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    Only the future will tell, but a pretty good LTC football rivalry may have been born at Doyle Field in Brewer on Friday night. The Brewer Witches and the Rockland Tigers got together for a gridiron donnybrook, a game which featured plenty of hard hitting… Read More
    Lynx, Crusaders, OT Indians, Crusaders collect victories The Mattanawcook Academy Lynx of Lincoln stopped the Hampden Academy Broncos in overtime 28-22 and the John Bapst Crusaders of Bangor edged the Mount Desert Island Trojans 7-6 to highlight high school football action Friday night. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    New England Patriots Coach Dick MacPherson, the first Maine native to coach a National Football League team, will be honored on “Maine Day” sponsored by the Maine Sports Hall of Fame Sunday, Oct. 6, at Foxboro Stadium. Maine Gov. John McKernan will be on hand… Read More
    Stoyell’s goal lifts Indians past Riots 1-0 OLD TOWN – Brett Stoyell’s goal two minutes into sudden-death overtime lifted the Old Town Indians to a 1-0 schoolboy soccer upset victory over the Orono Red Riots on Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    At Home…. UMASS (0-2, 0-1 YC) vs. MAINE (0-2, 0-1), Alumni Field, Orono, 1 p.m…. UMass leads series 28-8-1 including 21-10 win last year in Amherst. Teams have split last 8 meetings. Minutemen have been hampered offensively by ongoing QB controversy: dropback passer Paul Tornatore… Read More
    ORONO – Suzanne Plesman scored three goals and assisted on two to power the University of Maine Black Bears to a 5-1 women’s field hockey victory over the Lowell Chiefs at Lengyel Field Friday. Maine outshot Lowell 26-9. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    Former University of Maine right winger Guy Perron is waiting for a phone call from Steve Bartlett. Bartlett is Perron’s agent and he is looking around for a team willing to give Perron a tryout or a contract. The phone call will probably come after… Read More
    Highlighting Saturday’s local schoolboy football action: Winslow (2-0) vs. Orono (2-0) at Orono, 10:30 a.m.: Something has to give here. The Red Riots have outscored opponents 84-7 already, while the Black Raiders have scored 66 points and allowed 19. Winslow tailback Chad Mower and Orono… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Coach Dave Evans has been pleased with the way his Stearns Minutemen have moved the football thus far in the LTC football season. However, he was not happy about the number of points his team had put on the scoreboard. The Minutemen began… Read More
    With fall arriving on Monday, let’s celebrate the last summer weekend with a happy memory. For those who’ve been asking if the Good Old Girls made another attempt at “landing the big one,” the answer is yes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    ORONO – If Saturday’s pivotal Yankee Conference football contest between the University of Maine and the University of Massachusetts should come down to the waning moments, and the Minutemen are, say, leading by a point, and Maine drives into UMass territory…. Maine placekicker Jeff Mottola… Read More
    When you lose players who scored 18 of your 26 goals the previous year and then one of your top scoring threats goes down with an injury, you would expect to have trouble scoring goals. That is exactly what has happened to third-year Maine Maritime… Read More
    Crowleys lift J-B Royals past Shead Tigers JONESPORT – Toby Crowley scored two goals to lift Jonesport-Beals to its first win of the season with a 4-1 verdict over the Shead Tigers in schoolboy soccer action Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    AT HERMON MEADOW GC (Par 72) Husson College Invitational Results University of Maine-Farmington 324, UMaine 328, Eastern Maine Technical College 344, Husson (Green) 367, Westbrook 368, Southern Maine TC 379, Husson (White) 412 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    King leads Ponies by Rams Concho King scored a pair of goals as the Foxcroft Academy Ponies cruised past Bangor 3-0 in schoolgirl field hockey action at the Rams field Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
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    Boone gives Warriors win over Ellsworth ELLSWORTH – Candy Boone scored on a penalty kick with 16 seconds left in the second sudden-death overtime period to give the Nokomis Warriors a 2-1 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Ellsworth Eagles Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    Cormier helps Pandas tame Dragons 4-0 LEE – Charlotte Cormier scored one goal and assisted on another to help lift the Lee Academy Pandas to a 4-0 schoolgirl soccer win over the Woodland Dragons Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
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    On Friday, Sept. 13, at 11:45 a.m. my 5-year-old daughter almost became a tragic victim of a school bus/reckless driver incident. The bus driver had all red lights blinking and stop signs visible, but the car proceeded to drive by. However, after shouts from the alert bus driver,… Read More
    The anti-mining letter from Ogen Small (BDN 9/12/91) serves as one small example of the hypocritical attitudes that have pervaded many American lives. Mr. Small says that he can define his “quality of life.” Unless he lives in a cave and scavenges the forest for… Read More
    Three cheers for Adrian Humphrey’s Guest Column (Maine Weekend, Sept. 14-15) advocating the return to helmet law for motorcyclists. What could be more ludicrous than the current mandated use of a helmet for one year for the newly licensed motorcycle rider? (Ref: State of Maine Driver License Examiniation… Read More
