The news that the KidsPeace program of Ellsworth was forced to cut 25 positions because of state action was discouraging and a real loss to Maine children. I have had the opportunity to visit many programs in Maine, Vermont and Colorado over the past 10 years that provide… Read More
    President Bush has dug in his heels on the issue of whether to close the war prison at the U.S. military base on Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay. His decision runs against the advice of his new defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, his secretary of state, Condoleezza… Read More
    Rebuilding the state’s commercial fishery through research and development that leads to more lobsters, clams and fish in Maine’s waters is a project with merit. Rep. Ian Emery of Cutler has proposed a $55 million bond to do this. While this is more money than the state can… Read More
    I am writing to sing highest praises for two wonderful musical groups in our region who performed on March 21 and 22 and who presented extraordinary programs in conjunction with the Bangor Symphony’s “Know Your Orchestra!” outreach program, called “Strings Attached.” The Abbott Hill Ramblers, founded and led… Read More
    I applaud your informative article on autism (BDN, March 24-25). It highlights the challenges facing parents and patients stricken with many debilitating conditions and diseases. Through perseverance and time, treatments like Defeat Autism Now! have been adopted despite mainstream medical establishment stubbornness. Such is the case with HBOT,… Read More
    After immersing myself in the fluoridation controversy, I have uncovered the following. Despite pressure from dental groups, 99 percent of western continental Europe has rejected, banned, or stopped fluoridation due to environmental, health, legal, or ethical concerns. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    In 1877, after repeatedly facing wage cuts and poor working conditions, a man named Samuel Gompers rebuilt the Cigar Makers Union in New York City to stand up to the factory owners who abused their own laborers. Mr. Gompers went on to organize this and many other labor… Read More
    AUGUSTA – With a succession of four curved roof lines arching toward the southern sky before ending abruptly with walls of glass, the architecture is striking. But inside the new home of Maine’s Holocaust and Human Rights Center, visitors may find what they see and hear even more… Read More
    DURHAM, N.H. – Fish farming in deep sea waters has long drawn interest from institutions and businesses in Maine and New Hampshire developing equipment and expertise for offshore operations, even as critics debate its environmental impact and practicality. At Ocean Farm Technologies of Searsmont, which… Read More
    AUBURN – A 16-hour standoff with a man who shot and killed his mother ended early Saturday when a police squad stormed the house and discovered his body slumped next to a window, authorities said. James “Mike” Peters, 42, is believed to have been killed… Read More
    FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host a career day and graduate school fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Cyr and Nadeau halls. Representatives of employers and graduate schools from the northeast and Canada will… Read More
    BREWER – Saturday was just another Saturday for Archie Verow, who retired on Friday from his position as city clerk, having serving Brewer for 40 years. His work was not quite done. “I did get up at 5 this morning to finish a proclamation for… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – A brain injury workshop and dinner will be held 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at Edmunds Conference Center, Northern Maine Community College. The workshop is open to anyone interested in brain injury including clinical professionals, coaches, people who have experienced brain injury,… Read More
    ST. AGATHA -In the municipal elections held Tuesday, Beurmond J. Banville defeated Keith P. LaBrie 124 to 51 for a selectman’s seat. The Shoreland Zoning Ordinance was passed in a vote of 95 to 78, and the Flood Plain Management Ordinance was passed by a… Read More
    Maine Kids-Kin will hold free informational meetings throughout Aroostook County. Kids-Kin is a program of Families and Children Together that assists extended family member who are caring for their relatives’ children. The workshops will be held at the following dates and locations: Noon Wednesday, April… Read More
    BREWER – Locals driving along North Main Street on Sunday morning noticed a slick, black object swaying back and forth in the Penobscot River just north of the old Bangor Water Works site, and stopped to gawk from the riverbank. A few people took photos. Read More
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    BREWER – As the city has grown, so has its need for bigger and better public safety facilities. When the current City Hall was built at 80 North Main St. in 1937, Wilson Street wasn’t developed and if a cop was needed or if someone… Read More
    A 19-year-old Glenburn man was caught early Saturday morning with a juvenile female from Brewer who has a protection order against him. Jordan Theriault, who is out on bail and has protection orders barring him from contact with three people, including the female passenger, was… Read More
