Now that voting in Waldo County is over, I want to thank all of our Democratic candidates for their devotion and hard work and all of the volunteers who helped them do so well. Now that Sen. Susan Longley has prevailed in her recount, this… Read More
HOULTON – The efforts of a locally based adoption agency to help children orphaned by the civil war in Sierra Leone has drawn the attention of a national news magazine television show. “CNN & Time,” which runs on the Cable News Network, plans to include… Read More
ST. HERMENEGILDE, Quebec – Canadian Forces personnel confirmed Thursday the death of a pilot whose small plane crashed in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. The victim’s identity was not immediately released. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
BANGOR – Beginning Dec. 2, Mozart and his classical cohorts will be missing from Maine Public Radio’s afternon offerings. While the classical music won’t be replaced by screaming guitars or ranting political commentators, the changes are geared to an audience increasingly dominated by baby boomers… Read More
The Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine wishes to thank the thousands of voters who took the time to learn about the forestry referendum. Question 2, and to vote it down so decisively. It was also gratifying to us that so many small woodland owners… Read More
Several college students from Maine will participate in a United Nations conference on curbing global warming. One student each from Bowdoin, Bates and Colby colleges, and at least one student from the College of the Atlantic, were leaving Thursday on flights bound for the Netherlands. Read More
MADAWASKA – The sale of tax-acquired property does not happen often in Madawaska, but the town will be advertising the sale of four or five parcels next month. Only one of the parcels has a small building on it. The remainder of the parcels are… Read More
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The recent assertions by the Republicans that ballot counters are untrustworthy is not true. I’ve counted ballots for years and know that all of us doing the job take it very seriously. It’s an insult to hear James Baker imply people can’t be trusted to make democracy work. Read More
BANGOR – A school social worker in the SAD 41 (Milo area) was given the third annual Dorothea Dix Mental Health Advocacy Award on Tuesday at Acadia Hospital’s mental health care forum. Amber Gahagan, who has worked in the Milo school system since 1996, was… Read More
HOULTON – Parent-teacher conferences for elementary school pupils in SAD 29 will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, and for junior and senior high school students from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20. Houlton Elementary School, Houlton Southside… Read More
AUGUSTA – There will be no live harness races at Bangor Raceway during the Bangor State Fair next year, but Bangor Historic Park will operate its 30-day extended harness meet at Bass Park in 2001. On Wednesday, The Maine Harness Racing Commission held its race… Read More
President Bill Clinton begins his visit to Vietnam with a clearly stated goal – to help the United States see Vietnam as “a country not a war” – but a mixed agenda muddles the sort of relationship that might emerge from his trip. Rather than trying to settle… Read More
BANGOR – A coalition of health advocacy organizations Thursday asked the state to increase cigarette taxes by 50 cents per pack in an effort to curb smoking. That would bring taxes on a pack of cigarettes to $1.24. Members of the Alliance for a Healthy… Read More
MACHIAS – Vandalism grounded the town’s fleet of school buses Thursday morning, leading police to seek assistance from anyone who could help them learn who was involved. Frank Vaughan, the transportation and maintenance director for the Machias school system, said he arrived at the Machias… Read More
The Maine Principals Association will vote today on a proposal that it claims would realign Maine high schools, switch some from Western Maine to Eastern Maine, and could change the way postseason byes are distributed. Members of the MPA classification committee hope realigning the teams… Read More
Of the three teams representing Western Maine in this Saturday’s state championship football games, only one wasn’t really expected to be there. Judging from the early season buzz, the only thing preseason favorite Massabesic of Waterboro (Class A) and Winthrop (Class C) lacked were directions… Read More
Much to the chagrin of hopeful football fans in Bangor, Winslow, and Pittsfield, none of this weekend’s state championship football games will be broadcast on local television. Even more distressing for local fans of high school football, Saturday afternoon will mark just the second time… Read More
BANGOR – At some point in their lives, both Dean Smith and Steve Coleman were told they’d never achieve their aspirations. But Smith, who grew up in Monson and attended Foxcroft Academy, played Division I basketball at the University of Maine from 1986-89 and became… Read More
BREWER – The first-day front-runners didn’t repeat their perfect effort, but Nova Scotia-based Bowlarama did perform well enough to hold its divisional lead after two days of the Candlepin Bowling World Team Championships at Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes on Wednesday. Bowlarama dropped its first points of… Read More
Colby College of Waterville went into the 2000 football season determined to re-establish itself as one of the top teams in the New England Football Conference. Coach Tom Austin and the White Mules achieved that goal, posting a 7-1 record and earning a share of… Read More
