BANGOR – If a group of local public health advocates is successful, Bangor could become the first place in Maine where smoking a cigarette in your car is illegal when a child is present. A proposed city ordinance would allow police to impose a $50 fine on a… Read More
    AUGUSTA – In 2005, Maine had the highest percentage of young people, ages 5 to 20, with disabilities in the country. The statistic, found in a U.S. Census study, surprised even those in the disability field. Ten percent of Maine youths are dealing with a… Read More
    A caption with a photograph Friday on the ceremony in Eel Ground, New Brunswick, should have identified Peter Duston as an Americanism officer at American Legion Post 8 in Cherryfield. An article on Page B6 of Thursday’s editions about the marine biology program at the… Read More
    WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is developing plans that for the first time would send entire National Guard combat brigades back to Iraq for a second tour, the Guard’s top general said in the latest sign of how thinly stretched the military has become. Smaller combat… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The public is invited to a Veterans Day observance at the Togus VA Medical Center on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11. The observance commences at 8 a.m. at the Flag Pole Commons area in front of Building 200 (Main Hospital) and includes a presentation of the… Read More
    On Nov. 19, the Bangor Symphony will present their next concert at the Maine Center for the Arts. I will be there along with two seat mates. If we are lucky, those around us will have left their perfume at home. Folks come doused with… Read More
    How many more methadone program participants have to die? Confirmed recently was that another local methadone program patient overdosed and died. They die not by using the methadone alone, but by using some other form of chemical along with it to, in the chemically dependant… Read More
    Freedom is often taken for granted. It is so common that we often forget how truly special it is, but fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers fought to keep us free, fought to protect us, and fought for people they didn’t even know. These people are not just veterans… Read More
    It would have been nice to read the Nov. 1 edition of the Bangor Daily News and known that someone might be warmer and more comfortable this winter because the Holiday Inn on Main Street had donated all of its leftover blankets, linens, utensils, and furniture to homeless… Read More
    As a local physician therapist in a nursing home setting for many years and a citizen with friends and relatives requiring nursing home care, I am well aware of the positive trend in nursing home care and its correlation with Medicare funding. This is why I am writing… Read More
    War is like a German opera – too long, and too loud,” British author Evelyn Waugh once wrote, and for those who may have suffered through both I can imagine that the man is considered to have pretty much nailed it. Waugh’s assessment of war… Read More
    Three incumbents up for re-election. Three incumbents sent back to Congress by no less than 30 percentage points. Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, in a year when the mood was distinctly anti-Republican, won by more than 50 points; seconds after the poll-closing hour of 8 p.m. struck, television announcers… Read More
    Terrorism, the war in response and the war in Iraq give Veterans Day special urgency today. The nation is encountering new types of warfare, wondering about old enemies and, appropriately, recalling with new respect the veterans of wars past and present. All of this gives the origins of… Read More
    John Baldacci begins his next four years as governor of Maine with a twofold challenge. His campaign was noticeably short on specifics as to what he would do during his final term of office: He must quickly take the broad themes of the campaign and the agendas that… Read More
    NEW YORK – For an industry that is allegedly on a fast track to becoming extinct, big-city newspapers have been attracting a lot of interest from potential buyers. Ron Burkle and Eli Broad, two Los Angeles billionaires already known to be interested in the Los… Read More
    HALLOWELL – Maine may see more tourists next year because of lower oil prices, but slow nationwide economic growth could limit tourist spending in 2007, according to a report conducted by the Center for Tourism Research and Outreach at the University of Maine. The report,… Read More
    Today, the Bangor Daily News begins its annual Santa’s Helper fundraiser and is pleased to report that the first donations have already arrived. Early contributors include John and Deborah Darling of Holden, who have donated $1,000 to this year’s campaign; the Fraternal Order of Eagles,… Read More
    A Washington County group is going public with a $2.4 million campaign to protect more than 250 acres of coastal land that is ripe for development. The Great Auk Land Trust, working in conjunction with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, has negotiated to purchase three… Read More
    PORTLAND – A Kittery-based group that claimed to promote spiritual healing and sold objects it characterized as “healing instruments” has agreed to drop a defamation lawsuit against a Blue Hill couple who compared it to a “mind control cult.” The agreement calls for The Gentle… Read More
    BANGOR – The father of a teenager who witnessed the accidental shooting death of his older brother has filed a lawsuit in Penobscot County Superior Court against his ex-wife, the boy who pulled the trigger and the man who gave the juveniles the guns. Timothy… Read More
