U.S. Freestyle Championships Results WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) – Results Sunday in the final events of the Subaru U.S. Freestyle Championships at Winter Park Ski Area: Upright Aerials Men googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    University of Maine men’s basketball coach Rudy Keeling met Saturday in Chicago with members of the search committee for the open coach’s job at Bradley University. But the third-year coach of the Black Bears said he was not offered the job at the Peoria, Ill.-based institution and still… Read More
    LEE, N.H. – Robbie Crouch, taking advantage of some bad luck to Dave Dion, won the Budweiser 100 at Lee/USA here, the season-opener for the Coors American Canadian Tour. Dave Dion blew an engine on the backstretch of the final lap allowing Crouch to make… Read More
    Out and About: Woodcock are singing, smelts are running, and within another week or so the salmon and togue grounds in this neck of the woods should be shedding their winter coats. Last week, fishing was spotty in brooks and streams and at the inlets and outlets of… Read More
    LEWISTON – The Bates College baseball team swept a twinbill from the University of Maine-Presque Isle 5-3 and 16-2 Saturday. In the first game, the Bobcats scored their winning runs in the fourth inning. Chris Plante doubled to lead off the inning. After a balk… Read More
    BELFAST – Fred Ludwig of Houlton raced home to a first-place finish in the 19th Passagassawaukeag River Race here Saturday with a time of 41 minutes, 13 seconds. Ludwig maneuvered his medium kayak down a nine-mile course which featured mostly flat-water conditions. The next three… Read More
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On Thursday, University of Maine Coach Dr. John Winkin said the cure for his ailing team was better pitching performances from his top four starters. Larry Thomas and Ben Burlingame gave the Doctor what he ordered on Saturday as each spun a… Read More
    At Bangor Tennis & Recreation Club High School Singles Tournament Boys Results: Quarterfinals: Ryan Tetu (Schenck) def. Parke Oldenburg (Bangor) 7-6 (7-5), 6-0; Oliver Gartenbroeker (Brewer) def. Joey Ouellette (Brewer) 6-1, 6-4; Aaron King (Old Town) def. Todd Oldenburg (Bangor) 6-0, 6-2; Sam Hess (Old… Read More
    GORHAM – The host University of Southern Maine Huskies swept a softball doubleheader from Husson College of Bangor here Sunday with an 8-7, 15-inning victory in the first game and a 10-0 verdict in the second. In the first game, Bonnie Brown singled to score… Read More
    Cara Malerba of Brewer, representing the Hurricane Swim Club in the 11-12 girls division, finished second in the 50-yard breaststroke during a U.S. Swimming regional competition last weekend at Buffalo, N.Y. Malerba, who swam a 31.74, was only .12 seconds behind the winner. Her time… Read More
    DANBURY, Conn. – The Western Connecticut State University baseball team swept St. Joseph’s College in a Saturday afternoon doubleheader 8-2 and 11-8. Western Connecticut scored 4 runs in the second inning of the opening game, and that was all the support which hurler Tom Borio,… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Winning pitcher Tracy Cleverdon aided her own cause by driving in two runs with a double and a single to lead Tufts University to a 9-5 women’s softball win over the host Colby College White Mules here Sunday. Tufts, of Medford, Mass., was… Read More
    Trish Roberts says she didn’t hear from Memphis State University officials over the weekend. Nor did she take herself out of the running for the school’s women’s basketball job. “Nothing has changed,” Roberts said on Sunday afternoon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    PORTLAND – The University of Southern Maine baseball team, led by two solid pitching performances from freshman starters, swept a doubleheader from the Husson Braves 3-1 and 6-0 Sunday. Marty Devlin allowed only 3 hits and 1 run in 6 1/3 innings for the Huskies… Read More
    Laura Pate of Saco is going to need an extra trunk when she leaves the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham this spring. She will need that trunk to carry away all the honors and awards she has earned as a senior captain for… Read More
    WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The University of Southern Maine baseball team split a doubleheader with Eastern Connecticut State University Saturday. The Huskies won the first game 9-6 before dropping the second 8-7. Freshman Geoff George hit 2 home runs and drove in 6 runs to lead… Read More
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A veteran pitcher and a rookie right fielder took center stage for the University of Maine’s Black Bears here Sunday and the result was a convincing 15-1 win over Boston University. Junior righthander Mike D’Andrea hurled seven innings of three-hit shutout baseball… Read More
