BANGOR – With a shot at a first-time-in-who-knows-how-long win over perennial power Central Aroostook finally in sight, Jeff Blackstone got a rare tournament gift Thursday afternoon. He got a second chance. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    BANGOR – Alison Smith scored 20 points to lead Bangor to a 56-39 schoolgirl basketball victory over Presque Isle at Red Barry Gym on Thursday. Jlynn Frasier added 17 points for the Rams while Terra Curtis grabbed 11 rebounds and Katherine Miller had 10 rebounds. Read More
    High school New England Championships Maine Qualifers BOYS Shot put: Michael Leconte, South Portland, 53-8.75; Matthew Brown Boothbay Region 51-11.5; Luke Caron, Brunswick, 51-9; Frank Bayley, Thornton Acd., 49-11.5; Jon Burgess, Thornton Acd., 49-8.75; Nick Coffin, Brewer, 47-11.5; High jump: Bryan Heatley, Westbrook, 6-6; Andy… Read More
    A lot has happened in the four years since Cory Larose, Jim Leger, Ben Guite and Robert Ek first donned University of Maine hockey uniforms during the 1996-97 season. They endured an NCAA-imposed ban from the NCAA Tournament their freshman year, a poor regular season… Read More
    High school AT CARRABASSETT VALLEY Class B Championships Girls slalom 1. Megan Gately (L-R) 1:00.88, 2. Meghan Silver (Hamp) 1:03.10, 3. Meghan Burns (Yarm) 1:04.85, 4. Lydia Lobozzo (GNG) 1:06.12, 5. Laura Gross (C-R) 1:06.48, 6. Emily Leonard (Yarm) 1:08.59, 7. Sarah Belden (PI) 1:08.76,… Read More
    BANGOR – The dilemma facing the Katahdin Cougars Thursday night is one that’s become very familiar to Class D schools over the years. On the other bench was Ordie Alley. On the court was Alley’s team, the Jonesport-Beals Royals. And Eastern Maine basketball players know… Read More
    The Eastern Maine Class B hockey semifinals will be held Saturday at Sukee Arena in Winslow. The first game pits No. 4 Stearns at No. 1 Winslow at 4 p.m., while No. 3 Gardiner plays No. 2 Orono at 7:30 p.m. There are seperate admissions… Read More
    The International Pro Stock Challenge and the Northeast Pro Stock Association have formed an alliance which will have the two series run six combination events this year. “This is great,” said Gary Smith, president of NEPSA. “It only makes sense if we’re to continue to… Read More
    Boston University hockey coach Jack Parker has been suspended twice for his behavior in his team’s series at Providence College last weekend. Parker was suspended for a game by Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna after pulling his team off the ice and into the hallway-locker room area at… Read More
    BOSTON, Mass. – Jamie Cassidy scored a game-high 20 points Thursday night and the University of Maine women’s basketball team severely limited the league’s worst offensive team while earning a 54-40 America East victory over Boston University at Case Gym. Coach Joanne Palombo-McCallie’s Black Bears… Read More
    VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Donald Brashear has headaches that won’t quit and a swollen head. The fact the man who put him in such pain won’t be playing again this season didn’t seem to have much impact with Brashear. Brashear, who wasn’t at the Vancouver… Read More
    BROOKLINE, Mass. – Andy Bedard drained an inbounds pass from Derrick Jackson as the buzzer sounded in overtime Thursday night, lifting the University of Maine to a 70-67 America East men’s m. Coach John Giannini’s Black Bears pushed their record to 22-8 overall, 14-3 in… Read More
    MAINE vs. MERRIMACK Time, site: Friday, Saturday, 7 p.m.; Alfond Arena, Orono 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
    FORT KENT — Truckers involved this week in a work stoppage at Irving Forest Products mills are expected to return to work today after reaching an agreement with the company Thursday afternoon. The agreement was reached after a third afternoon of meetings. The announcement came… Read More
    Now conveniently settled at its new location on Route 9 in what might be described as “downtown Eddington,” New Hope Hospice is actively seeking volunteers to work with the program that aids patients and their families facing end-of-life situations. We spoke recently with NHH volunteer… Read More
    AUGUSTA — To quell the uprising against the state law requiring school personnel to be fingerprinted, the Legislature’s Education Committee decided Thursday to ask the Attorney General for an opinion on the constitutionality of the law. But even barring that advice, the Maine Education Association,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Supporters of Bill Bradley said Thursday they plan a big push for the former New Jersey senator at the March 5 Maine Democratic caucuses, hoping to build momentum in advance of the presidential primary two days later. Bradley’s national campaign chairman, Doug Berman,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in conjunction with local tractor dealerships and the Farm Bureau, offers tractor safety courses during the months of March, April and May. The course is open to all adults and older youth interested in learning how to… Read More
