HOULTON – Houlton poured it on in the third quarter, outscoring Woodland 25-13, while running to an 89-65 schoolboy basketball victory over Woodland here Monday night. Dan Dahl poured in 34 points, including five 3-pointers, and Chad Belyea tossed in 25 (four 3-pointers) to spearhead… Read More
    More than 20 years ago, I wrote a column for the Hartford, Conn., Courant and it struck a favorable cord with one John Kalkow, nowadays a Gouldsboro resident, P.O. Box 89, Jones Pond. In an accompanying note, Mr. Kalkow suggested that the “article was timely… Read More
    JONESPORT – Sandi Carver connected for 18 points to lead Jonesport-Beals to a 53-47 Class D schoolgirl basketball victory over previously unbeaten Machias here Monday night. Julia Alley scored 11 points for the 4-2 Royalettes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    A typical Christmas morning scene comes straight off a Hallmark card: a family sitting around a decorated tree sharing the laughter and the joy the yuletide season brings. It’s a picture of togetherness all wrapped up with a big bow and the words, ” ‘Tis the season.”… Read More
    INDIAN ISLAND – Vinnie Genest scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the third period, to lead Lawrence High School to a 3-2 schoolboy hockey win over Orono here Monday. Lawrence is now 3-2 and Orono fell to 2-2. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    Auburn-Lewiston team wins LEWISTON – The Auburn-Lewiston YMCA defeated the Bangor Barracudas 392-153 in youth swimming action on Saturday here. 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
    University of Maine senior center Martin Robitaille will be sidelined for at least three weeks with sprained medial collateral ligaments in his right knee. That was the word Monday from Maine trainer Dick Young. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    Two women injured in an accident Friday evening on Route 11 in Bradford remained hospitalized Monday, according to a spokesman at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Marjorie Cross, 34, of Bradford and her passenger, Donna Taylor, 31, address unknown, were taken to EMMC after the accident in which their… Read More
    A news brief on the Penobscot Page Monday, Dec. 16, incorrectly indicated that the IRS will sponsor workshops for landowners in January. The workshops to help landowners comply with federal income tax codes will be sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Read More
    The Bangor City Council Monday night agreed to start talks that could lead to a medical-waste incinerator being built by a consortium on city-owned land. After listening to nearly two hours of public comment, the council voted 4-2 to approve the resolve authorizing the city… Read More
    As of Monday, Dec. 23, the Santa’s Helper Fund had reached the unprecedented total of $18,008.30. The generosity of contributors this year has been amazing, and from letters and cards enclosed with donations it is obvious that people really want to help those who are less fortunate. Thanks… Read More
    Unnecessary tests and procedures may add as much as $50 billion a year to the nation’s medical bill, according to Dr. Robert H. Brook, vice chairman of medicine at UCLA and director of the health sciences program at the Rand Corp. In an American Medical… Read More
    OXFORD — A snowmobile rider was killed in an accident over the weekend, police said. Robert G. Ring, 34, of Harrison died early Sunday from injuries he suffered when his snowmobile was hit by a pickup truck driven by Scott K. Bumps, 25, of Hebron,… Read More
    Work remains for the coalition whose passionate arguments convinced the state Facility Siting Board that Hermon-Hampden is no place to build a special-waste landfill, according to Hermon-Hampden Citizens Coalition member Lynn Ryan. The coalition wants to spur support for landfill legislation to be debated during… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Trustees of the Maine School Management Association Group Insurance Trust have announced that a $186,789 dividend will be returned to school districts from the MSMA Group Health and Dental Insurance Program for the 1990-91 school year. MSMA includes the Maine School Boards Association… Read More
    Myerowitz Chiropractic Centers in Bangor and Lincoln will hold the sixth “Food for Health Day” 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, during which those who bring non-perishable or canned foods to the centers may receive free services in exchange. The foods will be… Read More
    ORONO — When the town of Orono and the University of Maine joined forces to sell space in the Maine Research and Development Park eight years ago, the plan had all the novelty and spunk of a new marriage. A few years later, the university… Read More
    PORTLAND — The state supreme court on Monday rejected a former Augusta firefighter’s attempt to win back the job he lost after being accused of stealing fish from a hatchery and causing a fish kill there. Kendall Buck was fired by the city after he… Read More
    RUMFORD — The amount of dioxin found in fish from the Androscoggin River has dropped so dramatically that state environmental officials are trying to doublecheck the results. If the preliminary findings from the new tests are correct, state officials say the results could bring a… Read More
