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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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