ORONO – In Chapel Hill, N.C., Ann Hancock is an assistant coach of one of the nation’s most powerful women’s basketball teams: the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. Hancock didn’t have to look very far on Thursday to find a way to explain why… Read More
The ranks of the Maine Amateur Wrestling Alliance’s Hall of Fame will swell by four this month as two athletes, one coach, and a contributor to the sport will soon join the previous 20 inductees. Standout Belfast wrestler Kevin Marriner, Fort Kent native and all-Army… Read More
LAKEWOOD, N.J. – Sarah Webster of St. Joseph’s College pitched a one-hitter to eliminate the Thomas College Terriers 2-0 and keep the Monks alive Thursday in the NAIA Northeast Regional. Softball Tourney host Georgian Court beat St. Joe’s in the first game 4-0. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Bangor Raceway begins its 29-day live harness race meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. From a healthy 102 entries dropped into the declaration box for the Sunday opener, race secretary Ken Ronco has carded 12 races, including a $3,5000 feature pace. But for one horse, the… Read More
HIGH SCHOOL At Bangor Bangor girls (2-7) 3, Hampden (5-4) 2 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
The University of New England softball team will play for one of eight NCAA Division III regional titles this weekend in Ithaca, N.Y. The No. 4-seeded Nor’easters of Biddeford, 25-8, will face No. 5 St. Joseph’s (N.Y.) today. The regional winner will be decided Sunday… Read More
Waldoboro native Brent Hutchins had always enjoyed auto racing and had heard that Unity Raceway owner Ralph Nason was interested in leasing the track. “So I approached Ralph about it. I knew there were some other parties interested. We eventually put a deal together,” said… Read More
MAINE vs. HARTFORD Time, site: Friday, 5 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m., doubleheaders; Mahaney Diamond, Orono Records: Maine 21-24; Hartford 13-30 Series, last meeting: Maine leads 28-9; Maine won 5-2 on April 11, 1999 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
SOUTH CHINA – Camden-Rockport senior righthander Mike MacDonald allowed only one baserunner, a leadoff single to Mitch Donar in the fifth, to lead the Windjammers to a 4-0 schoolboy baseball win over Erskine Academy Thursday. MacDonald, 4-0, struck out 12. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will hold its 147th commencement ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13, outside the Olsen Memorial Student Center. A reception honoring the new graduates will be held in the South Dining Hall after the ceremony. In case… Read More
ROCKPORT — In a twist on the typical battle of property owner against municipal zoning effort, a man is trying to convince voters to rezone his next-door neighbor’s property. So when they go to the ballot booth June 13, town residents will be asked to… Read More
NEW LIMERICK — It was graduation day Thursday for about two dozen employees at the Louisiana-Pacific Corp. But there was no pomp and circumstance; no crowd of relatives; no pictures. Just the hiss of water hitting flames and then smoke — blinding, cream-colored smoke that… Read More
HOULTON — The Southside School in SAD 29 has some problems: Water floods around the doors, the roof leaks and some of the walls and floors are cracked. Because of the problems at the 7-year-old school, the district has filed suit against the architects, engineers… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Hancock County prosecutor and a defense attorney sparred Thursday over whether a confession made to an off-duty police officer in a grocery store by an elderly man with dementia is admissible at trial. The case originated in October 1997 when Frank Rees,… Read More
GUILFORD — SAD 4 directors on Tuesday enthusiastically accepted a local textile manufacturer’s proposal to give $50,000 for each of the next two years to the district for the purchase of laptop computers. The gift from Guilford of Maine was inspired by Gov. Angus King’s… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Legislature and Gov. Angus King reached agreement Thursday on changes to the state’s controversial school-employee fingerprinting and background check law. The state will now pay for the $49 cost. But lawmakers did not alter the requirement that all school personnel undergo the… Read More
BANGOR — Two women are facing drug charges, and police confiscated an estimated $900 in heroin and other narcotics after a drug raid Wednesday night. As part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and use of heroin in the area, agents of the Maine… Read More
Bullhorn.com wants attention. The brainchild of a former Southwest Harbor resident, the Boston-based Internet startup is adding an exclamation point to an industry filled with dot-coms. Like all Web companies that profess to have a special niche that those coming before and after them don’t… Read More
UNITY — A fire sweeping through Los Alamos, N.M., has left Unity College officials scrambling for a new speaker for Saturday’s commencement ceremonies. Robert Stanton, director of the National Park Service, was forced to cancel his scheduled appearance because of the fire, which began as… Read More
