A story published in Friday’s Final Edition about car accidents on Interstate 95 erroneously reported that drivers Lance Gray and Justin Neal collided. In fact, vehicles driven by Gray and Neal only struck the guardrail. — googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Maine’s dairy and beef farmers are seeing red over a sales tax on bull semen. Although the tax has been in place for decades, Maine’s farmers didn’t even realize it existed until last fall, when they suddenly discovered it on their artificial insemination… Read More
    The official numbers for the 2004 Maine wild blueberry crop, released Monday, are as dire as the industry had expected: The worst harvest since 1991 produced only about 50 percent of what an average year brings. Fortunately, things are looking up already for the 2005… Read More
    The Women’s Business Center at Coastal Enterprises in Wiscasset has announced that it will hold a workshop for women business owners titled “Why Would Anyone Want to Work for You?” An experienced business owner will offer help in finding and keeping “good people” as employees. The workshop looks… Read More
    Maine Business Centers has announced that it is looking to add at least five new locations in various parts of Maine. Maine Business Centers is a privately owned company that is helping to establish Maine’s new economy by bringing professionals and entrepreneurs who normally work from their homes… Read More
    Consumers should be aware of a computer scam called modem hijacking, whereby computers can make long distance calls without their owners’ knowledge . Scammers access consumers’ computers to place costly long distance calls, often to an overseas number. It only works with dial-up modems. According to the Maine… Read More
    Realtors across Maine sold a total of 14,445 homes during 2004, an increase of 9.05 percent over 2003. The median sales price per home was $175,000. The price increase amounted to a 12.2 percent gain over the 2003 median of $156,000. This means that half the homes sold… Read More
    Every U.S. senator who votes in support of President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, is voting for the use and support of torture. Gonzales is the architect of the policy that defines torture in extremely narrow terms, calls the Geneva Conventions “quaint” and… Read More
    I read with great interest the editorial, “Seniors on Social Security” (BDN, Jan. 28). I’m siding with the AARP stand about how to fix Social Security. I especially liked the first “fix”: raising the cap on taxable wages. While we’re at it, make it on… Read More
    By its very nature, a liquefied natural gas terminal is a hazardous industrial facility that could experience accidental fires. The principal harmful effects are two: vapor clouds that can be ignited outside the LNG site and harmful thermal radiation from on-site fires that extend beyond… Read More
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    The Democratic-controlled Maine House and Senate, along with Gov. Baldacci, are patting themselves on the back for supposedly passing a property tax relief bill. The arrogance of these politicians to go against the wishes of the overwhelming majority of voters, who voted that the state… Read More
    President Bush has made “Social Security relief” a cornerstone of his domestic policy. It is a perfect example of pickpocket politics. He would like to relieve every older American of his or her hard-earned Social Security benefits so that younger workers can play the stock… Read More
    Despite all the hand-wringing over government machinations in Augusta, Maine’s policy-makers and bureaucrats are doing a pretty good job of managing the state’s money, personnel and infrastructure, according to a recently released report on state government. Overall, Maine was given a B-minus, the national average,… Read More
    The costs of the war in Iraq are most obviously measured by the deaths of troops and by the size of the war budget. Earlier this week, the Senate Armed Services Committee began by addressing some less obvious costs and quickly expanded the hearing to the complicated matter… Read More
    It has long been understood, for as long as we remember, and is written in the Passamaquoddy tribal constitution, that men and women are a collective body. As a collective body, the Sipayik members voted to support liquefied natural gas as an economic development prospect for Pleasant Point. Read More
    Recently, Democratic leadership in the Legislature passed an historic tax relief package that was initiated by Gov. John Baldacci. I applaud the governor and the Legislature for taking on this difficult task. While I was Speaker of the House, and during the term of numerous speakers before me,… Read More
    If you’re a veteran seat belt user like me, who has been buckling up as a matter of habit for most of my driving life, you might wonder why anyone would oppose the mandatory seat belt bill that’s been endorsed by Gov. John Baldacci. While… Read More
