INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The University of Maine hockey team was tied with Michigan State 2-2 after two periods of their Great Western Freezeout Tournament game at the Great Western Forum here Thursday night. Rem Murray of MSU tied the game with a power-play goal at… Read More
PORTLAND – The second annual Black Bear Baseball Clinic will be held Jan. 11-12 at the Ramada Inn here. Maine baseball coach John Winkin, Ed Flaherty, coach of the Division III National Champion Southern Maine baseball team; Oakland A’s infielder Mike Bordick, Maine assistant coaches… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick – Four goals on nine shots helped the Fredericton Canadiens to a 5-3 win over the Maine Mariners in American Hockey League play Thursday. The seven-minute scoring burst in the second period came just after Maine scored three times in a little… Read More
Hockey East Commissioner Stu Haskell and the commissioners of the other three Division I leagues – the WCHA’s Otto Breitenbach, the CCHA’s Bill Beagan, and the ECAC’s Clayton Chapman – will meet with ESPN representatives within the next three weeks in an attempt to work out a Game-of-the-Week… Read More
New England Basketball Association Women’s Division III Poll (Through Dec. 15) Coaches poll for New England Women’s Basketball Association, Division III. Southern Maine had nine first-place votes and Tufts had one. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
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“We made a mark, a little mark, but a mark.” That’s the quote from University of New England of Biddeford volleyball coach Karol L’Heureux reporting on the results of UNE’s first-ever trip to a national championship. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
LIMESTONE – Rachel Sharts and Kim Chatman each scored six points in the fourth quarter to lead the Limestone Eagles to a 59-54 schoolgirl basketball win over the Madawaska Owls Thursday night. Limestone, which led 41-40 at the end of the third, outscored the Owls… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Maine Central Institute received nine or more points from five different players to defeat the Camden-Rockport Windjammers 76-58 in schoolboy basketball action here Thursday. Sean Theis led the 4-1 Huskies with 14 points. Jethro Ferguson and Stacy Brown had 12 points apiece and… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET – Five Wolverines scored in double figures as Schenck downed visiting Houlton 78-66 here Thursday night to boost its schoobnoy basketball record to 5-1 for the season. Darrick Thompson led the quintet with 18, Chris Hale had 14, Kevin Thompson 12, Jason Gagnon… Read More
OWLS HEAD — Rick Adams, senior planner for the Eastern Midcoast Regional Planning Commission attended this week’s Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting and screened for them a video produced by the State Planning Office. Included in the half-hour long color video were townspeople from several municipalities… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital is “just breaking even,” Hospital Administrative District 4 directors were told Wednesday. Controller Dennis Allen said an audit performed by Ernst and Young of Portland for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 showed that the hospital had a gain of… Read More
Re: “Study tries to place blame for U.S. deficit” (BDN, Dec. 10). No study is needed. Here are the photos of four of the 535 reasons for our deficit (showing Sens. Mitchell and Cohen, and Reps. Andrews and Snowe). Paul Trommer Bangor… Read More
Re: A sense of place in northern Maine (BDN, Nov. 12) The dilemma Amy Jay Lawler suffered is as nothing compared with the bitterness and resentment seen in this article. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
This concerns Michael Howard’s Dec. 13 Another Viewpoint, “ROTC is part of the problem.” Howard is the one who misses the point. The view expressed by him, Katherine King, and Ethan Strimling is that the ROTC does not meet a narrow view of political correctness… Read More
Six months ago land was volunteered in Unity Plantation for a low-level radioactive waste site. This has now become one of Maine’s top sites mostly because it’s an unorganized territory. Please, we all need to organize and help these 12 families and ourselves. Without organized… Read More
Sunday morning I turned on the TV just in time to hear Rev. Schuller say, “Many churches have united and even as I speak a plane is being loaded with food.” I thought “That’s wonderful, hungry peole will have food!” Then he said “to go… Read More
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. I’m not sure whether he lives at the North Pole or is sitting somewhere on the Maine Supreme Court bench. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
Oh, dear, what a sin it was to take from our children, the greatest feeling of all. (Gone are the) singing of Christmas carols and the saying of prayers from our schools. Why don’t we stand up and be heard and bring them back? Joseph… Read More
