MACHIAS – Aaron Peppard doubled, singled and knocked in 4 runs as the Hampden Little League All-Stars defeated Machias 14-6 for the District 3 Little League championship Tuesday. Adam Dugas doubled, singled and drove in a run for 7-1 Hampden. Hampden won the best-of-3 series… Read More
Speedway 95 Season Points Standing Sportsman: 1. John Kalel, 690; 2. Shawn Tucker, 641; 3. Gary Bellefleur, 626; 4. Andy Saunders, 486; 5. Kris Huff, 453; 6. Duane Seekins, 394; 7. Peter Young, 186; 8. Jerry O’Leary, 161; 9. Don Alexander Jr., 159; 10. Gene… Read More
ORONO – Herb Cowan of Orono recorded a hole-in-one on the fourth hole at the Penobscot Valley Country Club here Monday. Cowan used a 6-iron to ace the par 3, 143-yard hole. The ace was witnessed by his wife, Kay Cowan, and Charles and Polly Parsons. Read More
One of them just hoped to get some playing time. The other wanted to atone for a season in which he hit under .200. Brewer Falcons leadoff hitter Darren Dyer of Winterport and Hampden Academy and No. 2 hitter Mel Grant of Stockton Springs and… Read More
The University of Maine hockey team has added some muscle and punch up front with the signing of 6-foot-3, 225-pound left winger Bill O’Brien to a national letter of intent. O’Brien, 20, played for the Humboldt Broncos in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League last season… Read More
UNITY – Levant’s Art Beam dominated the late model sportsman event at Unity Raceway, leading from green flag to checkered flag here Saturday. Beam went from his outside pole position to take the lead and held off all comers for the wire-to-wire win. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Twisting the summer sports dial… Jack Nicklaus is the only athlete I know who can draw three generations of golf fans to the television set and have grandpa, father, and son agree he is the greatest to ever play his sport. Then they then can… Read More
For the first time, the Zone I American Legion Most Valuable Player and Coach of the Year have the same name: Ken Reed. They were chosen in a vote of the zone’s coaches on Tuesday night in Orono. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
ORONO – Ronnie Hewes struck out 9 and walked 1 in 5 innings of work and also drove in two runs with a home run and a double to lift the Bangor-Brewer Twins to a 12-2 rout of Molunkus in the Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League action on… Read More
Dog Days: No doubt you’ve noticed the fields are gilded with goldenrods and spattered white with the clutter of Queen Anne’s lace. Fireweed flames along the edges of country roads and, here and there, a scattering of scarlet-leafed swamp maples glow like embers in the smoldering green of… Read More
Former University of Maine and Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln center Curtis Robertson has reached verbal agreement to play for a professional basketball team in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Robertson said Tuesday he “is real close” to signing a two-year contract to play for Cross Keys Club… Read More
What began as an enjoyable backyard game for Leland Davis of Old Town when he was a teen-ager has only recently become a fruitful sporting activity. Davis returned from the 73rd annual World Horseshoe Tournament in Biloxi, Miss., last week with a first-place trophy. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Two more former University of Maine football players have joined the ranks of the Maine Lions, the state’s semipro football team, General Manager Steve Martin announced on Tuesday. Jim Fox, a fullback, and Rich Nagy, a safety, have began practicing with the Lions and will… Read More
AT PENDLETON STREET BOYS 50 meters: Ages 6-7: Sabattus O’Connell, Young, Walton; T-9.0. 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()) { if… Read More
Many teachers in Maine, including the university faculty, have sacrificed all or part of their salary increment because of the recession and Maine’s budget problem. Unemployment increases, layoffs are common, families suffer, senior citizens struggle. We look in vain to our state and federal government for help and… Read More
Split emotions surround the closing of Loring Air Force Base. The federal government has determined that we do not need as many military bases, military personnel, or armaments, and that we should be using our federal dollars in other ways…. The challenge now is to… Read More
We in the United States have a lot of problems. Throughout the U.S. we have many homeless and hungry people, old and young alike. We also do not have free medical (insurance). There are a lot of people who do not go to the doctor simply because they… Read More
There has been a huge howl, to which you have certainly contributed, about the senators’ raising their annual salaries from $101,900 to $125,100 (parity with the House). A few facts are in order: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
