The Ronald McDonald House will benefit from the proceeds of a softball game to be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Brewer High School field. The game will feature drivers from Speedway 95 against drivers from Winterport Dragway. Fans and family are also invited… Read More
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Spotlighting Saturday’s local schoolboy football action: Stearns of Millinocket (3-1) vs. John Bapst (3-1), at Cameron Stadium, Bangor, 7 p.m.: Thus far, the Minutemen and the Crusaders have been the stingiest among LTC Class C defenses. Stearns, keyed by junior NG Steve Brown, has afforded… Read More
AT HICKORY HILL G.C., Methuen, Mass. ECAC Golf Championship (Par 71) Boston College 301, Maine 302, New Hampshire 303, Salem State University 305, UMass.-Lowell 310, Harvard 312, Babson 313, Dartmouth 315, Boston University 317; Middlebury 324, MIT 325, Vermont 326, Northeastern 329, St. Anselm 331,… Read More
Dragons rally to beat Raiders WOODLAND – Karol Korasadowicz scored off a Chris Manza assist with one minute left in the game to lift the Woodland Dragons to a 2-1 schoolboy soccer win over Washington Academy here Friday afternoon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
The Brewer Witches dodged a bullet at Doyle Field on Friday night. Thanks in part to two clutch defensive efforts on a pair of first-and-goal situations, the host Witches defeated the Mattanawcook Academy Lynx 26-7 in schoolboy football action. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Former University of Maine All-American defenseman Jack Capuano will make his debut as a Maine Mariner on Saturday night when the top minor league team of the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins open its 15th season against the New Haven Nighthawks at Portland’s Cumberland County Civic Center. Game… Read More
The fall Maine TAC cross country program will begin Sunday at Greely Junior High School in Cumberland. This meet is one of five preliminary meets to be held on Sundays. Registraion begins at 12:15 p.m. A course walk will be held at 1 p.m. and… Read More
At Home…. RICHMOND (1-2, 1-1 YC) vs. MAINE (0-4, 0-3), Alumni Field, Orono, 1 p.m. (Homecoming)… Richmond leads series 4-3 including 24-16 win in Va. last season. Spiders are led by TB Vidal Adams (200 yds), QB Greg Lilly (37-65, 542 yds, 1 TD, 1… Read More
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GREENVILLE – Tina Harris scored two goals to lead the Penquis Patriots to a 3-0 schoolgirl soccer win over the Greenville Lakers Friday. Shelley Richard added a goal and two assists as the Patriots improved to 2-5-1. Andrea Haley was in goal and had 5… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine Athletic Department is currently $1.3 million short of the funds needed to pay off five privately funded capital improvements to the athletic facilities on the Orono campus undertaken in the past four years. According to figures provided by the… Read More
MAINE vs. NORTHEASTERN Time, site – Sunday, 1 p.m., Alumni Field, Orono 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 (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
Last year, University of Maine hockey linemates Jean-Yves Roy, Jim Montgomery, and Brian Downey combined for 90 goals and 136 assists in 43 games. That line will be together on Saturday night when the first of three Blue-White scrimmage games is held at the Sockalexis… Read More
OLD TOWN – Having failed to move the ball on its first three tries of the second half, the Old Town offense was looking for a big play to break Winslow’s grip. The Indians got it, but it was their special teams and defense that… Read More
Senior quarterback Chad Norris threw for two touchdowns and Seth Flanders and Ryan Ward combined for 166 rushing yards to help Hampden Academy snap its 32-game high school football losing streak with a 20-6 LTC victory over Messalonskee of Oakland Friday night. In other action,… Read More
Team Tennis League ROCKPORT – The Samoset Resort here is forming a Team Tennis League to begin this fall and run through the winter. An informational meeting and round-robin tourney will be held Monday, Oct. 14, to introduce the league format. All players are invited,… Read More
A gusting south wind wiped the rain-sodden face of a gunmetal sky as Brad Allen waved his English setter, “Willow,” into a crowd of poplar gathered on a hillside. Wearing an electronic “beeper” collar instead of a bell, the dog quickly disappeared in the thick weave of foliage. Read More
HERMON – Angie Wilber scored four unassisted goals to lead the Nokomis Warriors to a 6-2 schoolgirl field hockey win over the Hermon Hawks Friday. Dani Mayhew scored on a pass from Lynne Dorman and Dorman scored on an assist from Wilber for the 6-3… Read More
AT OLD TOWN 43rd annual Sectional Meet (3 miles) Old Town boys 18, Bangor 52, Brewer 80, Caribou 113, Presque Isle 132, Stearns 145, Schenck 162 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
ORONO – Good times and bad times. It’s the definition of the existence of the football cornerback. Highs and lows, ups and downs, hits and misses alternating in rapid succession from game to game, quarter to quarter, even play to play. Billy Curry has seen… Read More
