WATERVILLE – Todd O’Connor belted a two-run homer in the third inning and also added two singles to lead host Colby College to an 8-3 baseball victory over Husson College here Thursday. For the 2-4 Colby Mules, Jay Olson and Tom Griffin each hit solo… Read More
WATERVILLE – Freshmen Sue Lea and Michelle Provencal had nine hits between them and helped lead Husson College to a doubleheader sweep of host Colby College in softball action here Thursday. Husson defeated Colby 6-3 in the first game and posted a 12-8 win in… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Bucksport Golf Club will open for the season Friday at 9 a.m. All tees and greens are in play, but riding carts will not be allowed for a while. Read More
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – Jeff Nuccitelli scored a pair of goals and assisted on another to carry the Rochester Americans to a 5-2 win over Maine’s Northern Warriors in the National Midget Hockey Tournament at the Recreation Center here Thursday. David Terrotta, Rich Krienke, and… Read More
LEWISTON – Jill Uhlenhake was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Bates College Polar Bears defeated the Tufts Jumbos 3-2 in softball action. Winning pitcher Michelle Feroah, who scattered five hits, started off the… Read More
ROCKPORT – Don Dow, athletic director at Stearns High School in Millinocket, has been selected as the Maine Athletic Director of the Year by the Maine Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association. The announcement was the highlight of Thursday night’s MIADA awards banquet at the Samoset Resort… Read More
The effusive praise for Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell after shepherding a Clean Air bill through the Senate was replaced with puzzlement Wednesday when he announced he wasn’t yet through. A detail in an agreement with the White House, it seems, allows Mitchell to refortify… Read More
Touching on different topics…. I prefer the current NCAA Hockey Tournament format, involving best-of-three series in both the first round and the quarterfinals leading up to the single-elimination Final Four, over the proposed four, four-team single elimination regional tournaments at neutral sites leading up to… Read More
PASADENDA, Calif. – Danielle Sturgeon posted two singles and an RBI in the opening game of the University of Southern Maine’s doubleheader with the University of La Verne helping the Huskies split two games to end their spring trip. Sturgeon’s two singles came in a… Read More
LEWISTON – Bobby Mischler socked three singles to drive in two runs and pitcher Peter Doucette fired a six-hitter, powering Bates College to a 10-3 win over rival Bowdoin in a baseball game played here Thursday. Troy Murphy added three singles and an RBI for… Read More
JONI AVERILL COLUMN This Friday morning we bring you news of two former University of Maine basketball teammates, now in the coaching field, who’ve come up with a couple of ideas you might find interesting…. – googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Political campaigns, which start far too soon to suit the tastes of most voters, begin even earlier for the leaders of the major parties, who must worry not only about strategy and winning races, but also about the more fundamental problem of finding people willing to run for… Read More
Rich Mazurek, considered one of the top high school frontcourt players in Maine, has signed an NAIA national letter of intent and will attend Husson College in Bangor on a basketball scholarship next year. The 6-foot-4 senior at Rockland High said he chose Husson and… Read More
Joey Gamache is expecting to face his stiffest test yet as a Joey Gamache is expecting to face his stiffest test yet as a professional boxer when he defends his International Boxing Federation Intercontinental junior lightweight title for the first time Friday night against Nelson Rodriguez of Puerto… Read More
AUGUSTA — After a two-hour debate Thursday night, the House voted 85-54 for the strictest version of a bill fought vigorously by paper companies, requiring them to reduce color, odor and foam discharged into Maine rivers. But in voting close to midnight, the Senate rejected… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — More than 300 business leaders from Maine and the Maritime Provinces of Canada gathered here Thursday for Partnerships ’90, a two-day conference designed to promote commerce between Maine and its Canadian neighbors. Partnerships ’90 was touted as a special opportunity to… Read More
A radio station affiliated with Bangor Baptist Church has lost its tax-exempt status, which has upset church leaders who have asked the congregation to launch a letter-writing campaign against the Board of Assessors. The assessing office at Bangor City Hall has received 120 letters and… Read More
