Out and About: Apparently, the cranberry bogs on “Old Cape Cod” are no longer capable of keeping pace with supply and demand. To make matters worse, it appears the Ocean Spray Co. can’t operate under the changes in Massachusetts’ environmental laws. So what do they do when they… Read More
    SEARSMONT – Fred Ludwig of Houlton kayaked ahead of a record field of participants and finished first for the second straight year in the 13th annual St. George River Race here Saturday. Ludwig finished the six-mile race with a time of 36 minutes, 37 seconds. Read More
    University of Maine junior defenseman Keith Carney and sophomore right winger Jean-Yves Roy were chosen Titan First Team Eastern All-Americans and Bear sophomore center Jim Montgomery was a second team selection. Carney and Roy were joined on the first team by St. Lawrence goalie Les… Read More
    AT BUCKSPORT Eastern Maine Candlepin Bowling Association Average Plus Handicap Results Men: 1. Stu Mixer (Bucksport) 1359, 2. Del Gaspar (Eastward-Ellsworth) 1358, 3. Ed Hunt (Pittsfield) 1317, 4. Keith Black (Bucksport) 1313, 5. Aaron Brown (Bucksport) 1302, 6. Danny Lindsey (Eastward) 1292, 7. Larry Conley… Read More
    ST. PAUL, Minn. – It was hockey at its best, a game even the losing coach could appreciate. Olympics? Stanley Cup finals? Canada Cup? No. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    (Friday Night) Hershey 0 2 0 0-2 Maine 0 1 1 0-2 First Period-None. Penalties-Hoover, Mai (hooking), 15:29; Rumble, Her (tripping), 16:20. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
    Mike Jalette of Waterville and Monica Sorenson from Loring Air Force Base in Limestone each unseated defending champions to win the men’s and women’s championships, respectively, in the Bud Light State Singles Racquetball Championships at the Holiday Health and Racquet Club in Bangor Saturday. Jalette… Read More
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A pair of freshman pitchers making their colleigiate debuts carried the University of Southern Maine to a doubleheader sweep of Division I Canisius College here Sunday. The wins – 14-4 and 11-6 – came after USM defeated the University of North Florida… Read More
    Junior defenseman Keith Carney, junior left winger Scott Pellerin and sophomore right wing Jean-Yves Roy were three of the key ingredients in the University of Maine hockey team’s 32-9-2 and third NCAA Tournament Final Four appearance in the past four years. Carney and Roy were named First Team… Read More
    I wanted to thank the Bangor Daily News very much for your generous donation to help me fund my soccer trip. The fund-raising has been a great success because of donations from you and other local businesses. I thought you would like to know that… Read More
    FORT KENT — Sara L. Daigle, a junior at Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., has been chosen by the National Endowment for the Humanities to receive a $2,200 Younger Scholars Grant for an independent research project this summer. Daigle, a resident of Fort Kent, joins… Read More
    Applause for “Defining `end of the road’ ” (Another Viewpoint by Adrian C. Humphreys, BDN, March 21). It is sensitive, caring, and extremely well written. With all my heart, I pray all will read it and stop to think rationally before our lovely state wilderness… Read More
    After reading the March 12 front-page article, “Women shun technical fields,” I had to write. I graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Engineering is a difficult program but it isn’t half as hard as dealing with the negativity… Read More
    Let’s take a break from beating up on Maine’s businesses long enough to remember a couple of points: One, Maine businesses function under some of the most stringent environmental laws in the country. That isn’t to say that pollution isn’t a problem; it is simply… Read More
    I would like to congratulate Roxanne Moore Saucier on the excellent article she wrote recently on childhood asthma and Dr. Leonardo Leonidas. This Bangor physician has been untiring in his efforts to educate the children with asthma and their parents on how to cope with this chronic lung… Read More
    This letter is meant as a sincere “thank you” to all who attended and helped make our recent Bud Wood Scholarship dinner an event to remember. It was because of (our friends’) generosity and support that the evening was a great success…. We wish it… Read More
    Attention, residents of Albion, Dixmont, Freedom, Knox, Montville, Thorndike, Troy, and Unity. The Regional Recycling Center is open for business. The center is on Leonard Road in Thorndike, off Route 220 between Mount View School and Thorndike Center. The green building is less than a quarter-mile down the… Read More
    This letter is an expression of strong support for the 30 Maine state representatives who voted against the resolution supporting the U.S. war in the Persian Gulf. We are disturbed by the herd mentality that pressured everyone to support a war that many of us feel was immoral. Read More
    JACKSON — A faulty wood stove was blamed for a fire which swept through the Delbert Dodge house on Easter Sunday. The fire was reported at 11:30 a.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    ROCKLAND — SAD 5 is preparing for the annual kindergarten screening and school registration. Screenings will be held on Tuesday, April 30, at the North School; Wednesday, May 1, at the Gilford Butler School, South Thomaston; Thursday, May 2, at the McLain School; and Tuesday,… Read More
    WARREN — Pests and pruning will be the subject of two spring workshops planned by the The Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District. Shaping fruit trees will be discussed at a demonstration and workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 20, at the School… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Penobscot Chapter of the American Red Cross is offering a complete scholarship of $320 to summer camps. The camps will be held June 7-15, at the New England Aquatic Small Craft and First Aid School at Camp Burgess, Cape Cod, Mass., or… Read More
