AT ISLAND C.C., Deer Isle (Par 62) Brewer 161, Deer Isle Stonington 167, Mount Desert Island 168 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
    Defending state Class D soccer champion Katahdin of Sherman Station will take a 4-0-1 record into its home game Friday with a major rival, Schenck of East Millinocket. The game was originally set for Thursday, but was postponed by rain. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    An estimated field of 400 runners will be challenged by a tough course when the 14th Bar Harbor 13 1/2-Miler begins Saturday at 10 a.m. at the town’s athletic field. Andy Palmer of Saco, a two-time qualifier for the Olympic marathon trials, is expected to… Read More
    (For Staff and Reader Predictions see Library Microfilm) Joe McLaughlin has jumped into the No. 1 spot after the second week of the NEWS Football Forecast ’91. Joe had the week’s best record, 18-2, for a 34-6, .850 mark. Registering 17-3 weeks were Mike Dowd,… Read More
    The Sebasticook Valley Snowmobile Club host the Maine State Snowmobile Grass Drag Racing championships in Newport on Sunday beginning at noon. Registration will be from 9-11:30 a.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    DYER BROOK – Aaron Knowles beat the nearest Southern Aroostook High defenders to the goal on a breakaway to score the winning goal with 17 minutes left and lead Lee Academy to a 2-1 schoolboy soccer win here Thursday. For the 4-2 Lee Pandas, Jerrad… Read More
    The Thursday racing program at Farmington Fair was canceled because of rainy weather. Thursday’s racing program was discarded and there are two changes added to Friday’s program. The two divisions of the Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes, which were scheduled to be raced on Thursday, will… Read More
    HOCKEY: Scott King, a former standout goalie for the University of Maine, was assigned by the Detroit Red Wings to their affiliate in the International Hockey League, Fort Wayne, on Thursday. King, who graduated from Maine in 1990, was an All-Hockey East first team selection and a two-time… Read More
    The 18-hole course at Bangor Municipal Golf Course will be closed Friday until 2 p.m. for the Central Maine Seniors Golf Association tournament. The nine-hole course will remain open to the public throughout the day. Read More
    AT EAST MILLINOCKET, 3.15 miles Schenck boys 22, Lee 49, Central-East Corinth 55 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
    SEARSPORT – Amber Howard scored both of Searsport’s goals, including the game-tying goal with 20 minutes left to play, as the Vikings tied John Bapst of Bangor 2-2 in schoolgirl soccer action here Thursday. For the 4-0-1 Vikings, Jessica Stewart assisted on one goal. Joy… Read More
    Highlighting Friday night’s local schoolboy football games: John Bapst of Bangor (1-1) vs. Mount Desert Island (0-2) at Mount Desert, 7 p.m.: The big, young Trojans are winless, but making strides. The Crusaders beat Hampden last week behind the running of sophomores Tate Weatherford and… Read More
    Charlie Wing has been employed as a teacher in S.A.D. 48 since its inception in 1964. During that time, he has served in a variety of coaching roles. Now, he will return to a post he held several years ago. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    Two games into the season, University of Massachusetts football coach Jim Reid isn’t ready to call in Robert Stack… yet. (Stack: “The Yankee Conference champion Minutemen were last seen Nov. 10, 1990, when they beat Villanova 3-0. Since then, they’ve dropped four straight, including an… Read More
    CALAIS — St. Anne’s Episcopal Church will celebrate the fall season with an Apple Fest from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, on the grounds of the church. Proceeds of the festival will be used to retire the debt on the restoration project completed last year. Read More
    It is important for those outside Aroostook County to know that, lest they get the impression that everyone in the County is bent on exposing any impropriety that may have been committed in the decision to close Loring Air Force Base, there are many who do not agree… Read More
    UNITED STATES AIR FORCE NEWS RELEASE BRIGADIER GENERAL NELSON E. DURGIN IS APPOINTED 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
    Recently, I had the opportunity and privilege to direct the Bangor YMCA’s Leader’s School Program, which is located at Camp Jordan in Ellsworth. For many years, people within the Greater Penobscot County area have been associated with Leader’s School, and I believe they have found it a tremendous… Read More
    I read with great interest the article about the Finnish Farmers Club which appeared in your Maine Style section on Aug. 29. I was amazed at how faulty my memory has become over the years. Several points were mentioned that totallay confused and astounded me. Read More
