BANGOR – Staff Sgt. Brian Wilson of Dixmont spent his last days in Maine hunting for moose, playing games with his young family and fixing the roof of his garage. The 161/2-year combat veteran then packed his bags and, along with 84 other soldiers from… Read More
NEW ORLEANS, La. – If Maine Maritime Academy’s training vessel, the State of Maine, were tied up in its tranquil home port of Castine right now, its regular crew would be performing routine fall maintenance tasks, teaching a few courses and going home each night to their own… Read More
About 1,076 pounds of chicken sausages and beef wieners, produced by New Packing Co. Inc. of Chicago, have been recalled because they may be contaminated with listeria. The Pure Farms brand chicken products include andouille sausage, bratwurst, breakfast links, Italian sausage, Polish sausage and wieners, all bearing the… Read More
GREENFIELD, Mass. – A Masschusetts-based biodiesel company announced plans Wednesday that could make the alternative fuel more available and cost-efficient across the Northeast. Northeast Biodiesel president Lawrence Union said 75 percent of the biodiesel his company plans to start making will be sold to Biofuel… Read More
Randall Martinson of Augusta wrote a letter to Northeast COMBAT telling us that he was frustrated with a business named J.D. Marvel Products Inc. of Champlain, N.Y. Before telling us which product he ordered, he told us the background of his problem. Martinson said that… Read More
BANGOR – Jamie Py has a message for everyone who buys petroleum products in Maine. It’s not the local dealers. It’s the big oil corporations. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
Editor’s Note The soaring cost of gasoline and heating oil is steering Maine people back to the basics of personal energy management. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
Either we believe there are sexual sins or we don’t. Reference the recent scandal by supposed Baptist minister and state Rep. Stan Moody who is attempting to divide Baptist people in Maine with his liberal views about sexuality. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
I am the father of a soldier who served 12 months in the first offense of Operation Iraqi Freedom. When my son called from Iraq and told me he was being rotated home, I was ecstatic. My daughter, who was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, called us with… Read More
In the wake of two disastrous hurricanes, soaring oil and housing prices, anxiety over depleted fisheries, concern for major climate change – what is the role of a regional daily newspaper? What does it consider worth reporting? How about 50,000 to 60,000 people over three… Read More
As a retired academic, I feel we are witnessing increasing attacks upon scholars and institutions of higher education in America, similar to the old McCarthy hearings. The author of the Sept. 21 BDN letter, “Anti-Americanism,” may have had quite negative experiences in living under a Communist regime; but… Read More
In October 2001, weeks after 9-11, the peace vigil in front of the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building on Harlow Street began. Its fourth anniversary will be celebrated tomorrow. When you pass those standing between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday you see people… Read More
Whenever there’s a crisis, scam artists are quick to get into the act. With gasoline prices at record highs in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, bogus remedies have arrived right on time. There are useful ways, of course, to cut down on gasoline… Read More
Those calling for exemptions from new, stricter bankruptcy rules for the victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita have their hearts in the right place, but their logic is too narrow. Unexpected expenses – because a hurricane destroys their home, they are diagnosed with cancer or they lost their… Read More
As the winds, both actual and political, begin to subside in the southeastern United States, it is time to take stock of where Penobscot County is postured in terms of emergency management and our ability to take action in response to disaster, whether natural or man-made. Read More
PORTLAND – First lady Karen Baldacci, who chairs the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet, says a new study will be an important tool to help reduce Maine’s above-average youth-suicide rate. The cabinet, which oversees and coordinates the delivery of child-related services in Maine, will meet Wednesday to… Read More
WOODLAND – Irene Patrick walked across the rows of unharvested potatoes and a small hayfield to where the farm’s old truck was parked, started it up and drove it past a score of pickers who needed barrels for the freshly dug potatoes they were picking. Read More
AUGUSTA – With several violent sexual predators expected to complete their sentences in the next year or two, members of the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety committee are considering proposals to keep such people in custody after they have completed their sentences or fundamentally change the way… Read More
