Peace groups planning to protest a Blue Angels air show next month at the Brunswick Naval Air Station have enlisted a woman whose own demonstrations outside President Bush’s Texas ranch have galvanized many against the war in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., will be… Read More
BANGOR – With two Cajun groups and one Creole jazz band, performers from Louisiana were well-represented at the American Folk Festival last weekend in Bangor. Unfortunately, returning to the Big Easy on Monday proved not so easy for them after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Read More
Clarification In a story concerning evangelicals and politics on page C11 of Saturday’s paper, The Associated Press reported that the organizers of “Justice Sunday II,” a rally about federal judges, did not invite Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist because of his support for expanded embryonic… Read More
WASHINGTON – While a variety of government and private agencies are en route to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina, federal officials said Monday people wanting to help should not head to the affected area unless directed by an agency. Instead, Michael Brown, head of the… Read More
BANGOR – An inability to come to terms on a labor agreement almost led to a strike Monday morning by the Teamsters against Lane Construction. According to a union official, the strike was delayed at the last second when Gov. John Baldacci intervened. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
It’s months behind schedule, but Maine Monolite LLC is poised to move into a factory in Bath next month as part of a first step toward eventually building a larger facility employing about 250 workers in Millinocket, town officials said Monday. Workers were reinforcing floors… Read More
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland – One of the Canadian signatories of the North American Free Trade Agreement says he would have been reluctant to sign had he known it wouldn’t be respected by Washington. Frank McKenna, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., said Monday the dispute between… Read More
LINCOLN – Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC has permits in hand and a contractor selected to start installing a state-of-the-art $36 million tissue machine next month and have it operational by late August 2006, company officials said Monday. The Metso Paper Inc. machine represents the… Read More
PORTLAND – Some Mainers are finding relief from the rising gasoline prices with tiny electric cars that look more suited for George Jetson, the animated suburbanite of the future. John Chenard of South Portland bought a Global Electric Motorcar last spring and uses it for… Read More
WATERVILLE – Some Maine gas station owners are installing surveillance cameras and requiring customers to pay in advance to combat an increasing number of gasoline thefts being fueled by rising prices. J&S Oil has installed high-tech cameras at its station in Manchester, which has been… Read More
The following recalls have been announced: . About 35,830 pounds of Polish sausage, made by Lykes Meat Group of Plant City, Fla., and distributed to retail stores in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New York and Ohio, because they may be underprocessed. Products recalled are… Read More
We have recently heard about the new Army National Guard training facility that will be coming to Bangor to the tune of $28 million. On one hand, I am glad to see something like this come to our city as part of its economic development. Read More
The large majority of Mainers living in public housing wish their apartment buildings were smoke-free, according to local surveys. With the smoking rate among Maine adults down to 21 percent and a desire by most smokers to quit, landlords could reasonably conclude a large and growing number of… Read More
Fishermen, naturally wanting to stay in business, have long fought stringent rules to limit their catches in order to allow depleted fish stocks to recover. With last week’s closure of a portion of the Georges Bank fishery, the risk of that thinking is now too apparent. Read More
I attended the recent forum in Bangor on Veterans Health Care conducted by Maine’s 2nd District Congressman Michael Michaud and South Carolina’s Congressman Henry Brown. I was very pleased to see that these two outstanding gentleman have placed veterans’ issues at the centerpiece of their… Read More
What, or indeed was, your reporter thinking in writing about LURC’s Aug. 24 scoping session at Hallowell on Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Corp.’s designs on the Moosehead region? According to the Page One article last Thursday, this session “was identical to earlier sessions: some… Read More
I love seeing lightning bugs, remarkable little beetles that they are, flashing on and off on summer nights. It’s said they evolved with that remarkable ability to signal interested mates. But how could an ordinary beetle that couldn’t flash know that flashing on and off… Read More
Today you will be lucky enough to have access to an element more precious than gold, unique enough in its life-sustaining powers. At times, even in our country, it is rationed. Around the world each year thousands of children perish for lack of it. Although… Read More
The following is a story about how a government agency can ruin your business, alter your life plan and leave you no recourse at all. It will give us satisfaction to have our story told as well as serve as a warning to other small business owners who… Read More
