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FORT KENT – Jessica Maurais’ goal with 30:04 left in the game gave the No. 8 Old Town Indians a 3-2 Class B semifinal victory over the No. 5 Fort Kent Warriors in schoolgirl soccer action Tuesday. Mallory Brown assisted on the winning goal for… Read More
DEXTER – Kristy Veazie scored two goals to power the No. 2 Dexter Tigers to a 5-1 Class C quarterfinal victory over the No. 7 Orono Red Riots in field hockey action Tuesday. Karen Nelson chipped in with a goal and two assists for the… Read More
BANGOR – Katy Calligan scored two goals, increasing her league-leading points total to 36, while leading fourth-seeded Husson College to a 2-0 victory over No. 5 UMaine-Machias in Maine Athletic Conference women’s soccer quarterfinal action on Tuesday. Calligan, who has 12 goals and 12 assists… Read More
DEXTER – Kristy Veazie scored two goals to power the No. 2 Dexter Tigers to a 5-1 Class C quarterfinal victory over the No. 7 Orono Red Riots in field hockey action Tuesday. Karen Nelson chipped in with a goal and two assists for the… Read More
Joe Kennedy, the public address announcer for University of Maine hockey games since 1990, has resigned his position. The 34-year-old Kennedy was replaced by Jim Baines for last weekend’s Black Bear Hockey Classic games at the Alfond Arena. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
MADAWASKA – Katia Sirois finished off a give-and-go with Amy Roy to lift the No. 1 Madawaska girls soccer team to a 1-0 win over No. 4 Dexter in an Eastern Maine Class C semifinal Tuesday. Sirois started the play with a pass to Roy… Read More
LEE – As the George Stevens Academy girls soccer team sat on the visitor’s bench at Linscott Field for a celebratory picture after Tuesday’s game against Lee Academy, some of the Eagles held up two fingers in a victory sign as they posed. Two fingers… Read More
GUILFORD – The first time Piscataquis Community High played Mattanawcook Academy in field hockey this fall, the Pirates spotted their foes a 3-0 lead before roaring back and winning in overtime. The second time, PCHS prevailed 1-0 … also in overtime. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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After Roger Clemens’ bat-throwing incident involving Mike Piazza in Game 2 of the World Series, the mob of reporters at Shea Stadium on Monday for the teams’ off-day workouts was a sight to behold. There were more press there than at the game on Sunday. The only questions… Read More
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AUGUSTA – Two numbers come up repeatedly when it comes to hiring and holding onto teachers. One is that during the next decade more than 2 million of the nation’s 5 million teachers will need to be replaced. The second is that about one-third of… Read More
PORTLAND – The stepbrother of a Maine native killed in Austin, Texas, says Kevin MacDonald paid for his role as peacemaker. MacDonald and his co-worker at a software company were shot to death by a taxi driver early Saturday, police said. MacDonald’s co-worker died at… Read More
HAMPDEN – Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facility’s expansion plans received a major boost Tuesday after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the planning board must review the application but can’t prohibit an expansion. Sending the issue back to the Superior Court, which in turn will… Read More
GUILFORD – William “Bill” Larrabee of Sebec, a cooperative observer for the National Weather Service, was recognized Tuesday as a recipient of the John Campanius Holm Award, the weather service’s highest volunteer honor. The award, named for the Lutheran minister who was the first person… Read More
If you have a child in school and a computer at home, you’ve probably already been through this drill more than a few times. It’s evening, and a report is due in class tomorrow. The subject might be an artist of the Renaissance, the origin… Read More
FARMINGTON – Two teens were killed when a car spun off a road and crashed into trees early Tuesday in Farmington, police said. Speed was a factor in the accident that claimed the lives of the driver and passenger at 12:11 a.m. on the Whittier… Read More
LEWISTON – The city and lawyers for a federal grant applicant disagree on whether the City Council ran afoul of Maine’s freedom of information law by holding private meetings about a downtown real estate deal. Attorneys for Normand Rousseau, who holds a lease on the… Read More
MACHIAS – Gene banking may be the last resort for saving wild Atlantic salmon from the “full-scale disaster” that acid rain is causing on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore, a Canadian scientist said Monday. Dr. Fred Whoriskey said acid rain deposits have touched virtually all 65… Read More
FREEPORT – Voters will decide Nov. 7 whether Town Hall is too valuable to continue to serve as the seat of Freeport’s municipal government. The red brick building on Main Street is just a couple of blocks from L.L. Bean, a prime location that commands… Read More
ORONO – Authorities identified the University of Maine student who shot and killed himself Monday as 18-year-old Richard P. Fournier Jr., a first-year student from Windsor. The State Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Tuesday that Fournier’s death was a suicide and reported he died of a… Read More
BANGOR – The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has named a merit selection committee to review applications for a federal bankruptcy judgeship that soon will be available in Bangor. Judge Kermit V. Lipez, a federal appeals court justice, and Senior Circuit Judge Conrad… Read More
