NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Tony Gomes scored 16 points to help lead the host Merrimack College Warriors to an 89-58 men’s basketball victory over the University of Southern Maine here Friday. Steve Curran scored 15 points for 3-0 Merrimack. Gary Duda scored 13 points and… Read More
    Gwen Doyle, a 6-foot sophomore forward, led a balanced scoring attack with 17 points as the University of Louisville ran past South Carolina 74-47 Friday night in the opening round of the Downeast Classic women’s basketball tournament at the Bangor Auditorium. The Cardinals’ win snapped… Read More
    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Trevor Burton connected for a game-high 28 points, outscoring the entire University of Maine frontcourt, while helping the University of Miami hold on for a 62-57 men’s college basketball victory over the University of Maine in the first round of the San Juan… Read More
    HUSSON vs. ST. JOSEPH’S-VERMONT Time, site: Saturday, 2 p.m., St. Joseph’s Gym, Rutland, Vt. 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
    Of interesting people doing interesting things…. This is going to be an exciting weekend for a group of gymnasts from the Eastern Maine Gymnastics Center in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    One man’s Holiday sports wish list… For those letter writers now (predictably) bashing the media for holding up Magic Johnson as a “hero” in the wake of his HIV announcement, that they understand Johnson has been a hero to a great many American kids and… Read More
    After a few days of waiting, former University of Maine All-American and Hobey Baker finalist Mike Golden got the phone call he wanted. Golden, who was released by the Boston Bruins and Maine Mariners this fall, had received an offer over the weekend to play… Read More
    During the early 1900s, Bangor was a prominent “fight town.” My grandfather, the late Duncan L. “Dunc” MacDonald, began his association with boxing as a fighter and continued as a trainer, manager, referee, promoter, and charter member of the Maine Boxing Commission, of which he was chairman for… Read More
    Susan Geiser and Sandra Baerwald each sank two free throws in the final 43 seconds to help lift Wisconsin-Green Bay to a 58-57 women’s basketball victory over the University of Maine in the second game of the Downeast Classic at the Bangor Auditorium Friday night. Read More
    ORONO – Both the boys and girls 18th annual Maine Soccer Coaches All-Star banquets will be held here Sunday at 1 p.m. at the University of Maine. The girls banquet will be held at Wells Commons and the boys banquet at Stodder Hall. Both banquets… Read More
    PORTLAND – The University of Maine’s Black Bears struggled for goals for two periods against defense-minded Notre Dame, but senior left winger Scott Pellerin brought the curtain down on the Irish. Pellerin brilliantly set up an important, shorthanded goal in the third period by Brian… Read More
    WATERVILLE – The Tufts University Jumbos of Medford, Mass., withstood a late rally by host Colby College and iced the win by stealing the ball from Colby with two seconds left in the game for a 70-68 women’s basketball victory here Friday. For the 1-0… Read More
    As a school guidance counselor working at the K-5 level, the proposed additional cuts to local school districts frighten me. Those in Augusta who continue to support educational cuts at the local level are putting the health, wellness, and future of our children in jeopardy. Read More
    Karen Wood’s widower states that he and his daughters are “trying to move on with their lives.” Why can’t we allow Donald Rogerson to do the same? I’m sure Rogerson lives this tragedy daily, and that it is not necessary for the press to remind him very November. Read More
    What has happened to positive thinking? Our state must cut another $125 million from the budget. How about getting some good salespeople to sell our state products? Without salespeople the state would come to a halt. We have been know as some of the best workers in the… Read More
    What has happened to positive thinking? Our state must cut another $125 million from the budget. How about getting some good salespeople to sell our state products? Without salespeople the state would come to a halt. We have been know as some of the best workers in the… Read More
    Regarding the news report of the terrible crime committed against the little girl in Bangor and the errors in some of the background history of the man who committed the crime, I’d like to say this. The only fact that really matters in this situation is that a… Read More
    The Nov. 20 letter, “Facts behind the tragedy,” is hard to believe. The Byrums talk about the “victimization and stigmatization” of their son by the Bangor Daily News. If anyone was victimized and stigmatized by this crime it was the innocent 8-year-old whose life has been irrevocably damaged. Read More
    Considering the economic difficulties our country finds itself in, spending taxpayer money on the alleged October Surprise probe seems frivolous. This is particularly true since no hard evidence has been established to assert that a crime had occurred. The testimonial evidence that exists has come from people of… Read More
    NEWPORT — Nokomis Regional High School has announced the first quarter honor roll. Seniors, highest honors: Dawn Bedard, Michael Buckland, Bernie Buker, Grace Buzanoski, Erin Fitzpatrick, Stefan Giggey, Kristie Higgins, Amy Honey, Tami Kells, Karen Marble, Adam Parker, Susan Perkins, Jared Tardy; high honors: Jennifer… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A keen interest in Japan during her college years earned Stephanie Wratten of Palmyra the unique opportunity to teach English to the Japanese when she graduated. After graduation from Williams College in Massachusetts in 1989, Wratten taught afternoon and evening classes in conversational… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Maine March of Dimes Chapter and a volunteer planning committee will hold a “Jingle Bail” program Tuesday, Dec. 10, and Wednesday, Dec. 11, at Hartley’s Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge dealership in Newport. All proceeds from the program will be used for research and public and… Read More