    John Kazimierczyk of Weare, N.H., won the men’s overall division at the annual Kenduskeag Stream Slalom-Maine Slalom Championships at Bangor Sunday. Kazimierczyk, the reigning United States open canoe slalom champion, finished the slalom course with a time of 2 minutes flat. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    … The Brady Bill of a seven-day waiting period is the polite name for the scam to issue a National Identity Card to every person in the United States and for police computers to gather intelligence information for files about people who are not criminals and includes those… Read More
    … Our little 14-month-old American Eskimo, “Penny,” got away by opening the glass sliding door on our porch with her nose. Before we noticed what had happened, she was gone. Not knowing which way she went, it was hard to know where to look. We… Read More
    Congratulations, Bangor! The warm welcome you have been giving the troops returning from the Gulf has been extraordinary. This is just to let you know of one of Bangor’s own units that has yet to return to the states. The Army National Guard 112th Medical… Read More
    Your editorial of March 30, recommending an increase in the state sales tax, is the most inappropriate action the Legislature could enact. The state’s economy is in a recession, the worst one since 1980-81. This recession was caused by the excesses of the 1980s. Real estate developers overbuilt,… Read More
    As residents of the town of Washington, we speak for many in offering our sincerest gratitude to the Maine State Police and the Knox and Lincoln county sheriff’s departments. In spite of recent state police budget cutbacks coupled with a replacement moratorium for retiring troopers and a halt… Read More
    The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department would like to thank the Bangor Emblem Club No. 223, the Bangor Lions Club, the Bangor Elks Lodge, and Coca-Cola Co. for their generous contributions to the 1991 Easter egg hunt. We also want to thank Fairmount School for… Read More
    Maine All-Star Swim Team U.S. Swimming Regional At Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday-Saturday 11-12 Girls 50 breaststroke: Cara Malerba (Hurricane Swim Club), second, T-31.74 (winning time: 31.62); 100 breaststroke: 12th 15-18 Boys googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Loring Center will offer a total of 28 courses during its spring term which begins April 8 and runs through June 29. In addition to the courses offered by and through UMPI, the Community College… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Weston L. Bonney, chairman of the board of Peoples Heritage Savings Bank in Portland, will be the speaker at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, in Kelley Commons’ dining room at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Weston began his banking career… Read More
    CARIBOU — Lori Eckerstorfer, a certified physician’s assistant, will join the practice of Pediatric Associates of Northern Maine in Caribou in April. Eckerstorfer will be associated with pediatricians Dr. Michael Vacco and Dr. Olivia Wallance, who operate the practice in the Cary Professional Office Center at the hospital. Read More
    MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Chamber of Commerce and WSJR-WLVC Radio have joined forces to bring Up With People to the St. John Valley for a performance at the Madawaska High School gymnasium on Sunday, May 26. Up With People is an international organization that has… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Presque Isle Music Boosters are conducting a fund-raising event for a weekend for two people at a Red Sox baseball game in Boston. The winner will receive round-trip air fare, accommodations and two tickets to a game. Proceeds will benefit the Presque Isle Band… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — “A Tribute to KMR, Kneeling at the Family Altar,” edited by Dr. Don K. Robins, senior pastor of State Street Baptist Church in Presque Isle, will be made available to the public at a book signing reception from 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 13,… Read More
    LUBEC — The International Friends Committee reports that a recent informal survey of residents shows a keen interest in forming a local Boy Scout troop. The IFC board of directors has voted to sponsor a troop for the border region, and is calling upon interested adults to volunteer… Read More
    CALAIS — Although many local boards and public bodies would prefer to conduct their business in private, Title 1, Sections 401-410 of the Maine Revised Statutes, contains what is known as the right to know law, a brief but encompassing statute that guarantees the public’s right of access… Read More
