HIGH SCHOOL At Hodgdon, 2.5 miles Fort Kent girls 38, Hodgdon 45, Limestone 48, Washburn 79, Fort Fairfield, Houlton no team scoring 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
ORONO – Discussion about great quarterbacks at the University of Maine invariably revolves around the likes of record-setting, strong-armed passers Mike Buck and Mickey Fein. A few years from now, Black Bear football fans may be talking about another outstanding quarterback – one with a… Read More
Shawn Walsh, the University of Maine men’s hockey coach who was diagnosed with kidney cancer in June, is finishing up the first of his two scheduled 20-day immunotherapy treatments at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA and will return to Maine on Monday, according to Black Bears… Read More
LOCAL Northeast Harbor Road Race Top Finishers (5 miles) 1. Evan Graves 26:59, 2. Jeremy Lisee 27:15, 3. Andrew Goupee 27:37, 4. Bob Carroll 28:32, 5. Steve Witkus 29:01, 6. John Gleason 29:17, 7. Mark McFarland 29:30, 8. Knud Hermansen 29:34, 9. Brian Oickle 29:51,… Read More
EASTON – Easton exploded for three goals in the second half en route to a 3-0 schoolboy soccer triumph over previously undefeated Washburn on Wednesday. Andrew Perry led the charge with a goal on a penalty kick and two assists. A.J. Perry and Ryan Lamoreau… Read More
It might not feel like a normal season opener tonight for the University of Maine football team. UMaine students still haven’t arrived in Orono and the Black Bears took a two-hour bus ride to play their first “home” game. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Tiger Woods might be the best golfer on the PGA Tour, but he has never accomplished what Paul Willey has. Willey, a 37-year-old, wheelchair-bound man from Palmyra, Maine, finished with a 70-under par (-70) score on Microsoft’s VGA (Virtual Golf Association) online Tour stop at… Read More
ORONO – Tickets are still available for tonight’s University of Maine football game against Kutztown University at 7 at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. Prices are $10 for reserved seats, $8 for general admission and $5 for youth and senior citizens and may be purchased at the Maine athletic… Read More
HERMON – Chuck Hall of Cherryfield started last but maneuvered through the field to claim his first feature win in the tiger division at Speedway 95 on the final Wacky Wednesday race card of the season. Hall took the lead from Hermon’s John Curtis Jr. Read More
ORONO – Jen Johnstone scored first-half goals 2:38 apart off penalty corners Wednesday, sparking the University of Maine field hockey team to a 5-0 victory over Providence on Morse Field at Alfond Stadium. Johnstone’s tallies highlighted a five-goal first half for coach Terry Kix’s Black… Read More
Higgins’ Hurricanes, a Class B slow-pitch softball team from Bangor, has qualified for the national tournament Sept. 21-24 in Montgomery, Ala. The Hurricanes finished second in the state tourney, then placed 12th in the New England competition. The team expects it will need to raise… Read More
You sit in a boat on a smoky evening 16 miles from the Quebec border and across from you is your 12-year-old daughter and in the stillness – in the deep, unfathomable stillness of dusk – the strongest urge you have ever felt is to shake her by… Read More
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SOUTHWEST HARBOR – Last year, Lynda Millar’s third-grade pupils wrote letters to friends in Quebec. They talked about their favorite sports and television shows, and how much they loved McDonald’s fries. And they did it in French. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
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AUGUSTA – A task force Wednesday predicted tough times ahead for the 43,600 households which rely on the low income energy assistance program, unless additional funding is developed. Oil prices are twice as high as normal for this time of year and are expected to… Read More
BANGOR – Most Mainers don’t know who is to blame for the increase in heating oil prices last winter and are concerned about high prices squeezing their budgets again this winter, according to a poll Wednesday. A survey conducted by Market Decisions, a research firm… Read More
BANGOR – Manna Ministry is having a birthday party Saturday. Instead of asking the public for presents, the soup kitchen is giving the community a thank you gift. The organization will do what it has done for the past 10 years – feed the hungry. Read More
A story that appeared in Wednesday’s City edition incorrectly reported the date of the next Bangor City Council meeting. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 13. A divorce listing published recently in The County edition of Maine Day incorrectly listed the custody settlement… Read More
In the midst of efforts across the nation to make schooling more rigorous in order to produce better educated high school graduates, a former teacher at Mount Desert Island High School and a Maine-based economist are calling for the abolition of homework. Etta Kralovec and… Read More
