He wasn’t happy about the way the spring trip ended but University of Maine senior second baseman and co-captain Tim Scott is off to one of his best starts and he’s looking forward to this weekend’s North Atlantic Conference-opening four-game series at the University of Delaware. Read More
    MAINE vs. DELAWARE Time, site: Saturday (2), noon, and Sunday (2), noon, at Newark, Del. 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
    On a trail paved with ice and powdered with snow, four rabbit hunters shuffled flat-footed through shadows blue with cold. Making the traveling more treacherous were five leashed beagles, all pulling like harnessed horses. Oddly enough, two of the hunters toted L.C. Smith shotguns. In… Read More
    University of Maine senior left winger and tri-captain Scott Pellerin and junior left wing Jean-Yves Roy were named as finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the nation’s top college hockey player. The award is sponsored by the Decathlon Athletic Club in Bloomington,… Read More
    Fans who need one more good dose of Maine high school basketball to tide them over until next winter should plan to visit the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday. Eighty of the state’s best senior basketball players will suit up one final time during the… Read More
    Politics and basketball. Basketball and politics. There is no escaping our two national games these days. Point the remote channel changer at the TV most any hour, day or night, and click…. See President Bush ripping Congress. Click…. See Indiana Coach Bob Knight ripping the… Read More
    At least 54 players have made a verbal commitment to play for the Lewiston-Auburn Warriors semipro football team this fall. The first-year program is Maine’s second in the Eastern Football League. But more players are needed. The Warriors join the Maine Lions as members of… Read More
    NORFOLK, Va. – The St. Joseph’s College women split a softball doubleheader with host Virginia Wesleyan College here Friday. St. Joseph’s won the first game 16-2 and Virginia Wesleyan came back to post a 10-0 win in the second. In the first game, Laurie Boothby… Read More
    Three area gymnasts qualified to compete in the United States Gymnastic Federation Regional Championships later this month after strong performances at the Maine State Boys Gymnastics Championship in Bath last Sunday. Mike Leathem of Hampden, Tim Thorpe from Dedham, and Orrington’s Jason Prada will travel… Read More
    Participants may register at the door of the University of Maine field house for Saturday’s softball pitching clinic hosted by the Black Bears. Invitations were sent to all high school teams, and Maine Coach Janet Anderson said close to 100 athletes have registered for the… Read More
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Exposure to second-hand cigarette smoke significantly narrows the arteries of non-smokers, increasing their risk of heart disease, a researcher reported Thursday. The study is the first to use ultrasound to examine arteries directly to look for the effects of second-hand cigarette smoke,… Read More
    CASTINE — The Castine Woman’s Club is seeking art work entries from high school students as part of an art contest sponsored by the Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs. The entry may be a drawing in pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, pastels, colored pencils, colored… Read More
    A police beat item on the Hancock Page on Thursday stated that Lawrence C. Ashcroft, 36, of Brooksville had been issued a court summons for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. In fact, Ashcroft had been issued a summons for operating a motor… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Members of the Junior Cosmopolitan Club voted recently to increase the club’s contribution to the Everett Fairbrother Scholarship Fund to $200. Members learned about Scott Paper Co.’s contributions to the Ronald McDonald House. A portion of the purchase price of every Scott product… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — An informational meeting for people who want to initiate a bone marrow donor drive in their community will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 23, at the Hancock County Cooperative Extension office on Boggy Brook Road. The meeting is being sponsored by Mount Desert Island… Read More
    After reading the article in the March 9 edition of the Bangor Daily News, on Col. Rich Wright’s tribunal, I was moved to make the following comments. This is just one more example of how the Maine Guard and its higher echelon plays by its… Read More
    I am writing about the the recent article about Vincent Scopelliti. While driving under the influence, he was the cause of two deaths. I read this article, and I burned inside with rage. Words cannot even come close to expressing the way I feel. Five… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Shandrea Braley and Jeremy Payne were in the sixth grade three years ago simply looking for a way to complete a writing assignment, a pen-pal project devised by their respective teachers. Braley was in Pittsfield and Payne in Ellettsville, Ind. This week, they… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Drug agents returned to a Waterville home Thursday, a day after an $11,000 cocaine seizure there, and found more cocaine. The second search revealed more than seven ounces of the drug, bringing the two-day total value of drugs seized to nearly $30,000. Jeffery… Read More
