College AT NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. NCAA Division III New England Regional championship Keene State men 59, Tufts 102, Williams 114, Bates 119, MIT 131, Brandeis 204, Bowdoin 222, Trinity 235, Coast Guard 255, Springfield 276, Amherst 325, Connecticut College 327, Middlebury 330, Westfield State 330,… Read More
College AT BRISTOL, R.I. Roger Williams Invitational American International College 193.5, WPI 185, Roger Williams 111.5, Bridgewater State 101.5, Trinity 99, Tompkins-Corland 65.5, Wesleyan 55, Plymouth State 51, Southern Maine 48, MIT 47, Coast Guard 27, Navy Prep 27, Bryant 14.5, New York Maritime 9… Read More
Preseason Women’s NIT MAINE vs. BOSTON COLLEGE 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]… Read More
ORONO – Raffi Wolf knocked in a goal and contributed two assists as the University of Maine beat Yale 4-1 for their first win of the season in women’s hockey action on Sunday at Alfond Arena. Princeton defeated Maine 3-1 Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Assistant coach Jody Benner has put together a tough non-conference schedule for the University of Maine women’s basketball team. While America East opponents make up the meat of the Black Bears’ 27-game schedule, it is Benner’s job to find some “potatoes” to make for a… Read More
CASTINE – Steve Tardif ended his collegiate career Saturday afternoon by rushing for 288 yards and six touchdowns as the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners defeated Framingham State 46-27. With more than eight minutes left in the game, Tardif was within 32 yards of breaking the… Read More
College AT ORONO (Sunday) Northeastern (19-11) def. UMaine (0-21) 15-0, 15-0, 15-0 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]… Read More
BROOKLINE, Mass. – University of Maine sophomore cornerback Lennard Byrd thought it was just a matter of time before he broke a punt return for a touchdown. He couldn’t have picked a better time to reel off his first one as he raced 44 yards… Read More
College AT STONY BROOK, N.Y. Maine men 135, Stony Brook 86 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
WATERVILLE – Oxford Hills appeared to have some first-half jitters during Saturday’s Pine Tree Conference football championship game at Drummond Field. One mometous run by T.J. Reese helped the Vikings settle down. Reese’s 55-yard jaunt midway through the third quarter set up the first of… Read More
Local AT ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, Standish Run For The Health Of It 5k Top ten: 1. T.J. Hessler 16:25, 2. Roland Thibeault 17:12, 3. Charles Sheets 18:14, 4. Steven Vitner 18:27, 5. Mark Green 19.09, 6. Lucas Temple 19:35, 7. John Kabler 19:47, 8. Joe… Read More
BELFAST – After scooting and hurdling, bashing and slashing his way to 348 rushing yards on 43 carries, Robbie Skillings offered the only explanation a humble young back can after a career-best effort in a career-defining game. “I just knew I had to run hard,”… Read More
LINCOLN – Almost every school has at least one. They are the teams talked about in reverential tones, teams which all others are measured against, teams which have become almost legendary or mythical in nature. In football, Brewer has its 1970 nationally-ranked squad. Bangor has… Read More
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Senior center and co-captain Cory Larose has been a productive player throughout his University of Maine career as exhibited by his 142 points in 116 games to date. He took his game to another level on Sunday afternoon and his men’s… Read More
LEWISTON — On the heels of an election victory that will help fund the conversion to digital, Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. will telecast the first-ever television digital signal in the state during a press conference at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16. MPBC will broadcast digitally… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine celebrated a major milestone as it fulfilled a 7-year-old cancer patient’s dream of a visit to Walt Disney World. Kelsi Knisley will travel to Florida on Monday with her parents from their home in Topsham, becoming the… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Twenty to 30 people were evacuated from a quiet neighborhood Saturday night after a 54-year-old local man fired at least a dozen gunshots from his home, four of which narrowly missed an unidentified man. No one was injured, according to police. A Maine… Read More
PORTLAND — Cumberland County deputies and corrections officers are being offered an intensive, monthlong course in Spanish that is believed to be the first of its kind in Maine. The idea is to provide law enforcement officers with the basic tools for dealing more effectively… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The board of directors of Maine Public Service Co., at the company’s regular meeting Nov. 5, declared a quarterly dividend of 30 cents (annualized rate of $1.20 per share) on the company’s common stock, payable Jan. 1, 2000, to holders of record at the close… Read More
PORTLAND — An entrepreneur exhorted software designers with his claim: “There’s no such thing as a low-tech industry or business.” Cliff Sharples speaks from experience. The former Colby College student has created a successful site on the World Wide Web dedicated to a low-tech endeavor:… Read More
PORTLAND — In its heyday in the late 1800s, the National Grange was a political force to be reckoned with. Members stared down railroad officials over crop shipping prices and persuaded lawmakers to allow them to form credit unions and cooperatives. They lobbied for crop… Read More