ORONO – Throughout its history, the University of Maine women’s basketball team has been blessed with outstanding centers. Most recently, Stacey Porrini helped the Black Bears establish themselves as a national-level competitor from 1993-97, while Jamie Cassidy proved a dominating force in the middle from… Read More
BREWER – At the Turkey Trot 5K, Dave Jeffrey and the Brewer High sophomores who help him stage the popular road race have developed a successful race by keeping one goal in mind. “We’ve done a pretty good job of meeting the needs of the… Read More
WINTERPORT – Suzanne Reynolds Pauchey of Northwood, N.H., a Winterport native and graduate of Hampden Academy, was named Female Entertainer of the Year last weekend by the New Hampshire Country Music Association. Pauchey is the daughter of Diane and V. Paul Reynolds of Hampden. She… Read More
ST. GEORGE – The 20th annual St. George Grange Fair, an all-day community event, will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, and the call is out for crafters to reserve tables for the day. Tables, free to children’s groups, may be rented for $15 by calling… Read More
CORINTH – A car struck a deer on the Grant Road Wednesday afternoon and drove off the road, where it rolled over and down an embankment. Only minor injuries were reported in the accident that occurred about 4:30 p.m. on the Grant Road, a few… Read More
FLORENCEVILLE, New Brunswick – McCain Foods Ltd., which is building a second french fry plant in Easton, Maine, is planning the construction of a potato research facility in Florenceville. The $7.2 million facility will include a pilot processing line where technology will be developed that… Read More
Twinkling gold jewelry, intricately carved eagles and finely woven clothing. The descriptions roll easily off the tongue while viewing the work of a new group of artisans who have called themselves, appropriately, “Fine Works.” They were artisans and friends first, now they are business partners… Read More
ROCKLAND – St. Bernard’s Church will hold its Christmas Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Grispi Center on Broadway. Featured will be Christmas decorations, toys, baked goods and candy, white elephants, a clothes boutique and more. Raffle prizes will… Read More
An Orono woman reported Tuesday that she has been accosted by a strange man several times during the last two weeks and that he has assaulted her as well as asked for cigarettes, drugs and a date. On Wednesday, the same day that the woman… Read More
The Surplus Store, a fixture downtown for more than 50 years, will close at the end of the year. Larry Rose, president of The Surplus Store Inc., would not comment Wednesday about why he decided to shut down retail operations at the Main Street store-front. Read More
A couple of weeks ago I told you briefly about the Adventure and Travel Festival at Cadillac Mountain Sports in Bangor from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 18. It’s the second annual event, and Brad Ryder, the store’s owner, says this year there’ll be more than $1,000… Read More
ROCKLAND – Folk songs, scenes from Dutch movies, a discussion about contemporary life in the Netherlands and Flanders, and a Flemish lunch are included in Saturday’s immersion course in Dutch at Penobscot School in Rockland. The class is designed for adults and high school students… Read More
BREWER – Councilor Bruce Johnson, one of five candidates in the Nov. 7 local elections, has issued a written request for an inspection of the ballots. The inspection has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Brewer Auditorium, according to City Clerk Arthur Verow. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Maine could become a “biological island” if the potato wart found on Prince Edward Island were to find its way into the state potato industry, according to officials speaking Wednesday at a Maine Potato Board meeting. The wart, which can last for… Read More
With the last week of deer season just around the corner, many of us are becoming concerned about how little time remains. But don’t get discouraged: As long as there’s time for one more trip into the woods, the season’s far from over. Let those… Read More
On Nov. 7, the people voted to elect a new leader, but the results have been delayed due to a recount. Whoever wins Florida will receive enough electoral votes to become the next president. This could result in the candidate who didn’t get the popular vote being elected. Read More
BANGOR – The vice consul of Israel, Anat Gilead, will speak at 7:15 p.m. Friday at Beth Israel Synagogue on York Street. Joining the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1995, Gilead was appointed secretary at the Israeli embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in… Read More
CARIBOU – State transportation officials want to install a series of islands to slow traffic at a dangerous intersection, but residents said they prefer a traffic light, according to comments made Tuesday at a public hearing. The plan involves the intersection of North Main Street… Read More
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BELFAST – With a little help from their friends, the Mount View Chamber Singers have been extended an invitation to perform at the White House. The 20-member group of Mount View High School students is scheduled to sing at the White House on Dec. 18… Read More
