WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – A slow offensive start and a hot-shooting performance by the University of Hartford spelled doom for the University of Maine men’s basketball team Saturday as the Hawks held off the Black Bears 73-68 in front of 1,982 fans at the Sports Center. Read More
    Saturday night’s Eastern Maine Class C schoolgirl championship game at the Bangor Auditorium shaped up as a battle between No. 3 Calais’ imposing frontcourt and No. 5 Central-East Corinth’s quick and aggressive backcourt. Although both teams’ strengths were indeed instrumental at key points in the… Read More
    WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – A freshman from Presque Isle came up big for the University of Southern Maine by leading the Huskies to an NCAA Division III national tournament berth on Saturday. Kerry Eaton, a 6-foot-1 center, scored 14 points – including six during a critical… Read More
    In 12 years of covering schoolgirl basketball tournaments, I must say I was more impressed with the quality of play at the Bangor Auditorium this past week than I’ve ever been before. These girls are something else. Especially the younger ones. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    DURHAM, N.H. – They didn’t get the helping hand they needed from Boston University’s Terriers. But the University of Maine Black Bears, picked to finish third by the Hockey East coaches in the preseason, capped a surprising regular season by beating the University of New… Read More
    The Calais Blue Devils are content to run with virtually any basketball team in Eastern Maine. One exception is Washington Academy of East Machias. Thus, after the Devils bolted to an early 19-point lead Saturday night at the Bangor Auditorium, they did everything possible to… Read More
    It’s hard to look ahead. Especially, when it comes to playing in a basketball tournament. After all, look too far beyond one opponent and you might find yourself “looking” at the next game from the stands. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    Two teams which watched the Eastern Maine Class A schoolgirl basketball tournament either from the bleachers or on television last year headline the eight squads which have qualified for the 1991 event. Lawrence of Fairfield and Stearns of Millinocket have earned the Nos. 1 and… Read More
    The Eastern Maine Class D schoolgirl basketball champion Ashland Hornets won its school’s first-ever regional basketball title in dramatic fashion Saturday, coming from behind to beat Shead 49-46 in overtime. The top-seeded Hornets now take an 18-3 record into the state championship against Monmouth Academy… Read More
    ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rookie Matt DelGuidice made 28 saves and Ron Hoover scored a pair of power-play goals as the Maine Mariners defeated the Rochester Americans 3-1 in an American Hockey League game Sunday. Hoover’s first goal came at 10:44 of the first period, when… Read More
    ORONO – On a scale of 1-through-10, the University of Maine women’s basketball team’s performance amidst their 90-39 thrashing of the University of Hartford Hawks on Saturday at Memorial Gym rated high. “I would say it was an 8 1/2,” said Maine Coach Trish Roberts. Read More
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    If the University of Maine-Machias men’s basketball team survives the NAIA District 5 Final Four and advances for the first time to the National Tournament in Kansas City, a lot of the credit will probably go to a former hockey player who traded his skates for sneakers. Read More
    AT SANFORD Maine USS Senior Championships Friday-Sunday YMCA Barracudas top girls finishers: Heather McLeod (Glenburn)-first in 1650 freestyle (19:18.95 team record), second in 1000 free (11:37.62 team record), third in 500 free (5:32.29 team record); Cara Malerba (Brewer)-first in 200 breaststroke (2:36.68 team record), first… Read More
    Millinocket wins PVHC mite title Justin Merry netted an unassisted goal with 2:50 left in overtime to lead the Millinocket Mites to an 8-7 ice hockey victory over the Brewer Mites in the Penboscot Valley Hockey Club 7-to-9 year old championship game at Sawyer Arena… Read More
    ORONO – After watching Waterville High School’s Barry Clukey, the all-time national schoolboy scoring leader, rack up 8 goals and 5 assists in Waterville’s two 8-2 wins over his Bangor High School team during the regular season, Ram Coach Tim McDougal tried to have his centers shadow Clukey… Read More
    AT HUSSON COLLEGE, Sunday Bangor Rotary Club Three-point shootout contest 12-under boys: Dan Martin (Hampden); Girls: Erin Weston (Brownville Junction) 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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    NAIA Dist. 5 Tournament Semifinals HUSSON vs. LYNDON STATE Time, site: Monday, 1 p.m., at the Portland Expo 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
