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    GORHAM – The biggest difference between this year’s young Husson College women’s basketball and last season’s senior-laden squad can be summed up in one word: poise. Coach Kissy Walker’s Braves showcased their new-found composure on Tuesday night, grabbing a big lead, watching it slip away,… Read More
    Almost every American was captivated by the daily news accounts and television images coming out of Russia and its neighboring Baltic states during the collapse of communism last year. The news was especially important for one student at Brewer High School. Viava Kiaupiate is an… Read More
    NAIA Men’s Div. II Top 25 KANSAS CITY (AP) – The top 25 teams in the NAIA Division II men’s basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 19, total points and preseason ranking: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    INDIAN ISLAND – Jim Evans and Scott Wilcox each scored twice as Old Town downed Foxcroft Academy 7-1 to remain unbeaten in high school hockey action at Sockalexis Ice Arena here Tuesday. Jay Thomas, Jay Blackwell, and Jason Richards also scored for Old Town, now… Read More
    MSSPA Hockey Points STATEWIDE CLASS A (For games played through Jan. 21 ) 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]… Read More
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    Since its founding in 1973, American Rivers has protected more than 9,300 miles of rivers and hundreds of thousands of adjacent acres, stopped scores of proposals to construct dams, and thereby saved the public more than $25 billion in tax dollars. Recently, the nation’s leading… Read More
    FAIRFIELD – Bangor’s tenacious man-to-man defense allowed only 11 first-half points as the Rams recorded a 54-33 Class A schoolboy basketball victory over host Lawrence here Tuesday night. Bill Newman connected for a game-high 23 points to pace the attack for the 7-2 Rams. Mark… Read More
    New England Div. III Poll (selected by voting of coaches) 1. Williams College, 10-1 (12) 67 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
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    Old Town High School Athletic Director Bob Lahey, who has been a leader in athletic administration for almost two decades, has earned another prestigious national honor. Lahey has assumed the presidency of the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). He formally took over the post… Read More
    Aroostook County sports fans get an opportunity to catch the excitement of a local cheerleading championship at the first Caribou High School Invitational Cheerleading Competition scheduled for Saturday. Caribou High School cheerleading co-coaches Jane Umphrey and Carol Soucie are co-directors of the event which gets… Read More
    BRUNSWICK – Colby’s Beth Montgomery poured in 26 points to lead the White Mules to a 60-55 women’s basketball victory over the Bowdoin College Polar Bears at Morrell Gym Tuesday night. Susan Roberts chipped in with 10 points for 3-9 Colby and Kathie Pooler grabbed… Read More
    CALAIS – Ralph Flagg led a balanced scoring attack with 18 points as Eastern Maine Technical College of Bangor topped Washington County Tech 87-75 in men’s basketball action Tuesday night. Shawn Alley scored 17 points for the Golden Eagles of EMTC (9-5, 5-1). Jimmy Card… Read More
    The number of independent runners is up in the Eastern Maine Indoor Track League this year. Eight high school athletes are competing without teams, according to John Holyoke, EMITL’s director. In past years, the number of independent athletes has been low, with only three to… Read More
    BRUNSWICK – John Daileanes poured in 27 points and Matt Gaudet scored 21 to pace the Colby College men to an 81-71 basketball win over Bowdoin College at Morrell Gym here Tuesday night. Paul Butler had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the 9-2 Mules,… Read More
    Sophomore Bob Zurinskas, a quarterback-turned-safety for the University of Maine’s football team, will try his arm for the Black Bear baseball team this spring. Zurinskas, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound righthander from Brockton, Mass., will be looked at as a reliever according to Maine Coach John Winkin. Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Tracy Huggins poured in 27 points and Julie Brown added 20 to lead the Bucksport Golden Bucks to a 75-61 schoolgirl basketball win over the Camden-Rockport Windjammers here Tuesday night. Jen Wardwell added 12 points and 10 rebounds for Bucksport. Julie Brown had… Read More
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    PORTLAND – If and when snowshoeing wins acceptance as a winter Olympic sport, Denise Tanguay plans to be among the first to win a spot on the starting line. In the meantime, Tanguay relies on events like this weekend’s International Snowshoeing Championships in Lewiston to… Read More
    STANDISH – The St. Joseph’s College women jumped to a 37-15 halftime lead and coasted to a 79-46 victory over Gordon College of Wenham, Mass., in basketball here Tuesday night. One of the game’s highlights was 12 points by St. Joe’s senior Karen Hartman’s which… Read More
    NCAA Women’s Division III Top 20 MISSION, Kansas (AP) – The top 20 teams in the NCAA Division III women’s basketball poll with records through Jan. 19, total points, and first place votes in parentheses: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    With the demise of the former No. 2 enemy of the United States continuing to monopolize the media there is a media failure to focus on the true No. 1 enemy of the American people. The entrenched bureaucracy has allowed the United States to debase… Read More
