When the NAIA District 5 Eastern Division playoffs roll around, you can always pencil in Thomas College and the University of Maine-Farmington. Thomas fifth-year coach Jim Evans has guided all four of his previous Terrier teams to the district playoffs and veteran UMF Coach Bob… Read More
    ORONO – Phase One is winding down. Dry-land training for the University of Maine’s hockey team will conclude this weekend. Phase Two begins at one minute past midnight Monday morning when the players are allowed to take the ice for formal practice. Dry-land training is… Read More
    The Golf Scene Last September, Bangor High School golf coach Dave Willette was talking about winning the state Class A team championship. 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
    WOODLAND – Karol Korasadowicz scored on an assist from Chris Manza with 3:04 gone in the first overtime period to spark Woodland to a 2-1 schoolboy soccer victory over Calais here Monday. Korasadowicz had tied the game with a goal 17 minutes into the second… Read More
    Joseph Brennan, a former governor who developed a campaign theme out of his constitutional responsibility to balance the state budget during eight years in office, now is under public scrutiny for things he also did consistently: Appointing friends to positions of authority. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    AT BLUE HILL, Saturday, 2.89 miles GSA International Invitational Cross Country Shotgun Race Sumner girls 5, St. Stephen, New Brunswick 16, North Haven 20, (Fredericton, New Brunswick; Rothesay Collegiate School, St. John, N.B.; Fundy H.S., St. George, N.B., Georges Valley, George Stevens Acad., Washington Acad. Read More
    Harrington downs Cherryfield HARRINGTON – Peter Joyce and Eric Benge scored unassisted goals to lift Harrington Junior High to a 2-0 win over Cherryfield in boys soccer action Monday. Joyce and Chris Hall combined for 11 saves in net, facing 15 shots for the 2-0… Read More
    Tuesday with… GREENVILLE – A stranger-looking prey would be hard to find. A bull moose standing in the open at Tom’s Bog has the muzzle of a mule, the long, thick legs of a giraffe, and the girth of a Brahma bull. His antlers, wide… Read More
    BOSTON – The Boston Bruins said Monday they had assigned goaltender Matt DelGuidice and left wing Jeff Lazaro to the Maine Mariners, their American Hockey League affiliate. The Bruins, 5-1-1 so far in the preseason, have two exhibition games remaining. They are scheduled to play… Read More
    College Report Heading into last Saturday’s season-opener at Amherst, Bates College football coach Web Harrison was struggling to choose a starting quarterback. Would it be junior Mike Feeley or sophomore Steve Bucci? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    Moose hunters tagged 268 moose Monday on the opening day of the 1990 hunting season. That is 11 fewer than last year’s opening day when 279 moose were tagged. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    AT WATERVILLE Colby women (5-0) 7, New Hampshire (1-4) 2 Singles: Kara McKenna (NH) def. Maria Kim 6-2,7-5; Lisa Black (C) def. Sara Tonna 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Twisty Gogolak (C) def. Tori Wincup 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Jaymie Hyde (NH) def. Ann Bonniwell 6-2, 6-3; Reena… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Jeannie Robinson scored two goals here Saturday to lead the University of Maine-Presque Isle to a 2-1 women’s soccer victory over the University of New England of Biddeford. Beth Corrow assisted on one of Robinson’s goal for the 2-3 Owls. Jodi Ahearn… Read More
    AT KINGFIELD Kingfield 10K Complete Results 1. Peter Lessard, 31:06; 2. Robert Everett, 31:31; 3. Roy “Chuck” Morris, 31:56; 4. Glendon Rand, 32:01; 5. Dan Dearing, 32:03; 6. Stephen Podajny, 32:07; 7. Michael Gaige, 32:25; 8. Douglas DeAngelis, 32:29; 9. Lance Guliani, 33:09; 10. Gordon… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Cassie Graves scored off a Michele Primiano assist with 20:50 left in the second half, powering Thomas College to a 2-1 win over St. Joseph’s College of Standish in women’s college soccer action here Monday. Graves also assisted on a goal by Krista… Read More
    AT KATAHDIN C.C., MILO Par 36 Penquis (8-7) 7.5, Dexter (5-9) 2.5 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 (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Julie Mallett scored three goals as Foxcroft Academy posted a 4-0 schoolgirl field hockey victory over Bangor here Monday. Angela Stutzman scored one goal and assisted on another as the Ponies improved to 8-0. Concho King and Stephanie Tilton added assists for Foxcroft. Read More
    AT WOODLAND Varsity: Woodland (4-3) def. Calais (1-5) 15-13, 15-9 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 (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
    Limits imposed in 1970 by the Federal Communications Commission on the three major television networks made sense when ABC, CBS, and NBC’s audience share was near 95 percent and fewer than 100 independent stations competed for viewers. Today, the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules unfairly hinder the networks,… Read More
    Unofficial Heal Point Standings LTC CLASS B (For games played through Sept. 22) 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
    (through Sept. 22) CLASS A EAST 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 (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    ORONO – Lori Young scored an unassisted goal at 3:46 of the second overtime period to lift the Orono Red Riots to a 2-1 schoolgirl soccer victory over Bucksport here Monday. Young had assisted on a first-period goal by Stephanie Ford for 5-1-1 Orono. Marcia… Read More
