Hole-in-one ALDEN LEAVITT ORONO – Alden Leavitt used a 6-iron to ace the 154-yard, par-3 fourth hole at Penobscot Valley Country Club. The shot was witnessed by Bob Young and Dick England. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    GUILFORD – The Dexter field hockey team should have been walking around Piscataquis High field with a swagger on Tuesday. They had their corner unit repeatedly shut down by Piscataquis and still the Tigers shut out the Pirates of Guilford 3-0 as they improved to 10-0. Read More
    Bill Spiers is in the baseball playoffs with the Houston Astros. He enters the postseason with a whole new feeling about how lucky he is to be there – literally. Mike Modano is out after just two regular-season games with the NHL’s Dallas Stars. It’s a jungle out… Read More
    CARIBOU – Anthony Lamarr scored in the second overtime to give the Fort Kent Warriors a 2-1 double overtime win over the Caribou Vikings Tuesday. Kirk Levesque scored Fort Kent’s first goal and Nick Thibodeau made six saves on 14 shots. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    High school AT MILLINOCKET, 3 miles Minuteman Invitational George Stevens boys 46, Ellsworth 50, Old Town 104, Piscataquis 116, John Bapst 121, Foxcroft 157, Schenck 172, Lee 193, Bangor Christian, Stearns, Nokomis, Penobscot Valley no team scores googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The front-line combination of Isaiah Hangge and Graham Macbeth has been a big part of the reason the Ellsworth boys soccer team hasn’t lost a game all season. The senior forwards did it again Tuesday – in one of the biggest games of… Read More
    Moose hunters surpassed the 1,200 mark, and probably 1,300, Tuesday after the first two days of the annual Maine moose hunt, according to figures received from the various stations around the state. The number of moose, both bull and cow, killed reached 1,226 with several… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Kristen Tracewski scored three goals to lead the Old Town Indians to a 3-0 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies Tuesday. Jessica Maurais, Megan King, and Jill Ouellette each pitched in with an assist for 9-1 Old Town. Justine Ferland made… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Kristen Tracewski scored three goals to lead the Old Town Indians to a 3-0 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies Tuesday. Jessica Maurais, Megan King, and Jill Ouellette each pitched in with an assist for 9-1 Old Town. Justine Ferland made… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Kristen Tracewski scored three goals to lead the Old Town Indians to a 3-0 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies Tuesday. Jessica Maurais, Megan King, and Jill Ouellette each pitched in with an assist for 9-1 Old Town. Justine Ferland made… Read More
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    John Buell, as usual, hit the nail on the head in his op-ed piece (BDN, Sept. 28). He presented accurate facts about what is really happening in the economy and where the benefits of the proposed tax cuts would really go. He summed it up… Read More
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    The venture capital business in the United States is exploding. The second quarter of 1999 surged to $7.67 billion, doubling from last year. The impact to America’s technology is considerable. Venture capital produces six times as many patents as traditional corporate R&D. Venture capital accounts for less than… Read More
    The proposed Maine Woods National Park and Preserve has become a controversial issue. Many people would like to see such an area established. Others are vehemently against its development. The only way to settle this issue is to encourage Gov. King and the congressional delegation… Read More
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    BELFAST — The Waldo County Democratic Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Friday when the state party’s counsel, Kurt Adams, will explain the state’s new Clean Election Law. Also on the agenda will be the election of a Democratic state committee member to fill a… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A local business will host its third annual Charity Car Wash & Lubeathon on Friday to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Midcoast Maine. The event will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Texaco Xpress Lube on Camden Street. Read More
    WALDOBORO — More than 450 people attended the Midcoast Medieval Society’s first public Renaissance Faire during the weekend. “We had more people than expected and can pay our bills,” Dave Waddell, the society’s treasurer, said Monday in a news release. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A multimedia lecture and demonstration is planned this weekend at the Farnsworth Art Museum. Timothy J. Clark will use “St. Mark’s Square, Venice” — one of the museum’s Maurice Prendergast watercolors — as the starting point for the lecture, set for noon Saturday. Read More
    THOMASTON — A representative of Alpha One, an organization that provides information, services and products for people with disabilities in Maine, will be the guest speaker at the October meeting of the Midcoast MS Support Group. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Read More
    ROCKPORT — The Down East Jazz Society will sponsor its annual Harvest Swing Dance from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, at the Samoset Resort. Al Corey’s Band will play swing music. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
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    ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick — Passamaquoddys here and in Maine are heralding a recent Canadian Supreme Court decision that recognized native treaty rights to hunt and fish out of season and without a license. The ruling handed down two weeks ago stemmed from a 1996… Read More
