A Maine ice hockey pregame reception will be held Thursday from 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (EST) in the Garden Court of the Radisson Hotel in St. Paul, Minn. Immediately following the reception, the Maine Black Bear Band and the Maine mascot, Bananas, will lead a march… Read More
    Midweek Mail: If you spend any amount of time traveling woods roads and trails, then you’ve noticed that wild creatures aren’t as shy of vehicles as you’d expect. In fact, most creatures seem to be curious about the unnatural noise and often stand and watch as trucks, skidders,… Read More
    Laura Pate of Saco, a 5-foot-9 senior forward for the Universiy of Southern Maine women’s basketball team, has been named to the 1991 Kodak Women’s All-America Basketball Team for Division III. The All-American selections are made by the Women’s Basketball Association. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    READFIELD – The Boston Primer, a 15-mile road race, has been rescheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. The race was originally scheduled for last Sunday, but was postponed because of a snowstorm which dropped six to eight inches of snow in Readfield. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    BABSON PARK, Mass. – The host Babson College baseball team swept a doubleheader from Bates College of Lewiston 7-5 and 7-4 here Monday. In the first game, Ed Doherty belted a 3-run homer in the seventh to give Babson College acome-from-behind victory. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    To make it to the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four is a great accomplishment. But the University of Maine Black Bears certainly weren’t reflecting on this year’s success when they boarded the plane at Bangor International Airport for St. Paul, Minn., and the Final Four on… Read More
    BASEBALL: Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will throw out the first ball for the New York Yankees’ home opener. Powell grew up in the South Bronx, not too far from Yankee Stadium. Powell will be joined in the ceremony before the April 15… Read More
    Rita Sullivan of Bangor High School has been named Miss Maine Basketball for 1990-91 by the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches. Sullivan was honored during last Friday’s McDonald’s East-West Senior All-Star Banquet at the Augusta Civic Center. The winner is selected by a committee appointed… Read More
    NORFOLK, Va. – Shawn McDonell tripled, doubled, and drove in 2 runs to help lead host Old Dominion University to a 10-1 victory over St. Joseph’s College of Standish here Tuesday in baseball action. For 14-8 Old Dominion, Scott Thomson had a triple, single, and… Read More
    Sweeping cuts in Maine’s interscholastic sports schedules loom in the wake of last Friday’s meeting of the Maine Secondary School Principals’ Association Interscholastic Executive Committee. The committee voted 7-3 to accept the recommendation of the ad hoc energy committee to implement across-the-board reductions in the… Read More
    SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Former Syracuse football coach Dick MacPherson is coaching in New England, but he’s keeping a stake in Syracuse. MacPherson, who left Syracuse in January to become head coach of the NFL’s New England Patriots, bought his former residence from Syracuse University on… Read More
    BOSTON – When Boston University’s hockey team suffered through a mid-season slump, Coach Jack Parker figured the chances were slim for a second straight berth in the NCAA tournament’s Final Four. Now that the Terriers have won five consecutive games and 10 of their last… Read More
    Unbeaten professional boxer Joey Gamache still wants to fight in Bangor. But he’s now looking at a June date at the Bangor Auditorium rather than May. According to Gamache promoter Johnny Bos, a tentative May 10 bout at the Auditorium has fallen through because a… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Five longtime coaches were recognized for their service here Saturday by being placed on the Maine Coaches Association Honor Roll. Adding their names to the list that included 77 such honorees were Caroline Gentile, University of Maine-Presque Isle; Stella McLean, University of Maine-Farmington;… Read More
    It was close to 80 degrees that Saturday afternoon in Richmond, Va., last September. I remember the heat waves rising off the artificial turf at Richmond Stadium, home of the University of Richmond football team. Prior to covering the UR vs. UMaine football contest that… Read More
    Athletic schedules at some schools will be decimated and entire sports programs forced to the brink of elimination if the mandatory schedule reductions proposed by the Maine Secondary School Principals’ Association Interscholastic Executive Committee are enacted next fall. Those are concerns being expressed by athletic… Read More
    BEAVER CREEK, Colo. – Lisa Feinberg Densmore of Hanover, N.H., won the women’s Class I downhill race Tuesday at the Subaru U.S. Alpine Masters Championship here Tuesday. Carmen Ancinas of Olympic Valley, Calif., was second with Auburn’s Kathy Rae Presby coming in third. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Harrington stops Cherryfield HARRINGTON – Eric Benge scored 15 points to lead Harrington to a 35-29 win over Cherryfield in the SAD 37’s Peewee Basketball League here Monday. Eric Fletcher chipped in with 7 points for the 6-0 winners and Mitchell White had 7 assists. Read More
    The 1991 canoe and kayak racing season is just around the corner, and enthusiasts in the Greater Bangor area will get a chance to participate in even more races than usual. The 1991 racing season will feature the introduction of four new races, as well… Read More
    In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of Bangor General Hospital, physicians on the Emeritus Staff of Eastern Maine Medical Center, philanthropists and leaders of the current medical staff were honored March 20 at a dinner held at the Bangor Civic Center. Emeriti… Read More
