Just before graduating from Bucksport High this summer, Chad Gilley decided he wasn’t quite ready for college. He wanted to go, but he thought his study habits needed work. So the two-sport standout opted to enroll at Hebron Academy for a year of postgraduate studies. Read More
    MAINE vs. BOSTON U. Time, site: 7 p.m., Case Gymnasium, Boston 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
    CASTINE – Mount Desert Island High School graduate Matt Ketchen scored his 1,000th collegiate point late in the first half en route to a game-high 23 as his Maine Maritime Academy Mariners notched a 78-61 men’s basketball win over the University of Maine-Machias. Jed Johnson… Read More
    ORONO – Northeastern University continued its hex over the University of Maine women’s basketball team Wednesday night, shocking the Black Bears 55-45 in the mutual America East opener at Alfond Arena. The Huskies shut down UMaine’s sluggish post game and responded with clutch second-half play… Read More
    FARMINGTON – Katie Nye tossed in 24 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead Husson College to their second victory over the University of Maine-Farmington Beavers in four days – a 67-66 decision at Dearborn Gym Wednesday. Husson also tipped UMF in the consolation… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — As urban development creeps over Aroostook County and the region becomes a popular spot for all-terrain vehicle enthusiasts, agriculture wants to be more involved in planning. That’s the message of a daylong conference Wednesday on sprawl, public access to trails, and the… Read More
    The “fruits of their labor” extend far and wide this holiday season as members of the Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis Club find a way to bring “fresh” joy to the season, provide needed training for the military, holiday volunteer opportunities for young people, and help fund scholarships for local… Read More
    Charities such as the Santa’s Helper Fund help remind us that the world is full of caring people. Although it seems that the negative news outweighs the positive news these days, the gathering of friends and neighbors in our communities to share with those less fortunate is proof… Read More
    CALAIS — Anyone who believes Washington County residents are uninterested in economic development should take a second look. On Wednesday, nearly 200 federal and state government representatives met with business and community leaders at what was billed as the Washington County Economic Summit. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Bangor District Court Craig Fenderson, 33, Bangor, assault, 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 (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    BANGOR — The Eastern Maine Medical Center will hold a meeting to form a Medical Career Interest Explorer Post at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at the hospital. Students are invited to learn about careers in medicine and health care. The program is open to… Read More
    BANGOR — A Bangor woman suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning when the car she was driving rear-ended a school bus which had stopped to pick up children at the intersection of Ohio Street and Bolling Drive. None of the four children on the bus was… Read More
    BANGOR — A man arrested Tuesday evening at gunpoint in the parking lot of Ames Department Store at the Airport Mall remained in jail Wednesday after a Superior Court justice revoked his bail. Police were already armed with a warrant for the arrest of Reginald… Read More
    Hampden police and fire reported to the George B. Weatherbee School Wednesday morning when a third-grade girl got stuck between the rungs of a chair. According to firefighter Ray Pipes, the girl was positioned horizontally with her head and shoulders through the bars at the… Read More
    ORONO — Gov. Angus King is scheduled to address the ninth annual Maine Rural Development Council policy forum today at the University of Maine. The daylong event will focus on agriculture and community development, and the governor will be the keynote speaker at a noon… Read More
    PORTLAND — Impending deregulation of Maine’s electricity market will encourage consolidation in the buying and selling of power, some energy specialists forecast Wednesday. That means new opportunities — and risks — for business customers, the specialists said during a discussion of Maine’s electricity overhaul, which… Read More
    DURHAM — A 21-year-old man and a teen-age boy were charged with burglary and terrorizing after allegedly bursting into a house in the middle of the night and threatening a resident with a gun. Brian Scott Jewett was taken to Androscoggin County Jail on $5,000… Read More
    HODGDON — David Goerlitz used to make $100,000 a year for working just 26 days. He quit. The former Winston man, featured in 42 R.J. Reynolds Co. search-and-rescue-themed advertisements for cigarettes, now travels around the country talking about the real motive behind the ads he… Read More
    Editor’s Note: Life Stories is a monthly column devoted to books and reading. The ongoing series is written by a variety of readers and writers. “Who’s your favorite author?” my students ask me every semester. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    Shareholders of Vermont-based Casella Waste Systems Inc. voted Wednesday at their annual meeting to approve a merger with New Jersey-based KTI Inc. The transaction is expected to close sometime in the next several days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    CONCORD, N.H. — Tufts Health Plan announced Wednesday it will lay off 270 workers — including 90 in Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island — so it can focus exclusively on the Massachusetts market. Tufts said it also will eliminate 131 vacant positions and 30… Read More
    There’s quite a vigorous debate raging on the University of Maine campus at Orono these days. It’s about, as befits an institution of higher education, Truth. Well, not really Truth. More like Lie. The biggest, dumbest, knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing lie going — Holocaust denial. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Need a few suggestions on Christmas gifts for your outdoor friends? How about getting them a book or two on their favorite pastime? I’ve received a pretty good selection of paperback books over the past several months, and most of them are excellent resources for… Read More
    What better way to enter into the Victorian world of Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim than through the hall of the recently restored Victorian era Camden Opera House? At 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, the Camden Opera House will provide that opportunity with the No… Read More
