The Schenck Wolverines, playing their third straight state Class C championship game, will be looking for their first state title when they face St. Dominic of Lewiston on Saturday in Hampden. Schenck of East Millinocket, 12-4-1, will take on the 12-2-2 Saints at noon at… Read More
    Having long since reluctantly settled into the role of spoiler, the University of Maine football team will get one last opportunity to stick its foot out in front of a higher-ranked Yankee Conference opponent this season when the Black Bears welcome Boston University to Alumni Field in Orono… Read More
    The Skowhegan Indians will begin defending their Pine Tree Conference football championship in earnest on Saturday. They’ll do so against a Waterville team that nearly beat the Indians two weeks ago. Lawrence of Fairfield will get a chance to pay back Gardiner for a regular-season… Read More
    Cony High School of Augusta leads the field of six teams in quest of state field hockey championships Saturday as the Rams seek to win a third consecutive Class A title. Cony meets Biddeford at Oak Hill High School in Wales at noon Saturday; Messalonskee… Read More
    Getting here from there Directions for fans attending the high school state championship soccer games at Falmouth, Scarborough, Hampden, Brewer, Husson College in Bangor, and Union Street in Bangor: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
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    Three of the four teams in Saturday’s LTC Class B football playoffs were not involved in postseason play a year ago. In fact, Mount Desert Island has qualified for postseason play for the first time ever. And, Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln was competing in Class… Read More
    LEWISTON – Graig Coe’s goal lifted the Bowdoin College Polar Bears to a 1-0 men’s soccer victory over the Bates College Bobcats here Friday. Greg Hostetter assisted on the game-winning goal 4:39 into the second half. Goalie Andres VeLasa made 7 saves on 18 shots… Read More
    DENVER, Colo. – With their top seven scorers back off last year’s 33-11-2 team and nine players returning with 10 or more goals, the Hockey East coaches felt the University of Maine Black Bears would have no shortage of firepower. Maine displayed its explosiveness on… Read More
    When the first week in November rolls around, one thing you can almost always count on is an NAIA District 5 playoff game between rivals Thomas College of Waterville and the University of Maine-Farmington. It’s no exception this year. For the sixth time in seven… Read More
    University of Maine field hockey coach Jeri Waterhouse has informed Maine Athletic Director Kevin White she will not return as coach for spring workouts. White was out of his office Friday and unavailable for comment, but Tom Boeh, senior associate athletic director, said that office… Read More
    You could call Peter Gardula and Gary Crompton the “Mutt and Jeff” of the back line for the University of Maine’s soccer team. Sweeper Gardula stands 5-foot-8 and weighs in at 170 pounds while stopper Crompton is 6-2, 195 pounds. Both will have to stand… Read More
    FEATHERS AND FINS When a sodden Hank Lyons stepped from a cover sloping away from the East Bucksport Road, the wind-whipped November rain struck him like a string of spent shot. Tucking his chin onto his chest, he squinted through the stream of water running… Read More
    CRAWFORD — A 39 year-old Bangor man was killed Thursday in a car-tractor trailer accident on Route 9 in Crawford. According to Trooper Timothy Varney of the Maine State Police, at about 4:15 p.m. Stephen H. Bryson of Bangor was headed east on Route 9,… Read More
    I remember: The lush raises politicians gave themselves and my vote didn’t count; 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
    …Sunday sales will hurt small businesses and of that I don’t believe there is any argument. Coming from a small town, I appreciate my local businesses and I know the tough time they have trying to make it in today’s business world. They can’t compete with larger businesses… Read More
    Following are some interesting facts about John Baldacci, incumbent state senator: Baldacci missed, overall, 16 percent of the roll calls for the 113th Maine Legislature. He was dead last for attendance, compared with his peers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    From 1983 to 1987 I served as a member of the Bangor School Committee. During that time I had the opportunity to work with two fellow School Committee members who this year are seeking the votes of Bangor residents. Judith Guay was on the board… Read More
    For six years my husband, Drew, and our five children have lived on High Street in Newport. Not once in this time has Jerome Emerson campaigned at our door. Carol Perkins took the time. Carol cares about us.. She will listen to your concenrs. Carol… Read More
    With Election Day quickly approaching, people are making their final decisions on whom to vote for. Being represented in Washington is important. We need someone who is a positive representative with experience. Maine needs to re-elect Bill Cohen to the Senate. He is a hard worker who takes… Read More
    It doesn’t seem possible that the Democratic Campaign Committee of Maine can believe that the voters will swallow the TV ads that are being shown so often, now. Maine voters know who has controlled the State Legislature for too many years; voters know that the… Read More