Who did the editors of the Bangor Daily News think was being responsible during the artificial budget crisis? How could McKernan claim he was being responsible when agencies serving the mentally ill and mentally retarded could not get needed services for their clients because state offices were closed?… Read More
While many people wish they were richer, prettier or more talented, there are many others who have a much simpler desire — to see, hear, walk and talk. People who are born with a disability are made fun of, pointed at, laughed at, pushed aside, scorned and ignored. Read More
Since the days of Cain and Abel, there have been differences of opinion about our responsibilities toward each other. Q. My sister is the kind of person who often speaks her mind. Occasionally, she says things that upset others. Recently, she offended my best friend… Read More
The Good Times Club of senior citizens of Glenburn will meet at the town hall on Aug. 31, which is a change in date. Read More
Dale Duff. Tim Throckmorton. Ron Lisnet. Locally, these are three names that are synonymous with excellence in sports broadcasting for Channels 2, 5 and 7. Local television viewers of these broascasters, however, have noticed other new faces on the TV sports scene. They are the… Read More
This week, Health Talk features asthma educator Janet Thompson from the Asthma Education Program at Eastern Maine Medical Center. What type of care does the EMMC Asthma Education Program provide? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
The following real estate transctions have been recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds this year unless otherwise stated: The inhabitants of Bradley to Barbara Therrien and George Therrien, Bradley, June 28. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
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Award Bronze Star: to Army Sgt. 1st Class Steven Holt of Hampden. For service during Operation Desert Storm. Stationed at Fort Devens, Mass. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
ORONO — Orono Police Sgt. John B. Rogers of Eddington, a University of Maine graduate student, is among 12 national recipients of the Public Service Scholarship Award administered by the Public Employees Roundtable of Washington, D.C. The roundtable is a professional association of 30 public… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The Maine Central Institute Alumni Association will hold its annual summer reunion on the MCI campus here Aug. 3-4. This year marks the school’s 125th anniversary. Plans are being made to celebrate the birthday at the reunion banquet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. Read More
The following times and places have been set for Al-Anon Family Groups in the Bangor area, District 1: Sunday Veazie Al-Anon Family Groups, 4 p.m., step alternating with pre-selected topic at Veazie Congregational Church, State Street, Route 2. Monday googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Bradford There will be an informational public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Bradford Town Hall. A proposed ordinance to regulate automobile graveyards and junkyards will be discussed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Town Council took a stand on town equipment use and tackled routine business Monday night, but tabled some items for lack of a full council or information. Councilors took no action on a request for the use of town… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Plans by SAD 1 to tear down a 1830s-era barn located on Skyway Middle School property were placed on hold Monday after an appeal by nearby property owner Steven McHatten to purchase and preserve the structure. The SAD 1 Buildings and Grounds… Read More
DYER BROOK — The town of Dyer Brook is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a town. Among the activities that already have taken place to mark the occasion is the erection of a new sign at the town office noting the date of the town’s… Read More
LIMESTONE — Concerned that discussion regarding the reuse of Loring Air Force Base has taken precedence over efforts to keep the military installation open, area municipal officials have joined in an effort to re-emphasize the need to keep a continued Air Force presence in northern Maine. Read More
CARIBOU — An Ashland man was arraigned in 1st District Court on Monday for reckless conduct with a firearm after allegedly shooting into a camp which contained two people, according to court records. Troy C. O’Clair, 20, of Ashland also was charged with prohibited possession… Read More
CALAIS — Calais police, assisted by the K-9 unit from the Passamaquoddy Police Department at Indian Township, have arrested a 33-year-old Calais man in connection with a series of automobile burglaries that occurred earlier this month. Calais Police Chief Michael Milburn said that Richmond Carpenter,… Read More