    WALDOBORO — Lisa Elaine Burns of Friendship, a senior at Medomak Valley High School, has been selected to receive the 1991 Principal’s Award, according to Principal Ronald E. Dolloff. The award, sponsored by the Maine Secondary School Principals Association, is given in recognition of a… Read More
    WASHBURN — The Washburn Planning Board held a regular meeting March 25 at the Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission offices in Caribou. The main topic of discussion was the public opinion survey mailed by the NMRPC to help prepare Washburn’s comprehensive growth plan. The comprehensive… Read More
    HOULTON — Registration will begin Monday, April 1, for the spring term of adult education in SAD 29 and Region II adult education. Classes will begin Tuesday, April 30, and conclude Tuesday, June 18. A limited number of business, diploma, personal enrichment and vocational courses… Read More
    CARIBOU — A session on exporting products and services to Canada and abroad will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, at the Caribou Motor Inn, followed by a Partners-in-Trade luncheon. Featured morning speakers will be Steve Nyulaszi, international trade representative, and Jeanne G. Read More
    ST. FRANCIS — Municipal officials at St. Francis had no opposition for re-election at a 2 1/4-hour town meeting moderated by Hermel Martin. Re-elected to one-year terms were Selectman Charles Ouellette, Benny Nadeau and Regis Michaud; St. Francis Water District Trustee Harold Ouellette; Tax Collector… Read More
    HOULTON — Dr. William Paul, psychologist with Medical Arts Inc. of Houlton, will present two separate workshops on hypnosis and its use for dieting and smoking cessation. The workshops will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 4, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 6,… Read More
    HOULTON — The murder trial of Patricia G. Harper, 39, of Houlton is scheduled to get under way for the second time Monday in Aroostook County Superior Court in Houlton when jury selection begins. The first trial ended in a mistrial Feb. 25, after defense… Read More
    HOULTON — The SAD 29 Office of Adult Education, in cooperation with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Soil Conservation Service and the Farmers Home Administration, will present a seminar on gardening and preserving from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Room 32, at Houlton… Read More
    Budget item This year Last year change Salaries $ 66,600 55,870 $10,730 Audit $ 4,900 $3,800 $ 1,100 Incidentals $ 15,975 $13,800 $ 2,175 Insurances $ 35,828 $32,007 $ 3,821 Public protection $ 54,733 $47,733 $ 7,000 Highway $ 54,600 $53,330 $ 1,270 General assistance$ 4,000 $4,000 000… Read More
    EAGLE LAKE — Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Rep. John Martin took 35 Eagle Lake residents through the 44 articles of their annual town meeting in 26 minutes Saturday morning. Voters increased their municipal expenditures $48,417 to a budget of $346,117. Last year,… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou Little League will hold its annual organization meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at the Caribou Middle School auditorium. Items to be discussed will include 1991 schedule, financial matters, rule changes for 1991, tryout dates and procedure, construction of all-purpose building, dates of… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The 1991 beef conference will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at Kelley Commons at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. The education workshop for dairy and beef producers of Aroostook County will focus on total herd… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — The Fort Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department will offer a cardio-fit aerobics class at noon Monday, April 1, at the Fort Fairfield Recreation Center. The eight-week program will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, ending May 24. The sessions will… Read More
    MACHIAS — In an unusual agreement worked out between Machias police, the Washington County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s Office, five men responsible for breaking nearly $2,400 worth of windows at five area businesses have paid for the damage in cash rather than pay for the crime… Read More
    CALAIS — Office Robert Geroux of the Calais Police Department reported the following police activity for the week ending March 25: A 12-year-old male juvenile from Sussex, New Brunswick, was arrested by Officer David Randall Thursday, March 21, and charged with shoplifting. Geroux said the… Read More
    BROWNVILLE JUNCTION — Graduates, alumni and students who attended Brownville Junction High School have been notified that the 100th anniversary of the founding of the school will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9, 10 and 11. Co-chairmen of the weekend’s festivities are Medora Bryant and Gerald… Read More
    GUILFORD — Seven Piscataquis Community High School students are preparing to participate in the first Envirothon competition in the state, sponsored by conservation organizations and the Maine Association of Conservation Districts. Teams of students compete by answering questions on forestry, wildlife, soils, water and current… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A workshop on the importance of bats to the environment will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at the Extension Service building in Dover-Foxcroft. The workshop is sponsored by the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District. Guest speaker will be… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its sixth annual banquet and auction Friday, April 12, at the Blethen House in Dover-Foxcroft. A social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The area volunteer… Read More
