WASHINGTON – Some solace for traditional news outlets worried about how to compete with the Internet: A survey finds slowing growth in the number of people who regularly go online for the news. Almost three in 10 adults, or 31 percent, regularly log in for… Read More
    SACO – Wind power is coming to a wastewater treatment plant to generate electricity – and cost savings – for the city. The City Council last week voted to spend up to $8,000 on a residential-sized turbine that’s projected to generate about 400 kilowatt hours… Read More
    Dear Jim: I have always used electric bug zappers to try to control mosquitoes and biting insects. I want to find another method which does not use as much electricity. What options do I have and which are best to use? – Dawn W. Dear… Read More
    The summer of 2006 has certainly provided a wide range of weather. We have had torrential downpours interspersed with hot, muggy days. Southern Maine has had severe flooding, and while we have not had the recent deadly heat of St. Louis or California, we have… Read More
    Five years ago, the Maine Highway Department rebuilt the road in front of my house. This raised the road to make it higher than my driveway. They left the drive sloping so that water gathers between the drive and my front door, which means ice in the winter,… Read More
    Like Maine, Vermont has a small but busy “Impeach Bush” movement; unlike Maine, it has the only Socialist member of Congress in Rep. Bernie Sanders, who is running for Senate this year and has plenty of reasons to be supportive of the movement. But he isn’t, and he’s… Read More
    Wind farms hold the promise of power without climate change-inducing greenhouse gases. But the tall towers and large turbines, especially if perched on mountaintops, change a scenic landscape. The choice then is between two public goods – clean, renewable power and preserving unique areas that are often used… Read More
    Richard E. Faust [of Surry, who teaches a course at Acadia Senior College called “The Role of Religion in the Evolution of Society”] claims that scientists are “right” and the Bible “wrong” (BDN, July 22-23). I submit that judgmental terms such as these are not… Read More
    John Kerry said something very silly. Kathleen Parker (“Crystal-gazing with John Kerry,” BDN, July 26) said something more disturbing. Embedded in her column, which generally wasn’t silly, was the nugget of the issue; that being “… southern Lebanese from electing 14 members of Hezbollah …”… Read More
    Bombs bathed in blood and made in and sanctioned by the USA rain down on innocent Lebanese women and children. An overwhelming use of deadly force destroying life and infrastructure given the green light by President Bush seems to fuel the hatred of our government… Read More
    Since the election of George Bush to the presidency in 2000, a gradual but steady increase in the single decision-making authority of the executive has been taking place. Beginning with the absolute assurance of the threat of WMDs in Iraq to the latest exposure of support of illegal… Read More
    Many congressional observers thought that the flurry of investigations, convictions and negative press surrounding the scandal involving super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff had finally created the perfect storm to prompt Congress to pass real reform. After all, a recent Gallup Poll found that a whopping 85 percent of Americans see… Read More
    The automobile industry has been “test driving” vehicles that get 60 to 90 miles per gallon of fuel for more than 25 years. I know, because in 1980 I went to Amherst, Mass., to interview popular economist and people-powered vehicle engineer George Benello for the local alternative weekly. Read More
    GRAND LAKE STREAM – This tiny town of 150 year-round residents is located at the end of the road – literally. But the off-the-beaten-track location of this sportsman’s paradise in Washington County’s lake region has meant that canoes have played an important role in the… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – It’s not easy being green, but officials at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory are willing to try. A new research structure planned there will be the state’s first environmentally friendly laboratory. The $6.5 million building should be up and running by… Read More
    PORTLAND – One year ago, a tractor-trailer driven by a trucker with an abysmal driving record slammed into the rear of a car driven by Tina Turcotte on the northern end of the Maine Turnpike near Augusta. The 40-year-old Scarborough woman died of her injuries… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The Ferris wheel is up at the Northern Maine Agricultural Fair and Music Festival, but its basket seats are missing. So are the ticket booths and several rides. In fact, only five of the contracted 25 rides had been inspected and were… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Although it got off to a wet start on Friday and Saturday’s heat drove some festival-goers to seek cooler activities, the ninth annual Bucksport Bay Festival was a success, according to organizers. Heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning curtailed the opening night… Read More
    VAN BUREN – Locals mixed history and pleasure this weekend as they celebrated the town’s 125th anniversary during the eighth annual Van Buren Summerfest. “It’s a big celebration for us,” Ron Michaud, Van Buren Chamber of Commerce board member, said on Saturday outside the municipal… Read More
    STONINGTON – The Island Medical Center formally announced plans on Sunday for an $875,000 addition and renovation to the center and also announced a $300,000 donation to kick off the capital campaign to raise the funds for the project. The project will result in a… Read More
