If the University of Maine men’s basketball team is to snap out of a slump that has seen it lose five of its last six games, the Black Bears are going to have to start getting more consistent guard play. That was the word from… Read More
    Now that 1991 is history, it’s time to look ahead to 1992 and to changes I would love to see implemented for the sports world: 1. It’s about time to ditch the 45-second clock in men’s college basketball in favor of a 30-second clock like… Read More
    SUN AND FUN CLASSIC MAINE vs. ST. MARY’S (Calif.) 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 (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    DUBUQUE, Iowa – St. Ambrose of Davenport, Iowa, used the free throw line to pull out a 71-67 victory over Sr. Joseph’s of Standish in the opening round of the National Catholic Basketball Tourney here Wednesday night. St. Ambrose, 8-3, broke a 67-all tie with… Read More
    FUSSEN, Germany – Beating Canada for the first time in 10 years and earning a share of first place at the World Junior Championships aren’t enough to satisfy United States coach Walt Kyle. “We want to win the gold medal,” Kyle said Wednesday after his… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The 1992 county budget, which reflects a decrease of 0.45 percent from the 1991 budget, received approval by the Maine legislative delegation Tuesday. Even though the total budget is lower, the amount to be raised through taxes has increased by 3.7 percent. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    CHESTERVILLE — A Chesterville man is pressing for referendums in several communities on proposed ordinances to block state anti-marijuana laws and enforcement, even though he acknowledges the ordinances may not hold up in court. “They may not be binding legally, but politically they would be… Read More
    BOSTON — Here are graduate and undergraduate enrollment figures for New England public and private colleges and universities. Some of the numbers for the current academic year are preliminary. UNDERGRADUATE googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    Bangor police responded to a report of a domestic fight on Sanford Street late Tuesday night where a woman was reportedly being held down in the snow. Upon arrival around 11:45 p.m., the officer found the woman walking down the street crying. According to the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine State Retirement System is considering erecting a multimillion-dollar office building in Gardiner, the agency’s executive director said Monday. Claude R. Perrier said the system has signed an option to buy a 50-acre parcel for potential construction of a 60,000 square-foot building… Read More
    BREWER — Jodie Houston has been nominated to the 1992 McDonald’s All-American High School Band. The program is a partnership with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc. “To honor outstanding musicians, McDonald’s created the All-American High School Band program more than 25… Read More
    BOSTON — Undergraduate enrollment at New England colleges is shrinking and financial aid is drying up, trends that jeopardize the region’s dominance of higher education, according to figures released this week. “We are right on the edge, and maybe a little over the edge, of… Read More
    For Brewer Superintendent of Schools Perry Jordan, 1991 will be one for his personal record books and a year he would like to put behind him. “I certainly hope that 1992 is nothing like 1991,” he said on New Year’s Eve. “It was the most… Read More
    New Year’s Eve proved to be a quiet night in the Greater Bangor area, indicative of the change that has been taking place in the traditional celebration of the arrival of the new year, according to Bangor and Brewer police. In Bangor, there were three… Read More
    BEALS — A proposed new Beals Shoreland Zoning Ordinance, which ran aground on a series of technicalities Monday night, will be brought up again to voters at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the elementary school. The ordinance was discussed for two hours at a… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Public Library and Union of Maine Visual Artists will hold an exhibition of original artwork for children’s books beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at the Ellsworth Library. Works of one dozen artist-illustrators working in Maine will be shown, including watercolors, color pencil… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — The Widowed Persons Service will hold a Dutch-treat breakfast at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at McDonald’s, Main Street, Bucksport. For information, call Patricia Stewart at 469-2914. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The following is a partial list of the cases processed Dec. 19-25 in the central division of 5th District Court in Ellsworth. Not included in the listing are cases resulting in fines of less than $100. However, those fined for more than one minor offense are… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Billed by Penobscot School President Julia Schulz as “the perfect remedy for cabin fever,” a five-week foreign language “minisession” at the school will begin Jan. 6. Courses in French for children, and, for adults, in Spanish, Italian, German, Russian and French will meet at Penobscot School’s… Read More