PORTLAND – The state of Maine is negotiating with parties interested in acquiring an 80,000-ton dry dock in Portland Harbor. The 844-foot platform originally was used to repair damaged Navy ships in the Pacific during World War II. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. – Govs. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Howard Dean of Vermont and Angus King of Maine said Tuesday the three states are ready to take the next step in a plan to lower prescription drug costs. In July, they agreed to organize a… Read More
Here is an unusual invitation issued to students, parents and educators by members of AMSAT, a worldwide group of amateur radio operators who share an active interest in building, launching and communicating with one another through noncommercial amateur radio satellites. The invitation comes via Pete… Read More
BREWER – Stan Harmon, a key member of Brewer’s management team, announced he is resigning from his post as finance director to return to his former position as finance director for the coastal resort town of Bar Harbor. Brewer City Manager Stephen Bost said late… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET – School Union 113 is the recipient of a $1 million grant for a literacy program that will provide the community with a family literacy program and an adult basic education program, among other benefits. The program, under the umbrella name of Chickadee… Read More
BANGOR – First the utility’s president gave a historical perspective on how the business got started in 1887 in Maine. Then, after a couple questions, the vote was revealed – the majority of Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.’s shareholders Tuesday approved selling the company to Emera Inc. of Halifax, Nova… Read More
WASHINGTON – The New England School of Communications in Bangor has just 123 students and a lot of criminal activity, or so it seems. That’s the statistical finding presented in a new electronic report by the U.S. Department of Education that is designed to show… Read More
BANGOR – One of every eight Americans is governed by a member of the Bush family, according to Doro Bush-Koch, sister of the governors of Texas and Florida. During a Tuesday morning campaign stop at Husson College, the daughter of former President George Bush joked… Read More
BANGOR – As businesspeople, they wanted to know how to successfully sell their wares online. But as consumers, those attending a program on Internet marketing Tuesday sought ways to protect their identities from other companies in cyberspace. “Customers don’t trust that their personal information will… Read More
HOULTON – The Town Council on Monday night, sitting in its capacity as the Shiretown Development Corp., voted 5-2 to provide $10,000 in funding to the Southern Aroostook Development Corp. to help market the region to outside business and industry. The Shiretown Development Corp. is… Read More
BAILEYVILLE – Georgia-Pacific Corp. officials would neither confirm nor deny Tuesday that the pulp and paper mill has been sold, but a spokesperson said that the facility is one of several being considered by potential purchasers. Asked if potential buyers would tour the facility next… Read More
HOULTON – The issue of competition for the town’s cable television service is back in the picture again. At Monday’s Town Council meeting, Councilor Philip Bernaiche presented a petition bearing 558 signatures to council Chairman Paul Romanelli, asking that the council reconsider its action at… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – County residents seemed generally pleased Monday night with road improvement plans proposed by the Maine Department of Transportation. But whether there will be enough money to cover the cost of projects recommended in the department’s six-year plan remains to be seen. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
MACHIAS – The Farm Service Agency will provide farm ownership loans for the socially disadvantaged in Washington County. The agency said in a news release that it will target farm ownership loan funds and inventory farms to the county. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BAILEYVILLE – The town council is pursuing a $1.6 million grant that could lead to the construction of an International Free Trade Center at the town’s new Industrial Park on Route 1. The free trade center would encompass most of eastern Washington County’s transportation assets… Read More
AUGUSTA – There is more wood in Maine’s forests than there was four years ago, the director of the Maine Forest Service said Tuesday in referring to a new inventory of the state’s timberlands. Supporters of a ballot question that aims to limit timber harvesting… Read More
LINCOLN, Neb. – With just five electoral votes, Nebraska rarely draws much attention during presidential campaigns. But the unusual way the state hands out those votes could make history Nov. 7. The same goes for Maine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
WASHINGTON – Congress on Tuesday gave final approval to the creation of a 2 million-barrel home heating oil reserve for the Northeast and belatedly restored the president’s authority to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The House voice vote on the energy bill came with… Read More
BAXTER STATE PARK – A yearlong mystery ended for authorities Tuesday when the dense forest of Maine’s largest wilderness park gave up a pair of tiny secrets: the bodies of two children from an Attleboro, Mass., religious sect. Meeting with reporters on the shore of… Read More
BANGOR – Jane Doe was among the estimated 3,000 people to crowd into last week’s campaign rally for presidential hopeful George W. Bush at the Bangor International Airport. After the event, the 50-year-old Bangor woman, who did not want to be identified, said she was… Read More
