month after portions of a similar law in Colorado were struck down. The Maine law, which went into effect Jan. 1, dropped allowable… Read More
BANGOR — By Tuesday morning, four candidates for City Council had already had their nomination papers approved for the Nov. 2 election. They are: Joseph Baldacci, 242 Cedar St. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
PORTLAND — Helping poor children and extending health care to uninsured Americans will be the first orders of business if he is elected the country’s next president, Democratic hopeful Bill Bradley said Tuesday. “Reducing the number of children in poverty is first priority,” the former… Read More
BANGOR — The federal government has approved grants totaling nearly $1 million for American Indian communities in Maine, according to Rep. John Baldacci. Funding will be used for health, housing and economic development projects in Washington, Penobscot and Aroostook counties. Specifically, the U.S. Department of… Read More
AUBURN — Police are investigating an ambulance accident that ejected an hours-old baby from its ventilator after the child was born prematurely over the weekend. The baby was not injured, but a nurse suffered a broken leg and another suffered a knee injury. Two other… Read More
WASHINGTON — Former Red Cross president and presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole has announced the leaders of her Maine organization. Former Rep. David Emery, former state Republican Chairman Kevin Keogh, and businesswomen Jana Lapoint and Barbara Schneider will organize Dole’s run for 2000. Emery, who will… Read More
BANGOR — Christopher Bayes, a British citizen convicted of simple assault in an air-rage incident that occurred in June, was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. Despite the prosecution’s insistence that he stay in the United States,… Read More
Resurrecting the scattered pieces of the past, even those as alluring as the remnants of ships lost in the American Revolution, hardly resembles the TV documentaries of treasure hunters hauling glittering jewels and gold bars from the bottom of the sea. It tends instead to… Read More
The state of Maine is not prepared to sign on to a clean-air compromise touted by other Northeastern states as a way to end years of dispute over pollution that travels to the region from coal-fired power plants in the Midwest. Gov. Angus King said… Read More
For a few years now, there has been talk in Aroostook County of the need for a Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Soon, that need will be met. “Different people have been interested” in developing such a program, said Steve Bowler of Presque Isle, chairman… Read More
WASHINGTON — Young workers in Maine and nationwide have ambition, but are faced with a lack of high-paying jobs, according to a report released Wednesday. The AFL-CIO, a national federation of unions, said a survey showed workers ages 18-34 have high ambitions but are suspicious… Read More
Maine high school students slightly improved their scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test from 1998 to 1999, according to figures released Tuesday by the College Board. The state’s average score on the verbal half of the college entrance exam rose from 504 to 507 from… Read More
JACKMAN — Residents from SAD 12 towns will go to the polls next Tuesday for a referendum vote on funds to renovate the district’s school building. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 7 at the town offices in Moose… Read More
PORTLAND — The Indianapolis company that wants to buy Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine has declined to provide information about its managed care plans to a newspaper. Anthem Inc. rejected a request by the Portland Press Herald to provide data on its plans… Read More
BANGOR — Standing before about 100 employees Tuesday afternoon in the hospital chapel, Sister Mary Norberta recited Psalm 57, describing the text as “a call to the Lord for help.” And the help they need most right now, said the president and chief executive officer… Read More
WARREN — A federal agency has ordered an appraisal of the property SAD 40 took by eminent domain from a local man and his ex-girlfriend to make way for school construction. In the meantime, Chester Collamore has refused to budge from the run-down house he… Read More
EASTPORT — In a frustrating setback for Maine salmon farmers, Connors Bros. Inc. will kill more than 700 wild Atlantic salmon the aquaculture industry planned to release into the Narraguagus River. The wild fish were to be the industry’s first installment on a promise made… Read More
BANGOR — Victims of domestic violence in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties are among the latest in the nation to gain access to a free, wireless link to police and other crisis personnel. Designed to help victims of domestic abuse, the Stop Abuse From Existing phone… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The key to economic prosperity in central Maine will be a link between the area’s emerging industrial and technology parks and access to markets. That means an east-west highway, U.S. Rep. John Baldacci told local Rotarians on Tuesday. “Maine is the only state… Read More