On behalf of the Board of Managers of the Bangor Children’s Home, I want to express our appreciation for the two excellent articles written by Lynn Flewelling. The program offered at the home by the dedicated teachers is a very special one. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
On Saturday, Dec. 7, a disaster exercise was held at Eastern Maine Technical College. The scenario marking the completin of a 44-hour course was a chemical spill in a tractor trailer. Nineteen team members were trained to technician level to deal with chemical spill emergencies. A team of… Read More
Thursday’s lottery numbers: 699 – 9694 No winner in Tri-State Megabucks Lotto America: 23 29 33 41 49 53 (1 winner)… Read More
ORONO — The documentary, “Making New Waves: Aquaculture in Maine,” will be shown at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, on MPBN and WCBB television stations, and at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, on MPBN-TV after “Media Watch.” Aquaculture is the controlled cultivation and harvest of… Read More
MILFORD — Shane DeMarco, his wife, Wenda, and their children put up a Christmas tree this year in the living room of their rented home but they don’t know if any presents will go under it. Each day DeMarco watches his 3-year-old daughter, Sunshine, his… Read More
THE BANGOR-BUCKSPORT Christmas bird count, sponsored by the National Audubon Society, will be held Saturday, Dec. 28, and includes a 15-mile radius with the center at Swett’s Pond in Orrington. The count area extends from downtown Bangor to just north of downtown Bucksport, with the Penobscot River running… Read More
AUGUSTA — Guidelines and grant applications are available from the Maine Arts Commission Arts in Education programs. Schools and other institutions may contact Nancy Salmon or Sharon Townsend at 289-2724. Deadlines are Feb. 3 for artist-in-residence; March 2 for special projects in arts education, for… Read More
AUGUSTA — The House and Senate were deadlocked in disagreement Thursday night over how to deal with Maine’s $105 million budget shortfall, and prospects grew dimmer that the Legislature would be able to solve the problem immediately. The special legislative session was extended into its… Read More
DYER BROOK — The state education subsidy to the Southern Aroostook Community School District for November was reduced by $20,424, according to Superintendent of Schools Edmund J. Chmielewski. Chmielewski told the board that because of the reduction, all travel accounts had been frozen and purchase… Read More
DEDHAM — A man was believed to have been wounded in a shooting incident late Thursday evening as the result of a domestic dispute near Green Lake. At press time, state police and members of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department were still at the scene… Read More
FORT KENT — A collection of Acadian songs and the latest works of a Canadian writer and historian are among recent acquisitions at the University of Maine at Fort Kent Acadian Archives. Cecile Pozzuto of Madawaska donated a written collection of more than 200 Acadian… Read More
FORT KENT — The SAD 27 board of directors was briefed on reductions in school subsidy Friday, Dec. 13, at Fort Kent Community High School. Superintendent Donald Waddell said that as a result of Gov. John R. McKernan’s executive order, which among other things mandated… Read More
HOULTON — During a budget workshop Wednesday night, the Houlton Board of Budget Review and the Houlton Town Council recommended the following reductions for the 1992 municipal budget: Community Development Department — The original budget was reduced by 30 percent or about $26,322, by Development… Read More
MADAWASKA — In light of continuing state budget problems and the effects they might have on education funding, the Madawaska School Committee took steps Tuesday night toward reducing its budget this year and in 1992-93. Officials set $116,000 as a goal for budget cuts, with… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Birdwatchers reported 32 species of wintering birds on Dec. 15 during the 28th Presque Isle Audubon Society bird count. Fourteen people traveled more than 300 miles by car and five miles on foot. Twenty people reported birds that came to feeders during… Read More
FORT KENT — The Aroostook County Commissioners released proposed 1992 county taxes for municipalities, plantations and unorganized territories at their meeting in Fort Kent Wednesday. The county’s proposed $4 million gross budget calls for a net tax assessment of $3,018,795. With a 2-percent overlay, the… Read More
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MILBRIDGE — Representatives of the Maine Department of Transportation will attend the selectmen’s meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, to present the DOT’s plan for the reconstruction of a section of Route 1 on the west side of Milbridge. According to Town Manager Jerry… Read More
