BAR HARBOR — A night watchman making his regular rounds on campus at College of the Atlantic discovered a burglar attempting to take a computer on Christmas night, police said. Security guard Brent Walton was surveying the campus when he stumbled upon a man inside… Read More
Bar Harbor District Court Reginald A. Gilley, 40, Bar Harbor, violating conditions of release, jail five days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) {… Read More
It is my recommendation that the concerned agencies adopt the following resolutions for the new year: U.S. Postal Service: We resolve to deliver mail to those whose address ha been changed repeatedly by the service even when the time has expired for corrections when we… Read More
BRUNSWICK — After retiring as an electric utility manager more than a decade ago, Stan Grover kept busy gardening in the spring and summer, and chopping wood or puttering around the house in the winter. He had a good sense of humor, a daughter recalls,… Read More
Calais District Court Walter L. Beach, 37, Topsfield, operating motor vehicle after license suspension, $200. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice())… Read More
PORTLAND — Police have arrested the 15-year-old who allegedly robbed a Big Apple convenience store in Portland early Sunday morning. But they were still investigating the crime, because of one curious fact — the suspect, the clerk and a customer who was there all live at the same… Read More
MAN ON THE MOON. Directed by Milos Forman. Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Running time: 118 minutes. Rated R. Those going to Milos Forman’s “Man on the Moon” hoping for insight into what made Andy Kaufman one of comedy’s more peculiar bit players… Read More
PORTLAND — Julia Skalina, who lost 35 family members including her parents in the Holocaust, says nothing can compensate for the crimes committed by the Nazis during the World War II. “Listen, they cannot pay for what we went through,” Skalina said. “How do I… Read More
IF THE WALLS COULD TALK, by Margo Cobb, YWCA Bangor-Brewer, Bangor, 1999, 66 pages, $15.77. Telling the story of a landmark requires a love of history, a strong sense of community and an ability to really “connect” with the property’s occupants over the years. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BREWER — During their special meeting Tuesday, members of the City Council will handle a series of municipal housekeeping items before heading into executive session for City Manager Stephen Bost’s evaluation. The meeting, the council’s last for this year, begins at 4 p.m. at City… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — National Park Service authorities at Acadia National Park say they will decide early New Year’s Day whether conditions on Cadillac Mountain will be safe enough to open the Cadillac Mountain summit road. The park service said it has received numerous questions… Read More
LINCOLN — A Howland man spent Christmas Day in jail after police stopped him on Christmas Eve going the wrong way on Interstate 95, for the second time in two months. Edward Kidon, 33, entered I-95 at the Lincoln exit and headed south in the… Read More
SADDLEBACK MOUNTAIN — After two decades of discussions, the National Park Service and a ski resort owner are optimistic about reaching an agreement in the new year to preserve the longest unprotected segment of the Appalachian Trail. But park service officials weary from years of… Read More
Some veterans of World War II, some Korea and many more remember Vietnam. I remember the Panamanain riots of 1964. The Vietnam War was in full fury. In America, students were protesting the war. As a 24-year-old college student, I had to make a choice:… Read More
THORNDIKE — Some students from Mt. View High School are preparing to participate in a program that allows visits to government policy-makers in Washington, D.C. Close Up is an organization that, through seminars and study visits, allows high school students a close look at the… Read More
SPRUCE HEAD — The European fondness for lobster makes for Christmas joy in Maine. Europeans have always had a love affair with shellfish, and thanks to modern packaging methods and jet transportation, lobsters have become a staple on holiday tables all over Europe. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BELFAST — City Councilor Kip Brundage has compared the Waldo County commissioners’ financing methods for its new communications center to a dishonest, carnival scam. Brundage, who also is a member of the county’s budget committee, described the proposal as a “shell game” in a letter… Read More
DURHAM, N.H. — In keeping with a year that has seen rankings of the century’s top athletes, books, news events and entertainers, climatologist Barry Keim has come up with his Top 10 New England weather events of the century. But he didn’t rate them. Instead,… Read More
BANGOR — Passengers aboard a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta stopped to make an unscheduled “delivery” at Bangor International Airport on Christmas Day. A 29-year-old Florida man remained in Penobscot County jail Sunday evening after an “air rage” incident forced a Boeing 767 carrying 197 passengers to… Read More
