Joe Kennedy’s voice has been heard throughout the Alfond Arena for 10 years where he has been the public address announcer for University of Maine men’s and women’s hockey games. In two years, his voice will be heard at Salt Lake City as he has… Read More
HIGH SCHOOL At Machias Machias (3-2) def. Gorham (0-3) 15-11, 15-12, 15-3 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
COLLEGE Middlebury women (1-0) 7, Colby (2-1) 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
BRUNSWICK – The Skowhegan Indians answered the Brunswick Dragons’ first-quarter touchdown with 14 unanswered points en route to a 24-13 high school football victory Friday night. Skowhegan got on the scoreboard thanks to a 27-yard touchdown throw from B.J. Dunlap to Cole Quirion, then the… Read More
ALTON – It’s hard to believe Stephen King has not written a novel about a taxidermist, a true taxidermist, the kind who keeps his work and home out in the woods, tucked among the wild. This field is ripe with horror story possibilities. Driving down… Read More
Longtime basketball referee Mike Webb will take on a new challenge this winter. Webb, who has officiated in 13 state championship games and 21 Eastern Maine finals in 19 years, has been named the new coach of the Hampden Academy girls basketball team. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Warren Caruso figured he’d have a pretty good basketball team this year, what with seven of his top 10 players back and a recruiting class that includes former Portland High star Robert Pillsbury. But with the addition of 6-foot-10 Nikos Armenakis of Greece, Caruso is… Read More
HOLE-IN-ONE Les Raye Sr. ROCKLAND – Les Raye Sr. of Rockland used a 7-wood to record a hole-in-one Wednesday on the par-3 163-yard 18th hole at Rockland Golf Club. It was Raye’s first hole-in-one. The shot was witnessed by his brother, Jim Raye. Read More
COLLEGE At Presque Isle CC, par 72 Southern Maine Tech 327, Eastern Maine Technical College 371, Northern Maine Tech 423 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
After 46 years of dignified service and nearly a half-century of absorbing the wear-and-tear inflicted by an untold number of elephants, rock bands and hoop fans, it seems the Bangor Auditorium’s time has come. Well, that’s not exactly true; It turns out that we’ve got… Read More
HODGDON – Mark Garcia’s first-half goal was the difference as the Madawaska Owls edged the Hodgdon Hawks 1-0 in schoolboy soccer action Friday. Garcia’s goal came just 8:30 into the match when he converted Josh Michaud’s cross into a score. B.J. Dufour made six saves… Read More
Kevin White now dwells in the shadows of Touchdown Jesus, the Four Horsemen and Knute Rockne. Not too long ago, he stood under the overhang of a football stadium that would soon be condemmed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BREWER – Messalonskee fullback Justin Knox left Doyle Field Friday night with a grin, a 257-yard night and three touchdowns. His quarterback, Mike Dorval, exited with 112 more rushing yards and a TD toss that helped the Eagles to a 34-0 win over the Brewer… Read More
ORONO – The H.P. Hood Blimp, which was scheduled to fly over Morse Field at Alfond Stadium for the University of Maine’s football game Saturday night, will not fly due to forecasts of inclement weather. The blimp was also going to provide live camera shots… Read More
BUCKSPORT – When the game was in doubt and spirits were starting to sag just a bit on the Stearns sideline, the Minutemen turned to none other than J.C. Although some of them may have been praying for divine intervention, the J.C. in this case… Read More
BOSTON – Tessa McCue of Hampden finished third out of 11 competitors in the short program Friday during the Boston Open figure skating competition. McCue, who competes in the novice division landed a double axel in the event. She competes in the long program today. Read More
The University of Maine and Husson College of Bangor are scheduled to meet in fall baseball exhibition action today at Mahaney Diamond in Orono. The first pitch is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Read More
Even when a defense appears to be holding an opponent in check, one big play can change the complexion of the game. The University of Maine and Maine Maritime Academy football teams hope to avoid giving up those killer plays as they try to rebound… Read More
Presque Isle District Court Cheryle A. Achorn, 35, Presque Isle, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, $100. 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
WATERVILLE – Steve Levesque, Maine’s commissioner of economic development, calls it the “tax base chase.” Traditionally, the state’s 487 communities have competed with one another for jobs – and tax revenue – by hiring economic development directors and building industrial parks often just miles away… Read More
FORT KENT – A referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot that would require landowners to obtain permits for all clear-cuts is not good for Maine’s forestry industry or based on good science, according to the president of the state’s largest timberland owner. James D. Irving,… Read More
PORTLAND – Bus drivers, start your engines! The first maple leaves have begun changing to fiery hues of red, orange and yellow, signaling the time of the year when the Maine Turnpike rumbles with motor coaches loaded with people wanting to take it all in. Read More
PORTLAND – Nurses at Maine Medical Center voted 622-509 to reject representation by the nation’s largest health care union. Hospital officials applauded the results, while organizers of the bid by the Service Employees International Union expressed disappointment. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
