Georges Nashan, RN, MS, has been promoted to director of performance improvement for St. Joseph Healthcare in Bangor. Since joining the organization 17 years ago, he has served both as a nurse and a nurse manager in the post-coronary unit and a nurse in the critical care and… Read More
    Frances Durepo RN, has been named director of nurses at Forest Hill Manor nursing home in Fort Kent. Durepo is a graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Portland and attended Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. She also was named director of Nurses of the Year… Read More
    John Frachella’s commentary on tribal sovereignty (BDN, Jan. 11) points out that all deserve clean air and water and that we can learn a great deal from cultural values that revere the Earth as the source of our being. I agree. However, his characterization of the state as… Read More
    The Maine Department of Marine Resources has presented the Legislature with a plan to overhaul the state’s aquaculture leasing program. It is a document of considerable size, somewhat more readable than such documents usually are and is full of good ideas to make aquaculture, especially finfish aquaculture, a… Read More
    As they struggle with a $250 million budget shortfall, a growing doozy of a debate over Medicaid and a perniciously high tax burden, Senate President Rick Bennett and House Speaker Michael Saxl took an eminently sensible step by inviting John Wallach, founder of Seeds of Peace, to speak… Read More
    Thank you for Renee Ordway’s excellent report (BDN, Jan. 18) about the women streakers. It would be ironic, however, if a law intended to punish women for nudity couldn’t, just because men make laws, and primarily for men. I am concerned about Orono Police Chief… Read More
    I am writing to complain not about the wardens, not about the department and not about the price of a fishing license. I am writing to complain about the license itself. Quite a few years ago we had the small, white, indestructible license that folded… Read More
    In the story (BDN, Jan. 17) about the shooting at the Virginia law school there was no mention of the fact that the killer was subdued and captured by a fellow student who ran to his car and got his own handgun. The killer, when faced with an… Read More
    I read with interest the op-ed piece by Jennifer Schroeder (“Good reasons to abandon Fortress America,” BDN, Dec. 17). And I waited eagerly for weeks to hear more conversation, pro and con, on her call for solutions to this nation’s energy policies. But there has been little or… Read More
    We are now well back into the debate regarding what items need to be cut to cover the state budget shortfall. As a health care provider in one of our state’s busiest emergency departments, it appalls me that we are even asked to consider decreasing already low Medicaid… Read More
    There were no soldiers to throw stones at so my boyhood buddies and I played another dangerous game called Rush ‘n’ Muck. It was free-for-all football; the guy with the ball tried to make a touchdown while every other player tried to crush the ball carrier and get… Read More
    Dear Presidents Bush and Putin, You have much in common. Still young, you both possess great power. You are both new leaders of great countries in critical times. And you seem to like, if not quite trust, each other. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    CARIBOU – A Fort Kent man will serve 30 days of a three-month jail sentence imposed for speeding after his friend died last June from injuries suffered in an accident caused by the excessive speed. Edgar J. Pelletier, 29, was sentenced last Thursday by Judge… Read More
    PHIPPSBURG – Commercial clam diggers have braved rough seas for years to collect the water samples used to determine whether clam flats need to be closed. But a policy change implemented this month bars them from that practice. Officials from the Department of Marine Resources… Read More
    Just last Thursday, Susan Custis was the one comforting her unfortunate neighbors. As one of the worst fires in Lincoln’s 173-year-history swept through two old Main Street buildings that day, wiping out four businesses and leaving two people homeless, Custis opened her AMB Video store… Read More
    Editor’s Note: Last of three parts. CONWAY, N.H. – They had not found two missing ice climbers, but the six young men could barely contain their adrenaline rush: They had survived. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    BANGOR – A Valentine’s dance open to the public for all family members is being sponsored by the Anah Shrine minibike unit. The dance will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at the Anah Shrine Temple. The cost is $10 per… Read More
