On a variety of topics this Monday morning…. It’s nice to scan through the Associated Press multiple medalist list for the 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival taking place in Minneapolis and see MAINE jump out before your eyes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    FALMOUTH – Despite the high scores which might have indicated lesser ability, golf fans are glad the Ben Hogan Tour has made a stop in Maine this year. The Ben Hogan New England Classic has been taking place at The Woodlands Club here with events… Read More
    Webb’s R.V. drops Ellsworth ELLSWORTH – Steve Eck singled twice and added a triple to help lead Webb’s R.V. of Hampden to an 11-3 Inland Coastal League win over Ellsworth here Saturday. For 16-2 Webb’s, Mike Basso doubled and singled. Basso pitched five innings of… Read More
    Rookie Late Model Sportsman driver Blaine Webber of Belfast won his first feature in that division, highlighting Saturday’s stock car racing at Unity Raceway. Webber led the 35-lap LMS event from start to finish, beating out Dave St. Clair of Liberty and Unity’s Dave Aldrich. Read More
    Greater Lincoln Jim Berry Memor. Open AT GREEN VALLEY G.C. (Par 72) A Gross: Mike St. Thomas 68; Dana Worster 69; James Pinnette 72; Bob Girvan 73; John Johnson 74; Jim Foster 75; Bob Hussey 76; Net: T. LeClair 74-62; Bill Leino 76-64; (tie) Galen… Read More
    It didn’t take the state long to realize that installing the statewide 911 emergency phone system would be more complicated than it first appeared. Deciding on the number of answering points, coordinating calls between police departments, fire departments and emergency services, and ensuring that municipalities have an organized… Read More
    Acadia Cafe nips Bucksport EAST SULLIVAN – Brian Snowden and Donnie Dyer each had a pair of goals and an assist to lead Acadia Cafe to a 4-3 victory over Bucksport here in Central Maine Summer Soccer League action. The win ups Acadia Cafe’s record… Read More
    Ben Hogan Classic Scores FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) – Final scores and prize money Sunday of the $100,000 Ben Hogan New England Classic played on the 6,848-yard, Par-72 Woodlands Club: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    MSGA Weekly Amateur AT GOOSE RIVER G.C., CAMDEN Class A gross: Wayne Hand Jr., Bucksport 72; Jamie Place, Northport 74; (tie) Ron Welt, Goose River 75 and Dick Gardner, Bangor 75; Net:(tie) Ron Welt, Goose River 75 and Dick Gardner, Bangor 75; Net: Greg Haywood,… Read More
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    “FEATHERS AND FINS” Monday’s Mail: An outdoor addict and writer by the name of John H. Roush Jr. makes his camp in Kentfield, Calif. Sixty years ago, he hooked his first trout in an Oregon stream. Since then, his casts have probed many of this… Read More
    Richie Day singled twice and drove in 4 runs to lead the Bangor East All-Stars to a 10-5 win over Orono at the Bangor East Little League Invitational Tournament at Taylor Field in Bangor Sunday. The win gave Bangor East the tournament championship. For 4-0… Read More
    FALMOUTH – Brandel Chamblee of Edmond, Okla., came out of the pack Sunday to win the inaugural $100,000 Ben Hogan New England Classic at The Woodlands Club here. Chamblee shot a 3-under-par 69 for a three-day total of 1-under-par 215, one stroke better than Jeff… Read More
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    Don’t do what we did when making a compost pile. After securing a fence around a 4-by-6-foot section in a corner of our backyard, we dug out nearly two feet of the clay-heavy ground in the enclosed area so as to have plenty of room for the yard… Read More
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    LOUDON, N.H. – After more than four days of turning lap after lap around the new New Hampshire International Speedway, drivers are comparing the nation’s newest super speedway to a smaller track – the half-mile Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. “It’s a big small track,” said… Read More
    It saddened me to read your report about Bangor’s July 4 parade on the front page of your July 7-8 edition. As a proud member of Peace in Central America and a contributor to the plans for our appearance in the parade, I know we made a sincere… Read More
    The only thing offensive connected with Peace in Central America’s entry in the July 4 parade was your scurrilous front-page editorial disguised as a news story. As a marcher with PICA, I was informed that carrying signs was considered appropriate by the organizing committe, however uncomfortable one member… Read More
