BOSTON – For Rosa Mota, the toughest part of Monday’s Boston Marathon came before the race. Mota beat dark horse Uta Pippig of West Germany and American Maria Trujillo for her third win in four years in Boston. The fact that she was in the… Read More
BOSTON (AP) – Sensing the toll the lightning pace would take on his body, Gelindo Bordin began talking to his legs. “I looked at my legs and said: `Oh, poor legs.’ ” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
PORTLAND – Greg Hale of Waterville pulled away on the second mile and coasted to victory Monday in the Portland Boys and Girls Club five-miler, the nation’s second-oldest road race. Hale, a 27-year-old engineer at S.D. Warren Co., was clocked at 24:36, 39 seconds ahead… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Robin Leclair scattered six hits and Chris Hunter rapped three singles to power Husson College of Bangor to a 4-2 win over Bowdoin in a women’s softball contest played Monday. Sue Lea contributed a double and a single for Husson, which upped its… Read More
BOSTON – Olympic champions Gelindo Bordin and Rosa Mota both made history Monday by becoming Boston Marathon champions. Bordin won the men’s marathon, becoming the first Italian and first Olympic champion to accomplish the feat. Mota, of Portgual, ran away with the women’s race for… Read More
BOSTON – Todd Coffin of Bath was the top Maine finisher in Monday’s Boston Marathon here posting a 48th-place position overall. Coffin, who ran the 26.2-mile course in a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, 4 seconds, finished 33 spots ahead of Orono’s Peter Millard,… Read More
Tuesday with… The other day, I took to thinking of all the bad and good things that have happened since Earth Day 1, 1970. Save for literally mutiliating what we settlers once proudly bragged of “the Maine woods,” we’ve saved some souls and improved matters… Read More
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GORHAM – Sue White tripled with the bases loaded to highlight a five-run third inning as the University of Southern Maine completed a sweep of its softball doubleheader with the University of Maine-Farmington here Monday. The Huskies posted a 5-4 win in the nightcap after… Read More
University of Maine women’s basketball coach Trish Roberts remained silent on the topic of her future in the wake of Monday’s announcement that Temple University coach Linda Hill-MacDonald will be the new head coach at Minnesota. Roberts, one of four finalists for the Minnesota post… Read More
Colby College of Waterville’s lacrosse and softball teams will be in action Tuesday, with the track and field team waiting until the weekend. – Thirteen-year head lacrosse coach Debby Pluck’s team is off to a 1-3 start but is expected to get into the winning… Read More
That three of the world’s major tuna sellers recognized the senselessness of allowing dolphins to die in tuna nets is welcome news. By refusing to accept tuna caught at the expense of dolphins, the H.J. Heinz Co., which owns Star-Kist, the Van Kamp Seafood Co., and Bumble Bee… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine freshman left fielder Chad White’s contact lenses have bothered him this spring. “But they didn’t today. I was seeing the ball a lot better,” said White, who had three hits and drove in four runs from the ninth spot in… Read More
COLLEGE REPORT Former Bangor High and University of Maine football great David Ingalls and longtime schoolboy coach and official Mike Haley were recently hired as full-time football assistants by head coach John Huard at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Trish Roberts said Monday night she will be back as head coach of the University of Maine women’s basketball team next season, now that her experience interviewing for the University of Minnesota job is over. “I had no intentions of leaving to begin with,” Roberts… Read More
Two hundred and forty years ago, Britain tried to deport the Acadians, settlers of French ancestry in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and the British did, by the thousands. It was an aggressive effort by the world’s then most powerful country to physically uproot an entire culture in… Read More
BIDDEFORD – Lisa Nejezchleba of host University of New England led the Scarlet Knights to a doubleheader sweep of Thomas College in softball action here Monday. The Knights won the first game 7-0 and took the second 2-1. In the second game, Nejezchleba hit a… Read More
While University of Maine sophomore shortstop Brian Seguin rolls along with a 27-game hitting streak, his double play partner, second baseman Tim Scott, has put together a nice little hitting streak of his own. Ellsworth’s Scott, also a sophomore, has hit in 10 consecutive games… Read More
HARMONY – The Harmony Comprehensive Planning Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, April 23, at the school. The public is invited. The principal item of business will be discussion of the committee’s goal No. 4 which reads: To encourage and promote affordable, decent housing… Read More
CALAIS – Principal Michael Chadwick of Calais High School has announced the following honor roll for the third quarter: Senior honors: Chris Beckett, Angelia Fader, Brian Kubeck-Gooding, Tobbie Lyons, Gabriel Parra-Garcia, Carrie Waycott, Paul Wheelock. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Risen from the ashes of a destructive fire, the newly rebuilt Cherryfield Inn will open its dining rooms for business at 6 a.m. Thursday, April 19. The inn’s 10 motel units, which were undamaged by the fire, will remain closed until after a renovation project that… Read More
