Once, twice, three times an All-American. University of Maine senior strong safety Claude Pettaway completed college football’s postseason trifecta by being named to the first team of the Associated Press Division I-AA All-America Team, announced Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    MCI frosh boys defeat Central-EC EAST CORINTH – Jessie Prost scored 15 points to help pace the Maine Central Institute freshmen of Pittsfield to a 66-60 victory over host Central here Tuesday. For MCI, Chris LaPlant scored 12. For 0-5 Central, McLean Poulin scored 20… Read More
    Mike Denino walked off the field as a college football player for the last time on Nov. 25, 1989. That was the day his University of Maine team fell to Southwest Missouri State 38-35 in overtime in the opening round of the Division I-AA playoffs. Read More
    Oxford Plains Speedway, one of the most popular Saturday night stock car racing arenas in the state, has added another glamour racing class to its schedule for the 1991 season. The modified division, a fast-driving, open-wheeled class that had called Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in… Read More
    HERMON – Shawn Thayer possesses the kind of basketball ability that tantalizes opponents and forces fans to take notice. The senior sharpshooter did just that here Tuesday night, swishing three consecutive three-pointers amid a 19-1 third-quarter spurt that carried the Hawks to a 77-67 Class… Read More
    Many Eastern Maine Class C basketball teams are hunting Eagles this winter – George Stevens Academy Eagles, that is. Coach Jim Murphy’s team battled its way into the Class C tournament last February and advanced to the semifinals last season. This time around, GSA won’t… Read More
    Dear Santa, I realize it would not be right to ask you to give Saddam Hussein a pipe bomb in his stocking. Nor can you guarantee world peace or a better econonmy. But here’s a list of ideas that could make the sports world a… Read More
    Twenty-one players have been named to the first-ever Penobscot Valley Conference Academic All-Star field hockey team. Earning the PVC’s Academic All-Star awards from Bangor are Jody Bower, Nicki Hawkes, Sarah Jordan, Sarah Shubert, and Rita Sullivan. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    Jamie White poured in a career-high 36 points to lead the Brewer Witches to a 64-60 schoolboy basketball victory over the Mount Desert Island Trojans at the Brewer H.S. gym Tuesday night. It was the first win in three outings for the Witches. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    David Ploch’s Old Town Indians, winners of the 1990-91 PVC Relay Carnival, collected two more wins as they defeated Waterville Friday and then met Class B power Morse High of Bath at Bates College Saturday and easily swamped the Shipbuilders. Ploch’s squad gained the victories… Read More
    On the Run Runners seeking a short race and a chance to contribute to a worthy cause may want to consider competing in the first Resolution 4K Run in Bangor at 10 a.m. on Dec. 30. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    “It’s a great break.” That’s what fourth-year head coach Ed Marshall and the University of Maine-Fort Kent women’s basketball team are saying to each other as they head into the holidays. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    INDIAN ISLAND – Vinnie Genest had 2 goals and an assist to lead the Lawrence Bulldogs of Fairfield to a 5-1 schoolboy ice hockey win over Orono here at Sockalexis Ice Arena Tuesday. For the 2-3 Bulldogs, Chris Suddy had a goal and 2 assists. Read More
    ORONO – There will be a Friends of Maine Hockey luncheon for the Dexter Classic Tournament on Friday at 11:45 a.m. at the Black Bear Inn here. The luncheon will cost $8. The coaches of the four teams involved in the tournament: Maine’s Shawn Walsh, Clarkson’s Mark Morris,… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Stephanie Shaw poured in 18 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to carry Maine Central Institute to its sixth schoolgirl basketball win in as many outings, a 48-44 victory over Central High of East Corinth here Tuesday night. Michelle Vigue chipped in with… Read More
    The Orono Red Riots accomplished a difficult feat this fall. Coach Bob Lucy’s squad went undefeated, compiling a 12-0 record on its way to winning the Class B football state championship. Eight Orono players headline the 1990 All-LTC Class B Football Team selected by the… Read More
    ORONO – Senior right wing Mike Treat had three goals and an assist and senior left wing Jason Henderson had a pair of goals to lead the Brewer High School Witches to a 9-5 schoolboy hockey victory over Stearns High of Millinocket at the Alfond Arena here Tuesday. Read More