    JACKMAN — Jackman residents approved all 41 articles at their annual town meeting last week with little discussion, according to town officials. The approval translates to a $133,000 decrease in the proposed 1991 budget, and $28,000 less than was spent in 1990. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    DETROIT — The Detroit Parks and Recreation Department will hold informational meetings and registration sessions for children age 6-12 who are interested in the summer athletic league. Meetings will be held at the Detroit Town Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, and from 9 a.m. Read More
    INDUSTRY — Voters in Industry will gather at 7 p.m. Monday, April 1, in an attempt to remove this rural community from the list of possible sites for a low-level radioactive waste storage facility. A public hearing at the town office will be a workshop… Read More
    SEARSPORT — “Since the inception of our country, the American Merchant Marine has gone from a mainstay of our economy to the neglected child, to government-subsidized industry and back to neglected child,” according to John Battick, University of Maine history professor. The state of the… Read More
    HANCOCK — A two-story log home was destroyed by fire early Saturday, according to Hancock fire officials. No one was in the house at the time of the fire. Black smoke billowing from the home of James Gordon and Darlene Thomas off Route 1 was… Read More
    HANCOCK — Perry Kemp, 20, of Ellsworth, was charged with operating an unsafe motor vehicle after demolishing his late model pickup truck Saturday. Kemp and his passenger, Adam Palmer, 19, of Eastbrook, were treated at the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital for minor injuries received in… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The 1991 rabies clinic schedule was announced recently: 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at the Veterinary Clinic in Southwest Harbor. 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at the Fire Station in Winter Harbor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Nurses from three Hancock County hospitals will meet at the Lucerne Inn on April 26 to address ethical issues commonly encountered in small rural hospitals. The program will be led by Dr. Diann Uustall, founder and president of an independent educational consulting… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Power, flexibility and sophistication are the hallmarks of a new computer system recently installed at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital to streamline pharmacy operations, and ultimately, aid expense control. “Thanks to the cooperative efforts of five Down East hospitals we were able to… Read More
    The Women’s Center at Eastern Maine Medical Center will hold a Project FACTS seminar from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at Conference Room 2B, EMMC, part of its spring seminar series. Project FACTS is a new program working with Maine businesses to reduce… Read More
    Hancock County Sheriff’s deputies have charged four men with burglary in connection with an alleged assault against a Surry man at his home on Saturday. The four charged with the criminal offense were Lewis Hadley, 21, of Stonington, Joseph H. Snow, 20, of Sedgwick, and… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Acadia Chess Club will meet at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at the First Congregational Church on Church Street. Acadia Chess Club North will continue to meet at 7 p.m. each Friday. Organizers of the club said that growing interest in chess in the Ellsworth… Read More
    An estimated 40 percent of all U.S. troops returning from the Persian Gulf have tramped through Bangor International Airport on their way home, making the Queen City the largest port of entry in the country, officials said. In fact, according to Capt. Mark Tuck of… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Nurses from three Hancock County hospitals will meet at the Lucerne Inn on April 26 to address ethical issues commonly encountered in small rural hospitals. The program will be led by Dr. Diann Uustall, founder and president of an independent educational consulting… Read More
    School pay goes up In annual contract compensation talks recently, Brewer school administrators received a 5 percent salary increase for the 1991-92 year. Previously the administrators received a 4.1 to 4.5 percent increase in 1990-91 and 5 percent in 1989-1990. Each of the eight administrators… Read More
    The Bangor City Council will hold a workshop at 6 p.m. Monday, April 1, in the council chambers on the third floor of City Hall. The city manager and others will report on a meeting with the Maine Department of Transportation during which they discussed… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Members of Maine’s congressional delegation are upset about the windfall a number of wealthy Americans received during the bailout of the Savings and Loan industry. The delegation claims that while the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. limits insurance on any one account to $100,000,… Read More
    Eastern Maine Medical Center Rehabilitation Services has received a $20,000 research grant by the Maine Healthcare Finance Commission through its Management Support Fund. The grant will establish a patient tracking system for EMMC Rehabilitation Services. The project is “Implementation of Case Management and Program Evaluation… Read More
    CONCORD, N.H. — As gently and quietly as the shy waterfowl they observe, fans of New Hampshire’s threatened loons have nested their chicks, counted their eggs and recorded their eerie music. They also have helped to save one of nature’s oldest birds. In 15 years… Read More
