BANGOR – Dressed in an orange Penobscot County Jail jumpsuit, Peter Tuller, 33, was formally charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with killing a Carmel man whose body was found beaten and hogtied in the bedroom of a Pier Street apartment. An autopsy determined that… Read More
AUGUSTA – In response to numerous complaints about problems at the state’s flagship psychiatric hospital, a legislative panel Tuesday asked for an independent study of staffing levels at the facility. One lawmaker on the panel suggested some of the problems could be resolved only by… Read More
Dozens of neighborhoods Down East are a flurry of work this week. Vans pull up, teenagers spill out, and houses in need of repair get attention. It’s just a neighborly thing to do, after all. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
BANGOR – Rep. Jeffrey Kaelin, R-Winterport, expressed regret Tuesday over his arrest last week on a drunken driving charge. “I sincerely regret this incident and apologize to my family, my friends, my colleagues and my constituents whom I have disappointed with my serious lack of… Read More
AUGUSTA – Prominent members of the Green Independent Party lashed out Tuesday at Democratic and Republican legislative leaders, claiming Greens had been sidelined for too long in their battle for representation on the state ethics board. Charging Democratic and Republican leaders with nurturing an “institutional… Read More
Exposure to frequent artificial light at night appears to increase the breast cancer risk among women in their homes but apparently not among those who work late shifts, according to an analysis by a Long Island, N.Y., researcher. Dr. Cristina Leske, a professor of preventive… Read More
WASHINGTON – A constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration died in a Senate cliffhanger Tuesday, a single vote short of the support needed to send it to the states for ratification and four months before voters elect a new Congress. The 66-34 tally in favor… Read More
ENFIELD – Cold Stream Lumber Co. officials have contracted with another firm to continue their planing operations and priced equipment to replace what was lost in a devastating April fire, but still await insurance settlements that will determine their next moves, a company official said Tuesday. Read More
ELLSWORTH – An inquisitive group of about 20 residents and small-business owners turned out Tuesday at a public meeting regarding the proposed construction of a Lowe’s home improvement retail store and left a little unsatisfied. “It seems to me you’ve done a good job on… Read More
A Guilford textiles company was recognized Tuesday for ground-breaking work to reduce or eliminate toxic chemicals during manufacturing and in its products. InterfaceFABRIC of Guilford was among six companies – including corporate giants Dell Computers and Kaiser Permanente – singled out by the New York… Read More
I have waited a few days and read the Bangor Daily News and other newspapers but have not seen much written or outrage over our two soldiers being kidnapped and mutilated in Iraq. I guess the anger only comes when the media report on the negative happenings of… Read More
Lobbying by the Pentagon has helped Republicans embrace the Iraq war as a supposed positive instead of a negative in their anxious campaign for the November congressional elections. In the recent start of the long-delayed great debate, they settled for no exit plan from the seemingly endless war,… Read More
People look to the U.S. Supreme Court for clarity. In a wetlands case decided recently, the court muddied the water instead. Fortunately, a dramatic shrinking of the Clean Water Act’s reach, which was espoused by the conservative wing of the court, failed. Instead, the court supported limiting the… Read More
I’m sorry to see Sen. Olympia Snowe jump on the bandwagon to add the flag desecration amendment to the Constitution. I would urge her to reconsider and think a little bigger. She is a senior senator of the United States. It is not about symbols… Read More
As a former police officer who made OUI arrests in the ’80s, I find Rep. Jeffrey Kaelin’s alleged responses to the Bangor officer not unusual though regrettable. Many of the folks I arrested threatened my job, my life, the lives of my family. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
In May 2003, on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, President Bush declared we had defeated the Iraqi army and had overthrown their evil government. All of this under a banner of “Mission Accomplished.” The war was over and the occupation began. We had… Read More
Regarding the article, “Boilermakers, Katahdin Paper fail to agree on factory building” (BDN, June 10-11). Millinocket Town Manager Gene Conlogue expressed surprise that the deal fell through. It doesn’t surprise me; as when you sit back and look over our situation it has dawned on me that no… Read More
Last Friday’s edition of the Bangor Daily featured an excellent article on the local YMCA camp for children with cancer (“Camp Rainbow an oasis for children with cancer,” BDN, June 23). The story provided a great look at a way that a group of Maine citizens are working… Read More
More than 10,000 Maine schoolchildren understand more than most people do about living with a disability, thanks to the work of a southern Maine organization with a statewide mission of reversing public ignorance and stigma. The Jeremiah Cromwell Disabilities Center, headquartered in Portland, is dedicated… Read More