    DANFORTH — Judy Cleaves, director of guidance for East Grand High School, has announced honor parts for the Class of 1991. Eric Gilman, son of Daniel and Raelene Page of Danforth, and John Gilman of Tennessee, has been named valedictorian. He has participated in Upward… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — The SAD 77 will hold a D.A.R.E. graduation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at the Elm Street School. Pupils in grade six from the Elm Street School of East Machias, Fort O’Brien School of Machiasport, Bay Ridge Elementary of Cutler, and pupils in grades… Read More
    MILO — A 10-week parenting program is under way for SAD 41 families. Held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at the Milo Elementary School, the program is the result of a grant made possible by the Maine Children’s Trust Fund. The program is made possible through the… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A listing of the Piscataquis Regional YMCA winners in the Maine State YMCA swimming championships held at the University of Maine in Orono recently, contained an omission. Joey Doore of Guilford placed sixth in the 50-yard butterfly category for boys 12 and under. Read More
    LINCOLN — A trischool essay contest, the Loring Air Force Base color guard, letters and speeches, and musical performances Saturday were all part of the Greater Lincoln National Days of Thanksgiving. Dale A. Dill, chairman of the Greater Lincoln National Days of Thanksgiving Committee and… Read More
    DEXTER — The start of National Alcohol Awareness Month was marked last week at Northeast Care in Dexter, a center for alcohol counseling, rehabilitation and recovery, with an open house. The evening featured two representatives from the Maine Office of Substance Abuse who spoke about the need for… Read More
    GARLAND — The Garland Recycling Committee recently met and elected officers. Officers elected were: Kathy Priest, chairman; Raymond Batchelder, vice chairman: Florence Turek, secretary; and Micheal Gahrish, treasurer. Members of the site committee, John Harmon, Raymond Batchelder, Michael Gahrish and Dot Robinson, reported that they… Read More
    DEXTER — The management class of the EC-CO-IT Plus Corp. at Dexter Regional High School, a student-run business, has been busy this month managing the business, selling stocks, inspecting the safety hazards of production and keeping the business organized. According to a company spokesman, they are doing a… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Farmers Home Administration has been authorized by the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to set aside funds for farm ownership loans to eligible members of socially disadvantaged groups who operate family-size farms. A socially disadvantaged group is one whose members have… Read More
    CAMDEN — The Glen Weeks family lost many personal belongings in a fire Saturday that swept through their residence at 136 Washington St. Assistant Fire Chief Preston Brawn said that Susan Weeks and her children returned home about 1 p.m. and found the house full… Read More
    BELFAST — Castlebay, known for its British Isles folk songs, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in the Abbot Room of the Belfast Free Library. The three members of the group, Fred Gosbee, Julia Lane and Mark McNeil, play a variety of traditional… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A six-week young writers workshop will be held during May and June in the Key Bank Community Room. The workshop will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Mondays, May 13-June 17. Older students will meet from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, May 15-June 17. Read More
    FRANKLIN — Wynn J. Openshaw, 32, of Harrington, who was thrown from his motorcycle in an accident Friday, was listed in good condition Sunday, according to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital officials. Openshaw received cuts and bruises as well as a broken pelvis in the accident,… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — In a weekend break-in at Parkadia Exxon, burglars drove through the front doors of the convenience store, according to Bar Harbor police. Acting Police Chief Nathan Young said Sunday that a vehicle was used to push open the doors. The glass to… Read More
    TRENTON — The nationally recognized Week of the Young Child was celebrated locally with the Downeast Early Childhood Conference held Saturday at Trenton Elementary School. Close to 100 parents, child-care providers, and teachers from Hancock and Washington counties turned out for the all-day conference which… Read More
