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    WASHBURN – Mike Flynn stole the ball and swished a 15-foot jumpshot with 20 seconds remaining, carrying Washburn to a 52-50 win over Van Buren in schoolboy basketball action here Friday night. Flynn led the way for Washburn with 18 points as the Beavers improved… Read More
    Ellsworth defeats Pemetic ELLSWORTH – Shayna Horne scored 12 points to help the Ellsworth girls record a 47-20 basketball win over Pemetic in junior high action here Friday. Melanie McCormick added 8 points for the 4-4 winners. Emily Borsinis scored 12 points for 0-6 Pemetic. Read More
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    After 11 non-conference warm-up games, the University of Maine men’s basketball team starts the make-or-break portion of its schedule when it opens North Atlantic Conference play Saturday against ancient rival New Hampshire at the Bangor Auditorium (1 p.m.). “This is the most important game of… Read More
    EAST SULLIVAN – The host Sumner Tigers went 4-for-4 from the line in the last 30 seconds to key a 58-55 schoolboy basketball win over George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill here Friday. For the 7-2 Tigers, Garth Hudson scored 13 points and Bo Stanley… Read More
    OLD TOWN – Stephanie Bernier scored from the lane with three seconds left in the game to give the host Indians a come-from-behind 50-49 victory over Bangor in schoolgirl basketball action Friday. For the 4-1 Indians, Bernier scored 14 points. Angie White came off the… Read More
    The John Bapst Crusaders have rededicated themselves during the last three weeks. Coach Bob Cimbollek, who gave his team a chance to show what it could do early in the season, has harnessed the Crusaders and reinstituted John Bapst’s familiar controlled style. The move appears… Read More
    University of Maine center Rachel Bouchard reports that, despite a temporary scare, she will be near 100 percent as the Lady Black Bears begin defense of their North Atlantic Conference championship. Bouchard, who sprained her right ankle early in the first half of last Sunday’s… Read More
    LINCOLN – Aaron Weed scored 24 points and grabbed 8 rebounds to carry the Mattanawcook Academy Lynx to a 66-60 schoolboy basketball win over Maine Central Institute here Friday. Darren Whitney added 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists for the Lynx, now 7-2. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    INDIAN ISLAND – Brewer High School’s line of Scott Munroe between Jason Henderson and Scott Moorhead combined for five goals and four assists to power the Witches to a 7-1 schoolboy hockey victory over Foxcroft Academy at the Sockalexis Memorial Ice Arena here Friday night. Read More
    You say you’re tired of the investigations. Jerry Tarkanian and his UNLV basketball program. Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz from his days with the Minnesota program. You say you’re sick of the bowl games with their corporate surnames, the wall-to-wall football and basketball games… Read More
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    (Friday Night) Hershey 1 2 2- 5 Maine 2 1 0- 3 First Period-1, Maine, Crawford 9 (Stevenson, Bancroft), 5:19 (pp). 2, Hershey, Dobbin 23 (Tookey, Armstrong), 9:27. 3, Maine, Townshend 6 (Byce, Hammond), 13:33. Penalties-Huffman, Her (hooking), 4:43; Townshend, Mai (hooking), 19:16. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    REGINA – The United States Junior National hockey team turned in the best ever showing by a U.S. squad in the World Junior Championships, capped by its 8-0 win over Switzerland on Friday, but they won’t bring home a medal. The U.S. finished 4-2-1 at… Read More
    John Bapst Coach Len Miragliuolo could have implemented a box-and-one defense to try and shut down high-scoring Searsport guard Amber Howard. He figured Howard would probably get 20-plus points, regardless. But, the Crusaders boss also wanted to pay some attention to Angela Redmond in hopes… Read More
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    As a skier who regularly makes the two-hour trek from Bangor to Sugarloaf, there are two highlights of that trip and both occur in the same area. One highlight is the knowledge that, once you’ve reached Skowhegan, you’re halfway there. The other highlight occurs just… Read More
    The Old Town Indians have won two straight Eastern Maine Class B hockey championships, but the league’s coaches think Winslow is the team to beat in the eight-team division this year. Old Town has beaten Winslow in the last two EM “B” finals, 9-1 two… Read More
    The University of Maine’s top scoring line will be broken up this weekend against the University of Miami’s (Ohio) Redskins as Black Bear Coach Shawn Walsh will use his team’s last two non-league games to do a little experimentation. The teams will play on Saturday and Sunday evenings… Read More
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    To all of my Millinocket friends I owe a big thank you for all the lovely cards and their participation in making my 90th birthday open house such a pleasant occasion. To my family I convey a special thank you for all their endeavors in making this special… Read More
