The Penobscot Nation is considering a number of ways to recover money lost from operating the Sockalexis Memorial Ice Arena on Indian Island. Tribal officials are trying to avoid closing the facility again as the pressure of financial woes begins to squeeze tribal funds. Tribal… Read More
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WASHINGTON — Rafael Martinez was an employee of the Sandinista government. He wore a Sandinista shirt and a hat that proclaimed Daniel Ortega for President; his son died fighting the Contras. Martinez had a secret, a baffling secret shared by tens of thousands of other… Read More
BRUNSWICK — A former Carleton College president who went on to serve as an aide to a Moslem spiritual leader was recommended by a search committee Wednesday to become the 13th president of Bowdoin College. Bowdoin’s governing board is scheduled to vote Saturday on the… Read More
One additional case of measles was reported at the University of Maine Wednesday bringing the total to 50 cases reported on the campus since Feb. 5. In addition, a total of seven cases of measles has been confirmed in local communities or schools by state… Read More
SACO — State police were investigating the shooting death of a man at a waterfront condominium Wednesday night. Investigators called it a homicide. The 21-year-old victim’s name was being withheld pending notification of relatives, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. Read More
ROCKLAND — A 43-year tradition on the coast of Maine ended Wednesday with the announcement that the Maine Lobster Festival would not be held this summer. The Festival Corp. voted Tuesday night 6-5 with one abstention to cancel the 1990 version of one of the… Read More
Some 12,000 acres of the White Mountain National Forest in southwestern Maine would be designated as wilderness while another 4,000 acres in the area would be opened for uses that include timber harvesting, under a measure introduced in Congress Wednesday by Maine’s delegation. “Our legislation… Read More
HOULTON — The fund-raising drive to build the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial went over the $56,000 mark Monday night with the presentation of a check from the town of Houlton for $1,000. Other recent contributions included $2,000 from Key Bank in Presque Isle and… Read More
PORTLAND — Once a newspaper reported that police have been parking illegally and getting tickets fixed when they get caught, it didn’t take long for the city to say it’s going to give the officers free parking. The ticket-fixing was reported Tuesday, and City Manager… Read More
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Deaf people in the Old Town area should feel more secure after the installation of a telecommunications device for the deaf at the Old Town Police Department. The TDD, installed this week, allows the deaf to communicate directly with the police and fire dispatchers. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
FRANKFORT — Frankfort’s Comprehensive Planning Committee has analyzed the demographics of the town and five neighboring communities as part of the panel’s work in formulating a local growth management program as mandated by the state. Land use, housing, transportation and economics will be studied in… Read More
A second attempt to convert an abandoned laundry into an apartment complex promises to meet with the same stiff opposition from the neighborhood as the first, larger project. James Brooker owns a building at 203 Palm St. that once housed a dry cleaning plant, and… Read More
Douglas Sloan, professor of history and education at Columbia University, will speak on the role that public schools play in a community’s ethical life in a forum Thursday, March 1, at the Bangor Theological Seminary. “Schools, Communities and Ethics: Once More into the Breach” will… Read More
Linwood Hamilton, 24, Bangor, was arrested twice in Bangor early Wednesday morning and charged with assault and violation of his bail conditions. He was taken to the Penobscot County Jail. — Roger Eldridge, 25, 22 Prospect St., Brewer, was arrested in Bangor and charged with… Read More
HAMPDEN — Members of the SAD 22 board of directors, educators and district officials were given a sobering look at American education Wednesday night during a presentation by the district’s Aspirations Coalition. The program consisted largely of a one-hour videotaped presentation by Willard Daggett, a… Read More
State Sen. Richard Ruhlin discussed the state budget and water quality classification of the Penobscot River with the Brewer City Council Tuesday night, saying that cuts in the proposed 1991 state budget could be expected to affect municipalities. Residents of Hillcrest Drive told the council… Read More
The 1990 spring “I Can Cope” series, a four-week educational program for cancer patients, their friends and families, will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning March 6, in Conference Room 2D at the Eastern Maine Medical Center. For more information,… Read More
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ORONO – It was a game of dramatic momentum swings and missed opportunities. In the end, Cony High School’s second-seeded Rams got a goal from center Ray Croteau with 1:56 left and another from Keith Gleason 20 seconds later to subdue fourth-seeded North Yarmouth Academy… Read More
It will be a slumping University of Lowell team that invades the Alfond Arena for this weekend’s Hockey East best-of-three tournament quarterfinal series against the University of Maine’s Black Bears. But even though his seventh-place Chiefs will bring a seven-game losing streak to Alfond and… Read More
It comes billed as “March Madness,” this annual rite of naming a college basketball national champion which begins in earnest across the country next week. Except in Maine, and a handful of other states, it might better be labeled “March Blahness.” These are the states… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The Sugarloaf Corporate Challenge Weekend, slated for Friday though Sunday, will host corporate teams from around New England. The challenge, which is in its third year, benefits the Sugarloaf Ski Club, which in turn hosts all of the competitive racing events at Sugarloaf/USA. Read More
