MAINE vs. ROBERT MORRIS Time, site: 7:30 p.m., Saturday; Sewell Center, Pittsburgh. 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
HAMPDEN – Strong inside efforts by Kristina Roderick, Stacy Whitcomb, and Tara Leavitt lifted the Hampden Academy Broncos to a 52-37 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Presque Isle Wildcats in Big East Conference action here Friday afternoon. The Broncos dominated the frontcourt game with a… Read More
DETROIT, Mich. – The only time the University of Maine had ever beaten Michigan State in eight previous meetings was in a December tournament: the 1987-88 Nissan/Jeep Classic in Anchorage, Alaska. Maine beat the Spartans 4-3 in overtime in the championship game. The Bears are… Read More
DETROIT – Denny Felsner’s eight-foot backhander with 2:35 remaining, his 23rd goal of the year, gave the University of Michigan a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Michigan Tech in their Great Lakes Invitational Tournament semifinal at Joe Louis Arena here Friday night. Michigan, now 13-5-3, will… Read More
SKI TRAILS I admit it. I can’t blame the lack of snow for the shortage of ski columns in this newspaper. My own procrastination is at fault. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
Rita Sullivan scored 26 points and hauled down 12 rebounds to lead the undefeated Bangor Rams to a 65-55 win over Caribou Friday night at Bangor’s Red Barry Gym. It was Bangor’s fifth schoolgirl basketball victory. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
PORTLAND – Lou Crawford scored two goals, including one that sparked a three-point run in 59 seconds, as the Maine Mariners clung to a 6-5 win over the Springfield Indians in American Hockey League action Friday night. The Mariners’ narrow victory extended a home winning… Read More
HAMPDEN – Tim Prescott doesn’t profess to put an aesthetically pleasing basketball team on the floor. Presque Isle’s fast-paced, somewhat erratic style may not be pretty to watch, but it seems to produce results. Such was the case here Friday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan – Mike Craig’s power-play goal with just 4:23 left enabled defending champ Canada to tie the United States 4-4 at the World Junior Championships here Thursday evening. University of Maine defenseman Chris Imes did not register a point and Black Bear goalie Mike… Read More
FEATHERS ‘N FINS You know how it is. Not long after you find a comfortable stump at the edge of a cutting – and that takes some scouting around – you begin thinking: “Maybe I should move over to the other side, that way I… Read More
BOSTON – Mike LaCroix and Dennis LeRoux each scored twice to help lead Salem State College of Salem, Mass., to an 11-5 win over Bowdoin College of Brunswick here Friday in men’s hockey action. For 9-3 Salem State, Tony St. Cyr, Derek Doherty, Chris Vlachos,… Read More
AT UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, Orono Friday’s EMITL results Brewer boys 113, Old Town 40, Foxcroft Acad. 30, George Stevens Acad. 18 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
ON THE ICE A year ago, senior defensemen Claudio Scremin and Jim Burke were helping lead the University of Maine’s Black Bears to a 33-11-2 record and a fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
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“We the people” are the first three words of the Preamble to the Constitution. Two hundred years ago, maybe even 50 years ago, those words probably stood for all Americans. But today, “We the people” are nobody! About the only rights or power we the… Read More
My deepest sympathy goes out to Joe and Joyce Cruzan for the death of their daughter Nancy. At the same time I extend my praise for having the love and courage to persevere in their efforts to let her die with dignity. In refusing to… Read More
I would like to commend the management of Club Roxy for attempting to bring adult-oriented entertainment to the Bangor area. It is, after all, our right and privilege to choose our own forms of entertainment. The fiasco that ensued on Wednesday night was attributable to… Read More
In a recent edition of the Bangor Daily News, President Bush was quoted as saying that Saddam Hussein would “get his ass kicked” if it did come to war in the Middle East. Aside from his questionable vocabulary and lack of good taste, the most frightening thing about… Read More
I was saddened, disappointed, frustrated, and distraught after reading the article on the acquittal of the University of Maine student of sexual assault charges (BDN, Dec. 13). As a member of my college’s Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Committee, I feel it is my responsibility to respond to… Read More
It is time to debunk the popular myth of the state employee as a shovel-propped, coffee-drinking, break-taking waste of time and money. In 10 years of service to the State of Maine, nothing in my experience could be farther from an accurate picture of the hard-working, talented and… Read More
