HAMPDEN – As of Monday, Sept. 24, BARCO Federal Credit Union will operate under the new name Maine Savings Federal Credit Union. The decision to change the credit union’s name was dictated by the growth and change the company has experienced since its inception 40… Read More
    BANGOR – The board of directors at Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. have approved two options for declaring quarterly dividends on outstanding common stock, depending on the timing of the pending manager of Bangor Hydro and Emera Inc. If the merger is effective before Sept. 28, a… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The board of directors of Maine Public Service Co. has declared a quarterly dividend of 35 cents (annualized rate of $1.40 per share) on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable Oct. 1, to holders of record at the close of business Sept. 17. Read More
    AUGUSTA – A Texas man facing criminal charges of selling securities without a license has been named in two civil lawsuits seeking the return of about $750,000 lost by clients who gave him money to invest. An elderly Litchfield couple, Merle and Norma Lancaster, sued… Read More
    WASHINGTON – A labeling mix-up that could pose a danger to people with dairy allergies is prompting the recall of 3,000 pounds of Fleischmann’s margarine sold in 19 states. Apparently some Fleischmann’s Original stick margarine was packaged in boxes labeled Fleischmann’s Unsalted stick margarine. The… Read More
    BANGOR – The Maine Industrial Show will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 26-27, at the Bangor Auditorium. The event will feature an assortment of products such as compressors, fasteners, power tools, safety and packaging equipment, and other industrial… Read More
    This letter is in response to the story in the Bangor Daily News of Sept. 21 headlined, “SAD 46 board cancels referendum due to Dexter layoffs.” The article did not reflect the discussions that took place, the number of board members present or the closeness of the vote. Read More
    The days of bright blue skies with their crystal-clear views of mountains, lakes and ocean are gone, at least for a while. They were beautiful, but they brought with them one of the driest summers on record. They reminded some climate specialists of 1965, the driest year in… Read More
    Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge has a reputation as a man of courage and determination; as a political leader, he is highly regarded for his innovative thinking and his ability forge consensus among competing interests. These traits will be surely needed, and sorely tested, in his new position as… Read More
    The article, “Rare virus found in state” (BDN, Sept. 7), once again should show the major problem with tick-borne diseases in our state. It infuriates me that often times the Centers for Disease Control downplays so many of these diseases. You will hear over and… Read More
    I read with interest the article (BDN, Sept. 6) about the extra deer many hunters will be able to bag this season. It seems there are twice as many deer in Maine as there were 10 to 15 years ago and something needs to be done to thin… Read More
    Perhaps too much news has been reaching you about the variety of responses from the rest of the world to the events of Sept. 11 for most people in America to take much interest in the details. It is enough, at this point, simply to know that other… Read More
    My understanding of a democracy is that the government is supposed to be one that is “of, by, and for the people.” An example of a governmental process that has not been democratic is the West Branch conservation easement negotiations. The entire process has been conducted by the… Read More
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    Words alone cannot describe the incredulously inhumane terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The savagery of these teams of determined and dedicated suicidal terrorists appears to be incomprehensible even to the Hamaas and Hizbollah terrorist organizations. In… Read More
    Major media now tell us in apocalyptic tones that life will never be the same after the Sept. 11, 2001. They are right. Plane travel and entry to many public spaces are already more difficult. But if terrorism represents, as it does, a contemptible degradation of politics defended… Read More
    Federal environmental officials have proposed that the site of a former zinc and copper mine on Cape Rosier in Brooksville be included on the Superfund list. The list, formally called the National Priorities List, is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s tally of the country’s most… Read More
    SPRINGFIELD – Two hours and a 60-yard walk into the woods: That’s all it took for Vern Olsen of Holden to shoot what is sure to be one of the biggest moose killed in the state this year. Olsen scouted for days before his first… Read More
    In these nervous times, we Americans will be judged not only by our star-spangled expressions of national resolve but by the quiet acts of compassion and tolerance we show one another in our small communities. And if you need evidence of that spirit, of the… Read More
    MACHIAS – Some of the steps Down East Community Hospital took to rid its operating rooms of invading insects may be violations of state pesticide regulations, according to the Maine Board of Pesticides Control. Board spokesman Paul Gregory said Monday that his agency is investigating… Read More
    BANGOR – One week after a heated public hearing on the issue, the City Council on Monday approved a gay rights ordinance similar to one rejected last year by Maine voters. The council, in an 8-1 vote, adopted the measure that will prohibit discrimination in… Read More
    BANGOR – A community spaghetti supper to benefit the American Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park St. in Bangor. A suggested… Read More
