There has been plenty of speculation about U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe forgoing a third term on Capitol Hill to run for the Blaine House in 2006. But the White House in 2008? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    NEW YORK – The New York Times has a First Amendment right to protect the confidentiality of its sources by denying the government phone records in certain instances, a judge ruled Thursday. Saying that secrecy in government appears to be on the rise, Judge Robert… Read More
    PORTLAND – A 5-year-old Iraqi girl underwent surgery Thursday to repair a hole in her heart, an operation that was arranged by a Utah Army National Guard unit serving in Iraq. The two-hour procedure on Noor abd Al-Hady Hassan was performed at Maine Medical Center… Read More
    PORTLAND – A memo to shipbuilders from the president of Bath Iron Works is adding to speculation that the Navy is moving to have its next-generation destroyer built at a single shipyard. On Tuesday, the head of Northrop Grumman’s Ingalls Shipyard in Mississippi told a… Read More
    BANGOR – Mendel Schwimmer, part-owner of the now defunct Great Northern Paper Inc., soon could be found in default of an $8.5 million lawsuit filed against him and two companies affiliated with him. The lawsuit, filed in January in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, named Schwimmer, an… Read More
    NEW YORK – Site59, an online industry leader in last-minute travel, announced Thursday that Bangor was one of 20 new North American departure cities from which travelers can leave and find bargain last-minute weekend getaways. This brings Site59 and its owner, Travelocity, to a total of 151 such… Read More
    AUBURN – Gov. John Baldacci took another step Thursday toward providing seamless cellular phone service throughout Maine as he announced membership of a task force that will propose a plan to provide universal wireless telecommunications in the state by 2008. Baldacci, who uses his own… Read More
    I was shocked when I read the article, “Bill limits licenses to valid visa holders/BMV process called security risk” (BDN, Feb. 23). I thought a Maine driver’s license was proof that a Maine resident was qualified to drive in the state. It was not meant… Read More
    I read recently where the Maine Snowmobile Association is opposed to Sunday hunting, citing that it would not be safe to have the hunters out while the snowmobilers were out snowmobiling. Considering the statistics this season alone on the accidents and deaths resulting from snowmobiling,… Read More
    Conventional wisdom about the Iraq war is that it was a mistake. The elections have not changed the situation much. However, conventional wisdom also says that since we are in Iraq now, we must stay and fight until we restore peace and create democracy. Conventional wisdom says that… Read More
    Sally Quinn’s column, “Equating women, men is misguided mathematics” (BDN, Feb. 22), defending the recent ill-informed remarks by the president of Harvard about women in math and science, was itself ill informed. Although there is much we do not know about the brain, we do… Read More
    I am writing to say how much I enjoyed Tuesday’s paper. Everything was happy! Often everything is just accidents and war. In the Feb. 22 edition, I loved reading about the old Unity man who walks to work every day. And I really liked reading… Read More
    Coyote snaring is not only dangerous for lynx and eagles. It also can be deadly to dogs. I have a friend in New Brunswick who had his dog out for a run around Christmastime. The dog got caught in a coyote snare and was killed. Read More
    Maine’s Clean Election Fund, in danger of not having enough money for the 2006 election, was spared this week when Gov. Baldacci included $2.4 million for the fund in his supplemental budget, which was approved by lawmakers. Nearly $7 million has been taken from the Clean Election Fund… Read More
    Richard Nixon secretly taped his Oval Office conversations. Lyndon Johnson did it, too. The George W. Bush tapes, made when he was governor of Texas, were something else. He didn’t record them, he didn’t know he was being taped and rather than showing skulduggery or hubris, they suggested… Read More
    Maine politicians seem to work incessantly to try to outdo their counterparts in other states to be at the leading edge of politics du jour, which has resulted in the implementation of policies of little real value. The list is quite long – a tax burden among the… Read More
    When a life-or-death emergency happens, we all know to dial 9-1-1. But what happens when you need help, but not an ambulance, police car or a fire truck? What if the help you need is the phone number of the nearest food bank, a meal program for an… Read More
    It seems the best ideas often are born from tragedy. Smoke detectors, the Amber Alert, Mother’s Against Drunk Driving and the Civil Rights Act to name a few. So that’s why Bangor’s population of people living with mental illness, and their families, can thank Joseph… Read More
    BANGOR – Proposed federal budget cuts could mean the loss of as much as $1.2 million a year in grants used by the city for downtown revival, to fix dilapidated homes and improve infrastructure, officials said this week. Statewide, the losses could amount to more… Read More
    ALLAGASH – Maine State Police were checking out many possibilities Thursday in their continuing investigation of a suspicious 911 call made by a woman from a private residence Tuesday night. The call launched a search for a female who told emergency personnel that she feared… Read More
