OLD TOWN – Parishioners at St. Joseph’s Church received advance word from their pastor that Old Town native Dick MacPherson would become the new coach of the New England Patriots. Father Normand MacPherson told his flock after Sunday’s 8 a.m. Mass that his brother would… Read More
    Albany Times Union College Hockey Top 10 (first-place votes in parentheses) 1. Lake Superior (23), 18-3-3 248 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… Read More
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    In a 2:10 span in Saturday’s 85-64 victory over New Hampshire, University of Maine forward Francois Bouchard: Stole the ball and dribbled the length of the floor for a monster slam. Rose between two UNH forwards to grab a rebound, then outletted to Deonte Hursey for a breakaway… Read More
    The Texas two-step portion of its schedule turned into two steps backward for the University of Maine men’s basketball team. Less than a week after unheralded Southwest Texas State journeyed to Bangor and knocked off Maine by one point in overtime, an even less heralded… Read More
    Sumner frosh boys top Belfast BELFAST – Linden Curtis scored 20 points to lead the Sumner Tigers of East Sullivan to a 58-57 freshman basketball victory over Belfast here Monday. For 6-7 Sumner, Gabe Harmon scored 18 points and Brian Jordan had 13. For 2-9… Read More
    HERMON – Adult Recreational Ski Racing resumes for the winter at the New Hermon Mountain on Wednesday at 7 p.m. A handicapping system for the 4-person team racing program will be used and trophies will be awarded to top finishers at the end of the season. On Saturday,… Read More
    On the Ice They have returned with a tinge of disappointment, a sense of accomplishment, and a wealth of international experience. 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
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    SEARSPORT – Shane Robert paced a balanced scoring attack with 13 points as the Searsport Vikings posted a 46-33 schoolboy basketball victory over Bangor Christian here Monday night. Elmer Deans and Mel Grant scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, for the Vikings, who improved to… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Behind the 29-point, 12-rebound performance of Steph Shaw, host Maine Central Institute improved to 9-0 with a 75-52 schoolgirl basketball victory over Mount View of Thorndike here Monday night. Kim Fotter, Emily Walker, and Cory Monday connected for 12 points apiece for the… Read More
    ORONO – Patrice Tardif came to the University of Maine after having broken CJEP AA League scoring records set by current Bear Jean-Yves Roy and former Bear Mario Thyer. Tardif had 62 goals and 40 assists in 31 games for Lennoxville (Quebec) a year ago. Read More
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    Tuesday with… PALM DESERT, Calif. – It’s bragged the number of bird watchers in the United States is somewhere in the range of 40 million persons. I have heard it said that there are about 1,000 “active bird watchers” claiming their home address to be… Read More
    The Thomas College Terriers travel from Waterville to Lewiston Wednesday for a 5:30 p.m. game with Bates College, which opens the second semester of basketball for Coach Jim Verry’s 3-4 squad. With four veteran starters among the six returnees and five newcomers, Verry believes a… Read More
    After 17 years as an insurance agency salesperson, manager and owner in both Massachusetts and Maine, I am completely opposed to the concept of compulsory automobile insurance. The Bangor Daily News editorial supporting such schemes points out that the NEWS, like many people, understands little about how such… Read More
    PORTRAIT OF PARIS HILL, by Martin Dibner, Paris Hill Press, 213 pages, $29.50 (softbound), $44.50 (hardbound). The last time I saw Paris Hill, I sat with a group of rockhounds in a mineral mine and searched all afternoon for tourmalines. Our efforts proved fruitless, but… Read More
    It is time for grown men to stop acting like spoiled brats and find peaceful solutions to their problems. I do not believe that any American or Arab wants war. President Eisenhower warned of military buildup and the disaster it would bring. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Why are our young people and our country being sacrificed for another “Fall of the Light Brigade” (not to reason why, but to do and die) in the Persian Gulf? Why is the U.S. over there (Iraq wanted to go through Kuwait for access to… Read More
    A lot of Maine people are mad as hell being lied to by the governor and some of his people. The ones who lie to the people when running for office should be held accountable and shouldn’t hold the office as governor or any other public office. Read More
    I am writing about the events that took place in Mount Vernon, Mo., involving Nancy Cruzan, her parents and Operation Rescue. I do not want to debate that right to die issue but I would rather address Operation Rescue’s lack of respect for the wishes of Nancy Cruzan’s… Read More