The Bates College women’s soccer, volleyball and field hockey teams will be in action this weekend while the cross country team enjoys an off weekend on the Lewiston campus. The soccer team travels to Babson on Saturday and visits Amherst on Sunday. Field hockey was… Read More
AT WOODLAND Varsity: Washington Academy (9-0) def. Woodland (4-5) 15-2, 15-7; JV: Washington Acad. def. Woodland 15-12, 11-15, 15-11 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length;… Read More
The minimum wage for NewBrunswick workers increased Oct. 1 from $4.75 to $5 an hour. The mandatory overtime rate for work done in excess of 44 hours a week rises to $7.13. By comparison, the minimum wage in Maine and all of the United States… Read More
Congratulations to Kent Ward on being named Maine Journalist of the Year. As a fan, I turn to the editorial page on Saturady to read his column. How fortunate that he’ll continue to entertain and inform us lucky readers. His easy, witty, laid-back style is… Read More
Please accept my sincere thank you for your support and confidence. Now that the election is behind us, it’s time for the work to begin. I would like to dedicate this election victory to the memory of my father, Wallace A. Whittemore, who died on… Read More
The state of Maine will be holding a public hearing in Hermon concerning the Hermon-Hampden proposed site for a special waste landfill on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the high-school gym off the Billings Road. Read More
I would like to propose that we select Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport for the nuclear waste dump. After all, clearing the way for nuclear power has been the focus of the Reagan-Bush administrations. If Walker’s Point is used, there will be no need for added security, so we… Read More
In response to Gregorio Fuentes’ letter (Readers Write, Sept. 26), I do not agree. Larry Richardson was a convicted child molester. For this, we taxpayers spend tremendous amounts of money to house and feed him. He has violated the rights of an innocent child who could not defend… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — When Hurricane Bob raced through Somerset County on Aug. 19, homeowners woke the next morning to find tree branches down and power service disrupted. Although almost everyone had some damaged property, the effect on agricultural interests in the area, including apple orchards, hay… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The Lee-Doncet Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary are planning to conduct their annual Buddy Poppy Sale on Oct. 2, 3, and 4, in both Pittsfield and Newport. The VFW in the United States began its nationwide sale of poppies in 1922. Read More
NORRIDGEWOCK — State officials have lifted a boil order on drinking water in this central Maine town. The Department of Human Services had ordered residents to stop drinking the water on Sept. 24 after tests showed high levels of fecal coliform bacteria in the water… Read More
The Prince Edward Island potato industry is crossing its fingers while awaiting results from the retesting of fields and plants that were formerly identified as having the PVY-N virus. This week Agriculture-Canada agreed to retest some 96 units of PEI potato samples that tested positive… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A routine traffic stop in Pittsfield early Thursday morning resulted in the arrest of a New York man. Joseph Izzo, 30, of Tuxedo, N.Y., was arrested and charged with aggravated furnishing of a Schedule W drug, a total of 48 “hits” of LSD, a Class B… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine will receive $4.6 million as part of the federal government’s largest-ever anti-smoking program, although one state health official said Friday the $115 million earmarked for the campaign is dwarfed by what the tobacco industry spends to promote its product. Federal officials announced… Read More
AUBURN — Three people aboard a single-engine airplane were injured Friday night when it crashed and sank in Lake Auburn, authorities said. The Cessna 172 splashed into the lake at 6:28 p.m., said Auburn Police Sgt. Toby Tiner. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Local police investigated two accidents Thursday, including a three-vehicle collision that resulted in damage to a Main Street store. According to Police Chief Neil Saucier, Farrington’s Department Store received an estimated $2,000 in damage when a 1989 Ford Mercury driven by Lester… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — State transportation officials are working with the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that air traffic in Aroostook County will continue to be controlled by radar after Loring Air Force Base closes. The base, which is scheduled for closure in 1994, provides the… Read More
HOULTON — Medical Arts Inc. of Houlton was praised by Aroostook County Jail officials Wednesday night for the quality of medical services provided at the jail. Aroostook County Sheriff Edgar Wheeler told commissioners at their meeting that he was satisfied with the performance of the… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Federal transportation officials want to conduct a study of the potential value of a limited access highway from Houlton to Van Buren. The study would cost $200,000. The study was included in a U.S. Department of Transportation Appropriations bill approved this week… Read More