ROCKLAND – One of several men bagged in a poaching probe by the state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife was fined more than $16,000 and sentenced to several days in jail for his hunting violations. Jeffrey R. Luce, 22, of Waldoboro pleaded guilty to… Read More
BAR HARBOR – Sixteen residents have signed their names to a complaint against the Bar Harbor Police Department alleging favoritism in an Aug. 26 incident outside The Thirsty Whale, a downtown pub. “It’s a little dangerous to stand up and accuse the police of not… Read More
ROCKPORT – Conserving the land atop Beech Hill is in the interest of everyone in Maine, Jonathan Labaree believes. Labaree hopes he and the Maine Coast Heritage Trust can convince the Land for Maine’s Future board to agree, and grant the trust’s request for $500,000… Read More
CALAIS – Pooches from the Maine Prison Pup Program and their handlers were out on a socialization visit in this border community Thursday. The program has been in place at the Downeast Correctional Facilities in Bucks Harbor since last October. Sister Pauline Quinine of Otisfield,… Read More
WISCASSET – The operation requires the precision of a surgeon and constant vigilance to ensure worker safety. Within a week or two, workers will begin using underwater robots to dismantle the core of the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant. It will likely be the most… Read More
BANGOR – NASCAR Winston Cup driver Ricky Craven and Eastern Maine Charities of Bangor are among the 100 individuals and nonprofit organizations to be recognized for their volunteer services during the Governor’s Service awards dinner at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, at the Bangor Holiday Inn. Read More
AUGUSTA – In a poll on November referendum questions, state voters strongly supported gay rights, but couldn’t make up their minds about video gambling or about whether to give the right to vote to those mentally ill people who are under guardianship. Respondents also didn’t… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – A nationally conducted walk to raise money for blood cancer research will be held next week in Aroostook County for the first time. The “Light the Night” walk will be held on the evening of Sunday, Sept. 24, beginning on North Street… Read More
BANGOR – It was a trial that could have been scripted by Hollywood writers. A murder shrouded in mystery that drew spectators to the Penobscot County Courthouse in droves to watch the tale unfold. Elderly ladies whispered among one another from the front row and… Read More
A story in Thursday’s Maine Day section incorrectly identified Catholic priest Clement Thibodeau as a monsignor. His title is the Very Rev. Clement Thibodeau. An article published Friday which highlighted Septemberfest at the Down East Fairgrounds on U.S. Route 1 in Machias gave an inaccurate… Read More
Mainers want to hold public school teachers more accountable for student performance and to pay them based on merit rather than seniority, according to a poll conducted on behalf of a number of Maine news organizations by RKM Research and Communications of Portsmouth, N.H. When… Read More
Public support is declining for a referendum on this fall’s ballot that would restrict harvesting levels and require a permit to do a clear-cut, according to a poll released Friday. The poll, conducted by RKM Research and Communications, Inc. on behalf of WLBZ 2 of… Read More
BANGOR – He wears a Snoopy tie and recites funny rhymes so pupils see that learning can be fun. But Ron Provencher makes sure the children in his kindergarten class discover something else as well. “They see a man dance and sing and read poetry,”… Read More
A new poll has found that Mainers continue to favor physician-assisted suicide for the terminally-ill by a wide margin as a statewide referendum set for early November nears. More than 62 percent of those polled said they supported a doctor helping a terminally ill patient… Read More
It’s an inconspicuous, red, three-story structure, located on a bend of U.S. Route 2 in the Aroostook County town of Island Falls. But the John E. & Walter D. Webb Museum of Vintage Fashion displays about one-third of the collection that Frances Webb Stratton has been… Read More
It was supposed to be a small house, but nobody told the staircase. At the center of the Ruggles House in Columbia Falls, the flying staircase rises like a giant angel, its white “wings” reaching up against walls of the palest robin’s egg blue. In front and in… Read More
IMAGES OF AMERICA BREWER, by Richard R. Shaw; Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC.; 2000, 128 pages, $18.99. Arcadia’s Images of America series topped 1,000 editions last year – with good reason. The sepia-covered slim volumes really capture the essence of communities in historic pictures and accompanying… Read More
STOCKTON SPRINGS – Children ran down a grassy slope, earnestly trying to catch the breeze with their kites, some of them becoming bright spots of color against a nearly cloudless summer sky, while others were snagged by tree branches or plunged suddenly to the ground. Read More
I’m very glad Channel 2 will be running the Dr. Laura show. It’s ironic that no one makes such a fuss about Jerry Springer-type shows which have every detestable behavior known to man or woman on display in their evil, sick, cruel, abusive people these hosts call “guests.”… Read More
This month, Congress will consider whether to allow permanently privatizing one of America’s vital natural resources – the commercially valuable ocean fish in our coastal waters. The impending decisions about the vast, public, ocean domain will affect the whole country, but most of all those states and communities… Read More