Tyler Cookson, 16, of St. Albans, is a “pickle” – what fellow students at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport call those in green Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps uniforms – and proud of it. He can snap to attention, administer first aid, hold a… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – A 39-year-old New Jersey man fell to his death Sunday while hiking on the cliffs near Sand Beach. According to Ranger Chris Wiebusch, the man, whose name was not immediately released, was walking near the Park Loop Road between Sand Beach… Read More
BANGOR – The line stretched around the corner from the city’s public works area on Saturday during the annual hazardous waste collection day, as people from all over the region filed in to throw away everything from computers to old paint thinner. “This is really… Read More
WOODLAND – Finn Bondeson and his classmates, eighth-graders at the Woodland Consolidated School, want to do something special together next spring when they graduate from eighth grade, before they move on to Caribou High School. The 16 pupils mostly have been together in school since… Read More
LEWISTON – A woman who moved to Lewiston after Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home in Mississippi was dogged by more bad luck over the weekend when the van she was driving was struck in a spectacular crash on Lisbon Street. A car ran a stoplight… Read More
OTIS – An inspector from the State Fire Marshal’s Office is expected to examine the scene of a fire that destroyed a home on Robbins Road on Saturday. The fire was reported at about 1 p.m. by a neighbor who told firefighters that the entire… Read More
WARREN – Maine State Police are seeking tips on a fire that appears to have been started intentionally sometime during the night Saturday or early Sunday. It caused an estimated $26,000 in damage to a box trailer and a generator parked inside an Old Augusta Road gravel pit. Read More
TRENTON – Ed Arbor of Charlotte set down his 1948 Aeronco four-seater sedan on the tarmac of the Hancock County Bar Harbor on Sunday and headed for the taxiway. Right behind him came George and Jane Enman of Owls Head in another 1948 Aeronco sedan. Read More
BREWER – After serving nearly half a century on City Council and decades on other community boards, Gerald Robertson slowed down just enough on Saturday to accept the city’s Citizen of the Year award. Robertson, who is an octogenarian, first served as a city councilor… Read More
Orono police arrested a local man early Sunday after a chase from the Bear Brew Pub on Main Street where the man reportedly took a bottle of alcohol and then ran out of the pub. James Murphy, 21, led police on a brief chase along… Read More
BELFAST – Work has begun on a new surgical wing for Waldo County General Hospital that, when completed, will cap an expansion and modernization program started more than a decade ago. “This really is the final major piece for the facility,” WCGH executive director Mark… Read More
BELFAST – In early 1995, when credit card lender MBNA hosted a meeting at the Belfast Free Library to talk about expanding in a big way in Belfast, the room was packed. Before the meeting started, as it became clear there would be standing room… Read More
BANGOR – Robert O’Donnell said all he has done is pay back a gift – with interest – that Husson College gave him back in the early 1970s as he struggled to finish school. The Van Buren native is the biggest contributor to his alma… Read More
Space is limited for a most informative Medicare D Community Education Session, so seniors should call and reserve their seats. Sponsored by St. Joseph Hospital, Eastern Maine Medical Center and Eastern Agency on Aging, the event will help “citizens in our communities have the information… Read More
A European invader has been sneaking onto the New England coast, infiltrating and undermining the natives. The large gray willow, a dense shrub or small tree that spreads rapidly and closely resembles a native pussy willow, has been flying under the radar for years, colonizing… Read More
CAMDEN – During the course of his career, Albert Maysles saw the rise of documentary films in the early 1960s, a resurgence in recent years, and the dominance of what he said is a shallow version of the genre in TV reality shows. Maysles, 78,… Read More
KITTERY – Supporters and workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard held yet another party during the weekend to celebrate their successful campaign to keep the yard open. “Kittery and Portsmouth just don’t want to stop celebrating,” U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, said to the crowd. Read More
LEWISTON – Scarlet banners decorated the restored nave of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul as Maine’s Roman Catholic bishop presided at a special Mass honoring the state’s lawyers and judges and marking the start of the judicial year. The ceremony on Friday marked… Read More
PORTLAND – A horse from the southern Maine town of Lebanon has become the first mammal in the state to die of Eastern equine encephalitis, according to health officials. The recent death confirms the presence in Maine of the potentially fatal virus, which is carried… Read More