Mitchell lobbies Bush to hold summit in Kennebunkport > Majority leader to visit Moscow this weekend
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell said Thursday that he lobbied President Bush to hold this spring’s superpower summit at the first family’s summer compound in Kennebunkport, but rising tensions in Lithuania could derail hopes for a conference on Maine’s coast. Mitchell will… Read More
FORT A.P. HILL, Va. — A bunch of “damned Yankees” from the Maine Army National Guard are training at a historic place during a historic time. About 400 members of the 1st Battalion, 152nd Field Artillery, from Aroostook County have brought state-of-the-art five-ton trucks and… Read More
THOMASTON — Ten Maine State Prison employees have been reprimanded in the wake of what prison administrators said was an organized sick-out. Notice of written reprimands and 5-, 7- and 10-day suspensions without pay were delivered orally to the employees of the prison’s business office… Read More
AUGUSTA — The chief lobbyist for the Maine State Employees Association will take over May 1 as MSEA’s executive director, Maine’s largest state workers’ union announced Thursday. Carl Leinonen, 34, of Augusta will succeed Philip Merrill as the MSEA’s executive director. Leinonen was executive director… Read More
Improvements at Bangor International Airport recommended by a consultant include the expansion of the domestic and international terminals, and the construction of a new runway. A draft of the Bangor International Airport Master Plan recently was completed by Hoyle, Tanner and Associates Inc. who reviewed… Read More
AUGUSTA — House Speaker John L. Martin asked the state attorney general Thursday to investigate a controversy within the Community Services Division and Director Nicola Kobritz’s “allegation that an act of sabotage” disrupted a food order from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Democratic speaker… Read More
AUGUSTA — Democratic leaders say Gov. John R. McKernan’s decision to award pay raises to his top officials sends the wrong message at a time when the state has been grappling with a projected $210 million budget deficit. “He’s telling people he’s cutting the budget… Read More
ALFRED — A York woman charged with murdering her husband sobbed throughout her brief arraignment Thursday as her lawyer entered pleas of innocent and not criminally responsible by reason of insanity on her behalf. Restaurant owner Jacqueline G. Bevins, 49, arrested Wednesday night in the… Read More
ROCKPORT — “There was something special about Andre from the beginning,” Harry Goodridge told Lew Dietz in the book “A Seal Called Andre.” His friends said Thursday that there was also “something special” about Goodridge who died unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon. He was 74. Andre the… Read More
POWNAL — A former Ohio mental health worker takes over next week as superintendent of the Pineland Center, Maine’s only publicly funded facility for severely mentally retarded adults, the Mental Health Department announced Thursday. “The institutionalization of the mentally retarded requires a lot of day-to-day… Read More
A candidate announcement for Scott Thomas, of Old Town, which appeared Thursday incorrectly reported that Thomas was seeking a seat to the House of Representatives from District 113. He is seeking a seat from 131, Old Town. Read More
VEAZIE — Believe it or not, the Main Street bridge is nearly completed. Sometime in June, residents will be able to travel the new state-of-the-art structure, more than a year after construction began and seven months after the first planned completion date, according to Town… Read More
A new recycling program at Husson College is helping make staff and students more sensitive to the importance of a clean environment. “People want to do this,” Student Affairs Director Julie Green, who claims the project as her brainchild, said Wednesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
The Bangor YMCA Aquatics Department will sponsor a YMCA-Red Cross Lifeguarding course for those interested in lifeguarding this summer. Two sessions of this dual certification course will be offered, the first running from April 10 to May 10 and the second running from May 15 to June 14. Read More
Local community volunteers and celebrities will wear their waiter and waitress hats for a celebrity dinner and auction planned Friday, April 6, to benefit the Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Maine. The event, “An Evening in Spring,” will be held at the Holiday Inn… Read More