    AUGUSTA – Upper Kennebec Valley High School of Bingham won its second straight Western Maine Class D boys title Saturday with a 34-29 victory over Forest Hills of Jackman here Saturday. In the Western Maine girls “D” title game, Monmouth defeated Buckfield 41-40. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    The University of Maine swimmers and divers turned in what Coach Jeff Wren labeled as “astounding performances” and finished among the elite of New England swimming by capturing fourth place in the 18-team New England Championship at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston over the weekend. Read More
    GORHAM – The University of Southern Maine lost to Southeastern Mass. 86-83 in Saturday’s Little East Conference Championship basketball game, but the Huskies still earned a No. 3 seeding in this weekend’s NCAA Division III Tournament. Southern Maine will travel to No. 2 seed Southeastern… Read More
    AT SADDLEBACK MOUNTAIN, Rangeley A State Slalom Championship Class IV Boys – 1. Jay Mallory (Saddleback) 85.91, 2. Jason Surewesc (Farmington Ski Club), 3. John Tooley (Ragged Mountain) 93.62, 4. Andrew Geaustern (Sugarloaf) 95.23, 5. Reeves Livesay (Sugarloaf) 95.70; Girls – 1. Janel Ippolito (Sunday… Read More
    The Southern Aroostook Warriors used full-court zone pressure with much success during the regular season and relied on it again on Saturday to capture the Eastern Maine Class D boys basketball championship at the Bangor Auditorium. The Warriors of Dyer Brook entered the second quarter… Read More
    Out and About: As though sensing skepticism about its blustering promises of springtime, the month of March backs up its suggestions with unquestionable signs such as the return of woodcock and waterfowl, pussy willows, and sportsmen’s shows. Naturally, the migrations of fish and fowl won’t… Read More
    NAIA District 5 Final Four UM-MACHIAS vs. ST. JOSEPH’S THE PROVIDER 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] googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    You reported (BDN, Feb. 6) that 20 days into the war, Bush portrayed himself as calm, comfortable with the momentous decisions of sending American troops into battle. He is quoted as saying, “I’m sleeping quite well, as a matter of fact.” My 6-year-old daughter has… Read More
    Ralph Newbert’s another viewpoint column (BDN, Feb. 5), would be amusing if (it were) not tragic. The last thing the Workers Compensation system needs is the advice of academics with little or no experience at the working level. The Maine workplace “carnage,” using Newbert’s term, is no different… Read More
    Our son, Staff Sgt. Dan Vaughan, is in the U.S. Army in Saudi Arabia. We received a letter from him yesterday and he wrote: “We get letters from all over the U.S.A. addressed to `Any Service Member.’ They are quite interesting. We pass them around… Read More
    So now we are going to feed the enemy. How much of it will the women and children receive and how much will Saddam and his troops get? Feed them and put them all in good shape. Make sure they are healthy to kill our men. Read More
    An article in the Bangor Daily News indicated the Council or Fort Fairfield is seeking a change in limits on potato-processing waste discharge in the Aroostook River. At the end of the article, a quote by Paul Beattie, Fort Fairfield Town Manager, states, “No one… Read More
    It warms my heart to hear that the governor of Maine has proclaimed a Desert Storm Family Support Day. I fully support the idea. In the 1980s, I made several forays into Honduras as an active-duty combat communicator. These missions came to the public’s attention… Read More
    ISLAND FALLS — Black ice that developed Friday night on Interstate 95 resulted in seven car accidents in the Island Falls area, including one that injured two men. The accidents occurred between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. in both the northbound and southbound lanes of I-95. Read More
    CARIBOU — A public organ-piano musical recital featuring Daniel Ladner and Barbara Demsey will be held at the Universalist Unitarian church in Caribou at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3. Ladner is known in Aroostook County for his musical directing and his theatrical performances. He has… Read More
    HOULTON — Houlton police have arrested three people in connection with two burglaries early Saturday morning, and are continuing their investigation into a third. According to Staff Sgt. Daniel Pelletier, the first burglary was reported at 12:01 a.m. Saturday at Encore South, a resident-education facility… Read More
    LIMESTONE — A public hearing to review the updated $29,000 Comprehensive Plan for Limestone will be held at 7:15 p.m. Monday, March 4, at the Limestone municipal building, according to Fred Griffeth, Limestone Planning Board chairman. Members of the public are urged to attend. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The ninth annual Maine Maritime International Flatworks Exhibition at the University of Maine at Presque Isle will open with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Marguerite Pullen Art Gallery. The event will feature Bruce Brown, director of the Maine… Read More
