ELLSWORTH – Jon Martin of Sullivan won the Crazy Gil’s annual Blueberry Tournament here at the White Birches Golf Course Saturday and Sunday. Martin finished at 133 for the 36-hole tournament, one stroke ahead of Lenny Cole of Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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    TRENTON – Charlene Brophy of Bucksport and Judy Hilton of Walpole are the only juniors entered in the 60th annual Women’s Maine State Golf Association tournament being played at the Bar Harbor Golf Course here through Wednesday. Brophy, the 1989 junior runnerup, plays out of… Read More
    ORONO – Mike Look scored the game-winning run on a throwing error in the third inning to give Hilltop Campground of Machias-Calais at 4-3 win over Molunkus here at Mahaney Diamond Monday in Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League playoff action. Hilltop will play the Waterville… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Steve Foster of Ellsworth scored the first hole-in-one in the history of the Blueberry Open at White Birches last weekend. Foster’s ace was witnessed by Heather Ashmore, Bobby Zerrien, and Sherri Bridges. – Arthur Reed aced the 158-yard 8th hole at Kenduskeag GC… Read More
    Motor Sports Modified racing at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough has been indefinitely suspended while track officials look for ways to make the high-speed cars safer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    TRENTON – Lori Frost of Calais shot a 1-over-par 74 at the Bar Harbor Golf Course here Monday to take the first-round lead in the 54-hole, 60th annual Women’s Maine State Golf Association championship tournament. Last year’s runnerup, Cindy Choate of Naples, was second at… Read More
    WASHBURN – Mike Flynn had a hat trick in his first game of the season to lead Washburn to a 3-0 victory over Wisdom of St. Agatha. For 1-0 Washburn, Jay Moody assisted on a goal. Another goal was scored on a penalty kick. Jason… Read More
    Even Arab nations that have long felt hostility to Israel aren’t buying Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s latest offer to remove his troops from Kuwait. President Hussein’s bid to end Persian Gulf hostilities if Israel pulls out of occupied Arab territories, Syria leaves Lebanon and the United States quits… Read More
    Iraq’s recent invasion of Kuwait sent a psychological and economic shock through the ranks of American consumers. As motorists pump higher-priced gasoline into their cars and trucks, many recall that two supply disruptions of the 1970s helped produce sharply higher oil prices, a bad case of inflation, higher… Read More
    Schoolgirl Soccer ST. AGATHA – Julie Moody scored a goal and added an assist as Washburn opened its schoolgirl soccer season on a winning note with a 3-1 victory over host Wisdom. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
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    First, I would like to say not everyone at the special meeting in July found it necessary to applaud the board’s decision to suspend Etna-Dixmont School principal Lawrence Plaisted. I, for one, had tears. My husband and I felt that this meeting was like a witch hunt; we… Read More
    I am writing to clarify the article concerning the establishment of a Teen Council in western Washington County (BDN, July 31). The article states that “no similar organized community effort exists in the area from the Hancock County line to the Greater Machias community.” Please… Read More
    Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, chairman of a committee, is charged with reducing the armed forces by 100,000 people and thereby saving the taxpayers the sum of $1.5 billion. He states that “they are going to be booted out of their careers for just that tiny amount of money.”… Read More
    AMHERST, Mass. – In these times of heightened concern over big money college athletics, University of Massachusetts football Coach Jim Reid has his own priorities. Since 1988, when the state Legislature and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis began cutting funding to public colleges and universities to… Read More
    I give my wholehearted support to increasing the Maine Turnpike to six lanes. Make sure five of the lanes head south and one lane north. If you catch my drift. Jo Miller Bangor… Read More
    Betsy Glanville, the recreational programmer for the Bangor Parks and Recreation Department, deserves a pat on the back for a job well done. The programs the park department has sponsored this summer, and the directors who have led these programs, have been exceptional. The directors… Read More
    In reference to the killing of a 5-year-old boy on Interstate 95 in Bangor on Aug. 9: It was a sad thing to hear of a man who must have become the father of a son in his early 40s getting so put out with… Read More