A race for Penobscot County sheriff between the incumbent and his predecessor took a more definite shape this week. But two of five elective county positions up for grabs in the November elections apparently will be decided without a contest. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Willie Dunton, 28, of 2125 Union St., Bangor, was arrested in Bangor and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and being a habitual offender. He was taken to Penobscot County Jail and was scheduled to appear in 3rd District Court on… Read More
WINTERPORT — Roland Ginn’s barbershop is always abuzz with town politics, with Ginn’s booming, gravelly voice, like the famous disc jockey Wolfman Jack, shaking the walls. It may have been the loud conversation that brought about his move from the Odd Fellows Hall on Main… Read More
“Living on the river is great,” says Susan Dexter Camp. “Every year it floods and then recedes and there’s junk left on the banks. I love junk.” Rusted tools, bicycle wheels, wood, and string wash up on the banks of the Penobscot River behind Camp’s… Read More
Cohen says Bush should double defense cuts > Senator says $50 billion would be saved over five years
WASHINGTON — Sen. William S. Cohen said Thursday that the Bush administration was reacting too slowly to the easing of Cold War tensions and should double its level of proposed defense cuts, a move that would result in an additional $50 billion in savings over the next five… Read More
AUGUSTA — A bill to require the state and its pension system to withdraw investments from American companies that do not adopt non-discriminatory policies in Northern Ireland advanced Thursday as Democratic sponsors met with Gov. John R. McKernan to try to avoid a veto. The… Read More
CARIBOU — The assets of two former vegetable processing plants in Caribou have been sold. All the equipment except what was necessary to retain freezing capacity in the former L&S Sales Inc. building was bought by Northland Frozen Foods of Fort Kent for $85,000, according… Read More
Despite a sluggish economy and the loss of about 200 construction jobs in 1989, the paychecks of Maine workers in the building industry continued to increase. About $961 million in construction contracts were awarded in Maine during 1989, according to the F.W. Dodge division of… Read More
AUGUSTA — Proposals to give discounts to low-income customers of Maine’s largest electric utility would cost other ratepayers “pennies,” if anything at all, a Public Utilities Commission official said Thursday. The regulatory panel is to review plans this summer that could provide discounts for more… Read More
W. Thomas Sawyer Jr., president of the Sawyer Environmental group of companies, has been chosen for the first Entrepreneurial Success Award given by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Sawyer was the only entrepreneur selected for the award. He was chosen by a a committee of… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A search committee was named Wednesday to find a new executive director for the Maine Potato Board. The present director, Dwight Sewell, has been nominated by Gov. John R. McKernan as the director of the Maine State Housing Authority. The former state… Read More
AUGUSTA — Digital Equipment Corp. announced Thursday it has developed a new process to clean computer circuit boards that does not use chemicals that damage the Earth’s ozone layer. Company officials making the announcement at the Augusta manufacturing plant, where the process was developed, said… Read More
Located at the corner of Kenduskeag Avenue and Laurel Circle is a saltbox, a traditional New England-style home that was constructed on the site by Kevin P. Riley Builder Inc., a Bangor-based firm owned by Kevin Riley. A graduate of Bangor High School, Riley studied… Read More
The Epoch Corp. of Pembroke, N.H., has built several sectional houses in the Meadows subdivision. According to Jack Donnelly, the vice president of marketing and sales, the company can build any style house, using whatever floor plan a customer devises. Donnelly and four partners —… Read More
H & S Builders, a Carmel-based contractor owned by Norman Harding, has constructed one site-built house in the Meadows subdivision, started building a second house, and assembled all the sectional houses that have appeared along Laurel Circle, the street that passes through the Meadows. After… Read More
A family planning to build a house in the Meadows or any other subdivision wants confirmation that they are obtaining an excellent value for their money. A bank lending money against a new house (or an existing house, for that matter) wants confirmation that the… Read More
The men and women who work at Realty World-1st Realty provide a wide range of professional services to people living in central Maine. Located at 416 Stillwater Ave. in Bangor, Realty World-1st Realty enjoys a national affiliation with Realty World, the third largest real-estate franchise… Read More
