BELFAST – At 18 months old, Melanie Grant still teeters on unsure toddler’s legs. She still needs a midmorning nap. She still sucks on a pacifier and communicates in a kind of baby gurgle. One place Melanie is at home, however, is on a horse. Read More
SCARBOROUGH – Kyle O’Connell went 2-for-2 with a single and a double and scored a run as Yankee Ford of Scarborough downed Worcester Peat 8-2 in Twilight League baseball action Thursday. Nick DePaolo and Ron Crosby added a single and a double each for Yankee… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine first baseman Jon Hambelton and pitcher Eric Johnson have been selected to play for the East squad in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) all-star game today at 7 p.m. at Alumni Field in Keene, N.H. The NECBL is… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Sugarloaf USA and American Cross Country Skiier will host the 2001 Subaru National Masters Cross County Ski championships at the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center, a week-long event beginning Feb. 4. The championships are the premier event for masters racing in the U.S. and will draw hundreds… Read More
A team composed of all-stars from the Northern Division of the Central Maine Ponytail League defeated a team from the Southern Division 8-4 to win the league title on July 21. The league is for players age 15 and younger. Team members were Caitlin Kekacs… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has announced that applications for any-deer permits must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, or received at the DIFW by 5 p.m. Tuesday. Applications are available from most license agents and at all regional headquarters and… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative John Baldacci slammed a two-run double and drew two walks to help lead the Congressional Democrats by the Republicans 13-8 Wednesday in the 39th annual contest at Prince George Stadium in Bowie, MD. The game raised over $100,000 for Washington area charities. Read More
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ben Shorey of Ellsworth earned his second national title of the summer when he walked away with first place in the young men’s division (ages 17-18) of the Junior Olympics 3-kilometer racewalk Thursday. Shorey won the National Scholastic 3K title and finished second in the… Read More
ORONO – The final week of the National Youth Sports Program at the University of Maine will include a visit from Congressman John Baldacci on Tuesday and the annual awards celebration on Friday. The awards ceremony will recognize children, ages 10-16, with awards donated by local businesses. The… Read More
ORONO – Whenever Ian Crocker gets in the water during a swimming meet, the race immediately turns into a contest for second place. You can also expect a couple of records to fall. That’s what happens in Maine, at least. But Crocker gets the biggest… Read More
NEW YORK – The New York Mets’ search for a shortstop ended Friday with the acquisition of former UMaine star Mike Bordick from the Baltimore Orioles for Melvin Mora and three minor leaguers. Moving to the Orioles are Mora, who had been filling in at… Read More
BANGOR – Michael Meehan of continues to be the “ace” of the $50,000 Greater Bangor Open golf tournament as it enters its final round today, but Billy Downes of Hampden, Mass., isn’t letting him run away with it. Meehan, from Locust Valley, N.Y., nailed a… Read More
BANGOR – Listen to Jim Nickerson tell you about the non-golfing side of his Greater Bangor Open experience, and three highlights stand out: When his car crashed, he wasn’t hurt. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
It would be an understatement to say that Bud Leavitt loved the outdoors. Leavitt was the outdoors. Whether through his writings in this newspaper or through his work on television and radio, Leavitt’s kinship with everything outdoors was apparent. Aside from hunting and fishing, Leavitt… Read More
Even a coaching change failed to keep the Orono Twins – a team that along with Augusta, has been an almost constance fixture in the American Legion State baseball tournament – out of the mix again. Thanks largely to an abundance of veteran leaders on… Read More
Since my death-defying trout safari into the wilds of Quebec was greeted by so much heartfelt concern (one person actually seemed to notice I’d been gone), I’ve put together a handy condensed version of the whole fiasco … I mean experience. Just picture this as… Read More
Teams from Maine and Rhode Island each recorded opening-round victories at the Senior League New England Regional in Little League All-Star baseball action Friday at Mansfield Stadium. In the first game, South Portland edge Salem, N.H., 9-8, and Edgewood-South Elmwood-Crantson, R.I., rolled by Bennington, Vt.,… Read More
LOCAL At Winslow, Wednesday Ronald Dyer Memorial 5K 1. Ross LaFreniere (18:36); 2. Gary LaFrenier (18:36); 3. Jim Latlin (19:01); 4. Mike Bard (19:21); 5. Joshua Dixon (19:27); 6. Eric Seasted (19:30); 7. Jon Chapin (19:49); 8. John Paradis (20:13); 9. Bryant Bourgoin (20:42); 10. Read More