    Penobscot County Superior Court, Cases June 1-30, 2006 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… Read More
    ASHLAND – A Massachusetts man was in the Aroostook County Jail on Sunday awaiting extradition proceedings after local police found the fugitive hiding in his cousin’s home in Ashland, Maine State Police Sgt. David McPherson said Sunday. Thomas Ouellet, 18, of Gardner, Mass., was arrested… Read More
    HARTFORD, Conn. – Elite libraries have told federal investigators that more antique maps are missing than those stolen by E. Forbes Smiley III, a part-time Mainer who admitted in June to taking nearly 100 maps. The British Library, Yale and Harvard report more maps missing… Read More
    Bangor police Officer Larry Morrill restrained a Bangor man around 2:30 p.m. Sunday who was threatening to hang himself from the footbridge in Bangor’s Pickering Square. The man, who is in his early 20s, called dispatch to request help, and was reportedly sitting on the… Read More
    BREWER – Back-to-back accidents on North Main Street in Brewer kept police busy Saturday and slowed traffic briefly. Dana Chapman, 45, of Brewer was driving a limousine at about 10:50 a.m. on Union Street when his brakes failed and he struck a pickup truck hauling… Read More
    BANGOR – Walking can be difficult for Edward “Butch” Myshrall, 47, after a boyhood accident left him with three slipped disks in his back. So news that his neighborhood store, the Eastside Market, on the corner of Garland and Grove streets, was closing was not… Read More
    FORT KENT – A prominent businessman from Edmundston, New Brunswick, died instantly Saturday afternoon in a head-on collision between his motorcycle and a pickup truck driven by a Frenchville man, Fort Kent Police Chief Doody Michaud said Sunday. Jacques Gallant, 54, who owned the Edmundston… Read More
    LINCOLNVILLE – Seth Gass has a pretty choice job for a 23-year-old, working in Los Angeles in the art department of the hit TV show “24.” Instead of hanging around during the show’s hiatus, however, Gass, a Bangor native, spends his days at a rustic… Read More
    ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – Three of the park’s trails no longer have gone to the birds. Officials on Friday reopened the Precipice Trail, the East Face Trail and the middle section of Hadlock Trail. They had been closed to give nesting peregrine falcons and loons… Read More
    You should be ordering your tickets now for “In Grand Style,” the fourth annual luncheon and fashion show to benefit The Grand in Ellsworth, because the event is always a sellout, reports fashion show committee co-chairwoman Paula Kee. The event begins with a chicken salad… Read More
    PORTLAND – Margery Eliscu, a longtime newspaper columnist who found gentle humor in everyday life, has died following a long battle with cancer. She was 81. Eliscu, who died Thursday, wrote her “Coffee Break” column for the Maine Sunday Telegram for more than 23 years. Read More
    OXFORD – They dropped like flies. The pre-race favorites in the 33rd annual TD Banknorth Oxford 250 fell victim to the three-eighths oval known as Oxford Plains Speedway Sunday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    PORTLAND – The Brewer Falcons advanced to a winners’ bracket showdown against undefeated Andrews Post of Portland at the state American Legion baseball tournament by outlasting Coastal Athletics 9-7 in the final game of second-day action Sunday night. Righthander Corey Cushing scattered six hits over… Read More
    OXFORD – Sometimes just qualifying for Maine’s biggest auto race is as much of a challenge as trying to win it. Many of eastern Maine’s finest pro stock drivers tried to qualify for the TD Banknorth 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday, but only… Read More
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    HERMON – George Tripp smacked two triples, a double and an RBI single as Montville beat Aerus Electrolux 8-2 in the first game of a Sunday Bay League doubleheader. Montville won the second game 8-5. In the first game, George Tripp smacked two triples, a… Read More
    PORTLAND – Opening day at the American Legion baseball state championships was a big success for Zone 1 champion Brewer and runner-up Bangor. Brewer used a five-RBI performance by Ben Davis to defeat Zone 3 runner-up New Auburn 9-5 at Hadlock Field, while Bangor righthander… Read More
    HERMON – Bangor’s Jason Witts battled through several caution flags to earn a win in the Limited Sportsman race as well as the points championship for the series Saturday at Speedway 95. Rowland Robinson Sr. of Steuben was the runner-up for the race, followed by… Read More
    As the number of automobiles increased in Maine a century ago, many people speculated on their impact. Forty-eight resident automobiles cruised the streets of Bangor by July 9, 1906, said the Bangor Daily News. That was double the number reported just a few months earlier. They would double… Read More
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    In November 2005 the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Venus Express on a three-year mission to study the surface and atmosphere of Venus, our sister planet. Venus is closest to Earth in size and mass of all the planets. It lies about three-quarters of… Read More
    It has been 17 years since I visited the library at the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution headquarters in Washington – and it was worth the wait. Not that I came home with great gobs of new information on my ancestors. I didn’t,… Read More