BELFAST – The Maine Cross Country Festival of Champions on Saturday could be a revealing preview of the Class B regional and state championships on the girls side. Six of the top seven teams were Class B schools. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BANGOR – It was a perfect Homecoming for the Husson College Eagles. The Eagles gave approximately 500 fans a memorable performance as they scored on all six of their first-half possessions en route to a 62-14 triumph over Mount Ida of Newton, Mass. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
PORTLAND – Coming off an open date, the University of Maine football team had a full 14 days to come up with a response to its Sept. 17 loss to Richmond. The Black Bears took their frustrations out on the University at Albany (N.Y.) on… Read More
CASTINE – It’s bad enough when your starting quarterback is out for the season, but when you lose both backups the same week, it’s not a good omen for your next game. When you have to convert a senior wide receiver into a quarterback the… Read More
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LAKEVILLE, Conn. – Matt Kobyluck of Uncasville, Conn., led all but 12 laps in the Burnham Hydronics 200K at Lime Rock Park’s 1.53 mile road course on Saturday as he picked up the NASCAR Busch North Series win. Mike Olsen of North Haverhill, N.H., finished… Read More
YORK – Ricky Jones of Thomaston became the first player in the 15-year history of the Maine Mid-Amateur Championship to win the tournament three years in a row after holding off surging John Bauman for a one-shot victory at York Golf and Tennis Club Sunday. Read More
HERMON – Brenton Parritt of Steuben put an exclamation point on his championship season by winning the final Limited Sportsman race of the season at Speedway 95 Saturday. He edged runner-up Dave St. Clair of Liberty and third-place finisher Fred Brown of Winterport. Stephen Swanson of Trenton was… Read More
Colby College and Bowdoin College both improved to 2-0 with New England Small College Athletic Conference football wins over Middlebury and Amherst Saturday. The Colby White Mules defeated the Panthers 20-7 and extended a first-string defensive shutout string in the process. The first team defense… Read More
HERMON – Sarah Porter scored four goals to push keep Presque Isle unbeaten and lead the Wildcats to an 8-0 schoolgirl soccer win over Hermon Saturday. Kylan Smith and Sarah Gonsioroski both added two goals for 10-0 Presque Isle. Katie DeLong had two assists as… Read More
ROCKLAND – Brooke Reed scored two goals and notched an assist as the Belfast Lions beat the Rockland Tigers 5-0 in high school field hockey action Saturday and improved to 10-0. Jamie Flagg had two goals and Kelsey Jackson added a goal and an assist… Read More
OLD TOWN – Allison Gallant scored three goals and Katie Bergeron added two to lead Old Town to its first win of the season, 5-0 over Skowhegan Saturday in schoolgirl soccer action. Bergeron also assisted on all three of Gallant’s goals. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ORONO – Kasey Spencer scored two goals and assisted on the other to lead the Maine Black Bears to a 3-2 field hockey victory over the Albany Great Danes Sunday. Shaunessy Saucier scored at 52:12 to give the 4-7 Black Bears the 3-1 lead. Rebecca… Read More
The University of Maine cross country teams finished fifth and seventh, respectively in the 14th annual Murray Keatinge Invitational men’s and women’s races in Orono Saturday and Ellsworth native Steven DeWitt helped lead Stanford University to a team title sweep. DeWitt finished 10th overall in… Read More
PORTLAND – John Roberts’ recent confirmation as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court has made headlines from coast to coast. But in the law offices of Pierce Atwood, Bangor native Ralph Lancaster is focused on another chief justice named John, whose landmark ruling in… Read More
On one of the most beautiful afternoons of the year, it might seem remarkable that hundreds of people chose to sit inside the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono to attend the opening concert of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra 2005-2006 season. But then the Bangor community has… Read More
Many people with Maine ties were in the great hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 8, 1900. More than 6,000 people died in the tidal surge that swept over much of what was then Texas’ biggest city, causing the worst natural disaster in American history. Some of… Read More
In theaters INTO THE BLUE, directed by John Stockwell, written by Matt Johnson, 110 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
For the past nine months, Maine Skies has been looking at monuments erected by the ancients to track significant astronomical events to which they attached religious connotations. None of these edifices has inspired more awe down through the ages than Stonehenge. It is fitting to end this topic… Read More
Does your heart go pit-a-pat when you see an old sheet of paper with faded ink, in that careful penmanship that denotes “long ago?” I found such a document recently, a deed to “the south half” of lot number “Fordy Eight according to survey and… Read More