He was affectionately known as Badger Bob. Pittsburgh Penguins Coach Bob Johnson was an innovative pioneer. 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… Read More
Feathers ‘n Fins After putting it off for a month or more, Hank Lyons got around to rigging his sculling boat. As he wove bunches of grass and brush into strips of chicken wire attached to the narrow, low-profile boat, he now and then stepped… Read More
They are rebuilding their hockey program after dropping it and becoming a club team for the 1983-84 season. They will join the Central Collegiate Hockey Association next season. They had previously been in both the CCHA and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The University of… Read More
BOSTON – Boston rookie goalie Matt DelGuidice has been assigned to Team USA after compiling a 1-3-1 record in seven games as Andy Moog’s backup with the Bruins. The U.S. hockey team that will play at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, in February will… Read More
ORONO – Northeastern University Coach Ben Smith called it “the kind of goal you see on highlight films.” He was referring to a third-period goal by University of Maine senior left winger Scott Pellerin that beat his Huskies 4-3 in Wednesday night’s hockey game at… Read More
Railbird WINTHROP – State budget cuts and department underfunding has a real potential to wreck the 1992 harness racing schedule. 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
After facing No. 1-ranked Tennessee last Sunday, the University of Maine Black Bears won’t be taking much of a step down when they host the Downeast Classic at the Bangor Auditorium Friday night and Saturday. The Bears, who lost to the Vols 86-71, will take… Read More
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick – Darin Hill scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to pace Washington County Technical College of Calais to an 89-80 victory over host New Brunswick Community College here in men’s basketball action Tuesday. For the 2-1 Washington County Tech Wolverines,… Read More
Div. I New England Coaches Poll Women’s Basketball (First-place votes in parenthesis) Team, Record Points 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()) {… Read More
It was with a great deal of sadness, though not surprise, that I read John Day’s article concerning the 10-year coming of the financial disaster that our state finds itself in. It was especially poignant as we have close contact with a family, one of whose members is… Read More
EASTPORT — After a fall with little to celebrate, the Port of Eastport is now enjoying some holiday cheer, with four ships getting loaded within the next week. Since Saturday, there has been one ship at the downtown dock with two more at anchor, waiting… Read More
Sometime within the next few weeks, the first serious winter storm will cast a soft ermine blanket over Maine. The snow will possibly fulfill visions of a white Christmas, a desire of many people who live year-round in the Pine Tree State. Thoughts will turn… Read More
BUCKSPORT — There are four gateways to lower Hancock County. The first, well-known to central Maine residents and many tourists passing through Bangor while en route to the coast, lies along Route 1A in the Dedham Hills. Somewhere between the Dedham School and Hurds Corner… Read More
Whether planning to shop for Christmas presents, unlimber those cross-country skis for the first time this season, or just enjoy outstanding natural scenery away from the maddening (summer) crowds, Maine residents should consider visiting Mount Desert Island and the Schoodic Peninsula this holiday season. Ed… Read More
On the cool Monday morning of Nov. 18, our hearts were warmed by the generosity and kindness of some very special mothers of the Eddington school children. We arrived at school to be greeted with corsages and delicious goodies and. most importantly, hugs and thank… Read More
Your Nov. 15 guest columnist, Lawrence R. Ricci, M.D., from his own experience as medical director of the Diagnostic Program for Child Abuse, related gruesome details of child abuse encountered in the course of his work. It seems to me, now that the consciousness of… Read More
George Stevens Academy Twelve students at George Stevens were inducted recently into the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society. 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
MILO — The gymnasium of the Milo Elementary School soon will have a sound system, thanks to the efforts of the Milo Parent Teacher Organization over the past two years. People had expressed their displeasure with the lack of amplification equipment in the gymnasium whenever… Read More
The Thornton W. Burgess Society of Sandwich, Mass. has donated seven books to the Bangor Christian Schools Library. The donation was one of 30 this year by the society to schools and libraries across the country. Burgess was a children’s author and naturalist who wrote more than 170… Read More
After a hearing characterized by bitter verbal exchanges, the Brewer Board of Assessment Review on Wednesday chopped $15,000 of the value of an apartment house at 43 Maple St. The reduction means that house owners Kenneth and Marjorie Nielson of Connecticut will have to pay… Read More
