WATERVILLE – The Colby White Mules outscored Bowdoin 16-0 over the final five minutes Tuesday night to earn a 69-52 New England Small College Athletic Conference men’s basketball victory at Wadsworth Gym. Colby had taken a 44-32 lead with 14:04 remaining. Bowdoin rallied to close… Read More
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    According to English poet John Donne, no man is an island. Maybe not, but Jodi Kokoska certainly feels like one. Of course, being 5-foot-2 and weighing no more than 100 pounds, no one will ever mistake her for an island, although the Bangor High School… Read More
    LINCOLN – Brandi Rideout tallied five assists, three steals, and 16 points to power the Mattanawcook Academy Lynx to a 61-54 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Woodland Dragons Tuesday night. Cassie Carver netted 16 while Desirae Haines scored 12 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Allison… Read More
    College NATE FOX ORONO – Nate Fox of the University of Maine has been named the America East Player of the Week. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
    BANGOR – Thanks to a dominant performance in the paint by junior forward Joe Campbell and some rock-solid minutes from spot starter Miles Levy, the Bangor Rams came away with a valuable boys basketball victory against Skowhegan Tuesday night. The Rams used a tight, man-to-man… Read More
    FORT KENT – Julie Marquis poured in 28 points and recorded six steals and five assists to lead the University of Maine-Fort Kent women’s basketball team to a 67-32 victory over New Brunswick Bible Institute Tuesday in college action. Nikki Brown scored 14 points, grabbed… Read More
    The world is getting smaller and the sports business battles are getting bigger, uglier, and global in nature. A couple of notes on this from Toronto where I covered the NHL All-Star game for ABC. The financial problems for the Canadian NHL teams boiled over… Read More
    HOULTON – Frank DiStefano hit a 15-foot jumper with eight seconds left in overtime Tuesday night, lifting the Houlton Shiretowners to a 70-68 schoolboy basketball victory over Hodgdon. DiStefano finished with 20 points. Reuben Thomas tossed in 19 points for Houlton and Kyle Hipsley scored… Read More
    NEWPORT – Tonya Cray poured in 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Nokomis Warriors to a 57-38 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Brunswick Dragons Tuesday night. Laura Pelkey and Danielle Clark scored 10 points each for Nokomis, which held a 23-5 edge… Read More
    BANGOR – Registration forms for the 34th Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race are now available. Forms for the April 15 race can be picked up at the Bangor Parks and Recreation office, 647 Main Street, Cadillac Mountain Sports in downtown Bangor and the Old Town Canoe Outlet Store in… Read More
    HERMON – The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is sponsoring another Hooked on Fishing Not Drugs free day of ice-fishing. The event will be held Sunday, Feb. 13th, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hermon Pond. Equipment will be provided, and many adult volunteers will be… Read More
    GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida coach Steve Spurrier juggled his coaching staff Tuesday, giving former UMaine head football coach Buddy Teevens more control over the passing game and promoting defensive coordinator Jon Hoke to assistant head coach. Spurrier promoted Teevens, who coached running backs last year,… Read More
    ORONO – The Camden-Rockport Windjammers used a balanced scoring attack to sink the Orono Red Riots 72-62 in schoolboy basketball action Tuesday night. Mike MacDonald connected for 19 points and John Knutson added 17 for C-R. Brian Fitzpatrick put in 12. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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    Her first European competition completed, Caribou High’s Nordic star, Anna Sprague, is focused on her next challenge. The Junior Nationals are nearly a month away, but only two days after Sprague returned from races in Estonia and Sweden, she sounded like she’d enjoy racing in them tomorrow. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Housing Referrals of Maine is a newly formed nonprofit agency that evaluates, rates, and refers to adult living facilities. Housing Referrals of Maine was born out of policy changes in the long-term care system in the state of Maine. The new agency began to address the… Read More
    ARLINGTON, Va. — For males ages 18-25 it is time to register with the Selective Service System (SSS). Although most men register when they are 18, as required by law, some fail to do so until they are older. A man who is now 25 has until the… Read More