The aftermath of Christmas. For parents of young children, it means cleaning up the drooping holiday ornaments and tripping over toys. Toys under foot, toys stuck behind the cushions of the sofa, toys on the kitchen counter — many of them already broken. Many toy-related injuries occur a… Read More
The numbers are rightly shocking: In just under two years, the Department of Veterans Affairs admits to having made nearly 3,000 medical errors nationwide, killing almost one in four of those who received erroneous treatment or medications. Yet those numbers would likely be typical of… Read More
Following are petitions for bankruptcy filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: Anthony P. DiCentes, dba JT’s Pub, Millinocket; assets, $2,176; debts, $58,933. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Clinton administration is giving out $900 million to cities, states and nonprofit groups to help some 245,000 homeless people find their way off the streets and into productive lives. Maine will receive an estimated $6.4 million. “Those grants will fund proven, successful… Read More
Bangor District Court Jessica L. Clark, 19, Old Town, theft by unauthorized taking, $200. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) {… Read More
Many Mainers will not spend New Year’s Eve fretting over the Y2K computer bug. However, some will stock up on food and water, purchase extra gasoline, get copies of their financial records on paper or withdraw extra cash, just in case. A new poll conducted… Read More
BANGOR — Christmas was a halfhearted affair for homeless teen-agers who spent the holiday at Shaw House. “Christmas here has been pretty good, but I wouldn’t choose to spend it away from my family,” said one girl who has stayed at the teen shelter off… Read More
CAMDEN — The SAD 28 board has committed to a reconfiguration of its elementary and middle schools, but the size of the tax bill is still under scrutiny. Prompted by the formation of the Five Town Community School District and its new high school, which… Read More
BANGOR — Penobscot County is still interested in occupying most of a city-owned building at 6 Central St., so councilors are expected to authorize negotiations on the property for three more months. The City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall. The… Read More
Houlton District Court Christopher Allen, 20, Sherman Mills, minor possessing liquor, case filed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if… Read More
HODGDON — There was tension in the air Wednesday night as members of the Southern Aroostook Solid Waste Disposal District debated the pros and cons of a possible referendum on a district-sponsored landfill project. The district owns 135 acres in Hammond, part of which it… Read More
It was the summer of 1997 and Mike Karnas of Brewer was at a crossroads. Athletically and academically, things weren’t going too well. Due to sagging grades, Karnas was ineligible to play football, his favorite sport, at Brewer High School. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Everywhere you look, someone’s publishing another best-of-the-millennium list. Now, we’ll ignore the fact that the millennium doesn’t start until 2001; fact is, if you want to know what the best dog food of the last thousand years was, someone’s probably got a list. Personally, I… Read More
Christmas came a month early for Cal and Kim Ingraham. The former University of Maine goal-scoring phenom and his Yarmouth-bred wife noticed that their first child, 4-month-old daughter Sarah, looked ill and was running a high fever, so they rushed her to the hospital emergency… Read More
From America East to the Pac-10, the relationship between college athletics and corporate sponsorship is spawning programs that assume a professional look. Especially at public schools where the struggle to meet rising costs and support growing athletic programs is most intense, the commercial environment is encroaching on the… Read More
A small earthquake hit Maine Christmas Eve, registering early on sensors as far as New York. A preliminary report from the National Earthquake Information Center in Colorado indicated that the earthquake registered about 2.9, a relatively small quake. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
After many years of driving I-95 from Bangor to Kittery just to head south and back, I can tell you from experience that I never liked the current signage out there. Especially during inclement weather. I heartily support the plan to rename and renumber the… Read More
Part of next year’s garden arrived in August. It was a gift from a friend who’d been south and stopped at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and returned home bearing gifts of lettuce, tomatoes, eggplant, hollyhock, hyacinth bean and something called Scarlet Pentapetes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Three men were injured, one seriously, in a Friday morning car crash in Pittsfield. The accident was so severe, said Pittsfield Officer Len Macdaid, that both vehicles were demolished. “Everyone involved got a Christmas present today,” said Macdaid, who said he and other… Read More
BANGOR — Oh, the weather outside is frightful. It’s not snowing, and the sunshine in the forecast doesn’t bode well for a white Christmas. One man in Bangor, though, won’t let the snowless conditions change his plans. After all, he has amassed at least 2,400 hand-blown tree ornaments,… Read More