The facts are impressive. Fact 1: In the latest national poll, the University of Southern Maine women’s basketball team is ranked 13th among the 260 Division III teams. USM competes in the NCAA Div. III Regional Tournament Friday and Saturday at Western Connecticut State University… Read More
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The University of Maine women’s swim team’s recent third-place finish at the 1989-90 New England Championship represents a significant accomplishment, particularly since this year’s championship was the fastest ever held. More satisfying, though, than the team’s finish were the swimmers’ individual performances, according to Coach… Read More
Maine Skies Today’s school children, for the most part, were not even born when the Mariner, Pioneer, and Voyager spacecraft took off for the planets. To them it is history. For those of us who are older, they are dim memories. When two survivors from the great NASA… Read More
The most independent of business people, Maine lobstermen, have organized effectively in the past to protect their trade from market-price drops and the importation of undersize lobsters. A recent proposal by the Department of Marine Resources Lobster Advisory Council brings them together again to consider measures to further… Read More
A Philadelphia man has been found innocent in U.S. District Court in Bangor on a felony charge that he had possessed LSD with the intent to distribute while trying to cross the U.S.-Canada border. Kevin M. Jancovic, 24, was found guilty, however, of the misdemeanor… Read More
The federal government’s ambitious plan to collect some of the $61 billion in delinquent taxes could start in its Washington backyard. Commissioner Fred T. Goldberg Jr. of the Internal Revnue Service told a House Ways and Means committee last week that at least one federal agency owes more… Read More
GREENVILLE — Dog handlers from throughout New England and eastern Canada are expected to vie for $2,500 in prize money during the fifth annual Moosehead Lake Sled Dog races scheduled for Saturday and Sunday,sponsored by the Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce. The popular winter… Read More
AUGUSTA — Senate President Charles P. Pray met with Georgia-Pacific Corp. representatives Wednesday to discuss legislation he is sponsoring to restrict layoffs and boost severance pay for displaced employees of the Great Northern paper mills in northern Maine. Afterwards, Pray said the two bills he… Read More
The 1990 Maine Bird Conference will be held on Saturday, April 14, at the University of Maine at Farmington. The conference will feature 16 separate sessions focusing on recent studies and research on Maine bird species. Topics to be covered will include “Recruitment to Food Bonanzas by Ravens… Read More
“How to Make a Go of Your Business: An Artists Guide” is the topic of an all-day workshop for craftspeople and artists, Friday, March 23, at the Holiday Inn, Ellsworth, sponsored by the Maine Crafts Association and SCORE (the Service Corps of Retired Executives). For information call SCORE… Read More
The Cooperative Board of Southern Penobscot Vocational School (SPVS), Region 4, will be meeting on March 1 to begin the search for a new director. This board is composed of elected school board members representing regional citizens from Hampden to Old Town and Dedham to East Corinth. They… Read More
The Brewer Housing Authority will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at Colonial Circle to review financial statements, development of family housing, modernization of the Heritage Complex and to discuss the Rental Rehabilitation Program and bids for new vehicles. Legal services will be discussed also. Read More
BOSTON (AP) — Bank of New England Corp., which was expected to name a new chairman Wednesday, delayed an announcement but said it should be made by the end of the week. Sources close to the bank have said the new chairman would be Lawrence… Read More
ROCKLAND — National Sea Products will close its Rockland plant permanently on April 30, a move that will put 202 employees out of work. Ken Ritcey, president of National Sea Products Inc., made a personal visit to the plant Wednesday afternoon to explain the closure… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan, saying he plans to “work some days without pay,” is urging state employees to give “serious consideration” to a set of voluntary work force reduction programs aimed at saving $15 million. The governor first disclosed his own plans to… Read More
George Willette could be compared to a parent who has lost custody of a child. But the child in this case is the Barco Federal Credit Union. Willette has been the only person to head the $28 million institution during its 28-year history. In the… Read More
A Bucksport man found himself bound by the very laws he rejects when a judge ordered him jailed Wednesday in Bangor for contempt of court. Peter Leach, 22, appeared in Penobscot County Superior Court for his trial on charges of operating a motor vehicle after… Read More
Angered by a front-page story about a Massachusetts Chevrolet dealership that sold vehicles at $49 more than the dealer invoice price, several local car dealers have reduced or cancelled advertising in the Bangor Daily News. Wayne A. Lawton, director of advertising for the NEWS, said… Read More
To encourage community service, organizers of the Fleet Youth Leaders program offered winners of their competition a chance to visit the halls of power in Augusta and Washington, and a chance to meet governmental decision makers. The junior high school students taking part in the… Read More
SEBEC VILLAGE — The recently opened Village Frameworks will hold a gala open house from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 4. The public is invited to view a private showing of custom picture framing techniques and a presentation of fine art. There will be… Read More
Everyone is talking about peace these days, but an international team of adventurers hopes to attain global unity in loftier fashion by climbing to the summit of the world’s highest mountain. The Mount Everest Earth Day International Peace Climb, which got underway on Feb. 23,… Read More
ORONO — The Bangor Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Werner Torkanowsky, will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the Maine Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. The performance will include Beethoven’s “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,” written… Read More