The wrong players were listed as scoring goals in a schoolboy soccer story in Saturday’s NEWS. Scoring for Jonesport-Beals were Toby Crowley and Craig Crowley. Ryan Crowley scored the game-winner. Read More
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – If there has been a missing ingredient for Rutgers this season, it’s been the big play. The Scarlet Knights finally found it Saturday against Maine, and it could not have come at a better time. In fact, the big play came twice,… Read More
AT BURLINGTON, Vt. North Atlantic Conference Women’s Tennis Championships Boston University 34, Hartford 17, Vermont 13, Drexel 11, Delaware 10, Maine 3 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
HERMON – Practice provided perfection for 15-year-old Tony Fernandez of Bangor, who rolled a 300 game at the Heritage Bowling Center here Saturday morning. Fernandez, who logs lots of practice time at the 10-pin facility, rolled off 12 consecutive strikes for the perfect game, which… Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – Pole-sitter Ricky Craven won his first Busch Grand National race Sunday and in the process ended the lock Winston Cup star Harry Gant has had on the series of late. Craven, driving a Chevrolet, took the lead from defending Grand National points… Read More
AT OLD TOWN High School, 3K TAC Preliminary Cross Country Meet Ages 8-under girls: Emily Capehart, Bangor 16:25 (COURSE RECORD) 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
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BRUNSWICK – Before there was Michigan vs. Ohio State, before there was Texas vs. Texas A&M, before there was Maine vs. New Hampshire there was Bowdoin vs. Amherst, who first knocked shoulders on the football field in 1890. Factor in 101 years of tradition, which… Read More
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Indiana (Pa.) University and Skidmore Col NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Indiana (Pa.) University and Skidmore College tied for the lead Sunday after one round of the ECAC Golf Championship at the par-70 Yale Country Club here. Indiana and Skidmore each posted… Read More
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Freshman striker Jesse Cormier’s third goal of the season, coming 2 minutes, 3 seconds into the second half, turned out to be the game’s only goal as the University of Vermont picked up an important 1-0 North Atlantic Conference win over Maine here Saturday. Read More
WATERVILLE – Cassie Graves scored 2 goals to power Thomas College past Castleton State of Vermont 4-1 on Sunday in women’s college soccer action. Graves scored unassisted and on an assist form Sherri Sawyer. Becky Hapgood scored unassisted and assisted Krista Thompson on a goal… Read More
DEXTER – The silence sliced through the Dexter football team’s locker room at halftime. The Tigers had been fired up, but Stearns of Millinocket had dominated the first 24 minutes and built a 14-3 lead. The Dexter players realized they had been so determined to… Read More
Results of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 1988-89 study on women in intercollegiate athletics has finally been published, with a summary of the report appearing in a recent issue of NCAA News. It should come as no surprise that the conclusions of the report do… Read More
ORONO – Leslie Ambinder, Chris LaPointe, and Susie Maxwell each picked up goals to give Boston University a 3-0 women’s field hockey win over the University of Maine here Saturday. Ambinder scored on an assist from Terri Simonetti, LaPointe on a pass from Meredith Jennings,… Read More
VASSALBORO – Saturday’s state high school team golf championship at Natanis Golf Course here was postponed by wet grounds. The tournament was rescheduled for Tuesday at the same site. The 24 teams in three classes will start with a 10 a.m. shotgun start. Read More
AT ORONO Aspirations 10K Results 1. Chuck Morris, 32:18; 2. Michael Gaige, 32:59; 3. Dan Dearing, 33:00; 4. Glendon Rand, 33:08; 5. Giles Norton, 33:58; 6. James Newett, 34:37; 7. Andy Beardsley, 35:06; 8. Mike Michaud, 35:15; 9. Michael Sargent, 35:35; 10. Scott Butterfield, 36:21;… Read More
GREENVILLE – State game officials said Sunday that 94 percent of this fall’s moose hunters ended up tagging trophies, the largest of which weighed more than a half ton and carried nearly a 5-foot rack. “There’s no scarcity of moose,” spokesman Paul Fournier of the… Read More
CARIBOU – Justis Murchinson scored unassisted at 2:09 of the second overtime to give Caribou a 1-0 schoolboy soccer win over the Nokomis Warriors of Newport. For the 5-6-2 Vikings, Jason Belanger saved 7 of 9 shots. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
HAMPDEN – Linda Roberts’ goal off a Jen Craig assist with 1:55 left in overtime lifted Hampden Academy to a dramatic 1-0 win over Presque Isle in schoolgirl soccer action here Saturday. Hampden (6-3-1) got a 21-save performance from goalie Becky Huson, who faced 29… Read More