    College Report First-year University of Maine head coach Kirk Ferentz and his staff welcomed 23 eager freshman to the world of Division I-AA college football Sunday with these words of advice: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    1990 WMSGA State Championship AT BAR HARBOR GC, TRENTON Monday’s First Round Frost, Lori 34-40-74 Choate, Cindy 39-39-78 Green, Julie 40-39-79 Plourd, Helen 40-40-80 White, Martha 42-38-80 Jensen, Lisa 42-40-82 Moutsatsos, Donna 40-42-82 Dumont, Jeanne 44-38-82 Grant, Evelyn 41-41-82 Vadnais, Bernice 43-39-82 Diplock, Jane 40-43-83 Todd, Mary Ann… Read More
    HERMON – Some spots remain for this weekend’s Michelob Open Amateur Golf Tournament at the Hermon Meadow Golf Club, according to club owner Paul Dudley. The 10th annual tourney, set Saturday and Sunday, is an 18-hole, best-ball event with a shotgun start. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Bangor residents will have the chance this fall to vote on a proposal that would require petitioners attempting to place an initiative or referendum matter on the city ballot to gather a number of signatures equal to 20 percent of the votes cast in the city in the… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — In the wake of two deaths and several reports of employee illness at the Champion International Paper Co., investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have expanded their probe to the mill’s drinking water system. Seth Kursman, public affairs director for Champion,… Read More
    Safe diving habits could help prevent an estimated 500 to 700 diving accidents in Maine this year, according to the Maine Coalition for Safe Kids. Parents should make sure that children dive only where the water depth has been verified to be at least 6… Read More
    KENNEBUNKPORT — President Bush ordered Defense Secretary Dick Cheney back to the tense Persian Gulf, officials said Monday, as American combat troops arriving in Saudi Arabia were told to brace for a long stay. Bush said he would break away from his vacation for a… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — A 60-year-old Harrington man died Monday after having been crushed beneath a truck on the blueberry barrens near Schoodic Lake. State Trooper Kelly Barbee of Cherryfield said Albert Reynolds, the accident victim, had crawled under the driver’s side of a partly loaded blueberry… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Seven Acadia National Park employees left this weekend to join other firefighters at work on the fire raging in Yosemite National Park. According to Acadia’s chief ranger, Norm Dodge, six forestry technicians and the park’s trail crew leader, Gary Stellpflug, departed Friday… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A bureaucratic oversight resulted in a four-week suspension of payments to pharmacists who provide low-cost prescription drugs to about 3,000 low-income elderly people in Maine, state Department of Human Services officials acknowledged Monday. “We didn’t pick up on this … until last week,”… Read More
    AUGUSTA — With Election Day less than three months away, Gov. John R. McKernan’s press secretary, Willis Lyford, on Monday moved from his State House office to the Portland headquarters of the Re-Elect Governor McKernan campaign. The campaign teams for both McKernan and his Democratic… Read More
    BENTON — A weekend highway accident in this central Maine town has claimed two lives. State police identified the victims as Raymond Pottle, 20, of Benton, and his passenger, Jeffrey A. Marden, 17. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    An Orneville man was killed Sunday afternoon when he was struck by lightning. Donald Grover, 36, was moving his car at his rented camp on Boyd Lake in Orneville when lightning hit both a small tree and Grover. Although the tree fell on Grover, he… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Tourism Commission announced its support for a planned widening of the Maine Turnpike on Monday, and a consultant hired by proponents of the project estimated that it carries potential economic benefits worth more than $630 million. James Ruhlin, chairman of the… Read More
    The identify of a man’s body recently recovered from the ocean off Bar Harbor was not determined Monday, according to officials at the state Medical Examiner’s Office. The state office has contacted local authorities in the Northeast along the Atlantic seaboard, including coastal Canadian provinces,… Read More
    Three teen-agers were taken into custody by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department Monday and charged with burglary and criminal mischief in connection with the recent break-ins and vandalism at the Levant Consolidated School. Detective Glenn Ross said a 14-year-old and two 15-year-old boys were released… Read More