    AUGUSTA – A bill that would restrict public access to some information the state gathers as part of the racino licensing process was tabled Wednesday, pending a review by the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee. During a work session at the State House, members of the Legislature’s… Read More
    BANGOR – Tentative settlements have been reached in two lawsuits that allege mismanagement against the former owners of bankrupt Great Northern Paper Inc. and the company’s board of directors. But discussions to make the settlements final and ready for signatures are being stalled by Quebec… Read More
    LAMOINE – Two women and a dog who broke through ice Wednesday afternoon while walking offshore from Marlboro Beach were rescued after being in the frigid ocean water for about a half-hour, according to local fire officials. The dog apparently already had broken through the… Read More
    PROSPECT – The Friends of Fort Knox board of directors has taken the first steps toward establishing a new statewide friends group that would support Maine’s state parks and historic sites. The FFK board on Tuesday voted to sponsor the creation of the Friends of… Read More
    LINCOLN – Prince Thomas Park’s basketball court is the town’s new outdoor ice rink, but don’t tell Jason Cox. The 19-year-old Lincoln resident was shooting hoops there on Wednesday afternoon, eager to try out his new Michael Jordan Air-LA basketball sneakers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – The following divorces were granted in 13th District Court during November and December on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: Ronald Scott Moulton of Sebec and Christine Louise Moulton of Dover-Foxcroft; married at Dover-Foxcroft Jan. 1, 1993; shared custody of one child. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – SAD 68 Superintendent John Dirnbauer told residents Wednesday that the district was “in the right place at the right time and lucked out,” by having its proposed new school construction fully funded by state dollars. If residents approve a March 1 referendum, the… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET – The Board of Selectmen will lose two of its most popular and enduring members when the annual town meeting is held in May. Chairman John Rouleau and Selectman Richard Stratton will resign effective May 17. Both plan eventually to relocate to different… Read More
    BELFAST – Despite a last-minute appeal by the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad for leniency, the City Council has voted to terminate the railroad’s lease and ordered the line to pack up and leave the waterfront rail yard. The council reached its decision after a… Read More
    ROCKLAND – Rockland is ripe for a renaissance. By all indications at a workshop Wednesday, residents are ready to make changes to improve the look and feel of Rockland. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
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    Midcoast residents will have a chance to learn more about an initiative to improve middle school and high school sports in Maine at a meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, at Rockland Middle School. The University of Maine project, called “Sports Done Right: A Call… Read More
    Author Phil Woods will give a talk this weekend about technologies pioneered and perfected by Maine native Charles W. Morse. The illustrated presentation will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Owls Head Transportation Museum, Route 73. Admission is free. Morse, born in 1856, became known… Read More
    The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory has received a $49,000 grant from the Woodcock Foundation in New York to fund the second year of a three-year postdoctoral fellowship. Christopher Bayne will continue his research in the laboratory of David Barnes, director of the marine stem cell and cell… Read More
    Works by students of Hancock Grammar School art teacher Jane Snider are on display in the juvenile nonfiction room of the Ellsworth Public Library through February. Included are versions of Aztec animal shields, pastel sketches of Maine animals, etchings, prints and studies of the styles of famous artists. Read More
    Waldo County’s Early Reading First program graduated 90 5-year-olds into area school district kindergartens last fall, the project’s director said this week. Drew Sullivan said the project is designed to provide early literacy instruction to children in nine classrooms around Waldo County. One of just 30 early childhood… Read More
    To help Waldo County’s 400 Scouts celebrate Scout Week, a breakfast is planned at Belfast Area High School. State Sen. Carol Weston, R-Montville, will be special guest, and a Scout of the Month award will be presented. The breakfast will run from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. Read More
    A program titled “Are there words to describe cancer?” will be presented on four Saturdays this month and next. Participants will read from the journals, poems, essays and personal stories of those who have had cancer. Sheila Shanti will lead writing exercises to help give words to the… Read More
