LIMESTONE – Last month it was a numbers game. This month, a waiting game. “I try not to think about it,” said Bryan Thompson, a staff accountant at Limestone’s Defense Finance and Accounting Service, which is targeted for closure as part of the ongoing Base… Read More
WASHINGTON – The Sept. 11 commission will investigate a claim that U.S. defense intelligence officials identified ringleader Mohamed Atta and three other hijackers as a likely part of an al-Qaida cell more than a year before the hijackings but didn’t forward the information to law enforcement. Read More
WASHINGTON – Mabel Stoltz, at 93, lives independently in her own home in a quiet harbor town on the Minnesota shore of Lake Superior. But she has to watch her budget carefully and has been buying prescription drugs from Canada. So Stoltz was surprised to… Read More
BAR HARBOR – Though the reasons are still unknown why an aggressive, invasive species of fire ants is wildly successful along the Maine coastline, including areas of Acadia National Park, the results of the infestation are clear – and painful. Martha Dodge of Bar Harbor… Read More
Islands of development sprinkled within 426,000 acres of Plum Creek property in the Moosehead Lake region could create 800 new jobs for a $41.5 million average annual contribution to Maine’s economy, according to an economic consultant hired by the company. Tuesday, Plum Creek Timber Co. Read More
A story in Monday’s State section should have said that the city of Brewer’s request for U.S. Department of Homeland Security funds for a school communications system was submitted to the state for review without the recommendation of the Penobscot County Homeland Security Review Committee. Read More
PORTLAND – Maine’s highest court on Tuesday sided with the state in a tax dispute involving Irving Pulp & Paper Ltd. The Canadian-owned company had challenged the State Tax Assessor’s decision, which held it accountable for nearly $827,000 in taxes and interest for the 1995-1999… Read More
OAKLAND – The first batch of workers at T-Mobile’s call center are going to class while contractors go from room to room finishing the work of setting up cubicles, computers and communication equipment. Kim Janeski of Waterville was among the 136 staff – including 95… Read More
HAVANA – Americans should be able to travel to Cuba as easily as the shipment of U.S. cattle that arrived here last week, representatives of U.S. and Cuban agriculture said Tuesday. Gathered at the ranch of President Fidel Castro’s older brother Ramon, the Americans and… Read More
BAR HARBOR – In a town where you can eat your lobsters boiled, steamed, on a roll, baked and stuffed and even fried up Chinese style, two protesters spent early Tuesday afternoon urging passers-by to just say “no” to the state’s favorite crustacean – with mixed results. Read More
The energy bill recently passed by Congress is so flawed that lawmakers were reduced to celebrating its doubtful benefit of an extra hour of light on Halloween. But even that portion of the bill was hastily assembled – ensuring America’s largest trading partner was in sync with the… Read More
Some say that the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea are an imminent threat. A better word would be “challenge” – an opportunity for skillful diplomacy in search of mutually advantageous results. The Bush administration seems to be heading in that direction, after a history of frequent… Read More
Thank you for your Aug. 1 article about guided walks on the Orono Bog Boardwalk provided by Fields Pond Maine Audubon Center. The boardwalk very much appreciates the Audubon Center’s support and use of the boardwalk and would like the public to know that the boardwalk itself also… Read More
In response to Thomas Bonner’s letter, “Anti-LNG dream world” (BDN, July 30-31). It is not only the town of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, that is against liquefied natural gas. Groups have formed in Maine to fight these two proposed terminals. LNG will forever change the… Read More
In response to the article titled, “Demand exceeds supply of organic milk in Maine” (BDN, July 23-24), and the implied perception by an organic representative quoted in the article that organic milk is somehow better than milk produced by traditional methods. As a spokesman for… Read More
The more I hear about Wal-Mart the more outraged I get. The Aug. 6-7 story, “Fearing costs, Wal-Mart seeks suit’s dismissal,” was too much. Wal-Mart is (finally) facing a class-action sex discrimination lawsuit, representing as many as 1.6 million current and former female employees, alleging Wal-Mart frequently pays… Read More
Yet again the Bangor Daily News has shown its true colors with the article, “Woman, son shot in road rage incident” (BDN, Aug. 5). The first sentence, second paragraph, stating, “William Green, a 55-year-old Vietnam veteran…,” is the classic spit-in-our-face journalism that gets regurgitated in your paper year… Read More
