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BELFAST – A city man was injured on Patterson Hill early Wednesday after leaving his residence after an argument with his girlfriend and crashing his pickup truck into a ditch. Michael Reynolds, 31, of Patterson Hill Road was taken by ambulance to Waldo County General… Read More
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    BELFAST – SAD 34 residents vote Tuesday on a measure that seeks authority for the district to spend $550,000 on hand and borrow another $240,000 to close the gap in a shortfall in the budget year that ends June 30. Board members from the district’s… Read More
WELD – Area residents were in shock this week after workers for L.L. Bean granddaughter Linda Bean Folkers dismantled a shelter that had been used by campers for 60 years. Foresters for Lake Webb Woods Maine LLC removed the three-walled lean-to near Little Jackson Mountain. Read More
Due to a transcribing error, a comment by legendary classical jazz composer Ahmad Jamal was misquoted in a Sept. 17 Style story. Jamal did not intend to slight reggae music in his criticism of music produced for market value rather than artistic merit. He said, “There’s a lot… Read More
    Ice shacks are, for the most part, wonderful displays of Yankee ingenuity. The often-ugly, always-quirky portable cabins provide shelter in the dead of winter. They offer us refuge from the wind, snow and rain. They give us a place to comfortably wait for finicky (or, perhaps, nonexistent) fish. Read More
WASHINGTON – President Bush is scheduled to be in Bangor on Tuesday for a rally supporting Republican candidates for office. According to Chuck Mahaleris, campaign manager for U.S. House candidate Steven Joyce, the president will be at Hangar 12 at the Bangor International Airport at… Read More
    About 2,800 birds from a Warren farm were killed Tuesday because of a mild strain of avian influenza. The state ordered the ducks, pheasants and geese destroyed and Foggy Ridge Gamebird Farm quarantined as a precaution to protect Maine’s multimillion-dollar poultry industry. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BAR HARBOR – The zoning appeals board reconsideration of the Criterion Theater’s right to become involved in its competitor’s permit approval has been delayed until 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24. Only three members of the board were available Tuesday to decide whether Betty Jean Morison,… Read More
    ROCKLAND – The exhibition “On Island: A Century of Continuity and Change” at the Farnsworth Art Museum will close Saturday, Oct. 15. The show, conceived by the museum in close cooperation with the Island Institute, surveys a hundred years of painting on Maine islands, from the beginning of… Read More
TOWNSHIP 22 — A man from Freedom was “extremely lucky” to survive after his car hit a moose on Route 9 between Aurora and Beddington Sunday night, said district Game Warden Philip White. A hydraulic extrication device was needed to pull Christian Jones, whose age… Read More
    An article in Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News described public-private partnerships between communities and industries with hazardous material response teams. The James River Corp. in Old Town should have been included as having a formal written agreement with Old Town to have its “hazmat” team respond to any chemical… Read More
PORTLAND — A proposal to build a Maine Turnpike exit at the Portland International Jetport advanced Thursday with a preliminary nod from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps agreed that the proposed exit across outer Congress Street from the airport was the “least… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — International Women’s Day will be celebrated from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, with free events at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA, sponsored by Womancare Aegis Association. “This will be a day to accept, explore, nurture and empower the many facets of… Read More
    Only if you’re not a baseball fan, or deep in the Maine woods unable to contact the outside world, do you not know Major League Baseball players are threatening to strike Aug. 12. Odd, isn’t it? Ballplayers walk and strike during work, to the cheers… Read More
The Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center will sponsor its annual conference on women’s health Saturday, April 24, at the Bangor Airport Marriott. The theme will be “Menopause and Beyond: Women Celebrating the Second Half of Life.” Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., with the welcome… Read More
Craig Dagan tossed in a game-high 29 points to lead Southern Maine Technical College to a 95-85 Maine Small College Conference basketball victory over Eastern Maine Tech on Sunday in Bangor. Chris Aube and Jim Budroe scored 18 points each for the Techs, now 11-3… Read More