    YORK — A Dover, N.H., man was arraigned on multiple charges for a chase through Maine and New Hampshire that injured a police officer. Raymond Peabody, 27, was ordered held in $2,000 cash or $5,000 surety bail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia Snowe backed a measure Thursday to waive the federal tax on diesel fuel to help truckers and others battle rising diesel prices. The tax would be waived for a year or until prices drop to Dec. 31, 1999, levels, whichever comes… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A bill before the Maine Legislature would take some of the financial burden off families who face big bills to screen people for matching bone marrow. Marrow transplants are needed mostly to treat people with some form of leukemia. It typically costs $100… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The King administration said Thursday it has reached a contract settlement with negotiators for the state police union. The labor package would expire on June 30, 2001. The current contract expired June 30, 1999. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan M. Collins and U.S. Rep. Tom Allen have announced Community Development Technical Assistance grants and an Economic Development Initiative Grant, totaling more than $928,000, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Snowe and Collins… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King issued a statement Thursday concerning the federal government’s decision to grant Maine a first-in-the-nation waiver to extend coverage through Medicaid for treatment of people infected with HIV and AIDS. “This is tremendous news,” King said. “I want to compliment the… Read More
    Michael Shufelt of Brewer has been named to the second quarter honor roll of the Canterbury School in New Milford, Conn. Carson Shedd of Lincoln has been named to the first quarter high honor roll of the Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Mass. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Bangor District Court Wesley A. Gerrish, 24, LaGrange, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $400, license suspended 90 days. 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 — A 20-year-old Veazie man’s bail hearing in connection with charges of aggravated assault and criminal threatening was held Thursday morning in a makeshift courtroom at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Media representatives were barred from the proceeding, although a reporter and attorney representing the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Border Trust Co. will hold a breakfast series on small business issues on eight Friday mornings throughout the year. The first breakfast, on management control, will held at 7:30 a.m. Friday, March 3, at the Small Business Center on State Street. The series… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gun owners are opposing a proposed study of firearm laws, saying it could set up a “slippery slope” leading to new gun restrictions. Rep. Christopher Muse, D-South Portland, said loopholes in state law allow guns to get into the hands of teen-agers, children,… Read More
    MACHIAS — The 45-year-old Cherryfield man whose home was the scene of a drinking party attended by Narraguagus High School students will report to the Washington County Jail on Saturday to begin a four-day sentence. Zoltan Croll was summoned on a charge of furnishing a… Read More
    E.S. Cole’s Snow Scraper is something of a Maine institution. Large, heavy and wooden, its cross between plow, scoop and sled has, for 52 yeas, been a status symbol for Mainers: Spartan, rugged and reliable, just as they are. To own a Snow Scraper was… Read More
    It is surprising that the Bangor Daily News (Feb. 17) endorsed the recommendations of a state commission to create a new arm of state government to take over the student loan system in Maine. Are the editors aware that Maine would be the first state to take such… Read More
    Gov. George W. Bush blames his primary defeats in New Hampshire and this week in Michigan on Democrats and independents making mischief with the Republican nomination process. He says everything will be fine once the campaign trail reaches closed-primary states, where only registered Republicans count. Read More
    Since the advent of airline deregulation, the airlines have been allowed to redesign American aviation. What they have come up with is called the spoke and hub, or as I like to say, “the spoke and choke system.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    The afternoon sun shines through the branches of white pine, birch, hemlock and fir trees, spackling the broad expanse of snow. Just steps from Ohio Street — one of Bangor’s busy thoroughfares — the 28-acre Brown Woods offers visitors a respite from the urban busyness of the city’s… Read More
