PRESQUE ISLE – Bri Blanchard scored 20 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and added three steals as Presque Isle topped Houlton 71-62 in high school basketball action Tuesday. Sam Shaw added 15 points for Presque Isle and Billi Blanchard netted 13. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
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    SEARSPORT – Joe Ogden grabbed a rebound off a missed free throw and scored to help Searsport secure its 49-45 upset over Islesboro in overtime in high school basketball action on Tuesday. Aaron Ward paced the winners with 16 points and Joey Light added 13… Read More
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    A couple of baseball stories on this winter’s day. Spring training is about to begin. On the fields of Florida and Arizona, young players hoping against hope, and veterans near the end of careers, will be throwing, running, and believing one more time. Some will be wearing Boston… Read More
    HERMON – Stearns hit six free throws in the final minute Tuesday to hold off Hermon in a 44-42 high school basketball victory. Stearns had been up by as many as 13 points in the third quarter, but Hermon came back in the fourth to… Read More
    HARRINGTON – The Shead Tigers converted 14 of 15 free throws in the fourth quarter, including a 9-for-10 effort by Corey Sullivan, to notch an 80-73 schoolboy basketball win over the Narraguagus Knights Tuesday night. Merlin Cates connected for 22 points to pace Shead of… Read More
    Skijoring. At one time a sport in which skiers were drawn over snow or ice by a horse or tractor, it evolved into a cross between Nordic skiing and dog sled racing. If you’re a proficient cross country skier and have a hound with some… Read More
    College CORY LAROSE Hockey East scoring leader Corey Larose has been named the league’s player of the month for January. The UMaine senior center scored two goals and had 12 assists in nine games with a 1-10-11 total for seven league games. A native of… Read More
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    HAMPDEN – The Nokomis girls played strong defense to defeat Hampden 59-32 Tuesday in high school basketball action. Laura Pelkey hit six 3-pointers on her way to 22 points for Nokomis of Newport. Tonya Cray scored 14 points and Danielle Clark provided 10. Liz Mendell… Read More
    NEWPORT – Last year, the Nokomis Warriors’ season came down to the final game: Beat Hampden Academy and get in the tournament, or lose and watch the tourney on TV. Tuesday night, it was deja vu for the Warriors of Newport, possessors of a 5-5… Read More
    BRUNSWICK – Lauren Myers scored seven points and Jessie Mayol five in overtime as the Bowdoin Polar Bears upset Colby 68-58 in overtime in women’s basketball action Tuesday night. Kristi Royer scored with 18 seconds left to tie the game at 52 and send it… Read More
    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Newburgh native Ricky Craven will be one of 19 competitors in the Bud Shootout Qualifier who will be vying for the last spot in the Bud Shootout Feb. 13 at Daytona International Speedway. The Shootout is for the fastest qualifiers from… Read More
    BANGOR – Bob Ackley, the softball coach at Husson College for the past four years, has resigned. Ackley, who cited personal reasons for leaving, said in a press release, “Very simply, the spark and the excitement are not there. Between my high school coaching and… Read More
    BOSTON – Rudy Keeling, the men’s basketball coach at Northeastern University and the former University of Maine coach, has been suspended by America East for one game for criticizing game officials and the conference coordinator of officials. Keeling’s comments were made following Northeastern’s 57-56 loss… Read More
    ORRINGTON – The Orrington Rod and Gun Club will hold its annual ice-fishing derby Saturday and Sunday on Brewer Lake and Fields Pond. Cash prizes have been increased for the largest fish in three categories: landlocked salmon, $100; pickerel, $50; and white perch, $25. Registration is at TJ’s… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Jerry Burnes scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half and Shane Durost hit a layup with nine seconds left to extend the lead to three and pace Northern Maine Technical College to an 87-84 men’s basketball win over Eastern MTC Tuesday night. Read More
    BANGOR – Old Town coach Marty Clark warned his team that Bangor’s man-to-man defense was likely to be the best the Indians would face this season. The Rams didn’t disappoint. Bangor held Old Town to 10 first-half points on 4-for-24 shooting (17 percent) Tuesday night… Read More
    HOULTON – Hampden Academy took a two goal lead in the second period and held off the Houlton-Hodgdon Blackhawks for a 3-2 ice hockey victory over Hampden Academy at Millar Arena Tuesday. Adam Standley, Colin Ingram, and Mike Brooks scored for 7-5 Hampden with Greg… Read More
