It’s not easy to keep up with Melissa Lockman of Sebeois these days. In fact, if you tried, you’d have to fly. Lockman, who graduated June 2 from John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor as the Class of ’91 salutatorian, is making a name… Read More
Skowhegan, Messalonskee of Oakland, Madawaska, and Ashland will each represent Eastern Maine on Saturday in each school’s quest to be state softball championships. The state championship games for all four classes will be held at two sites. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
OAKLAND – For the longest time, Stearns High School pitcher Jesse Beadnell knelt down on her knees, head in her hands, the hurt of being on the losing end of one of the all-time classic Eastern Maine softball finals fully evident to all in attendance. Read More
In case you didn’t notice…. Michael and Magic got to trade places during the NBA Finals. This time it was Jordan playing with the more talented surrounding cast while Johnson, who spent the ’80s racking up assists by lobbing the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or… Read More
A near-sellout crowd of 6,250 saw Hacksaw Jim Duggan defeat Sgt. Slaughter in the feature event as the World Wrestling Federation returned to the Bangor Auditorium Friday night. In other action, Rowdy Roddy Piper defeated Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase. Big Boss Man defeated The… Read More
LEWISTON – Joey Gamache will take on Jerry N’Gobeni of South Africa in a June 28 fight for the World Boxing Association’s junior lightweight championship, Gamache’s promoter said Friday. N’Gobeni, who is nicknamed the “Beirut Bomber,” replaces No. 1 contender Anibal Nieves, who pulled out… Read More
Sean Gorgone went into Friday’s second round of the U.S. Open figuring he had to shoot even-par 72 at Hazeltine National Golf Club if he was going to survive the cut and play through the weekend. “I’m looking at even par. If I can do… Read More
Four-time Unity Raceway track champion Dave St. Clair and track owner Ralph Nason headline a field of approximately 40 drivers who will be looking to make the starting grid for the American Canadian Tour’s Motor Supply 100 on Saturday at Unity Raceway. The fifth running… Read More
ORONO – Pat Socobasin belted a 3-run homer in the seventh inning to give the Bangor-Brewer Twins an 8-3 win over the Old Town-Orono Double O’s here at the University of Maine Friday. For the 1-1 Twins, Joe Nelson rapped an RBI triple and Ronnie… Read More
CMSSL Hampden takes forfeit win HERMON – Hampden notched a 2-0 forfeit victory over host Supra Hardwick Fence in a Central Maine Summer Soccer League game here Friday. Supra did not field enough players. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
LINCOLN – The wait is finally over for the Mattanawcook Academy baseball team. After showing up at their home field Wednesday and Thursday to take on Bucksport for the Eastern Maine Class B title, only to see the game rained out both days, the Lynx… Read More
Cony of Augusta, Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln, and Lee Academy began the 1991 high school baseball season trying to blend several newcomers with a handful of veteran players. On Saturday, those three teams will join Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook in the quest for state… Read More
I’m not false casting when I claim that Cobb’s Pierce Pond Camps is a touchstone to the past. Sprawling in the shadows of towering pines on the west shore of the rock-rimmed pond, the squat log buildings evoke images of a time when sporting camps were a Maine… Read More
Paul Sylvain’s well-researched article (BDN, May 31) on Clara Hpgood Nash, Maine’s first woman lawyer, should be required reading for all young people, civics students and voters. While William Barrows, the “progressive and forward-thinking judge from Brunswick, who 119 years ago, admitted Nash as a practicing lawyer,” is… Read More
Congratulations to the University of Maine baseball team for their successful 1991 season. I don’t think I ever have seen such fine sportsmanship and athleticism. The coaching staff should be very pleased with the efforts of their athletes. Another bright side of the season was… Read More
I was amused by your May 28 editorial on our beautiful DEP. Where have you guys been? A year ago LURC outlawed lawns. At least, that is what one LURC commissioner confirmed was the intent of the new regulation which read “existing vegetation under 3 feet in height… Read More
I am writing to comment on the claims of Gov. McKernan and the “Reform” Committee that benefits and protections for injured workers must be slashed, or else Maine businesses will close their doors and move out of the state. They cruelly attempt to scare Maine workers by presenting… Read More
DEXTER — A meeting to discuss the salaries of municipal employees for the upcoming year was held by Dexter councilors Thursday night. At the end of the two-hour meeting, which featured several executive sessions, the consensus of the board was to offer employees a 4… Read More
DEXTER — It appears that if there is not some type of intervention soon, Guilford Transportation Industries of North Billerica, Mass. will scrap the railroad line between Newport and Dover-Foxcroft, ending any possibility of the restoration of train service. Such was the sentiment at a… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Fond memories of a rural childhood and a busy Grange are the driving forces behind St. Albans’ Donna Provencher. After living “away” for 25 years, Provencher has come home to St. Albans to live on the family farm. “I’m a native, trying… Read More