    Bath Iron Works’ Bill Haggett said: “I failed the company. Since it is my responsibility to lead by example and I failed in that instance, I am relinquishing my duties as chief executive officer.” Let’s take a close look at the example that Bill Haggett… Read More
    As secretary of the Brownville Junction Alumni Association, it is the opinion of the alumni that the coverage in the Bangor Daily News of our 100th Anniversary of our school was poorly covered. Lots of pictures were taken in spite of the rain but only… Read More
    There were a few minor factual mistakes in Diana Bowley’s piece on George Fitzgerald’s recollection of his Air Force service in World War II (BDN-Maine Weekend Sept. 14-15). The German rocket fighter Fitzgerald recalled was the Me 163 Komet, not a P163 Swallow. American fighters… Read More
    MILO — Selectmen were told Tuesday that requests for general assistance from the town were up 141 percent from last year. Town Manager Jane Jones said the increase was a reflection of the national economy. She said many individuals who were receiving unemployment benefits suddenly… Read More
    MILO — Todd Lyford, Milo Police Chief, has reported that his department is investigating a break-in at a residential garage owned by Richard Harmon of Gould Street in Milo. Lyford said that Harmon had reported that sometime between Saturday, Sept. 7 and Tuesday, Sept. 17,… Read More
    DEXTER — Three speakers were featured at the first fall meeting of the Dexter Woman’s Literary Club held Sept. 17 at the Brewster Inn in Dexter. About 20 members and guests attended. Tammy Moscrip, a sophomore at Dexter Regional High School, told of her experiences… Read More
    GREENVILLE — For the first time in more than 10 years, Greenville High School has three semi-finalists in the National Merit Scholar program. Michelle Bradford, Nathan Holland and Francis Reynolds were among 83 semi-finalists in the state and the only students in Piscataquis County to… Read More
    WILLIMANTIC — Willimantic school directors learned Wednesday it would be unlikely if state funds could be obtained for a new elementary school at this time, because of the lack of state funding for these projects. According to Gilbert Reynolds, superintendent of Union 60, some Willimantic… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Members of the SAD 24 Building Committee continued to review school consolidation issues Wednesday by looking at financial data on energy consumption at Gateway School. The committee also reviewed current physical plant costs for three of the district’s school buildings and estimated… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will sponsor outdoor education courses in Presque Isle and Fort Kent for people who plan to apply for their first trapping license. All applicants for a license must complete an 8-hour program taught by IFW-certified… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The Board of Selectmen passed a resolution Wednesday to define the role of the community in the Loring Air Force Base reuse effort. As part of the resolution, the selectmen supported the filing of an application for funding assistance with the federal Office… Read More
    CARIBOU — Local police investigated two motor vehicle accidents Wednesday, one of which was caused when a driver suffered a fatal heart attack and his vehicle went over an embankment. Mack Thibodeau, 61, of Caribou, was driving a 1977 Ford pickup truck on Route 89… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Maine Senate President Charles P. Pray, D-Millinocket, has appointed John Lisnik of Presque Isle to the Special Commission on Governmental Restructuring. The commission was established in May to evaluate the structure and function of state government and to make recommendations for change. Read More
    VAN BUREN — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service and Gateway Elementary School in Van Buren will sponsor a Nature’s Magic Camp for fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade pupils Tuesday, Oct. 1 and Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the school. The camp program, now in its… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at city hall to discuss a report on establishing a commission to review the city charter. An amendment to a city dog ordinance extending the barking dog prohibition beyond the compact… Read More
    CARIBOU — E. Allen Hunter, who served 10 years on the Caribou Board of Education resigned Wednesday. The resignation takes effect immediately. In a letter to board members, Hunter said the career aspirations of his spouse and the best interests of his family dictated that… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Historic Preservation Commission anticipates awarding federal and state grants in 1992 for historic field surveys statewide. Eligible projects will focus on prehistoric archaeological, historic archaeological and architectural resources in areas of the state vulnerable to coastal erosion or development pressures. A… Read More
