SPEEDWAY 95 POINT STANDINGS Through June 10, 1990 Sportsman: John Kalel 214, Gary Bellefleur 210, Moe Blanchard 206, Casey Nash 169, Shawn Tucker 154, Don Alexander Jr. 132, Matt Gillie 122, Derrick Steeves 118, Bob Coburn 111, Don Alexander Sr. 38 googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    Irish beat Fleet Bank The Irish defeated Fleet Bank 9-4 in Bangor West Side Lassie League action Wednesday. Kori Dionne singled twice, tripled and doubled, Emily Ayer doubled twice and singled twice and Beth Treadwell added three singles for the 4-4 Irish. For Fleet, now… Read More
    JUNE 16-17 At Hampden, F&S Softball Classic, Classes C and D, round robin; $85 entry fee. Call Hal Furrow at 990-2502 or 942-1039. JUNE 22-24 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
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    PITTSFIELD – At first glance, Maine Central Institute’s Darcy Falvey doesn’t look like much standing at the plate. Especially when only 40 feet away is an imposing power pitcher such as Bucksport’s freshman phenom Jen Wardwell. As the saying goes, though, looks aren’t everything. The… Read More
    Bangor tryouts today The Bangor American Legion baseball team will be holding tryouts Thursday at 4 p.m. at Garland Street Field in Bangor. High School students attending high schools in Hermon, Bangor, John Bapst, and Bangor Christian are invited to try out and must bring… Read More
    C-D BASEBALL The Piscataquis Community Pirates mounted a fourth-inning comeback and the Greenville Lakers had a 10-run sixth inning to help each team capture Eastern Maine schoolboy baseball titles in games played Wednesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    JUNE 23-24 At Dexter, sportsman’s show, honoring 45th year of Dexter Fish & Game Association at Dexter Regional High School June 23 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., June 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; information may be obtained from Robert Lindsay Jr. at… Read More
    MTA open tournament PORTLAND – The Maine Tennis Association will sponsor the 20th A&J Open tennis tournament here at Deering Oaks Park June 16-17. Divisions offered include men’s singles open, women’s singles open and mixed doubles. Age groups offered for 35-over, 45-over and 55-over. Entry… Read More
    ORONO – John Shaw pitched a two-hitter as the Molunkus Travelers posted a 5-2 Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League victory over the Waterville Red Sox Wednesday night at Mahaney Diamond here. Shaw struck out 9 and walked 6 to improve his record to 2-0. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    AUGUSTA – 1990’s answer to the 64,000-permit question was Craige W. Niles of Yarmouth. Niles’ name was the first to be drawn from a drum containing the applications of 64,777 Maine residents who were seeking a permit to hunt moose in Maine this fall. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Bangor had the bases loaded and one out in the third inning. The Rams were a couple of hits away from taking a commanding lead in Wednesday’s Eastern Maine Class A baseball championship game against Cony at McGuire Field. Enter Cony senior Scott… Read More
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    EASTERN MAINE BASEBALL SATURDAY, JUNE 9 Class C Sem Piscataquis 14, Madawaska 1 Lee Acad. 2, Washington Acad. 1 Class D Semifinals googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
    Take a car ride around the city of Brewer on a nice spring, summer, or fall day and you may see some kids booting a soccer ball around on the Pendleton Street field while others jog a few miles around the track. Continue your ride up Parkway South… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – You would think the law of averages would favor Bucksport in their Eastern Maine Class B schoolboy baseball final against Ellsworth here Wednesday. After all, Ellsworth had beaten the Bucks three times during the regular season. But it never came into play because… Read More
    Legends tops Bangor Blast Al Tripp scored two goals to lead Legends to a 4-2 victory over the Bangor Blast in Central Maine Summer Soccer League action at Union Street Field Wednesday in Bangor. Howard Green and Lythem Alasfour both added a goal apiece for… Read More
    Led by its nucleus of highly motivated seniors, the Brewer High softball team steamrolled to the Eastern Maine Class A title Wednesday, whipping Cony of Augusta 12-3 in the regional championship game at the Brewer High field. The victory earned the second-seeded Witches (16-3) a… Read More
    University of Maine Clinics ORONO – The University of Maine will host a series of field hockey clinics this summer. Information may be obtained from Jeri Waterhouse, head field hockey coach of the University of Maine: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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    Hal Knowles, vice president and operations manager at Bangor Roofing & Sheet Metal, joined the company in June 1965 as a sheet-metal apprentice. “I didn’t know anything about sheet metal at the time,” Knowles said. A Bangor High School graduate, Knowles had enlisted in the… Read More