    DEDHAM, Mass. — Here’s the lowdown on the Dedham jail, should you be sent there: Go for the recreation hall, but only if you’ve got a good hiding place for the stuff you want to keep. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    WALPOLE, Mass. — No one knows exactly how bad the drug problem in Massachusetts state prison is or exactly what to do about it. But everyone knows it is there. “Whatever is available on the street is available in prison,” said Lt. Robert McGuinness, chief… Read More
    An immunization clinic will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the Bangor Health Department, 103 Texas Ave. The clinic normally held on the fourth Wednesday at the Capehart Community Center has been cancelled because it falls on Christmas Day. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The following court cases were among those heard in 3rd District Court in Skowhegan between Nov. 1 and 18: A. J. DeCoster Co., Turner, operating unregistered motor vehicle, $60. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The following people were arrested by the Pittsfield Police Department this week for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor: On Friday, Douglas Jennings, 31, of Nashua, N.H.; on Thursday, John McKinley, 21, no address; on Wednesday, Bradford Buker,… Read More
    Balancing a desire to spend public money regionally and an obligation to serve the public interest could prove nettlesome for Bangor councilors when they discuss giving preference to local companies in awarding bids and contracts. Whether to develop a policy establishing local preference as one… Read More
    ST. AGATHA — St. John Valley school superintendents expressed dismay Friday over Gov. John R. McKernan’s executive order to cut $22.5 million in state spending through Dec. 31. They fear the budget cuts will have devastating effects on parts of Maine already heavily dependent on state funds. Read More
    FORT KENT — The positive elements of stress will be discussed at a workshop from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Cyr Hall conference room at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Sandra Nalley, UMFK academic services counselor, will present “Stress:… Read More
    James Hall Jr., 21, of 23 Webster Ave., Bangor, was arrested Thursday afternoon on Valley Avenue in Bangor and charged with operating a motor vehicle while his license was suspended and operating an unsafe motor vehicle. He was taken to Penobscot County Jail and was scheduled to appear… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Accomplishments have been made in the Maine potato industry over the last 10 years, but industry members need to solve problems that threaten their industry, according to preliminary findings of an industry study. Results of a $30,000 study of the Maine potato… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Aroostook County has been chosen to receive $65,162 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs through funds appropriated by Congress. A national board of affiliates from voluntary organizations and a member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency made the selection. The United… Read More
    MARS HILL — Central Aroostook Junior and Senior High School guidance counselor Colleen Quartararo has announced the first-quarter honor roll as follows: Seniors, highest honors: Joel Bartley and Chris Lawrence; high honors: Shendy Beachell, Kelly Bell, Paula Boyce, Vanja Cerovic, Aaron Guiggey, Stacy Shaw and… Read More
    HOULTON The following people were sentenced by Justice Paul T. Pierson the week of Nov. 18, in Aroostook County Superior Court in Houlton: 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 — With less than two weeks of the annual “wreathing” industry remaining, most manufacturers of evergreen decorations on Friday were beginning to wrap up a productive season that was snow-free. The wholesale divisions in several shops were expected to cease production on Tuesday, Dec. Read More
    MACHIAS — The Machias Recreation Department is interested in forming a high school recreational basketball team which would play similar teams from the surrounding area. Anyone who wants more information or is interested in playing on such a team should call the Machias Recreation Department at 255-8683. Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — Troopers assigned to Maine State Police Troop J in East Machias responded to the following incidents in Washington and Hancock counties Nov. 12-24: Trooper Bryan Higgins responded to a Nov. 12 report of a camp burglary on Route 191 in Plantation 14… Read More
    MACHIAS — According to a report presented Tuesday by Washington County Treasurer Theresa Geel, 20 towns and cities still owe the county $901,460 in unpaid taxes for 1991. That figure represents nearly half of the $1,915,878 in taxes assessed by the county to its towns… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis office of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service will continue its small business clinics from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month beginning Dec. 10, at the Extension Office. “The small business clinic is a… Read More
    LINCOLN — The Planning Board will consider amendments to the shore land zoning ordinance in a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, in the Town Office. Code Enforcement Officer Annette Windsor said the state wanted all towns to have a shore land zoning… Read More
