Drivers with the urge to engage police officers in high-speed pursuits might want to steer away from Bangor. The recent purchase of the Hovey Hollow Spike Strip may enable Bangor police to immobilize fleeing vehicles effectively without the dangers associated with roadblocks. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
CARIBOU — Caribou city councilors have approved tentatively a 1990 capital improvements budget of $837,247. They also approved a $12,388 municipal fee for the Northern Maine Regional Planning Commisssion Monday night, and approved revised budgets for the Nylander Museum, public library, and Recreation and Parks Department. Read More
LINCOLN — The HAD 1 board of directors voted Monday to increase the rate of its intensive care unit rooms from $865 a day to $1,050 a day. Hospital officials are working to prepare a 1990 budget. Gary Williams, the hospital’s chief financial officer, said… Read More
STONINGTON — After coping with a physician shortage for several months, the Island Medical Center will get some temporary relief in April with the arrival of Dr. Gerri Jensen. Although Jensen is scheduled to serve only a one-month residency at the Deer Isle hospital, the… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Four Pittsfield town councilors arrived Tuesday night to take advantage of a precedent-setting meeting with members of the Pittsfield Fire Department. With an ambitious agenda before them, the two groups discussed manpower and training concerns, water supply problems, new equipment plans, interest in department substations and… Read More
A story on Tuesday about Dennis King becoming vice president of Eastern Maine Healthcare in Bangor incorrectly reported that Jackson Brook Institute Inc. in South Portland is owned by Eastern Maine Healthcare. It is not. Read More
CUTLER — John Martin of East Machias, a civilian employee at the Navy’s communications station at Cutler, has been selected to receive the station’s first Civilian of the Year citation from Cmdr. Judith A. Tarbox. Martin, a technician in high-frequency electronics, was selected for the… Read More
NORTHPORT — The voters spoke Tuesday and a majority voted against the town’s withdrawing from SAD 34. The vote was 214-132. The 347 votes cast represented a turnout of slightly better than 33 percent of the town’s 900 registered voters. Had the withdrawal movement succeeded,… Read More
ABBOT — An elderly Parkman man was injured Tuesday in an automobile accident on Route 15 in Abbot. According to Cpl. Paul Davis of the Maine State Police, 71-year old Judson Turner was southbound on Route 15 when he apparently swerved to avoid striking something… Read More
LINCOLN — The HAD 1 board of directors authorized the Penobscot Valley Hospital administration Monday to negotiate and bid for the purchase of property in Howland for a new physicians office building. The HAD 1 Executive Committee approved the matter and recommended to the “full”… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Presque Isle Republican City Committee held its biennial caucus Feb. 11, with 23 party members attending. Chairman Katy Coffin opened the meeting and called for nominations for a caucus secretary and chairman. Michelle Sandelier googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
ROCKPORT — While voters support plans to build a new town office, remodel the Opera House and develop a recreational field, they do not want to bite off all three projects in a single year, according to Town Manager Donald Willard. Willard said that was his sense of… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Residents who are unhappy about the state’s newly announced fee for inspection of septic systems with overboard discharges should be ready at a moment’s notice to attend a public hearing in Augusta, Rep. Frank H. Farren Jr., R-Cherryfield, said Tuesday. Farren said he… Read More
SHERMAN MILLS — A Sherman Mills family was left homeless Tuesday morning after fire swept through their 2 1/2-story home in the center of the village on Route 158. According to Sherman Fire Chief Douglas Clark, David McNally, his wife, Colette, and son, Christopher, lost… Read More
FORT KENT — An early morning fire Tuesday left a Fort Kent family homeless, according to Fort Kent Fire Chief Allan Dow. Kenneth Cyr’s single-story residence at 33 West Main St., behind his Main Street optometry office, was destroyed, Dow said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
CALAIS — The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled Monday that the city of Calais did not discriminate against Sharon Robinson on the basis of sex while she was a reserve officer in the Police Department. The ruling concurred with the commission’s staff report published earlier… Read More
ST. GEORGE — Selectmen have responded to what they termed “a minority report” concerning the town’s need for new fire equipment. The report on the views of Selectman Donald Kingsbury was published earlier this week. “It contained many errors, both in fact and by implication,”… Read More
ROCKLAND — The third suspicious fire in a month occurred at 1 a.m. Tuesday at the Studley Apartments on Park Street. Acting Fire Chief Raymond Wooster said there was no doubt the fire was started from a “human element.” Although the apartment house was destroyed… Read More
MACHIAS — The Down East communities of Machias and East Machias will be a focus of attention during the weekend of April 28-29, when an annual canoe racing event will be held on each of the region’s two major rivers. Both events are sponsored by… Read More