    BANGOR – Wanted: University of Maine alumni who have moved out of state. Aiming to attract graduates back to Maine to start or expand businesses, three area organizations have created a number of new strategies to make people aware of the job opportunities that now… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – With design plans ready and a request out for construction bids, city officials are on target to create a heated space for corporate aircraft at the Northern Maine Regional Airport. City councilors reviewed during their Wednesday night meeting the final design plans… Read More
    A Wednesday night fight at the Main Street Inn in Bangor resulted in one broken window and a wanted Lewiston man taken into custody. Bangor police were called to the motel at about 11:35 p.m. for a report of a fight and Officer Edward A. Read More
    GREENVILLE – Teacher Jan Corrigan has had to rely on more substitutes this winter than ever before – not because of illness but because of the poor traveling conditions of Route 15/6 in the Moosehead Lake region. Corrigan, who travels 62 miles from Greenville to… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Although it was a small group of four that gathered Thursday night to refine the design plan of the Mill Pond Park project, it was a group with optimism. The Mill Pond Task Force has until June 1 to complete the renovation of… Read More
    CAMDEN – Police said Thursday they have arrested one of two men sought in connection with a house break-in on Barnstown Road last month. Lt. Randy Gagne said Barry Holebrook Stone, 25, of Cushing was arrested on charges of burglary and theft about 10 a.m. Read More
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    ELLSWORTH – Two Massachusetts men remained in the Hancock County Jail Thursday after being arrested Wednesday night by agents of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Ellsworth Police on heroin trafficking charges. Patrick J. Kiely, 24, of Woburn, Mass., and Thomas A. Southmayd, 23, of… Read More
    ROCKLAND – Police officers reacted angrily Thursday to recent criticism lodged against the department by a southern Maine police chief. Rockland Police Chief Alfred Ockenfels, Deputy Chief Wallace Tower and Chief of Detectives James Pease dismissed recent comments by Falmouth Police Chief Edward Tolan as… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE – Federal officials have found the money to build a $6 million U.S. border station in the town’s industrial park, town officials announced this week. Town Manager Scott Harriman said he received word from the Army Corps of Engineers’ New England District Office in… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Police are looking for the person who stuffed a tennis ball containing a firecracker into the tailpipe of a school van. Superintendent Jack Turcotte said the van was parked in the front of Ellsworth High School on State Street when the incident occurred… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – A new $757,000 ladder truck is in the works for the Presque Isle Fire Department after city councilors spent a chunk of their Wednesday night meeting figuring out how to pay for the equipment. The Presque Isle City Council reviewed several pages… Read More
    GRAND ISLE – The Maine Department of Transportation is opposed to a bill that would change the designation of a local road in Grand Isle to a state-maintained local collector road. Grand Isle has been trying to get the state to take over the 2.5-mile… Read More
    HOWLAND – Town officials are considering a plan to buy a new firetruck and put an older Howland Volunteer Fire Department truck in Enfield, lowering insurance rates and increasing fire safety, Fire Chief Philip Dawson said Thursday. The town has about $170,000 to buy a… Read More
    GREENVILLE – Two area officials made a trek to Washington, D.C., last week to solicit support from Maine’s congressional delegation for four important issues facing the Moosehead Lake region. Town Manager John Simko and Geno Murray, Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital’s chief executive officer, touted… Read More
    BANGOR – An early evening street dance in May, an artisan’s market during the annual summer concert series in June and July, and downtown landscape enhancements are among the attractions coming soon as part of the Bangor Center Action Plan. The action plan, unveiled Thursday… Read More
    BANGOR – AARP is offering seniors a free charter bus trip to Portland to attend a forum on proposed changes to Social Security. The forum will begin with a continental breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 3, with the forum running 10 a.m.-noon. The bus… Read More
    BANGOR – Hermon High School has organized Mesa Hispanica to give those interested in Hispanic language and culture the opportunity to meet, converse in Spanish and share their experiences with Hispanic cultures. Native speakers, students and anyone who wants to practice the language are welcome… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The man who rammed a van into a police cruiser on Bayside Road and fled after a brief chase was in Hancock County Jail on Thursday, marking the second time this month he has seen the inside of a cell. Peter G. Boucar,… Read More
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    CORINNA – Frances Thompson of Paradise Avenue answered his doorbell Thursday afternoon to find his garage on fire. Thompson had gone into the garage, which is attached to his home, a few minutes earlier and started his snowmobile, according to Fire Chief Alan Clark. Thompson… Read More