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MILO — Parents, teachers and residents Tuesday night heard a presentation at the Penquis Valley Middle School on what could be expected of middle school students in today’s educational systems. The speaker was Edward N. Brazee, a professor at the University of Maine in Orono. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA swim team held its first home meet of the season on Saturday, Dec. 14. The team competed against the Pine Tree Swim Club from Portland. The final score after 40 events was Portland 416; PRYMCA 281. The local team… Read More
NEWPORT — Nomination papers for the 1992 elections will be available at the Newport Town Office on Dec. 23. Papers must be returned by Jan. 31 in preparation for the March 6 election and March 7 town meeting. Two three-year terms on the board of… Read More
ABBOT — Fire damaged a wall and a fireplace Thursday at the home of Charlie Eldridge on Moose Horn Road in Abbot. Chief Michael Dexter of the Guilford Fire Department said a fireplace heat exchanger had rotted out and had set the fireplace wall on… Read More
ROCKWOOD — A Canadian woodsman was seriously injured Wednesday, after he fell from a skidder and the load of logs he was hauling rolled on top of him near Brassua Lake Notch. Warden Roger Guay of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said that… Read More
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CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A gala evening of fashion, fun and dancing is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, to benefit the Carrabassett Valley Academy Scholarship Fund. The fund provides for a weekend bus trip to Sugarloaf/USA for area children and scholarships for ski training. Read More
LEWISTON — David S. Goldfield, D.O., a specialist in emergency medicine, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center staff. Goldfield received his doctor of osteopathy from the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, Iowa. He worked as an emergency physician… Read More
NEWPORT — A full schedule for the Newport Recreation Department’s winter programs was announced this week by Recreation Director Jim Doane. An after-school program, for children age 6 to 14, including supervised games, table tournaments, arts and crafts, movies and special events will be held… Read More
EXETER — A request for additional funding for the area’s regional transfer station facility and recycling center has been approved by all five member towns of the Mid-Maine Solid Waste Association. Voters in Exeter Thursday night approved the funding request, with Dexter councilors and voters… Read More
AUGUSTA — The State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Greenville Police Department are investigating an arson fire at a seasonal camp on Birch Street in Greenville. The fire occurred about 5:15 p.m., Nov. 2, 1991. A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — An employee environmental committee at Sugarloaf/USA recently installed a new waste-oil furnace at the resort. The furnace will help reduce the amount of oil that is improperly disposed into the environment, said Sugarloaf spokesman Nancy Marshall, and will heat the huge garage… Read More
DEXTER — A hot chimney ignited a false wall in one of the units of an apartment building belonging to James Nagle on Park Street in Dexter Thursday afternoon. According to Jim Silverman, Dexter fire chief, the chimney had heated up during a chimney fire… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Two people were summoned on charges of possession of a usable amount of marijuana Thursday afternoon as they lit up “joints” on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse as a protest against current marijuana laws. Don Christen, 38, of Skowhegan, and Carol… Read More
MACHIAS — People who are making plans to travel by Marine Atlantic Ferry, between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth Nova Scotia after Jan. 1, 1992, should expect to pay some substantially higher fees, while a few fees will be lower. According to Bob Kelley, public relations… Read More
BLUE HILL FALLS — Despite troubling economic times, community support and dollars for WERU-FM poured in for the most recent on-air fund-raiser held at the station. Dave Piszcz, WERU’s program director, said the station’s goal of $32,000 had been surpassed by $440, the first time… Read More
BELFAST — The city’s attempt to get $800,000 in grant money to purchase and demolish the old Penobscot Poultry plant was rejected by the state this week. “It’s very unfortunate,” City Manager Arlo Redman said Thursday. “The city had hoped to show that what is… Read More
ROCKLAND — The following small claims were heard last week in 6th District Court: Cedar Haven Lodge, Rockland, vs. Joseph O. Poirier, Thomaston. Judgment for plaintiff, by default, $152.50 plus $35 costs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
MACHIAS — People who are making plans to travel by Marine Atlantic Ferry, between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth Nova Scotia after Jan. 1, 1992, should expect to pay some substantially higher fees, while a few fees drop down. According to Bob Kelley, public relations officer… Read More
The United States Postal Service has asked that businesses and residential customers keep walkways, steps and other approaches to mail delivery points clear of ice and snow to avoid injury. Those on rural delivery routes should keep the approach to mailboxes clear of snow so… Read More