WATERVILLE — Workers at C.F. Hathaway Shirt Co. have approved a three-year contract that includes wage increases, an additional paid holiday and better health care benefits for employees. It’s the latest chapter in a rebound that started three years ago, when the company was in… Read More
The rain had been drizzling down all Sunday morning. A nasty chill gusted through the wet air. Could there be a more perfect time for a little Beethoven and a little Mozart? The answer, of course, is no — except, when the Bangor Symphony Orchestra tuned up yesterday… Read More
ALFRED — A Biddeford man has agreed to plead guilty to helping his friend dump a woman’s body into a brook after breaking into her house last December. Robert Diffin, 18, faces up to four years in prison but would serve only six months for… Read More
“Cokata Upo!” is the name the Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre gives to a lavish presentation of social dance which the company presented in fringed finery Friday, Nov. 12, at the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono. The title translates from Sioux as “come to the center,”… Read More
If visitors get driving a little fast, they might miss the quick right before the sharp left turn of the University of Maine’s Sebago Road in Orono. But if they take that right onto Portage Road, soon a huge barn will loom into view. The… Read More
When I trundle off to look up something on microfilm of old editions of the Bangor Daily News, I think the editors would do well to attach a fish hook so they can pull me back in. After all, newspapers are the kind of “history” where I can… Read More
“Pokemon: The First Movie,” directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Michael Haigney. Written by Takeshi Shudo. Running time: 89 minutes. Rated G. After seeing “Pokemon: The First Movie,” there’s little question that its title is meant as something of a threat to parents. Clearly, other Pokemon… Read More
Residents of Whiting are understandably upset about a marine communications company’s plans to erect a 330-foot-high tower in their town. Their concerns about intrusive lights blinking day and night, the possibility that space on the VHF tower could be leased for microwave transmissions, aesthetic issues and diminished property… Read More
The second largest managed care company in the country, United Healthcare, now will allow physicians to make the final decisions regarding treatments for their patients. United, which covers 14.5 million people, said this stunning policy change was based on the fiscal reality that its review process was costing… Read More
The redeeming feature of American politics — what saves some of us from becoming totally discouraged about its vagaries — is the dynamic quality of the system. When politicians and officeholders behave in a way the public despises, they usually alter their behavior. At the… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum aims to double its space for showing art by converting the old Newberry’s department store into four new galleries. Work will begin soon in the former department store that runs along Main Street. The 6,000-square-feet space will house the… Read More
Bangor District Court Leonard F. Partridge III, 28, Bangor, failing 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;… Read More
I am writing about a Nov. 3 BDN article titled, “Child’s play?” It involved a WWF action figure being recalled because it came with a plastic head. A professor in Atlanta found it offensive and had it taken off store shelves. Being a wrestling fan for 10 years… Read More
How will we know when the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement begin to trickle down into our communities? How will it feel when the promises begin to bear fruit? Competitiveness will get a terrific boost, productivity will increase. You may wonder, does the working person… Read More
I would like to bring an unjust situation to your attention. The armed services, in 1989, offered personnel a lump sum for taking an early release from the rest of their enlistment. This was done to save money. These soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines had an average of… Read More
The concrete truck crash is Gouldsboro was no surprise. Anybody who drives on Route 1 or 1A knows many of the drivers of these vehicles have little or no regard for the driving public. Motorists driving less then 20 mph over the limit are tailgated so closely that… Read More
CARIBOU — A Caribou man was arrested Sunday morning and charged with burglary and theft in connection with a Friday incident. Jeffery Sock, 19, was arrested at about 8 a.m. Sunday at the Westgate Trailer Park on Westgate Road, after police received a tip that… Read More
WALDOBORO — Former SAD 40 Superintendent Roger Spugnardi, who was fired in May, will have his say in a courtlike setting this week in Augusta. For the first time in 20 years, the state Department of Education has set up two public hearings that will… Read More
BANGOR — More than 25 artists and galleries opened their studios and exhibits to the public Saturday in an effort to promote the arts in the downtown area. The event was sponsored by the Bangor Center Corp., an organization devoted to the marketing, promotion and… Read More
CARIBOU — A head-on collision on Route 1 late Saturday morning injured three people. Matthew Sanfacon, 21, of Caribou was treated at Cary Medical Center in Caribou and released. Eric Still, 35, of Limestone was admitted to the hospital and was listed in stable condition… Read More
OLD TOWN — Two local people remained in Penobscot County Jail on Sunday night, facing felony charges resulting from a brief but tense standoff with city police. Peter Leach, 32, and Barbara Wright, 31, both of Milford, face felony charges of criminal threatening with a… Read More
