University of Maine senior Cory Larose was selected to the All-Hockey East first team and was also named the recipient of the Len Ceglarski Award for his exemplary conduct and sportsmanship on the ice. Larose, a left winger and captain, was the only Bear chosen… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine sophomore right winger Barrett Heisten was having a laugh at his older brother Chris’ expense. It was before a morning practice leading up to today’s 4 p.m. Hockey East Tournament semifinal against Boston University at the FleetCenter in Boston. He… Read More
After struggling through an uncharacteristic 8-11 season last year, the last thing Western Maine basketball power Westbrook had in short supply was motivation. Despite losing three starters to graduation, the Blue Blazes began the 1999-2000 boys hoop campaign with championship aspirations due to the presence… Read More
Whether they have satellite television, cable TV, or a big, old aerial antenna stuck on the roof, University of Maine women’s basketball fans will not be able watch Maine’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against North Carolina. Due primarily to the lack of any local coverage… Read More
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For many fans who attend Maine’s basketball tournaments, there’s nothing more thrilling than an upset – the underdog that knocks off the No. 1 seed or the defending champion. In 1987 No. 8 Richmond won the Western Maine title. The 1983 Class A Caribou girls took the state… Read More
NEW YORK – Joey Gamache, refusing to blame his opponent, intends to sue the New York State Athletic Commission for injuries sustained in his knockout by Arturo Gatti in Madison Square Garden. At the heart of the suit will be the charge that Gatti weighed… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor High School Athletic Boosters are planning a reception for the Eastern Maine champion Bangor High School boys basketball team at 3 p.m. Sunday at Red Barry Gym at Bangor High. Those willing to make baked goods for the reception are asked… Read More
HOCKEY EAST ALL-STARS First Team Ty Conklin (New Hampshire) goalie; Chris Dyment (Boston University) defense; Mike Mottau (Boston College) defense; Jeff Farkas (BC) forward; Brian Gionta (BC) forward.; CORY LAROSE (UMaine) forward Second Team googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
WATERBURY, Conn. – A minor league baseball player who suffered serious head injuries when he was hit by a piece of a broken bat last season is attempting a comeback. Jeff Keaveny, 24, has been invited to the Minnesota Twins minor league training camp, the… Read More
PORTLAND – Buffalo Bills’ quarterback Doug Flutie presented Maine’s first-, second- and third-place prizes in the Fleet All-Stars program Wednesday. Fleet All-Stars is a community service program that challenges children to better the area in which they live. The program awarded a total of $46,500 to 10 Maine… Read More
LEWISTON – Bates College senior forward Emily King of Lebanon, N.H., has become the first woman in school history named to the NCAA Division III Kodak All-American women’s basketball team. King became Bates’ all-time leader with 1,478 points and 816 career rebounds. She also topped… Read More
AUGUSTA — As expected, the bill to eliminate the word “squaw” from state maps sailed through the Senate on Thursday and headed for the governor’s desk for signature. It will now fall to county commissioners in unorganized territories and municipal officials in organized areas to choose new names… Read More
AUGUSTA — For newly licensed Maine drivers, the days of cruising around with teen-age friends will hit a dead end if a bill that was approved Thursday by the Senate becomes law. For senators debating the bill, the issues boiled down to Big Brother vs. Read More
AUGUSTA — Republicans and the commissioner of human services expressed reservations about a proposed bill to limit drug prices in Maine, and they offered a new proposal at a hearing Thursday. Commissioner Kevin Concannon said Maine is pursuing a drug purchasing alliance with New Hampshire… Read More
AUGUSTA — The spirit of bipartisianship that has characterized this legislative session evaporated Thursday with a failed attempt by Republicans to investigate and possibly remove Attorney General Andrew Ketterer, a Democrat. The attempt failed by a vote of 87-56 with a handful of Republicans joining… Read More
AUGUSTA — More than 5,000 retired Maine teachers would receive increased health insurance assistance from the state if a bill that received overwhelming House approval Thursday becomes law. By a 140-0 vote, the House gave its final approval to the bill and sent it to… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — An Indiana business has filed a civil lawsuit in Piscataquis County Superior Court asking the court to order the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad to sell its Derby repair shop in Milo so the firm can recoup the $151,000 it is owed by the railroad. Read More
AUGUSTA — Scores of legislative candidates have applied for taxpayer support for their upcoming campaigns under Maine’s new Clean Election option, but it could be a couple of weeks before the number who qualified is known. Reviews by local and state officials had certified 43… Read More
NEW YORK — Here’s scary news for bookstore owners: During its opening day online, Stephen King’s new ghost story sold more cyberspace copies than any of his best-selling novels did on their first day. King’s “Riding the Bullet,” a 66-page downloadable “e-book,” racked up 400,000… Read More
AUGUSTA — A legislative proposal to put the state in the position of distributing marijuana for medical use was killed Thursday, and replaced with language that would appoint more lawmakers to a committee studying the issue. The Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously to… Read More