    Two men sprayed an unknown substance in the face of a clerk at the Pine Tree Inn on the Bangor Community College campus early Saturday morning and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Bangor police would release few details about the robbery, but said… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A good Samaritan rescued four canoeists Saturday after spotting them in trouble by the Graham Lake Dam. According to Ellsworth Patrol Officer Troy Bires, the four canoeists were Ellsworth residents Ray Stevens, 38, and his wife, Charlotte, 39, in one canoe, and Steven… Read More
    ORONO — The age-old battle between what is sought by a developer and what they’re allowed by planning boards might be coming to a head here. Some developers say that the board and some other town officials involved in the process are inconsistent in their… Read More
    The Maine Retired Teachers Association will award two $500 scholarships to adults either returning to teaching or undertaking teaching for the first time. Applications may be sent to Deale Salisbury, 34 West Main St., Ellsworth 04605, by April 15. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    The Bangor City Council will start its Monday evening with a workshop on Bass Park and the state of negotiations with Centre Management, a company that submitted a bid to manage the complex. The workshop starts at 6:15 p.m. Monday, April 8, in the council… Read More
    A smokescreen developed at the corner of Union Street and Davis Road Saturday night when 60 bales of hay caught on fire. Bangor Fire Department’s Assistant Chief Darrell Webb said it appeared the bales of hay were set on fire deliberately. The fire burned through the night and… Read More
    Brewer Police Capt. Steve Barker is back on duty after graduating from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy at Quantico, Va. Barker was among 246 law enforcement officers from the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 15 foreign countries who graduated… Read More
    A sophomore at Lee Academy was the winner Thursday in the Eastern Maine Regional Citizen Bee, a competition testing students’ knowledge of government, history, geography, economics, American culture and current events. Andrea Downs of Lee correctly answered more questions than any of the 20 other… Read More
    The Brunswick Naval Air Station, a submarine-hunting base on Maine’s coast, is likely to be included in the Pentagon’s list of recommended base closings to be made public this week, according to defense experts. But Brunswick could dodge the cost-cutting ax if a California base… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Waste Management Agency has released information on mandatory business recycling requirements that become effective July 1 and that will affect businesses employing 200 or more people. Sherry F. Huber, director of the agency, said that recycling of office paper and corrugated… Read More
    BARING — Like many mothers-to-be this spring, a feathered mother at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge is preparing for the upcoming event — but she is doing it under the “eagle eye” of the federal government. The return of American bald eagles to Moosehorn is… Read More
    Three people were killed in separate accidents on Maine highways over the weekend. A Monticello man died and two people remained hospitalized Sunday after a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Route 1 in Bridgewater, reported at 6:47 p.m. Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Tom Foley and George Mitchell. They’re nice, they’re smart and they get the job done. But as the 1992 campaign approaches, the nation’s two most powerful Democrats seem unlikely to deliver the hard-edged partisan performance some in their party believe is needed to… Read More
    CARIBOU — The annual vocal jazz choir festival held Saturday at Caribou High School was attended by 25 schools. Recognized were division winners and outstanding male and female vocalists in each division. Competition featured two show choir divisions, one jazz choir division, and one junior… Read More
    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — New Brunswick Finance Minister Allan Maher tabled the 1991/92 New Brunswick budget in the Legislature Tuesday afternoon after telling lawmakers that the proposed budget manages to avoid a deficit of $225 million with its cost-cutting measures. The widespread program cuts and… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A bipartisan group of ranking lawmakers is supporting a proposal to overhaul the Department of Environmental Protection’s permit-review process. The bill that would reduce the time it takes to get environmental permits and licenses from the state already has the support of Maine’s… Read More
    BRUNSWICK — An eighth-grader at Millinocket Middle School became the state spelling champion this weekend by spelling the likes of “landau,” “deltoidal” and “sodality.” Menisha Pai, who defeated 15 other top spellers from Maine, earned a trip to Washington, D.C., next month to represent the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine emergency shelters took in an estimated 4,713 people between December 1989 and June 1990, says a task force that is seeking continued funding from the Legislature. Nearly one-fifth were under 18, and the average length of stay was 27 days, the Interagency… Read More
