HERMON – John Kalel of Orrington pulled ahead of Glenburn’s Don Alexander Jr. on the 30th lap to win the late model sportsman feature race Sunday afternoon at Speedway 95. Alexander had led the entire race up until that juncture. However, his second-place finish was… Read More
    PORTLAND – Joey Gamache said spectators can expect early fireworks when he faces South African Jerry Ngobeni for the WBA junior lightweight title later this month. “This is a one-shot deal,” the 25-year-old Gamache said Monday at the Bath Iron Works plant in Portland promoting… Read More
    ORONO – For a sophomore in her first state championship game, Stacie Kangas from Telstar High School in Bethel pitched like a senior ace making her second or third state title appearance at the Class C state softball championship game here Monday. Kangas’ pitching and… Read More
    It has been a long, slow process, closing out this year’s high school spring sports season. It isn’t finished yet. The weather hasn’t been cooperative at all. Considering how open-and-shut a weekend we had, getting in all but one softball and one baseball game was… Read More
    ORONO – As a football player at the University of Maine in the 1950s, Walt Abbott played offensive guard and linebacker, which meant he led the offense and filled the gaps on defense. At age 54 and with 30 years as a coach and faculty… Read More
    Mike D’Andrea is looking forward to being the aggressive type of pitcher he was during his freshman and sophomore seasons at the University of Maine. The Black Bear righthander was bothered by an elbow ailment this season and a surgical procedure by Boston Red Sox… Read More
    LEEDS – Kevin MacDonald, playing out of Bath Country Club, shot a 3-over-par 74 at Springbrook Golf Course here Monday to lead qualifying for the Maine Junior Golf Championship. The top 16 in the top two divisions qualified for match play the next two days,… Read More
    A meeting last Friday of the Western Maine Athletic Conference member institutions may have been a first step in moving Husson College of Bangor and St. Joseph’s College of Standish toward a reconciliation and resumption of their athletic rivalry. The WMAC meeting at Thomas College… Read More
    There was an excitement in his voice similar to a child’s on Christmas Day when that long-awaited train set was spied under the tree. The hometown boy has realized his dream and now former University of Maine righthander Jeff Plympton wants to prove he is… Read More
    KEDGWICK, New Brunswick – Worldwide, New Brunswick’s Restigouche River is renowned for producing many of the fishing world’s heftiest Atlantic salmon. The figures are here to prove this claim. On June 23, one year ago, a Texan, Ken Jamieson of Houston, made a hit that… Read More
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    … As a Bucksport taxpayer, a parent, a teacher and school board member, I truly believe children are our greatest resource. I have listened to politicians tell us so…. I wouldn’t mind being told that children are important, if the politicians would back up their… Read More
    I am very grateful to the Supreme Court for their recent ruling that prohibits subsidized clinics from giving pro-abortion advice as a means of birth control. I distinctly remember in the early 1970s when legalized abortion was being debated, and the American people were assured that abortion would… Read More
    As a member of the Legislature’s Education Committee, I feel compelled to respond to a recent letter to the editor from Rep. Nathaniel Crowley advocating we abandon the Maine Education Assessment. In contrast to the view Crowley presents, this was a very close vote. Clearly,… Read More
    This letter is in response to the whining of downtown employees who no longer have free parking. It’s about time! Permit parking has been a fact of life in the downtown for years, yet these slackers have tried to make a mockery of it. It… Read More
    I am writing in agreement with the gentleman who wrote the letter concerning food stamp abuse in the May 29 issue. He did an excellent job and couldn’t have stated it more truly. I, too, have seen instances similar to the ones he described. For… Read More
    Your May 24 letter to the editor from Harry M. Sanborn describing accessibility at the Black Bear Inn is extremely encouraging. As one of the architects in the architectural firm responsible for the design of the Black Bear Inn project, I am pleased when users of our buildings… Read More
    … Recently, I lost my brother and, believe me, he knew what suffering was before he was called home. As usual, Memorial Day was near and my sister-in-law and I went up to (decorate)the graves. We were quite proud of how his grave looked, and… Read More
