Cote’s single helps Eagles tip Owls LIMESTONE – Wendy Cote hit an infield single to score Sonya Sager with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Limestone an 11-10 schoolgirl softball win over Madawaska Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine received only two innings out of righthander Mike D’Andrea, who left with soreness in his right elbow, but the team’s bats and relievers Ronnie Hewes and Rob Higgins compensated. The Black Bears posted a 15-11 victory in Thursday’s fourth… Read More
    Although it might have come as a surprise to most members of the Eastern Maine schoolgirl tennis world, it hasn’t come as a surprise to Mount Desert Island Coach Bill Neleski that his young team is 10-0 (entering a Friday contest at Orono). MDI has… Read More
    Ground Round, Sedwick win titles The Ground Round of Bangor and Sedwick won championship games in the Bangor YMCA Adult Sports and Fitness Center third session basketball leagues on Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    Stacie Alley of Howland, called one of the most improved players going into last season by Coach Trish Roberts, has left the University of Maine women’s basketball team. “I’ve decided not to play next year,” Alley confirmed Thursday. “Basically, with my knee (injury), I decided… Read More
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    Smith, GSA Eagles roll by Searsport BLUE HILL – Jill Smith cranked a two-run homer to help give the George Stevens Academy Eagles a 12-6 schoolgirl softball victory over the Searsport Vikings here Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    ORONO – C.W. Post could teach a Maine guide a thing or two about survival. By head coach Dick Vining’s reckoning, the Pioneers from Brookville, N.Y., had to win five “must” games just to qualify for the ECAC Baseball Tournament. So after losing Wednesday’s tourney… Read More
    ORONO – Forget MTV and VH1. Fordham University baseball has all the hits. Any doubts voiced by early-arriving University of Maine fans at Mahaney Diamond about the Rams’ ability to defend their ECAC baseball title were drowned out by the din of the 18 hits… Read More
    ORONO – Holy Cross College sophomore righthander Jim Liebler didn’t consider Thursday’s seven-hit 8-1 win over Monmouth College at Mahaney Diamond to be one of his better outings of the baseball season. But he’ll take it. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    PORTLAND – The University of Southern Maine crushed Southeastern Massachusetts University 21-4 in their NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Tournament baseball game at Hadlock Field here Thursday night. In the day’s first game, Bridgewater (Mass.) State College edged Eastern Connecticut State University of Willimantic, Conn.,… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The Ellsworth Eagles rallied for three runs in the fifth to beat the Mount Desert Island Trojans 4-3 in schoolboy baseball action here Thursday. An RBI single by Justin Harmon, a Heath King sacrifice fly, and an error produced the three Ellsworth runs. Read More
    Foley lifts Hawks past Beavers HODGDON – Rob Foley doubled home the game-winner in the last of the sixth inning as the Hodgdon Hawks edged Washburn 3-2 in a schoolboy baseball pitchers’ duel here Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    WINTERPORT — An Oxford company that collects and brokers recyclable materials will open a regional processing plant here on June 1. The BAR Co. has leased a four-story building — formerly a chicken barn — on Route 139 near the airport, company owner Brian Rogers… Read More
    Bless you, your honor It won’t merit a Supreme Court ruling, but a judge’s sneeze Thursday produced some off-the-cuff constitutional speculation. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
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    Central Maine Power Co. has denied liability for the deaths of 19,000 hens at a Plymouth egg farm that resulted from a power failure last summer. The utility, in documents filed filed Thursday in Penobscot County Superior Court, asked that the lawsuit brought last month… Read More
    BELFAST — Scholarship recipients have been named by Waldo County General Hospital for the 1991 academic year. There were 20 scholarships awarded, totaling $12,700: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    An item in the Hampden Community News in Midweek on Wednesday, and also on the Penobscot page Thursday, incorrectly stated that the Hampden Academy Class of 1982 would hold its reunion on May 22. In fact, an organizational meeting for the reunion will be held at 7:30 p.m. Read More
    Bangor Raceway has something unique for any race track — happy, contented horsemen. They like the condition of their track. With only a week remaining before the Bass Park track opens its 46-date extended meet on Friday, May 24, the track is in great shape. Read More
    A patient at Bangor Mental Health Institute was treated at Eastern Maine Medical Center for injuries she suffered when her husband allegedly pushed her down a flight of stairs. Bangor police reported that Norman Smith, 33, of 51 Parker St., Bangor, was arrested at BMHI… Read More
    In the early 1800s, Asa Smith came to Mattawamkeag and settled. He soon became a successful area merchant. His son, George W. Smith, followed in his footsteps operating the family business on Main Street, becoming the town postmaster, state senator from Penobscot County, and local sage. Read More
    Education in our small community is on the verge of taking a giant step backward because of budget cuts. Every cent of surplus has been cut, now our district faces staff reductions. What do we tell our young people when the courses they need to go on to… Read More
    In the early 1800s, Asa Smith came to Mattawamkeag and settled. He soon became a successful area merchant. His son, George W. Smith, followed in his footsteps operating the family business on Main Street, becoming the town postmaster, state senator from Penobscot County, and local sage. Read More
