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    ROCKLAND – Teel Anderson scored 18 points and the undefeated Rockland Tigers won a 49-35 decision over visiting Messalonskee of Oakland here Wednesday night in schoolgirl basketball action. It was the eighth victory of the season for the Tigers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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    Foxcroft drops Central-EC EAST CORINTH – John Moore scored 26 points to lead the Foxcroft Academy freshmen to an 86-55 basketball win over host Central here Wednesday. For Foxcroft, Duane Walton had 24 points and Rob Rockwell added 11. For 1-6 Central, Willie Rivera and… Read More
    WINTER PARK, Fla. – Kendra Lasher scored 23 points to pace host Rollins College to a 102-71 victory over Husson College of Bangor in women’s basketball action here Wednesday. For 8-3 Rollins, Tammy Lewis scored 14 points and made 8 assists. Kellie Gardner and Carissa… Read More
    ORONO – University of Maine Coach Shawn Walsh knew Providence College’s Friars were coming off a layoff, so he was hoping his Black Bears could capitalize on it. The Bears did just that, erupting for five goals in the first period en route to a… Read More
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    DUBUQUE, Iowa – Cathy Gillach scored 18 points to lead St. Scholastica College of Duluth, Minn., to an 81-72 National Catholic Women’s Basketball Tournament first round victory over St Joseph’s College Wednesday. Connie Voigt added 16 points for the 7-2 Saints and Patty Niles and… Read More
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    We have just buried our son-in-law. He was sent to Vietnam a 19-year-old. He came home a troubled man, a man who found it difficult to live with the atrocities he was told to be a part of. We had to agree with him. What was that hell… Read More
    The nine Bangor physicians who wrote “The March of Dimes sells out” letter (Readers Write, Dec. 28), are not the only ones who suspect that this organization is driven by self-interest more than by curing birth defects. Its fund-raising runathon sponsored by a beer company does indeed look… Read More
    Tuesday’s guest column by Jim Killacky and Ed Plissey contained a typographical error. The sentence in question should have read, “There are only two working farmers in the hundreds of people elected to the Maine Legislature.”… Read More
    HOULTON — Thanks to the Volunteer Parent Aide Project, teen-age mothers in Aroostook County who find themselves needing a little extra help and guidance in their daily lives can get it. The project, which has been operated by the Aroostook County Action Program since October… Read More
    FORT KENT — A Fort Kent youth was hospitalized with back injuries Tuesday, after being thrown from the snowmobile he was driving. A Warden Service official said Ryan N. Raymond, 17, of Fort Kent was traveling south on a snowmobile trail which runs along a… Read More
    ST. AGATHA — SAD 33’s fourth and eighth grades received Star School ratings on this year’s Maine Report Card for improved performance in Maine Educational Assessment testing, but the district’s 11th-graders showed room for improvement in all six MEA subject areas. Star School designation is… Read More
    LIMESTONE — Underground storage tank removal and installation at Loring Air Force Base will cost an estimated $100,000 to $250,000, according to Loring AFB officials. Loring’s contracting division will call for sealed bids to remove seven underground storage tanks and install four new ones. The… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Kmart Corp. was identified Wednesday as the second anchor store formally to announce plans to locate in the proposed $35.6 million Aroostook Centre. Mall. According to John Capenos, president of mall developers Oneida Ontario Co. Inc. of Clay, N.Y., the lease was… Read More
    CENTREVILLE, New Brunswick — The community of Centreville, a stone’s throw from Maine’s border, has proven that agriculture and industry can go hand-in-hand. The rural village of 400 makes and exports fire engines, farm implements, snowplows, trailers and dump bodies. Centreville’s manufactured goods total $476… Read More
    MACHIAS — Russell Lee McBride of Marshfield, one of the 227 babies born in 1990 at Down East Community Hospital at Machias; and Christopher Lee Merchant of Jonesport, born on Christmas Day 1990, were chosen by the obstetrics department to receive separate $50 savings bonds. Read More
    CALAIS — The Calais Free Library was awarded a $400 grant from the Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust. The trust, created by Rose B. Rudman and administered by Fleet Bank of Maine, benefits public libraries, library associations and municipalities that provide services to the public in communities… Read More
    MACHIAS — According to a post-election report from the Maine Governmental Ethics Office, in the House District 136 race during the general election Nov. 6, incumbent Rep. Theone Look, R-Jonesboro, raised $2,420 and spent $2,279 in her successful re-election bid. Her opponent, Democrat John Gilmore Jr. of Machias,… Read More
