WASHINGTON – The Bush administration on Wednesday made it easier for thousands of older power plants, refineries and factories to avoid having to install costly clean air controls when they replace aging equipment. In a major revision to its air pollution rules, the Environmental Protection… Read More
    The two wildcats of the Maine woods – Canada lynx and bobcat – are interbreeding, state wildlife biologists announced Wednesday. Hair and tissue samples from two suspected hybrid cats were tested by a U.S. Forest Service lab this summer and DNA analysis indicated that both… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Verizon officials are warning business customers about a phone scam that’s cost at least one Maine company thousands of dollars. The scam victimizes businesses with private exchanges that require users to dial 9-0 to get an outside line, said Peter Reilly, Verizon’s Maine… Read More
    BOSTON – The Maine attorney general lent his support Wednesday to a small dairy being sued by chemical giant Monsanto for marketing its milk as hormone-free. Attorney General Steven Rowe filed a friend-of-the-court motion backing Oakhurst Dairy’s efforts to move the case to federal court in Portland. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The last Porteous department store in New England is closing at the Aroostook Centre Mall in late October, ending 126 years of operation at the department store chain. A total of 25 employees will lose their jobs, but will not receive severance… Read More
    How is the “road map to peace” doing these days? Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in the beginning that Israel would give only conditional acceptance of the “process” and would add 17 objections to it. All he wanted was a one-sided cease-fire and the… Read More
    Nineteen states already have prescription-drug monitoring that allows officials to keep an eye on patients who doctor shop – go from physician to physician amassing pain pills that they either abuse or sell so someone else can. Without the information provided by the monitoring, doctors cannot hope to… Read More
    Maine is missing from Attorney General John Ashcroft’s 16-state itinerary as he tours the country to defend the USA Patriot Act, a law that gave the government new powers to conduct searches and surveillance in terrorism investigations. From Mr. Ashcroft’s point of view, it’s probably a good thing. Read More
    I read with interest the article about Poland Spring (BDN, Aug. 16-17) and the controversy of semantics; is it a spring or a well? I, too, pump and sell water from one of the underground aquifers mentioned in the article. Last year, for example, I pumped and delivered… Read More
    As a former member of the Maine Board of Environmental Protection and as a retired physician, I was shocked to read on the front page of Aug. 22’s New York Times that “the Bush administration has settled on a regulation that would allow thousands of older power plants,… Read More
    The July 19-20 editorial citing national and state public school statistics was both interesting and provocative. Yes, Maine’s pupil-to-teacher ratio indicated the job could be done by 0.8 teachers per 12.8 students. Alternatively, it means that a 25 percent increase in school population would bring Maine up to… Read More
    I have been a baseball fan since 1945 and am a loyal supporter of the Bangor Lumberjacks. My wife and I have thoroughly enjoyed the games this year, win or lose. We’ve seen some close, competitive baseball and much good, clean family entertainment. We have met several players… Read More
    Last week I was walking through a local hospital when a well-meaning hospital administrator stopped me and asked me what I was doing there. After being startled a bit by the nature of the question, I responded that I was a doctor, and that this was a logical… Read More
    Nothing is certain in Turkey,” my friend D., an engineering professor in Istanbul, says. “You can’t count on anything, not even your life.” The uncertainty plaguing D. is partly the normal angst of 21st century life, but it is also something peculiarly Turkish as well: the uncertainty of… Read More
    BANGOR – Mayor Nichi Farnham Wednesday responded to residents of a city apartment complex who last week demanded at a highly publicized news conference that city and state officials remedy pollution in their neighborhood. Residents of the Griffin Park apartment complex contend that the air… Read More
    BANGOR – Maine senior citizens want a prescription drug benefit added to the federal Medicare program, but many reject plans to use private insurance to provide that coverage. Separate prescription drug bills have been approved in the U.S. House and the Senate; legislators are working… Read More
    One of the worst nightmares a parent can imagine is learning that one of your children has been stricken with a life-threatening illness. And so it was for Jim and Cindy Stanley of Bangor, whose 14-year-old daughter, Jessica, was diagnosed last fall with a cancer… Read More
    BREWER – Chad Gomm will enter Husson College next week with the goal of becoming a physical education teacher. The 19-year-old Orrington youth credits the Brewer Alternative Choices for Teens program with giving him the academic tools and maturity needed to aim for a career he once didn’t… Read More
