PORTLAND – Bob Gould of the Maine Mariners scored the winning goal in the first period of a 3-1 victory Wednesday night over the Hershey Bears. Maine, whose record improves to 29-28-8, scored all its goals in the first period of the American Hockey League… Read More
BOSTON – Merrimack College will try to cut into Boston University’s 23-1 series egde Thursday night when the two square off at BU’s Walter Brown Arena in their Hockey East quarterfinal. Game time is 7 p.m. Third-seeded Boston University is 22-10-2 overall and finished 13-6-2… Read More
The high-powered University of Maine women’s basketball offense racked up another 100-point scoring night on Wednesday easily defeating Arkansas State 107-73 at the Bangor Auditorium. The game was not without its blemishes, however, as one mini-skirmish broke out midway through the second half and both… Read More
NCAA Women’s Basketball Stats Team Defense The NCAA women’s college basketball team defense leaders through Feb. 25: 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
ORONO – Waterville High School’s Panthers really needed a goal. And their big gun came through. Junior center Barry Clukey completed a hat trick by scoring an important power-play goal at the 3:23 mark of the third period as the Panthers beat North Yarmouth Academy… Read More
BRIDGTON – Mike Williams scored 23 points to lead the Maine Central Institute Postgrads to a 111-77 basketball victory over Brewster Academy of Wolfboro, N.H., here Wednesday in the first round of the New England Prep School Tournament. The Postgrads advance to play Cheshire Academy… Read More
Becky Moholland, Cherie Greatorex and Amy Murphy lead the 1991 Eastern Maine Class B, C, D All-Tourney selections as chosen by members of the media and officials participating in recent schoolgirl basketball touranment. Moholland, who led her Calais Blue Devils to their first Eastern Maine… Read More
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Two new champions face each other for the state Class D schoolgirl basketball title Thursday at 7:05 p.m. in the Bangor Auditorium as Eastern Maine champion Ashland hosts Western Maine champion Monmouth Academy. And, while these teams are each making a state championship debut, both… Read More
WATERVILLE – Liz Cimino scored 22 points as the Colby College women’s basketball team defeated Trinity College of Hartford, Conn., 74-60 in an ECAC quarterfinal game Wednesday. Colby advances to play Clark University of Worcester, Mass., an 84-69 winner over Tufts University of Medford, Mass. Read More
Matt Baker of Washburn, who set a Class D single-game scoring record with 46 points in the semifinals, headlines the list of 16 players selected to the 1991 Eastern Maine All-Tournament Team for Classes B, C and D. Baker, a senior center, was one of… Read More
NEWTON, Mass. – Sebastien Laplante scored a pair of goals and had three assists Wednesday night to lead Northeastern to a 6-5 upset of top-ranked Boston College in the quarterfinals of the Hockey East playoffs. Northeastern, down 5-4 midway in the third period, tied the… Read More
Coach Dwight Littlefield and his Valley High School-Bingham boys have been waiting for this day to come since they were blown out by Washburn 65-38 in the 1990 state Class D championship game last March. The Valley Cavaliers will try one more time to take… Read More
ORONO – Winslow High School junior left winger Jesse White was in the right place at the right time. And two years of frustration came to an end. White had a hat trick, including the game-winning goal at the 4:43 mark of the third period,… Read More
This Saturday and Sunday, Bangor Youth Hockey, in cooperation with McDonald’s restaurants, will sponsor the Squirt Friendship Games at Sawyer Arena. Four Canadian and local teams will play a series of three games each with boys and girls ages 10-11. A championship game between the… Read More
WATERVILLE – Senior guard Tom Dorion scored 19 of his career-high 26 points in the first half as the Colby College men’s basketball team cruised to a 47-19 lead en route to a 94-66 victory over Bates College of Lewiston Wednesday. The win clinched the… Read More
FORT KENT — “The girls skied well,” said Coach Bernard Paradis of Fort Kent after his 11-member ski team brought home the Maine Class A skiing championship against 10 other teams at Rumford. In 1990, Paradis and Coach Greg Voisine’s girls team were bridesmaids to… Read More
With a surge in patriotism resulting from the outbreak of war in the Middle East and a downturn in the state’s job market, Bangor-area recruiters for the armed services are seeing an increase in prospective soldiers coming through their doors. U.S. Army recruiters in Bangor… Read More
MATTAWAMKEAG — The Northern Penobscot Regional Solid Waste Association is concerned about the billing policy for legal fees by a Bangor attorney and has authorized its chairman to write a letter to the legal firm expressing that concern. Peggy Daigle, co-chairman of the solid waste… Read More
The war in the Persian Gulf is terrible and we appreciate the efforts you are making to give a truthful report of what is happening. I especially appreciate your not giving solace to the enemy in reporting his propaganda that we are destroying his cities. We know his… Read More
President George Bush made a sensible and appropriate decision this week to maintain military pressure on the retreating army of Saddam Hussein. Once engaged in a ground war, the president’s first obligation was to the security of allied troops. He met that responsibility by sustaining the initiative against… Read More
