The Santa’s Helper Fund has reached almost $30,000 in donations, reaching 60 percent of its goal with only two weeks left to support this year’s effort. Consider joining the many people and organizations who are assisting The Salvation Army through this charity. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
LUBEC – It’s Monday morning and Maine’s only high school aquaculture laboratory is humming with activity. Debra Brown and Sara McConnell are bent over a microscope examining slides of phytoplankton they collected from the town marina. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR – A ruling last week by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission could cost electricity users in Maine and throughout New England millions, possibly billions, of dollars. State energy experts are calling the decision “bizarre,” saying the only ones to benefit from the federal ruling… Read More
Stearns of Millinocket football star Justin Cummings, already the recipient of the LTC Class C Player of the Year award, is one of three finalists for the Fitzpatrick Trophy. Cummings, Massabesic of Waterboro’s Jason O’Tash and Quinton Porter of Portland, were announced as the top… Read More
NEWPORT – After a preseason full of distractions and discontent, the Nokomis Warriors were eager to get the regular season started. And boy did it show. Nokomis seized momentum and the lead almost immediately after the opening tip and raced out to a 14-3 advantage… Read More
BANGOR – When the Caribou girls basketball team came out in a zone defense Saturday against Bangor, it was almost like a test – the Vikings knew Ram forward Terra Curtis would shoot the ball, but would the rest of the team take shots from the perimeter? And… Read More
ORONO – As he paced in front of his bench waiting for Sunday’s basketball game to start, Norfolk State coach Wil Jones greeted one University of Maine player like he was a long-lost friend, figuring out the ploy might pay off later on. “I tried… Read More
In theaters WHAT WOMEN WANT Directed by Nancy Meyers. Written by Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa and Diane Drake. 110 minutes. PG-13. 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
JONESPORT – A powerful wave during a pounding storm may have caused the load aboard the 35-foot trawler The Little Raspy to shift, swamping the boat and sending the three mussel fishermen aboard to their deaths in Chandler Bay. The bodies of all three men… Read More
Record-breaking warm weather and a mischievous storm system brought a combination of thunderstorms, flooding and wind to New England, sending emergency crews scurrying throughout the region. According to the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., the mercury climbed past records in Hartford, Conn., Concord, N.H.,… Read More
INDIAN TOWNSHIP – The controversy over whether the state has the authority to issue federal water pollution permits for Indian lands – a debate that has resulted in contempt citations for the governors of two Indian tribes – has made Passamaquoddy tribal members distrustful of any state effort… Read More
ORONO – Notable graduates of the University of Maine include scientists, engineers, professional athletes, members of Congress, a Nobel Prize winner and perhaps the world’s most-read author. On Saturday, 462 students were awarded degrees at the 197th commencement, joining the ranks, if not matching the… Read More
CAMDEN – An antique dealer and the girlfriend he shot to death before killing himself had been together for about a year, but she apparently wanted to end the relationship, investigators said. Detectives during the weekend were questioning friends and associates of Paul Turnbull, 49,… Read More
CENTERVILLE, Mass. – University of Maine kicker Todd Jagoutz was named the first-string kicker on the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I-AA All-Star team on Friday. Jagoutz, who finished his career as the Black Bears’ leading all-time scorer, was the lone UMaine player selected to… Read More
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BANGOR – The owner of a Stetson center for training hunting dogs was fined $1,200 last week after pleading guilty to three charges related to setting traps, some on 6-foot poles, to capture birds of prey. Dennis Seelenbrandt, 54, apparently wanted to catch and kill… Read More
ALFRED – A Wells man who stuffed his girlfriend into the trunk of her car faces up to 40 years in prison after being found guilty Friday of kidnapping and attempted murder. A York County Superior Court jury also found Olin K. Williams, 23, guilty… Read More
A night shift employee at the Airport Mall Shop ‘n Save discovered his car, a 1990 Ford sedan, was missing Saturday morning from the store’s parking lot. The employee, who had left the keys in his vehicle, discovered that the Bangor Police Department had learned that the vehicle… Read More
BAR HARBOR – Tourists and horse trailers are a frightening combination in Acadia National Park, a group of equestrians told park officials this weekend. Tourists visit the facility for carriage rides provided by a concessionaire under contract to the park. In addition, equestrians can bring… Read More
WALDOBORO – A benefit dinner will be held for Debra and Vincent Grassia at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Waldoboro VFW Hall on Mill Street. Debra was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor in a place that is inoperable. Debra has had a long battle over… Read More
STONINGTON – A 27-year-old woman rolled her new Ford, causing an estimated $7,000 in damage, when she struck a patch of ice and lost control of the vehicle Friday morning. According to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, Michelle Eaton of Stonington was driving too fast… Read More