HOULTON — After 18 months of negotiations, the town of Houlton and its police union still have not agreed on a contract settlement. The town began negotiations with all five of its unions in January 1990. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Raymond Morrison and Michael Lyons of the Belfast Motor Inn announced this week that they intend to open a 250-seat restaurant in the Aroostook Centre Mall in Presque Isle. Morrison, owner of Morrison’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant at the Bangor Mall said… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Recreation and Parks Department needs instructors for fall and winter programs. The programs will include cooking, weaving, quilting, woodcrafts, ice hockey, basketball, magic, photography, juggling nature studies, dance and other leisure programs. Interested people may call 728-3604. Read More
JONESPORT — Facial injuries suffered by 84-year-old Phyllis Roberts of Jonesport, who was hurt Wednesday in a two-vehicle collision on Route 1 in Columbia Falls, are more serious than first believed. First classified as “minor” by state police investigating the accident, Roberts reportedly was still… Read More
MACHIAS — Five weeks after 16-year-old Heidi R. Wood was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Massachusetts, friends and relatives are rallying behind the girl’s family as it tries to cope with the financial and emotional hardships caused by the tragic accident. Wood… Read More
ADDISON — Two Steuben men were arrested Wednesday and charged with burglary and theft in connection with a Sept. 30 break-in at a South Addison residence in which firearms valued at $3,677 were reported missing. Lewis Kidder III, 23, and Darryl Whalen, 27, both of… Read More
JONESPORT — An annual state licensing inspection, under way since Monday at Resthaven Nursing Home in Jonesport, could determine whether there will be a future for the 25-bed intermediate-care health facility. RNH, plagued by financial and legal problems, was issued a conditional license in March… Read More
MACHIAS — Patricia Todd-Lewis of Eastport has been appointed case coordinator for the Child Development Services office at 9 Cooper St., Machias. Dotty Baer, area director for CDS, said Friday that Todd-Lewis was hired to fill the newly created position of third case coordinator. The… Read More
MILBRIDGE — A health fair, sponsored by Partners in Rural Health Care, will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, at Milbridge Elementary School. Residents of Milbridge and surrounding communities are urged to attend the Health Fair that will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Read More
DEXTER — Dexter’s “dump ducks” have never been able to gain the level of respect that their coastal cousins command. While sightseers visiting Boothbay Harbor or Bar Harbor snap thousands of pictures each year of seagulls flying gracefully above piers or snatching food from an… Read More
PITTSFIELD — “I don’t know where else you could find the friendship and warmth the people here have to offer,” says Rae Philbrick of her adopted-hometown of Pittsfield. But, while Philbrick speaks glowingly of friends and neighbors, many would eagerly return the phrase in recognition of contributions that… Read More
GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake Sanitary District trustees will attempt to get a Greenville developer to either begin his project or relinquish his reserved capacity with the district. The trustees approved a reserve capacity of 24,000 gallons a day for John Goodwin of JMG Corporation… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Abnaki Girl Scout Council District 5 will kick off the annual fund campaign to raise $5,000, beginning Thursday, Oct. 10. Towns include Guilford, Sangerville, Brownville, Milo, Greenville, Dexter and Monson. “We are constantly striving to support the goals of the council through adult-generated… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — School Administrative District 68 directors this week approved the concept of a user fee for the student health center. School Nurse Wendy Pullen, Headmaster Howard Ryder and Superintendent Richard Lyons were given approval to establish a fee for certain services and determine when… Read More
Applications are being accepted this month for a 50-member team of firefighters who will be trained to handle major spills of extremely hazardous chemicals in the southern part of Penobscot County.. Lt. Ken Wicks of the Bangor Fire Department, who was selected earlier this year… Read More
BELFAST — A public forum on the referendum on transportation policy that will be on the November election ballot will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in the Abbott Room at Belfast City Library. A representative of Vote No on #1 Coalition: the… Read More
