Regional crowns will be on the line Saturday and Monday as schoolgirl field hockey teams battle in Eastern and Western Maine championship games. In Class A action Saturday, Gardiner will travel to Skowhegan High School to play for the Eastern Maine title. The No. 2… Read More
    On a ridge overlooking an alder swamp, Hank Lyons sat with his back against an outcropping of ledge and watched the dawn drizzling through the naked hardwoods. As he shifted the lever-action .30-30 from the crook of his arm to his lap, Hank noticed the gunmetal showing through… Read More
    Put yourself in University of Delaware football coach Tubby Raymond’s place. First you watch one video tape of the University of Maine football team which shows the Black Bears pushing New Hampshire all over the field for three quarters while taking a 20-10 lead, the… Read More
    It’s November. Basketball is back. So let’s lace up the high tops and mentally shoot around a little to celebrate the start of another roundball season…. Let the record show this was written before the Celtics opened with Charlotte last night, but I feel about… Read More
    Brewer and Winslow both missed the Pine Tree Conference playoffs a year ago. However, the two teams will be in the thick of the LTC Class B title hunt when they meet in a quarterfinal game Saturday at Winslow. It is one of four postseason… Read More
    High School soccer playoffs Four defending regional champions will look to hold onto their titles and one regional champion from last year will attempt to take somebody else’s title, highlighting Eastern Maine soccer championships on tap around the region Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    Thomas College in Waterville is the site of this year’s Maine Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Invitational Volleyball Tournament which gets under way Saturday at 9 a.m. The championship is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tournament director Lynn Ruddy of Bowdoin College in Brunswick said… Read More
    NAIA Dist. 5 East Championship UM-FARMINGTON vs. THOMAS 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
    MILLINOCKET – Stearns’ ability to play outstanding defense has made up for times when the offense was not performing at its best. The Minutemen proved it again Friday night while shutting out Bucksport 21-0 in their LTC Class C football playoff game at Alumni Field. Read More
    FARMINGTON – Marc Chabot threw two touchdown passes to guide the host Mt. Blue Cougars to a 22-15 schoolboy football victory over Oxford Hills of South Paris here Friday night. For the 7-2 playoff-bound Cougars, Jonah Tyler scored the first points of the game on… Read More
    Former University of Maine All-American defenseman Keith Carney said he’ll have a funny feeling on Sunday when he laces on the skates for the United States Olympic Team against Maine at Portland’s Cumberland County Civic Center (7 p.m.). “It’s going to seem weird wearing a… Read More
    MADISON – Joe Bedard scored one defensive and two offensive touchdowns to help lead Mountain Valley of Rumford past the host Madison Bulldogs by a 48-6 tally in a schoolboy football contest played here Friday night. For the 7-1 Mountain Valley Falcons, Ryan Plante scored… Read More
    A glance at Saturday’s schoolboy football action: Cony of Augusta (4-4) vs. Gardiner (8-0) at Hoch Field, Gardiner, 1:30 p.m.: This will be 112th edition of this fierce rivalry. Cony leads the series 59-42. There have been 10 ties. The Rams are out of the… Read More
    BATES (0-5-1) vs. BOWDOIN (3-3), Whittier Field, Brunswick, 1 p.m…. Bowdoin leads series 53-33-7, but Bates has won last two meetings including 19-14 win last year in Lewiston. This game matches two worst defenses in NESCAC. Bowdoin yields 426 yards and 28 points a game. Bates yields 397… Read More
    LEWISTON – It was simply bizarre. After two periods of Friday night’s hockey game between the University of Maine and Kent State, it was 2-2 and Maine had outshot the Golden Flashes 34-3. It took third-period goals by Chris Imes and Randy Olson, coming on… Read More
    Men’s soccer playoff A year ago, they had to go to a series of penalty kicks before Thomas College outlasted the University of Maine-Farmington for its third straight NAIA District 5 Eastern Division title. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    Jarrod True took it easy on Friday night. Nursing a bruised thigh and anxiously awaiting next week’s first-round playoff game against Gardiner, the Skowhegan High School senior tailback only played one half of Friday night’s Pine Tree Conference regular-season finale against the Bangor Rams. Come… Read More
    In this era of discontent with elected officials on all levels, I feel compelled to point out a refreshing exception to the apathetic, self-serving attitude many of our legislators have adopted. Our company (Merle Lloyd and Sons) has been involved with the Maine State Department… Read More
    As a young person in the state of Maine, I am extremely concerned about Question 1 on this fall’s statewide ballot. I have reviewed Question 1 (all seven pages of it) and have determined that it is not about widening the Turnpike, it’s about crippling Maine’s transportation policy. Read More
    With the November election just around the corner, it is still a tossup as for which candidate to vote for. The choices are definitely not of the type that would make for an elating occasion. As I look at the slate, I do not see… Read More
    Who are these turnpike bureaucrats and special interest groups trying to kid with all their expensive and misleading ads? In these tough times they’re asking us to spend $100 million for a fancy widening project on one of Maine’s safest roads. A “yes” vote for… Read More
