According to last Saturday’s Associated Press ski report, Sugarloaf/USA had packed-powder and loose granular conditions with a 15- to 40-inch base and 34 trails in operation. What I found when I arrived in Carrabassett Valley on Saturday morning, however, was fewer trails open, more frozen… Read More
    One of Hockey East’s biggest surprises, a team adjusting to life as a Division I independent, and a Canadian team that owns an exhibition road win over New Hampshire will join the University of Maine’s Black Bears in the field for the fifth annual Dexter Hockey Classic on… Read More
    Tying Time: Twenty-five years ago, there was no more than a handful of fly-tiers hereabouts. As you know, the attentions of those artisans were directed, for the most part, to turning out streamer flies that imitated smelts and other bait fish when trolled along rock-rimmed shorelines. A few… Read More
    One sports lover’s wish list for 1992: A computer virus that will infect every video game program in the country and get kids back outside playing ball, or street hockey, or just plain old kick the can. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    University of Maine sophomore goalie Mike Dunham and sophomore defenseman Chris Imes have played prominent roles in the U.S. team’s 3-1 performance in the World Junior Championships in Germany. Dunham is 3-0 with a 1.33 goals-against average and a remarkable .954 save percentage, while Imes… Read More
    Last season’s state indoor Class B high jump champion, Ken Hanscom from Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln, will be out for his senior indoor track season after undergoing open-heart surgery. After a doctor’s checkup revealed a slight heart murmur, Hanscom was scheduled for a comprehensive evaluation… Read More
    Newschannel 13/Media High School Basketball Poll (first-place votes in parentheses) School, points, last week 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
    AUGUSTA – Maine’s 1992 moose season has been set for Oct. 5-10. The Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council and IF&W Commissioner William Vail confirmed the dates for the moose season and also proposed seasons on bear and deer similar to last year. The dates… Read More
    The Bangor Elks Lodge will host the Hoop Shoot Contest on Saturday in Newman Gymnasium at Husson College. The contest is open to boys and girls ages 8-13. Three age groups with two divisions each (boys and girls) will be offered and competitors will shoot… Read More
    UM HOCKEY STATISTICS SCORING (through Dec. 31) Name GP G A Pts PIM PP googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if… Read More
    Orono and Old Town dominated football in the LTC Class B ranks during the 1991 season. Thus, it is no surprise the Red Riots and the Indians should also lead the way on the LTC Class B Football All-Star Team. The squad was chosen recently… Read More
    1991 VOTING RECORDS: Sen. George J. Mitchell, 100 percent. Sen. William S. Cohen, 100 percent. Rep. Tom Andrews, 98 percent. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe, 96 percent. Senate average, 97 percent of 280 recorded votes. House average, 95 percent of 428 recorded votes. (Source: Congressional Quarterly)… Read More
    PORTLAND — The Maine supreme court on Tuesday rejected a claim by nine insurance companies demanding more than $50 million in damages because they contended a 1985 state law unfairly reduced rates for Workers’ Compensation insurance. “We’re very pleased with the decision,” said Assistant Attorney… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan has reappointed three Mainers — Karen Lynn Piper of North Anson, Ned Berce of St. Agatha and Roger N. Smedberg Sr. of South Paris — to the Maine State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. The three-member panel, with Piper… Read More
    AUGUSTA — In its last official act before it went out of business, the Maine Health Policy Advisory Council on Tuesday released its fifth and final annual report, called “A Vision for Maine’s Health.” The agency is one of several advisory groups, such as the… Read More
    Maybe you flipped your calendar this morning to change the month, and suddenly realized: You forgot to buy a new one. If you hurry, you still can get one before this first day of 1992 is over. Because, if you’re like me, not having a… Read More
    A 2-year-old Brewer boy injured in a pre-Christmas fire remains in fair condition at Shriners Burn Hospital in Boston, according to a hospital representative on Tuesday. Victor Dorr Jr. was injured in a Dec. 21 fire at his Wilson Street home that resulted in the… Read More
    Maine’s largest city kicked off its New Year’s Eve celebration Tuesday with a five-kilometer road race, and Portland’s police braced for thousands of revelers drinking, dancing and watching fireworks. The 12-hour New Year’s Portland celebration began at noon with the race and was scheduled to… Read More
