The Maine Technology Institute will conduct four workshops around the state in October. The workshops will provide general proposal preparation advice and specific information regarding MTI’s development award request for proposal, or RFP, and the MTI seed grant RFP. Participants will be guided through common components of a… Read More
    Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. has promoted Gil Maxwell to senior vice president for operations and technology. Deborah Turner has been promoted to vice president for marketing and development. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
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    During the 1512 French taking of Bresica, Italy, the teen-ager Nicolo (the stammerer) Tartaglia fled with his father and many others to a cathedral for sanctuary. The soldiers entered the cathedral; his father was killed, and Nicolo was left for dead with a split skull and a saber… Read More
    Sky-high food prices predicted as a New York City truck drivers’ strike spreads across the river into New Jersey. Holiday weekend death toll reaches 124 on the nation’s highways. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    If those aforementioned lines of communication are open, a new survey sponsored by the AFL-CIO suggests there’s a lot of static in the connection. That spirit of compromise has a ghostly pallor. The telephone survey, conducted in July by Hart Research, polled 1,792 workers, including… Read More
    Within recent months consolidation has been discussed among attendees of school board and local town meetings. Citizens representing the four communities (Millinocket, East Millinocket, Medway and Woodville) involved have expressed their desire for the school officials to consider consolidation. The people of this tri-town community… Read More
    I want to commend the staff of the Bangor Public Library for their professional assistance. I was researching the existence of a picture in an issue of Life magazine during World War II. I was not sure if the issue was in 1942 or ’43, and to complicate… Read More
    The town of Hampden recently completed a survey of those living on gravel (or “dirt) roads, asking if they preferred to keep them as is, or have them paved. On July 17, Ruth-Ellen Cohen of the Bangor Daily News reported that 27 people responded “no” and 34 “yes”… Read More
    As a recovering asthmatic, I found Susan Young’s story (BDN, Aug. 22) more interesting from what it leaves out than for what it includes. She joined the politicians and tax-exempt entities in blaming power plants in the South and Midwest for the air pollution in Acadia National Park. Read More
    Despite multiple law breakings by Maine’s Department of Conservation on the federally protected Allagash Wilderness Waterway, the National Park Service has levied but a modest mandate. NPS did not order DOC to yank its $1.4 million industrial-style, concrete-and-steel Churchill Dam, illegally built in 1998 without a federal permit… Read More
    ORONO – In a white dress shirt and black slacks, Stephen King, Class of 1970, welcomed the University of Maine Class of 2005 to campus Sunday – and made an offer that brought 1,000 freshmen to their feet in a burst of applause. “You are… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The “thuds” being heard this past week at the former Merrill Apple Farms weren’t the sounds of apples falling prematurely from the trees in the orchard. They were the noises of demolition equipment tearing down a building at the Route 1A site. The… Read More
    BANGOR – The Warren Center for Communication and Learning operates in a fashion that does not garner a lot of public attention. “We’re quiet,” said Mary Poulin, its administrative director. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    GUILFORD – His body comfortably perched on top of a desk, William Thompson fired questions Friday at the dozen students seated in his slightly cluttered laboratory at Piscataquis Community High School. From the answers given, most of the students in Thompson’s physics class clearly understood… Read More
    PROSPECT – Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an overnight Friday break-in at the Prospect Store during which cash and retail goods were taken. Waldo County Deputy Sheriff Ben Seekins said that approximately $130 in cash and goods were taken from the Route 1A business. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent Corporate Relations Office will hold a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum Satellite Broadcast at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, in the Grindle Conference Room of Cyr Hall. The broadcast is being made possible through… Read More
    FORT KENT – Wendy Kindred, professor of art at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, has been awarded a fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. VCCA is located near Sweet Briar College in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in… Read More
    FORT KENT – The Fort Kent Recreation and Parks Department will have a soccer league for children in grades four, five and six. Registration forms are available from area elementary schools. The forms must be returned to the recreation office at the Fort Kent Municipal… Read More
    LIMESTONE – The Loring Job Corps Center will hold an open house and Fall Festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at their facilities at the Loring Commerce Centre. Celebrating five years of operation, the center will have vocational displays and informational booths… Read More
    MADAWASKA – A bikeathon to benefit St. Jude’s Research Hospital will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Madawaska Multi-Purpose Center. If the weather allows, participants will bike around the outside of the building. If the weather is bad, the biking will be… Read More
    FORT KENT – Nine people are joining the faculty and staff at the University of Maine at Fort Kent campus this fall. In the classrooms will be J. Creed Clayton, instructor of biology and environmental studies; Anthony Gauvin, instructor of computer applications; Kelly Goldick, instructor… Read More
