ORONO – When Sue Medley arrived on the University of Maine campus in August of 1999, she faced the daunting task of reintroducing volleyball to the school after a 15-year-hiatus without a few of the essential ingredients. Among those were a volleyball court (which was… Read More
    At Lee, Deidra Ham paced Lee Academy over Southern Aroostook by netting four goals. Samantha Cole, Desiree MacDonald and Brittany Mallett each notched a goal for the 1-0 Pandas. Goalie Tori Nute stopped two of three shots. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    GORHAM – Two head coaches are among the five new members appointed to the University of Southern Maine athletic staff announced recently by Director of Athletics Albert D. Bean Jr. Reggie Grant is the Huskies new golf coach and Robert Halle has been named sailing… Read More
    The high school football season has started so it must be time to pray. Here we go again. Last weekend in the south, the tradition of high school Friday night football games began again. What also began again was the tradition of trying to get… Read More
    LIMESTONE – Frank Plucker tallied a goal and an assist to lead Washburn to a 3-1 schoolboy soccer win over Limestone Monday. Trevor Thibodeau and Taylor Bagley added goals for 8-0 Washburn. Clint Carter contributed an assist, and goalie Ben Umphrey stopped 10 of the… Read More
    LINCOLN – The Lincoln area hospital district is appealing a recent Superior Court ruling requiring it to make certain financial information public. The Hospital Administrative District 1 board of directors on Monday endorsed the hospital administrator’s action to appeal the recent ruling to the Maine… Read More
    DEER ISLE – Hancock County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a possible break-in at a summer home sometime during the past week. According to a report by Deputy Paul McPhail, Samuel Eaton, the caretaker for a summer home owned by Roderick Damon, reported on Monday evening… Read More
    Bangor District Court Benjamin V. Pendergast, 21, New Sweden, operating motor vehicle after suspension of driver’s license, $200. 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++)… Read More
    Congratulations to the Galen Cole Family Foundation and Cole Land Transportation Museum, which will be honored by American Newcomen in ceremonies beginning at noon on Thursday, Aug. 31, at the museum in Bangor. The Newcomen Society of the United States, according to information provided us,… Read More
    A Bangor woman was arrested for criminal mischief early Tuesday morning after causing a disturbance at her apartment at 42 Catell St. Just after 3 a.m., Officer Ed Mercier responded to a noise complaint of glass being smashed at 42 Catell St. Before arriving at… Read More
    ATTLEBORO, Mass. – A judge on Tuesday ordered a pregnant member of a fundamentalist sect suspected of covering up the death of her last baby to be checked daily by a nurse, but he stopped short of a prosecutor’s request to place the woman into custody. Read More
    PORTLAND – A Biddeford man charged with manslaughter for a crash that killed a woman has claimed that he wasn’t driving. A lawyer for Joe Pete Saucier, 23, said Monday during opening statements that Saucier had been driving at the beginning of a police chase,… Read More
    RUMFORD – A spelling mistake on the recently dedicated memorial to Edmund S. Muskie will be fixed in the coming weeks, according to member of the committee that organized the project. The second “i” is missing from the word “presidential” on a panel that describes… Read More
    MONSON – The first annual Hikers Festival, featuring an all-day barbecue, music and hiking on the Appalachian Trail, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at Monson. Bill Irwin, the blind hiker who walked the entire Appalachian Trail, will be… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – When 18-year-old Joshu Weiss of Mount Desert Island signed up to work at a summer camp for the children of battle-weary Balkan Europe, he wasn’t prepared to play the role of surrogate father to a family of young girls. Yet during the… Read More
    ALNA – Visitors to the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum will be able to experience a 11/2-mile round trip over the restored railway Sept. 2 and 3, when steam trains begin operating again. This will be the last chance to ride the passenger coach,… Read More
    SOUTH BERWICK – Police spent hours hauling and burning marijuana plants found in a rural area off Route 91, but had not made any arrests Monday. Police confiscated and used gasoline to burn 107 plants, some as tall as 8 feet, that were estimated to… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – A self-help support group for women survivors of sexual assault will be offered by Downeast Sexual Assault Services. The group will meet Tuesdays beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Friends of Fort Knox’s summerlong performing arts series will conclude Saturday with Scottish and Maine music. Carol Clark and George Worthley will perform from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, on the Fort Knox parade grounds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    CAMDEN – Camden Hills Regional High School is scheduled to open Sept. 11, according to an announcement from the Five Town CSD Superintendent’s Office. The high school was scheduled to open Sept. 5, but construction delays pushed back the opening a week. Starting time for… Read More
    Madawaska District Court Marcel Gauvin, 42, Saint Leonard, operating a motor vehicle while under the 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… Read More
    FORT KENT – For the third time in two years, about 30 residents of the Park Circle area made a plea Monday night to the Town Council to have their streets repaired. “We’re back, and we won’t quit,” Joseph Baressi told town councilors. “We are… Read More
    HOULTON – An amendment introduced before the Town Council on Monday night would curtail the use of so-called jake brakes on trucks, if it is approved late next month. Council Chairman Paul Romanelli, who lives on Court Street at the bottom of a small hill,… Read More