HAMPDEN – Keith Polo scored 3 goals to give Hampden a 4-0 schoolboy soccer win over Presque Isle here Saturday. Polo had 2 unassisted goals and scored on an assist from Darin Jellison. Josh Hample scored on an assist from Polo for 2-9 Hampden. Scott… Read More
The Old Town Indians, hot on the heels of LTC Class B favorite Orono High School, kept pace with the Red Riots on Saturday, posting an important 16-12 victory over Foxcroft Academy to highlight schoolboy football action around the region. With the victory, the Indians… Read More
The University of Southern Maine field hockey team split two games over the weekend, beating the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth 3-0 in Dartmouth, Mass., Saturday, and losing 1-0 to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in Lowell, Mass., Sunday. On Sunday, the lone goal was scored by UMass.-Lowell’s… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — For members of the Washington Academy Alumni Association, the work that began recently on the 111-year-old Albee-Richardson Building is a dream come true. The building, which is located near the base of Academy Hill, has been a part of the school since… Read More
Norma Harris (Readers Write, Aug. 29) wrote that it is the high cost of Workers’ Compensation in Maine that causes Maine-based contractors to be underbid for jobs. This is absolutely wrong. All contractors, if they are doing work in Maine, regardless of where they are based, pay Maine’s… Read More
A recent story details complaints by Down East Magazine Editor Davis Thomas about proposed state visitor information contract requirements. It’s the latest attempt by Down East to disrupt Maine’s economical, efficient visitor information system. Thomas complains the contractor would be reuqired to distribute at its… Read More
About Question 1 on the November ballot — when do the people of Maine need a new English vocabulary to learn that “no” means “yes,” and that “yes” means “no”? I am 69 and all it means to me is someone is hiding a lot from the people… Read More
I would like to thank the nurses on the third floor of Eastern Maine Medical Center, the tumor clinic, Dr. Openshaw and, most of all, Carla Bommorito, for all the help and support they gave to my husband in the last nine months. Mrs. Muriel Besse and family… Read More
As co-chairman of the Committee on Child Sex Abuse and on behalf of the non-governmental members of that committee, I am compelled to respond to recent criticism of the professional staff of the Department of Human Services after the tragic rape of a 6-month-old girl in Portland. Read More
In response to Allen Nielson’s letter headlined, “Old Glory is never dipped” (Readers Write, Oct. 8), it is unfortunate his letter and statement completely missed the intent of the VFW post inauguration at Pleasant Point. He missed the point so badly that he found it appropriate to be… Read More
Pity our poor legislators in Congress. We should probably give them a raise. Oh, I forgot. They can do that for themselves. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
I agree with Mark Brodsky (Readers Write, Oct. 1), concerning weatherman “Too Tall Tom” Szymanski. If he doesn’t like the weather here, why doesn’t he find a place more to his liking? All he does is complain while giving the weather. He isn’t happy unless… Read More
PATTEN — Ten communities in the southern Aroostook-northern Penobscot County area have formed an interlocal group to deal with the region’s future solid-waste disposal problems. Patten Town Manager Paul Beattie said the effort began in July when town officials there met with a Department of… Read More
CARIBOU — The Maine Association of Broadcasters presented WCXU-WCXX radio stations an award for radio news and public affairs programming at a recent state convention. A plaque was presented to Dennis Curley, radio station president, for the documentary program titled “A White Paper — The… Read More
ALLAGASH — “We love our new house,” said Robert McBreairty Sr. Friday, as he sat on the couch in the living room of his home. The house has a view of the St. John River. McBreairty and his wife of 52 years, Mary, lost their… Read More
HOULTON — Combination maps and brochures of the southern Aroostook County area, Patten and Danforth are available for free at the Houlton Chamber of Commerce. The publication features detailed maps of streets and snowmobile trails, a list of special events and attractions in the region, tourist information and… Read More
ALLAGASH — By all accounts, rebuilding Allagash in the wake of the worst flooding and ice damage in more than a century is well under way. Allagash First Selectman Roy Gardner Sr. said some of the people whose homes were destroyed or damaged in the… Read More
VAN BUREN Early Sunday morning, a 19-year-old Caribou man turned himself in to police who were looking for him relative to two traffic violations. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