VAN BUREN — Town Manager Paul Beatti told the Van Buren Town Council Monday night that the town’s application for an Economic Corridor Action Grant, for a two-part sewer extension project, has been denied because the ECAG program had been discontinued for this fiscal year. Read More
The committee working to raise money for the Orono Creative Playground project has pulled out the big guns for a fund-raising effort, calling on the likes of baseball great Henry Aaron and author Robert Ludlum to lend a hand. Aaron and Ludlum join about a… Read More
EAST CORINTH — Sarah M. Simpson, daughter of Elizabeth and John Simpson, has been elected to compete in the 1990 Miss Maine U.S. Teen Pageant to be held Saturday, April 7, at Rochester, N.H. The contestants are from 13 to 19 years old and will… Read More
LIMESTONE — As a result of changes in state revenue funding, the Limestone Board of Selectmen and Limestone Budget Committee have approved a revised total 1990 municipal budget of $1,156,250, a decrease from the $1,176,950 originally proposed. Reductions were approved last Thursday in more than… Read More
Annual elections for public office will be held Friday, March 2, at Hartland. Ballot clerks will appear as required by law at 10 a.m and remain until 8 p.m. But whether large numbers of voters respond to exercise their right to vote remains to be seen. Read More
A former Alton fire chief wants to start a volunteer department in neighboring Argyle. David Bussell brought his plan Tuesday to the Penobscot County Commissioners. The county currently has a contract with the Howland Fire Department to serve Argyle, an unorganized township with a population… Read More
Because of a paragraph deleted in the editing process, a story Tuesday about Frosty, the bald eagle wounded by gunshot pellets in Edmunds Township on Feb. 16, made it appear that Frosty had suffered a broken leg that had healed itself in the wild. In fact, the reference… Read More
Court news The following cases were processed between Feb. 16 and Feb. 22 before Judge Bernard C. Staples in the central division of the 5th District Court in Ellsworth, and the court’s southern division in Bar Harbor: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Bangor’s homeless people are the intended beneficiaries of an invitation-only fund-raiser next month. Organizers have sent out 1,400 invitations for the event, which will feature a visit by Gov. John McKernan and performances by local entertainers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
MADAWASKA — The following divorces were granted in 1st District Court at Madawaska in January by Judge Ronald A. Daigle on grounds of irreconcilable differences: To Lisa Gendreau and Philip Gendreau, both of Madawaska, married at Madawaska on June 18, 1989. A minor child will… Read More
MADAWASKA The following cases were disposed of by Judge Ronald A. Daigle in 1st District Court at Madawaska on Feb. 13: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
An Ellsworth man found lying semi-conscious on the Parker Point Road Friday morning remained in stable condition Tuesday, officials at the Blue Hill Memorial Hospital reported. Thomas Brown, 18, of Ellsworth, was suffering from hypothermia when he was found by a passing motorist, according to… Read More
BELFAST — City Manager Carl Kosobud has presented the City Council with a budget proposal calling for expenditures of $3,820,618 for the coming year. The budget package shows an increase of $1,007,280, a spending rate 26 percent greater than last year. Much of the spending… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Before a no-smoking policy for Mount Desert Island Regional High School is ratified, the school’s teachers intend to have their say. At the MDI High School Committee meeting Monday evening, teacher association representatives informed committee members that the proposed prohibition on smoking… Read More
ROCKLAND — A judgment of default has been entered in Superior Court against developer Theodore Stone. Faulkingham Inc. requested the default judgment after Stone failed to appear to answer Faulkingham’s demand for $60,148.61, the sum the company charged for labor, materials and services it provided… Read More
CORNVILLE — Voters will choose several town officers from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, and act on a 54-article warrant at annual town meeting which starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 3. The election and the town meeting will be in Cornville Town Hall. Read More
ROCKLAND — A furor is brewing over the dismissal of a county employee of 16 years who was given three days’ notice and told last weekend that she was out of a job. Deputy Registrar of Deeds Carol Brown has worked in the Registry of… Read More
MILBRIDGE — Harold West was re-elected chairman of the Milbridge Democratic Committee on Sunday, Feb. 25, during a party caucus held at the town office. Elected to serve with West were Frances Larson, vice chairman; Donna Cirone, secretary; and Ramona West, treasurer. Larson, Laura Blomberg,… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — Dr. Danny R.P. Michaud, principal at Schenck High School, has named Elizabeth Martin as valedictorian and Jason Witham salutatorian for the Class of 1990. Martin is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Martin of East Millinocket. She was class vice president… Read More
GUILFORD — New pipes were installed at a Guilford-Sangerville Sanitary District pump station after officials learned about a fuel leak there. According to Frank Ruksznis, manager of the sanitary district, the leak was discovered Feb. 15, after a delivery person found that a fuel tank… Read More