PITTSFIELD — “There is nothing you cannot give a child as long as you bring it down to their level so they can understand it,” says Cheryl Vigue, second-grade teacher at Pittsfield’s Vickery School. The result in this second-grade classroom is a total of 85… Read More
BAR HARBOR — In a year when declining numbers of college-age youth have caused college enrollments to drop around the country, enrollment at College of the Atlantic appears to be on the rise. According to Steve Thomas, director of admissions and financial aid, the college… Read More
Linwood R. Hamilton, 25, of 58 Kenduskeag Ave., Bangor, has been summoned to 3rd District Court by Bangor police on a charge of violating a protection order. He was not arrested, and he was not taken to the Penobscot County Jail as was reported in Friday’s Police Beat. Read More
PITTSFIELD — Arrest warrants have been issued by the Somerset County District Attorney’s Office for two Massachusetts men in connection with a March 22 robbery in Pittsfield. According to Pittsfield Police Chief William Lawrence, warrants were issued for Bruce McCormick, 40, and Robert Thayer, 18,… Read More
VAN BUREN — Van Buren voters approved a $1.2 million gross town operations budget for 1991-92 at their two-hour annual town meeting Wednesday night. This year’s $1,181,740 town operations budget does not include education costs or county taxes. While it is $20,419 less than last… Read More
VAN BUREN — Starting Sunday, June 16, Van Buren residents will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the arrival in Van Buren of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, better known as the Good Shepherd Sisters. The sisters will be recognized for a century… Read More
MADAWASKA — Three Aroostook County men were uninjured in an accident at a private crossing at Madawaska Friday that sent the locomotive of a Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Co. train off the tracks and nearly demolished a tractor-trailer truck. Assistant Chief Levite Hebert of the… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Fort Fairfield native John H. Reed, former governor of Maine, was honored at the Northern Maine Technical College Thursday when a building was named in his honor. The dining commons will be known as the John H. Reed dining commons. More than… Read More
EASTPORT — The Port of Eastport will parlay its good reputation with a shipping line into its first-ever shipment to France, Port Director Brian Nutter said Friday. Nutter said about 2,500 tons of wood pulp from the James River Co.’s Old Town mill will be… Read More
EASTPORT — As Eastport prepares to spend $1 million to expand and improve its airport, some residents argue that the project is too costly, excessive and not in the best interest of Eastport residents. The City Council voted last week to commit the city to… Read More
EASTPORT — The Eastport Municipal Airport Advisory Committee has thus far raised $28,000 from area businesses in support of the airport expansion project, Chairman Dennis Turner said Wednesday. Another $30,000 has been raised by the EMA Association and is used to maintain and improve the facility. Read More
An Eastport man was misidentifed in a story Friday about the Askjem family and Eastport Municipal Airport. The photo was of Arne Christian “Chris” Askjem, rather than his father, Arne Askjem. Further, two quotes — one concerning discussions with Eastport police and City Council Chairman David Turner in… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen awarded a contract for the construction of a recycling building to a Bangor firm on Thursday. DuraForm Steel Buildings will construct the building at a cost not to exceed $47,108. The company, which submitted the lowest of five… Read More
MILO — Members of the Three Rivers Senior Citizens of Milo were urged Friday to “speak out” against legislation proposed in Augusta. Bret Perkins, chief of the Three Rivers Ambulance Service of Milo, made a presentation to the group at a Friday afternoon meeting. In… Read More
In the next two weeks, six proposed school budgets will be considered in three school districts and three towns. In SAD 30 towns, residents will consider a proposed gross school budget of $2,255,642 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, at Mount Jefferson Junior High School. Read More
MILO — Annette Ellis, who has served as secretary to five superintendents over the past 37 years, was honored by SAD 41 directors at an end-of-year buffet held Friday at the Penquis Valley Middle School. Ellis was presented with a plaque “in appreciation of your… Read More
HOWLAND — In a straw vote on Thursday, SAD 31 residents indicated strong support for officials to proceed with a proposed $5 million new elementary school. Of the 42 people turned out for the “official” straw vote, 41 indicated support for the project, and one… Read More
ROCKLAND — It pays to recycle, City Manager Cathy Sleeper said Friday. She complimented city residents for their response to the new recycling regulation, an effort that dropped May totals by 182 tons from May 1990. For the year to date, Rockland trash totals have… Read More