    In response to the May 28 column by Leigh McCarthy pertaining to baccalaureate services and prayer at graduation, I would like to express my opinion, since she clearly stated hers. I am a graduating senior and I can no longer remain quiet about this issue. Read More
    More than 3 million teens will be involved in auto crashes this year in communities such as ours throughout the U.S., resulting in more than 8,000 deaths. As the school year ends, and with graduations at hands, I would like to stress the importance of teens, parents and… Read More
    ETNA — A new outdoor dirt track for radio-controlled cars and trucks opened Sunday at Challenger Hobbies/Tophill Hobbies. Races will be held each Sunday at 1:30 p.m. but the track will open at 9:30 a.m. with registration until 1 p.m. The 400-foot track will be… Read More
    ADDISON — The Indian River Community Church, which is being restored by a small group of preservationists, is the recipient of an old millstone that two Addison men recently salvaged from the river with assistance of a crane provided by Bridge Construction Corp. Charles Ray… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — An open house was held at the Presque Isle Wastewater Treatment Facility last week to show the use of the district’s new chlorination-dechlorination system. Chief plant operator Gilles R. St. Pierre said the new system, installed in the waste water treatment facility… Read More
    MADAWASKA — A section of railroad track was reopened Monday after the wreckage of a tractor-trailer and a locomotive, involved in a collision last week, was cleared from the site. Assistant Chief Levite Hebert of the Madawaska Police Department said the accident occurred at about… Read More
    FORT KENT — Steven Ellwood, Maine Teacher of the Year and member of the 1984 graduating class at University of Maine at Fort Kent, will receive the UMFK Outstanding Alumnus Award on Saturday, June 29, at the alumni banquet. Ellwood is a junior high teacher… Read More
    MACHIAS — Danny Bunker, one of four full-time officers with the Machias Police Department, has resigned his position for medical reasons. Bunker was hired as a part-time reserve officer in January 1990, was appointed to a temporary full-time position in March 1990, and became a… Read More
    FORT KENT — Novelist and University of Maine at Fort Kent alumna Cathie Pelletier will hold a workshop and teach during the summer session at UMFK. Her workshop, “Writing to Publish,” will meet from 6 to 9 p.m. daily from June 24-28. The emphasis will… Read More
    MARS HILL — First- and second-graders at the Mars Hill Elementary School were given a seminar Thursday on freshwater ecology. The seminar was titled “All About Turtles.” South Portland resident Martha Agan, education director for the Gulf of Maine Aquarium, conducted 55-minute classroom presentations about… Read More
    CALAIS — The city of Calais has joined the growing ranks of cities and towns that have completed their state-mandated comprehensive plan. A rough draft of the plan was mailed to Augusta last week. Work on the comprehensive plan began last year when residents were… Read More
    A photo caption Monday misidentified two of the three employees of Union 106 who were pictured. The center photo was a photo of Elizabeth Coltart, not Dawn Moraisey. Moraisey was shown in the bottom photo. Read More
    MILLINOCKET — With a voluntary recycling program in place and pending adoption of a revised solid-waste ordinance, officials in Millinocket feel that the town is on its way to solving its waste-disposal problems. The Town Council will hold a first reading on the revised ordinance… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — The East Millinocket School Board will hold a special meeting to review contract lighting proposals at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, in the Schenck High School library. School officials will meet with representatives of the two companies that submitted proposals on lighting… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Hospital Administrative District 4 Auxiliary will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in the hospital ambulance garage, to benefit the auxiliary’s television project. The auxiliary plans to replace all the television sets in the patient… Read More
    MILO — About 20 SAD 41 area residents discussed priorities for the SAD 41 Superintendent Search Committee when hiring a new superintendent. The committee held a public hearing Thursday at the Milo Elementary School. Committee chairman Alice Piche of Atkinson presided. Harry Lanphear Jr., a… Read More