THOMASTON — Nineteen college courses will begin the week of May 14 at the University of Maine at Augusta’s Thomaston Center. Day and evening classes are available and meet on varying days and times. Thirteen classes meet twice weekly for seven weeks while the remaining… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Maine Central Institute junior class president Aric of Pittsfield has been named winner of the Xerox Award in humanities-social sciences. Xerox Award winners are selected on the basis of scholarship in humanities, social sciences, leadership, and community service. Shorey will receive his Xerox… Read More
A recent article mentioned that the Maine Central Railroad bridge at the mouth of the Kenduskeag Stream was the reason sailing ships could no longer come up the stream a short distance. As a young lad I used to walk on this bridge to go… Read More
I’m 100 percent in support of national defense. But also let me make it clear that I’m against funding for the stealth fighter, at $106 million a copy, and the stealth bomber, at a whopping $530 million per plane. Probably these aircraft can do everything the Pentagon says… Read More
I’m 100 percent in support of national defense. But also let me make it clear that I’m against funding for the stealth fighter, at $106 million a copy, and the stealth bomber, at a whopping $530 million per plane. Probably these aircraft can do everything the Pentagon says… Read More
EAST CORINTH — Sarah M. Simpson of East Corinth was first runner-up in the Miss Maine U.S. Teen Pageant held April 7 in Rochester, N.H. The new Miss Maine Teen is Brenda Bridges of Wells. In addition to winning the first runner-up spot, Simpson was… Read More
MACHIAS — Machias police received a complaint of a possible theft at 9:38 p.m. Sunday from a night manager at the Machias Maineway Irving station. Patrolman Mark Burgess said Monday that he suspected “three or four juveniles” of taking about 12 bottles of wine coolers,… Read More
HOULTON — Twenty-two members of the seventh-grade Quest class at Houlton High School held a breakfast for area senior citizens last Friday. According to Joseph Feeney, assistant principal at the school and instructor for the class, the idea for the breakfast came up during a… Read More
DYER BROOK — W. Bruce Parsons, superintendent of schools for the Southern Aroostook Community School District, told the School Committee at its meeting last week that he would resign his position in SACSD at the end of June to accept a similar position in Jay. The resignation was… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Living in harmony with the earth, its other inhabitants and working for one’s values were among the themes voiced Monday by Tom Chappell, president of Tom’s of Maine, which produces environmentally sensitive personal products. A participant in the University of Maine at… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — The SAD 20 board of directors last week reviewed asbestos abatement projects planned for the district’s middle school during the April vacation. Superintendent Rodney Doody said at the April 12 meeting that SAD 20 would continue to work toward its goals of… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Madawaska School Committee dealt with housekeeping matters and its proposed 1990-91 school budget at its most recent meeting. The school committee elected its officers and subcommittee members for the 1990-91 school year. Joel Albert was elected chairman and Rodney MacWhinnie, vice chairman. Read More
CARIBOU — The occupational therapy department at Cary Medical Center will sponsor a fashion show to address the needs of people with special requirements. The program will display adaptive clothing appropriate for wheelchair users, arthritics, people who have arm and leg weakness and other medical… Read More
EASTON — The Easton High School honor roll for the third ranking period of the 1989-1990 school year has been released by school officials as follows. Seniors, high honors: Nicole Flewelling, Melissa Gibson and Robyn Libby; honors: Ginger Brock, Herb DeMerchant, Riqui Lunney, Jennifer Richardson,… Read More
JONESPORT — The concrete slab foundation for the new Superintendent of Schools office building will be poured this week by building contractor Byron Carver Jr. Carver said the building, including office facilities for Superintendent Bruce Crowley and his staff, should be completed by mid-June. Crowley… Read More
ROQUE BLUFFS — Norman Nelson Sr. of Roque Bluffs has announced that he is seeking the Washington County Democratic nomination as a District 3 county commissioner candidate in the primary election June 2. He hopes to be his party’s representative in the general election in November. Read More
WHITING — The Whiting Board of Selectmen has held its organizational meeting and elected selected Reinald Nielsen chairman. Also, the board decided not to call a special town meeting for voters to elect a selectman to fill the unexpired three-year term of Robert D. Jamieson, who resigned for… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Legislation signed into law last week by Gov. John R. McKernan will reduce the annual inspection fees for some owners of sewage-treatment systems that are licensed by the state for overboard discharge of the effluent. The new legislation also will prevent the state from assessing a… Read More