WASHINGTON — Brandy, a Maine State Police dog, was credited with an assist on Thursday when a Belfast man was arrested for multiple charges. State Trooper Dale York said Scott Peabody and Anthony Curtis, residents of Route 105, reported burglaries and thefts from vehicles and… Read More
Potpourri this week. Attending a meeting of County Commissioners always produces a surprise. This week was no exception. 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
ELLSWORTH — Community Health and Counseling Services held its 107th annual meeting May 22 at the Holiday Inn in Ellsworth. Ralph Nodine, president of the board, presented recognition awards to 30 staff members for five, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of service with the agency. Read More
BAR HARBOR — Prompted by a number of complaints about overcrowded living conditions for seasonal workers in the downtown area, the Town Council will consider next Tuesday whether rental units should be registered and licensed to allow for town inspection. Bob Sharkey, the town’s code… Read More
ORONO — United Methodists from around the state continued their meeting in Orono on Friday with much discussion on the possible merger of the Maine Annual Conference with its sister conferences in New Hampshire and southern New England. The three conferences are administered by Bishop… Read More
The following cases were resolved this week in Penobscot County Superior Court: Daniel Calderwood, 27, Hampden, received concurrent 90-day sentences for being a habitual traffic offender and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was also fined $750 and had… Read More
Professional wrestling returned with a vengeance to the Bangor Auditorium Friday night with 6,250 people cheering wildly for the good guys and jeering the bad guys. The World Wrestling Federation came to town after a 6 1/2-year absence with a card featuring Sgt. Slaughter and… Read More
Hearing postponed The second part of a hearing to determine whether to revoke the probation of a convicted child molester who is facing new allegations was postponed Friday in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
AUGUSTA — Members of a Maine Army National Guard unit were told they would be coming home next month, but the Army changed its mind and ordered them to remain in Germany until next December. The 133 members of the Bangor-based 112th Medical Co. helicopter… Read More
The Penobscot Energy Recovery Co., representatives from its more than 70 customer communities, and commercial banks have signed amended contracts that call for a trash-disposal fee more costly than orignally contemplated. The closing ceremony took place in New York on Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Memories of “tripping the light fantastic” more than 50 years ago at the Northeastland Hotel in Presque Isle were renewed recently for Althea (Littlefield) Grant, when her high school class ring was returned after being fished out of a hotel drain pipe. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen has awarded a contract for the construction of a recycling building to a Bangor firm. DuraForm Steel Buildings will construct the building at a cost not to exceed $47,108. The company, which submitted the lowest of five bids… Read More
Whether Maine legislators have repaired all that is broken within the Workers’ Compensation System during this session remains to be seen, but Gov. John McKernan properly delayed a pending rate decision earlier this week that temporarily removes a prime variable — cost — while committees put the finishing… Read More
A Kansas woman is suing the Houlton Regional Hospital for an unspecified amount, charging that the medical facility interfered with her employment by a Southern Aroostook vocational-education program. Bonnie Williamson, formerly of Houlton, claims that the hospital refused to allow vocational nursing students to take… Read More
OLD TOWN — There will be an open house and fly-in to benefit the Penobscot Special Olympics from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Dewitt Field in Old Town. The fly-in, which is sponsored by the Penobscot Valley Chapter of Experimental Aircraft Association, will feature,… Read More
The lawyer for a Husson College student charged in the death of her newborn son said she hopes to cast doubt on the state’s case during the trial next week in Bangor by suggesting that the baby was stillborn. Amy Wagner’s non-jury trial starts Monday… Read More
Scaring the Children, a duo made up of Grateful Dead musician Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman, will perform in a 7 p.m. concert Sunday, July 28, at the Seashore Performing Arts Center, Old Orchard Beach. Opening act is Hot Tuna playing an acoustic set. Tickets for the Frank… Read More
The Poison/Slaughter/Bullet Boys concert has been rescheduled to 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 12, at the Seashore Performing Arts Center, Old Orchard Beach. Tickets purchased for the original date of June 15 will be honored for the new date. Read More
ORONO — Part-time farming in Maine is the focus of the 1991 Small Farm Field Day on Saturday, July 27, at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, a research facility of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Maine. The program, free and open to… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday postponed until next week work on a five-year, $110 billion highway and mass transit bill after Republicans failed to agree on how to divide an $8.2 billion surplus in the highway trust fund. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell… Read More