    The people and taxpayers in this country should put a stop to the way this government spends their money. They have been supporting known criminals like Noriega and crooks right in the administration. What does the government do about dumping nuclear waste right into the ocean? Nothing, you… Read More
    What kind of a world have we created when a young couple must depend on their neighbors to eat because of illness when at the same time our government is trying to decide whether to send $4 billion or $18 billion in aid to Israel? When we can… Read More
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    Mid_maine profile: Bill Lawrence PITTSFIELD — Bill Lawrence thrives on the unpredictability of his job. As police chief in the Somerset County town of Pittsfield, Lawrence can plan on every day’s being different from the one before. That is what brought him to police work… Read More
    DEXTER — The SAD 46 Teachers Association has announced its support this week for the construction of a new middle school in Dexter. In the statement written by three SAD 46 teachers and approved by 69-5 vote by the association members, the announcement states: “The… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A troupe of marijuana advocates spent Friday afternoon in front of the Maine State House, selling T-shirts and singing the praises of the lowly and illegal hemp plant. “God Doesn’t Make Mistakes — End Hemp Prohibition,” read one of the shirts displayed on… Read More
    BETHEL — A hunting safety course instructor who accidentally fired a handgun in class somehow mixed a live bullet with his dummy ammunition, a state official said Friday. “He didn’t deliberately violate any of the department’s policies about bringing live ammunition into the class,” said… Read More
    FARMINGTON — The town’s police chief wants selectmen to pass an ordinance that would allow authorities to better monitor parties and empower them to nab booming stereos. Police Chief Nolan Wilcox proposed the ordinance after a meeting with J. Michael Orenduff, president of the University… Read More
    Keeping things running smoothly between the warehouse and the yard, maintaining current knowledge of the products carried by Wickes and recording details such as the maintenance schedules of several trucks are regular tasks for warehouse foreman Russell (Rusty) Young. “My day starts at 4:30 or… Read More
    Celebrating its 20th anniversary in the Greater Bangor area, Wickes Lumber is one of three Wickes locations in Maine. Since 1987, the award-winning Bangor store has been honored by its national headquarters as one of the nation’s top-ranking Wickes locations. Bangor has consistently ranked in the top 10… Read More
    That Great American scholar, Vice President Dan Quayle, quite possibly had it about right when he told the American Bar Association last month that the United States of America has just too damn many lawyers for anyone’s good. What this country desperately needs may well… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The second-largest union representing state workers in Maine voted Friday to reject Gov. John R. McKernan’s proposal to reduce hours and delay pay raises to save $8 million in the next two years. The union’s decision to reject the negotiated settlement leaves the… Read More
    “We are looking to fulfill the needs of everyday customers,” said Peter Constantine, one of two specialists in the plumbing, heating and electrical department at Wickes. The other specialist is Bryan Roy. “Because we specialize in these areas, we get customers asking the same questions. Read More
    Jan Rines, administrative assistant for Wickes, has been employed at the lumber-and-building-supply center for three years. She carries several responsibilities, ranging from hiring and training personnel to serving as credit manager. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    “For the most part, my feeling is we’ve got more depth and breadth of product lines than any of our competition does. We try to stock a good, better and best variety here in anything from plumbing to power tools,” said Chris Kirouac, consumer-sales manager for the Bangor… Read More
    Operations and Contractor Sales Manager Matthew Betz oversees a crew of 17 people in the warehouse along with a sales staff of eight — nearly half of Wickes’ Bangor employees. His responsibilities include working with salespeople who sell supplies to building contractors and repair-remodeler contractors… Read More
    “We are a complete kitchen center. We sell a full range of sinks, from stainless steel, porcelain, cast iron to SpringRam. We have faucets, garbage disposals and range hoods. We can also obtain Jenn-Air appliances,” said kitchen specialist Steve Pelletier, a 15-year veteran employee of Wickes. Read More
    HOULTON — More than 50 residents of Court Street in Houlton who attended a public hearing Thursday night on a proposed Department of Transportation plan to reconstruct their street, voiced strong opposition to widening the street as part of the project. Charles Valley, of the… Read More
    NEW SWEDEN — Ronda Landeen recently received financial support from the Maine Job Start Loan Program to set up a beauty shop in her home on the Jemtland Road. The funds allowed her to purchase equipment and to complete renovations of her residence to accommodate… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will induct four alumni to the Owl’s Hall of Fame at a dinner scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at UMPI. The Hall of Fame was created in 1988 to recognize outstanding athletic achievements… Read More