    THORNDIKE – On the final night of last year’s regular season, the Camden-Rockport girls basketball team took its undefeated record to Mount View High and lost. This year, an undefeated season isn’t possible for the Windjammers, thanks to an earlier loss to Winslow. But Tuesday… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A proposal to allow the operation of 1,500 video lottery terminals at Scarborough Downs, creating what opponents called a video casino, was rejected 13-0 by the Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee on Monday. If the bill is rejected by the full Legislature as… Read More
    The letter from the woman in Rockland was justifiably angry. Like the calls and e-mails in response to my weekend column about a father who allegedly punched the face of his young son on a Boston bus while the other passengers watched silently, this letter… Read More
    WASHINGTON — They got stuck on airplanes or delayed in elevators, but the heads of hospitals from across Maine persevered in reaching lawmakers here to ask for help with Medicare problems. More than two-dozen CEOs and representatives from state hospitals told their Maine congressional delegation… Read More
    It hasn’t been a good year for Maine’s 32 cranberry growers, but things could be looking up. Clyde MacDonald, executive director of the Maine Cranberry Growers Association, said state Sen. Vinton Cassidy, R-Calais, has introduced a bill that could give growers the shot of confidence… Read More
    AUGUSTA — As this year’s short legislative session creeps toward its April finale, lawmakers are getting impatient for Gov. Angus King to submit his plan to replace the aging Augusta Mental Health Institute. Members of both parties, who may or may not support a new… Read More
    BANGOR — A local woman changed her plea to guilty of bank fraud and false use of a Social Security card during a hearing Tuesday at U.S. District Court. Michelle Emond, 29, faces a maximum possible sentence of 30 years in prison, a $1 million… Read More
    PORTLAND — An Old Orchard Beach man accused of fraud in a deal to export Ford engines to be used in Romanian police cars was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison. Catalin Tutunaru pleaded guilty in September in U.S. District Court to charges of… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Even in midcoast Maine, federal officials got an earful about the economic havoc that listing Atlantic salmon as an endangered species would wreak on the Down East region. The third and final public hearing on a federal plan to list native salmon from… Read More
    BANGOR — A former Eagle Lake resident and a few of his Guyanan relatives by marriage appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court to resolve a case that began 10 days ago when a Chevrolet Bronco with seven people inside was stopped at the border crossing in Fort Kent. Read More
    BOSTON — New England’s average annual pay grew 5.4 percent from 1997 to 1998, the fourth straight year the region’s pay growth outpaced the nation’s. The six New England states saw average pay rise from $34,133 to $35,962, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Police have identified a woman killed Friday in a car accident along Memorial Bridge as Hannah L. Smith. Smith, 60, of Augusta was not carrying any identification, and her identity was not confirmed until Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    The recent announcement by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that it was levying fines in excess of $250,000 against Columbia Forest Products, and the tragedy that prompted the fine, demonstrates how grossly unfair the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act is. Joel Nichols of Presque Isle,… Read More
    Fashion on Ice, New York City’s annual exhibition of the latest in haute and cold couture, was disrupted when two young women from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals skated onto the Madison Square Garden rink to protest the wearing of fur. That the demonstrators wore nothing… Read More
    The tougher standards for Maine students through the Learning Results made it inevitable that standards for Maine teachers would be revised, too. The proposed changes, however, are not just about raising the bar, but about bringing more opportunity into the field of education. There is much to like… Read More
    The daughter of a Saco rural mail delivery man, Janice R. Lachance, since 1997 has quietly headed the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, an agency with 3,700 employees with oversight over civil service mandates. OPM also manages the health insurance and retirement programs for nine million federal workers,… Read More
    A story in Tuesday’s Maine Day section on a proposed state-sponsored logging certification program listed an incorrect date for the hearing. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7, at the Augusta Civic Center. Read More
    A few nights ago my wife and I visited the Maine Mall. Scores of school-aged children crowded the food court, the music stores and the arcade. This is a familiar scene for mall employees. Mall employees — cashiers, store managers, janitors, security guards — frequently see more children… Read More
    UNION — Slush-covered roads led to numerous accidents and sent vehicles off the road throughout Knox County, and sheriff’s deputies responded to one accident that destroyed a pickup truck, deputies reported Tuesday. Rebecca E. Mountainland, 16, of Union was driving a 1995 Ford pickup truck… Read More