The Bangor-Brewer YWCA will begin a new session of its health and fitness classes Monday, April 23. Registration will be from April 7 to 21. Classes offered are: Aqua exercise: water and fitness exercises, classes held in shallow end of the pool, 5:30 to 6:30… Read More
Bangor voters will find only two contests for the State Legislature on June primary ballots, both on the Democratic side. The primary is Tuesday, June 12. Two people are running for the right to challenge Catharine K. Lebowitz, R-115, in the general election in November. Read More
How generous state Sen. N. Paul Gauvreau’s special commission on welfare benefits is! In a front-page article on March 22, you reported that this commission proposes increased benefits for families on AFDC grants, citing Maine’s current maximum level of benefits of 54 percent of the… Read More
Managers of large stores, especially food and clothing, are appealing to the Legislature as well as consumers for permission to be open on Sundays. They use two gambits of persuasion. They say open Sundays will be a boon to family life. This suggests they’ve totally… Read More
The following letter was received by Coach Bruce MacGregor from the William Bryant Elementary School in Blue Springs, Mo. (the school that “adopted” the Husson Men’s Basketball Team during their recent trip to the Kansas City NAIA tournament). Since the Bangor Daily News did such… Read More
Grant’s Dairy in Bangor is not as innocent as that little TV cow makes out. Even though Grant’s did a $2.5 million business at its Calais branch last year, the company made it difficult for dairy farmers in Washington County to stay in business…. (Now… Read More
FORT KENT — Bears inhabit the northern Maine woods by the hundreds, but few people get a close-up view of a live Maine black bear. A trio of biologists from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife gave a group of students from the… Read More
HODGDON — Woodrow Dunphy, principal at Hodgdon High School, has announced that Susie Ann Farrar and Tracy Lynn Saunders, both of Hodgdon, are the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the Class of 1990 at Hodgdon High School. Farrar is the daughter of Rodney and Irene… Read More
ASHLAND — Christopher Bessey, the son of Steven and Sue Beaulieu of Portage is the Ashland High School selection to Dirigo Boys State, according to Terry Despres, principal. He is sponsored by the Ashland Rotary Club. The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 109 and Ashland Community… Read More
FORT KENT — The Fort Kent Town Council has demonstrated its support for Earth Day with an official resolution proclaiming April 22 Earth Day in Fort Kent. That day, said the proclamation, “shall be set aside for public activities promoting preservation of the global environment and launching the… Read More
MASARDIS — A total of 23 residents voted March 29 to approve a municipal budget of $123,502, compared with $125,656 last year, according to Judie MacDonald, town clerk. The amount to be raised in taxes is $98,958, compared with $92,611 last year. Last year’s mill… Read More
HOULTON — Residents of the southern Aroostook County area are reminded that it is a Class E crime at any time of the year to burn fields or any debris outdoors without a permit. Anyone who needs to burn debris is required to obtain a… Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, April 9, in the council chambers. A 7:05 p.m. public hearing will be held to consider an application for a liquor license for Mary E. Reiss, doing bsuiness as Lobster, Etc., formerly The… Read More
VAN BUREN — Members of the Van Buren Ambulance Service have resolved, for the time being, many of the problems that have plagued the service since early March during a two-hour emergency meeting held Wednesday night. Their problems began with a 14-page report Gloria Ouellette,… Read More
MACHIAS — For the second time since the school year began, the SAD 77 directors have been confronted with the issue of student transfers from within the district to out-of-district schools. Since a board decision in November, SAD 77 Superintendent Ellery Bouchard has been prevented… Read More
MACHIAS — Marshall Health Care Facility, an intermediate nursing care facility in Machias, passed an unannounced inspection by the Maine Department of Human Services’ Division of Licensing and Certification last month. No state or federal deficiencies were noted by inspectors. The perfect score says a… Read More