FORT KENT – University of Maine at Fort Kent officials are downplaying any direct role their food services facility might have played after a number of guests – including the university president – got sick earlier this month after attending a wedding reception on campus. Read More
BELFAST – A series of classes focusing on weight control and fitness will be offered from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning Sept. 7, at Waldo County General Hospital’s education center. Registered dietitian Jo Ann Perreault will lead “The Off Plan,” a 10-week series… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE – The fourth annual Horse Festival, sponsored by Kelmscott Rare Breeds Foundation, will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10. The event is a celebration of the horse and is an opportunity to learn about all aspects of horse care. Read More
Waldo County Superior Court Kirsten Elaine Allen, 38, Freedom, guilty of operating while under the influence of intoxicants and sentenced to 30 days in jail, fined $1,000, with license suspended for four years. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
ROCKLAND – A man serving time at the Maine Correctional Institution in Warren was in Knox County Superior Court Wednesday, facing the revocation of his probation for a charge of assisting another inmate in committing suicide. Kenneth Moore, 22, was sentenced in 1997 to 12… Read More
ROCKLAND – The Atlantic Challenge Foundation is hoping to literally renew its ties to the sea by applying for permits to build a pier, floats and a boat ramp. The nonprofit organization, whose Apprenticeshop school and offices are on North Main Street, offers a variety… Read More
ROCKPORT – Selectmen have scheduled a Sept. 25 public hearing on a proposed moratorium on dock and wharf construction. The board believes a moratorium can be adopted without putting the matter before residents in a town meeting or at the ballots. Prompting the consideration of… Read More
ROCKLAND – The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday afternoon for a man believed to have fallen into Penobscot Bay sometime Tuesday. Chief Warrant Officer Kyle Santherson said searchers using two Coast Guard vessels, private vessels, a helicopter and an airplane found no sign… Read More
BELFAST – A Florida man who dodged Maine burglary charges for five years had his request to return home put on hold when he appeared in Waldo County Superior Court on Wednesday. William S. Breward, 39, also known as David Wayne Breward and James Wallbridge,… Read More
SOMESVILLE – The Pedestrian Safety Task Force will meet from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Somesville Fire House. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend to share ideas that will help make the community a safer place to walk and… Read More
ADDISON – A 38-year-old Addison man has been sentenced to 48 hours in jail and ordered to pay $2,000 in connection with the April 1998 wildfire that burned almost 700 acres. Regional Forest Ranger Michael Ricci said Gregory Dawes entered a no contest plea Tuesday… Read More
In my never-ending quest to explore “new” places, I took a trip to Seboeis (Se.boy.es) Lake last week to check out the state-owned Seboeis Management Unit. It contains 12,900 acres and is located between Brownville Junction and Millinocket off Route 11. The unit encompasses a… Read More
New York jazz artist Billy Harper will give a live performance at the Waterville Opera House as part of “All That Jazz” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16. Harper has released more than 15 albums and has recorded with the likes of Randy Weston and Louis Armstrong. Tickets… Read More
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Here’s an effective way to catch togue that doesn’t require expensive downriggers or fish finders mounted throughout your boat. A depth map of your favorite togu lake, along with a healthy supply of lead line strapped to a reel, has proven very productive for many fishermen. Read More
This year, the annual animal impersonation contest at the Springfield Fair has a unique and potentially exciting twist. If you can caw like a crow, snort like a pig, moo like a cow or imitate other animals, you could be famous. Michelle Shaheen, a staff… Read More
It’s a bit of a stretch for the imagination, but could it be that 100 years from now, people will choose to spend parts of their vacations riding in big, boxy 18-wheelers? Given the history of Maine’s schooners, it’s possible. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BLUE HILL – What do Charlie Daniels, a llama, doughboys and the Zipper have in common? If you ask that question in Blue Hill anytime in August, you know the answer will be: They will all be at the Blue Hill Fair. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