Amid all the confusion about the proposed changes in municipal solid waste contracts and the significant rise in solid waste tipping fees, there may continue to be the perception that the PERC faiclity is not well run. To clear up any lingering confusion about the operations of the… Read More
What are the highlights of our lives; the special times our brains respectfully catalogue? Tender touches, a loving gaze, the smell of wet earth in the spring, the sound of the tide, a sunrise, a sunset. The senses, active and responsive, nourishing the spirit residing within our skeletal… Read More
Professor (Jerome) Storm’s analogy (Readers Write, Feb. 18) about the good first sergeant contains a flaw. I agree that a good first sergeant will insist that all his men get fed before him. Unlike the Union 102 superintendent, the first sergeant, I suspect, is virtually… Read More
I have recently completed a year as chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board. It has been a wonderful experience. The board is made up of citizens interested in assisting the Salvation Army help those who are in need of a helping hand. I would… Read More
Thank you and all the local businesses for the flag to display as a show of support for all the troops. (The color flag was included in the Bangor Daily News of Feb. 23-24.) What a nice gesture! googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
I am writing to clarify the situation regarding the funding of Recycling Capital Investment Grants by the Maine Waste Management Agency. Recent reports have suggested that the agency may not be able to meet its obligations to pay these awards. As I stated in my… Read More
Citizens in the majority of Maine’s 488 municipalities have a great opportunity over the next few weeks to have a say in how their property tax dollars are spent, how their local governments will serve them, and who will guide their communities. All they have to do is… Read More
Al Weymouth, the president of the Greater Bangor Area Chapter of Credit Unions, first joined a credit union when he taught high school in Belfast about 30 years ago. He moved to Bangor in 1963 to work at Husson College, where he now teaches business… Read More
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Fifteen credit unions belong to the Greater Bangor Area Chapter of Credit Unions. The Seaboard Federal Credit Union, managed by Barbara Hileman and located on Route 15 in Bucksport, serves 6,354 members who work for the Champion International Corp. or the credit union or are… Read More
Faced with a national threat to their favorite financial institutions, the approximately 61 million Americans who belong to the country’s 14,972 credit unions are uniting in Operation Grassroots. Susan Cross, manager of the BANSCO Federal Credit Union in Bangor and the treasurer of the Greater… Read More
ORONO — A conference on “Bringing Democracy Home” will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at the University of Maine, Neville Hall, with speakers Frank Wilkinson and Faye Williams. Wilkinson will speak on “The FBI and the History of Repression of… Read More
MADAWASKA — After a public hearing Tuesday night, the Madawaska Planning Board said they will decide March 5 whether a zoning-change request by the Dead River Co. for the construction of a gasoline station on West Main Street at Madawaska will be on the warrant of the Madawaska… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Team work and continual communication could be considered key words in describing the new administration of John Koelsch after a month as Presque Isle’s new city manager. The business of making policy and setting direction lies solely with the five-member City Council,… Read More
HOULTON — The Houlton Town Council voted 4-0 this week against an amendment to the town’s firearms and explosives ordinance that would have regulated the use of bows and arrows. The issue initially came before the council last June when Judy Williams of Foxcroft Road… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — What do Los Angeles, New York and Presque Isle have in common? According to federal environmental officials, it’s air-quality classification. Two of the country’s largest metropolitan areas and the Star City of Maine have been classified in Group I, “non-attainment.” Presque Isle’s… Read More
VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Town Council tackled a variety of issues Monday night. Town Manager Jayne Farrin said little public comment was received at a public hearing on the town’s application for a $100,000 Development Fund Grant, which if received would be loaned… Read More
LIMESTONE — A reduction of $44,293 in the proposed $1,153,300 Limestone municipal budget will be reviewed by residents at the annual town meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, at the high school. The final municipal budget change was approved this week by the… Read More
EAGLE LAKE — Twenty-six voters approved two money transfers and heard a brief preview of the 1991-92 town budget at an hour-long special town meeting Monday night at Eagle Lake. Town Manager Reynold Raymond said Eagle Lake voters approved the transfer of $2,500 from account… Read More
CARIBOU The following individuals were sentenced Feb. 20 and 22 in Aroostook County Superior Court by Judge Paul T. Pierson: 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