WASHINGTON — Congressman John Baldacci couldn’t wait to get on the telephone Thursday to spread the good news about federal funding that could benefit Maine. “I am really, really pleased about this,” he crowed, noting that more than $14 billion in funding was approved by… Read More
AUGUSTA — The 11th annual Open Farm Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 23, at 80 farms in Maine. Open Farm Day 2000 will be a chance for families to visit local farms throughout the state. Some farms are… Read More
WASHINGTON — The nation’s veterans would have more money to pay for college under an enhanced GI Bill passed by a House committee Thursday. The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee unanimously approved a measure that would increase benefits under the current Montgomery GI Bill from $536… Read More
PORTLAND — Lawyers for a group accused of dealing drugs in Brunswick are challenging drug agents’ use of translators to monitor wiretaps used in the case. Lawyers for 18 defendants arrested during and after a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency cocaine bust at a Brunswick hotel… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Legislature became the first in the nation to just say no to the pharmaceutical industry Thursday. The House and Senate overwhelmingly approved a compromise bill that would corral drug prices. Pharmaceutical trade groups worked to defeat the measure up to the last… Read More
BATH — A northbound lane of the $46.6 million Sagadahoc Bridge across the Kennebec River was opened to traffic Monday as the 72-year-old Carlton Bridge was closed to cars and trucks. The change took place at 6 a.m., and traffic was moving smoothly in both… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. telephone operators fielded questions Thursday from alarmed donors after the disclosure that a hacker broke into a computer database of 63,000 members which included credit card numbers. The intruder spent at least three hours in a system that contained… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King scored a 4-0 victory over the Legislature on Thursday when the House and Senate could not summon the votes necessary to override his vetoes. Two wage bills, a bill to allow gambling on the horses by telephone and a bill… Read More
CHARLESTON — Franki Montes Rivera’s hands fidgeted with the visor of his white cap as he spoke about a corrections officer who had made his prison life bearable. While corrections officers in general are “pretty reliable” and they all know their jobs and duties, said… Read More
BRUNSWICK — The $2.5 billion in losses to an investment fund managed by Bowdoin College alumnus Stanley F. Druckenmiller has no effect on the $57 million he donated to his alma mater, the college said. Druckenmiller was in charge of the Quantum Fund at Soros… Read More
At first glance, the $100 million lawsuit filed by whale activist Richard Max Strahan against the federal and state officials responsible for fixed-gear fisheries seems like a new round in the old and tiresome death match between intractable opponents. The central issue initially seems almost cosmic: Does the… Read More
BANGOR — A Puerto Rican native arrested with his partner in a widely publicized drug bust last winter at a Bangor motel pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to deal heroin and cocaine. Carlos Perez, 23, of Boston, faces a possible maximum penalty of 40 years… Read More
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Congressional Democrats recently filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against House Majority Whip Tom DeLay. The allegation is that the Texas Republican, always known as a tough mug, has elevated his party fund-raising technique from figurative arm-twisting to literal knee-capping. Republicans respond with the charge that… Read More
Mother’s Day has never meant so much to me as it did when my son called me last week from Logan Airport in Boston. Spc. Lucas Forsing would be home later that morning after having spent the past year in Korea serving in the U.S. Army. At 21,… Read More
Maine has a garbage problem. Although we all create pounds of garbage each day, nobody wants landfills in their back yard. And with good reason: Landfills drive down property values, they smell and all landfills can be expected to leak eventually. A small battle in… Read More
The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was almost too much for this tough old retired war correspondent returning for a look at the country that defeated the United States in America’s worst and longest war. If you think some Americans are… Read More
ORONO — The beans could have been a total flop — dried up or mushy or just plain terrible. Even Lou Tardiff admits he felt “trepidation” about unearthing the first attempt by the Bean Hole Boys to make real Maine bean-hole beans at last fall’s Common Ground Fair… Read More
A listing for museums on Page 5 of the scene on Thursday incorrectly listed the hours of the Carmel Historical Society Museum. The museum on Plymouth Road will be open only by appointment until further notice. Read More
A 63-year-old Steuben man who claimed to be a World War II veteran was arrested in Bangor this week after he allegedly paid off expenses with checks that were as genuine as his war service. Robert J. Sawyer faces several theft charges stemming from checks… Read More