HOULTON — John Donato, girls basketball coach at Houlton High School, was honored March 29 for his 200th win as coach in SAD 29 at a banquet and appreciation night given in honor of the team’s victory as Eastern Maine Class B champions. Donato’s Lady… Read More
LUBEC — Even if the state does not pitch in, Lubec will do its part to stop pitching it out, as town meeting voters Tuesday raised money for a recycling program and enacted an ordinance to put teeth in the waste-reduction campaign. The town voted… Read More
SANGERVILLE — After a narrow escape from extinction, wood ducks are now making a comeback, thanks to the efforts of several organizations throughout the country. Members of Ducks Unlimited have been active in attempting to encourage wood ducks to nest in the area. Several wooden… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital will hold its first Seniority Seminar titled “Healthy Lifestyles for Seniors” from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the Chapel Room at the Congregational Church in Dover-Foxcroft. The seminar will address health-related issues proven to be of interest… Read More
GREENVILLE — Members of Greenville’s Economic Development Committee received an update Tuesday on the town’s grant application to the Federal Economic Development Administration for a development strategy. The town has submitted a pre-application for a grant and was encouraged by the EDA to apply for… Read More
MILO — Ryan Bradeen, son of Gwen and Paul Bradeen of Milo, and a senior at Penquis Valley High School in Milo, was all smiles Monday. Bradeen had returned from Durham, N.H., where he had received a first prize in the Northern New England Science and Humanities Symposium… Read More
MILO — Nearly 25 years of memories of Boy Scouting were displayed recently at the Penquis Valley Middle School in Milo. Arrangements for the display, belonging to Paul Levensalor, were made by Elaine Heath, sixth-grade teacher at the school.see next – your note Levensalor is the president of… Read More
MILO — Ask Virgil Valente, Penquis Valley High School Science Fair coordinator, how he felt Monday and he would tell you, “Elated!” One of Valente’s seniors had won the Northern New England Science and Humanities Symposium in New Hampshire March 30, and nine of his… Read More
LINCOLN — Lincoln police and Bureau of Intergovernmental Drug Enforcement agents on Wednesday arrested and charged three Lincoln men with unlawful trafficking in connection with the sale of four pounds of marijuana to a BIDE agent, according to police. Roy McKinney, a BIDE supervisory special… Read More
MILO — “Milo curbside rubbish pickup is ready to begin,” Jayne Farrin, Milo town manager, told selectmen Wednesday. Farrin said the service would begin Monday, April 23. She said information would be made available via the news media as well as a by mailing to… Read More
GUILFORD — The Guilford Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday to place the expansion of the municipal building out to bid. At the annual March town meeting, voters approved the use of up to $60,000 for the expansion. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — An investigation of a burglary at a home in Parkman is under way by the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. The home of Eric Breau of Lander Road was ransacked and a pellet gun removed from the residence, according to Investigator Robert Young. Young… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A partial listing of the transfer of deeds recorded in the Piscataquis County Registry of Deeds for March is as follows: Calvin A. Andrews Jr. and Debra J. Andrews of Atkinson conveyed Feb. 28, land in Atkinson, to Calvin A. Andrews Sr. and… Read More
MONSON — Richard A. Lyons of Aroostook County was hired as the new superintendent for School Administrative District 68. The directors, acting Thursday, unanimously approved Lyons for the position after a short executive session at the Monson Elementary School. The directors also held executive sessions… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT Cases disposed of in 13th District Court the week of April 2 were as follows: 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… Read More
DEXTER — A hearing was held April 4 in Kennebec Superior Court on Maine Central Railroad’s complaint that Dexter unfairly taxed property that the railroad owns in Dexter. At the hearing presided over by Justice Bruce Chandler, Phil Worden presented Dexter’s side of the case,… Read More
CORINNA — Cmdr. Douglas Tibbetts of Corinna American Legion Post No. 73 declared Dec. 4, 1989, to be Private Percy Elwood Fernald Day. Fernald, a native of Corinna, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1940, and trained as an engine mechanic. He was… Read More