    BLUE HILL — When little Brian Mitchell was born at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital New Year’s Day, his father was out fishing, unaware that his son’s birth was taking place. At 12:44 p.m. Wednesday, Nancy Hardy and Mitchell Eaton of Stonington became parents of the… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Four area teen-agers were hospitalized with minor injuries following a three-car pile up on Park Street Wedneday morning. Police Officer David Eaton identified the 16-year-olds as Nathan Gilbert, of Rockport, Jaime Weir and Matthew Cook, of Camden, and Stan Wadkowski, of Hope. The… Read More
    NEW YORK — Top female runners have been improving about twice as quickly as the fastest men, a trend that suggests women might start outrunning men in competition within 65 years, a study says. If the trend continues, the top female and male runners might… Read More
    Two-thirds of all women who develop breast cancer are age 50 and older, according to the American Association of Retired Persons, which is suggesting that older women make having a mammogram a top resolution for the new year. AARP and the the U.S. Department of… Read More
    It used to be that the fitness culture paid homage to the incredible bulk: round, taut muscles that pushed through tight clothing and made heads turn at beaches and bars. Today, the most fashionable bodies display long, lithe muscles, more like a dancer’s or swimmer’s,… Read More
    Wednesday’s lottery numbers: 251 — 0030 Megabucks: 6 20 23 27 29 31 Lotto America: 6 9 10 30 46 53… Read More
    BOSTON — Putting balloons into the heart to squeeze open clogged arteries works better than medicine alone for relieving chest pain, a new study finds. The research provides the first rigorous scientific evidence to support the widely held belief that angioplasty is effective for treating… Read More
    KITTERY — The commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was promoted to rear admiral while union officials worried about whether the yard can survive the next round of defense cuts. Capt. Lewis Felton is on a list of new admirals to be appointed during the… Read More
    PORTLAND — There were 23 murders in Maine in 1991, but the state remains untouched by the random street violence afflicting large cities, officials say. The number of homicides this year was below the 1990 level of 29 and the 10-year average of 29, said… Read More
    The New England School of Broadcasting in Bangor has received its reaccreditation for five years from the Career College Association of Washington, D.C. Accreditation serves as an indication of institutional quality. It assures that the school is in full compliance with federal, state and local… Read More
    By Christmas 1992, Nelson Mandela predicted last week, South Africa will have a new constitution that ends apartheid, promotes equality and works to create opportunity for all South Africans to improve the quality of their lives. Should such a heartening event occur, it will be because of the… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Bucking a statewide trend, Maine Public Service Co. announced Tuesday that its average retail electric rates will be lower beginning Jan. 1. According to the utility, a typical residential customer’s monthly bill fall 6.7 percent — from $53.33 to $49.76. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    While state legislators are congratulating themselves for having cut Maine’s budget without raising taxes to pay for programs, homeowners are digging into their wallets to pay higher taxes. Those taxes are local rather than state, but they will come as a direct result of the $18-million reduction in… Read More
    PORTLAND — Stinson Seafood Co. has sold its Portland groundfish processing plant for an undisclosed price to Bristol Seafood Inc., officials said. The sale, effective Wednesday, comes just two years after two Connecticut businessmen bought the Portland plant and four others that had been owned… Read More
    People are talking about hard times and the recession we are having. It’s been a recession here in Down East Lubec for 15 years or more. The fish plants are gone, the catfood plants are gone, the stores are about gone. All we have now is a body… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Monday approval of the first budget by an Aroostook County Finance Committee for the county and its unorganized territories was a “very, very smooth process,” the committee chairman said. “I am very pleased,” Tom Stevens said after the public hearing held Monday… Read More
    DANFORTH — Birders in cars, on foot and watching from their feeders counted 30 species in a 15-mile circle around Danforth, during the National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count. Birds spotted and numbers included 440 evening grosbeaks, 130 black-capped chickadees, 122 American goldfinches, 78 each… Read More
