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    DANBURY, Conn. – Jamie Vielmetti scored 18 points and dished out seven assists to lead the Westfield State Owls to a 51-49 women’s basketball victory over the Husson College Braves Tuesday night. Michaela Blaney netted 11 points and A.J. Belle provided 10 points and eight… Read More
    DEXTER – With a height advantage, players that can score inside and outside and four starters back from last season’s Eastern Maine Class C championship squad, the Penquis boys basketball team probably should have had a big lead on Dexter in the second quarter of Tuesday night’s matchup. Read More
    Trisha Ripton was a key member of the University of Maine women’s basketball team from 1993-96, but ankle surgery prematurely ended her Black Bear career prior to her senior season. Three years later, the Newport native is back on the court. This time, she’s playing… Read More
    ORONO – Tuesday was Sing the Blues Day for Danielle McCabe. The talented Hampden Academy sprinter just couldn’t get comfortable in the blocks, had disappointing starts, and finished no better than second in all three of her events at Tuesday’s Eastern Maine Indoor Track League… Read More
    We love lists. They are simple and symmetrical and somebody else has done all the thinking. For the past few months the lists have come fast and furious, covering everything from artists to xylophones. In sports, every media outlet that covers the games has publicized… Read More
    HAMPDEN – Allison Wing scored a game-high 20 points to lead Brewer to a 51-47 schoolgirl basketball win over Hampden Academy Tuesday. Liz Boone contributed 13 points, while Katrina Peterson netted nine and ripped down 10 rebounds for the Witches. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
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    HAMPDEN – Allison Wing scored a game-high 20 points to lead Brewer to a 51-47 schoolgirl basketball win over Hampden Academy Tuesday. Liz Boone contributed 13 points, while Katrina Peterson netted nine and ripped down 10 rebounds for the Witches. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    HODGDON – David Carter scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Jeremy Kervin contributed 17 points and nine rebounds as Hodgdon overcame Rusty Nadeau’s 35 points to edge Madawaska 71-65 Tuesday night. Hodgdon avenged its only loss, 63-61, earlier this month while dealing the… Read More
    PORTLAND — Three Mainers from the Portland area are suing Microsoft for allegedly using its monopoly power to drive up the price they paid for their computers and the operating systems that run them. The lawsuits, filed last week by Barbara and Harvey Melnick of… Read More
    OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Campground owners are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of thieves who have been breaking into trailers. Campground owners said there have been more than 100 trailer break-ins this season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BENTON — Authorities continue to investigate the cause of a fire that destroyed an automotive repair garage Monday. The late-afternoon fire caused more than $100,000 damage to Dan’s Used Cars and Parts in Benton. Nearly a dozen vehicles were demolished along with the building, according… Read More
    Critics of the nonprofit Maine Educational Services, the state’s largest provider of student loans, have homed in on MES’ relationship with the for-profit, Internet-based Portland College. According to top officials of both MES and Intelligent Learning Corp., the MES spinoff that is the parent company… Read More
    After years of debate, and a series of often contentious public hearings, the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission has imposed a statewide ban on all recreational fishing for sea-run Atlantic salmon. The ban went into effect Tuesday and applies to all 16 salmon rivers in Maine,… Read More
    DEER ISLE — The sun rose and set on the island Tuesday, a reminder that life goes on, even in the presence of death. Island residents paused in their lives, however, as they gathered at the Deer Isle-Stonington High School gymnasium to say goodbye to… Read More
    No, Gov. King, the sky is not falling. Predictably, opponents of the federal government’s latest attempt to protect Maine’s imperiled wild Atlantic salmon, including the governor, have reacted with inflammatory rhetoric but little fact. They falsely claim that protecting Maine’s heritage salmon under the Endangered Species Act would… Read More
    The December issue of the journal of the National Conference of State Legislatures has a cover story titled “Can the Sales Tax Survive Cyberspace?” A more appropriate, though wordy, title for this well-researched and comprehensive piece would be “Can Common Sense Survive the Debate over the Sales Tax… Read More
    MISS MANNERS: A CITIZEN’S GUIDE TO CIVILITY, by Judith Martin, Three Rivers Press, New York, 1999, 366 pages, paperback, $18. Etiquette is not elitist, snobby, old-fashioned or stuffy, as many of us think. After all, Miss Manners (a k a Judith Martin) writes, it embodies… Read More
    As a graduate of the University of Maine at Machias and a former volunteer at the Pleasant River salmon hatchery, I took great interest in Andrew Goode’s Dec. 13 commentary. Goode questioned Gov. Angus King’s use of scientific information to publicly oppose the effort by U.S. Fish and… Read More
    WARREN — A Spruce Head man escaped injury Monday when he lost control of his vehicle on Route 90, left the roadway and struck several small trees. John Grossbaum, 63, was uninjured in the 2:15 p.m. crash that demolished his 1998 Chrysler van, Knox County… Read More
    In response to Emily B. Wesson’s letter, “Paving paradise” (BDN, Dec. 22). Yes, the mall sprawl does worry others of us in the community. I, too, have watched pastures turned to pavement at the outskirts of Bangor while the downtown founders in neglect and abandonment. Read More
    The dawning of the new milennium has brought forth the vision of a better lifestyle for me, my family and my nation — a vision free of the four major scourges of humankind: disease, depravation, devastation and death. It took some research, but the results are awesome. Read More
    On a recent December morning a mother called the office of John Bapst Memorial High School to inform them her son wouldn’t be present that day as they were traveling to Boston for an admissions interview with a prestigious university. Thus began the near Dickensonian destruction of a… Read More