    MILBRIDGE — Two new staff members and a new member of an advisory board will help administer the Maine Job Start Program this year in Hancock and Washington counties, according to Keith Small of East Orland. Small is director of the Resource Development Department of the Washington-Hancock Community… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — SAD 68 directors learned Wednesday that the district’s policy on the use of the activity buses will be adhered to in the future. The policy stipulates that a minimum of four students from each district town would be required for an activity bus… Read More
    MILO — John Crossman, chairman for the Penquis Valley High School Project Graduation 1991, has announced that a bottle drive will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 5, in Atkinson, Brownville, LaGrange, Lake View Plantation and Milo. The towns represent the SAD 41 school district. Read More
    CORINTH — The board of selectmen asks that residents 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 requests by Thursday, Jan. 10, to the town office. All other articles be… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The firm of Havelock, Estey and Curran was awarded the contract to do the auditing of the Piscataquis County books. Piscataquis County Commissioners Gordon Andrews, Joseph L.A. Morin and Eben DeWitt reviewed the three bids submitted for the auditing services before they awarded… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The following transfers were recorded in the Piscataquis County Registry of Deeds for November: Skylark Inc. of Fairfield, conveyed Nov. 7, land in Little Squaw Township on northerly shore of Indian Pond, to Earl E. and Avis A. Richardson of Greenville. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Permit applications for Maine’s 1991 wild turkey season are available from hunting and fishing license agents. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will issue up to 500 permits to participate in the May 8-28 open season, which is limited to most of… Read More
    CORINNA — Corinna town officials met their deadline to pay off the town’s $200,000 tax anticipation note after an influx of property tax payments came in last week and officials took out a $90,000 loan to satisfy their tax anticipation note on Monday, the due date of the… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Five areas of instruction will be offered through the SAD 53 Adult and Community Education Winter Program. Classes will be offered in Adult Basic Education, High School Completion, General Equivalency Diploma preparation and testing, External Credit Option and Personal Enrichment. Preregistration is recommended… Read More
    NEWPORT — Concerns over pressure ridges and thin ice on Sebasticook Lake brought members of the Sebasticook Valley Snowmobile Club before the Newport Board of Selectmen Wednesday night, pleading for better control of the gates at the North Street Dam. According to club member Richard… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A spokesman for an estimated 150 potato growers and shippers, Shippers and Growers for Quality and Justice, said Wednesday that official industry opposition to a bill to amend the state branding law sent the “wrong message.” LD 101, scheduled to be introduced… Read More
    NEWPORT — Budget cuts in Newport resulted in the lay off of a town worker this week. That action resulted in a severe cutback in hours at the town’s transfer station. The Newport Board of Selectmen Wednesday night accepted a new schedule of hours proposed… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Thomas Birmingham, director of the Mid Coast School of Technology, was granted a one-year extension to his three-year contract earlier this month by the vocational school’s board of directors. There was no action taken on a raise for the director, pending negotiations between Birmingham and the… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Mayor Michael McNeil will represent the city Friday when two apartment houses at 36-38 Pleasant St. go on the auction block. The city acquired the property when the owners defaulted on a $58,000 Community Development loan. The council held an executive session Wednesday… Read More
    VINALHAVEN — Confusion over a contract with Knox County to provide police services for this Penobscot Bay Island was expressed Wednesday by Town Manager John Spear. Last week county commissioners voted to approve a contract with the island that was basically the same as that of the previous… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The emergency medical technician “Bridge” course will be offered at the Mid-Coast School of Technology from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, Jan. 28-March 20. The course is a 64-hour program, plus 10 hours of observation, for training licensed ambulance attendants, physicians,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Patrick J. Walsh of Morrill has been appointed prosecutorial assistant to District Attorney William Anderson, it was reported Wednesday by the county commissioners’ office. Walsh, currently coordinator of the Waldo County Child and Parent Council at Belfast, previously worked with the district attorney’s… Read More