Susan Collins says she hopes she has not become the U.S. Senate’s “Cassandra.” In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. The god Apollo, who loved her, granted Cassandra the gift of prophecy – but when she rejected him he decreed… Read More
Billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett humorously described in The New York Times last Sunday one way to enact a small piece of campaign finance reform. As novel as his idea was, however, it missed a large part of the problem and illustrated why politicians have been able to… Read More
Billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett humorously described in The New York Times last Sunday one way to enact a small piece of campaign finance reform. As novel as his idea was, however, it missed a large part of the problem and illustrated why politicians have been able to… Read More
That election-year staple, subliminal political advertising, has made its not-so-obvious presence felt in a Republican-sponsored television commercial attacking Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore’s stance on the issue of prescription drug prices. The word “rats” reportedly was superimposed on the ad in large white letters for… Read More
I applaud the “Arrogance Down East” letter of Sept. 13, but it should read “Ignorance Down East” due to the recent comments of Bud Finch. He no longer wants any part of Eastport. He wants a comfy Senate seat, which is up to the voters to decide. Read More
Did anybody (including the judge) really believe Christopher Bayes would volunteer to buy his own airline ticket back across the Atlantic and walk into a jail cell? If you believed that, I’ve got a bridge for sale in Brooklyn. I’m sure he was treated with due process. But… Read More
As a primer for some of the problems with the delivery of health care in Maine, the draft report from the governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care does an adequate job of describing what experts have been talking about for the better part of a decade. As… Read More
Once again, government has succeeded in providing a costly, high-tech solution to a problem that did not exist. Now the computer illiterate can drive to a Bangor big box to gawk at a newfangled electronic kiosk that offers “… all the government paperwork you could want…” for “…… Read More
Kent Ward recently admitted that he “is a complete dope.” For some time, my impression has been that he is, at most, 75 percent dope. Absolutes are so rare. A rare duck, indeed. Ward makes quacking noises about Joe Lieberman making much of his religion… Read More
Bangor police charged a 33-year-old man with criminal threatening after it was reported he tried to hit another man with a hammer during a fight on a Bangor city bus Friday morning. Bangor police officers were sent to Westland Street about 9:30 a.m. for a… Read More
The city of Bangor will be the site of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s Fourth Annual Maine Race for the Cure on Sunday, Sept. 17 on the Bangor waterfront. The Race for the Cure, which raises money for breast cancer programs in Maine and for national… Read More
I flew Pan American Airlines from Bangor to Sanford, Fla., to attend an association meeting. I travel for business purposes a fair amount. I was becoming tired of the delayed flights, broken schedules and false promises of the connector airlines to which the people of the Bangor are… Read More
CAMDEN – Town officials have announced that property tax bills will be mailed about one month later than usual. “With the retirement of our former assessor’s agent in early July,” said Town Manager Roger Moody, “the process of hiring a new assessor, and then getting… Read More
ROCKLAND – The public is invited to attend a boating course, which begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the Rockland District High School. The Mid-Coast Sail and Power Squadron offers this basic boating course with only a small charge for classroom materials. The Mid-Coast Squadron is… Read More
OWLS HEAD – More than 150 convertibles of every year, make and model are expected to rally for a Tribute to Convertibles, featuring an Antique Aeroplane Show, on Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Owls Head Transportation Museum. The meet will be the largest gathering of… Read More
WARREN – Selectmen are expected to consider a petition Wednesday to allow liquor in eating establishments, even though the town has no restaurants. Town Manager Grant Watmough explained Friday that Warren is a “dry town” when it comes to on-premises consumption of alcohol. However, beer… Read More
PALMYRA – The Palmyra Wal-Mart is expected to more than double in size in the next eight months and become a Supercenter, adding a grocery store to its current department store service. Representatives of Wal-Mart met with the Palmyra planning board this week to announce… Read More
Dover-Foxcroft District Court John P. Mandarelli Jr., 27, Dexter, operating a motor vehicle after suspension of driver’s license, jail 10 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Two bidders vied Friday morning for the house-to-house pickup of recyclables in Pittsfield. A three-year contract for twice-a-month pickups throughout the town was up for bid. Mandatory recycling will go into effect in two weeks. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR – A U.S. District Court judge again has ruled in favor of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in a tax dispute with the town of Houlton. U.S. District Judge Gene Carter ruled last month that the tribe and its housing authority were correct… Read More