    DEXTER — Members of the Dexter Ambulance Service participated in an emergency vehicle safety driving course Sunday, June 9. During the morning, they received classroom instruction and in the afternoon they each had to pass a driving test at a course set up at the… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — More than 100 SAD 53 teachers were honored Monday at a special “thank-you dinner” at the Sebasticook Valley Lodge of Elks in Pittsfield. The dinner was sponsored by local businesses. Although the steak and lobster banquet was held to recognize the dedication of… Read More
    MILO — More than $5,000 was raised by residents of Atkinson, Brownville, LaGrange, Lake View Plantation and Milo for the annual Project Graduation Chemical Free Party for graduates of Penquis Valley High School in Milo. Forty-seven of the 51 seniors participated. Co-chairmen of the fund-raising… Read More
    BINGHAM — Chemical dependency and effects on families is the theme of a workshop by the New Direction Family Substance Abuse Care Center, from 7 to 9 p.m. on three Wednesdays, July 17, 24, and 31, at the Town Hall. Admission is free and donations will be accepted. Read More
    DAMARISCOTTA — Central Lincoln County YMCA, Ira C. Darling Center, the Gulf of Maine Foundation and the Damariscotta River Association will provide an marine biology camp for adults in two sessions, Saturday, June 22 and evenings, Monday through Friday, June 24-28; and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Read More
    CAMDEN — New Chairman Donald Gross promised Monday night that the Board of Selectmen would continue to conduct the public’s business in open session. It was the first night with Gross at the helm and new Selectman Nancy Meisle in the chair vacated by Rep. Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The Wendell Gilley Museum will hold a series of workshops on small-scale loon carving from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 15-19, Aug. 5-9, Aug. 19-23, and Sept. 9-13. Only four participants can be accepted per session because of limited workshop space. Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The 50th reunion of the Bar Harbor High School Class of 1941 will feature a luncheon at noon Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Regency Holiday Inn. Reservations are $18 a person, including tax and tip, and should be sent to Robert Gray, RFD 1, Box… Read More
    TRENTON — County and Civil Air Patrol officials and members of the Caruso family gathered at the county airport recently for the dedication of a new road sign honoring the memory of Thomas and Gary Caruso. Major Robert Mealey of Maine Wing staff, Civil Air… Read More
    STONINGTON — The 11th Stonington Six road race will be held at 8:15 a.m. Thursday, July 4, at the elementary school, kicking off the Stonington-Deer Isle celebration. For the first time, the 6.2-mile race, and the shorter Fun Run, will allow walkers to participate. Walkers… Read More
    CASTINE — The Castine Woman’s Club will hold a super Garage Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at the home of Sylvia Muszala on Court Street, rain or shine. A wide assortment of items including antiques, collectibles, household items, linens, knick-knacks, small furniture pieces,… Read More
    CASTINE — Graveside services will be held here Saturday, June 29, for Helen Allen Bartlett, the widow of retired Brig. Gen. Boyd Wheeler Bartlett, a professor at Bowdoin College and the U.S. Military Academy. She died May 24 in Port Charlotte, Fla., at the age of 98. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Three members of the Ellsworth area chapter of Maine Right to Life attended the 19th annual convention of the National Right to Life Committee recently held in Atlanta. Kathy Birdsall and her daughter Colleen, both of Hancock, and Marion Syvesen of Trenton attended… Read More
    ORONO — The Town Council all but gave its final approval to a $4.75 million budget Monday, following a public hearing at the Asa C. Adams School. That final approval will come next Monday when a formal vote on the budget will be taken. But… Read More
    HAMPDEN — The Town Council approved Monday a municipal budget of $5 million for fiscal year 1992. While more than $2 million went to SAD 22, the town’s administrative and highway departments claimed more than $450,000 each. Hampden will contribute $300 to the Fourth of… Read More
    The following cases were processed between May 16 and June 12 in the southern division of the 5th District Court in Bar Harbor: BAR HARBOR googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    A fire at 231 Main Road in Hampden destroyed a four-wheel ATV and the garage in which it was stored Monday night. Hampden Assistant Fire Chief Elwyn Brewer said the fire apparently started at the rear of the garage, though the exact cause has yet… Read More