    Bangor police on Monday continued to search for a robber who held up a Bangor convenience store at gunpoint on Thursday. The robber wore a ski mask over his head, a bandanna around his mouth, and a “bluish-gray jacket,” when he held up the Irving… Read More
    The American Red Cross again will hold its annual Christmas Eve festivities 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, at the blood donor center, 900B Hammond St., Bangor. Those who stop in to donate blood may have their presents wrapped while they wait, and enjoy some pizza from Pizza… Read More
    A man who hates Christmas will prepare and serve an appetizing turkey dinner Wednesday for Bangor homeless and needy people. Restaurateur Jimmy Vardamis will serve Christmas dinner, including dessert, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Talk of the Town, a restaurant in the Econo… Read More
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    Q. With all my old holiday indoor and outdoor lights and decorations on, my electric meter wheel spins like crazy. At after-Christmas sales, what types of efficient decorations should I buy for next year? — M.P. A. Using many old indoor- and outdoor-lighted decorations wastes… Read More
    AUGUSTA — There was both good news and bad news for Maine school districts in the hard-won passage of a bill to cut $105 million from the state budget. First, the bad news — the Legislature still has not decided how to apportion $16 million… Read More
    What’s behind the unbelievable improvement in their behavior? Is it possible the rascally raccoons have heard and understood the lyrics of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” — especially the lines, “He’s going to find out who’s naughty or nice,” and “He knows if you’ve been bad or… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Most state offices will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 24, and on Wednesday, Christmas Day, but state liquor stores will operate during normal business hours Tuesday. Liquor stores have been granted permission to stay open, while most other state offices are closed Christmas… Read More
    Maine residents will find it easier to get information about their credit histories, as the nation’s major credit-reporting firms react to charges that their files sometimes are filled with inaccuracies. Equifax Inc., one of the nation’s three largest reporting firms, has opened a consumer information… Read More
    A Georgia man charged as a member of a marijuana-smuggling conspiracy will spend four years in prison on two allegations. Michael T. Pace, 43, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Bangor, having pleaded guilty in September to three counts in an eight-count indictment. Read More
    CONCORD, N.H. — Only 28 percent of Maine businesses give the state a good grade for its business climate, according to a survey. This percentage is comparable with the results in other New England states except for New Hampshire, where 70 percent of the businesses… Read More
    The 7-month-old baby injured in a Brewer fire Saturday night died Monday evening at Massachusetts General Hospital. A hospital representative said Daniel Dorr died at 6:22 p.m. He had been listed in very critical condition throughout the day Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    Two people have died from injuries received in a two-car accident on Thursday on Stillwater Avenue in Orono, and one remains in critical condition. Barbara Toby, 59, of Prentiss died Friday and Melissa Rogers, 20, of Freeport died Saturday, according to investigating officer Roger Gray… Read More
    This is the best part. For all but a few, the Christmas shopping is done — or as done as it’s going to get. The house is decorated; and the tree hasn’t begun to shed its needles. The kids are on vacation, but too full of the holiday… Read More
    Although the final budget vote in the wee hours (which cost taxpayers $40,000, to stay another day, after midnight) appeared to be a victory for Augusta’s leadership, rumblings from the rank and file suggest otherwise. The Old Guard at the Statehouse would be wise to pay heed. Read More
    PORTLAND — The Coast Guard is proposing to permanently dim three lighthouses along the Maine coast and to turn the lights off during the day. When a severe storm ripped through the Gulf of Maine on the eve of Halloween, the generators at Boon Island… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine, has asked U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills to protect the American salmon industry from imports of frozen Norwegian salmon. Salmon-farming in Maine has grown to a multimillion-dollar a year business, but aquaculture companies have been hurt by imports of… Read More
    RUMFORD — The amount of dioxin found in fish from the Androscoggin River has dropped so dramatically that state environmental officials are trying to doublecheck the results. If the preliminary findings from the new tests are correct, state officials say the results could bring a… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT — Two Pleasant Point teens turned their involvement in 4-H into a trip to the club’s 70th annual Congress in Chicago, the first representatives from Washington County in 25 years. 4-H members Rose Stevens and Rachel Paul attended the Congress Dec. 6-12, with… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT — Big year-end bonuses to every Passamaquoddy man, woman and child — $2,022 this year — are a decade-old Christmas tradition here, but some say the tribe is squandering the future to buy the present. In theory, the payouts come from interest earned… Read More