    John Day’s Dec. 11-12 column, “Marriage, politics a volatile mix,” asks voters to judge Rep. Olympia Snowe by her legislative record. Snowe was a staunch supporter of former President Regan’s deregulation of the savings-and-loans and his foreign policy toward Nicaragua. The deregulation of the S&Ls… Read More
    The possibility of a so-called “low-level” radioactive waste facility being constructed in Frankfort is now frighteningly real. We urge all concerned citizens of Frankfort and surrounding towns to attend the public meeting at the Frankfort Elementary School on the North Searsport Road (toward Swan Lake State Park). It… Read More
    A Jan. 3 Bangor Daily News article read, in part, an acknowledgment by President Bush that most Americans do not feel better off economically than when he was elected three years ago. But he predicted “that will turn around” and suggested that critics have exaggerated the public’s anxiety… Read More
    In your publishing of state salaries over $50,000, the fact that we pay almost $1 million in salaries to 12 Workers’ Compensation commissioners certainly stands out. Who are these people? What do they do? What are their qualifications? How are they chosen? Why are there… Read More
    Even more horrifying than taxpayer ripoff, to those of us in the majority, about the huge salaries of state bureaucrats (BDN, Jan. 15) is the fact that out of 469, only 82 are women (about 18 percent). Perhaps the real message is not just about… Read More
    Congratulations and thank you for the editorial and backup information on our top-heavy state bureaucracy. I hope you find ways to restate and add to such information until a huge groundswell awakens our legislators to the need for restructuring on both state and national levels. Read More
    The recent decision of the Orono Town Council to ban firearms discharge in the built-up parts of the town resulted from active participation in town affairs by a substantial number of its citizens. The majority that strongly favors these firearms restrictions was well represented by citizens who attended… Read More
    Shereese Edwards, a 23-year-old Dallas mother, has put nursing school on hold while she struggles with rent, food and clothing for her 8-month-old daughter and 5-year-old son. Preventing another pregnancy is a big priority. But the last three times she has visited the East Dallas… Read More
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    Tech. Sgt. Myron Moody Jr. of Cornville has been named Guardsman of the Month for January by the Maine Air National Guard’s 101st Air Refueling Wing in Bangor. He joined the Air Guard in February 1985 and belongs to the Civil Engineering Squadron. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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    When WLBZ-TV weather reporter Tom Szymanski forecast freezing rain along the coast last week, it was enough to keep me home. “Too Tall’s” glib, enthusiastic 11 p.m. report afforded me the opportunity to catch a couple of middle school basketball games at the Dedham School… Read More
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    George Cyr of Carmel, past state deputy for the Maine State Council, Knights of Columbus, will serve as chairman of the 1992 Quincentennial Gala to be held Oct. 3 in the Bangor-Brewer area. Cyr is a member of Pine Cone Council 114 Bangor and was… Read More
    The Cancer and Blood Disorder Clinic at the Eastern Maine Medical Center will present a program titled “I Can Cope” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Feb. 4, in the Charles D. McEvoy Conference Room. Information about living positively with a… Read More
    Dear Dr. Dos: How can I transfer data between my laptop and my desktop computer at home? The laptop has a 3 1/2-inch drive. The desktop machine has 5 1/4-inch drives. There are several ways to move files between computers with different drive sizes. You… Read More
    SHERMAN STATION — If experience really is the best teacher, than a group of about 20 Katahdin High School students are well on their way to learning some of the most important lessons of their lives. Students in David Wilkins’ advanced biology and anatomy classes… Read More
    MADAWASKA — The family-owned Daigle Funeral Home at Madawaska has been transferred to the third generation of the Daigle family business that was started by Ernest Daigle in 1924. Romeo E. Daigle, owner of the funeral service since 1954, started working with his father in… Read More
    RANGELEY — The third annual Firefighters Hit the Slopes to Fight Cancer ski event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, and at 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at Saddleback Mountain. Teams from throughout Maine will help the Maine Division of… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the Piscataquis-Sagadahoc Room, Augusta Civic Center, at the Maine Agricultural Trade Show. The speaker is Chip Hardy of Brookdale Farms, Hollis, N.H., who will speak on his diversified fruit… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Portland man was wrongly convicted of manslaughter and had been administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation to his live-in companion when she died, his attorney told the state supreme court Tuesday. Edwin Lee Allen’s attorney, Michael E. Saucier, contended that Allen’s 1990 manslaughter conviction should… Read More