    THOMASTON — All parties involved in a dispute over two Beechwood Street gravel pits filed appeals Thursday in Knox County Superior Court. The gravel pit owners — George C. Hall & Sons Inc. of Rockland and Dwight L. Overlock, doing business as D.L. Overlock Construction… Read More
    CAMDEN — The dry, fluffy snow that fell over the state Saturday morning could not have come at a better time for the Camden Snow Bowl. The town-owned ski area, which receives a modest annual subsidy from local taxes and struggles to stay in the… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Along with tourists and seasonal residents, Blue Hill may be home to another community on the bay — 400,000 farm-raised Atlantic salmon. The state Department of Marine Resources this week recommended approval of fish farmer Erick Swanson’s plans to raise up to… Read More
    MILO — A veterans service officer will assist veterans filing for federal and state benefits from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 8, and on the second Wednesday of each month. The next scheduled session will be at the town office. For more information, call 941-3005. Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — SAD 68 Adult Education will offer an “Intro to Adoption” class, sponsored by Maine Adoption Placement Service, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, at the Mayo Annex building. The session is for anyone who has considered adopting a child and would… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Leslie Lizotte, community service consultant of Eastern Agency on Aging, will offer outreach assistance to senior citizens during March at the following dates and locations: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 2, St. Ann’s Parish, Dexter; googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    DOVER FOXCROFT — A veterans service officer will assist veterans filing for federal and state benefits from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 1, at the Community Health and Counseling Center, 1093 West Main St. For more information, call 941-3005. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Two cars collided Thursday afternoon when one of the vehicles apparently ran a red light, according to local police. No serious injuries were reported, police said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    THOMASTON — A Maine State Prison inmate serving a 60-year sentence for murder urged legislators Thursday to reinstate parole even though he would not be eligible for release. On a hot summer night in 1986, Jeffrey Libby, 36, of Brooksville murdered his paternal grandfather by… Read More
    BELFAST — Former Waldo County Assistant District Attorney Patricia Worth has been nominated to the District Court bench by Gov. Angus King. King also nominated a District Court judge Thursday for a vacancy on the Superior Court bench. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BANGOR — A section of St. Joseph Hospital was evacuated Thursday and hazardous materials specialists were called in after an alarm sounded in an area where a potentially hazardous chemical is used to sterilize surgical instruments. No leak was discovered in the second floor of… Read More
    CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A teen-age snowboarder says he learned his lesson after he and a friend decided to go off the trails at Sugarloaf USA and prompted a six-hour search. Members of the Sugarloaf ski patrol, game wardens and a National Guard helicopter searched the… Read More
    It is very frustrating that the Clinton administration has failed to do anything to relieve the hardships caused by high fuel oil prices. Secretary Bill Richardson continues to ignore the suggestion that some of the country’s oil reserves be used to fight against OPEC’s successful attempt to drive… Read More
    Bravo to Maine Audubon and their recommendation that the public and not special interests should fund the Maine Department. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. It makes sense that a resource such as wildlife, which, after all, belongs to all Mainers, should be financially supported by all Mainers. Read More
    It was wonderful to see student investment groups featured in the Bangor Daily News (“University gives cash back to students,” Feb. 7). Groups like the one at Northern Illinois University give college students an opportunity to invest with actual funds and gain real-world experience with the stock market. Read More
    The people who are manipulating the price of gas, heating oil and diesel fuel must smile and wink at each other when they hear Energy Secretary Bill Richardson refuse to release oil to the public from the federal reserve. Then he tells us he’s going to line their… Read More
    On Feb. 17, James Moore, Esq. stated in a letter to the BDN that 5,285 children were killed in one year by firearms in the United States. What Moore doesn’t tell us is that the study he cites is so old as to be of little use today. Read More
