AT BUCKSPORT AND CASTINE Northern Maine Seniors Weekly Tournament Low gross: Arthur Goodwin, 77; Net: Thomas Harper 65 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
    All systems are go for John Bapst Memorial High School’s first varsity hockey program beginning this fall, Principal Joe Sekera and Athletic Director Bob Cimbollek announced during a Friday press conference at the Bangor school. The program will be funded by outside sources for the… Read More
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    One will be looking to cap a perfect season. The other will be looking to stop a perfect season. Despite the differences, however, the Camden-Rockport boys and the Fort Kent High School girls still have the same goal – to win State Class B Team… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – Jessi Beadnell pitched a five-hitter and three players each drove in two runs to lead the Stearns Minutemen to a 13-1 victory over Mattanawcook Academy in a Class B softball semifinal here Friday. Trisha Ripton, Seana Dionne, and Cory Santerre each had two… Read More
    ORONO – This is the tale of two girls who come from totally different worlds. Yet, early Thursday evening, the two were brought together here for a 1 1/2-hour tennis match which seemingly told the stories of both lives. You could say on the north… Read More
    ROCKLAND – Jason Clifford was admittedly a bit worried when Mattanawcook Academy Coach Greg Reed called him in to pitch in the second inning of Friday’s Eastern Maine Class B baseball semifinal game. Rockland had jumped Lynx starter Aaron Weed for eight hits and seven… Read More
    Several names are making news this Saturday morning…. Congratulations are extended once again to Eileen Hunt of Island Falls, who will be a junior at Bowdoin College in Brunswick next fall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
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    PRESQUE ISLE – Kevin Kinney drove in five runs to help top-ranked Presque Isle outslug No. 5 Gardiner 18-10 in a Class A schoolboy baseball semifinal Friday. Kinney slammed a two-run homer, double, and single for the Wildcats, now 16-1. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    University of Maine right fielder Gary Taylor has his marketing degree, but he didn’t want to join the work force just yet. He wanted a shot to play professional baseball. Taylor received that opportunity Thursday afternoon when he learned he had been drafted by the… Read More
    Once again, columnist Ron Brown has hit the mark. He has, in his May 22 Midweek piece, found the words to articulate the feelings of average sports fans and University of Maine baseball fans, in particular. Mahaney-Winkin field. What a wonderful sound! What a marvelous… Read More
    I am responding to Ann Drinkwater’s letter (Readers Write, May 25-26), about bicycle riders on our highways. Many people ride bicycles for various reasons. To some it is a wonderful way to enjoy our beautiful countryside. Some love to feel their blood pump and muscles… Read More
    Ellsworth Cub Scout Pack 86 wishes to thank all who participated and donated bottles and cans during our bottle drive on June 1. The drive was a huge success raising more than $700 from nearly 11,000 cans and bottles and cash donations. Our thanks also go to the… Read More
    An often overlooked issue in the workers’ comp debate is the unwillingness of employers to re-employ injured workers. In fact, there is building evidence that widespread discrimination against injured workers occurs. While other issues in the comp debate have overshadowed these practices, this discrimination is an echo of… Read More
    I would like to express my thanks to all of you who felt the need to vote for Sunday shopping; and yes, I am being sarcastic. I also would like to fill you in on a couple of things you may, or may not, know. Read More
    NEWPORT — On Newport’s tree-lined Main Street stands a stately landmark home. Known locally as the Gilman House, it was built in 1910 by John Gilman who owned and operated a major hardware business in Newport. Gilman “wanted to build something elaborate,” according to Linda Brown. There’s no… Read More
    NEWPORT — “I hope the adults in the area will learn a lesson from the generosity of these children,” Richard Stone of the Community Food Bank said Friday. Stone was at the Newport Elementary School to accept several boxes of canned and boxed food for needy families in… Read More
    ASHLAND — Communities belonging to SAD 32 have formed a committee to reapportion the district’s board of directors to reduce its size and govern it by the one-person one-vote principle. The 18-member board, which represents Ashland, Garfield, Portage, Masardis and Oxbow, has been surrounded by… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The Limestone Board of Selectmen have voted to schedule a special town meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the municipal building. The meeting was scheduled to vote on Warrant Article 19, where a discrepancy was noted at a special town meeting… Read More
    LIMESTONE — Loring Air Force Base’s contracting division has announced the following contract award: American Striping Inc. of Sarasota, Fla., has outbid 26 firms to receive an $88,625 contract to mark Loring’s airfield and streets. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — Maine State Police troopers assigned to Troop J in East Machias reported the following activities in Washington and Hancock counties May 8-June 1: Trooper Timothy Varney investigated a May 8 burglary at Eagle Lanes in Marshfield. An undisclosed amount of money —… Read More