    I do not want one single rocket, artillery shell or bullet fired in Kuwait. However, if the U.S. armed forces were to attack Iraq, then I’m all for it. If the Iraqis want to fight for their country, they will have to leave Kuwait to do it. And… Read More
    I wish to correct the impression given in a story on Dec. 26 that a “city” water pipe was responsible for flooding the basement of the Club Roxy in Bangor on Christmas Day. This was not the case. While there was trouble several years ago… Read More
    Would our representatives in Washington dare to take their second colossal raise, plus the $500,000 for new furniture in their offices? The Persian Gulf crisis is taking over the savings-and-loan scandal. And there was the coverup of Neil Bush’s bailout of $1 billion … Plus… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The election of a new mayor and a proclamation to create Gladys Shorey Day will be the highlights of the Tuesday, Jan. 8, meeting of the Pittsfield Town Council. Council watchers are betting on the current Deputy Mayor Robert Downs being elected to… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN The following court cases were heard in 3rd District Court in Skowhegan between Dec. 29 and Jan. 4, before Judge Margaret Kravchuk. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — An article in the Jan. 1 Mid-Maine edition of the NEWS stated that Michael Day, 20, of Pittsfield, pleaded guilty and was fined $400 in Skowhegan’s 12th District Court for possession of drug paraphenalia. The fine was reduced later in the day to $100. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Association of Aroostook Chambers of Commerce executives met Friday to complete a draft survey questionnaire on the proposed effects of the Aroostook Centre mall on area communities. The four-part survey was discussed by executives on Dec. 28 and will be presented… Read More
    HOULTON — Beginning the week of Jan. 14, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will offer 90 courses at its Houlton Center, including 30 Community College courses offered through the interactive television system. The Houlton Center, along with Ashland, East Grand, Hodgdon and Southern… Read More
    FORT KENT — A child-care course offered by the American Red Cross and sponsored by the SAD 27 Adult/Community Education Program will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the Community High School. The course includes health and safety units and a child development… Read More
    FORT KENT — Spring semester classes for SAD 27 Adult/-Community Education programs will begin at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, and registration will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Registration may be done by mail, telelphone or in person, but classes… Read More
    EASTON — The Easton Board of Selectmen chose not to renew the contract of Town Manager Matthew Flaherty after one year on the job, according to Richard Kneeland, board chairman. Kneeland said Friday the five selectmen voted on Dec. 28 not to renew the probationary… Read More
    MADAWASKA — Employees of Fraser Paper Ltd. were told in no uncertain terms Friday that there is no truth to allegations that the company “deliberately underpaid” taxes in Maine during a three-year period. In fact, wrote Fraser Paper Ltd. President Niall O’Briain, the issue involving… Read More
    VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Town Council handled routine business Thursday night. After discussing a 10-percent rate increase in Maine Municipal Association liability insurance for public officials, they agreed to stay with their current insurance carrier this year, but to consider bids for future… Read More
    HARRINGTON — The state Board of Education will meet Wednesday, Jan. 9, in Augusta to consider funding a list of school-contruction projects that will include a proposed classroom wing and a vocational education wing at Narraguagus High School. Joseph White, superintendent of SAD 37, said… Read More
    MACHIAS — Eleven courses have been canceled for the spring semester at the University of Maine at Machias, as a result of budget constraints. Students and instructors were notified of the cuts at UMM this week. The University System’s budget restrictions required that UMM academic… Read More
    MILBRIDGE — The recent payment of a $49,000 bank loan that had been renewed annually since 1985 was a milestone in the financial history of the town’s new, $2.8-million wastewater treatement system. Town Manager William H. Treworgy said the loan was paid in December to… Read More
    MACHIAS — The MMHS Video Club, which broadcasts Machias Memorial High School’s home basketball games on Cable TV Channel 10, will improve its broadcast capability with new equipment purchased with a $1,500 donation from six businesses in Machias. The donated funds will enable the club,… Read More
    PERRY — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to pay 90 percent of the nearly $8,000 tab for a project that started out to replace one faulty septic system and ended up as two new systems and three weeks in a motel for the unlucky homeowners. Read More
