WASHINGTON – Former Maine Gov. John R. McKernan told the National Education Goals Panel here Saturday that the nation’s governors must take steps to expand student testing in schools. “What gets the attention is the end result, and that is student achievement,” McKernan said. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    A regional trade mission to South Africa is being planned among Maine, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island and New Hampshire businesses from May 4 to 12. The deadline for participation in the overseas trade mission is Wednesday. The mission will focus on industry sectors that have… Read More
    In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, several companies are recalling children’s products that pose risk of injury. CRIBS: Simmons Juvenile Products is recalling more than 68,600 cribs for repair. Bracket hooks used to position the height of the mattress can break, causing… Read More
    Peoples Heritage Bank has announced the promotion of Allen L. Campbell to assistant vice president and Phillip L. Martin to assistant vice president in the commercial lending department, both at the 77 Exchange St. branch in Bangor. Campbell will continue to manage daily operations in his role as… Read More
    Take your pet out to dinner. The price of a nice meal for two is what it would cost to have your pet spayed or neutered, a couple days of doggie day care or the fees for the appropriate vaccinations to keep your pet healthy. Read More
    With the economic slowdown, big houses are going begging across the country. Those multi-million-dollar palaces, with four or five bathrooms and a heated garage for the Ferraris and Bentleys, are suddenly stranded on the market, says The Wall Street Journal. Not so in Northeast Harbor,… Read More
    When the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case argued last week on the use of thermal-imaging cameras and the right, under the Fourth Amendment, “of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures,” they may well turn to a… Read More
    Gov. King’s proposed meal and lodging sales tax increase to provide tourism promotion funding, supported in recent editorials (BDN, Feb. 15, “Building tourism”) and columns (BDN, Feb. 3-4, David H. Boggs, “Golden opportunity for Maine business”), raises serious concerns for small licensed restaurant owners like us. Read More
    I am student at Belfast Area High School and am very concerned with the article that was written in your paper (Feb. 8). When I read Walter Griffin’s story on the fire that happened, I was disgusted and upset. He did not explain what really happened. I felt… Read More
    After reading the article in the Bangor Daily News on Feb. 13 on the resignation of Joe Munster, the fire chief of Rockwood, I am upset and concerned. I am a former resident of Rockwood. In October 2000, my brother and wife, owners of Maynard’s… Read More
    I read that the ability to trap selectively is a skill and also a responsibility. There are many places and ways to catch animals, and skilled trappers learn to pass up trap set locations where problems might occur in favor of locations where problems can’t occur. Read More
    BANGOR – Three callers have contacted the toll-free hot line for “America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back” on the whereabouts of missing Bangor accountant Rod Hotham, a hot line operator said Sunday afternoon. The tips were received late Saturday and early Sunday just after the… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Child and Family Opportunities is seeking to expand its HomeStart program in Hancock County, especially in Blue Hill, Otis and Mount Desert Island. CFO seeks certified family child care providers or individuals interested in starting a family child care business. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    NEWBURGH – The two-way race for first selectman took a controversial turn last month after incumbent Gene Sparrow questioned his opponent’s character in the town newsletter. Referring to Tom Jackemeyer, Sparrow said in the Jan. 31 Town Crier that he “carried a specific agenda and… Read More
    BANGOR – The police bomb team was called to Bangor International Airport on Saturday morning after American Eagle staff reported a suspicious-looking suitcase. Bangor police Officer Butch Moor said in a police report that when a passenger checked his luggage but failed to make his… Read More
    Bangor District Court Jason Phillips, 17, Carmel, operating motor vehicle without driver’s license, $150, suspended, 25 hours community service; possessing drug paraphernalia, dismissed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
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    CASTINE – A semiformal charity ball will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the Maine Maritime Academy Student Center to raise money to buy playground equipment for Castine’s Adams School. The event, sponsored by the MMA chapter of Alpha Phi… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – “Raising of the Green,” a community supper, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Bar Harbor Congregational Church. Donations will be accepted at the door, and a raffle will be held for a Nova Scotia getaway. Read More