    Muslims in the Bangor area will begin fasting at sunrise Thursday. Each evening of Ramadan they will gather to pray at 6:30 in the Drummond Chapel in the Memorial Union at the University of Maine in Orono, said Ibrahim Al-Khuwaiter, vice president of the Islamic Center of Maine… Read More
    LUBEC — Selectmen will return tonight to the controversial issue of fireworks for the town’s millennium celebration. And supporters of First Selectman Harold Jackson are urging residents to reject efforts to recall him in Monday’s referendum election. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — There’s no place like home for the holidays, unless, of course, you’re on Main Street in Ellsworth on Friday. The Downtown Ellsworth Business Association will hold its annual Family Holiday Festival from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, and the city will… Read More
    A feature story in the scene Dec. 2 on a special multigallery art exhibit in Rockland on Dec. 10-11 contained the wrong name for the owner of Art of the Sea Gallery. The correct name is Joan P. Woodhull. Also, the name of artist Nicky Bottger was misspelled. Read More
    I was very disturbed by your editorial and letters to the editor dated Dec. 5 and Dec. 6. Some facts of the recent incident at Narraguagus High School were given to a BDN reporter that was present at the board meeting Nov. 29. Listed below are some of… Read More
    The editorial “Fighting Words” (BDN, Dec. 7) addressing the Atlantic salmon recovery issue was right on the mark. I am Chairman of the East Machias and Machias River Watershed Councils. Two years ago, when Matt Scott, Joe Robbins and Mike Hill at a public information… Read More
    A recent Associated Press story suggested that Maine dined exceptionally well at the federal trough, consuming $1.41 in funds from Washington for every $1 it sent. But while Maine receives more federal dollars per person than its neighbors, its serving of pork looks more than a little lean. Read More
    Throughout 1997 and 1998, Maine and the rest of the nation enjoyed steadily decreasing prices for home heating oil and gasoline. Indeed, the decline was so steady and gradual that many people probably failed to notice. But no one who drives to work or heats a house with… Read More
    Professor Lyombe Eko’s defense of the Maine Campus’s decision to print the Holocaust denial ad invoked both the First Amendment and Elie Wiesel. Both bases of argument are inappropriate and mistaken. First, no right is absolute and there is no right to print malicious lies; this is what… Read More
    What a fitting coincidence. The Dec. 2 BDN reported Maine’s recent recognition for educational advances on the front of A section and the $250 million budget surplus on the front of B section. I am very sure that both the Republicans and Democrats have many… Read More
    I am the Health Occupations Instructor at Southern Aroostook Vocational Education Region 2 in Houlton. On Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 1, I was informed that fingerprinting, at a cost of $49, would take place Saturday, Dec. 4, in Houlton — two and a half days notice, just before Christmas… Read More
    Sen. Olympia Snowe’s review of the first session of the 106th Congress (BDN, Nov. 29), in which she emphasizes her interest in reviving the centrist coalition, is fine as as far as it goes, but it is not consistent with her truly loyal adherence to the agenda of… Read More
    HARTLAND — SAD 48’s plans to pursue the construction of two new middle schools received overwhelming support Wednesday night at the Hartland Consolidated School. The second straw poll on the proposal was set in a slightly biased setting. Parents and grandparents were the target audience… Read More
    CALAIS — The Friends of the Calais Memorial Gymnasium vowed to raise nearly $75,000 to renovate the former middle school gymnasium. The 50-year-old middle school was closed last year for health and safety reasons. Two large portable classroom buildings have been installed on the middle… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — There will be a bottle drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. Bottles can be dropped off at the fire station or the redemption center on North Main Street between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the Pittsfield Junior Fire… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A Super Sitters baby-sitting class for middle school children will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, Sebasticook Valley Hospital. Sharon Foster and Alethea Cariddi, community health educators, will be the instructors. The program includes learning basic baby-sitting information such as: first… Read More
    CORINNA — Corinna children will once again play hoops off the backboards on the second floor of the historic Stewart Library as the result of Wednesday night’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting. When the gymnasium was completed in the new addition on the Corinna Elementary School,… Read More
    If one is to believe the federal government’s pronouncements, cutting nearly 10 percent of the Togus Veterans Affairs Center’s staff will make for better veterans’ care. But proving how Togus can be better, after 77 out of 857 staff members at the Augusta-based hospital are terminated, is going… Read More
    FORT KENT — Preparations for the University of Maine at Fort Kent Campus Community Talent Revue, which will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, in Fox Auditorium, are well under way with a complete line-up of talented performers scheduled to participate. The revue… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will hold a debate for its final fall semester program in the University Distinguished Lecture Series at 7 p.m. today in the Campus Center. The debate is on the controversial topic of genetically modified foods and will feature… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Prowler complaints continue to come in to the Pittsfield Police Department in the wake of publicity last week about a series of motor vehicle burglaries. Residents have been warned to lock their vehicles and remove valuables. Many people now are leaving outside lights… Read More
    CARIBOU — A two-month investigation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has resulted in the arrest of five men over the last two weeks. The undercover operation began in late September when MDEA agents targeting local retail drug trafficking began buying drugs from alleged traffickers… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A new, 72-page zoning ordinance was created to make town planning simpler, planning board member Tina Bernier said Wednesday. “We wanted things to be clearly defined,” said Bernier. “Our goal was to get rid of all the ambiguity in the original ordinance. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — Sgt. Roger Gagne of St. Francis died in the Irish Sea during the Second World War in 1944, after bailing out of a B-24 bomber which had run out of fuel while on a mission. Today, nearly 55 years later, Fernando J. Gagne… Read More