HIGH SCHOOL At East Sullivan Seacoast Invitational 2.7 miles Sumner boys 19, Machias 71, Bucksport 80, George Stevens Academy 108, Woodland 109, Narraguagus 143, Calais 163, Searsport 195, Washington Academy, Shead, Lubec, Deer Isle-Stonington (no team scores) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
ORONO -Junior goalie Mike Morrison was a forgotten man last year as he watched sophomore Matt Yeats start the final 18 games for the University of Maine men’s hockey team and put up some impressive numbers: a 20-6-4 record, 2.60 goals against average, and a .911 save percentage. Read More
HAMPDEN – Nicole Palmer scored two goals to lead the Nokomis Warriors to a 2-1 high school field hockey win over the Hampden Academy Bronocs Friday. One of Palmer’s goals was assisted by Laura Pelkey. Goalie Amanda Swain made five saves on six shots for… Read More
Newburgh’s Ricky Craven could find himself driving Larry McClure’s Kodak Chevrolet in the Winston Cup series next season. Current driver Bobby Hamilton and McClure are parting ways after this season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
ASHLAND – Joey Langley scored off a Geoff LeBlanc assist with one second left in overtime to give Ashland a 2-1 schoolboy soccer win over Katahdin on Friday. Bruce Oaks scored off a Brock Bessey assist for 9-3 Ashland while Randy Junkins stopped 10 of… Read More
Shoring up the defense. That is the primary aim of Maine’s college football teams this weekend as the season moves into its fifth week. William & Mary (1-3) at Maine (2-2), 7 p.m., Alfond Stadium, Orono. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Marie Messer Webb and Kris Littlefield Jordan, both basketball standouts from eastern Maine, were among six former athletes inducted into the University of Southern Maine’s Husky Hall of Fame last weekend in Gorham. Webb and Jordan were inducted recently along with baseball standout Charles Howe,… Read More
Albany 5, Maine 2 At Albany, N.Y., Freshman Lisa Burline notched three goals, two of which occurred in the first half to lead Albany to victory. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
BANGOR – Mickey Hurd of Holden bowled a perfect 300 game Friday at Family Fun Lanes. Hurd was participating in the Friday Night Mixed Couples League. This is the third time Hurd has bowled a 300 game. Read More
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Merely a suspicion that a person is a sexual abuser of children is generally not enough for police to investigate, Knox County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Todd Butler says. As many specifics as possible are needed, particularly the names of suspected victims. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
LUBEC – Work on a $400,000 project to revitalize the downtown area is expected to begin this fall, but the debate on Water Street parking is ongoing, according to Lubec’s director of economic and community development. Eve Preston said two design options for Water Street… Read More
WATERVILLE – Police arrested a Waterville woman Friday after a six-hour standoff outside an apartment house that was triggered by an eviction notice. Helen Gaston, 64, was charged with criminal trespassing and then taken to the Thayer Unit of MaineGeneral Medical Center for evaluation, Sgt. Read More
AUGUSTA – Police have arrested a third suspect accused of operating a methamphetamine laboratory across the street from the future home of the Maine police academy on Route 201 in Vassalboro. David M. Miles, also known as Michael Miles, was considered a fugitive from justice… Read More
Calais District Court Philip J. Barnard, 23, Calais, operating motor vehicle after suspension of driver’s license, $150. 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
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LEWISTON – Clinics in Maine may begin prescribing the abortion pill by early 2001. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved use of RU-486 for early abortions. It will be available to doctors within a month. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
PORTLAND – Ralph Nader, presidential candidate of the Green Party, will speak to Maine residents at Portland High School at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1. Earlier in the day, Nader will attend a rally in Boston. When Nader came to Bangor last May, 500 people… Read More
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has introduced the Encouraging Investment in Small Business Act, a bill intended to stimulate private investment in small and emerging businesses. Collins was joined by Sen. Bill Roth, R-Del., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Read More
LEWISTON – Kent Foster, who worked his way from reporter to editor during a 40-year career at the Lewiston Daily Sun and Sun Journal after it combined with the city’s other daily newspaper, has died. He was 82. Foster, who suffered a heart attack Thursday… Read More