    Education in our small community is on the verge of taking a giant step backward because of budget cuts. Every cent of surplus has been cut, now our district faces staff reductions. What do we tell our young people when the courses they need to go on to… Read More
    A few days ago I received a letter that was sent to patrons and sponsors of the Maine Center for the Arts. This letter stated that a new director would soon be appointed to the MCA. Apparently no consideration is being given to the reinstatement… Read More
    I liked the article Joni Averill wrote about Nolan Ryan. I wish our Red Sox could say that about their ace. Roger Clemens is good, no question about that. He knows it and wants everyone else to know it. But we still like our Red Sox. Calvert E. Read More
    I’m writing about the article on the Brewer City Council and the Brewer Housing Authority (“Brewer Council limits jurisdiction of Housing Authority,” BDN, May 1). As a resident of public housing in Brewer, I take offense at Ronald Harriman’s view of the Housing Authority and… Read More
    The frenetic pace of corporate takeovers in the late 1980s resulted in many foolish deals that had little chance of financial success, according to an executive of a major Japanese investment house. M. Weston Chapman, director of mergers and acquisitions for Daiwa America Strategic Advisors… Read More
    The frequently acrimonious relationship between the Maine Public Utilities Commission and the Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. blossomed Wednesday into a second financial penalty for the company. Like previous PUC decisions to punish the utility, this one ends a skirmish, but does nothing to address the root issues that torment… Read More
    MADAWASKA — After receiving some central Aroostook County feedback about not approving a resolution supporting Loring Air Force Base, the Madawaska Board of Selectmen approved the resolution Wednesday night. Town Manager Arthur Faucher, who was out sick when the resolution was originally considered on May… Read More
    MADAWASKA — The Madawaska School Department will ask voters on May 28 to approve a $5,108,954 budget to operate schools in 1991-92. Superintendent Lester Ouellette called the budget a “flat budget” in that it was only $73,347, or about 1.5 percent, higher than this year’s… Read More
    FORT KENT — The Aroostook Mental Health Center will have a workshop on becoming a better communicator, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at the Northern Maine Medical Center at Fort Kent. Valorie Flewelling will conduct the workshop. For more information, call Flewelling at 498-6431. Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — A two-day workshop titled “Living Well with Cancer: Relationships, Love and Spirituality” will be held Monday and Tuesday, June 8 and 9, at the Christian Life Center at Frenchville. The workshop is sponsored by the Edgar J. Paradis Cancer Fund and the Katahdin Area Health Education… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Efforts to convince federal environmental officials that the air quality of Presque Isle is not the same as Los Angeles have yielded no response, but typify a rountine bureaucratic response of “not letting any facts interfere with judgment,” according to City Manager John M. Koelsch. Read More
    CARIBOU — Police were searching Thursday for a man who escaped from custody at the District Court in Caribou during an arraignment for failing to appear on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a license. It is unclear whether Charles Elwood Watson, 29,… Read More
    HARRINGTON — The SAD 37 Teachers Association will meet Tuesday, May 21, to consider Superintendent Joseph White’s proposal to cut five positions from the district’s teaching staff. On Wednesday, May 22, the association will issue a formal response to the proposed staff reduction. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    EASTPORT — Heidi Preston has been named valedictorian and Roger Keezer salutatorian of the Shead High School Class of 1991. Preston is the daughter of Dennis and Gail Preston of Dennysville. She is secretary of the National Honor Society, participated in Academic Decathlon, a student… Read More
    MACHIAS — “Living With Llamas,” a personal story of how the camel-like animals are raised by a Machias family, will highlight the Machias Adult and Community Education session from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at Machias Memorial High School. The educational session, sponsored… Read More
    LUBEC — The SAD 19 board of directors will hold three public forums between now and next month’s town meeting to acquaint taxpayers with the proposed 1991-92 Lubec school budget. The board, along with Superintendent Ozias Bridgham, will present the budget on local-access cable television… Read More
    HOWLAND — Howland residents are up in arms about the state selecting their town as a potential regional landfill site. Nearly 100 people turned out Thursday to make their feelings on the issue known to selectmen, who called the the special meeting just for that… Read More
    MACHIAS — Washington County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the following complaints and incidents through May 10: Deputy Stephen Beal assisted Maine State Police at the scene of a three-vehicle accident in Jonesboro on April 25. The driver of one of the vehicles was taken to… Read More
    MILO — SAD 41 directors approved the election of district-funded probationary and continuing contract staff at a meeting held Monday at the Penquis Valley Middle School. Teachers approved for a second-year probationary contract were: Judy Anderson, SAD 41 speech therapist; Teresa Dellaire, combination third-fourth grades… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — East Millinocket Water Works users were notified Wednesday that coliform bacteria standards were exceeded in April. “Recent high-water conditions at the Hathaway well fields caused our drinking water to exceed total coliform bacteria standards. The water has been chlorinated and we believe… Read More