PORT CLYDE — The Port Clyde Arts and Crafts Society will hear a talk by Blaikie Hines, Thomaston artist and art restorer, at its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. Hines will speak at the Oceanview Grange Hall in nearby Martinsville. His program… Read More
UNITY — The Unity College Student Center will feature the following entertainment in October. All performances are from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.: Saturday, Oct. 5, ESP, with Ronnie Romm; Friday, Oct. 11, The Deal, Maine’s own recording artists; Friday, Oct. 18, Armed and Dangerous, visual hard rock. Read More
ROCKPORT — Justice Herbert T. Silsby II this week refused to overturn a temporary restraining order issued against the Beech Hill Subdivision last month. At a hearing in Knox County Superior Court Thursday, Justice Silsby rejected attorney Stephen Hanscom’s contention that the restraining order had… Read More
CAMDEN — The semiannual Cash for Clothes Sale to benefit the Coastal Workshop will be held Oct. 26 through Oct. 29 at the American Legion Hall in Camden. Cash for Clothes is planning two weekends for preregistration. Those who wish to participate by selling clothing… Read More
SUPERIOR COURT Justice Herbert T. Silsby II handed down the following sentences in Knox County Superior Court Thursday in Rockland: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
ROCKLAND — The following building permits were issued during September by the Codes Enforcement Office: Clyde Alexander, demolition, new dwelling, $45,000. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Rachel Jackson didn’t know whether to throw in the towel or stay in the game. “The building I was leasing was being sold and I didn’t know whether I should buy it. It meant taking on a $2,000 a month mortgage, rather than… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Nathan Young has been appointed Bar Harbor’s new police chief, subject to confirmation by the town council and negotiation of a contract. Town Manager Dana Reed said Young’s appointment, which may be confirmed by the council as early as next Tuesday evening,… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Religious education classes for children will begin at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth. Also intergenerational hobby and craft sharing on special Sundays will be held. Field trips and special events will be part of the schedule. Read More
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DEER ISLE — The volunteers at SCORE point to Pauline Boyce as a stunning example of a creative and successful small business owner who once turned to them for advice. “When she came into our office she had already done all the background work,” SCORE… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The following small-claims cases were decided Oct. 2 in 5th District Court in Ellsworth. Plaintiffs are listed first. Downeast Century 21, Bucksport, vs. Linda Gray, Brooklin, judgment for the plaintiff, by agreement, $1,080 and $35 costs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
An Addison woman will serve three years in a Maine prison — after she finishes an out-of-state sentence — for obtaining drugs with false prescriptions. Angela Giger, 29, received concurrent sentences Friday in Bangor on charges from three counties, amounting to eight felony counts of… Read More
A man who led authorities to his partners in a July 1990 break-in in Bradley received 2 1/2 years of prison time Friday for his role in the incident. Gary Sawyer, 29, don’t know where he was from before the state prison, thus charge concurrently… Read More
A house painter’s progress in dealing with his mental problems helped sway a judge against giving him jail time for pulling a gun on two of his employees last year. Ralph Brown, 52, of Orrington, pleaded no contest in June to two counts of criminal… Read More
In the small rural town of Eddington, traditional education philosophies recently clashed with the latest research approaches, creating rifts among parents and district officials. Within a few days of the start of school in late August, the seams of community cohesiveness began to come unraveled. Read More
BELFAST — A public forum on the transportation policy question on the November election ballot will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in the Abbott Room, Belfast City Library. A representative of Vote No on Number 1 Coalition: the Coalition for Responsible Government,… Read More
A Hampden man received concurrent five-year prison terms Friday in Bangor, the maximum he could get on most of the numerous charges against him. Stephen G. Merritt, 28, also received a consecutive four-year prison term for a January break-in at Perry’s Market in Bangor that… Read More
AUBURN — Opponents to widening the Maine Turnpike argued in Superior Court on Friday that the Maine Turnpike Authority had illegally spent $250,000 in toll revenues trying to defeat a Nov. 5 referendum that would block the widening. But attorneys for the Maine Turnpike Authority… Read More
Living wills and durable health-care powers of attorney — when and in what fashion they are to be carried out — may have implications which are religious as well as legal. After all, secular and Roman Catholic hospitals differ sharply on procedures involving the beginning… Read More