    FALMOUTH — As part of its pesticide reduction project, the Maine Audubon Society will conduct a series of free public seminars on the use of pesticides in agriculture. The first seminar, “Sustainability, Making It Work”, will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in 110… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE — Georgia-Pacific Corp.’s Woodland Pulp and Paper Mill closed Friday, Sept. 13, for its annual fall maintenance. The shutdown is scheduled to last up to 10 days for the No. 3 Recovery Boiler and the kraft mill areas. The power boiler, water systems and… Read More
    LUBEC — The Town of Lubec Community Development Office has opened a temporary location at 74 Washington St. The second-floor office space has been donated by Donald and Terry Lord until the regular office at the Old Columbian Store is renovated. The office hours will… Read More
    LUBEC — With the future of education in Lubec in doubt as never before, the Lubec School Improvement Team is giving the old college try to saving the school and, as many see it, the town itself. The team, made up of volunteer parents, teachers,… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — The “Old Tub” is the story about a little fire engine that could, and did, serve the town of East Machias after its arrival from Boston in 1831. Built in 1791, the Old Tub is marking its 200th birthday this year. Stephen… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE — The fall semester of the Adult Education Program at Woodland High School will begin Tuesday, Sept. 24. Classes will meet each Tuesday and Wednesday nights at the high school. This year’s program offers diploma and enrichment courses. There is no charge for those… Read More
    JONESPORT — Members of the Private Industry Council met at the Augusta Civic Center Thursday and were introduced to the concept of recycling waste oil by representatives of an operating oil recycling facility, Recycling Resources Inc. of Jonesport. The concept presented by RRI received a positive response from… Read More
    MILO — Students enrolled in the Honors English Class at Penquis Valley High School in Milo are sponsoring the annual St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Wheels-for-Life bike-a-thon to be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at the school. According to Russell Carey,… Read More
    A story Wednesday about the Commission on Maine’s Oil-Spill Preparedness contained an error regarding five emergency-response centers planned for the nation’s coastline. The centers are a project of the Marine Spill Response Corp., a non-profit organization sponsored by the petroleum industry — not of the federal government, as… Read More
    MILO — Officials from the various public safety agencies in Milo have announced that they are sponsoring a Public Safety Awareness Day from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Dexter Shoe parking lot. Spokesnman for the group, Milo Police Chief Todd Lyford,… Read More
    The final date for ordering trout for pond stocking from the office of the Penobscot County Soil & Water Conservation District in Bangor is Friday, Sept. 27. Applications for a permit to stock trout must be forwarded to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in Augusta. Read More
    GREENVILLE — The Greenville selectmen are seeking three variances to landfill regulations required by the Department of Environmental Protection. The variances could save the town up to $12,000 a year, Town Manager David Cota told selectmen Wednesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the second International Volksmarche from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 5, in association with the Pine Tree Volksport Association. Walkers of all ages are welcome to begin the 6.2-mile route, rain or shine,… Read More
    NEWPORT — At a Thursday afternoon press conference, Town Manager Carlo Pilgrim outlined the changes that selectmen approved Wednesday after voters defeated his proposal to transfer additional funds to the administration and legal accounts. At a special town meeting, Pilgrim requested additional funds to forestall… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Plans have been announced for a daylong series of discussions aimed at people in business locally and others interested in starting a business on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Blethen House in Dover-Foxcroft. The workshop, sponsored by the Penquis Chapter of Service Corps… Read More
