Which gubernatorial candidate will smarten up first and realize that victory will go to him who first promises to remove that disgusting red cockroach from Maine license plates? Frank P. Hopkins Fort Kent… Read More
    The Bangor Water District, jolted hard the past three years by a series of shocks from political, public relations and environmental controversies, responded by directly confronting its major problems. This experience has produced a stronger board and a management more sensitive to its customers, but it has accomplished… Read More
    Perhaps even more than the $3 billion loan promised from West Germany to help the Soviet Union’s economy, NATO’s abrupt change from its traditional role allowed Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to agree to NATO membership for a unified Germany. That membership had been the sticking… Read More
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    Sean Faircloth’s criticism of President Bush’s recent consideration of tax revenue enhancers is fair enough (Readers Write, July 10). However, his homage to “moderate” New Jersey Gov. James Florio is either a calculated misrepresentation or a delusion of the highest order. Gubernatorial candidate James Florio… Read More
    I read the article in the Business News on July 9 and your editorial a day later concerning Workers’ Compensation. For your interest, I enclose a copy of an article printed by The Boston Globe describing the city of Boston’s difficulties in this area. It emphasizes a side… Read More
    In two recent columns I have read of the conditions of the North Maine Woods campsite on Snake Pond T7-R 11 and the concerns of Jack Melanson who used the site and Neil Jordan of North Maine Woods Inc. As the owner of the only… Read More
    During the time I have been away from my home town, Hampden, which has been several weeks, I received sad news of the untimely deaths of three teen-agers and of the serious injuries to the fourth one. My heart grieves for the families and friends of these young… Read More
    My favorite husband so far (well, it’s only been 44 years, you never can tell; you know the guy with the long nose and the mustache), and I went with Angela L. and Katie L. to see the kids’ musical, “The Rose That Refused To Bloom” at Lakewood… Read More
    As parents and chaperones for the Schenck High School Project Graduation Class of 1990 Virginia Bech trip, I wish to thank everyone who made it possible for those students to raise more than $14,000. It took a lot of hard work on their part, and a lot of… Read More
    From June 15 to July 1, we had the pleasure of accompanying 17 dance students from Thomas School of Dance of Bangor and Cheryl’s Dance Studio of Ellsworth, plus four other adults, to Russia on a cultural exchange program. Never have we seen better behaved or more talented… Read More
    JULY 21 At Fort Fairfield, Potato Blossom 5-Miler, 9 a.m., fourth race in Casco Northern Challenge Series, contact Paul Lamoreau, 764-6517. 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
    After living through a couple of losing seasons as a graduate assistant in the high-pressure environment of Division I-A football at Boston College, former University of Maine quarterback Bob Wilder is happy to be returning as a part-time assistant coach at what is now established as a winning… Read More
    Runners looking for a challenge may want to consider competing in one of two fairly tough 5-mile road races scheduled this weekend. The 13th Potato Blossom 5-Miler will be held in Fort Fairfield on Saturday and the second Grant’s Dairy Milk Run will begin in… Read More
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    BELFAST – Jodie Wood hit a 2-run home run in the fourth inning and another one in the fifth inning and Michelle Clark hit a grand slam in the first to help lead Machias to a 17-7 Little League softball victory over Camden-Rockport Wednesday for the sectional championship. Read More
    OLD TOWN – Jeff Kimball pitched his second no-hitter in three days to lead Old Town to a 6-0 victory over Millinocket in District 3 Little League All-Star action at the K. of C. Field Wednesday. Kimball struck out 15 batters while only two Millinocket… Read More
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    ORONO – Akira Yamauchi hit a 2-run homer in the third inning and Chris Ritter hit a 2-run homer in the sixth as the Old Town-Orono Double O’s defeated Hilltop 15-3 in an Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League game at Mahaney Diamond Wednesday. Kevin McGrath… Read More
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    FORT KENT — St. John Valley residents will have the opportunity to meet one of North America’s foremost fiction writers when Canadian author John Metcalf visits the University of Maine at Fort Kent campus this week. Chosen for the recommended summer reading list by the… Read More
    ETNA — The SAD 38 School Board Wednesday authorized an investigation of sexual misconduct and harassment allegations made against Etna-Dixmont School Principal Lawrence Plaisted and suspended him with pay pending the outcome of that investigation. The audience of nearly 100 people burst into applause after… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Three Maine political figures, Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, former Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie and Sen. William S. Cohen, played significant roles in prodding President George Bush into a dramatic turnabout in U.S. policy toward Cambodia. Mitchell and Muskie repeatedly… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The population of Maine will be a bit larger in the 1990 census because of a change in the way overseas military personnel are counted. Under the old system, the nation’s 1 million overseas military personnel were classified as residents in the state… Read More