    While filling out the county referendum form, and after reading the question itself, I felt compelled to write to the editor. I’m not a letter writer but I must try and alert the people of Washington County what the referendum will do. The county commissioners… Read More
    We are writing today to urge the people of Maine to vote “yes” on Question 1 on Tuesday. Most of us run significant businesses in Maine. We understand the need for a strong economy and a well-maintained transportation network. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    Two questions: (1) Do the yellow lines being painted on our streets indicate the quality our tax dollars are buying? 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
    On behalf of the Fort Fairfield Rotary Club, I wish to thank all who helped support our largest annual fund-raising event, the Rotary Dream Travel Draw. The project climaxed Saturday evening, Oct. 26, with an exciting reception at Keddy’s during which 50 winning tickets were… Read More
    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — A campaign called Operation Clean Sweep, sponsored by Environment Canada and the New Brunswick Department of the Environment, surprised even the lab technicians and experts involved when it was carried out on behalf of farmers in three counties along the international border — Carleton,… Read More
    LEWISTON — Living Well with Diabetes, a conference for diabetics, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at the Central Maine Medical Center Conference and Education Center. Exercise tips, meal planning, diabetes management, and foot care will be covered. Lunch will be available… Read More
    HARTLAND — Economic times are increasing the demands on volunteer food cupboards across the state. From Nov. 22 to Dec. 1, many food cupboards will participate in the Maine: Ending Hunger Now Campaign, a fund-raising drive, under the auspices of the Camden-based Hand to Hand Inc. Among them… Read More
    SMYRNA — Claims by former Smyrna selectman John Kingman that members of the current Board of Selectmen are trying to take over the town for their own purposes were rebutted Friday by the board’s chairman. Perry Lilley said that Kingman’s claims were unfounded, and that… Read More
    VAN BUREN — On Nov. 5, SAD 24 voters in Van Buren, Hamlin and Cyr Plantation will reconsider a heating system conversion project they rejected by a margin of nearly 2 to 1 earlier this year. Directors called for the referendum hoping to reverse the… Read More
    MADAWASKA — John J. Vollmann of Madawaska has completed studies leading to a doctorate at Walden University. Vollmann was notified that his dissertation, “Resistance to Depersonalization in Prison: An International Comparison,” was approved. The dissertation presented information on prison systems in Bermuda, Canada and New… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — After three years of assisting local businesses in an effort to stimulate the northern Maine economy, officials of the Maine Research and Productivity Center began shutting down operations Friday after funds ran out. It remained unclear whether the center, which receives its… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Van Buren voters will decide if their town will participate in Loring Air Force Base reuse efforts at a special town meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the Van Buren District Secondary School cafeteria. Van Buren was identified as one… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Northern Maine Solid Waste Management Committee has voted to endorse a referendum question asking voters to support a $10,000 bond to purchase capital equipment and facilities for recycling and to close landfills. The recycling facilities and equipment will reduce the amount of… Read More
    MACHIAS — It may have felt more like winter, but for a few moments Thursday morning, at least one Machias woman was imagining springtime in Paris. Kathy Crossman, branch manager of Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Co. in Machias, was selected by Rotary Clubs of… Read More
    OAKFIELD — “There is nothing magic. It’s just a matter of getting people to help themselves.” That was how Kerry I. Perry, a budget counselor for Credit Counseling Centers, described the process of helping people who find themselves facing financial difficulties. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    The Abnaki Girl Scout Council has named three administrators in the Downeast area. Administrators and their areas are: Barbara Johnson, of Bucks Harbor, Machias, Marsfield, East Machias, Machiasport and Bucks Harbor; Paul Checker of Milbridge; and Brenda Fickett of Cherryfield will serve the Blue Lobster… Read More
    CALAIS — Toby Stover of Troop 132 was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a Court of Honor Ceremony held last week at the Senior Citizen Hall. The chairman of the Court of Honor was William Winward of Portland, Stover’s great uncle. Winward is… Read More
    MACHIAS — Students and faculty in the recreation management program at the University of Maine at Machias have returned from Baltimore where they attended the 1991 National Recreation and Park Association Congress. The planning for the trip began more than a year ago with a… Read More
