A panel of prestigious political, business and conservation leaders charged with finding better ways to protect the nation’s oceans will visit Maine next week. The Pew Oceans Commission, headed by Leon Panetta, chief of staff for President Clinton, will be in the Rockland area from… Read More
AUGUSTA – House Democrats stood by their guns Monday night, voting 87-55 to send a $3.4 billion single-payer health care plan to a study committee as a means of saving the bill. The Senate has rejected the plan 17-15. House Republicans called the proposal a “kamikaze,” socialist plan… Read More
Those old enough to remember life on the Maine coast 70 years ago can recall viewing great black-backed gulls with the same curiosity as they did eagles, because of the birds’ size, strength and scarcity. Today, North America’s largest gulls are as much a part of the seacoast… Read More
BUCKSPORT – The town of Bucksport will take steps to recover the costs incurred fighting two forest fires last month, including the blaze that drew firefighters from 33 towns to a Route 15 site. Town Manager Roger Raymond did not want to speak in detail… Read More
A headline on the front of MaineDay Saturday incorrectly referred to the pygmy guide horse as a pony. Read More
AUGUSTA – The state has new guidelines for workers under the age of 18 and some jobs are now off-limits, including working in businesses that provide nude entertainment and jobs that require direct contact with pesticides. The state Labor Department has updated Maine child labor… Read More
ELLSWORTH – Union Bankshares Co., holding company of Union Trust Co., has reported just more than $3 million in net income, with assets in excess of $345 million, as of Dec. 31, 2000. Officials reported earnings per share of $5.19, return on equity of 9.5… Read More
Imagine you’re standing in a long, slow-moving line at the post office, bank or supermarket and some self-important lout elbows to the front, taking cuts and demanding immediate service. Then imagine the postal worker, teller or cashier, instead of firmly directing the boor to the back of the… Read More
Navigation has gone high-tech. A gadget that can tune in on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and use satellites to tell your latitude and longitude is getting cheaper and better. It used to cost thousands of dollars, but hand-held models now sell for less than $200. Until last… Read More
Reporter Mal Leary (BDN, May ) quotes Sen. Susan Collins as surprised at the cut in job training funds for Maine. What he failed to note is that Collins voted for the tax bill and budget that contained the cuts. What gives? Ted Carter googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
In reading the article (BDN, May ) by Emmet Meara, it seems the legislators who are worried about term limits should have used a little foresight in 1993 when voting for a bill to oust our most experienced and knowledgeable representatives. If the problem was with… Read More
So Bangor Area Citizens Organized for Responsible Development is taking Wal-Mart to the state Supreme Court. I wish them luck. I have been a regular Wal-Mart shopper for several years. I discovered I could buy health and beauty aids and cleaning supplies cheaper than I could… Read More
In Hampden, for the past two decades,the third Saturday in August was reserved for Hampden Children’s Day. This was an event many residents grew up with, and looked forward to. This year may be a turning point for this event. The Hampden Children’s Day Committee,… Read More
I have been listening and reading about what a traitor Vermont Sen. James Jeffords has become. Republicans are crying their political heads off because they don’t have control of the Senate. Control comes by a majority of votes – whether Democrat or Republican. I commen… Read More
The recent Maine Senate vote against establishment of single-payer health insurance is reprehensible. How those senators can sleep nights after denying health benefits to hundreds of thousands of Mainers is beyond comprehension. They should withdraw from their legislators’ health plan. In a May 31 letter,… Read More
What do Bangor shoppers really want? Do we want another WalMart, make that supersize, with its limited and limiting selection? Because, as with any general store, which Wal-Mart is really, an extension of that marketing philosophy, if they don’t carry it, you don’t need it. Oftentimes, I’ve gone… Read More
One of Jimmy Carter’s enduring legacies resurfaced recently in Vice President Dick Cheney’s harangue on energy policy. Drawing on an image of conservationists as those who don sweaters and turn down the thermostat during the winter, the vice president intoned: “Conservation may be a personal virtue, but it… Read More
BANGOR – A local man arrested last week after he was caught inside a Brewer ambulance was indicted Monday by a Penobscot County grand jury. Cory Fling, 25, of Bangor was indicted on charges of burglary to a motor vehicle, two counts of possession of… Read More
PORTLAND – Lea Markuse’s husband was laid to rest in the cemetery hit during an anti-Semitic vandalism spree last month. She and her husband, Oskar, survived the Holocaust, and the red swastikas spray-painted on gravestones at Mount Sinai Cemetery meant something very personal to her. Read More
BAILEYVILLE – Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Montreal-based Domtar Inc. have completed a definitive agreement for Domtar to acquire a portion of G-P’s pulp and paper assets for $1.65 billion in cash. The deal, which includes G-P’s stand-alone uncoated fine paper mills in Baileyville, Ashdown, Ark., and… Read More
