BANGOR – Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. will not be audited under a compromise agreement that includes significant rate reductions for customers and strict penalties for the utility if service quality becomes substandard. The compromise – reached by staff analysts with the Maine Public Utilities Commission, Bangor… Read More
EASTPORT – Salmon farmers will begin restocking their ocean cages in Cobscook Bay today – more than three months after all farmed salmon in the bay were slaughtered to prevent the spread of a deadly virus. The state Department of Marine Resources gave final authorization… Read More
WASHINGTON – Maine’s Bath Iron Works lost out Monday in a high stakes battle with Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Miss., for a three-year $2.9 billion contract as the lead designer of a new line of Navy warships. BIW still is expected to share a portion… Read More
A story published in Monday’s Maine Day about Brig. Gen. John C. Levasseur had the incorrect color of the star he received. He received his silver star Saturday in Van Buren. — googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
WASHINGTON – Some bring flowers to the Pentagon in memory of those who died Sept. 11 and to honor those who now fight the war against terrorism. But on Monday, ice cream arrived – compliments of Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream and Shaw’s Supermarkets of Maine. Read More
BOSTON – New England’s power grid should be able to handle electricity demand this summer, but the region will still need to import power from Canada, and “bottlenecks” are possible near Boston and in southwestern Connecticut, grid operators said on Monday. “New England’s power supply… Read More
Dr. Per Garder has been promoted to the rank of full professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maine. Garder, who has been with the university since 1992, holds his master’s and doctorate from the Lund Institute of Technology in Sweden. He… Read More
In any political campaign what counts the most is not the rhetoric, it’s the resume. Knowing Tim Woodcock for some 50 years and his father, Dr. John Woodcock, before that, I feel qualified to talk about Tim and his qualifications for Congress. For more than… Read More
The Bush administration’s plan to make a war with Iraq seem inevitable continued last week with its descriptions of the number of ground troops needed and potential hosts of needed air bases. But the questions Congress should be asking go beyond the logistics of war into what a… Read More
A visit yesterday in Portland from a national children’s lobbying group provided a refreshing change from the typical tough-on-crime attitude that has grown more common in response to violent kids. The group’s survey of Maine chiefs of police, sheriffs and prosecutors was meant to influence congressional debate, but… Read More
I am a concerned parent of a 5-month-old son in day care. I am concerned about the new regulations that are being proposed by the Department of Human Services and the state. While no one can argue that a smaller classroom size would be beneficial… Read More
Once again oil prices have gone up, with all those in power who make untold millions from this commodity, stating it’s the supply problem. Our president said the cars of the future will run on hydrogen, but it will take some time to convert all those gas stations… Read More
My daughter Charlotte will not play the flute in the band during the Mapleton Memorial Day parade. I will not permit her to participate in an event that glorifies war – especially now, when over the past six months thousands of people have been killed in New York,… Read More
Here we are in Maine with 2,500 miles of the most beautiful coastline on the Eastern Seaboard. But our coast is also the most hazardous. So much for paradox No. 1. While the most picturesque, the hazards on our island-cluttered coast are heightened more by the perversity of… Read More
Recently, the Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden was chosen as one of Maine’s Toxic Ten Award Winners by the Toxic Action Center, a national environmental group. The Pine Tree Landfill (PTL) is one of two commercial landfills in the state that accepts “special waste.” A… Read More
These are tough times for American physicians, believe it or not. Doctors are getting sued more and respected less, and are working longer hours for smaller paychecks. They are drowning in challenges to what they do from every quarter when once they almost walked on water. Malpractice insurance… Read More
BANGOR – City councilors on Monday were split over a controversial plan to switch the city’s emergency dispatching services to a countywide system. “You can’t put a price on public safety,” said Bangor police Officer Greg Sproul, one of several police officers and firefighters to… Read More
Not that many years ago, when microchips were just beginning to insinuate themselves into nearly all facets of daily life, I vowed to master every technological innovation that came my way. And why not? Each new digital device came with a built-in promise to improve… Read More
ELLSWORTH – A Southwest Harbor man serving one year in the Hancock County Jail on an assault conviction pleaded not guilty last week to assaulting another inmate at the jail, according to court documents. Daniel Mitchell, 36, appeared Friday in Hancock County Superior Court to… Read More
AUBURN – The only high school run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has decided that teachers and coaches may not be alone with a student. The new, page-long policy at St. Dominic Regional High School forbids faculty members, coaches and volunteers from being… Read More
PORTLAND – A poll released Monday showed that Maine law enforcement officials support expanded child care opportunities for working families as a way to help reduce crime. Attorney General Steven Rowe and Portland Police Chief Michael Chitwood gathered at a child care center to release… Read More
The University of Maine’s new Center on Aging is ushering in May with a four-day “coming-out party” beginning Wednesday. Most of the events will be held in Bangor. Called “May Festival: A Celebration of Generations,” the May 1-4 event will feature activities designed to be… Read More