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Eastern States Exposition opened its 17-day run Friday in this Springfield suburb with a spruced-up Massachusetts building. The six-state New England fair is the sixth-largest agricultural exposition in the country. Last year, it drew 1.1 million people. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
WASHINGTON – To obtain an update and encourage maximum effort from the Clinton administration to address fuel price and supply concerns, U.S. Rep. John Baldacci and several of his colleagues in the U.S. House have set up a meeting with Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson. Read More
PORTLAND – A Pennsylvania-based contractor poised to become the new health care provider for Cumberland County Jail inmates says it plans to boost medical staff salaries by $100,000 to help fill vacancies and reduce employee turnover. Prime Care Inc. could be in place at the… Read More
PORTLAND – A study released Friday on Maine’s cardiovascular health services concluded that a new open heart surgery program in central Maine is not needed at this time. The study was prepared for the state by an outside consultant and was released by the Department… Read More
CARIBOU – When Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Jim Finch graduated from high school, he had the choice of working at a grocery store, going to college or entering the military. He must have made the right choice – he now is the… Read More
CALAIS – When Chester A. Doudey left Washington County more than 20 years ago, his four daughters didn’t know if they would ever see him again. Their mother, Barbara Mitchell, raised the 3-, 5-, 6- and 7-year-old girls alone. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Dan Frazell has more reasons than most to follow the Senate hearings examining the smorgasbord of sex and violence being dished out to children by the nation’s entertainment industry. As a parent, he worries about the effects all that hostility and sleaze aimed at youngsters… Read More
BANGOR – Appearing wan, David Archer was led handcuffed into a hearing at U.S. District Court Friday, less than a day after he was the focus of a widely publicized a midday raid at a Union Street apartment building. The thin, tall Archer sank into… Read More
MADAWASKA – The father of a 15-year-old girl killed this summer in a car crash held up photographs of his daughter as he spoke directly to the teen-age driver responsible for her death. “It took us 15 years to raise her,” Omer Pelletier told Adam… Read More
CORINNA – Selectmen completed the legal details this week that will provide a new location for the Stone-Ezel Lodge of Odd Fellows. The historic lodge is the only building remaining standing on what was once a bustling Main Street in the small community on Route… Read More
HOLDEN – Local officials have sold the first two lots in the town’s new business park, a step they believe will prime the pump for additional development. According to Steve Condon, Holden’s economic development director and code enforcement officer, the town’s Board of Selectmen approved… Read More
WARREN – Selectmen are expected to consider a petition Wednesday to allow liquor in eating establishments, even though the town has no restaurants. Town Manager Grant Watmough explained Friday that Warren is a “dry town” when it comes to on-premises consumption of alcohol. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
SULLIVAN – Progress, it seems, comes at a cost to aesthetics. Last summer, when the 73-year-old Singing Bridge spanning Taunton Bay and linking Hancock and Sullivan gave way to a wider, higher structure, some people in the Hancock and Sullivan area bemoaned a loss of… Read More
BANGOR – Early registration for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s Race for the Cure will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at Operation Headquarters on the waterfront. This is also a great time for participants in Sunday’s 1K run/walk or 5K run/walk… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor Water District will receive a Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence on Friday, Sept. 22, in Augusta, acknowledging its long-term stewardship of the Floods Pond watershed. Floods Pond in Otis has been the single source of supply for Bangor Water District’s 50,000… Read More
BREWER – With the Sept. 25 deadline for nomination petitions approaching, eight residents have expressed interest in five local offices. The city elections will be held in conjunction with the state general election Tuesday, Nov. 7, according to City Clerk Arthur Verow. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
What a bunch of bunk! You printed a story on Sept. 4 concerning a report called “The State of Working Maine 2000” published by the Maine Center for Economic Policy. The headline of your story read, “In Maine, it’s economic doom; Low wages, high costs decried.”… Read More
ORONO – Stillwater Avenue will be widened from Exit 51 of Interstate 95 northbound near the Black Bear Inn, and at Godfrey Drive, in order to correct problems at high accident locations. The roadway will be widened from the exit to the Orono-Old Town line for approximately 1,600… Read More
BANGOR – An information night to learn more about Girl Scouting and to sign up, will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the following dates: Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Abraham Lincoln School; Monday, Sept. 25, at Fairmount School; and Wednesday, Sept. 27, at Downeast School. Girls… Read More