    Your March 27 editorial opposing the inclusion of “sexual orientation” in the Maine Human Rights Act misses the mark on two counts. First, it erroneously reports the facts; second, it misapplies standards of true civil rights protections. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    A Northwest Airlines flight that had just left Bangor International Airport was forced to return here early Sunday after the plane was struck by lightning. The metroliner, which was scheduled to leave Bangor at 7:25 a.m., was about 25 miles west of Bangor when lightning… Read More
    Environmentalists are battling hydroelectric facilities in an effort to replenish northern New England rivers with Atlantic salmon, contending the fish shouldn’t have to use elevators or commuter trucks on their trek to and from the sea. By the 1950s, pollution and the damming of rivers… Read More
    U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby last week removed the final legal barrier to completion of the Sears Island cargo port. It has been almost a decade since the Sierra Club began its deliberate obstruction of this project, but public interest in the container port… Read More
    ORONO — Rendez-Vous, a group of people who enjoy conversation in French, will meet from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in Estabrooke Hall at the University of Maine. The focus will be on Haiti, with a presentation by Haitian students. All who would like to speak… Read More
    Weekend lottery numbers: 834 3573 Megabucks: 11 18 31 36 37 39; no winner Lotto America: 8 11 12 14 17 35; one winner… Read More
    ORONO — “Claiming Our Voices,” a Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Awareness Week series of events, will be held from noon Monday, April 8, through Saturday, April 13, at the University of Maine. Beginning at noon Monday will be Health Issues for Gays and Lesbians, at… 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
    PORTLAND — A ferry serving Portland and Peaks Island began service for the season without thick, black exhaust smoke that gassed out ferry passengers and workers last summer. The 120-foot Machigonne II spent the winter at a Rhode Island shipyard, where smaller propellers and a… Read More
    ORONO — Angela Y. Davis, author, human rights activist and scholar, who also was the subject of an intense FBI hunt, will lecture at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at the University of Maine Memorial Gym. Davis teaches philosophy and women’s studies at San Francisco… Read More
    Recipients of the 1990 National Educator Awards of $25,000 each included six Maine teachers, said spokesmen for the Milken Family Foundation of Sherman Oaks, Calif., sponsor of the awards. The teachers were presented awards March 23 in Los Angeles for outstanding elementary, middle and high… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — The EAA Aviation Foundation has scholarships for people interested in aviation-related academic and technical studies. “In order to preserve our rich aviation heritage, we need to find ways to involve today’s young people, said EAA President Tom Poberezny. “Scholarships administered by the EAA… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an international honor society for women educators, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Phase II of the Meadow View Apartments. Theme of the meeting will be the Kickoff for Literacy Program. The program will… Read More
    CASTINE — Castine has become a member of the non-profit Elm Research Institute and will receive 10 American Liberty elms, a disease-resistant variety of tree, to be planted in the spring. Each tree will have a 10-year warranty against Dutch elm disease. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Left with a quart of chicken broth after cooking chicken pieces for a casserole, we used the broth for a barley casserole to serve with sliced ham from the Easter baked ham dinner. Barley Casserole 1 can sliced mushrooms or 1 cup fresh 5 tablespoons… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — Craig Zedwick, a junior at Washington Academy, will receive the Bausch and Lomb Award for being an outstanding high school science student. He will receive the medal at the academy’s awards assembly in June. The Bausch and Lomb Award program recognizes students… Read More
    MACHIASPORT — A public informational meeting on the Model Library at the Fort O’Brien Elementary School will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, at the school. Funded by the Trout Foundation of Yarmouth, the library is serving as a demonstration site or model… Read More