    PALMYRA – A portable classroom, leased for years at the Palmyra Consolidated School and then moved and used at another SAD 48 school, may have a second life as a recreation-meeting center at the town’s park. “It’ll have to be moved in about two weeks,”… Read More
    Two car burglaries reported Wednesday morning in Bangor are still under investigation. Bangor police Officers David Bushey and Larry Morrill went to a Woodland Drive address about 6:30 a.m. where a Chevrolet Cavalier had reportedly been burglarized. A total of $205 of property was reportedly… Read More
    LINCOLN – The Health Access Network recently received a $559,938 federal grant to improve access to health care services for uninsured, underinsured and low-income patients. HAN includes the Health Center, Northern Maine Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penobscot Foot Clinic, Penobscot General Surgery and the Rural Outreach… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET – As the Katahdin region ponders what it wants the future to look like, residents agreed Wednesday night that better cooperation needs to be a key component. The meeting held at Schenck High School was the third of five informational forums to discuss… Read More
    BANGOR – The Hose 5 Fire Museum will hold a blueberry pancake breakfast from 6 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, at the museum on State Street. A donation of $4 per person is requested. For information, call the museum at 945-3229. Read More
    BLUE HILL – Selectmen plan to examine the possibility of buying shorefront property that recently came on the market. The parcel, owned by the Lyons family, is located on Parker Point and includes about 5 acres, some of which is shore frontage, and a residence. Read More
    CALAIS – Youngsters may have received an early get-out-of-school pass in June because of renovations at the Calais Elementary School, but not this school year. Classes will begin Sept. 15, and the school committee’s representative, Norm Dineen, said this week that classrooms at the school… Read More
    Residents of 11 Waldo County towns will participate in the second annual household hazardous collection day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Waldo town office on Route 131. Residents must register in advance and receive a color-coded permit from their… Read More
    OWLS HEAD – The Knox County Regional Airport will receive nearly $2 million in federal grants to help pay for rehabilitation of a runway. The money, announced Wednesday by U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, will be used to bring the runway to standards… Read More
    ROCKLAND – Astronomy and Iraq will be topics for two public talks planned the first half of September at the Rockland Public Library. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Jack Steinberger will offer “A New Light on the Early Universe” in a talk at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. Read More
    ELLSWORTH – After languishing in limbo for months, an issue of downtown sidewalk signs seems to be headed in a different direction: toward the City Council. Six downtown businesses have been told by code enforcement officer John Dunn that they are illegally displaying sandwich-board style… Read More
    WINTER HARBOR – Local selectman have inked a deal with the town’s utility districts that lays out how repairs to water and sewer lines in the former Navy housing developments will be funded, according to local officials. Two of the three housing developments – Ocean… Read More
    Lee H. and Barbara (Steenstra) Alley of Ellsworth recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a lawn party Aug. 16, at the Steenstra Cottage. Hosts for the occasion were the Alleys’ three sons and their families: Daniel and Donna Alley of New York, Brian and… Read More
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    THOMASTON – Two people suffered minor injuries in a three-vehicle accident on Main Street. Baron Wolfgang Von Holstein, 45, of Waldoboro and Melissa Ashton, 31, of Rockland were taken by ambulance to Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, according to acting Police Chief Michael Janczura… Read More
    FORT KENT – The one-day workshop “Community Response to Domestic Violence” will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the Teleconference Center in Nadeau Hall at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Health care providers, law enforcement officers, educators, clergy, students, social… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The Aroostook Literacy Coalition is sponsoring free training for anyone interested in becoming a literacy volunteer. The training will be held 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 30 and Oct. 7, 14 and 21 via multimedia transmissions. Four sites will be chosen in Aroostook… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR – Police are seeking help from the public as they investigate the theft of an undisclosed amount of money from Gott’s Store late Friday night or early Saturday morning. The money was taken from the office at the back of the store, located… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Residents can save themselves a bundle if they vote on Monday, Sept. 8, to refinance the town’s general obligation sewer bonds. Because of lower interest rates, the town could save $277,634 over the remaining 18 years of the Department of Environmental Protection Revolving… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – An open house of the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Demonstration Forest will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 6, on Old Williamsburg Road. Guests will learn about geo-caching, a hiking and treasure hunting trend that is sweeping the region. Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – David Lockwood of Bowerbank received the Irving Talberth Award as the region’s top club secretary at the annual New England District Kiwanis convention held Aug. 22-24, at Danvers, Mass. Lockwood, secretary of the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft, was the only secretary so honored… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Bryan and Breen Bell have been named the 2003 McCain Foods Champion Potato Growers for Aroostook County. The Bells of Mars Hill and the other top 10 growers for 2003 were recognized Aug. 7 at the annual McCain Growers barbecue at the… Read More
    OLD TOWN – Learning how to build self-esteem, divert peer pressure and eliminate violence are the goals of the Challenge Day program that students in Old Town, on Indian Island and in Union 90 schools will participate in, starting next week. “Our goal is to… Read More
    CALAIS – More than half the 100 people who responded to a city survey said their water is not up to snuff. In July, officials in this city of 3,600 residents surveyed customers after they began to receive complaints about the smell and color of… Read More
    THOMASTON – Most of the computer equipment stolen last week from Georges Valley High School’s science room was recovered intact this week, police said Wednesday. Acting Police Chief Michael Janczura said five of seven missing laptops were recovered, as well as four of five stolen… Read More
    ROCKLAND – The city Planning Commission early next month will consider four applications for construction projects that range in cost from $40,000 to $1.5 million. The site plan review applications will be considered at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, at City Hall council chambers. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BANGOR – City firefighters this week received what they had been missing for more than a year – a contract. The Bangor City Council on Monday unanimously approved the three-year contract that is retroactive to July 1, 2002, the day after the old contract expired. Read More
    NEWPORT – A 13-year-old girl and two 14-year-old boys were discovered highly intoxicated late Tuesday afternoon in a mobile home off Route 2 in Newport at the Triangle business district, according to authorities. Two of the teens were so drunk they had to be transported… Read More
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    GREENVILLE – There will likely be more airplanes than birds in the air above Greenville on Sept. 4 through 7 as the region observes the 30th International Seaplane Fly-in. On this anniversary, the founders of the seaplane fly-in, including Duane Lander, Chip Taylor and Charlie… Read More
    OLD TOWN – With the job market and economy on a downward spiral, the Old Town transitional team is hoping to turn things around for local residents by holding a job fair on Wednesday, Sept. 10, said Gary Baldwin, chair of the team. “We’re really… Read More
    EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick – Edmundston City Police believe the death of a 5-year-old girl and her father may have been a murder-suicide. The bodies of Danny Pelletier, 38, and his daughter, Valerie Pelletier, were discovered in Pelletier’s home at about 8 p.m. Sunday by a… Read More
    Boys & Girls Club Penobscot Nation Youth board member Pamela Colson Power said she is very excited about the Andrew Sockalexis Memorial 5-K Run-Walk, which begins with registration from 8 to 9:45 a.m. and starts at 10 a.m., Sunday Sept. 6, at the Penobscot Community Building on Indian… Read More
    ISLESBORO – A man drowned off this midcoast island Wednesday while trying to swim after a skiff. The emergency was reported about 3:30 p.m., Coast Guard Ensign Tom Gorgol said, and the Maine State Police dive team found the body of Jason Graff, 26, at… Read More
    ROCKPORT – A man whose lobster boat was intentionally sunk in Rockport Harbor was charged Tuesday with terrorizing. Police reported Wednesday that owner Franklin Dodge, 41, of Rockport confronted another man at the harbor Friday evening. Dodge’s boat, the 34-foot Brenda Lee, was found in… Read More
    BANGOR – A problem with transmitting equipment left about 10,400 households in the Calais area unable to see WLBZ-TV 2. WLBZ General Manager Judy Horan said Wednesday that callers notified the station of the problem Monday morning. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    PORTLAND – A hazardous materials team responded Wednesday to a report of suspicious powder seeping from an envelope at an L.L. Bean call center. An office worker noted powder leaking from a large envelope and contacted the police and fire departments at approximately 10:30 a.m.,… Read More