MILBRIDGE – To the casual observer, the town’s new municipal pier is an attractive 160-foot run of wooden decking atop concrete supports. But the Milbridge pier is the first of its kind in the world, according to Dr. Habib Dagher, director of the University of… Read More
ROCKLAND – A Knox County Jail inmate committed suicide in her cell on Friday, according to the Sheriff’s Department. Barbara L. Luszczki, 38, of Belfast and formerly of Rockland was discovered in her cell, hanging from a bedsheet that had been tied into vent holes… Read More
WISCASSET – Maine Yankee has submitted a revised license termination plan in which operators of the defunct nuclear power plant explain how they will meet the state’s strict radiological dose standard. The changes were filed with the Nuclear Regulator Commission on Friday to show that… Read More
BRADLEY – The town will hold its annual election today at the new Bradley Town Office at 165B Main St. Voters will be asked to vote on the general budget, related budget articles and referendum articles and to elect candidates to one council seat and… Read More
PORTLAND – A New Hampshire man is leading a team of runners on a 1,600-mile run to raise money for a summer camp program for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Starting Tuesday, Matt Hoidal of Nashua, N.H., and nine other runners will run… Read More
AUGUSTA – State officials are looking at Medicaid as a way to extend health insurance to middle-class Mainers. Two major bills in the Legislature would loosen the eligibility standards for the federal health insurance program for the poor. The relaxed requirements would help some people… Read More
NEWPORT – The Route 7-Williams Road intersection has been a traffic concern in Newport for a long time. SAD 48 Superintendent William Braun didn’t expect, however, that it would be up to the school district to correct the problem at a potential cost of $100,000. Read More
BENTON – Michael Heath of the Christian Civic League of Maine will appear at the East Benton Christian Church at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, June 10, for morning worship and at 10:45 a.m. for Sunday school. The Christian Civic League, founded more than 100 years ago… Read More
ALFRED – More than a dozen inmates from York County have moved into new digs at the Knox County Jail in Rockland because both the York and Cumberland county jails are too full. This week was the last week that York County inmates could be… Read More
BAR HARBOR – As state police work with local officers to investigate recent actions of Code Enforcement Officer Bob Sharkey, the town planning department is conducting business more or less as usual. Sharkey was placed on paid administrative leave late last week, only one day… Read More
WINTER HARBOR – Members of the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission voted Monday to send a letter to the secretary of the interior urging a swift transfer of 100 acres of federal property from the U.S. Navy to the National Park Service. Some residents fear… Read More
OLD TOWN – Voters will decide today whether to consolidate the city’s four elementary schools and build a new $13.3 million facility on Stillwater Avenue behind the Stillwater Mall. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at three polling places: googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BREWER – Eastern Maine Healthcare has purchased about 73 acres beside outer Wilson Street in Brewer. EMH on Friday completed the planned purchase of two adjoining parcels of land from the city of Brewer and completed a land swap with the firm of Eremita and… Read More
BANGOR – A Bangor man was sentenced to 46 months in prison Monday on separate convictions of possessing child pornography obtained over the Internet and possession of a firearm by a felon. Kenneth Thompson, 26, was ordered to complete three years of supervised release after… Read More
BANGOR – A former Rite Aid pharmacist who allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of drugs from the company’s Broadway store was indicted Monday for theft and unlawful possession of drugs. Christopher Comfort, 35, of Pittsfield was indicted by a Penobscot County grand… Read More
CARMEL – Two of the three complaints filed against the municipality by a former town manager have been dismissed by a Penobscot County Superior Court judge. Glennis McSorley can go forward with her claim that the town violated the Maine Whistleblowers’ Protection Act when the… Read More
BANGOR – The Eastern Maine Development Corp. in Bangor and the Penobscot Nation in Old Town will receive federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to an announcement made Monday by Maine’s congressional delegation. EMDC will receive $100,000 to coordinate… Read More
BANGOR – The $2.7 million expansion of the Pickering Square parking garage began Monday morning with a rumble. A ceremonial starting of the crane by Bangor Mayor John Rohman officially kicked off the construction, which will add two levels with 174 parking spaces to the… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – Fire damaged a portion of a building at the Appalachian Mountain Club camp on Route 102 on Monday afternoon. The building had been rented on Sunday, according to Fire Chief Merrill Naylor, and when the caretakers for the property went to check… Read More
ORONO – Complaints from angry veterans Monday night eclipsed a Town Council budget hearing. Allen Nadeau, supported by representatives from half a dozen veterans organizations, demanded that the town apologize to him, his mother, the family of Clayton Savoy and the town because the American… Read More
KENDUSKEAG – A Hudson woman driving north on Route 15 struck a moose Monday night. The woman suffered minor injuries, but the moose had to be put down. The accident occurred shortly after 8 p.m. about a half-mile north of Kenduskeag village, near a lumber… Read More
