A correction published Saturday contained an error regarding an earlier correction about Pierre Monteux. Monteux founded a conducting school in Hancock. His son, Claude Monteux, a concert flutist and conductor, hired Masanobu Ikemiya as a pianist in the 1970s. — googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    BOSTON – Scott Ruffner, an antiwar activist who campaigned in Maine for Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, came to the Democratic National Convention an unhappy man – a delegate profoundly disappointed in the ticket his party was about to nominate. After a week of hoopla… Read More
    BANGOR – Family Dollar, a nationwide chain of dollar stores in legal trouble for its labor practices, is opening a store on the corner of State Street and Broadway. Florence Stanley, a Family Dollar spokeswoman, said the company plans to open the store on Aug. Read More
    No pun intended, but keep an eye out for the following products recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. . Eyelash curlers manufactured in China and imported by the W.E. Bassett Co. of Shelton, Conn., have plastic handles that could detach and cause consumers… Read More
    PORTLAND – Federal financial backing for Maine companies developing innovative technologies has increased, according to a recently released report. The federal Small Business Innovation Research Program awarded 17 Maine companies $5.9 million during the last fiscal year. The amount is the most ever for the… Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor area is playing host today and Tuesday to the August meeting of the New England Society of Convention & Visitors Bureau. NESCVB is composed of more than 20 representatives from the convention and visitors bureaus from Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New… Read More
    BOSTON – Unionized workers for dozens of Shaw’s Supermarkets on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a contract proposal the grocery chain presented earlier in the day and characterized as its final offer. The 81 percent vote to turn down the proposal and authorize a strike increased the… Read More
    The efforts of Eastern Maine Healthcare over the past few years have been disturbing. We have seen classic textbook methods used to justify expansion, for example: a rural hospital system must “vertically integrate system services and thus achieve economy of scale.” This is another word for attempting to… Read More
    Although there was elation when the long-delayed 94th Military Policy Company returned to the United States last week, the unit’s longer than expected stay in Iraq highlights the deficiencies in current military planning. The case of the 94th, a National Guard unit that has been deployed overseas for… Read More
    There was good reason for the absence of celebration recently when it was announced that the number of jobs in Maine has finally returned to the June 2001 level. The reason is that the thousands of high-paying jobs that have been lost in recent years have been replaced… Read More
    The op-ed, “Prop 13: Ask your friends in California” (BDN, July 24-25) by Arthur A. Dole was too much. I recently moved back to Maine from southern California after 40 years and have been reading about the November referendum with much interest. I don’t think… Read More
    I am a Maine native presently working at a new combination liquefied natural gas re-gasification-combined cycle power plant in Zierbena, on the northeast coast of Spain. I have been following the newspaper articles about the protests against the proposed building of a similar facility in Maine. I am… Read More
    Ray Davis’ letter, “Body armor essential” (BDN, July 22), bases his criticism of Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards on incomplete information. Robert Byrd, a senator for 45 years and a much-respected statesman, explains in his new book, “Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant… Read More
    Paul Silverman, who served as president of the University of Maine (1980-1984) and who died on July 15, was a remarkable human being. Many Mainers, including many at UMaine, did not fully appreciate what we had and lost. Dr. Silverman was a brilliant scientist. He… Read More
    The rise of the nonprofit sector in America is often traced to a famous 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case, Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward. In that case, argued for Dartmouth by renowned orator Daniel Webster, the court held that the state of New Hampshire lacked the power… Read More
    AUGUSTA – A study given to lawmakers last week estimates the economic cost of alcohol and drug abuse in Maine was $618 million in 2000, but makes no recommendations on what to do about the problem. That concerns some lawmakers. The study is a mix… Read More
    PORTAGE LAKE – One day after new legislation that allowed logging and trucking contractors to negotiate with Maine’s largest landowners went into effect, the International Logging Association held a meeting Saturday to reorganize the group that last January led a logging strike against Irving Forest Products Inc. Read More
    UNITY – In one corner of the massive farm property owned by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association in Unity, a group of farmers on Sunday morning grasped the unfamiliar scythe, learning how to smooth their strokes out and cut hay by hand. A… Read More