    I welcomed your editorial on Workers’ Compensation of July 10, however, you did not elaborate sufficiently on one of the main casues of the high cost of workers’ comp and that is the widespread abuse of this system. I refer to the thousands of cases where a person… Read More
    The AES coal-fired power plant, proposed for construction in Bucksport, is badly needed. New England needs additional electricity. It’s that simple. Applied Energy Services has pledged to build and operate such a plant in a safe, clean and reliable manner. There is reason to take… Read More
    It’s been only a week since the loss of my son, Mike Baker, and two other sons, Chad Young and Robbie Stubbs III. So much has been lost during this short time. But also, so much has been gained. The response from all the friends… Read More
    WATERVILLE – The Bangor-Brewer Twins swept a doubleheader from the Waterville Red Sox, 4-2 and 15-9, in Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League action Sunday. In the first game, Rich York hit a solo homer in the second inning and Shanan Knox added one in the… Read More
    As I have been following the media reporting of the 2 Live Crew album, “As Nasty As They Wanna Be,” it amazes me that it seems all right to use formal language but don’t use any vulgar or slang words. I would think something would… Read More
    WEST BUXTON – Jenny Wardwell of Bucksport pitched a 4-hitter, struck out 7 and walked 2 to help lead Skowhegan to a 9-3 victory over Lisbon in the Junior Olympic A.S.A. Fast-Pitch State Tournament here at Bonny Eagle High School Saturday and Sunday. For 4-0… Read More
    A Brewer High School recordholder, a relay record, and a 43-year-old man running sub 6-minute miles were just few of the things featured in the second Summer Social 24-Hour Relay in Brewer on Saturday and Sunday. The relay, held at the Pendleton Street Track, also… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Mitch Stone pitched a complete-game five-hitter in the first game and David Theriault pitched two shutout innings in the nightcap to help lead Old Town-Orono to a sweep of their Zone 1 American Legion doubleheader here Sunday. Old Town won the opener 8-3… Read More
    At Old Town on Saturday, Al Emerson scored the eventual winning run in the third inning after walking, stealing second, and riding home on a passed ball as Old Town advanced. Old Town’s 3-run rally in the third began with Andy Trice’s double, a single… Read More
    ORONO – Having suffered their only loss of the season to the Downeast Yankees by a 3-2 margin a little over a week ago, the Old Town-Orono Double O’s wanted to deliver a message in Sunday’s Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League rematch. The message got… Read More
    The Old Town All-Stars defeated Brewer 9-8 Sunday at Old Town High School to win the District 3 Junior League baseball championship. Brewer dispatched Bangor West and Millinocket Saturday and Old Town defeated Bangor West Saturday. Brewer defeated Old Town 7-4 Sunday to force a deciding second game. Read More
    For emergency personnel at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Saturday’s mock disaster drill was made a little more challenging by having to deal with two genuine emergencies. The day began when EMMC officials learned on the scanner that the exercise, simulating a crash between… Read More
    CORINNA — A head-on collision Sunday morning on St. Albans Road has left four people dead and three injured. According to Maine State Trooper David Bowler, three people, including the drivers of both compact cars were killed when they collided, and a fourth person died… Read More
    AUGUSTA — As news of a giant new payoff was released, Lotto America tickets went on sale in Maine for the first time Sunday. Maine joins Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia in the game. Read More
    ORRS ISLAND — Efforts continue to curb whale-watchers hoping to catch a glimpse of a humpback that’s pigging out on pogies in a coastal cove. For about two weeks the whale has been feasting periodically on an abundant supply of menhaden, also known as pogies,… Read More
    LEBANON — An arraignment is expected to be held Monday for a 27-year-old man who was charged with murder this weekend after the body of his ex-girlfriend was found in a ditch along a road in this southern Maine town, authorities said. Maine Public Safety… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Democrat Thomas H. Andrews, the June victor in a five-way primary election, has raised and spent twice as much as his Republican rival, former U.S. Rep. David F. Emery, in seeking Maine’s 1st District congressional seat, according to newly released campaign finance figures. Read More
