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Land swap stirs fear in Millinocket Locals call $14M plan to expand Baxter park a lifeline or a bane
MILLINOCKET – Alfred Cooper sees a proposed $14 million land swap expanding Baxter State Park by 6,000 acres as the eventual end of his 35-year-old family business. Cooper, proprietor of Katahdin Lake Wilderness Camps, envisions park officials cutting his businesses’ access to floatplane and horse… Read More
Family, friends and fans who flock to Bangor for the annual high school basketball tournaments are coming out in droves this year, and attendance appears to be up, according to Tournament Director Bill Fletcher. “The Class D schools have already surpassed the number they drew… Read More
BANGOR – In a certain sense, it is not only the student-athletes out on the hardwood who are looking to score during the high school basketball tournaments held each February at Bangor Auditorium. Queen City retail businesses are looking to do the same. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
MILLINOCKET – If the Legislature OKs a proposed $14 million land swap expanding Baxter State Park, town officials will be asked to join a subcommittee that will help spend $2.5 million buying Penobscot County land for traditional uses, state Conservation Commissioner Patrick McGowan said Friday. Read More
State lawmakers will hear debate Monday on a proposed land deal to add Katahdin Lake and the surrounding 6,000 acres to Baxter State Park and whether the pristine property should be off-limits to hunters and snowmobilers. The Legislature’s Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry probably… Read More
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Maine’s forestry and hospitality industries could again face a labor shortage later this year if Congress does not raise the cap, at least temporarily, on the number of visas available to foreign workers. In 2004, the federal government for the first time enforced the national… Read More
The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices did a disservice to the public and Rep. Thomas Saviello Thursday be refusing to investigate a complaint that the lawmaker violated state conflict of interest and ethics laws. The commission can rectify the situation by quickly acting on a… Read More
I was disturbed by the controversy caused by the name of the new cable-stay bridge across the Penobscot River. Downeast Gateway Bridge seems to be the ideal name. With any other name, its purpose is defeated as far as the tourists look at it. The… Read More
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There is a cell phone tower proposed below Bald Rock in Lincolnville that doesn’t make sense. It will be: highly visible and centrally located in the viewshed; 190 feet tall (equivalent to a 20-story building); occupying a 100-foot by 100-foot footprint; and servicing a five-mile stretch along Route… Read More
In response to Jim Koritzky’s letter (BDN, Feb. 22) regarding the Underground Railroad article of Feb. 16, as a part-time teacher in the History Department of one of Bangor’s high schools, I absolutely concur. I teach U.S. History I, and I am saving this article for when we… Read More
Regarding the article, “Let it flow…” (BDN, Feb. 18-19). I’m glad the state of Maine is protecting all of us from easy acquisition of wine from out of state by our underage drinkers. It is a standard all states should follow. In my 70-plus years… Read More
The number of editorials and op-ed commentaries appearing in the Bangor Daily News in recent weeks supports the Jan. 31 editorial that “there is a lot of passion surrounding small schools.” As legislators and local school systems draft budgets that balance affordability with the need for a high-quality… Read More
Bangor lost a good friend when Larry Mahaney died recently. ttMany of you knew Larry because of his passion for and generous support of the University of Maine. Many of you dealt with him during his many years at Webber Energy Fuels. He coached some… Read More
In the irreverent Dan Jenkins sports novel “Rude Behavior,” published in 1998 by Doubleday, former professional football player Billy Clyde Puckett encounters Nelda, a moody teenage gum-chewing coffee shop waitress who has just learned from her boss that Puckett had worked in television for a spell after his… Read More
For more than a year, a loosely assembled anti-war group in Maine has demanded that Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins attend a denunciation of the failures of the United States in Iraq, with special anger focused on George Bush. The activists refer to this exercise as a… Read More
WASHINGTON – Federal officials have accepted the state’s petition to continue paying reimbursements for low-income Mainers who can’t get their full Medicare prescription benefits, Maine’s congressional delegation announced Friday. The state has covered the costs of prescriptions for people whose benefits were held up because… Read More
YORK – When they first started peddling their wares at farmers’ markets 15 years ago, Jonathan King and Jim Stott almost gave their enterprise the down-home name of Jim’s and Jon’s Jams and Jellies. Millions of people now know their products under the Stonewall Kitchen… Read More