BANGOR — About 75 scientists from New England and Atlantic Canada gathered Thursday in Bangor for a two-day conference to share the latest research on the production of potatoes. The Northeast Potato Technology Forum is being held at the Bangor Motor Inn and is scheduled… Read More
PORTLAND — A Roman Catholic priest accused of launching a sexually explicit Web site for gay priests has been sent to an out-of-state program to decide if he wants to remain in the priesthood, officials said Thursday. The Rev. John Harris from Our Lady of… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved grants and loans for community development projects in Dexter and Lubec, according to U.S. Rep. John Baldacci. The funds are being made available through the USDA’s Rural Development Agency. The Dexter Utility District has been awarded… Read More
WINSLOW — Maine substance-abuse officials are closing the doors on a Winslow methadone clinic accused of violating rules governing treatment programs. Discovery House, based in Providence, R.I., is losing its license to provide services for those addicted to heroin and other opiates because workers ignored… Read More
Recently we received a letter from Trish Phair, who is the director of Health and Fitness for the YWCA of Bangor-Brewer but who is also a member of the board of directors of the American Heart Association’s Penobscot Division. We also were visited by AHA… Read More
BANGOR — The Battleship Maine Monument at Davenport Park has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places, according to Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, whose staff prepared the nomination. The monument has been documented, evaluated and considered… Read More
BANGOR — Nearly 309,000 property owners first received a $7,000 reduction on their tax assessment through the state-funded Homestead Exemption Program in 1998. Assessors throughout the state are hoping to receive applications by March 31 from the newly eligible in their cities or towns — those who have… Read More
AUGUSTA — Conservation groups and state officials said a legislative committee did the right thing by rejecting a move to reopen Maine’s fishing season for Atlantic salmon. “We’ve been doing everything we can to diminish any threats to the salmon in this state, and I… Read More
BANGOR — A Rite Aid pharmacist faces felony theft charges for allegedly stealing more than $700,000 in prescription drugs from the drugstore chain’s Broadway store. Christopher Comfort, 34, of Pittsfield was released Thursday afternoon from Penobscot County Jail on $7,500 cash bail after his initial… Read More
BREWER — Drivers, mechanics and route salespeople from the J.J. Nissen facility in Brewer are among nearly 1,400 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ New England Bakery Drivers Council on strike against Interstate Brands Corp. Interstate Brands handles distribution for Nissen Bread, Wonder Bread,… Read More
AUGUSTA — The state Board of Environmental Protection voted Thursday to allow a pair of Clinton farmers to spread sewage sludge on a field on the outskirts of town, over the objections of about two dozen residents. The board’s 5-2 vote upheld a state regulator’s… Read More
MORE THAN YOU KNOW, by Beth Gutcheon, William Morrow, New York, 1999, 288 pages, $23. At 17, it seems like no one understands how you feel. One day you’re laughing hysterically, the next you’re soaking your pillow with tears. Your body is doing all sorts… Read More
HOULTON — A reward of at least $500 has been posted for information leading to the summonsing of people responsible for poisoning domestic and wild animals in the Weston area. The Maine Warden Service reported Thursday that two more animals have died as a result… Read More
PORTLAND — A transient from New Jersey who is accused of abducting and raping a Portland woman will remain in jail on no bail pending a hearing Monday. Sean Whaley, 28, was charged with two counts of gross sexual assault at his arraignment in Portland… Read More
My friend Harvey approached me the other day with a business proposition I would like to tell you about. Here’s his deal. “Let’s go into business,” he said. “You put up $50,000 and I’ll put up $50,000. That’s 50-50. As the business grows, you provide more funds. I… Read More
We are writing in response to Julie Wormser’s March 9 commentary, “Timber industry’s SFI pure greenwash.” We are members of the Independent Expert Review Panel for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Members of the panel include the leaders of several national conservation organizations, state foresters, two former U.S. Forest… Read More
BANGOR — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins called for increased federal education funding and less red tape Thursday in a speech at Husson College. Of “utmost importance” is that the federal government meet its obligation to fund special education, she said. That struck a chord with… Read More
Janet Langhart, a media consultant, television personality and wife of Defense Secretary William S. Cohen, has joined the crisis and issue management firm Rowan & Blewitt. The company counsels and coaches corporate executives on how to face congressional committees and the public. Langhart will retain her own company,… Read More
For evocative, it is hard to beat the conclusion of a Pentagon official who this week told reporters that “we’re at ground zero” in Kosovo. The unnamed official meant so little progress had been made that American troops were still carrying out duties that should have been turned… Read More