    OAKLAND — A Waterville man drowned Wednesday in East Pond as he and a companion were swimming to an island 200 yards from shore, police said. Kenneth Ricker, 32, was pronounced dead on arrival at Mid-Maine Medical Center in Waterville, hospital spokesman Jim Peters said. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Lotto America ticket sales in Maine are “doing remarkably well,” even if the initial pace has been slower than what will be needed to keep the state budget in balance, the state lottery director said Wednesday, which marked the first drawing for Maine players. Read More
    ROCKLAND — A Lincolnville man has been awarded $521,987 for injuries sustained in the crash of an Ultralite aircraft in 1983. The damages were awarded by Justice Margaret Kravchuk in an order received this week in Knox County Superior Court. Donald and Anne Millington had… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Westbrook police officer who was fired after superiors believed he tipped off the subject of a child sex investigation had his reinstatement upheld Wednesday by a divided Maine Supreme Judicial Court. After Patrolman Peter J. Blanchette was dismissed, his union, Teamsters Local… Read More
    PORTLAND — A habitual offender said she got behind the wheel of a vehicle to keep an apparently drunken friend from driving, but the state’s highest court said Wednesday that she had not shown a good enough reason to drive. Cynthia Moore of Lewiston failed… Read More
    Teen-agers who hang out downtown drove merchants to the Bangor City Council seeking relief. The result, a police officer assigned to a beat downtown, moved but did not solve the problem. Mary Anne Chalila, director of the city’s department of health and welfare, said that… Read More
    Being drunk in downtown Bangor is not a crime. Police officers are not authorized to arrest a person for simply being intoxicated in public, but often the Bangor Police Department receives numerous complaints from concerned citizens or business owners who want an intoxicated person removed from the downtown… Read More
    ORONO — Linda S. Dake, a graduate research assistant at the University of Maine’s Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology — Sawyer Research Center, recently was named recipient of an American Vacuum Society Student Prize. The prize is one of 10 awarded each year in… Read More
    WINTERPORT — Selectmen spent a humid four hours evaluating the town manager behind closed doors here Monday night. The enduring session was in-depth, constructive, and unified, said one board member. Early in the meeting the board concurred that Town Manager Arthur Ellingwood’s evaluation would be… Read More
    A Brewer City Councilor is jumping on the caboose, along with passenger railroad service proponents, to bring back the once most-relied upon form of transportation. In the past 15 years various groups have attempted to revive passenger rail service, including the National Association of Railroad… Read More
    Tell Jay Leno that his life story — his rise from a Rolls Royce mechanic in Boston to one of the most popular comics in the country — sounds suspiciously like the great American success story, and he’ll say indifferently, “That’s fine … it’s opposed to the flip… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Rep. Olympia J. Snowe introduced legislation Wednesday that would force federal researchers to place greater emphasis on studies into women-related health problems. A General Accounting Office report released earlier this summer estimated that only 13 percent of the National Health Institute’s research budget… Read More
    Cecil and Melva Keen of Woodland will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house given by their children from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 21, at the People’s United Methodist Church of Woodland. The Corson family reunion will be held at noon… Read More
    BOSTON — The body’s sex trigger, the elusive gene that determines whether an egg will grow to be a boy or a girl, may have been found at last by scientists. The gene is a switch that starts an embryo down the path to sexual… Read More
    After a rocky first quarter, Fleet/Norstar Financial Group has returned to profitability. The Providence bank-holding company reported net income of $60 million, or 54 cents per share, for the second quarter of 1990. That compares with earnings of $90.2 million, or 80 cents per share,… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — An insurance conglomerate based in Hartford, Conn., has agreed to provide $35.6 million to finance the proposed Aroostook Centre shopping mall, according to documents filed Monday. Subject to further conditions, CIGNA Investments Inc., a subsidiary of CIGNA Corp., would back the mall… Read More
    PORTLAND — Stinson Seafood Co. of Tenants Harbor said Wednesday it has purchased a Swedish-owned fish processing plant in Portland as part of a plan to bring to market a broad range of new products. Abba North America, a subsidiary of Volvo Group of Sweden,… Read More