MACHIAS — State, county and local law enforcement representatives will converge on the Washington County Courthouse at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 18, for the annual law enforcement activities review with county commissioners. Commissioners Donald M. Grant, Thomas L. Brennan and Chairman Robert J. Gillis Jr. Read More
EASTPORT — The Aquatech Training Program of the Marine Trades Center will present a seminar on alternative species for aquaculture at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20. The seminar will be at the Washington County Technical College Marine Trades Center on Deep Cove Road in Eastport. Read More
PEMBROKE — Edward G. Sawyer of Anchorage, Alaska, the son of Muriel Sawyer of Pembroke started playing chess at 16 on a 50-cent chess set. Sawyer now is the top chess player in Alaska. Sawyer, rated a chess master by the U.S. Chess Federation, recently… Read More
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold two public information meetings in the region next month on plans to expand the Baring and Edmunds units of the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. The meetings will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at the Calais Senior Citizens Center… Read More
MILBRIDGE — Anatole Wieck will be the featured artist in the second program of Milbridge Chamber Concerts’ 1990 season at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22, at the Milbridge Congregational Church. Wieck, a soloist on the violin and viola, will be accompanied by Ginger Hwalek, piano. Read More
JONESPORT — Thieves took beer, wine, cigarettes and baseball cards during a break-in late Friday night or early Saturday morning at Stewart’s Grocery on Route 187, according to police who were investigating the case Monday. Some of the stolen merchandise, including three jugs of wine,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 1990 summer concert series of the Arcady Music Society will begin Wednesday, July 18, at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, and will continue for six subsequent Wednesdays. These concerts will also be held simultaneously at the Bangor Theological Seminary and at Bar Harbor. Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — Despite a large loss in state subsidy, the School Board has approved a proposed budget that is 4.5 percent higher than last year’s. Residents will consider action on the proposed budget during the annual town meeting May 22. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Terrance Daigle, the principal at Stearns High School in Millinocket, has announced the honor roll for the third ranking period: Seniors, highest honors: Kimberly Givens and Thomas Warman; high honors: Mikael Bergman, Kristen Bilodeau, Bradford Bingham, Jonathan Bingham, Danielle Brooks, Judd Burleigh, ,… Read More
LINCOLN — Richard C. Greenlaw, the principal at Mattanawcook Academy in Lincoln, has announced the honor roll for the third ranking period: Seniors, highest honors: Clarissa Sleeper and Jodi Smith; high honors: Keely Burnham, Jaimi Cole, Kristi Cooper, Tori Estabrook, William French, Wendi Ireland, Tonia… Read More
BROWNVILLE — The Brownville Water District reports that it has failed to monitor the Brownville water supply for coliform bacteria during the compliance period of June 1-30, 1989, and Sept. 1-30, 1989, as required by the state of Maine Drinking Water Regulations and the Federal Drinking Water Regulations. Read More
MILLINOCKET The following complaints were heard in 13th District Court in Millinocket before Judge Susan Calkins in the last four sessions through April 12: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
DEXTER — The following students have made the honor roll for the third quarter at Dexter Regional High School: Seniors, high honors: Kim Austin, Elizabeth Ranagan, Susan Reed, Nancy Ronco; Level II honors: Andrew Cohen, Michelle Cotta, Darcey Gagnon, Ginny Ham, Sonja Hargraves; Level III… Read More
DEXTER — Mary Clark Webster, minority leader of the Maine House of Representatives, was the guest speaker at the April 6 meeting of the Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis Club. Serving her third term in the House and her first term as minority leader, she is the… Read More
FARMINGTON — The Maine Environmental Education Association will hold the third annual “Environmental Education Exchange” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the University of Maine at Farmington. The conference is an opportunity for Maine’s educators to gather, share ideas, learn natural history information and… Read More
WATERVILLE — Stephen J. Kelleher has begun his duties as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Mid-Maine Medical Center in Waterville, according to William P. Spolyar, president of MMMC. Kelleher comes to Waterville from the Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center in Methuen, Mass., where he… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The Pittsfield Arts Club met recently at West Branch Terrace. Ginger Phelps of Orrington spoke on “Women of the 1800s.” She spoke of the lives of women who were the pioneers of the women’s movement. She said that women of the 1800s were… Read More
NEWPORT — The third-quarter honor roll at Nokomis Regional High School is as follows: Seniors, highest honors: Jason Breitweg, Dorian Gray, Davina Marston, Angela Ripton, Sheldon Stapleton; high honors: Matthew Baldwin, Donald Bean, Kelly Bean, Amy Bolstridge, Amy Boyce, Kirsten Brown, Cory Buck, Jennifer Clark,… Read More