    HOCKEY EAST W L T Pts GF GA Boston Col. 6 2 0 12 43 34 Boston U. 5 1 1 11 39 19 Merrimack 4 3 0 8 32 39 N.Hampshir 4 3 0 8 28 22 Providence 3 3 1 7 35 31… Read More
    ORONO – Brewer High School hockey coach Bill Schwarz was satisfied but not overjoyed with his team’s free-wheeling 9-5 victory over Stearns High of Millinocket at the Alfond Arena here Tuesday evening. “We’ve been working on our offense and it finally came around,” said Schwarz,… Read More
    Bangor YMCA gains win The Bangor YMCA swim team defeated the Northern York County YMCA of Biddeford 182-139 Saturday at the Bangor Y’s Coombs Pool. Triple winners for the 2-1 Barracudas, in the 12-and-under boys class, were Dan Acheson (50 butterfly, 50 backstroke and 200… Read More
    Bangor Parks and Recreation Dept. (Week 11 standings) American League: 1. Second Congregational Church, 18-12 (.600); 2. (tie) Orrington Congregational Church, 15-12 (.556) and First Methodist Church, 15-12 (.556); 4. (tie) Clifton Baptist Church, 13-14 (.481) and Essex Street Baptist Church, 13-14 (.481); 6. Hammond… Read More
    (Eastern Maine Technical College) recently announced the initiation of a new pipefitting-welding course. At this time more than 500 pipefitters-welders are unemployed in Maine, not counting 800 more or less just laid off at Portsmouth shipyards. Also, Bath Iron Works stated that thousands will be cut from their… Read More
    Gov. McKernan has stated that this is not the time for new taxes. There is some merit in this viewpoint, but it would seem reasonable to rescind the cuts in income tax given to those with high incomes two years ago. These cuts in the… Read More
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    I was pleased to read Alicia Anstead’s enthusiastic review of the Robinson Ballet Co.’s performance of the “Nutcracker.” This festive event simply gets better with each passing year. That she (and, I admit, as would I) ran out of suitable adjectives to describe their achievement is more than… Read More
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    Hermon High Seniors, high honors: Jennifer Clark, Kirk Dunton, Abigail Peterson; honors: Angelia Badger, Jacquelyn Burgess, Sarah Capetta, Joe Carrow, Michael Chamberlain, Sheryl Cyr, Dawn Freeman, Allen Hart, Andrew Landry, Mark Leonard, Randy MacDonald, Susanne MacDonald, Terry Meiczinger, Scott Nevers, Tina Oxley, Wendy Oxton, Maria… Read More
    The Healthy Heart Program at Eastern Maine Medical Center will offer a Stop Smoking Clinic from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Tuesday, Jan. 8, to Thursday, Feb. 5, at EMMC. The cost is $50 per person. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    The Bangor Public Health Department will hold an immunization clinic for children and infants from 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 26, at Capehart Community Center. Call 941-0258 for information. Read More
    The Healthy Heart Program at Eastern Maine Medical Center will offer a CPR-Basic Life Support class from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, Jan. 8 and 10, at EMMC. The cost is $25 per person. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    Bangor High Lydia Marcotte, a junior, has left her classes at BHS to spend a year in New Zealand as an exchange student through the Youth for Understanding program. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    ORONO — Dr. Michael B. Bruehl of Orono has completed continuing medical education requirements to retain active membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians, the national association of family doctors. Read More
    The Brewer Parks and Recreation Department has announced the following Open Gym times during the Christmas school break: Monday, Dec. 24: 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
    Time Out Tonight is a big night in our family. Our oldest boy makes his basketball debut for the Fifth Street Middle School Bulldogs B team, and, quite frankly, we’re all excited for him. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    Lunch always goes better with a few laughs, especially if it’s “Laugh ‘n Lunch” with Larry Bergeron and guests. WZON, AM 620, will begin the newest noon program in Bangor on Thursday, Dec. 20. Bergeron will keep on the “Laugh Track” with mixed humor, family… Read More
    In Good Taste We do well if we can maintain order in our social life during the year, but holiday parties often put us under extraordinary pressure. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
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    ROCKLAND — Massive cuts were made in the city budget by the City Council Tuesday night. The preliminary result of the four-hour meeting was a net budget increase of only 1.2 percent. The original budget proposed by City Manager Cathy A. Sleeper had recommended a 26 percent increase. Read More