    Bangor police have charged the following: Marc Corey, 21, Brewer, arrested at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Brewer and charged with burglary. 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
    The Easter Triduum actually begins Thursday evening, and continues through Sunday afternoon. Christian churches offer a variety of services throughout Holy Week, but on Good Friday, they often come together to offer ecumenical services for the community. In Brewer, Good Friday services, with the Seven… Read More
    Frank Fuller of Dixmont doesn’t have a drop of Indian blood in him, but at the Appaloosa Club he is known as “the Indian.” Since retiring to their ranch in Dixmont in the early ’70s, Frank and his wife June have raised appaloosas. But their… Read More
    Dawn M. Babin, a Husson College senior, has received a scholarship from Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste, a Woonsocket, R.I., fraternal benefit society. Babin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Babin of Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    Winners of the Herbert Sargent Parent-Teachers Club Drawing Contest were: Thomas Locke, Jing Chen, Ye Du, Miranda Mandichak and Hillary Bouchard. The contest was held at the PTC-sponsored book fair, and its theme was a storybook character or scene. Read More
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — What is a “living trust?” What are my rights as a hospital patient? How can I “cash in” on the value of my home? Answers to these and other questions often asked by the elderly are found in the unique “1991 Legal… Read More
    Bangor Convalescent The Rev. John A. Allen, parochial vicar at St. John’s Catholic Church, celebrated Mass on March 20. 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
    Bangor Christian Tryouts for the annual school play were held Monday through Wednesday of this week. This year’s play is “Who Dun It,” and will be directed by Angel Phinney and Shelley Reed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    The following real estate transactions have been recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds in Bangor this year unless otherwise stated: Leslie H. Spaulding Sr. to Leslie H. Spaulding Sr. and Leslie H. Spaulding II, Brewer, March 6. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    The following cases have been decided in 3rd District Court in Bangor: Eric Ring, 20, Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, $150. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    It must be spring. There’s snow on the ground. George Hale’s on the radio from the South, broadcasting University of Maine baseball. Shawn Walsh has his hockey Black Bears on the icy road to the Final Four, and another University of Maine head coach is… Read More
    George Cornell, who has been writing about religion for the Associated Press for most of my life, knows a unifying theme when he sees one. Muslims, Christians and Jews, Cornell pointed out in a recent article, each have their own special observances this time of… Read More
    DEDHAM — Dedham Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, will hold a service of Tenebrae at 7 p.m. Friday, March 29, at the church in Dedham. Read More
    St. John’s Catholic Church in Bangor will hold the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28. On Friday, the Stations of the Cross will be held at 3 p.m., and the Liturgy of Good Friday at 7 p.m. Liturgy of the Hours will resume… Read More
    The Bangor Rescue Mission will offer a sale of 10 percent off on purchases of more than $5 worth of clothing. Also available are a variety of items, everything from books to a birdcage, refrigerator, washer and hospital beds. The mission, which serves homeless men, will hold its… Read More
    Elinor Canders of Hampden, National District Council member for the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, attended last week’s national conference in Sparks, Nev. Highlighting the three-day convention was the presentation of the Better World Award to actress Ann B. Davis for her… Read More
    On the tenth week of curbside recycling, the city of Bangor collected 12.83 tons of newspaper, glass and cans. “I think this program is in its infancy and that soon we’ll be doing a lot better than that,” James Ring, public works director, said Monday. Read More
    Alton The Alton United Methodist Women will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the home of Eloise McLaughlin. Women of the community are invited to attend. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    CARIBOU — Bruce Pelletier, a Caribou car dealer, has appealed a license suspension notice issued by the state Motor Vehicle Division on March 14. On that date, state police arrested Pelletier on charges of negotiating a worthless instrument and theft by misapplication of property. Pelletier… Read More
    VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Town Council discussed local projects to be submitted for inclusion in a regional comprehensive plan, as well as snow-removal agreements Monday night. Norman Thibodeau, Town Council chairman, said he attended a Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission area meeting at… Read More
    CARIBOU — Caribou city councilors took no position Monday on increasing the level of discharge of biochemical oxygen demand into the Aroostook River. Last month, the Department of Environmental Protection reported to the council that a request had been made to allow an increase of… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — About 4,700 surveys to solicit residents’ views on residential and commercial growth in Presque Isle have been mailed from the city’s planning and development office. The survey will be used in developing the city’s Comprehensive Plan, which is to be submitted to… Read More