    CUTLER — Maine blood supplies are critically low, so the American Federation of Government Employees at the Cutler naval base urged civilian employees to support Thursday’s blood drive by the American Red Cross. Donors may give blood at the Market Street Grill on the base… Read More
    LUBEC — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a $300,000 low-interest loan for the Regional Medical Center. The money will be used to help buy and remodel a house for use as a home health care and substance abuse counseling facility. The loan is… Read More
    BREWER — OHI, a growing nonprofit agency serving children and adults in a six-county area, has relocated a large part of its operation to Brewer. In what might be called the nonprofit shuffle, Hermon-based OHI moved into space at Twin City Plaza formerly occupied by… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth music boosters will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the music room of Ellsworth High School. Items on the agenda include: hosting the state vocal jazz festival, community calendar fund-raiser, and Ellsworth Music Night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The city has hired a full-time librarian and code enforcement officer — and both jobs had been vacant for a long time. The city’s assistant code officer, John Root of Rockland, has accepted the code officer’s job, said Brenda Harrington, administrative secretary. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    CAMDEN — “Secret Gardens on the Maine Coast” will be the topic when William Phinney addresses a Camden Garden Club horticulture meeting next week. Phinney will speak at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, at the Lord Camden Inn on Main Street. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Businesses in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties could benefit from a $35,000 grant awarded to Coastal Community Action Program, U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced Tuesday. Coastal Community Action Program administers money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business Enterprise… Read More
    ST. GEORGE — Two men will compete for one three-year selectman’s seat, while an SAD 50 vacancy has no takers. Donald Choquette, who is a former SAD 50 director, will vie with newcomer Harry Dowling for the selectman’s seat now filled by Rick Mathiau. Mathiau… Read More
    LINCOLN — A local business group and snowmobile club hope the thrill of watching side-by-side racing action will draw hundreds of people to Lincoln this weekend for Winter Fest 2000. In an effort to promote local businesses and to show off the town’s winter recreational… Read More
    BELFAST — State Sen. Susan Longley, D-Liberty, said Tuesday she plans a meeting with state Public Utilities Commission officials and Waldo County residents next week. The meeting will focus on a major restructuring of Maine’s electrical supply system, which takes effect March 1, and telephone… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — With significant snow on the ground and 20 inches of ice on the lake, the Lake George Regional Park’s eighth annual Winter Carnival and Fishing Derby on Saturday appears to be guaranteed a successful year. “Our biggest fear is it might turn too… Read More
    CUSHING — Authorities on Tuesday said a house burglary has been reported — the second daytime break-in in less than a week. Knox County Sheriff’s Lt. Reginald Walker said the break-in Monday was at a home on Sandy Lane, off Route 97. Burglars took a… Read More
    We in Maine are taxed where we live, where we work and where we shop. Our citizens are asked to carry a grossly unreasanable tax burden. Now I read in the Jan. 21 Bangor Daily News that Maine’s liberal government is using our taxes to support a lot… Read More
    Presque Isle District Court Gregory M. Grant, 23, Presque Isle, criminal mischief, $100; criminal trespass, $200, restitution of $157.42; littering, 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… Read More
    Background checks should be reversed. I can’t ever recall reading or hearing a single instance where teachers were responsible for the killing, shooting or bombings in our schools. It’s the students. Maybe we ought to start checking the kids. Wayne A. Treworgy Newburgh… Read More
    Kudos to Mr. Allen E. Quinn (BDN, Jan. 26) for having the courage to write about his daughter’s traumatic accident and subsequent life-altering experience. Unfortunately, Quinn is correct in stating that the stories of “ordinary” people do not receive the attention they deserve. When my… Read More
    In response to Gov. Angus King’s recent speech at the Bangor’s Theological Seminary’s 95th convocation; God’s will is not mystery, for to know God’s will is to know the Bible in which God makes it very plain to every person on earth to obey God’s commandments and follow… Read More
    The pending listing of Atlantic salmon under the Endangered Species Act has been the source of political posturing over the last few months. Recently, the Legislature sent Congress a message that it opposes listing and “is strongly committed to the restoration of the Atlantic salmon to its waters”… Read More