    CARIBOU — Officials of the National Air Force Association and the Maine Air Force Association said Sunday they were continuing to sponsor Operation Copilot, a coordinated civilian support program to salute men and women of Operation Desert Storm. Operation Copilot began in August to support… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The Loring Air Force Base 42nd Bombardment Wing, now contributing fighting units to the Persian Gulf war, has adopted the U.S. Air Force Academy’s 5th Cadet Squadron, known as the Wolfpack, for the next two years as part of a pilot sponsorship program. Read More
    MACHIAS — Maine’s 1990 Forest Practices Act will be the subject of a meeting of foresters, loggers and woodland owners at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, in Room 102 of the Science Building on the campus of the University of Maine at Machias. Kathy Nitschke… Read More
    MACHIAS — Washington County’s legislative delegation, under its chairman, Rep. Theone F. Look, R-Jonesboro, last week sent back to county commissioners their proposed budget for 1991 with a request for additional reductions. In a letter received Wednesday by Commissioners Thomas Brennan, Preston Smith and Chairman… Read More
    MILO — Eighteen Milo Elementary School fifth grade pupils participated in a geography bee held Friday at the school gymnasium. Bee master was Stephanie Gillis, fifth-grade teacher. The bee is sponsored by National Geographic World, the society’s magazine for children; Amtrak; and Kudos Snacks. According… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — The Katahdin Region Tourism Council is selling snowmobile and cross country ski trail maps, which outline the groomed trails from Kokadjo to Oakfield and from Cedar Lake to Oxbow. Maps are 25 cents each for businesses in lots of 50 or more. The maps can be… Read More
    STOCKTON SPRINGS — A proposal to borrow $175,000 toward the construction of a town pier will be decided at a special town meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the elementary school. The issue has divided the town and sparked debate last week at a three-hour public… Read More
    MILO — School Administrative District 41 directors representing the towns of Atkinson, Brownville, LaGrange, Lake View Plantation and Milo, approved cost-saving measures designed to help ease the financial crisis for the district during the 1990-91 fiscal year. “We are faced with serious budget cuts,” Superintendent… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — As the result of the 1991 budget deliberations, the Millinocket Town Council has cut $64,295 from initial budget requests that already were less than last year. In a council meeting Feb. 28, Town Manager William J. Ayoob said he would recommend either March… Read More
    WARREN — ASSE International Student Exchange Programs, a non-profit, public benefit organization, invites people to share their home, heart and heritage with a teen-ager during the 1991-92 academic year. The teen-agers are well-screened, fully insured and come with their own spending money. They are from… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Consumer Outreach will be available the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Methodist Conference Home, 39 Summer St. This service is available to all residents of Knox County through the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. RSVP volunteers Joyce Champlin and Pauline LaCrosse will… Read More
    WARREN — Richard Silloway, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, declined comment Sunday on the contract status of Town Manager Robert Whiteley or whether the board had been satisfied with his explanation of published remarks about his salary. Whiteley met in executive session with selectmen… Read More
    WARREN — A workshop designed to assist landowners with building a backyard or farm pond will be conducted by the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, at the new Route 90 headquarters. Planning, construction and design will be taught… Read More
    ROCKLAND — “Documentaries, The 60s,” will be the subject of a talk by Charles Boyd of Varied Directions Inc. of Camden when the Midcoast Branch of the American Association of University Women meets at 11 a.m. Friday, March 8, at the Universalist church. Boyd is… Read More
    SEARSPORT — A series of lectures by Renny Stackpole, director of the Penobscot Marine Museum, will be held in the Douglas and Margaret Carver Memorial Gallery on the museum grounds each Wednesday in March. The programs, free to the public, will encompass several areas of maritime history and… Read More
    WISCASSET — The Maine Art Gallery will reopen March 1 at the Old Academy, at the corner of Warren and Hodge streets. It was built in 1807 and restored in 1989. The interior has been refurbished and the first exhibition of the season will be… Read More
    CAMDEN — Electric Symphony Festival 91 will present seasoned professionals in a series of summer concerts at the Camden Opera House. The festival concert schedule is 8:15 p.m. Saturdays, July 27 and Aug. 3; 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6; and 8:15 p.m. Wednesdays, Aug. 7 and 14. Performers… Read More
