WASHINGTON – Airport screeners would become federal employees, air marshals would be increased and cockpit doors would be fortified under an aviation security bill Congress plans to rush to passage to help rebuild Americans’ confidence in flying. After weeks of impasse, House and Senate leaders… Read More
ROCKLAND – A driver stopped for speeding Wednesday night could be in hot water for reportedly having 136 live lobsters crawling around the inside of her 1996 Chevy sedan. Besides having a carload of crustaceans, Doreen Beerman, 44, of Rockland allegedly was driving drunk and… Read More
For the first time in nearly 20 years, Eastern Maine Medical Center is moving toward convening a committee of trustees and doctors. The committee would be organized to investigate a string of complaints by doctors who say their group represents every medical practice and specialty in Bangor. Read More
Maine leads the nation in the percentage of students who finish high school, according to new statistics from the Department of Education. At 94.5 percent, Maine had the nation’s highest high school completion rate for 18-to-24-year-olds from 1998 to 2000. North Dakota came in second… Read More
A story about the Red Cross Heroes breakfast in Thursday’s editions incorrectly identified the wife of one of the New York City firefighters who attended the event. The woman quoted in the story is Maureen Bellettiere. Read More
Editor’s Note: The following draft petition was presented to the Medical Staff Executive Committee and to the chairman of the Eastern Maine Medical Center’s board of trustees Wednesday night. It was addressed to the trustees of both Eastern Maine Healthcare and EMMC. Ladies and Gentlemen:… Read More
With Thanksgiving recess fast approaching and a partisan stalemate over a stalled federal economic stimulus bill showing no signs of lifting, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe pushed forward Thursday with a $75 billion compromise package. “It may not reflect everyone’s first choice, but… Read More
BELFAST – The former Stinson sardine packing plant on the city’s waterfront is being offered for sale for $1.5 million. “Realistically, it’s probably going to go for some other type of use [than fish processing],” owner Richard S. Klingaman said Thursday morning during a tour… Read More
AUGUSTA – Several cellular telephone companies that operate in Maine are being investigated by the Maine Attorney General’s Office for possible violations of anti-trust and consumer protection laws. “I can only confirm those companies that have disclosed they are under investigation,” said Assistant Attorney General… Read More
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Handgun maker Smith & Wesson, which cut 15 percent of its work force a year ago, reported $7.6 million in sales during the month following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The boost in domestic sales helped… Read More
AUGUSTA – A comprehensive guide to Maine food and farm products that are sold directly through the mail provides a link between consumers and farmers. Maine Agriculture Commissioner Robert Spear said the guide, which includes 240 Maine agricultural businesses and is in its second printing,… Read More
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – American Skiing Co. will continue to look for other buyers for the Steamboat ski resort, even though the company has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to sell to a Vermont company. American Skiing Chief Executive Officer B.J. Fair made the… Read More
PORTLAND – A group of Ocean National Bank shareholders is trying to block the Maine bank’s sale to a Vermont banking group. The shareholders met Wednesday night to organize their opposition to the $53 million merger with Chittenden Corp., which is slated for a shareholder… Read More
My husband commutes every day from Orono to Maine Maritime Academy and is scheduled to graduate Dec. 20. When at the school bookstore Nov. 7, inquiring about the time and other specifics of the graduation ceremony, I learned there would not be a graduation. I also learned that… Read More
Before Sept. 11, one of the hottest debates in Washington was over Donald Rumsfeld’s plan for defense reform – first by modernizing aging military equipment and investing in new technologies, then (and here’s where the heat got turned up) by restructuring the branches of service to eliminate overlapping… Read More
Americans have missed a rare opportunity to size up Osama bin Laden, to watch his gestures and body language, to hear unexpected variations in his speech, to puzzle over his new choice of targets of his hatred, to judge whether he is self-confident or getting rattled. The chance… Read More
This goes out to all those patriotic Americans who stood in line to give blood after the Sept. 11 attacks and are still wondering what else they can do. I hope they will consider giving again. The Red Cross needs blood donations every day and the average healthy… Read More
After reading the letter by Grant Christian (BDN, Nov. 10-11), I was appalled. What should we do after what happened on Sept. 11, turn the other cheek and let the terrorists come over and kill another 5,000 to 6,000 innocent people? What do you suppose the families who… Read More