    PALMYRA — The Palmyra Recycling Committee is wearing lemon-yellow t-shirts, bins have been delivered to each home and the new recycling truck has arrived. The town’s innovative recycling program has officially begun. The first curbside pickup of recycleables will be Monday, September 23. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    In Newport, police transported a woman to Bangor Mental Health Institute for evaluation and admittance Thursday afternoon. In Pittsfield Wednesday night, Officer Christopher Tremblay arrested Melissa Hoyt, 23, on a warrant for failure to pay a fine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Preparations are underway for the 12th Annual Mid-Coast Community Auction sponsored by the Rockland-Thomaston Area Chamber of Commerce. This year’s auction will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the Rockland Recreation Center. The auction will feature a return to an… Read More
    BELFAST — Frustrated taxpayers vented their anger at their local legislators during a meeting here Thursday. Most of their anger was directed at the Legislature’s inability to slow the growth in property taxes. Those attending the legislative forum, sponsored by the Freedom Fighters and the… Read More
    CORINNA — Does Corinna need a public drinking water system? Can the town afford to install one? What will happen if the town does not take action on its own and the federal government intercedes? These questions and literally dozens more are likely to be… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island League of Towns set its agenda this week for the next islandwide elected officials meeting, now scheduled for 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 30, at the Somesville Fire House. Topping the list will be a discussion of the by-laws… Read More
    ORLAND — Surround and drown may have been the expected procedure for most rural volunteer fire departments 10 years ago, but Orland Volunteer Fire Chief John Barlow says that day with its limited expectations is gone. “In the old days, which may have been only… Read More
    Bangor’s Cascade Park will be both the starting point and finish line for a 10k (6.2 mile) walk on Sunday, Oct. 13, which is designed to increase awareness about AIDS and to raise funds to fight the disease. The Eastern Maine AIDS Network is sponsoring… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — An informational meeting on Blue Heron Landing, a 126-unit retirement community planned off Bayside Road, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church. A formal dedication of the housing project will follow at the project site. According… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Historic Preservation Commission anticipates awarding federal and state grants in 1992 for historic field surveys statewide. Eligible projects will focus on prehistoric archaeological, historic archaeological and architectural resources in areas of the state vulnerable to coastal erosion or development pressures. A… Read More
    Girl Scout training gets credit for a story with a happy ending in Bangor this week. Eleven-year-old Vivian Perreault of Bangor used the Heimlich maneuver on Wednesday to help her 7-year-old sister, Monique, who was choking at the supper table. Paul Perreault, father of the… Read More
    A 70-foot, 18-wheel tractor trailer, fully equipped to provide free health screenings and physician cousultations, will arrive in Bangor Tuesday, Sept. 24, for a three-day stay in Paul Bunyan Park. Dubbed the “Care-A-Van,” the mobile screening facility was prepared by the American Osteopathic Association, a… Read More
    A teen-age boy accidentally shot himself in the groin with a revolver Thursday morning at an abandoned Second Street house in Bangor. The teen-ager was listed in fair condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center Thursday night, according to a hospital spokeswoman. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    It is still a common event in Europe to dig up shells and bombs remaining from World War II. Often the detritus of war remains long after the conflict is over and for none is this more true than the Cold War. The half-century of competition between the… Read More
    ORONO — While 24-year-old Mikail Beznosov may be busy studying and taking in all that is new to him at the University of Maine this fall, his mind is back home in the Ukraine where he fears unprecedented reforms may turn ugly and lead to civil war. Read More
    ROCKLAND — A jury in Knox County Superior Court was deliberating Thursday evening in the trial of Roger L. Smith, 22, who was charged with murdering his Maine State Prison cellmate Larry Richardson, 31, on the night of March 5, 1990. The deliberations came at… Read More
    Bangor-Hydro Electric Co. customers in Washington and Hancock counties expirenced a 20-minute lapse in service Thursday as the result of a maintenance malfunction. Bill Cohen, BHE spokesman, said maintenance crews were working at the company’s Graham Station in Veazie when an insulator broke on the… Read More
