Archive for May, 2009
Soccer Plus spoils Tide’s home opener
By on May 31, 2009, at 11:30 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — Beth McGill set up Leah Blayney’s first-half goal and Blayney returned the favor in the second half.
Medomak’s Perez-Marsa gains semi
By on May 31, 2009, at 11:24 p.m.
LEWISTON, Maine — An exchange student from northern Spain will represent eastern and northern Maine in Monday’s state singles tennis championships at the Wallach Tennis Center on the campus of …
Porter helps propel Bangor to girls title
By on May 31, 2009, at 11:19 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — While the sun finally broke through for Saturday’s Penobscot Valley Conference large school track and field championships, the Bangor and Brewer girls lived up to the pre-meet …
Bapst sweeps PVC ‘C’ crowns
By From Staff Reports on May 31, 2009, at 11:08 p.m.
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Purple and white again reigned supreme over the Penobscot Valley Conference Class C track and field championships at Oakes Field.
John Bapst of Bangor swept the team …
Maine Sports Hall of Fame
Bangor Daily News on May 31, 2009, at 10:59 p.m.
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Sports hall welcomes 9 inductees
By on May 31, 2009, at 10:54 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — Some made their athletic marks coaching while others made them playing. Some did both, and one did it by talking about them and the sports they excelled in.
Need buying power? Follow your instincts
By Russ Van Arsdale Executive director Northeast Contact on May 31, 2009, at 10:50 p.m.
In the news, consumer confidence was up last week. That may be encouraging, but right now there’s not much more cash in our wallets or purses than there was a week ago.
The Conference Board …
Power company access may be an issue
By Andre Duchette Esquire on May 31, 2009, at 10:46 p.m.
Q. The power company is planning to put up a power line along an easement which runs through our property to a new house being built. It appears that they are planning to cut outside of the easement …
A savvy consumer is wary, but knows the score
By Mary Hunt on May 31, 2009, at 10:40 p.m.
Remember the good ol' days when credit limits meant something, lenders reviewed credit applications, and the livin’ was easy? I hate to break it to you, but those days are gone.
Now banks and …
Millinocket gets $488,130 grant for airport safety
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Plans to improve runway safety at the town’s airport will get a $488,130 boost from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins, …
Historical society leases Corro House in Lincoln
LINCOLN, Maine — The Lincoln Historical Society signed a 10-year agreement with Town Manager Lisa Goodwin on Friday to lease the Corro House, one of Lincoln’s oldest and most historic buildings, …
Advocates tout first aid devices
Automatic external defibrillators save lives.
Kevin Alley, aquatics director at the University of Maine at Machias, knows this for a fact. One spring evening in 2007, he grabbed the AED off the …
Laid-off Mainers may benefit from expanded recovery benefits
AUGUSTA, Maine — More than a thousand Mainers who have been laid off from 21 companies from South Portland to Baileyville to Ashland because of unfair trade practices are poised to receive expanded …
Effort to ax gay marriage law begins
PLYMOUTH, Maine — The race to get enough signatures to put a question on the ballot this fall that would ask voters to repeal the same-sex marriage law has begun.
Pastor Bob Emrich, a spokesman …
Troop Greeters mark six-year commitment
BANGOR, Maine — The city’s renowned troop greeters gathered at Bangor International Airport on Sunday to celebrate their sixth year of supporting military members deployed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Rockport birding circle area’s first
ROCKPORT, Maine — It’s a new kind of birding: Make a circle. Sit in the circle. Let the birds come to you. Count and repeat.
“It’s fun. It’s kind of an unusual thing,” Kristen …
Samantha Smith statue planned for Houlton
HOULTON, Maine — Over the years, Hammond artists Glenn and Diane Hines have created several statues that are on display throughout the state.
LURC plans meeting on Plum Creek
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Land Use Regulation Commission will discuss Plum Creek and the agency’s update to its comprehensive plan during meetings this week.
On Tuesday, commission members will …
Katahdin ATV trail system eyes 2011 opening
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Brian Wiley has two words for ATV riders looking to cruise the Katahdin region’s first organized all-terrain-vehicle trail system: Be patient.
Orono man enters not guilty pleas in Cable kidnapping, murder
LePage speaks frankly to Dirigo Girls State delegates
Maine House fails to override Medicaid expansion veto
A vote against the budget is a vote for a state shutdown
Susan Collins: Why Congress should reform federal court
LePage fails to surprise on Medicaid expansion
The cost of requiring more renewable power
Maine Sports Hall of Fame revokes Dana Wilson’s 2012 induction
American Lung Association retires number of cyclist killed in Trek Across Maine
Retiring Hermon High School athletic administrator Soucy maintains love of sports
Report: Patriots’ Aaron Hernandez not ruled out as homicide suspect
Midcoast multibajillionaire knows what her husband is doing before he does it
‘Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini dead at 51
The Esther II: A father’s boat, a son’s heart