    BEALS — Creativity and inventiveness, in the midst of hard economic times in Maine’s boat building and fishing industries, produced a new small industry for Ernest Libby Jr. and his family this winter. Libby’s toy boats are in demand as Christmas gifts this year. Flashes… Read More
    The Loring Air Force Base transition assistance management office at the family support center has received the Defense Outplacement Referral System designed to provide employment assistance to separating or retiring military members and spouses. Users will be required to prepare an application form and transfer… Read More
    BEALS — Some fishermen who trapped lobsters in Down East waters last fall will find it more expensive to get back into the business next spring when they have to buy more costly licenses and required survival equipment. “By next spring, there are going to… Read More
    CASTLE HILL — Residents voted 75-22 Thursday to adopt a formal interlocal agreement for joint general and administrative services with Mapleton and Chapman. The other towns approved the plan Monday and Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    HOULTON — Two people received minor injuries Monday afternoon in a three-car accident on B Road in Houlton. According to Sgt. Edward Archer of the Houlton Police Department, Phyllis Snell, 63, of Houlton had stopped at a railroad crossing to let a train pass. A… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Overeaters Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. each Tuesday, at Aroostook Medical Center; each Thursday at the Ashland Library and at the Unitarian church, Caribou. For information and other locations, call 1-800-649-5707. Read More
    PORTLAND — The state supreme court on Monday rejected a former Augusta firefighter’s attempt to win back the job he lost after being accused of stealing fish from a hatchery and causing a fish kill there. Kendall Buck was fired by the city after he… Read More
    MILO — Charges are being filed against two Milo residents for being grinches who tried to steal Christmas. The two individuals, whose names haven’t been released, had volunteered to deliver food and gifts to needy families in the Milo area. Garnett McMahon, organizer of the… Read More
    PORTLAND — A former bookkeeper on Monday lost a supreme court appeal of her lawsuit against Thomaston and its former town manager for alleged wrongful firing, defamation and infliction of emotional distress. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a Knox County Superior Court ruling in… Read More
    Many Maine people have writen letters recently questioning Central Maine Power Co.’s motives for first encouraging us to conserve electricity, and then seeking a rate hike based in part on our conservation efforts. The Natural Resources Council of Maine has been a strong proponent of increased conservation efforts… Read More
    If we as a people can have organizations to save whales, elephants, endangered plants, trees and bugs, then why shouldn’t we have an organization to save our only real natural resource, the people? This has to start at the local level, in neighhborhoods, rural towns, inner cities, and… Read More
    I support Sen. William Cohen’s investigation of looking into the high prices of prescriptions. I could not believe it when I picked up my wife’s prescription for asthma. The cost was $60.69 for 30 capsules. That’s $2 a capsule. A friend paid a dollar a… Read More
    I just watched a commercial telling us to keep the holiday spirit year round by shopping in downtown Ellsworth. What was that about the homeless? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    We would like to thank the Bangor Daily News for the nice things they do for people. Last weekend our grandson, who had entered a NEWS essay contest, was one of the sixth grade winners. Seth, with his family, traveled from Wallagrass to Bangor to accept his prize,… Read More
    BROWNVILLE JUNCTION — People attending the fifth annual Christmas Pops Concert Saturday evening in Brownville Junction found the halls were alive with the sights and sounds of Christmas. Red and white poinsettias, Christmas greens with red bows and berries, a decorated Christmas tree, lighted candles and the manger… Read More
    It is time for the media and the Democrats in the Legislature to stop their litany of blaming the governor for the recession currently gripping our country. I agree with the governor; after having witnessed the Democrat-orchestrated mob scenes in the State House last summer, the Legislature should… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Newly carved red-winged blackbirds will be on display at an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, at the Wendell Gilley Museum. The public is invited to visit the museum free of charge and enjoy the works of the… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Free automobile tows for inebriated drivers during the holiday season are being offered again this year by Rick Slater of Rick’s Towing and Repair. Slater has volunteered to participate in Towing Operators to Eliminate Drunk Driving, a national program sponsored by Century Towing… Read More