MILO — The annual Father James A. Daly, Knights of Columbus, Milo-Brownville Council, Free Throw Contest was held Tuesday at the Penquis Valley Middle School in Milo. Coordinator of the event was Walter E. Oakes Jr. The contest was open to all girls in SAD… Read More
CARIBOU The following cases were among those processed Feb. 22 in 1st District Court by Judge Ronald A. Daigle: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length;… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Forty-three warranty deeds were transferred from Feb. 16 to Feb. 23 in Somerset County Register of Deeds, Skowhegan. Warranty deeds recorded on Feb. 23 were: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
LAMOINE — The Lamoine Woman’s Club is offering a $200 scholarship to a Lamoine resident who is in the second year of college. Applicants must have been a local resident for at least three years, a graduate of a local high school, and must have… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The 5th annual Scholarship Auction to benefit the American Field Service has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 4, at the Ellsworth High School cafeteria. The auction will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Among the items to be auctioned are catered and… Read More
BROOKSVILLE — The Brooksville Republican Caucus has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at the Brooksville Community Center. Officers and members of the local Republican committee will be elected. Delegates and alternates to the state and district conventions will be chosen. The caucus also will nominate… Read More
VINALHAVEN — Selectmen accepted a proposal Monday night from a local group to reopen the town-owned fish plant. Fox Island Seafood, headed by Beatrice Young, will become incorporated this week and return next week with a proposed contract. Young said there was widespread local support… Read More
MEMRAMCOOK, New Brunswick — Four Moncton, New Brunswick, people, including two children, were killed Saturday evening when their car collided with two tractor-trailer trucks on the Trans-Canada Highway about 10 miles southwest of Moncton near Memramcook. Killed were Wayne McLean, 43; Janice Ellis, 38; Wayne… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SAD 68 Adult Education Program will offer a course in parenting skills and the parent-child relationship, beginning Thursday, March 15, at SeDeMoCha Junior High School. Called “Be A Better Parent — Be A Better Child,” the classes will be held from 6… Read More
HOULTON — The Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District will accept orders for their annual tree and shrub sale in March and April at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Building in Houlton. Several varieties of semidwarf apple trees as well as shade trees, flowering… Read More
DYER BROOK — Students in grades nine through 12 at the Southern Aroostook Community School got a chance last week to learn more about vocational training courses available to them through the school’s Region II Vocational Education Program during an open house held at the school. Among the… Read More
MILO — Fran Powers, R.N., SAD 41 school nurse, was guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Milo Nurses Guild held Monday at the residence of Dorothy Knox in Milo. During her presentation, Powers gave an review of her role in today’s school system. Read More
A hearing to consider a request for a change of venue from Washington County to Penobscot County in the case of a Quoddy Village resident charged with cruelty to animals is scheduled to be heard in Washington County Superior Court March 6. Ronald R. Coles… Read More
CAMDEN — Just as there will always be an England, there will always be a Snow Bowl, according to recreation director Kenneth Bailey. A public forum on the future of the municipally owned ski area will be held March 20, after the town meeting. All… Read More
ROCKLAND — A mistrial was declared in the trial of an Auburn man accused of driving under the influence, and an attempted murder trial was postponed Tuesday at Knox County Superior Court. David E. Keleher, 31, was charged with operating an automobile while under the… Read More
The Island/Reach Computer Users Group (I/RCUG) will sponsor its third annual Computer Fair from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 8, at Eastern Maine Technical College, Hogan Road, Bangor. There will be exhibit space for 70 booths for national and local vendors, and presentations on various subjects… Read More
CALAIS — In about a week, the district attorney’s office will receive the results of the investigation of an alleged arson that caused about $1 million in damage to the 100-year-old Beckett complex. Calais Police Chief J.D. Johnson and investigator John Morse of the Fire… Read More
CALAIS — An authentic Mexican feast, prepared by LeMar Transki and Nancy Green, will be presented to the members and guests of the Calais Area Chamber of Commerce when the chamber kicks off its first International Cuisine Dinner Party at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at Bernardini’s Restaurant. Read More
FARMINGTON — The following divorces were reported and 12th District Court in Farmington during February: Lynn M. Chase and David A. Chase, both of Carrabassett Valley; shared custody of one minor child. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
FARMINGTON The following cases were heard Feb. 20-23, in 12th District Court at Farmington: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) {… Read More