    ST. ALBANS – Re-evaluating taxable property has nothing to do with raising more money for the town. It has everything to do with making property taxes fair for every taxpayer. Those were the two points stressed Saturday night for about two dozen St. Albans taxpayers who attended a… Read More
    MACHIAS – Blueberry growers in Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo and Washington counties are eligible to participate in a federally funded, integrated-crop management program. The incentive payment for the program is $20 per acre each year for three years. The payment covers the cost of scouting… Read More
    MACHIAS – A $20,000 contribution by Atlantic Salmon of Maine has aided development of a key component of the Center for Lifelong Learning at the University of Maine at Machias. Des FitzGerald, longtime official of the Belfast-based salmon production company, recently announced the corporate gift. Read More
    MACHIAS – The Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District is coordinating a spring trout stocking program for private ponds. Brook trout 6-7 inches long and rainbow trout 4-5 inches and up to trophy sizes are available. Rainbow trout cannot be stocked in the St. Read More
    CALAIS – The American Cancer Society is seeking people to join a local advisory committee to help identify needs, priorities and programs to help with cancer prevention, detection and support for Washington County residents. A meeting and pot-luck dinner will be held for those interested… Read More
    About 40 key Washington County residents are expected to participate in a tour of western Maine’s Oxford Hills area as part of a mobile think tank this week. Participants representing education, labor, business, government, students and community members will journey to Oxford Hills on Wednesday… Read More
    Ruth Cash-Smith of Dennysville recently was named project facilitator of the Washington County Education and Economic Development Alliance. Her job is to help the local steering committee develop a collaborative effort among kindergarten-through-grade 12 education, economic and work-force development, and colleges. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    MACHIAS – Responding to what she described as a “firestorm,” a legislator has withdrawn her emergency bill that would have given seaweed harvesters access rights to the intertidal zone on private shorefront property. Rep. Elaine Fuller, D-Manchester, said she had a barrage of communication on… Read More
    CAMDEN – An 18-year-old Rockport man turned himself in to police late last week after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Justin Pettee was charged with two counts of burglary in connection with entering the Emmet Meara residence on Cobb Road early Wednesday morning. Read More
    BELFAST – The fifth annual Dessert Cabaret will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, at Belfast Area High School. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a sale of baked goods provided by health care staff of Waldo County General Hospital. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    ROCKLAND – The Salvation Army Thrift Store, 33 New County Road, will have a sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, March 2. Clothing will be marked at 10 cents each, knickknacks will be 50 percent off marked prices. Books will be available for under… Read More
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    BANGOR – The Penobscot County Extension will hold a basic horse care clinic from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at the extension office. Topics include horse health, daily care, pasture management and state regulations. Cost is $5 per person or $10 per… Read More
    WINTHROP – A Senegalese man who came to Maine last year to teach French and African culture wasn’t expecting to find any familiar faces. But, as it turned out, he found a cousin just down the road. Souleymane Fall moved in with Stephen and Margy… Read More
    LEWISTON – Starting Tuesday, Maine Public Broadcasting will hold five public meetings across the state in an effort to give the public an opportunity to comment on the recent changes to Maine Public Radio’s programming. Members of Maine Public Broadcasting’s Community Advisory Board, board of… Read More
    Although we know they didn’t coin the phrase, “nothing succeeds like success,” employees and members of the Dexter Regional Federal Credit Union can certainly claim it as their own. For the fourth straight year, the DRFCU led the way in the Maine Credit Union League’s… Read More
    CONCORD, N.H. – As courts in New Hampshire this week begin hearings in the cases of two teen-agers accused of murdering two Dartmouth College professors, a Vermont judge may give the public its first clues into how authorities linked the young men to the brutal slayings. Read More