    MACHIAS — While residents in Washington County may doubt the effect their votes will have on the nine, statewide referendum questions Tuesday, their vote on the sole countywide question will determine how their county treasurer is chosen. The question, as it will appear on the… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Eight “temporary” task forces have been organized by the Greenville Economic Development Committee, to look into a variety of areas to help the local economy. Recommendations from these short-term task forces will be presented to the Greenville Economic Development Committee by the last… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Five Pittsfield residents are running unopposed for three council seats and two positions on the School Administrative District 53 board of directors in the Nov. 5 election. Robert K. Downs, the current mayor, is running unopposed for the District 1 seat, and Dale… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Budget Advisory Committee on Thursday recommended the elimination of the Emergency Management Agency from the 1991-92 county budget. The committee recommended that someone already employed in the county complex be assigned the duties of the EMA director. The proposed county… Read More
    CAMDEN — David Dodson, singer, songwriter and guitarist, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, at the Camden Congregational Church. Dodson’s concert has become a traditional fall event. This year, his seventh concert in Camden will feature the debut of his new album, “Goldenrod.”… Read More
    BELFAST — The Waldo County Commissioners filed a formal protest Friday against the proposed closing of the Superior Court. The commissioners expressed their concerns in a letter addressed to Gov. John R. McKernan and Administrator of State Courts Dana Baggett. The letter was in response… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Painting on canvas and paper is the core of an exhibition of more than 50 works of art by William Zorach and his wife, Marguerite Thompson Zorach, that will be on view at the Farnsworth Art Museum from Nov. 3, 1991, through January 5, 1992. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Ignoring the state’s request for incarceration, a Hancock County Superior Court judge suspended an 18-month prison sentence Thursday in the case of an Ellsworth woman convicted in a $10,000 check fraud case. Michelle Linscott, 30, pleaded guilty on Oct. 7 to a charge… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Dr. Edward B. Gilmore, of Bar Harbor, was honored recently with the Maine Chapter of the American College of Physicians Laureate Award. The Laureate Award honors those fellows of the American College of Physicians in Maine “who have shown through their daily… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Pulling together to solve local problems should mean a return to the small-town values of cooperation and reconciliation, participants at a Mount Desert Island conference were told Friday morning. Speaking to about 75 Mount Desert Island residents who gathered for a one-day… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Dr. Mark O. Brown will join the practice of Medical Associates, P.A., and the staff of Mount Desert Island Hospital on Nov. 4 specializing in internal medicine. Dr. Brown is a graduate of Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his… Read More
    DEER ISLE — The monthly newsletter of The Downeast Computer Society, “Shades of Blue,” was a winner in the prestigious 1991 BIX User Group Newsletter Contest. The newsletter won second place for best publication in the under-12-page category, competing with 68 user group newsletters from… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A six-week course using Symantic’s computer software called “Q & A” will be held at 6 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, beginning Nov. 4, at the Boggy Brook Vocational Center. Students will have opportunity to become familiar with the computer terminology, learn how to design a data… Read More
    The Abnaki Girl Scout Council has named four administrators in the Hancock County area. Service unit managers and their areas are: Diane Harmon, Brooksville; Jackie Cobb, Deer Isle-Stonington; Sandra Drinkwater, Gouldsboro-Winter Harbor; and Sandra Snow, Surry. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — Maine State Police officers assigned to Troop J in East Machias answered the following complaints in Washington and Hancock counties Oct. 11-26: Trooper Christopher Coleman was called, Oct. 11, to investigate the shooting of a domestic dog on the Kingman Road in… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Challenged to find an immediate solution to some specific problems on Mount Desert Island, business and environmental leaders agreed on Friday to work together to form an island-wide advisory support group for new and expanding businesses. Like other participants at the all-day… Read More
    A Milford woman contends in a lawsuit that Maine Central Railroad Co. has ordered her to stop using a road — purportedly the only way in to her home — that crosses its track. A judge Friday tentatively ordered the railroad to allow Debra E. Read More
    The driver of a car that smashed into the side of moving train Thursday night on Route 15 in Orrington received only minor injuries and was treated at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor and later released. William Robichaud, 35, of Bucksport, was passing a car… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Members of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee were told Friday to set priorities, eliminate educational mandates and offer rewards for cost-saving ideas during a hearing attended by hundreds of people. Held at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, it was the first… Read More
    Every year at this time, like clockwork, one of those weird Revenge-Of-The-Animals grabbers comes across the Associated Press newswire. A year ago, the story out of Caldwell, Texas, told about how a 160-pound deer with 8-point antlers had gored and trampled a man walking along… Read More