While shopping last Saturday, with all the hustle and bustle, I lost my purse with my Christmas shopping money in it, as well as my grocery money and credit cards. I was so distressed while heading to the customer service desk to see if by some miracle someone… Read More
The bright red velvet bow on a barrel full of evergreens beneath a sign first catches the eye. Then visitors follow a dirt road winding through the woods to an open view of a lake. Then, over a small wooden bridge with rails wrapped in ribbon, for an… Read More
BANGOR — City councilors will hold a workshop at 6:15 p.m. Monday at City Hall to discuss the recommendations of the Air Service Task Force to increase activity at Bangor International Airport. Gov. Angus King established the task force in August. The panel has involved… Read More
Eleanor Brown, 18 McNally Terrace, Newport 04953, will celebrate her 80th birthday Jan. 10, and would appreciate cards and greetings from old and new friends. Jermaine Robinson, a pupil at the Hellen Caro Elementary School, 1255 Meadson Road, Pensacola, Fla., 32506, is doing a memory… Read More
PORTLAND — The Right Rev. Chilton R. Knudsen on Tuesday, Dec. 7, named the Rev. Dr. Margaret Thomas of Penobscot as coordinator of the Deacon Formation Program for the Episcopal Diocese of Maine. Thomas was ordained in 1998 and served as curate of St. Francis-by-the-Sea… Read More
Merry Christmas, everyone! Now that the gifts are unwrapped; the holiday food has been tasted and deemed delicious; and the house has been picked up; it is time to get out paper and pen — or get on the computer — and send out those… Read More
DIXMONT — While shopping at a local supermarket one week ago today, Faye Randall thought she heard the strains of a familiar Christmas song. Though it was difficult to pick out the melody, the song’s familiar rhythm told her it was “Jingle Bells.” Listening to… Read More
STONINGTON — A Christmas outing turned into tragedy Thursday night when a 14-year-old girl died in a single-car accident on the Airport Road that injured four of her companions. Erin Dunham of Sunset was dead at the scene, according to Maine State Police Trooper Tim… Read More
Maine Educational Assessment scores come out soon. Before you decide that the intelligence of your child, the effectiveness of your school system or the state of education in general is accurately determined by this test, you should ask some questions about the test itself. Exactly what does it… Read More
ALFRED — The state Attorney General’s Office has filed a hate crime complaint against two men charged with spraying racist graffiti on a black mayoral candidate’s fence on Halloween in Biddeford. The incident occurred outside the home of Rory Holland, Biddeford’s only black mayoral candidate,… Read More
Regarding the double murder in Dexter; your paper stated that the district attorney had notified police that they didn’t have probable cause to hold the suspected murderer. What is the definition of probable cause? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
I read with great interest recent articles on the windfall tobacco settlement funds coming to Maine. The hundreds of millions of dollars that Maine will receive in the coming years gives us an unprecedented and historic opportunity to make a huge difference in the health and well-being of… Read More
There’s The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, then it was Scrooge and now our latest repulsive force, Rite Aid of Orono (or actually of their whole system). After being denied permission to rip down another historic site to build another super structure, thus having to reside… Read More
CANTON, Mass. — New England has the cold weather — now all many ski resorts need is some snow. The resorts have fired up their snow-making machines in hopes of meeting “white Christmas” guarantees and making up for a slow start to the ski season. Read More
ALFRED — A teen-ager who pleaded guilty to terrorizing and assault will not have to spend any more time in jail. Frederick White, 19, of Acton was sentenced to 45 days, time he already has served, for terrorizing classmates at Wells High School. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
MACHIAS — A group of Washington County people will pick up the beat of worldwide drumming on New Year’s Day when they gather at Holy Name Parish Hall in Machias to welcome in the millennium. “Drumming in the Year 2000,” a global event sponsored by… Read More
Fireworks ignited a small fire inside a garbage truck in Eddington on Friday and also set off an investigation as to who owned them to begin with. Authorities confiscated several books of firecrackers that someone discarded in waste, reported Eddington Fire Chief Arnold Grover. The… Read More
FAIRFIELD — A stroke had disabled their mother, and so the boy and girl knew not to expect much this Christmas. They knew they had to care for her. Gloria Grenier heard the family’s sad story from her husband, Kelly, and it tugged at her… Read More
THOMASTON — Police were searching Friday for a 1993 Dodge Caravan stolen from the Greenfield Apartments in Brooklyn Heights. The forest green van, owned by Ashley Curtis of Thomaston, was reported stolen at 8 a.m. Thursday, Thomaston police Sgt. Kevin Haj said, noting the keys… Read More
