The Bangor Daily News has won several awards from the New England Associated Press News Executives Association (NEAPNEA), in writing, photo and design for newspapers with a circulation of more than 60,000.

The story “IP shutting down two lumber mills” by reporters Mary Anne Lagasse and Judy Harrison won a third place writing award in the business and consumer issues category.

Photographer Caleb Raynor received second place in the feature photo contest for his photo “Baptism,” and photographer Susan Latham received third place for her photo “Lasso cowboy.” Raynor also won second place in the portrait division for the photo “Cow skull man,” and second place in the sports feature category for “Football player hug.”

In the special coverage design category “Protecting Maine’s forests” took second place. Graphics Director Eric Zelz, Photo Director Russ Kendall, Photo Editor Scott Haskell and graphics artist Barbara Ericksen contributed to the design.

The awards will be presented during NEAPNEA’s fall conference on Sept. 14 at The Westin Hotel in Providence R.I.

LOCAL COLUMN

Class I (more than 60,000 circ.)

First: Peter Phipps; The Providence Sunday Journal

Second: Susan Campbell; The Hartford Courant

Third: John Clayton; The Union Leader

Honorable Mention: Tom Shea; Union-News/Sunday Republican

Class II (30,000 to 60,000 circ.)

First: Dick White; The Standard-Times

Second: Hank Seaman; The Standard-Times

Third: Tom Moroney; The MetroWest Daily News

Honorable Mention: Steve Damish; The Sunday Enterprise

Class III (Less than 30,000 circ.)

First: Glenn Richter; Record-Journal

Second: Tom Hill; Valley News

Third: Chris Stevens; Daily Item

Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Smith; Record-Journal

SPORTS STORY

Class I

First: Rich Garvin; Sunday Telegram; “Horton’s head a hoop”

Second: Ron Chemilis; Union-News/Sunday Republican; “Higher goals: UMass at the crossroads”

Third: Vin Sylvia; New Hampshire Sunday News; “A local boy makes good”

Honorable Mention: Lori Riley; The Hartford Courant; “Shea’s inner foe”

Class II

First: John Tomase; The Eagle-Tribune; “Market Street miracle”

Second: Bob Duca; Cape Cod Times; “Back on the sidelines”

Third: Bill Burt; The Eagle-Tribune; “Parcells blew Jets super-season”

Honorable Mention: Matt Crawford; The Burlington Free Press; “Fish shooting survives criticism”

Class III

First: Ray Duckler; Sunday Monitor; “Big man on campus”

Second: Matt DiFilippo; Kennebec Journal; “Strength within”

Third: Tom Haley; Rutland Herald; “Too tough to call”

Honorable Mention: Bryant Carpenter; Record-Journal; “Down on the farm”

EDITORIAL

Class I

First: John W. Porter; Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

Second: Robert K. Schrepf; The Hartford Courant

Third: Steve Smith; Union-News/Sunday Republican

Honorable Mention: Christine Dunphy; Telegram & Gazette

Class II

First: Ken Johnson; The Eagle-Tribune

Second: Jim Campanini; The Sun

Third: Rex Rhoades; Sun Journal

Class III

First: Martin Frank; Valley News

Second: David Moats; Rutland Herald

Third: Jim Fox; Valley News

BUSINESS & CONSUMER ISSUES

Class I

First: Matthew Kauffman and Andrew Julien; The Hartford Courant; “Medical research: Can we trust it?”

Second: Staff; Boston Herald; “Sox for sale”

Third: Mary Anne Lagasse and Judy Harrison; Bangor Daily News; “IP shutting down two lumber mills”

Honorable Mention: Greg Gatlin; Boston Herald; “Retail giant hits skids”

Class II

First: Jeff McMenemy, Krista Zanin and staff; The Eagle-Tribune; “Ready for takeoff?”