    HANCOCK — While enjoying the spirit of the holiday season there are many things people can do to reduce the amount of waste generated, often saving money in doing so, according to Bob Slayton of Coastal Recycling. People may consider using alternatives to purchased wrapping… Read More
    BLUE HILL — The superintendent of School Union 93 and his staff have had the last Christmas lunch they will share together. The Union 93 Joint Board has accepted Superintendent Keith Hall’s resignation, to become effective June 30, 1992. Orland resident Hall, a Democrat, hopes… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — In response to a call for emergency food aid, members of several local churches are filling corrugated boxes with 36 pounds of non-perishable groceries to ship to Russian families facing a winter of hunger. Operation Soviet Emergency Food Lift is being coordinated by… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Christmas is beginning to look a little brighter for the 13 city employees who were scheduled to lose their jobs in January. The City Council on Monday discussed preserving the positions by combining $150,000 from its land acquisition fund and the projected $144,000… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Justice William E. McKinley has rejected Charles Cavanaugh’s attempt to block access to the $1 million Beech Hill subdivision in Rockport. In a ruling filed Monday in Knox County Superior Court, McKinley stated that Cavanaugh “failed to satisfy the court” that he would… Read More
    ST. GEORGE — The Knox County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a burglary at the summer home of Pennsylvania resident Bert Pierson on Route 131. Deputy Basil Arau said the break-in was discovered Sunday by caretaker Paul McMackin during a routine check of the building. Arau… Read More
    CAMDEN — The long simmering feud between the Camden Health Care Center board and Northeast Health could be “at an end,” according to George Martens, one of the ardent participants in the battle. Martens denied Monday that the NEH opponents had spent $90,000 on legal fees in their… Read More
    ROCKPORT — A Liberty teen-ager was in critical condition Monday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after a weekend auto accident on Route 17. Rockport police said a 1986 Subaru driven by Anna J. Calderwood, 17, of Liberty went out of control on Route… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — The deadline for candidates to file nomination papers to seek local election to the SAD 37 board of directors, the Cherryfield Board of Selectmen and the Cherryfield board of assessors is 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, 1992, at the town office. The election… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Employees at Maine paper mills are crossing into New Hampshire for advanced training in papermaking that isn’t available at technical colleges in their home state, one of the nation’s leading paper producers. Employees of Madison Paper Industries, Scott Paper Co. and Boise Cascade… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The City Council met behind closed doors with representatives of Penobscot Energy Recovery Corp. last week in an attempt to iron out longstanding differences over the cost of hauling trash to PERC’s Orrington incinerator. Mayor Thomas Molloy confirmed that the discussions centered on… Read More
    DETROIT — The Robert and Jean Withee residence burned down Monday morning, the second Detroit landmark to be destroyed by fire within a month. The century-old home, a former inn, was discovered smoking about 9:10 a.m. By 10:30 a.m. it was engulfed in flames. Firefighters… Read More
    NEWPORT — After reviewing the end-of-the-year fiscal balances Monday afternoon, Newport selectmen ratified an earlier decision to purchase a new sander. However, Public Works Director Jack Wilson said the town would be getting a better deal because he had been able to negotiate with the… Read More
    In Pittsfield early Sunday morning, a would-be burglar was arrested after he was chased through two streets by his potential victim, who was wearing only his underpants. According to Pittsfield Police Chief William Lawrence, Wayne Richards of Fourth Street was awakened about 1 a.m. Sunday… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two swimmers from the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in Dover-Foxcroft qualified for the New England finals during a meeting Saturday with the Pine Tree YMCA of Portland. Barry Catlin of Sebec qualified in freestyle for 12 and under with a time of 29.49, and… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Cases disposed of in 13th District Court the week of Dec. 16 were as follows: Steven Webber, 29, San Antonio, Texas, non-attendance of state’s witness, $100. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Courses on snowmobiling, downhill skiing and cross country skiing will be offered by Greenville Adult Education. The snowmobiling course will be offered from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 14 and 15, in Room 101 at Greenville High School. Preregistration is… Read More
    MILO — Pupils at Milo Elementary School this year have done away with the custom of drawing names and exchanging gifts. Instead, they all brought in donations of non-perishable food items. With all that was received, according to school principal Christine Beres, “three large food baskets were prepared… Read More