PORTLAND — A kitten holed up in a nook under a post office loading dock was lured out with canned chicken, but two others had to be rescued by a man who climbed through a vent. “I’ll tell you, I’m relieved,” said James Hunt, a… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth City Council is likely to be arguing its position on homeless shelters in court within the next 30 days as the result of code enforcement action taken Thursday. Homemakers Organized for More Employment has entered into a lease agreement with the… Read More
ROCKPORT — Six historic schooners in the Maine Windjammer Association were designated National Historic Landmarks by the secretary of the interior in early December in a program administered by the National Park Service which identifies, designates, recognizes and protects objects of national significance. The six… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A much needed boost was given to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital when Nancy Alexander, president of the hospital auxiliary, presented Ted Delehanty, chairman of the hospital board, with a check for $10,000. The money will be used to expand outreach hospital services. According… Read More
AUGUSTA — Owners of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles in Maine must now obtain registration renewal forms from local agents rather than in the mail as in the past. Vesta Billing, director of the Division of Licensing and Registration for the Department of Inland Fisheries and… Read More
A fire last week that destroyed a barn and shed and seriously damaged a house in Levant is still under investigation, according to the Levant fire chief. No cause has been determined for the fire that damaged buildings owned by William Cray on Lake Road,… Read More
EASTPORT — A new law coming down the pike requiring police officers to tell traffic violators the wages of their sins won’t be a roadside picnic, says Eastport Police Chief Charles Shaw. Starting Jan. 1, police officers — local, county and state — issuing tickets… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A U.S. Department of Agriculture potato crop report reflected a 7-percent increase in potatoes produced in 15 states, with a 11 percent smaller crop in Maine. The report was issued Monday by the USDA National Agriculture Statistics Services. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
SANGERVILLE — A lifetime of dreams were fulfilled in one week when a Sangerville girl visited Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Nine-year old Stephanie Manning’s trip to Disneyworld during the week of Nov. 25 was sponsored by Operation Lift-Off. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Burning medical waste is the disposal method preferred by the state, but not necessarily neighbors of the incinerators. One tenant of BanAir Industrial Park, a city-owned development on outer Hammond Street in which a consortium plans to build an incinerator, has already weighed in against… Read More
The Bangor Band will present its annual Christmas concert and party at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, at the Bangor Civic Center. All are invited to come and enjoy the music, Santa Claus, a sing-along and party. Admission is free. The program, conducted by Gordon… Read More
Three people were hospitalized and two more were treated and released Thursday after poor road conditions caused two cars to strike head-on on Stillwater Avenue in Orono. Injured in the accident were Barbara Toby, a driver of one of the vehicles, and Iona Toby, no… Read More
A story on the City Page on the new decorations at the Margaret Chase Smith federal building incorrectly named the buildings manager for the General Services Administration. Her correct name is Aline Poulin. Read More
The buzz word around area shelters, soup kitchens and residential agencies this year is cooperation. In an attempt to get through the recession, various agencies that tend to the underprivileged are working together to keep their clients clothed and fed. Holly Stover, director of the… Read More
Bangor police were investigating a robbery on the Hogan Road in Bangor late Thursday. Details were not available at press time. A First Street man reported Thursday that he had not received $195 in food stamps that he expected, even though a mail carrier said… Read More
YARMOUTH — Yarmouth is becoming the first public school system in Maine to lengthen the school year, a move hailed by state education officials. As part of its new three-year contract with teachers, the school district will lengthen the school year gradually to 180 days… Read More
Human Services Commissioner Rollin Ives writes in Another Viewpoint (BDN, Dec. 7-8), “I need a Legislature that helps carry our plan for children forward.” As usual, Ives makes a number of points based on institutional assumptions. As usual, it’s what the commissioner doesn’t say that tells the real… Read More
To paraphrase a member of the appropriations committee: “When money starts to get tight for me at home, that’s when I start planning, not when I stop planning!” Comprehensive planning is critical to maintaining the quality of life in Maine. We promote our state as… Read More