Energy prices are projected to be 25 percent higher than they were last year, and last year they were 35 percent higher than the year before. We are a nation built on cheap oil, and the eventual end of the cheap oil era will have huge and painful… Read More
I was sitting around bored the other day, trying to figure out how to put a turbine engine on the spoon I use to stir my coffee, when I decided for excitement that I would become homosexual for a while. I mean, what the hell, that’s how people… Read More
A recreation facility linked to Brunswick Naval Air Station is not expected to be affected by the Base Realignment and Closure commission’s recent decision to close the Navy base. The Great Pond Outdoor Adventure Center, formerly known as Dow Pines, is located in Great Pond… Read More
The music was over, everyone was stuffed full of tasty food, and the waterfront was empty. After the American Folk Festival ended on Sunday afternoon, all that was left to do was clean up. “I’m actually standing in a pile of trash,” Heather McCarthy, executive… Read More
AUGUSTA – A report stemming from a highway death that focused attention on a trucker’s long record of driving violations suggests that Maine needs tougher laws to crack down on habitual offenders and keep their vehicles off the road. The preliminary report was submitted Monday… Read More
ORONO – Gerry Dube, the “technology guru” who led the University of Maine System’s charge in the 1990s to provide Internet access to the state’s schools, government agencies, public libraries and research facilities, is retiring after more than 40 years. Dube, 65, whose last day… Read More
ROCKLAND – A Belfast man who was drunk behind the wheel when he rolled his convertible and crushed a friend to death has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. It was a tearful and remorseful Adam Charles Weymouth, 26, who appeared before… Read More
You’d think that after the enormous success of the first three folk festivals in Bangor, we’d be over that sense of giddy disbelief by the time the fourth one rolled around. Yet as we longtime residents strolled through the crowds during the past weekend’s American… Read More
MACHIAS – A New Hampshire man’s trial in Washington County Superior Court for drug trafficking was delayed until the October term because the judge Monday had to sort out a problem with the jury pool. “We have hit a snag,” Justice E. Allen Hunter told… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – A local man charged with cruelty to animals can present his case to a jury even though his request for a jury trial was filed two months after the deadline. While District Court Judge Robert E. Mullen ruled Monday in Mark Hagelin’s favor… Read More
EASTON – Maine State Police and school officials sought the public’s help Monday in solving a vandalism case that occurred during the weekend at Easton Elementary School and the varsity soccer field. Maine State Police Trooper Todd Stetson said more than one person entered school… Read More
OLD TOWN – For the second year in a row, Old Town Public Library has been ranked No. 1 in the state for children’s program attendance. The Maine State Library in Augusta collects statistics from public libraries across the state each year. The most current… Read More
MADAWASKA – A culvert washed out by a severe storm a few weeks ago has raised questions about the location of the line between Madawaska and Frenchville. Selectmen from the two St. John Valley towns are looking at the cost of surveying the entire town… Read More
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PRESQUE ISLE – Isle Fest, the hot air balloon-themed community weekend, seems to be taking off, according to organizers. The Presque Isle Area Chamber of Commerce held the event this past weekend, drawing modest crowds to the area for three days of activities and hot… Read More
MADAWASKA – Officials of the Madawaska School Department said Monday the resignation of Superintendent Danny R.P. Michaud had nothing to do with an investigative report about the school department this summer by a Wiscassett attorney. Neither Michaud nor L. James Lavertu, chairman of the Madawaska… Read More
HANCOCK – Summer resident Robert Waldner will speak about the history of trains during a multimedia presentation at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at the Hancock Point Chapel. The program, called “Railroad Trains: Past and Present,” is sponsored by the historical society. It is free… Read More
ELLSWORTH – An Aurora woman was arrested on a theft charge Saturday after her employer allegedly caught her taking money from the cash register. Jennifer Beede, 25, was also charged with violating the conditions of her bail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
DEER ISLE – A local man was injured early Sunday when his truck went off the road on Route 15, knocked over a telephone pole and hit a tree. The accident was one of several in Hancock County over the weekend. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ROCKPORT – Carl Gartley, a graduate of Camden-Rockport High School, will take over as assistant principal at Camden Hills Regional High School. The Five Town Community School District hired Gartley on Monday morning. Gartley’s compensation package, including benefits like health insurance, is valued at $74,600,… Read More