    WESLEY — The new Wesley Elementary School will hold an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, on Route 192. The new fully-equipped educational facility replaces the tiny rural Wesley Corner School which was located on Route 9, about a mile from the new school. Read More
    CARIBOU The following individuals were sentenced Sept. 16 by Justice Paul P. Pierson in Aroostook County Superior Court. 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
    EASTPORT — The School Union 104 Chapter I Program will offer a reading program for pre-schoolers and their parents in Eastport, Charlotte, Pembroke and Perry beginning in October. Chapter I personnel will travel to each of the union schools weekly, offering one-hour sessions for 3-… Read More
    BEALS — The Beals Planning Board met Thursday and approved building permit applications for two structures and a fire road, all on Great Wass Island. John Fraser received a permit to construct a Marine workshop at the head of the former Lewis Beal wharf in… Read More
    LUBEC — Already in the U.S. Department of Labor doghouse for its emergency dispatching service, Lubec now finds itself hounded by the federal agency for safety violations in the town’s Public Works and Fire departments. The safety violations range from simple maintenance and record-keeping matters… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Newport Annual Festival Association (NAFA) Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the home of Evelyn Roussin in East Newport for a potluck supper. The committee is starting to develop plans for the July 4, 1992, celebration and looking… Read More
    Residents of Hampden, Newburgh and Winterport on Tuesday will once again be asked to go to the polls to vote on a proposed middle school project for School Administrative District 22. The $6.24 million project, if approved, would establish a new middle school for Hampden… Read More
    BROWNVILLE — Traffic was held up for several miles on Route 11 for about an hour Friday afternoon after a head-on collision of a pickup truck and a car made both vehicles airborne for several feet. Milo Patrol Officer William Flagg Jr. said Friday that… Read More
    CAMDEN — A state-mandated trapper education course will be held at the Camden Snow Bowl from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29. The class will be sponsored by the Camden Parks and Recreation Department and the Maine Trappers Association. There is no fee for the class. Read More
    BELFAST — The board of directors of SAD 34 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Belfast Area High School library to consider a request for students to attend adult education classes, discussion and action on awarding of the contract for middle school construction, and… Read More
    THOMASTON — Raymond Alden, 36, of Main Street was arrested Friday afternoon on a charge of bootlegging. Liquor Enforcement Officer Daniel Melvin said that the arrest took place after authorities received a tip that Alden was selling home-brewed beer without a license. He was charged… Read More
    UNION — Phillip Chase, 40, of Union was hospitalized with chest injuries after a two-car accident on Route 17 Thursday morning. State Trooper Laurie Rackliff said Chase was injured when his 1970 Ford pickup was struck head-on by a 1975 Cadillac Seville operated by Walter… Read More
    BELFAST — The sixth annual meeting of the Waldo County Child and Parent Council will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Belfast Community Center. The guest speaker will be Peter Walsh, director of the Bureau of Child and Family Services who will speak about… Read More
    As a young girl, Anna Gabrielle Peirce often was painted by her father, the well-known Bangor artist Waldo Peirce. One of his portraits of h gift of author E.B. White. Peirce, 57, of Belfast, died Friday at a Bangor hospital. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — “Our primary target is the chronically uninsured,” said Allison Chapman at a recent meeting of the Somerset County Industrial Committee. Chapman was representing MaineCare, a new health insurance program that is especially designed for small businesses and self-employed people. “This fills a need… Read More
    BURNHAM — Parents visiting the Burnham Village School this year may be surprised to find their child’s classroom looking strangely like a swamp. Or the seashore or a tree-top bird’s nest. The “habitat classrooms” are part of a new integrated science curriculum, based on SAD 53’s receipt of… Read More
    HANCOCK — Wildlife biologist Sue Woodward will speak at a meeting of Friends of Taunton Bay at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Union Congregational Church on Route 1. Woodward, a resident of Stonington and a consultant to the state Department of Inland Fisheries… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The city of Ellsworth will be buzzing with activity on the weekend of Sept. 27-29 as merchants and community groups celebrate Autumn Gold Weekend. According to the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the annual event, this year’s celebration will offer two… Read More
    BELFAST — U.S. Rep. Olympia Snowe has encountered a bleak 2nd District during her recent visits home, a district of soaring unemployment and sinking hopes. Speaking before a large gathering Friday at Belfast City Hall, Snowe said she was distressed by the signs of economic… Read More