WASHINGTON — House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski raked in a congressional record $310,000 from speeches last year, according to financial disclosure forms released Friday. Most other lawmakers also earned outside income to supplement salaries of nearly $100,000. Among the perks of office: Dozens… Read More
The public perception of a scientist often entails a dispassionate individual laboring in a laboratory after “truth,” whatever that may be. The reality can turn out to be something very different. The recent case involving Dr. Thereza Imanishi-Kari and Nobel laureate David Baltimore shows that even the most… Read More
GARY J. NORTON and PAUL A. WEEKS have announced the formation of their new law firm, Norton & Weeks. The two lawyers will have offices at Key Plaza, Suite 203, 23 Water St. in Bangor. The firm will concentrate its practice in commercial litigation, real estate, divorce, environmental… Read More
The public perception of a scientist often entails a dispassionate individual laboring in a laboratory after “truth,” whatever that may be. The reality can turn out to be something very different. The recent case involving Dr. Thereza Imanishi-Kari and Nobel laureate David Baltimore shows that even the most… Read More
Doris Willinski will celebrate her 87th birthday on July 2, and would enjoy hearing from friends. Cards and letters should be sent to her at Hibbard Nursing Home, Dover-Foxcroft 04426. Elizabeth Bragg of Route 2, Box 491, Brewer 04412, is looking for a pineapple pattern… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation announced recently that it has begun spraying herbicide on weeds growing along Maine’s guardrails. According to DOT landscape architect Clyde Walton, the spray mixture will containe 5 percent Krovar I and 95 percent water. Krovar I is 40… Read More
In May 1988, Northeast COMBAT received a letter from Morton Knowles of Bucksport who was having a problem with Pat Harris Inc. of Rutherford, N.J. Knowles mentioned that on March 7 he mailed a check to Pat Harris Inc. in the amount of $10.98 for… Read More
Jennifer Sabin stepped to her mark. The Bangor teen, dressed demurely in a long-sleeved white blouse and long black skirt, steadied her sheet music on a metal stand and held up her instrument case, which appeared to contain a tiny violin. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
A Brewer woman told a judge Friday in Bangor that she could not comply with a probation order to abstain from drinking, contending that it kept her mental illness under control. Accounts during the hearing in Penobscot County Superior Court placed Laurie Kilgore in a… Read More
BOSTON — FleetNorstar Financial Group, the winning bidder to buy the failed Bank of New England, responded Friday to criticism from a watch dog group with full-page newspaper ads professing the company’s ethical standards. FleetNorstar has been accused by Union Neighborhood Assistance Corp., a branch… Read More
WASHINGTON — Only 135 of Andover’s 800 residents use its municipal water system, but everyone is expected to pay for the $800,000 needed to upgrade that system and to comply with the federal Safe Water Drinking Act. Winter Harbor’s 1,150 residents saw a 78 percent… Read More
Back in 1973, Patrick and Sonya McBride of Norridgewock dreamed of owning their own farm, becoming successful poultry farmers and raising their two children in an agricultural environment. Through hard work and diligence, the McBrides were able to live their dream for a few years,… Read More
The after-hours computer trading initiated by the New York Stock Exchange Thursday has had virtually no impact on Bangor stockbrokers. “Personally, I don’t think it (computer trading) will be any big deal at the local level,” said Warren Brooks, manager of the PaineWebber office in… Read More
The Board of Environmental Protection recently released the following list of consent agreements approved in May which remedy violations of environmental regulations: Ceasar Balzotti of Wakefield, Mass., for dredging and placing fill in and adjacent to Thompson Lake in Oxford without a permit: remove the… Read More
ORONO — University of Maine officials are planning to help open what they say will be the first U.S. college in Eastern Europe this fall in a city in southwestern Bulgaria. If the final details can be worked out, the 200-student liberal arts college would… Read More
ALFRED — A York County Superior Court jury on Friday found Dana Harris innocent of manslaughter in the shooting death of his roommate on Feb. 28, 1990. The jury deliberated approximately five hours before returning the verdict at 6 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Average test scores for fourth-graders increased moderately in all subjects, but the gap widened for the first time between boys’ and girls’ mathematics scores, according to Maine Educational Assessment test results released Friday. Boys outscored girls, on the average, by 15 points in mathematics. The… Read More
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ROCKLAND — Attorney Peter Sulides, 61, died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Sulides, an Owls Head resident, had been disabled and was confined to a wheelchair after being shot three times on June 22, 1981, in his Limerock Street office by a client,… Read More