The Boston Red Sox trade with the Colorado Rockies that brought second baseman Mike Lansing and pitcher Rolando Arrojo to the Reod Sox on Thursday won’t be the last deal made by Red Sox General Manager Dan Duquette, predicted Red Sox TV broadcaster Sean McDonough. Read More
BAR HARBOR — Scientists are certain the mouse can be used to study a wide array of neurological disorders that occur in humans. But how do you identify a mouse with Alzheimer’s or a disease such as Tourette’s syndrome, which in humans is characterized by… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution that could help solve a problem affecting small businesses in northern Maine. The resolution introduced by Sen. Susan Collins calls for the U.S. trade representative and secretary of treasury to initiate discussions with the Canadian… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Law enforcement officials confirmed Friday that they had conducted a face-to-face interview in California with a Dover-Foxcroft man who had been missing since November 1998. Investigator Sgt. Stewart Jacobs of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said Friday that he and Alcohol Tobacco and… Read More
Here are some facts and figures surrounding OpSail Maine 2000: 24 vessels from the United States, Argentina, Brazil and Ukraine participated in Friday’s floating parade. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
BANGOR — A Hampden couple lost their civil lawsuit against Sam’s Club on Friday when a jury determined the warehouse-type store in Bangor was not negligent in an Aug. 18, 1995, accident. The accident involved a ream of computer laser labels reportedly falling from a shelf onto Christi… Read More
PORTLAND — The past sailed into the present here Friday. Officials estimated more than 100,000 onlookers stationed around Portland Harbor caught a rare glimpse of a bygone era as more than 20 tall ships glided through the harbor in celebration of OpSail 2000. Portland marked… Read More
MEDWAY — Two dead crows found in the driveway of a convenience store in Medway will be not be tested for the West Nile virus after all, state officials said Friday. X-rays taken at a Greenville hospital showed that the birds were shot to death,… Read More
BANGOR — The nation’s top substance-abuse official touted a controversial methadone treatment program to a curious crowd at a Friday public forum here. Dr. Westley Clark, director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, told the estimated 150… Read More
BREWER — The death Monday of a 30-year-old Brewer man is believed to be linked to exposure to carbon tetrachloride, a deadly chemical once used in fire extinguishers. Though carbon tetrachloride no longer is used in fire extinguishers, older models that contain it are still… Read More
HOULTON — A preliminary report released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board shed no new light on what caused a Canadian courier plane to crash last week in Linneus. On July 19, the plane, owned by Airwave Transport of Mississauga, Ontario, was on a… Read More
GREENVILLE — A Skowhegan man who allegedly robbed a Beaver Cove family of their vehicle earlier this week remained on the lam Friday. Law enforcement officials have been searching logging roads, camps and blueberry fields this week, looking for Linwood Steward, 36. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR — Twenty firefighters from around the state flew out of Bangor and Portland airports early Friday, headed for Utah to help contain the 1,500 acres of forest fires that broke out two days ago in Yance County Complex, forest ranger Jim Downie said. The… Read More
OK, so you’re looking for Bert. Just about everyone who has driven north on Interstate 95 through Bangor recently has looked for Bert. The sign says we’re not supposed to look for Bert, which is exactly why thousands of us look for him each day. Read More
The descendants of Thomas, Robert, John, James and David Shibles will hold their 112th consecutive annual reunion Saturday, Aug. 12, at the home of Allen and Mura (Shibles) Knights, Route 202, Albion. Bring family data and food for a potluck noon meal. For directions call Allen Knights at… Read More
A front-page story appearing in Friday’s edition had the incorrect date for when Darell Shepardson disappeared from the Frog Rock Cafe in Auburn. He disappeared in November 1998. The Fun Run at the Fort Knox Bay Festival will begin at 8 a.m. today at the… Read More
SARASOTA, Fla. — The ex-husband of a woman found dead after their twisted love story aired on “The Jerry Springer Show” this week was in custody Friday, officials said. Ralf Panitz, who had disappeared after Nancy Campbell-Panitz was beaten to death Monday, made a brief… Read More
Fellow and red make orange, right? Well, it depends. In art, colors are pretty easy to blend. But if your art is creating flower hybrids, things aren’t so straightforward. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
When the last sparkler has fizzled and the final firecracker popped, the summer still offers vacation Bible school programs at many Maine churches. Congregations large and small throughout the state gather children to tell them the story of Jesus Christ. Larger churches like Calvary Chapel… Read More
