U.S. Cellular has promoted Sean Griffith to store manager and Stephanie Dow to sales manager in the Bangor-area market. Griffith is responsible for management of the Bangor and Ellsworth retail store locations. Dow directs daily activities for employees in the company’s Ellsworth retail location. Her responsibilities include growing… Read More
    Q: About a year and a half ago I was a passenger in my aunt’s car in California and we were hit almost head-on by a 17-year-old driver who was driving too fast and came into our lane. I suffered upper body injury. I have used my aunt’s… Read More
    Among this past week’s news items was some good advice from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the posting of signs. The bottom line: Staying in compliance with health rules doesn’t have to hurt a small company’s bottom line. The news story… Read More
    CUTLER – After two years, Washington County’s only condominium complex has proved to be a success, according to a representative of the developers. When the former Cutler Naval Telecommunication and Computer Center was bought by Cutler Residential Development LLC and refurbished into Beachwood Bay Estates… Read More
    A recently released report on the state of Canada’s tourism industry pulled no punches: “Canada’s Tourism Sector on the Brink of Crisis,” read the headline of the news release summarizing the report. The number of U.S. visitors to Canada has steadily declined over the past five or six… Read More
    As it does every year, the federal government has again painted a rosy picture of the health of the nation’s ocean fish populations. While there has been growth in some species, this is only half the story – literally. The National Marine Fisheries Service has no idea about… Read More
    I’d like to express my confidence in Sen. Barack Obama to bring change to our country. As a veteran of the Iraq War, I want to keep the war at the forefront of the election debates. With our troops and their families making so many sacrifices, it is… Read More
    Let me see if I understand the BDN’s editorial, “Heating Oil Efficiency,” (July 5-6) correctly. It suggests adding 5 cents to 10 cents per gallon to the already taxed and expensive cost of home heating oil so that those of us who have made the choice to spend… Read More
    Trish Riley and I have politely disagreed about the Dirigo Health program since its inception. I was not pleased to have been proved right when I said that they could not possibly reach the projected enrollment numbers. But, she is right on the money when… Read More
    The controversy over drilling for oil at controversial sites seems overblown. If permitted, the effect on oil supply will be at least a generation away. During WWII, the U.S. supplied most oil needs for the Allied War effort from our own lower 48 oilfields. Their… Read More
    I noted in the BDN that farmers were attempting to band together to inform communities of the value of their endeavors. Farmers are an independent lot, as are fishermen, principally because the profession demands 24 hours a day seven days a week. This holds true… Read More
    Consumers and taxpayers are repeatedly hit with higher health costs. I agree with Dr. Erik Steele (“Apply strong pressure to heal health care woes” BDN, July 1), we need to put strong pressure on our legislators because something needs to be done now. The free market in which… Read More
    Readers of recent troubling news about higher mortality rates among women in Washington County should be encouraged by the response of Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, to the question, “Can things turn around in Washington County?”… Read More
    HERMON – Gas prices dipped below the $4-per-gallon threshold at a handful of eastern Maine locations beginning Friday, including the Country Market on U.S. Route 2, where motorists on Saturday waited in lengthy lines. “It’s hard to imagine being excited about $3.89 a gallon, but… Read More
    AUGUSTA – In a fourth-floor meeting room at the State House last week, months before the next legislative session, lawmakers once again took up an issue that some see as a political third rail. In other words, touch it and there’s trouble. Maine’s online sex… Read More
    BELFAST – Painter and installation artist Avy Claire will present her work and talk about the creative process at Waterfall Arts at 7 p.m. Monday, July 28, as part of the Artists Lecture Series. Claire is this year’s artist-in-residence at Waterfall Arts and has spent… Read More
    MACHIAS – Jim Appleman was just about to close up shop late Friday night when a couple in a pickup truck pulled up to his bookstore on Route 92. At first he thought they were lost, so he offered to help. As it turned out,… Read More
    BELFAST – The lure of the sea will be in the air when the Belfast Marine Heritage Festival takes place at Heritage Park on the city’s waterfront on Saturday, July 26. The festival will include the National BoatBuilding Challenge, the eighth annual rowing regatta, a… Read More
    MONSON – It happened 40 years ago, but to the former Monson Academy basketball players involved, it was like yesterday. Those players, who took home the 1968 Class S state basketball title and brought recognition to their small school, which has since closed, gathered Saturday… Read More
    GUILFORD – A parade, scavenger hunt, road race, chili cook-off, Ms. River Festival Pageant, a pie-eating contest, and a rubby duck race will be among the offerings at this year’s Piscataquis River Festival on Saturday. “It’s really a community event,” said Judy Folsom of the… Read More
    ATKINSON – Whoever coined the phrase “heavenly threads” must have had the quilt show at the Atkinson United Methodist Church in mind. Entering the small, white church nestled among open fields in a quiet corner of town Saturday revealed a kaleidoscope of colorful threads. The… Read More