    CARIBOU – Catherine Cole Francke has begun working as an Aroostook County assistant district attorney. She replaces John Pluto, who relocated to southern Maine on Dec. 31. District Attorney Neale Adams made the appointment. Francke started work Jan. 7. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    CARIBOU – The following divorces were granted during December by Judge Ronald A. Daigle in 1st District Court on grounds of irreconcilable differences: Kenneth T. Depetris of Cambridge, Mass., and Belinda J. Depetris of Caribou, married March 31, 1996, at Caribou; one child to live… Read More
    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick – New Brunswick, Canada’s only officially bilingual province, has decided to extend bilingualism to its municipalities. Premier Bernard Lord said Monday the provincial government will translate municipal bylaws into English and French where numbers warrant, and more bilingual services could follow. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Lucas Judkins, 18, of Hartland Avenue was arrested Saturday on charges of aggravated trafficking in marijuana and possession and use of drug paraphernalia. Judkins’ residence is less than 1,000 feet from the town’s two primary schools, Warsaw Middle School and Vickery Elementary School,… Read More
    CANAAN – A 19-year-old Canaan man was hospitalized Monday morning with minor head injuries after the car he was driving collided head-on with a tractor-trailer truck. The 8:15 a.m. crash occurred on Route 23, also known as the Hinckley Road, which is a major route… Read More
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    FRANKLIN – The historical society is offering two scholarships to local students seeking further education after high school. The Sterling Douglas Scholarship is available to any graduating high school senior from Franklin. Applications for this scholarship may be obtained from the guidance department at Sumner… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Reports on Monday that a truck that had been stolen earlier was being driven on Route 1A proved to be a false alarm, according to police. A 1998 Chevrolet truck was stolen sometime between 5 p.m. Saturday and Monday morning from the Linnehan’s… Read More
    HAMPDEN – Free tax assistance is available on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Edythe Dyer Community Library, 269 Main Road (Route 1A). AARP volunteer tax preparers who have completed an Internal Revenue Service training and certification program will be available to assist low-income persons… Read More
    BANGOR – Parenting classes will be held at the following locations: . Bangor, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, Wings office, 900 Hammond St.; googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    CORINTH – Central High School is sending two teams of students to the fifth annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl regional competition Saturday, Feb. 2, at the University of New Hampshire. Teams composed of five students, one alternate and a coach are tested on their general… Read More
    BANGOR – The Penquis Community Action Program Resource Development Center is offering three hours of training in asthma education for child care providers from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Penquis CAP, 262 Harlow St., Conference Room 3. Sponsored by the Community Asthma… Read More
    ORLAND – Free tax assistance is available on Wednesdays at the H.O.M.E. Learning Center on Schoolhouse Road near Route 1. An AARP volunteer tax preparer who has completed an IRS training and certification program will be available to assist low-income people and the elderly. For… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Portland lawyer John M.R. Paterson has been selected as chairman of a government panel assigned the task of compensating former students who were abused at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf. Paterson’s nomination and acceptance came at the Baxter Compensation Authority’s bimonthly… Read More
    BANGOR – A Benton woman continued searching for her granddaughter Monday, contacting police and businesses in the Bangor area in hopes of locating 16-year-old Corey Lynn Theriault who has been missing since late December. Pat Jordan said she last saw Theriault on Dec. 27 and… Read More
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    BANGOR – Police briefly detained an Orono teen-ager of Middle Eastern descent at Bangor International Airport on Sunday night after he asked to enter the cockpit of a plane on which he was flying. Flight personnel denied the request made by Michael Munson, 18, and… Read More
    ALFRED – A Kennebunk woman who police say was behind the wheel of the car that killed a state senator’s sister-in-law nearly two years ago is scheduled to go on trial Tuesday on a manslaughter charge in York County Superior Court. Amanda R. Spaulding, 20,… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN- The Margaret Chase Smith Library has announced the theme of its sixth annual essay contest. In light of recent world events, the library invites Maine high school seniors to share their views on how the United States should respond to the threat of terrorism. The essays should… Read More