This letter concerns a story that was not printed in the Oct. 4 edition of the Bangor Daily News. For the last two years I have read countless articles in your paper that were very negative of the pharmaceutical industry. The politicians of Maine have… Read More
I am in shock from having read of the brutal beating the Rhode Island hunters (allegedly) gave Richard Johnson of Thorndike (BDN, Nov. 10-11). Sports? I ask you. It is difficult to believe that within our United States there are terrorists who could be so… Read More
Holy guacamole. Jane Sanford (BDN, Nov. 12) compares Bangor International Airport’s stepped-up efforts regarding airport security in these tumultuous times to the tactics used by the Nazis. She writes that she will not fly from Bangor or use American Airlines until Gov. Angus King apologizes to Nancy Oden… Read More
My wife and I had an enjoyable evening last week at Norumbega Hall during the inaugural for the National Folk Festival. It was a wonderful preview of an event the city of Bangor will host over the next three years. I admit that I was… Read More
The Nov. 7 commentary by Philip E. Clapp, titled, “Getting back to normal,” laments our failure to move on certain environmental issues. Clapp lays out the issue as one of “… corporate interests or the concerns of citizens.” This stuff isn’t easy. The U.S. Environmental… Read More
Thirteenth in a series Last week I got on airplanes again. No big deal: Barcelona-Rome-Barcelona. Coming and going, I encountered two Afghans and guess what? They weren’t pseudo pilots or box-cutter terrorists. They were plain folks, far from home, flying from one side of the… Read More
CARIBOU – A fire Wednesday night at a potato storage house, for which a cause has not been determined, destroyed about 30,000 barrels of potatoes and caused an estimated $250,000 in damage. Caribou Fire Chief Roy Woods credited the assistance of five other area fire… Read More
BANGOR – The attorney appointed to represent the man police say beat to death a Bangor taxi driver last month began laying the groundwork Thursday for an insanity defense. Meanwhile, Carl Wayne Heath remains in Penobscot County Jail without bail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ELLSWORTH – The former fiance of an alleged rape victim on Thursday told a tale of an afternoon of drinking and driving that led up to the incident. Testifying in Hancock County Superior Court, Derrick Sack of Gouldsboro said he, the 17-year-old girl and the… Read More
LIBERTY – After deducting attorneys’ fees and medical costs, the Sullivan family will collect less than one-half of the $300,000 settlement awarded them after their van was hit head-on by a Waldo County sheriff’s cruiser in 1998. John Sullivan, 56, his son Demain Sullivan, 29,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Except for a few snags and the need for more space, the Enhanced-911 operation in Piscataquis County is working well for the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. “Enhanced-911 is working very, very well for us,” Deputy Chief Sgt. David Roberts said Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
18-year-old survives recount in Lincoln High school senior ready to serve town after election upheld
LINCOLN – A ballot recount Thursday did not change the results of last week’s Town Council election. Eighteen-year-old Samuel Clay defeated two-term incumbent James Libby by one vote. Each candidate gained one vote during the 21/2-hour ballot inspection and recount conducted by deputy Town Clerk… Read More
BELFAST – The University of Maine Hutchinson Center reports a 50 percent increase in student enrollment this fall compared with last spring. James Patterson, Hutchinson Center director, said more than 600 students have enrolled in undergraduate and graduate courses at the Belfast center. Read More
FORT KENT – Law enforcement officials from the Fort Kent Police Department will team up with Northern Maine Medical Center’s volunteer ENCARE nurses in Monday, Nov. 19, for the purpose of checking to see that drivers are adhering to seat belt usage laws. The stepped-up… Read More
HOULTON – Vandals slashed 21 tires and broke windows in five homes and businesses overnight Wednesday. Police said Thursday that cars on Kendall Street, Kelleran Street, Broadway Street and in Market Square had slashed tires. In some cases, just one tire was slashed, while in… Read More
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MADAWASKA – A white, powdery substance found in a drive-through money container at a credit union will be taken Friday to Augusta for testing. The powder was found in a clear plastic container at the NorState Federal Credit Union at about 10:45 a.m. Thursday. Police… Read More
HOULTON – Making the transition to work or higher education after high school can be a challenging time for students. Those challenges were made a little easier to overcome this week when 20 students from four high schools in southern Aroostook and northern Washington counties… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The SAD 1 board voted 13-3 at its Wednesday night meeting to retain the potato harvest break for district high school students for three more years. The board discussed the issue for about 45 minutes before acting on the motion made by… Read More