FORT KENT — One of Quebec’s premier traditional fiddle players was immortalized at the University of Maine at Fort Kent with the naming of a scholarship in his honor. The (Louis) Pitou Boudreault Traditional Fiddle Scholarship will provide one-half tuition or fee to students enrolled… Read More
HOULTON — School issues, including construction problems and towns threatening to withdraw from districts, were among the highlights from the southern Aroostook County area that made the news in 1990. SAD 29 in Houlton and SAD 25 in Sherman Station both faced structural problems with… Read More
SHERMAN STATION — A Patten woman suffered minor injuries Thursday when her pickup truck struck a tractor-trailer on Route 11 in Sherman Station. According to Trooper Timmy Saucier of Maine State Police, Elissa Lane, 21, was southbound at about 5 p.m. when her truck struck… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The city council voted unanimously Friday to hire the manager of Bullhead City, Ariz., to be the new city manager of Presque Isle at an annual salary of $50,000. John M. Koelsch, 43, who has been the manager of Bullhead City less… Read More
EASTON — A free public health fair will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Easton Elementary School gymnasium. The snow date will be Friday, Jan. 18. The Easton Wellness Team will sponsor the fair, which will include hug and… Read More
VAN BUREN — A Van Buren man was injured Thursday after the snowmobile he was operating collided with a car. Van Buren Police Department officials said Kenneth D. Dumond, 21, was traveling north on Alexander Road in Van Buren at about 2:30 p.m. when the… Read More
MACHIAS — The Machias Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, at the Town Office to consider a request by the Machias Savings Bank to replace an exit sign on the driveway leading from the bank property onto Main Street. The board… Read More
STEUBEN — A cheaper alternative to shipping the town’s solid waste to a distant disposal site continued to elude the selectmen as the year drew to a close. Selectman Ira G. West said Friday that the town had received no reply as yet to a… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Wild Atlantic salmon continue to make up a majority of the annual rod catch on the Narraguagus River, according to a review of salmon-management data collected in 1990 by fisheries biologists. The author of the review was Kenneth F. Beland of Northfield, a… Read More
MACHIAS — A fire late Thursday night destroyed George Squire’s two-bay auto repair garage on Route 192, near the Machias solid-waste disposal facility. One automobile was also destroyed. According to Machias Fire Chief Colby Dennison, an acetylene torch that was being used in the garage… Read More
MACHIAS — Nineteen of the 20 political candidates in the Down East area in the general election on Nov. 6 spent a total of nearly $85,000 campaigning, according to a post-election report from the Maine Governmental Ethics Office. Elected were two state senators, a Washington… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA (PRYMCA) swim team attended its second Maine YMCA Swim League meet of the 1990-91 season recently. The team competed against the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA in ALY’s 20-yard pool. The final score after the 38 events was ALY, 165; PRYMCA, 148. Read More
GREENVILLE — A fire that appeared to have started in a bathroom destroyed the home of Bill Phinney on Route 15 south of Greenville on Friday. Chief Mike Anderson of the Greenville Fire Department said the cause of the fire has not been determined, but… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Many residents of Pittsfield awoke to low, or no, water pressure on Friday. According to a spokesman at the Pittsfield Town Office, a break was discovered on Henry Street that had apparently leaked throughout the night, drawing down the level in the town’s water tank. Residents… Read More
MADISON — Registration for SAD 59 Adult and Community Education courses will begin on Monday, Jan. 7, 1991, at Madison Area High School. Registration for the classes will be at the first class. The registration fee is $10. There will be no fee for high… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners in their final action of the year on Friday voted to hire Robert Young as the part-time special investigator for the District Attorney’s Office. The position had been previously filled by Sgt. John Goggin, who is now sheriff-elect of… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The call for volunteers is out in Pittsfield as the annual appointment to town boards and committees approaches. Each year, positions on some town boards go begging as town councilors and officials attempt to fill vacancies from expired terms or resignations. This year… Read More
NEWPORT — Just when Selectman Richard Stone said, “I guess we’ll have to break all the piggy banks,” Newport taxpayers came through with cash this week. Newporters waited until the eleventh hour to pay their taxes, barely allowing the town to pay back a note at Maine National… Read More