    CHAPMAN — Residents voted Monday to raise $159,927 in taxes to fund local government and the estimated expenditures for education and county taxes. About 65 residents attended the meeting, moderated by Fernald P. Garland. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    HOULTON — The Houlton Town Council on Monday night reduced a request for money for a commercial development project in the town from $80,000 down to $12,500. Town Manager R. Lewis Bone and Community Development Director Charles Upton had asked the council to transfer $80,000… Read More
    Tuesday in the Superior Court news from Houlton, the sentence for Joan Sides, 31, Sherman Mills, failed to note that her eight-month jail term for burglary had been suspended. Read More
    HARRINGTON — A mouse was suspected to have been the culprit that started a fire discovered Tuesday morning in a wall of the Mike Stanley house on West Street. When they came into their kitchen for breakfast shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday the Stanleys were… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE — Although Baileyville has about 1,300 registered voters, only 354 cast their ballots Monday to fill three seats on the Town Council and three seats on the Baileyville School Committee. Town Councilors Doug Jones, with 234 votes, and Pauline Diadone, with 162 votes, were… Read More
    MILBRIDGE — A 30-year-old Milbridge man was arrested at his home Saturday and was charged by the Washington County Sheriff’s Department with trafficking in Schedule Z drugs. Kerry Nash was arrested at his Mill Street home, according to Lt. David W. Denbow, after officers used… Read More
    LUBEC — Lubec’s administration budget took a direct hit and the Police Department dodged a bullet from amendment-wielding voters at the town meeting Monday. The budget committee had recommended an administration budget of $98,360, about $6,500 less than last year but more than $20,000 higher… Read More
    EASTPORT — On his first day at work as Eastport’s port director, Brian Nutter said that balancing the needs of the fishing, aquaculture and shipping industries, manufacturers, customers and government was “just the kind of job I like: very diversified and very demanding. This is going to be… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A tentative agreement has been reached between the trustees of the Guilford-Sangerville Sanitary District and the Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen for sharing employees during the start-up of the waste-water treatment operation. Selectmen learned Monday that the trustees had approved sharing the services of… Read More
    LUBEC — Lubec voters elected Iley Walston and Jed Coggins selectmen, Wanda Reed and Jill Mulholland school board members and Albert Gardner Lubec Water and Electric District trustee in contested races in Monday’s town election. For the two three-year terms on the board of selectmen,… Read More
    LINCOLN — Penobscot Valley Hospital plans to offer a new surgical procedure that will reduce hospital stays and increase patient comfort. The procedure, “laparoscopic cholecystectomy,” is used for gallbladder surgery. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    HOWLAND — SAD 31 is in the process of hiring an architect who will prepare concept designs and cost estimates for a new elementary school. Superintendent William Fowler said architects who indicated an interest in the project had viewed the two elementary schools and the… Read More
    WILLIMANTIC — Willimantic residents voted Monday to take no action on a proposed dog ordinance at the annual town meeting. Articles that dealt with school funding were tabled until June 17, when a meeting will be held at 7 p.m. They did, however, approve the… Read More
    EUSTIS — Two men were found Monday after spending two days in the woods when one of their snowmobiles broke down and the second one ran out of gas, a state official said. Jody Diaz, 22, and Eric Schwink, 21, both of Jay, were staying… Read More
    MEDWAY — The School Board will not adopt a proposed 1991-92 budget until the Legislature and governor finalize a school funding plan. A large percentage of Medway’s school budget is subsidized by the state. Superintendent Dr. Ralph Ryder said about 88 percent of the school… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Police believe the five house break-ins that occurred Monday in the Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, Atkinson and Orneville areas may be related to similar house break-ins that occurred in Penobscot County last week. Sheriff John Goggin of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department said his department… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — After reviewing a financial plan submitted by the Piscataquis Regional YMCA and its foundation, the Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen voted Monday to give the YMCA $33,333, the first installment of a $100,000 pledge. To help the financially strapped YMCA, residents in Dover-Foxcroft voted… Read More
    CANAAN — More than five hours was devoted to town business in Canaan on Saturday. Town officials reported a large turnout for the annual town meeting, with the majority of the voters returning after the lunch break. Voters appeared to be fed up with poor… Read More
    NEWPORT — Newport will host a special town meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in the Newport Junior High School gymnasium. The warrant will ask voters to select a firm to handle the community’s solid waste. Until April 1, Newport waste will be trucked… Read More
    PALMYRA — State police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating a break-in at the Palmyra Post Office. According to Postmaster Tim Bickford, the break occurred over the weekend, but postal investigators have not released details. According to Trooper Jean Poirier of the Maine… Read More