    PARIS — The Waterford man who owns a herd of sick and malnourished buffalo must find a buyer for the animals within a month or forfeit them to a neighboring farmer, a District Court judge has ruled. Judge Andrew Horton credited Wallace Jones, his family… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Plans to build a world-class biathlon and nordic ski facility in Presque Isle, expected to serve aspiring central Aroostook County athletes and world-class skiers, were unveiled Tuesday. The site, to be located on the Presque Isle-Fort Fairfield border along Route 167, is… Read More
    Many are the ways to enjoy a very special day and at the same time help a very special project. Take, for example, the “Valentine Tea” 2-4 p.m. Saturday, at the Guilford United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on School Street in Guilford. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    SACO — It will be a year Thursday since Ashley Ouellette was found slain in Scarborough, but police say they remain confident that the Saco teen-ager’s killer will be brought to justice. “We feel it is a very solvable case,” said State Police Sgt. Matthew… Read More
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    BANGOR — Recipients of this year’s Partners in Ending Hunger grants were announced recently, in celebration of another record-breaking Ending Hunger Week. Eastern Agency on Aging’s Meals for Me program received an award of $893. Meals for Me serves a nutritious, hot noontime meal to… Read More
    LEWISTON — City officials have proposed to offer the U.S. Postal Service $250,000 toward the cost of nearly 50 acres of land if it decides to build its new distribution facility in Lewiston. The $250,000 sum, which is included in the city’s capital improvement program,… Read More
    Some Mainers, including those in Bangor, soon will have more choices for high-speed Internet service in their homes. Bell Atlantic intends to sell residential high-speed Internet service using “digital subscriber lines,” or DSL, in selected markets, from York to Bangor, beginning this summer. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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    AUGUSTA — With temperatures dipping and heating costs rising, the state House and Senate passed a joint order Tuesday that directs the Legislature’s Utilities Committee to investigate the high cost of gas and fuel oil. The idea is to identify who benefits and who doesn’t… Read More
    BOSTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New England office named eight New England wastewater treatment plants, including two Maine plants in Danforth and Orono, winners of the 14th annual Wastewater Operations and Maintenance Excellence Awards. “These wastewater plants are the best New England has… Read More
    Halfway around the world, Asia just celebrated its Chinese New Year. And, here in Maine, a growing group of us are hoping that we have something to celebrate in the Chinese New Year, too. Specifically, Maine’s environmental technology businesses are strategizing on ways that we… Read More
    A few years ago, the Legislature told the Passamaquoddy Tribe it couldn’t build a casino in Calais because casinos are not good economic development. The other day, the Supreme Judicial Court told the Passamaquoddy Tribe it couldn’t build a bingo hall on land it owns in Bethel Township… Read More
    President Clinton sent his budget up to Capitol Hill Monday. It was a laundry list of $1.84 trillion for well-intended programs to make life more tolerable for the American people in the new millennium. Hundreds of billions to improve health care, protect the environment, shore up the military… Read More
    The unexpected popularity of Maine’s new Community College Partnership between the technical colleges and University of Maine systems is evidence that what appeared to be a state quirk was really a lack of opportunity. Maine should be encouraged by the higher-than-expected participation rates and look for ways to… Read More
    Those who work in our public schools hold in trust our most sacred asset: our children. We are here to teach, to support, and to protect the children entrusted to our care. Parents and children have a right to expect that schools will be safe and that school… Read More
    PORTLAND — Maine’s naturopathic doctors must be licensed by March 1 under terms of a state law enacted more than two years ago that sets professional standards and seeks to protect patients who choose alternative therapies. Maine, along with New Hampshire and Vermont, is among… Read More
    BANGOR — City councilors on the airport committee approved the first lease Tuesday for a portion of the new corporate aviation hangar opening at 9 a.m. today at General Aviation, a division of Bangor International Airport. LifeFlight of Maine, which operates a helicopter under contract… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine State Nurses Association, which represents registered nurses at The Aroostook Medical Center, is preparing to picket the local hospital if contract negotiations break down later this month, a union spokesman said Tuesday. Only two negotiating sessions are left before the… Read More
