Feathers ‘n Fins So incessant were the sounds of waterfowl populating the sprawling saltmarshes at the head of what now is known as the Bay of Fundy, that the settlers who arrived there during the mid-1600s named one of their villages Tintamarre. Not surprisingly, the… Read More
    Motor Sports Once again, the best late model sportsman drivers in the eastern part of the country will be at the True Value Hardware Oxford 250. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    ORONO – The Bangor-Brewer Twins split a doubleheader with Hilltop Campground of Calais-Machias here Friday at Mahaney Diamond in Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League action. In the first game, Bangor-Brewer defeated Hilltop 12-2. Hilltop came back to post a 10-3 win in the second game. Read More
    1989 – Jamie Aube, No. Ferrisburg, Vt. 1988 – Dick McCabe, Kennebunkport 1987 – Jamie Aube, No. Ferrisburg, Vt. 1986 – Chuck Bown, Franconia, N.H. 1985 – Dave Dion, Hudson, N.H. 1984 – Mike Rowe, Turner, Maine 1983 – Tommy Ellis, Richmond, Va. 1982 – Mike Barry, Bolton,… Read More
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    University of Maine Director of Athletics Kevin White is staying put. White was one of three finalists for the University of Connecticut’s AD job but withdrew his name on Friday and will begin his fourth year at Maine this fall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    For 35 years, the polarities of the NATO alliance and Warsaw Pact countries, which originally pitted U.S. dollars against the Soviet military presence in Eastern Europe, drew clear ideological lines and left little doubt of who was the opposition. The West’s need for a strong, unified body to… Read More
    It is always a unique thrill to travel to Fenway Park in Boston. Yet, my most recent sojourn to Beantown held special significance. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    The Maine summer bicycle racing season heats up this weekend as two races will be held Sunday in Skowhegan and Camden. The second Veterans for Peace Bike Race Series race will start at the Shop ‘n Save parking lot on Route 201 in Skowhegan. This… Read More
    Jamie Aube of North Ferrisburg, Vt., has won two of the last three Oxford 250s. This Sunday, he will attempt to become the first driver in the 17-year history of the race to win for the third time. Aube, who is the two-time defending NASCAR… Read More
    Two of the most successful drivers ever to drive around the Oxford Plains Speedway head a field of 63 drivers looking to make the feature of the 17th running of the richest short track race in the nation – the $213,000 True Value Hardware Oxford 250. Read More
    For the record, Ramiz Alia, president of Albania, pointed out that all of the 400 Albanians who sought asylum in foreign embassies this week were either criminals or deluded adolescents. Considering that the asylum-seekers’ display of dissatisfaction with their country was illegal and that any teen-ager hoping to… Read More
    ORONO – When Ohio State is mentioned, most people think of football, but Ohio State field hockey coach Karen Weaver hopes to change that. Beginning her fourth year as head coach of the Ohio State University field hockey team, the former collegiate All-American hopes to… Read More
    Skowhegan’s Log Drivers have qualified for the State American Legion Baseball Tournament the previous two years, finishing second in Zone 2 two years ago and second in Zone 1 last season. A third consecutive state tourney berth is still a possibility, but the Log Drivers… Read More
    “Anything coming, dear?” “No, just a bicyclist.” This is perhaps a typical conversation at any given intersection or driveway all across this city. I am a bicyclist tired of sharing the road with motorists who seem to believe bicyclists have no rights. “Just” a bicyclist. Read More
    Tammi Baron, 21, Dixmont, was arrested in Bangor Saturday morning and charged with being an habitual offender. She was taken to Penobscot County Jail and was scheduled to appear in 3rd District Court on Aug. 13. Bruce Buckley, 36, Bangor, was arrested in Bangor and… Read More
    Canada Maritimes Supplement ST. ANDREWS — Less than 180 years ago, people living in St. Andrews watched for American privateers sailing across Passamaquoddy Bay to attack the coastal town during the War of 1812. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
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    Canada Maritime Supplement Dr. James Murray and his wife, Marion, raised five sons and a daughter in Springhill, Nova Scotia, a coal-mining town located about a half hour’s drive from Moncton, New Brunswick. Their daughter, Morna Anne, was born June 20, 1945 — and at… Read More