HOULTON — SAD 29-70 adult education will offer two introductory computer application courses this spring. The first class will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, May 9 through June 13, and provides basic knowledge in Windows, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office and the Internet. Students may… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A weekend treasure sale is designed to benefit the Southwest Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s new visitor center. The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at the center on Main Street. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
CALAIS — A dental health moose will arrive in Washington County early next week to visit area children. Local day care providers, preschools and parents are invited to bring their children to the 45-minute presentation. Bruce the Moose will visit St. Croix Hall at Washington… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The town is ready to start receiving applications from residents for a share of $300,000 in federal housing repair funds. Town officials received word earlier this year that the town had received the federal housing grant through the state Department of Community and… Read More
ROCKLAND — Some students got to judge for themselves Thursday when they sat on the 6th District Court bench and job-shadowed Judge Vendean Vafiades. The job-shadowing program was part of Elks National Youth Week, sponsored locally by the Rockland Elks Lodge. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Dale Sweet, a trademark cup of coffee in his hand, was on-site Thursday morning, keeping a close eye on the construction of the Somerset County Communications Center. As emergency management director for the county, Sweet has been in charge of the construction process… Read More
CLEVELAND — The Rev. Vicki Woods of Bangor was one of 191 people arrested Wednesday morning while protesting the United Methodist Church’s stance against homosexuality. She participated in a second protest Thursday but was not arrested. Woods is superintendent of the northern Maine district for… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Handicapped people have the same right as other outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and the state has the responsibility to provide that access, according to several people who spoke during a Wednesday night hearing on proposed changes to rules governing the waterway. Read More
BELFAST — Taking a cue from television, the city’s historic preservation committee will inaugurate its celebration of National Historic Preservation Week with its own antiques “roadshow” modeled after the popular PBS program. The Antiques of Belfast Roadshow set for 1 p.m. Sunday, May 14, will… Read More
ALTON — A breakfast buffet is scheduled for the Alton Methodist Church hall from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 13. All are welcome. Read More
HANCOCK — Voters breezed through a lengthy annual town meeting warrant this week with little discussion, approving all items with the exception of an animal control ordinance. Linda King, chairwoman of Hancock selectmen, said the animal control ordinance would have spelled out duties of the… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Maine Center for Women, Work & Community and the Women’s Business Center will sponsor a free workshop covering the basics of starting a business. The program will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on three consecutive Wednesdays, beginning May 17. Read More
ROCKLAND — The Mid-Coast Maine Soap Box Derby and the Rockland Kiwanis will host an All-American Spring Rally this weekend. The event, which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, will take place on Merrill Drive in the Rockland Industrial Park. Read More
BELFAST — While Waldo County commissioners and Belfast City Hall were nailing down an agreement on joint regional dispatching, sheriff’s deputies and jail guards were agreeing on forming a union. After more than three years of stops and starts, the county and city have agreed… Read More
BANGOR — A Husson College student accused with three other men in the beating of a Bucksport man outside a Bangor pool hall pleaded innocent Thursday in Penobscot County Superior Court. Christopher Harper, 18, of New Gloucester entered the plea before Justice Jeffrey Hjelm on… Read More
Your editorial, “Salmon review” (BDN, May 4), makes some good points urging cooperative effort on this matter of proposed Endangered Species Act listing of Atlantic salmon, gathering river-specific information, to facilitate wise decisions concerning salmon runs whether listing occurs or not. The majority of lay people fear the… Read More
As Memorial Day, May 29, approaches, I, as an American Legion Auxillary member of Unit 150 in Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland, and an incoming sergeant at arms and Androscoggin County Council chaplain, feel compelled to write this letter on respect of our American flag. Read More
I was moved to tears by the artwork by Kevin Bennett and the article by Judy Harrison titled “Aimee’s prom” in the May 4 Bangor Daily News. Thank you for giving our community an opportunity to see life from the perspective of a teen-ager with special needs. I… Read More