ORONO — The search for the son of a slain Orono woman intensified Friday as investigators formally announced that he is their prime suspect in the killing. Based on evidence from the woman’s house that was processed this week, investigators late Thursday night acquired an… Read More
It is the end of the second millennium of the Christian era. The Roman legions once garrisoned in Palestine long ago returned to dust. But the passing of scores of generations of common men and of hundreds of kings and tyrants and presidents has made… Read More
Almost forgotten in the growing controversy over student-loan giant Maine Educational Services have been the thousands of students and parents who sign for the loans, often without comparing competing offers because of their need for quick money and their lack of financial sophistication. In 1991,… Read More
BANGOR — Before their regular meeting Monday evening, city councilors will be able to tap a half-century of experience when they’re joined by former majors and city managers for a reception at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Nineteen former officials have said they hope to… Read More
PORTLAND — Authorities have blamed arson for a fire at an apartment building that drove 10 families from their homes. It will likely be weeks before any of the building’s 21 residents will be able to move back. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
The women who make up the trio In Our Midst have been singing since they were little girls. They started vocalizing and playing guitars together 15 years ago. While their harmonies and melodies are reminiscent of 1960s folk groups, Susanne DeGrasse, Jean Boutot and Edie… Read More
A very merry Christmas it is today for the families helped by the Santa’s Helper Fund. The generosity of people in communities all over Maine brought us to our collection goal of $47,000, then continued to surge well past the goal to an unprecedented $57,000 grand total. What… Read More
The most subjective and arbitrary exercise to come careening down the pike in a long time in the mistaken belief that the end of the millenium is at hand is the media obsession with making lists of the best and brightest of centuries past. It… Read More
Just in time for Christmas, the top presidential candidates of both parties have signed a written pledge to be “civil” to each other. No dirt-throwing, scandal-mongering or name-calling. If the idea sounds familiar, it is. In Maine, we call it the Margaret Chase Smith Clean… Read More
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The 3,987-mile U.S.-Canadian border is frequently described as the world’s longest undefended border. But that doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t a threat from the north. As shown by recent arrests in Washington state and Vermont of undocumented Algerian extremists and a Canadian… Read More
This is to inform people that North Country Seafood has not gone out of business. If you have noticed our signs are gone, it is through no fault of our own. The Department of Transportation sent us a certified letter and told us to remove the signs or… Read More
HOULTON — A confrontation that began at a bar here early Friday morning ended up with one man being shot in the leg with birdshot at another man’s home in Linneus. Kevin Larson, 28, of Houlton was shot in the left leg with No. 8… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The state of Maine, with its rural countryside and agricultural history, is about to become the center of a debate over an illegal crop that some say could be the salvation for struggling farmers. Maine Vocals, a pro-marijuana and hemp lobbying organization, is… Read More
The Bangor Daily News chose to report on its front page on Dec. 20, “That’s the way it was that day 133 years ago when American Indians used the brilliant evening to launch a devastating ambush on U.S. troops.” Of that same event, MSN-NBC reported… Read More
If the Little Mermaid had a Christmas tree, it would look exactly like the one lit up in Beth Parks’ Down East home today. Cast in shades of silver and gold, scallop shells, sea urchins, crab claws, coral and seaweed dangle from the branches of a tree that… Read More
CARIBOU — The Right Rev. Chilton R. Knudsen, Episcopal Bishop of Maine, ordained the Rev. Susan M. Murphy on Dec. 4, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Murphy celebrated her first Eucharist with a combined service for churches in the cluster on Dec. 5 at St. Read More
Five Maine schools in need of new computers will soon have part of their needs met, courtesy of the U.S. Senate. Known as the Senate’s Computers for the Schools program, the effort strives to place surplus military and government computers in schools in need of… Read More
Somewhere in eastern Maine on this Christmas morning, a woman who is married to a middle-aged paving contractor, war veteran and Celtics fan named Burt will open a gift box and find a fuzzy pink-and-blue scarf inside. Burt’s wife may have received other gifts from… Read More
LEWISTON — Elizabeth Dodge, executive director of the U.S. chapter of the Forum Francophone des Affaires, this week announced her plan to leave the organization. Dodge’s departure, announced Wednesday, was effective immediately. As of Friday, the chapter had not yet developed plans to begin a… Read More