Bangor — Notice of Mass time change at St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York Street: The 5:15 p.m. Mass on Thesday and Thursday will now be held at 8:30 a.m. each week. On Days when a funeral mass is scheduled, the funeral mass will serve in place of… Read More
BANGOR — Fiesta Shows president Gene Dean calls the Cliffhanger “a very exciting ride for the teen-age market,” one he is sure will draw that age group to the Bangor State Fair through Aug. 6. But Friday found Dean stretching his definition of “teen-ager” by… Read More
Just a few days ago, Consumers Union published “Building Strong Foundations,” a handbook for the creation of the charitable foundations that result when nonprofit organizations convert to for-profit. In it, CU makes the point that the assets of nonprofits belong to the public – those assets are, after… Read More
By Diana Bowley __________________Of the NEWS Staff ____________________ GREENVILLE — A chance to learn more about Maine’s working forests through a guided bus tour will be among the offerings of this year’s Forest Heritage Days on Aug. 11-12. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Pamela P. Buck recently passed the professional engineer’s licensing exam and is registered to practice professional engineering in Maine. Buck has 15 years’ experience and is partner and vice president of Langille Aroostook Engineering Group Inc., a local engineering firm. The firm practices civil, environmental… Read More
MACHIAS — The Maine Science and Technology Foundation brought every resource it could think of to Machias this week in a show of support for a proposed marine research laboratory in Washington County. Acknowledging that the foundation may have made a mistake when it turned… Read More
Alexandrya, nicknamed Alex, is a pretty, outgoing, 8-year-old girl with blond hair and blue eyes. She will enter the fourth grade in the fall and does well academically. A talented, affectionate child, Alex has been in foster care since 1997. She has lived in two… Read More
MEDWAY — Veterans won’t be forgotten in Medway. Three black granite stones, one standing 13 feet tall and two standing 5 feet tall on gray granite bases, will soon be erected on a knoll overlooking Route 157 in the Roy L. Powers Park. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
A woman who says she was robbed got into her car and chased a pickup truck from her home in Hampden to the Airport Mall in Bangor Friday afternoon. Bangor police were near the mall when the unidentified woman drove by. She screamed that the… Read More
BANGOR — Code enforcement still will be on the first floor of City Hall, and planning on the second floor. But the departments are “moving,” nonetheless, in a realignment designed to help the city achieve its long-term goals while maintaining services. “This council has made… Read More
A year ago I was astonished when I heard that Wal-Mart was planning to add 95,000 square feet to its existing 90,000-square-foot Presque Isle store, thereby converting it to a 185,000-square-foot supercenter. At the time, without even knowing the market statistics, I was irritated by… Read More
Mainers in this neck of the woods who read the 72-point banner headline “Mainers favor North Woods park” splashed across the top of Page One on Tuesday could be forgiven if they thought the headline writer had made a gaffe along the lines of the infamous “Dewey Defeats… Read More
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Three cheers to Laurie Dunton. (BDN, July 26). What a lot of courage it must have taken for her to write that interesting letter about all the deception with doctors and drug companies, which affects us all with their high prices. I had surmised this all along and… Read More
Lord Byron, in his poetic satire of the English aristocracy, “Don Juan,” wrote these lines in 1823: “Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
See what this country is coming to. Look who is leading the others for president. There is only one of the three who deserves to be president. His name is Ralph Nader, an honest man. Nader is not out to rob the country. If the… Read More
Maine deer problem I, like many people, think deer are beautiful animals, but what can we do about deer coming into dooryards and becoming pests? We didn’t have this problem until the state wanted to increase the deer population about 15 years ago. This worked… Read More
We wish to acknowledge the person or persons who purposely ruined our brand new car as it was parked next to the Freese’s building parking lot by gouging it with a sharp instrument along one entire side. We unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) do not know who you are… Read More
My kids and I went to see the first showing of the new Pokemon movie and it was great. The first thing I noticed was when the movie started a hush came over the kids; not like when I took my kids to see “Small Soldiers” and you… Read More
It’s a crucial time for the elected leaders of this beautiful state to act as that – leaders – not continually being dazzled by the glare of a cheaper pricetag. After having worked for the last two years at an environmental laboratory located in central Maine, let me… Read More