    The three women who form the office staff at Bangor Roofing & Sheet Metal handle various jobs, including the paperwork for the roofing department and the sheet-metal department. Elda J. Blaylock, the administrative manager, came to Bangor Roofing as a receptionist in October 1974. She… Read More
    Noel Sirabella, executive vice president and treasurer at Bangor Roofing & Sheet Metal, graduated from Brewer High School in June 1964. A month later, he reported to Bangor Roofing as a sheet-metal apprentice. The company had just moved into a new building at 116 Parkway… Read More
    Brewer City Council Chairman Ronald Harriman removed from the agenda Wednesday a potentially controversial request that the School Committee cut $150,000 from its budget request. During a 10-minute meeting, members of the School Committee waited to lobby against the item, the last on the agenda. Read More
    UPPER FRENCHVILLE — Dr. Levesque School Principal Fern Desjardins has announced that fourth-graders scored considerably higher than the state average in most areas on the Maine Educational Assessment test. According to Desjardins, scores of all areas tested were above the state average except in science,… Read More
    TURNER — The property inside a plaza operated by businessman Anthony J. Casella is about to be auctioned, but the sale won’t include the printing machines that got Casella into trouble with the Federal Trade Commission, an auctioneer said Wednesday. Casella is the owner of… Read More
    MILO — For 12 years, Ann Chenery, principal of the Milo Elementary School, has served as director of the annual spring musical presented by the school. She retires this month after having served 32 years in the field of education. Her final production was held Tuesday at the… Read More
    Shooting starts today for “Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift,” a $10.5-million motion picture being filmed in the greater Bangor area. The movie, based on a short story from Stephen King’s collection “Night Shift,” will be shooting for six weeks at a half-dozen area locations, including the… Read More
    I really don’t expect you to print this letter since I haven’t seen any other complaints, and I can’t believe there are not any. Since you have increased the price of the paper, surely your readers should get more than mutilated pages, pictures that are… Read More
    Looking for ways to get a handle on the municipal budget, the Bangor City Council turned its attention Wednesday night to the City Nursing Facility. Every year during budget deliberations, councilors bemoan the size of the subsidy required by the so-called Bangor city hospital. Some… Read More
    Perhaps if Quebec splits from Canada on June 23, the Maritime provinces will become states. But will they want to give up their national health care plan? I don’t think so. Let’s get our government to do something responsible about its citizens and devise a… Read More
    After reading Lenna Johnson June 7 letter on the death of her pet by a hit-and-run driver, I decided to write about the person who hit our cocker spaniel and killed her on contact. I live on Central Street in Bucksport which is a drag… Read More
    I would like to respond to letters published in the Bangor Daily News which express support for Applied Energy Services’ proposed coal-fired co-generation power plant at Harriman Cove in Bucksport. Though I believe their intentions are good, it is obvious the authors are considering only one side of… Read More
    Many years ago I was told that loons only mate once in their lifetime. I listened to the story with some doubt. I live at East Grand Lake in the summer and for the past three years a single loon has come out in front… Read More
    We recently had the 25th anniversary of the Carmel Alumni Association (CAA) and as Clement is retiring as treasurer we would like to say thank you to all the many people who have supported CAA; those who donated to the Scholarship Fund, the volunteers who have helped set… Read More
    John Ripley’s article on the 40th anniversary of Margaret Chase Smith’s condemning Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist stand brought back memories. We Maineiacs were all very proud of our courageous senator and the country responded. In Ripley’s article he said Mrs. Smith’s latest interest is voter… Read More
    HARMONY — Resentment by some Harmony residents over state-mandated code enforcement regulations may lie at the root of his problems with town officials, former code enforcement officer Donald Moscrip said recently. Moscrip took issue with comments made at a special town meeting last week concerning… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Two different programs will be offered to children ages 4 to 12 every Friday, beginning June 29, at Shaw Public Library this summer. Super story hour is back again this year for the younger set. First a story will be told, and then… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Triboard, which comprises members of the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Board of Selectmen, is winding up its review and creation of the town’s mandated comprehensive plan. With the aid and advice of Master Planner Hans Klunder of New Hampshire,… Read More