    Houlton District Court Jeffery Simpson, 35, Bangor, operating vehicle while under influence of intoxicants, $400, 48 hours in jail, driver’s license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    FORT KENT – University of Maine at Fort Kent Interim President Donald Zillman and his wife, Linda Zillman, are inviting St. John Valley community members to meet and greet student athletes and coaches. The social gathering will take place Friday, Sept. 7, from 4:30 p.m. Read More
    Houlton District Court Jeffery Simpson, 35, Bangor, operating vehicle while under influence of intoxicants, $400, 48 hours in jail, driver’s license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – Downeast Audubon will sponsor a bird walk along the shores of Jordan Pond on Sept. 9. Rob Slabinki, an avid birder and Audubon member, will lead the walk, focusing on warblers, woodpeckers and any other species that he spots during the… Read More
    PENOBSCOT – A Castine man was arrested on charges of operating under the influence of an intoxicant after he crashed and demolished his car on Route 15 Friday night. Deputy Alan Brown said Damon Gray, 24, was driving a 1991 Plymouth south on the highway… Read More
    ORLAND – The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report of an armed robbery at the Big Apple Store on Route 1 early Sunday. Two men entered the store about 2:15 a.m. and ordered the clerk to open the safe and cash drawer, according… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Investigators on Sunday were still trying to determine the cause of a fire that burned part of a truck at a Lakes Lane business Saturday morning. Ellsworth firefighter Gary Saunders indicated that the truck was the cab of a Freightliner tractor-trailer and was… Read More
    CALAIS – When the city councilors decided to open Nash’s Lake to the public earlier this year, they did not realize it would generate an almost weekly debate. Abutting landowner Billy Howard, through his Bangor attorney, has sent a letter to the city threatening litigation… Read More
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    BELFAST – While the city contemplates the future of the footbridge over the Passagassawaukeag River, work is under way on a new paint job for its modern upriver replacement, the Veterans Memorial Bridge. Crews began the arduous task of removing the old lead-based paint and… Read More
    BELFAST – Teams of bridge-watchers manned the span over the Passagassawaukeag River this weekend to record the public’s use of the popular footbridge. Volunteers were posted at each end of the bridge and recorded the number of people using the bridge and also their opinions… Read More
    LEWISTON – Two men and two juveniles were arrested early Friday and charged with robbing a man and shooting him in the face at close range with a pellet gun, police said. The victim, Kenneth Leppala, told police he was beaten, robbed of about $75,… Read More
    For 40-year-old Catherine Eaton Woodward of Freeport, the 2001 Dublin Marathon is a labor of love. Woodward is entered in her first marathon as a member of the Maine “Joints in Motion” Training Team that will be participating in the 26.2-mile event in October in… Read More
    Anticipating a run as a publicly financed candidate under Maine’s Clean Election option, Jonathan Carter has begun circulating a letter designed to raise what are known as seed money contributions to get his campaign off the ground. “I am taking the step of trying to… Read More
    PORTLAND – Cod and haddock are once again filling fishermen’s nets from Maine to Rhode Island, but the rebound of groundfish stocks isn’t all good news. It’s creating a dilemma for fishermen and resource managers: How to keep hundreds of boats with valid fishing permits… Read More
    BANGOR – As John Bapst football coach Barry Terrill took the handshakes, pats-on-the-back and words of encouragement after Saturday night’s game against Mount Desert Island, he put the final result in perspective. “You can take some positive things from a loss,” he said. “Obviously you’re… Read More
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    WISCASSET – Charlie Colby of Edgecomb cruised to his first pro stock victory Saturday at Wiscasset Raceway. Colby started from the pole and held off John Phippen of Bar Harbor to gain the win. It was the last point-scoring race of the season. Jeff Burgess… Read More
    ORONO – Maine and Central Connecticut State battled to a 0-0 double overtime stalemate Sunday in the final game of the Black Bear Invitational in women’s soccer action. Naomi Welsh made two saves on four shots for 1-0-1 Maine. For 0-1-1 Central Connecticut, Sabrina Mariani… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Sarah Belden scored two goals to lift 4-0-1 Presque Isle to a 2-1 schoolgirl soccer victory over Nokomis of Newport Saturday. Sarah Gahagan contributed an assist and Melissa Demerchant made eight saves on 10 shots. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    CARIBOU – Melissa Jacobs kicked in a cross from Rachel Wing with 12 minutes remaining in the second half to propel the Brewer Witches to a 1-0 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Caribou Vikings Saturday. Stephanie Dickey notched the shutout, stopping 19 of 23 shots… Read More
    The information that fleshes out what we know about our forebears can be sad. An example is finding out that an ancestor was lost at sea – a too-common occurrence for families from coastal towns. In Gloucester, Mass., for instance, there is a statue of… Read More
    TABERNACLE: POEMS OF AN ISLAND, by Susan Deborah King, Island Institute, Rockland, 2001, 75 pages, $14.50. The islands of Maine have been known to capture the hearts of poets. Whole collections have been devoted to these offshore places. Harold Vinal’s “Hurricane Island,” Hortense Flexner’s “Poems… Read More
    In theaters O, directed by Tim Blake Nelson, written by Brad Kaaya, based on William Shakespeare’s “Othello.” 91 minutes. Rated R. 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
    The Folklife Center at the University of Maine recently made some of its books more widely available, both at Maine’s public libraries and on the World Wide Web. The center donated seven books, including “Anna May,” “I’m a Man that Works,” “Dell Turner” and “Wilbur… Read More