Having grown from the previous year, and now operating eight group homes in the Bangor-Brewer area, Always Housing supports adults with developmental disabilities who reside in either supported living homes or group homes “on very limited funding,” according to staff member Denise Dinsmore. The assisted-living… Read More
HOULTON – With 397 snowmobile accidents recorded last season in Maine – 141 of them involving personal injury – a great need exists to get medical treatment to injured people quickly and safely. Thanks to community donations and Yankee thrift, that service became a reality… Read More
SKOWHEGAN – The Somerset County commissioners Wednesday morning approved the preliminary budget for the county’s 84 unorganized townships. Although some of the figures may be amended or adjusted in the next several weeks, Chairman Joseph Bowman said the approved amount is $90,000 higher than last… Read More
If ever there were justification and a time to abolish the Electoral College, we certainly have both now. I wrote to the entire Maine congressional delegation after the previous presidential election and said I wouldn’t vote in a presidential election again unless it was done away with. I… Read More
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the state should allow physician-assisted suicide. The case was brought by Kevin Sampson, an Anchorage man in his 40s who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1992. Sampson died in June. The case was… Read More
Desirae Cote of Limestone has been recognized by the U.S. Border Patrol as the Houlton Sector’s 2000 employee of the year. Cote was selected as a re- sult of her numerous contributions to the Border Patrol’s Houlton Sector. She has demonstra- ted a high level… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Town councilors were so incensed at the stuffing of trash in the town’s recycling containers at Grove Hill and Somerset Plaza that they authorized the town manager to draft an emergency ordinance that would slap hefty fines on future violators. Town officials believe… Read More
I am a disabled veteran, retired from the Air Force. Why should the state of Florida be the breaker; I say throw the votes out and everyone revote on Thanksgiving Day. Use Maine’s voting ballot. No vote will be thrown out on a technicality. I show up to… Read More
SIDNEY – A Winthrop man was killed when his car rolled over after striking a moose on Interstate 95 Tuesday night, state police said. A second car also struck the animal after the first collision, and the driver was injured, state Trooper Nicholas Grass said… Read More
VAN BUREN – The Grand Isle School Department took another step Tuesday night in exploring its options for educating 73 children in the town by meeting with the SAD 24 school board to get information on tuition costs. One month ago, the board met with… Read More
SKOWHEGAN – An employee of Sappi Fine Paper’s Somerset Mill died Wednesday after being pinned between two forklift-type machines, authorities said. Gary Kinney, 53, of Norridgewock, died of internal injuries early Wednesday afternoon at Redington-Fairview General Hospital, said Deputy Police Chief Rick Bonneau. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
In his column of Nov. 9, Washington Post pseudo-intellect George S. Will labels Portland attorney Tom Connolly a “fool” for disclosing the 1976 OUI conviction of George W. Bush. Had this youthful mistake been disclosed by Bush when he entered politics or at least before the presidential race,… Read More
ROCKLAND – A Knox County Superior Court jury found a Tenants Harbor man guilty on all 41 counts of sexually abusing his now 18-year-old daughter, including two counts that involved her friend. Maurice Hupper, 65, sat in the courtroom emotionless during the nearly half-hour it… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The 11th annual holiday light parade, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, will start at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2. Once again, the parade route will start on North Street by Smythe’s IGA Plus and end at the University of Presque Isle,… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Former police Officer Daryl Whitley has requested a jury trial in connection with a domestic assault charge. In a Nov. 8 court hearing, Whitley entered a not guilty plea to the assault and has since filed motions to suppress any statements he made… Read More
Thank you for your incisive editorial, “The $3 billion campaign” (Nov. 13). Campaign financing, as you point out, gets worse and worse and the prospects for keeping, much less expanding, our democracy get less and less. You end by stating, “The solutions are at hand… Read More
HERMON – A former Bangor Daily News award-winning reporter, C. Jeane (Brown) Hall, died Wednesday at her home in Hermon. Hall, who won third prize in a national journalism contest in the mid-1960s, was a 1962 alumna of Barrington College in Barrington, R.I. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
EAST MACHIAS – Gardner Lake camp owners will have a lake to return to next summer, thanks to $40,000 in donations and the determination of town selectmen. The repair of Chase Mills Dam – which lies between Gardner Lake and the East Machias River –… Read More
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department was searching Wednesday for the owner of a compact late-model pickup truck that they believe is responsible for firing shots through the doors of two businesses in Penobscot and Orland. Deputy Jason Lepper said someone fired a rifle shot through… Read More