    Mechanical errors changed the meanings of letters by Janne Stobie of East Holden (Jan. 2), and Brent Littlefield of Orono (Jan. 4). The sentence in question in Stobie’s letter should have read, “Being a sister of a Vietnam veteran, I still feel the anger of no attention except… Read More
    The two top officials at the Bangor Police Department announced Friday that they were both retiring in February and had entered into a business partnership in the private sector. Police Chief Richard Stockford and Deputy Chief Joseph Ferland made the decision on Thursday and broke… Read More
    Your front-page article on El Salvador and a Texas missionary’s version of the “truth” about that country (BDN, Dec. 31) was a sad display of journalistic irresponsibility, ignorance, and willingness to be used. As a journalist who has lived in Guatemala, visited El Salvador, and written about human… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A silver-anniversary celebration was held recently for the St. John Aroostook Resource Conservation and Development Area. For 25 years, the RC&D has helped residents develop, care for and appreciate natural resources in a way that will enrich and better communities. In 1965, the area became… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The SAD 1 adult education spring semester will begin Monday, Jan. 28, according to Jackie Genz, director of adult education in Presque Isle. More than 100 classes are available to area residents including courses for high school completion, vocational training, improvement of… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — For the first time in its history, the Presque Isle City Council elected a woman, Brenda Smith, as its chairman Monday. Smith, a first-term city councilor, was elected unanimously by the five-member panel during the annual organizational meeting. “It’s been long overdue,”… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The Limestone Board of Selectmen will hold a 1991 budget workshop at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the municipal building to continue discussion on the proposed municipal budget. Selectmen reviewed a proposed budget last Wednesday at a workshop session. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    HOULTON — Gasoline prices for most self-serve and some full-service gasoline stations in southern Aroostook County plummeted Friday afternoon from an average high of $1.50 a gallon to $1.29. According to Jerry Wilson, district manager for Dead River Co. in Houlton, the downwrd trend began… Read More
    ISLAND FALLS — The town has been moving in low gear since late last week when the town’s agent completed her term of employment. Pamela York, former town agent and clerk, left the position after more than 11 years when she moved to another town. Read More
    Around the County There were two parties in Caribou last Friday: one outside in freezing temperatures with people carrying picket signs, calling the state’s chief executive a liar and demanding impeachment; the other inside beside a turquoise-colored pool and a bar where Gov. John McKernan… Read More
    MACHIAS — The University of Maine at Machias will be the educational center in Washington County for a teleconference from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in Torrey Hall at UMM. The university’s Interactive Television Network will be the primary medium of telecommunications. Computer… Read More
    CARIBOU — The following cases were among those processed Jan. 3 in 1st Maine District Court by Judge Ronald A. Daigle. Charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer of property were: Todd Cochran, 18, Caribou, 20 days in county jail, $100; Neil Cunningham, 25,… Read More
    JONESPORT — The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, at the town office and will discuss zoning maps, land subdivision fees, mandatory setback regulations, and shoreland zoning laws. The board granted the following building permits last week. Kendall Kelley was issued… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — Representatives of area schools, towns, businesses, industry and institutions met Monday in an attempt to determine the interest in starting a paper-recycling program in the community. The meeting was sponsored by the Down East Resource Conservation and Development Council. Guests were greeted by… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — A deer discovered Sunday morning with its legs spread out on the ice at Hadley Lake in East Machias, was helped back onto its legs and led off the ice where it was released to the woods bordering the lake. According to… Read More