In many schools throughout the state, laboratory chemicals, some no longer used in experiments, gather dust as they sit on shelves for years, even decades. Unlike wine, these chemicals don’t improve with age. In fact, some become hazardous over time and under certain circumstances they… Read More
NEWPORT The following cases were heard in 3rd District Court at Newport between April 5 and 11: 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++) {… Read More
BATH — A Maritime History Symposium will be held the first weekend of May. This year’s meeting, the 18th, brings together speakers and scholars from points around the globe. For the first time, the symposium will be held entirely on the museum grounds. The weekend program is open… Read More
ROCKPORT — Republicans and independents are invited to attend a debate at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at the Spinnaker Restaurant, between John S. McCormick Jr. and David F. Emery, candidates for the Republican nomination for U. S. representative. The debate will be the only… Read More
ROCKLAND — Firefighters aired a grievance before the City Council Monday night concerning a reduction in personnel. The union found at least one ally in Mayor Thomas Molloy who promised to support the addition of one person to the department to maintain three five-person shifts. Read More
BELFAST — Would a 90-day moratorium on a section of Route 3 discourage future development? Or would it serve to allow planning efforts in the city to develop appropriate zoning to protect the area? Members of the Planning Board and the Comprehensive Plan Committee were… Read More
ROCKLAND — SAD 5 is preparing for its annual kindergarten screening and school registration. Any child who is 5 years old on or before Oct. 15, is eligible to enter kindergarten in September. Screening and registration will be done by appointment only. Parents are urged to contact the… Read More
ROCKPORT — Marjorie Dodge, head librarian at the Rockport Public Library, announced that several special events will take place during National Library Week, April 22-28. During this week, schools and public libraries across the nation will hold “Family Read-Alouds,” with celebrity guests, who will read… Read More
BELFAST — The Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District is encouraging local churches, organizations and individuals to join the nationwide observance of Soil and Water Stewardship Week, April 29-May 6. The local district organization works throughout the year on soil and water conservation measures. Read More
ROCKPORT — According to Bob Smith, “When people think about a laboratory, usually the first thing that pops into their head is something technical, like a microscope or piece of sophisticated equipment.” Yet if Smith, who is laboratory manager at Penobscot Bay Medical Center has his way, people… Read More
BELFAST — The Bellamy Jazz Band will play at a dance to help support the rejuvenation of the Belfast Opera House. The benefit dance will be held starting at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Curling Club on Route 3. The Bellamy Jazz Band,… Read More
ISLESBORO — A reorganizational meeting of the School Committee was held last week. Diane Rolerson was elected chairman and Christopher Day was elected vice chairman and member of the Kinnicutt Center Committee. Thomas Engstrom was chosen as Islesboro’s representative to the Region 8 Cooperative Board. Read More
ROCKLAND — A bright future in Rockland for FMC Corp. was pronounced Monday by company officials. The occasion was the ground-breaking ceremonies of a $2.5 million facility on Thomaston Street. William Beck, vice president and group manager, FMC Chemical Products Group, told a group of… Read More
BLUE HILL — Radio station WERU-FM, 89.9 will celebrate its second anniversary by holding an open house all day Saturday, May 5 at the Neworld Henhouse. They will also repeat the popular fifteen minute On the Air program designed for people from the community to… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The municipal fur was flying again Monday night in Ellsworth as the City Council and residents got into another dog fight over proposed city appointments. After much discussion among the 100 or more residents who attended the meeting, the council appointed Elizabeth Hooper… Read More
Court officials found no more surprises while searching an evidence-storage room where dynamite was found earlier this month, according to a Penobscot County official. But it appears that the only definite clue to why it was there in the first place may have exploded with… Read More
A plan to open a shelter for the homeless in the shadow of City Hall is meeting opposition from the business community. Carol LaBella, executive director of Bangor Center Management Corp., said Monday that she had received letters from “about a dozen” downtown-property owners opposing… Read More
ORONO — The annual Daffodil Luncheon, sponsored by the Women of the Alliance of the Church of Universal Fellowship, will be served at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at the Parish House. Tickets will be $4.50 and are available from members of the Alliance and… Read More