A consortium consisting of Sawyer Environmental Recovery Co., Northeast Mechanical Corp., St. Joseph Hospital, and Eastern Maine Healthcare has formed an organization called Bio-Waste Associates to build a medical waste incinerator in the BanAir industrial park located on outer Hammond Street. While Etna and Brewer… Read More
Epidemiology is the science that deals with the study of disease occurrence in groups or entire populations of people. The earliest such study was conducted in the 1800s on London chimney sweeps who developed extremely rare cancers of the scrotum stemming from contact with polyaromatic compounds found in… Read More
Fraser paper company will shut down five of its eight paper machines in Madawaska for 10 days starting Dec. 24. The shutdown will mean temporary layoffs for 800 Fraser employees. The layoffs will be shared between the paper mill in Madawaska and the pulp mill… Read More
LIMESTONE — Loring Air Force Base officials were unable to offer a condition report Thursday on Staff Sgt. Gary P. Dupuis of Loring, who was admitted to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., Wednesday for injuries to his spinal cord. On Wednesday, the public affairs… Read More
AUGUSTA– A backstage controversy over access to confidential documents injected a note of intrigue Thursday into Maine’s state budget deliberations. Attorney General Michael E. Carpenter sent a written inquiry to Finance Commissioner H. Sawin Millett, asking him if the McKernan administration had received copies of… Read More
If you’re the kind of person who ends the year singing the holiday blues, you’d better skip this story. It’s about taxes. But if you hate nasty surprises even more than crowded shopping malls, read on. Maine’s personal income tax rates will change Jan. 1… Read More
PORTLAND — A teen-ager’s convictions in the execution-style slaying of an 82-year-old farmer were thrown out Thursday, prompting the victim’s family to accuse authorities of bungling the case. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned Christopher Fitch’s convictions of murder and armed robbery in the killing… Read More
The White House Council on Competitiveness has angered members of Congress and government-watchdog agencies again for its arrogance in public policymaking. Given the nature and intent of the council, this is no surprise, nor should it be surprising that the council ultimately is detrimental to American business. Read More
No one has to suffer the anguish that Kim Roberts experienced that day in order to understand the value of prompt emergency care for children. Yet an accident that threatens a child is a grim reminder of just how precious and fragile a young life… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine may begin to turn slightly darker at night after Jan. 1, when a new law aimed at controlling “light pollution” takes effect. Highway and other outdoor lights to be installed or replaced at state expense will have to be designed so diffused… Read More
AUGUSTA — New York’s top utility regulator was acquitted Thursday of a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from a Christmas Eve incident in 1988 involving his former wife. A Kennebec County Superior Court jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning its verdict in favor… Read More
LIMESTONE — U.S. Rep. Olympia Snowe questioned Air Force officials Thursday about whether asbestos would be removed from buildings and heat pipes at Loring Air Force Base before it is closed to make the facilities attractive for reuse by commercial businesses. Snowe’s questions came during… Read More
University of Maine interim President John C. Hitt is scheduled to start his new $135,000-a-year job heading the University of Central Florida by the first of March. Hitt said Thursday that informal negotiations with University of Maine System Chancellor Robert L. Woodbury tentatively set his… Read More
CUMBERLAND — Police from Maine and Massachusetts searched a home Thursday in their investigation of a Bucksport man’s slaying. Detectives from the Maine State Police and Revere, Mass., searched the home of Charles Derrickson, 52, for clues related to the shooting of Scott Clement. The… Read More
HARPSWELL — After years of running an efficient operation, workers at the Harpswell Fuel Depot can’t understand why the government is closing the plant and eliminating their jobs. “We figured we would die here, that we were set for life,” said Jean Merriman, 47, a… Read More
Bangor’s Union Station stands recreated in the foyer of Epi Pizza and Subs, a downtown restaurant. With an eye toward history and hours of work, the staff of the Main Street sub shop, led by manager Laurel Butler, fashioned a gingerbread replica of the landmark. Read More
WASHINGTON — A researcher says he has corrected diabetes in mice by implanting pancreas cells under their skin, suggesting a therapy that may one day control the disease in humans without the need for daily insulin shots. Dr. Paul E. Lacy of Washington University School… Read More