    …McKernan has shown he supports Bush, thus he supports the rich. Maine is the second highest taxed state in the United States and we really can’t take four more years of this wishy-washy politics…. We are tired of newsmen giving their opinions as if they… Read More
    I would like to voice my support for the Republican candidate for Registry of Deeds, Ann Dowd. I have dealt with Ann on both a personal and a business level and find her a very dedicated and energetic person…. Jean Burgess Bangor… Read More
    With Election Day very close, I want my fellow county residents to know that I am supporting the candidacy of John J. Goggin for sheriff of Piscataquis County. John has worked for my department for more than 18 years and I know John to be… Read More
    Petition signers, beware! Following the Maine Turnpike Authority’s proposal to widen the heavily used southern sections of the turnpike, every individual, coalition, and organization was given an opportunity to express their views. By the time this letter might appear, the Board of Environmental Protection hearing, set for Oct. Read More
    As one who follows newspaper accounts of the activities of our elected officials, I have been appalled over recent years to read in the Bangor Daily News of the numerous tantrums thrown by our present sheriff during public meetings of the Washington County Commission. In my opinion, this… Read More
    More than 400 members of the House of Representatives recently passed a budget agreement, when there was only one written copy available to be read at the time of the vote. The American people have to live with this agreement — good or bad —… Read More
    Who worked hard to keep the tax dollars down? Who was a prime mover for the restoration of Garland Street Field? 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
    When we, the undersigned, go to the polls on Nov. 6, our votes, for the most part, will be easily cast. Not long ago we were in need of assistance and turned to our Democratic and Republican officials serving on both state and national levels. Read More
    …I am a Christian and Sunday is sacred to me. It is the Lord’s day and I don’t believe people should work unless it is absolutely necessary. Nurses, doctors, and people who are in service to other must make this sacrifice, but they know this when they choose… Read More
    How quickly people forget what Joe Brennan is. How can a union support a man who just a short time ago gave $4 million of our tax money to the millionaires who own Bath Iron Works and live outside the state? Is it any wonder these same men… Read More
    How quickly people forget what Joe Brennan is. How can a union support a man who just a short time ago gave $4 million of our tax money to the millionaires who own Bath Iron Works and live outside the state? Is it any wonder these same men… Read More
    Would someone please advise me as to the laws of crosswalks. Twice within the past month, I have had the experience in the town of Machias of law officials leaving me standing at the crosswalk while they passed by; one, a sheriff, was nice enough to wave to… Read More
    …Both candidates (for governor) of the major parties are liberal Democrats. The government is simply too big and expensive. Andrew Adam is the candidate who recognizes it, says it, and has a plan to decrease the size and cost of government; to stop government aggression… Read More
    I am a soldier serving in Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. I was raised in Bangor and am proud to call Maine home. I’ve been in country almost four weeks now. My parents and wife told me that the Bangor Daily News is being… Read More
    How quickly people forget what Joe Brennan is. How can a union support a man who just a short time ago gave $4 million of our tax money to the millionaires who own Bath Iron Works and live outside the state? Is it any wonder these same men… Read More
    Congress has just shot itself in the foot again, and all of us citizens in the wallet. Raising the gasoline tax is one of the more stupid acts out of many. This tax is not about pleasure boats, snowmobilers, or vacation travel. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    We should thank Jim Black for calling a meeting at the Belfast Library to organize a citizens group concerned with the high taxes we are paying. It is an issue about which we all can and do agree; in Belfast the high taxes are seriously hurting. Read More
    Our Congress, controlled by members of the Democratic Party, has decreed that senior members of our society must pay more for medical care. At the state level, the Democratic Party founded a health-care system that has led the charge in the closing of many smaller community hospitals, thus… Read More
    So why do gays need a Coming Out Day? I don’t care how many thousands or millions of you there are, it is still an abomination unto the Lord. And besides, I keep my sex to myself. Why can’t you?… Edna Staples North Haven… Read More
    The Red Sox should keep designated hitter and right-fielder Dwight Evans. He is one of my favorite Red Sox players. After the poor decision of the Sox management, I at least hope he makes it to the Hall of Fame where he belongs…. Erica Ponkala Shirley… Read More