    An Exeter woman appeared in two different courtrooms Thursday to plead innocent to accusations that she took more than $300,000 from her former employer. Cecelia G. White, 40, appeared in the afternoon in Hancock County Superior Court in Ellsworth, where she pleaded innocent to a… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – An Otis woman living in a small dwelling with no bathroom is contesting the town’s order that she move away from her Point Road property until a septic system can be installed there. In documents filed in Hancock County District Court, the town… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – A local man may have been the victim of bad karma when, shortly after being arrested, he returned home to discover that someone had broken into his apartment. After an employee at the Big Apple convenience store on Cottage Street reported Tuesday… Read More
    BANGOR – Four days after she appeared in court to support the man who admitted he was responsible for her daughter’s death, Debra Burpee of Dixmont filed a wrongful death lawsuit against him. Nicholas Wark, 23, of Plymouth pleaded guilty on Valentine’s Day in Penobscot… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Police are investigating the possible theft of four rings valued at more than $20,000 from Mount St. Joseph nursing home. The jewelry was reported missing by relatives of nursing home patients in two separate incidents on two floors at the nursing home, said… Read More
    ROCKLAND – A Union woman has been charged with attempted murder after she reported striking her 7-year-old daughter with a cast-iron frying pan. Natalie Hall, 34, of Happy Hollow Road called the law enforcement dispatch center at 11:33 a.m. Sunday to report the incident. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    Their bags are packed and they’re ready to go, but they still have some more fund-raising to do before flying off on their grand adventure. Fourteen Brooksville Elementary School pupils, trip leader Nada Lepper and their chaperones fly out of Bangor International Airport at 5:45… Read More
    MILFORD – A fuel truck stolen from Milford late Tuesday night or early Wednesday was found in Carmel, drained of 2,000 gallons of heating oil and kerosene and the keys still in the ignition. The truck from Malenfant’s Fuel & Bottled Gas Co. was found… Read More
    GREENVILLE – The grand opening of the Greenville Business Incubator will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 3, when the announcement of its first tenant will be made. Gov. John Baldacci will be keynote speaker for the event. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – Debate over the town’s economic direction splintered a Town Council meeting Thursday night, with one faction of councilors challenging Town Manager Eugene Conlogue’s leadership and another attacking the quasi-public economic development agency the town employs. The strands of argument at times got convoluted… Read More
    BANGOR – Lee Academy’s tough combination of run-and-gun offense, pressing defense, and tough inside play was too much for Greenville to overcome Thursday afternoon as the No. 1 Pandas earned a trip to the Eastern Maine Class D final with a 67-36 victory over the No. 5 Lakers… Read More
    BOSTON – The Terriers’ torrid shooting and tenacious, man-to-man defensive pressure combined to give Boston University its 10th straight victory over the University of Maine men Thursday night at Case Gymnasium 66-50. The Terriers raised “The Roof” – the nickname for Case – and notched… Read More
    BANGOR – Tough defense and big baskets in key spots helped the Lee Academy boys basketball team hold on and earn a trip to the Eastern Maine Class D final. The No. 1 Pandas overcame the charging Cougars in the third quarter and got 14… Read More
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    AUGUSTA – Conrad Griffin scored 25 points to power No. 2 Wiscasset by No. 3 Boothbay 53-51 during a Western Maine Class C boys basketball semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center Thursday. Wiscasset rallied from a 17-point deficit at the end of the third quarter. Read More
    BANGOR – The talk at the Bangor Auditorium Thursday afternoon was a game that went on earlier that day at the Augusta Civic Center. No. 5 Valley of Bingham shocked Western Maine top-seed and defending Class D state champ Rangeley 58-47 in that region’s semifinal… Read More
    MAINE vs. UMASS LOWELL Time, site: Friday, Saturday, 7 p.m., Alfond Arena, Orono 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++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if… Read More
    Sure, it’s tournament week – one of the early signs heralding the end of winter and the approach of spring – but you need something else to make up for the cold weather and the daily sights of snowbanks, still-slushy streets, and icicles hanging from every roof. Read More
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    What’s your favorite pizza place in central, eastern or northern Maine (excluding the national chains)? And why? The NEWS would like to know. We’ll collect up the responses, report the results and visit the five places garnering the most votes. Please respond in writing, either by e-mailing dmcgarrigle@bangordailynews.net… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – More than two dozen women will be performing Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” in the auditorium of the First Universalist Church in Pittsfield at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6. The church is located on Easy Street, at Pittsfield’s Route 100 intersection. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    After 110 days at sea, solo sailor Bruce Schwab was poised to cross the finish line of the Vendee Globe early today in southwestern France, becoming the first American to complete the world’s most grueling yacht race. Rain squalls and winds blowing the wrong way… Read More