    ROCKLAND — “Using Word Power in 1991” will be the topic of a panel discussion at a meeting of the Midcoast Chapter of Maine Media Women to be held Saturday, Jan. 5. The public is welcome to attend the session, which will take place at the Stella Maris… Read More
    BELFAST — After Code Enforcement Officer Robert Temple listed his problems with certain junkyard owners, the City Council instructed him to force them to comply with the city’s ordinance. For the past year, the council has attempted to bring junkyard operators under control. It recently… Read More
    To Wit It will be hard to imagine working in the Rockland area without the Portland Press Herald to kick around anymore. The Portland newspaper has announced plans to close the Rockland bureau after 50 years of coverage. PPH reporters gave the Bangor Daily News… Read More
    CAMDEN — The new Knowlton Center on Mechanic Street will be the scene of this year’s Business After Hours meeting, from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16. The event is sponsored annually by the Rockport-Camden-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce. The Knowlton Center is reportedly ready… Read More
    ROCKPORT — It was hardly the “bloodbath” as advertised, but Knox County Republicans deposed party Chairman Dennis Leight at an unusually well-attended session Wednesday night. New Chairman Willard “Skip” Pease, who won the title by 38-24, expressed amazement at the turnout of about 75 Republicans… Read More
    WINTERPORT — The Maine Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority, continuing its series of informational meetings at potential sites for a low-level radioactive waste repository, will roll into Winterport next week. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at the recreation building, according… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following building permits were issued during December by the codes enforcement office: Lester Staples, shed, $300. 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
    ELLSWORTH — The Down East Family YMCA is accepting registrations for its co-ed adult volleyball and basketball leagues. Volleyball will be played from 2 to 4 p.m. beginning Saturday, Jan. 12. Registration deadline is Jan. 10. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    CALAIS — A major fire in the downtown area, the on again-off again construction of Rich’s Department Store and the death of the city’s police chief were among the major news events at Calais during 1990. A fire on the night of Feb. 7 caused… Read More
    ROCKLAND The following cases were disposed of Wednesday in 6th District Court: 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
    BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport Town Council will seek intervenor status in hearings by the Maine Public Utilities Commission on the request for a rate increase from the Bucksport Water Co. According to Town Manager Roger Raymond, the council decided last week to petition the PUC… Read More
    A state plow truck sideswiped a supply truck Monday on Outer State Street in Ellsworth. John McInnis, 53, of Portland, operator of a 1980 Magi truck owned by Colonial Supply Corp. of Portland, parked the truck partially off the southbound lane to turn onto the… Read More
    HERMON — A unique social studies academic competition that could lead to a scholarship and study trip to Washington, D.C., in June has been offered to Hermon High School students. The school has registered in the Close Up Foundation Citizen Bee, a competition that focuses… Read More
    A Hartland man miraculously walked away from a dramatic accident Tuesday evening at The Terraces apartments in Bangor Bangor Police Officer Paul Colley said Reginald L. Tyler, 28, sustained very minor injuries when his car flew 40 yards down a steep embankment and landed on… Read More
    As a Hampden Academy senior, Avery Olmstead, 19, knew last spring that he wanted to go to college. But he didn’t think he could afford to go. Now Olmstead, who has cerebral palsy, is a freshman at the University of Maine at Farmington majoring in… Read More
    An innovative gallbladder removal procedure has been introduced at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor, hospital officials have announced. The laparoscopic cholecystectomy is far less painful and debilitating than conventional surgery and instead of a large abdominal incision, a number of small incisions are made to… Read More
    The Division of Motor Vehicle commercial driver license knowledge examinations have been moved from the Bangor Armory on Main Street to the Mathieu Auditorium, Schoodic Hall, Eastern Maine Technical College, 354 Hogan Rd. Read More