    Cut taxes, keep services — the Bangor City Council heard a welter of comments Monday night during a public hearing on the budget proposed for next year. Nearly 100 people attended the meeting in the Civic Center. City employees made up half the audience. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    The recent news that members of the 112th Medical Company stationed in Germany would have to remain there until December has angered those on the homefront. Meanwhile, some unit members have claimed that officials have threatened their careers if they complain about the extended tour in Ausburg, Germany. Read More
    Three of Maine’s largest banks are reporting substantially more applications for mortgages during the first five months of 1991 than in the same period last year. That could be good news for the real estate and construction industries, which have experienced a severe downturn over… Read More
    NORTH SEARSPORT — Winning last week’s $1.7 million Tri-State Megabucks jackpot couldn’t have come at a better time for the McIntyre family. Swamped with bills, a mortgage payment and rising property taxes, Sid “Bub” McIntyre and his wife, Becky, recently put their home up for… Read More
    SULLIVAN — Four people, including two young boys, were hospitalized Monday after an accident in Sullivan. Trooper David Quigley of the Maine State Police said the accident occurred at about noon at the intersection of Routes 183 and 1. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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    For the first time since last summer, the Joan Whitney Payson Collection will be displayed in its entirety June 18-28 at the Joan Whitney Payson Gallery of Art at Westbrook College in Portland. The collection includes works by Chagall, Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Picasso, Renoir, Rousseau,… Read More
    WASHINGTON — More than two million poor elderly Americans may be paying $1,000 or more a year in Medicare premiums and deductibles because no one has told them the government will cover these out-of-pocket expenses, according to a new study released Monday. “If this were… Read More
    SOUTH PARIS — Witnesses, the prosecution and defense said Monday that it was common knowledge that a man shot in the back in 1989 was having an affair with the defendant’s wife. Five witnesses were called on the opening day of the Oxford County Superior… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Easy access to major league baseball and hockey games, major concerts and the United States Winter Olympic Training Facility at Lake Placid, N.Y. Plattsburgh Air Force Base in upper New York state, which is just 60 miles from Montreal, has those things. Loring… Read More
    ALFRED — Attorneys failed to seat a jury Monday in the trial of a Texas man accused of killing his 4- and 6-year-old sons in western Maine in November 1989. Twenty-five members of the jury pool rose in unison when York County Superior Court Justice… Read More
    WASHINGTON — In the battle of dueling U.S. Senate authors, environmentalist George J. Mitchell noised out spy novelist William S. Cohen in book royalties last year. According to congressional financial disclosure records released over the weekend, Mitchell was paid a $22,500 advance in 1990 from… Read More
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun on Monday rejected an emergency request to stay the execution of Nebraska death row inmate John J. Joubert, who is scheduled to die July 10. Joubert, 27, was sentenced to death in October 1984 for killing… Read More
    Mrs. Elsie Loring Smith has never been to Loring Air Force Base, even though it was renamed for her late husband in 1954. Richard Strelka of Caribou expects that to change on Wednesday, when Mrs. Smith is scheduled to visit the base in Limestone, which… Read More
    The Surry Opera Company’s seventh season will open June 28 with a gala performance of Verdi’s “Aida.” This season, the singers have added Verdi’s “Rigoletto” and “La Traviata,” and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” to their repertoire. Operas are performed 7 p.m. Fridays and Sundays (except “Boris… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the State and Local Government Committee on Monday mulled over Senate President Charles Pray’s controversial plan to merge all natural-resource agencies into a single Department of Natural Resources. The panel conducted a low-key work session with lobbyists for and against the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — In a rebuff to the Air Force, the Maine Human Rights Commission claimed state jurisdiction Monday in upholding a discrimination complaint filed by a Maine Air National Guard technician who accused a superior of using guard aircraft for personal purposes. “Overwhelming,” Leroy M. Read More