PEMBROKE — Pembroke voters gave thumbs up to a lean 1991-92 school budget at a special town meeting Monday but gave the back of the hand to the Planning Board’s idea of giving tax abatements to some shoreland owners. The total budget for the school… Read More
MACHIAS — The amount may not be as big as a year ago, but for the second straight year Machias taxpayers will benefit from a drop in the local tax rate. The mill rate, as agreed to by selectmen at their July 24 meeting, was… Read More
ATKINSON — More than 200 Piscataquis County youngsters are learning about nutrition through a three-day program being offered by the Piscataquis County Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Maine. The program is being offered in communities throughout Piscataquis County. In June, the program was… Read More
MEDWAY — Medway, East Millinocket and Millinocket area residents are concerned with news received of the proposed closing of the Grindstone picnic area. The picnic area is located on the East Branch of the Penobscot River, “one of the most beautiful places on earth,” according to Jerry Lyons… Read More
The second burglary in two months occurred early Tuesday morning at the Bradford Town Office, and police think the same burglars were involved in both crimes. In both instances the burglars climbed the fire escape of the old building and forced their way in through… Read More
The following incidents were handled by the Pittsfield police between July 27 and 30: Saturday, July 27 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
CAMDEN — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has turned over management of a 5-acre woodcock habitat off Annis Road to the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge. Spokesman Spence Conley said from Massachusetts this week that the Camden parcel was one of three in Maine… Read More
ROCKLAND — Rockland Police Chief Alfred Ockenfels has filed a damage suit against The Store at 435 Main St. for negligence in selling a sandwich which contained a piece of metal. The suit, filed Wednesday in Knox County Superior Court, indicated that the incident occurred… Read More
ROCKLAND — An $800,000 wrongful death suit was filed Tuesday in Knox County Superior Court by Deidre Spencer of Waldoboro against Ann F. Hubbard of Camden. The suit also seeks attachments of $500,000 in assets owned by Hubbard and indicated that Hubbard had insurance coverage of $300,000. Read More
LINCOLNVILLE — “Catacatures,” an exhibit of the lively cat sculptures and paintings of local artist Ruth Marie Willett, will open on Sunday, Aug. 4, at Maine’s Massachusetts House. Willett will be present in the gallery to discuss her work from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4. Gallery… Read More
DEER ISLE-SEDGWICK — The state Department of Transportation continued its investigation Tuesday of a pedestrian mishap which took place Sunday on the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge. Details surrounding the incident in which a Deer Isle woman walked into a an open space in a narrow grid… Read More
FRANKFORT — Although the town has rejected her demand that the Mount Waldo quarry be closed, Sherry Keith is determined to force the issue. Keith, whose 24-year old husband, Earl, died in a diving accident at the quarry three weeks ago, said she was informed… Read More
BLUE HILL — Catalogues listing items in the Bay School’s silent auction are available at the Blue Hill Department Store, Peninsula Weavers and the Law Offices of Spurr and Best. Proceeds from the annual auction will help keep tuitions at the private elementary school at an affordable level. Read More
Eterna Musica, a group of Russian scientists and professionals, will appear in four concerts in the Down East area. The group will perform classical works, Russian folk music and some American spirituals on Monday, Aug. 5, at the University of Maine concert hall in Machias; Wednesday, Aug. 7,… Read More
A Bangor woman was summoned by Bangor police on Tuesday after she allegedly stole seafood from Doug’s Shop ‘n Save on Union Street. Bangor Police Officer Stephen Jordan reported that a store employee recognized 60-year-old Veronica Gowen because Gowen had been told to stay out… Read More
Chinese students at the University of Maine will visit area residents this week in an effort to increase awareness and relief aid for China, a country devastated by floods. Qingyue Ling, a UM graduate student and president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, described… Read More
FRANKFORT — Although the town has rejected her demand that the Mount Waldo quarry be closed, Sherry Keith is determined to force the issue. Keith, whose 24-year old husband Earl died in a diving accident at the quarry three weeks ago, said she was informed… Read More
Acadia National Park officials have announced the destruction of two plots of marijuana plants which were illegally cultivated within the Schoodic Peninsula section of the park. Robert Reynolds, park superintendent, said this week that 47 robust, 6-foot-tall marijuana plants were pulled and destroyed as the… Read More