    The Next Step Domestic Violence Project will host Chocolate Feast 2005 from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, at the White Birches Restaurant, Route 1. Participants may take advantage of the silent auction items and live entertainment by Michael Povich and the Fletchers Landing Philharmonic. The event… Read More
    HOULTON – A few decades ago, the stately houses that stand along a section of Court Street were mostly inhabited by families. In the past several years, however, some of those homes have been sold, and the new owners have transformed all or some portions… Read More
    HOULTON – It has been eight years since the annual Moosestompers Weekend first began in Houlton, and the yellow caution signs declaring “the moose is loose” popped up all over town. Two years ago, however, the moose started to look a little peaked, after sparse finances forced the… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The ballots are ready, the stage is set up and the judges are selected, but Claudia Stevens, executive director of the United Way of Aroostook, still has one more wish for the Aroostook Idol competition: more competitors, especially from Houlton. Sponsored by… Read More
    FORT KENT – A multimedia exhibit commemorating Black History Month will be on display at the Blake Library Gallery at the University of Maine at Fort Kent during regular library hours through Friday, Feb. 25. Call 834-7527 for information. Read More
    FORT KENT – A delegation of 10 Ukrainian education administrators participating in the State Department’s Community Connections program will visit the University of Maine at Fort Kent Tuesday, Feb. 8. Delegation members, who come from the southeastern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhya, will learn about Acadian… Read More
    HAMPDEN – Sewer customers will receive corrected bills this week after a mishap that caused 1,400 people to be charged erroneously. Last summer’s water consumption readings, instead of last quarter’s readings, were used to compute the bills that were mailed on Jan. 27, according to… Read More
    BANGOR – When people lose their job, they can turn to their area career center or the local newspaper for help finding a new one, but that doesn’t answer questions about how to keep health care coverage or how to avoid losing a home. No… Read More
    LAMOINE – The local appeals board voted unanimously Tuesday night in favor of a couple who expanded a parking lot at a Seal Point Road lobster pound in 2002. Neighbors twice appealed the planning board’s approvals of the expansion, even though the approvals were granted… Read More
    CALAIS – Gov. John Baldacci got an update Tuesday on how the state may revamp its tourism outlook and build on nature-based initiatives. Washington County individuals with tourism interests got the same pitch on Wednesday. Speaking from the Downeast Heritage Center to a group of… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Without calling for hospital mergers or closings, a commission looking for savings in the state’s health care system is recommending that Maine’s 39 hospitals work closely to promote efficiencies and reduce costs. The Commission to Study Maine’s Hospitals also says in a final… Read More
    ORLAND – The town’s building committee has named a Waterville firm to design a new town office building and to develop cost estimates for the project. A.E. Hodsdon will work on a design for the approximately 4,800-square-foot building that will house town offices and a… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – A 20-year-old Steuben man accused of setting fire to a house in Trenton was found guilty on a felony arson charge Wednesday. A Hancock County Superior Court jury heard testimony for about two days before rendering its decision against Andrew C. Smith, formerly… Read More
    WINTERPORT – Winter has taken its toll on the town budget, prompting a special town meeting. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Victoria Grant Civic Center, 40 Park Drive. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    TOWNSHIP 22 – Two people from Massachusetts were taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after their pickup truck hit a snowbank and rolled over on Route 9 Wednesday afternoon. Anna Lee Doyle, 66, and husband William Doyle, 67, both of Melrose, Mass., were… Read More
    PORTLAND – A woman who said she stabbed her 11-year-old daughter to protect her from an evil curse has been sent to a state hospital just one month after a judge determined her competent to stand trial. Superior Court Justice Carl Bradford on Tuesday found… Read More
    Reservations must be made by Saturday, Feb. 5, for the Down East Hospice Be Our Valentine Dinner and Art Auction. Tickets are $20 per person for the event, which begins with a preview, hors d’oeuvres and cash bar at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Legislators’ newly issued license plates, which to some look too much like New Hampshire’s regular vehicle tags, are going the way of the Edsel as the state returns to traditional designs. The change announced by Maine’s motor vehicle chief quietly ends a small… Read More