    The opening concert of the 1991 summer series at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors, Route 1 in Hancock, will be 5 p.m. Sunday, June 23. Five more symphony concerts will be June 30 and July 7, 14, 21 and 28. The student conductors, under… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan issued his first vetoes of the year Monday, rejecting two labor bills that had divided the Legislature’s Labor Committee along party lines. One proposal, a perennial that McKernan has vetoed in each of the past two legislatures, would guarantee… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Despite committee reviews that seemed far from resolution Monday, key legislators professed satisfaction with their progress in refining a two-year budget in the dwindling days that remain. “I’m encouraged,” said Sen. Michael D. Pearson, D-Enfield, co-chairman of the Appropriations Committee, which worked into… Read More
    PURCHASE, N.Y. — International Paper on Monday agreed to purchase Minneapolis-based Leslie Paper in a move to expand the paper giant’s national distribution network. International, based in Purchase, N.Y., did not disclose terms of the deal, which it expects to be completed before September. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    A Maine Army National Guardsman was reported to be in stable condition Monday at a hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick, after being injured during a training exercise Sunday. Steven A. Hewitt, 33, of Presque Isle was injured while firing a 155mm howitzer at the… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Services for former county attorney and SAD 5 school board member Peter Sulides, 61, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Rockland, with the Rev. James Nutter officiating. Sulides died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Read More
    Farm Credit banks and their affiliated associations have reported positive results for the first quarter of 1991, according to James Pierson, chief executive officer. Net income totaled $6.8 million, up from $4 million for the same period in 1990. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    BIDDEFORD — Fiber Materials Inc. gave pinks slips to workers at three plants across Maine on Friday, including nearly half the workforce at its Presque Isle plant. Plant Manager Art Ramos said 62 of the 136 employees who make nose cones for missiles were being… Read More
    “Why do you bother with anything that tiny? Wouldn’t it be better to allow Nature to take her course and let them die?” Those are common questions asked by well-meaning people as they watch the tedious, patience-draining feedings of those rubbery, wobbly birdlings who have… Read More
    Q. I’m considering installing a do-it-yourself burglar alarm system in my home so I needn’t keep on as many outdoor and indoor lights. Do these systems use much electricity and can I really install one myself? — I.T. A. The new do-it-yourself “wireless” home security… Read More
    In a story Monday about the arrest of 18 people at an East Grand High School alumni dance in Danforth it was incorrectly reported that a dance held Saturday night at Wytopitlock was also an East Grand alumni dance. In fact, the dance was for Wytopitlock alumni, but… Read More
    Ever since nonsense writer Edward Lear sent “The Owl and the Pussycat” out to sea in 1871, the seafaring love story has been a favorite among children and adults alike. Author/illustrator Jan Brett has cast the “beautiful pea-green boat” into the waters once again with her newly published… Read More
    BOSTON — About two dozen noisy activists showed up at a meeting Monday that was supposed to address lending in Boston’s minority community. But the main guest, Fleet-Norstar Financial Group Inc., did not attend. The meeting was scheduled for Monday afternoon between Fleet and various… Read More
    WINTERPORT — Funeral services for John Evans Harrington, 77, an attorney who began his career more than 50 years ago as assistant legal counsel for Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Gabriel’s church here. Harrington died Saturday… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The Family Support Center at Loring Air Force Base plans a “Get to Know Your Neighbor Block Family Picnic Day” Saturday, June 22. The program is scheduled to kick off the summer season with creative neighborhood gatherings, according to center officials. Trout Unlimited,… Read More