A Bangor man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to stealing two postal money orders that were misdelivered to him. Robert Galen Dorr, 23, faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine for the misdemeanor. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
A new Hermon High School principal may be selected within two weeks, the superintendent said Monday. Union 34 Superintendent Gene MacDonald said that 20 people have applied for the position vacated by Robert MacDonald, who became principal of Bangor’s Fifth Street Middle School this summer. Read More
A New Hampshire man indicted on a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon was ordered detained without bail Tuesday by a U.S. magistrate judge in Bangor. James P. Laverty, 33, of Hampton Beach, N.H., waived his right to a detention hearing and… Read More
A Milford man on Tuesday alleged a police conspiracy against him in his attempts to see his children under the terms of his divorce from a woman who comes from a law-enforcement family. “I feel like the guy in L.A. without a video,” John Johnson,… Read More
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Starting Aug. 20, Grant’s Trash Disposal Inc. will handle the city of Brewer’s recyclable materials, including tin, aluminum, glass and newspapers. The City Council, during a meeting Tuesday evening, voted to pay Grant’s of Brewer $12,000 for one year. Robert Sparks, president of Grant’s, had… Read More
An incorrect telephone number was listed Tuesday in a Newsworthy item on the Penobscot page about a communication skills workshop, to be held Aug. 10-11 in Orono. For information, call 990-0939. Read More
The following cases were decided in 3rd District Court in Bangor the week of July 4-10: Action Equipment Co. Inc., Londonderry, N.H., operating as unlicensed equipment dealer, $200. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection may review the adequacy of fish passages and recreational facilities when it considers whether a hydroelectric project meets state water-quality standards, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday. The decision overturned the ruling of a Superior Court judge, who… Read More
BELFAST — Justice Ian MacInnes turned down a change of venue request by Wesley Knight Jr. and Kevin Knight, who are accused of killing a 19-year-old Camden man. Justice MacInnes announced his decision last week. Wesley Knight Jr., 22; his brother Kevin, 20; their brother-in-law… Read More
Kuwait will get back its 3,216 gold bars stolen by Iraq during the Persian Gulf war. Other items will be returned to the invaded country in the coming weeks. But the United Nations’ list of unfinished business in that region will remain lengthy, and grow increasingly difficult to… Read More
PITTSFIELD — An emotional and history-laden decision weighed on Ronnie Friend’s shoulders in recent weeks. His decision to close the 70-year-old Ford dealership in Pittsfield was not an easy one. But he made the decision and Pittsfield Motor Sales has closed. On Monday, Friend consolidated… Read More
Those who would dam up our rivers, and their advisers are now attempting to minimize or discredit the Penobscot River restoration program. Perhaps it hasn’t lived up to everyone’s expectations but that is not to say it has been lackluster. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Fire Chief Philip J. LaPorte said Tuesday he believes a fire that damaged Town Hall, temporarily closing several offices, was a case of arson. LaPorte said it took the 30 firefighters who responded about 15 minutes to extinguish the fire Monday… Read More
LIMESTONE — A landmark in Central Aroostook County, the G. Howard Nichols barn, was destroyed Monday night by a fire of unknown origin. The barn, owned by Gregory H. Smith of Mars Hill, was the third of three huge barns built by Nichols on the… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that Chesterfield Associates Inc. of Westport Island was the apparent low bidder to construct temporary bridges on the St. John River and Little Black River. Bridges spanning the rivers were washed out by a major flood and ice jam… Read More
PORTLAND — A former Peoples Heritage Bank executive pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to embezzling $13,000 by drawing a false check and trying to pay off a personal loan last summer. Jay H. MacDonald, 35, of Westbrook entered his plea before Chief Judge… Read More
MACHIAS — A 78-year-old man who had been the focus of an all-night search was resting Tuesday in a Machias hospital. Walter Canfield of Cooper, an insulin-dependent diabetic, had been missing since Sunday morning. Searchers used aircraft during the day Monday and vehicles during the… Read More
PATTEN — A Patten man was listed in fair condition Tuesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor following a diving accident Sunday. According to Warden Randall Probert, Dwight Marr, 26, was swimming with five friends at about 4 p.m. Sunday at Shin Brook Falls… Read More