New England’s summer was a bummer – rainy and cool. But the silver lining may be an unusually bright fall foliage season. The wet weather and low temperatures reduced stress on the region’s maples, oaks and birches, and healthy, vigorous trees are colorful trees, as… Read More
BATH – The leadership of a union representing planners, inspectors, surveyors and computer programmers at Bath Iron Works will recommend against a contract proposal revealed by the shipyard Friday. The Navy shipbuilder made its offer after hours of negotiations with representatives of the Local S7… Read More
PORTLAND – Banknorth Group Inc. is entering the insurance agency business in Connecticut by purchasing The Watson Group. The acquisition of the Wethersfield, Conn.-based insurer, which has annual premiums of $120 million, by Banknorth’s Morse, Payson & Noyes Insurance should be completed by year’s end,… Read More
FAIRFIELD – In the spring of 1995, Kelley Frazee made a few candles for friends and family from sugarplum-scented wax. They were such a hit that a neighbor asked her for more to take to work. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
HARTFORD – Three New England governors, faced with the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, are asking Congress to force the federal government to take the spent fuel from those facilities. In a joint statement before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in Washington… Read More
SKOWHEGAN – Officials who gathered Friday expressed sincere concern that their county would be destroyed economically if Question No. 2 – the so-called forestry question on the November ballot – passes. Anson selectman Robert Worthley was one of more than 30 members of the Somerset… Read More
Since my teen-age son knew only the lurid shenanigans of professional wrestling, I figured the Olympic match between the humble Wyoming farmer and the fierce Russian Bear would be a good chance for him to experience the true essence of the ancient sport. Besides, this… Read More
EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick – Pierre Elliot Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada who died this week of cancer, changed Canadian politics by taking politics directly into the small communities of his country, both when he was at the highest and lowest points of his popularity. Read More
AUGUSTA – Although the West Nile virus has not been detected in Maine, state officials want to be prepared if and when the disease, which claimed its latest victim this week in New Jersey, does hit the state. Unlike the state of New York, which… Read More
The number of high school kids who smoke dropped a healthy 27 percent from 1997 to 1999, although the proportion of young adults aged 18 to 30 smoking still ranks Maine as the worst in the nation in that category. Even though 29 percent of… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor Theological Seminary New Testament Language and Literature professorship will be renamed in October in honor of the Rev. Dr. Burton H. Throckmorton Jr. A dinner and announcement of the seminary’s New Testament chair will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 9… Read More
LITTLE SOUTHWEST MIRAMICHI, New Brunswick – The sun shines brightly, nearly straight down the river, over the dark waters of the Little Southwest Miramichi as William Burdick makes his first cast just below the rips at the top of Bluestone Pool. Before the day is… Read More
HAVANA – Cuba is one of the final frontiers in the world for American visitors. The U.S. government makes it hard for Americans to go, and forbids tourist visits. The island is a relative novice when it comes to overseas visitors. They were frowned upon… Read More
The U.S. government does not forbid travel to Cuba. What is illegal is for Americans to spend any money or transact any business while on the communist island, unless they have a license from the U.S. government. Americans intending to travel to Cuba can obtain,… Read More
Today is the first day of 5761 or Rosh Hashana on the Jewish calendar, and this weekend, the shofar will be blown 100 times in the world’s synagogues. Rosh Hashana is a day of joyous celebration balanced against a humbling and solemn consideration of how… Read More
In the Maine seaside town where I grew up, fall comes all at once. It isn’t marked by changing leaves or falling temperature. It’s strictly a date: Labor Day. Not Sept. 21. After Labor Day, things move a little more slowly. Big sheets of plywood are padlocked over… Read More
BANGOR – Naturalists here are preparing for a battle between the Sedge Wren and a Supercenter. A plan to build a 224,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter on the corner of Gilman Road and Stillwater Avenue is running into some staunch opposition from area birdwatchers looking to protect… Read More
Suspicions, a pastor’s keen eye and a victim’s willingness to tell his story finally brought police to Mack Hyler’s door. Hyler, 54, had been Thomaston’s fire chief for 20 years, and a school custodian and bus driver for nearly 30. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