    CAPE ELIZABETH — Deer are becoming an increasing problem here, and officials say bows and arrows may be the solution. “It’s gotten so out of control that something has to be done,” said John Green, a farm manager. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    SEAL ISLAND — A seven-year National Audubon Society experiment designed to lure puffins back to this mid-coast island is showing signs of success, researchers say. Wooden puffin decoys were stationed on Seal Island in 1984 and, for the first time since the project was initiated,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A 56-year-old Augusta man died Sunday, one day after the float plane he attempted to land crashed in the middle of Togus Pond in front of at least 40 people celebrating a wedding anniversary, authorities said. William H. Green was pronounced dead shortly… Read More
    A Bangor man was killed Saturday when he fell from a ledge on his apartment building while allegedly attempting to hook up cable television to his apartment, according to Bangor police. Matthew McPherson, 19, was hanging from a third-floor window at 71 Broadway, apparently hooking… Read More
    AUBURN — A 34-year-old Auburn man was killed when the motorcycle he was riding struck a brick wall near the entrance to Central Maine Technical College, police said this weekend. Stephen Publicover lost control of the motorcycle on a curve on Turner Street about 4:11… Read More
    A Dedham man and two others were taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor Sunday night after being injured in a boating accident on Phillips Lake. Lee Corro of Dedham, age unknown, was operating his 18-foot boat in Phillips Lake in Dedham Saturday evening… Read More
    The Bangor Band will present another in the Summer Series of Bangor concerts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, at the Paul Bunyan Park Bandstand. In the event of rain, the concert, will be moved inside to the Bangor Civic Center. The program will be:… Read More
    The Bangor Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 30, in the council chambers on the third floor of City Hall. The agenda includes four items on the consent agenda, placed there because they meet all necessary criteria — two site-plan revisions and… Read More
    An employee of Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor saved the life of a Bangor man after he broke his neck while diving into a pool. Timothy George, 27, 70 Juniper St., Bangor, jumped into a pool at the home of Kelly Stubbs, 30, 255… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Xerox/Kurzqeil. Reader will be demonstrated at a special meeting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, at the Coastline Inn on outer Western Avenue. The KPR is a portable, optical scanner that allows users to hear typewritten or printed materials read to them… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine State Nurses’ Association has announced two promotions. Ann Sossong, R.N., M.S.N., M.Ed., C.N.A. and past president, has been hired as executive director of the MSNA. Sossong has been a nursing leader and health advocate for Maine citizens and holds a faculty… Read More
    HAMPDEN — A man wanted on a rape charge in California was arrested in Hampden Saturday afternoon. James W. Collins, 28, was arrested for the alleged rape of a 19-year-old woman in Sacramento, Calif., late last month, and had been a fugitive since then, according… Read More
    BELFAST — The Chamber Theatre of Maine will offer its initial theater presentation, “The Gin Game,” at Baycenter in Belfast from July 17 through July 21. Three matinee performances are scheduled at 2 p.m. July 17, 18, and 19. Evening shows at 8 p.m. will be performed on… Read More
    Music review On a hot, humid July night, the cool, mellow sounds of Roger Whittaker were just what was needed. 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
    WASHINGTON — Maine Central Railroad Co. and the Springfield Railway Co. want to sell a 30-mile stretch of track between Dover-Foxcroft and Newport, and have petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to give up the line. The 30-mile route is one of five that… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Portland native Scott Black, now the owner of a Boston-based money management firm, is among Wall Street’s top 100 moneymakers, according to Financial World magazine. Black, whose Delphi Management firm manages $870 million, ranked 89th with an estimated income of $6 million to… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Workers’ Compensation rate increase approved last April has been challenged by the Maine AFL-CIO, which says a monopoly market in central and