Second: Jack Perry; Cape Cod Times; “Ellie Baker”

Third: Aki Soga; The Burlington Free Press; “Ben & Jerry’s sale”

Honorable Mention: Lee Howard; The Day; “Centerbrook architects jazz up life”

Class III

First: David Brooks; The Telegraph; “Blazing new trails”

Second: Darla L. Pickett; Morning Sentinel; “Weddings: Big day, big bucks”

Third: Janine L. Weisman; The Newport Daily News; “Owner splits, leaves tab”

Honorable Mention: Joe Rankin; Morning Sentinel; “Towering over us”

ENTERPRISE

Class I

First: Randall Richard; The Providence Journal; “Os Desportados”

Second: Lisa Chedekel and Rick Green; The Hartford Courant; “We will never be last again”

Third: Jonathan Wells, Maggie Mulvihill and Jack Meyers; Boston Herald; “Big Dig patronage”

Class II

First: Staff; Cape Cod Times; “Crisis at our doorstep”

Second: Maria Hileman; The Day; “Underground to freedom”

Third: Nancy Rodriguez and Rebecca Griffin; The Eagle-Tribune; “Friends land state consultant jobs”

Honorable Mention: Sean Patrick Lyons; The Sunday Republican; “Forgotten giant”

Class III

First: Jillian Safer; Corene Dee Bruce; The Telegraph; “No place to go”

Second: Phoebe Mitchell; Daily Hampshire Gazette; “The aftermath of a fire’s fury”

Third: Jillian Safer; The Sunday Telegraph; “Gray matter: Managed care and mental health”

GENERAL NEWS

Class I

First: Investigative Team; The Providence Journal; “Plunder Dome”

Second: Josh Konver; Steven Goode; Jack Dolan; Tina Brown; Cynde Rodriguez and Eric Weiss; The Hartford Courant; “Hartford police”

Third: Staff; Union-News/Sunday Republican; “Nurse on trial: The Kristen Gilbert murder case”

Honorable Mention; Jack Flynn and Stephanie Berry; Union-News/Sunday Republican; “Mob/Public corruption probes”

Honorable Mention: John DiStaso, Nancy West, John Toole and Kathryn Marchocki; The Union Leader/New Hampshire Sunday News; “The courts crisis”

Class II

First: Cathleen Crowley, Taylor Armerding and Marjory Sherman; The Eagle-Tribune; “Kartell trial”

Second: Staff; Salem Evening News; “Ipswich fire”

Third: Staff; The Sun; “Police net store clerk’s killers”

Class III

First: Staff; Record-Journal; “Martin Luther King Jr. holiday controversy”

Second: David Linton; Rick Thurmond; Henry Reily and Renee Batchelder; The Sun Chronicle; “Battle over unborn baby leads to murder charges”

Third: J.A. Johnson Jr.; Greenwich Time; “Michael Skakel”

FEATURES

Class I

First: Barbara Walsh; Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram; “On the verge”

Second: William Hathaway; The Hartford Courant; “Too young to forget”

Third: John Monahan, Chris Sinacola, Bradford L. Minor, Dave Greenslit, Nancy Sheehan, John Dignam, Martin Luttrell, Kevin Keenan, Mary Anne Magierm, Mark E. Ellis, Roger Leo, Jim Bodor, George Barnes and Gerard F. Russell; Telegram & Gazette; “Cross currents”

Honorable Mention: Gerald M. Carbone; The Providence Journal; “Could I have lived with myself?”

Class II

First: Kyn Tolson; The Day; “Mission to Haiti”

Second: Heather Anderson; The Metro West Daily News; “Childfree by choice”

Third: Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll; Cape Cod Times; “Directorial vision”

Honorable Mention: Jean Porrazzo; The Enterprise; “Hope buys time”

Class III

First: Sarah Earle; Concord Monitor; “Love and loss”

Second: Susan Smallheer; Rutland Herald; “Gotta get back to work”

Third: Kevin O’Connor; Rutland Herald; “Something different”

Honorable Mention: Dave Brooks; The Telegraph; “Maddog”

SPOT NEWS

Class I

First: Staff; Boston Herald; “Massacre”

Second: Staff; The Hartford Courant; “Guilford murders”

Third: Staff; Union-News/Sunday Republican; “Census”

Class II

First: Kimberly Thomsen, Terry Corcoran and Robyn Adams; The Sunday Republican; “Rampage”