    MILO — New Hope Foundation Inc., a haven for the homeless in the Milo area, has closed. According to Town Manager Jane Jones, the non-profit corporation informed her early Monday that it was withdrawing its plan for a subdivision. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    “Do you like the idea of recycling? Would you voluntarily separate newspapers, glass and other recyclables?” These are some of the questions in a recycling survey being conducted by the Northern Penobscot Regional Solid Waste Association. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    NEWPORT — Newport selectmen Wednesday night refused to overdraw the dams account to pay a local fabrication company. Peck’s Fabrication and Welding Co. was the low bidder for reconstruction last fall of the gates on the Main Street Dam. The project was a $30,000 job,… Read More
    LINCOLN — The following cases were heard May 14 in 13th District Court in Lincoln before Judge Jessie Gunther: Kevin B. Lewis, 29, Malden, Mass., operating an unregistered snowmobile, $50. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Peter A. Hardwick of Palmyra, a nine-year veteran of the Maine State Police, has been promoted to the rank of detective. He has been assigned to the Department of Public Safety’s executive security detail, which provides protection for the governor of Maine. The… Read More
    An effort to maintain and expand day-care facilities in the Katahdin region is under way. An ad hoc committee made up primarily of members of the Katahdin Region Job Opportunity Zone Steering Committee is seeking to both stabilize an existing day-care program in Millinocket and… Read More
    FARMINGTON — Approximately 355 members of the graduating class will take part in the University of Maine at Farmington’s 138th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18. Dr. Jewell Handy Gresham, internationally known educator and advocate for minorities and women, will give the keynote address. Jean… Read More
    FARMINGTON — “The Tuft of Flowers,” a PBS television program written by Wesley McNair, a professor at the University of Maine at Farmington, has been awarded a 1991 Emmy Award by the New England Association of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Emmy was given… Read More
    ROCKLAND — School Administrative District 5 directors and administrators were questioned, criticized and congratulated Thursday night on bringing in a budget that represented only a 3.1 percent tax increase after losing nearly $500,000 in state subsidy for the next school year. Only about 14 taxpayers… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN – The following cases were heard between April 17 and May 5 in 12th District Court in Skowhegan before Judge Margaret Kravchuk: Rinda Neil, 32, Pittsfield unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, $150. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Local and county police converged on a Broadway home Thursday morning and captured fugitive John Freeman, 23, who was hiding in the ceiling of the residence occupied by his wife, Karen. Freeman was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant issued by the… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A day-long workshop titled, “Photographing with the 4×5 View Camera,” will be held Saturday, June 8, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Farnsworth Museum. The workshop will be taught by Tillman Crane, a skilled large format photographer, and a member of the Maine… Read More
    VINALHAVEN — In a marathon meeting Wednesday that lasted past midnight, voters pared a $1 million school budget by $63,947. Superintendent of Schools David Hopkins reported that nearly every line item of the 26 articles of the warrant was reduced. There were written ballots on each item, he… Read More
    OWLS HEAD — The board of trustees of the Owls Head Village Library Association met Monday night at the library. Mary Fales, vice president of the association, presided at the business session at which further plans were made for the book sale to be held Saturday, Aug. 17,… Read More
    ROCKLAND The following cases were disposed of Thursday in 6th District Court at Rockland: 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()) {… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — As part of its observation of National Nurses Week, May 7-13, nurses at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital were honored for their dedication and service with corsages donated by The Carriage House. The state Legislature annually recognizes nurses by inviting a nurse representative from… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Some boat captains say the Maine State Ferry Service is wasting money, despite the state budget shortfall and a lack of customer demand, by increasing the number of trips it makes to islands in Penobscot Bay. But officials with the Maine Department of… Read More
    Having built a huge system of highways at taxpayer expense and encouraged the United States to become the most auto-dependent nation on earth, the federal government now seeks to influence citizen behavior by denying driver’s licenses for offenses unrelated to driving. The crime of the moment is illegal… Read More
    ETNA — A five-mile stretch of Interstate 95 was closed off for more than two hours Thursday and a few nearby residences evacuated as state police and area firefighters braced for an explosion from a truck leaking what was thought to be hazardous chemicals. The… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Appropriations Committee received more advice Thursday about where Maine’s budget should not be cut, this time from the legislative panel that oversees state pension funds. Members of Appropriations, which is struggling to find ways to ward off a two-year shortfall now estimated… Read More