northern Maine has resulted in mismanagement. The Maine Chamber of Commerce and Industry will decide Monday whether to join in… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou Board of Education has authorized the superintendent to issue contracts to new teachers during July for later ratification and to contract with New England Telephone Co. for Digital Centrex Service. Superintendent Irvin G. Belanger also was authorized to contract with the… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Nearly 100 people were involved in a right-to-life demonstration Thursday in Presque Isle. During the first Aroostook County March for Life, the group walked silently from St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Main Street to The Aroostook Medical Center. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    CARIBOU — Maine Tomorrow Inc., a consulting firm long established in the southern part of the state, will open its doors in Aroostook County Monday, July 16, at 154 High St. in Caribou, according to firm officials. Maine Tomorrow, headed by John Melrose, is based… Read More
    FORT KENT — The town of Fort Kent, SAD 27 and the University of Maine at Fort Kent will make a concerted effort to get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers interested in stopping and correcting a serious riverbank erosion problem on the west bank of the Fish… Read More
    MACHIAS — Records at 4th District Court in Machias indicate a complaint filed March 29 by Machias Savings Bank to foreclose on a mortgage it held on the 5 Water St. Restaurant still was pending last week. Machias Savings Bank filed the foreclosure complaint against… Read More
    MACHIAS — A representative from New England Telephone Co. recently visited the University of Maine at Machias and presented the second installation of a $10,000 grant to the campus. This contribution was made through NET’s Academic Support Program for Colleges and Universities. The three-year grant was used for… Read More
    BEALS — Doug Alley, a native of Beals Island and a former member of the first Johnson & Wales Culinary Team, has been awarded the “Best Young Commis Rotisseur” award by La Chaine des Rotisseurs-USA. Beal, whose award was in the category for chefs under… Read More
    MACHIAS — Cmdr. Judith Tarbox of the Navy’s Communications Unit at Cutler will be the speaker at the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Eggs and Issues business breakfast at 8 a.m. Friday, July 20, at Kilburn Commons, University of Maine at Machias. Tarbox will… Read More
    CALAIS — The Calais City Council at a meeting Thursday night praised the work of Billy MacCready, executive director of the Quoddy Bay and Fundy Isle Tourism Office; heard complaints about the sewer near the Midtown Trailer Park on North Street; and approved a request from Mount Holly… Read More
    NORRIDGEWOCK — Somerset Sheriff’s Department and Maine State Police responded to the scene of a crash of an ultra-light aircraft at the Norridgewock Airport at about 7 p.m. Saturday. According to a Sheriff’s Department dispatcher, the ultra-light aircraft crashed just off the north end of… Read More
    ST. ALBANS — Voluntary recycling will begin in St. Albans within the week, if selectmen find everything in order at their Monday night meeting. Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. at the town hall to review the plans for a temporary waste-transfer station with the… Read More
    DETROIT — An armed robbery Friday night at the Detroit Village Store remains under investigation, according to a spokesman at the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department. Somerset Deputies, Maine State Police and other area police agencies were searching for a compact car Friday night after the 9:30 p.m. robbery. Read More
    SKOWHEGAN The following cases were heard in 12th District Court, Skowhegan, July 10-12. 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
    SKOWHEGAN — Thirty-nine warranty deeds were transferred in Somerset County Register of Deeds, Skowhegan, July 10-13. Warranty deeds recorded July 10 were: 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
    ROCKLAND — City police and the state Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating a fire which destroyed a two-car garage at 20 Spruce St. Firefighters said the alarm was sounded at 3:05 a.m. Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    NORTH EDGECOMB — Sen. Muriel D. Holloway, R-Edgecomb, has been appointed to the Maine Bar Association Implementation Committee, which will develop and execute a five-year plan of action as recommended by the Maine Commission on Legal Needs. The commission conducted a yearlong study of the… Read More