The Advisory Council on the Telecommunications Relay Services will hold an eastern and northern Maine public hearing on the Maine Relay Service from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Kowinski Auditorium, Husson College, Bangor. For information call William H. Nye, chairman of the advisory council, at… Read More
ORONO — Skylights of December will be held at 7 p.m. each Friday, and at 2 p.m. on Saturdays, Dec. 6-21, at the University of Maine Planetarium. The planetarium explains changing weather, simulates stars and planets and creates colorful light displays such as halos and auroras. Admission is… Read More
Fingerprinting kids to help identify children will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29; from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 1, 8, 15 and 22, Mondays, Dec. 2, 9, 16 and 23, Thursdays, Dec. 5 and 12, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 21… Read More
HOULTON — If public sentiment is any indication, the potato harvest recess in SAD 29 will probably remain as it is for at least another year. Between 80 and 100 people attended a special meeting this week, when the school board heard comments concerning the… Read More
CARIBOU — Caribou councilors were informed Monday that the city’s Board of Assessors planned to charge Maine Public Service more than $100,000 in supplemental taxes on the company’s dam across the Aroostook River. City Manager Richard C. Mattila said the decision was announced earlier Monday… Read More
LIMESTONE — A local group is petitioning town officials to reconsider three appointments made to the Loring Readjustment Committee. The Concerned Citizens Association plans to collect at least 100 signatures, or more than the 72, or 10 percent of the number of registered voters, needed. Read More
VAN BUREN — A Van Buren Light and Power official said that an accident was the cause of a power outage which plunged the Van Buren Municipal Building into darkness for more than an hour Monday night. Foreman Gerald Cyr said that the outage apparently… Read More
Passengers aboard a Northwest Airlink flight that left Bangor early Wednesday morning had a bit of a scare when the plane had to make an emergency landing with only part of its landing gear in place. The Beech 99 aircraft left Bangor International Airport at… Read More
ROBBINSTON — A Robbinston landlord who got hammered by the Planning Board last week says he’s being painted unfairly as a slumlord by town officials. Magnar Rambjor owns the complex of buildings, consisting of the Viking Store and three mobile homes, which he rents out. Read More
WEST ENFIELD — A fire on Thanksgiving eve left Blaine King’s family of three temporarily homeless. Fire Marshal Jim Ellis who conducted interviews after studying the fire scene, said he “wouldn’t rule anything out.” He asked that the fire scene be secured, and said that… Read More
CALAIS — Is the city-owned land that abuts property owned by Duty Free International unsalable because it is in a restricted zone? That issue became a topic of discussion in the city building this week, after a DFI representative claimed the land his firm wished to purchase was… Read More
STEUBEN — Because of the rapidly increasing cost of transporting trash, voters will decide at a special town meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, if the town should establish a new municipal dump within town limits. A new dump would eliminate the town’s need… Read More
ROBBINSTON — Ken Honey, aquaculture administrator for the Department of Marine Resources, has announced that the DMR has cancelled its public adjudicatory proceeding that was to have been held at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at the Robbinston Elementary School. The meeting was to have… Read More
MACHIAS — Santa Claus will ride through Machias on a horse-drawn wagon in a parade set to begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, in the town’s business district. The parade also will feature floats from area organizations and businesses. Other events scheduled in Machias… Read More
CALAIS — Michael Chadwick, principal of Calais High School, announced this week that Daniel Cook had been selected as the school’s representative in the Shell Century Three Scholarship Program. Cook was selected by a scholarship review committee that based its decision on leadership qualities, participation… Read More
The Maine Adoption Placement Service and Growing Thru Adoption have chosen National Adoption Month to announce their merger. The merger created the state’s largest provider of private, not-for-profit adoption services with three Maine offices. The two agencies have shared common beliefs since their founders and… Read More
PORTLAND — The Muscular Dystrophy Association of Maine is looking for volunteer community chairmen to represent MDA locally. Responsibilities would include coordinating other volunteers working on MDA programs, assisting in the public health education programs, and monitoring local media. The association relies on fund-raising events and volunteers to… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Gerald N. Levasseur Award for the recognition of statewide leadership in adult community education was presented to Robert Crotzer Nov. 3 at the Maine Association for Adult Education Conference in Portland. Crotzer has been the Adult Basic Education Consultant with the Division… Read More
EASTPORT — The Eastport International Society has chosen six Shead High School students to visit Eastport’s sister city of Oigawa, Japan, next summer. The students, all juniors, are Christina Turner, Ronald Chaisson, Gary Ramsdell and Heather Brown of Eastport, and Ivy Newcomb and Jenny Lincoln of Perry. Read More