SEARSPORT – The private group Protect Sears Island is poised to enter the public debate over the use of state-owned Sears Island with a plan that calls for highlighting the undeveloped island’s natural and cultural assets. Protect Sears Island is a googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BREWER – Local police are urging people to take added precautions in the wake of a recent strong-arm robbery and the theft of money during a night deposit. The incidents occurred within a few days of each other earlier this month, and a Brewer police… Read More
BREWER – A local restaurant that was evacuated on Friday because of a kitchen fire remained closed on Monday. The small fire at Twin City Buffet caused the evacuation and closing of the restaurant, and the Dollar Tree next door just before 1 p.m. on… Read More
BROWNVILLE JUNCTION – The developer of a proposed $500 million, year-round resort planned for the Schoodic and Ebeemee lakes region assured residents on Monday that his project would be tailored to fit the region. “We want to make you comfortable that we’re going to do… Read More
This year’s Run for Hope, a 5K walk and run to raise funds for cancer prevention studies and clinical trials at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, takes on greater meaning for people associated with the event because of how this disease has affected their lives. Read More
BANGOR – A federal magistrate judge has recommended that the wrongful death suit against two Somerset County correctional officers over a suicide three years ago at the Somerset County Jail go forward. U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk also wrote that a third corrections officer, Somerset… Read More
BANGOR – A Levant woman and a North Carolina man pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug charges. Theresa Mayhew, 26, and Clifton Davis, 24, of Potecasi, N.C., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to being part of a drug ring that sold cocaine… Read More
CAMDEN – The U.S. flag that flies over the town’s post office was discovered missing Sunday evening and had been replaced by a skull-and-crossbones Jolly Roger standard. Police Chief Phil Roberts said Monday the unauthorized pirate flag was reported hanging from the building’s mast on… Read More
If you sew, knit or crochet, the March of Dimes needs your skill for its Preemie Project. The organization will mark Prematurity Awareness Month in November and as part of a campaign to educate the public about premature birth, volunteers – individuals or groups – are being enlisted… Read More
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture is nestled in 337-acres of pine forest and fields, hugging the shore of Wesserunsett Lake. The cluster of old, cedar-shingled buildings reminds visitors that the property was once a farm. Sheep and cows still graze in the fields surrounding the studios… Read More
The Ground Zero quilt is coming to Maine. Lois Jarvis of Madison, Wis., made the quilt in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “I’m not eloquent with words,” Jarvis said in a statement on her Web site www.gzquilt.com. “I made it to be viewed by… Read More
In theaters THE BROTHERS GRIMM, directed by Terry Gilliam, written by Ehren Kruger, 118 minutes, rated PG-13. 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
SEARSPORT – The Penobscot Marine Museum has an album quilt on display through Monday, Sept. 5. The quilt dates from around 1850 and was probably stitched in Portland or Cumberland, museum officials said. Each square is pieced, appliqued and decorated with “broderie perse,” a technique in which motifs… Read More
HODGDON – The footing was bad, but the results were just fine for the Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics boys soccer team in an Eastern Maine Class C matchup against Hodgdon Monday. Playing through periods of strong rain showers and wind, Bo Li and… Read More
There certainly was a Maine connection to this year’s Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Starting with play-by-play announcer Gary Thorne, an Old Town native, who includes ESPN television among his many sports duties, Maine had a jump on the proceedings. Next up was… Read More
All across Aroostook County (and in many of the state’s other rural areas), guides, hunters, and residents geared up over the weekend for what many call their busiest time of year. To many Mainers, mention “hunting season” and thoughts turn to deer … or partridge… Read More
HOWLAND – As with many school districts in Maine, Penobscot Valley High School in Howland is trying to find a way to keep programs and improve facilities despite ever-tighter budgets. But the Eastern Maine Class C school has found a way to keep up its equipment and facilities… Read More
ORONO – Bobby Wilder’s philosophy as the offensive coordinator of the University of Maine football team is to put his best 11 players on the field. That helps explain why the Black Bears plan to utilize two quarterbacks, Ron Whitcomb and Chris Legree, this season. Read More
Study needed to gauge effects of RV park As a member of the business community in the Moosehead region, I agree with John Holyoke’s concern about the effects of Plum Creek’s proposal to develop a 600-acre RV park at Kokadjo near the Roach River (BDN,… Read More
ASHLAND – Ashley Nemer earned her 28th career shutout, besting the Ashland school record held by Alicia Michaud, as the Hornets blanked Central Aroostook 4-0 in schoolgirl soccer action Monday. Whitney Flint scored two goals and assisted another for 2-0-1 Ashland and Kasie Boyd had… Read More