    MACHIAS — Attention will focus on the appointment of a new bookkeeper when Washington County Commissioners meet Tuesday. The county has been without a bookkeeper since Jan. 1, when former bookkeeper Theresa Geel stepped up to replace Bessie Schoppee as the county’s elected treasurer. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    CALAIS — Office Mark Silk of the Calais Police Department reported the following police activity for the week ending Jan. 7: Brian Donovan, 24, Calais, was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 1, by Officers Bob Geroux and Robbie Lane and charged with assault. He is scheduled to… Read More
    CALAIS The following cases were processed in 4th District Court in Calais for the week ending July 7: 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
    MONSON — In an attempt to hold the line on spending, the proposed 1991 budget for Monson of $522,483 shows no increase over the 1990 budget. In fact, the proposed budget reflects a decrease of $85.38. The town’s budget committee will meet to review the… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Boys and girls in the Penquis region are invited to participate in the Dover-Foxcroft Hockey Association’s youth hockey league. The league involves teams of youth from the communities of Orono, Millinocket, Old Town, Brewer, Bangor, Hampden-Winterport, and Dover-Foxcroft. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    MILO — After considerable discussion, SAD 41 directors voted to table the construction of a protected walkway for Milo Elementary School pupils from the main building to the newly constructed portable classroom. At the meeting, Peter Harvey, superintendent of schools, reported that the state Fire Marshal’s Office would… Read More
    BROWNVILLE — Reports and election of officers were the highlights of the Annual Conference of the Brownville Community Church, United Church of Christ, held Sunday at the church. Moderator was Earl Gerrish Jr. Before the meeting, a coffee was held under the direction of Rebecca… Read More
    MILO — The application for an automobile graveyard-junkyard for Woody’s Used Cars was approved by Milo selectmen at a meeting held Wednesday. The site is located on the outskirts of Milo on Route 16. At a public hearing prior to the selectmen’s meeting, no citizens… Read More
    DETROIT — Sixteen Detroit firefighters spent two hours Monday night putting out a fire in a debris pile at Tom Yaeger’s Arctic Cat dealership on Route 100. According to firefighters, the fire was fed by wooden debris and a large pile of pallets. The fire… Read More
    DEXTER — The Messiah Episcopal Church in Dexter was host to an ecumenical candlelight vigil for peace Sunday, Jan. 6, at the church on Route 7. The sermon at the church was titled “Day of Prayers for Peace in the Middle East.” Speakers included: the… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The potential for a conflict-of-interest problem and absenteeism involving board members were discussed at the Monday night meeting of the SAD 53 board of directors. Mildred Bachrach, school board representative from Detroit, left the room as Superintendent Terry McCannell initiated discussion on filling… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Two probable-cause hearings, one for arson and the other for kidnapping, gross sexual assault and robbery, were continued Monday morning in Skowhegan’s 12th District Court. Citing the fact that the Somerset County grand jury is seated and likely will bring indictments against the two defendants later… Read More
    DEXTER — A new day-care center has opened up in Dexter at the lower level of 51 High St., the former Plummer Memorial Hospital Building. Dawn Clement, director of the Wee Care Day Care, has been busy this month getting the center ready for area… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The First Universalist Church of Rockland (Unitarian Universalist) is offering a public speaking course to all interested people. The course will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 15 through 29, at the church, 345 Broadway, with Feb. 6 as a make-up day. If… Read More
    LINCOLNVILLE — The state’s open-space tax law may warm the hearts of property owners, but it chills the blood of local officials. Although it has many applications, the basic premise of the statute is to protect scenic land from development. In return for giving up… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A Derry, N.H., man was arrested Monday for the Nov. 27 armed robbery of Jess’s Market. Ronald Pendleton Jr., 25, a former Rockland resident, was arrested at the Rockland police station by Police Chief Alfred Ockenfels and Detective Wallace Tower. Pendleton was taken… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Selectmen on Monday night rejected action on recommendation by the town manager that the board approve an additional $19 a ton tipping fee for Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. The board table any action on the proposed fee increase until legal counsel could be obtained. Read More