In the Nov. 11-12 edition of the Bangor Daily New, in a letter to the editor, Sandra Pasternack writes about her disappointment in the defeat of Question 6 and relates a tale where she blames discrimination for her being fired in 1998. While I do… Read More
PORTLAND – With work crews painting traffic lanes at the northern end and paving under way on the southern end, the first major phase of the Maine Turnpike’s $135 million widening is expected to be done by the end of December. The turnpike is being… Read More
WASHINGTON – As Florida inched toward deciding which major party presidential nominee will get its precious 25 electoral votes, eight days after the general election, a rose is blooming. “Kids are excited. Their eyes are not glazed over,” said Rep. John E. Baldacci, D-Maine. “An… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Staff from the Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center, Togus, will conduct an information meeting 7-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at the American Legion Post No. 29, at 78 Park St. Information will be provided on enrolling for VA health care, VA… Read More
The people of our household have been supporters (financial and otherwise) of public radio since its inception. Some years ago Rob Gardiner took over the helm at Maine Public Broadcasting and we have since then, by gradual increments, been increasingly dissatisfied with programming changes in both public radio… Read More
WATERVILLE – A man with an extensive record of sex-related crimes was charged Wednesday with molesting a 13-year-old boy he recently had befriended. Brian P. Moreau, a 32-year-old unemployed laborer, was charged with invasion of privacy and gross sexual assault, said Deputy Police Chief Joseph… Read More
A story published Wednesday in the Penquis edition of Maine Day about drug charges brought against John Spack of Guilford mistakenly was cut off in the middle of a sentence. The story should have ended with the sentence: “The officer said a number of marijuana smoking devices, a… Read More
In this age of superhighways, it’s hard for most to envision a simpler time when people traveled great distances by canoe. But not for Nicholas Smith, who has traveled on many of the old Indian canoe trails in Maine and New Brunswick during his 73 years. His crowning… Read More
CALAIS – Penny Cross has become community services consultant for elderly residents in Washington County. Cross is working through Eastern Agency on Aging. She is available to help people 60 and older, and their families. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
A legislative committee this week recommended taking away drivers or hunting licenses of students caught phoning in bomb threats to schools, a post-Columbine phenomenon that is as creepy as it is pointless. Overall, the panel’s punishments seem fair, but it would be best if the punishments persuaded the… Read More
WATERVILLE – Marcia Jones hung up the phone Monday morning and wept. Twenty months after her mother died at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Jones finally received the news she had hoped for: The psychiatrist who failed to properly assess her mother’s deteriorating health in the hours… Read More
BANGOR – An ambassador from next door held the attention of Maine’s Rural Health Association on Wednesday as she described how a small New Hampshire hospital in the Lakes Region built a program that gets medical, dental and prescription drug help to the uninsured and underinsured. Read More
Coastal folks claim that everything in the sea is edible. I don’t quibble with that a bit and have learned over the years that just about anything’s game if you’re hungry enough. As an old friend down South used to say, his mother fed the family “whatever ran… Read More
BATH – The GEAR Parent Network will present a parent-training session, “Parenting With Dignity,” at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, at the Fisher-Mitchell School. This nine-series program is affiliated with the Drew Bledsoe Foundation. The training session is complete with workbooks. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
I am canceling my pledge of $90 to Maine Public Radio. Recently announced program changes replace opera and afternoon classical music with talk shows and quiz shows. This brings public radio much closer to the vapid offerings of scores of TV stations with their canned laughter and fractured… Read More
BANGOR – A Bangor man arrested three months ago after he allegedly choked his girlfriend and threatened further harm against her was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on weapons violations in connection with the incident. Richard W. Mahan, who according to the indictment… Read More
An Institute for Women’s Policy Research released a new study Wednesday rating women’s economic, political and social status in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. One of the indicators rated states on an “Employment and Earnings Composite Index,” accounting for women’s earnings, the… Read More
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ROCKLAND – The Knox Regional Communications Center is now in the county law enforcement center off Park Street. With the move, all dispatching services formerly performed at the Rockland Public Safety Building have been switched to the county building. The public safety building will no… Read More
For nine days straight, the nation’s TV sets have poured forth images of every party hack, publicity-mad exhibitionist and just plain bungler who either lives in Florida or is just passing through. By now, most Americans have identified one single, surpassingly aggravating image that really sets them off;… Read More