    You have to give a little. It’s called compromise. That’s what makes this old world go ’round. But sometimes you have to give a little more than you’d like. You have to give a lot. That’s especially true if you wear the uniform of the University of Maine. Read More
    ORONO – Jamal Williamson knew something was up. The New Hampshire receiver opposite him was not the receiver Williamson had seen in the films of UNH he had studied prior to Saturday’s football game. The University of Maine senior co-captain, currently playing left cornerback, looked… Read More
    A Norway man will be sentenced next month after he pleaded guilty Monday in Bangor to failing to appear as a witness in a murder case last spring. Troy Richard Landis, 20, remains jailed without bail until Oct. 15, when he will be sentenced at… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — A man driving a yellow 1985 Cadillac died Monday night after the car he was driving was struck broadside earlier in the day on Route 1 at the Machias-East Machias town line by a 10-wheel dump truck carrying a full load of gravel. Read More
    BUCKSPORT — Five forklift operators at the Champion International Paper Co. were treated Monday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor for symptoms initially reported as carbon monoxide poisoning. According to Seth Kursman, public affairs director at the company, the five men were working in… Read More
    AT BAR HARBOR, 2.95 miles MDI Invitational Results Ellsworth boys 42, Old Town 52, Jonesport-Beals 98, Bangor 109, Mattanawcook 147, John Bapst 232, Narraguagus 250, Mount Desert Island 290, Bucksport 0 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Romey Pelletier and Darrell “Skip” Pound will be inducted into the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Owl Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday Sept. 29,in Kelley Commons. The dinner is open to the public. Pelletier, a… Read More
    The article on the front page of the Sept. 5 Bangor Daily News about Gouldsboro concerns many voters in this town. Selectmen are called on to make many hard decisions for the good of the people in the town. Some selectmen in Gouldsboro were elected… Read More
    So, Patrick McGowan thinks Olympia Snowe should be barred from seeking re-election because she has been in office 12 years. I am sure McGowan would find that to be very convenient in his race against Snowe. But will McGowan find it so convenient when Sen. Read More
    If Bangor wants a man who has never taken the easy way in any situation, who takes time to think before he acts or responds to an important question, who listens well to get all the facts before he makes a decision, then our major city in Penobscot… Read More
    We’ll say “Thanks, again” to … the teams that participated in the John W. and Mary E. Appreciation Softball Tournament in Hampden on Sept. 8 and 9…. Thanks for the plaque and money. To show continual help and to do for others, we presented half… Read More
    I remember that when former Gov. Brennan was mandated to return money by a referendum he rejected the people’s wishes. I am sure the present and future governor would not have been so high-handed. In fact, Gov. McKernan is the only recent governor to send checks back to… Read More
    I understand that Ernest Park, the adjutant general, is a member of Gov. McKernan’s Cabinet. He is a political appointee, not a career military officer. Apparently, Gov. McKernan approves of Major Gen. Park’s questionable behavior. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    On Sept. 6 the New England Journal of Medicine published the research results of a team of medical researchers from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine. The researchers concluded that approximately 17 percent of all lung cancers in non-smokers can… Read More
    The coverage the Bangor Daily News gave Cooperative Extension’s program on potato harvest safety (BDN, Sept. 10) is appreciated to the degree that it helps promote safer working conditions. It is unfortunate, however, that the editor, by choosing words such as “warns” and “hazards” to headline the article,… Read More
    We would like to express our appreciation to the Bangor Daily News for offering a special subscription rate for our military service personnel. It is such a special way to let them know they have not been forgotten at home and have our support. Our… Read More
    What a surprise! Gov. John R. McKernan announced that he was freezing his top 200 senior appointees’ salaries and it’s about time. McKernan should have realized sooner that Maine people don’t appreciate his appointees receiving an increase in pay while many Maine people have been… Read More
    On July 20, Atlantic Salmon Commissioner William Vail closed a section of water on the Penobscot River and the tributary called Otter Stream for many apparent reasons. The main reason was because of illegal harassment (also known as jigging) of Atlantic Salmon that have gathered in this pool… Read More
    The McKernan re-election campaign must be in serious trouble judging from the attempts to mislead voters about the budget problems, the unpaid bills, and negative advertising attacking Congressman Brennan. I’m tired of candidates who use negative ads. It usually means they don’t have anything positive… Read More
    In your Sept. 5 edition, you published a picture on page 3 of the shooting of Victor Lizotte as part of an advertisement for your own paper. That was very poor journalism. Don’t you have any respect for the child, his family, the police, the ambulance attendants or… Read More