Second: Eileen McNamara, Ann Baldelli and Susan Haigh; The Day; “Court: No limits on annexation”

Third: Charlie Pomesleau and Michael Gordon; Sun Journal; “Local site sacked”

Honorable Mention: Matt Apuzzo; The Standard-Times; “N.H. schools offer lessons for ORR”

Class III

First: George Rhodes and Henry Reiley; The Sun Chronicle; “Horror on the highway”

Second: James H. Smith; Record-Journal; “It’s a love story”

Third: Cheryl B. Wilson; Judith B. Cameron, Laurie Loisel, Jack Farrell, Phoebe Mitchell and Judson Brown; Daily Hampshire Gazette; “Tornado”

Honorable Mention: Steve Frothingham; Giselle Goodman and Tammy Wells; Journal Tribune; “Sad day in Sacco”

SPORTS COLUMN

Class I

First: Bill Reynolds; The Providence Journal

Second: Mike Fine; The Patriot Ledger

Third: Ron Chimelis; Union-News/Sunday Republican

Honorable Mention: Gary Brown; Union-News/Sunday Republican

Class II

First: Bill Higgins; Cape Cod Times

Second: Matt Crawford; Burlington Free Press

Third: Eric Gongola; Cape Cod Times

Class III

First: Steve Krause; The Daily Item

Second: Dominic Nicastro; Gloucester Times

Third: Chad Finn; Concord Monitor

PAGE ONE

Class I

First: Jean Beckwith; Sunday Telegram; “Returning to Everest”

Second: Marcy Mangels; Connecticut Post; “Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty”

Third: Don Landgren; Sunday Telegram; “Remembering the tragedy”

Class II

First: Ron Sikora; Cape Cod Times; “Off track”

Second: Harold Hanka; The Day; “A sight to behold”

Third: Ron Sikora; Cape Cod Times; “Rate cut anticipated

Class III

First: Chris Morris; Concord Monitor; “Nation waits for the word”

Second: Steve Stevens; Portsmouth Herald; “Durham crash”

Third: Staff; Morning Sentinel; “A labor of patriotism”

FEATURE PAGE

Class I

First: Michael Fisher and John Willhoite; Portland Press Herald; “Manners’ missing link”

Second: Gustavo Leon and Linda Kincaid; Boston Herald; “High-tech angel”

Third: Patty Thompson; Union-News/Sunday Republican; “Summer vacations in New England”

Class II

First: Patricia Cousins; Cape Cod Times; “John Lennon/Dreamer”

Second: Tim Frank; Sun Journal; “Tools to treasure”

Third: Tim Frank; Sun Journal; “Beached”

Class III

First: Lucy Picket; Daily Hampshire Gazette; “Neurofeedback”

Second: David Jenne; Rutland Daily Herald; “Jump”

Third: Ric Tracewski; Concord Monitor; “Flash from the recent past”

SPORTS PAGE

Class I

First: Dorene Reardon; The Patriot Ledger; “A legacy of heartbreak”

Second: Jennifer Boucher; The Providence Journal; “Olympic games”

Third: Portland Press Herald; “Archery”

Class II

First: Bryan Lantz; Cape Cod Times; “Island run”

Second: The MetroWest Daily News

Third: Salem Evening News

Class III

First: Sandra Pooler; Kennebec Journal; “Vaulting”

Second: Journal Tribune

Third: Foster’s Sunday Citizen

LOCAL PAGES

Class I

First: Peter Donahue; The Providence Journal; “No further questions”

Second: Dorene Reardon; The Patriot Ledger; “Silver lining”

Third: Lisa Leger and Laurie Schlatter; Sunday Telegram; “Getting the lead out”

Class II

First: Patricia Cousins; Cape Cod Times; “Water gardens”

Second: Tim Frank and staff; Sun Journal; “Me & Bob Dylan”

Third: James Warren; Cape Cod Times; “Digging Cape Cod”

Class III

First: Dorothy Hall; Record-Journal; “Young poet’s work”

Second: Elizabeth Smith; The Newport Daily News; “Smooth as ice”

