My estimation of University of Maine Athletic Director Michael Ploszek rose about tenfold this week. Three months ago, when faced with a $188,650 budget cut, Ploszek complied by trying to drop men’s and women’s swimming and diving. It took an 11th-hour donation from Stephen and… Read More
TRENTON – The Bar Harbor Golf Club will open its 1992 season at 8 a.m. Saturday. All tees and greens will be in play while a special charge of $15 for greens fees will in place for the month of April. Read More
It is far from official, but the chances could be “very good” for the North Atlantic Conference champion to gain an automatic berth into the NCAA women’s basketball tournament as early as next season. According to a story published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday,… Read More
Shanan Knox can’t recall a hitting slump as bad as the one he is currently mired in. But the University of Maine’s junior third baseman feels this will be the weekend he finally breaks out of it when the Bears, losers of seven straight, entertain… Read More
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SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough Downs will add a 12-program night of racing to its regular-season schedule on Patriots’ Day, April 20. Post time is 7:30 p.m. Patrons may also wager on simulcast coverage of thoroughbred racing from Penn National Race Course. Read More
The name of Orono High’s Casey Watts should have been included in Friday’s story on state schoolgirl and schoolboy All-Academic Swim Team selections. Her name was omitted from the list provided to the NEWS by the Maine Interscholastic Swim League. Read More
QUINCY, Mass. – The Husson College Braves, behind complete-game victories from Crystal Hinton and Amy Dyer, swept the Eastern Nazarene Crusaders by the scores of 14-2 and 10-4 in women’s softball action here Friday. In the opener, Hinton fanned seven batters and yielded only one… Read More
Farmington wins tourney WINSLOW – Farmington’s Nathan Kay scored the game-winning goal with 1:43 left in the game to give Farmington a 2-1 win over Brunswick in the fifth annual International Paper Indoor Soccer Classic here at Sukee Arena Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ROCKPORT – Bob Carmichael has been a leader among the state’s athletic administrators during his 14 years as the athletic director at Bucksport High School. Carmichael’s peers acknowledged his contributions to the profession Thursday night, honoring him as the Maine Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association Athletic… Read More
MAINE vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE Time, site: Sunday and Monday doubleheaders, noon; Mahaney Diamond, 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
HOCKEY: Jean-Yves Roy, Scott Pellerin, and Jim Montgomery of the University of Maine were all named to the All-New England Division I hockey team by the New England hockey writers Thurday night. Roy was also named the New England’s top forward…. Bob Johnson, who coached the Pittsburgh Penguins… Read More
An opportunity to enter a new athletic career will be offered to students attending the University of Maine-Farmington next fall. A Disability Skiing Specialist Program will be offered to students earning a bachelor of science degree in rehabilitation services and to individuals who already have… Read More
Hooking onto a smelting expedition in South Brewer didn’t require much casting around. In fact, all it took was toting a bucket and net down to the Eastern Ball Flat at about the time dusk and darkness were making a deal. There, you could fall into step with… Read More
ORONO – There were plenty of new faces to mix with the veterans Friday as the University of Maine football team braved a chill wind and mud season to begin spring workouts. Third-year Black Bear head coach Kirk Ferentz is hoping to blend his 70… Read More
ELLSWORTH — “How to Make a Go of Your Home or Family Business” is the topic of an all-day workshop on Friday, April 24, at the office of the Midcoast Chapter of Service Corps of Retired Executives. The office is at the rear of the Mill Mall. Read More
MILBRIDGE — The deadline for filing applications for assistance with home-energy expenses administered by the Washington-Hancock Community Agency is Thursday, April 30. About $7 million will soon be available for eligible applicants throughout Maine. Sandy Bryan, director of community services for the agency, said Wednesday… Read More
ROQUE BLUFFS — Norman Nelson of Roque Bluffs has announced his candidacy as a Democrat for state representative in House District 136. The district encompasses Beals, Columbia, Columbia Falls, Centerville, Jonesboro, Jonesport, East Machias, Machias, Roque Bluffs and Whitneyville. Nelson, a lifelong resident of Washington… Read More
I was studying the Native American and I learned that they used all the parts of the animals that they killed. Then I heard that a factory in Canada was taking the big herring and killing them just for the spawn. I think that is… Read More
I, with my two children, and other family members, attended the garden show in Bangor on Saturday, April 4. I believe you could say attended. As we made our way through the doors and into the actual auditorium, which was no easy feat by itself,… Read More
Presidential campaigns are far from perfect, and this year many are questioning if any of the candidates are worthy of the position. Perhaps it is a time to look back at an early presidential campaign of two decades ago when the campaign practices of one candidate represented the… Read More
PITTSFIELD — There is a new “Hooligan Patrol” at the Pittsfield Community Theater. Prompted by complaints from adults that young theater goers have gone beserk and are out of control, volunteers will be patrolling the aisles, the bathrooms and the seating area, trying to stop… Read More
WASHINGTON — Recent congressional testimony, some of which was behind closed doors, has increased the likelihood that Loring Air Force Base will emerge as the site of the nation’s first Star Wars installation to defend against a rogue nuclear missile attack, congressional sources said Friday. Read More
PORTLAND — City firefighters may end up with fatter waists for accepting slimmer paychecks. Portland firefighters gave up their pay raises this year to help Maine’s largest city trim its budget. A Mercy Hospital nurse, touched by the firefighters’ willingness to help out in hard… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — They lead different lifestyles but have two things in common: They are young and are either pregnant or already have children. Once a week, 14 teen-age girls from Piscataquis, Somerset and Penobscot counties gather at Piscataquis Community High School to discuss their health,… Read More
HERMON — In her senior year at Hermon High School, Georgeanne Morgan has been nominated for just about every award going, and she’s receiving her fair share of them — the Principal’s Award, Commended Scholars Award, semifinalist honors in the Presidential Scholars. But she never… Read More