WALTHAM – An Ellsworth boy was charged Saturday with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants after he demolished his car on Route 179, according to police. Jack Wentworth, 16, was driving north “at a high rate of speed” early Saturday morning when… Read More
BLUE HILL -In spring, young people’s fancy will often turn to thoughts of – yard sales? That’s right. If you’re a senior at George Stevens Academy, the first weekend in May is set aside for the annual senior yard sale, a major fund-raising event to… Read More
ORLAND – Three accident victims remained hospitalized on Monday as authorities continued to investigate the three-car accident in which they were injured. Denise Bowden, 38, of Surry was listed in critical condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center, according to officials there. Kyle Howard and Dustin… Read More
BAR HARBOR – A 19-year-old Surry man will appear in 5th District Court in July to answer charges that he allegedly punched and kicked two town police officers late Friday evening. Thomas Taylor became “belligerent and obnoxious” after police tried to serve him a summons… Read More
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ELLSWORTH – A local man was arrested early Saturday morning after he allegedly assaulted his wife and refused to let her in their house, according to police. Troy Gardner, 25, scuffled with Ellsworth police officers when they tried to arrest him at 1:15 a.m., Ellsworth… Read More
TOWNSHIP 22 – A Southwest Harbor man received minor injuries Sunday when he was thrown from his all-terrain vehicle on a dirt road off Route 9, according to a state game warden. Timothy Gott, 43, was riding the ATV south with a group of about… Read More
HANCOCK – No charges are expected to be filed in a fire that spread out of control Sunday at a Route 1 lumber yard and hardware store, according to the local fire chief. Michael Cummings, the chief of the Hancock Volunteer Fire Department, said Monday… Read More
ELLSWORTH – A local man was arrested Saturday night on a robbery charge after taking $120 from a boy, according to police. Stephen Warren, 18, confronted the boy on High Street around 8 p.m. and threatened to kill him if he didn’t give him all… Read More
PITTSFIELD – The most controversial issue to come before the SAD 53 board of directors in recent years, its unique school calendar was amended and formally adopted Monday night. Even though the board had adopted a 2002-2003 calendar in January, each monthly meeting since has… Read More
FORT KENT – If it’s true that laughter is the best medicine, then Northern Maine Medical Center employees, their family members and friends must have cured scores of patients of their ills Friday night at NMMC’s 50th Anniversary Variety Show. Many of the 14 acts… Read More
MADAWASKA – An outgoing Madawaska selectman believes he has a lot of grass-roots support for his effort to keep the property tax mill rate down, and he hopes to get another petition seeking a special town meeting to pass a mill rate freeze. “I have… Read More
FRENCHVILLE – State Rep. Rosaire “Ross” Paradis is seeking re-election as a Democratic candidate for District 150, which includes Frenchville, Madawaska, Perham, St. Agatha, Westmanland and unorganized territories. Among the issues Paradis lists as areas of concern is the creation of an affordable health care… Read More
VAN BUREN – Local police are looking for assistance from residents to solve a burglary they believe occurred some time Saturday night. Police Chief Michael Bresett said the burglary was discovered Sunday morning when Louie’s Beverage Warehouse opened for business. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
PORTLAND – A man convicted of throwing a Molotov cocktail through the window of a lingerie shop and causing a major fire in downtown Bangor lost his appeal to the state supreme court on Monday. The court unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by Scott Gagnon,… Read More
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WARREN – A Thomaston teen-ager was injured Sunday when she lost control of her car on Route 131 and rolled the vehicle. The road was icy. Ashley N. Gale, 18, was taken by ambulance to Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport after the crash. Gale… Read More
DIXMONT – A 16-year-old boy who drove an SUV at his sibling to try to scare him during a dispute Monday hit the family home instead and was charged with criminal threatening. No one was injured in the incident at 41 Masonic Road at about… Read More
MEDWAY – Medway school officials will consider a new budget proposal that asks taxpayers for $116,318 less than an earlier proposal. Members of the school board will consider a $2.4 million budget proposal during a meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at the middle… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET – Sharing the expenses of teaching grades five through 12 by forming a community school district is one idea being explored in a study being done on consolidating schools in four area towns. Members of a committee studying area school consolidation last week… Read More
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ROCKLAND – A Jefferson woman whose car slid off Route 220 in January is threatening to sue the Knox County Sheriff’s Department for $1 million, claiming that the detective who stopped to help her is to blame for another driver hitting the parked cruiser in which she was… Read More
ROCKLAND – A student at Rockland District High School and Mid-Coast School of Technology won the gold medal in the Maine State Vocational Industrial Clubs of America competition held earlier this month in Bangor. Jon Benner, a junior, took first place in the state in… Read More
WARREN – A Rockland woman was honored last month by the state Department of Education for her work at the Maine State Prison. Polly Black received the department’s Outstanding Leadership Award for Maine Adult Education. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
BINGHAM – The Bingham Area Health Council plans to build a new facility this summer for the local health center, even though the project is $295,000 short of its $566,000 goal. Actually, fund-raising efforts have been so productive that organizers hope the remainder will be… Read More
MACHIAS – Warden Joe McBrine, Ray “Bucky” Owen, Washington Academy and a crew from the dental offices of Dr. Charles Dorr were among the winners in second annual Machias River Race on Sunday. Sponsored by Whitney’s Tool Shed, the MaCKRO-ACA-sanctioned race included 22 classes and… Read More