TAFTON, Pa. – A Florida man was piloting a small plane that crashed near a Poconos housing development over the weekend, killing him, his father and sister, officials said. Walter M. Daggett, 50, of Miami died in the crash, along with Karla Daggett, 52, of… Read More
The Annie E. Casey Foundation ranks every state each year on 10 health indicators for children. Here are the indicators with the states that were best and worst for each one: . Children in poverty googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
AUGUSTA – Maine gained ground in some measurements of children’s well-being, but slipped in other areas as the state ended up with a No. 11 ranking among the 50 states in an annual survey by a charitable foundation released Tuesday. As the Annie E. Casey… Read More
CARIBOU – The 152nd Field Artillery Battalion, a Maine National Guard unit with an illustrious record dating back to World War I, fired its last round of artillery last week during its annual two-week training at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick. The unit,… Read More
ORONO – More girls would pursue a career in science or math if they knew that was a way to help people, animals and the environment – values that are especially important to them, a diversity consultant said Tuesday. High school girls may not know,… Read More
BELFAST – The 1,000-plus mostly nontraditional students who use the Hutchinson Center each semester in effect went from being tenants to homeowners Tuesday as the Bank of America donated the building off Route 3 to the University of Maine. Built by MBNA in 1999 for… Read More
WINTERPORT – A local teen who is being treated for severe burns at a Portland hospital is considered a “subject of interest” in an overnight break-in at Wellman’s Paving on Tuesday. Zachary Barnett, 19, of Stream Road was transferred to Maine Medical Center in Portland… Read More
BURNHAM – A Morrill boy is recovering from surgery after accidentally shooting himself in the foot during hunting dog trials at the Sugar Foot Kennel on Troy Road. Waldo County Chief Deputy Robert Keating said Tuesday that Jesse Trafton, 15, was in satisfactory condition after… Read More
Fort Kent Community High School has announced the honor parts for the Class of 2006. Graduation was held at 7 p.m. Friday, June 9 at the high school gymnasium. Cassie Vaillancourt, daughter of Daniel and Rolande Vaillancourt of Fort Kent, was named valedictorian for the… Read More
HOULTON – Town councilors on Monday evening agreed with Councilor Phil Bernaiche’s belief that “the town of Houlton cannot afford to make mistakes year after year after year” and decided to renew the contract and boost the compensation of an economic development consultant they hired last year. Read More
BAR HARBOR – Wanted: A few good men or women to fill the empty seats on town boards and committees. The job descriptions can be lengthy, the pay is negligible, and the hours can seem endless. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
ORLAND – The Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust has received two $10,000 grants that will benefit fundraising and planning efforts for its 4,200-acre Wildlands preserve. The grants come from the Davis Conservation Foundation and the International Paper Foundation, the last grant from IP before its sale of the… Read More
VINALHAVEN – Voters approved spending $160,748 in 2006-07 for law enforcement at the annual town meeting Friday night, Town Manager Marjorie Stratton reported Tuesday. That was significantly more than the $98,350 budgeted for law enforcement in 2005-06, and more than the $72,000 the town actually… Read More
ORONO – Orono High School Principal Cathy Knox will leave her post Friday to run an elementary school in Milo. Her new contract as Milo Elementary School principal starts July 1, she said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
SKOWHEGAN – Calling it “an absolute pleasure” to work with the town of Madison, the chairman of Somerset County commissioners said Tuesday the site plan for a $30 million jail is awaiting final approval by the Madison planning board. “It’s before them now,” said chairman… Read More
VEAZIE – Construction of the second phase of Penquis CAP’s Graham Senior Housing project at the former John R. Graham School is not expected to begin until after October. The town is not providing funding for the estimated $3 million project, which will consist of… Read More
BANGOR – City police have virtually no authority when it comes to enforcing certain liquor laws. That, however, could change in the near future, when city councilors consider entering an agreement with the state that would allow them to pursue specific administrative violations, including the… Read More
BANGOR – A computer upgrade and installation contracts for a closed-circuit television system and an access control system for Bangor International Airport were among the items city councilors addressed Monday night. Officials also authorized the purchase of dispatch consoles for the Police Department. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
MILLINOCKET – A proposal to build the town’s first large-scale housing development since the 1970s got a rocky reception Tuesday at a planning board hearing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
BREWER – No one from the public spoke during the city’s budget hearing on Tuesday, and in contrast city councilors couldn’t stop thanking city officials for their hard work in reducing the tax rate by more than a dollar. After each councilor commented, they wholeheartedly… Read More