NEWPORT – There were four people in the audience at a public hearing Thursday night held by the Newport Water District to approve two water rates hikes in 2002, hikes that average a 25 percent increase to residential water users. All four attendees were being… Read More
NEWPORT – Newport lost a devoted and dedicated public servant Thursday when Selectman Ronald A. Goode died at Eastern Maine Medical Center after a long illness. Goode, 64, was a lifetime resident of Newport and at the time of his death was serving in his… Read More
NEWPORT – Ken Dow was rummaging around in an old box of photographs a few years ago when a century-old picture of Corinna’s Main Street caught his eye and his imagination. “What struck me were the changes that I saw reflected in the past 100… Read More
PALMYRA – Police, firefighters and rescue personnel were shaking their heads in dismay Thursday morning when another injury-causing accident occurred at the intersection of routes 2 and 152 in Palmyra. “I don’t know what more [the Maine Department of Transportation] could do,” commented Pittsfield firefighter… Read More
GOULDSBORO – Parents aired their grievances about classroom pesticide application, but no resolution was reached during a well-attended and often heated meeting of the Gouldsboro Grammar school board Thursday night. The meeting was scheduled in reaction to an application of pesticides last March to kill… Read More
ELLSWORTH – A suspected car thief led police on a high-speed chase from Ellsworth through several Hancock County towns Thursday before being stopped near Route 9 in Aurora. The chase began on Route 1A in Ellsworth at about 5:10 p.m. after local officers received a… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – During a Thursday meeting on the move, local volunteers celebrated a new trail that will provide greater access to Acadia National Park for residents of Southwest Harbor. The half-mile Western Mountain Connector provides a link into Acadia National Park’s trail network,… Read More
BANGOR – A Pakistani restaurant owner said he is again being harassed because of his nationality. He told police Thursday that a motorist drove by outside his downtown Bangor restaurant and yelled for him to return to his own country. The incident was the latest… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Named to Foxcroft Academy’s honor roll were the following: High honors, seniors: Patrick Lizotte; juniors: Leigh Cartwright and Laura Doore; sophomores, Christina Kurzius, Harita Reddy and Brittany Sinclair, and freshmen, Matthew Carey, Emily Crocker, Tamlyn Frederick, Erica Kaufmann, Hannah Knowlton, Jacob Turner and… Read More
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ROCKLAND – The Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education got the City Council’s first nod of approval for buying the 140-year-old Lincoln Street School building. The cultural organization was competing against the Midcoast Christian Academy on the sale of the 40,000-square-foot facility. Both had… Read More
BROOKLIN – A local man escaped injury Wednesday night when his car’s dashboard burst into flames while he was driving. Daniel Sullivan, 35, of Brooklin was driving on Flye Point Road at about 10 p.m. when the dashboard of his 1997 Toyota Corolla suddenly ignited. Read More
ROCKLAND – The city is facing a lawsuit for alleged negligence and inadequate response to a sewer backup last year that forced raw pollutants and waste into the basement at 14 Glenwood Ave. Garry Van Dyne of Rockland claims that on Dec. 17, 2000, the… Read More
BROOKS – The Bennett family was left homeless Thursday afternoon when fire raged through their Cook Drive residence. James Bennett, his wife, Serena, and their three young boys were not home at the time of the fire. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Despite submitting “one heck of an application” to the state for new school construction funds, it appears the Charleston Elementary School won’t make the target list for funding in May. “We gave it our best shot; we’re disappointed,” SAD 68 Superintendent Donald Siviski… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Telephone calls have been trickling into the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department about solicitation calls for the local fire department. Police Chief Dennis Dyer told the Bangor Daily News earlier this month that some residents had received calls asking for financial donations for the fire… Read More
SKOWHEGAN – Redington-Fairview General Hospital will hold flu shot clinics at its Fairview Avenue location in addition to several locations in surrounding communities. The fee is $10 and is covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Patients should bring their medical card to the clinic. Flu shots… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Maine Central Institute’s Drama Team will perform the play “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in Parks Gymnasium on the MCI campus. Admission is… Read More