MILO — Murrel Harris, athletic director for Penquis Valley High School in Milo, has announced the results of the exhibition basketball games held Thursday at the school. The Penquis Patriot freshman team was defeated by John Bapst High School by a score of 43-42. Harris… Read More
EAST CORINTH — The board of selectmen is asking that citizens interested in submitting articles for the town warrant to be funded from the Abner F. Morison Trust Fund at the 1991 annual town meeting submit their request by Thursday, Jan. 10, to the town office. All other… Read More
DEXTER — The Community Chorus needs people to participate in its spring musical production of John Rutter’s “Requiem.” According to Dee Dee Killilea, “We’re looking to put on a big musical production, with as many as 30 voices. We need people from all over the… Read More
DEXTER — Alan Emerson of the Dexter Police Department recently took part in a daylong seminar organized by the Motor Vehicle Safety Office of the Secretary of State. The focus of the conference was impaired driving and featured six different workshops which dealt with the theme “Alcohol, Drugs… Read More
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SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were heard in 12th District Court between Dec. 21 and 28 before Judge Margaret Kravchuk: Leif A. Asgeirsson, 24, Amesbury, Mass., theft of services, $100, $50 suspended, $20 restitution. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
THOMASTON — Thomaston has lost its stump dump. Town Manager William Judson reported on Friday that the Department of Environmental Protection has closed the facility. In a notice received on Friday, the DEP said that engineering studies and soil tests were needed at the unlicensed… Read More
BELFAST — Restaurant owner Jerry Savitz is once again in hot water with the city over alleged code violations. Savitz, owner of Darby’s Restaurant in Belfast, was cited this week for a number of violations including two hot water tanks that Code Enforcement Robert Temple… Read More
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ROCKPORT — There is mixed reaction to a budget committee proposal forwarded by Rep. Rita Melendy (D-Rockland) at a public hearing on the county budget on Thursday night. Melendy said the county budget should be prepared with the assistance of a committee made up of local selectmen and… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The board of trustees of the Abbe Museum has announced the appointment of Melissa Rockwood to the position of development coordinator. The museum, located at Sieur de Monts Spring in Bar Harbor, is the only professionally staffed museum dedicated to the study… Read More
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BAR HARBOR — On hearing the music of the hammered dulcimer for the first time, the child could see water drops splashing on the window. The drops began slowly, then merged with other drops as they picked up speed and slid down the watery pane. Read More
A pickup truck was demolished early Friday in a rollover accident on Marlboro Beach Road in Lamoine, Hancock County sheriff’s deputies reported. The driver of the vehicle was not injured in the accident. Christopher T. Rose, 18, of Brunswick, was traveling south in a 1985… Read More
The Bangor-Brewer YWCA will start a new series of seven-week group exercise classes on Monday, Dec. 31: Aqua exercise in the shallow end of the pool includes warmup and cool down in a 30-minute program of aerobics and toning. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Christmas trees discarded by Bangor residents will be put to good use by the city. For the third year the city will collect trees placed at the curb and chip them for composting. Trees should be placed at the curb on trash day starting Monday. Read More
ETNA — The SAD 38 Board of Directors ratified an out-of-court settlement Thursday with Etna-Dixmont School Principal Lawrence Plaisted, who was suspended with pay last summer over allegations of sexual misconduct. Terms of the settlement have not been made public. At the same meeting, the… Read More
DEDHAM — Unseasonably warm weather has made Maine lakes “extremely hazardous at this time,” Lt. Langdon Chandler of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife warned Friday. “We want to warn all the people to be extremely cautious on the lakes,” Chandler said during… Read More
The Maine National Guard is establishing a support group for people with family or loved ones deployed as part of Operation Desert Shield. A support group has already been established in Auburn. One is being set up in Portland. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
HARTLAND — “This is without question the toughest project the town of Hartland has ever had to deal with,” said Town Manager Peggy Morgan, referring to the recently completed dam at the outlet of Great Moose Pond. Three and a half years have passed since… Read More
