A story on Page B1 of Tuesday’s paper about the death of Clara Cohen, mother of former U.S. Sen. William Cohen, contained two errors. Robert J. Cohen, son of Clara Cohen, died in 2003. The surviving daughter of Clara Cohen is Marlene Beckwith. Read More
    Former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell of Maine is the 2008 recipient of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for leadership and service, the Eisenhower Fellowships announced Tuesday. The organization’s chairman, retired general and former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, will present the award at the annual… Read More
    BROOKLIN – Employees of WoodenBoat Publications will see their health insurance premiums go up by close to 8 percent this year, but it would have been an even steeper hike if the company hadn’t participated in a special wellness program offered through its insurer, Anthem Blue Cross and… Read More
    BATH – Four leaders suspended from the largest union at Bath Iron Works have sued the Machinists union, accusing the parent union of carrying out a vendetta against local officers. In their federal lawsuit, Local S6 President Michael Keenan, Vice President Troy Osgood, chief steward… Read More
    BANGOR – The newly constructed Home Depot store at 650 Stillwater Ave. will hold its official grand opening Thursday evening, and the company’s chief executive officer will be on hand for the festivities. The store opened to the public on Tuesday, and the original Bangor… Read More
    SOUTH PORTLAND – The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation has given the Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross a $10,000 grant to help flood victims in northern Maine. The grant will be used as needed by the Red Cross to assist Maine families displaced… Read More
    BANGOR – Eastern Maine Medical Center announced Tuesday that Jack A. Palmer, president and CEO of Kleinschmidt Associates in Pittsfield, and Peter Hoff, former president of the University of Maine at Orono, have completed their terms on the EMMC board. “We are grateful for the… Read More
    Over the years, we have felt gratitude and admiration for the Bangor troop greeters. Their patriotism and service are remarkable. In the wake of Mr. Stephen King’s recent callous comments, we were truly grieved to see that the greeters decided to continue promoting and providing his materials to… Read More
    Dr. Eric Steele has again shown that his concern for the health care industry outweighs his concern for the receivers of that health care. In his May 6 column, he expressed concern for Hannaford encouraging its employees to have expensive orthopedic surgery done overseas. This move actually makes… Read More
    All Maine people, Republicans, Democrats, liberals and conservatives should be offended by Hayes Gahagan’s remarks. It’s frightening to think that a person who once served as a state senator believes that a liberal is “also known as a National Socialist.” I hold many liberal and… Read More
    Hayes Gahagan’s column advances a grotesquely distorted viewpoint: that liberals and the Democratic Party are “National Socialists.” Reference to a dictionary will show that the term “National Socialism” means Nazism, the totalitarian political and economic doctrines put into effect by Adolf Hitler in Germany (1933-1945). These doctrines included… Read More
    In Hayes Gahagan’s piece, “The unifying principles of Republicans” (BDN, May 7) the writer exhorts like-minded people to participate for the benefit of the GOP, then launched into what I can only describe as historical revision. Apparently everyone who does not think like him is a National Socialist. Read More
    Your editorial on “Big Box Battles” (BDN, April 21) rightly notes that these large stores can significantly change communities and that Maine towns need to do more to evaluate the costs and benefits of this type of development. I couldn’t agree more, which is why… Read More
    I was touched by the story “Walkers brave rain for AIDS awareness” (BDN, May 5). Like the idealistic young walkers mentioned, I, too, lost a cousin to that horrible disease. The reporter, Diana Graettinger, however, misleads readers. She wrote: “People just have to be a… Read More
    The Schoodic peninsula east of Mount Desert Island is the part of Acadia National Park typically overlooked by visitors. A proposal to develop seasonal and year-round housing, a lodge and a golf course on a 3,300-acre parcel that abuts the park there could mean the end of its… Read More
    More than 10 days after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, killing an estimated 32,000 people and leaving up to three times that many homeless, the ruling military junta has let only a trickle of foreign aid into the country. Exasperated international leaders and aid agencies have been reduced to… Read More
    Don’t you hate it when you are wrong, when you do or say or support the wrong thing. Of course if you’re one of the 19 percent of this country who still thinks the U.S. is on the right track then you probably don’t believe you’ve ever been… Read More
    The front-page story in Friday’s Bangor Daily News, “Pest infests Bangor lawns,” provided a cogent testimonial to our ever-growing disconnect with the natural world – a hubris that continues to lead us toward destructive consequences. Thirty years ago when my wife and I moved to… Read More