AUGUSTA – With control of the state Senate hanging in the balance, the Democrats won a recount in Senate District 23 on Wednesday. The recount results had Democrat Betheda G. Edmonds with 8,773 votes, actually increasing her margin over Republican David P. Snow of Yarmouth, who had 8,614… Read More
PITTSFIELD – A 20-year-old Clinton man, who apparently enjoys driving to the accompaniment of loud music, got his car back Wednesday from an impoundment lot after appearing in Somerset County Superior Court and paying $310 in fees. Steven Welch’s 1994 Ford Mustang was seized on… Read More
BANGOR – Nickelodeon has teamed up with Adelphia Communications, Darling’s Honda Nissan Volvo and Z107 to give Bangor area kids a chance to participate in the outrageous games from their favorite Nickelodeon shows when Nickelodeon’s Game Lab comes to town Saturday, Nov. 18. The 45-minute… Read More
ELLSWORTH – A Bar Harbor man will address the Hancock County Genealogical Society about the Maine State Archives when it meets at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18. The meeting will be at the Ellsworth library’s Riverview Room. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Just in time for Bangor’s nonbinding vote on a proposed methadone treatment facility, an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine last week took up the subject of methadone and the new opiate-dependence fighter, buprenorphine. Though it did not consider the dispute in Bangor directly, its conclusion… Read More
BANGOR – Driving home from work one day last summer, John Skillings of Brooks had nothing more on his mind than spending time with his children. But all that changed abruptly after he spotted 12-year-old Rachel Martin lying in the middle of the road. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
WASHINGTON – Women in New England tend to enjoy greater degrees of economic, political and social status than those in other parts of the country, a new study suggests. Connecticut and Vermont rated highly in the new report from the nonprofit Institute for Women’s Policy… Read More
It is always intriguing when some mystery from the far distant past outfoxes the tools and methods of modern investigators to hold onto its secrets. The most celebrated is the Shroud of Turin, long considered by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus. Although carbon-14 dating indicates… Read More
PORTLAND – A jury has awarded $60,000 to a Kittery man at the close of a weeklong trial in which federal prosecutors alleged that an obstetrics practice in York broke the law by failing to provide a sign language interpreter to a deaf couple. After… Read More
HOLDEN – Members of the public advisory committee charged with studying a proposed extension of Interstate 395 from Brewer to Route 9 in Eddington cited safety as their foremost concern during their third meeting at Holbrook School. During a brainstorming session led by Susanna Lillar,… Read More
PORTLAND – UnumProvident Corp., the nation’s largest disability insurer, posted a 14 percent drop in operating earnings in the third quarter, matching analyst expectations. Operating profits for the three months ending Sept. 30 totaled $145.5 million, or 60 cents per share, compared to $168.6 million,… Read More
HIGH SCHOOL MFHA All-State Teams Class A – Edward Little: Kristen Harvey, Sr.; Gardiner: Jenny Dill, Sr.; Massabesic: Jennifer Walker, Sr.; McAuley: Caroline McCandless, Sr.; Noble: Josie Chadbourne, Sr.; Nokomis: Nicole Palmer, Sr.; Laura Pelkey, Sr.; Oxford Hills: Allyson Craib, Jr.; Sanford: Tonya Cote, Sr.;… Read More
NORRIDGEWOCK – Few here would argue that a three-way intersection near the Kennebec River bridge is dangerous. Concrete arches block the views of oncoming vehicles approaching U.S. Route 201A from a pair of side roads. Drivers often must inch out, sometimes narrowly avoiding collisions with… Read More
HOULTON – Town Councilor Philip Bernaiche has, for a third time, introduced an ordinance before the council calling for that body to approve competition for cable TV services in the town. On two previous occasions in July and September, the same ordinance failed to get… Read More
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WINTER HARBOR – The Winter Harbor Water District has issued a boil water notice to customers from the corner of Main and Newman streets and eastward along the service area. The order, issued Tuesday, will remain in effect until further notice and is due to… Read More
A Brewer police officer went to investigate a report of a car accident on South Main Street late Monday night and found the car with its front end on the ground and its rear end in the air, propped up by the metal pole it had run over. Read More
A new crop of sweaty faces arrived recently at my neighborhood gym, which can only mean that the holiday season is gaining on us fast. “Check this out,” said a young man on a Stairmaster, chuckling as he lifted his T-shirt so his neighbor could… Read More
FORT KENT – The Fort Kent Town Council was informed Monday night that a Community Development Block Grant to assist in the funding of an aeration system for the municipal water supply will not happen, at least this year. The municipal water system has not… Read More
UNITY – The University of Maine-Machias placed seven players in double figures while cruising to victory over Unity College. Tony Heal led the way for the Clippers with 22 points, Sharrief Sims tossed in 21 and Miguel Khan connected for 16. Albert Whittaker netted 14… Read More