WINTERPORT – The town has completed the street naming and numbering tasks associated with the E-911 system and will soon seek resident confirmation of its work. Town manager Leo LaChance said Tuesday that he hoped to have a confirmation letter in the mail to each… Read More
SURRY – A celebration of 200 years of Methodism will be held at the Surry United Methodist Church. The congregation will hold the community service at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, at the church on Route 172. The service will also be a dedication of… Read More
ELLSWORTH – The Union River Watershed Coalition will sponsor an information-sharing forum from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Unitarian Universalist Church on the Bucksport Road. The coalition will inform attendees about what towns, nonprofits, citizen associations, state and federal agencies and… Read More
BUCKSPORT -Bucksport Story Ladies will read some scary stories. The readings for children will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at BookStacks, 333 Main St. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR – A fishing boat called the Cindy Jean was disabled about 400 yards off the beach between Great Duck and Little Duck islands at about 5:30 p.m. Monday. The Coast Guard station at Southwest Harbor received the distress call at 5:41 p.m. and… Read More
BAR HARBOR – The Acadia Waldorf School is offering a puppet-making workshop for second- through fifth-graders from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at 55 Kebo St.Patty Kelley, the school’s kindergarten art teacher, will host the class. The fee is $10 and includes materials. Read More
ROCKPORT – A 69-year-old Searsport man remained in a hospital Tuesday with injuries suffered in a car crash on U.S. 1 that killed his wife. A car driven by Robert Mueller crashed Monday into the rear of a Verizon bucket truck that was parked in the breakdown lane… Read More
GOULDSBORO – A two-car accident at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and Route 195 sent four people to an Ellsworth hospital Monday. Guy Wycoff, Gouldsboro police chief, said the accident took place when Haven Ross, 35, of Birch Harbor was blinded by the sun… Read More
BELFAST – The push for a larger role for city planning is going to create the need for additional staff in the department. City Manager Terry St. Peter made that observation during his weekly press meeting Tuesday. St. Peter said that the planning department is… Read More
ELLSWORTH – Both city officials and local business owners agree that the handful of downtown businesses which aren’t connected to the city sewer lines need to get connected as quickly as possible. What they can’t agree upon is who will foot the bill. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
SKOWHEGAN – A Skowhegan woman was killed Tuesday after being run over by a Pepsi truck outside a redemption center, police said. Nikki Libby, 25, died outside of C&M Redemption on St. Mark’s Street, where her husband works, Skowhegan Police Chief Butch Asselin said Tuesday… Read More
KNOX – Fire hit the Gold Top Farm Tuesday afternoon, leveling a pole barn full of hay and destroying equipment but sparing humans and cattle. Fire Chief Matthew Shaw said the barn had no electrical power and no open burning was taking place in the… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Selectmen voted Monday to proceed with the purchase of property on Park Street to allow North Country Residential Care to begin construction of a $1 million residential care facility. Residents in April supported the construction of the privately owned facility by approving the… Read More
DETROIT – A nighttime vandalism spree that authorities believe was committed by juveniles has shut down the Detroit Fire Department for the immediate future. A resident passing by early Tuesday morning discovered window glass shattered in two doors at the fire station in the center… Read More
FAIRFIELD – Fairfield police have charged a 15-year-old boy with stealing a pickup truck from outside a Winslow home. The Fairfield teen-ager was charged this week with leaving the scene of an accident, driving without a license and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, according… Read More
FAIRFIELD – Police are investigating the theft of a pair of snowmobiles from an Old Center Road home sometime Monday. The owner reported the two snowmobiles stolen around 7 p.m., after returning home from work. They were worth about $11,000, according to investigating Officer Frank… Read More
Most Maine people wear many hats. In a free society, some hats may initially seem philosophically contradictory, even to our close friends. The forestry referendum made me change hats many times, as I looked at it from many different points of view. After trying on all my hats,… Read More
CLINTON – The search for a police chief has been narrowed to two finalists, Town Manager Christina Therrien told selectmen Tuesday night. The town has been without a full-time chief since the end of August, when Dana McInnis took a job outside of law enforcement… Read More
HAMPDEN – When your team is young, the opening minutes of a game can mean everything. With only one senior starter and two total on the roster, Hampden Academy is one of those teams, and Tuesday’s Eastern Maine Class A semifinal soccer playoff was one… Read More
Ghoulishly Godiva So sticky sweets and bite-size candy bars aren’t your thing? Try Godiva’s Halloween Ballotins, traditional gold boxes wrapped with a sleek black mask; the Pumpkin Patch, a set of five pumpkin-flavored truffles topped with cinnamon sugar and wrapped in orange foil with leaves;… Read More
LEWISTON – Starting in early December, Maine Public Radio’s schedule will change to include a greater mix of news, information and special music programs. Beginning Dec. 3, more public affairs programming will be added to the afternoon schedule. At 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, National… Read More