    The lawyer investigating sexual misconduct allegations against suspended Etna-Dixmont principal Lawrence Plaisted will meet with SAD 38 School Board members Tuesday to update them on the investigation and counsel them on the board’s options in the situation. While the special board meeting is public, the… Read More
    The Training and Development Corp. will move its Bangor office and Career Advancement Center to 1 Cumberland Place in early September, said John Dorrer, senior vice president of TDC. TDC is a not-for-profit human resource development organization and operates the Penobscot Job Corps Center in… Read More
    The interview process for a new school superintendent serving the eight communities in SAD 63, the Airline CSD 8, and Dedham, is expected to begin in early September with a final selection by the end of the month, the head of the search committee said Monday. Read More
    Holding up Canada’s national health-care system as a program to emulate, U.S. Senate candidate Neil Rolde announced Monday in Bangor a local canvassing effort to promote such a plan in this country. “The United States is one of only two industrial nations that does not… Read More
    A fire that authorities believe may have been deliberately started gutted an abandoned wooden shed owned by Springfield Terminal, along the waterfront in Bangor late Monday afternoon. Assistant Fire Chief Frank Dinsmore said at the scene that the fire, which could be smelled at the… Read More
    Mark A. Goodin, 28, 555 Finson Road, Bangor, was summoned by Bangor police Monday morning and charged with violation of a protection order. Police reported that Goodin said he was simply dropping his children off at his estranged wife’s home on Sunset Avenue. The woman called police and… Read More
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    First he was Riley B. King. Then he was the Beale Street Blues Boy, then just Blues Boy and, finally, B.B. But whatever name he goes by, one moniker remains the same. B.B. King is King of the Blues. For nearly four decades, this titan… Read More
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    When The Timberland Co. closes its Bangor shoe factory late next month, about 160 workers will lose their jobs. But the company is taking action now to help its employees prepare for the future. Timberland has taken the unusual step of mailing letters to other… Read More
    PORTLAND — Dozens of lobster fishermen on three Casco Bay islands kept their boats tied up in port Monday as prices for their catch dropped to the same low levels that prompted a four-day lobstermen’s “strike” a year ago, an industry consultant said. The action… Read More
    The Umewaka Troupe of Noh actors will present the final showing of William Yeats’ play “At the Hawk’s Well” at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14 at the Pavilion Theater in Orono. A combination of music, dance and traditional Japanese theatrical technique, the production is part… Read More
    A Bradley man described as one of the major cocaine distributors in the Bangor area asked for a reduction of his seven-year prison sentence Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor. Mark Hogan, 34, who is serving a prison sentence at the LaTuna, Texas, federal… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Seniority Program at Cary Medical Center held its first Seniority picnic earlier this month at Spruce Haven. Despite record-breaking temperatures, more than 400 people attended. Games, entertainment, prizes, and food were all on the agenda, along with an old-fashioned pie-judging contest. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick — A 46-year-old former boxer went the equivalent of 115 rounds against a boxer’s bag here to raise money for a local cardiac center and to make an attempt at enetering the Guinness Book of World Records. Don Plourde went eight hours… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Rules governing clear-cutting and regeneration of harvest timberlands should be tailored for the regions of the state, have a longer reporting period, and use tree height to determine when an area no longer is considered a clear-cut. These were among the comments offered Monday during… Read More
    HOULTON The following cases were processed the week of Aug. 8 in 2nd District Court in Houlton by Judge David B. Griffiths: 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
    HARRINGTON — Counseling services for individuals, groups and married couples are available at the Harrington Family Health Center. Barbara Hope, a new member of the staff, will provide the services. She received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Maine and holds… Read More