    We certainly hope the people in Senate District 5 reverse the voting record they have established during the last 16 years; they have continuously kept Sen. Charles Pray in office. A person once referred to Sen. Pray as the “John Martin of the Senate.” It’s time for a… Read More
    We certainly hope the people in Senate District 5 reverse the voting record they have established during the last 16 years; they have continuously kept Sen. Charles Pray in office. A person once referred to Sen. Pray as the “John Martin of the Senate.” It’s time for a… Read More
    Maine is becoming home for many people who have never had to be aware of hunters. Maine is also the hunting playground for many people from totally urban areas. Is it possible the Sportsman’s Alliance, Ducks Unlimited, and other groups of this sort could take… Read More
    Donald C. Lewis’ letter of Oct. 29 deserves a response. Lewis suggests that State Rep. Tom Duffy has a poor attendance record in the Maine House. The truth is that Tom has a near-perfect committee attendance record and is recorded in 84 percent of the roll-call votes cast… Read More
    On Oct. 23 a program was held by Kappa Delta Pi, the University of Maine’s College of Education honor society, titled, “What Makes a Good Teacher? Ask High School Students!” We had a big turnout and were fortunate to have three very bright high-school stduents participate. Read More
    From early to mid-November, Maine schools will issue first-quarter report cards to their students. In a recent Heathcliff comic strip (Oct. 19), Heathcliff’s solution for receiving a poor report card is to help the little boy run away. American humor does indeed have an element… Read More
    On behalf of the recently departed trade delegation (to Aroostook County) from the Grampian region of Scotland, I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for the welcome which you afforded us. The greatest praise that I can offer is that all in the group remarked how much… Read More
    Bravo! to the recent story, “UM raises admission standards.” How much better for potential students to rise to the standards of the university rather than having the university lower its expectations/standards to the students. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    I’m glad to see Washington Mayor Marion Barry get a six-month prison term with a $5,000 fine as a sentence. It sends the message that in this country, one cannot get special treatment just because one is an important government official. I think it’s outrageous,… Read More
    I, for one, would welcome a law requiring me to wear blaze orange to feed the horse or watch the sunset. Maybe having all those extra wardens checking up on me would deter all those S.O.B.’s who have hunted on or walked across my 40… Read More
    We know that it is very hard to stop smoking. Our class hopes that you can try to stop smoking. Grade 2, Room 4 Asa C. Adams School Orono Karla Kenney, teacher… Read More
    I want to commend Tom Hennessey for his fine column of Oct. 27. He, properly, places the responsibility for hunting safety with the hunter. If all hunters shared his level of common sense, we would not have the problems that we have now and I… Read More
    The desecration of family ties between Israel and the United States can only be tempered by conscious thought and motivated by giving the Arab community a certain level of attainment to belong in an already-complicated world. Orion Asyason Bangor… Read More
    I can go no longer without voicing objections to the wasteful spending of tax dollars by the university administration. I refer to the university facilities that have been, and still are, adequate for functions now being held at the new motel that opened recently in… Read More
    I can go no longer without voicing objections to the wasteful spending of tax dollars by the university administration. I refer to the university facilities that have been, and still are, adequate for functions now being held at the new motel that opened recently in… Read More
    Recently, Bangor has been front-page news as your community has been the focus of considerable media attention. Most recently, a tragic hunting accident and its aftermath and, last summer, the horror of a kidnapping and murder of a 5-year-old boy. Both issues touch deep and powerful feelings. Read More
    I can go no longer without voicing objections to the wasteful spending of tax dollars by the university administration. I refer to the university facilities that have been, and still are, adequate for functions now being held at the new motel that opened recently in… Read More
    I can go no longer without voicing objections to the wasteful spending of tax dollars by the university administration. I refer to the university facilities that have been, and still are, adequate for functions now being held at the new motel that opened recently in… Read More
    Elizabeth G. O’Donnell of Bangor, president of Abnaki Girl Scout Council, joined 6,200 Girl Scout delegates and visitors Oct. 20-23 at Miami Beach, Fla., for the 45th National Council Session-Convention of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. First lady Barbara Bush, who launched the national Girl… Read More
    The following American Red Cross blood drives will be held during November: Bangor High School, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 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… Read More