    I just read your editorial (Jan. 30-31) on the president’s State of the Union address. As usual, it reflected the solid Republican think of the Bangor Daily News. You indicated there was nothing constructive in the speech and that President Clinton’s program would be far… Read More
    BANGOR — The Margaret Chase Smith Quality Association will begin a series of business workshops on Feb. 9 at Eastern Maine Technical College. The training sessions are designed to improve the quality of Maine businesses, according to organizers. Past winners of the association’s Maine Quality… Read More
    PORTLAND — Volunteers have stepped in to tutor Seiha Srey as he waits for the Cape Elizabeth school board to decide whether to admit him to its high school. Srey is not using the tutoring plan the school offered when it barred him from classes… Read More
    Next Thanksgiving, the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter in Waterville will celebrate a decade of service to central Maine. The mission of MMHS is to provide emergency food and shelter to homeless and displaced persons in central Maine, but over the years its work has far surpassed… Read More
    BANGOR — An 18-year-old from Hampden will be sentenced early next month after admitting responsibility in the automobile death of a fellow student last spring. In a plea agreement reached with prosecutors, Adam Beaulieu admitted to the charge of manslaughter in Bangor District Court on… Read More
    BANGOR — The condition of a 20-year-old Veazie man shot by a sheriff’s deputy last week has improved. Sidney Dunton’s condition was upgraded Tuesday from critical to serious, according to a spokesperson for Eastern Maine Medical Center. Dunton was shot multiple times on the morning… Read More
    BANGOR — Despite a staff recommendation to deny it, the planning board voted 5-0 Tuesday to approve the conditional use which will allow Bangor Savings Bank to replace its building at 687 Hogan Road. Mary Ann Bostwick, George Burgoyne, Ray Bolduc, Robert Lingley and Frederick… Read More
    BANGOR — A Penobscot County Superior Court justice remanded a Hampden man to the custody of state mental health officials Tuesday after concluding he was mentally ill when he stabbed his 5-year-old daughter more than a year ago. Chief Justice Andrew Mead found John Havlin,… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Citing public concern about the safety of genetically engineered foods, Union River Greens of Hancock County will sponsor a public forum Feb. 13. The session is planned for 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, at Ellsworth City Hall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    I visited Maine for the first time last October. I’d been as far as Massachusetts and Connecticut, but Maine was always on the back burner and waiting to be visited. Its natural beauty, the kindness and warmth of its people, as well as the beauty of the architecture… Read More
    BLUE HILL — The Bay School and Union 93 (Blue Hill Consolidated, Brooksville, Adams and Penobscot schools) recently received a $5,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation to help pay for a program to bring two members of the Pilobolus Institute to the Blue Hill peninsula. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth school committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the City Council chambers at City Hall. Among items on the agenda: a request to consider raising high school credits necessary for graduation from 20 to 22, and bus purchase requests for 2000-2001. Read More
    BUCKSPORT — The town has received a $300,000 housing grant that will be used to refurbish homes downtown. This is the third state housing grant the town has received, but is the first one that will target the in-town area, according to Town Manager Roger… Read More
    BELFAST — The landscape may be white with snow, but the City Council is already thinking summer. At its meeting Tuesday, the council discussed new floats for the public landing, finding a permanent home for a skateboard park and building a parking lot on the… Read More
    GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake fishery continues to rebound as biologists focus their efforts on restoring traditional spring and summer fishing. “Everything is good, but not as good as can be,” Paul Johnson, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologist, said Tuesday after releasing a… Read More
    MADAWASKA — Customers of the Madawaska Water District elected a new trustee, approved the agency’s financial report for 1999 and discussed new sources of water for the town at the annual meeting of the district Monday night. The session was one of the few meetings… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — Town councilors support the state’s plan to refurbish the Waldo-Hancock Bridge, and they have an idea they think will improve the project. The council last week adopted a resolution voicing its support for the project. It included in that resolution a request to… Read More