    PASSADUMKEAG — Lillian Marquis was re-elected master of Passadumkeag Grange at a recent meeting. Other officers are: Charles White, overseer; Marion Stuart, lecturer; James Smith, steward; Bruce Tilton, assistant steward; Barbara Tilton, lady assistant steward; Fannie Beers, chaplain; Grace Emery, treasurer; Darlene Ireland, secretary; Helen… Read More
    MILO — Robert Gates Jr., principal of Penquis Valley High School in Milo, has announced the fourth-quarter honor roll as follows: Seniors, high honors: Ryan Bradeen and Stephanie Coles; honors: David Brown, Christie Eastman, Renee Garland, Ryan Hayes, Ralph Jones, Jamie Morrill, Ann Snowdale, Donna… Read More
    MILO — Class elections were held at Penquis Valley High School in Milo the final week of school. Results are 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;… Read More
    FARMINGTON — An experimental collaborative time program for SAD 9 elementary school teachers has been a qualified success, according to researchers from the University of Maine at Farmington. “It’s our feeling that the program was successful this year, and would develop and improve if it… Read More
    DEXTER — By more than a 2-to-1, the majority of voters in Dexter indicated Tuesday they want an ordinance that will prohibit nude and seminude dancing acts from performing in local, commercial establishments. At the primary election Tuesday in Dexter, voters were given an advisory… Read More
    Kenneth Coombs of Jackman, Dorothy Rotondi of Athens, Norman Dean of Madison and William Reed of Dexter were the winners in the contested legislative races in Somerset and western Penobscot counties Tuesday. Although Merle Lloyd of Anson carried his home town 68-8, over the Jackman… Read More
    LINCOLN — Homecoming ’90 will get off to a rousing start Wednesday, July 18, with a softball tournament, a staged Civil War Living History featuring the 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, a picnic and a 195th Army Band Concert. An agricultural fair, vaudeville, magic show, bake… Read More
    PARKMAN — Conrad Rollins was appointed by the Parkman Board of Selectmen to fill a vacancy on the School Administrative District 4 board of directors. Rollins will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Philip Worden, until the annual town meeting in March 1991. Read More
    A story Tuesday on the Penobscot page about a mishap at the Bangor YWCA pool contained an error. William Spear, who was taken to the Eastern Maine Medical Center after ingesting water, was not taking swimming lessons, as reported. Spear was working with a therapist from the Maine… Read More
    FORT KENT — One hundred thirty seven seniors graduated at commencement exercises Sunday at Fort Kent Community High School. In addition to receiving their diplomas, several members of the Class of 1990 were lauded for academic excellence and participation in school and community activities and… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The Limestone Parks and Recreation Department in conjunction with Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Presque Isle will sponsor the Pepsi northeast softball championship in Limestone, Friday, June 29, through Sunday, July 1. The event will be sanctioned by the American Softball Association. Only current… Read More
    HODGDON — The SAD 70 board of directors Monday night unanimously accepted a new district policy covering challenged materials. The policy was developed after some district parents complained last fall that a book being used in a seventh-grade classroom was inappropriate for school use and… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Van Buren voters filled eight municipal positions and approved amendments to their town charter in town elections Tuesday. Voters approved all three charter amendment referendum questions. They voted 247-89 in favor of limiting town councilors to two consecutive terms; 247-73 for shortening… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Sherman Whitmore of Perham recently received a Maine Job Start Loan to purchase a truck which will be used to deliver firewood to customers in central Aroostook County. The Finance Authority of Maine Job Start Loan is administered in Aroostook County by… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Uncontested Democrats at the top of the ticket outpolled uncontested Republicans Tuesday in Aroostook County in one of the lightest primary election votes ever. Perhaps symbolic of voter apathy was tiny Bancroft in southern Aroostook with 35 registered voters. No one voted. Read More
    CLAIR, New Brunswick — Moulees Atlantic Feeds Ltd., a firm specializing in the manufacture of feed for hogs, dairy cattle and poultry, will create about 15 jobs in the Clair, New Brunswick, area. Remy Corriveau, Moulees Atlantic president, recently acquired Nadeau Moulees Ltd. As owner… Read More