Halloween parties aren’t just for kids. The grownup kind is much more fun – no bobbing for apples, none of those nasty peeled-grape eyeballs or spaghetti brains in jars, and no haunted house. Instead of dressing up in whatever your mom wanted to sew (or… Read More
I’d like to commend Erik Steele for his thoughtful Oct. 17 column urging voters to reject Question 1, the so-called “right to die” initiative. His is the best piece I’ve read on the issues involved. Question 1 assumes that terminally ill patients are clear-minded and… Read More
OLD TOWN – Four people arrested late last week for breaking into two homes face additional charges as authorities have linked them with more than a half-dozen burglaries in the Greater Bangor area. Robert Stilphen, 18, and his brother Wayne Stilphen, 20, of Old Town… Read More
BANGOR – St. Joseph Hospital will offer influenza vaccine to the community through a series of clinics in October and November in the Broadway lobby. The vaccine will be available to anyone, including children six months or older, on the following dates: 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25; 9… Read More
OLD TOWN – A good piece of land is hard to find in this city built mostly on a marshy island. A parcel of land that will accommodate a modern police and fire station has been especially tough to track down. The Public Safety Building… Read More
BANGOR – Recent news of a proposed alternative to methadone treatment dominated the discussion at a spirited Tuesday night meeting of the City Council’s special committee on opiate addiction. The joint committee explored the role of buprenorphine, a less-addictive heroin substitute, in treating the area’s… Read More
HAMPDEN – A candidates’ night for local and state positions will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at the VFW Hall on Canoe Club Road. Running unopposed for three Town Council positions are Don Muth, Dana Skinner and incumbent Robert Gilberti. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Ralph Nader harbors no illusion that he will be elected president Nov. 7. To quote Late Night TV comic David Letterman’s “No. 7” on the really funny “Top Ten Ways Nader Can Still Win”: “Point out that since he’s kind of goofy-looking, no chance of… Read More
After eight weeks, the strike at Bath Iron Works is over. Labor praises the gains it made in wages, benefits and, most importantly, work rules, through hard-fought negotiations. Management says it’s just glad the company can get back to building the world’s best ships. For Maine’s largest industrial… Read More
Ballot Question 1 on the back of the city ballot concerning the methadone maintenance clinic may be one of the most important votes Bangor property taxpayers ever cast. Although nonbinding, a yes vote with strengthen the City Council’s February resolve to oppose the methadone maintenance clinic by all… Read More
Groups supporting Question 1, Death with Dignity, yesterday argued that an advertisement their opponents have been showing on television is false and misleading. The ad shows, first, an Oregon doctor talking about the problems with the measure in his state and then portrays a teen-age girl going to… Read More
An editing error changed a letter published Tuesday concerning the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter. The Bangor Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21 in the third-floor council chambers. Read More
Waves of laughter washed over the Maine Center for the Arts on Monday night as the satirical group the Capitol Steps skewered everyone from Tipper Gore to Monica Lewinsky. Not even Maine’s chief executive, relaxing in the audience with his wife, Mary Herman, escaped the quintet’s poison darts. Read More
I would like to respond to a recent letter (BDN, Oct. 20) by Jon Reisman attacking me for my support during the first session of the 119th Legislature for LD 1268, An Act to Provide Equal Treatment in the Taxation of Public Pensions. A lot of inaccurate information… Read More
At the June meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, Councilor Gary Fortier advised parents to hold down school costs by doing their job as parents and sending kids to school ready to learn. That is a good idea, but if you have done your job and brought up… Read More
Right now, today, you need to drive your car or truck slowly, carefully along Maine highways and byways. Find someone putting in wood, someone who looks like they might need a hand. Stop your vehicle and say, “Excuse me sir/madam, would you do me a big favor please?… Read More
ROCKPORT – With a Friday deadline looming, selectmen were unable to complete their review of an application to the state Department of Transportation for funds for a pedestrian-bicycle path Monday night. The board recessed their meeting until Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Richardson Room… Read More
WARREN – With candles in hand and placards raised high Tuesday, residents and neighbors opposed to the state’s planned widening of Route 1 showed their energy had not diminished. Beginning at dusk, about two dozen people straddled both sides of Routes 1 and 90 and… Read More
While we voters are deliberating on Question 2, perhaps we should look at the big picture, instead of only looking at our pocketbooks. I have lived in Maine my entire life and care for it deeply. How many more signs do we need in order to believe that… Read More
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ELLSWORTH – Maine Coast Memorial Hospital’s Health-Link will sponsor a child and adult immunization clinic. The screenings and clinic will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Mill Mall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More