    BANGOR – Three Koreans were sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to five days in jail and fined $500 each for illegally entering the United States. Jong Suk Kim, 52, Jin Ho Huh, 48, both of Seoul, and Hyuk Soo Kwon, 46, of Lee Dong,… Read More
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    Ellsworth native Tim Sylvia will get a second chance to face Andrei Arlovski for the Ultimate Fighting Championship interim heavyweight title Saturday night in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Events Center. Sylvia (19-1) will battle Arlovski (8-3) to recapture the title… Read More
    BANGOR – Michelle Murray poured in 19 points as the Husson College women’s basketball team earned a 63-59 win over the University of Maine-Farmington Wednesday. Holly Gracie tossed in 15 points and Crystal Martin added 13 for the Eagles, who handed UMF its first North… Read More
    DYER BROOK – Mindy Watson scored a game-high 18 points, including six in the fourth quarter, and dished out 10 assists as the Southern Aroostook girls basketball team notched its 13th straight win, a 52-42 victory over Limestone Wednesday in high school action. Audrey Charette… Read More
    NEWPORT – The Nokomis girls basketball team’s eight-point third-quarter lead proved to be just enough as the Warriors held off Bangor 28-27 Wednesday, avenging two losses to the Rams earlier this season. Kelly Paradis scored 10 points to lead Nokomis, which withstood Bangor’s 7-0 scoring… Read More
    BLUE HILL – Blake Wessel connected on a 3-pointer with four seconds left in the game to lift the George Stevens Academy boys basketball team to a 62-61 victory over MDI Wednesday in high school action. Tim Carter scored nine of his 17 points in… Read More
    The 26 football players who have committed to UMaine listed with position, height, weight, and hometown Offense googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) {… Read More
    WASHINGTON – Two senators who voted for a 2003 Medicare reform bill have again proposed legislation to change it. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, Tuesday proposed giving the government the ability to negotiate Medicare drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush’s State of the Union speech, which focused largely on the debate over the future of Social Security, drew mixed reactions from the Maine congressional delegation Wednesday night, but all agreed on the need for a close look at the program to ensure… Read More
    What would you like for Valentine’s Day? “Seeing as I don’t have a girlfriend, I’d like a girlfriend.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++)… Read More
    To our readers, The Weekly is revamping its calendar listings to create additional space that will allow us to be more timely in publishing news stories and photographs. The Weekly will continue to publish Calendar, but with more limited content, running news of events and… Read More
    BANGOR – The recent dedication of a new wing at Ross Manor celebrated the life of Sylvia Engel Ross, for whom the entire Rosscare health organization is named. “A lot of wonderful and historically significant things happened while bringing the Ross-Engel-Waterman family history into perspective… Read More
    BANGOR – Author Sandy Phippen, the “grand old man” of Maine writing, had an appreciative audience of more than 30 shouting with laughter as he talked about writing and read selections from several of his books. His presentation at Bangor Public Library on Jan. 29 was the last… Read More
    ORONO – The Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program has announced its spring lunch series, to be held at 12:15 p.m. in the Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union, University of Maine. . Feb. 9, “Mapping Pasts, Changing Futures: Learning from Third-Wave Jewish Feminism,” with… Read More
    BREWER – The Maine Children’s Cancer Program will benefit from a special Valentine’s Day dance and buffet 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Brewer Eagles Club. The dance is sponsored by Back Door Dance Studio, run by Chuck and Sue McKay of Eddington. The… Read More
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    BANGOR – The United Way of Eastern Maine’s Camp Fair will be held 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Bangor Civic Center. The event is free and the public is invited. Families with children in grades three through six, enrolled in the Bangor public… Read More
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    BANGOR – The Greater Bangor Area NAACP will join hundreds of other branches of the civil rights organization in a National Membership Campaign, The Time is NOW, during February. James Varner, president of the Greater Bangor Area NAACP and chairman of the membership campaign, said… Read More