    BREWER — The investigation into a Sunday night motor vehicle accident that claimed the life of a 22-year-old Brewer man remains under investigation by police. Killed in the crash was Barton Babin, who was a passenger in a 1998 Ford Ranger driven by his brother… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — A midday fire ravaged the bedroom of a Russel Farm Road home Tuesday. Firefighters contained the blaze to the master bedroom of the Robert Lawford family’s ranch-style house, which had severe smoke and water damage, said Bar Harbor Fire Chief David Rand. Read More
    WHITING — Dr. Julia Arnold will open a family medicine practice in Whiting on Monday. Arnold, a 1987 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and a board-certified family physician, has practiced family medicine in Washington County since 1990. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    MACHIAS — Video Production Roles, a new course at the University of Maine at Machias, will teach participants how to create television programs for local cable stations, including UMM’s own public access station on Channel 58. Taught by John Dennis, the course will be offered… Read More
    PEMBROKE — Maine State Police confirmed late Tuesday night that they were investigating a reported robbery at the Pembroke Seafood Co. The incident was reported at about 7 p.m. Tuesday. A Pembroke resident said that the incident involved an intruder who sprayed pepper spray at… Read More
    OAKFIELD — A New Jersey couple were injured Tuesday morning when their pickup truck skidded on ice on Interstate 95. Nan Balewicz, 65, and her husband, Robert, 67, were traveling south at about 7:50 a.m. when their 1998 Ford F-150 hit ice on the overpass… Read More
    FORT KENT — Two weeks after Renys Department Store closed in Fort Kent, company officials still have not reached a final decision on what the future of the Reny store will be in the northern Maine community. The company was still looking at its options… Read More
    HOULTON — Houlton Water Co. has selected WPS Energy Services Inc. of Caribou to supply its customers with power starting March 1, 2000. John Clark, HWC general manager, said in a press release that the new agreement will help his company “furnish its customers with… Read More
    Presque Isle District Court Merlon Cronkite, 51, Easton, failure to register motor vehicle operating on public way, $100. 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++)… Read More
    SHIRLEY — Shirley residents will need to fill two positions and act on other municipal matters at a special town meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 25. Voters must fill a vacancy on the Shirley school committee created by the resignation of Amanda Libby. The resident… Read More
    BRIDGEWATER — A fund-raising event to help restore the town hall, including installation of a furnace, will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Bridgewater Community Center. A harvest supper will be included. The third annual Gospel Concert with Maine Country Music… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — In a matter of days after Dexter Shoe Co. announced last month that it would close its manufacturing plant in Milo, Piscataquis County economic development officials were working on plans to market the company’s building. The fact that the building is in great… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A Palermo man has been sent to prison for three years after being convicted of drunken driving for the fifth time in nearly a decade. On a weekday afternoon last April, Oakland police clocked Kirby Bradford driving at least 70 mph in a… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — When in 1992 it was first proposed that sludge be allowed to be spread on Pittsfield cornfields, the resulting public uproar triggered a seven-year ban on the practice. Sludge is any residual generated from a municipal, commercial or industrial waste-water treatment plant and… Read More
    GUILFORD — The Guilford Historical Society will hold a Harvest Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Older American Center on North Main Street. Proceeds will be used by the society to maintain its museum. For information call Marion Patterson… Read More
    GUILFORD — The Guilford Memorial Library has received a $12,000 grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation for its library building and renovation project. The capital campaign committee has raised $264,000 of a $320,000 goal, and groundbreaking is scheduled for April. For information, call… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital will offer flu shot clinics at the following times in the Moosehead Lake Region: 9 a.m.-noon and 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, Greenville Community House. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    WINTER HARBOR — While no one is certain when the official announcement of the closure of the Schoodic region’s naval base will come, the town’s school committee has already begun preliminary discussions on the impact of the base closure on its school. Meeting Tuesday evening,… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth Public Library will sponsor “Creating that Special Photo Album” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, in the Riverview Room at the library. The class will explain how to display photos to their best advantage in an album. Guest speaker will be Dottie… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The League of Women Voters Downeast will sponsor a public forum about questions on the Nov. 2 statewide referendum ballot. The forum will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Unitarian Universalist Church on the Bucksport Road in Ellsworth. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy’s Corning School of Ocean Studies will be the host of its first science open house for prospective students and their parents Oct. 15. Participants will conduct oceanographic experiments, observe classroom presentations and tour the college’s research vessel, the Argo Maine. Read More