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    BANGOR – The University of Maine System has announced the creation of a new program meant to help school teachers in rural Maine earn a master’s degree. Universities in Fort Kent, Machias and Presque Isle will initiate the program, which offers a Master of Science… Read More
    COOPER – A permitted burn got away from a homeowner and charred about two acres on Route 191 Sunday afternoon. The fire threatened one home, but according to District Ranger Jeff Currier of the Maine Forest Service, there was no damage to the building and… Read More
    ROCKLAND – Midcoast Magnet will hold a panel discussion “Policy and Performance: Bringing Business to the Midcoast” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 3 at the Farnsworth Art Museum. Matt Jacobson, CEO and President of Maine and Co. will be a featured speaker. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    COLUMBIA FALLS – The Downeast Salmon Federation will hold its sixth annual Smelt Fry and Potluck Dinner 4-10 p.m. Friday, April 6, at the Town Hall Community Room and the Wild Salmon Resource Center. Deep-fried Pleasant River smelts donated by local fishermen will be served. Read More
    THORNDIKE – The United States Department of Agricultural Rural Development presented SAD 3 with a $30,000 community facility grant Friday, March 30. The grant will be used to purchase theatrical lighting and sound system equipment for the performing arts center in the new Mount View… Read More
    CASTINE – The Maine Maritime Academy chapter of Alpha Phi Omega will sponsor a blood drive from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the Alexander Fieldhouse. Appointments are not required. For answers to eligibility questions contact the nurse of the day at the… Read More
    Air Force Airman David A. Rushforth graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. A 2005 graduate of Washington Academy in East Machias, Rushforth is the son of Sally Scrivano of Machiasport. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Alan Caron has a lot of state Senate districts to visit in the coming weeks. But he’s not running for political office, he’s trying to energize everybody who lives in the state about an economic development effort that he calls the beginning… Read More
    BELFAST – From its inception a year ago, the Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast has become a proven success in Waldo County. The program is designed to provide assistance to offenders by preparing them and their families for release from incarceration. A team of… Read More
    On April 14, 1945, American soldier Joe Poulin wrote a letter to Norma Begin, his girlfriend in Waterville, describing what he saw when he entered a concentration camp with the 89th Infantry Division in Germany. Poulin’s letter was loaned by his daughter Elaine Lovejoy to… Read More
    The second annual Ma’nakwane Memorial 5K Run-Walk 2007 begins with registration from 8 to 9:45 a.m. and the run-walk at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 7, at the Penobscot Nation Community Building on Indian Island. The entry fee is $15, and proceeds benefit the Lindsey Almenas… Read More
    There is always some story to be played out when it comes to a Red Sox season. Why change now? Jonathan Papelbon is now the closer for the Sox. That, of course, is exactly where we left him last year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    LAMOINE – Saturday’s windy and chilly conditions certainly didn’t deter the nearly 200 runners who took to the roads of this tightly knit Hancock County community for the second annual Flattop 5-kilometer road race. Adam Goode of Orono won the event that honors the late… Read More
    . SEARSMONT – These are the times for opening days in Maine’s great outdoors. The state’s open-water fishing season began Sunday – at least where there was open water – one day after the region’s competivive canoe and kayak racing schedule opened in Midcoast Maine,… Read More
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    STANDISH – Gabrielle Burrola allowed just one run on four hits while striking out 13 and walking none to lead Saint Joseph’s College to the 2-1 softball win over Husson College of Bangor in the first game on Saturday. The Monks beat the Eagles 9-8 in the second… Read More
    NEW ORLEANS, La. – For the third straight game, University of Maine pitchers gave up 10 runs. For the second straight game, the Black Bears lost to the University of New Orleans by a 10-9 score. Sunday afternoon, it took 10 innings for the Privateers… Read More
    A Web site that will be of interest to countless Maine genealogists is Ne-Do-Ba, The Abenaki of Western Maine, located at www.avcnet.org/ne-do-ba/ Ne-Do-Ba – which means friends – is a nonprofit organization, and the representative who has attended genealogical conferences around the state is Nancy… Read More
    BURT HATLEN – NEW POEMS, by Burton Hatlen; Vox Audio, Magdalena, N.M., 2006; CD, $7. The 11 poems in this CD collection follow up UMaine professor Burt Hatlen’s first CD released by Vox Audio two years ago. These are, as the simple title indicates, mostly… Read More
    Imagine moving the state capital from Augusta to some other Maine city. The moving vans would stretch from Kittery to Madawaska. Billions would be needed to replace all the buildings, including the irreplaceable Capitol and the Blaine House. When state government was still relatively young,… Read More
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