Science Forum Everyone is aware of the solid-waste problem we are now facing. Calls for biodegradable materials, recycling, and trash-to-energy conversion fill the newspapers and airwaves. What few people realize, however, is that we are now facing a solid-waste problem in space as well as… Read More
    The trans-Atlantic conversation was a bit one-sided since she couldn’t hear me all the time, although I could hear her. Several questions went unanswered and she had to guess at what questions would be asked. But she’s an old pro at handling that sort of… Read More
    BANGOR – Penobscot Theatre continues its 35th anniversary season with two productions for the holiday season – the Tony-nominated family musical “A Year With Frog and Toad,” and the uproarious comedy for mature audiences, “A Tuna Christmas.” The productions run through Dec. 23 at the… Read More
    BANGOR – Stephanie (Stevie) Dunham and Caleb McGary met at age 8 while taking a class at Caleb’s mother’s dance studio, River City Dance, and while performing with Robinson Ballet. Since that age they have danced in “The Nutcracker,” performing various roles separately or partnered… Read More
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    ORONO – What better time than the holidays to hold the popular Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration, scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center, University of Maine. The event offers the public an opportunity… Read More
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    BELFAST – State and local police converged on a High Street home after a male occupant was shot to death there Tuesday morning. Police said a woman was being questioned in connection with the shooting and a weapon was recovered. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    From the governor’s office to the showrooms of small auto dealerships throughout the state, many Mainers are paying close attention to the proposed $15 billion bailout of U.S. automakers. Most involved in the industry are hoping that the U.S. Congress will vote to give the… Read More
    Because of anticipated state and federal budget cuts, elderly residents at some Maine assisted living facilities will no longer be served breakfast beginning on Jan. 1. Freese’s Assisted Living in Bangor, Stearns Assisted Living in Millinocket and Merry Gardens Estates in Camden will continue to… Read More
    BANGOR – Fraser Papers Ltd. has sued a Michigan firm in U.S. District Court seeking payment for 1.8 million pounds of specialty paper manufactured at Fraser’s Madawaska facility and shipped to North Carolina between May 5 and June 2. In the breach-of-contract lawsuit filed Monday,… Read More
    BREWER – The national slowdown in the auto industry will cause a temporary shutdown at Brewer Automotive Components. Company officials are anticipating a two-week shutdown starting Dec. 19 at the Brewer factory, where 117 workers make suspension and steering components for Toyota of North America… Read More
    ORONO – The Maine Better Transportation Association will host a program Thursday evening at the Best Western Black Bear Inn titled “Flight Plan: Weathering Turbulence and Finding Opportunity in the Passenger Air Travel Market.” The program begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11. Rebecca Hupp,… Read More
    There’s an intimidating picture on the front page of the Dec. 3 Bangor Daily News It shows an individual brandishing the Bible like some club with which to throttle those Christians (like me) who look into Scripture and see Christ’s words of love and tolerance. Read More
    A loan program unveiled last week fills an important void by targeting money to small businesses in rural and downtown areas. The new loans also come at a critical time when credit markets across the country remain frozen. Coastal Enterprises, Inc. was selected by the… Read More
    It’s good that the Bangor Daily News highlights the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“Eleanor’s Declaration,” Dec. 8) and that the BDN states that “few in the West would argue these basic claims that come with being human.” One aspect of the human rights… Read More
    Almost every day on TV one will view the suffering of little children who are victims of war, pestilence, famine and natural disasters. Then again there are agencies, which rescue children from picking in city dumps. If a civilization cannot control birth rates compared to… Read More
    The country’s health insurance industry was praised last week for joining the national debate over universal health coverage. Pledges to give up its ability to reject people with pre-existing medical conditions and its longstanding objection to guarantees of insurance coverage could represent a significant change for the insurance… Read More
    Several readers have written in about whether it is possible for President-elect Barack Obama to become president before Jan. 20. While the chances of this happening are virtually nil, there are constitutional paths to such a development. One would be for Condoleeza Rice to resign… Read More