Researchers have documented high mercury levels in wildlife in several Western Maine lakes and reported evidence of three more potential mercury “hot spots” elsewhere in the state, according to two studies released Tuesday. A team of 11 scientists, including several from Gorham-based BioDiversity Research Institute,… Read More
    In a Jan. 8 story about the sentencing of a Moroccan man who aided the Sept. 11 hijackers, The Associated Press erroneously described one victim. Sonia Morales Puopolo was a first-class passenger aboard one of the downed airliners, not a flight attendant. Dominic Puopolo Jr., her son, said… Read More
    WASHINGTON – Anti-terror legislation sailed through the House on Tuesday, the first in a string of measures designed to fulfill campaign promises made by Democrats last fall. Patterned on recommendations of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks, the far-reaching measure includes commitments for… Read More
    BANGOR – Wearing hard hats and bearing shovels, local dignitaries participated Tuesday morning in the groundbreaking of one the first Courtyard by Marriott hotels in the state. The new 92-room, 55,000-square-foot facility aimed at business and leisure travelers will be located at 200 Sylvan Road… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The smell of an Anson sausage maker’s products filled the air at the Augusta Civic Center on Tuesday, the opening day of the 66th annual Maine Agricultural Trade Show, just one of the many made-in-Maine products featured. Row after row of equipment dealers,… Read More
    PORTLAND – A former vice president of the Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 46 months in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his employer. Martin Greeley, 51, of Scarborough, who pleaded guilty last August to… Read More
    Four senior American statesmen have proposed that the United States start a new drive toward worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. Their case is timely, detailed, closely reasoned, and maybe even practical. But if it is to go anywhere, it needs public discussion and determined U.S. leadership. Read More
    The Bush administration has for years ducked the issue of climate change and how human activities are contributing to the planet’s warming. So, it is no surprise that when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed, after a court-ordered review, to list polar bears as a threatened… Read More
    Choice taken away I believe the time is coming for prohibition in Maine. Does anyone notice the irony in the moniker Dirigo Choice? Last time I checked, the beer, wine, cigarettes and snacks were also a choice. A choice being taken away. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Recently, my brother and I premiered our first feature film at the Bangor Opera House. The film was shot locally a few years prior, so we were eager to show it in our home town. After high school we both went out of state for… Read More
    With the most political dynasty in Maine’s history, political appointment and patronage is rampant – some might call it cronyism and the Baldacci administration excels at it. Take for example our two intrepid legislators who decided to go cruising in the protection zone of the… Read More
    As an avid reader of the Bangor Daily News for many years and enjoying especially the contributions by many Maine-based authors, I am dismayed at the change to your staff writers and new format of your paper. Winter Harbor’s own Katherine Heidinger is greatly missed… Read More
    The climax of the traditional, nonsecular, noncommercial Christmas season is the Epiphany (Jan. 6). One message of the Epiphany is brotherhood and fellowship, especially on healing the divisions of prejudice and bigotry we create between God’s children of different faiths. If there was ever a… Read More
    I wonder if it bothers other Americans that we now are finding out that William Rehnquist, the past chief justice of the Supreme Court, was addicted to painkilling drugs that caused him to hallucinate. This was the condition he was in while dispensing justice in… Read More
    An editorial Jan. 5 with the headline “Experience Over Hope” mistakenly attributed to Oscar Wilde the line that second marriages are the “triumph of hope over experience.” He may have said it, but Boswell reports Samuel Johnson said it first. Read More
    I realize that the editors of the Bangor Daily News have not had much time to reflect upon or analyze Gov. Baldacci’s proposed 2007 state budget, but Todd Benoit begins this process in his “Maiden Maine” commentary over the weekend (Jan. 6-7). For that public service, I thank… Read More
    HOULTON – A local man escaped serious injury but significantly damaged his vehicle after a midday accident in Market Square on Tuesday. Officer Daniel Norton of the Houlton Police Department said that Andrew Phillips, who is believed to be from the Houlton area, was pulling… Read More
    BANGOR- For some WVOM radio station listeners, the so-called “blowtorch of Maine” has become a fizzle, but it’s only a temporary situation. The station is using a backup generator that has less output while maintenance work is under way on the power line to its… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – The town has developed a two-pronged attack to address the issue of underage drinking that will give first-time juvenile offenders a second chance to avoid the court system and offer them alternatives to risky behaviors. Bucksport Bay Healthy Communities, working with the town’s… Read More
    Maine communities hoping to convert an old, riverside mill into posh apartments or turn a waterfront industrial site into a park could get a financial boost from a bond proposal pending before the state Legislature. Several lawmakers are seeking their colleagues’ approval for a $25… Read More
    ORRINGTON – Residents had no problem deciding to spend town money on a dam, change an ordinance and accept a subdivision street as a town road at Monday’s special town meeting. “It went very well,” Town Manager Carl Young said Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    LAMOINE – A public hearing on a school proposal that local voters will consider later this month is scheduled for tonight at the Route 184 facility. The hearing is part of the process by which local officials plan to improve the town’s elementary school. They… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT – Town officials are waiting for state approval before they proceed with a project to expand part of the local marina, the town’s harbor master said Tuesday. The town wants to install larger floats at the end of the T-shaped float system that… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The city’s plans to purchase and develop a strategic piece of waterfront property may hinge on whether the Maine Department of Economic Development decides to back the project. The City Council on Monday authorized City Planner Michele Gagnon to apply for a $500,000… Read More
    LINCOLNVILLE – Resident Will Brown wants selectmen to remove two members from the town’s board of appeals, accusing Richard Osgood and Michael Hutchings of misconduct in their handling of an appeal by a cell tower developer. “This is very unusual,” Town Administrator David Kinney said… Read More