    DANFORTH — The SAD 14 board of directors Monday night approved a roof snow-shoveling policy to deal with a snow overloading problem on the roof of the East Grand School. Because of an engineering study completed in October, school officials learned that portions of the… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Presentations by city Police, Fire, Emergency Management and Human Resource departments for inclusion in the 1992 budget will be heard at the 6:30 p.m. Thursday session at the city council chambers. The first 1992 budget session on Monday included an overview by… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Plans to upgrade U.S. Route 1, through a proposed limited-access bypass roadway at Presque Isle, are continuing despite new transportation policy regulations approved by residents in last November’s referendum. The Maine Department of Transportation, the State Planning Office and other state offices… Read More
    VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Town Council completed a warrant Monday for a special town meeting to be held later this month. The special town meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Van Buren District Secondary School. Voters will be asked… Read More
    MADAWASKA — Social Justice and Peace Commissions from St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, St. Luce Parish, St. Gerard Parish, St. David Parish and St. Agatha Parish credit the generosity of donors for enabling them to distribute Christmas food baskets, toys and other gifts to 185 families in the area. Read More
    MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Recreation and Parks Department has posted hours for public skating at the Multipurpose Center. Public skating is from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 3:30 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to noon and 1… Read More
    BRUNSWICK — About 100 potential bone-marrow donors have been identified for a Brunswick woman with leukemia, but the search has been halted while the woman recovers from an infection of her liver and spleen. “My life is on hold,” said Julie Fortin Beaupre, whose battle… Read More
    The proposal to move Navy jet fuel by truck from Searsport to Brunswick over Route 1 should be stopped until a full review of other options is made. This would only be in accord with the voters’ response to referendum question 1. There is little… Read More
    BEALS — Developers who want to build a commercial Atlantic salmon farm in waters southeast of Great Wass Island will explain their application for a 10-year lease of about 10 acres of ocean bottom at a public hearing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at Beals Elementary School. Read More
    I’m writing about the Nov. 21 article by Jeanne Curran on the speech given by Roe v. Wade lawyer Sarah Weddington. What’s the deal? Come on and show some guts and print the truth. Stop spreading worn-out propaganda while ignoring the unborn victims like Weddington… Read More
    The purpose of this letter is to ask readers to consider being a volunteer for the Maine Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) or for the cause of one’s choice. Being a volunteer makes one feel good whether it be one hour a week or one day… Read More
    In the Dec. 13 Bangor Daily News, I was quoted several times in an article concerning stress of foster families. I’d like to elaborate on it as much was missing in terms of content. True, the stresses are there. Birth parents who are able often… Read More
    Shame on Barbara Colombo-Adams (Readers Write, Dec. 12) for her one-sided view of the Disney studios. For years, Disney has made movies that have shown young women and young girls in adventures and relationships beyond the stereotypical. How about “The Journey of Natty Gann,” where… Read More
    CALAIS — Kathryn Colson of Calais, a computer operator, will become the public relations director at Calais Regional Hospital beginning Monday, Jan. 6. Colson will be responsible for the department of community relations at CRH, according to the Dec. 24 edition of “Care Letter,” the… Read More
    PORTLAND — Health officials in northern New England are considering vaccinations of all domestic cats as well as racoons in the wild to prevent a rabies epidemic from spreading northward from Connecticut. “It’s going to get here, and we would like to be prepared for… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Randall Tenggren, 30, will be tried for the murder of fellow Maine State Prison inmate Larry L. Richardson in Piscataquis County Superior Court, on April 6, 1992. Richardson was found dead in his segregation unit cell on March 6, 1990. Tenggren will be… Read More
    SOUTH PORTLAND — State police seized evidence during a second search of the home of a missing woman and elevated her case to a homicide investigation, a spokesman said Tuesday. Investigators were at the South Portland home of Pearl and William Bruns until about 1… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Warriors’ Band of Nokomis Regional High School of Newport plans to participate in the Berklee College of Music’s 24th annual Jazz Festival on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The festival, which has provided a showcase for thousands… Read More
