Saturday’s Class B state ice hockey championship game will be a rematch of the 1990 game as East champ Old Town meets West champ Yarmouth High in a 4 p.m. title matchup at the Central Maine Civic Center in Lewiston. North Yarmouth Academy will face… Read More
    Robbie Parisien of Auburn, who was the top men’s giant slalom skier for the United States at the recently completed XVI Winter Olympic games in Albertville, France, announced his retirement from the team, according to Alpine program director Dennis Agee. The 22-year-old Parisien is expected… Read More
    EXETER, N.H. – Mark Bass led Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield with 19 points as the 19-0 Postgrads advanced to the finals of the New England Prep School Basketball Championships with an 85-75 victory over New Hampton (N.H.) Prep here Friday night. Dan Buie added… Read More
    Imagine what it feels like to score more points in one game than anyone else in the history of schoolboy basketball tournament play at the Bangor Auditorium. Imagine what it feels like to walk into the building year in and year out knowing no one else has done… Read More
    It was her last game and senior Kristen Briggs, York’s 5-foot-4 point guard, was not about to hold anything back Friday night at the Bangor Auditorium. Briggs’ quickness and aggressive play was the key in the Wildcats’ swarming man-to-man press which carried them to their… Read More
    ORONO – Junior right wing Jean-Yves Roy scored a pair of goals, tying him for the all-time school career goal-scoring record and powering the University of Maine to a 5-2 hockey win over Providence College at Alfond Arena Friday night. Maine improved to 27-3-2 with… Read More
    Washington Academy of East Machias and Machias Memorial High School are fierce rivals on the basketball court. On Saturday, players and fans from the two Downeast towns are likely to be cheering each other on when their respective schoolboy basketball teams compete for state championships… Read More
    Rockland has been a team of emotion all season long. When the Tigers are able to get into a flow and knock down a few jumpers, the Orange and White ride the momentum as a surfer plays out the ultimate wave. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    “The three have been dedicated to the program. It’s been a roller coaster ride for the athletes this season with the university’s announcement to eliminate the program. But the divers have been loyal. I can’t be any happier with their performance,” said Lance Graham, University of Maine diving… Read More
    Old Town will begin defending its Class A schoolboy basketball championship in earnest Saturday when the Indians take on Lawrence of Fairfield in one of four Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal games scheduled for the Bangor Auditorium. Second-seeded Old Town (17-1) faces No. 7 Lawrence… Read More
    For the Machias boys basketball team, the 1991-92 season was one big mission. For Machias Coach Ron Brown, it was a season of redemption. The Machias boys made this season a mission after losing a close semifinal playoff game with Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook… Read More
    NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware went on an 8-4 run with 1:53 left in the game to pull away from a stubborn University of Maine men’s team to notch an 82-75 basketball victory and the Blue Hens’ 15th straight win Friday. Anthony Wright… Read More
    NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Damon Aronson led five players in double figures with 28 points as the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth crushed the University of Southern Maine Huskies 113-94 in a Little East Conference playoff semifinal. Stefan Pagios and Steven Haynes each netted 23. Thomas Larson… Read More
    BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Maine Black Bears opened their baseball season with their bats in midseason form with a 12-5 victory over defending national champ LSU at Alex Box Stadium here Friday night. The Bears cranked out 12 hits with home runs… Read More
    ORONO – Heather Briggs’ hot hand got the University of Maine’s women’s basketball team out of the blocks quickly as the Black Bears rolled to a 73-54 victory over the University of Delaware at Memorial Gym here Friday night. Briggs scored nine of Maine’s first… Read More
    The legendary eight-game day returns as the Eastern Maine Class A basketball tournament gets under way Saturday morning in the Bangor Auditorium with the quarterfinal round. This year, the girls get the break, opening their portion of the tournament at 9:30 a.m., following the first… Read More
    NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Katariina Pulkkinen scored a game-high 23 points to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 71-51 women’s basketball playoff win over host University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth here Friday in the semifinals of the Little East Conference Tournament. For the 24-2… Read More
    MAINE vs. DREXEL Time, site: Sunday, 2 p.m., at Alfond Sports Arena, Orono 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
    Ronald Mansir, 38, of Union Street, Bangor,was summoned Friday by Bangor police after he allegedly assaulted a neighbor by chasing her around a table and hitting her on the back. An hour later police arrested Mansir for phone harassment. Police reported that Mansir repeatedly called the police department… Read More
    HOULTON — Construction is expected to begin in June on Riverside Street in Houlton for a new group home and office building to be operated by Aroostook Mental Health Center. The two facilities will be built on property owned by AMHC that currently is occupied… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A tentative agreement was reached Thursday between a negotiating committee of the Agriculture Bargaining Council and McCain Foods Inc. for one-year potato contracts. Vernon DeLong, director of the council, declined to detail the contract prices. He said a date had not been… Read More