ROCKLAND — A man who appeared to be missing under mysterious circumstances a week ago has been located, Chief Deputy Todd Butler of the Knox County Sheriff’s Department reported Friday. No more information was available. Todd Cochran, 27, of Warren had dropped off a friend… Read More
HOULTON — In the early 1970s, it was not uncommon to see volunteer firefighters in small towns fighting fires in their street clothes, standing outside with hoses aimed through windows as the building burned down. Times have changed and so have firefighting techniques. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
A local man faces several charges after allegedly threatening several people with a kitchen knife early Sunday morning. Michael Smith, 19, of Bangor remained in Penobscot County Jail on Sunday evening facing a felony count of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon as well as… Read More
SEARSPORT — The public is invited to the 2nd Congregational Church on Route 1 for an event designed to draw attention to the church’s nine Tiffany stained-glass windows. The church, which dates from 1819, will be decorated for the holidays for the open house, from… Read More
SEARSPORT — A boat builder, a lawyer and a venture capitalist have joined the board of the Penobscot Marine Museum. Joining the board of trustees are Ralph Stanley, Peter J.P. Brickfield and Daniel K. Thorne. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Once again our super-intelligent “big brothers who are looking after us dumbies” legislators have eroded our rights as U.S. citizens. From my earliest days in school I was taught that in America a person was innocent until proven guilty, but that in Canada or Great Britain you had… Read More
JACKMAN — Area residents will be able to comment publicly this evening on the proposed federal grant application to select the northern segment of Route 201 as a federal scenic byway. Tonight’s public meeting, which is part of the designation process, is scheduled to begin… Read More
HAMPDEN — More than 100 Girl Scouts filed into the Congregational church Saturday to get their feet wet. Yet it was really their hands that got wet as they tackled “hands-on” approaches to learning about freshwater ecology. Known as the Hampden Girl Scouts Science Day,… Read More
BANGOR — During World War II, it was instrumental in watching for enemy submarines in the waters off the Eastern Seaboard. Today, it looks more like a skeleton of its former self. But not for long. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE — On Dec. 8, the town planning board will consider final approval of a 14-lot subdivision for Munroe Field off Route 1. A compromise struck between developers James Munroe and Richard Nightingale and the board has paved the way for planners to give the… Read More
BANGOR — It will be a week of odds and ends for city committees. Representatives of the South Portland firm of Runyon, Kersteen and Ouellette will present an overview of the 1999 city audit during today’s finance committee meeting at 5 p.m. at City Hall. Read More
For more than a year now, Always Housing, a nonprofit organization with offices in Hampden, has been providing assisted-living services within the Greater Bangor area for adults between the ages of 21 and 55 who are clients of Maine’s Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse… Read More
Northeast COMBAT received correspondence from John Wojdyla of Augusta asking for our assistance. In his letter he explained that four months previously he had ordered shop tools from the Tool Shed in San Francisco. Wojdyla went on to say, “I received a catalog through the mail. The tools… Read More
PORTLAND — The nation’s political leaders hope to set money aside to hire more teachers and reduce class sizes. But education officials in Maine who say class size isn’t a problem hope to spend the money on staff training and development instead. President Clinton is… Read More
PORTLAND — Whether you’re hunkering down for the collapse of civilization or preparing for the party of the century, Shop ‘n Save has a message for you: The shopping starts here. Printed on the supermarkets’ shopping bags is a list of items to stock up… Read More
ORONO — Not everyone at a family reunion has to know each other. At the University of Maine on Saturday, about 150 high school students in the state’s Upward Bound program met — some for the first time — at the group’s first statewide student… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Housing Authority has awarded $695,000 to seven community groups to develop affordable housing for 78 low-income households. The housing includes assistance making homes affordable for low-income house buyers; housing for people with special needs; and affordable housing for low-income renters. Read More
PORTLAND — Competition in Maine’s energy market is making its first appearance to the public in the form of television and print advertisements. A Presque Isle-based company called Energy Atlantic is airing television commercials and running print ads projecting an image of a Maine company… Read More
UNITY — The chu-CHING, chu-CHING of a chain swaying behind a pair of horses and the whoosh of a log sliding over wet pine needles are the only sounds that disturb the quiet in a stand of softwoods at dusk Saturday. A moment later, a… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Riverside Cafe was the safest place in Ellsworth on Saturday night. The statement was repeated time and again by the more than 60 people who filed into the popular Main Street restaurant to raise money for, and show their support of, the… Read More