AUGUSTA – Maine revenues, for the most part, continue to come in above estimates with May figures indicating the state revenue surplus has grown to $69.4 million with only this month remaining in the state budget year. “Generally good news,” Grant Pennoyer, director of the… Read More
    WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government can block development on hundreds of millions of acres of wetlands, even on land miles away from waterways, as long as regulators prove a connection to the waterways. Chief Justice John Roberts, in his first… Read More
    OLD TOWN – Rumors continue to circulate regarding the potential sale of the Georgia-Pacific Corp. mill, and officials say such hearsay isn’t beneficial. None of the rumors regarding the name of a potential buyer for the mill could be confirmed Monday by the Bangor Daily… Read More
    The captions under two photographs on different pages of Monday’s paper showing the Bangor High School baseball team celebrating its Class A state championship contained errors. The assistant coach shown in the photograph on Page A1 is Fred Lower. The coach being lifted off the ground on Page… Read More
    The Bush administration on Monday reversed a proposed policy that would have opened some of America’s national parks to snowmobiles and other motorized recreation and permitted increased commercialization. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne – who has been on the job less than a month – threw… Read More
    WASHINGTON – The Senate unanimously approved a bill to revamp management of the nation’s marine fisheries and strengthen protections against overfishing of dwindling stocks. The bill requires the use of annual catch limits and enhances the authority of eight regional fishery management councils, as Congress… Read More
    MEDWAY – Businessman Dick Day hopes to finish negotiations and buy 276 acres of town-owned land for his proposed multimillion-dollar industrial park, upscale housing development, biomass boiler-fired electrical plant and trail and park complex within two months, he said Monday. Day and the Board of… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE – The county’s largest employer, Domtar Industries Pulp and Paper Mill, just completed a $300,000 upgrade of its wastewater treatment system, company officials said last week. “The recently completed work on the system was conducted in several stages and became operational during the mill’s… Read More
    WASHINGTON – State officials looked for other options Monday after the Supreme Court declined to block a part of the Medicare drug program that they contend sticks them with unfair payments. Five states had sought an injunction that would have let them contest state payments… Read More
    As we approach the 4th of July holiday, homes and businesses will be displaying the flag, symbol of all that is right with America. In the Senate, Joint Resolution 12, the “Flag Desecration Amendment” is being debated with the intent of constitutionally prohibiting the desecration of our flag. Read More
    This letter is in to response to the recent article about the release of the new CD by the Dixie Chicks. Lead singer Natalie Maines is quoted as saying she hopes people will judge the band on their music, and not on things they may have said in… Read More
    Thirty-four years ago, in a few but powerful 37 words, Title IX changed the face of education for girls and women in the United States. I join with the American Association of University Women in marking the anniversary of Title IX. Title IX has allowed… Read More
    It’s hard to believe the U.S. Senate would turn down the chance to withdraw our troops by Dec. 31 from the disastrous war in Iraq. This is a war which was built on lies and which tried in vain to connect with the so-called “war… Read More
    Where do the major party candidates for governor stand on abortion? Chandler Woodcock opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest and life of the mother. According to a recent Gallup poll, this is a position shared by over 55 percent of Americans. It would… Read More
    Re: SAD 46’s Rejected Funding Requests to Be Sent to Voters a Second Time (BDN, May 15). A peculiar feature of our referendum process raised its ugly head again recently. Voters voted down a measure. Do the sponsors of the proposal revise it? No, they… Read More
    The recent news that nine southern and coastal counties with a history of air pollution problems are now in compliance with federal ozone standards is positive for the health – physical and economic – of Mainers. It also strengthens the state’s case that current clean air rules need… Read More
    Just as congressional gamesmanship over Iraq last week hit its apex, The Brookings Institution updated its Iraq Index, one of the most revealing catalogs of the war’s results. Among its most striking accounts is the progress being made in recruiting Iraqi security forces – they have nearly reached… Read More
    Each day I exercise I should be accompanied by the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, who would spritz me with a cooling mist of beer when I appeared overheated. At the end of my run I would be handed $100 by my health insurance company because it was so grateful… Read More
    BELFAST – Martha Albert and her family were enjoying a quiet Sunday night at home when they were startled by something hitting their house. “It felt like a bomb went off,” Albert said Monday. “I couldn’t figure out what happened, but my sister knew right… Read More