    PERRY — Perry Elementary School sixth-grader Benjamin Dyer has been selected to participate at the state level of competition in the National Geography Bee, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. This is Dyer’s second year to qualify for the state contest. The state bee will… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook Medical Center will sponsor a free community lecture titled “Summer Shape Up: The Healthy Way,” at 7 p.m. Monday, March 9, in the McCain Room at Gould Memorial Hospital. Johanna Melchiore, registered dietitian, will discuss the nutritional value of fast… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The University of Maine at Presque Isle and the American Management Association will offer two management courses this spring. A course titled “How to Plan and Conduct Performance Appraisals” will be held from 6:15 to 8:45 p.m. Tuesdays, March 17 to April… Read More
    HOULTON The following small claims cases were disposed of Feb. 20 in 2nd District Court in Houlton by Judge David B. Griffiths. The plaintiff is listed first unless otherwise noted. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    It was interesting to learn that the State Police have purchased three new laser-speed guns. The story was shown on the local TV news recently. During a snowstorm, an officer giddily fired his laser-detector at oncoming traffic on I-95. I find it alarming that the State Police can… Read More
    “America is restoring the values the Boy Scouts never abandoned,” read a large sign at the Boy Scout booth show in the University of Maine field house. The Boy Scouts of America, showing increasing growth, is a widely acknowledged leader in the nation to normalcy because of its… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Goldie is gone and Charlie would like her back. For more than 12 years, Goldie, a golden retriever/redbone hound mix, followed Pittsfield resident Charlie Quist every where he went. Unfortunately, that practice eventually cost Quist the ownership of the small dog. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    PORTLAND — Police Chief Michael Chitwood wants to crack down on drunken behavior in the city’s historic Old Port after several closing-time bar brawls led to five arrests last weekend. Police officers attempting to calm the ruckus early Sunday were met by onlookers hurling bottles… Read More
    MADISON — A new five-year contract between Madison Paper Industries and the 165-member United Paperworkers Union Local 36 was ratified this week. The contract included increases in wages and benefits amounting to 4 percent annually from May 1, 1992 until April 30, 1997. The long-term… Read More
    A Newport man received nine concurrent 18-month prison terms Friday in Bangor for burglaries in three counties for which his estranged wife implicated him. Jeffrey Scott Fox, 25, also will serve concurrent four-month terms for three companion charges of theft by unauthorized taking in the… Read More
    ST. ALBANS — A collision at the intersection of Route 43 and Melody Lane Friday afternoon sent four people to the Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield for treatment. According to Trooper Peter Hardwick of the Maine State Police, Shirley Morse, 53, of Corinna, was operating… Read More
    A story Friday about Students of the Year named by the Maine Technical College System incorrectly listed the campus attended by Carol Mitchell as well her grade point average. She attends Northern Maine Technical College in Presque Isle and has a GPA of 3.93. Read More
    CAMBRIDGE — For Amy Davis of Cambridge, giving 100 percent of herself to any project is the norm. Because of that commitment, especially in her schoolwork, she has been selected for an unusual opportunity. Davis has been selected for the Maine Youth For Understanding International… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The SAD 1 board of directors voted Thursday to grant potato-harvest recesses for high school students to 1992 and 1993. A decision to continue the recess will be made by the board following the 1993 harvest season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission’s executive board of directors voted Thursday to grant a $125,000 short-term loan request to County Forest Products Inc. in Patten. The loan would allow County Forest Products to re-hire 22 employees who were furloughed when the dimensional… Read More
    HOULTON — State police blamed freezing rain and snow Friday for several accidents on state roads in Smyrna and Amity and on Interstate 95. All of the accidents took place between 5 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday, according to Gregory Day, a dispatcher at… Read More
    EAGLE LAKE — Pupils at the Eagle Lake Elementary School have the literary world at their fingertips because their student council raised money to connect the school to a statewide interlibrary loan system through the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Five years ago, UMFK’s… Read More
    A story Friday about Students of the Year named by the Maine Technical College System incorrectly listed the campus attended by Carol Mitchell as well her grade point average. She attends Northern Maine Technical College in Presque Isle and has a GPA of 3.93. Read More
    JONESPORT — Resthaven Nursing Home in Jonesport has until March 16 to put its financial affairs in order before the owners can negotiate a sale of the property. A final decision on whether Down East Community Hospital of Machias will purchase the home is still several months away. Read More
    HARRINGTON — Times are tough when a bank turns down a town’s application for a tax-anticipation loan. Harrington’s loan application, which asked Union Trust Co. for a $50,000 tax-anticipation note, was turned down by the bank Friday. The decision was made after loan officers reviewed… Read More