SURRY – A 19-year-old Sedgwick man was found unconscious on the shoulder beside Route 172 Friday morning with no recollection of how he arrived there. Several residents were gathered around Eddie Silguero, covering him with blankets, when Hancock County Deputy Jason Lepper arrived. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
PITTSFIELD – After Skowhegan Regional Vocational Center director Ray Arbour criticized SAD 53 earlier this year for what he perceived as a lack of participation by Maine Central Institute students in the center, MCI took a close look at how it was informing students about vocational education. Read More
Newport District Court Delores E. Adams, 28, Corinna, operating motor vehicle after suspension of driver’s license, $250; failure to appear in court on criminal summons, continued for sentencing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Town councilors will hold six public hearings Tuesday night, including one for the proposed $2.3 million 2001 town budget. With councilors divided on one key issue in the budget – the retention of the economic director’s full-time position – it’s uncertain whether the budget will pass… Read More
Houlton District Court Travis White, 15, Wade, failing to give motor vehicle accident information, jail 48 hours; failing to make oral or written accident report, jail 48 hours; operating motor vehicle without driver’s license, jail 48 hours. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Fort Kent District Court William E. Ahrendt, 40, Fort Kent, operating motor vehicle without driver’s license, $75. 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
PRESQUE ISLE – A Caribou man is facing a felony charge after allegedly smashing windows at the field offices of two members of Congress, two law offices and the former residence of a state legislator, police said Saturday. Lance Kelley, 48, was arrested late Friday… Read More
CARIBOU – After five years of budgets with decreases, the proposed spending plan for 2001 for Aroostook County government reflects an increase of 6.5 percent in expenditures. The $5.3 million budget, which funds agencies such as the District Attorney’s Office, the county jail and the… Read More
CALAIS – The federal government has turned off the tap on the city’s effort to establish a water source at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. That unilateral decision could cost the city the $275,000 it already has spent on the project. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ALFRED – A Wells man who stuffed his girlfriend into the trunk of her car faces up to 40 years in prison after being found guilty Friday of kidnapping and attempted murder. A York County Superior Court jury also found Olin K. Williams, 23, guilty… Read More
PORTLAND – Maine Turnpike Authority Chairman Julian Coles should have tried harder to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest when the panel voted for a new interchange near a moving business he owns, an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office concluded. Coles did… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Two 15-year-old boys, one from Pittsfield and the other from Detroit, were arrested early Sunday and charged with stealing a pickup truck from a Route 100 driveway. Gareth Southard reported his 1988 Ford stolen about 6 a.m. and police discovered it abandoned less… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Acquaintances of the woman accused of killing her husband’s mistress nine years ago in California are shocked by the allegations. Susan Navarat, 47, narrowly escaped arrest in Brunswick on Tuesday. Navarat, who has run the Thai Place restaurant for the past five years,… Read More
NEW YORK – Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Garth Snow has been suspended for two games by the NHL for punching Florida Panthers forward Peter Worrell. The play occurred at 14:36 of the third period of Friday’s game at Pittsburgh, won by Florida 4-1. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR – Nick Wiberg scored 23 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Eastern Maine Technical College to a 99-66 men’s basketball victory over Southern Maine Tech Sunday. Brad Galley added 22 points as Mike Dow poured in 18 for the Golden Eagles. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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LONG ISLAND – A Portland man suffered a minor injury when hit by buckshot fired by his hunting companion Saturday during a specially authorized hunt to remove nuisance deer on this Casco Bay island, the Maine Warden Service said. Daniel Train, 31, was struck in… Read More
BANGOR – The electricity users most likely to be hit hardest by a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruling last week could be those in the transmission area of Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. FERC’s ruling is expected to have a widespread impact on power rates throughout Maine,… Read More
BANGOR – Mike Merritt scored three goals and notched an assist to power the Orono Red Riots to a 6-0 high school hockey victory over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies Saturday at Sawyer Arena. Patt Skall notched a goal and an assist while Eric Gordon and… Read More
LUBEC – Miranda Richardson’s three-pointer from the left side of the key as the buzzer sounded lifted the Lubec girls basketball team to a 39-37 win over East Grand Saturday in high school basketball action. Amber Lavalley had grabbed a defensive rebound and passed it… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor High girls soccer team didn’t get quite as far as it wanted to in the Class A playoffs this fall. Nevertheless, the state’s soccer coaches have recognized four of the Rams as among the top players in Eastern Maine. With two… Read More