Bangor police arrested four people in separate incidents over the past two days and charged them with operating motor vehicles under the influence of intoxicating liquors. Arrested late Thursday night were Richard R. Guzman, 23, of 55 Husson Ave. in Bangor and Karl Anthony Mohr,… Read More
Libraries are supposed to be QUIET. On Friday evening, however, the Bangor Public Library was alive with voices and filled with warm faces, smiles and memories. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
A total of 15 to 20 homes in West Enfield were evacuated early Friday because of flooding in the Penobscot River, and emergency management crews remained on the scene Friday night, as the river rose. Sgt. Scott Clarke of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department said… Read More
United Bank of Bangor has agreed to purchase the East Corinth office of Maine National Bank. “Our situation is such that we’re not affected by the business downturn to any great degree,” said Bruce Bartlett, president of United. “We see it (the branch purchase) as… Read More
Commentary PRESQUE ISLE — To Maine’s potato growers and similar farm groups who complained when agriculture subsidies were left untouched in the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, supporters of the pact were quick to say the subject would be taken up in international trade talks under… Read More
Pamela Perro doesn’t know it, but she’s been in the center of a bureaucratic tug of war for more than a year. The 40-year-old profoundly retarded woman is a casualty of the state’s struggle to keep up with the Pineland Consent Decree, a 1978 federal… Read More
Consumer Forum Two weeks ago we told you about the ins and outs of purchasing a home water-treatment unit. Here are some other selective options and how you can protect yourself from deceptive sales practices. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
ORONO — Andrew J. Laffely of Brunswick, an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet at the University of Maine, has won the NYC Society of American Military Engineers Name Scholarship of $1,000. The scholarship honors superior engineering students pursuing military careers and was presented… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Historic Preservation Commission will meet at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at the Maine State Museum Resource Center. The commission meets quarterly to nominate buildings, sites and districts to the National Register of Historic Places and to consider funding priorities. Information is available by… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Optometric Association will seek working Americans who need eye care but cannot afford it, under a Vision/USA program that provides services to low-income workers not covered by health insurance. To be eligible families receiving services must have a member of the… Read More
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State William Diamond has announced that Bangor Christian Schools, Lee Academy, John Bapst, Brewer, Bucksport and Hermon high schools have agreed to take part in the second annual Maine Citizen Bee, a national academic competition based on knowledge of American history, government, economics, geography… Read More
A slipping economy combined with the lack of snow this winter has some area businesses and skiers doing a snow dance. But rabbit hunters hope the snow-free spell will last a little longer. Although the Farmer’s Almanac predicted 100 inches of snow this winter —… Read More
A free computer program has been developed to help business people judge their chances of qualifying for a loan guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Called First Step Review, the program was created by the SBA and the National Business Association of Dallas. It… Read More
Two weeks ago a young man was tried for the crime of gross sexual misconduct in Superior Court at Bangor. A jury of 10 women and two men heard the testimony. The judge instructed the jurors on the law which they were to apply to facts found to… Read More
HOPE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced “significant changes” in its proposed $10 million to $15 million cleanup plan proposed for the former site of the Union Chemical Co. Hope consultant Mark Lappe was unavailable for comment Friday on the EPA changes. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Science Forum Things seldom move rapidly in the field of chemistry so last week’s meeting at a Boston hotel was unique in that it had been called so hastily some speakers had less than 24 hours in which to prepare. Talks went on non-stop until… Read More
The following petitions for bankruptcy have been filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: William E. Sandberg, maintenance worker, of Garland; assets, $12,000; debts, $17,403. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
The Maine Legislature has found in the current budget shortfall a politically acceptable excuse for scrapping some programs that have become obsolete or perhaps never should have been started. Among the recent cost-saving ideas in Augusta is the suggestion to ax the Maine Educational Assessment. Read More