SEARSMONT – A Beals woman suffered cuts and bruises after being ejected through the windshield of a fish truck when her fiance swerved to avoid a deer on Route 3 late Tuesday. Waldo County Deputy Sheriff Mark Shade said neither Shelley Crowley, 19, nor the… Read More
Bangor District Court Lora A. O’Kelly, 31, Hermon, aggravated assault, dismissed. 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] googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
STEUBEN – A Steuben woman rescued her mother from an upstairs apartment after fire broke out in her Route 1 home Wednesday morning. Steuben Fire Chief Albert Pinkham said Ruth Faulkingham was hospitalized for smoke inhalation, but did not suffer other injuries in the 8:40… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – On Aug. 21, the board of directors at the Sister Mary O’Donnell Shelter voted to hire Gloria LeGassie as the next executive director. LeGassie replaces the former director, Richard Scott, who left to accept a position with the Caribou Chamber of Commerce. Read More
MADAWASKA – Municipal workers replacing department heads while they are on extended leaves from their jobs will be compensated for their efforts. The action was one of two employee stipends approved Tuesday night by the Board of Selectmen. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
HOULTON – The following divorces have been granted in 2nd District Court on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: Kelly Winslow and Kimberly S. Winslow, both of Hodgdon, married June 23, 1990, at Hodgdon, custody of two children awarded to mother. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
VAN BUREN – Five horses stabled in a barn escaped injury Wednesday morning when the structure was destroyed by fire. The fire occurred at 1:30 a.m. at the Main Street horse stable owned by Nancy Dumond. The cause hadn’t been determined, according to Van Buren… Read More
MADAWASKA – The idea to plan for economic development got off the ground Tuesday when selectmen approved a 15-person committee and an initial $5,000 fund for expenses. The first meeting, expected to last five or six hours, will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18. Read More
Donald Grevencamp, 31, was issued a summons for assault after he allegedly had a violent outburst at Best Buy Auto Sales in Bangor. Officer Butch Moor responded to the call of a fight at 499 Hammond St. just after noon Wednesday. Donald Swallow, owner of… Read More
BANGOR – A 19-year-old student at Eastern Maine Technical College was assaulted Friday night while jogging on the Sylvan Road. The woman told police she was jogging alone about 11 p.m. away from campus. She said that when she reached the end of the road,… Read More
Last spring the Bangor Daily News ran an article about a forest fire in May 1999 that burned several hundred acres in Steuben. The Maine Forest Service blamed it on Ellsworth-based Allen’s Blueberry Freezer, accusing them of failure to extinguish a blaze. In that article,… Read More
Yes, our plates read “Maine Vacationland,” but the people in Maine don’t vacation in their own state because we are overrun by tourists from anywhere and everywhere. In all coastal resorts and some of the interior, it is impossible to take a Sunday drive to these places when… Read More
Over the past several months there has been a steady onslaught of negative articles and editorials in the Bangor Daily News concerning pharmaceutical companies and the cost of prescription drugs. While I agree that something needs to be done to reduce the cost of medicine for those least… Read More
BATH – Striking shipbuilders held fast to their picket lines Wednesday at Bath Iron Works and negotiators resumed talks amid signs that the walkout could spread to other workers. Members of the draftsmen’s union, the shipyard’s second-largest with 800 workers, voted Wednesday to join 4,800… Read More
WASHINGTON – Retailer L.L. Bean has agreed to pay a $750,000 civil penalty to settle allegations it violated federal law in delaying a report that two of its backpack child carriers were defective and have caused injuries, the government said Wednesday. The U.S. Consumer Product… Read More
AUGUSTA – Rail improvement projects in Ashland, Madawaska, Stockton Springs, Passadumkeag and Portage are among Maine projects awarded $2 million in funding under the state Department of Transportation’s industrial rail access program. State Transportation Commissioner John Melrose said projects selected for funding include track rehabilitation,… Read More
BANGOR – A Winslow man has been sentenced to more than 18 years in prison in what was described by one attorney as a made-for-television armed robbery two years ago in Vassalboro. Brian Meserve, 35, was returned to jail after the Tuesday sentencing. He has… Read More
AUGUSTA – Procedural problems as well as politics have led Gov. Angus King to trim the list of nominees he hopes to have confirmed by the Senate today. Most recently, King has pulled the nominations of J. Thomas Accomando of Saco for reappointment to the… Read More