    NEWPORT — Nokomis Regional High School was among schools in 41 states that joined The Seiko Youth Challenge, Year II, and completed six months of research in an academic competition to identify, study and propose solutions to environmental problems in their communities. The program is… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Chemical Awareness Week begins Monday, March 23, at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield. Two days each have been scheduled for special programs for freshmen and seniors geared around chemical dependency and its related problems. On the fifth day of the program, classes will join for activities. Read More
    Globe-trotting and whiskey-drinking Irishman Paraic Cosgrove checked off another of his travel destinations Thursday. A resident of Bangor, Mayo County, Ireland, Cosgrove is on a quest to visit all the Bangors worldwide. There are 10 such places, and Cosgrove, chairman of the 31-member Mayo County… Read More
    NORTH NEW PORTLAND — Three people were injured seriously in a motor-vehicle accident at about 1:15 p.m. Friday on Route 16 in North New Portland. Trooper Scott Nichols of the state police said a caravan of three cars carrying members of Canadian families who had… Read More
    The following criminal cases were transferred recently to Penobscot County Superior Court from District Court in Newport. Peter J. Sulinski, 57, Old Town, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, in November 1991, in Bradford. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    Budget item This year Last year change Exec. dir. wages/benefits $41,080 $42,080 -$1,000 Insurances 18,825 29,725 -10,900 Telephone 800 700 100 Office Supplies 550 400 150 Legal services 4,000 4,000 0 Dues/publications 1,000 1,000 0 Director’s stipends 1,320 1,800 480 Outside travel 2,000 2,000 0 Audit 2,500 1,500… Read More
    WOODLAND — The Maine State Police is investigating a report of three shots fired from a passing vehicle at a woman who was checking her mailbox early Friday afternoon. Trooper Kim Espling said that Starr Prescott, 38, who lives on the Colby Road, reported that… Read More
    LIMESTONE — More than 250 elementary and junior high school pupils attended the 10th annual Young Authors Institute Saturday at Limestone High School. A project of the Aroostook Right to Read Program, the institute offered children, parents and administrators a total of 40 workshops to… Read More
    Budget item Approved Expended change 1992 1991 General government $91,000 $95,303 -$4,303 Ambulance reserve 3,000 3,000 0 Ambulance 17,393 17,000 393 Hydrant rental 18,862 18,862 0 Fire Department 16,700 20,000 3,300 Fire truck reserve 10,000 10,000 0 Tax equalization 4,500 3,000 1,500 Roads and bridges 15,000 40,793 -25,793… Read More
    FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent will hold its first ever soccer camp for 13- to 18-year-olds, boys and girls in June. UMFK Acting Athletic Director Wulf Koch, a UMFK alumnus, will head the instruction team. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Carol Mitchell, an associate degree nursing student at Northern Maine Technical College, was honored recently by the Maine Technical College System board of trustees as the NMTC Student of the Year. Mitchell and representatives of each of the five other technical college… Read More
    DYER BROOK — The rate at which students drop out of Southern Aroostook Community School District in Dyer Brook is less than the state average, according to information provided at this month’s school committee meeting. According to the figures, the district’s rate is 1.91 percent,… Read More
    Budget item This year Last year change General government 27,982.10 28,127.40 -145.30 Public Works 44,137.25 47,440.55 -3,303.30 Insurance and benefits 23.205.42 -1,747.44 Protections 6,512.54 7,802.77 -1,290.23 Recreation 3,496.52 3,568.00 -71.48 General Assistance 2,040.00 2,040.00 0 Unclassified accounts 22,616.96 25,440.15 -2,823.19 Reserve account 22,871.18 22,854.90 16.28 Revenues 100,076.00 128,052.00… Read More
    CASTLE HILL — Voters approved a 1992 budget of $255,657.69 Tuesday during the annual town meeting. The budget incorporates the county tax and estimated school budget. The tax commitment of $155,582 was increased by $14,717 over last year. The tax rate of $20.75 per $1,000… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — The Northern Aroostook Regional Airport at Frenchville has been in operation nearly 20 years. Supporters have gone to the floors of six town meetings over the years to discuss the continued life of the airport in the St. John Valley. The facility was… Read More
    HOULTON — The directors of the Southern Aroostook Solid Waste Disposal District on Thursday night approved a 1992 budget of $262,907. The amount represents about a 25-percent increase from last year. The district serves 15 towns in Aroostook and Washington counties with a total population… Read More
    The Discover Center on Loring Air Force Base held its grand opening Feb. 25. The center offers materials ranging from career development to financial management and family issues, and provides new business start-up information. Computer-based programs are available for use on the center’s two computers. The center is… Read More
    ISLAND FALLS — Voters in Island Falls approved a 1992 municipal budget of $251,981 during the town’s annual meeting held Tuesday night. During municipal elections held before the meeting, James J. Ennis was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen with 134… Read More
    WOODLAND — A Woodland man was left homeless when a fire destroyed his house on the Langley Road. The fire was reported at 4:17 a.m. Friday. According to Fire Chief Roy Woods of Caribou, Daniel Rossignol escaped from his log home and was not injured. Read More
    MACHIAS — The Washington County Legislative delegation has approved a $2,012,417 county budget for fiscal year 1992. Passage by the full legislature is expected sometime next week. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Board of Selectmen signed a declaration of intent for the issuance of public tax-free bonds for construction of an elementary school at Madawaska if the project is approved in 1993. Superintendent of Schools Lester Ouellette brought the issue to selectmen because… Read More