WATERVILLE – Maine author Richard Russo will read from his recently released novel, “Empire Falls,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Colby College, where Russo was formerly a professor. The novel is set in a depressed Maine mill town. Russo also is the author… Read More
WATERVILLE – Internationally recognized artist and teacher Tom Butter will deliver a slide show lecture on his work at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov., 28, at Colby College. Butter uses the qualities of steel, fiberglass, wood and mirrors to create relationships between the forms and the… Read More
WATERVILLE – Colby College’s Oak Institute for the Study of Human Rights in Waterville has announced a panel presentation of “The Future of Human Rights in the Balkans.” Participants will include Dusan Bjelic of the University of Southern Maine, Keith Brown of the Watson Institute… Read More
For the first performance in its “Celebrating Maine Artists” series, the Bucksport Area Cultural Arts Society will present The Maine-ly Music Chorus Barbershop Chapter at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in the Bucksport High School gymnasium. Tickets are $20 per family, $8 for individuals or… Read More
MILFORD – Things are looking up for Diane Morse, Milford’s “cat lady,” who provides shelter and care for some 250 abandoned cats. A month ago, it appeared that Morse would be spending the winter in a tent adjacent to her trailer that doubles as an… Read More
PORTLAND – A Buxton couple who won $41.5 million in the Powerball lottery have established a charitable foundation to benefit nonprofit organizations in Buxton and neighboring towns. Erwin and Pat Wales announced Thursday that they have formed the Narragansett Number One Foundation and provided it… Read More
AUGUSTA – U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced Wednesday the Bush administration has taken a tentative step toward funding salmon protection efforts in Maine. Snowe and Collins said the Office of Management and Budget made a preliminary decision to support an emergency action… Read More
WISCASSET – A boom much louder than a clap of thunder will echo throughout Maine’s midcoast region around noon Saturday when an 850-ton building at the former Maine Yankee nuclear plant is imploded. Workers from a Maryland company will take down the plant’s former turbine… Read More
AUGUSTA – The state has censured and fined a Lewiston urologist $10,000 for billing Medicare for drug samples he had received for free from a drug company. The Board of Licensure in Medicine announced it signed a consent agreement this week with Dr. Joel S. Read More
AUGUSTA – Overseers of Maine’s Clean Elections system have ordered an unsuccessful Senate candidate to reimburse the state for more than $4,000 and pay penalties of $1,423 more. The Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices said Loren Bailey of Falmouth would be able to… Read More
PORTLAND – A woman who was robbed and assaulted six years ago while making a Domino’s Pizza delivery in Augusta may press ahead with a lawsuit against a friend of the two robbers, a divided state supreme court ruled Thursday. Lisa Gagne Porter had been… Read More
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Nova Scotia’s old-growth forests have almost been wiped out by two centuries of clear-cutting, says a new report that calls for drastic reductions in the practice. The four-year study by GPI Atlantic, a Nova Scotia nonprofit research group, also recommends government… Read More
MACHIAS – The inmate who tried to hang himself last weekend at the Washington County Jail is recovering at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, according to Jail Administrator Robert Gross. Gross said Thursday that he had spoken with the physician who is treating Larry… Read More
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BANGOR – Less than 24 hours after five members of Bangor’s varsity football team were suspended late Wednesday, the Bangor Rams tried to refocus on football Thursday. There was little time to bemoan the suspension of those five student-athletes from school as well as the… Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. – Colby running back Aaron Stepka was named the New England Small College Athletic Conference Offensive Rookie of the Year Thursday. Colby of Waterville also placed senior wide receiver Danny Noyes, senior offensive lineman Brian Wezowicz and junior linebacker Mike Moran on the… Read More
The Hockey Maine Junior League will sponsor a high school all-star game Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Kennebec Ice Arena in Hallowell. A team comprised of players from Class A will take on a team of players from Class B. Donations are $5 for… Read More
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – The Denver Broncos moved former University of Maine star wide receiver Phil McGeoghan up from the practice squad to the active roster Thursday. McGeoghan (6-foot-2, 221 pounds) was on the Oakland Raiders practice squad in September before being waived Oct. 16. He… Read More
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