    ORONO – Ground will be broken for a new retirement community of nearly 200 cottages and apartments at 2 p.m. today near the corner of Kelley Road and Main Road. The project, to occupy 58 acres in Orono, is described as a joint venture between… Read More
    A 13-year-old Orono boy remains under house arrest after police found he had broken into a woman’s home late Sunday night and had a loaded semiautomatic gun with him. The boy admitted to taking a credit card and ID from another residence at Talmar Wood… Read More
    ROCKLAND – A driver who was reading a map while driving her 1996 Jeep rear-ended a pickup truck on Camden Street near Waldo Avenue, police said Monday. Deputy Police Chief Wallace Tower said Anna Genest, 27, of Sanford was headed south Friday on Route 1,… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Local police are trying to find out who was driving a car that hit another vehicle on Route 1A Sunday afternoon and caused an estimated $5,000 worth of damage. Thomas Lee, 39, of Concord, N.H., was driving a 1997 GMC van north when… Read More
    SURRY – The Surry Community Improvement Association will host the Surry Elementary School’s sixth-graders at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at the school. They will present slides from their experiences in the “Walk the Shore” project in which they participated during the past year. Admission… Read More
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    ALBION – The Albion Public Library will hold an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. The library is celebrating the arrival of four new Gateway computers, a content server, and a new laser printer, thanks to a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine System board of trustees approved a resolution Monday supporting the system’s University College, which educates Maine residents who previously have not had access to post-secondary education at sites other than college campuses. The unanimous resolution was passed Monday… Read More
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    ROCKLAND – Knox County commissioners have sent a conciliatory letter to MBNA head Charlie Cawley, agreeing to work with the company toward maintaining a safer, quieter Knox County Regional Airport. Last week’s letter was in contrast to a letter the commissioners wrote weeks ago, chastising… Read More
    MACHIAS – People who want to run for district supervisor of the Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District should contact the district office at P.O. Box 121, 51 Court St., Machias 04654, or call 255-4659 to obtain nomination papers The district has one position… Read More
    GUILFORD – Nine parked vehicles on Pleasant Street, Hudson Avenue, Riverside Court and High Street were entered over the night and ransacked for valuable items. Burglars took $100 from a wallet that had been left in a vehicle on High Street, police said. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    GREENVILLE – The Natural Resource Education Center and the Central Maine Chapter of Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine will co-sponsor an afternoon field trip to a cable logging operation north of Greenville on Oct. 11. Cable logging is a means of extracting logs from… Read More
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    WARREN – Scheduled testing to pinpoint the source of a sewer odor at the Warren Community School was canceled after the architect reviewed plans for the $6.25 million building and found a design discrepancy that may be the problem. SAD 40 officials had planned to… Read More
    BELFAST – Dr. Dana Whitten, a board-certified pediatrician, will speak on “Interesting Pediatric Problems” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Waldo County General Hospital Education Center. The lecture is free to the public. A question-and-answer section with Whitten will follow the program. For… Read More
    SOUTH PORTLAND – The Mississippi attorney general who organized the states that forced big tobacco companies to pay millions toward medical costs caused by smoking-related illnesses said Monday his coalition was in danger of winning the battle but losing the war. Across the country, states… Read More
    Lincoln and Millinocket voters will have plenty of choices of candidates seeking various seats in the upcoming Nov. 6 municipal elections. The deadline for filing nomination papers was Friday in both communities. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    David J. Dunning of S.W. Cole Engineering Inc. in Hermon has been elected president of the Maine Chapter of the Society for the Marketing of Professional Services for 2001-2002. Jennifer Sheffer of The Ames Corp. in Bangor also has been elected an at-large board member. Read More
    Belfast District Court Timothy L. Brown, 45, Morrill, probation violation, nine months and one day jail; violation of protection order, concurrent 10-day jail term. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    SWANVILLE – Stevens Road resident Kevin Flagg, 35, was being held Monday on $5,000 cash bail after authorities said he fired a rifle and terrorized his neighborhood. Flagg was arrested by Waldo County Deputy Sheriff Merl Reed after a brief struggle outside his home at 10:12… Read More
    UNITY – Unity College is hosting a natural resource policy lecture series this fall, beginning tonight. The series, featuring nationally recognized speakers, will cover a wide variety of topics, including energy, water pollution, mercury, health, the environment, the Maine North Woods and sprawl. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    SEARSPORT – The Searsport District High School National Honor Society says it will sponsor a Support America Rally at the high school from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. Organizations in the communities of Searsport, Frankfort and Stockton Springs will be having a variety… Read More