    LEE — Army National Guard Pvt. Marialinda A. Robinson has completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. She is the daughter of Frank N. and Clara A. Robison of Vanceboro and is a 1991 Lee Academy graduate. Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — Preliminary engineering for the Katahdin Regional Development Corp.’s industrial “spec” building is underway. East Millinocket selectmen this week voted to donate a 2.7-acre lot to the regional development corporation, contingent on approval and acceptance of the new industrial park. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — Construction of the $1.2 million Katahdin Regional Industrial Park is expected to be completed in December. A final meeting of selectmen, engineers and contractors will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The City Council gave tacit approval to Mayor Thomas Molloy’s proposal to resume dumping in the quarry off Limerock Street. The city had used its abandoned quarries as dump sites for decades. Strict environmental laws instituted in the 1970s forced the city to… Read More
    CAMDEN — Santa will visit Camden during its three-day Christmas-by-the-Sea celebration held Friday through Sunday, Dec. 13-15, at noon Saturday, Dec. 14, at the public landing, followed by a tree-lighting and caroling. A daytime babysitting service will be available at the Camden YMCA. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Students in grades kindergarten through 12 are invited to participate in a poster contest sponsored by the Penobscot Bay Chapter of the American Red Cross. The grand prize winner will have his or her poster reproduced and displayed in up to 500 businesses… Read More
    BOOTHBAY HARBOR — The Harbor Lights Festival will begin with an all-day Christmas Fair at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, as local artists and crafters display their works, and will continue with a 1 p.m. parade featuring Santa and Mrs. Claus, who will arrive by boat at the… Read More
    BELFAST — “I have to admit I’ve been a little jealous of SAD 3 for their multi-age program,” confessed SAD 34 superintendent Fran Wills at a recent school board meeting. The district plans to start a kindergarten through second grade multi-age program in the fall… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Jan Varnum described her childhood on a Wisconsin farm as early preparation for the demanding organizational tasks she masters as a veteran school teacher at Bar Harbor’s Conners-Emerson School. “My mother was my role model,” Varnum explained recently. “With 11 children on… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — High school students on Mount Desert Island will have a chance to give local business and government leaders their best thinking about the island’s economic future, according to the Islandwide Enterprise Council. The Islandwide Enterprise Council, recently formed by local leaders to… Read More
    LUBEC — Bob Peacock plunged his hands into a gray, 250-gallon container, brimming with ice. He pulled out a glistening 10-pound salmon that had just been gutted by a fish-cleaning line of 20 workers behind him. Peacock held up the farm-raised salmon for one of… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — For four years the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital’s Lovelight Tree has been supported by individuals who are members of the hospital family — physicians, staff, trustees, volunteers and members of the hospital auxiliary. This year, the hospital auxiliary wishes to share the program of remembrance with… Read More
    INDIAN ISLAND — The first aviation education center at an Indian reservation will be dedicated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at the library of the Indian Island School, River Road. The ceremony will solidify a partnership between the New England Region of the Federal… Read More
    ORRINGTON — The Orrington Volunteer Ambulance Service will celebrate its 10th anniversary with an open house at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at the ambulance barn on Center Drive. The public is invited and refreshments will be served. All former ambulance squad members will be… Read More
    After an absence of 24 years, “Christmas Daddies,” a holiday season fund-raising broadcast, will be aired again at noon Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Bangor area. The purpose of the broadcast is to make arrangements to provide practical gifts and toys for children who might otherwise be forgotten… Read More
    SOUTH PORTLAND — The police chief says his department would handle the case of a missing woman the same way again, while the daughter of Pearl Bruns charges that city police botched the investigation. Elaine Woodward can’t understand why South Portland police don’t share her… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Here are the votes of the Maine delegation on major legislation in Congress this week. A “Y” means the member voted for the measure; an “N” means the member voted against the measure. SENATE VOTES: 1) To appropriate $270 billion for defense spending… Read More
    Times are tough. But 60 years ago — the Friday after Thanksgiving 1931 — the nation faced the most severe economic crisis in its 155-year history. Unemployment was building toward a Depression-era high of 25 percent. Adding to the concern was the ominous rise of… Read More
    The next time you lose a hubcap in a pothole or are stuck waiting for a road crew to repave the highway, think of Iraq. No, not the Iraq of Saddam Hussein, but the Iraq of nearly 4,000 years ago. The asphalt we use has its origins in… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Sometimes, public perception sails well adrift of reality. The widespread perception is that this year’s session of the U.S. Congress was an obscene circus of pay raises, bounced checks and unpaid restaurant bills packaged around partisan bickering over which party should shoulder blame for the current… Read More