    NEWPORT — Lucille McKenney spent a magical, unbelieveable summer. Through a series of twists and turns, and sometimes seemingly unsurmountable obstacles, McKenney was reunited with her mother and brother after 44 years of separation. “I still have to pinch myself,” the Newport woman said recently. Read More
    EAST SULLIVAN — Tucked away in a nearly forgotten corner of Hancock County, a small pottery business is making a big name with a motif synonymous with the region’s No. 1 cash crop. Debbie’s Blueberry Ware expects to gross sales in excess of $250,000 this… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan announced Friday he has written to the federal Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator to urge position action on a permit submitted for construction of a Presque Isle mall. The letter to Julie Belaga, EPA regional administrator, said that the… Read More
    Troopers assigned to Maine State Police Troop F at Houlton are investigating the following incidents that have taken place in Aroostook County: Trooper James Willey is investigating the theft of two Mikita industrial sanders and a Black and Decker half-inch industrial drill valued at $450… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Sen. George J. Mitchell started a whirlwind day of campaigning for local Democrats here Friday morning and worked his way through the St. John Valley and south to central Aroostook County by midafternoon. State Rep. Patrick McGowan, D-Canaan, challenger to U.S. Rep. Read More
    A reporting error in court news Wednesday for 2nd District Court in Houlton incorrectly listed Glen D. Sides, 21, Houlton, as being fined $200 for unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs. Court documents originally also incorrectly listed Sides as being charged with possession of scheduled drugs, but according to… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — The New England Association of Teachers of English recently held its fall conference at Portland. Representing Washington Academy was English teacher Virginia Plummer. The theme of the conference was “What’s the story? The history and direction of our profession and the importance… Read More
    HARRINGTON — Republicans will sweep the ticket and stores will be open for Sunday sales if the Nov. 6 general election should reflect the results of a mock election Thursday at Narraguagus High School. About 85 percent of the students and faculty members cast ballots… Read More
    HARRINGTON — A public-opinion poll that was included with the ballot in Thursday’s mock election at Narraguagus High School revealed strong opposition to a proposed increase in the federal gasoline tax. Other poll results were indecisive in regard to whether the federal government should increase spending for social… Read More
    MACHIASPORT — Incumbents recaptured their seats in a mock election held Thursday by pupils in grades five through eight at Fort O’Brien Elementary School. Gov. John R. McKernan beat challenger U.S. Rep. Joseph Brennan; U.S. Sen. William Cohen defeated challenger Neal Rolde; and U.S. Rep. Read More
    MACHIAS — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has been receiving inquiries about sending food to Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Army Natick Research Development and Engineering Center, the Army Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, and the Office of the Army Surgeon General have no… Read More
    Voters in SAD 30, Howland, Lincoln and Millinocket will consider some major local issues when they go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Howland voters will consider an agreement between the town and the Penobscot Indian Nation, which will determine the fate of a… Read More
    NEWPORT — Town Manager Carlo Pilgrim announced Friday that a contract with steel fabricator Richard Peck for repair of the Main Street dam gates has been signed and will become effective Monday, Nov. 5. At a special town meeting in October, residents approved $15,000 for… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — The Katahdin Region Sister City Committee met Thursday to discuss the goals and achievements of their sister city, Vetlanda, Sweden. Toni Blake said that the trip to Vetlanda in October had resulted in a strong bond between the Americans and Swedes. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Executive Committee of the Newport Taxpayers Association presented to selectmen a list of demands Friday morning and scheduled a meeting for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, to discuss them in detail. “We consider time to be of the essence,” read the association’s… Read More
    DEXTER — Dexter councilors have gone back to the drawing board in their attempt to draft an ordinance that would govern where septic tank waste can be disposed of. Last month, an ordinance was introduced at the council meeting that would require residents who owned… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Fewer than 150 students at Maine Central Institute exercised their right to vote in a mock election held Friday at the school in Pittsfield. In the balloting, two Republicans and four Democrats emerged “victorious.” Students re-elected Gov. John R. McKernan by a margin… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — A reproductive management school, targeted for dairy farm owners and herd and dairy farm workers, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and 14. The locations for the seminars will be at the D&S Corral in Richmond on Nov. 13, and at… Read More
