Bangor High School teams have had the novelty of playing schoolboy basketball tournament games in their hometown for many years. Yet, when it comes to basketball, the hallowed hoop hall known as the Bangor Auditorium has served as the home-away-from-home for many other championship teams… Read More
LEWISTON – The Class B West and Class A South All-Stars rang up wins in Maine Schoolboy All-Star Hockey benefit games at Lewiston’s Central Maine Civic Center here Saturday. The Western B Stars beat the Eastern Stars 5-2 and the Southern A team upended the… Read More
LAFAYETTE, La. – Shanan Knox, Tim Scott, and Chris Altomari each drove in two runs while teammate Bob Zurinskas earned his first career save to lift the University of Maine past Oklahoma State University 9-7 for the Southwestern Louisiana Tournament title here Sunday. The Black… Read More
The University of Maine women’s basketball team will begin defense of its two straight North Atlantic Conference championships in a somewhat unfamiliar place – second place. Coach Trish Roberts’ Black Bears are seeded second for the NAC tourney, which begins Tuesday, and will face No. Read More
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Two Maine boys finished second and one girl was third in their age groups at the New England Elks Club Regional basketball shooting contest here Saturday at Western New England College. Darren Belskis from Ashland was second in the boys ages 10-11… Read More
Tourney notebook The Lawrence Bulldogs will be attempting to win their third straight rematch when they play the Portland Bulldogs for the Class A state title Saturday in Portland. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
Women’s World Cup Results VAIL, Colo. (AP) – Results Sunday from the women’s World Cup super giant slalom ski race on Vail Mountain: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
GOLF – Tom Watson won his first tournament in five years when he survived a final-round challenge from Ronan Rafferty Sunday for a three-shot victory in the Hong Kong Open. Watson, winless since his Nabisco Championships of Golf title in 1987, entered the final round with a seven-shot… Read More
Familiarity is said to breed contempt, but what it produced between Waterville and Mt. Blue on the basketball court Friday night was a game dominated by defense. Waterville shook off a lackluster offensive performance and an eight-minute scoreless drought before eking out a 36-29 Eastern… Read More
Out and About: The only thing lacking at the Penobscot County Conservation Association’s 54th annual Sportsman’s Show was parking space. On Saturday, your odds for winning the Megabucks lottery far outweighed your chances of finding a place to tether your gas guzzler outside the University of Maine field… Read More
The University of Pennsylvania Quakers and the Palm Beach Atlantic Pilots each recorded baseball victories over the Husson College Braves of Bangor during weekend action. The Quakers of Philadelphia downed the Braves 13-1 on Sunday at Tampa, Fla., and the Pilots blanked the Braves 9-0… Read More
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ORONO – The University of Maine women’s basketball team had its regular-season finale against the University of New Hampshire canceled Saturday due to a leaky roof at the Harold Alfond Sports Arena. While the Maine men beat Boston University in a North Atlantic Conference quarterfinal… Read More
WATERVILLE – Brandeis University of Waltham, Mass., upset host Colby College 99-86 to complete a string of road upsets against the top three seeds and win the ECAC Division III men’s basketball title here Sunday. Brandeis’ win ended Colby’s two-year reign as ECAC champs. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine Black Bears scored four times in a second-period flurry and coasted to a 7-0 Hockey East Tournament quarterfinal victory over eighth-seeded Merrimack College at Alfond Arena Sunday evening. The Warriors were doing what they had to in order to… Read More
Some schoolgirl basketball players may have been concerned after hitting only two of 11 first-half shots, but not Lawrence’s Cindy Blodgett. The 5-foot-8 sophomore sensation poured in 15 points during a five-minute span in the second half to lift the Bulldogs past Stearns 64-49 for… Read More
PHILADELPHIA – Payback time, with a big payoff hanging in the balance. That’s how the third-seeded University of Maine men’s basketball team views Monday night’s North Atlantic Conference Tournament semifinal here at second-seeded Drexel University (7:30 p.m.). googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
ORONO – Mark another line on the door you use for charting the growth and development of the University of Maine men’s basketball program, and keep the pencil handy. Playing a North Atlantic Conference Tournament quarterfinal Saturday against an opponent it had beaten twice handily… Read More
AT BATES COLLEGE, Saturday Men’s ECAC Div. III Championship Williams 89, Stony Brook 83, (tie) Bates 58 and MIT 58, Coast Guard 56.75, Tufts 41.5, Bowdoin 40, Cortland 38, Fitchburg 32.75, (tie) Lehman 16 and Massachusetts-Dartmouth 16, (tie) U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 12 and Trenton… Read More