BANGOR – Two long-time employees will depart their posts at U.S. District court in Bangor Friday, leaving a legacy of dependability and professional competence that earned them the respect of their colleagues, according to their supervisor. Harriet Jefferson, 59, of Alton will retire following 25… Read More
AUBURN – A man police said was part of a group of six people who robbed area homes last March was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Christopher Vann, 21, of Rockland, was the last of the invaders to be sentenced. He received the stiffest… Read More
Celebrating “the 10th anniversary of Manna and the community working together to take care of its neighbors,” Bill Rae of Manna Ministries invites the public to participate in its “Labor of Love Manna Festival 2000” beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, along the Bangor waterfront. Read More
I am in total disagreement with Jane Heart’s letter of Aug. 23 concerning the “ignorance and stigma of mental illness.” Reporting that a person has psychological problems helps the public to understand why this person has done what he or she has done. Heart’s letter was way off… Read More
FARMINGTON – A 17-year-old Farmington girl has been charged in an arson that killed another teen. The girl was expected to make her first court appearance in Farmington District Court today, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Her name was… Read More
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Over Yankee bedrock, a surging minority population recast New England’s demographic landscape in the 1990s, according to the latest government data. The growth was especially strong in the region’s southern states, which were 17 percent minority in 1999, up from 13 percent… Read More
Global warming could destroy 44 percent of Maine’s wildlife habitat in the next 100 years, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Wildlife Fund. Maine is one of 11 states that could lose more than one-third of their current habitats if carbon dioxide… Read More
Concerned that Maine is making the same mistake with rockweed as it did with sea urchins, hundreds of Washington County residents are petitioning the state Department of Marine Resources for an immediate ban on commercial rockweed harvests in Cobscook Bay. In the case of urchins,… Read More
BAILEYVILLE – Some residents said they were apprehensive Wednesday amid word that the town’s largest employer, Georgia-Pacific Corp., wants to sell its Woodland pulp and paper mill. On Tuesday, G-P officials in Atlanta announced that the Woodland mill as well as two out-of-state facilities are… Read More
BANGOR – A 22-year-old Bangor man was released on bond Wednesday evening after being arrested in connection with an alleged rape behind an Orono nightclub. Edward Dalton Jr. was charged with one count of gross sexual assault and released on $50,000 surety bond. He has… Read More
CASTINE – With the controversy about dumping dredged materials behind it, the state is ready to start moving ahead with the Mack Point pier project, and could begin construction early next year. Meanwhile, directors of the Maine Port Authority, which oversees the Mack Point project,… Read More
ATTLEBORO, Mass. – A pregnant member of a fundamentalist sect, suspected of covering up the death of her last baby, met Wednesday with a public health nurse in her back yard. But prosecutors said she was uncooperative and her unborn baby remains at risk. Rebecca… Read More
AUGUSTA – In an overcrowded committee room Tuesday at the State House, single copies of a simple petition disappeared fast. The meeting in session was for the benefit of the Legislature’s Rural Caucus, a growing group of legislators currently focusing on the impact of cleanup… Read More
HOULTON — For the second time this season, the Houlton and Presque Isle girls soccer teams battled to a 1-1 tie in double overtime under the lights Wednesday at the high school field here. The game was scoreless until Megan Miller booted in a goal… Read More
Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar was once a successful physician specializing in obesity at his clinics in Bombay, India. Today he is a professor at Wayne State University in Detroit and pursuing a line of research that will either put him at the forefront of an exciting new cure for… Read More
SULLIVAN – More than 80 Hancock and Sullivan residents gave officials from the Maine Department of Transportation a clear message Tuesday: Fix Route 1 but don’t raise the speed limit. The DOT hopes to improve safety on a four-mile stretch of Route 1 between Hancock… Read More
BAR HARBOR – A stop smoking class will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18; Thursday, Sept. 21; Monday, Sept. 25; and Thursday, Sept. 28, at Mount Desert Island Hospital. The course fee is $25. Pre-registration is required, and participants must attend… Read More