    BANGOR – An Amesbury, Mass., snowmobiler injured in an Aroostook County accident last week was in fair condition Sunday night, according to Eastern Maine Medical Center. Roger Chandonnet, 41, struck a car Thursday afternoon with his sled where a snowmobile trail intersects a road in… Read More
    NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – University of Maine sophomore center Tommy Reimann couldn’t get to the man he was supposed to be checking: Merrimack College senior center Vincent Clevenger. There was 5:39 left in regulation of a 1-1 tie and Clevenger had a ton of net… Read More
    BANGOR – For the fourth time in the last eight seasons, Jeff Hart’s Windjammers will represent Eastern Maine in the Class B state championship basketball game. Only this time, the Windjammers do so as Camden Hills, not Camden-Rockport. The name and location – Rockport, not… Read More
    BANGOR – Not since 1907 has a Piscataquis boys team had a brush with this kind of high school basketball greatness. Following an impressive 66-48 victory over a young and talented Calais club in Saturday night’s Eastern Class C title game, the top-ranked Pirates of… Read More
    BANGOR – It’s not as if the Mount Desert Island girls basketball team hasn’t been competitive in the past. The Trojans have been very competitive. They’ve been 1997 Class B state championship-competitive. But in the past four years, MDI has been knocked out of the… Read More
    Eastern Maine Classes B-C-D finals D7 – Girls, No. 1 Woodland 74, No. 6 Shead 43 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
    COLLEGE At Tufts University, Medford, Mass. 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 () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BANGOR – East Grand responded to Katahdin’s intense defensive pressure with some calm free-throw shooting to capture the school’s first-ever boys basketball title with a 53-42 win Saturday morning in the Eastern Maine Class D final at the Bangor Auditorium. Trailing by three entering the… Read More
    BANGOR – Scoring the 1,000th point of her career Saturday morning didn’t appear to matter all that much to Ashley Marble. Neither did the 34 points she had just scored. It was the plaque that mattered. The one that proclaimed her Woodland Dragons the Eastern Maine Class D… Read More
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    BANGOR – Lost in the jubilant postgame celebration breaking out on the Bangor Auditorium floor Saturday afternoon after Camden Hills’ victory in the Eastern Maine Class B boys title game was a private moment shared by head coach Jeff Hart and his mother. After the… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Robert Pilsbury poured in a game-high 25 points Sunday afternoon to lead top-seeded Husson College of Bangor to an 88-49 victory over the University of Maine-Farmington in a Maine Athletic Conference men’s basketball semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center. Anthony Russo had 15… Read More
    ORONO – Every musical has a show-stopping moment. For some, it is a big, flashy production number like the title song in “Hello Dolly!” In others, it is one character, standing alone, center stage – Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady” hitting that impossibly high note at the… Read More
    Tile makers Bradley Wiseman and Paul Spaulding of Hampden will be featured on “Modern Masters,” airing at 10:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, on Home & Garden Television. Potter Wiseman and sculptor Spaulding combine their talents to create tiles with an Old World flair. Read More
    Last fall we told you about the “Black Leadership” exhibit at the University of Southern Maine featuring items from the Gerald Talbot Collection of the African American Archives of Maine. Talbot, of course, is not only a civil rights activist and former state representative from… Read More
    In Theaters “Monkeybone.” Directed by Henry Selick. Written by Sam Hamm, based on the comic book “Dark Town” by Kaja Blackley. 87 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… Read More
    THOMASTON – A two-car crash Saturday injured six people, including an infant who was in critical condition Sunday at Maine Medical Center in Portland. The 1-month-old boy, Keegan Colby of Warren, was in the intensive-care unit, a Maine Medical Center spokeswoman said Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    THOMASTON – The University of Maine System’s Thomaston Center will hold an information session on a degree program in behavioral science. The session will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, March 5, at the Thomaston Center. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    SEARSPORT – The newly formed Searsport District High School Alumni Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in Room 10 of the Searsport District Middle School on Prospect Street. All graduates of Searsport District High School and the high schools that existed before… Read More