    CLAIR, New Brunswick — Moulees Atlantic Feeds Ltd., a firm specializing in the manufacture of feed for hogs, dairy cattle and poultry, will create about 15 jobs in the Clair, New Brunswick, area. Remy Corriveau, Moulees Atlantic president, recently acquired Nadeau Moulees Ltd. As owner… Read More
    MACHIAS — Pleasant Point Police Chief Frederick Moore’s preference for a tackle box over the ballot box forced a two-hour delay in counting 19 primary election ballots cast Tuesday at Pleasant Point. Clerk Mary J. Smith said Tuesday night that Moore apparently took the ballot… Read More
    MACHIAS — A community project of the National Honor Society at Machias Memorial High School has raised $25 to help in the rehabilitation of sick and injured wild birds and animals. The funds have been donated to Dr. Gail Kraus, professor of marine biology at the University of… Read More
    MILBRIDGE — Opinions expressed at a public hearing Tuesday appeared divided about a possible solution to alleged nighttime problems of drinking, litter, and motor-vehicle noise in the parking lots of businesses between Mill and Bridge streets. The selectmen called the hearing in response to a… Read More
    The caption under a photograph in the May 19 newspaper incorrectly identified Claude Pelletier as mayor of Riviere du Loup, Quebec. Pelletier is a city councilor for the St. Francois section of Riviere du Loup. He has served as acting mayor in the past. Read More
    CLAIR, New Brunswick — Moulees Atlantic Feeds Ltd., a firm specializing in the manufacture of feed for hogs, dairy cattle and poultry, will create about 15 jobs in the Clair, New Brunswick, area. Remy Corriveau, Moulees Atlantic president, recently acquired Nadeau Moulees Ltd. As owner… Read More
    CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Brunswick — Amateur radio operators from Washington County and the Province of New Brunswick will give a public demonstration of emergency radio communications all day Saturday and Sunday, June 23 and 24, at Friar’s Head in Roosevelt Campobello International Park. The Campobello… Read More
    MACHIAS — Machias police are investigating a burglary believed to have taken place over the weekend at the Gingham Shop on Route 1 in Machias. The break-in was not discovered until Tuesday morning when the shop’s owner, Linda Throckmorton of Cutler, arrived to open the… Read More
    EMBDEN — The regular monthly meeting of the Embden Historical Society was held Monday, May 21, at the Embden Town House. Cecil Cross and Paul Dickey presented reports on old roads in Embden. Because there was great interest in the topic and there are several… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The Sebasticook Valley Hospital Auxiliary held its annual meeting May 24 at Wright’s Emporium. A report was given on the recent blood drive which was directed by Kathy Brooks. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    DEXTER — Three DeMolay boys from Bangor gave a talk on flowers at the May 28 meeting of the Wassookeag Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. Phyllis Ireland, past grand Electa, recited a poem and gave a reading. Recognized at the meeting were S. Jean… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN The following cases were heard in 12th District Court, Skowhegan, June 5-11: 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++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if… Read More
    THORNDIKE — Residents attending this week’s SAD 3 budget hearing voted 72 to 36 to approve a budget package calling for expenditures of $8,394,877 for the coming year. The 1990-91 budget is 10 percent higher than last year. Although the percentage of increase could be… Read More
    TREMONT — Objections by the Tremont Planning Board and Harbor Committee Tuesday evening to the latest plans by developer Edward Von Papen for a large-scale marina in Bass Harbor led them to request him to present further revisions to the boards next week. At a… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Registration for George Stevens Academy’s Summer School is open and will run until July 3. Registration in both enrichment and academic courses may be obtained by phoning the academy’s Development Office at 374-2800 between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Anticipated courses in… Read More
    BLUE HILL — George Stevens Academy recently was awarded a school-based Innovative Educational Grant of $4,500 through the Maine State Department of Educational and Cultural Services. The grant program, awarded for the 1990-91 school year, is titled “Haystack Young Writer’s Symposium.” All high schools in… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Theresa M. Cohen, 65, of Bangor broke her right ankle in three places Tuesday while hiking on a trail between Cadillac and Dorr mountains at Acadia National Park, National Park Service rangers reported. After being rescued, Cohen was taken to the Mount… Read More