ORRINGTON – Selectman David Levine, who was appointed to the board in January and who won a three-year term in recent elections, resigned Monday. He is taking a job in Portland and will move, Town Manager Carl Young said Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BELFAST – The SAD 34 board voted Tuesday night to put a $21.9 million budget for 2006-2007 before voters in a referendum in July. That proposal comes after the $22.5 million proposal was defeated June 13. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
ROCKLAND – After weeks of pushing and pulling along with some midnight-oil number crunching into the early hours Tuesday, the Rockland City Council approved a budget calling for expenditures of $10,002,544 for the 2006-07 municipal year. When estimated revenues are deducted, the portion of the… Read More
MADAWASKA – A large runaway pickup truck caused considerable damage around a couple of house lots and a house where it stopped after striking a living room wall. There was no one at home at the time and no one was injured. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
PERRY – It was clear to Selectman Jeanne Guisinger Monday night that she’s in the minority when it comes to some issues before the mostly male Board of Selectmen. Each time she raised an issue or made a motion on topics not popular with the… Read More
CALAIS – The Calais Rotary built the stage and two women put together the schedule. This summer there will be “Music on the Green” – free concerts to be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Triangle Park. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BELFAST – A Canadian man under investigation for a confidence swindle on Prince Edward Island is cooling his heels at the Waldo County Jail after the hunch of a city police detective paid off. Keith Mosher, 53, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was arrested by Detective… Read More
What better way to celebrate the hard work and success of Friends of Dakin Pool, who organized to save that “middle-aged” city facility, which was set for the financial chopping block, than by joining them in a celebration of its 50th birthday? Friends of Dakin… Read More
BRENTWOOD, N.H. – An Exeter law firm is suing the widow of a partner who drowned last year, charging she stole from the firm. The Gage & Woods firm is accusing Deborah Woods of Stratham of stealing from the firm as its bookkeeper for the… Read More
PORTLAND – A registered sex offender from Windham has been handed a seven-year prison sentence for possessing and distributing child pornography. John Corbin, 60, pleaded guilty to the charges in April and was sentenced Tuesday in Cumberland County Superior Court. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ROCKLAND – A Lewiston man convicted of fatally stabbing a Bates College student during a 2002 street brawl pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of aggravated assault for allegedly stabbing a fellow inmate at Maine State Prison. Brandon Thongsavanh, 23, was arraigned in Knox… Read More
BANGOR – A memorial service is scheduled for July 21 for Eugene Mawhinney, a former University of Maine political science professor and adviser to hundreds of students during his three decades at the Orono campus. Mawhinney, who was 84, died during the weekend at the… Read More
PORTLAND – Maine is touting its ban on smoking in public buildings as another reason for vacationers to visit the state. Five signs are being posted this week at locations along the Maine Turnpike and Interstate 95 to let motorists know that it’s against the… Read More
AUGUSTA – An arts educator with more than 30 years of teaching experience has been appointed as the new visual and performing arts consultant for Maine. The Maine Alliance for Arts Education and the Maine Department of Education jointly announced last week that Argera Nestor,… Read More
Editor’s Note: Phil Galucki a Jefferson resident who worked for more than two decades as a Maine Superior Court reporter in midcoast Maine, recently traveled to Poland to trace his family roots and celebrate his daughter Lauren’s college graduation. He never missed a meal. When… Read More
Luscious and local Farmers market season is in full swing, which makes it easy for Mainers to buy and eat locally grown, raised and harvested foods. The Eat Local Foods Coalition, a statewide nonprofit network of food, farm and community organizations, has made it even… Read More
AUGUSTA – Talk about getting on the fast track. A measure that was first proposed in March may be enacted as soon as the first full week of July when Bangor Raceway schedules exclusive harness races for Maine-bred and/or Maine-owned horses. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
When he first took up wrestling as a sixth-grader in 1976, Patrick Kelly probably wasn’t looking at the experience as an introduction to a 30-year relationship with the sport. Wrestling was a fledgling program in the Camden-Rockport school system back then, a far cry from… Read More
HAMPDEN – Trenton’s 7-3 American Legion Zone 1 baseball victory over the Hampden River Dogs at Bordick Park on Tuesday might be considered the unbeaten Acadians’ version of the vision thing. Lance Gale said he didn’t see the ball well during his three at-bats, but… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Danny Kane hit a line-drive single to right field to score Tim McCarthy from third base with two outs and two strikes in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Penquis to a 7-6 American Legion baseball victory over Lincoln Tuesday. Eric… Read More