AUGUSTA – Maine is part of a multistate inquiry into how Bridgestone/Firestone and Ford Motor Co. handled the recall of 6.5 million tires. Maine joined the multistate investigation because of the possibility that consumers in the state have been put at risk because of recalled… Read More
ISLAND FALLS – Voters at a special town meeting Thursday night unanimously decided to take $36,688 from surplus to keep the local ambulance service in the black for the remainder of the year. The move, however, is only a temporary measure, as the town will… Read More
BANGOR – After years of waiting and wondering, the families of three missing Maine women today have hope of finding out what happened to their loved ones. James Hicks, convicted of murdering one of the women and suspected of killing the other two, may soon be returning to… Read More
LINNEUS – State police are investigating a burglary at the Linneus town office. Sometime overnight Thursday, someone broke a window at the back of the office and went inside the building, according to Trooper Joe Parker of the Maine State Police. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
MADAWASKA – The Madawaska school board approved nearly $300,000 in capital improvement projects to be done next summer. The projects include installing a new gymnasium floor, replacing a building wall and replacing exterior doors throughout the building. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Aroostook County Superior Court, Caribou Todd Philbrook, 32, Presque Isle, revocation of probation, 30 days jail. 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… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Students and alumni will celebrate Homecoming 2000 this weekend with the presentation of three awards to UMPI graduates who have enjoyed success in their chosen professions and the induction of three new members into the Owls Athletic Hall of Fame. During a… Read More
Fort Kent District Court Angel D. Bonefant, 23, Frenchville, violation of protective order, 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()) {… Read More
ELLSWORTH – Acting on a tip from an Ellsworth resident, police here on Thursday seized 21 marijuana plants at the home of Ralph Knowlton. Knowlton, 34, had the recently cut plants stored in his shed and camper on the Happytown Road, according to a report… Read More
By asking us to vote yes on Question 2, Jonathan Carter and his minions would have us believe the private citizens and businesses who have for years managed and worked their own land are no longer competent to do so. The environmentalists paint a gruesome picture of greedy,… Read More
SWANVILLE – It appears that the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department has put a crimp in brothers George and Theodore Bormet’s alleged illegal business activities. One week after they busted older brother George, 47, for trafficking in home-grown marijuana from his mobile home in Winterport, deputies… Read More
THOMASTON – Benefits of physical therapy to people with neurological diseases will be the topic at the October meeting of the Midcoast MS support group. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Federated Church of Thomaston. It is… Read More
Zoning board increases subdivision restrictions > Attorney: Snows Point developer considering appeal
ST. GEORGE – The developer of a Snows Point subdivision was still considering whether to appeal the zoning board’s action to add further restrictions to his plans, attorney Sam Cohen said Friday. The zoning board heard an appeal Thursday filed by citizens seeking changes in… Read More
BELFAST – Patterson Hill residents have appealed the city’s approval of an affordable housing project for their neighborhood. The group contends that the city’s planning board was in error when it approved the 24-unit Bay Head Apartment project put forward by Penquis Community Action Program. Read More
UNION – Union Senior Citizens will hold a craft fair at the Premier Grange in East Union on Saturday, Oct. 7. The fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A few tables are still available. For information, call Stretch Fryman at 785-4516. Read More
ROCKLAND – An Owls Head teen-ager without a driver’s license took his mother for a high-speed ride Friday with police in hot pursuit. The chase, in which speeds reached 80 mph, started when the vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and ended with… Read More
HANCOCK – The Hancock County Sheriff’s department is investigating damage to a Webber Oil Co. truck, apparently caused by vandals throwing rocks and chunks of asphalt at the vehicle sometime Wednesday evening. Deputy Tim Cote, according to an incident report filed at the Hancock County… Read More
ROCKPORT – The sports rivalry between the Rockland Tigers and the Camden-Rockport Windjammers is as fierce as any in the state. But student leaders from both high schools know what is out-of-bounds, and agreed that the vandalism of a granite sign at the new Camden… Read More