    Kudos to [Bangor Daily News reporter] Diana Graettinger and her colleagues for the stand they took with the Calais City Council in regard to executive sessions and the Maine Freedom of Access Law. On Dec. 16, this same type of executive session was held by… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County and Dexter municipal officials say they are well prepared for any emergency that Y2K may bring, but they also are optimistic that the event will pass without incident. The worst that could occur at midnight New Year’s Eve, they say, is… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A county budget of $2.49 million, representing a 4 percent increase over last year’s spending plan, was adopted Tuesday by Piscataquis County commissioners. The budget will increase the mill rate from $1.324 to $1.37 per $1,000 valuation. Assessments to the 17 municipalities, two… Read More
    FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield bureau of the Bangor Daily News has moved. The new address is 102 Main St., in the same building as Atlantic Quality & Technical Services Inc. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    HOULTON — It took three votes and more than an hour of discussion by the Town Council on Monday night, but on March 7, local residents will get to vote on the town’s position with regard to a landfill being proposed by the regional waste district board. Read More
    WASHBURN — An organizational meeting of the potential Northern Aroostook and New Brunswick Mushers Club will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at the municipal building on Main Street. Those attending are asked to bring possible club names, goals and expectations. Refreshments will be… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — “Horseplay” in a car traveling east on Peltoma Avenue in Pittsfield Tuesday sent two Troy teen-agers to the hospital with injuries, according to investigating officer, Sgt. Tim Roussin of the Pittsfield Police Department. Anthony J. Holden, 18, of Manchester, N.H., and recently of… Read More
    This letter is to respond to two articles written by Jeff Tuttle related to the rehiring of employees at Eastern Maine Medical Center. One article states that many of the positions that were cut were in “administrative and support areas.” The consumers of EMMC should know some of… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook County Chapter of Habitat for Humanity meets at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at the Grant Memorial United Methodist Church, 79 Fleetwood St. The public is welcome and can call 762-9531 for information. Read More
    HOULTON — A planning session for the Houlton High School Alumni Centennial Celebration will held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in Room 32 of the high school. The celebration is scheduled for July 7-9, and activities include a float for the Fourth of July… Read More
    MACHIAS — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will again offer Master Gardener Volunteer Training starting Tuesday, Jan. 11. The Master Gardener Program trains volunteers to conduct gardening education programs in their communities. Participants receive 40 hours of intensive gardening training. The training will be… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Luke Fontaine of Lyman has been named vice president of finance for the Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home in Greenville. Fontaine’s most recent employment history includes nearly 11 years as controller with Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Ellsworth District Court David A. Emery Jr., 23, Bangor, keeping unlicensed dog, $50. 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… Read More
    LUBEC — Candidates who want to run for the vacant seat on the Lubec Board of Selectmen may pick up nomination papers at the Lubec Town Office, clerk Diana Wilson said Tuesday. The filing deadline is Jan. 10, 2000, and the election is scheduled for Jan. 24. The… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Two elderly women were seriously injured Tuesday morning when they drove from a side street directly into the path of an unloaded pulp truck traveling south on North Avenue. Doris Boynton, 82, and her passenger, Marion McLaughlin, age unknown, both of Skowhegan, received… Read More
    CARIBOU — The next communitywide meeting of Focus on the Future will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, in the Caribou Performing Arts Center. The program will include presentations from Focus teams, with updates on accomplishments and plans. For information call 498-2578. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will hold an open house from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, at Preble Hall. Anyone interested in taking classes in the spring or fall should attend. Representatives of the admissions department, financial aid… Read More
    BREWER — During a special meeting Tuesday, the last meeting of this year, city councilors handled a series of municipal housekeeping tasks, fielded numerous questions from two former city officials and tabled action on a proposal to expand a local auto recycling business. The councilors… Read More
    PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — It was a story to frighten even the hardiest fisherman, but John Rosa lived to tell it. Sipping coffee Monday at the Portsmouth Fishermen’s Cooperative, Rosa praised the Coast Guard for saving his boat and possibly his life after the vessel broke… Read More
    NEWPORT — Sidney Oakes, 45, of East Eddington suffered minor injuries Tuesday when the car he was driving struck a guardrail on Interstate 95. Oakes’ 1992 Toyota was demolished in the single-car crash, but Oakes was able to walk away from the accident, according to… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — HORIZONS Wellness Services and the Women’s Health Center of The Aroostook Medical Center will hold an eight-week course, “Awakening Ourselves Through Yoga,” beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10, in McCain Rooms A&B of Gould Memorial Hospital. Beth Findlen, a registered nurse… Read More
    Bangor District Court James C. McQuillen, 39, Old Town, causing operation of commercial motor vehicle without recording current status of truck log, $250. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More