Bangor police went on a booting binge Tuesday and booted 11 cars throughout the city. The owners of the cars allegedly had unpaid parking tickets. Lt. Bob O’Halloran said each car was released after the owners paid all outstanding parking tickets plus a $25 boot fee. Read More
ROCKLAND — The SAD 5 Board of Directors rejected a recommendation Tuesday night to add two elementary school teachers for the next school year and also rejected any possibility of moving a sixth-grade class from Owls Head to the junior high school next fall. A… Read More
AUGUSTA – There is one major reason Buckfield High has been a perennial contender for the Western Maine Class D schoolgirl basketball title during the last several years – defense. Coach Kate Buck’s top-seeded Bucks captured their second consecutive regional title here Tuesday night, riding… Read More
PORTLAND — Nebraska death row inmate John J. Joubert can have his Maine murder trial moved out of Portland because of extensive news coverage in southern Maine, a judge ruled Tuesday. Joubert was brought to Maine last month to stand trial in the 1982 killing… Read More
POINT LEPREAU, New Brunswick — Security is under review at the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant, less than 30 miles from the Maine border, following last week’s discovery that someone spiked a lunchroom water cooler with mildly radioactive heavy water. A union leader at the… Read More
Venus might not have wanted to write a book or weed the garden, but that didn’t mean she shouldn’t get a sturdy set of arms and a pair of hands. Yet, the “Venus de Milo,” the most famous statue of the Greek goddess of love and beauty, depicts… Read More
NEWS Photo by Bob DeLong Changes in the Soviet Union today are like a person learning to drive a car, according to a visiting Soviet journalist. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
BOSTON — Bank of New England Corp., which has dismissed several top executives while trying to recover from massive losses, expects to name a new chairman Wednesday, a source close to the bank said Tuesday. The source said the chairman would be Lawrence K. Fish,… Read More
The National Association of Women in Construction is sponsoring a national block-building competition for elementary school children in an effort to create an awareness of job opportunities in the construction industry. “We must acquaint children with construction careers if we are to keep pace with… Read More
MILLINOCKET — As part of their weeklong tour of Great Northern Nekoosa Corp., top officials from Georgia-Pacific Corp. and GNN on Tuesday toured the Millinocket and East Millinocket mills of Great Northern Paper Co. T. Marshall Hahn, G-P’s chairman and chief executive officer, and William… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Home Builders Association of Maine will hold a construction and development issues seminar for builders, developers and others interested, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, at the Elks Lodge, Civic Center Drive. For more information call Mickie Marquis at 622-4990. Read More
AUGUSTA — Several new appointees and a new chairman begin their duties as members of the Maine Health Policy Advisory Council when the group meets in Augusta on Wednesday. The 17-member council is appointed by the governor and Legislature as a forum for consultation on health policy issues… Read More
WASHINGTON — Gov. John R. McKernan, who faces U.S. Rep. Joseph E. Brennan in next fall’s gubernatorial election, said Tuesday that people are turning more to their state governments and less to Washington to solve their problems. “The key issues that affect people’s lives are… Read More
WASHINGTON — Political action committees raised $171 million last year and spent $132 million, with the Teamsters union PAC retaining its place as the top PAC in terms of both fund-raising and spending, according to a Federal Election Commission analysis. The FEC said the overall… Read More
DEER ISLE — G. William Diamond, Maine’s Secretary of State, will deliver a National Honor Society induction speech at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Deer Isle-Stonington High School. Diamond is no stranger to education. He began his teaching career in 1968 in Windham… Read More
For Brewer firefighter Brian Goggins and his fiancee, Rose Cayford, last Labor Day weekend meant a final chance to bask in the warm weather as they rode their motorcycles through the scenic Bar Harbor area. With seven other bikers, among them a teacher, an American… Read More
PORTLAND — The Maine supreme court on Tuesday upheld the disbarment of a Lewiston lawyer, saying a case in which he was involved had become “a self-destructive obsession” that left him incapable of practicing law. The attorney, Daniel J. Murphy, acknowledged that the case, which… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Historic preservation funds have been received at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield to continue the planning for restoration of the school’s first classroom building. Completed in 1870 at a cost of $40,000, the “Institute” building, now known as Founders Hall, was the focus… Read More
LINCOLN — Republician Lee Rand, 40, of Lincoln has announced he is circulating nomination papers for the office of state representative for House District 133. This will be Rand’s second attempt to win the seat. He intends to run a highly visible and agressive campaign. Read More
NEWPORT — After a weekend performing with the best high school jazz ensembles on the Eastern Seaboard, Nokomis Regional musicians returned to Newport Sunday morning with an armful of awards. According to Director Stan Buchanan, more than 90 schools competed in the Berklee Jazz Festival… Read More