Third: Elizabeth Smith; The Newport Daily News; “Getting hooked on a new hobby”

PERSPECTIVE PAGE

Class I

First: Phil Lohman; The Hartford Courant; “Cranes and scaffolds”

Second: Tom Wehner; Union-News/Sunday Republican; “Losing candidate”

Third: Michael Fisher; Maine Sunday Telegram; “A song with wings”

Class II

First: Heather McCarthy and Tim Frank; Sun Journal; “Never again”

Second: Patricia Cousins; Cape Cod Times; “Fixing elections”

Third: Milton Moore; The Day; “Dividing up school dollars”

Class III

First: Chris Morris; Concord Monitor; “Excuse me”

Second: Glenn Richter; Record-Journal; “Strange power”

Third: none awarded

BUSINESS PAGE

Class I

First: Michael Fisher and Rick Wakely; Portland Press Herald; “Pets peeve”

Second: Cecilia Prestamo; The Providence Journal; “I think I can” Third: Don Landgren; Sunday Telegram; “A flock of troubles”

Class II

First: Heather McCarthy; Sun Journal; “Goodwill hunting”

Second: James Warren; Cape Cod Times; “A sweet smell of success”

Third: Deena Murphy; The Burlington Free Press; “Grand Union stores”

Class III

First Place: David Jenne; Rutland Herald; “Hot rods”

Second: The Newport Daily News; “Shipyard thinks big”

Third: Ken Ross and David Laferriere; The Sun Chronicle; “Good manners, good business”

GRAPHICS

Class I

First: Jeff Walsh and Hank Hryniewicz; Boston Herald; “Get a grip”

Second: Jeff Walsh, Gustavo Leon and Linda Kincaid; Boston Herald; “Creating a backyard pond”

Third: Tom Murphy; The Providence Journal; “The North Atlantic right whale”

Class II

First: James Warren; Cape Cod Times; “Launch the Argo Armada”

Second: James Warren; Cape Cod Times; “Gimme shelter”

Third: Jeff Dickinson; The Burlington Free Press; “X-men”

Class III

First: Adam Orth; The Recorder; “Without bridges, a town cut off”

Second: Charlotte Thibault; Concord Monitor; “Sound End Q&A”

Third: David R. Laferriere; The Sun Chronicle “Record snowfalls”

ILLUSTRATIONS

Class I

First: Frank Gerardi; The Providence Journal; “Doomsayer”

Second: Michael Fisher; Maine Sunday Telegram; “Judgment Day”

Third: Chris Serra; Union-News/Sunday Republican; “Pentagon set for reform”

Class II

First: Karen Ward; The Day; “Take center stage”

Second: James Warren; Cape Cod Times; “Jazz is cool”

Third: Deena Murphy; The Burlington Free Press; “Summer arts preview” Class III

First: David Jenne; Rutland Herald; “Sentenced to life”

Second: David Laferriere and Mike George; The Sun Chronicle; “Going Global”

Third: Shawn Braley; Valley News; “Moped misadventures”

SPECIAL COVERAGE DESIGN

Class I

First: Jean Beckwith; Sunday Telegram; “Year 2000”

Second: Eric Zelz, Russ Kendall, Scott Haskell and Barbara Ericksen; Bangor Daily News; “Protecting Maine’s forests”

Third: The Providence Journal; “Dreams deferred”

Class II

First: Andrea Smith Miller and Dhyana Wood; Cape Cod Times; “Olympics”

Second: Kevin Ward; The Day; “Op Sail”

Third: Tim Frank; Sun-Journal; “Rots, rats and ruin”

Honorable Mention: Harold Hamka; The Day; “Wrestling”

Honorable Mention: Andrea Smith-Miller; Cape Cod Times; “Strangers in our own land”

Class III

First: Greg Bastianelli, Molly Hartle; Foster’s Daily Democrat; “Korea”

Second: Dan Habib, Andrea Wordell, Charlotte Thibault; Concord Monitor; “Love and loss”

Third: David Jenne; Rutland Daily Herald; “Act II, Scene I”