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    AUBURN — Dr. Richard C. Conrath, president of Central Maine Technical College, has announced he will resign his post to accept a position in Wilmington, N.C. John Fitzsimmons, president of the Technical College System, said that Conrath, upon approval by a North Carolina board, will… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Michael L. Gundel, with 22 years’ experience as an educator and administrator, was named Friday as the new principal of Rockland District High School. Subject to confirmation by the school board, which is considered a formality, Gundel will be paid $46,000. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Two new firefighters and a new assistant librarian have been hired, City Manager Cathy Smith Sleeper announced Friday. Joining the Fire Department were Kevin McGuire of Woolwich and Patrick O’Connor, a native of Colorado who now resides at Camden. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Forty-four 11-year-olds from around the globe are gathering at the J.A. Leonard Middle School to learn firsthand about things that they may have only read about in textbooks. For one month, young people from the Faroe Islands, Canada, France, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A 36-year-old Madison man has been sentenced to six years in prison upon conviction of two counts of unlawful sexual contact. Charges against Carroll A. Dean were heard by a Knox County jury in a change of venue case. Justice Bruce Chandler sentenced… Read More
    CORINNA — Country music enthusiasts will gather at Clinton this Sunday for a jamfest at the Clinton Fairgrounds from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. One of the featured performers will be 11-year-old Craig Parker of Corinna who will perform with the Country Blend Band at… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Six houses, two gardens and the Waterville Historical Society Museum on Silver Street will be part of a house and garden tour conducted by the Mid-Maine Medical Center Auxiliary from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 11. The tour and luncheon are… Read More
    MADAWASKA — St. John Valley residents, visitors and members of the Bouchard family were busy with the flurry of activities brought to Madawaska through two concurrent celebrations last week. Carol Waltman, vice president of the 13th annual Acadian Festival, said the celebration of the Valley’s… Read More
    FARMINGTON The following cases were heard in 12th District Court, Farmington, June 25-29. 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
    EASTON — The suit filed last week by the state against J.M. Huber Co. for alleged violations of its production limit and air-emissions license at the waferboard plant in Easton, also involved the federal government. On Friday when Richard York, Easton plant manager, was asked… Read More
    STEUBEN — The 1990 property-tax bills — slightly more than 900 of them — were mailed Friday to almost equal numbers of resident and non-resident taxpayers. The 1990 tax commitment is $463,919, an increase of about 11 percent over the 1989 tax commitment. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    MILO — SAD 41 directors have approved the legal paperwork to assess district towns at a total of $964,204 for the 1990-91 operating budget, the same as the total for last year. Assessments for the adult education program also were approved. SAD 41 towns are Atkinson, Brownville, LaGrange,… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A tour of the Richard Johnson Farm will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 15. The farm is 4 1/2 miles east of Dover-Foxcroft on Route 6 and 16. Signs will be posted. Kathy Elliot, a wildlife biologist with the Cooperative Extension… Read More
    The Howland High School Class of 1945 celebrated its 45th class reunion Saturday, June 16, at Miller’s Restaurant in Bangor. Of 22 graduates, one, Joyce Chamberlain Kilbride of Lincoln, has died. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    Fish ‘n Chips A visit to the nation’s capital can be a memorable experience. There are the famous monuments, memorials, cemeteries, museums and federal installations to be visited. All are open free. That’s if you don’t stop to consider that it’s your tax dollars that… Read More
    ROCKLAND — People’s Heritage Bank was awarded the contract Friday to supply the county with $4.9 million in short-term notes for the financing of the new county jail. The county was obligated to seek private financing for at least one year when low-interest money from… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Blue Hill Memorial Hospital’s Eldercare program will sponsor a lecture titled “Guardianship” beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, at the Deer Run Apartments in Deer Isle. Eleanor Bruchey of the Bangor-based Legal Services for the Elderly will discuss the legal arrangements… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Nylander Museum in Caribou will hold the exhibitions “Native American Medicinal Herbs” and “Fruits of Decay” until Sept. 16. The medicinal-herb exhibit focuses on 30 of the native plants found in the Medicinal Herb Garden at the rear of the museum. Through… Read More