    DAMARISCOTTA — The seventh annual Art Show sponsored by the Central Lincoln County YMCA will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13. Local and visiting artists will exhibit and there will be amateur, professional and youth divisions. Art will be in oil, watercolor, drawing,… Read More
    BELFAST — The Penobscot Bay Singers, a midcoast group of men and women committed to choral music, will present a spring concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at the Abbott Room of the Public Library. Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, Copland’s Four Motets and Russell’s Alleluia will be included. Read More
    TROY — Voters approved a contract Saturday with Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. of Orrington, but directed selectmen to contract directly with the waste-to-energy company and sever its agreement with Tom Sawyer Inc., Town Clerk Janet C. Cropley reported. The new PERC contract will cost the town $15,000. Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Education Division of Alcohol and Drug Education Services has announced that federal Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act funds have been awarded to four Maine school systems. The money will help the systems to provide innovative alcohol and drug-abuse prevention activities to students. Read More
    BELFAST — Swayed by a business plan and pleas from the public, the City Council on Tuesday gave the Belfast & Moosehead Lake railroad the OK to operate this summer. Although the city’s majority interest in the railroad will remain on the selling block, the… Read More
    NORTHEAST HARBOR — Representatives from the Mount Desert Island towns and Trenton took a preliminary look at what could be a future alternative to PERC at the Island Wide Selectmen’s meeting on Monday evening. Acknowledging that painful lessons had been learned from their soured relationship… Read More
    A Hancock man pleaded innocent Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to a misdemeanor charge of possessing hydromorphone, a narcotic analgesic. Ronald Brown, 34, faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. He was charged in a criminal information. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Growth figures compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau target Ellsworth as one of Maine’s top cities in the 1990s. But John Dunn is convinced that a trio of Ellsworth City Councilors is steering municipal government along a retrogressive course. The Ellsworth code enforcement… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Professional advancement educator seminars will be offered Saturday, April 6, in Ellsworth and Bangor by the American Institute for Creative Education. The writing process in the whole language classroom, and whole language through Colonial songs, games, dances and stories will be the topics. Brochures and registration… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Associated Grocers of Maine Inc. is the latest creditor to bring suit against Richard C. Paszyc, owner of Dick’s Cornor Store in Ellsworth. According to documents filed with the Hancock County Superior Court, Paszyc mortgaged his personal property to obtain a $50,000 loan… Read More
    Sending municipal solid waste to the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. is not the cheapest, the best, nor the only way to get rid of rubbish, a consultant for the R. Erb Corp. of Bangor said in Brewer Tuesday evening. The Lundell Recycling System fine tunes… Read More
    More Tankers Airport watchers no doubt have observed the visiting KC-135 military tankers at Bangor International Airport. 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
    Penobscot County Jail management acknowledged Tuesday that mistakes led to an assault on a guard last week. But Capt. Thomas McCrea, the jail administrator, said no employees are facing disciplinary action as a result of the Thursday incident in which Corrections Officer William Gardner was… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Revising the city’s zoning ordinance to allow for a sludge dump could open the door to an ash landfill site being sought by the state, members of a residential group said here Tuesday. Citizens Against Residential Dumping, a group of residents who… Read More
    ORONO — Aid For Dependent Children recipients will meet at noon Wednesday, March 27, at the Lown Room, Memorial Union, University of Maine, to hear budget concerns for the next biennium of the Maine Legislature. Judy Guay, president of the Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods… Read More
    PORTLAND — The welfare fraud trial of a South Portland mother of six ended Tuesday when she was found guilty of six of seven counts of theft by deception and forgery. Patricia Fournier, 42, who claimed that her abusive husband ordered her to falsify her… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Some state workers are collecting donations of food and money for colleagues facing layoffs and tough economic times in what one union official called a “sad commentary” on Maine’s fiscal affairs. The “Friendship Fund” was put together by workers at the Department of… Read More
    WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court veered from previous rulings Tuesday and said criminal defendants whose coerced confessions were improperly used as evidence are not always entitled to new trials. By a 5-4 vote, the court ruled in an Arizona case that using such confessions… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A Portland entrepreneur is offering to build a medium-security prison and a pre-release center for the state, and officials say they are considering the idea. “I’m not a believer at this point, but I’m certainly open to discussing it with him,” Corrections Commissioner… Read More
    At the end of my last column, the one about the shortened lifespan of left-handers, I asked if any readers were over 80 and lefties or knew of any elderly sinistrals. So far I’ve heard from 19 people and learned of a total of 22 who are or… Read More