    At least three or four weeks after surgery — whenever the incision has healed — a woman who has had a mastectomy or perhaps a lumpectomy may find herself visiting Randa Shirland. Shirland, a certified mastectomy fitter, sees 21 to 30 patients a month in… Read More
    The public image of a woman who wants a breast implant is “a 20-year-old who wants to attract some guy,” said Dr. Paul Levine. It’s the wrong image, he says. “In my experience,” the Bangor plastic surgeon said, “the woman is about 30, happily married,… Read More
    Gov. Jock McKernan found someone new to blame this week for Maine’s latest budget crisis — the Legislature’s lowly rank-and-file. The governor actually resorted to blaming rank-and-file lawmakers — those humble souls who quietly toil in the shadows without ever getting any of the limelight… Read More
    John Sununu felt it this week when First Lady Barbara Bush rushed to do damage control. It is called the kiss of death. It occurs in politics and sports when the chief executive, manager or designated spokesmen steps forward to dispel rumors about a team’s… Read More
    It is easy to sympathize with New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna, but tough to come up with useful advice. Premier McKenna is concerned about the stampede of Canadian shoppers headed south over the border to Maine. His retailers are losing business ($200 million in sales… Read More
    Prince Edward Island potato growers are facing a bleak Christmas season with lost seed-potato sales and a tarnished reputation. After federal inspection for the PVY-N virus, 96 samples representing 4,000 acres were identified as positive. About 2,700 acres were destroyed and the growers dug the… Read More
    The family of Madeline and Calvin Grenier invite all the Greniers’ friends to a 50th wedding anniversary celebration from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Brewer Eagle’s Club. The 11th Airborne Division Association is looking for veterans of the division, beginning with… Read More
    WISCASSET — Maine Yankee nuclear power plant improved to 84 percent power production as engineers continued repairs after the failure of several pumps a week ago, officials said Friday. The second of three pumps was repaired Thursday, bringing the plant’s power up to its current… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Maine has been recognized by the Agriculture Department as the first state to be free of pseudorabies, a costly contagious livestock disease that is most prevalent in swine. The action this week was based on a recent recommendation of the National Pseudorabies Control… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Recession-plagued Maine businesses that have been further handicapped by tight credit will get a boost through a pilot program that will make more loan capital available, Gov. John R. McKernan and federal officials said Wednesday. McKernan welcomed the Small Business Administration’s new program as… Read More
    A Bangor man who allegedly walked into a Bangor video store Thursday night, locked the doors and assaulted the lone female clerk, was arrested after a passerby was alerted to the incident by the clerk’s screams. Glennis C. Tharp II, 21, of 21 Webster Ave.,… Read More
    The Artisans Holiday Fair, an annual fund-raising event of the choirs of St. John’s Episcopal Church of Bangor, will be held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 30, in the auditorium of John Bapst High School. The free event will feature quality Maine-made crafts such as stained glass, hand-painted silks,… Read More
    A woman charged with the attempted murder of her husband in the parking lot of Hermon High School is expected to be arraigned in 3rd District Court in Bangor on Monday. Theresa Stokes, 34, of Lamar, Ark., allegedly shot at her husband, David Stokes, with… Read More
    ORONO — The local chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music, Worship and Other Arts will present a multi-choir performance of the Christmas portion of Handel’s “Messiah” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at Orono United Methodist Church. The performance will feature singers… Read More
    MILO — The Ecumenical Food Cupboard of the United Methodist Church was the recipient of donations of food at the ecumenical Thanksgiving service held Sunday evening at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Milo. Delivering the Thanksgiving Homily was the Rev. Ronald Chaffee, pastor of the… Read More
    Every day “is a day of thanksgiving for us. To thank God is part of our very nature,” said the Very Rev. Richard E. Harvey. Harvey, the pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Brewer, joined members of the Bangor Area Clergy Fellowship and members of… Read More
    It has become an annual event — the outdoor living Christmas pageant on the lawn at Bangor Mental Health Institute. Members of local churches and the community join patients and staff of BMHI at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, to hear the Christmas story, view… Read More
    With Thanksgiving just past, Jews are preparing for eight days of thanksgiving — the festival of Hanukkah. They will remember how, 20 centuries ago, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was reclaimed and rededicated. And they will recall the joy with which their ancestors celebrated religious… Read More
    Down through the centuries, worship through Bible readings and hymns have been the most popular expressions of Christian faith and joy, as well as modes of praise and education. That tradition will continue at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 225 French St., with… Read More
    Mark Geist of Johnston, Ohio, is the 1991 Grade 1 Chess Champion with a 6-0 score, a point ahead of Nicholas Faulkner of Charlotte, N.C. These two may well be grandmasters competing to become U.S. Champion, someday. Vinay Bhat of San Jose, Calif., is Grade… Read More