    BELFAST – The City Council is growing impatient with the comprehensive plan committee’s inability to settle on a location for a large retail store. Acting on the recommendation of the Retail Review Commission that stores of 100,000 square feet be permitted, the council in November… Read More
    BANGOR – The Warren Center for Communication and Learning has been given more than $10,000 worth of hearing aids, which will be loaned to child clients who are waiting for their own to be built or repaired. Widex Hearing Aid Co. of Long Island, N.Y.,… Read More
    BREWER – After operating for 19 months, first as a bar and then as a restaurant-lounge, the owners of Detour Bar and Grill on Wilson Street have closed the club’s doors, citing “drama” as one reason for the closure. “The people that have supported us… Read More
    TREMONT – A local woman arrested the day after Christmas is expected to appear in court later this winter. Melissa Lee Garland, 27, was arrested Dec. 26 by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency on a charge of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, according to jail… Read More
    WASHINGTON – The Maine Military Authority in Limestone was selected Monday to receive the Defense Logistics Agency’s Business Alliance Award for the Department of Defense Customer of the Year. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated outstanding efforts to partner with the DLA and improve… Read More
    DEXTER – If SAD 46 residents vote later this year to construct a new pre-kindergarten through grade eight school, then the vacated schools will be offered to the towns where they are located. Directors recently voted to offer the towns of Ripley, Garland and Exeter… Read More
    DEXTER – About $100 in cash was taken from the Dexter House of Pizza during a burglary Monday night. A front door was pried open to gain entry, according to Dexter Police Chief Art Roy. Anyone with information may contact his department at 924-7622. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    OLD TOWN – The University of Maine has withdrawn its application to create a food-composting operation at its farm on Bennoch Road, but hasn’t abandoned the idea altogether. “The university is sensitive to concerns raised by both abutters and members of the Old Town community,”… Read More
    BREWER – When Bangor city leaders decided this week to ban smoking in motor vehicles when anyone under 18 is present, some on the Brewer City Council thought the idea should cross the river. “I’ve been reading with interest the city of Bangor’s action to… Read More
    MACHIAS – The Machias Memorial High School received a $2,000 grant from the Down East Community Hospital for its Greenhouse Project. The grant, a part of the hospital’s Community Benefit Program, helped students surpass the fundraising goal for the 18-foot-by-18-foot greenhouse that will provide agricultural… Read More
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    CAMDEN – The future of Wayfarer Marine is intertwined with the town’s future, members of a community advocacy group believe. At its third public meeting devoted to the town’s working waterfront on Thursday, the Camden Area Futures Group will hear a presentation from representatives of… Read More
    ROCKLAND – The City Council continues to work at finding an equitable way to purchase the Park Drive building that houses the Police Department. The council discussed the ramifications of the purchase at its meeting Monday night but tabled taking any action for another two… Read More
    HOULTON – When Gov. John Baldacci released his budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 last week, two of his stated goals were to address the issue of property tax relief and to downsize administration on the state and local level. Some of that downsizing is scheduled… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT – A benefit dinner and auction for a Bar Harbor fisherman injured last month has been scheduled for this weekend. The event, which will feature food and live music, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Neighborhood… Read More
    Back by popular demand is the best way to describe the “second informal sharing of stories of life along the Bagaduce River,” explained Katharine Turok in describing Bagaduce Winters Way Back When to be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at Emerson Hall, 67 Court St., Castine. Read More
    Eastern Maine Community College and Husson College have teamed up to make it easier for education students at EMCC to pursue a bachelor’s degree and join Maine’s teacher work force. The agreement puts forth specific requirements, which when met, guarantee EMCC education students admission into… Read More
    SEBAGO – Two 18-year-old students from Bridgton Academy were killed when their vehicle left the road and crashed into some trees, Maine State Police said Tuesday. The car, which was carrying four people, went off Route 114 at about 10:25 p.m. Monday and sideswiped two… Read More
    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick – People attending the trial of a man accused of killing an elderly New Brunswick couple watched in horror Tuesday as a video of the murder scene showed a decapitated corpse in one room and a blood-soaked body in another. Crown prosecutors… Read More
    The Maine Audubon is hosting a trip to track the Canada lynx from Friday, Jan. 26 to Sunday, Jan. 28 in northern Maine. The cost for Maine Audubon members is $395 and $425 for nonmembers. The price includes lodging and meals at the Evergreen Lodge… Read More
    Crew members of all U.S. Navy ships named Boston are planning a reunion of all officers, crew, USMC and flag personnel July 12-15 in Memphis, Tenn. The name Boston represents a line of seven ships dating back to 1776. The last USS Boston served until… Read More
    Quite a pair McCormick’s annual flavor forecast predicts that lavender and honey will be one of 2007’s hot flavor pairings. The duo shines in this recipe for Roasted Chicken with Olives and Provencal Herbs. To prepare, place 3 pounds chicken parts, 1 cup peeled and… Read More
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    BANGOR – Husson College was in the midst of a determined second-half comeback Tuesday night. The Eagles had cut the deficit to 12 points against Bowdoin, the No. 1 Division III team in the country. Polar Bears coach Stefanie Pemper decided to counter the surge… Read More
    BREWER – The Brewer boys basketball team was in the zone Tuesday night, but it wasn’t quite enough for the Witches to upset undefeated Bangor. Brewer used a 1-2-2 zone defense to control much of the game’s tempo, but Bangor had the edge in offensive… Read More
    BANGOR – It may not be exactly what coach Tom Tennett and the Bangor High girls basketball team want, but the Rams have made a living this season on their ability to rally. Sometimes, the deficit is too much to handle. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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