    BANGOR – Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices Tuesday battered an attorney with questions about the defense theory that an Abbot man was not driving the car when his friends were killed more than three years ago. Heath St. Louis, 24, was sentenced in June 2007… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Tuesday was a proud day for Mainers of French heritage. Gov. John Baldacci hosted French Ambassador to the United States Pierre Vimont, and Francois Gauthier, consul general of France in Boston, at an award ceremony at the State House where they presented Hallowell… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – A couple from Lamoine suspected of handcuffing an elderly relative to a bed in order to steal a safe containing $60,000 in cash will go on trial next week in Hancock County Superior Court. Steven W. Robbins, 39, and Juanita S. Mullins, 36,… Read More
    Foundation in by Friday. That’s the goal for construction workers and volunteers who have knocked down the Old Town mobile home that was home to Jeff and Sonya Barclay, their four children and a dog. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    Mainers affected by changes in a military service member’s mental health may want to mark their calendars for Saturday, June 7, when the Maine chapters of Veterans for Peace will host the third annual symposium on post-traumatic stress disorder. According to Deer Isle resident Dud… Read More
    DEXTER – “This was my greatest fear,” Brenda Marchant said Tuesday as she held her hands to her tear-stained face in shock and grief while the apartment house next to her home burned. Her son, Michael Sargent, lived on the second floor of the burning… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Shiretown Homecoming Committee and Foxcroft Academy have joined forces to sponsor a gong show and comedy night at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Center Theatre. The homecoming committee had been planning a gong show as a fundraising event, and Foxcroft Academy… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Pine Tree Hospice and Chadbourne-Merrill American Legion Post are collaborating on an educational program, Wounded Warriors and What They Can Teach Us, on June 6 at the American Legion Post on Park Street. A social will be held at 4:30 p.m. followed by… Read More
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    MILLINOCKET – Declining outside revenues will leave town taxpayers paying another $772,229 next year in a proposed $7.8 million school budget, officials said Tuesday. The proposed 2008-09 budget represents only a $166,640, or 2.8 percent, increase over this year’s, Superintendent Sara Alberts said, but shrinking… Read More
    LINCOLN – The town’s seven firefighters will get a 3.5 percent salary increase starting July 1 under their new three-year contract, officials said Tuesday. The Town Council voted 6-0 during a meeting Monday night to approve the new deal with Lincoln Firefighters Association Local 3038… Read More
    HOLDEN – Town Manager John Butts is out sick for an extended period of time, so town councilors decided to ask the former town manager to fill his shoes for a month or so. Former Town Manager Larry Varisco, who retired in September after 17… Read More
    MILFORD – Shortly after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday a man claiming to have a weapon robbed the Mobil on the Run and walked away with an undisclosed amount of money. Authorities are looking for a 6-foot-tall white male in his 20s, weighing between 160 and 180… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS – There will be a Fixin’ the Steeple concert at the Congregational church in East Machias at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 18. Local performers will include the Black Socks Band, Perry Pickups and the University of Maine at Machias ukulele club. Donation requested at the door. Read More
    WARREN – The Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District in partnership with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service is sponsoring a Pond Building and Maintenance Workshop 1-4 p.m. Friday, June 20. The workshop will be held in the downstairs meeting room of the Union town office building. Read More
    ROCKLAND – A pickup truck struck a pedestrian crossing in a crosswalk at Park and Main streets Monday when the pedestrian failed to yield to traffic. Tiffany Carlson-George, 14, of 57 Talbot Ave. was walking north on Main Street and was crossing Park Street at… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – A local “ride of silence” to commemorate bicyclists who have been killed or injured in collisions with motor vehicles has been scheduled for 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 21. The silent bicycle ride is part of a nationwide event first organized in Dallas… Read More
    LINCOLN – Thora House wants town youth to get free swimming lessons. Calling swimming a vital life skill, the town councilor objected to a $5 swimming lesson price increase, from $20 to $25, in the town’s recreation department budget during a meeting Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Pine Tree Hospice is inviting area nonprofits to a put the fun into fundraising at a Big Gifts for Small Groups Conference from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at the Penquis Higher Education Center. Conference topics include: “Where’s the Money? Facts… Read More