Ever since Marconi sent his first radio signal from one side of an Italian hill to the other back in 1895, and particularly since the establishment of the Federal Communications Commission back in 1934, the airwaves have been considered public property. The award of licenses to use this… Read More
HOWLAND — SAD 31 residents authorized the school board to spend insurance claim proceeds, estimated to be $590,901, for damage to Penobscot Valley High School caused by the ice storm of 1998, during a special district meeting on Wednesday. The school board called the special… Read More
FORT KENT — A young man asked his wiser father one day if he had ever heard of a lawyer telling the truth. “Of course,” his father said after thinking about it. “Lawyers will do anything to earn a dollar!” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ROCKLAND — The MBNA New England ship has come in at the city’s waterfront. The credit card lender will buy 10 acres and a manufacturing facility on the harbor where it plans to build offices for 1,000 employees. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BANGOR — Literacy Volunteers of America will offer April training sessions for those interested in tutoring. Participants must register no later than Friday, March 31, by calling 947-8451. Read More
Police in five Maine communities are expected to get together next week to share evidence concerning a series of thefts of musical instruments around the state. Large, expensive instruments have been reported stolen from high school band rooms in Houlton, Milo, Newport, Wiscasset and Winslow. Read More
OLD TOWN — The Stillwater Montessori School will present its annual Culturefest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at the Holy Family Parish school on Brunswick Street. The festival will focus on Asian countries. Grades three through six have created individual booths… Read More
ORONO — The Orono Methodist Women will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, in the Fellowship Hall of the church. Annie Homola of the American Red Cross will speak on “Family Reunifications — All Around the World.” For more information, contact Helen King at… Read More
BINGHAM — SAD 13 directors have hired a superintendent from Down East. Board chairwoman Sharon Flannery said directors offered the job Wednesday to Ashley LeBlanc, who has been superintendent of SAD 77 in East Machias the past five years. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BREWER — OHI, a nonprofit agency that supports children and adults with disabilities, will hold an open house from 3 to 5 p.m. today at its new facility at 274 State St. Announcements of the organization’s new and expanded services will begin at 3:15 p.m. Read More
EAST MACHIAS — SAD 77 Superintendent Ashley LeBlanc said Thursday that he will resign effective July 1 to head SAD 13 in western Maine. SAD 77 comprises Cutler, East Machias, Machiasport and Whiting. SAD 13 is the district for Bingham, Caratunk, Moscow and West Forks. Read More
GUILFORD — SAD 4 directors unanimously voted Wednesday to eliminate or reduce seven positions, based on declining enrollment in the district. The positions eliminated as of July 1 include an elementary classroom teacher, an eighth-grade classroom instructor, a high school computer teacher, a part-time vocal… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — Residents will consider spending $250,000 for a new appraisal of Great Northern Paper Inc. during a special town meeting next week. Officials are proposing that the $250,000 come from the town’s surplus account. The money will be used to fund a new… Read More
ROCKLAND — A Tenants Harbor woman has been charged with gross sexual assault — the same crime her husband was accused of earlier this month, authorities said Thursday. Delores Hupper, 43, was arrested and taken to the Knox County Jail, where she remained late Thursday… Read More
BELFAST — The sale of Stinson Seafood Co. to Canadian fisheries giant Connors Bros. is inching closer to completion. People close to the talks between the two companies indicate that the parties would like to complete the deal by the end of March. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BREWER — Police searched a High Street apartment Thursday morning, recovering stolen items hours after a teen-ager living there was allegedly caught in the act of burglarizing cars. Darren Smith, 18, of Brewer, who lived in the apartment, and his 17-year-old alleged accomplice, were taken… Read More
BIDDEFORD — The state Disabled American Veterans organization and the former Biddeford chapter are taking their battle over the building the chapter used to the courts. The state DAV is seeking a court order allowing it to take over the building on Bradbury Street, said… Read More
Presidential candidates missed a chance to debate foreign policy during the recent flair-up over the Bob Jones University interracial dating policy. According to the university Web site, http://www.bju.edu/fresponse.html, the ban was originally based on a “Bible principle” that “every effort man has made, or will make, to bring… Read More
In response to the March 10 story regarding a lawsuit filed against Bowater relating to the Great Northern Paper Hourly Pension Plan, Bowater wants to set the record straight: Those employees of GNP who continue to work for the company after the change of ownership last August will… Read More
Roxanne Saucier (BDN, March 13) reported winners of all the regional high school play competitions that took place this past weekend. She omitted Shead Memorial High School of Eastport as the winners of the Division 2 competition at MDI High School with their production of “Mere Mortals,” and… Read More
Please advise the folks who put together the supplement, “Maine Paper,” in the March 10 BDN that there is a glaring error on page 5. I tried in vain to find the Wausau-Mosinee Paper Corp. in Otis and cannot find it. Maybe because Otis is not “nestled in… Read More
