ORONO – If the Atlantic 10 football season were to continue for another week, the University of Maine would have to be considered one of the most dangerous teams in the conference. Instead, the Black Bears will have to be content with the ending to… Read More
    If nothing else, this election has shown one thing about the American public; that they know next to nothing about our Constitution and electoral system. Every newspaper has published letters from armchair political experts calling for the abolishment of the Electoral College. The framers had good reason to… Read More
    BANGOR – An Irish aircraft was diverted to Bangor International Airport on Sunday afternoon when a passenger became ill. According to a BIA dispatcher, the Aer Lingus flight was on its way from Dublin to New York when it was forced to stop in Bangor… Read More
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    Maine Maritime Academy’s ambitious $21 million fund-raising goal announced last week was a welcome sign that this important part of Maine’s education network has big plans for its future. The academy has a worldwide reputation for producing excellent ship’s officers and engineers, but is too often overlooked in… Read More
    OLD TOWN – Police continue to look for two people suspected of taking jewelry, valuables, $2,500 in cash and a handgun from a North Main Street residence early Friday morning. Authorities weren’t releasing the names of the 22-year-old man and 20-year-old woman as they have… Read More
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    MONROE – An 88-year-old Monroe man was injured Sunday when a gravel pit bank caved in, covering him chest-deep in gravel, rocks and roots. Don Eastman, owner of the pit, was taken by ambulance to Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, according to Deputy Wade… Read More
    In Maine, referendums can be put on a ballot just by gathering enough signatures to have them placed on the ballot. If this is the case why do we even need a Legislature? Why not just allow our elected officials to do the job they were elected to… Read More
    BANGOR – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded two grants totaling more than $350,000 to the University of Maine in Orono for scientific research. The funding is being made available through the USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, according to an announcement… Read More
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    On behalf of the 2,200 physician members of the Maine Medical Association, I wish to thank Maine voters for their defense of our current code of medical ethics which prohibits a physician from actively assisting a patient in their own suicide. By defeating ballot Question 1, the voters… Read More
    KENNEBUNK – Sunday’s anti-gay pickets at churches in this coastal town drew a crowd of counterdemonstrators and words of scorn from Maine religious groups, but police said there was no violence. About a dozen followers of the Rev. Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church… Read More
    Walter Cronkite, Russ Wiggins’ fellow journalist and sailing companion, learned of his friend’s death as he was preparing Sunday to leave his New York home for a trip out West. “He was a man of great counsel – a wise man who really fitted that… Read More
    ROCKLAND – Barbara Palacios, former Miss Universe and current Revlon model, will be in Rockland to help kick off the city’s Festival of Lights celebration. The Rockland Festival of Lights officially begins Friday, Nov. 24, with Santa arriving by boat at the Public Landing at… Read More
    In the article on how the Calais School Committee’s vote on filling a vacancy is being questioned (BDN, Nov. 9), some attention is being given to just what makes a quorum – how many members must be present and vote, to pass a measure. The article writer did… Read More
    LINCOLN – A representative from the Department of Human Services will assist residents who are interested in applying for food stamps or TANF 9:30 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the Penquis CAP building, 119 Main St. Read More
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    ROCKPORT – Maine Coast Artists’ Center for Maine Contemporary Art received a $2,000 New Century Community Arts and Heritage Grant from the Maine Arts Commission and the Maine Humanities Council in support of “Photographing Maine: 1840-2000, The First Century.” This grant helps pay for the… Read More
    FAIRFIELD – Shortly after he woke up on Saturday morning, Winthrop’s Lee St. Hillaire got the kind of news pass-happy high school quarterbacks generally don’t want to hear when they’re preparing for a state championship game. “At about 8:30 this morning I got a call… Read More
    E PLANTATION – State police were investigating a single-vehicle accident that took the life of an Aroostook County resident early Sunday morning. Pronounced dead at the scene was Sam Brownly, 19, of E Plantation, a small community west of Blaine in southern Aroostook County, said… Read More
    WASHBURN – The Salmon Brook Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the Washburn Civic Center. The meeting will feature a potluck supper followed by a Yankee swap. Those interested in attending should bring a main dish or… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A spaghetti supper, featuring Jim Raye’s famous sauce, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. All the proceeds will go to a needy family and the St. Bernard’s Soup Kitchen. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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    LEBANON – Police are investigating drug overdoses by two teen-agers who attended the same party. Investigators from the York County Sheriff’s Department believe the overdoses are linked to a party that occurred Wednesday night at a home in Lebanon, the department said Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    ST. FRANCIS – Allegations of wrongdoing and abuse of their positions on the parts of the SAD 27 superintendent and board chairwoman have prompted a district policy review. The action stems from ongoing complaints brought by a Fort Kent resident claiming, among other things, that… Read More