AUGUSTA – With gubernatorial and legislative elections set for this year, Maine’s major political parties are moving into campaign mode as they hold their statewide caucuses. On Sunday, Democrats plan to hold organizational and delegate selection meetings in more than 380 towns across the state. Read More
Who better to win the country’s biggest lottery prize than eight meatpackers from the heartland of America? Now those are the kind of people we can relate to and cheer for. The winners appear to be decent, hard-working types, most of them putting in from… Read More
STETSON – A 14-year-old boy was arrested Friday on charges that he broke into an elementary school and tried to set it on fire, officials said. The investigation began early Friday when a custodian at the Stetson Elementary School was greeted by a cloud of… Read More
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It wasn’t a particularly powerful or substantial storm, but the few inches of snow that fell Friday morning and afternoon over eastern and northern Maine still caused plenty of headaches for drivers. A woman in Brewer survived a scare when a giant mound of snow… Read More
WATERVILLE – Pesticide control applicators and the Maine Board of Pesticides Control seemed to be moving closer to consensus Friday when the state regulation panel held its third round of public hearings on proposed pesticide application regulations. The board members have been charged by the… Read More
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WINTERPORT – Kindergarten registration is planned Thursday at Leroy H. Smith Elementary School. Registration will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, in the school library. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
WINTER HARBOR – The second reading in Schoodic Arts Meeting House Theater Lab’s “Under The Sun” series will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Hammond Hall. This month’s featured works, “Love is a Common Confusion and Other Plays,” were written by David Draheim… Read More
ELLSWORTH – A Southwest Harbor man accused of raping and assaulting three women last summer pleaded not guilty Friday to all 22 counts facing him. Peter D. Mills, 48, was accused of the rape and assault of two young women in Bar Harbor on June… Read More
Registration for the fall kindergarten classes in SAD 64 will be held at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 14, at Kenduskeag Elementary School, for both Kenduskeag and Corinth children; 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 15, at Bradford Elementary School for both Bradford and Hudson children; and 8 a.m. Thursday, March… Read More
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BREWER – Retail shopping, high-end condos or apartments and a hotel are things city leaders have asked to see in new proposals to redevelop the former Eastern Fine Paper Co. mill site. The city, which received ownership of the defunct mill in May 2004 and… Read More
BELFAST – Waldo County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Jones escaped a rollover crash in his cruiser Thursday night with minor injuries. “Basically, it was bumps and bruises,” Chief Deputy Bob Keating reported Friday, but Jones was trapped for a time in the overturned vehicle and had… Read More
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NORTHPORT – The second annual Waldo County Fiddlers Showcase and Contra Dance will take place at the Blue Goose at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 11. Admission is $7 per person, and proceeds from the event will benefit the Maine Fiddle Camp Scholarship Fund. The Maine… Read More
BELFAST – SAD 34 will be registering children who will turn 5 by Oct. 15 for kindergarten classes. Please call the appropriate secretary by March 3. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
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BAXTER STATE PARK – A U.S. Army helicopter rescued two Vermont mountain climbers Friday after they spent a cold but not unbearable night on Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park, ending an almost seven-hour search that involved park workers and two local search-and-rescue volunteer groups. Read More
ELLSWORTH – Though Jina Haslam was never a big wrestling fan, a Maine-based professional wrestler will put on a show next weekend to raise money for the gym in Lamoine that will be named in her memory. Jina was just 14 when she was killed… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD – Replacement of the town’s old swimming pool and bringing the town into 21st century communications are two projects on the mind of the Fort Fairfield Town Council. Town Manager Dan Foster said the council is very supportive of a citizens initiative for… Read More
HOULTON – The Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce continued its search this week for a new home. Chris Batby, the chamber’s administrator, said earlier this week that the organization was still looking for a suitable location after spending years in its current digs on the… Read More
CALAIS – A local home heating distributor wants to do more than just fill oil tanks. It has joined with Rep. Anne Perry, D-Calais, to hold a fundraiser on Saturday, March 4, for the Keep ME Warm program. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