    ORONO — The City Council neared its goal of paring down the projected 24.5 percent tax increase to 15 percent Wednesday by juggling funds in some accounts and remaining optimistic about others. Operating on the assumption that “people in town are not going to enjoy… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — With a concerted sales effort, the Grand Auditorium could receive a financial boost this summer in donated profits from book sales. “A Bicentennial Pictorial of Hancock County” will arrive in Ellsworth early next week, according to Jack Maguire, Ellsworth branch manager of Key… Read More
    HOLDEN — It might have been a scene from a Sunday afternoon movie as the people of this small community attended the annual town meeting Wednesday night and voted to save the old town hall. Claiming community heritage and historic character as reasons to save… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Theresa M. Cohen, 65, of Bangor broke her right ankle in three places Tuesday while hiking on a trail between Cadillac and Dorr mountains at Acadia National Park, National Park Service rangers reported. After being rescued, Cohen was taken to the Mount… Read More
    The mother of Nathan Wade Conley, the teen-ager who was acquitted Tuesday in the killing of a farmer in Norway, agreed to pay for the damage her son did to a window at Bangor Furniture Co. Conley ran out of the Penobscot County Courthouse minutes… Read More
    WASHINGTON — It’s time to begin criminal prosecution of the bankers, government officials and members of Congress responsible for the savings and loan scandal, Rep. Olympia J. Snowe said Wednesday. Citing the enormous projected costs of the S&L scandal — as high as $1.4 trillion… Read More
    Now that John M. Poindexter has been sentenced to six months in prison for his part in the Iran-Contra affair and others, including Oliver North, have been convicted or pleaded guilty, the American public can begin to assess whether justice was carried out. From the… Read More
    Despite the perceptions of some taxpayers, individual state income tax returns are being processed at the same rate as last year, according to figures compiled by the Maine Bureau of Taxation. Robert W. Meskers, deputy state tax assessor, said the bureau received about 511,000 personal… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Is President Bush upset that Kennebunkport Police Chief John Prescott was passed over by Sen. William S. Cohen in the search for a new federal marshal for Maine? That’s a rumor making the rounds of Maine’s federal court system. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 76-year-old resident of Sorrento lost his bid to become the first man on the board of directors of the League of Women Voters, but he received praise from delegates attending the group’s national convention. Nancy Neuman, outgoing president of the league,… Read More
    Sometime this morning, one of the most famous symbols of the Cold War will be removed after three decades of service as a physical connection between East and West. Checkpoint Charlie, a one-story building and crossing area in the Berlin Wall, will be carted away… Read More
    The largest subdivision proposal ever to come before Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission is scheduled for a public hearing Thursday evening in Lee. The Penobscot Indian Nation has applied to subdivide 2,140 acres on Upper Sysladobsis Lake in Lakeville into 112 residential lots. In order… Read More
    Guest Column This spring, representatives of Bangor Area Peace in Central America (PICA) met with Sen. George Mitchell, in Washington and in Bangor. Our purpose: to urge him to assume leadership in ending aid to El Salvador. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    The Maine congressional delegation has announced federal grants, awards and contracts received during April: From the Department of Agriculture: $54,979 to the Maine Department of Education for start-up costs in local school nutrition programs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    Guest Column In the past, former Public Utilities Commissioner David Moskovitz has expressed opinions which I and many others had considered to be pretty enlightened. But a recent guest column of his in the Bangor Daily News seems to defy reason. Its title and general… Read More
    Theater review “Do you really think there’s a phantom of the opera?” asks Andre Viscompte de Chahny in Gene Traylor’s melodramatic tale “The Phantom of the Opera.” After at least four movies and one smash-hit musical that bear the title of Gaston Leroux’s classic novel,… Read More
    AMITY — If all goes as planned, the Arthur E. Howell Wildlife Refuge in Amity will become the next home for two of Maine’s transplanted caribou herd. Arthur Howell Jr., founder and manager of the refuge, said Wednesday that he is working with personnel in… Read More
    The foreman of the jury that aquitted Jay Snow said Wednesday there were major flaws in the state’s case charging the Norway teen-ager with robbing and shooting Lucien Frechette at his Norway farm. “We could not even see him as being there,” said Steve Hiltz… Read More