    Editor’s Note: Home Front is a parenting column written by NEWS staffers. Renee Ordway is a veteran reporter who covers courts and legal issues. She is the mother of a 7-year-old and a 4-year-old. No matter what your religion or the extent of your faith,… Read More
    SANGERVILLE – The Pine Tree Hospice will hold its annual Remembrance Service at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Universalist Church. The service of prayer, music and candle lighting will honor the memories of loved ones who have died. For more information, call the Pine Tree Hospice… Read More
    RUMFORD – State investigators on Sunday looked for the cause of a fire in an apartment house that killed a young boy and critically injured two others who also were trapped inside. The boy’s identity is not expected to be released until an autopsy is… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – A representative of the Bangor Department of Human Services will assist residents who are interested in applying for food stamps or TANF from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13 and Wednesday, Dec. 27 at the Dover-Foxcroft DHS Office, 125 Summer St. Read More
    SANFORD – The historic Goodall Mansion, home of the town’s 19th-century textile baron and his descendants, has gone on the market for $500,000. “Things are progressing; we’ve had eight showings. There’s an awful lot of interest in the building,” said Arlene Fortier of DeWolfe Real… Read More
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    Nearly four centuries after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, there is a boatload of information available on the hardy band we think of on Thanksgiving. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, which continues to publish “Mayflower Families” books offering five generations on many of… Read More
    GREENVILLE – The new executive director of the Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce intends to work closely with chamber members in an effort to improve services. Stephanie Gardner, 24, of Parkman was named this week to the executive post by Paul Fichtner, chamber president. Read More
    RANGELEY – It took 56 years, but Jack Bates has finally been awarded his Purple Heart. The 75-year-old veteran, who was wounded by shrapnel from a Japanese mortar round during World War II, received the medal last Sunday during a veterans program at his church. Read More
    WOODLAND – A Caribou man has been charged with operating under the influence of intoxicants after a single-vehicle accident Saturday evening. Guy Searles, 73, escaped injury after his 1997 Jeep failed to negotiate a curve on the Fowler Road in Woodland, left the road and… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Leslie Trott posted 16 points and 10 rebounds in the consolation game of the Colby Tip-Off Tournament as she led Husson College to a 64-54 win over Western New England College Sunday. Kelly Dow netted 16 points for the Braves of Bangor while… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT- A local woman required medical treatment Sunday for an injury she received in a car accident on Route 7. Police said Sunday that a vehicle driven by Dorothy MacDougall, 66, of Dover-Foxcroft crossed the center line on the Dexter Road, sideswiped a pickup truck,… Read More
    HOLE-IN-ONE Randy Cassum HOLDEN – Randy Cassum used a ptiching wedge to ace the 115-yd. 7th hole on Sunday at Felt Brook Golf Course. The shot was witnessed by Dave Green. Read More
    BREWER – All this business about a Maine team never having won the current version of the World Team Candlepin Championship can now be put to rest. The Vacationland Bowling Center team of Biddeford took care of that Saturday afternoon at the Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes. Read More
    GREENVILLE – Town Manager John Simko blasted a state official this week for denouncing the town’s airport master plan update shortly after its release. Simko said the town had recently completed its master plan update, which calls for $2.4 million in improvements, and had notified… Read More
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    AUGUSTA – Private discussions among leading figures in the Maine Senate are intensifying over how to apportion power in a 35-member chamber comprising 17 Democrats, 17 Republicans and one independent. Three Democrats who were ready to joust for the Senate presidency if their party had… Read More
    ST. FRANCIS – Another board meeting, another SAD 27 director’s resignation. On Saturday, Jack Norris became the fifth member of the SAD 27 board of directors since March to tender his resignation. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
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    When James Russell Wiggins died early Sunday in his farm home in Brooklin, American journalism lost one of its greatest editors. He was one of the last of the independent-minded editors whose strength of character and outspoken manner made their newspapers leaders in reporting the… Read More
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    CALAIS – The Chamber of Commerce honored one of its own Saturday night, City Solicitor Francis Brown. Brown’s wife, Laurel, was presented with a legislative sentiment honoring the longtime Calais lawyer during the annual meeting of the Calais Chamber of Commerce held on Saturday. Because… Read More
    All-time LTC rushing leader Justin Cummings of Stearns High School in Millinocket is one of three Eastern Maine football players and 11 overall semifinalists for the James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy, presented annually to the top senior player in the state. “A lot of people have… Read More
    In her letter published Nov. 15, Gloria Loud states that with too many immigrants being let into this country, “crime, and very different lifestyles from our normal ways, will become more prevalent.” I would like to know to what “normal ways” Ms. Loud is referring. Is she referring… Read More