    The Region 3 Vocational School voluntarily reduced its assessments to 14 towns and school districts by a total of $14,605. Director Ashley LeBlanc said school departments were faced with a reduction in state subsidy at midyear. The reductions in general purpose aid from the state… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — Residents, who want to amend the town’s charter to limit the terms of members of the Town Council and the School Board, on Thursday turned in petitions to the town clerk. Gerald Morrison, one of five people who initiated the petitions, said residents… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Nokomis Regional High School Symphonic Band will present a formal concert at the school at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Selections include “Eine Kleine Nochtmuksik” by Wolfgang Amadeau Mozart; “Somewhere,” from the Broadway musical “West Side Story”; the traditional “Emblem of Unity,”… Read More
    ROCKLAND — SAD 5 Adult and Community Education will offer two computer training courses this spring at Rockland District High School. Advance Lotus 1-2-3 will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, and will run for five weeks. This class requires a sound knowledge of… Read More
    The Libertarian Party will hold caucuses in several area towns in March. Independent voters are invited to attend. Times and locations are as follows: 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at Belfast Area Children’s Center, Waldo. Call 722-3137 for information. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A series of six midweek Lenten services will be held Wednesday evenings during the season of Lent. The overall theme for the services is “Six Ways to a More Focused Life.” The first service will be an Ash Wednesday Communion service at 7… Read More
    WARREN — It will be a classic case of the economy vs. the environment June 9 when residents vote on a proposed town mining ordinance. The ordinance will determine whether Black Hawk Mining of Toronto will be allowed to proceed with plans for a $45 million nickel mine… Read More
    ROCKLAND — In Knox County Superior Court on Friday, it was reported that a judgment of $30,631 had been approved against R.H. Lovejoy and Associates of Rockland. The judgment had been sought by the N.E. Acceptance Corp. of Keene, N.H., for non-payment of insurance policy premiums. Read More
    AUGUSTA — State Rep. Rita B. Melendy, D-Rockland, has been honored for her work on behalf of economic development activities by members of the Economic Development Council of Maine. A plaque recognizing Melendy for “outstanding leadership in the promotion of economic development opportunities for Maine… Read More
    ROCKLAND The following cases were disposed of Thursday in 6th District Court: 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
    BLUE HILL — Bands, combos and show choirs from 17 schools of Washington and Hancock counties will convene Wednesday, March 4, at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill for the annual District Jazz Festival. The event is the regional quarter final competition with winning groups… Read More
    There was a time, if memory serves, when the landscape was littered with heroes. There was a certain sense of security knowing these paragons were in charge, running things. You could start with the pope, of course and his unassailable Vatican. There was President John… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT — The town with the highest valuation of any community in Hancock County should also have the lowest property tax rate for 1992. If the budget is approved at Monday evening’s annual town meeting as currently proposed, voters in the town of Mount… Read More
    Ellsworth voters will elect candidates to three city offices, and answer two referendum questions Monday, March 2. Voters will choose three city councilors to serve three-year terms, two school committee members for three-year terms, and one library trustee for a three-year term. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    A story Friday about Students of the Year named by the Maine Technical College System incorrectly listed the campus attended by Carol Mitchell as well her grade point average. She attends Northern Maine Technical College in Presque Isle and has a GPA of 3.93. Read More
    A Newport man received nine concurrent 18-month prison terms Friday in Bangor for burglaries in three counties for which his estranged wife implicated him. Jeffrey Scott Fox, 25, also will serve concurrent four-month terms for three companion charges of theft by unauthorized taking in the… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — Within the next two weeks, the Town Council will take some action to address fire station needs. In a special referendum this week, voters overturned the council’s Jan. 30 vote to spend $120,000 to complete the construction design for a new fire station. Read More
    PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Federal environmental officials are calling a proposal to build a huge floating fish farm off the New England coast a “large experiment without controls.” American Norwegian Fish Farm Inc. proposes a 47-square-mile fish farm 52 miles northeast of Gloucester, Mass., and equidistant… Read More
    Few people would disagree that the taxi business is tough. Add a severe economic downturn, skyrocketing insurance rates and competition to a 24-hour work schedule, and the anxiety created by managing a taxi company leaps to another level. If a taxi service is run properly,… Read More
    TOGUS — The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a warning about a group soliciting funds by telephone and calling itself the “Veterans Outreach and Counseling Center.” It has no affiliation with the VA or Veterans Outreach Centers, the department said in a prepared statement. Read More