    BROWNVILLE — The Brownville Snowmobile Club will sponsor a fund-raising activity aimed at benefitting various organizations throughout Central Maine. Proceeds from the Family Fun Festival to be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 18 through 20, will benefit the Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults, the… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor topped the list of offenses in Piscataquis County for 1989cq. The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department booked 187 individuals at the jail for OUI, according to the annual report of Piscataquis… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Transfers recorded in November in the Piscataquis County Registry of Deeds included the following: W. Robert Averill of Bangor, conveyed on Nov. 16, land in Orneville, to Gilbert Jordan of Waltham, and William W. Peasley Jr. of Otis. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    UNION — A 17-year-old Union girl escaped serious injury Thursday afternoon when her car went off Route 17 and rolled over. State Police officer John Cousins reported that Elizabeth Voyer, 17, was headed into a 15-mile school zone at about 50 miles per hour when… Read More
    NEWPORT — The following divorces were granted in 3rd District Court in Newport in December, 1990. All were granted on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. William J. Baker III, East Corinth, and Nancy Baker, East Corinth. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    OWLS HEAD — The Owls Head Transportation Museum has announced that it has received a $1,000 grant from Central Maine Power. The grant is to support free admission for Maine school groups. Annually approximately 5,000 Maine school children in groups attend the museum. The museum’s… Read More
    ROCKLAND — “It’s sort of like inheriting a toothache,” quipped County Commissioner A. Mason Johnson Friday at an auction to sell off the city’s interest in two apartment buildings at 34-36 Pleasant St. Johnson had been only one of three observers who attended the auction besides city officials… Read More
    CAMDEN — In Knox County Superior Court on Friday, the Highland Mill Mall filed a notice of attachment of $10,200 against Betelgeuse, Inc., Maureen E. Horvath and Michael A. Clark, doing business as the Wine Emporium. An affidavit filed by Douglas Green of Camden, a… Read More
    WALDOBORO — The public is invited to join members and friends of the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District to learn about “Russia — Off the Beaten Track” in an informative slide show and talk presented by Barrie Brusila. Brusila was one of 20 Maine professionals chosen to… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following warranty deeds have been recorded with the Knox County Register of Deeds: Abbie E. Esancy, Appleton, land in Appleton to William and Lori Collins, Waldoboro. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Solid waste, a cruise boat, and tax anticipation notes will be on the City-Council agenda when it meets at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall. Also during the meeting the council will set the agenda for its regular meeting on Jan. 14. City… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Facing a projected 17.1 percent increase in total costs over last year, the Ellsworth School Committee is scrutinizing all aspects of the 1991-1992 budget requests from the Bryant E. Moore School, the Charles C. Knowlton School and the high school. At a meeting… Read More
    T4, R7 — Three skidders were damaged to varying degrees early Friday morning when vandals entered a logging operation site near Little Seboeis River in T4, R7 in northern Penobscot county. A fourth skidder was reported missing. According to Kelly McAvoy of Patten, a truckdriver… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth’s drunken drivers seem to be getting smarter. According to two tow truck operators who offered free automobile tows to over-imbibers during the holiday season, people in Hancock County just aren’t drinking and driving as much during the holiday season. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — Bucksport teachers, locked in contract negotiations with the town’s school committee for more than a year, will take their case to the public this weekend. The teachers are scheduled to pass out informational flyers in town Saturday, explaining their point of view in… Read More
    Jim Ellis of the state Fire Marshal’s Office said investigators had determined what caused a fire that heavily damaged the Adams Variety Store in Brewer on Sunday, Dec. 30. Ellis, however, said he would not be releasing the cause until later next week and refused… Read More
    The Southern Penobscot Vocational School is looking for a few good tools. High enrollments in the school’s small engine repair program has put the school on the offensive, looking at its budget and elsewhere for more equipment for its students. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    GLENBURN — An 8,000-square-foot additions project for the Glenburn Elementary School will go before the State Board of Education for concept approval Wednesday, Jan. 9. The project proposal calls for adding six classrooms, a community library, a science laboratory and a life-skills area for science… Read More