    CAMDEN — The SAD 28 school board will discuss tax assessments and the proposed $8 million middle school at the board meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, at the Elm Street School. The board will choose a chairman and vice chairman and swear in… Read More
    CAMDEN — The municipal tax rate is expected to be set by selectmen, at the unusual meeting time of 7 a.m. Monday. The move must be completed before annual tax bills are mailed. Selectmen also will hold an executive session on the unemployment benefit appeal of former Police… Read More
    CAMDEN — The Bayview Gallery’s current show, “The Lure of the Sea,” includes a watercolor seascape by Greg Mort, an artist with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In 1983, Mort, a Port Clyde artist, was commissioned by NASA to paint the launch of the… Read More
    ROCKPORT — J. Thomas R. Higgins, professor of art at the University of Maine, Farmington, will offer one- and two-day outdoor landscape painting classes in Rockport on July 23-24. The classes, sponsored by Maine Coast Artists in Rockport, are open to 10 participants who have some experience in… Read More
    THOMASTON — The University of Maine at Augusta’s Thomaston Center will offer five courses in social sciences during the fall semester which starts the week of Sept. 3. Students do not have to be enrolled in a degree program to register for classes. For course descriptions and requirements,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Island Institute, a non-profit conservation organization, is the recipient of a matching grant of $25,000 from the Bingham Betterment Fund for the Institute’s Endowment Fund. This grant matches a previous grant from the Hope Goddard Iselin Foundation, also for endowment. The Betterment Fund also pledged… Read More
    ROCKPORT — The studios of five artists will be part of a unique tour July 18 organized by Maine Coast Artists, the non-profit contemporary gallery in Rockport. Curator Bruce Brown described the artists — Kathy Bradford, Marjorie Moore, Alice Steinhardt, Robert Van Vranken and Mark… Read More
    MACHIAS — The following real estate transfers were recorded in the Washington County Registry of Deeds from June 1 to 5: Fletcher Perkins et al. to Edward Perkins et al., property at Alexander. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    FRIENDSHIP — Friendship Day will be held July 28, not only for the enjoyment of everyone who attends but for the benefit of the Friendship Ambulance Service. A children’s pet show will be run by Cindy Lash. Children must be accompanied by a parent and… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The fourth Annual New Hope Bike Trek will be held the weekend of Aug. 25-26, in Midcoast Maine. Bikers may choose a one- or two-day trek this year. The trek will begin each day at Tanglewood 4-H Camp in Lincolnville where overnight accommodations… Read More
    WINTER HARBOR — The 26th Annual Lobster Festival, sponsored by the Winter Harbor Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Naval Security Group Activity, and the National Park Service, will be held August 11. The first event of the day is the 15K Road Race around Schoodic Point. Read More
    MACHIAS — The following was among real estate transfers recorded in the Washington County Registry of Deeds, May 21-25: Olive D. Bender to Michael J. Haschalk Sr. et al., building and property at Lubec. Read More
    MACHIAS — The second concert of the Machias Bay Chamber Concerts will present Thomas Wolf, flute, and Yolanda Kondonassis, harp, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, at the Center Street Congregational Church. Wolf, with his late brother, Andrew, founded the Machias Bay Chamber Concerts in… Read More
    OWLS HEAD — The Saturday, July 21, program for the dedication of the new community building is under the direction of the Maine Street ’90 Committee. Activities will start at 10 a.m. with a parade now being organized by Jack Rausch. This will begin at the Central School… Read More
    CALAIS — The Schoodic Chapter of the Maine Audubon Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, in the recreation room of the Sunrise Apartments. The guest speaker at the meeting will be Bill Vail, commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and… Read More
    MADAWASKA — Denise Marie Violette will represent WSJR and WLVC radio in the Greater Edmundston, New Brunswick, area, station manager Thomas Beardsley has announced. Violette will coordinate advertising accounts in northwestern New Brunswick and Quebec and some accounts in the Caribou-Presque Isle area. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More