ROCKLAND – A drug investigation which began in the city resulted in two arrests Friday in South Bristol and the seizure of a pound of marijuana. Tracy Neild, 24, of Rockland and Jamie Moody, 23, of South Bristol were apprehended Friday morning, after a probation… Read More
DEXTER – A revised charter that has taken several months of deliberation will be presented to residents in a referendum question during the November election. The Town Council, which received the finished document earlier this month, voted to send the revised charter to referendum. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Having grown up in Aroostook County and picked potatoes as a child, I have a fondness for Maine potatoes. A recent article speaks of the quality of Maine potatoes. It was a surprise to me that there is a quality Maine potato. I look for… Read More
DEXTER – After working for years in cramped quarters off the hallway in the municipal building, the Dexter Police Department now has its own building up the street. The department’s move to a former gasoline station was completed late Thursday afternoon, according to Town Manager… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Police are investigating break-ins at two properties on the Cotton Brook Road at Sebec Lake. A new outboard motor and an old chain saw were reported taken from an outbuilding at one camp, according to Dover-Foxcroft police Officer Anthony Pinette. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
DEXTER – A loaded dump truck that rear-ended a passenger car Friday caused a chain reaction of accidents on Spring Street that ultimately involved five vehicles. Three people were injured in the 2:45 p.m. accident, according to Cpl. Alan Grinnell of the Dexter Police Department. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce is inviting local merchants to join with the chamber for its second annual Harvest Open House Shopping Tour on Saturday, Oct. 28. Participating merchants will offer door prizes, special sale items and refreshments to people who… Read More
DEXTER – The family and friends of John and Karen Greaves are holding a benefit auction today to help defray medical expenses incurred by the Dexter family. Karen Greaves was diagnosed with cancer while she was pregnant with her second child, Brayden. Because of complications,… Read More
CORINNA – In March before the annual town meeting, Corinna residents were told adoption of a new land use ordinance was critical. By July, residents were lining up complaints about the ordinance’s restrictive nature. Critics of the new land use ordinance will have their forum… Read More
So there I was, trying to enjoy the amazing dancing Olympic horses on TV, and along comes another dust-up in Bearville to interrupt what may have become a breathtaking, heart-dropping Olympic moment, sponsored by Nike, Coke and Depends. Larry Mahaney tried to give a half… Read More
T9, R7 – To bait or not to bait? When it comes to bagging a bruin, it’s not as easy as it sounds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
BREWER – What began as a blowout turned into a barn-burner before two late touchdowns doused Brewer’s fire and gave Belfast its fourth win in five games. The visiting Lions roared out of the opening huddle and torched the Witches for 23 points in the… Read More
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BREWER – When Bangor coach Roger Reed takes his team to Brewer High School for the first time this coming basketball season, he’ll see a very familiar face standing at the head of the Brewer bench. His son Mark. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
The correct telephone number for the Muscular Dystrophy Association headquarters is 800-572-1717. A story in Thursday’s paper about the proposed forestry referendum on the November ballot should have said it will limit cutting to as many trees each year as the average annual growth over… Read More
INDIAN ISLAND – A Wabanaki creation myth inspired two Penobscot Indians to carve a representation of the story. The piece, which represents a tree trunk, will be displayed at a new art gallery in the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Connecticut. The myth… Read More
BANGOR – There still is time to take the Best of Bangor Bus Tour or the Mount Hope Cemetery Tour, sponsored by the Bangor Historical Society. The Best of Bangor Bus Tour will continue on Thursday and Saturday mornings through Oct. 7. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
STETSON – Smoke coming from a window alerted a passing motorist to a house fire on Route 143 in Stetson Friday morning. The driver went to a nearby home where a neighbor called the fire department about 9 a.m. Janice Martin, the neighbor, crossed the… Read More
WINTER HARBOR – An irregularity with the deeds to the land on which the Naval Security Group Activity base is situated has led to some confusion as to who will gain control of the property once the base concludes operations in 2002. According to local… Read More