    HARRINGTON — The first demonstration of SAD 37’s new effort to come into “squeeky clean” compliance with the Freedom of Access Law will feature a 7 p.m. meeting of the board of directors’ Subcommittee on Finances. The subcommittee’s agenda — announced Friday by Supt. Joseph… Read More
    LUBEC — The discovery of a lunch bag containing canceled checks written last September by Lubec Town Clerk and Treasurer Marylyn C. Curtis, has deepened a probe begun two weeks ago into alleged financial irregularities at the town office. Lubec Town Office Manager Normand Laberge… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE — When the business portion of the town meeting opens at 7 p.m. Monday, March 23, residents will be presented with trimmed town and school budgets that reflect demands made last year that Baileyville town government get a handle on spending. This year’s combined… Read More
    Supervisor Mary Thomas of the Penobscot County Soil and Water Conservation District presented awards recently to two students at the Holbrook School in Holden for their winning posters. Vicky Curtis, who won Division III of the district’s poster contest, was awarded a trophy for second… Read More
    LEE — The results of the municipal elections were changed Thursday after a recount of the ballots. Leonard Saba, who lost by four votes in the count on Monday, was declared the winner of the race against incumbent Lester Delano for a 1-year term as… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Greenville Planning Board members gave their approval Wednesday to Joseph and Claudia Browning to expand the Oakhil golf course by two holes and to include a teaching area, a driving range and a 60-space parking lot. The couple received earlier approval from the… Read More
    LINCOLN — Beginning Monday, March 30, Larry Merrithew will assume his new duties as Lincoln’s police chief. In a special meeting Thursday, the Town Council unanimously confirmed Town Manager James B. Somerville’s appointment of Merrithew, who was hired at a salary of $27,396. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Seventy five pints of blood was donated and dedicated on Wednesday to Jerry Everett, a patient at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Everett, who was injured in an automobile accident, is the maintenance supervisor at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA. The blood drive… Read More
    CORINTH — Voters during elections held March 9 re-elected Frank Thomas to a 3-year term as selectman. Also elected were Steven DeGroft, to a 3-year term as SAD 64 director; Roxanne Easler, cemetery trustee; and Donald Strout, town clerk. Voters also approved the town comprehensive… Read More
    DEXTER — Rose Rogan Dinsmore of Dexter has been named the first state chapter organizer specialist for the American Association of Retired Persons in Maine and will help develop AARP chapters and offer guidance to existing chapters. Dinsmore is president of the new Skowhegan chapter… Read More
    CHESTER — In less than one hour, residents approved a 1992 budget of $130,153, representing a decrease of $60,514 or 31 percent. About 25 people turned out for the annual town meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    Town meetings can be a bone-numbing experience, especially after you have covered a half dozen in a few weeks. But each one always seem to offer a crumb of humor. The Warren town meeting in the Odd Fellows Hall was going by so quickly Tuesday… Read More
    CAMDEN — During the month of March schools nationwide celebrate Music In Our Schools Month. This year the Camden-Rockport High School music department will be host to two performing ensembles from the University of Southern Maine at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, in the CRHS… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Many retailers are unaware that they face a potentially expensive problem, now that the American Disability Act has become effective, said Rotary speaker Judy Goodman on Friday. The American Disability Act became effective on Jan. 26 and established requirements for public access to… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A Knox County Superior Court jury rejected a damage suit against the county on Friday. The jury ruled 8-0 that Bernice Dodge of Rockland acted negligently and contributed to her June 1989 fall at the courthouse. No monetary damages were awarded. On June… Read More
    WINTERPORT — A drive has been started to assist a Winterport family of five who were left homeless Tuesday when fire destroyed their mobile home on Route 139. Jean and Richard McKay and their son and two daughters lost everything in the fire. Donna Allen,… Read More
    BAR HARBOR: A Sand Point Road resident reported this week that his residence had been burglarized during the winter. A cordless phone and a large flashlight were taken. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A court battle seemed likely for Ellsworth Friday following the failure to negotiate a settlement with Tom Sawyer Inc. or the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. Following a Thursday meeting in Frankfort of nearly a dozen communities opposed to the Orrington trash-to-energy plant’s 1991… Read More
    ORONO — Town officials here are looking to tighten the leash on the area’s party animals. For more than a year, the Town Council and the town manager have batted around proposed ordinances designed to quell the concerns of residents who say the town’s youth,… Read More