    In her Sept. 20 guest column, Cheryl Harrington, commissioner of the Maine Public Utilities Commission, responded to your editorials of Sept. 15. In describing the least-cost planning process for determining the best resources for meeting our customers’ needs, Commissioner Harrington left the impression that our… Read More
    In response to John Day’s column in the Sept. 15-16 weekend edition of the Bangor Daily News, I would like to make a few comments. First, he devotes half of the column maligning Patrick McTeague by evidently copying from Gerry Boyle of the Central Maine… Read More
    ST. AGATHA — Three teen-agers have been arrested in connection with a burglary at Wisdom High School on Aug. 30. State police said additional charges might be brought against one or more of the accused in connection with a rash of burglaries at the school this spring and… Read More
    ISLAND FALLS — Dale F. Lowe, executive director of the Green Valley Association in Island Falls, has been appointed by Gov. John R. McKernan to the Governor’s Commission to Analyze the Service System for Persons with Mental Retardation. The purpose of the commission is to… Read More
    LIMESTONE — Finance officials at Loring Air Force Base are prepared to help military families who may experience financial problems as a result of spouses’ serving in the Middle East. Because of their deployment, military personnel have lost their “basic allowance for subsistence,” a monthly… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The fall semester at the Loring Air Force Base Center of the University of Maine at Presque Isle will begin Monday, Oct. 1, and continue through Dec. 22. As the University of Maine System campus designated to coordinate programs at Loring AFB, the Presque Isle branch… Read More
    HOULTON — The Respiratory Therapy Department at Houlton Regional Hospital will offer the Family Asthma Program for asthmatic children and their parents beginning at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10. Preregistration is required before Friday, Sept. 28. The program is a five-part program sponsored by the… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Machias School Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the superintendent’s office. The agenda will include: results of a student survey of employment in the 1990 blueberry harvest; a report on grade 11 MEA scores; work on the line-item… Read More
    MACHIAS — Machias officials hope that a promise by 5 Water Street property owner Stephen D. Jones of Danvers, Mass., to tear down and remove the charred remains of the former Machias eatery by Oct. 1 will prevent their pursuing legal action against Jones under the provisions of… Read More
    LUBEC — The Board of Selectmen will appeal the state’s valuation of Lubec real estate, hoping to knock more than $5 million off the valuation that has doubled in just three years. The board will appeal for a reduction of $5,125,530 in this year’s proposed… Read More
    DANFORTH — Extracurricular assignments were made for secondary-level staff members in SAD 14 during the last meeting of the district school board. Assignments for the 1990-91 school year were approved as follows: Jan Preble, yearbook adviser, national honor society adviser and senior class adviser; Ruth… Read More
    MACHIAS — Three students from separate high schools in Washington County will travel to Maryland and Washington next month to participate in the National 4-H Council’s “Profiles for Tomorrow” leadership training program for key teen-age 4-H members. According to Jane Cowles, Extension educator at the… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE — Local property owners will see a 16.6 percent increase in the mill rate this year that will result in an increase of $2.25 in property taxes for each $1,000 of assessed valuation. On property with an assessed value of $50,000, owners will pay about $112 more… Read More
    MACHIAS — The following real estate transfers were recorded in the Washington County Registry of Deeds from Aug. 27 to 31: Darryl A. Ricker to Darlington A. Ricker Sr., property at Perry. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    MACHIAS The following cases were processed in 4th District Court in Machias during the period ending Sept. 21: 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++)… Read More
    GUILFORD — High school seniors at Piscataquis Community High School are receiving extra help this year in career planning. According to Principal Norman Higgins, the senior class has been divided into five groups guided by five faculty members. Faculty members Pete Myrick, John Graf, Greg… Read More
    LINCOLN — The 2-year-old labor dispute between the town of Lincoln and local firefighters will go to arbitration. The Town Council voted Monday not to ratify the tentative agreement with the fire department union and to move to arbitration. That motion was approved 6-1. Rod… Read More
    GUILFORD — Homecoming will be celebrated at Piscataquis Community High School, Sept. 28 and 29. The parents of the senior players in field hockey, cross country and soccer will be recognized before each game. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community High School is beginning a two-year accreditation process. Principal Norman Higgins said a total assessment of the school program would be made in preparation for an on-site review for three days by 15 educators in March 1991. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    NEWPORT — The following small-claims judgments were made in Newport’s 3rd District Court recently by Judge David Cox. Unless otherwise noted, all decisions were by default for the plaintiff, who is listed first. Cases in which Spring Street Greenhouse, Dexter, was the plaintiff were: Charles… Read More