    The next time I fly, in a month or so, I intend to savor every moment of the experience. I won’t grumble, for instance, if I’m the guy on the security line who is tapped for a full-body search. I won’t complain during the crush… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – By keeping the company’s 300,000 acres open to sportsmen and other lovers of nature, Katahdin Forest Management LLC officials think they are being good neighbors and respecting decades of Northern Maine tradition. But some construction companies, residents and other illegal dumpers are beginning… Read More
    BANGOR – Firefighters rescued a boy from the Kenduskeag Stream early Monday night after the group he was cooling off with discovered the water was too deep. Bangor Assistant Fire Chief Darrell Cyr said about four children were floating down the stream after 6 p.m. Read More
    DEXTER – Dexter police were investigating a number of incidents over the weekend. Allen Farrar, 31, of Dexter was charged with domestic assault on Sunday and will make his initial court appearance on Aug. 30 in 3rd District Court in Newport. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    Pat and Ed Ranzoni, both 66, of Bucksport, sat Monday on rocks near the monument to the Underground Railroad in Brewer’s Joshua Chamberlain Park as they watched the emancipation celebration. The national holiday, referred to as Juneteenth, honors June 19, 1865, as the official end… Read More
    BREWER – Leachate from the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town is helping to keep down Brewer sewer rates, city officials have announced. “The revenues we’re generating from the treatment costs we’re using to keep the sewer rate down,” Ken Locke, Brewer environmental services director,… Read More
    ROCKLAND – Nearing the end of Monday’s City Council session things were getting uncomfortable. In the wake of the June 13 repeal of a pay-as-you-throw trash disposal program, the council was attempting to trim its 2007 draft budget to adjust to the loss of $500,000… Read More
    ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – Park officials are encouraging visitors to put their valuables in a secure location after some vehicles were broken into Sunday at Great Head parking lot. “Don’t leave them in plain sight,” Ranger Therese Picard warned Monday. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – For the first time in more than a decade, a local teen will take her first big step into the national political scene by heading to Washington, D.C., in July to serve as a page for the U.S. Senate. Germaine Scott, 15,… Read More
    ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – A Florida man who flew over his handlebars in a bicycle accident Sunday afternoon could have been a lot worse off, according to park rangers. “He wore a helmet so he was lucky,” Ranger Therese Picard said Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – A naked 77-year-old was arrested over the weekend at the park, according to rangers. Antonio Boggia, 77, of Livingston, Texas, was arrested Sunday afternoon at Lake Wood and charged with public nudity. Boggia also was charged with interfering with agency function… Read More
    ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – A Bar Harbor man with a 0.26 blood-alcohol content level – more than three times the legal limit – was arrested Saturday night at Schooner Head Overlook and charged with operating under the influence, although the ranger said that the car was not in… Read More
    CALAIS – Higher property tax bills will be the cause of some collective heartburn in this city now that a revaluation of shore property is under way. Assessor Lorna Thompson said last week that under state law, properties are supposed to be assessed according to… Read More
    Thunderstorms that brought strong winds and hail rolled through the state Monday night, causing power outages in some Penobscot County towns. Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. reported customers in Charleston, Corinth, Exeter and Garland were without power at 10 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    A Bangor woman was arrested after threatening her partner with a butcher knife Sunday night, according to reports. Police went to a Longrale Park home at 8:30 p.m. after a 60-year-old woman said an argument had escalated and she feared for her life. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BROWNVILLE – A token of compassion is being offered from an unlikely source to the displaced workers of Georgia-Pacific’s Old Town mill. A small business about 37 miles from Old Town has offered each of the laid-off millworkers a free pass to an Eagles Tribute… Read More
    BREWER – The Brewer Public Library will kick off its 12th annual summer reading program with a free concert by the Queen City Band from 6 to 7 tonight on the front lawn of Brewer City Hall, 80 North Main St. Guests should bring lawn… Read More
    NEWPORT – Town selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, to discuss: . Industrial park issues. 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
    SANGERVILLE – Singer-songwriter Martin Swinger will conduct two songwriting workshops for children at the Sangerville Public Library and will hold a fundraising concert for the library later this month. The workshops will be held 1-3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29, for grades three to five, and… Read More
    TROY – A special election is planned to fill the remainder of Selectman Tom Fernands’ term, which ends in 2009. Candidates are expected to fill his other duties as assessor and overseer of the poor. He is resigning for health reasons. Nomination forms are available… Read More