    AUGUSTA — State Rep. Jack Cashman, D-Old Town, has been named a temporary member of the Joint Standing Committee on Aging, Retirement and Veterans. Assignments were made early to accommodate a public hearing on Gov. John R. McKernan’s proposal to borrow $73 million from the… Read More
    SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Bangor area surgeons William Joseph Dunn, Felix Hernandez Jr. and Garrett Rines Martin were among 1,437 doctors to become Fellows of the American College of Surgeons during the 1990 annual Clinical Congress. Fellows have earned the right to use the designation… Read More
    47 years ago — December 25, 1943 Forty-seven years ago on Christmas Day on the island of Bougainville in the Solomon Islands I sat under a banyan tree eating my C rations. We fought World War II so our sons and grandsons would never have… Read More
    The following real estate transactions have been recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds in Bangor this year unless otherwise stated: Hudson Associates to Allen Cormier and Charlotte Gillen, Hudson, Sept. 28. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    No one in our family knew how it had happened, but someone at the South Levant Baptist Church had talked my father into wearing the red suit and white beard and playing Santa Claus for the annual Sunday Sunday nigh Christmas pageant in 1965. The… Read More
    This week, Health Talk features Eastern Maine Medical Center attorney Len Giambalvo. He discusses the living will, a form which allows people to make medical decisions regarding their care in case of a terminal illness. He explains what a living will is and how Maine law defines its… Read More
    FORT KENT — The SAD 27 board of directors joined forces with school systems across Maine on Friday by approving a resolution decrying Gov. John McKernan’s proposals to compensate for education’s portion of the state’s estimated $110 million revenue shortfall. SAD 27 Superintendent Donald Waddell… Read More
    Considering everything that was brewing at the time, and everything that happened soon afterwards, 1940 does not seem to have been a — well — sensible year to get married. Europe and the Far East were being shaken by wars that most everyone assumed would… Read More
    Bradford Bradford Board of Selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, at the town office. 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
    CARIBOU — The Caribou City Council dealt with end-of-year fiscal figures Monday night and tabled action on transferring funds from accounts with remaining balances to those overdrawn until the second meeting in January. Councilors accepted a printed statement showing a close-out of reserve accounts minus… Read More
    FORT KENT — A North Carolina man escaped injury Monday afternoon when the trailer truck he was driving left the road and landed in a ditch. Sgt. Dale Boucher of Fort Kent Police Department said William Johnson, 44, of Louisberg, N.C., was driving a tractor-trailer… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — City councilors voted Monday night to pursue condemnation proceedings on a house owned by Carole L. Archer at 37 Fort St. from which state animal officials removed about 130 animals last month. The motion included a stipulation that disposal costs would be resolved by a… Read More
    HOULTON — The following divorces were granted in November in 2nd District Court by Judge David B. Griffiths on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: William M. MacArthur and Jeaneen C. MacArthur, both of Houlton, married April 24, 1987, at Houlton. Custody of two children granted… Read More
    MACHIAS — Sen.-elect Harry Vose of Meddybemps said Monday that he had submitted to the Legislature a lobster-gauge bill that “would not repeal the current lobster conservation measure bill, but my bill would allow the industry to take a step backward to the 3 3/16 minimum size.” The… Read More
    PERRY — Nomination papers for the 1991 town election will be available beginning Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the town clerk’s office. Offices to be filled include one selectman for a three-year term; one selectman for a two-year term; tax collector, treasurer, town clerk, overseer of the poor, and… Read More
    MACHIAS — The New England Association of Schools and Colleges has awarded Machias Memorial High School initial accreditation in the association. The accreditation represents more than three years of evaluation and self-study by the staff and administration. Principal William Prescott said, “While accreditation by the… Read More