    BANGOR — Eastern Maine Medical Center will hold a respiratory support group from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the Brandow Conference Room. Barbara Lyon, a yoga instructor for the YWCA, will speak. For more information, call 973-7654. Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Police Officer Charles Graham will be joining the force on March 2, when he is reinstated with the police department. Graham, who first joined the Bar Harbor Police Department in 1996, left in December for a position with the Ellsworth Fire Department. Read More
    BELFAST — A Morrill man has been released on $2,500 bail after being charged with engaging in a sex act with a 14-year-old girl. Lewis A. Dyer III, 30, was arrested Feb. 15 in connection with a charge of sexual abuse of a minor by… Read More
    HERMON — Democrats will hold a caucus at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the municipal building. Delegates to the Maine State Convention will be elected, and issues discussed. Those not enrolled may do so before the caucus. For more information, call 848-5915. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King nominated a District Court judge Thursday for a vacancy on the Superior Court bench. Judge Ellen Gorman of Durham has served in District Court since 1989. An appointee of former Gov. John McKernan, Gorman had previously served on Maine’s Workers’… Read More
    BANGOR — Registered Green Independent Party members in Bangor will hold a caucus at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park St. For information, call Matthew Tilley at 758-4050. Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Police are searching for leads regarding a computer reported missing Thursday afternoon from College of the Atlantic. The computer is valued at approximately $1,600 and was reported stolen around 4 p.m. from a computer room on campus, Officer Nick Hardwick said. Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Police Officer Charles Graham will be joining the force on March 2, when he is reinstated with the police department. Graham, who first joined the Bar Harbor Police Department in 1996, left in December for a position with the Ellsworth Fire Department. Read More
    AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta offers workshops for prospective UMA students from 2 to 3:30 p.m. March 1; 5 to 6:30 p.m. March 8; 2 to 3:30 p.m. March 15; 5 to 6:30 p.m. March 22; and 2 to 3:30 p.m. March 29 in Robinson… Read More
    OLD TOWN — University of Maine students will hold a bottle drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Skeeters Redemption Center as part of the LET’S Volunteer Alternative Spring Break Program of community service. For more information, call 581-4194. Read More
    BANGOR — A Republican caucus will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Peabody Hall, Kominsky Auditorium, Husson College. Voters will elect delegates and alternates to the Republican State Convention, to be held Friday and Saturday, May 5-6, at the Augusta Civic Center. Read More
    In the Feb. 11 issue of the Bangor Daily News, there were two articles on two men sentenced to prison for sexually abusing children. One got nine months for assaulting a 13-year-old retarded girl. He could have received 40 years, but got nine months under a plea bargain… Read More
    ETNA — Joint Etna and Dixmont Democratic caucuses will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the Etna Town Hall. Convention delegates will be elected to the state convention. Registrars will enroll voters from 4 to 5 p.m. For more information, call 234-4226. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Small farming enterprises, such as herbal gardens and raising Scottish highlander cattle, are growing in popularity in Aroostook County and have the potential to affect the local economy. That was the premise Thursday during a forum titled “Incubating a New Future for… Read More
    HARTLAND — The town caucus for all enrolled Republicans in Hartland will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 29, at the community center. Its purpose is to allow the voters to elect delegates and alternates to the Republican State Convention to be held May… Read More
    HOULTON — A seminar on pasture management will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 29, at Houlton High School, Room 32. It will be presented by University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator Matt Williams, and Natural Resources Conservation Service district conservationist Don Collins. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Although city officials say they’ve pared down the cost of the proposed public safety building as much as possible, several residents spoke Wednesday night against a March referendum to raise the maximum amount to be spent on the building. Local residents will… Read More