AT BELFAST CURLING CLUB, Saturday 16th annual Ladies Pine Tree Bonspiel Finals: Capital Winter Club 1 of Fredericton, New Brunswick (Skip-Rosemary Gorman) def. Capital Winter Club 2 (Barbara Douglas) 6-3 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Having not played a game since Feb. 17, Eastern Maine Technical College men’s basketball coach Chris Young said he is as concerned about how his team will react to the layoff as to how the Golden Eagles will react to the competition in Monday’s opening round of the… Read More
FITCHBURG, Mass. – Mark Abbott scored two goals in the final period, including the game-winner late in the period, to give host Fitchburg State College a 4-3 ECAC Division III semifinal playoff hockey win over the University of Southern Maine here Saturday. Top-seeded Fitchburg advances… Read More
OCOEE, Fla. – The University of Illinois-Chicago and Temple University of Philadelphia each picked up a shutout victory over the University of Maine here Saturday in softball action. In the first game, Illinois-Chicago took a 2-0 decision. Temple blanked Maine 3-0 in the second game. Read More
AUGUSTA — Advocates of legal access to abortion are critically eyeing past statements by Associate Justice Daniel E. Wathen in advance of his confirmation hearing for chief justice of the Maine supreme court. The Maine Choice Coalition, a group supporting current federal law on abortion,… Read More
Olamon Industries of Indian Island in Old Town has shut down temporarily, putting 60 people out of work. According to Albert Marquis, general manager at Olamon, the shutdown was effective Saturday morning. He said the business was experiencing a cash-flow problem. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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ROCKPORT — The declining state of Maine’s herring industry was evident by the low turnout at Saturday’s discussion about herring management at the 17th annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum at the Samoset Resort. While the Rockport Room next door was filled to overflowing by fishermen intent… Read More
It weighs a lot and it won’t go very far, but the electric car unveiled Thursday by the Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. and Eastern Maine Technical College represents an important step forward for the region. The car, actually a retrofitted Chevrolet S-10 pickup, can travel about… Read More
ROCKPORT — “We have the capacity to destroy the fishery. We have the wisdom to manage it. Do we have the will to do what has to be done?” Art Odlin of South Portland asked Saturday. His question came at the conclusion of a three-hour seminar on the… Read More
Supporters of former California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. claimed a come-from-behind victory after belated Maine caucuses were held over the weekend. After most Maine Democrats caucused on Feb. 23, former Massachusetts Sen. Paul E. Tsongas led Brown, 1,006 to 987 delegates. But in the… Read More
ROCKPORT — “We have the capacity to destroy the fishery. We have the wisdom to manage it. Do we have the will to do what has to be done?” Art Odlin of South Portland asked Saturday. His question came at the conclusion of a three-hour seminar on the… Read More
AUGUSTA — Members of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee are hoping they can patch up an internal rift before they go back to work trying to balance the fiscal 1993 budget. The pressures of going over a half dozen budgets within a little more than a… Read More
A tribunal of generals officially ousted an embattled Maine Air National Guard colonel Saturday, a ruling the whistle-blower vowed to continue to fight in federal courts. The closed hearings also drew a strong letter of protest from a Bangor state representative, who was threatened with arrest after attempting… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maintaining Maine’s highway network has always been a job for engineers and road crews, part of a military-like work force deployed around the state and headquartered here in its own squat bunker of a building crammed with maps and communications gear. No one… Read More
“Let’s face it, we’re going to have a national health-insurance program,” says John W. Lefebvre. “It may be two, three or four years away, but it’s coming.” Everyone knows that the growing number of people without health-insurance coverage is a national problem. Few are made… Read More
CHICAGO — A journal that recounts Benedict Arnold’s Revolutionary War trek with 1,000 men through the Maine wilderness has been recovered in a Chicago bookstore. The journal had been stolen from a Maine museum and the FBI said a former trainee clerk faces a theft… Read More
LONDON — Scientists believe they have come significantly closer to finding a gene that triggers asthma, a discovery that could lead to more effective treatment of the disorder, researchers said Sunday. Dr. William Cookson of Oxford University said his team has determined that the gene… Read More
From the 1892 NEWS Bangor, Me. A. Jones’ Sons, the marketmen, bought a big lot of pickerel yesterday, when they purchased of a couple of fishermen, 800 lbs. of that delectable fish. The man of whom they bought them evidently has a “corner in pickerel,”… Read More