    Troopers assigned to Maine State Police Troop F at Houlton are investigating the following incidents that occurred recently in Aroostook County: Trooper Garfield Holmes is investigating a criminal mischief incident that took place on Route 158 in Sherman Mills in which rocks were thrown through… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Machias Bay Chamber Concerts will open its 21st season with a solo piano performance by Masanobu Ikemiya at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, in the sanctuary of the Center Street Congregational Church. Ikemiya’s program will combine the “Appassionata” sonata by Beethoven with… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Wood carving demonstrations, a documentary video about Wendell Gilley, and a selection of nature videos are part of the daily offerings to visitors at the Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving. The documentary is shown Tuesday through Sunday at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Approximately 20 residents of Malvern Belmont and Rodick Lorraine congregate facilities are participating in a hot meal program being provided by grant from the state to the Housing Authority for the Elderly in Bar Harbor. Working in cooperation with Mount Desert Island Hospital, whose kitchen… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The Arcady Music Festival announces that its 10th season will run from July 16 through Aug. 28. Highlighting the 1990 summer series will be performances by the Leningrad Boys’ Choir in July and the Leningrad Chamber Orchestra in August. This will be the Boys’ Choir… Read More
    DEER ISLE — Haystack Mountain School of Crafts announces its third season of public programs. All programs will begin at 8 p.m. Monday, July 9 — Chris Staley, clay, and Nance O’Banion, fiber and paper. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The following nine divorces were granted on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences during May in 2nd District Court by Judge David B. Griffiths. Daniel Bagley of Dover-Foxcroft, and Candie Bagley of Presque Isle, married in Madison, Aug. 31, 1986. Mother granted custody… Read More
    I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m sick to death of the naive yuppy movie stars who are running around shooting their mouths off about the decimation of the Earth’s ecosystem. It’s easy for the Tom Cruises and Meryl Streeps to pop off about pollution… Read More
    As one of the physicians whose expertise Kenneth Barker questions in his letter of June 21, I feel compelled to respond to his strident defense of cruel and useless sleep deprivation experiments on cats conducted by Barker’s colleague, John Orem at Texas Tech University. Several… Read More
    The spotted owl and logging in the Northwest have been featured a lot in the news lately. I thought that you might appreciate hearing a few views from a visiting resident of Oregon, where the issue directly affects the lives of so many. Like most… Read More
    My thanks to Eva Murray of Matinicus (Readers Write, June 29) for her protest against the treatment of Newfoundland in the press during the Meech Lake incident. The relative ignorance of readers, including the NEWS staff, was to be expected. Even after reluctant involvement in two world wars… Read More
    Wednesday’s Fourth of July parade had its share of politics, including some of which was unwanted and did not keep with the spirit of the event, the parade’s chairman said Friday. While in the past some groups had marched in parades carrying protest signs and… Read More
    LaGRANGE — A woman was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center Thursday night after the car she was driving and another car collided head-on at a sharp curve on Route 155 in LaGrange. Margaret Stephens, 45, of Cardville was treated at EMMC in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    An effort to defrost a refrigerator that went awry had the Bangor Fire Department scrambled Friday afternoon and sent one person to the hospital. Greg Gallant, 23, a student at Beal College, was using a knife to chink ice out of a freezer Friday morning… Read More
    Gov. John R. McKernan and U.S. Rep. Joseph E. Brennan are acting like two little brats in a schoolyard, and cry-babies at that, as they taunt and tease each other in this year’s campaign for governor. They alternate between whining and bragging, but neither contender… Read More
    BOSTON — Two Christian Science parents convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of their 2 1/2-year-old son were placed on 10 years’ probation Friday and ordered to seek immediate medical attention if any of their three other children shows signs of serious illness. David… Read More
    STANDISH — Foreseeing tough competition among private colleges, St. Joseph’s College has adopted a strategic plan that calls for $7 million in new construction and a near-doubling of its full-time enrollment to 1,000 students. “It’s a quest for survival, ” said President Loring E. Hart. Read More
    ROCKLAND — A former employee of the Maine State Ferry Service filed suit Friday in Knox County Superior Court alleging that he received injuries caused by “unseaworthiness” of the ferry Governor Curtis. Bringing the action, which sought unspecified damages and expenses, were Edward F. and… Read More
    NORWAY — A teen-age boy who was fatally shot this week had been missing from a school for troubled youngsters in western Maine for several days prior to his death, state police reported Friday. Authorities initially said the victim was 16-year-old David Smith, but an… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Plans to build bypasses of Camden and Wiscasset along U.S. Route 1, which had drawn protests from local residents, have been abandoned by state transportation officials. “At this moment, it’s not a proposal, not a consideration and not part of the improvement plan,”… Read More