To be honest, Dr. Erik Steele should have notified readers of his column on methadone treatment (BDN, July 25) that he is a salaried employee of Eastern Maine Healthcare, which owns Acadia Hospital and Eastern Maine Medical Center. There may be pressures on him which make him less… Read More
MEDWAY — Fireworks, a grand parade, a pig roast, antique car show and cruise, and a canoe race, along with numerous other contests and events will be part of Medway Old Home Days. Events will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4, and run through… Read More
ADDISON — For the last 14 years, Ronnie Hinkle has quietly made his living harvesting varieties of edible seaweed that cling to the rock-strewn shores of Washington and Hancock counties. Like so many other fishermen in the area, Hinkle’s livelihood is a patchwork of pursuits… Read More
How delightful to learn that all is going well with plans for the Schoodic Arts Festival that runs from Monday, July 31, to Sunday, Aug. 13, at venues in Prospect Harbor and Winter Harbor. With 63 workshops, free brown-bag lunch performances, free evening performances and… Read More
Bangor District Court Christopher Harper, 18, New Gloucester, aggravated assault, transferred to Superior Court. 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
PORTLAND — The Argentines like to sip a beverage called mate, which is tea consumed through a metal straw. The Brazilians like soda made from guarana, a plant found only in the Amazon River basin. For the Ukrainians, no celebration is complete without vodka. The… Read More
BANGOR — More than 200 telephone calls to the assessing department this week have focused on one concern about the new tax bills. “How come I didn’t get my homestead exemption?” is the main question. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
ORONO — The fire that consumed a hay barn and more than 2,000 bales of hay Thursday afternoon at Orchard Hill Farms has been categorized as a “human element fire.” The finding came as part of an investigation led by Detective Robert Bryant of the… Read More
LUCERNE — Residents here are concerned about state transportation plans that could reactivate the idle Brewer to Calais rail line and some are working to organize opposition to the plan. The Phillips Lake Lakewatch Railroad Reactivation Committee recently sent out an alert with information on… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Police Department is among six law enforcement agencies statewide to receive money Friday from the federal government to help fund the salaries of three additional officers in the city. But the department is waiting for funding from the city of Bangor… Read More
I would like to thank you for the wonderful coverage in your paper on Dr. Clifford Rosen (BDN, July 15-16). It’s this kind of recognition and articles we like to see on the front page of our paper. We are blessed to have Dr. Rosen… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society announced a five-year initiative Friday to spend more than $1 million each year to improve the lives of Down East residents. “We intend to think as big as we can,” Gary DeLong, executive director for the… Read More
ROCKLAND — Michael Chasse has been guaranteed a new suit of clothes when he stands trial next month for stabbing two police officers during an escape attempt two years ago. Justice John Atwood authorized $200 in state money for Chasse’s new clothes during a hearing… Read More
HOULTON — A group of residents who had hoped to put the issue of awarding the town’s cable TV franchise before voters was stopped Thursday when the town’s attorney determined that such an initiative was not allowed under state law. “We’re totally disappointed,” said Peter… Read More
SANGERVILLE — The Sangerville Historical Society will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 29, at the museum. The proceeds will be used to restore the museum. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The following divorces were granted during July in 13th District Court on the grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: Sabrina J. Neal of Abbot and Gregory B. Neal of Guilford; married at Dexter, Sept. 4, 1999. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
FAIRFIELD — The search for a fire chief in Fairfield has intensified but the process is moving a little slower than planned, Town Manager Paul Blanchette said Friday. “There are some very good, qualified candidates,” he said. “We’re taking our time reviewing them.” googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
SANGERVILLE — A Sangerville man was arrested Friday for possession of a firearm by a felon. Robert Polley, 61, is expected to make his initial court appearance Sept. 11 in 13th District Court in Dover-Foxcroft. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Monson man and his son will go on trial Monday morning in connection with the February shooting death of a teen-age girl from the same community. Michael Reed, 36, and his son, Jesse, 16, face charges stemming from the shooting death of… Read More