    A Bangor police officer had to draw his handgun after confronting a man who allegedly stole tobacco from a Bangor drug store and brandished a knife. John Smith, 21, of Rural Route 1, Box 1770, Dixmont, ran out of LaVerdiere’s on Main Street late Friday,… Read More
    NEWINGTON, N.H. — Next time President Bush lands at Pease Air Force Base on his way to Maine, the Air Force won’t be waiting. The 35-year-old base, one of the biggest installations to fall under the Defense Department budget ax three years ago, on Monday… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Dissident members of the Sierra Club say the environmental group is selling out, compromising its ecological values as it gains political clout in Congress. “I don’t think John Muir would join today,” Margaret Hays Young of the club’s New York City group said… Read More
    If South Africa ends the laws of its apartheid system, has it ended apartheid? The International Olympic Committee, in trying to sort out the promise of progress from the actual progress of racial equality in South Africa, has found the answer to this question as difficult to attain… Read More
    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — The New Brunswick government has given up on trying to eliminate the ever-expanding problem with its coyote population. From now on the emphasis will be on control. The province’s Minister of Natural Resources, Morris Green, has told provincial legislature that his… Read More
    HELENA, Mont. — The lobster lobby is at full steam and the T-bone stakes have been raised in an election bet between Montana Secretary of State Mike Cooney and his Maine counterpart G. William Diamond. Maine achieved the nation’s best voter turnout in last November’s… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The minimum wage increases by 45 cents an hour on Monday to $4.25, but labor advocates already are pressing for more. About 3 million Americans earn the minimum wage, and millions of higher-paid workers may benefit as well when the minimum increases from… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell said Sunday he’d like to be president and thinks he would be a “good” one someday, but flatly ruled out a run for the White House next year. The senator also predicted that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev… Read More
    NEW YORK — Human eggs may help themselves get fertilized by sending out a homing signal for sperm, suggests a study that might lead to new approaches to fertility treatment and contraception. Scientists found evidence that some eggs emit a substance that attracts sperm, and… Read More
    ORONO — Ways to generate less waste and have a safe, comfortable environment will be examined in a course, “What’s the Real Story On Our Garbage?” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, 11, 18 and 25, at 213 Nutting Hall, the University of Maine. Edward… Read More
    TRENTON — A couple survived a plane crash Saturday after their Cessna 172-N lost power and crashed into the shallow coastal waters of Goose Cove. Richard T. Davis, 74, of North Brooklin, operator of the plane, was listed in satisfactory condition, officials at the Eastern… Read More
    AUGUSTA — State Rep. Mary R. Cathcart, D-Orono, has announced that Thursday, April 4, is the deadline for submitting applications for the Maine State Government Internship Program. The internships give students in Maine a chance to gain experience in various agencies and departments, Cathcart said. Read More
    PORTLAND — The Maine Warden Service is charging two men from Virginia and Maryland with illegally buying a Maine black bear and bear parts for export to the Far East. Sgt. William Allen, special operations officer with the Maine Warden Service, said a Maine agent… Read More
    SOUTH BERWICK — A New Hampshire man was in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds Sunday as a Maine man remained in jail awaiting arraignment on a charge of attempted murder. Stephen P. Gagnon, 23, was being held at the York County Jail on $200,000… Read More
    Weekend lottery numbers: 657 — 3568 Megabucks: 11 17 21 23 31 32 (2 winners) Lotto America: 1 9 18 32 42 51 (no winner)… Read More
    PORTLAND — A legally blind man who fired a shot through the door of his Portland apartment and killed a Cumberland man was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison. Mark H. Chapman, 33, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in January for the death of… Read More
    The following is a tentative schedule of airline flights carrying U.S. troops home from the Persian Gulf War through Bangor International Airport. The following flights are expected this week. Listed are the anticipated flight arrival times, the airlines and final destinations of the flights. Monday,… Read More
    LEWISTON — City police are investigating a complaint alleging that a patrolman assaulted a man earlier this month. Police Chief Laurent F. Gilbert Sr. acknowledged that a complaint had been filed, but declined to identify persons involved. He pledged a “thorough and complete” probe of… Read More
    PORTLAND — Two youths who admitted seizing about $32,000 in cash and jewelry from participants in a Westbrook card game last fall have been sentenced to six years in state prison. The sentences were given Friday to Li Yi Zhou of Boston and Chanh Tran… Read More
    BATH — A protest Easter morning on a nearly completed war ship resulted in the arrests of peace activist Philip Berrigan and four others, police said Sunday. Berrigan, known for Vietnam War-era protests in which he participated, and the others were booked and transferred to… Read More
    It’s no April Fool’s joke — this pie is a delicious dessert. It is a change from the winter variety of pies. Orange Meringue Pie 1 cup orange juice 1 cup orange sections, cut in pieces 2 tablespoons grated orange peel 1 cup sugar 5… Read More