    WALDOBORO – Town meeting voters passed all but one article Thursday, postponing a decision to put 315 acres off Depot Road into conservation forever. The draft conservation plan for Quarry Hill Farm was postponed, Town Manager Lee Smith said Monday, to gather more public comment… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – A local teenager wounded last week during a knife fight at a ballfield was in fair condition Monday at a Bangor hospital, according to a police official. The 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest, back, head and arm and suffered a… Read More
    LUBEC – Adults in America’s easternmost town have numerous choices for recreation, including watching shorebirds, visiting the West Quoddy Lighthouse or crossing the bridge to Campobello. But teenagers in the coastal town of 1,650 feel a painful shortage of activities, and a dozen of them… Read More
    ROCKLAND – A Superior Court justice has dismissed a lawsuit lodged against Knox County, Sheriff Daniel Davey and Commissioner Anne Beebe-Center by a former jail guard who alleged a confidential settlement was breached. Christopher Lee Halco sought unspecified damages for comments Sheriff Daniel Davey and… Read More
    Fun for families and their pets, and raising funds for the Bangor Humane Society, is the dual goal of Pet Appreciation Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 24, in the parking lot of Sam’s Club in Bangor. Cyndi Rollins reports “this is… Read More
    GREENVILLE – A Vermont man who was celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife at Moosehead Lake drowned on Sunday. Marvin L. Cook, 76, of Warren, Vt., went for a swim at about 3:50 p.m. but lost his footing on the gravel bottom and… Read More
    HARPSWELL – A 59-year-old clam digger was found dead Monday beneath his overturned boat in what authorities believe was a freak accident. Larry Coffin’s body was found by two friends and fellow clammers about 15 feet from shore in the cove where he digs each… Read More
    PORTLAND – The Internet sites of three Maine newspapers were hacked into during the weekend by someone who replaced legitimate Web news pages with replacement pages saying, “You are owned.” The hackers broke into the Web sites of MaineToday.com early Saturday morning, according to MaineToday.com… Read More
    PORTLAND – A nonprofit political group on Monday called on environmental groups to reconsider their opposition to a $150 million wind farm project proposed for western Maine. Democracy Maine, founded last year to confront what it calls political extremism, said environmental groups that are opposing… Read More
    HAMPDEN – Town councilors unanimously passed a $6.2 million municipal budget at their regular council meeting Monday, with plans to hold the mill rate steady at $16.70 per $1,000 of valuation. The budget represents a 7.5 percent increase over last year and the amount to… Read More
    New Jersey Attorney General Zulima Farber filed a petition in federal court Monday on behalf of 16 states, including Maine, challenging the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s new mercury pollution rules. The petition, filed in Washington, D.C., asks a federal judge to reactivate a lawsuit filed… Read More
    The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife will hold a public hearing in Bangor Wednesday evening to gather comments on proposed additions to the state’s list of endangered and threatened species. DIF&W officials have recommended the state add a dozen animal and invertebrate species… Read More
    BANGOR – Members of the Bangor City Council finance committee were skeptical of a plan proposed Monday night to erect a new maintenance building at the municipal golf course with a $750,000 price tag. Brian Enman, golf pro at Bangor Municipal Golf Course, was on… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – For more than a year, Emery Pratt has meticulously restored a 1969 Dodge Charger into the vintage television star The General Lee. The bright orange car with the Confederate flag on its roof and the number 01 on the side took top honors… Read More
    When I reviewed the book “One Skein” recently, I was so inspired I decided to try my hand at a one-skein project. Even though I really like the ideas in the book, I decided to dream up a project of my own. I call it the Mandalay hat,… Read More
    So, you didn’t get your moose permit again this year and you’re understandably distraught. But don’t fret. If you’re one of 60 lucky men, women, and kids, I’ve got some great news for you: You’re going hunting after all. On Monday, the Department of Inland… Read More
    NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. – Ben Rowe of Turner recorded a victory in the ACT Tour’s White Mountain 100 at White Mountain Motorsports Park Saturday. Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, Vt., finished second in the race and Mark Lamberton of Mooers Forks, N.Y., captured third. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    HIGH SCHOOL Baseball Senior All-Stars 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 (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    PORTLAND – Louis-Pierre Godin of Champlain, Quebec, shot a 3-under par 139 (69-70) over 36 holes at Riverside Golf Course to advance to the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, which will be held July 10-15 in Bremerton, Wash. First alternate is Keenan Fennessy of Minot… Read More
    OLD TOWN – Jim Cox doubled in two runs and Ian Edwards had two singles, a double and an RBI to lead the Bangor Comrades to a win 12-7 American Legion baseball win over Old Town-Orono Monday. Gordie Webb added a double for the winners. Read More
    WEST DOVER, Vt. – The National Mountain Bike Series made its annual trip to New England over the weekend, and native son Adam Craig earned a fourth-place finish in the men’s pro cross country race at Mount Snow. The 24-year-old Craig, who splits his time… Read More