    LOS ANGELES — Sponges, algae and other ocean creatures are yielding new substances that hold promise as medicines against cancer, psoriasis, parasites and infectious diseases such as AIDS, scientists say. The search for drugs from the sea focuses on organisms that lack physical defenses and… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Malcolm Emery, 20, of Rockland, pleaded guilty Friday in Knox County Superior Court to the March 14, 1989, arson of Seapro Inc., the arson of a private dwelling on Broadway a day earlier, and numerous other misdemeanor charges. Under a plea agreement with… Read More
    Something tells me that by the time this hawg wrassle between Jock McKernan and Joe Brennan over who gets to be Cock of the Walk for the next four years winds down in November you are going to be some old sick of it. I… Read More
    A poll commissioned by the Bangor Daily News indicates that about two-thirds of Maine’s voters favor the referendum effort to abolish the state’s remaining blue laws relating to retail sales and to allow larger stores to open on Sundays. The referendum question, to be decided… Read More
    One of the great unknowns in the debate over the Sunday sales referendum is how much retail sales would increase if the larger stores opened on Sundays. The answer is probably that sales would increase, but not by a lot. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    PORTLAND — A murder defendant’s attempted suicide was no reason to stop his trial, the state’s highest court said Friday as it turned down the appeal of a former Oakland meatcutter who shot his estranged wife after she was seen dancing with other men. “We… Read More
    SAINT GEORGE — Nathaniel Wyeth, an engineer who invented the plastic soda bottle while other members of his family achieved fame as artists, died at his home in this coastal town at the age 78. A resident of the village of Tenants Harbor in Saint… Read More
    A Connecticut man was pronounced dead on arrival early Friday morning at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockland after he was taken from the ferry Scotia Prince while traveling from Portland to Nova Scotia. Robert Leonard, 61, of Simsbury, Conn., had a heart attack while… Read More
    Consumer Forum Going back through our files, a case came to our attention which came into the office at Northeast COMBAT in January 1987 from Lois Lynch of Camden, who was having difficulty with a company named Jenifer House of Great Barrington, Mass. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Bush administration said Friday it is planning to enhance current seafood inspections with a voluntary program paid for by companies whose products could earn an official government seal. The new program would use industry controls and government inspections “to provide additional assurances… Read More
    PORTLAND — A federal prosecutor is taking a closer look at his case against a confiscated photograph of a nude father and son that is described as obscene by authorities and artistic by the owner. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed a legal action that… Read More
    Theater Review The lesson of E.B. White’s classic children’s tale “Charlotte’s Web” is that friendship is one of the most satisfying things in the whole world. The Acadia Repertory Theater presents this message through an enthusiastic and youthful cast, and the result is a children’s… Read More
    The University of Maine System’s board of trustees will consider expanded athletic facilties and proposed new academic majors to enhance Maine’s scientific talent pool at its meeting at 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 9, at the Maine Public Broadcasting Network headquarters at 65 Texas Ave., Bangor. Read More
    SAN FRANCISCO — New Hampshire bucked a national trend and was the only state to show a gain in wine consumption last year, according to a survey. Americans last year drank 2.11 gallons of wine per capita, the lowest consumption of any major wine-producing nation… Read More
    SAN JOSE, Calif. — A leading researcher and the largest producer of human growth hormone criticized news reports Thursday of the drug’s effect among the elderly, saying the genetically engineered treatment had been incorrectly characterized as an elixir of youth. Dr. Robert Marcus of Stanford… Read More
    SHIRLEY HARRISON of the Bangor office of Fleet Bank of Maine has been elected president of District 1 of Credit Professionals International. District 1 includes New England and New Brunswick. Harrison has 22 years of experience in wholesale and retail credit and in collections. She is a resident… Read More
    “Let’s Read Together,” a weekend seminar designed for families with deaf children 7 to 12 years old, will be held July 20-22 at Unity College. The seminar, jointly sponsored by the Bangor Daily News and Lions Club District 41-I, will be free of charge for parents and their… Read More
    Music, food, crafts, a farmer’s market and a giant outdoor bazaar will be the highlights of the Full Circle Summer Fair hosted by WERU FM from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 7, at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds. Performances will begin at 11 a.m. Read More