    PISCATAQUIS COUNTY — Although 1991 was a year filled with hardships and budget woes, it was also a year of sharing. When residents heard about the plight of 9-year-old Stephanie Manning of Sangerville, who had colon cancer, they raised $9,500 so the girl could fulfill… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Knox County Commissioners have reversed a decision to raise the salary of acting Chief Deputy Raymond Voyer, voting to put his pay back at the level of jail administrator. The commissioners had elevated Voyer’s salary to $26,790 a year when it was… Read More
    BELFAST — Gearing up to run for a fourth term as mayor, Page Worth predicted that 1992 would be a year of transition and accomplishment for this city on the banks of the Passagassawakeag River. Worth, who during her six years as Belfast’s mayor has… Read More
    DEXTER — After last year’s legislative session, many lawmakers are making a New Year’s resolution not to go through what they did last year. Others are vowing to fight even harder to maintain control of the state’s budget. Richard Gould of Greenville says he’ll renew… Read More
    LEWISTON — Horizons-55 Senior Information Center will present Fit and Fun, an 11-part program beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the information center, Lewiston Mall. Call 795-2905 or 1-800-564-4555 for information. Horizons 55 is Central Maine Community Health Corp.’s senior care services program. Read More
    Mid-Maine police reported few alcohol violations by New Year’s Eve revelers. In Pittsfield, no arrests were reported. In Newport, one alcohol-related traffic stop was made, at 2:45 a.m. on Route 7. Officer Jeremy Leal charged Brent Dorman, 36, of Milo, with operating a motor vehicle… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Maine Central Institute has rescheduled the financial aid parent’s night for Jan. 6, 1992. The meeting will be informing students and parents about scholarships, financial aid, and financial aid applications. The meeting was originally scheduled for Dec. 18, but was postponed due to bad weather. For… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — One of the few departments in the 1992 proposed Somerset County budget to get more money was the Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Spencer Havey was on hand this week for a public presentation to explain the reasons for the $84,000 increase. Havey and Lt. Read More
    LEWISTON — Osteoporosis will be the subject of the Horizons-55 educational program from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, at the Horizons-55 Senior Information Center, the Lewiston Mall. Guest speaker will be Paul E. Raczynski, M.D. Call 795-2905 or 1-800-564-4555 for information. Read More
    MILO — Members of the Penquis Valley High School Alumni boys basketball teams showed Saturday evening they haven’t lost their abilities on the court. Two teams, consisting of alumni from various years, played exhibition games against the Penquis Valley boys junior varsity and varsity teams. Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The proposed 1992 budget for Piscataquis County, which reflects a 4 percent decrease in appropriations from last year, was adopted Tuesday by the Piscataquis County Commissioners. Close to $200,000 in cuts were made in the budget during several budget sessions conducted by the… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners on Tuesday appointed Robert Young to serve as a part-time special investigator for the District Attorney’s Office. Young, who also held the position last year, will receive a stipend of $2,500. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Cardinals, a rare bird species in Maine 20 years ago, have found Dover-Foxcroft a good place to spend the winter. Two cardinals were observed during the Christmas count held last month. Last year (1991) had the lowest count since the count began in… Read More
    CUTLER — To prevent activities on land from polluting the neighboring waters, voters on Monday unanimously accepted a new state-mandated Cutler Shoreland Zoning Ordinance. Twenty-one people attended the special town meeting and chose to adopt their own ordinance, rather than to allow the state Department… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Washington County Sheriff’s Department responded to a total of 1,868 complaints and assistance calls between January and December 1991, according to a report recently released by Sheriff John B. Crowley. The good news for county residents is that this represents 316 fewer… Read More
    The name of District 138’s representative, Tony J. Tammaro, D-Baileyville, was inadvertently omitted from a story in Monday’s Down East edition that listed the legislators who attended a Dec. 28 meeting with Washington County Commissioners Robert Gillis Jr. and Preston Smith in Machias. Read More
    MILO — Milo and Brownville police department personnel feel the new traffic summons system that took effect New Year’s Day for District Courts will help relieve some of the congestion at the court. Milo Police Chief Todd Lyford commented New Year’s Eve on the violation summons and complaint… Read More