MACHIAS — “Walk Away from Violence,” a 6-kilometer walkathon, will be held beginning with registration at noon Saturday, Oct. 26, at Bad Little Falls Park. Sponsor sheets may be obtained from Bar Harbor Bank, Coffin’s True Value Store, Fleet Bank, Gay’s Shop ‘n Save supermarket,… Read More
CALAIS — The Calais City Council will take no further action on the sale of city-owned property along the St. Croix River until the legality of the sale has been examined by City Solicitor Francis Brown. The issue of whether the city should sell Mike… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — The Cherryfield Taxpayers Association will meet for the fourth time at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at the Weald Bethel Wilderness Center. William Conway, Wayne Grant and Phil Harriman of the group’s planning committee reported new town tax information and activities of the… Read More
JONESPORT — “Novels to Notice,” an advanced reading program for students at Jonesport-Beals High School, has been approved by the Moosabec Community School District School Committee. The new advanced reading program, according to high school English teachers Colleen Haskell and Phyllis Merritt, will offer one… Read More
CALAIS — WalkAmerica, a walkathon to benefit the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. Representatives of the March of Dimes hope the event will be the most successful walking fund-raiser… Read More
MILO — The city of Washington may never be the same after May 3, 1992. That is the day 47 students from Penquis Valley High School will arrive for the Close-Up Foundation weeklong governmental studies program. Russell Carey, a faculty member at the Milo school,… Read More
Faced with a changing economy and competitive job market, six area high school guidance counselors have coordinated a unique local college fair day to make students more aware of opportunities. More than 30 representatives from Maine colleges, technical schools, business schools, the armed services, the… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A group of 11 swimmers representing Maine YMCAs will travel to the Soviet Union to compete in an international meet. Andrea Barr, daughter of William and Janet Frost, an eighth-grader at the Millinocket Middle School, and Kelly McKenney, son of Katy Warren, a… Read More
BROWNVILLE JUNCTION — Gerald Wagg, Brownville town manager, has announced that an open house will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Brownville Waste Water Facility. Wagg said the $5.5 million facility for Brownville Junction had been operating for… Read More
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s Upward Bound Project recently received a $31,500 award to supplement the math, science and tutoring programs provided to 55 high school students in western Maine. Upward Bound is a federally funded program that provides low-income youth with… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Although provided with some comic relief by such topics as techniques for getting sea gulls out of swimming pools, animal control officers at a workshop in Pittsfield Saturday, spent most of the day learning about the serious business of animal welfare and control.. Read More
PALMYRA — Alton “Chuck” Cianchette, a Democrat, has announced his candidacy for state Senate District 9 in 1992. Cianchette, who is the chief executive officer of Cianbro Corp., was a legislator from 1973 to 1977. He hopes to fill the seat of Sen. Jerome A. Read More
BELFAST — SAD 34 has invited all district residents to a groundbreaking ceremony for the new middle school. Ceremonies will be held at noon Friday, Oct. 19, at the Townsend Farm site on Route 52. The featured speaker will be Dr. Richard Barringer, formerly of… Read More
BELFAST — Officials in School Administrative District 34, like those in other districts with budget problems, are looking for ways to better communicate with their constituents. After the district’s voters rejected a $10.2 million budget last June, better communications became a high priority for school officials. Read More
ROCKLAND — Imagine the pile that 392 tons of trash would make. That is what Rockland’s recycling residents have saved in the month of September alone, compared to last September. City Manager Cathy Sleeper reported that September totals deposited at the city dump were 432… Read More
VINALHAVEN — Members of the Maine State Ferry Service Advisory Board, in conjunction with members of the Inter-Island League, have urged voters to support passage of the Transportation Bond #8 on Nov. 5. The bond includes $2 million as the state’s share for construction of a second new… Read More
ROCKLAND The following cases were disposed of Wednesday in 6th District 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++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
JONESPORT — A base salary of $17,400 has been offered to teachers in Moosabec Community School District and School Union 103. The Joint School Committee made the offer Thursday night, after holding an executive session to discuss teacher contract negotiations with the Moose-A-Bec Teachers Association. Read More