Disturbingly high numbers of parents raising children in Maine do not have health insurance, do not have the resources to pay medical bills and live with great insecurity about their health and finances. As a result of the recent tobacco settlement, Maine has an opportunity to expand health… Read More
GORHAM — Police were asking the public for help with an investigation into the death of a pedestrian. Cheryl Hubbard, 34, of Portland was crossing at the intersection of Routes 22 and 114 when she was hit by a pickup driven by Julie Cote of… Read More
FAIRFIELD — Students of the month for March at Lawrence High School in Fairfield are: Pat Guerette, a senior, son of Carol and Jeff Doyon of Fairfield. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
GUILFORD — Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce will hold a March Issues and Eggs breakfast meeting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, at the Coverbridge Motel and Restaurant. A delegation from the Quebec Labrador Foundation will be the guest of the Piscataquis County Economic… Read More
JACKMAN — SAD 12 directors this week OK’d an action plan for renovation of the Forest Hills Consolidated School and approved a new contract for the school’s principal. A contractors’ bid opening has been scheduled for 2 p.m. April 3, at the office of Carpenter… Read More
NEWPORT — Three people were treated Thursday afternoon at Sebasticook Valley Hospital and then released after a collision on Route 100 in Newport about 1:30. Ella Woods, 43, of Plymouth and an unidentified 5-year-old boy were riding in a 1986 Ford sedan when it collided… Read More
GREENVILLE — Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home received a certificate of need for swing-bed status in the hospital on March 10. The swing-bed status allowed the hospital to de-license 12 of its 36 nursing facility home beds and reclassify nine acute beds… Read More
BINGHAM — The SAD 13 board of directors this week set hearing and referendum dates for the new school budget, filled faculty and staff appointments, and scheduled a two-day workshop for next month on teen-age alcohol awareness. At the directors’ Tuesday meeting, the board agreed… Read More
HOULTON — A consultant hired by the town to review a request from Sawyer Environmental Services for an increase in residential trash-collection rates has concluded that the request is justified. Sawyer’s average 11 percent increase request was “reasonable,” Anton Finelli of CommonWealth Resource Management Corp. Read More
MACHIAS — Machias Savings Bank has filed a foreclosure action against a Washington County blueberry company and the company’s owners, seeking to recover more than $6 million in outstanding loans. The Washington County Superior Court civil suit asks the court to give the bank permission… Read More
The poisoning of three dogs in Weston was a deplorable act by a person or persons lacking compassion or empathy. Unfortunately, we all become overwhelmed by the heartlessness of the poisoning and fail to recognize the lack of responsibility on the part of dog owners who continue to… Read More
HOULTON — Thirteen hours before officials in Houlton were to stop providing advanced life support ambulance service to the Northern Washington-Southern Aroostook ambulance, an agreement was worked out to keep the backup in place. The Danforth-based service is owned by nine towns in the region,… Read More
HANCOCK — Town officials will hold a special meeting next week with representatives from the state Department of Environmental Protection to talk about blasting that some residents say has damaged their homes. Rebecca Albright, code enforcement officer, said Thursday that she and other town officials… Read More
BINGHAM — Selectmen have scheduled April 1 for a public hearing and April 8 for a special town meeting to reconsider the vote on a Community Development Block Grant of $400,000 to revitalize Main Street. Both events are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. at… Read More
BANGOR — The kinds of healing medicines pharmacist Lou Cappiello talks about you won’t find on his shelves at Eastern Maine Medical Center, but some can be found on the grounds outside the building. A registered pharmacist at EMMC, Cappiello is also an herbalist and… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Parkman man indicted last month for attempted murder and elevated aggravated assault pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday in Piscataquis County District Court. Frank Lewis Buble, 70, is accused of knowingly trying to cause the death of his adult son,… Read More
ALLAGASH — Allagash traditionally holds the first town meeting in the northern Maine region, and it will be the same this year. Residents start their annual gathering today with elections from noon to 7 p.m. at the town office. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
OLD TOWN — Eight months ago, Penobscot County’s only AMVETS post was struggling to keep its charter. Membership was stuck at 28 veterans and the organization was not growing. Today, AMVETS Post No. 9 has grown to 87 members, ranging in age from 30 to 82, who have… Read More
BANGOR — An Old Town husband and wife were sentenced Thursday to spend several years behind bars after being found guilty of sexually abusing three teen-age girls. Sean and Angela Parent, 27 and 22 respectively, each appeared before Justice Andrew Mead in Penobscot County Superior… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $558,999 to the Aroostook Band of Micmacs in Presque Isle, according to U.S. Rep. John Baldacci. The funds are being made available through the federal Indian Housing Block Grant Program. They will be… Read More