    FRANKLIN — The final 1999 meeting of the Franklin Historical Society will be a potluck supper at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Pine Brook Apartments. Those attending are asked to bring examples of their hobbies or be prepared to talk about their hobbies. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — The Coalition for Sensible Energy will hold its fall public meeting, “The Possibilities of Coastal Windpower: Running Your Meter Backwards,” at the Blue Hill Town Hall. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 7:30 to 9:30… Read More
    BANGOR — A National Association of Social Workers branch meeting will be held from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Community Health and Counseling Services building, 42 Cedar St. Topics include a speakout project and an update on the safe schools collaboratiion. Call 862-5128 for information. Read More
    BELFAST — By unanimous vote, the City Council on Tuesday appointed Renn Deanna Smith to an interim seat on the SAD 34 board of directors. Smith’s term will expire in June, when the three-year seat will come up for election. Smith and Tom Ventura both… Read More
    HARTLAND — The modest home of Gene and Vella Gogan in north Hartland remained cordoned off with yellow police tape Tuesday, as Maine State Police officers continued their investigation into Gene Gogan’s mysterious disappearance. Gogan, 62, was reported missing about 5 p.m. Sunday by a… Read More
    EDDINGTON — Animal Control Officer James Bull Jr. said Monday that a state official who last month visited a local family after their dog was bitten by a rabid raccoon should have warned them about the need to quarantine their animal. Bull said that he… Read More
    BANGOR — Residents of a mobile home park came away feeling empowered Tuesday after their arguments against replacing door-to-door delivery with a centralized location elicited the sympathy of city councilors and persuaded the postmaster to reconsider the measure. “We have the right to stand up… Read More
    ORRINGTON — Though a little behind schedule, the $6.2 million addition being built at Center Drive School is expected to meet two major deadlines next year. The first deadline is school vacation week next April, when the middle school program is slated to move into… Read More
    MILO — Flu shot clinics are available from 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 22; and from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Milo Family Practice, Park St. Walk-in service during regular business hours will be available starting Nov. 1 at Three Rivers Health… Read More
    THOMASTON — A bomb threat called into Georges Valley High School on Tuesday morning did not cancel classes. According to Neal Guyer, a SAD 50 administrator, a plan formulated earlier this year was put into action. Classes were shifted to various churches and halls. School… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Police are investigating the third daytime burglary in less than two weeks which is believed to involve the same suspect or suspects, according to Deputy Chief Wallace Tower. Michael Collamore of Old County Road reported at 4 p.m. Monday that his home had… Read More
    ROCKLAND — An accident Monday caused damage to three vehicles and sent two people to the hospital with minor injuries. James Stewart, 18, of Rockland and Steve Belong, 26, address not given, were treated at Penobscot Bay Medical Center and released, a spokeswoman said. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BREWER — Six residents met Tuesday’s deadline for submitting nomination petitions for candidacy in the city’s Nov. 2 municipal elections. This year, there are races for all but one of the four positions that must be filled. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    WARREN — A fuel truck tipped over at the Supermax prison construction site early Tuesday afternoon, spilling a small amount of fuel onto the ground and into a nearby stream, according to a Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman. Mary James, DEP oil and hazardous materials… Read More
    Bangor District Court Stephen Crocker, 47, Bradley, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $600, seven days in jail, license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    ORONO — The public is invited to an open house at the University of Maine department of geological sciences in celebration of Earth Science Week, Oct. 10-16. The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, in the Bryand Global Sciences Center. Read More
    ORONO — Maine Rural Development Council, an affiliated program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will hold a Wabanaki Cultural Awareness Conference Tuesday, Oct. 19, at the Sockalexis Arena. State lawmakers and 100 representatives of federal and state agencies that provide services to Maine’s tribal… Read More
    ORONO — “Facing the New World Order: Continuing African Struggles for Popular Participation, Human Rights and Economic Justice” is the topic of the Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in 100 Nutting Hall at the University of Maine. Read More
    HOULTON — It will cost consumers more to heat their homes this year than it did last year, and driving a car isn’t expected to get any less expensive right away, either. Betsy Elder of the State Planning Office, who tracks heating oil prices in… Read More
    CARIBOU — A local woman, convicted of drunken driving in an incident that resulted in the death of another woman, has asked an Aroostook County judge for a new trial. Through her attorney, Elaine Godin claims that she suffers from a severe mental illness that… Read More