CALAIS — Gov. John R. McKernan and Judith Vigue have announced that John Holmquist, a student at Washington County Technical College, is the recipient of one of the three Peter A. McKernan scholarships. Holmquist recently received his scholarship at a ceremony at the Blaine House. Read More
STOCKTON SPRINGS — At the Penobscot Valley Council of Government’s eighth annual dinner Saturday night, Earle C. Brooks, a former Stockton Springs selectman, received the Robert C. Covell Award. This occasion was only the third time in seven years that the award has been given by PVCOG. Read More
SWANS ISLAND — The State Bureau of Public Improvements will decide whether any stones recently placed as artwork next to the local school’s playground present a safety hazard. Peter Simmons, director of the Percent for Art Program and senior arts associate with the Maine Arts… Read More
The Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center has scheduled a second will party from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Airport Hilton. The cost of having a simple will prepared often is prohibitive, from $100 to $300 for the simplest document. The center… Read More
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ORONO — As the federal government continues to pass the buck to the states — and the states hastily hand it down to municipalities — local officials sometimes find themselves at odds about how to handle their new responsibilities. Enter the Maine Municipal Association and… Read More
It has become apparent to this casual observer from out of town that Bangor is losing track of time. Steeped in things historic, parts of the city continue to age gracefully in these later years of the 20th century. The old places that escaped two… Read More
Donald Holyoke’s first trip to Lilli’s Cafe and Pub was a painful one. Holyoke, 40, of East Eddington, suffered a bloody gash to the left side of his head Saturday night during an apparent popcorn fight in which he did not want to take part. Read More
ORONO — It took 30 members of the National Organization for Women about three seconds to convey their feelings about Clarence Thomas’ nomination to the Supreme Court: “Ahhhhhhhh!!” Meeting during the Maine Conference held Saturday at the University of Maine, the NOW members were reviewing… Read More
AUGUSTA — Health-care costs are a Catch-22. The Bureau of Medical Services would like to keep Medicaid costs down and stay within its budget. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
AUGUSTA — Kathy Wentworth was skeptical when she learned that she could go to college by watching television, and without having to leave the island where she lives 16 miles off Maine’s coast. “It was like, `Oh right,’ because when you think of TV, you… Read More
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AUGUSTA — After Rep. Harry Vose of Eastport lost his bid for a Senate seat in a 1988 election, he found another way to re-enter the State House — through the “revolving door” that transforms legislators into lobbyists. In 1989, the year after he left… Read More
When former Senate President Gerard Conley first ran for the Maine House in 1965, he spent only a few hundred dollars on his campaign. A generation later in 1984, Conley’s son, Gerard Jr., broke a state record, doling out some $20,000 in an unsuccessful primary bid for a… Read More
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second part in a series on Maine’s changing Legislature. Since his election to the Legislature in 1974, Senate President Charles Pray, D-Millinocket, has been an ardent supporter of chiropractors. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Government calendar for the week of Oct. 14: The Commission on Governmental Restructuring, Committee on Physical Resources will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, Mathieu Auditorium, Schoodic Hall, Eastern Maine Technical College, Hogan Road, Bangor. The committee will review, among other things, a proposal… Read More
GRAY — Highway engineers are taking another look at native timber to repair steel and concrete bridges across the countryside, saying it’s cheaper and may do a better job. “We’re using a renewable resource to make bridges, instead of mining ore to make steel and… Read More
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — The region’s third largest supermarket chain is laying off 320 workers. At least 249 full-time workers in 24 Shaw’s supermarkets in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will lose their jobs effective Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
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AUGUSTA — The proposed sale of the former Great Northern Paper Co. shows Maine’s paper industry is unstable and could increasingly reshape the state’s forests, a wilderness preservation advocate says. The $300 million sale to Bowater Inc. proves the state needs strategies to protect northern… Read More