CRANBERRY ISLES – The Islesford Historical Museum on Little Cranberry Island will be closing after Sept. 9. The ranger-led boat cruise to the museum will continue daily through Oct. 14. Call 276-5352 for cruise information or reservations. Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — The Hulls Cove Visitor Center, located off Route 3, will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily through the fall at Acadia National Park. The Nature Center, located at Sieur de Monts Spring, also will be open daily in… Read More
FAIRFIELD – Town Manager Paul Blanchette has picked a 13-year veteran to lead the Fire Department. Duane Bickford, 42, has worked his way through the ranks in a department with six full- and more than two dozen part-time firefighters. He began as a volunteer, earned… Read More
CLINTON – The Clinton town office and transfer station will be closed Monday, Sept. 4 for Labor Day. Both facilities will reopen at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Read More
CLINTON – The weekend fire that gutted a Hinckley Road home has been traced to an aging light fixture, investigators have concluded. The fire broke out shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday in the kitchen of the farmhouse that Robert and Sandra Bucknam bought nearly 30… Read More
SANGERVILLE – A Sangerville couple were startled Monday to learn that someone had been hiding in their home while they watched television. The North Dexter Road couple had settled down for the night at about 9:15 p.m. and had turned off the lights to watch… Read More
GUILFORD – Michael P. Cyr of Orono has been retained as interim superintendent for SAD 4 while directors continue their search for a permanent replacement for Norman Higgins. Higgins, who served in various roles in education in SAD 4 for about 30 years, the last… Read More
HOLLIS, N.H. – College didn’t start well for three freshmen from Maine at Daniel Webster College in Nashua. The three, all from Norridgewock, Maine, were arrested early Tuesday, the day before school started, and accused of destroying 11 mailboxes and stealing mail. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo turned his telescope toward Jupiter and discovered three of its moons. A week later, he discovered a fourth and these were, for centuries, the only ones known. Modern telescopes have spotted several more and, reports Ron Cowen in the July 29 issue of… Read More
CANAAN – Gary A. French has announced his intention to run as a Democratic candidate for state representative for House District 108. French lists as issues of concern: affordable health care; quality education for all students; and good jobs with good wages. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
“Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill, laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass” – Rupert Brooke There were summer afternoons of my childhood spent lying on a grassy hill that led up to abandoned railroad tracks behind our house. We’d stretch… Read More
Jacob Plumley of Minnesota finally got his diploma the other day, two months after the rest of the Harding High School Class of 2000 got theirs. He got it after a summer spent in remedial classes. Unlike his classmates, he got it in a near-empty gym with no… Read More
When I was 14, a freshman in high school at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Gayle Durnbaugh, my English teacher, assigned Elie Wiesel’s memoir, “Night.” I began reading one late afternoon, my windows open, the sound of crickets clinging to the air as the light dimmed. As… Read More
Is there any other product but prescription drugs that inspires state legislators, governors and members of Congress to wage “Don’t Buy American” campaigns? Is there any question that the situation has passed through absurd to tragic when politicians regularly lead the legally dubious practice of taking busloads of… Read More
Every week, riders can hone their cowboy skills far from the wide-open ranges of the West, in the Penobscot County town of Newburgh. This year, for the first time, Peter and Kim Smith of Whispering Pines Training Center in Newburgh have been hosting weekly practices and monthly meets… Read More
I read that the cost of heating oil is going to be as high or higher than last year. In the defense of oil companies, if I was one and the government was always telling people the price is going up, what more encouragement do I need to… Read More
The Aug. 18 BDN report of Anthem’s intent to raise premiums comes as no surprise. The insurance corporation’s prime directive is to maximize profits. All other stated objectives are secondary. What struck me as ludicrous were the printed examples of “typical Anthem indemnity plan” monthly… Read More
Ever notice how when there’s a strike, like the one at Bath Iron Works, the only people who ever show their faces in public are from labor? You see them on the front page and the evening news, marching, carrying signs, chanting slogans of solidarity, looking angry, anxious… Read More