    MILO — Penquis Valley High School commencement exercises will be held at the school at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 9. Addressing the graduates and audience will be: Aaron Washburn, valedictorian; Erica Melanson, salutatorian; Lisa Dwelley, first honor essayist; and Kimberly Foss, second honor essayist. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Requests for zone changes created much discussion among the Greenville selectmen this week. Robert Moody, Mildred Jardine, Wayne and Karen Beckwith, and Ronald Jones al have asked that their properties be rezoned from the shoreland residential district to the harbor district. Also, Roland… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — Tall Timbers Day Camp in Millinocket is extending an invitation to all Girl Scouts and their leaders in the Howland, Enfield, Lincoln and Mattawamkeag area to apply for Girl Scout Day Camp. It will be offered Aug. 5-9, at the Northern Timber Cruisers Clubhouse in Millinocket… Read More
    ATKINSON — The sun was hot and there was no breeze to cool the air, but inmates in the building and construction vocational education class at Charleston Correctional Facility were at work Friday putting new siding on the Atkinson Fire Station. Inmates who complete the… Read More
    NEWPORT — State Rep. Robert Tardy, D-Palmyra, paid a visit to Newport Town Manager Carlo Pilgrim Friday morning with some welcome news. Tardy announced that the revitalized Newport Development Corp. will receive $10,000 in seed money from the Penobscot County Commissioners’ development budget. This money,… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Two town councilors sat through a lengthy review of the town’s annual audit Thursday afternoon with representatives of the accounting firm of Runyon, Kersteen, Ouellette and Lessard of South Portland. In the process, Dale Goodwin and Kathleen Brattoya learned that the town was in “very good”… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Community Service Project’s annual yard sale will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Helen Gregory’s house on Route 1 in Glen Cove. On sale will be a wood stove, books, furniture, music systems, and more. CSP is looking for donations… Read More
    BELFAST — Agent John Frecker of the U.S. Border Patrol will be the guest speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Waldo County Law Enforcement Association at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the Church of God on Route 52. All members, law enforcement personnel and others… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Once again the Knox Summer Festival will be held on the grounds of the Knox Center For Long Term Care at 6 White St. This year it will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 13. The event will offer crafts and gifts,… Read More
    THOMASTON — The Thomaston Public Library has announced plans for the 1991 Summer Reading Program, which will run from June 29 through Aug. 10. It is called “Wheels, Wings and Words.” The program is open to all children from the preschool through grade six and… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The city will seek free use of the offices of Knox County Sheriff Daniel Davey when they are vacated this fall. City Manager Cathy A. Sleeper reported Friday that she had made the request of Knox County Commissioners at the direction of the City Council. Read More
    ROCKLAND — Keynote speaker at the Rockland District High School Baccalaureate services at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 9, will be Mayor Michael McNeil. Last month the SAD 5 School Board accepted the fact that religious services would not be allowed to proceed in a public… Read More
    ROCKPORT — The Cancer Care Practice Group at Penobscot Bay Medical Center will hold a cancer prevention workshop titled “Colorectal Cancer: Pathology to Prevention” from 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, in Conference Room C in the physicians’ building. Issues to be discussed… Read More
    TENANTS HARBOR — The Jackson Memorial Library of St. George in Tenants Harbor is collecting books for its annual book sale to be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 20. Both hardcover and paperbacks are wanted, but not magazines. Anyone wanting to… Read More
    WALDOBORO — Volunteers are needed to help provide additional quality activity programs at Fieldcrest Manor Nursing Home. The areas where assistance is needed include: someone to lead a senior exercise group; someone to lead a gardening club; someone to help with a coffee-social hour; someone to play table… Read More
    ROCKLAND — City Manager Cathy A. Sleeper sounded like a real estate broker Friday as she outlined the advantages of the city’s acquiring the FMC building on White Street for a city hall. The City Council was posed to pass an order Monday night that… Read More
    BELFAST — A meeting to form a new Walking Club will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the Waldo County Senior Spectrum Activity Room, 18 Merriam Road. Call Waldo County Senior Spectrum at 338-1190 for information. The meeting is open to adults of all ages. Read More