    FORT KENT – The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will hold a public hearing on a proposal to establish the number of moose hunting permits for the 2007 season at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Fort Kent town office. The proposed rule… Read More
    CARIBOU – A Portage Lake man who took Maine State Police on a high speed chase on Route 11 last August was among 44 people indicted by the Aroostook County Grand Jury on Wednesday and Thursday. William Willams, 34, who was said to have been… Read More
    CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy officials are asking the state to increase its funding levels to the college and they plan to take their request to the Capitol steps. The college’s financial officer already has made an initial pitch to the governor’s budget advisory group… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The Hancock County Higher Education Center will hold a college course and registration fair 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29. The course for teachers, education technicians and others interested in teacher certification. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    MILBRIDGE – The media’s influence on the Iraq war will be the focus of a discussion planned at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the WCHA conference room on Maple Street. A film titled “Orwell Turns Over In His Grave” will be shown before the… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Marine Resources is administering $2 million in Disaster Relief Funds granted by Congress to Maine’s shellfish industry. The money will help shellfish fisheries affected by paralytic shellfish poisoning, also known as red tide. The first round of applications will… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – The Artist-in-Residence program at Acadia National Park is accepting applications for 2007. The park will provide housing for selected participants for two or four weeks. Spring residencies will be on Mount Desert Island. Summer and fall residences will be on Schoodic Peninsula. Read More
    BAR HARBOR – Acadia National Park annual passes will be available for $20 during Bar Harbor’s Early Bird Sale and Pajama Party from 6 to 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Acadia information site on the Village Green. Regular sales will begin 8 a.m. Read More
    BANGOR – Irving Oil has donated $50,000 in gas gift certificates to the Children’s Miracle Network of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems. The certificates will help the families of sick children travel to and from the hospital. They can be redeemed for fuel at Bluecanoe, Mainway… Read More
    BANGOR – The Passamaquoddy Tribe has announced the release of “Wind Bird: Gift of the Mist,” a book originating from tribal oral history. Tribal Elder Wayne Newell will read the book to students from 10:15 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at All Saints Catholic School on St. Read More
    The 59th year of the Rotary TV-Radio Auction continues with the Art Auction from 7 to 10 p.m. Nov. 28-30. Eighteen pieces from 16 Maine artists will be presented live on television every half-hour. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The Aroostook Medical Center will hold a discussion group for members of the business community about improving the delivery of different types of health services from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, in the conference room at A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The American Red Cross is cautioning residents about home heating fires this winter because they are the leading cause of winter fires and the third leading cause of deaths, according to a press release. A list of tips to help prevent home… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The Aroostook County Branch of the American Red Cross will offer a course in adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at 141 State St. For more information, call 762-5671. Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Next month, developers with plans for a 500,000-square-foot, 26-store shopping center in the Route 1-Route 3 triangle will be back before the city’s planning board. When they leave on Dec. 13, W/S Development Associates of Chestnut Hill, Mass., hopes to have final subdivision… Read More
    ORONO – The Page Farm and Home Museum at the University of Maine is hosting its annual old-fashioned holiday party at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. Activities will include tree trimming, making ornaments, decorating gingerbread cookies, and caroling. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BREWER – Specialists who work for the North Carolina-based firm selected to redevelop the defunct Eastern Fine Paper Co. mill told city officials this week they do not believe environmental problems at the 100-year-old industrial site will stop or slow the project. City officials have… Read More
    BANGOR – The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming. Not the bumbling submarine crew led by Alan Arkin that invaded a summer resort island off the New England coast in the 1966 movie of the same name. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    A heated rivalry still brews between the University of Maine and Wisconsin men’s hockey teams after the Black Bears were knocked out in the semifinals of last year’s Frozen Four by the Badgers. But for a moment at Friday night’s game between UMaine and the… Read More
    PENOBSCOT – An early morning head-on collision in this Hancock County town contributed to another accident minutes later and the arrest of a teenager for operating under the influence. Around 3 a.m. a late model GMC Jimmy headed south on Castine Road (Route 175) toward… Read More