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SHERMAN – For the past two years, much attention has been focused on the town of Houlton and its struggle to find ways to spearhead economic development and bring more businesses, jobs and revenue into the area. But Houlton is not the only area that… Read More
MACHIAS – The 87-mile portion of the Calais Branch Corridor rail tracks marked for conversion to a multi-use trail got its first workout Friday. Just two days after the Department of Transportation and the Department of Conservation jointly unveiled their plan to take up the… Read More
The University of Maine will host a lecture by the founder of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Keith Stroup will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, in Neville Hall. Stroup’s topic will evaluate the moral justification and effectiveness of the “War on Drugs.”… Read More
Capt. Lawrence Wade, master of the Castine-berthed training ship State of Maine, which responded to disaster relief efforts on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, will speak about his experience at a Brown Bag Lunch Lecture at noon Wednesday, March 1, at UM’s Page Farm and Home Museum. Read More
A presentation by deaf Taiwanese instructor Lin Chungpeng will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at Bangor Public Library Lecture Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public. The Bangor Opera House will present “Touch the Sound,” a concert by deaf Grammy-winning classical percussionist… Read More
The Bangor Museum and Center for History will present a talk based on excerpts from Carol B. Smith Fisher’s coming book on the life of the Rev. Seth Noble. Noble was an influential settler of Bangor. Fisher’s talk will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at the… Read More
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Newport police – with help from a local grocery store manager – said they caught a Bangor man Friday trying to steal more than $200 worth of groceries from Bud’s Shop ‘N Save. Mike Williams, 40, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. Friday, Newport police Chief… Read More
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SKOWHEGAN – People in Somerset County are seeking answers after feeling earthquakelike tremors this week. The Somerset County Communications Center got calls Thursday morning from at least a dozen residents who reported tremors in a 15-mile radius in Anson, Madison, Skowhegan and Norridgewock. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
CARACAS, Venezuela – The Venezuelan government denounced a state senator from Vermont on Thursday for claiming press freedoms here are under threat, a day after announcing it wants to fine some local news media for their reporting on a high-profile assassination case. The Ministry of… Read More
CANTON – Fake-wood wainscoting that replaced rotted drywall runs 3 feet up the walls of the town office, an enduring reminder of the magnitude of the spring flood of 1987 that drove scores of residents of this Androscoggin River town from their homes. Heavy rain… Read More
RANGELEY – A Durham teenager was killed Friday morning when he crashed his snowmobile on Haley Pond and was thrown into a tree. Douglas White, 18, was riding a snowmobile with friends at about 3 a.m. when he hit an outcropping of land that he… Read More
AUGUSTA – Gov. John Baldacci nominated four people to the Board of Environmental Protection on Friday. Two of the nominees – Ernest Hilton and Nancy Ziegler – would be reappointments to the 10-member board, which helps interpret, administer and enforce the state’s environmental laws. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
AUGUSTA – Dr. Abe N. Pahilan of Millinocket has had his license revoked by the state Board of Licensure in Medicine. The board determined that Pahilan acted in an unprofessional and incompetent manner. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
UNITY – A community-based fitness program based at the Unity Family Gym will start a round of classes early next month. Called FLASH, for Family Lifestyles-Active, Supportive and Healthy, the program is aimed at attacking the growth of Type 2 diabetes among young people in Waldo County. Read More
The Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine is accepting nominations for its Outstanding Student of the Year Award. Awards are given in art and writing for kindergarten through fourth grade and fifth through 12th grade. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
PATTEN – Dr. William Ray Byers, a pediatrician, has joined Katahdin Valley Health Center’s facilities in Patten and Millinocket. Byers has been practicing in Caribou since 2000. Call 528-2285 for more information. Read More
OLD TOWN – A student at Old Town High School has won a statewide American Legion oratorical contest. Sarah Niemic, a junior, received a $1,000 award, a medal and an expenses-paid trip to compete in the national contest in Indianapolis in April. Niemic won the… Read More
PORTLAND – Murder suspect Steven Clark partied hard and faced mounting debts as his mortgage business foundered in the days and weeks leading up to the slaying of a man who had worked for him. But no clear motive for the death of Robert Wagner… Read More