    Machias District Court John Jennings, 31, assault, jail 45 days, probation two years; criminal mischief, jail 45 days, all suspended, probation two years. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    CALAIS – City councilors at a special meeting Monday night appointed Jim Porter as interim city manager Porter replaced Tim Smith, who resigned last week. Even though Smith resigned, the councilors voted to give him four months’ severance pay. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    LUBEC – Lubec Landmarks has been awarded a grant to study development of its McCurdy Smoke House Museum Project. The $500 award, funded by the Maine Humanities Council and the New Century Community Program, will enable Landmarks to work closely with nationally recognized museum consultant… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Northern Maine Technical College will offer two new courses beginning Sept. 5. An evening and weekend session of the state-certified Class A commercial driving academy program, which provides drivers with technical skills and prepares them for their licensing exam, will be held. Read More
    HAMPDEN – A plum-sized cannonball fired at a neighboring community by the British during the War of 1812 soon will be back where it first landed. Stored at the Hampden Historical Society since 1970, the 3 3/8-inch ball that fell in the house owned by… Read More
    Presque Isle District Court Michael J. LaGasse, 21, Washburn, failure to pay parking ticket, $35. 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
    BANGOR – A Maine driving dynamics course is scheduled at Bangor High School from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 14 and 21. The course, sponsored by Bangor Adult Education and the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, covers crash avoidance techniques and presents daily driving… Read More
    HOLDEN – Volunteers are needed for a trail construction project on Saturday, Sept. 9, and Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Field’s Pond Nature Center. Those attending will work in small groups under the direction of trail construction expert Lester Kenway to make the Lakeshore Trail… Read More
    HERMON – Ninth-grade students at Hermon High School will begin school a day early on Sept. 5 in order to participate in a freshmen orientation program. The program will assist the students in becoming familiar with their schedules, their teachers, each other and the school facility. Read More
    ALTON – A teen-ager’s joy ride caused 100 homes here to lose power for about an hour early Tuesday morning. A 16-year-old male, who does not have a driver’s license, took the family’s 1996 Mazda sedan without permission shortly after his mother left for work… Read More
    AUGUSTA – State government’s new fiscal year started with sales tax revenue way up, income tax revenue way down and budget officials way puzzled. “I’m going to kind of ‘caveat’ the revenues this month,” Administrative and Financial Services Commissioner Janet Waldron said Tuesday, employing Latin… Read More
    WASHINGTON – Eight Southern states and the Dakotas lead an advocacy group’s list of troubled rural K-12 public education systems. The current national debate on school quality isn’t addressing the problem, the group contends. “This is a wake-up call about rural education in America,” said… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD – The first meeting of a legislative commission to study whether money from the gas tax is being distributed equally was held Tuesday in Aroostook County. The commission will determine whether the gas tax is shared equally among snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and watercraft… Read More
    I see that the new Farmer’s Almanac has just hit the stands with a prediction that the winter of 2000-01 will, after a damp and delayed start, be milder than average. Using a secret forecasting formula based on the observation of sunspots, the almanac prognosticators… Read More
    BROOKLIN – As Meaghan Linehan, Megan Cadigan and Olivia Harris giggle and hug and snap photos – memories of an instant friendship that could only be forged on a beautiful seaside day by 14-year-olds – they aren’t pondering the health of Blue Hill Bay or the need for… Read More
    PORTLAND – Accusing George W. Bush of ducking high-profile debates, Al Gore’s campaign embraced a proposal Tuesday for three nationally televised faceoffs with his Republican rival. Bush said he would welcome prime-time sessions, but perhaps not the ones endorsed by Gore. He alone will “pick… Read More
    AUGUSTA – In addition to submitting to checks while on foot in the woods, hunters should be prepared this fall to present their hunting licenses to members of the Maine Wardens Service at motor vehicle checkpoints on back roads and major highways. Meeting with reporters… Read More
    The Maine Democratic Party has been running an Al Gore campaign ad that talks about Gore’s Vietnam service. It shows a wounded GI with another GI trying to help. This is meant to lead voters to believe Gore saw combat while there. The ad says… Read More
    I usually don’t bother to rise to the bait of politicians who insist on imposing their half-baked opinions on us. However, when a candidate for national office uses the op-ed page of the largest newspaper in northern Maine to hurl undeserved epithets, it merits a response. Read More
    Kudos to the five students at the University of Maine for their paper supporting the labeling of genetically engineered foods and our need to address the many issues of GE foods before further development of the technology. Kudos also to the Bangor Daily News for its editorial encouraging… Read More
    I am writing to thank the person or persons who abandoned the flock of chickens to die a mile back in the woods in Howland. We are enjoying watching their antics while they regain their health. We were fortunate enough to have a kind neighbor who came across… Read More