Bangor Daily News reporter Sharon Mack has been honored with a second-place award in a national writing competition. Mack received the award in the short-feature division of the 11th annual American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors excellence-in-writing competition. She also received an honorable mention… Read More
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Pickles, a food preserved in seasoned brine or a vinegar mixture, have been enjoyed by people through the centuries ever since the Chinese, who are credited with inventing the pickling process, carried salted vegetables to tide them away while working on the Great Wall of China. Cleopatra ate… Read More
Steven Levesque, commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, says he intends to do what few leaders here have managed in recent decades. He wants to take a hodge-podge of popular state programs, reduce their number, stop them from overlapping and make them more easily understandable… Read More
It has only just come to my attention that during the Edwards Dam opening, Gov. Angus King commented that the resulting decline in the water level might uncover the body of James R. Hoffa. The dam opening was a national news event attended by the U.S. Interior Secretary. Read More
This is in response to your newspaper’s request to share our thoughts on the senseless violence and killings that have taken place over the past years. Violence is escalating. We read about it in the newspapers and see it on the television every day, and… Read More
Maine’s decision on whether to go along with a compromise on clean-air standards for the Midwest or to stick to its earlier demands that power plants there clean up to the same extent as the Northeast is simple. It should reject any compromise at least until it has… Read More
GOULDSBORO — The squabble between selectmen and the town’s former manager may be coming to an end. Nancy Orr, the town’s interim manager, said Tuesday that the Board of Selectmen voted last week to offer Eugene Conlogue the full balance of some compensatory time off… Read More
STETSON — More than half the state will be better prepared to battle wildfires in the coming months and years with the help of $2.5 million in funds distributed through the Department of Conservation’s Maine Forest Service. The Wildfire Planning Program is part of the $25 million 1998… Read More
BELFAST — Nationally known parent educator Pat Miller will give two workshops for parents and professionals Monday, Sept. 13, at a local restaurant. The workshops are titled “Crisis Management: Keeping Your Cool When Your Kids Drive You Crazy” and “Sibling Rivalry: The Struggle Between Yours,… Read More
MACHIAS — A 22-year-old Princeton man who pleaded guilty to breaking into a relative’s home and burglarizing the Hungry Tiger Take-Out in Princeton was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail. Machias Superior Court Justice Donald Marden sentenced Joshua R. Lake to three years, all… Read More
CAMDEN — Selectmen have voted to hire a law firm to work with Police Chief Terry Burgess as he investigates a complaint from one of his officers. The selectmen met in executive session Monday with town attorney Terry Calderwood. Afterward, in public session, they voted… Read More
NORTHPORT — The proprietor of the Mount ‘N Sea Motel & Lodge has been charged with trafficking in marijuana. Maurice J. Trundy, 40, of Northport was arrested Saturday after a search of the lodge grounds by Waldo County sheriff’s deputies uncovered 56 marijuana plants. The… Read More
CAMDEN — National Transportation Safety Board inspectors found no mechanical failures in the agency’s preliminary review of a plane crash last week that killed businessman Peter Orne Sr., an investigator said Tuesday. Stephen Demko, an NTSB safety inspector, said the preliminary inspection was completed Friday… Read More
SPRINGFIELD — A performance by country music star Daryle Singletary will top the 149th Springfield Fair. The five-day event also will feature a midway, craft and livestock exhibits, horse shows, truck and horse pulls, numerous contests and a demolition derby. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
JACKMAN — A Jackman man has been charged with buying beer for a teen-ager who later died after falling off a tractor-trailer truck. Max Morin is charged with giving a 30-pack of beer to a group of underage drinkers last Thursday. One of them, Michael… Read More
CUSHING — Two men were charged with aggravated trafficking in marijuana after an investigation by law enforcement agencies that included a helicopter search for growing plants and searches of homes. Leroy Bixby, 39, no address provided, and Timothy Hawkins, 34, of Cushing were charged with… Read More
STETSON — Work is scheduled to begin this month on the upper dam at Pleasant Lake in Stetson. In August, Lupo Construction of Stetson was awarded the contract for the work with a bid of $48,513. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
At the present time there is no enforcement of the rules set forth by the Justice Department for the handicapped in the United States. Some motels, restaurants, medical facilities and rest stops on Interstate 95 do not comply. The only way an individual can get any results is… Read More
Bravo for your front page story on India’s population nightmare (BDN, Aug. 16). According to the Population Reference Bureau, the current population doubling rate of India is just 36 years. What does this mean for us? It means educated Indians are forsaking the problems in… Read More