    A federal judge in Bangor on Friday concluded that a Levant woman facing charges of growing marijuana hadn’t threatened a Department of Human Services child-protection worker about the custody of her two children. U.S. District Judge Morton A. Brody nonetheless ordered bail conditions for Jean… Read More
    The names of two juveniles implicated in last month’s robbery at a Hampden convenience store became public Friday when petitions were filed in 3rd District Court, Bangor. Charged with Class A robbery were Jonathan Brooks and Norman Patchell Jr., both 16 and both from Hampden,… Read More
    An article on Thursday’s Penobscot page incorrectly described comments about special interest groups made by a member of the SAD 22 board of directors. Margaret Johnson of Newburgh stated she was concerned that special-interest groups addressing the board may not represent the views of all the district residents,… Read More
    OLD TOWN — A handful of openings on the City Council and the school board has attracted a number of candidates for each seat. The races for two three-year terms on the council promises to be November’s most interesting elections. The terms of councilors Roberta… Read More
    Like Marlon Brando’s famous line in “On the Waterfront,” Bill Haggett is probably muttering, “I could’a been a contender.” Haggett was supposed to be a real contender for governor in 1994. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    A Waterville man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Bangor on charges of embezzling mail and stealing more than $147,800 in cash from the mails. Gregory R. Carey, 33, is expected to appear Friday, Sept. 27, for arraignment in U.S. District Court… Read More
    ROCKLAND — After more than 10 hours of deliberation, a Knox County Superior Court jury on Friday found Roger L. Smith, 22, guilty of the March 1990 murder of his Maine State Prison cellmate, Larry Richardson. Justice Margaret Kravchuk ordered Smith held without bail and continued the case… Read More
    ORONO — A symposium led by five people who have made a difference in the world through their commitment and pursuit of peace will highlight the dedication Saturday, Sept. 21, of the Doris Twitchell Allen Village, the University of Maine’s new student housing complex. “Making… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Last Sunday, just before the Senate Intelligence Committee began its questioning of Robert Gates, the New York Times published an intriguing story. According to the Times, U.S. intelligence agencies bugged the telephones and meeting rooms of the Nicaraguan embassy in Washington, D.C., during the 1980s. Read More
    ST. PAMPHILE, Quebec — “I would have just loved to be there, but I had a prior commitment,” said the pilot of the crashed TBM Avenger removed from the northwestern Maine woods Wednesday. Reached at his business in St. Thomas, Ontario, Alan Woytaz, now 59,… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Sen. William S. Cohen has announced that only five weeks remain for Maine students to submit entries in the “Healthy Me, Healthy Maine” poster, poem and essay contest he is sponsoring. The contest is designed to encourage the study, appreciation and practice of… Read More
    GENEVA, N.Y. — Former Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in both houses of the U.S. Congress, will receive the Elizabeth Blackwell Award at a dinner and ceremony in her honor on Friday, Sept. 27, at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y. Read More
    Guest Column Natural law refers to the idea that there exists universal principles of justice and morality, of right and wrong. Thus eight centuries ago Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote that an unjust law was no law at all and should bind no one. In this… Read More
    Maine teachers, administrators and specialists will gather Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Bangor Hilton for a one-day whole language-developmental education conference sponsored by the Society for Developmental Education. The Bangor sessions will feature whole language specialist and author Jay Buros of New Mexico, and education… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Global Holiday Bazaar to benefit the Maine Audubon Society will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodfords St., Portland. Gifts and luncheon will be available at a cost of $3 for non-members and $2 for… Read More
    LINCOLN — From the Fairlanes of the 1950s to the Escorts of the 1990s, Everett Murchison has seen them all. The car models sold by the Ford dealership in Lincoln have changed over the past 41 years. So has the ownership of the business. The… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Less federal money is likely to be available to help poor people in Maine pay their heating bills this winter, although how much less remains an open question, officials said Friday. Nearly 60,000 Maine households shared $23.5 million in heating aid last winter,… Read More
    WASHINGTON — College-educated white men earn nearly one-third a year more than black men with similar backgrounds, the Census Bureau said Thursday. The study, conducted in 1989 and 1990, showed blacks lagging economically behind whites by almost every measure. Higher education moved blacks ahead of… Read More
    A Bangor man appeared Friday in U.S. District Court in Bangor on multiple charges of interstate mail and wire fraud in connection with his local computer business. Dale Carlow, 40, owner of Electra Byte Inc., was charged with ordering computer equipment from out-of-state vendors and… Read More