ORONO — Imagine Robert E. Lee, in full Confederate uniform, walking into a Boston restaurant. Or picture Pat Buchanan at a meeting of the Communist Party of America. How about Madonna at a cotillion? Or maybe Donald Trump in Harlem? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
WASHINGTON — For 25 years, public broadcasting has prospered through use of federal funds without federal control, airing such favorites as “Sesame Street,” “Masterpiece Theater,” “MacNeil-Lehrer.” But now conservative Republicans in the Senate are saying things have gone too far. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Saturday’s lottery numbers: 484 — 5343 Tri-State Megabucks: 9, 18, 19, 20, 27, 33 (no winner) Lotto America: 13, 17, 33, 35, 37, 50 (no winner)… Read More
WASHINGTON — A scientist dismissed after making allegations of waste and fraud in the multibillion-dollar Star Wars program has been put back on the payroll while the Pentagon reviews his charges, the Army said. Army officials who want to fire Aldric Saucier say he is… Read More
“It serves the needs of the bureaucrats in Augusta, who do not need to preserve services, but do need to preserve their salaries and the kind of surroundings they’re used to.” Christine Spencer of Freedom, the parent of a disabled child, recently made this statement… Read More
Great Eastern Mussel Farms of Tenants Harbor, one of the largest producers of farmed quality mussels in North America, maintains an active demonstration program to promote its shellfish products. The questions and answers about mussels which follow come from Scott Tilton who has conducted mussel… Read More
Are you ready for St. Patrick’s Day? It’s not too early to make out the menu and the shopping list for the food. One choice is for corned beef, Irish style, and it is not much different than a New England boiled dinner, but every bit as good. Read More
A little more than a year ago, I purchased nine energy-saving lightbulbs. Initially, I was skeptical because of their high cost, so I kept track of the amount of electricity consumed in our house. After one year these nine bulbs have paid for themselves, cutting… Read More
Why is Workers’ Compensation income not taxed? Why is it not required by the state of Maine to report untaxed income received by workers’ comp on an individual’s tax return form? There are lines to report retirement income, Social Security income, unemployment income, and so forth, so why… Read More
DETROIT — At age 12, Ellen drew jealous stares from her friends when she walked down the street on the arm of her man. He was 16, lean and the hottest break dancer in the neighborhood. She was his girl. But the honor came with… Read More
While high school basketball teams battled on the court Saturday evening inside the Bangor Auditorium, police staked out the parking lot and caught a man they believe broke into spectators’ vehicles. As a result, Sidney B. MacArthur, 35, of 29 Chamberlain St., Brewer, was charged… Read More
MACHIAS — Melinda Dean, a seventh-grader at Machias Valley Christian School, is the 1992 Washington County Christian School Spelling Bee champion. Dean, the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Barry Dean of East Machias, won the award at the annual bee on Thursday, March 5, at Machias… Read More
MACHIAS — Washington County’s towns and cities will have to commit themselves to developing a viable plan for disposing of their solid waste if they want flexibility from the state on closing their existing landfills. That message was delivered Thursday during a solid waste forum… Read More
CUTLER — Richard Dorsey, an electrician employed at the naval Computer and Telecommunications Station at Cutler, has been named that unit’s Civilian of the Year for 1991. Dorsey is employed at the station’s 15 megawatt power plant and is responsible for maintaining electrical power generation… Read More
LUBEC — The newest badge on the Lubec beat belongs to newly hired Deputy Michael Crabtree of Cherryfield. Less than a week on the job, and Crabtree is already claiming that he’s “learned a lot” from patrolling Maine’s easternmost community. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou Board of Education heard a report on state test scores for grade 11 students Wednesday. A plan to improve the language arts curriculum at the high school also was reviewed. “We are doing well, but we can do better,” said Michael… Read More
VAN BUREN — Snow, sleet and slush did not stop more than 50 teams from Aroostook County School systems from competing in the regional Odyssey of the Mind competitions at SAD 24 schools at Van Buren Saturday. SAD 24 at Van Buren was host for… Read More
LIMESTONE — Water contamination at the Tri-Community Recycling and Sanitary Landfill and the impact on the landfill’s relicensing application are issues before the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Landfill officials were recently informed in a letter by Lee Thomas, DEP environmental specialist, that problems existed… Read More
REED PLANTATION — In her 28 years as a town official in Reed Plantation, Town Treasurer Joan Emery has seen it all, from porcupine feet to increased state regulations. Emery took over as treasurer for the small Aroostook County town of 250 people in September… Read More