    “Statesman” is defined as a political leader understood to be a disinterested promoter of the public good. “Politician” has a variety of definitions. I will list only three. A “politician” is: 1) Someone who is actively involved with politics, especially party politics; 2) someone who… Read More
    BASS HARBOR — Smoking embers and a few slow-burning timbers were all that remained of Reed’s General Store by mid-afternoon on Wednesday, after flames had engulfed the three-story structure shortly after 8 a.m. Brad Reed, chief of Bass Harbor’s Volunteer Fire Department, said Wednesday afternoon… Read More
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    Recently, you printed Another Viewpoint by Commissioner Rollin Ives, my guest column responding to the commissioner, and the commissioner’s response to my comments. I stand by my original comments. It is not what the commissioner says, it’s what he doesn’t say. The point is not… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The 102nd Congress convenes Thursday to face the possibility of war and the reality of a slumping economy in a session that also will include such issues as civil rights and campaign ethics. Most sessions start slowly; this one won’t. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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    AUGUSTA — Maine’s unemployment rate jumped to 6.6 percent in November, 1.5 percentage points higher than October’s figure, the state Labor Department said Wednesday. November marked the second consecutive month in which there has been a sharp increase in Maine’s jobless rate. Unemployment had increased… Read More
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    MATTAMISCONTIS — Four members of a Massachusetts family who were recuperating from injuries they received Tuesday in a car accident in Mattamiscontis were listed in fair condition Wednesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. An EMMC spokesman said David Vaillancourt, 38, his wife, Nancy, and… Read More
    BELFAST — Patrolman Harold R. Moulton of the Belfast Police Department resigned Saturday after being implicated in a sexual abuse case. Speaking at a hastily called Wednesday afternoon press conference, Police Chief Robert Keating said Moulton is the subject of a Department of Human Services… Read More
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    The average price of regular unleaded gasoline in Maine now stands at $1.389 a gallon, which represents a decline of 9.3 cents a gallon since Thanksgiving. And because the federal gasoline tax increased by 5 cents a gallon on Dec. 1, the actual decline in… Read More
    MACHIASPORT — Although they didn’t realize it at the time, Walter Heathcote Jr., his wife, Yvonne, and their three young children spent the past three weeks of 1990 living above a bomb. The family was forced from the eastside district home they were renting Sunday… Read More
    Video, computer, and television technology is changing the way a number of college students in Maine will attend classes this semester. Husson College in Bangor is offering a class in the principles of accounting on videotapes that students can watch at home at times that… Read More
    OWLS HEAD — A lobster-processing company says that Camden National Bank seized its checking account and called in more than $80,000 in loans, a move that analysts say is a sign of New England’s credit crunch. Mike Farrington, president and chief executive officer of Mr. Read More
    Teresa Sabatis could sit alone for hours weaving beads into earrings, necklaces, headdresses and bracelets. With a grant from the Maine Arts Commission Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, however, she’ll soon be sharing the basics of beadworking with her friend Sally Lindsay. The program, which is… Read More
    The number of businesses and people filing for bankruptcy nearly doubled in 1990 in northern New England, and analysts predicted Wednesday that the economic squeeze would worsen this year. “The bad news is coming quicker and it’s worse than we feared it would be,” said… Read More
    NEW YORK — Toys R Us Inc. reported Wednesday its Christmas sales fell from year-earlier levels — a sign that even toy stores fell victim to hard economic times this holiday season. The nation’s largest specialty toy retailer said that while overall sales rose 7.7… Read More
    GREENVILLE — The Greenville Adult Education Department, in conjunction with the Moosehead Nordic Ski Center, will offer cross-country skiing lessons for beginners and advanced skiers. The program will offer five lessons for $25. The lessons will begin about 10 a.m. and will last about 1… Read More
    FARMINGTON — Patricia A. Carpenter of Skowhegan, a 1982 graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington, has joined the UMF professional staff as director of alumni services. The UMF position involves many responsibilites such as editing the Farmington First alumni magazine, coordinating alumni activities,… Read More