WASHINGTON — A $931,000 libel award granted to a former CIA official from New Hampshire has been upheld by the Supreme Court. The court rejected without comment Monday an appeal by two brothers successfully sued by former Central Intelligence Agency official Max Hugel. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Easter this year, like most everything else around me these days, got semi-lost in the fogs of mid-life. We sort of celebrated Easter, and we sort of didn’t. Patterns cut out long ago and stored away for Easter had to be altered this year to accommodate new realities… Read More
The Brewer Board of Assessment Review Monday night denied a request by Walter Campbell for a tax abatement based on unfair assessment of his Silk Street home. A dissenting member of the board described the group as “hanging judges” and said that the board had… Read More
A small group of people protested the use of federal tax money for military expenditures Monday outside the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building in Bangor. Holding placards and distributing leaflets, several of the protesters said they were not paying their federal taxes in objection to… Read More
WASHINGTON — This is the bad news. The average Maine taxpayer will spend all of the money he or she earned during the first 123 days of 1990, until May 3, to pay federal, state and local taxes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
WASHINGTON — Just back from Moscow, Sen. George J. Mitchell said Monday that it’s unlikely that hardliners would be able to oust Mikhail Gorbachev and return the Soviet Union to the military-dominated, one-party society that former President Ronald Reagan once nicknamed the “Evil Empire.” Mitchell… Read More
Guest Column Everyone who pays taxes and cares about education should feel very good about the quality of education at this region’s vocational high school — and very angry about why it’s still being kicked around by some school districts and this newspaper. I recently… Read More
ORONO — Nineteen caribou from the Maine Caribou Project have been transported from the pens at the University of Maine to the wild in the northern part of the state, according to the leader of the project. During the past week most of the caribou… Read More
WOOLWICH — A 76-year-old Wiscasset woman was killed Sunday in a two-car collision on U.S. 1, state police said. Madalyn Franzen died instantly when the station wagon she was riding in collided with another vehicle which had just crested a hill, according to Trooper William… Read More
CONWAY, N.H. — In 1976, the Dansk Furniture Co. opened the first bargain outlet store in the quaint village of North Conway. Last month, Eddie Bauer opened the 100th. In 1970, Route 16 — the only thoroughfare through town — averaged 8,000 vehicles a day. Read More
ORONO — The new date for the Pine Tree Music Competition is Saturday, June 2, in Lord Hall at the University of Maine. The program was originally set for March 31 in Augusta, but was postponed owing to a snowstorm. Three young musicians, all of… Read More
Disc jockey Chuck Foster has developed a unique formula for keeping his voice in good shape: rest, vitamins, cigarettes and coffee. “My voice is my life,” Foster said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
A memorial service for Victoria Crandall, founder of the Maine State Theater, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22, at the First Parish Church in Brunswick. Glenn Burris, who performed in Crandall’s earliest productions 30 years ago, will sing at the service. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
From the 1891 NEWS Bangor, Me. A rather pretty sight may be seen in the window of the New England Dispatch Company’s office on Mercantile square. It is a litter of fine Irish Setter pups and the mother. The pups are handsome and are of… Read More
Will the newspaper you’re reading become bedding for a cow or horse? It might if Brian Rogers gets hold of it. Rogers is a businessman from Oxford who is working to make a commercial success of his young recycling business. Last year, he started recycling… Read More
BOSTON — The New England unemployment rate jumped to 3.9 percent last year after six straight years of declines, and economists predicted Monday the rate would surpass the national average this year. The 1989 regional average compared with a 3.1-percent unemployment rate in 1988, according… Read More
WATERVILLE — Colby College was the forum Monday night for a lively discussion about gun control, gun restraints and the Legislature’s responsibilities toward gun control or gun freedom. The two debaters were Speaker of the House of Representatives John L. Martin, who is opposed to… Read More
Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. has notified employees that it will close the company headquarters in Norwalk, Conn., and a smaller office nearby, according to a spokesman. “No exact date has been established (for the closing), but it is expected between June 11 and June 29,”… Read More
A handbook describing the benefits available to veterans and their dependents has been updated for 1990 by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents describes in detail eligibility requirements, timetables for applying and where to apply. To order Federal Benefits for… Read More
WATERVILLE — The Colby College board of trustees has voted to set Colby’s total fee for the 1990-91 school year at $20,400, an increase of 7.5 percent above the fee this year. Colby’s budget will increase 8.6 percent to $47.9 million. A major part of… Read More