    ORONO — Women who pump iron build self-esteem as well as muscles, according to Richard Ryckman, professor of psychology at the University of Maine, and colleague Bill Thornton at the University of Southern Maine, who published a study. The idea that meek and weak are… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The troubled economy and an expected low voter turnout could dim the prospects of passage for seven bond issues in Tuesday’s statewide ballot, say officials who are hoping voters prove them wrong. “I think the majority of them will be defeated, because of… Read More
    Exactly when the Maine prison system will burst open with violence is impossible to say, but, if the current rate of overcrowding continues, it surely will — and soon. As today’s Page One story by Senior Writer Steve Kloehn describes, the state’s prisons hold hundreds… Read More
    Maine’s debt stands at $400 million from bond issues, and this is either good or bad news depending on where one stands. As voters decide bond-issue requests in Tuesday’s election, a couple of numbers could give a clearer picture of where the state stands in its long-term debts. Read More
    We were disappointed by your recent editorial advising voters to vote against Referendum Question 6, a $10 million bond issue for the purchase of recycling equipment and facilities and for the remediation and closure of solid waste landfills. Maine continues to face serious challenges in… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Instead of filling up, Ed Trembly plugs in to juice up his mini-compact car, one of several cleaner-running alternative fuel-powered vehicles exhibited Wednesday at the State House. While the dozen 12-volt batteries in Trembly’s car give it a maximum range of about 80… Read More
    A seminar for owners, managers and bookkeepers of small businesses will be held from 8:30 a.m to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Conference Room of the Penobscot County office of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Court House Annex, 105 Hammond St, Bangor. Read More
    The Bangor-Waterville Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Pilots Grill for students’ night. The speaker will be Professor Martin Bressler, director of the Small Business Institute at Thomas College, on student co-ops and internships. An orientation for new… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Bill Diamond has said that 17,000 licensed Maine commercial drivers of trucks and buses have not completed the commercial driver license recertification test and have only until Dec. 31 to comply. Those who do not complete the recertification will be… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Alan Ehrenhalt, the executive editor of Governing, a Washington-based magazine that analyzes American political trends, recently made these observations in a book titled, “The United States of Ambition: Politicians, Power and the Pursuit of Office.” “There is a revolution underway in American political… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Merchants Association will hold a seminar on the Americans with Disabilities Act and small business from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Augusta Civic Center. Registration is at 8 a.m. The fee is $35 for MMA members and $50 for non-members. Read More
    SOUTH WINDHAM — With the help of blind luck and a handball wall, Maine Correctional Center inmates Robert Chestnut and Donald Crochere hacked their way through a heavy chain-link fence and scrambled to freedom on Sept. 14. Their escape benefited from a series of coincidences,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Roger L. Smith, 22, who was convicted in September of torturing and killing Larry Richardson, his Maine State Prison cellmate, was sentenced to 70 years in prison Friday. In handing down Smith’s sentence in Knox County Superior Court, an emotional Justice Margaret Kravchuk… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Secondary School Principals Association has named Heidi Shott of Alna assistant executive director. She will plan conferences, edit three monthly newsletters, lobby the Legislature, and conduct public and media relations. Shott also will be executive director of the Maine Elementary Principals… Read More
    A final ruling on the amount of benzene to which workers may be exposed on vessels carrying the chemical has been announced by the U.S. Coast Guard to becoming effective Jan. 15. Benzene vapors may cause leukemia or other blood disorders. The new ruling places… Read More
    Maine’s latest budget crisis is like an obnoxious house guest that nobody wants to entertain. We’ve seen this rude character before and told him to get out and stay out. But every couple of months he shows up again at our door, begging to stay… Read More
    ORONO — A pamphlet listing 308 speakers and experts covering more than 855 topics from agriculture to zoology will be published by the University of Maine. The names listed are those of people associated with the university. The pamphlet is free by calling 581-3743 or writing to Speakers… Read More
    When the needs of Alzheimer’s patients are met, “they’re absolutely delightful people,” said gerontologist Rita Gugel. “When they’re not, they’re not so delightful.” Gugel, in Bangor Friday for a conference on Alzheimer’s disease sponsored by Hillhaven Foundation, was making the point that these patients have… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Restaurant Association elected the following people to one-year terms on the board of directors: Richard Giles, Jordan’s Foods, Portland; Charlie Keegan Jr., Muddy Rudder, Yarmouth; Bill Matthews, Gorham Connection, Gorham; David Palmer, Palmer Foods, Waterville; Allen Ryan, NorthCenter Foodservice, Augusta; Rick Smith, Carl Smith… Read More