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    CARIBOU – Local police and an Aroostook County deputy sheriff on Saturday night made quick work of arresting three males suspected of assaulting and robbing a Caribou businessman in his home. Travis Tuttle, 21, of Caribou was charged with robbery, assault and using a disabling… Read More
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    MOUNT DESERT – Tax Assessor John Brushwein has changed his mind and will not become Surry’s administrative assistant, officials confirmed last week. Brushwein submitted his resignation with Mount Desert after 17 years, but he told selectmen, who wanted him to stay, that the decision was… Read More
    MADAWASKA – An 18-year-old Frenchville man was killed instantly on Friday night when the motorcycle he was operating went out of control, throwing him off the machine. Robert Cyr was dead at the scene, just east of the Frenchville-Madawaska town line. Police think that speed… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Pittsfield councilors should come to Tuesday night’s meeting with their pens full of ink, as the evening’s agenda includes signing nine agreements, plans, certifications and policies. They include voting on and signing: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
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    A Bangor detective working private detail at Barnaby’s on the Odlin Road Friday caught an underage woman trying to use another woman’s license to get into the bar. Trisha Carlsen, 20, of Milford came in with a group of seven women at about 10:30 p.m. Read More
    CRANBERRY ISLES – Voters will be asked to authorize selectmen to spend up to $125,000 for construction of a town office when they meet for a special town meeting next week. Frances Bartlett, town tax collector for 31 years and town clerk for the past… Read More
    CALAIS – For the third year in a row, Old Glory on Sunday blew all of its competition out of the water during the annual International Raft Race. The only requirement to compete was that teams come up with the wackiest “human-powered” craft possible. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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    BAR HARBOR – Town officials hope finally to settle the thorny issue of whether homeowners can rent their houses on a weekly basis. The planning board, at the behest of the Town Council, will hold a special meeting Aug. 11 to discuss the issue and… Read More
    Dipping their wheels into the Pacific Ocean last June 20 in Astoria, Ore., Russell Carey of Milo, his 16-year-old son, Ian, and 31 other adventurous individuals then turned their bicycles around, and headed east. On Monday, Aug. 9, they will dip their wheels into the… Read More
    KENNEBUNKPORT – President Bush is expected take a break from his re-election campaign to attend his nephew’s wedding next weekend at the family’s coastal compound. White House spokesman Ken Liasius said the president would stay overnight Friday at the family compound on Walker’s Point after… Read More
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    KITTERY – Navy Secretary Gordon England will tour the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Thursday, getting a firsthand look at the work of the facility’s nearly 4,600 employees. Members of the U.S. congressional delegations from New Hampshire and Maine will accompany England on the visit and… Read More
    LEWISTON – Although a recent study finds the new Medicare discount drug cards offer savings off retail prescription prices, pharmacists and advocates say Maine’s senior citizens are largely ignoring the cards. “I haven’t had a one,” said Robert Witt, a pharmacist at Howard’s Liggett Rexall… Read More
    PORTLAND – After causing outbreaks at Portland and Biddeford high schools earlier this year, whooping cough has reappeared among students attending summer athletic camps. Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of Maine’s Bureau of Health, said health officials had hoped the summer vacation would reduce the… Read More
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    BLUE HILL – John Lewandowski hit two doubles to drive in a run and scored twice to help lead Blue Hill to a 6-4 victory Sunday in the first game and an eventual sweep of its Bay League doubleheader against Quirk Auto Park. Blue Hill… Read More
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    When famed jam rockers Phish staged IT last August at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, roughly 60,000 fans, as well as a cadre of journalists (including myself), flocked to the willywags of northern Maine to attend the three-day carnival of music, camping and good vibes. Read More
    The strongest earthquake ever recorded in Maine occurred a century ago on March 21, 1904. The newspapers described it in near biblical terms. Before the earth started to shake, “a great brilliancy” lighted up the horizons, and the wind, which had been blowing fiercely for… Read More
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    BURLINGTON, Vt. – The charitable giving arm of the jam band Phish says it will donate at least $100,000 of the proceeds from an upcoming concert to Vermont nonprofit groups. Phish, which formed in Burlington, has already earmarked $75,000 of that money for groups including… Read More