    The directors of Unitedcorp have declared a semi-annual dividend of 7 cents per common share, representing a 14 percent increase from the distribution declared one year ago. This is the ninth consecutive annual dividend increase declared by the bank, according to Unitedcorp news release. The… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The temporary departure of Gov. John R. McKernan’s chief of staff to head up his re-election campaign is triggering an informal reshuffling of duties in the governor’s office. Sharon Y. Miller, McKernan’s top aide whose leave of absence began this week, said Wednesday… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Terminally ill patients and their families should have access to more hospice services in Maine, according to a report given Wednesday to the Department of Human Services. The report presented to DHS Commissioner Rollin Ives by the Maine Hospice Council says the AIDS… Read More
    CALAIS — “Two Nations — One Heart” will be the parade theme at the 17th annual International Festival to be held Saturday, Aug. 4, through Sunday, Aug. 12. The festival committee has released the schedule for the weeklong event that celebrates the international cooperation between… Read More
    CALAIS — “Two Nations — One Heart” will be the parade theme at the 17th annual International Festival to be held Saturday, Aug. 4, through Sunday, Aug. 12. The festival committee has released the schedule for the weeklong event that celebrates the international cooperation between… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The Loring Air Force Base mission is tanker support and bomber training. The mission needs the help of the 42nd Transportation Squadron’s Vehicle Operations section to do its job. “Our primary mission is to ensure air crews are transported from their units, to… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Developers of a three-building business project, “North Park Place,” on North Main Street, will approach the Presque Isle Planning Board at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 19, to request approval of entrances and exits on its two adjacent lots. The new 3.5-acre development,… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Dr. Christopher Seitz of Portland, radiation oncologist, spoke to the Presque Isle Rotary Club Monday about the need for a radiation simulator in Aroostook County. For nearly 11 years, Seitz and his colleague, Dr. Jake Hannemann, have traveled to The Aroostook Medical… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — A new Little Miss Maine Potato Blossom was crowned Monday, marking the start of the weeklong Potato Blossom Festival in Fort Fairfield. Betsy Anne Tweedie, 8, the daughter of Michael and Susan Tweedie of Robinson, was crowned. Tweedie also holds the title… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — In keeping with a tradition established in 1983, Stanley E. and Doris A. Harrison, owners of Harrison Farms in Aroostook County, said Wednesday that their annual outing would begin Thursday, July 19, and continue through Sunday, July 22. The outing will be attended by the… Read More
    MADAWASKA — A fire at Fraser Paper Ltd.’s Madawaska catalog mill Wednesday afternoon resulted in “very limited damage,” said Ghislaine Martin, Fraser public relations coordinator. Martin said the fire, which began at about 2:45 p.m., destroyed plywood ramps on the catalog mill’s roof, resulting in… Read More
    MACHIAS — The third concert of the Machias Bay Chamber Concerts will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, at the Center Street Congregational Church. It will combine the talents of two regular favorites at the Machias concerts and a new talent from Germany. Leslie Parnas, with… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — Completion of the Central Street Bridge improvement project will be delayed until next year, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. DOT officials said that preconstruction test results misled engineers. Ken Sweeney, DOT bridge construction engineer, said that the original design would have… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — SAD 68 Adult Education has received a grant for $5,295 to provide instruction in the Piscataquis County Jail and for other district services. A General Equivalency Diploma preparation and learning center in Monson, Charleston and Sebec, may be started if instructors can be… Read More
    LINCOLN — “The Pride Is Back,” this year’s theme for the Cold Stream Jaycees, says it all. The group, which will be host of a three-day all-state meeting in August, has several projects planned for this year including work at MacEachern Memorial Park, and a… Read More
    MILO — Bronko, a 3-year-old German shepherd from West Germany, has joined the ranks of the Milo Police Department. Bronko is owned by Michael E. Gould, an officer with the MPD with whom he received police training. Gould purchased Bronko in October 1989 from Sukee… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Part of the lake steamer Katahdin’s annual birthday celebration will be an art festival Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 18 and 19, near the Moosehead Marine Museum. Dinner cruises and a barbecue also will be among the celebration’s events. Proceeds from the festival will… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT Deputies from the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department are investigating three complaints of vandalism to mailboxes in Atkinson and in Guilford. 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
    HARTLAND — Property valuations will be up in Hartland in 1990 for the purpose of taxation while the mill rate takes a dip. Town Manager Peggy Morgan reported Wednesday that the 1990 mill rate would be 13.2 mills or $13.20 per $1,000 of valuation. Last… Read More
    LINCOLN The following complaints were heard in 13th District Court in Lincoln before Judge F. Davis Clark on July 17: 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
    NEWPORT — Two of the group of landlords affected by two recent devasting fires on Main Street rejected a $12,000 proposal by Cannon Associates of New Hampshire that would have formulated a cooperative plan to rebuild. Although Cannon Associates wrote to the town “we have… Read More