    A South Portland man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to distributing cocaine at the Maine Mall. Aided by a Spanish-speaking interpreter, Nivaldo Posada-Munoz, originally from Cuba, entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Morton A. Brody. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    OAKFIELD — The annual business meeting of the Oakfield Baptist Church was held Wednesday with a pot luck supper. Reports were reviewed and accepted and there was discussion on Direct Mission Giving, which was adopted. Officers elected were: Norman Clark, moderator; Kerry Bartlett, vice moderator;… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — Town councilors have directed Town Manager Scott Seabury to sign a three-year contract with Crown Ambulance Service. The contract at $37,061 the first year, is not to increase more than 5 percent in each of the two succeeding years. The contract was increased from $33,384… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Northern Maine Chamber Society will present a free classical music concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Caribou Center for Performing Arts. The program will feature a string quartet, orchestral music and a locally-composed horn concertino. The orchestra of 31… Read More
    ALLAGASH — SAD 10 at Allagash has been caught using chapter I money for other than Chapter I educational activities and local money must now repay the $7,250. The repayment is for misuse of funds found during a 1991 audit of Chapter I money. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    EASTPORT — The Eastport Youth Association invites all to a meeting at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22, at City Hall to help plan activities for the nearly-complete Youth Center. EYA President Vincent Lodge said Tuesday a July 4 grand opening is planned, “and we want… Read More
    CALAIS — It was a tough first few days for eastern Washington County’s New Year’s baby, but Kenneth Arthur Poole III is at home now and feeling fine. Poole is the son of Kenneth and Janice Poole of Alexander. The young Poole, who arrived earlier… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — The restoration of the Albee-Richardson Building in East Machias has become one of the more ambitious projects undertaken by students enrolled in the Western Washington County Vocational Trades Program at Machias Memorial High School. Built as a church in 1880, the Albee-Richardson… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — Wayne G. Grant, a member of the Cherryfield Taxpayers Association, began circulating his nomination papers Tuesday to become a candidate for separate three-year terms on the board of selectmen and board of assessors. Grant is the third man to circulate nomination papers for… Read More
    MACHIAS — A past president of the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce in Augusta will discuss affordable employee health care on Friday, Jan. 24, at a meeting of the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, held at the University of Maine at Machias. The MBACC’s… Read More
    EASTPORT Three Eastport men have been charged with criminal trespass following a city police investigation of a break-in at a Battery Street home in December. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    MACHIAS — Machias police have ruled that the death of a 69-year-old Jonesboro man found in his car Monday was caused by a massive heart attack, which occurred as he was driving his car on the East Kennebec Road in Machias. Patrol Officer Scott Inman… Read More
    LITTLE SQUAW TOWNSHIP — A 77-year-old Rockwood woman received bruises in a car accident about 10 a.m. Tuesday in Little Squaw Township. According to Trooper Dan Ouellette of the Maine State Police, Emily Edwards lost control of her southbound 1986 Ford Thunderbird on an ice-covered… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Renovations and improvements to the county’s communication tower on Squaw Mountain were discussed Tuesday by the Piscataquis County Commissioners. Because of an icing problem with the batteries at the tower, there have been difficulties with communication. Earlier this month, the commissioners asked David… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — An installation of officers was held at the recent meeting of the Dover-Foxcroft United Methodist Women. Installed were: Dorothy Finnemore, president; Marion Collins, vice president; Laura Lee-McPhee, secretary; Lois Reynolds, treasurer; Marilyn Hill, nomination chairman; Eunice Mitchell and Jean Isackes, nominating committee; Debra… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Cases disposed of in 13th District Court in Dover-Foxcroft recently were as follows: Hanington Bros. Inc., Kingman, operating over interstate road limit, $370. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The town of Pittsfield was offered a $50,000 buyout for its waste disposal contract with Tom Sawyer, Inc. at Tuesday night’s Town Council meeting. The offer came from Gary Chandler, representing investors in the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company. The offer was made with “no strings attached”… Read More
    DEXTER — Officers of the Penobscot Masonic Lodge were installed at a special meeting, Jan. 12. The installing team was District Deputy Fred Banks and Past District Deputies Howard Weymouth and John Greenleaf. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    MILO — The halls of the Penquis Valley Middle School in Milo will be alive with the sounds of music Saturday, Jan. 25, when the school is host for the District V Junior High Honors Music Festival. Schools with students participating include Dover-Foxcroft, Bangor, Millinocket,… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Inadequate membership and responsibilities continue to plague the Somerset County Local Emergency Planning Committee which met Tuesday at the Skowhegan Community Center with less than the full membership present. While some members were excused from Tuesday’s meeting, many of those absent have not attended regularly and… Read More