    Linda Gralenski has been elected chair of the Calais Regional Hospital board of directors. Gralenski, a 20-year Pembroke resident, has served on the hospital’s board of directors since 1996, most recently as vice chair, and has been a trustee since 1993. “Linda brings a deep… Read More
    DEXTER – The Town Council voted Thursday after a public hearing to accept a special projects Community Development Block Grant to help make improvements to the nonprofit Wayside Theatre. The theater, which submitted an application through the town for a special projects grant of $11,000,… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – Don Raymond didn’t see the results it promised. Neither did Heidi Hale, Leo Bouchard, Laurie Jameson, John McLaughlin, Jennifer Boynton or Dan Cyr. The small sampling of voters interviewed during the late afternoon on Election Day probably explains, as well as anyone could,… Read More
    PORTLAND – A southbound lane closure on the Maine Turnpike is scheduled for mile 49 from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Nov. 13. North- and southbound lane closures also are scheduled for mile 47 from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for bridge work at the… Read More
    Today is Veterans Day. While many veterans of all ages are marching or riding in parades in their honor, among the most visible Maine veterans are those who, day after day, night after night, travel to Bangor International Airport to greet members of our military heading for duty… Read More
    WEST GARDINER – Permanent north and southbound lane closures will be in effect at the Cobbosseecontee Stream Bridge at mile 99.2 for bridgework beginning Sunday, Nov. 12. Speed limits of 50 mph will be in effect. Read More
    PORTLAND – A woman found dead along railroad tracks after apparently being struck by a train was identified Friday as a 44-year-old Portland resident. Grace Casler’s body was spotted shortly after dawn Thursday on tracks along Forest Avenue near Woodfords Corner. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BIDDEFORD – A stabbing that sent Biddeford High School into lockdown was self-inflicted, police said. School officials called police Tuesday morning to report the stabbing. When officers arrived, they found the 16-year-old victim in a restroom with a knife sticking out of his lower abdomen,… Read More
    Patrons of the small post office in Olamon, a small community within Greenbush Township, have been greeted since midweek by a closed door and a sign saying the office is closed because of an investigation. A sign on the office door dated Nov. 8 reads:… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – Aurora Toney looks like any other 6-month-old baby. She chews on her fist as drool rolls down her chin and laughs as her stuffed toy sings, “La la la, la la la, Elmo is my name.” She swings in her plastic chair… Read More
    BANGOR – Scott E. Clark, who is organist at First Baptist Church in Lansdale, Pa., will give an organ concert at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Columbia Street Baptist Church. A native of New York, Clark holds a degree in organ performance from Roberts… Read More
    When Craig Beaulieu went hunting near Millinocket on Tuesday morning, a thin coat of snow still covered the ground and the air was chilly. It didn’t take long for the day to warm up … and for him to change his plans. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    FAIRFIELD – It doesn’t have a fancy title or creative nickname. The coaches and players on Lawrence High School’s football team simply call it option reverse. Bangor would score no touchdowns on this chilly and crisp Friday night in November, and the option reverse signaled… Read More
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    ORONO – Sarah Ball had 12 digs and 10 kills to lift the University of Maryland Baltimore County to a volleyball victory over the University of Maine 3-1 (18-30, 30-23, 30-15, 33-31) Friday. Sarah Fillmore had 17 kills for 14-14 UMBC and Kira Giles added… Read More
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    Continuing with last week’s theme of rarities during migration and vicarious birding, I’d like to mention a very special sighting of a probable rufous hummingbird. Actually, it was more than just a sighting; this hummingbird first appeared at Dot Haggan’s house in Phillips on Sept. Read More
    Hunting season rolls along, and even if you’re among those who have already filled their tag, that doesn’t mean you can’t eat like you’re still hunting. Among the hunters’ meals on tap: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    We raced around this week gathering up the last few apples off wild and abandoned trees mainly for the purposes of cider, sampling as we went, and when I came home and saw our butternut squashes in a basket in the kitchen, I was reminded of a squash… Read More
    “Aeon Flux: Blu-ray”: From the inventive, MTV “Liquid Television” shorts, this high-definition movie version of “Aeon Flux” looks good, but it fails to translate that series’ ingenious animation to a full-length, live-action film. Charlize Theron is Flux, the hard-bodied hottie fighting crime in a future bearing clones because… Read More
    Jane Weil of Steuben inquired recently by e-mail: “I have a lot of shady area in the lawns surrounding my gardens that is well-covered by moss, but with grass coming up through the moss. Is there something I can spread on it – like spreading lime on lawn… Read More
    It was an impressive lineup that the Maine Authors Series assembled last weekend in Camden. There was Cathie Pelletier, a “Maine” writer, who had collected a whopping million dollar advance for her novel “Candles on Bay Street.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More