Carmel property taxes are due this week. I trust all you folks who voted against the “tax cap” last fall are pleased with the $2 per $1,000 increase in the mill rate. All the promises made were a sham, and Gov. Baldacci’s LD 1 was a sham. Since… Read More
Who is Oliver Porter and why should you care? This interim city manager from a town very few have heard of has a lot to teach all of us about what local government is, how it should work, and what it should be. Unless… Read More
ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick – Oklahoma-based Quoddy Bay LLC has people in this seaside community scratching their heads now that company officials have said they would not appear before the public later this month because of “security concerns.” Two liquefied natural gas developers – Quoddy… Read More
AUGUSTA – Maine’s state police chief said Tuesday the public can make a big contribution to public safety by identifying motorists who keep driving after license suspensions. He called those offenders “a particularly deadly group of people.” “There’s nothing like good old citizen initiative out… Read More
BAR HARBOR – Extreme speed was a factor in a car crash Monday night that left one Bar Harbor teen in critical condition and cut the car in which he was riding in half. Noah Moore, 22, of Bar Harbor was speeding south on Route… Read More
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A renowned dealer of antique maps, whose arrest sent librarians around the world scurrying to review their collections, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to looting Yale University of three centuries-old maps. E. Forbes Smiley III, 49, of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., and Sebec,… Read More
BANGOR – Canadian Dora Arlene Sauveur didn’t sneak into the United States in the trunk of a car for drugs or money. The 35-year-old mother of two did it for love. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
SEARSPORT – Doug Latham fought for the wall and the wall lost. The state Department of Transportation has decided that a rock wall along the Mount Ephraim Road in Waldo County is a safety hazard, so it obtained a court order forcing Latham to remove… Read More
PALMYRA – Mary Jane Lucas will be installed as the postmaster of Palmyra at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Palmyra post office. Randy Michaud, manager, post office operations for the U.S. Postal Service, District of Maine, will administer the oath. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR – Should city buildings serve as forums of free speech? If so, to what extent? Should small, independent publications be treated any differently than so-called “mainstream” publications like the Bangor Daily News? These are just some of the complex issues that members of the… Read More
ROCKLAND – A Massachusetts teenager was hospitalized after he fell asleep at the wheel Monday and crashed on Route 90. His injuries are not life-threatening, officials said. Deputy Police Chief Wallace Tower said Nicholas Moseley, 18, of Wenham, Mass., was taken to Penobscot Bay Medical… Read More
HOULTON – A move by the council Monday night to consider using $300,000 from the town’s surplus account to lower the mill rate and offset taxation could wind up paring next year’s municipal budget to the bone. During the meeting, most councilors were not satisfied… Read More
HOULTON – Now that a municipal revaluation is near completion, many taxpayers have received estimates of what their new property valuations will be. Some residents showed up Monday evening, however, to tell town councilors that they were not very happy when they saw those projected… Read More
HOULTON – Directors of the Shiretown Development Corp. decided Monday evening not to sell a pre-dryer system located inside the former Houlton International Corp. building until the system’s value can be appraised. Town Manager Douglas Hazlett told the panel, which acts as an economic development… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The future of Hoyts Aroostook Cinema 8, also known as Northeast Cinemas, seems to be up in the air with reports that the facility will close Aug. 18, but official word could not be found Tuesday. Patti Crooks, manager of the Aroostook… Read More
HOULTON – A Houlton man remained in Aroostook County Jail on Tuesday after failing to make bail on a charge of assaulting a police officer. Ronald Trecartin, 22, was picked up by Houlton police early Sunday morning after a spree that allegedly included burglaries, thefts,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – City police are investigating damage to a green at the Presque Isle Country Club that may have been caused by an all-terrain vehicle. The vandalism, which resulted in an estimated $3,000 in damage to the 13th green, is the third incident of… Read More