    HOULTON — The board of directors of Leaders Encouraging Aroostook Development unanimously voted Tuesday to support efforts for an economic impact study for southern Aroostook County infrastructure, and especially U.S. Route 1. An economic impact and corridor study already is under way in The County… Read More
    ST. AGATHA — Putting more of the burden on students and getting parents involved in the disciplinary system seems to have helped the situation in SAD 33, where high school detention incidents have dropped 37 percent in one year. The school board was told Monday… Read More
    JACKMAN — Four residents met Monday’s filing deadline for elective municipal offices. Town Manager Kathleen MacKenzie said candidates filed papers for all the vacancies on the three boards. Two people seeking three-year terms on the SAD 12 board of directors and the Jackman Utility District… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — The Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its second annual Katahdin Sportsman Show on April 8 and 9 in the Stearns High School gym. Groups and businesses interested in reserving space for exhibits or demonstrations should contact the chamber at 723-4443 or e-mail the chamber… Read More
    CAMDEN — The proposed SAD 28 budget for 2000-2001 shows an increase in the tax burden to Camden and Rockport. District officials were still making last-minute adjustments to the plan Tuesday, working to have accurate numbers available for the public hearing tonight on a $1.8… Read More
    BREWER — After an extended absence from City Hall, the city’s code enforcement officer has tendered her resignation. Peggy Elmer, a city employee for 12 years, submitted her letter of resignation late Friday, according to City Manager Stephen Bost. He said Elmer’s resignation was effective… Read More
    CANAAN — A state fire marshal was at the scene of a trailer fire Tuesday, trying to determine the cause of the blaze. According to Canaan firefighter Harry Murphy, the Whitten Road mobile home was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived shortly before 9… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — College of the Atlantic will be host of a five-day environmental art event starting Feb. 18. During this time, a team of four environmental artists will work with students and faculty on a wide range of projects that use art as a… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A virtual expedition to the tropics will be led by Jim Parker, a professional ecologist and educator, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Wendell Gilley Museum. The talk will explore the biology and beauty of the two most diverse ecosystems… Read More
    GLENBURN — The Glenburn Democratic Party presidential caucus will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the town office. Presidential voting will take place at 3 p.m. All registered Democrats and unenrolled voters in Glenburn are eligible to participate. Unenrolled voters will be… Read More
    OLD TOWN — The Old Town/Orono YMCA will hold a meeting concerning changes in electrical providers at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Older Adult Room of the YMCA. Tom Welch, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, will explain electrical provider options. Attendees should meet at 11:30… Read More
    We, along with many others, are angered and offended by the Jan. 25 letter referring to the so-called “roadkill shrine” on Eagle Lake. Citizens caring about something other than themselves would not categorize roadkill and the Jan. 8 accident together. This tragic accident, which has caused pain and… Read More
    Dover Foxcroft District Court Nathan F. Andrad, 19, Dover-Foxcroft, violation of protective order, jail 90 days, all but three days suspended, probation two years; harassment by telephone, jail 90 days, all but three suspended, probation two years. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    It was reported that the incidence of AIDS in priests is four times that of the general population. The roots of prejudice against Catholics started in England, and was brought to the United States by the Pilgrims. In 1911, a small newspaper, The Menace, began to be published. Read More
    In the letter, “Route 15 hazardous” (BDN, Jan. 29-30), Frank Huntley of Bucksport complained of that road not being sanded. Route 15 is maintained by the Maine Department of Transportation. A quick call to the Orrington town office would have saved him the cost of a stamp and… Read More
    I am writing in response to a public call for ideas on how to spend the state’s $250 million surplus. I suggest it put some of this surplus money toward establishing a loan forgiveness program for students who are dedicating their lives to education, and for teachers who… Read More
    Another example of misplaced descriptions appeared in the Jan. 4 letter, “Office of chaplain,” by the Rev. Mark Worth. Supposedly, only right-wing radicals use socio-political cliches and catch phrases, but have we uncovered an exception to this rule? Imagine the fair-minded minister using such prejudicial… Read More