MILO — Mary Ryan, president of the Piscataquis County Smokers’ Rights of Milo, has announced that the group has voted to provide “A little Christmas cheer to area residents.” Ryan said the group voted to give Christmas cookies and candies to all the residents of the Hibbard Nursing… Read More
MACHIAS — Keeping a promise made Nov. 18, Washington County Commissioners on Tuesday cut another $105,022 from the county’s proposed budget for 1992. At $2,468,021, the revised budget reflects a 4.2-percent reduction from the $2,573,043 package offered to residents at the Nov. 18 public hearing. Read More
GREENVILLE — Greenville residents this week unanimously voted to accept a $100,000 Community Development Block Grant to be used to provide a loan to Eagle Lumber Co., provided the company also can secure bank financing. The town was awarded a block grant to assist in… Read More
EAST DOVER — A Dover-Foxcroft firefighter was injured while battling a structure fire that destroyed a two-story home in East Dover, Wednesday. Robert Edes injured a nerve in his back after a set of stairs gave way in the cellar of the home owned by… Read More
GUILFORD — The first-quarter honor roll at Piscataquis Community High School has been announced by Principal Norman Higgins: Seniors, high honors: Chantal Dyer, Sunny Stutzman and Elisa Thompson; honors: Mark Bowley, Amy Bush, Jodi Curtis, Kristen French, Beth Hall, Kimberly Lemieux, Faith McCue, Todd Reed,… Read More
ROCKWOOD — A new kindergarten through grade five school, the Rockwood Elementary School in the Moosehead Lake area, has brought national recognition to Stevens, Morton, Rose & Thompson Inc. of Portland, an architectural firm that designed the school. The project was submitted to the American… Read More
MILO — In a surprise move at a meeting Tuesday evening, Milo selectmen voted to sell the backup police cruiser. Milo town manager Jane Jones recommended that a decision on such a move be made only after thorough investigation by the full Budget Committee and… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A 27-year-old Lewiston man who police say went on a one-week shopping spree throughout the state purchasing items with stolen checks was arrested Wednesday in Dexter. David W. Walker faces numerous charges ranging from theft by deception, burglary, negotiating a worthless instrument, possession… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Survival was the first goal that Pittsfield resident Alan Shorey set for himself as a freshman at the U.S. Military Academy four years ago. Now a senior at West Point, the Maine Central Institute graduate returned to Pittsfield Wednesday to talk about goal-setting… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A 54-page draft revision of the shoreland zoning ordinance has been issued to members of the Pittsfield Planning Board. The document revision was prepared by Meadow Brook Consulting that includes the services of local Economic Development Consultant Clyde Dyar. Members of the Planning… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The following court cases were among those heard in 3rd District Court in Skowhegan between Nov. 1 and 18. Peter Viekman, 23, Skowhegan, failure to stop at a red light, $50. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
PITTSFIELD Incidents handled by the Pittsfield Police Department on Wednesday, Nov. 26, included a report of reckless driving in the vicinity of the Pittsfield Bowling Center, where a car nearly struck a vehicle containing four girls. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BELFAST — At a meeting Tuesday night, SAD 34 officials decided to form a committee to study the school district funding formula. Board Chairman Orene Nesin cast the deciding vote to form the committee whose recommendation will be presented to voters in a referendum. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ROCKLAND — “National Fisherman” was one of 20 publications to win a Points of Light Award in a competition sponsored by the American Business Press. President Bush addressed the awards ceremony, which was held Oct. 16, at the White House. The award acknowledged the role… Read More
THOMASTON — They may lock the doors at night, but there are lots worse places than the Maine State Prison. Especially at Thanksgiving. “If you want to get locked up come to Maine,” inmate Robert England said. “I don’t want to ever leave this place,… Read More
ROCKLAND — People’s Heritage Bank has filed a lawsuit in Knox County Superior Court against the city of Rockland over the Meadows subdivision. The subdivision has been the subject of contentious debate and previous legal action. When late developer Theodore Stone obtain Planning Commission approval… Read More
ROCKLAND — Dr. Donald Weaver, president of the board of directors of Penobscot Bay Medical Associates, presented a $100,000 check to a representative of the board of Kno-Wal-Lin Home Health Care Center Monday night. The presentation to Dr. Frank C. Wheelock, chairman of the board… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Life Christian Academy will hold its annual event, “Salute the King,” 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Grand Auditorium in Ellsworth. Featuring local talent, “Salute the King” is a musical celebration of the Christmas season and the birth of Jesus. Selections by… Read More
