Articles by Robert F. Bukaty
Fighting for fish in Nobleboro
NOBLEBORO, Maine — Every May alewives return by the thousands to Damariscotta Mills, where the lucky ones will climb a fish ladder that leads from Great Salt Bay to their freshwater spawning grounds in Damariscotta Lake. As for the unlucky ones, some will be harvested by lobstermen who use them ...
Portland’s watercolors
PORTLAND, Maine — The next time you watch a movie check out the night scenes. Chances are the streets and sidewalks will be wet — even though it is not raining. Filmmakers learned long ago that wet pavement reflects light. The sparkle and contrast adds a little visual stimulation to ...
Falmouth birdhouse maker breathes new life into salvaged materials
FALMOUTH, Maine — The owner of the old barn looks at the broken doors and boxes of rusty tools and sees junk. Tony DiPietro sees whimsical perches, roofs and chimneys. Soon, backyard birds will see a home. In 1998, DiPietro took early retirement after working 20 years in a paper ...
![Portland's Lizzy Anderson gets taped up with a temporary sling after injuring her shoulder in a match against Boston Saturday, April 14, in Portland. "We've got a couple nurses on our team. They think it's either a broken clavicle or collarbone," Anderson said. "If it still hurts tomorrow I'll go get it checked out [at a hospital]."](http://bdnpull.bangorpublishing.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Rugged-Women_001-250x250.jpg)
In women’s rugby, ‘someone’s always bleeding’
PORTLAND, Maine — Patty Williams held her seven-month-old son Patrick while watching from the sidelines as her teammates competed in a rugby match against Boston. No one would have blamed her if she decided to take the season off. Rugby, after all, is a physically demanding and sometimes brutal sport. ...
Disabled border collie ‘wakes up happy every day’
PORTLAND, Maine — When Stephanie Fox went to see the puppy almost three years ago at New England Border Collie Rescue, she knew the breed didn’t always make the best pet. As an experienced owner of other border collies, she was well aware of their need for constant work and ...
Steer team hauls logs in Waldoboro
WALDOBORO, Maine — Logger Mike Sproul leads his 2,400-pound team of steer into the woods, passing by a skidder parked on the edge of a field. The heavy machinery could twitch more logs in less time — but it has never won him any ribbons. So today Bright and Star, ...
Springtime coming in with tides
The month of March is a quiet time at most Maine harbors and the Harraseeket River in Freeport is no exception. Many of the floating docks and moorings have been pulled from the tidal bay. Dozens of fishing boats and pleasure craft sit onshore, wrapped in white plastic as they ...
Surf’s up in Kennebunk, even when temperatures aren’t
KENNEBUNK, Maine — Skiers and snowmobilers are not the only ones feeling deprived by Mother Nature this winter. Surfers have been disappointed, too, but last week they finally got their wish. The season’s first significant storm not only dumped several inches of snow on southern Maine, but also kicked up ...
Ice fishing derby offers prizes and a chance to help others
GRAY, Maine — One month after it was postponed because of thin ice, the third annual Crystal Lake Ice Fishing Derby was held last Saturday. Several hundred anglers competed for more than $10,000 in prizes for everything from the biggest fish to the most patriotic ice shanty. Clint Jones of ...
Students get a high school education on the slopes of Sugarloaf
CARRABASSET VALLEY, Maine — When Sam Morse was in public school, he says he dreamed every day about going to Carrabassett Valley Academy. “When you travel [for ski races], it’s really hard to be in a public school,” said Morse, who grew up in Carrabassett Valley. “But a place like ...
Dog owners give unconditional love all year
Valentine’s Day, the day when humans annually do something special for their loved ones, will be celebrated next week. But dog owners don’t need a special holiday. They give their unconditional love all year round. They will seek out an adoption agency to give an unwanted puppy a second chance. ...
Mainers show off their snowmobile tricks at Rangeley’s Snodeo
RANGELEY, Maine — If you took a young Evel Knievel, taught him some acrobatics and gave him a snowmobile, you would end up with someone like Kourtney Hungerford. The 20-something rider of West Yellowstone, Mont., wowed the crowd — and himself — with an unrehearsed, unplanned back flip off a ...
Outtakes from 2011
I’m often asked if it’s hard to find a subject to shoot for my weekly MaineFrame photo essay. Finding the subject is actually the easy part. There’s no shortage of visually interesting subjects to focus on in southern Maine. Probably the hardest part is finding the enough time to do ...
At 71, still tree climbing and chopping
WINTHROP, Maine — Somewhere along the way, the massive white pine divided itself into separate, gnarly trunks, making its crown more like four trees in one. It’s the kind of crooked tree loggers leave behind because it wouldn’t make straight lumber. A windstorm earlier this year started to uproot the ...
Kennebunkport’s annual Hat Parade
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — It was hard to tell who was smiling more, the spectators crammed into Dock Square, or the participants marching by in the silly, handmade hats. There were people wearing Christmas tree hats and Christmas present hats. There were gingerbread house hats and lollipop hats. The sixth annual ...
Public market alive and thriving in Portland
PORTLAND, Maine — When the Portland Public Market closed down in 2006, Kris Horton and a couple of other vendors couldn’t let the dream of an inner-city market die. “None of us really wanted to go and set up shop on our own, so it was either choosing to close ...
Let your nerd flag fly
PORTLAND, Maine — Scott Clavette showed up for the Nerd Rave as a bleached blond wearing a skin-tight Aquaman costume, complete with pitchfork. By Saturday morning he had transformed himself into a purple-haired Quentin, the nerdy character in the X-Men series. Clavette was one of about 750 people to attend ...
Maine’s take on America’s pastime
NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine — One hundred and fifty years ago, when batters were called “strikers” and home plate was actually an iron plate, you couldn’t blame the umpire for striking out. There were no called strikes in the early days of a game called “base ball.” “The only time a ...
Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor
Harvard student asked to leave bar for ‘bad behavior,’ not drunkenness
LePage blasts teachers union for endorsing same-sex marriage question
Reporting crime
A people’s revolt in Bar Harbor
Old Town football coach steps down
Perakslis helps UMaine beat Albany; Binghamton next in America East tournament
Orono baseball shuts out archrival Old Town for ninth straight victory
Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
Aroostook businessman expands company out of home with hit mobile app 7 Little Words
Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Diversity predicts export success, MIT professor tells Maine audience
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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