MADAWASKA — A fire Friday night in a West Main Street residence in Madawaska caused extensive smoke and heat damage to the building, but no one was injured. Fire Chief Norman Cyr said the fire at the Richard Clavette residence was reported at 9:40 p.m. Read More
The Corinth budget committee has recommended a budget for 1992 with no tax increase. The assessment to SAD 64 will increase by $15,747 and to Penobscot County by $1,834, with an estimated decrease in municipal costs of $29,837. The town will receive less Maine revenue… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook Medical Center will launch a fund drive at a breakfast at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Gould Memorial Hospital. Hospital officials plan to raise $100,000 to purchase hospital equipment. Contributions to the 1992 annual fund will go toward the… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — Maine State Troopers assigned to Troop J in East Machias, responded to the following complaints and incidents in Washington and Hancock counties Feb. 16-29: Four 20-by-1 1/2-foot stainless steel skidder chains were reported stolen from a wood lot off the Georgetown Road… Read More
CUMBERLAND — A Delaware doctor has bought the Conifer Ledges for about $2.3 million, three years after the town failed to garner enough voter support to purchase the 21-acre estate. The estate, which has about 500 feet of shoreline on Casco Bay, was eyed for… Read More
CHARLESTON — A 19-year-old inmate at Charleston Correctional Facility was in custody late Sunday night after escaping from the facility and being at large for about two hours. CCF Director Jeffrey Merrill said that Joshua Norman of Portland walked away from the gymnasium about 8:30… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — A nationwide manhunt has been launched for two former Ripley residents charged in July with kidnapping and drug trafficking, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department. Carlton B. Emond, 50, and Therese M. Grocki, 43, are each being regarded as fugitives from justice… Read More
CALAIS — These are critical times for the business community, and to help new and existing businesses survive the recession, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Quoddy Bay Job Opportunity Zone will sponsor business clinics in Machias and Calais. The QBJOZ, in cooperation… Read More
EASTBROOK — Authorities spent Sunday investigating an apparent murder-suicide here after neighbors discovered the bodies of a man and woman inside a home. The man shot the woman, then turned the gun on himself at the home on Route 200, officials said. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
PORTLAND — New York’s Greenwich Village has one, and so does Los Angeles. But can a specialty shop devoted to condoms survive and prosper in Maine? Elinda Bones, a 27-year-old housewife and mother of two from Bath, has a hunch it can. She is the… Read More
I had to write this as soon as I came home from the MSAD 37 School Board meeting on Feb. 26. Talk about a joke! I still do not understand why they invited the public to voice their opinions. It was evident the majority of… Read More
Secretary of State James Baker’s message to the Israelis is as clear as that of his predecessors: Stop the illegal settlements in occupied Palestine or we will keep sending you $4 billion in aid each and every year. Sam E. Bungeaux Bucksport… Read More
This week I came across a copy of the Greater Bangor Chamber of Commerce Annual Report recently published. The Greater Bangor area, of course, includes the communities of Bangor, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Holden, Old Town, Orono, Veazie and Winterport. It was interesting to note in… Read More
What does Maine have in common with Delaware and Wyoming? We are the only three states that have no legislators who are backing the Notch Act bill as of Jan. 17. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
UNITY — Those interested in on-campus recycling at Maine colleges are invited to attend an all-day workshop on April 11 at Unity College. The workshop is sponsored by the Unity College Recycling Club and is open to students, coordinators, and administrators working with or creating… Read More
ORONO — Two possibly hotly contested seats on the Town Council will be up for grabs Tuesday. Councilor Francis Martin is running for re-election and will battle for his seat, but the other, now held by Councilor James Ballinger, is open. Each seat has drawn… Read More
No Operation Desert Storm troops were returning home Sunday through Bangor International Airport. No Sgt. Kevin Tillman moaned “The Star-Spangled Banner” on a borrowed saxophone. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Supporters of a student foreign exchange program bid on some truly worldly goods Sunday, ranging from a bright blue “global” cake baked by a Surry woman, to a homemade Mexican or Indian meal offered by an Ellsworth cook. Almost 200 items were auctioned… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Cellular One and its local agent Brown’s Communications presented the Hancock County Local Emergency Planning Committee with a transportable cellular phone to assist in communication during emergency situations. “We’ve already made a $1.2 million capital investment in our Cellular One system here in… Read More