    ROCKLAND — The theft of $800 from a safe was reported Friday at the Subway sandwich shop on Maverick Street. Deputy Chief Lewis Metcalf said that entry into the business, a former bank building, was made by smashing a window in a men’s room. Investigating… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Niamh O’Leary-Liu, a George Stevens Academy junior, has been awarded a Hearst summer scholarship at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove. O’Leary-Liu will work at the research laboratory under the direction of two scientists serving as Hearst mentors. She… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — Most of the public discussion Thursday night concerning the completeness of the new shoreland zoning application from Applied Energy Services for a coal-fired power plant took place after the Planning Board had made its decision. The board voted 5-2 to accept the application… Read More
    Bangor has taken a step toward connecting Hogan Road and Stillwater Avenue to Essex Street. Construction of the road, if it ever happens, is still a few years off.stillwater already connects to essex. The City Council’s Finance Committee authorized the negotiation of a contract with… Read More
    Bangor-area firefighters were busy Friday responding to fires in Glenburn, Old Town, Bradford and Newburgh. A clothes dryer exploded at about 5:45 p.m. at the Bradford home of Danny Pray. The dryer was located in the cellar, which was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Cole Enterprises Inc. of Bangor has pledged $50,000 over a five-year period to the Jackson Laboratory for reconstruction of buildings lost in the laboratory’s 1989 fire. The fire destroyed a major portion of Morrell Park, severely reducing the laboratory’s mouse production capability,… Read More
    Hugh Hill, 25, of 50 Lincoln St., Old Town, was arrested just after midnight Thursday and charged with assault and domestic assault. Bangor police received a call of a domestic dispute at a First Street residence. Police reported that Hill’s girlfriend came to the door and was bleeding… Read More
    NEWBURGH — Following suit from its earlier compensation deliberations, the SAD 22 board of directors Wednesday made moderate changes to the superintendent’s fringe benefits but did not give him a pay raise. The board approved increasing Superintendent Carlton Dubois’ benefits from $4,500 this year to… Read More
    The Maine State Housing Authority is distributing nearly $63,000 to eight emergency shelters for the homeless in Bangor. The awards are part of $313,000 in federal Emergency Shelter Grants that MSHA is disbursing statewide. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    HOLDEN — An election will be held Tuesday, June 11, at the Holbrook School here to fill the terms for one selectman and two school district directors. The polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eddie Campbell and Ralph McLeod have submitted… Read More
    CALAIS — The 4th District Court narrowly averted a crippling backlog this week when two criminal trial attorneys from outside Washington County — Marshall Cary of Bangor and Julio DeSanctis of Orrington — agreed to a request by District Court Chief Justice Susan Calkins to represent indigent criminal… Read More
    It is a hot early-summer afternoon on Robin Hood Drive in Brewer. A breeze is blowing from the south. Leachate trickles down the sides of the ripe mound of waste at the Brewer landfill. Franklin Daigle is walking his dog. The foul odor being blown… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Local prosecutors appealed to the Legislature on Friday to stop the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from making sharp reductions in the prison terms of people convicted of serious crimes. Proponents of the bill, including victims’ advocates who previously have criticized the court, cited… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Only half-jokingly, state Treasurer Samuel Shapiro said Friday he is “a little shaky” about flying on the state plane following a near-collision over a New Jersey airport while he was traveling with Maine’s top three political leaders. Gov. John R. McKernan, House Speaker… Read More
    BOSTON — A Federal Reserve official says New England’s banking industry remains in poor shape, and the assets of failed banks in the next year could equal the total of those that have already failed. “Banking in New England is still in a pretty sad… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Solar Energy Association and the Energy Conservation Division of the Department of Economic and Community Development will sponsor a solar water heater workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at Augusta. At 7 p.m. Friday, a free lecture will be held… Read More
    Eastern Fine Paper Inc. in Brewer has initiated a new program to make employees more aware of safety and to recognize safe workers. Each month, the papermaking company will name a safety person of the month. The first honoree is George Witherly, a 19-year veteran… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Leave it to the District of Columbia to invent the ultimate revenue enhancer. Left nearly bankrupt by Marion Berry, the nation’s capital has hit upon an ingenious scheme to raise more money from its constituents without angering voters. Gov. John R. McKernan, take… Read More
    A Canadian company will begin providing scheduled bus service next week between Bangor and Saint John, New Brunswick. SMT Ltd. will offer one round-trip daily between the two cities, starting Monday, June 10. From Saint John, passengers will be able to connect to cities throughout… Read More
    The Maine Alliance of Media Arts has announced the winners of the annual Maine Student Film and Video Festival. The public screening and awards ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the Portland Museum of Art. This year, more than 65… Read More