    BELFAST – State Sen. Susan Longley, D-Liberty, will speak at the 6:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5 meeting of the Waldo County Democratic Committee regarding the soon-to-be-vacant 2nd Congressional District seat. Longley has formed a committee in a possible bid for the seat, now held by U.S. Read More
    UNION – “The Great Hysteria and its Impact on America” will be the topic of a meeting of the Union Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Old Town House, Town House Road, just off Union Common. After a short business meeting,… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The Maine Human Rights Commission on Monday upheld the claim of a Bar Harbor man who maintains he was wrongfully discharged from his job because his wife was having an affair with his boss. MHRC Chief Investigator Paul D. Pierce found that Thomas… Read More
    What a grand opportunity awaits everyone who make plans to attend The Grand Auditorium’s annual benefit auction, with activities beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, at The Grand Auditorium of Hancock County on Main Street in Ellsworth. New to the fund-raiser this year is… Read More
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded a $276,953 Coastal Ocean Programs grant to the University of Maine’s Office of Research and Sponsored Projects in Orono. The funding is being made available through the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It will… Read More
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $10,000 grants to Kennebec Valley Technical College in Fairfield, Northern Maine Technical College in Presque Isle and the University of Maine at Machias. The funding is being made available through the federal “Child Care Access Means… Read More
    Michael Lazare Katzev, classical art historian and marine archaeologist who supervised the eight-year effort to raise, preserve and study the 2,300-year-old Greek merchant ship Kyrenia, one of the oldest and most intact vessels ever recovered, has died. He was 62. Katzev, Los Angeles-born former teacher… Read More
    CARRABASSETT VALLEY – A group of New England governors plans to lobby the congressional delegations of each of the region’s six states on a proposed east-west highway system. Maine Transportation Commissioner John Melrose hopes to have a road package with New England-wide congressional support for… Read More
    PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. – A Maine teen-ager is being recognized for saving a driver on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Auto Road after a car crashed and burst into flames during a June race. Chris Duplessis, 14, of Gilead will receive a citation for bravery from… Read More
    BANGOR – A Bangor man was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but two years suspended Monday for the rape of a woman in a Second Street apartment last August. James Johnson, 22, pleaded guilty before Penobscot County Superior Court Justice Andrew Mead… Read More
    A reunion and memorial service for the student soldiers from the University of Maine who were members of the Army Specialized Training Program in the early 1940s will be held this weekend at the university. The reunion Friday evening will be for survivors and their families only. The… Read More
    “Diary of a Tragedy” is a column written by New York City residents with Maine ties who have been sharing their experiences of the World Trade Center tragedy. Christopher Allen, son of Earl and Phyllis Allen of Orono, worked on the 87th floor of Two World Trade Center. Read More
    Not surprisingly, tonight’s best new offering comes from the always reliable Steven Bochco (“NYPD Blue,” “High Street Blues”). Debuting at 10 p.m. on ABC, “Philly” is a courtroom drama starring Kim Delaney. Perhaps the plum role of Kathleen Maguire is a reward for Delaney’s tenure… Read More
    BANGOR – Bangor Public Library is looking for young people who have a talent for drama, like to act out, or are capable of giving others stage fright. If you know any pupils in grades six through eight possessing any of these qualities, send them to the library… Read More
    CAMDEN – A benefit concert featuring members of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and other musicians will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the Camden Opera House. All proceeds will go to the New York Disaster Relief Fund. Musicians from around the state… Read More
    Dear Jim: I have thought of building a unique cedar home, but I wonder if the wood provides adequate wall insulation. I like the cedar smell, but perhaps not all the time. Are cedar houses very energy efficient? – Mike R. Dear Mike: Cedar homes… Read More
    Shawn Walsh – father and husband, instigator and motivator, lightning rod and salesman, figurehead, coach and mentor – died on Monday. Things will never be the same. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
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    MACHIAS – Matt Cobb and Joe Richards each knocked in a goal as the undefeated Machias boys soccer team topped Calais 2-0 Monday in high school action. Wil Hasselmann and Austin Roberts both had assists for the 8-0 Bulldogs while Marcus Frutchey made five saves… Read More
    SHERMAN STATION – Jessica Day netted what proved to be the game-winning goal as the Schenck Wolverines edged the Katahdin Cougars 3-2 in schoolgirl soccer action Monday. Davis added a goal with an assist from Jodi King. Sarah Gordon scored on a pass from Kayla… Read More
    GORHAM – Mike Pickering and Nate Stevens each scored unassisted goals to lead the University of Southern Maine to a 3-0 men’s soccer win over the University of New England Monday. Joel Bancroft scored on a penalty kick while Dan Hills made five saves on… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Ashley McKusick scored two goals and Harita Reddy had three assists to lead the Foxcroft Academy Ponies to a 4-0 high school field hockey win over the John Bapst Crusaders Monday. Molly Tibbetts and Tamlyn Frederick also scored for 5-2-1 Foxcroft, and goalie… Read More
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