    BREWER – The City Council and the school committee are scheduled to handle some of their annual business Tuesday during a joint organizational meeting at the Brewer Auditorium’s Senior Citizens Room. According to the agenda, the event will begin at 6 p.m. with an invocation… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is shifting its licensing operations over to an electronic system that is expected to reduce paperwork and improve efficiency. By late next year, instead of writing out a license by hand, agents for the department’s licensing… Read More
    AUBURN – Less than a year after he retired from the ring, former WBA lightweight and junior lightweight boxing champ Joey Gamache is preparing for battle in a courtroom. The 34-year-old Lewiston native is suing Kingfield Savings Bank and one of its loan officers, claiming… Read More
    I am a Republican who voted for Al Gore, despite the fact that this decision earned me the half-joking anger of some family and friends. Generally, I support Republican views on the economy and business, but George Bush’s views on Supreme Court nominees and school vouchers pushed me… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Maine recorded its second fatality of the current deer season Saturday when a hunter was shot near the Togus veterans’ hospital The victim was identified as Jason Stoddard, 24, of Sidney. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
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    ORONO – Seven youths, the largest number ever to represent the Eastern Maine area, will compete in the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick New England regional finals at Foxboro Stadium Sunday morning. The winners in eight different age groups will perform during halftime of the… Read More
    BOSTON – Leah Voss, a UMaine transfer student from Pennsylvania, has been named to the America East All-Conference Volleyball Team. Voss, led the conference in kills (4.81), and digs (3.97) per game. Voss was joined by fellow Black Bear, Cheryl Elliot of Ontario, who was… Read More
    Women’s basketball at the University of Maine is dead, the whispers from the Alfond Arena rafters tell you. After six straight NCAA bids, the party’s over. Just ask the league’s coaches. Big Bad Maine? They penciled ’em in for sixth place in America East. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BANGOR – Bangor’s Jason St. Pierre led the University of Southern Maine to a 78-70 men’s basketball victory over the St. Joseph’s College Monks in the Maine Event Tourney at Husson’s Newman Gym Friday night. Jeff White of Newport stepped in with 12 points, and… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine football team has improved in recent weeks, especially on defense, and coach Jack Cosgrove would like the season to continue. Win or lose, the 2000 football season ends Saturday for the Black Bears, who will say goodbye to 13… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine women’s basketball program ventures into a new era Sunday when first-year head coach Sharon Versyp leads the Black Bears into their 1 p.m. season opener against Fordham at Alfond Arena. During the tenure of departed coach Joanne Palombo-McCallie, UMaine… Read More
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    Nancy Graham, then Nancy Ludington, won a bronze medal in pairs skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Cal. Graham would love to see youngsters in coastal Maine have a facility in which they can learn to skate or play hockey or participate… Read More
    ROCKLAND – The odds appeared to be stacking up against a pool hall owner Friday, when he came before the state Bureau of Liquor Enforcement to appeal the city’s denial of his liquor license. During the hearing, it was brought to light that Craig A. Read More
    Although it is increasingly difficult to view Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as anything other than an agent for conflict, his recent support for a proposal to bring U.N. observers to East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank hints at a capacity, however slight, for restraint. In a region… Read More
    FORT KENT – Profits from a Charette family reunion held last July in Fort Kent have been used to erect an ancestral monument to assist the St. Louis Catholic Church at Fort Kent and a Canadian hospital. The monument, erected in the old St. Louis… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Two men in a blue pickup truck pulled in behind Renys department store Thursday evening, picked up two large black rubber mats from a pile of merchandise near the back door and drove away. Troy Hardie of Stonington and Michael Hutchinson of Ellsworth… Read More
    If George Bush loses the presidency, he lost it in Kennebunkport on a Labor Day weekend 24 years ago. Should the country continue its headfirst plunge into a political toxic waste dump, a Mainer can take the credit. That’s not my view. It’s an opinion… Read More
    PORTLAND – If Police Chief Michael Chitwood gets his way, Portland will become the first community in Maine to make it illegal to talk on a cellular phone while driving. Chitwood plans to ask the City Council’s Public Safety Committee to support an ordinance that… Read More
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    BANGOR – What do you get when you cross three angry deer hunters with three game wardens trying to track poachers in Penobscot County? A civil lawsuit spiced with enough backwoods drama and animal anatomy to thrill the most seasoned hunting veteran. Throw in a… Read More
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    FRENCHVILLE – The board of directors of the Northern Aroostook Regional Incinerator Facility looked at future projects Thursday, before developing an annual budget this spring. Included in the future projects are hot-topping, loading-ramp renovations, solid waste hauling contracts, purchase of cardboard trash containerss, and the… Read More
    It is regrettable that settling the presidential race is being characterized as something that should be acceptable only to the candidates. What of the interests of citizens and voters? What of the millions who voted for Gore and may have contributed time and money as… Read More