Come one, come all is the invitation for a “Christmas Carol Sing and Potluck Supper” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, at the Prospect Harbor Methodist Church. The supper is the major holiday event sponsored by Schoodic Arts for All. New SAA director Mary Laury… Read More
BOSTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit recently affirmed a Bangor jury’s decision awarding a former employee of a Waterville U-Haul outlet $300,000 for sex discrimination. In a decision rendered Dec. 7, the appeals court affirmed that Karen Romano of Augusta… Read More
FREEPORT – A ceremony was held last week at the Harraseeket Inn to install Joseph Koch, president of Dragon Products Co., as chairman of the board of directors of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce. Koch replaces 1999-2000 board Chairman Peter Vigue, president of Cianbro Corp. of Pittsfield. Read More
WINTHROP – A bedspread maker whose name is synonymous with Lewiston’s industrial might is having unexpected trouble making the move 23 miles up the road to Winthrop. Bates of Maine has been granted an extension of its current lease in Lewiston while it attempts to… Read More
Following are petitions for bankruptcy filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: Karen Whitney, shipping clerk, one dependent, Fort Kent; assets, $2,460; debts, $13,194. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – It’s the theory of supply and demand that has growers producing potatoes for the fresh market seeing red. With a lot more potatoes grown this year across the country, the price has plummeted to about $2.50 to $3 per 100 pounds of… Read More
So we finally got some serious snow. OK, not so much. But for a child, any time the ground is barely white, it’s time for the sleds, snowboards, snow tubes and discs to come out. Every winter, an average of 35,000 children 14 and under are treated in… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Dairy farmer Bernard “Bunny” Grignon said Sunday that being tied to the farm is just part of his way of life. “Whether you have one cow or 1,000 cows, you are there forever,” he said. “You don’t get too far away.” Cows are… Read More
PORTLAND – The financial struggle for BroadcastAmerica.com has worsened to the point executives informed the Internet broadcaster’s remaining workers that there was not enough money to pay them. The announcement Friday came after a federal bankruptcy judge gave a pair of key vendors permission to… Read More
Unlike the standard divas ruling the pop and country music charts, Kathy Mattea is multidimensional. Rather than using her guitar as a prop while jumping octaves with overblown vibrato, Mattea obviously prides herself on musicianship. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
WINTER WAITS, written by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001, 32 pages, hardcover, $16. Lynn Plourde had written her beautiful and eloquent “Wild Child,” a picture book celebrating autumn, personified as a child in a warm, intimate… Read More
Three floors above a busy Bangor intersection, in a small, sunny, mirrored room that smells like lunch and lead paint, Robert Leins tells me to close my eyes and just be. “You don’t have to remember anything,” he said, “just let go.” I peek. I… Read More
Once he got over the shock of television, the Internet and adventures in space, a visiting Charles Dickens no doubt would want to take in a year 2000 production of “A Christmas Carol,” the 1843 tale which annually plays in theaters around the world. Dickens,… Read More
Despite a tight state budget expected next year, Education Commissioner Duke Albanese did the right thing this week by proposing that Maine stay on track for recovering K-12 funding lost to communities in the early 1990s recession. His recommendation that General Purpose Aid to Education be increased by… Read More
As winter closes in, take a moment to look on the bright side. The sights and sounds and smells of the season make it a time to relish, not just something to soldier through. The scraping at night of steel blades against pavement reminds us… Read More
Recently there has been a lot of media coverage about neglect and abuse in long-term nursing care facilities. How about looking at the other side of the coin and writing an article titled, “The better side of nursing care.” I work in a nursing facility,… Read More
It was a horrific deed these young men proceeded to do in killing Have At It and Rocket in the Pittsfield area. My heart goes out to the owners and the caravan folks. Perhaps these young men should be sentenced for two years to a… Read More
I am writing in response to Robert Ronco’s letter (BDN, Dec. 12) concerning the Palestinians. Ronco compares the Jewish resettlement in Palestine with “a mullah and contingent of Arabic military” coming up the Penobscot and conquering Bangor. He leaves out the fact that unlike this Arab invasion force,… Read More
It’s becoming clear from the outpouring of letters that the management at Maine Public Radio has made what may prove to be a fatal mistake (for them) by arbitrarily making programming changes that go completely counter to the precepts and raison d’etre of public radio. Read More
I once found a “cousin” by leaving a note on a gravestone where both of us had been placing flowers on Memorial Day. These days, of course, it’s not unusual to find a relative through the Internet, a new-fashioned device that can make for some old-fashioned reunions. Read More