    Fifteen environmental organizations have issued a call for a regional “New Year’s Resolution” to save 400,000 acres of forest in New England and New York. “The Northern Forest is an irreplaceable national treasure,” said Michael Kellet, director of the Wilderness Society’s regional office in Boston. Read More
    PORTLAND — The last remaining suspect to be arrested in connection with an alleged 1983 marijuana-smuggling conspiracy is returning to Maine to face charges. According to a press release issued Monday by the U.S. Marshals Service in Portland, Walter G. Dudley, 41, was arrested without… Read More
    WLBZ-TV in Bangor again is seeking nominations for its prestigious Jefferson Award which honors people who have given outstanding public service to their communities. Since 1978, WLBZ has been the local sponsor of this national award, which was created to honor private individuals who have… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Maine’s population continued to grow slightly during 1991 in the face of a recession that has prompted the beginning of an exodus in some other New England states, according to new Census data. But Richard Silkman, director of Maine’s State Planning Office, saw… Read More
    ROXBURY — A 39-year-old Roxbury woman died Monday afternoon when her car hit a patch of ice and skidded into an oncoming car on Route 17, police said. The victim, Bonita N. Thomas, was driving southbound when her car struck a vehicle driven by a… Read More
    HODGDON — A family of six escaped with only the clothes they had on Tuesday morning when fire tore through their home on Town Line Road in Hodgdon. Dale Brown, his wife, Gail, and their four children, two girls age 6, another age 8 and… Read More
    Susan and Michael McCormick of Dexter have a 4-year-old son, Sean, who has Down syndrome. Elton and Eileen Rawley of Bangor have a 28-year-old son, Alan, who, by their description, is mentally retarded. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    The year 1991 chronicled the end of two dreams. One died. The other slowly will be reborn. In the Soviet Union, the lights went out on the radiant future of Lenin’s communist system. The dream of the workers’ utopia was shattered by reality and discarded… Read More
    PORTLAND — The state supreme court on Tuesday overturned a Lewiston man’s prison sentences for shooting a bar patron in the mouth and ordered him to undergo psychiatric testing. Alfred A. Gallant Jr., 46, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for aggravated assault and… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A former Maine Maritime Academy student has entered a plea of innocent to the indictment for manslaughter brought against her earlier this month in connection with the 1990 death of a newborn baby boy at the Castine college. Tiffany L. Chamberland, 21, of… Read More
    The economy of central and northern Maine, cold and stalled for much of 1991, was given a jump start on the last day of the year with the Bowater Inc. purchase from Georgia-Pacific of the former Great Northern Paper Co. properties, including mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket. Read More
    The Katahdin region began a new era Dec. 31 when Bowater Inc. took control of the reborn Great Northern Paper Inc. Bowater paid Georgia-Pacific Corp. about $300 million Tuesday for an 80 percent share of its paper mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket. The deal… Read More
    Sometimes, staying in business means adapting to the times. Trophy World did — and flourished. Owned by Eleanor Heinz, Trophy World opened at 34 Central St. in Bangor on March 1, 1979. In those days, according to Manager Dieter Heinz (husband to Eleanor), “about 95… Read More
    Happy New Year! Made any resolutions for 1992 yet? I have. A few of them sound vaguely familiar from a year ago: lose weight, get more exercise, spend more time at home and less time at work. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    While America was embroiled in the Korean War just 39 years ago, Clifton “Skip” Hammond opened a sawmill that employed only three people, including himself. Today, the sawmill has grown into the Hammond Lumber Co., a firm that still operates the saw mill; five building-supply stores; and Maine… Read More
    We really are not funding our military for defense. We are funding it and have been for offense. Our foreign policy has been to project our mighty military apparatus around the world, so that we get what we want by intimidation. Recently, we rented our troops and military… Read More