    LEWISTON – A Portland man arrested within five minutes of a weekend stickup at a market across an intersection from police headquarters was ordered held on a robbery charge. David Lovallo, 22, allegedly robbed Speaker’s Variety about 8:40 p.m. Saturday. Police were notified of the… Read More
    WOODSTOCK, New Brunswick – A New Brunswick woman has died from injuries suffered in a car crash New Year’s Eve in this town along the Maine border. Heather Allison Leonard, 22, of Woodstock had been in a St. John hospital since the accident. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Editor’s Note: Student Union is written by students at Hampden Academy, Brewer High School, Old Town High School and Schenck High School in East Millinocket. The weekly column is a joint effort among the schools, the Bangor Daily News and The Acadia Hospital. This week’s column was written… Read More
    KEENE, N.H. – James D. Ewing, co-owner of The Keene (N.H.) Sentinel for nearly four decades, died Monday at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene after a brief illness. He was 85. During his tenure as publisher, the newspaper successfully campaigned for a wide range of… Read More
    Blame the Snow Queen and the power company for no column last week. The thing was, there was no electricity in these parts for three days, which because of my dependency on it thwarted any efforts at filling this space. My excuses to the editor… Read More
    Philip King’s British farce “See How They Run” is about as inane as a script gets. There’s a vicar, a vicar’s wife, a gossipy church lady, an American soldier, an escaped Russian spy, and a maid given to chicanery. In the wrong hands, this show could be an… Read More
    A lot of fashion trends don’t quite make it to Maine. For instance, how many women do you see teetering around Bangor in Manolo Blahnik stilettos? All your friends say they have leather pants, but how many people have you actually seen wearing them? And… Read More
    Dear Jim: I have noticed my old gas furnace seems noisier and the room temperatures are not steady. I want a new superefficient model, but comfort is my primary concern. What is new among the 2002 models? – Mic R. Dear Mic: You are in… Read More
    Gentlemen, start your engines. The races are on. After more than a year of sustained interest, regular inquiries, and – more recently – intense negotiations, NASCAR Winston Cup racing will roar into northern, eastern, and central Maine listening areas this year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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    CALAIS – The Calais Recreation Department will be hosting its sixth Maine State Junior High School/Elementary Cheering Championships at the Bangor Auditorium on Saturday, March 9. The competition, for junior high and elementary school cheerleading squads, will have five divisions. The deadline for registration in… Read More
    Jesse Speirs of Bangor claimed first place last weekend in the Boys 14-15 age division at the Plantations Junior Golf Tour event at Pinehurst, N.C. Speirs shot a 32 in Saturday’s nine-hole first round, then fired a 74 in Sunday’s second round. The PJGT is… Read More
    ORONO – Will Toner’s second goal of the game, coming with 1:28 left in overtime, lifted Orono to a 2-1 schoolboy hockey victory over Hampden Academy at Alfond Arena Monday afternoon. The 12-0 Red Riots extended their regular-season winning streak to 36 games dating back… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Denis Saucier poured in 20 points Monday as Presque Isle avenged an earlier loss with a 67-49 Big East Conference victory over Brewer. Fred Bird contributed 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats, who made 21 steals. Ryan Graves added 14… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Matt Carey’s jump shot in overtime and foul shots by Lincoln Robinson and Danny White Monday night gave Foxcroft Academy a 54-50 schoolboy basketball win over Hermon. The Ponies had beaten the Hawks 55-53 on Jan. 2 in Hermon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – After retiring to the locker room at halftime of Monday night’s Class B clash down eight points against the top-ranked team in the Northeast, Caribou coach Chris Casavant issued his team a challenge. The Vikings needed their leaders to lead and their role… Read More
    It’s not that the Valley High girls basketball team hasn’t been strong over the past few years – it has. But when you go to school and play basketball in Bingham – a town where the boys basketball team has garnered national attention for its unbeaten streak –… Read More
    Press must share blame I am writing to agree with today’s (Jan. 17, BDN) column by Gary Thorne about the erosion of civility in youth sports. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More