    An article on Friday gave the incorrect time for a Bible study session for lay people at the Belfast United Methodist Church on Tuesday, March 5. The program will be held at noon. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Candidates and city officials agree that the ballot facing Ellsworth voters March 4 will have long-range implications on the future direction of city government. A field of 11 candidates will vie for two seats on the Ellsworth City Council, the Ellsworth School Committee,… Read More
    Determining the future of the Ellsworth School District Trustees requires some understanding of the panel’s past. Dale D. Higgins, president of the Ellsworth School District board of trustees and a former Ellsworth school superintendent, traces the creation of the district back to 1949. At that… Read More
    A man suffering from two gunshot wounds was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center Sunday night and Bangor police were investigating the shooting and had one man in custody at 10:30 p.m. At press time, police were still trying to unravel the events that led… Read More
    HAMPDEN — A public hearing on the proposed Hampden and Newburgh middle school will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 at the Earl C. McGraw School. The intent of the public meeting will be to provide information and a rationale for building the… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Old Town firefighters were called Sunday night to a kitchen fire at a home located just a short distance from the Fire Department. Assistant Chief Mike Sturgeon said that when firefighters arrived at 78 Shirley Street the kitchen was engulfed in flames. Read More
    As their relatives joined the wave of allied forces storming into Kuwait and Iraq this weekend, many area Mainers had to fight their own battles of nerves and concern, unable to do little more than wait for news. Lois and Arthur Andrews of Brewer said… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Susan Grady, a freshman at the College of New Rochelle, N.Y., has been selected to represent her college with nine others in the Model United Nations Program, Feb. 28-March 3 at Harvard University. Grady, the daughter of John and Marie Grady of… Read More
    ELIOT — A game warden says he may press charges if he finds out who cut down trees in one of Maine’s largest inland breeding areas for blue herons. Warden Gregory Sanborn of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said Saturday that he would… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The state has recovered $554,000 paid to food stamp recipients who were ineligible for the coupons. Human services officials hope to spend the money to help run the food stamp program. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    AUGUSTA — While members of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee disagree on some budget items, they agree on the need to review and eliminate, where possible, the use of state-owned vehicles by state workers. “They not only cut the number of (state-owned) cars in Vermont, they… Read More
    CONCORD, N.H. — For the second straight drawing, the Tri-State Megabucks jackpot has gone without a winner. The jackpot for Saturday’s drawing was $720,000, and will be carried over to Wednesday’s drawing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    CONCORD, N.H. — The human toll in New Hampshire woods in 1990 was nine people wounded and one dead, which the state Fish and Game Department says is very low for a state that abounds with hunters. “When you consider there are more than 100,000… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s majority Democrats want to slash spending for tourism promotion to help balance the state’s budget, but Republicans warn that Maine must keep a high profile in the highly competitive industry. The debate over how actively the state can afford to promote… Read More
    CAPE ELIZABETH — American troops in the Persian Gulf war soon may get a batch of sweets cooked by a group of Maine women. About a dozen women baked 200 cookies Saturday at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Cape Elizabeth. Women joked that the burned cookies… Read More
    Job security in the Soviet Union seems to be going the way of the Warsaw Pact. Russian leader Boris Yeltsin wants Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to retire, while Russian Communists have urged Mr. Yeltsin to clean out his desk. Ironically, the two leaders who have disagreed so often… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Whatever the shape of the peace in the Middle East, the outline of the political wars at home is coming clear. Sen. Phil Gramm, a Texas Democrat turned Republican who is now chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, told the Conservative Political… Read More
    Big-city problems have a habit of showing up in smaller communities. Though it is places like New York, Washington and Los Angeles that usually make headlines with their murder rates, drug abuse and other banes of modern life, lesser known cities such as New Haven, Conn., Syracuse, N.Y.,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan and the Legislature’s top two leaders emerged from a new round of state budget talks Sunday evening to express satisfaction with their progress and optimism about their prospects for a final agreement. McKernan, Senate President Charles P. Pray and… Read More