    ADDISON – Detectives with the Maine Forest Service determined Tuesday afternoon that a brush fire that scorched 44 acres near Porcupine Hill earlier in the day was intentionally set. A caller reported the blaze at about 11:30 a.m., but District Ranger Jeff Currier predicted the… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Underage drinking will be the topic of a town hall-style meeting next week sponsored jointly by the Bucksport Bay Healthy Communities Coalition and the School Department’s Coordinated School Health Program. The meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, May 19, at the Alamo Theater… Read More
    CALAIS – The Washington County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in the training classroom at the Calais Regional Hospital. The LEPC is responsible for implementing the provisions of the Federal Chemical Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know… Read More
    CALAIS – The St. Croix River Valley Arts Council’s film society will screen “Gallipoli” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 16, at the Holmestead, 527 Main St. This 1981 Australian drama portrays two Australian country boys who join the military during World War I and end… Read More
    BANGOR – Farmworkers Feed Us All, a photography exhibit documenting the lives and experiences of Maine’s migrant farm workers by nationally known occupational photojournalist Earl Dotter and audio-documentary reporter Tennessee Watson of the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies, will open at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at… Read More
    A Milford man directing traffic on Ohio Street in Bangor on Monday was injured when a steel cable became tangled in a passing school bus and knocked him over. Utility workers had a steel cable stretched across the street when Larry McGregor, age unknown, was… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – An electrical malfunction is believed to have caused a fire Tuesday night in a two-unit apartment building on River Street, according to Deputy Fire Chief Rick Pembroke. Three fire departments and about 40 firefighters were called in to help extinguish the blaze that… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Wellness Councils of America recently bestowed its gold-level Well Workplace Award on Mayo Regional Hospital, which now joins an elite group of “America’s Healthiest Companies” committed to supporting employee health, according to Tom Lizotte, the hospital’s marketing and development director. WELCOA designates… Read More
    CALAIS – A Baring man who took police on a nearly 20-mile chase Tuesday night likely could have driven away with a summons for criminal speeding, but instead found himself behind bars facing felony charges. State police Trooper Jason Fowler said he clocked Christopher Faulkner,… Read More
    WARREN – The next meeting of the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the USDA Field Office, 191 Camden Road (Route 90). District meetings are open to the public. If special accommodations are required, contact the… Read More
    BLUE HILL – Blue Hill Memorial Hospital will be holding sessions for people diagnosed with diabetes, and their families, to learn more about diabetes and how to control it, including topics such as blood testing, meal planning, staying healthy and avoiding complications. The sessions will be 5:30-7:30 p.m. Read More
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program has granted a $375,000 loan to Fish River Rural Health in Eagle Lake. Fish River Rural Health will use the loan to purchase the Eagle Lake Regional Health Center building and begin the necessary renovations to improve the… Read More
    SHERMAN – Crews under the supervision of the Maine Department of Transportation will be repaving the northbound on-ramps and offramps of Exit 264 of Interstate 95 in Sherman. Today and tomorrow, crews will be working on the northbound Exit 264 offramp, which connects I-95 northbound… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – The town’s energy committee wants a little more time and information before it makes any recommendations to the Town Council about how to proceed with plans for municipal wind power. The committee has been studying two proposals for wind turbines in town and… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The Down East Family YMCA Camp Discovery Community Clean Up will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Everyone is invited to join in getting Camp Discovery ready for the kids. Bring a pair of work gloves, a rake and any other landscaping equipment you… Read More
    PORTLAND – A local church is ministering to two grieving families linked by this month’s fatal police shooting of a motorist who was driving without a license. A funeral service was planned at the Seventh-day Adventist Church for Albert Kittrell, a convicted felon who began… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Voting season is under way in Maine, but few people seem to have taken notice. Under a new state law, voters are going to the polls this spring to cast ballots on their local school budgets. But so far the turnouts have been… Read More