    CAMDEN — A possible tool to help address the town’s perennial parking problems will be demonstrated at a meeting in the Camden Opera House on April 10. Ann Bex of the town’s parking, traffic and transportation committee told selectmen Monday night that she and the… Read More
    BANGOR — City officials still haven’t found the right site for the proposed skateboard park, but councilors on the municipal operations committee made it clear Tuesday that they support the concept, recommending that the full council make its endorsement at its regular meeting Monday. “I’m… Read More
    Islesboro Central School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Leah Gutman; honors: Nate Oldham. 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())… Read More
    TRENTON — Plans for a parallel taxiway at the Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport have been completed, construction dates have been set and now airport officials are waiting for a little help from the federal government. But that is far from certain right now. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Michelle Astbury, Darlene Baker, Daniel Bouthot, Jason Byrd, Sarah Hewes, Francis Lymburner, Haley Malm, Erin McCormick, Katherine Mrozicki, Courtenay Pettigrew, Benjamin Smith, Yaicha Wathne; honors: Lukas Abrahamson, Hannah Allen, Joshua Allen, Amanda Ashe,… Read More
    WINTER HARBOR — Selectmen from five Schoodic-area towns sat around one table Tuesday night, talking about the possibility of forming a league of towns to work for their common interests. The league, if given the go-ahead by selectmen and ratified by voters at each town… Read More
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    WATERVILLE — Volunteers are needed to offer two to four hours a week to individuals facing life-threatening illnesses and their families. Support may include companionship, transportation, assistance with errands, letter writing and reading. Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area exists to provide nonmedical support to individuals… Read More
    Somerset County Superior Court James Turner, 27, St. Albans, gross sexual assault, burglary, tampering with victim, 20 years jail, all but five years suspended, six years probation, $1,152 restitution. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
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    PLEASANT POINT — Tribal officials reacted with “anger and disbelief” Tuesday after a state supreme court decision killed efforts to build a $5 million high-stakes bingo parlor in Albany Township in western Maine. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that… Read More
    SEARSPORT — Spike mats have become standard equipment in local police cruisers, and Waldo County Deputy Sheriff Matt Curtis used his to bring a quick end to a chase late last week. The mat deflated three of the vehicle’s four tires and led to the… Read More
    BELFAST — Telephone rates and Maine’s coming changes in electricity regulation will be topics of a public meeting planned Thursday by state Sen. Susan Longley, D-Liberty. Senior officials of the state Public Utilities Commission will be on hand. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 to… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The City Council on Monday appointed five residents to a panel that will work with Wal-Mart architects. The council indicated at a meeting last week that it wanted to create the committee to offer local comment on what a Wal-Mart supercenter might look… Read More
    CORINNA — An executive session tops the agenda for the Corinna selectmen’s meeting tonight at 7. Cited as a personnel issue, the session will consist of the board’s meeting behind closed doors with Code Enforcement Officer Darrell Hartley to discuss the future of the CEO… Read More
    Washington Academy, East Machias Second quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Ian Ausprey, Sharon Dow, Rainya Ham and Megan Sullivan; honors: Robert Acosta, Brian Bell, Jesse Bell, Timothy Burch, Bobbie-Jo Cale, Leanne Caldendar, Shawn Davis, Lindsay Day, Angela Francis, Charlene Gaddis, Christina Hawkins, Melissa Hinerman,… Read More
    Wisdom High School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Julie Chasse, Kristy Dubois, Trevor Lizotte, Courtney Lugdon and Loni Sirois; honors: Dale Beaulieu, Kevin Beers, Matthew Bourgoin, Mark Chamberland, Ashley Chasse, Shelly Chasse, Aaron Desjardins, Matthew Fongemie, Jesse Levesque, Debra Lowe and Lisa Ouellette. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — During February, free cholesterol clinics are being offered at six sites throughout Aroostook County. The clinics will be offered at the following times: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    HOULTON — The Town Council will host a workshop between the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and state officials to discuss proposed legislation, LD 2178, at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, at Houlton Regional Hospital’s Educational Center. The council will consider how the legislation will… Read More