We would like to suggest that the corridor proposed by Bangor Hydro for its new transmission line be moved. The area through which the line would pass is a significant remote, undeveloped area containing important natural resources and with aesthetic and recreational potential. Since there… Read More
No, Phyllis Grace (BDN, Dec. 18-19), you are not the only one who feels we are wasting $1.65 million on a failed mission to Mars. Even if it had been a success, we still could care less what Mars is made of or if any life ever existed… Read More
ROCKLAND — A U.S. Coast Guard crew cleared ice from the ship’s deck Friday upon arriving in the harbor from Nova Scotia. The chilly job was followed by a warm welcome from city officials. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Sisters Brianna and Billi Blanchard led a well-balanced offense to power the Presque Isle High School girls basketball team to a 68-45 victory over Bangor Thursday night. Billi Blanchard netted 18 points and registered seven assists and seven steals. Brianna Blanchard added… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Corey Gildart scored all 16 of his points in the first half as the Bangor High School boys manufactured a 38-17 halftime lead en route to a 67-39 triumph over Presque Isle Thursday. Nick Loukes had 11 points for the Rams and… Read More
OLD TOWN – With four fouls to give before their opponents reached the bonus and five ticks left on the clock in a deadlocked ballgame, the John Bapst Crusaders had a pretty simple defensive plan coming out of Thursday night’s final timeout at MacKenzie Gym. Read More
The new kids in Eastern Maine schoolboy hockey circles will long remember Dec. 18, 1999. The first-year Houlton-Hodgdon Blackhawks annexed their first-ever win on that day, a 3-1 triumph over visiting Winthrop-Hall-Dale at the new John A. Millar Civic Center. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
LAIE, Hawaii – Andy Bedard jumped out of street clothes and back into action Thursday, shrugging off a cracked rib while helping the University of Maine men’s basketball team hold off BYU-Hawaii 77-66 for fifth place in the Pearl Harbor Invitational. Bedard, who suffered the… Read More
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AUGUSTA – The Maine Harness Racing Commission has completed its harness racing date allocations for 2000. After two days of hearings, commissioners headed into the third session determined to complete the annual allocation of race date requests. In less than two hours, the commission meted… Read More
HAMPDEN – Despite a seven-point lead at halftime, Hampden Academy head coach Andy Frace was more than a little concerned during Thursday night’s game with Brewer. Four Hampden players, three of them starters, had three fouls each; the visiting Witches were holding their own in… Read More
BOSTON — The Canadian government’s decision to extend the moratorium on oil and gas exploration on the environmentally sensitive Georges Bank was applauded Thursday by the local fishing community. “It’s been a long battle,” said Angela Sanfilippo, president of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association, which… Read More
CORINNA — Giggles and grins mixed with gasps, grunts and groans as the children at the Corinna Elementary School lined the halls Thursday like bustling elves, loading a truck with donations from their annual Christmas Giving Tree. For six years, the children of Corinna have… Read More
PORTLAND — A plan to rename sections of well-traveled routes such as Interstate 95 and change the way highway exits are numbered would mean less confusion for motorists, traffic experts say. In place of sequential exit numbers, the new system would substitute numbers based on… Read More
BANGOR — A company in Canada wanted the Volvo aircraft parts center that’s coming to Bangor International Airport. So did firms in Connecticut and on the West Coast, according to the president of Telford Aviation. But Telford and the city of Bangor brought something special… Read More
A representative of the Bangor office of the Maine Department of Human Services will be available at the following locations to help residents who are interested in applying for food stamps and/or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday,… Read More
ORONO — Investigators brought in special equipment to help locate trace amounts of blood inside the Dryden Terrace apartment of Barbara C. Barnes on Thursday. Barnes died of multiple stab wounds Monday night, according to police. Her body was found by Orono officers Tuesday morning,… Read More
Two federal agencies will hold hearings early next year about the future of Washington County. Some testimony will be about salmon, biodiversity, and fearmongering, but the hearing is really about a choice: Is Washington County going to have an economy and culture based on our natural resources and… Read More
In the sixth century, the monk Dionysius Exiguus faced a daunting task. Calendars are notorious for their small inaccuracies, and time had not been kind to the calendar he had inherited from the ancient Romans. To further complicate matters the liturgical calendar of the church… Read More