    DEXTER — Four Dexter residents are unopposed in their quest for election to four municipal posts in Dexter this November. Lorraine Gilbert and Robert Lessard are candidates for the two three-year openings on the Hospital Administrative District 4 board. Greg Brawn and Tom Gilbert also… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Energy conservation measures have been implemented at Maine Central Institute to combat rising oil prices. According to MCI Headmaster Douglas Cummings, thermostats in all buildings on campus will be turned back to 68 degrees. This initial action will generate a significant saving, Cummings… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A crackdown to collect $34,000 in delinquent sewer bills was started this week, City Manager Cathy A. Sleeper reported Friday. For the first time in several years the city will exercise its legal option of placing liens on properties. Sleeper said that ultimately… Read More
    HARMONY — Two people were seriously injured Friday afternoon when their vehicle went off the road and rolled over twice. State Trooper Scott Nichols said Patricia Ball, 35, of Wellington and Richard Bush, 37, received massive head and chest injuries in the 3 p.m. accident… Read More
    ROCKLAND — While many water companies in Maine face the prospect of tripling their rates to meet the mandates of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, the Camden and Rockland Water Co. hopes to avoid such an increase. Kenneth Jacobson, water company president, said Friday… Read More
    CAMDEN — Stephen B. Rohrbaugh has become a member of the Camden-based law firm of Harmon, Jones and Sanford. Rohrbaugh was a counsel with Crandall, Hanscom, Pease and Collins of Rockland. Before that, he was associated with Rohrbaugh, Lane and Lundquist of Camden; Cravath, Swaine… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Public opposition to hunting continues to grow in virtually every section of the country and even more so in Maine. That gloomy observation, from the sportsmen’s viewpoint, was made Friday by William Vail, commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Read More
    The predictions. The annual ritual here is to try to pick the winners of races locally and at the top of the ticket. As usual the selected list is not scientific. It is nothing more than guesswork based on observations and speculation. First the easy… Read More
    VINALHAVEN — The formation of a Vinalhaven Development Corp. with the goal of raising at least $50,000 during the next 18 months to assist programs designed to stimulate the economy of the town was announced Friday. Named president of the board of trustees was Horace… Read More
    A story Friday about the trial of two Maine State Prison inmates charged with the murder of inmate Larry L. Richardson reported that guard Stephen Waite testified he gave Richardson a towel at 9 p.m. the day of his death. The story should have stated 9 a.m. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the City Hall council chambers. The agenda includes a public hearing and consideration on the following requests for shoreland permits: Burris Jester, to build a year-round residence on Graham Lake, Map 68, Lot 33-4;… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — About 150 families have visited the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Ellsworth each week during 1990, twice the number who needed food assistance during the preceding year. To meet that increasing demand, letters of appeal have gone out to area churches and… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Dr. Betty L. Siegel, president of Kennesaw College in Georgia and president of the American Association of Colleges, will speak at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the auditorium at College of the Atlantic. Siegel, considered a leader in innovative education, has… Read More
    Halloween Night in Southwest Harbor attracted a few unfriendly ghouls and goblins when police cut short one prankster’s egg-throwing spree. Wade G. Strout, 22, Southwest Harbor, was charged with criminal mischief and assault in connection with an egg-throwing incident in front of the Lawson Apartment… Read More
    Unionized employees of the city of Bangor, upset with the lack of progress in contract talks, recently formed a committee to further their cause. The group of workers from the Fire, Police, and Public Works departments, City Employees Political Action Committee, recently sent a memo… Read More
    While on average candidates vying for the three seats on the Bangor School Committee have spent nearly $425 on campaigning so far, the figure is a little deceiving. Of the five candidates reporting their finances to the city clerks office on Wednesday, only one even… Read More
    Gov. John McKernan and U.S. Rep. Olympia Snowe will headline a Republican campaign rally in downtown Bangor beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. Supporters will gather at 9 a.m. at the Bangor GOP volunteer headquarters at 1 Central St., the old Mr. Paperback store,… Read More
    ORONO — The winter overnight parking ban at the University of Maine will be in effect Nov. 1 through May 1, university officials said. All faculty, staff and commuter parking areas on the campus are closed to overnight parking during this period. No vehicles may… Read More