    GRAY – State police believe they’ve located the car and driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Waterford on Sunday. A man in his 30s drove to the Maine State Police barracks Wednesday morning and was cooperating with investigators, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for… Read More
    Descendants of Reuben and Louina Smith will hold a reunion beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, at Mallet Hall in Lee. Lunch is at noon, and those attending should bring a casserole, salad or dessert. For more information, contact Dorothy Dill at 765-3455. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    You don’t have to fall down a rabbit hole to get to wonderland. All it takes is a short walk into Bangor and Orono’s own enchanted forest. Sure, you won’t find Cheshire cats or Mad Hatters along the way, but the Orono Bog Boardwalk has its own cast… Read More
    Moon myths and fables This year, September’s full moon is the closest to the fall equinox, making it, by tradition, the “Harvest Moon.” When it occurs a bit later, in October, this full moon becomes the “Corn Moon.” Other names used, when September’s full moon… Read More
    Three weeks ago, my fiancee and I settled on a family vacation plan. Two weeks ago, we left. (If you do the math, you’ll realize that I’m describing a time period during which meteorologists across New England began saying the same thing: “Drought? What drought?”)… Read More
    HERMON – Hermon High School will hold varsity vs. alumni contests in boys soccer, girls soccer and field hockey on Saturday, Aug. 30, at the school. The girls soccer and field hockey games will start at 10 a.m., while the boys soccer game will begin… Read More
    GORHAM – Five new athletic department staff members, including three new head coaches, have been named at the University of Southern Maine. John Razsa is the school’s new women’s volleyball coach, replacing Annette Caldwell, who coached the Huskies for the last four years. His coaching… Read More
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    ORONO – An error by first baseman Allentown’s Vic Davilla allowed pinch-runner Steve O’Sullivan to score from third in the bottom of the ninth and give the Bangor Lumberjacks a 6-5 victory over the Ambassadors Wednesday night at Mahaney Diamond. After Nick Saunders led off… Read More
    HERMON – Chuck Hall of Cherryfield, on the comeback trail after suffering burns from a steaming radiator earlier in the summer, led from start to finish Wednesday night to win the Big Enduro feature at Speedway 95. Hall led by as much as a half-lap… Read More
    MARS HILL – Mars was the brightest object in the sky Wednesday night, with the red planet approaching Earth more closely than it has in nearly 60,000 years. An unofficial survey of local businesses in Mars Hill on Wednesday revealed, however, that many residents seemed… Read More
    BANGOR – A local businessman who earned a Purple Heart and several other medals in Vietnam had one of his proudest moments this summer when the helicopter in which he was shot down was dedicated at a memorial in Kent, N.Y. John Cashwell, president of… Read More
    BANGOR – Pauline Rudnicki had done many special things to mark birthdays, from taking a hay ride to hopping into a hot-air balloon. But this birthday was something special, and not just because dozens of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren had gathered at the Bangor farm… Read More
    LEVANT – Getting lost and having fun doing it is the idea behind the corn maze at Treworgy Family Orchards at 3876 Union St. in Levant. The orchard is owned by Gary and Patty Treworgy and Chuck and Michelle Bailey. The Treworgy Orchards maze, which… Read More
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    ORONO – The University of Maine College of Engineering held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for a building that will give a boost to Maine’s manufacturing economy. Since opening last winter in Norman Smith Hall on the UMaine campus, the Advanced Manufacturing Center has performed… Read More
    ORONO – Residence halls at the University of Maine will come alive with activity on Friday, when new first-year students move in as part of UMaine’s “Maine Hello” student greeting and orientation program. Again this year, UMaine’s residence halls will be at capacity, with a… Read More
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    BANGOR – In honor of Ford’s 100th anniversary, the Maine Air Museum will hold a special showing of vintage Ford automobiles and P-W aircraft engines 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31 – Labor Day weekend – on the museum grounds at Bangor International Airport. Six… Read More
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    BANGOR – Maine’s child care industry contributes $253 million and nearly 12,000 jobs to Maine’s economy, according to “The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Maine” report, released this summer. The report was written by Alex Hildebrand in partnership with the Cumberland County… Read More
    The course of Pam Stokes’ life changed one evening in 1977. A typical teenager, she flipped on the television. It was there, on the small screen, that she discovered what became her life’s passion. “I watched “Roots” [Alex Haley’s miniseries] and I wanted to find… Read More
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