    WASHINGTON — State Department officials were scheduled to brief Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell Thursday on developments in the Persian Gulf in the wake of President Bush’s decision to send air support to Saudi Arabia. The show of force is designed to persuade Iraqi… Read More
    ATLANTA — A new federal survey of high school students found that 27 percent “thought seriously” about killing themselves in the preceding year, and one in 12 said they actually tried. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control survey also found that 2 percent said they… Read More
    For the seventh year, friends of the Maine coast last Saturday hiked along the shore, picking up what other people thought they could simply toss aside or hide below the water’s surface. The Coastal Cleanup, part of the the state’s Coastweek, treats merely a symptom… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Two people were killed Thursday when a van pulled in front of a tractor-trailer unit on Route 2 in Skowhegan, authorities said. Both occupants of the van died in the crash at approximately 2 p.m., Skowhegan police said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    CHRISTOPHER D. WILLIS has been promoted to computer technician at Vascular Associates of Bangor. During the summer, he had been employed by the surgical group as a medical research assistant. A graduate of Bangor High School, Willis recently attended the University of Maine, majoring in computer studies. Read More
    Nothing like a name change to provide a controversial project with a fresh start. In Canada, where once there was James Bay — a hydroelectric project in political conflict over the environment and aboriginal rights — there now is the Great Whale. But a new… Read More
    They’re everywhere — the walkers, the joggers, the runners. To the casual observer, it might seem that everyone is on the fitness kick. Not so, according to Meneely Townsend, a physical therapy assistant at Ross Manor in Bangor, a senior citizens’ residence. Forty percent of… Read More
    HAMPDEN — A committee has recommended approval of a plan to expand the secure part of Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facility, and close the rest of the landfill. The Landfill Oversight Committee was established a year ago. It was charged with reviewing the SERF application and… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A legislative committee delayed the nomination of an Augusta attorney to head the Maine Unemployment Insurance Commission after former employees complained he struck one of them in a confrontration. John Wlodkowski, head of legal services at the Department of Transportation from 1977 to… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Thousands of teen-agers may be working shorter hours and some could even lose their jobs because of changes taking effect next month in Maine’s child labor law, business officials say. Beginning Oct. 9, teen-agers who are 16 or 17 will be limited to… Read More
    The Natural Resources Council of Maine has asked the Land Use Regulation Commission to rezone millions of acres of wild lands to prevent uses other than forestry, agriculture or “primitive recreation.” The proposal was submitted at a public hearing Thursday in Bangor. It was the… Read More
    An employee of Georgia-Pacific Corp. in Millinocket has filed a lawsuit holding his employer responsible for exposing him to secondhand cigarette smoke, to which he says he is susceptible. Donald F. Frost of Millinocket had worked at the mill, formerly Great Northern Paper Co., since… Read More
    Two Maine artists and their collaborators have benn selected from more than 200 applications to receive $2,000 from the New Forms Regional Initiative, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts. The awards support projects developed by emerging and lesser-known artists who explore new definitions of… Read More
    A notice Thursday incorrectly listed the phone number for the Intown Arts Center exhibit “Figure and Portrait — A Maine View.” The correct number is 942-7433. Read More
    Communities that are home to the five sites that remain on the state’s list of likely homes for two regional landfills for special waste will soon have the opportunity to contest their selection by the Maine Waste Management Agency. The agency expects to pick one… Read More
    Barbara Schaffer Bacon, national arts consultant and former director of the Arts Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will offer a seminar on community issues and arts management 5:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church. Sponsored by the Maine Arts Sponsors Association,… Read More
    Look great and feel great when you join Total Look Hairstyling in Brewer for a day of hairstyling, facial massage, ear piercing, tanning, manicures and pedicures, body massages, hair removal and European facials noon-5 p.m. Oct. 6. Nine stylists will donate their time and skills to raise money… Read More