Bruce Olsen of Waterville was nominated for the Louis DiCarlo Award by the Maine Speech Language Hearing Association at its March 30 meeting at the Ramada Inn in Bangor. Olsen, director of the F.T. Hill Center at the Mid-Maine Medical Center, received the nomination for… Read More
NEWPORT — “We don’t have any options. We don’t have any choice.” With these thoughts expressed by members of the Newport Board of Selectmen, the board agreed to a vote of confidence to back the new interim tipping fee for waste disposal at the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. Read More
PITTSFIELD — Citizens concerned about rising taxes have been invited to a public meeting at the Pittsfield Municipal Building at 7 p.m. Monday, April 9. Janet Thorp, a Pittsfield taxpayer for more than 10 years, says she’s tired of hearing people complaining without trying to… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Maine humorist Tim Sample will turn classical music into comedy with his Down East version of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” performed by the Bangor Symphony at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at the Grand Auditorium. The family- oriented evening will include Sample’s… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Engineers from Wright-Pierce Engineers of Topsham painted for the Town Council Tuesday evening a somber picture of the municipality’s inadequate sewer system. In light of the seriousness of the problems with the sewer system, town manager Dana Reed indicated that no sewer… Read More
HANCOCK — The Planning Board decided Wednesday night to answer questions raised during review of a proposed subdivision on 40 acres of wooded land on Taunton Bay by an on-site inspection of the area. In the meantime, the board declared a public hearing in recess and said it… Read More
Ellsworth police arrested Shawn McKay, 19, of Sargentville, and charged him with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor after police had stopped him on the Surry Road Wednesday night. A resident at Edico Village in Ellsworth reported Wednesday morning that someone had broken… Read More
An Orrington man faces a prison term in New Hampshire, where he was convicted last week of severely shaking a 6-month-old boy nearly two years ago. Paul Michaud, 32, may be sentenced around the end of the month in Carroll County Superior Court in Ossipeecq,… Read More
Guest Column Maine’s contingent of national and state service officers, representing the American Legion, AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars recently voiced their united concerns over ongoing plans to relocate the Togus Loan Guaranty Division to Manchester, N.H., as well as recently… Read More
There is a move called the corkscrew swivel hug, and one move (don’t try this at home) that looks as if the man is using the upside-down woman to make post holes in the floor. You call me Sergio. I call you Alma. Together we… Read More
The horseshoe crab, an ancient animal that looks like an overturned saucer with a tail and four eyes, sees up to a million times better at night than it does in the day. University of Maine Professor Leonard Kass and a few colleagues around the… Read More
Another Viewpoint My wife and I, as we usually do, went to the Common Ground Fair at the Windor Fair Grounds last year. That’s quite a fair. Everything’s there but a merry-go-round, ferris wheel, gambling tents and hoochie-koochie shows. They must be doing something right… Read More
THE RAILBIRD Five weeks from today, on May 18, Bangor Raceway will open its 50-day extended light harness racing meet. 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
EAST MILLINOCKET — A bowhunter education course will be given Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14, in the library of Schenck High School for people who would like to become safer and more accomplished bowhunters. The course will be held from 6 to 8… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Twenty-three warranty deeds were transferred in Somerst County Register of Deeds, Skowhegan March 30 to April 3. Warranty deeds recorded March 30 were: Robert W. and Eleanor L. Frignon, Jackman, conveyed March 5, land in Long Pond Township, to James W. and Lena… Read More
MADISON — “Parenting is the world’s hardest job,” said Lynn Plourde, the organizing force behind a unique conference for parents that will be held at the Madison Area Memorial High School from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Plourde, a speech-language therapist and… Read More
ROCKLAND — A Superior Court Judge has denied a motion for attachment of a Warren couple’s property made by a man who charged the couple threatened and pistol-whipped him after a truck in which he was a passenger demolished their mailbox. Judge Margaret Kravchuk Monday… Read More