It appears as though Maine’s land grant and sea grant university has lost its sense of mission with its lanscaping policies. While one lonely 150-year-old elm tree received some respect from the space-deprived faculty, why are other trees being removed so quickly? The five trees… Read More
Your Aug. 23 editorial, “Amid the alien corn,” correctly states that a primary concern about genetically engineered foods is the unknown, long-term effect on our health and well-being. Although I do not wish to feed my family anything that has had its natural genetic structure manipulated, after reading… Read More
CALAIS — Although nobody is saying the name out loud, it appears that a telemarketing business might ring up enough interest to locate a call center in the city by the end of the year. For the past few days, Eastern Maine Development Corp. has… Read More
A motorist whom Orono police caught on radar Tuesday exceeding the speed limit by 35 mph was charged with drunken driving. Stopped about 6:40 p.m. after he pulled into the Orono Thriftway Food Center on Park Street, motorist James Demott, 48, of Orono admitted to… Read More
NEWPORT — SAD 48 will hold adult education classes this fall at Nokomis Regional High School. Tuesday night classes, including English, chemistry and algebra, will run from 6 to 9 p.m., beginning Sept. 7. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Town officials and a Vermont landowner are awaiting a Superior Court judge’s decision on whether the owner created an illegal lot when he sold property in 1997. It appears that Justice Francis Marsano’s decision will hinge on the interpretation of a vague, outdated… Read More
Future Farmers of America Maine State President Paul Durepo II of Limestone traveled to Washington to attend the FFA State Presidents’ Conference, July 26-31. Officers from each state, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands came in order to strengthen agricultural education. During the six-day… Read More
KOKADJO — A Kingman man received minor injuries Monday afternoon after the loaded pulp truck he was driving tipped over on a curve in this remote Piscataquis County town. Vance Worster, 47, was driving a 1987 Wright tractor-trailer truck filled with tree-length logs on the… Read More
NEW YORK — More than a half-million emergency injection kits for treating severe allergic reactions and asthma attacks are being recalled in the United States and Canada because the drug may not work. The kits are routinely carried by people who are prone to acute… Read More
Aroostook County Superior Court Steven Sam, 30, Caribou, theft, 11 months in jail, all but 45 days suspended, one year probation. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
UNITY — Kids tempted to play with fire are the focus of a new Waldo County coalition’s work. Each year hundreds of young children are severely injured while playing with fire. In an effort to combat the problem, several Waldo County fire departments have formed… Read More
This letter is in response to Rep. Mike Saxl’s Aug. 21-22 op-ed commentary. In the pulp and paper industry, we are grateful that a legislative leader is taking note of the industry’s plight. We commend Rep. Saxl for his efforts to bring the industry’s challenges to light and… Read More
BLUE HILL — Vandals struck downtown again during the weekend, extending the recent damage that has been done to public and private properties in the area. Sometime during the night, someone spray painted part of the roadway into town and the side of the administration… Read More
FAIRFIELD — About 50 voters on Tuesday approved a tax shelter for The Chinet Co., one of the region’s largest employers. Chinet wants to add a $600,000 warehouse to the north end of its Main Street mill, and Fairfield has been asked to lower the… Read More
FAIRFIELD — Sometimes, good things can come from bad. Just ask Fire Chief Dale Sweet. Three days after a volunteer was charged with stealing $10,000 that had been raised for a high-tech camera that could save lives, someone who heard the sad story offered to… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE — The town’s Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 Tuesday afternoon not to appeal a recent ruling by a Waldo County Superior Court justice on the development proposed for Munroe’s field. Last month, Justice Paul Pierson ruled that the town’s planning board had to take… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor will receive a $402,042 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to finance comparative research between mice and humans, Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced Tuesday. The lab also will receive three grants totaling $417,957 from the National Institutes… Read More
SULLIVAN — A proposal to construct a new administrative office for Union 96 went down to defeat by more than 2-to-1 Monday. Union 96, composed of Franklin, Sullivan, Sorrento, Winter Harbor, Gouldsboro and Steuben, leases administrative space for the superintendent’s office and the special education… Read More
OWLS HEAD — Voters easily approved a $506,709 municipal budget at the annual town meeting Monday. Newly elected Town Clerk Colleen Morang and a few other names emerged after election for town offices, which were filled by nominations at the meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More