    When Maine artist Marsden Hartley visited Alfred Stieglitz’s small art gallery on the third floor of a New York City brownstone, he commented that the little room seemed enormous because it “let a few personalities develop in a way they were believed in.” Lanie Robertson’s memory play “Stieglitz… Read More
    SAN DIEGO — Emissions from the manufacture of nylon, used in everything from stockings to tires, are eating away at the Earth’s protective ozone layer, according to a study published Friday. Nylon manufacturing also releases emissions that aggravate warming of Earth’s climate by the “greenhouse… Read More
    Edgar Allan Poe and Gertrude Stein may seem an unlikely pair for an evening out on the town, but, as a complement to the full-scale play “Stieglitz Loves O’Keeffe,” the Penobscot Theatre is presenting one-act biographical sketches about two well-known American writers, Poe and Stein. Presented as companion… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Veteran newsman Richard F. Dooley, 69, died Friday at Camden following an illness of several months. Dooley had been employed at The Courier-Gazette since 1964, during which time he covered the court beat in Knox County, the Rockland City Council and Knox County Commissioners. Read More
    For biologist Raymond Coppinger, who has been studying dogs and other canines for almost three decades, the question has been inescapable. Why do dogs bark? In a nation of 52 million domesticated canines, it’s of more than scientific interest. There is probably no neighborhood that… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Environmental Protection Agency is asking several Maine companies to voluntarily halve the volume of toxics they use by 1995. More than a dozen Maine companies are among the 600 firms nationwide approached as part of the federal agency’s Industrial Toxics Project. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    WASHINGTON — First Chicago Corp. revoked thousands of credit cards held by residents of New England and other northeastern states as part of a credit review of the economically weak region, the bank said Friday. The acknowledgement by the nation’s third largest issuer of credit… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Air Force have announced a public comment period on the federal facility agreement for the investigation and cleanup of hazardous waste at Loring Air Force Base. The agreement provides coordination and supervision of cleanup by the Environmental Protection… Read More
    MACHIAS — Washington County will receive a workshop on spinal screening for school nurses to be broadcast over the statewide interactive television network at two sites: Machias and Lubec. The broadcast will take place from 1 to 3:50 p.m. Friday, March 1. In Lubec, the… Read More
    MACHIAS — The controller at Down East Community Hospital said this week that hospitals are faced with a considerable challenge in managing limited financial resources wisely to ensure that quality health care is provided, while also maintaining financial viability. Controller Lisa Reynolds said hospitals were… Read More
    UNITY — The McKernan Administration announced Feb. 12 preliminary approval of a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant to Unity to provide up to half the funding for a community-sponsored project. Unity was one of eight towns to share $242,300 in federal grant funds for… Read More
    CAMDEN — Area folk musicians and poets will join in a concert of music, poetry and positive healing energy for Camden composer, Jan Harmon at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at the First Congregational Church. Among those scheduled to perform are: Nancy Mattila, Gordon Bok,… Read More
    BELFAST — The Waldo County Health Fair Planning Committee will hold the health fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at Belfast Area High School. The theme will be “Spring Ahead to a Healthy Future” and presentations are being sought where experience may be gained… Read More
    ROCKPORT — The first regional meeting of Midcoast citizens opposed to the war in the Middle East will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Rockport Elementary School staff room. All citizens who disagree with current American government policy in the Middle East… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Nylander Museum in Caribou will open to the public on Saturday, March 2. The museum will be open from noon to 4 p.m. weekends until Memorial Day, when the schedule changes to 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, for the summer. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A course titled “Training in Marriage Enrichment” will be offered by Aroostook Mental Health Center from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on six consecutive Thursdays, beginning March 7, in the Academy House at The Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle. The program’s overall… Read More