    A unanimous decision to “Irish” Tom Hennessey for his knockout article on “Bangor Boxing — The Golden Years” (and well they were). I get the Bangor Daily News by mail here in New Mexico. I was born in Bangor and retired from the Bangor Fire Department in 1988. Read More
    Charles Dickens might have been thinking about January 1992 when he wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” It is wonderful not to be anticipating war in the Middle East this month, but there’s no arguing that, in… Read More
    This is the Census Department’s estimate of population changes for the New England states in 1991: STATE 1991 1990 PCT. CHANGE 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
    I recently had the pleasure of attending graduation ceremonies at the University of Maine to witness a friend receive his diploma. He had planned to graduate last spring but two required courses “vaporized” due to budget cuts. Imagine my surprise as I listened to the commencement speaker, interim… Read More
    Some history buffs, upon learning that Boris Yeltsin’s Russian Republic has assumed the former Kremlin’s role, may recall, apprehensively, that at the beginning of this century the Russian Empire’s territory was slightly larger than that of the now defunct U.S.S.R. Al Walsh Orono… Read More
    I feel compelled to respond to the governor’s lastest plans for saving money through privatization. Why does he think that privatization of chronic care mental health will work in Maine, when it has failed to work in five other states? People are not garbage. It… Read More
    WASHINGTON — California ranked first and Arkansas last in preventing on-the-job hazards that kill up to 80,000 American workers annually, according to a new study that also gave poor marks to the federal government. Following California with the best safety laws, enforcement and Workers’ Compensation… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Here is a list of how states performed on job safety laws, enforcement and Workers’ Compensation systems, according to an analysis by the National Safe Workplace Institute, a private group based in Chicago. The study used a complex grading system to rate each… Read More
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    Ice fishing season for game fish opens Wednesday, but wardens are urging caution as some of the larger lakes are not completely frozen over and people might run into open water. “Ice conditions can be extremely hazardous in some areas,” said Lt. Langdon Chandler of… Read More
    Some Penobscot County Jail guards who would have been laid off under the new budget will get to keep their jobs. The County Commissioners reinstated two of six positions Tuesday after a plea from Sheriff Edward J. Reynolds, who was afraid he had acted too… Read More
    The following building permits have been issued in BANGOR: Peter Origuglio, 69 Savage St., addition. 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
    FORT KENT — Offers of a home and donations have been pouring in toward the care of Lucky, a dog volunteers rescued Monday morning from a small island on Fish River. Rescuers do not know how long the small black dog had been stranded before… Read More
    CARIBOU — A successful fund drive, with a midnight Tuesday deadline, has established a $400,000 Luella Poland Hollingsworth Foundation to benefit equally Caribou school scholarships and Cary Medical Center. “We’re over the top,” said the coordinator of an 11th-hour appeal to contributors Tuesday for a… Read More
    Tuesday was supposed to be a furlough day for state Fire Marshal Donald M. Bisset, but the state official nonetheless decided to spend his last day before retirement in his Augusta office, cleaning up and packing his belongings. After more than 32 years with the… Read More
    The Eddington Salmon Club will sponsor a fly-tying class, “Beginners in Atlantic Salmon Hairwing Flies,” beginning Monday, Jan. 6. The weekly Monday sessions will be held 7-9 p.m. at the clubhouse in North Brewer at the intersection of Routes 9 and 178. The class will last about three… Read More
    The following cases were decided in 3rd District Court, Bangor, Dec. 12-17: Raymond Archer, 20, Winterport, furnishing liquor to a minor, $200. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
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    Brewer Convalescent Several residents enjoyed a trip to the Bangor Civic Center for the Bangor Band’s annual Christmas Concert as well as another viewing of the community’s Christmas lights. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
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    Bangor became known as the most patriotic city in the land in 1991 as thousands of Maine residents turned out at Bangor International Airport to welcome home soldiers returning from the Middle East. BIA was the first stop for thousands of U.S. troops on their… Read More