CORINNA – The town is open for business, according to local officials, as five lots on Main Street have recently been placed on the market. Over the past six years, a $46 million SuperFund cleanup resulted in the removal of the former Eastland Woolen Mill… Read More
BANGOR – A local man was charged Tuesday with two counts of unlawful sexual contact stemming from the allegations of two young girls who claim that the man exhibited inappropriate behavior toward them while they spent the night at his apartment. Roger Dale Bates, 55,… Read More
BANGOR – Sitting at the same table Tuesday, officials from Penobscot County and the city of Bangor were still miles apart when it came to resolving whether Bangor should join the county-run regional dispatch center. Bangor councilors came to the meeting armed with a list… Read More
PORTLAND – Environmental officials say unusually high tides that flush pollutants from salt marshes may explain why many beaches in Maine and other New England states were posted with health advisories or closed last month. The so-called spring tides that occur during a full or… Read More
UNITY – Superintendent Dan Lee’s departure from SAD 3 will not hamper the district’s efforts to build a new school complex for kindergarten through 12th grade, education leaders said Tuesday. Lee announced Monday he is leaving SAD 3 after three years as superintendent to take… Read More
MACHIAS – A Machias man was ordered held Monday in the Washington County Jail on $100,000 bail after shooting incidents on Saturday brought out both the Maine State Police tactical team and the Maine Air National Guard helicopter. Kenneth E. Faas appeared in Washington County… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – With the first day of classes just two weeks away, Northern Maine Community College officials already are moving on a project that is expected to help raise the institution’s graduation rate. This week, NMCC President Tim Crowley joined MELMAC Education Foundation Executive… Read More
LEWISTON – A suspect in a slaying early last month near Portland, Ore., has been arrested in Maine. Raymundo “Scooby” Dominguez, 32, faces a murder charge in the beating and stabbing death of Eric Gottschalk, a 23-year-old transient whose body was found by a fisherman… Read More
HAMPDEN – Members of the public fired questions at a state environmental official for nearly two hours Tuesday night about Pine Tree Landfill’s application to increase capacity and the company’s plans to address groundwater contamination. Cyndi Darling, an environmental specialist with the state Department of… Read More
BANGOR – A former University of Maine student pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to robbing the University Credit Union in Bangor of more than $2,200 on April 4. Steven Wesley Bell, 19, of Bangor and Newport appeared in court wearing a white button-down… Read More
BANGOR – One of Maine’s senators scolded the Federal Aviation Administration for issuing pink slips to 30 federal employees at Bangor International Airport before litigation that could save their jobs is resolved. Employees at Bangor’s flight service station were notified last month that they will… Read More
Representatives of nonprofit organizations that are in need of food or household products would do well to call store spokesman Alan Dill at Susie Saver, at 1205 Broadway in Bangor. Susie Saver is offering a matching donation for any organization that needs supplies to fill… Read More
The Quimby Family Foundation, established in 2003 by Roxanne Quimby, a summer resident of Winter Harbor, has completed its first annual giving program. Sixteen grants, totaling $500,000, were awarded to assist local and regional organizations dedicated to preserving the environment and supporting the arts. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Conservation’s Bureau of Parks and Lands announced a deadline of Friday, Dec. 9, for grant applications to be submitted for construction and maintenance of recreational trails through the federally funded Recreational Trails Program. The funds available to municipalities and… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Maine Human Rights Commission found no reasonable grounds in the following complaints at its meeting on Monday: . Pamela Minghi, Carmel, v. Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
GREENVILLE – The Wilderness Project – Northern Mainers for the Protection of Special Wild Places will hold a workshop at 7 tonight at the Moosehead Marine Museum map room. The workshop will provide residents with information on how best to speak and write responses to… Read More
JAY – A fatal accident at the International Paper Co. landfill is being investigated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. William Haynes, 52, of Livermore Falls was crushed to death Monday when the dump body of a truck came down on him while… Read More
SEBEC – Police made two arrests on Monday in connection with a lengthy investigation into a large indoor marijuana-growing operation in this rural Piscataquis County town. Sheriff’s deputies and federal Drug Enforcement Agency officials seized 1,365 plants from a Hughes Road home owned by David… Read More