As Maine voters become fed up with ill-spent taxes and two major parties that are increasingly similar, a number of them are looking for a way to voice their frustration. Recent years have witnessed the formation of the Green Party and, most recently, the Labor… Read More
PORTLAND — A deaf man’s conviction of gross sexual misconduct was overturned Tuesday by the state supreme court because the prosecutor failed to produce a key piece of evidence — a black negligee — until the trial had begun. In a 4-3 ruling, the Maine… Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Investigators trying to learn how a dentist transmitted his AIDS virus to five patients will consider the unlikely idea that they were deliberately infected, a state health official said Tuesday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Florida Department… Read More
AUGUSTA — Two days before Maine’s sales-tax rate rises to 6 percent, cash-register vendors Tuesday reported being swamped with requests from merchants who need help reprogramming the machines. “It’s been a zoo,” said Peter Higgins, service manager at Higgins Office Products Inc. in South Portland,… Read More
AUGUSTA — The latest bidding for a modest expansion project at an elementary school in Lincoln County is a sign of how hungry Maine contractors are for business, officials say. The bidding for the $800,000 project at Somerville Elementary School attracted 20 contractors from Bangor… Read More
ORONO — The Cooperative Forestry Research Unit at the University of Maine will have a new leader, William D. Ostrofsky, associate research professor at the College of Forest Resources. The CFRU, a group of university scientists and leaders of land management, lumber and wood products… Read More
AUGUSTA — Twenty-two communities from Lubec to Fort Kent have been awarded more than $6 million in community revitalization money from the federally funded 1991 Community Development Block Grant Program. Most of the 22 cities and towns selected for CDBGs from among 69 communities that… Read More
PARSONSFIELD — Environmental officials said Tuesday they are going to begin removing more than 7,000 gallons of toxic waste later this week from an abandoned box factory. Richard Haworth, site coordinator for the federal Environmental Protection Agency, said the barrels of the fungicides Permatox 181… Read More
BLUE HILL — Describing an institution that has become the focus of intense public interest, Archibald Cox said he is not convinced that the presence of a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court bodes a sharp turn to the right. “I think the liberal… Read More
CARIBOU — The planned shutdown of Loring Air Force base hasn’t left County businesses jumping with joy. But at least three businesses in Caribou are bucking the trend and have started or proposed expansions at their present locations. The Shop ‘n Save supermarket will undergo… Read More
WASHINGTON — The House drove the final nail into the coffin of Loring Air Force Base on Tuesday, voting 364-60 to close Loring and 33 other major bases as part of a military cutback that will eliminate 80,000 military and 37,000 civilian jobs by 1994. Read More
FORT KENT — The Fort Kent Lions Club will hold its annual golf tournament Saturday at the Fort Kent Golf Club. Many prizes will be awarded: low gross, Lions putter; closest to the pin on holes No. 3 or No. 12, 20-inch color TV from… Read More
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AUGUSTA — The Maine Commission for Women is seeking nominations for 1991 Progress Awards given each year to outstanding individuals, groups or organizations or to employers who have made significant improvement in the quality of life for women in Maine. Nominations must be recieved at… Read More
The Eastport Art Gallery invites area photographers to participate in its fifth annual photography show. This non-juried show is open to all forms of the medium and will run from Tuesday, Aug. 13, through Saturday, Aug. 31. Registration forms may be acquired by writing to… Read More
A photo caption Saturday, July 13, incorrectly reported that eight-year-old Ben Johnson of Dedham had caught four brook trout in Goose Pond in Dedham. According to fish and game wardens, the 200-acre pond contains some perch and pickerel, but no brook trout. Read More
MOSCOW — Arm-in-arm, Raisa Gorbachev showed Barbara Bush the sights Tuesday, drawing flocks of tourists in a Kremlin square and dedicating a playful sculpture of waddling ducks from the pages of an American children’s classic. They hugged, clasped hands and called each other “my good… Read More
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PORTLAND — A jury’s award of $309,889 in damages to an elderly Yarmouth doctor from his insurance agent was thrown out Tuesday by Maine’s highest court in a ruling that the man’s attorney characterized as “a human tragedy.” The attorney for the insurer said the… Read More