    MONSON – Alex Thomas of Blanchard and Jason Pina of Monson are well on their way to becoming engineers, having successfully designed a water-worthy craft of empty dog food bags and tubs. The youngsters won first place in the children’s division of the Anything Floats… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Smoke and water damage left two families homeless after a fire Saturday afternoon. Firefighter John Gavelek said the fire broke out in the attic of a four-unit apartment house on the corner of School and Central streets at 2:51 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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    MILBRIDGE – Washington Hancock Community Agency will hold its fourth annual auction to benefit the SeniorSAFE Program beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the town hall. This year’s auction will feature “old”tiques and “new”tiques. The preview is from noon to 1 p.m. Some… Read More
    RANDOLPH – A 68-year-old retiree who shed 172 pounds in 20 months has been honored by TOPS Club Inc. as its “International King of Weight Loss.” Joel Marsh walked onstage this month in Chicago to be recognized by the 180,000-member nonprofit organization, whose name stands… Read More
    STOCKTON SPRINGS – A local man was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to a Bangor hospital after being stabbed during an altercation Saturday evening, police said. According to the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department, the dispatch center received a call at 6:52 p.m. about a dispute among… Read More
    Belfast Maskers reports that former Belfast resident and New York City area actor, singer and model Brian Thomas Wilson will play the lead in its summer production of “Carousel.” A cast of 32, with local and visiting actors, will perform this Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway… Read More
    BANGOR – A coalition of organizations and businesses will hold a festival on the Penobscot River this weekend to celebrate sea-run fish and raise awareness about efforts to improve the health of the river. The Penobscot River Revival, which will be held on the downtown… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Becky Black’s 77-year-old eyes and ears are still plenty sharp, but on Saturday they didn’t do her much good in spotting loons because there were few to be found. Black, who lives on the western side of Green Lake, was one of nearly… Read More
    SCARBOROUGH – Four suspects have been arrested on various charges after a robbery report early Sunday at a home in Scarborough. Police said the occupants of the Burnham Road residence awoke during the robbery and confronted the suspects outdoors. One of the residents was struck… Read More
    OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Maine lifeguards are keeping busy because an offshore storm is roiling the waters and causing dangerous riptides. Old Orchard Beach lifeguards made 14 rescues on Thursday alone. Lifeguard Wesley Rhames said the wind and surf are not that bad but the… Read More
    PORTLAND – Central Maine Power said it has restored electricity to all but about 20 customers who were left in the dark as a result of Friday’s fierce thunderstorms. But utility crews were also working to bring back service to roughly 300 customers off line… Read More
    BLUE HILL – Trenton has been a streaky team throughout this summer’s American Legion baseball season. And with the Zone 1 tournament looming next weekend, the Acadians hope the streak they extended with an 11-0, 14-11 doubleheader sweep of Motor City of Bangor on Saturday… Read More
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    PORTLAND, – A Melrose, Mass., man has won the 27th annual Peaks to Portland swim race, completing the 2.4-mile course in Casco Bay in 42 minutes, 11 seconds. Joe Sheehan clocked the fastest time Saturday since Sean Flaherty’s 40:30 in 2001. It was the second… Read More
    BANGOR – The Ellsworth Senior League All-Stars defeated Sacopee Valley twice to capture the state baseball championship at Mansfield Stadium on Saturday, winning the first game 3-1 and cruising 10-1 in the second. They advance to the East Regional tournament in West Deptford, N.J., where… Read More
    The six-team field for this year’s American Legion Zone 1 tournament baseball is set, with five of the teams back from last year’s playoff field. The double-elimination tournament begins Friday and runs through Monday, July 28, at the Winkin Baseball Complex on the campus of… Read More
    This year’s Senior League World Series has its third entry, and save for the host district its the most familiar face in the field since the event moved to Bangor in 2002. The Sierra Maestra Little League of Maracaibo, Venezuela, won the Latin America qualifying… Read More
    HERMON – Randy Renaud hit a two-run triple to highlight a six-run fifth inning as Aerus Electrolux avoided the sweep with a 7-4 victory in the second game of a Bay League baseball doubleheader on Sunday. Montville defeated Aerus in the first game 5-1. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    ISLESBORO IS THE MOST EXCLUSIVE SUMMER RESORT, declared a breathless headline in the Bangor Daily Commercial on Aug. 13, 1906. That was back in the days when rich people and their resorts were regarded with awe by mere mortals, and the gap between the nation’s richest and poorest… Read More
    Our destination was 2,475 miles away, round trip. Our vehicle was an SUV that got about 20 miles to the gallon. The cost of gas ranged from $4.20 in upstate New York to $3.99 in Ohio to $3.91 in Massachusetts. Yet, even though we spent about $500 on… Read More
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    The Bangor phone book alone has more than 50 listings under the surname Haskell, people who are no doubt descended from William, Roger or Mark, one of the three Haskell brothers of Charlton-Musgrove, England, who came over with their mother to Massachusetts in the 1630s. Read More