    ROCKLAND — A pitch to become partners in a cruise line was made to the City Council Monday night by the owner of the Longfellow Cruise Lines of Portland. The council also was asked to consider a zone change for a parcel on Maverick Street… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A spokesman for the SAD 5 Principals’ Association said Monday that he hoped that a recently released fact-finding report could provide the basis for a contract settlement. SAD 5 principals have been working without a contract since August 1989. Leonard Goeke, president and… Read More
    Knox County warranty deed transactions published Saturday inadvertently contained a mortgage listing involving Alton Hilchey and True and Shirley Hall, all of St. George. Read More
    HANCOCK — The volunteers who have labored to expand recycling in Hancock County will soon have another significant milestone to celebrate when the Coastal Recycling center opens for business next month. Located adjacent to the Hancock landfill on Route 182, the 32-by-64-foot building will accept… Read More
    Energy Conservation Systems Inc. owns sole rights to market the Shurtleff Disjoiner in the United States and Greece — not the United States and Canada, as reported in Monday’s paper. A story Saturday implied that a possible 15 percent cut in state subsidies to the… Read More
    ORLAND — Senior Airman Eugene A. Patterson Jr. has been decorated with the Air Force Achievement Medal. He is a communications-computer systems operator at Falcon Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colo., and is the son of Eugene A. and Wyona E. Patterson of Orland. He is a graduate… Read More
    The following cases were processed between Dec. 24, 1990, and Jan. 2, 1991, in the central division of 5th District Court in Ellsworth and the court’s southern division in Bar Harbor: ELLSWORTH googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    A Vermont Air National Guard interceptor unit assigned to Bangor was honored Monday in its host city, with its trademark craft as a backdrop. Detachment 1 of the 158th Fighter Interceptor Group, attached to the Bangor Air National Guard, “distinguished itself by exceptionally meritorious service”… Read More
    The joint House and Senate Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs will hold a hearing on proposed budget cuts at Bangor Mental Health Institute at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at the State House, Augusta, Room 228. The committee will consider the proposal to trim… Read More
    FOXBORO, Mass. — In a rush to put a happy face on a sad team, the New England Patriots on Monday named Dick MacPherson as their third coach in three years. MacPherson, the successful and spirited coach at Syracuse for 10 years, takes over a… Read More
    I am writing in response to the Dec. 27 newspaper article regarding the Maine Chamber of Commerce’s Workers’ Compensation package which they intend to submit to the Legislature. Pure and simple, the reason Workers’ Compensation costs in Maine are so high is that Maine’s workplace… Read More
    One week from today we all face the deadline imposed on Saddam Hussein. If he doesn’t get out of Kuwait before next Tuesday the coalition of the United Nations has given itself permission to go in and get him out. Does this constitute fair warning or painting ourselves… Read More
    THE PHOENIX PROGRAM, by Douglas Valentine, William Morrow and Co. Inc., 479 pages, $24.95. Many of the tragedies of the Vietnam War are well-documented, but the horrors of the wartime Phoenix Program have escaped in-depth coverage until now. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    THE BIG GARAGE ON CLEAR SHOT, by Tom Bodett, Morrow, 300 pages, $18.95. Yes, Tom Bodett — the voice of those catchy Motel 6 radio ads (“We’ll leave the light on for you”) — is just as old-shoe as a writer as he is as… Read More
    FARMINGTON — The European witch craze of the 16th and 17th centuries was a pioneering effort by developing states of early modern Europe to perfect strategies of social control and to safeguard ideology, according to author Jon Oplinger. Yet as destructive as this early effort was, he contends… Read More
    RONALD D. GODDARD has joined Downeast Coins & Collectibles of Bangor as assistant manager for coins, stamps and miscellaneous collectibles. A graduate of Husson College, Goddard is a past-president of the Pine Tree Coin Club in Bangor. He previously was employed in truck sales and leasing.no picture… Read More
    WASHINGTON — In the wake of the multibillion dollar savings and loan bailout, Northern politicians last year were quick to point fingers southwestward with blame, complaining about the bailout costs the North expected to pay. “Taxpayers in our region are being stuck with the tab… Read More