BREWER – School committee members didn’t have to look far to find their next superintendent. During their monthly meeting Monday night, school committee members unanimously approved the appointment of Betsy Webb, who now serves in the dual capacities of State Street School principal and the… Read More
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Anglers probably won’t be catching as many lake trout this year in Lake Champlain, but the trout they do catch should be healthier and larger. State fisheries biologists have cut stocking levels nearly in half to make certain there were enough smaller… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – After 16 months of negotiations, SAD 68 directors and the SAD 68 Education Association apparently have reached a compromise on a contract. A tentative agreement reached Thursday evening will be presented to teachers later this week for ratification. Once that approval has been… Read More
CALAIS – A 21-year-old Perry woman allegedly was struck last week with a tire iron in the city’s cemetery in an apparent drug encounter gone bad, according to an affidavit on file at Calais District Court. Charged with robbery in the incident are Jayme M. Read More
Individuals who have accumulated frequent-flier miles with either Northwest Airlines or United Airlines can help make the dream of a dying woman come true. Mary Helen Cyr, 40, of St. David has terminal breast cancer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
BOSTON – The operators of the region’s electricity grid recommended Monday that consumers pay extra to ensure that New England has enough electricity generation capacity. Federal regulators had ordered the new charge in December – even though New England now has plenty of generation capacity… Read More
BATH – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed that a New Jersey company pay $360,000 in fines for a fatal accident in December in which a crane slid off a barge into the Kennebec River. OSHA cited Weeks Marine Inc. of Cranford, N.J., for… Read More
LINGAN, Nova Scotia – Nova Scotia Power reached a compensation deal Sunday with Cape Breton lobstermen affected by an oil spill. Terms of the deal between the utility and about 25 local fishermen were not released. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
STILLWATER – The first in the summer series of public nights at Rogers Farm will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, on the Bennoch Road, roughly halfway between Route 43 and Stillwater Avenue. The evening’s topic will be Organic Techniques for Soil Improvement, and the event… Read More
ORONO – Some of Maine’s top writing teachers will help students develop composition skills and polish prose during the annual Young Authors’ Camp 8:30 a.m. to noon July 16-20, at three locations in Maine. A day camp will be held at the University of Maine,… Read More
BAR HARBOR – Professor James Gustave “Gus” Speth, environmental lawyer, dean and a professor of environmental policy and sustainable development at Yale University, will deliver College of the Atlantic’s 29th commencement address on Saturday, June 9. COA will award 70 bachelor of arts degrees in… Read More
PORTLAND – At least one person was killed Monday morning in a multivehicle accident on the Maine Turnpike in Portland, state police said. A Maine Turnpike dispatcher said the accident involving three or four vehicles occurred at 9:50 a.m. between Exits 6 and 6-A. One… Read More
Deer foraged their way into my garden again and committed an unforgivable crime: They ate my chicory. Take the Maltese cross, eat the plump snapdragon buds, chew on broccoli leaves until only bare green stems remain, but don’t mess with my chicory. Not only are… Read More
In the rousing concluding song of “Islands,” a new musical performed over Memorial Day weekend on North Haven island, the 48-member chorus belts out the refrain: “We live on an island – surrounded by water!” The audience joins in, jubilantly clapping along, surrendering to the… Read More
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CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Brunswick – It may be the toughest tee shot you’ll ever take, that first swing at Herring Cove Golf Course. Well, let’s rephrase that. The shot itself isn’t too tough. It’s straight. No visible hazards. You could, one would suppose, whip out… Read More
SHERMAN STATION – As the Katahdin girls softball team took batting practice in the rain Thursday, a group of outfielders watched balls sail off the bat of senior Michaelene Duffy and over their heads, the hits too high and hard to make a catch. Batting… Read More
Machias High School senior Sarah Hussey felt a connection to Jay Ramsdell when she did some research after being nominated for the Jay Ramsdell Foundation scholarship. “I knew he was very involved in managing and I thought that was neat because we obviously had some… Read More
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NORTHEAST HARBOR – Chris Dunifer of Hermon won a new 2001 Buick Century when he recorded a hole-in-one on the 14th hole at Northeast Harbor Golf Course during the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Open Saturday. Dunifer’s 187-yard drive hit the green, took two short… Read More
LEE – Jeremy Ham nailed a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning Monday, lifting Lee Academy to a 7-4 victory over Sumner in a Class C schoolboy preliminary round contest. Lee travels to No. 2 Hodgdon for a Thursday quarterfinal matchup. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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