    NEWPORT The following cases were heard in 3rd District Court at Newport, Sept.6-12: 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
    STOCKTON SPRINGS — Receipt of a $20,000 grant to assist the town in meeting expenses connected with the construction of a community pier and dock from Job Opportunity Zone funds was reported last week by the Board of Selectmen. Selectman Earle Brooks reported that the… Read More
    CAMDEN — The third and last of the lectures in the 1990 Maine Authors Series will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the First Congregational Church in Camden. Sponsored by the midcoast branch of the American Association of University Women, this annual series is a major… Read More
    ROCKPORT — A Make Your Own Ice Cream Sundae Party was held recently in the Penobscot Bay Medical Center cafeteria for the hospital’s Youth Volunteers and their families. The volunteer program was explained to the family members and certificates and pins were awarded to the volunteers. Read More
    WARREN — Rep. Joseph Mayo, D-Thomaston, will run unopposed for re-election to his fifth term Nov. 6. His announced opponent, Charles H. Wilcox, a Republican, has withdrawn from the race for the seat in House District 80. Lorraine Fleury, director of the elections divisions of… Read More
    CAMDEN — Kenneth Bailey is a hearty optimist. The town recreation director presented a budget for operation of the Camden Snow Bowl ski area which showed a $31,000 profit, at a Monday night meeting. The municipally owned area, which has been crippled by light snowfall… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The beauty of the nearby national park, a hospitable harbor, and streets lined with shops have made Bar Harbor the port of choice for a growing number of cruise boats. “Everyone loves the cruise boats,” Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce Executive Director… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The arrest of four Rockland men on charges of burglary and theft at a warehouse owned by Eastern Tire Co. on Park Street was reported Monday. Deputy Chief Lewis Metcalf of the Police Department said police received a call at about 11:25 p.m. Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Bar Harbor will enjoy several more visits by cruise ships through Oct. 16, capping off a fall season which has had the arrival of a greater number of the luxury liners than ever before. Typically the cruise ships disembark more than 600… Read More
    A traffic accident resulted in $2,000 damage to a fire hydrant in downtown Bar Harbor when a town police cruiser crashed into it, Hancock County Sheriff’s deputies reported. Patrolman Hylie K. Hall Jr., 56, of the Bar Harbor Police Department was operating the town’s new… Read More
    Residents of Hampden, Newburgh and Winterport will be asked Tuesday to vote on a $4.4 million bond referendum for a new middle school planned for Winterport. Polls for this SAD 22 referendum will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and held for Hampden… Read More
    Bar Harbor police charged Charles R. Higgins, 20, of Bar Harbor with being a habitual offender after stopping him on Route 3 on Sunday. Police filed other charges against him including operating an unregistered motor vehicle, having an inspection sticker violation, and failure to appear in court. Read More
    ORONO — After a sometimes stormy six-year tenure, Town Manager Bruce A. Locke resigned his position late Monday. “After 13 years in Orono, I believe it is time to seek new challenges and new opportunities,” Locke said in his resignation letter to the Town Council. Read More
    Three people were charged by Bangor police after a fight at the Bounty Taverne on Main Street early Sunday morning. Officer Robort Hutchings Jr. reported that a fight broke out when the manager at the Bounty asked Patti Codrey, 22, of 428 Penobscot Hall, University… Read More
    Contractual conflicts between area municipalities and police and fire departments peaked recently as 16 officers and dispatchers called in sick at the Orono Police Department and Brewer firefighters picketed in front of the Brewer fire station. In Brewer on Monday, firefighters picketed the front of… Read More
    The Bangor Police Department, which has bargained with the city over a contract since February, offered Monday evening to end the marathon negotiations by putting forth a “quick remedy: Give the city arbitrator authority to negotiate an agreement.” Patrolman Thomas Reagan, speaking to the City… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The chairman of the state Democratic Party said Monday she was asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether Rep. Olympia J. Snowe should have paid taxes on about $10,000 in excess campaign funds spent on Snowe’s wedding reception after her marriage to Republican Gov. John… Read More
    Guest Column My pickup truck rattles and shakes before coming to a stop at a four-foot gully on the logging road in northern Maine. A killdeer stands on the edge of the washout as coffee-colored water spills through it and into a nearby brook. The… Read More
    By 9 p.m. on a rainy Saturday in the unorganized territories, the bump and grind is in full swing at La Casa de Fiesta. The song “Wild Thing” blasts from the speakers, filling the small, dimly lit club in Dolby with a pulsing roar. The… Read More