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — Sailors and fishermen who have looked to the warm beacon cast by the Baker Island light when traveling through downeast waters are casting their votes to keep the beam lit. A recent notice published by the Aids to Navigation Department of… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Those who plan to attend the commemorative Mozart program by the Mozarteum Chamber Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Russia, are invited to share a potluck dinner with the musicians in Mount Desert Island High School cafeteria after the concert. The program will be presented at 3… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island Cancer Survivors Support Group invites the public in celebrating its second birthday at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at the high school library. Anyone who has attended meetings since the group began meeting in late 1989 are welcome. Read More
Two men allegedly trying to sell stolen lamps were bagged by sheriff’s deputies Wednesday after some keen detective work on the part of employees at F.E. Dorsey Furniture in Holden. Employees Chris Flanagan and Kelly Page became suspicious of Daniel J. Janssen, 26, and David… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The following honor roll has been announced at Mount Desert Island High School for the first quarter of the year: Seniors, high honors: Douglas R. Blanchard, Sarah Bracy, Elanor Sidman, and Daniel W. Tripp; honors: James T. Allen, Frank C. Anderson, Kristin… Read More
BELFAST — The attorney for one of two Belfast brothers convicted last week for murder filed a motion for a new trial for his client Wednesday in Waldo County Superior Court. Attorney Marshall Cary requested a new trial for 20-year-old Kevin Knight, who was convicted… Read More
The Singles Network will hold numerous gatherings during December, including the following: A Happy Hour at 5:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at the Airport Hilton Flight Deck lounge. Call 827-5611 for information. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
A notice about an upcoming meeting of the Winterport Historical Society on the Penobscot page Tuesday incorrectly identified the featured speaker. She is Jane Mercier, president of the Searsport Historical Society. Read More
Early in November the Brewer Eagles Club Beano Committee continued its tradition of being the first to donate to the Santa’s Helper Fund. Reid Thurber of Eagles Aerie 3177 made the presentation of $563.80 with the reminder that beano is featured every Thursday at the Eagles Club, and… Read More
AUGUSTA — Stymied by a legislative impasse on budget cuts, Gov. John R. McKernan invoked emergency powers Wednesday and signed an executive order that unilaterally slashes $22.5 million from state spending through Dec. 31. The order will result in immediate layoffs of 106 workers in… Read More
The Department of Corrections will feel a $709,628 cut for the quarter and will meet the reduction “primarily by using vacant positions,” said Commissioner Donald Allen. The department will delay filling 30 to 40 positions, including some at the Maine Youth Center and the Maine Correctional Center, said… Read More
WASHINGTON — Although nearly $30 million originally allocated to Maine disappeared during last-minute congressional adjustments, the $151 billion surface-transportation bill enacted Wednesday proved to be a financial bonanza for the state and could generate nearly 20,000 jobs. That’s the assessment of Maine Transportation Commissioner Dana… Read More
Another Viewpoint I just happen to be old enough to remember the Great Depression and the events leading up to it. There is a strong similarity between the Roaring ’20s and the reckless, self-indulgent ’80s. Both periods eventually developed an economy that became dead in… Read More
A woman who allegedly shot at her husband Monday morning in the parking lot of Hermon High School was in police custody Wednesday and was charged with attempted murder. Deputies from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department and officers from the Bangor Police Department surrounded a… Read More
WISCASSET — The Maine Yankee nuclear power plant has postponed a $21 million generator replacement project, a decision that could affect the jobs of at least 77 employees of six Maine contracting firms. The agreement to delay the project until 1993 was made last week… Read More
The governor’s plan to withhold nearly $4 million from the Department of Human Services over the next 4 1/2 weeks should not affect people who rely on its programs, Commissioner Rollin Ives said Wednesday. “We attempted to delay any significant impacts until the Legislature can… Read More
AUGUSTA — Here is the text of Gov. John R. McKernan’s Thanksgiving Day message for 1991: “Thanksgiving comes this year while many people in Maine are wondering what to be thankful for. The answers are certainly not easy in these uncertain times. Throughout Maine —… Read More
A Massachusetts construction company that hired illegal aliens to work on a Bangor project has been fined more than $24,000 for violating federal immigration laws. Diamond Construction Co. of Dorchester, Mass., which did subcontractor work on the Sam’s Club discount warehouse store scheduled to open… Read More