Lubec Consolidated School Third quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Dorothy Brown, Brannin Buehner, Justin Doran, Barrett Laskey, Chris Newman and Katie Seavey. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
This is going to be a wonderful weekend for Katie’s Krusaders. Friends of Bar Harbor sixth-grader Katie Leighton, who has cystic fibrosis, have been working very hard to make this annual fund-raiser a success, and now is their time to shine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — A 19-year-old man was arrested Thursday morning after a five-hour standoff that ended when the town’s police chief was allowed to approach the house. Wayne Boulier Jr. was at the residence of his parents on the Sam Everett Road when he allegedly… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Paul R. Hatch of Skowhegan has announced his plans to run as a Democratic candidate for state representative in House District 98. Issues that concern Hatch are education, the economy and jobs, upgrading of roads and bridges in the area, senior citizen issues,… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — State Rep. Pamela Henderson Hatch, D-Skowhegan, has announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Senate District 13. Among the issues that concern Hatch are veterans affairs; the state’s unemployment system, which she has worked to revamp; road and bridge maintenance, including support… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Made in Aroostook, a local association of small manufacturers and craftspeople, is looking for new members. There are now 15 members, whose purpose is to encourage growth and competitiveness by providing information to help improve business practices and expand operations. The association… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Curtis Frost was 31 years old when he died far from home in 1864, somewhere among the battlefields of the Civil War, at Brandy Station, Va. On Tuesday, a St. Albans Brownie troop and the St. Albans Historical Society will honor Frost… Read More
MADAWASKA — Daniel Picard hopes he doesn’t lose the garage on his West Main Street property before remedial work is done on a bank being eroded by the waters of Martin Brook. Over the years, the bank has been severely eroded, and the edge of… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — Voters will decide the fate of proposals to expand the Board of Selectmen and abolish the town’s budget committee during an all-day referendum Monday. The polls for the referendum and for municipal elections will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Read More
Chellie Pingree’s Fair Pricing Board is a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to control the prescription drug market. This bill will not help the truly poor to get access to prescription drugs. A $50 prescription is just as far out of reach as a $75 prescription for someone truly… Read More
FAIRFIELD — The SAD 49 board has endorsed a $17.2 million budget that calls for a slight tax increase. The proposal, adopted Wednesday night, seeks $942,000 in new spending, or 6 percent more than the current year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
CARIBOU — A Presque Isle man, charged with selling marijuana to schoolchildren out of his home for about four years, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Aroostook County Superior Court to 17 counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs. Frederick J. Donatelli Jr., 44, allegedly sold… Read More
PITTSFIELD — SAD 53 directors signed the warrant Wednesday night for the upcoming vote on a proposed school budget for Burnham, Detroit and Pittsfield. Voting will take place in the individual towns on Tuesday, June 13. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR — As a result of a Thursday hearing in Penobscot County Superior Court, a jury will be able to hear statements made to police by a Brewer man charged with manslaughter in the tragic death of his older brother. Bret Babin, 20, also faces… Read More
GUILFORD — A $5.78 million district budget was approved Tuesday by SAD 4 directors. The proposed budget, which includes the elimination of some positions and a reduction in hours for others, reflects an increase of 1.3 percent over last year’s spending plan. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ORONO — Top Maine high school students in mathematics will receive awards at noon Monday in Wells Commons at the University of Maine as part of the annual Maine Mathematics, Engineering and Science Talent Search Honors Day. The students, their parents and teachers will tour… Read More
ORONO — A 150-year-old American elm tree outside Hitchner Hall on the University of Maine campus was formally dedicated on Wednesday to the retired UM professor credited with saving its life. The tree attracted considerable attention last year when an initial plan to renovate and… Read More
WESTBROOK — A Portland motorist lost his life when his car rolled over, police said. Danny Bragg, 37, was killed Wednesday night when his car sideswiped a utility pole along the Methodist Road, flipped over and landed on its roof, police said. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More