    CARIBOU The following cases were among those processed Dec. 13 in 1st District Court by Judge Ronald A. Daigle. 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;… Read More
    EASTPORT — The Eastport Arts Center has received a $5,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation for the costs of renovating the former Masonic Hall and the residency this spring by Cornerstone Theater Company. The grant also provides the matching funds needed for the arts… Read More
    WHITING — The joy of the holiday season is mixed with sadness this year for more and more families as loved ones are called into the military. Whiting schoolchildren, several with fathers who may not be home for Christmas, decorated the town Christmas tree with yellow ribbons Tuesday… Read More
    MACHIAS — A man who retired as an administrative assistant under former Washington County Sheriff David R. “Pat” Clemons 15 years ago was approved by county commissioners Monday as the county’s new chief deputy under Sheriff-elect John B. Crowley. On Jan. 1, Harry M. Hopkins… Read More
    CALAIS — Officer Mark Silk of the Calais Police Department reported the following police activity for the week ending Dec. 17: Benjamin Beach, 21, Topsfield, was arrested Saturday, Dec. 15, by Officer David Randall and charged with theft as a result of an incident at… Read More
    CALAIS The following cases were processed in 4th District Court in Calais for the week ending Dec. 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 < slot_sizes.length; i++)… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two firms submitted bids for the installation of communications equipment at the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. The commissioners tabled until their first meeting in January a decision on awarding the contract. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Christmas concerts performed by students at seven area high schools will air throughout Christmas Day on WDME-AM and WDME-FM. The Foxcroft Academy holiday concert will air at 7:05 a.m., followed by the Dexter Regional High School concert at 9 a.m. Later that morning,… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — After months of discussion and reductions, a proposed Piscataquis County budget of almost $2 million will be presented for adoption by the Legislature. The county commissioners voted Tuesday to submit a proposed budget of $1,901,902, about $22,000 less than the budget previously submitted… Read More
    MILO — Pupils at the Milo Elementary School are sharing the spirit of Christmas this year. According to Principal Christine Beres, while Santa Claus, parties and presents abound, the pupils in the six grades at the school all are working on activities that involve giving… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Bill Diamond announced that Nokomis Regional High School recently signed up to participate in the second annual Maine Citizen Bee. The Citizen Bee is a national academic competition based on knowledge of American history, government, economics and current events. Competition… Read More
    NEWPORT — Although a major topic at the SAD 48 board of directors meeting Tuesday night was budget constraints and the possibility of a 15-percent cut in the state subsidy, two new expenditures were approved. Directors approved the temporary institution of a second activity bus… Read More
    HARMONY — Ed and Alice Cowan and their two sons are homeless after fire destroyed the Route 150 home they were staying in early Monday morning. According to Onie Lougee, Harmony fire chief, fire broke out in the small two-bedroom home at about 1:30 a.m. Read More
    DEXTER — Charges are pending against two local men after game wardens found deer meat and parts of at least 17 deer at a Dexter residence last Friday. According to Sgt. Doug Tibbetts of the Maine Warden’s Service, 460 pounds of wrapped deer meat and… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — It took less than an hour for the Pittsfield Town Council to approve a $1.9 million budget for 1991 at the Tuesday night meeting of the board. Councilors said that although budget approval, coming after a series of informal workshops, was a mere formality, it was… Read More
    BELFAST — Justice Robert L. Browne handed down the following sentences in Waldo County Superior Court this week. Dana D. Blake, 24, Searsport, operating unregistered vehicle, 60 days in jail; operating unregistered vehicle, consecutive 60-day jail sentence; illegal attachment of registration plates, concurrent 60-day jail… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — As distasteful as it may be for city officials, shipping Ellsworth’s solid waste to the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. may be the least expensive alternative for the city. City councilors on Monday reviewed a draft report from Woodard and Curran Inc. engineers, who… Read More