BINGHAM – Officials are investigating the death of a 48-year-old Bingham man who died minutes after a fight with another man outside the Moose Alley Inn, police said. Blaine Beane died about 11 p.m. Sunday in an ambulance on the way to Redington-Fairview Hospital in… Read More
BOSTON – Three Massachusetts residents have been arrested and charged with driving a 13-year-old girl around New England to engage in prostitution. The defendants, charged in a federal indictment unsealed on Monday, allegedly transported the girl to Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire to… Read More
Here’s the second joke Thomas Piper told the other day at the Stonington Opera House, where he was rehearsing the role of Claudius with the cast of “Hamlet”: “Two peanuts are walking down an alley. One gets assaulted.” His first joke, about Farmer Ted and… Read More
It’s a little after 2 o’clock on a Monday afternoon, and it seems all of Stonington has congregated in Sylvia Tate’s rose-colored dining room. A few people are sitting on the porch, taking in the harbor view and watching the tourists walk down Main Street. More gather around… Read More
A glass act Summertime … and the sippin’ is easy with this bamboo wine tray from Sur la Table. Just big enough to hold a snack and two wineglasses, this little gadget will save your stemware and your wine – who hasn’t cracked a wine… Read More
Bangor: European Farmers Market, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, year-round, Sunnyside Florists & Greenhouses, 117 Buck St. 947-8464. Bar Harbor: Eden Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sundays, through October, YMCA parking lot, Main Street. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
Lee Academy’s fledgling postgraduate basketball program now has a leader. Brian McDormand, a Colby College graduate and longtime high school coach in Massachusetts, has been named the academy’s first postgraduate coordinator, according to Lee headmaster Bruce Lindberg. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
ORONO – Sunny, clear skies, temperatures still hovering around 90 degrees, and high humidity. Not exactly football weather at Alfond Stadium on Tuesday, but it felt absolutely perfect for the 10 University of Maine football coaches directing preseason practice and the 90 players who were… Read More
BANGOR – If Kyle Gallant and Gordon Webb ever realize their professional baseball dreams, they’ll be armed with firsthand knowledge about the intensity of the schedule. Since the start of the 2005 baseball season about 3 1/2 months ago, the two teens have each played… Read More
TV preacher Jimmy Swaggart got caught with a prostitute. His religious band kicked him off the podium. He went back on stage weeping and gnashing his teeth, gushing with apologies. He’s back on TV crying and preaching – and asking for money. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
DETROIT – According to reports in Tuesday’s editions of The Detroit News, University of Maine goaltender Jimmy Howard has been offered a contract by the Detroit Red Wings. Wings general manager Ken Holland said he expects a response later this week from the team’s second-round… Read More
The Vertical Outlaws, a street bike freestyle team based out of southern Maine, will make their first appearance at Unity Raceway on Saturday. The event starts at 7 p.m., and it kicks off the weekly racing series. The team performs a wide range of shows… Read More
PORTLAND – Boston Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo will be on hand at Hadlock Field Thursday to sign copies of his CD “Covering the Bases.” The autograph session will take place prior to the Sea Dogs’ game against the Norwich Navigators, and it will run… Read More
BANGOR – Softball legend Eddie “The King” Feigner will hold an autograph session on Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Odlin Road. Feigner anchors a four-man softball team that entertains fans all over the world. They have won more 9,700 games while… Read More
ISLAND FALLS – Alan Anderson of Bangor shot a 67 to break the course record July 27 at VaJoWa Golf Course. The old course record was a 68, when the course was a par-72. VaJoWa is now a par 71. Read More
BRENHAM, Texas – The Marksville Little League of Marksville, La., played its way into the 2005 Senior League World Series on Tuesday by defeating the Northside Suburban Little League of San Antonio, Texas, 12-6, in the U.S. Southwest championship game. Marksville, located in central Louisiana,… Read More
ORONO – Former University of Maine women’s basketball standout Kim Corbitt has been hired as an assistant on head coach Ann McInerney’s staff. Corbitt and Colleen Carbone, who was a graduate assistant at New Hampshire last year, will serve as assistant coaches for the 2005-06… Read More