    Gary Haskell, 35, of 27 Naylor St. was arrested around 1 a.m. Friday by Bangor police and charged with two counts of assault and violating a protection order. Bangor police responded to a domestic fight at the Haskell residence and when they arrived found Haskell… Read More
    A man who allegedly stole 30 personal checks from a Milford resident and proceeded to cash about $2,000 worth was arrested Thursday afternoon at Casco Northern Bank in Bangor by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department. Wayne Crevoiserat of the sheriff’s department said Christopher Kerns, 18,… Read More
    Rose Francis was arrested by Bangor police last Friday night in Bangor. She is 22, not 25, and she lives in Fort Collins, Colo., not on Indian Island, as was reported in last Monday’s Police Beat. Read More
    Science Forum Does an undiscovered planet lie in a remote orbit somewhere beyond Pluto? Some astronomers are convinced that there is while others are equally convinced it is a myth. Ken Croswell, an astronomy writer with a doctorate in the subject from Harvard, brings the… Read More
    Although Sears, Roebuck & Co. will eliminate thousands of jobs by mid-1991, the manager of the company’s Bangor store said the reorganization probably would have little impact in Maine. On Thursday, officials at the Sears headquarters in Chicago announced that the nation’s largest retailer would… Read More
    In the back of the Maine House chamber, a single red rose stands proudly on the desk of the late Rep. Donald V. Carter, D-Winslow. It is a sorrowful reminder that until last week, this desk on the coveted center aisle belonged for many years… Read More
    Consumer Forum Going back through our files we found a case sent to us on in December 1987, by Anna Brangwynne of Brewer, who was having difficulty with Britton Co. of Milford, Conn. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    A stress fracture has hampered the working relationship between the Bangor Water District and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Following the dictates of a legislative resolve, the agencies had been cooperating on measures to protect the Sunapee char, a rare fish found… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Part of a series of free public training programs, “Computer Assistive Technology and Resources for People Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired,” will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, via simulcast transmission at University of Maine System locations in Portland, Augusta, Farmington,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Senate President Charles P. Pray unveiled his roster of committee assignments Friday, appointing new co-chairmen for more than half of the 19 panels. Democrats, who control the Senate by a 22-13 margin and the House by 96-54, serve as chairmen of all the… Read More
    PORTLAND — The federal government’s new 10 percent luxury tax on boats that cost more than $100,000 has hurt Maine’s already-depressed boat building industry, forcing employee layoffs. “This tax just turns off the spigot on the American boat builder in an arbitrary way,” said Hank… Read More
    PORTLAND — Maine peace activists said Friday they plan to participate in a National Campaign for Peace rally Jan. 26 in Washington, D.C., to oppose the use of force in the Persian Gulf. Carole Ansheles of Cape Elizabeth, coordinator for the program in Maine, said… Read More
    PORTLAND — Many Maine homeowners, businesses and public agencies are ignoring the state’s 3-year-old program to dig up leak-prone underground fuel tanks. Owners of about 2,300 tanks missed a deadline — initially set for October 1989 and later extended a year — to remove tanks… Read More
    OLD ORCHARD BEACH — America’s armed forces are going all out to recruit able-bodied men and women to deal with the Persian Gulf crisis, but the Navy may have gone a bit too far in Bertha Lamb’s case. Mrs. Lamb is a 90-year-old retired nurse… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan carried out his threat to unilaterally cut state spending Friday, ordering that allotments to state agencies be curtailed by nearly $40 million through March. More than half of the total would come from teacher and state-employee pension accounts —… Read More
    Freda Cook of P.O. Box 157, Milo 04463, is looking for bird food recipes so that she can make bird seeds last longer in this cold weather. Edna Shaw of Route 2, Box 1100, Pittsfield 04967, will celebrate her 98th birthday on Jan. 8, and… Read More
    The state budget-balancing ax is hovering over the Maine State Lottery, threatening the jobs of 23 lottery employees and raising questions as to who should operate the game and how it should be operated. Like all state administrators, Wallace Soule, director of the lottery, was… Read More
    Nominations are being accepted for the 1991 Jefferson Award campaign sponsored by WLBZ-TV, Channel 2. The Jefferson Awards were founded in 1973 to honor the highest ideals and achievements in public service. Since 1978 WLBZ has sponsored the awards in eastern and northern Maine in… Read More