CALAIS — If the Calais boys and girls basketball teams win their respective State Class C Basketball Championship games Friday night, there will be shearing as well as cheering in Calais on Saturday afternoon. Coach Arnold Clark, who lost his hair after his team won… Read More
MACHIAS — The Small Business Development Center at the University of Maine at Machias and the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a workshop on credit and collections for small-business owners from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, in Room 102 of the Science Building… Read More
MACHIAS — The Maine blueberry tax, its use in funding research projects and the findings of that research will be discussed at 7 p.m. Monday, March 4, at Graham’s Restaurant, by Fred Olday, chairman of the Maine Blueberry Commission’s Advisory Committee. Blueberry growers, processors and… Read More
MACHIAS — Washington County Commissioners have halted what could have resulted in a costly reconstruction of the county’s financial records for 1990, to give former County Treasurer David Frank a chance to reconcile the year’s finances at no cost to county taxpayers. Tuesday’s action reversed… Read More
CALAIS — It took members of the Calais City Council about two hours Monday night to sift through the 63 applications they have received in their search for a new city manager. The council is seeking a replacement for former City Manger Nancy Orr, who… Read More
HARRINGTON — Louis J. Marin, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Marin Jr. of Harrington, has enlisted in the U.S. Air Force Delayed Enlistment Program and will attend basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, on May 21. Read More
LINCOLN — Recycling — how to start, what to recycle, how to set it up at home, was outlined on Tuesday to members of a local committee by an official of the Maine Waste Management Agency. Town Manager James B. Somerville said Lincoln was behind… Read More
LINCOLN — The firefighter labor dispute, low employee morale and lack of economic development initiatives were some of the reasons cited by three candidates seeking office to the Town Council. The municipal elections will be held March 12. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — P-Q Controls, the newest industry proposed in Dover-Foxcroft, could be in full operation by late summer of 1991. Doug Shumann of Bristol, Conn., who, with his wife Noreen, owns the company, said this week that he had anticipated opening the factory last January,… Read More
MILO — Neil Hamlin, Milo attorney, gave a presentation Monday titled “Living Wills” to members of the Milo Nurses Guild. The meeting was held at the home of Dorothy Knox in Milo. During his presentation, Hamlin explained that people were much more interested in the… Read More
ENFIELD — Responding to citizen concerns about the town’s share of the school district budget, officials researched the matter and this week reported their findings. Carl Clukey, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said a town’s school district assessment was either based strictly on the… Read More
BRADFORD — Francis Speed was elected president of the Bradford Historical Society on Feb. 18 at Hilltop Manor Community Building. She will replace Robert Strout, who died Nov. 28. Re-elected were: Elaine Strout, vice president; Joan Leathers, secretary; and Selden Leathers, treasurer. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ENFIELD — Residents asked many questions about proposed sewer and water projects during two informational meetings this week. In the annual town meeting on March 18, residents will be asked to authorize the town to proceed to research funding options for sewer and water projects. Read More
LINCOLN The following complaints were heard in 13th District Court in Lincoln before Judge Jessie Gunther on Feb. 26: 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
PALMYRA — Keith Bates of Newport has a date with the Palmyra Zoning Board of Appeals on March 12. Bates was ordered by the town of Newport to remove hundreds of used appliances from his open-air business on Route 2. The business was determined to be a junkyard… Read More
CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge voters will be able to see the effects of the current economic slowdown when they meet to see what measures can be taken in their town to balance the books at their annual town meeting scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Grange… Read More
FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield woman has entered a suit in Bangor Federal Court against the town of Fairfield for $4 million in damages. Jan Lightfoot, founder of Hospitality House, a homeless shelter, claims she suffered damages to her reputation and the reputation of her proposed shelter after the… Read More
HARTLAND — Town reports are available in the neighboring towns of Hartland and St. Albans. Annually, the two towns schedule their town meetings on the first day of March at 10 a.m. Hartland will meet to act on a 39-article warrant that reflects a $3,500… Read More
NEWPORT — Newport elections will be held at the Newport Fire Hall Friday, March 1, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. There is a four-way race for two selectmen’s seats. Incumbents Richard B. Stone and Albert Worden are being challenged by Newport Taxpayer Association’s Donna… Read More