    Once again the Ellsworth City Council is spending money like there’s no tomorrow. A few years ago the Bangor Hydro wanted to divest itself of the Branch Pond Dam and nobody wanted it. After I agreed to accept the dam and made all the arrangements for the proper… Read More
    Jane Livingston’s piece in Maine Weekend (BDN, Aug. 26-27) relating what tiny labor support Ralph Nader is getting from labor organizations raises some serious concerns. She is right to wrestle with the question of whether a vote for Nader is a “wasted vote.” Contrary to… Read More
    Bath Iron Works officials say they are surprised that the shipyard’s largest labor union so utterly rejected the company’s contract offer and that the vote to strike was so lopsided. If a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest defense contractors were capable of such feelings, embarrassed would… Read More
    Vicente Fox doesn’t take office for three months, yet the president-elect of Mexico already has performed one miracle. His stunning victory in July ended 71 years of unbroken rule by the famously corrupt Institutional Revolutionary Party; it came in an election seen as the first truly fair and… Read More
    ROCKPORT – Selectmen appointed Elizabeth Bettcher to fill an unexpired term representing the town on the SAD 28 and Five Town CSD boards Monday night. The vacancy was created when board member Lee Goss resigned. The term expires at the end of June 2001. Read More
    HOPE – The Hope Historical Society’s photo exhibit, “Using the Land – Making a Living: Hope in 2000,” documenting the ways Hope people make a living from the land, will be at the Hope Historical Home on Route 105 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 16-17. Read More
    ROCKPORT – A woman whose car crashed on Beech Hill Road earlier this month will be charged with operating while under the influence of intoxicants. Officer Mark Tibbetts said police recently learned the results of a blood-alcohol test performed on the driver, Sarah Butler, 21,… Read More
    ROCKLAND – Police responded to a three-vehicle accident on Old County Road that sent two people to the hospital. Deputy Chief Wally Tower said the accident was reported at 11:40 a.m. Monday. Todd Spofford, 46, of Waldoboro, driving a 1986 Pontiac, was traveling north on… Read More
    THOMASTON – The five towns dispatched from Thomaston’s communications center will talk Thursday about changes the new Enhanced 911 have on their services. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at Watts Hall. The public is invited to attend. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    THOMASTON – Selectmen have appointed longtime firefighter Michael Leo as deputy fire chief. Town Manager Valmore Blastow Jr. said Tuesday that Leo, who joined the fire department in 1980, was most recently assistant chief. He will earn an annual stipend of $5,025 in the position,… Read More
    PROSPECT – Family heirlooms and thousands of baseball cards were among items taken in a weekend burglary on the North Searsport Road. Waldo County Deputy Sheriff Dale Brown said the burglary was discovered Saturday by Shirley Hustus, the daughter of the home’s owners. Her parents… Read More
    STOCKTON SPRINGS – A low-slung telephone line over a highway was blamed for causing a dump truck to roll over on Route 1 Monday afternoon. Driver Tanya Dumas, 26, suffered bumps and bruises from the accident, and the Ford dump truck owned by Stone’s Construction… Read More
    FARMINGTON – A woman who escaped a mobile home fire by struggling out a window had no idea her best friend was trapped in a back bedroom. “If I had known she was there, I would have walked through the flames to get her,” Crystal… Read More
    DYER BROOK — Matt Corbin of Lee Academy scored the game-winning goal in a second overtime period Tuesday, lifting the Pandas to a 2-1 schoolboy soccer win over Southern Aroostook at the high school field. The game was nearly as satisfying for Warriors coach Jon… Read More
    Jam-Packed If you’ve got the blues, Bar Harbor Jam Co. has the cure: “The Maine Wild Blueberry Cookbook.” Filled with recipes and history, the book features old favorites, including more than 15 blueberry muffin recipes, and some savory treats, such as Blueberry Onion Sauced Pork… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Judy Merck has announced she is a Democratic candidate for the Maine House in District 112. Merck lists as issues of concern: community economic development, education, health care and forestry-related issues. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    Mike and Kim Witham have a simple motto: “Est Quid Facemus.” That’s Latin for “It’s what we do.” 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++)… Read More
    Dover-Foxcroft District Court Toryh J. Herbest, 30, Milo, failing to make an oral or written accident report, $100; failing to stop for a police officer, $200; false public alarm or report, $200; operating a motor vehicle beyond license restrictions, conditional, dismissed; failing to stop for… Read More
    PORTLAND – Maine employers do not have a legal obligation to pay workers every week, the state supreme court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a lawsuit against large employers who issue checks biweekly. In a 4-1 ruling, the court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought… Read More
    BATH – Striking workers at Bath Iron Works say there is more to their contract dispute than money. Members of the Local S6 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said a key point of disagreement is job security. In dispute is management’s… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Gov. Angus King will lead a trade mission in November to Germany and the Netherlands to help Maine industries find partners, vendors, distributors and agents, it was announced Tuesday. A segment for wood-products and precision manufacturers will take place Nov. 14-21, and a… Read More
    Lingonberry was misspelled in a story on Monday’s business page about a Whiting man’s success in growing an alternative to wild blueberries and cultivated cranberries. A story in Tuesday’s Maine Day about the upcoming Clean Clothes Fun Fair in Bangor on Sept. 9 should have… Read More