    LAMOINE — Voters here will decide soon whether to take the next step toward the proposed construction of a combined municipal building and fire station. Questions about the estimated cost of the building and the potential for refurbishing the present town hall are expected to be issues at… Read More
    ORLAND — Air Force Senior Airman Eugene A. Patterson Jr. has been decorated with the Good Conduct Medal. He is a communications-computer systems operator at Falcon Air Force Base, Colo. Patterson is the son of Eugene A. Patterson Jr. and Wyona E. Patterson, both of Orland, and is… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Superintendent John J. Grady recently ordered a freeze on spending in the school system, tightening the department’s belt to counter the Augusta revenue famine. Grady told the School Board Tuesday that the department faces a potential shortfall of between $80,000 and $100,000… Read More
    The following cases were processed between Dec. 10 and 14 in the central division of 5th District Court: ELLSWORTH 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;… Read More
    Talks will start Wednesday between Bangor and a private group interested in the contract to run Bass Park. Centre Management was the only bidder this time around when the city asked for proposals from groups interested in a management contract for Bass Park, including the… Read More
    ORONO — As expected, the Town Council on Monday accepted an agreement with a woman who alleged sex discrimination in the Police Department’s hiring process. The Maine Human Rights Commission this summer ruled that Donna Jones, who had applied unsuccessfully for a position on the… Read More
    Catherine Elliott of Brewer will celebrate her 102nd birthday on Friday, Dec. 28. She was born in Canada and has lived in this country for 87 years. She is a naturalized citizen. Her son, Hugh Elliott, lives in a Bangor, and her daughter, Catherine Collette,… Read More
    With one middle school construction project under its belt, the Bangor School Department is embarking on the next stage of an education plan begun more than six years ago, a construction and renovations project at the Garland Street Middle School. The middle school project will… Read More
    A bit more light shone publicly Tuesday in Penobscot County’s probe into missing registry of deeds funds, and the employee under investigation was placed on unpaid suspension. The county commissioners met for about an hour behind closed doors with investigators from the Sheriff’s Department and… Read More
    Overtime pay in city departments will cost Brewer taxpayers more than $200,000 this fiscal year, far too much for a city of its size, according to members of Brewer City Council. To reduce the amount of overtime in city departments, the council voted Tuesday evening… Read More
    Wayne R. Johnson, 20, Winterport, was arrested in Hampden and charged with operating a motor vehicle while his license was under suspension. He was taken to Penobscot County Jail and was scheduled to appear in 3rd District Court on Feb. 1. Cheryl L. Labree, 20,… Read More
    A new group has been established in Maine to protect the rights of non-hunters, and first on the agenda is an attempt to introduce a bill that would place tougher restrictions on hunters. Lorraine Tedeschi of Rockport, who helped establish the Karen Wood Memorial Fund,… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell parted company with President Bush Tuesday on the issue of whether all Iraqi military forces must leave Kuwait by Jan. 15. The president and Secretary of State James Baker during separate appearances Monday insisted that all of… Read More
    Small communities in Maine and other states are being chewed up and spit out by state and federal mandates and regulations. Selectmen, school boards, planning boards, and other local groups are fast becoming implements of government mandates, rather than implementers of local initiatives. The issues they face are… Read More
    In an editorial last week the Bangor Daily News bashed The Wilderneses Society for being too influential in affecting the public debate on the fate of the Maine woods. Thanks for the backhanded compliment. Unfortunately, the facts and logic underlying the editorial do not square with reality. Read More
    HINCKLEY — Christmas has come early to a Maine school for disadvantaged children, which is receiving a $600,000 gift from a woman who taught there in the 1920s. The gift from the late Laura Stanley is one of the largest donations to the Good Will-Hinckley… Read More