    The Bangor 4th of July Corp. has begun the planning process for this year’s July 4 celebration. After two meetings, the group has formed committees for fund-raising and various events. The corporation will need lots of public support this year because with budget cuts, it… Read More
    FRANKFORT — A fire Tuesday evening destroyed the residence of Susan Kenney who lived on Treat Point Road. The fire started in the end of the house containing the electrical entrance and kitchen, said Arnold Gray, assistant chief of the Frankfort Fire Department, as crews… Read More
    SOUTH THOMASTON — Fire struck the Wessaweskeag River home of Eric Delange at midnight Tuesday. Fire Chief Wayne Brown said the building was in flames when the department arrived at the scene, a few hundred yards off Westbrook Street. As the firefighters began to pour… Read More
    BELFAST — Love, Kitchen and Co. want to purchase city-owned land under the Belfast and Moosehead Railroad, the City Council was told Tuesday night. The New Jersey firm wants to purchase the BMRR from owner Charles Sturtevant, invest $2 million, and establish a revamped, modern… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Architect Frank Locker told the local high school building committee Tuesday night that he prefers to design schools that emphasize academics rather than athletics, but the site proposed for the new Ellsworth High School won’t quite let him. The project designer, an architect… Read More
    CASTINE — Harold E. Babcock of Penobscot has been appointed cooperative education coordinator at Maine Maritime Academy, a new position funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Babcock will develop student internships in shoreside companies, both in Maine and other states. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — A proposed extension of the Bucksport Zoning Board of Appeals’ deliberation schedule may be opposed by lawyers representing Applied Energy Services. The board is currently hearing an appeal of the Bucksport Planning Board’s Oct. 16, 1991 decision to issue AES a shoreland zoning… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The Bar Harbor Town Council decided Tuesday evening not to take the next step in drafting an ordinance to prohibit windsurfing on Eagle Lake. In a 3-2 decision, the council voted against proceeding with the ordinance requested by the Bar Harbor Water… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The following is a partial list of the cases processed Jan. 9 through Jan. 15 in the central division of the 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… Read More
    The Smoke Free Singles Society will meet for Friendly Hour at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at the Flight Deck Lounge, Airport Hilton. Parking tickets may be validated. At 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, breakfast will be held at Pat’s Pizza, Orono. At 8 p.m. Read More
    ORRINGTON — The Maine People’s Alliance, Penobscot Valley Chapter, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Orrington Town Hall, Center Drive. Discussion will be of a skills training conference on working with the media and presenting testimony. The conference will be held… Read More
    The condition of a man involved in a car crash early Sunday morning in Bangor was upgraded on Tuesday to serious. Roger Collins, 19, of Bangor, was seriously injured in the crash on the Chase Road. The driver of the car, Christopher Cameron, 20, has… Read More
    Old Town firefighters sifted through the remains of an Old Town apartment building on Tuesday to try and determine what caused the Monday fire that gutted the building and left five people homeless. Old Town Fire Chief Edward Pollard said the fire at 22 Spring… Read More
    A Caribou man denied Tuesday charges brought in Penobscot County pertaining to allegations that he and another man traveled cross-country by stealing and abandoning cars. Brian Munson, 18, pleaded innocent in Penobscot County Superior Court to arson and theft charges on which he was indicted… Read More
    Residents in the towns of Clifton, Eddington and Holden will be asked on Wednesday to vote on a $1.2 million addition and renovation project for the Eddington Elementary School. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the following locations: googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Two of five men charged after a fight last summer at a Dexter apartment were fined Tuesday in Bangor after they pleaded guilty to some of the allegations. Daniel Prescott, 25, of Guilford pleaded guilty in Penobscot County Superior Court to misdemeanor charges of criminal… Read More
    Another car was stolen Tuesday from in front of the Bangor Post Office and police say it is the fourth or fifth car to be stolen from that location during the past month. On Tuesday, a 1988 Nissan Sentra was stolen at about 11 a.m. Read More
    Patricia Crook, 40, RFD 5, Bangor, was arrested in Orono during the weekend and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Robert Harper, 38, Orono, was arrested in Old Town during the weekend and charged with operating a motor… Read More