A looming national recession and a volatile situation in the Persian Gulf translate to a lot of uncertainty for the Maine business community as it prepares for the New Year. But most Maine business leaders expect 1991 to bring the state neither rags nor riches. Read More
There are those who believe that 1990 was a bummer of a year, but I am not one of them. Oh, sure — the economy is going to Hell in a handbasket, the banks are failing, Saddam Hussein is being a total jerk, the oil… Read More
PORTLAND — A developer has abandoned his attempt to transform the State Theater into a dinner club and restore the building to its original 1930s grandeur. Developer Wolcott Gaines of Casco said in a letter that he won’t be able to fulfill the obligations of… Read More
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A third rare, World War II-era Navy plane has been recovered from Lake Michigan and brought to the National Museum of Naval Aviation for restoration and eventual display. The Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter arrived Thursday at the museum in this Florida Panhandle… Read More
AUGUSTA — State officials were beginning the annual ritual Friday of mailing out 1990 state income tax forms. State Tax Assessor John D. LaFaver says tax forms are being mailed to an estimated 560,000 households in Maine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
CORINNA — Maine State Police detectives are calling the recent death of a 6-month-old Corinna boy suspicious, and are conducting an investigation into the causes surrounding the infant’s death. According to Detective Barry Shuman of the Northern Criminal Division, Damian A. Brown was taken to… Read More
NORWAY — A 10-year-old boy’s struggle against leukemia and, now, severe burns has touched people throughout Maine, prompting donations of money and a group of contractors to try to build the family a new home. Fourteen contractors in southern Maine agreed Thursday to donate their… Read More
PORTLAND — The Portland Newspapers, publisher of the Press Herald, Evening Express and Sunday Telegram, announced on Friday the elimination of 86 positions and the layoffs of 11 full-time workers in a cost-cutting move. The cuts represent a work force reduction of about 14 percent… Read More
The USS Springfield (CL66/CLG7) will hold its first combined reunion July 26-28, 1991, at the Sheraton Tara Hotel in Nashua, N.H. Contact John W. Adams, chairman, 255 North Road, Unit 83, Chelmsford, Mass. 01824; telephone, 508-256-2239. Donald Snowman of 41 Crescent St., Rockland 04841, would… Read More
A storm that dumped up to 4 inches of snow on southern Maine Friday was blamed in a fatal car accident in the Cherryfield area, officials said. State troopers said a man died when he lost control of the car he was driving in Township… Read More
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A former Portland-area fisherman who has been a fugitive for 10 years on Maine drug charges pleaded innocent Friday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to participating in two multi-ton marijuana conspiracies. Harry M. Ross, 47, who had been living in the Netherlands Antilles until… Read More
PORTLAND — The state supreme court on Friday rejected a developer’s bid to overturn the town of Gray’s moratorium on mobile home parks. Even though the moratorium was lifted in January, Donald Minster pressed ahead with his lawsuit challenging the one-year ban. Minster had hoped… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan said Friday he had put off issuing pink slips to hundreds of state workers, at least for the day, as efforts to design a short-term solution to Maine’s budget crisis proceeded on two tracks. McKernan and House Speaker John… Read More
AUGUSTA — With three days left in Maine’s tax-amnesty program, officials made plans Friday to work through the weekend in anticipation of a last-minute crush of applications from delinquent taxpayers seeking to settle their debts in exchange for leniency from the law. About $11 million… Read More
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The 86th Convocation of Bangor Theological Seminary will be held Monday through Wednesday, Jan. 21-23 at Hammond Street Congregational Church in Bangor. The theme is “Being a Christian in a World of Competing Loyalties.” Held each year since it was intitiated in 1905, the convocation… Read More
Woodchopping, an almost lost art, has emerged as a popular way of supplying fuel for the cold winter months. Whether the return to woodchopping is to feed the wood-burning stove, the cozy fireplace, or as a hedge against rising fuel costs, selecting and using the… Read More
Seventy-six year old Chester Burwood (not his real name, for reasons which shall become apparent) lives in an unassuming, late 1800’s cape built by his grandfather, east of Searsport. The white clapboards have faded from years of sun, fog, and snow. The roof of the adjoining barn sags… Read More