An accident in which a Cadillac struck a Yugo sent the driver of the smaller car to the hospital with head injuries Wednesday. According to a report by Corporal David Brady of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, the two cars met on an icy curve… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan on Friday appointed Jill C. Holmes of Jonesboro as the new Washington County treasurer, replacing Theresa M. Geel of Machias who resigned effective Friday. Holmes, 31, is a graduate of Jonesport-Beals High School and the University of Maine at… Read More
WARREN — The Madrigal and Handbell choir from Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Watertown, Wis., will present a concert of sacred music at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Calvary Baptist Church. The 41 member group, under the direction of Dr. Monty Budahl, will perform… Read More
ROCKLAND — “It took a lot of dickering, but it was done at no cost to the county,” Sheriff Daniel Davey said Thursday, as he unveiled a “new” 1983 gleaming black police cruiser. The cruiser was purchased and renovated with all volunteer labor for the DARE program “at… Read More
WALDO — The town re-elected incumbents to all of its offices and voted to reduce its 1992 budget by nearly $4,000 from last year. Approximately 50 of the town’s 626 residents met at the Van Poland School Saturday for the annual town meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ROCKLAND — An evening of music from the ’50s and ’60s will be presented by the Rockland District High School music department at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in the high school auditorium. The program will begin with renditions of “Born to be Wild,” “Gospel… Read More
ROCKPORT — Horticultural experts from the mid-coast area will lecture at the Merryspring Garden and Landscape Show at the Samoset Resort on Saturday and Sunday, March 21-22. Steve Page of Searsmont will open the lecture series at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with a talk on “Pruning.”… Read More
“Unless they return to work by day, they will be terminated.” Those were former President Ronald Reagan’s words in regard to his interference with the collective bargaining process between the airlines of America and the union of the workers that guides airplanes in and out… Read More
NEWPORT — Newport voters defeated four proposed ordinances at their annual town meeting Saturday, including one that would have limited hunting in a large part of the community and was prompted by the hunting death of Karen Wood of Hermon in 1988. “Obviously what brought… Read More
At Pittsfield, Hal Hand, 27, of Pittsfield, was charged by Officer Pierre Boucher with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor early Sunday morning after his vehicle was stopped on Dobson Street. Boucher also charged Clair Chambers, 30, with operating a… Read More
ROCKLAND — Secretary of State Bill Diamond will be the featured speaker at the Tuesday, March 10, meeting of the Knox County Democrats. Secretary Diamond will comment on Democratic Party efforts to attract younger members and discuss party plans for implementing a Young Democrats Convention… Read More
NEWPORT — At the close of Newport’s eight-hour annual town meeting Saturday, an emergency session of the board of selectmen was scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 11 after voters cut nearly $140,000 from the proposed municipal budget. “We are going to have to look… Read More
CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting were faced with a dilemma: they could either cut the winter roads account — meaning that on some occasions town roads wouldn’t get plowed or sanded next winter; or they could increase funding for the account and end up… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Frustration with the economy and government was evident at the St. Albans town meeting Saturday. Nearly 200 voters packed the historic town hall, ousting two incumbent selectmen and making numerous attempts to trim a no-tax increase budget. In the morning session voters… Read More
BROWNVILLE — Four-year-old Joshua Cunningham-Witham of Brownville and Dover-Foxcroft has a dream. He wants more than anything else to go to Disney World in Florida. If his family members, friends, neighbors, organizations and businesses in the area have anything to do with it, he’ll accomplish his dream. Read More
MILO — Kirby Lyford, eighth grade and overall SAD 41 district spelling champion, along with Amanda Peters, grade six, and Andria Lee, grade seven winners, will represent SAD 41 at the Piscataquis County Spelling Bee to be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at Greenville High School. Read More
MILLINOCKET — A public hearing on the proposed 1992 municipal budget of $5.4 million will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, in the municipal building. Besides setting the hearing date during its March 5 meeting, the Town Council agreed to a recommendation by… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Millinocket officials say they will not turn their backs on non-residents for solid waste disposal at the town’s transfer station. Millinocket Town Manager William J. Ayoob said, “It is not the town of Millinocket turning their back on them. We are ready to… Read More