NEWPORT — Newport Fire Captain Ricky Turner said Wednesday he was recovering well after emergency surgery Sunday to reattach the severed end of his right thumb. Turner had responded with Newport Rescue personnel to the scene of a serious car accident on Interstate 95 in Carmel on Sunday… Read More
CORNVILLE — Cornville will hold its annual town meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Cornville Town Hall. Some of the money that is proposed to be appropriated includes: $15,000 for maintenance of the town dump; $4,000 for general assistance; $12,000 for municipal… Read More
NEWPORT — Fire protection fees were the basis for a discussion Wednesday night between the Newport Board of Selectmen and Palmyra’s town officials. The representatives from Palmyra were trying to understand the formula used by Newport recently to institute a new billing procedure. Town Manager… Read More
PITTSFIELD — How to use books with your children is the subject of a special program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at Pittsfield’s Vickery School library. Richard Woodbury, director of Adult and Community Education, and Colleen Irish, Chapter I Coordinator, will be the instructors. Read More
PITTSFIELD — In past years, the Central Maine Egg Festival has celebrated Nest-algia, Flags of America, the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, and American Heroes and Heroines. This year, the theme of the annual July festival remains undecided and the festival committee is looking to the public… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Teachers and pupils at the Vickery School in Pittsfield will step back in time, Friday, March 1, for its third Old-Fashioned Day. Originally held in conjunction with a developing gifted and talented program, the teachers enjoyed the program so much the first year, it was scheduled… Read More
Newport and Plymouth firefighters responded to a truck fire in a gravel pit on Route 7 Wednesday afternoon. On Tuesday, Newport Officer Jeremy Leal investigated an attempted break-in at Newport Printers on Route 7. Owner Chris Leonard reported pry marks on the front door, but… Read More
NEWPORT The following court cases have been transferred from 3rd District Court to Penobscot County Superior Court in Bangor for the month of February. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
NEWPORT — The following divorces were granted in 3rd District Court in Newport during January and February 1991. All judgments were on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. Mark Leighton, Plymouth, and Brenda Leighton, Plymouth. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
ROCKLAND — A vandalism spree at the Maine State Ferry Service terminal, including smashing windows in 29 vehicles in the parking lot, was discovered about 5 a.m. Wednesday by a patrolling police officer. Damage, which was expected to be several thousand dollars, was still being… Read More
NORTHPORT — In a three-way race for the post of third selectman, Harris Bixler squeaked to victory by a margin of 10 votes in Tuesday’s town elections. Also elected to the board were incumbent First Selectman John Bryant, who was unopposed, and in a two-way… Read More
ROCKLAND — County Commissioners Wednesday were obligated to change lawyers and their appraisal firm in connection with the land-acquisition project at Knox County Regional Airport after the local persons selected failed to gain approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. Commissioners had awarded contracts for legal… Read More
BELMONT — An early afternoon fire Wednesday destroyed the Tilden Pond home of Bonnie Webb. Fire Chief Carl Hodges said the modern log home burned to the ground. Webb and her 20-year-old son “lost everything they had,” Hodges said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… 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 — Bucksport’s Comprehensive Planning Committee should get its first look at the results of a recent citizen survey when it meets next Monday. The deadline for returning the surveys was Monday, and according to Jeffrey Robinson, the chairman of the committee, the consulting firm Maine Tomorrow has… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Tying yellow ribbons may be a comforting show of support by loved ones back home but it will do little to ease the effects of war for those who are serving in the Persian Gulf, a Vietnam War veteran told three classes of Ellsworth High School… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport School Board has adopted a preliminary budget of $6.6 million for the 1991-92 school year. The gross budget figure of $6,661,629 represents an increase of $321,119 or slightly more than 5 percent above the current school budget. In order to offset… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Starting March 4, county offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Stabilization and Conservation Service will begin accepting conservation reserve program bids, based on new program provisions. “Bids on eligible land will be selected based on the environmental benefits received from placing the… Read More
A Bucksport man was released from the hospital Monday after slipping off a dock and falling into frigid waters in Winter Harbor on Saturday night. According to Constable Charles Bagley of the Gouldsboro/Winter Harbor police force, David Tuck, 22, of Bucksport, and three other men… Read More