    CALAIS — While the rest of the world is focused on the Middle East, an event took place in this small corner of the world that symbolized the peace and friendship that can exist between two neighboring nations. The 17th annual International Festival that took place during the… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — Overseas markets for Maine sawlogs appear to be sustaining the demand for forest products in spite of a drop in U.S. housing starts, according to Peter Lammert of Thomaston, a utilization and marketing forester for the Maine Forest Service. Each year, Lammert compiles… Read More
    MACHIAS — A confrontation between Machias police and 33-year-old Wayne Robinson of Machiasport last Thursday night ended with Robinson’s arrest on a misdemeanor charge of threatening. Robinson was released on $25 personal recognizance bail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    PRINCETON — The new Princeton Regional Airport Authority got an important boost last week when Georgia-Pacific Corp. of Woodland announced it would donate 100,000 cubic yards of gravel fill for use in the airport-overrun project. William Kendall, G-P forest manager, announced G-P’s contribution. Last year,… Read More
    LINCOLN — David Bosse, the adult education director for Region 3, has announced the course offerings for the fall semester. Registrations are being accepted at Region 3 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, either by telephone at 794-8596 or by stopping at… Read More
    NEWPORT — Newport police say they have summoned six young people for theft after they allegedly took as much as $10,000 from their employer’s cash register over a period of time. According to Sgt. Sanger Davis, six people have been summoned for theft and he… Read More
    DEXTER — The fate of the Silvers Mills Union Church was discussed at a public meeting in Dexter Sunday night. The Episcopal Church of the Messiah has rented the church from the Silvers Mills Union Church board of trustees since the early 1970s. Earlier this… Read More
    NEWPORT — Area children this week will be searching local ponds for what they hope will be a champion jumping frog. The Newport Fire Department will hold its annual Frog Jump Contest on Sunday, Aug. 19. The daylong event will be held at the American Legion grounds on… Read More
    PLYMOUTH — Plymouth selectmen were dismayed to learn this week that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection had denied their designation license for sewage removal. At a regional meeting held in Thorndike last Thursday, Plymouth was included in the list of area towns that are… Read More
    ROCKPORT — One person was treated Sunday at Penobscot Bay Medical Center and released after a three-car collision at Route 90 and Meadow Street. Linda L. Jura, 30, of Union was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Police said she was the operator of a… Read More
    WISCASSET — It was Robert Young Jr., 34, of Belfast, who received a fine of $10,000 on a charge of possession of short clams in District Court on Aug. 8, rather than Robert Young Sr., 56. The younger Young is associated with Young’s Shellfish Co. Read More
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    ROCKLAND — A five-year capital-improvement program, which called for spending $831,226 in 1991, was unveiled Monday night by City Manager Cathy A. Smith Sleeper. Mayor Thomas Molloy announced that the council would review the report in detail next Monday. Sleeper’s recommendations for the next budget… Read More
    The driver of a vehicle involved in a near head-on collision Saturday in Hancock was saved from serious injuries by an air bag which inflated at the moment of impact, according to Hancock County Sheriff’s deputies. David S. Gaines, 36, of Studio City, Calif., was… Read More
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    HOULTON — An eighth session of the commercial truck-driving program has been scheduled by Region II, Southern Aroostook Vocational Education, beginning Monday, Aug. 27, and continuing through mid-November. The program will be held Monday through Friday and will consist of 180 hours divided into classroom,… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Gehrig Johnson, superintendent of schools of SAD 1, recently earned a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Santa Barbara, Calif. Johnson also has a certificate of advanced study from the University of Maine in Orono, a master’s degree in school administration from the… Read More
    CARIBOU — Wendy S. Lord of Caribou attended the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at the Chautauqua Institution cultural center in western New York state. Lord, a children’s writer, joined other children’s writers and a faculty of writers, editors and publishers including Eve Bunting, Pam Conrad,… Read More
    CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy will host the 39th annual Maine Retired Skippers Race at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18. A pre-race meeting will take place at 10 a.m. in the Payson Hall lecture room. The 12-mile race in Penobscot Bay is open to anyone… Read More