    The Babies Against Dystrophy Contest will be held in Auburn, Bangor and South Portland for children up to age 5 through Saturday, March 14, at Ground Round restaurants. Votes will be counted by the number of one-dollar contributions left in displays featuring photographs of each… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment will sponsor a pair of presentations on managed care and national treatment admissions standards from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 5, at the St. Paul Center lounge, 136 State St., Augusta. The free presentation… Read More
    A Boston man who was convicted in 1986 of threatening the lives of top Maine officials and who most recently has been the focus of an intense manhunt in Boston was captured Thursday night and is being held on charges of assault with intent to murder. Read More
    Training & Development Corp. of Bucksport has been awarded a $499,176 federal grant to establish three demonstration centers for retraining unemployed workers. Centers will be established in Bangor, Lewiston-Auburn and South Paris, according to information provided by TDC. Staff people will help workers to identify… Read More
    The Maine World Trade Association will sponsor a daylong seminar on selling to Canada on Thursday, March 19, at the Augusta Civic Center. Topics include: market-entry alternatives, customs clearance, border crossing and immigration procedures. Representatives of Maine firms that sell to Canada also will participate in a panel… Read More
    Justine Paradis acts like a normal, active 3-year-old. She is not aware that at 24 pounds she is drastically underweight, or that her front teeth are slowly turning black. Justine has tested positive for lead poisoning. The discovery forced her and her parents, John and… Read More
    Angus King will discuss the dangers of growing public and private debt, declining productivity, global competition and the failure of the U.S. education system at a breakfast meeting sponsored by the Greater Bangor Chamber of Commerce. King is president of Northeast Energy Management Inc., which… Read More
    The National Association of Women in Construction Chapter 329 will meet at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Chinaway Restaurant and Lounge in Newport. For more information, call Bev Rollins of Cianbro Corp. at 487-3311, ext. 136. Read More
    EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick — A Hong Kong company announced Friday that it will open a woven clothing label factory at Edmundston this spring, providing jobs for 60 people. Hard hit by the recession, businesspeople and politicians lauded the plans of WHK Woven Labels Ltd., a… Read More
    PORTLAND — The former owners of a Biddeford-based audio and video cassette manufacturer have been offered a piece of the company under a new bankruptcy reorganization plan. Bankruptcy court trustee William A. Brandt Jr.’s initial plans to bring Shape Inc. out of its massive debt… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan has declared March Flood Awareness Month, said David D. Brown, director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency. Flood Awareness Public Officials Conferences will be held during the month for those responsible for reporting conditions, forecasting, responding to floods and… Read More
    The Class A schoolboy and schoolgirl tournaments get under way at the Bangor Auditorium at 8 ungodly o’clock this morning. If my painstaking research into last week’s tournaments in Classes B, C and D is any indication, those witnessing the spectacle can expect to confront the following species… Read More
    The seven District Courts that were slated for closure as part of a cost-cutting measure by the Judicial Department have received another reprieve from the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee. An informal vote of committee members on Wednesday indicated that most members disapproved of the proposal. Though… Read More
    The Legislature needs to get its act together quickly if it’s to meet its self-imposed adjournment deadline of March 27. That’s only four weeks from now. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    A burglar who claimed he had thought he was in his own home was sentenced Thursday in Bangor to four years in prison. A jury convicted David Bowden, 21, of Bangor after a two-day trial last week in Penobscot County Superior Court. Justice Robert L. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Secretary of State William Diamond has announced that the Maine Division of Motor Vehicles will offer two-year trailer registrations to reduce the large number of registrations each Feb. 28 or 29, when boat, snowmobile and utility and semi-truck-trailer registrations also are due. An… Read More
    A woman is free on bail after she pleaded innocent Friday in a Bangor court to shooting at her husband at the Hermon High School parking lot last fall. Theresa Stokes, 35, was indicted in January on a charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A McKernan administration official Friday dismissed Senate President Charles P. Pray’s government restructuring plan as “a gratuitous slap” at a special panel that put months of work into a far less sweeping proposal. State planning chief Richard Silkman assailed the Pray package as… Read More
    A Florida man received a five-year prison term Thursday in Bangor for molesting a 10-year-old girl last year. Richard Henry, 48, pleaded guilty earlier this week to multiple charges of gross sexual assault. Justice Robert L. Browne sentenced him in Penobscot County Superior Court to… Read More
    EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick — The two-time winner of the nine-day Harricana Raid International Snowmobile Race was more than three hours behind the front-runners when they arrived at Edmundston Friday afternoon. Ferme Limbour Inovaco, a three-man team of snowmobilers from northern Quebec, gained some ground Friday… Read More