    ALLAGASH — Northern Maine loggers may be joining forces with an environmental group to further their efforts to stop Canadian loggers from working in the Maine woods after a yearlong battle with landowners and federal and state officials. About two dozen members of the Native… Read More
    BANGOR — A local child is struck and killed by a car. A photojournalist is on the scene within minutes. 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
    Maine’s political leaders are scrambling to save a price-support plan for dairy farmers in Maine and other New England states after lawmakers kept it out of farm legislation approved by the U.S. House last week. Supporters of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact could try to… Read More
    ROCKPORT — New England governors and eastern Canadian premiers vowed Tuesday to band together to stop power plants in the Midwest from spewing pollution that fouls this region’s air. Meeting at the Samoset Resort, the government leaders called upon their respective federal governments to do… Read More
    Two wildlife refuges in Maine are planning a series of events during the week of Oct. 10-16 to mark National Wildlife Refuge Week. The events will be at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in Washington County and the Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Penobscot… Read More
    BANGOR — Gov. Angus King tonight is expected to join the debate over the need for a four-lane highway across the state. King will address the annual meeting of the Maine Chamber and Business Alliance, the state’s largest business organization. Members of the King administration… Read More
    Maine cranberry growers began the annual harvest this week with an eye on Massachusetts, where a large carryover from last year’s crop is expected to drive this year’s prices below the cost of production. Ocean Spray, the huge Massachusetts cranberry growers cooperative, sets the price,… Read More
    MINOT — A man and his dog were dead after a fiery car crash early Tuesday, police said. The car was engulfed in flames when authorities arrived at 1 a.m. on Center Minot Road, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Public Safety Department. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BANGOR — The economic situation in central and northern Maine will be the focus of the 1999 Maine Chamber and Business Alliance’s annual meeting, noon to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the Bangor Civic Center. There will also be a discussion on the introduction of the Maine… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The City Council took the bite out of attorney Jean Chalmers’ plan to prove a dog ban on Main Street is unconstitutional. It dropped the civil charge against her. “We’re not going to do anything right now,” Mayor James Raye said Tuesday, confirming… Read More
    AUGUSTA — With only six months behind him as Maine’s agriculture commissioner, Robert Spear said that attending the National Convention of Agriculture Commissioners in Utah last week was quite a learning experience. Spear returned Monday from a seven-day trip to St. George, Utah, to share… Read More
    WATERVILLE — A “Women in Agriculture Risk Management Conference” will be held Nov. 18 at the Holiday Inn in Waterville. The event is co-sponsored by The Maine Women’s Agricultural Network and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Auburn office, with the USDA’s Risk Management Agency. Read More
    FARMINGTON — Karen Raschke, attorney and director of state programs for the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Thomas Auditorium of Ricker Hall, at the University of Maine at Farmington. For information, call Naomi Rines at 778-7387. Read More
    BATH — The international animal rights group that claims to have vandalized three sporting clubs in Maine is planning more strikes in the state, a spokesman said. “I think they will continue their activities, but not necessarily against sportsmen’s clubs,” said David Barbarash, North American… Read More
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    SKOWHEGAN — The Skowhegan Area Adult and Community Education Program will hold a Columbus Day Weekend French Immersion Program. Participants will leave the Skowhegan Municipal Building parking lot at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, and return at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    When the late George Huskins arrived as facilities manager at what is now the University College at Bangor, it was more military base — its former life — than college. When he died of cancer last year after 25 years of service within the university system, it was… Read More
    This season’s neverending stories of teen-age angst take on a new face tonight, as “Roswell” premieres at 9 on WB. This time, it’s the face of an alien. Three aliens in fact, who look just like ordinary teens in the small New Mexican town made… Read More
    Both telling and timely are the concerns voiced by parents over the absence of honors classes at SeDoMoCha Middle School. It is telling that the community needs to be reeducated in the philosophy which changed the name of the school back in the mid-eighties from junior high to… Read More
    All Maine students from grades 6 through 12 are invited to take part in the Maine Mathematics, Science and Engineering Talent Search (MMSETS) run by members of the Department of Mathematics of the Unversity of Maine at Orono. Details of this competition are as follows. Read More
    Kudos to the Maine Democratic Party. Their excellent choice as keynote speaker for their annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner, held in Bangor this year on Oct. 23, will be Tipper Gore. Called a “cultural terrorist” by none other than the late Frank Zappa (who wrote songs… Read More