    Brewer Youth Theatre, directed by Rich Kimball, invites you to travel back to the early days of television and the interesting results of those who worked on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows” in the 1950s, as you enjoy the musical comedy “My Favorite Year” at 7 p.m. Read More
    BREWER – At a talk Tuesday morning, Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe spoke to the audience as a child would speak to a parent. “I will become what I think you think I am,” Rowe said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    STANDISH – St. Joseph’s College in Standish has chosen an in-house administrator as its next president. Joseph Lee of Windham was appointed as a vice president at the Roman Catholic liberal arts college in 2005. He has served for the past year as interim president… Read More
    AUGUSTA – In a ceremony that stemmed from tragedy, Gov. John Baldacci joined the family of a teenage manslaughter victim Tuesday in marking passage of a bill to allow blended adult and juvenile sentences in certain cases. The bill became known as “Marlee’s Law” in… Read More
    PORTLAND – The state supreme court on Tuesday set aside a jury’s verdict that the Maine Department of Transportation was partly to blame in a hit-and-run crash because it took too long to paint stripes on Route 302. A jury awarded $2.9 million to the… Read More
    BANGOR – The case of Belfast and the big-box stores is over, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court strongly signaled Tuesday when the justices heard oral arguments in the Penobscot County Courthouse. Lawrence and Mia Roop’s 2005 lawsuit over allowing big-box stores in the Waldo County… Read More
    An effort to repeal the state’s school consolidation law will continue despite changes made to the law during the closing minutes of this year’s legislative session. The Maine Coalition to Save Schools announced Tuesday that it intends to continue to collect signatures on petitions calling… Read More
    YORK – Fishermen are uniting with the Old York Historical Society in an attempt to preserve some of the town’s harbor as working waterfront. The historical society is applying for a $172,000 grant through the state Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program to turn part of… Read More
    FORT KENT – State and federal emergency management agencies and the U.S. Small Business Administration have opened a disaster recovery center at 416 W. Main St. A second center is expected to open today at the Van Buren Community Center, at 130 Champlain St. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    Financial support for those affected by the recent flooding in the St. John Valley continues to pour in, and many organizations and programs are now in place to help those affected by the disaster. . Red Cross services. More than 80 American Red Cross workers… Read More
    BANGOR – A 33-year-old Rangeley man could face up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. Zachary Allen Winship entered his plea Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor and has been detained while he awaits sentencing. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    PORTLAND – A 43-year-old Harrison woman charged with murdering her infant son is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Superior Court in Portland. Pamela Henderson was arrested Friday after being indicted by the Cumberland County grand jury. She is being held without bail in the… Read More
    HARPSWELL – Residents at a town meeting overwhelmingly approved a resolution Monday that authorizes the town to formally ask Maine’s congressional delegation to reject funding for military action against Iran unless Congress has approved military action. Former independent congressional candidate Dexter Kamilewicz warned that the… Read More
    SACO – A body recovered from the Saco River has been identified as that of a 41-year-old Biddeford man missing for nearly a month. Saco police said the state medical examiner’s office plans an autopsy on the body of Keith O’Brien, who was last seen… Read More
    KITTERY – The Maine Marine Patrol will take up the search Thursday for a 46-year-old Maine lobsterman missing and presumed drowned when his boat capsized in waters near the New Hampshire line. The Coast Guard ended its search for Christopher Tobey on Monday night, but… Read More
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    BREWER – Fittingly, as Waterville High School senior pole vaulter Jessie Lefebvre narrowly missed an attempt at 9 feet, 6 inches to put a wrap on Tuesday’s four-team track and field meet at Pendleton Street Field, the sun had just finished setting over the trees to the east… Read More
    Seth Brown’s motives were simple. Raised in Bangor and Searsport, he wanted to return to Maine with his family and supply the area with a high level of summer soccer entertainment. And he wanted to embrace the Bangor area and immerse the community in his… Read More
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    WASHINGTON – Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to challenge President Bush to temporarily halt the daily shipment of thousands of barrels of oil into the government’s emergency reserve. Lawmakers disagreed on what – if any – impact the suspension might have on gasoline prices and acknowledged… Read More
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