CROTCH ISLAND – More than two hours into the search for a fishing boat taking on water, the Bright Morning Star was found by another fishing boat south of Stonington, miles away from where initial reports placed the damaged boat. The captain of the Bright… Read More
BREWER – Brewer police closed their investigation into a report of a suspicious motorist who spoke to a young girl on Kings Court as she walked home from school Wednesday. On Friday, the man came forward and talked to Brewer police after reading an account… Read More
MILLINOCKET – Millinocket’s financial position is healthy, according to an audit report members of the Town Council received Thursday. This news is in sharp contrast to the town’s financial picture two years ago when its surplus had dropped to a dangerously low amount of $305,000… Read More
BANGOR – A special exhibit, “One Hundred Oddities from Bangor’s Attic,” is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, at the Thomas A. Hill Historic House and Civil War Museum at 159 Union St.. The last tour of the day begins at 3 p.m. Admission is $5 for… Read More
HAMPDEN – Burglars made off with 68 cartons of cigarettes from a convenience store early Friday morning. Officer Ruth Duquette of the Hampden Police Department responded to a call at McK’s Variety on Route 9 at 3:30 a.m. after the person delivering newspapers noticed that… Read More
BOSTON – The New England Council on Thursday honored Defense Secretary William Cohen and William C. Van Faasen, president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. At the council’s 75th anniversary celebration, the two were recognized for their contributions to the New England economy. Read More
One of the surprising issues that has arisen in the presidential campaign is military “readiness,” the measure of the armed forces’ ability to carry out their mission. This is not the national security debate we should be having. Instead of sparring over the question, “Are we ready?,” we… Read More
MILLINOCKET – Justin Cummings scored five rushing touchdowns and tallied another score on a 21-yard interception return as Stearns rolled to a 48-6 high school football win over Mount Desert Island on Friday night. Cummings finished with 17 carries, 204 yards. Rick Deloge followed up… Read More
As commissioner of the Department of Human Services, Kevin Concannon has an interest in appearing undaunted by the threats from some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies to make Mainers pay for their decision to ask for fair drug prices. But bravado probably had little to do with… Read More
Two stories on the sports pages of your favorite daily newspaper earlier this week illustrate my long-held suspicion that the Olympic-size ego of today’s average professional athlete is exceeded only by his cluelessness when it comes to handling money. Both stories involved players in the… Read More
The best thing about the state Department of Education’s tentative proposal to tie earning a high-school diploma to mastering the Learning Results is that it wouldn’t begin until 2006. That should give Maine educators and the public plenty of time to debate the strengths and weaknesses in the… Read More
Ever since Al Gore got hammered for claim that he “took the initiative in creating the Internet,” politicians don’t go around taking credit for inventing something. That said, one could make a pretty good case that Sen. Olympia Snowe was the first to publicize the so-called “gender gap.”… Read More
As we candidates for public office head into the final stretch of this year’s campaign season, we all look to spread our names throughout our respective districts. One successful and proven way to get the word out is with the venerable campaign sign. As a candidate for Maine… Read More
In response to Robert O. Voight’s op-ed of Sept. 27, I ask him and anyone who agrees with his bizarre logic just what is going to be left if the feared “enviros” get their way? Maine is going to be left, that’s what. Forests. Fields. Wildlife. Clean water. Read More
As the comments against the building of a 5-acre Wal-Mart Superstore on Bangor’s Stillwater Avenue increase in number, it becomes obvious there is a growing local sentiment against the giant retailer. I’d assumed as many others had that the coming of this massive complex was a “done deal.”… Read More
The so-called “cartoon” on the editorial page of the Bangor Daily News on Sept. 22 [picturing proposed monuments on the Washington Mall] is a disgrace and a derogatory reflection on all Maine veterans. It is neither humor nor satire. Obviously, the “cartoonist” is insensitive, insufferable and specifically unappreciative… Read More
You reported (BDN, Sept. 27) that Larry Mahaney is unhappy with the University of Maine’s refusal of an offer to fund raise for a seasonal dome and with mediocrity in athletics. He decries the lack of real toilets at the playing fields. If he is… Read More
After reading what John Gould wrote about assisted living (BDN, Sept. 22 ), I had to write. I live in an assisted living place and I love it. It is called Leisure Village. Everyone here is very nice to me and very kind. I feel… Read More