A 20-year-old Bangor man was in police custody Wednesday afternoon after he allegedy carried a loaded sawed-off shotgun into the Fleet Bank office on Broadway in Bangor and demanded money from a bank teller. According to court documents, Dwight Eric Chadbourne of 100 Congress St. Read More
HAMPDEN — A public hearing Tuesday night on a $5.9 million proposed Hampden and Newburgh middle school drew a light but highly-supportive turnout. Thirty-five people, including a half-dozen SAD 22 school board directors, attended the hearing at the Earl McGraw School. At the end of… Read More
Maine State Police troopers were busy Wednesday night investigating numerous accidents that occurred along Interstate 95. A brief snowfall at about 7 p.m. lingered just long enough to dampen the roads. Combined with freezing temperatures, it caused treacherous conditions on I-95. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Members of the Brewer City Council, which is beginning the annual task of formulating a city budget, say there will be no property-tax increase next year. “I want a no-tax increase, even if (department heads) have to take a hatchet to their budgets,” remarked Councilor… Read More
Several windows were broken late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning at the old Sears building on Harlow Street and at the District Court building on Hammond Street. At about 11:30 p.m. Bangor police arrested Laurie Kilgore, 30, of Bangor, and charged her with obstructing… Read More
A man’s guilty plea Tuesday in Bangor concluded more than 30 burglary cases in the region. In a plea agreement, 24-year-old Michael Melendez of Bangor admitted to 13 burglaries in Penobscot County Superior Court and the state agreed not to pursue nearly twice that many… Read More
AUBURN — Jim Rowe, a developmental studies teacher at the Kennebec Valley Technical College in Fairfield, got a layoff notice this week like scores of other faculty in the six-campus system. Rowe, acting president for the technical college faculty union, told system trustees at a… Read More
AUGUSTA — Facing anticipated cuts in state special education programs, teen-agers from the Homestead Project in Ellsworth joined 300 other recipients of developmental disability services Wednesday for a rally in the Hall of Flags at the State House. Representing users of a variety of mental… Read More
PORTLAND — As the literary reputation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has eroded, so has the surface of the giant statue of the poet in his native city. But, on the 184th anniversary of his birth, things are looking up — at least for the memorial. Read More
The Workers’ Compensation mess in Maine has received increasingly deserved attention over the past months on your editorial pages. As an employer who is admittedly frustrated and angry with “the system,” I am finally sufficiently provoked by the allegations of (Charles) O’Leary and others regarding workplace safety to… Read More
Let your heart break again and again for the dead, the injured, the displaced, the economically impoverished victims of war. As this column is being written, the fires of Desert Storm are raging. As American citizens we have the privilege and the responsibility to be… Read More
A Bangor woman serving in Saudi Arabia escaped injury and possible death early Monday morning after a Scud missile fell on a barracks next door to the one in which she was staying. Sgt. Tammy Alger, 26, serves with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 76th Division… Read More
A Hartland woman will receive an out-of-court settlement of $83,000 for the wrongful death of her husband, who was crushed to death in 1989 by a tractor-trailer at Keyes Fiber Co. in Waterville. The settlement was reached last week between plaintiff Lillian Baird, representing the… Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Olympia J. Snowe helped introduce a broad package of 22 bills Wednesday costing $442 million and designed to improve women’s health care into the next century. “This makes the difference in life or death matters when it comes to women,” said the… Read More
Northern New England’s most stereotypical export, maple syrup, conjuring images of wizened Yankees steaming sap in sugarshacks, may turn around several shabby seasons this year. “The last few years have been real dogs,” says Zib Corell, a New Hampshire agriculture official. Sugarmakers say proper conditions… Read More
MACHIAS — Federal authorities are investigating the alleged embezzlement of about $196,000 from the Machias Savings Bank’s central office in Machias. Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Edward L. Hennessey Jr., in a prepared statement issued late Tuesday, said bank employees about two weeks ago… Read More
PORTLAND — An unmanned sailboat drifted near a fishing boundary between Canadian and American waters — about 130 miles — before it was discovered. “I don’t know how long it’s been adrift, but that’s one heck of a trip,” said Coast Guard Lt. Neil Buschman. Read More
A New Hampshire company has purchased an option on the venerable Mount Kineo resort on Moosehead Lake. Leeward Hotel Management Co. of Wolfeboro, N.H., said it intends to restore the resort, which is located on one of the most awe-inspiring parcels in Maine. But the… Read More
AUGUSTA — A House panel of rank-and-file lawmakers reached an accord Wednesday on a combination of one-time revenues and savings to complete the task of balancing this year’s state budget. But despite the unanimous endorsement of the eight Democrats and five Republicans on the committee,… Read More