    The Women’s Business Development Corp. has honored women from Cambridge, Temple, Athens and Castine. Patti Dowse of Cambridge was chosen as mentor of the year. The award was presented in recognition of her commitment to WBDC’s mentoring program, which matches experienced women business owners with… Read More
    The Women’s Business Development Corp. has honored women from Cambridge, Temple, Athens and Castine. Patticq Dowse of Cambridge was chosen as mentor of the year. The award was presented in recognition of her commitment to WBDC’s mentoring program, which matches experienced women business owners with… Read More
    With Maine’s budget teetering on the brink of financial disaster, there is no question that deep cuts must be made in all areas of government expenditures. The University of Maine, along with other Maine institutions of higher education, must face its share of this painful burden. Read More
    HARTFORD, Conn. — Fleet-Norstar Financial Group on Thursday named Robert J. Higgins chairman and chief executive officer of Fleet’s Connecticut bank, including Fleet Bank of Connecticut and New Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. Fleet-Norstar recently took over operation of Bank of New England and its… Read More
    The following petitions for bankruptcy have been filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: Claude A. Tardy, district manager for a retail chain, of Newport; assets, $54,350; debts, $62,955. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    Six Maine economists issued a joint report Thursday that called the arguments put forth in support of widening 30 miles of the Maine Turnpike unscientific, incomplete and flawed. “To start with, the Turnpike Authority’s analysis asked the wrong question,” said Thomas Tietenberg, an economics professor… Read More
    ORONO — A training program on use of technology by disabled Maine people will be presented at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, on the University of Maine Interactive Television System, on campuses in Augusta, Portland, Orono, Farmington, Presque Isle and Fort Kent. Discussion by disabled people about experiences… Read More
    R.H. Campbell Inc., a prominent Bangor construction company, has become a victim of the ailing economy. The company, which specializes in residential and smaller commercial projects, laid off about 20 employees Wednesday night. That brings to about 50 the number of workers the company has… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Emerging from his party’s post-Gulf War timidness on foreign policy issues, Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell introduced legislation Thursday that would force President George Bush to link human rights, weapons and trade issues to any renewal of America’s most-favored-nation status for the government of China. Read More
    A warning has been issued to fishermen to beware of shellfish from the Georges Bank area because it is red tide season, officials at the National Marine Fisheries Service said this week. Red tide, or algae blooms, cause paralytic poisoning in shellfish including mussels, surf… Read More
    GUILFORD — Gov. John R. McKernan presented his first Award for Excellence on Thursday to SAD 4 during his 49th Capitol for a Day in Guilford. The award was presented to the SAD 4 school board Chairman Paul Davis for the board’s commitment to education… Read More
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    Alden Wilson and Richard Dyer of the Maine Arts Commission have been chosen to receive the 1991 Maine Library Association-Maine Educational Media Association SIRS Intellectual Freedom Award. Wilson, executive director of the commission, and Dyer, former arts information associate of the commission, were chosen for… Read More
    Automobiles had become common in Bangor by the 1930s — tall, stately machines that bounced along rutted roads with a dignity reminiscent of their horse-drawn predecessors. Then came the racers. Like chubby cigars on wheels, the racers cruised the streets of Bangor, Hampden and Brewer,… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Well-known former Boston Bruins hockey stars, such as Johnny Bucyk, Derek Sanderson and Brad Park, will be among those on hand June 1-2 at Samoset Resort for the third annual Celebrity Golf Tournnament, according to Dean S. Read, chairman of the board of the sponsoring American… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A bill that would open teacher contract negotiations to the public could help restore confidence in the teaching profession at a time when a fiscally minded population has targeted it for criticism, according to Rep. Francis Marsano, R-Belfast. Marsano, key sponsor for the… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The chairman of the panel that will decide the fate of Loring Air Force Base said Thursday that some military installations not on the Pentagon’s base-closing list may ultimately be ticketed for shutdown. Interviewed by an Associated Press reporter, Jim Courter, chairman of… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Richard Balestrino was arraigned in 5th District Court Thursday afternoon on several felony charges that stemmed from an incident on May 6 at the Hairport 89 beauty salon in Ellsworth. Balestrino had held his ex-girlfriend hostage in the beauty salon for nearly two… Read More
    PORTLAND — Police arrested 17 people on drug charges, capping an undercover investigation that began six months ago. Deputy Police Chief Steven Roberts said the sweep, which began Wednesday evening, was dubbed “Operation Eightball,” which refers to the street term for an eighth of an… Read More
    WALDOBORO — Book donations are urgently needed by the board of trustees of the Waldoboro Public Library for the annual book sale to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the Friendship Street Community Center in Waldoboro. Chairperson Janet Norwood… Read More