Legal Services for the Elderly, which has offices at Twin City Plaza in Brewer (941-2865) and on Davis Street in Presque Isle (764-3396), can provide assistance on advance directives to people who are 60 or older. Those who are under 60 may get a referral… Read More
In Jasper County, Mo. in December of 1990, after a seven-year legal struggle by her parents, a comatose Nancy Beth Cruzan was separated from her feeding tube and allowed to die. Had she had a living will, an agonizing court struggle might have been avoided. Read More
For many years, Maine enjoyed a reputation for electing honest and ethical politicians. Maine politicians have been viewed as straight arrows despite the fact that one of the early giants of Maine politics — James G. Blaine, the man from Maine — was involved in… Read More
Best television image of the week: California Gov. Pete Wilson, besieged by a gaggle of enraged homosexuals chucking eggs and assorted fruit at him throughout a speech, catching one of the objects at the podium and driving it back at the menagerie. That was a… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Nancy D. Mills, a Skowhegan attorney, was sworn in Friday morning at the Blaine House as a District Court judge at large. Mills’ name was placed in nomination early this year by Gov. John R. McKernan and she was unanimously confirmed on Wednesday… Read More
WASHINGTON — Recent years have been difficult for princes of privilege, here and abroad. Confronting a revolutionary tribunal, the wife of Romania’s former dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, is said to have asserted that her family lived a “modest lifestyle.” A revolutionary tribunal pointed out that the first family actually… Read More
A congressional conference committee has endorsed a $200,000 study of the prospect of extending a major highway farther into northern Maine. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell said the study would review the costs and benefits of building a limited-access highway linking Houlton, where the… Read More
ELLSWORTH — An organizational meeting for the Kid Space Fun Expo will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Ellsworth City Hall council chambers. Details on the project may be obtained by calling Peggy Niesen at 667-3197. Read More
A prominent Bangor developer has been named in seven lawsuits in which Fleet Bank seeks to recover more than $6.6 million. If Fleet succeeds, Sheldon L. Hartstone could lose control of five residential developments, a retail store and a strip mall. The suits were filed… Read More
WOOLWICH — Mark C. Geiger, a house painter with leukemia, has an offer he hopes someone will take: He’ll provide free house-painting services for life to the person who matches his bone marrow type and agrees to a transplant. “That goes for the whole continental… Read More
An Orono woman will spend a year incarcerated at her home for her conviction as an accomplice to the sexual abuse of three young girls. Yvonne Mazerolle still “categorically denies the allegations,” her attorney, Martha J. Harris, said during the sentencing hearing Friday before Justice… Read More
The wife of a man who broke into several homes last year, including the governor’s mother’s residence, was ordered Friday in Bangor to serve probation for an unrelated charge. Angela Chapman Lapio, 20, of East Corinth pleaded guilty in Penobscot County Superior Court to a… Read More
A Farmington man has received an undisclosed settlement from a Texas corporation after his wife died from chronic lung disease supposedly caused by a flea spray she used on her carpets and drapes. Carlton H. Race was awarded the settlement on behalf of his wife,… Read More
Old Town Police Officer Norman Harrington, who claims that his civil rights were violated when he was investigated in 1987 for child sex-abuse charges, will take his case on Tuesday to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Harrington’s attorney, Warren Silver of Bangor,… Read More
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress — in the soup this week for taking free lunches and bouncing checks — have long enjoyed a passel of perquisites, ranging from free parking to fat pensions. Besides their annual salaries of $125,100 per year, House and Senate members… Read More
The children of Cedric and Linda Rhoda of Milo will hold an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at the home of their parents at 16 Elm St. in honor of the couple’s 25th wedding anniversary. All relatives, neighbors and friends are invited. Read More
The Bush administration took the first step Friday toward levying import duties on Canadian softwood lumber to offset that country’s decision to drop a similar fee on its exports to the United States. U.S. Rep. Olympia Snowe, who had called for U.S. retaliation, said she… Read More
Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. announced Friday that it would conduct The Great Light Switch program to encourage the widespread replacement of inefficient light bulbs with efficient, compact fluorescent bulbs. The utility’s program is modeled after a program now under way at Northeast Utilities in southern New… Read More