    DEXTER — SAD 46 students will have to bring more money to school to pay for their hot lunches next year as a result of school board action Wednesday night. School board directors approved increasing the cost of hot lunch at the elementary schools from… Read More
    NEWPORT — Water Street is the home of the Newport Town Office, fire and police department, public works garage, a half dozen businesses and a riverside park. Homes on the east side of Water Street hug the banks of the East Branch of the Sebasticook River. Read More
    NEWPORT — Over a dozen Lunt Road residents attended a public hearing Wednesday night that was called by the selectmen to investigate complaints about parking problems on the dead end roadway. Resident Halvor Magnus explained that he began the controversy when he complained about a… Read More
    DEXTER — A traditional weekday morning Jewish service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 22, at the First Universalist Church in Dexter. Leading the service will be Walter Ziffer, a Holocaust survivor, and Deena Weinstein of Garland, and her children, Benjamin and Rachael. Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Despite the popularity of videotapes and cable television, summer reading appears to still be a favorite summer pastime. Mid-Maine readers are picking up mostly fiction, said area booksellers and librarians, and reading for entertainment this summer. Mary Boatner, Pittsfield’s librarian, says that her… Read More
    EAST CORINTH — The Central High School fourth-quarter honor roll was announced recently: Seniors, high honors: Patricia Marshall; honors: Theresa Blanchard, Nicole Fortin, Trudy Gardner, Candy Hall, Roberta Howard, Pamela Johnston, Denise Lyford, Michael McLaughlin, Debbie Merrill, Karen Miller, Rose Nichols, Tara Pineo, Meredith Powers,… Read More
    BELFAST — Anti-crime activist Michael Hurley commended Police Chief Robert Keating for his department’s successful crackdown on downtown rowdies. Addressing Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, Hurley told the council that thanks to Keating, “we can go to sleep at night rather than call the cops.”… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Jo Ann Perreault, administrator of Rockland Convalescent Center, has announced the hiring of two new professionals for their staff. Robert Earle, R.N, is the new director of nursing services, and Anne M. Catino has been hired as the social worker. “We’re very lucky to have two… Read More
    TENANTS HARBOR — Lobster dealer Lawrence Miller is a man who counts his blessings. He considered himself a lucky man Wednesday morning as he stood in the summer heat on Route 131. Behind him was the remains of the Miller house, heavily damaged by a Wednesday morning fire. Read More
    ROCKLAND — Fortuna and the Weatherend Gallery are preparing the second show of the season to be sponsored by the Weatherend Estate Furniture Co. “Construction-Works” will open from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 22, at the Weatherend Gallery, 374 Main St., and will continue… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following warranty deeds have been recorded with the Knox County Register of Deeds: Aura Coleman, Kennebunk, land and buildings in Appleton to Robert W. and Constance J. Coleman, Kennebunk. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — In a meeting to be held before the end of the summer, Ellsworth School Committee members, School District trustees, and the Ellsworth City Council will discuss whether or not to move ahead with plans for tennis courts and a softball field at Ellsworth High School. Read More
    JONESBORO — One way to reduce pesticides on blueberry fields is to invent a giant “Bug Smasher” that vacuums spanworms, mummy berries and bugs, smashes them against a steel plate and incinerates them. At Blueberry Hill Farm on Wednesday, the University of Maine’s department of… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Reconstruction at Ellsworth High School, necessitated by asbestos removal, does not qualify for emergency funding, according to Education Commissioner Eve Bither. The law’s emergency provision for the commissioner’s discretion does not apply to this project because the law has been interpreted to apply… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Management strategies and line-extension policies at the Aurora-based Union River Electric Cooperative dominated an eight-hour hearing Tuesday before the state Public Utilities Commission. Currently operating through the assistance of a temporary 12.5-percent emergency rate increase granted by the PUC in May, the cooperative… Read More
    ORONO — The Police Department here recently joined the growing forces of those linking public services with the deaf population. The Orono Health Association last week donated a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf to the police and fire departments, which will allow deaf people in… Read More
    GLENBURN — A 45-year-old Glenburn man was charged with several violations after an accident on Phillips Road Wednesday afternoon. Deputy Robert Jordan of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department said John Seeber and his 14-year-old son fled the scene of the accident and were not located… Read More
    ROCKLAND — William Brown, 60, of Rockland, was convicted Wednesday of aggravated assault for deliberately pouring gasoline over his wife and setting her afire. After the jury returned its verdict shortly before noon, Brown was remanded to Knox County Jail where he will be held… Read More