ALFRED – While nearby communities in southern Maine have battled with the problems associated with rampant growth, Alfred has managed to maintain itself as a quaint New England hamlet. Other York County communities have struggled with sprawl, overcrowded schools and skyrocketing tax rates. Some fear… Read More
INDIAN TOWNSHIP – A fire has claimed the life of a man who was burning debris in his yard in Indian Township, authorities said. Albert Harnois, 65, was burning brush he had cleared away from his property when his clothes apparently caught fire on Sunday,… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Medical Laboratory Technology Program of Maine is a new collaborative effort between the University of Maine at Augusta and the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Through a combination of videoconferencing, Web-enhanced courses and on-campus weekend intensive laboratories, this new program will… Read More
Reservations are still available, if you choose, but you can plan your afternoon and evening any way you wish to be part of the latest fund-raiser to support our Bangor Symphony Orchestra, which holds the distinction of being the nation’s oldest continuously performing community orchestra. 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 Acadia Hospital. This week’s column was written by… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. – The state said Monday it wants to seize miles of potentially polluted riverbed in the North Country to smooth the sale of a closed paper mill complex. Gov. Jeanne Shaheen called a special Executive Council hearing for Tuesday on seizing a stretch… Read More
NORWALK, Conn. – Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was once suspended from a private school in Vermont after threatening a teacher’s wife with a ski pole, the school’s founder said Sunday. Richard Wright, founder of The Vershire School, said that Skakel was “sent home” after threatening… Read More
LAFAYETTE, La. – A convicted rapist and suspect in a homicide who had escaped from the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center Friday night was apprehended early Saturday morning. Anthony Machiavelli, 40, pried open a section of fence in the jail’s recreation yard before climbing a second… Read More
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe has joined Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., in introducing legislation to expand health care access to veterans. The legislation would allow veterans covered by Medicare, who would otherwise be unable to receive treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs,… Read More
ELLSWORTH – A local woman injured in an accident in Florida that killed an Ellsworth husband and wife earlier this month remains in the hospital, but her condition has improved, according to a hospital official. Michelle Tetrault, 25, is in serious condition at St. Joseph’s… Read More
Artisans’ fest celebrates Fine Works Washington County group to display handmade crafts at gathering
BAILEYVILLE – Much of weaver Nan Sepik’s home on the South Princeton Road this weekend will be transformed into a gallery of finely crafted jewelry, hand-woven clothing, intricate woodcarvings, stained glass and delicately dyed fabrics. Pounded-flower greeting cards, painted floor cloths, sweet-grass baskets, and hand-turned burl bowls will… Read More
Kae Cooney and A.J. Mooney, Penobscot Theatre’s educational outreach team, had a secret to share with eighth-graders at Warsaw Middle School in Pittsfield last week. Shakespeare, they divulged, is easier than you think. To prove the point, Cooney, an actress and teacher, stepped into a… Read More
There are times we can’t bear more bad news. We can’t even fathom it still snowing at the end of April, let alone accepting an announcement that another priest – our priest – has been removed because of allegations of sexual abuse. Where will they… Read More
Dear Jim: I am not good with electrical wiring, so I want to try some solar-powered lights for landscaping and walkways. Do the newer ones provide brighter and more hours of light than the old ones I once tried? – Al M. Dear Al: Trying… Read More
The promising start to spring that was heralded by unusually warm temperatures earlier this month and late last month hasn’t lived up to early billing. Cold temperatures, regular rain showers, and two snow storms have forced postponements that are leaving local stations scrambling to reschedule… Read More
After a successful stint running the Busch Grand National series, including earning Rookie of the Year honors in 1998, Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre is flying solo in the Busch North series these days. Santerre was one of the owners of the Santerre-Reece Motorsports Team a year… Read More
ORONO – Though winter refuses to release its grip on eastern Maine, the University of Maine baseball team continues to search for improvement and consistency as it moves into the final three weekends of America East play. The 26-12 Black Bears took three of four… Read More
Kelly Flagg has a wide range of experience playing sports, and has done a bit of coaching as well, but when Nokomis athletic director Carl Parker approached her with an idea at the Eastern Maine basketball tournament, she wasn’t sure what to do. Flagg, who… Read More
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PHILADELPHIA – Ellsworth High School graduate Ben Shorey and Mt. Blue of Farmington senior Adam Staier finished first and second, respectively in the men’s junior division 10,000-meter racewalk at the Penn Relays Saturday. Shorey, whose time of 43 minutes, 20.6 seconds in the junior race… Read More
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Walsh’s legacy evident I know, hockey might be considered “just a game.” However, during the recent NCAA tournament, many attributed the emotional wave of the University of Maine hockey team’s success to something more, and by doing that the game took on a deeper purpose. Read More
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Jenna Merchant (16-10) pitched a four-hitter, struck out two batters, and walked one to lead Maine to a 1-0 victory in the opener of Monday’s America East Conference college softball doubleheader. The Stony Brook Patriots came back to post a 3-1… Read More