    Standard & Poor’s Corp. this week dropped the state’s credit rating from AAA to AA-plus, a reflection of the regional recession, but also a firm if restrained slap at the state’s inability to directly confront its budgetary problems. Although the drop from the top rating… Read More
    Pianist Chris Neville is featured on a new compact-disc release, “My Man Benny/My Man Phil” featuring two legends of jazz saxophone, Benny Carter and Phil Woods. The release on the Musicmasters label is receiving considerable attention in jazz circles, due in part to the long-awaited pairing of Woods… Read More
    ORONO — Pierre Lepoutre of Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada, a leading researcher in paper surfaces, will fill the J. Larcom Ober Chair for five years and serve as professor of chemical engineering at the University of Maine. Lepoutre has more than 20 years of experience… Read More
    State of Maine Truck Driving Championships and Trucking Parade for Cystic Fibrosis will be held Saturday, June 8. Parade line-up will be between 9 to 10 a.m. at Scarborough Industrial Park with the parade beginning at 10 a.m. Trucks of all types will be on display at Washington… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Twelve pupils in grades one through 12 have been selected as the winners of Maine’s first state park and historic site poster contest, according to Herb Hartman, director of the Bureau of Parks and Recreation. First prize winners were: kindergarten through grade two… Read More
    LEWISTON — “Legal Issues for Head Injury Survivors” will be the topic presented by Robert Marks, a lawyer, at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 16, at Central Maine Medical Center. This is one of several educational seminars developed by the Maine Head Injury Foundation for survivors of head injury… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The body of Tammy Bodwell, 31, of Dexter was located by police Friday morning inside her car at a rest stop on Interstate 95 in Pittsfield. The state Medical Examiner’s Office determined Friday that Bodwell died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Amy Pelkey, daughter of Michael and Marie Pelkey of Maxfield, was crowned Miss Maine National Teenager on May 25 at the Holiday Inn in Ellsworth. She will travel to Florida in August for a week of competition in the national pageant, in which… Read More
    Sailors who served on the USS Forrestal CVA-59 (now CV-59) are invited to a reunion Aug. 16-18 in Washington. Details are available from Art Billingsley, 505 Rose Ave., Fruitland Park, Fla. 34731; (904) 787-3763. The Eastern Maine General Hospital, Eastern Maine Medical Center-Husson College/EMMC Nursing… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A legislative committee is urging the sale of Maine’s state plane, which the panel’s co-chairman says represents “a half a million dollars tied up in the air” that could be better spent elsewhere. The Transportation Committee is recommending that the eight-passenger Piper Navajo… Read More
    Until now June 6, 1944 — D-Day, the World War II invasion of Normandy by Allied troops — has always been known as The Longest Day, at least by those with any serious mileage on their body beautiful. Now, historians may want to change that… Read More
    Glad Tidings Academy, a Christian school in Bangor that has kindergarten through grade 12, will close its doors on Monday, June 10. The school is closing because it could not meet the rising costs of operation, according to Principal Reuben Fowlow. It opened in 1976. Read More
    WATERVILLE — The Maine Genealogical Society will mark its 15th anniversary with a public meeting Saturday, June 22, at Lovejoy Hall, Colby College. Both beginner and experienced genealogists are welcome to participate. Participants may choose from more than 25 workshops conducted by speakers from Maine,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan nominated Penny Harris and Kevin Mahaney, both of Bangor, as new University of Maine System trustees, among a flurry of nominations subject to legislative confirmation he announced Wednesday. Penny Harris, 50, would replace James Storer of Brunswick on the… Read More
    HANOVER, N.H. — Timothy J. Murphy, a former Massachusetts legislator and national commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, has died after a brief illness. He was 81. Murphy seconded the nomination of Richard M. Nixon for vice president of the United States… Read More
    The Eastern Maine Medical Center has denied allegations that it breached its contract with four emergency-room physicians by denying them privileges to practice there. The Bangor hospital filed court documents Friday in Penobscot County Superior Court in response to a lawsuit filed last month on… Read More
    ORONO — University College of the University of Maine is offering an eight-week morning and afternoon College Preparatory Summer Institute on the Bangor campus June 17 through Aug. 8. The program is designed for graduating high school seniors who need assistance in fundamental reading, writing… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A proposed constitutional amendment that would give Maine voters the power to remove elected officials from office for “malfeasance, misfeasance, or violation of oath” has won initial support in the Legislature. If the proposal wins two-thirds approval in the House and Senate, it… Read More