    A Dixmont man was arrested early Thursday morning and charged with breaking into Edwards-Yudy’s Tire Co. in Brewer. Timothy Robinson, 23, of Dixmont, was charged with burglary and taken to Penobscot County Jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    More than 130 youngsters competed March 14 in the annual Knights of Columbus free-throw championships at Old Town High School. The contest was for girls and boys 10 to 14. The competitors were allowed to warm up with three free throws, then had to take… Read More
    The Bangor City Council will hold a series of meetings Monday evening. The council meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. The council will consider a couple of projects at the Bangor City Nursing Facility — the removal of a small amount of asbestos and the… Read More
    An article Friday incorrectly described the parking lot that Eastern Maine Medical Center plans to expand. The lot is bound by State, Garland and Otis streets. Read More
    The lawyer for an Old Town school custodian charged with molesting children tried unsuccessfully Thursday to get a court order halting a school board hearing next week on his client’s employment. Michael Murphy, 39, has pleaded innocent to a charge of unlawful sexual contact and… Read More
    The major lung disease prevention story from the State House this year was the defeat of a bill that would have reduced youth smoking in the state of Maine. LD 1344, an act to protect children from illegal tobacco sales, was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Nancy Clark… Read More
    This was a week when the Legislature railed against big businesses that wear black hats. The targets were Applied Energy Services, the Virginia company that wants to build a $309 million coal-fired electric plant in Bucksport, and Irving Oil Corp., the New Brunswick refiner and… Read More
    ORONO — Men in today’s society will be the topic of four panel discussions beginning at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, at the University of Maine and continuing on successive Wednesdays. April 8 will be on sexual harassment; April 15, male friendships; April 22, men… Read More
    In his attempt to convince us that Maine taxpayers should help foot the bill for private higher education, George Spann (Guest Column, Feb. 28), offers some questionable reasoning and a very misleading comparison. He claims that it costs more to educate a student at Maine’s… Read More
    Digital Equipment Corp. is offering to assist new Maine companies by providing grants for computer equipment, software and services. The Entrepreneurial Assistance Program is offered on a one-time basis to companies incorporated between May 1, 1990, and June 30, 1993. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    WASHINGTON — A short time after Watergate, David Broder, the Washington Post political columnist, wrote a book titled, “The Party’s Over.” It detailed the gradual decline of ideological cohesion in both of America’s political parties and forecast an increase of outsider leaders, men and women who cast themselves… Read More
    If ever you doubted that Pat Buchanan — the flaming right-wing pit bull who is playing a delightful pain in the butt to George Bush’s contemplated New World Order — is just an average guy like you or me, you can lay those doubts to rest. Read More
    Volleyball players who want to be charitable may jump at the chance to play the game and raise money for the Easter Seal Society of Maine. Two benefit volleyball marathons will take place Saturday, April 4, at the University of Maine gymnasium in Portland, and… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Gray businessman is facing a third lawsuit over allegations that he sexually abused boys in the 1980s. The latest suit filed against Warren Cole in Cumberland County Superior Court brings to more than $6 million the total damages sought against Cole and… Read More
    Two Rockland area men were sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Bangor on charges of violating federal firearms laws. Mark W. Sanborn, 21, of Warren was sentenced to three years in prison, with three years of supervised release. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ORONO — Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s most influential linguists and social critics, will speak on “Force and Opinion: The New World Order at Home and Abroad,” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, at the Maine Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Division of Motor Vehicles has issued a statement that Maine Patriot plates must be removed no later than March 30 and replaced with the current front registration plate. The Maine law allowing display of Patriot plates approved them only until the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine’s House of Representatives engaged in a spirited debate over a bill to require testing of auto exhaust emissions every other year in southern Maine, only to postpone a vote until next week. The legislation would apply only to seven counties — York,… Read More
    ORONO — John Garcia, professor emeritus of psychology, psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, will give two talks this month at the University of Maine as a visiting scholar with Phi Beta Kappa, a national honor society. The lectures are free and open… Read More
    SOUTH PORTLAND — Critics of a plan to “privatize” the Maine Youth Center told the Joint Select Committee on Corrections on Friday that the state is moving too fast with the proposal. Corrections Commissioner Donald Allen told lawmakers that the goal is to turn over… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Portland man who allegedly lied to a federal grand jury almost five years ago while testifying about a cocaine investigation was arrested Friday, officials said. James P. Craig, 51, was charged with perjury for allegedly making false statements to the grand jury… Read More