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers hope several measures being developed for review during the next legislative session will more closely regulate lobbying. The lobbying measure, expected to be sponsored by Rep. Ruth Joseph, would extend regulations on lobbying the Legislature to include similar efforts to influence the… Read More
In the early 1950s, a small international committee was set up to analyze the first of the Dead Sea Scrolls found a few years earlier in a cave in what was then Jordan and is now the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The communities of Christianity and Rabinnic Judaism eagerly… Read More
MILLINOCKET — A man in his 70s died in Baxter State Park after he slipped and fell while hiking, the park director said Sunday. The man’s identity was unavailable because park officials who handled the accident Saturday were unreachable by phone, said Irwin Caverly, park… Read More
ORONO — Kenneth L. Ozmon, president of St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, will return to his alma mater, the University of Maine, during Canada week to speak on “Challenges in Canadian Higher Education: Lessons for the United States.” Ozmon is chairman and a member… Read More
For Peter G. Higgins, the real fun of business ownership is testing his technical skills, managerial ability and gut feeling against the competition. “It takes a lot of judgment, all the time, to decide how to balance wage increases, investments in new equipment, and price… Read More
It’s no secret interest rates are way down. They now approach the business cycle lows last seen in August 1986. In fact, rates are so low they cause me to speculate that the bottoming out process is underway and that risks are increasing so that… Read More
WISCASSET — A former principal accused of stealing money from his school has pleaded guilty to a felony charge and is awaiting sentencing. George A. Cross, who headed the Jefferson Village School, entered his guilty plea to a Class B offense Friday in Wiscasset District… Read More
AUGUSTA — Some lawmakers think a legislative committee that spends more than $240,000 a year trying to streamline government should be eliminated. The Legislature’s Audit and Program Review Committee has recommended eliminating one agency — an obscure advisory panel — in the last four years. Read More
Northeast COMBAT, in conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is issuing a warning. DeLonghi is providing free replacement control panels for oil-filled radiator type electric heaters manufactured by DeLonghi S.P.A. from 1980 through 1988. DeLonghi is taking action to correct what the CPSC considers to be… Read More
AUGUSTA — After only three months completed of the 24-month state budget, lawmakers are looking at budget problems totaling more than $250 million, and there are no indications that revenue will exceed budget estimates to pay the bill. “We are facing revenues less than projected,… Read More
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HANCOCK — As long as he can see a Celtics game, Jeremy Kane thinks six weeks in Boston may not be a bad idea. Of course a Red Sox game would be even better. It was Jeremy’s decision to leave family, friends and school behind… Read More
FARMINGTON — At 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Cascade Brook School, Farmington, the state Board of Education will attend a meeting with school officials from SAD 58, SAD 9, SAD 36, Union 37, and the Jay School Department, on issues facing those having roles in policy making. Read More
AUGUSTA — With national studies indicating many absent parents are ignoring child support obligations, state officials are gearing up to use a new tool in the effort to get deadbeat parents to pay up. “We hope to have a new method on line in a… Read More
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CONCORD, N.H. — The $6.1 million jackpot will go unclaimed in the Tri-State Megabucks game for New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. No one picked all six winning numbers, and the prize will be carried over to Wednesday’s drawing, which is expected to total $6.7 million,… Read More
United Nations inspectors have been in the international spotlight as they rummage through the nuclear files of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein in an attempt to determine how close he was to assembling a working atomic weapon. It is necessary work. There is, however, a more immediate… Read More
LEWISTON — Consulting Engineers of Maine will choose an engineering student to represent Maine in the American Consulting Engineers Council Scholarship Competition. Juniors, seniors or fifth-year students may apply and must be enrolled in a college or university engineering degree program accredited by the Accreditation… Read More
The U.S. Air Force ROTC is accepting applications for three- and four-year college scholarships paying full or partial tuition. An Air Force ROTC scholarship pays incidental and laboratory fees, provides textbook allowance, and a $100 monthly allowance. Scholarships are designed for high school seniors or… Read More