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AUGUSTA — Moody’s Investors Service reaffirmed Maine’s AA1 credit rating on Friday, good news for Maine taxpayers since a drop in the bond rating would have meant higher interest payments on long-term borrowing. Also Friday, state revenue figures were released showing income running $6.3 million… Read More
AUGUSTA — The McKernan administration unveiled a $41.7 million surprise at the Appropriations Committee’s budget deliberations Friday, and said it could partially supplant another proposal by the governor that has been drawing criticism on Wall Street and in the Legislature. Human Services Department officials and… Read More
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I was perusing one of those ubiquitous “Applications To Live In Maine” that always seem to show up around here at this time of year as balm against the onslaught of the Summer Complaints, when it struck me that the form is good as far as it goes,… Read More
Friday, June 14, 1991 Total pollen: 82 Moldspores: 518 Grass count: 4 Rating: Mild… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The body of Arthur J. Charest, 79, of Lawrence, Mass., was found early Friday morning in Frenchman Bay. An autopsy performed Friday afternoon at the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta determined that Charest had drowned. Charest had been a guest at… Read More
BIDDEFORD — The city’s police chief says initial results of his investigation of alleged brutality during the arrest of a black man conflict with accounts from witnesses. Chief Roger P. Beaupre said the victim, Jamison E. Snyder, wasn’t shackled during the arrest as witnesses contend. Read More
The following petitions for bankruptcy have been filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: James E. Ramsey of Thomaston; no assets listed; debts, $13,554. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
ISLAND FALLS — The president of the Green Valley Association in Crystal said Friday that the agency’s facilities would continue to operate, despite the fact that the executive director, Dale F. Lowe of Houlton, is under investigation for possible misuse of Medicaid funds. “We’re keeping… Read More
HOULTON — Tickets are on sale for the Miss Greater Houlton Scholarship Pageant to be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Houlton High School. Candidates for this year’s pageant are Tonya Bates, Smyrna Mills; Rebecca Gricus, Linneus; Tricia Foster and Jennifer Sargent, Monticello;… Read More
HODGDON — The SAD 70 board of directors awarded contracts Monday night for paving and for replacement of underground fuel-storage tanks. McPartland and Sons of Houlton was approved to remove and replace an 8,000-gallon oil tank at Hodgdon Elementary School. The company’s bid of $19,210… Read More
SHERMAN STATION — Residents of SAD 25 voted 233-15 Tuesday in favor of a bond issue that will cover the cost of repairs for Katahdin High School. Portions of the school, including the gymnasium, auditorium and industrial arts wing, have been closed since August after… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — State police were investigating Thursday about 50 break-ins at camps in the St. Froid Lake, Little Madawaska Lake and Cross Lake area between June 9 and 11. Trooper Dana Thibeault estimated Thursday that between $4,000 and $5,000 worth of property had been… Read More
FRENCHVILLE — Two Frenchville road improvement projects, totaling $2.2 million, have been announced by Rep. Judy Paradis, D-Frenchville. According to the legislator, the work involves a $110,000 project for the replacement of the Gagnon Bridge over Dickey Brook on Gagnon Road, one-fifth of a mile… Read More
CARIBOU — The Aroostook County Finance Committee held an organizational meeting Tuesday to elect a chairman and officers and discuss the budget process with the Aroostook County Commissioners. Thomas Stevens of Limestone was elected committee chairman; Richard Fortier of Caribou, vice chairman; and B. Jean… Read More
HOULTON — During May, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Houlton sector, which includes all of Maine, apprehended 68 people, 22 of whom had criminal records. In addition, a 1979 Pontiac Firebird was seized for its use during the violation of U.S. laws regarding aliens being brought… Read More
MACHIAS — Aspiring actors and people looking for a more creative way to express themselves should consider an English course being offered this summer at the University of Maine at Machias. The course, “Play Production: Intro to Improvisation,” focuses on the art of theatrical improvisation… Read More
HOULTON The following cases were processed the week of June 3 in 2nd District Court in Houlton by Judge David B. Griffiths: 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
DOVER-FOXCROFT Deeds that were transferred in May and recorded in the Piscataquis County Registry of Deeds included the following: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length;… Read More
MACHIAS — Carolyn M. Foster, president of the Down East Community Hospital Development Board, announced Thursday the winners in the hospital’s Share In Special Care project. More than $2,900 in donations was received during the fund-raising project which will benefit the hospital’s special-care unit. “This… Read More