BOSTON — Housing activists claim Fleet Bank has failed to fulfill its pledge to provide $63 million for community reinvestment programs, but a bank spokesman says the company has not changed its commitment. The Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance complains that the delays are jeopardizing several… Read More
WASHINGTON — In a surprise reversal, President George Bush signed legislation just hours before Congress adjourned Wednesday granting federal recognition to Maine’s Micmac Indians, paving the way for a wide range of federal assistance programs for the tribe’s 450 members in Aroostook County. The bill,… Read More
BOSTON — A widely available herpes medicine is the first treatment that can shorten the misery of chicken pox, a viral rite of passage suffered by about 4 million U.S. children annually, according to a study. Virtually everyone gets chicken pox before adulthood, and until… Read More
Semantics — in this case, the exact meaning of the phrase “water pollution” — will cost International Paper Co. about $340,000. On Tuesday, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection refused to grant a tax exemption to the IP mill in Jay for equipment used to… Read More
AUGUSTA — State regulators Wednesday granted Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine conditional approval to increase rates for its Medicare supplemental insurance packages by about 16 percent. The increases, to be effective Jan. 1, are contingent on modifications in Blue Cross enrollment policies. The… Read More
Guest Column On Wednesday, for the second time in as many years, I have used my emergency powers to issue an executive order to cut state spending. Our state is spending more each day than we take in, so this extraordinary action is necessary to… Read More
WALDOBORO — A downed power transmission line knocked out power Wednesday evening in nine towns in Lincoln and Knox counties, officials said. Central Maine Power Co. officials weren’t sure what caused the line along Manktown Road to tumble down, resulting in the temporary loss of… Read More
ORONO — The purchase of nine vehicles by the University of Maine this fall has caught the eye and ire of some state legislators, including one who said the purchase could jeopardize considerations next week to ease budget cuts to the university system. A campus… Read More
Today, some of the most thankful people in Maine are not gathering with the family at the dining room table or breathing in the aroma of grandmother’s pumpkin pie. Many of the grateful and compassionate are in soup kitchens. In this recession economy, there is… Read More
As a child, Dahlov Ipcar understood that, in her family, art was as vital as the food on the table or the roof over her head. From the moment she could hold a pencil in her tiny hands, the girl was drawing. Her parents — artists William and… Read More
CORINNA — State wildlife officials have concluded that a pet deer found dead in its pen early in November was killed by another deer, not a hunter’s bullet. Game wardens who investigated the incident said the dead white-tailed deer shared a pen with a herd… Read More
Police have classified the death of Scott L. Clement as a homicide. The Bucksport man’s body was found Tuesday in Revere, Mass. Lt. William Gannon, of the Revere Police detective division, said the 29-year-old Bucksport man had been shot once in the head and left… Read More
Three days ago, the prospect of a tax cut for middle-income Americans was distant and dim. That abruptly changed Tuesday, when President Bush learned from the latest poll that only 8 percent of the American people agreed with his optimistic view that things are getting better. That revelation… Read More
The York Institute Museum in Saco will present a special program on southwestern art 6-9 p.m. Dec. 3 at the musuem. Navajo textile expert and art dealer Bobby Ann Packwood, of Sedgwick, will share her expertise, as well as a selection of antique and contemporary southwestern arts and… Read More
Very Special Arts of Maine and the Maine Division of Special Education are co-sponsoring a call for visual arts by students with disabilities in grades 4 through 8 for the exhibit “Life in the White House” about 200 years of family life in the home of America’s first… Read More
A stitch in time could win local quilters as much as $10,000 in the All-American Quilt Contest, sponsored by Coming Home with Land’s End and Good Housekeeping. Three national prizes of $10,000, $3,000, and $2,000, will be awarded to a winner in each state. The quilts will then… Read More
The teachings and practices of Islam may seem exotic to many in the West, but a current art exhibit at Bowdoin College in Brunswick gives one the opportunity to learn about Islamic life, thought and history. The works in “The Here and the Hereafter: Images… Read More
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Portland Stage Company a grant of $115,000 to support collaborative new works with theater artists. The grant will underwrite PSC’s continued work in the area of new play development, and the generation of original theater projects for the 1991-92 and 1992-93… Read More
CUNDY’S HARBOR — Fishermen who lost water access to developers in this little fishing community and across Maine are planning to buy back a wharf from recreational boaters. Terry Alexander, Bryan Bichrest and Mark Bichrest plan to convert the property into a working wharf. The… Read More