    DEADLY ILLUSIONS, by Samuel Marx and Joyce Vanderveen, New York: Random House, 1990, 271 pages, $19.95. Once one has plowed through this stolid book, he is likely to mutter “So what?” Samuel Marx, formerly a producer and story editor at the prestigious Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, in… Read More
    THE FOURTH OF MAY: Killings and Coverups at Kent State, by William A. Gordon, Prometheus Books, 243 pages, $21.95. In the spring of 1970, Americans had had enough. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    FREEDOM IN EXILE: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama, HarperCollins, 288 pages, $22.95. In prose as light and strong as a cobweb, the 56-year-old Dalai Lama, supreme secular and spiritual leader of Buddhist Tibet, chronicles the colorful story of his life and the tragedy of… Read More
    Ethical issues of new training technologies will be the subject of the Jan. 9 meeting of the Maine Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development. Leaders of the round-table discussion will be Michael Robinson, trainer for Namaste and the Monroe Institute in Virginia, and Robert Greenleaf,… Read More
    The Eastern Maine Postal Customer Council will hold a conference on postal rates at 7:30 a.m., Jan. 29, at the Bangor Civic Center. The conference will provide the latest information about postal rates that are scheduled to increase in February. Information also will be provided about new discounts… Read More
    The economic outlook for marketing in Maine will be the topic of discussion at a meeting of The Advertising Club of Greater Bangor to be held at 5:30 p.m., Jan. 10, at the Holiday Inn on Main Street in Bangor. The panel will include Steve Adams, deputy state… Read More
    THE TRIAL OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE, by Tom Teicholz; St. Martin’s Press, 354 pages, $22.95. Among Nazi concentration camps, Treblinka was uniquely horrific and hopeless — “the air was impregnated with death,” is how the place was described by one of the few Jews ever… Read More
    Have you noticed how bureaucrats avoid any definitive use of the “R” word — recession? It’s impressive how they tippytoe around the subject, as if they believed that if no one admitted there was a recession, then there wouldn’t be one. The morning paper quotes… Read More
    Two people were killed and one was injured in snowmobile-related accidents over the weekend. A mother of two from Hamlin died Sunday night from injuries sustained in a car and snowmobile accident on U.S. Route 1A in Hamlin, according to Maine State Police. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    CINCINNATI — Eagle-Picher Industries Inc. filed for bankruptcy court protection from creditors Monday, shattering hopes for the first comprehensive nationwide settlement of asbestos disease lawsuits against a company. Eagle-Picher, which was trying to resolve more than 70,000 personal injury claims in a New York court,… Read More
    NEW YORK — At first glance, history appears to be repeating itself in the banking industry. Reports of bank failures, a weakened deposit insurance system, bank holidays, and images of angry depositors outside closed institutions conjure up the industry’s worst days in the 1930s. The… Read More
    A Waterville man who has been linked to motel robberies in four cities was indicted Monday in Bangor in connection with one. The Penobscot County grand jury charged Reno Cyr, 25, with robbing the EconoLodge in Bangor on Nov. 9. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    Confusion over budget action in Augusta has filtered to the University of Maine System where officials, on consecutive workdays, first sent out notices to students and parents that tuition might be increased, then said a tuition increase is unlikely if higher education gets a 2.25 percent budget cut… Read More
    Second in a three-part series At the end of a trial — after the jury has been instructed in the law, but before it retires to the jury room — the presiding judge traditionally asks the jurors to stand. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Banks, not taxpayers, should be forced to shore up the federal insurance fund that helps keep the troubled industry afloat, members of Congress said Monday. But following the government’s Sunday seizure of banks owned by Boston-based Bank of New England Corp., some lawmakers… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A nurse testified Monday that Leonide L. Michaud Jr. held her and three others hostage before he allegedly shot to death his terminally ill father and turned the gun on himself in December 1989. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Goodman said in opening arguments… Read More
    CASTINE — State officials continue to investigate the death of a newborn infant on the campus of Maine Maritime Academy last month, but at this point, have not filed any charges. Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Hjelm said there was no specific time frame in which… Read More