CARRABASSET VALLEY – Snowboard sensation Seth Wescott will be honored at his home ski mountain today on a day that is being officially proclaimed as Seth Wescott Day across Maine in honor of the state’s first Winter Olympics gold medalist. Wescott, who grew up in… Read More
People from churches in Belfast and Bangor are participating in a “30-hour famine” this weekend. The event is designed to call attention to global and local hunger problems. On Monday, Manna Ministries of Bangor is inviting individuals, families and organizations to participate in a “Pray… Read More
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The University of Maine had their hands full with last-place Merrimack College Friday night. But senior center Michel Leveille took care of matters in the third period. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
BANGOR – The Dexter girls basketball team hasn’t had to overcome much adversity on the court in recent years. The top-seeded Tigers have won a Class C state championship, three Eastern Maine titles, and entered Friday night’s semifinal with an 18-1 record. So it’s nice… Read More
AUGUSTA – The happiest player after Friday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class A girls basketball final never scored a point and never even saw a second of action in Cony of Augusta’s 65-58 victory over Skowhegan. Kristi Violette was just happy to be there. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
AUGUSTA – Hampden Academy’s success in boys basketball the last two seasons has been based in no small part on an understanding of individual roles within the team concept. That reality proved too much for top-seeded Brunswick on Friday night, as some of the Broncos’… Read More
BANGOR – Faced with a big test in Friday’s Eastern Maine Class C semifinal, the Calais boys basketball team responded the way it has all season. The No. 1 Blue Devils outrebounded, outran, and outshot a taller No. 4 Madawaska team, earning a 71-57 victory… Read More
Derek Pelletier of Fort Kent has earned a tie for skimeister in the state high school Class C ski meet after a scoring change in which a skier from Jay was disqualified in the slalom portion of the competition on Tuesday. The disqualification moved Pelletier,… Read More
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NEWRY – Fryeburg led the way in the State Class B Skiing Championships at Sunday River on Friday by winning the boys and girls slalom races. Jeffery Lathrop won the boys slalom with a time of 1 minute, 13.08 seconds. Lathrop finished ahead of Falmouth’s… Read More
GORHAM – Ashley Marble had 17 points and 11 rebounds to help lead the University of Southern Maine women’s basketball team to a 65-40 win over Keene State College in the Little East Conference semifinals Friday. USM will face Eastern Connecticut State for the conference… Read More
BANGOR – The George Stevens Academy boys basketball team knew that it had to use its height advantage against a much smaller, quicker Dexter team. The No. 2 Eagles of Blue Hill clogged the paint with Sam Bridges and Colin Henry, preventing the No. 3… Read More
BANGOR – Central’s balanced scoring attack and solid perimeter defense proved to be too much for Fort Kent as the No. 7 Red Devils rolled past the No. 6 Warriors 42-27 Friday night in an Eastern Maine Class C basketball semifinal. Central of East Corinth… Read More
The University of Maine men’s hockey team kept tabs on the Winter Olympics and the players said they were surprised the Canadian and American teams were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Maine has 14 Canadians and 13 Americans on its roster. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Scott Fisher left his home in Ellsworth this past January for Argentina with one thing in mind. He wanted to climb as close as he could to the summit of Aconcagua, 22,841 feet, the highest mountain in the world outside of the Himalayas. His ultimate… Read More
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FORT KENT – The 14th annual Can-Am Crown sled dog races begin here on Saturday, March 4 at 8 a.m. Three different races will be held and all will start on March 4 in downtown Fort Kent. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Geocaching! ORRINGTON – Hampden fourth-grade students had studied latitude and longitude in school and as a followup activity, they came to the Nature Center to go geocaching! Described as a high-tech treasure hunt, people around the world are becoming treasure hunters in their own neighborhoods. Read More
Seeing the great gray owl a few weeks ago has certainly been a highlight for me this winter. Because they breed far from Maine, and are only seen here when they irrupt from their normal ranges in response to prey availability, it’s possible that I may not see… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Cony of Augusta girls basketball team struck from the outside early and held on from the inside late to down Skowhegan 65-58 in the Eastern Maine Class A final at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday afternoon. The win was the 43rd… Read More
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