CASTINE — Two “MMAs” will share more than initials this spring when students from Maine and Russia join in an educational exchange. William B. Eisenhardt, vice president for student affairs at Maine Maritime Academy, said Friday that midshipmen and professors from Castine will be host… Read More
CUMBERLAND — Chebeague Island’s crime problems pale beside the problems of big cities like New York, but they’ve got residents worried. The swell of break-ins at cottages and island businesses over the past few months has caused residents to start taking unusual precautions such as… Read More
LEWISTON — Anita C. Taylor, occupational health nurse at The Health Center, has been recertified as a certified occupational health nurse by the American Board of Occupational Health Nurses Inc. Taylor has been associated with The Health Center since its beginning in 1985. She worked… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield Community Handbell Ringers, under the direction of Jean Kelley, Dottie Clements and Mark Kleinschmidt, will present their annual spring concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Pittsfield. Marjorie Shepard, Justine Mencl, Betty Webber, Kleinschmidt and… Read More
GUILFORD — After a long discussion, the Guilford Board of Selectmen voted this week to continue with the comprehensive planning process. Rusty Martell, chairman of the committee, discussed what the comittee had accomplished. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
BURNHAM — Elaine M. MacArthur, a Burnham Democrat, has announced her candidacy for the District 109 seat in the Maine House of Representatives. District 109 comprises Burnham, Clinton, Freedom, Jackson, Monroe, Thordike, Unity and Unity Plantation. MacArthur said that the most pressing problem facing her… Read More
LaGRANGE — Rebecca Pelkey, daughter of Michael and Marie Pelkey of LaGrange, has won the Miss Tri-County 1992 title at the 15th annual pageant, March 21, at East Grand School, Danforth. Girls from Aroostook, Penobscot and Washington counties competed for the title. Rebecca, 14, is… Read More
FARMINGTON — Award winning poet Sharon Olds will read her poems at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30 in the Thomas Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. The reading will conclude the year’s Visiting Writer’s series. Olds was featured in a Bill Moyers’ PBS… Read More
BENEDICTA — Take Off Pounds Sensibly of Benedicta, crowned a chapter Queen, Sharon Crawford, during award ceremonies April 7. Crawford reached her weight goal by losing 50 1/4 pounds in 1991 and has maintained her loss. Division winner for 1991 was Frank Violette, who lost 13 pounds, and… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — An overview of characteristics of children who molest was presented by Jo-Ann Cook, a therapist from Rockland, at a conference on current issues in child abuse held Wednesday. Attending the event were 175 participants representing mental health fields, criminal justice, health care,… Read More
CARIBOU — The Maine National Guard will renovate and add onto the organizational maintenance shop behind the armory on Bennett Drive. Beginning May 1, 4,000 square feet of the building will be renovated and another 4,000 square feet will be added, according to state guard officials. Read More
CARIBOU — Dorothy Violette of Van Buren has been named employee of the quarter at Cary Medical Center. She is secretary and receptionist at the St. John Valley Health Center in Van Buren, a division of Caribou Medical Center. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
OAKFIELD — Students at the Southern Aroostook Community School in Dyer Brook spent three days this week learning about consequences and alternatives to using drugs and alcohol. “We want to get kids to see that they don’t have to use drugs,” said Jeanne Leet, the… Read More
LUBEC — A written warning issued to an emergency dispatcher by Lubec Town Office Manager Normand Laberge was upheld as “sufficent” by selectmen Thursday, denying a request by angry ambulance service workers that more severe action be taken. Laberge explained Friday that the warning resulted… Read More
JONESPORT — Evidence of the current recession will be seen in the design of nine new floats to be delivered on Wednesday, April 15, to state-owned marinas at Jonesport and Lubec. They are two feet narrower than those built in the more affluent days of 1976. Read More
MILO — Children with special needs was the topic of a presentation given to members of Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International at a meeting held Monday evening at Penquis Valley High School. Making the presentation was Ginette Perreault, regional coordinator for the Maine Bureau of Children… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The pool schedule for Session V, April 20-June 6, has been announced by the Piscataquis Regional YMCA as follows: Open swim time: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday; 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday; 7:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday; 3:30-5 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m. Friday; 3:30-5 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday;… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Senate President Charles P. Pray, D-Millinocket, recently said he will seek re-election from District 5, northern Penobscot County. The chief challenge facing the next Legislature is reducing the size of government, Pray said in his announcement. Several of the proposals that Pray introduced… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Small claims disposed of in 13th District Court in Dover-Foxcroft recently were as follows, with the plaintiff listed first: Moosehead Rubbish Collection of Greenville vs. Eastern River Management Co. of Greenville, judgment for plaintiff of $949.36 and $35 costs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — They have different lifestyles, but they have two things in common: They are young and are either pregnant or already have children. Once a week, 14 teen-age girls from Piscataquis, Somerset and Penobscot counties gather at Piscataquis Community High School to discuss their… Read More
ORIENT — Harold B. Dickinson will run as a Democratic candidate for Maine Senate District 3. The district comprises the area from Fort Fairfield to Vanceboro to Mattawamkeag and Garfield Plantation. Traditional values of honesty, fairness, hard work and compassion have been eroded by political… Read More
MILO — When the Maine State Liquor Store closes later this month, customers and passers-by will miss the cheery and festive decorations made by Elaine Weymouth, an employee of the Main Street store for the past 12 years. Since her second year on the job,… Read More
THOMASTON — Local Economic Issues: Implications For Your Business is the topic of the Sunrise Seminar at the Samoset Resort from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Thursday, April 16. At the third Sunrise Seminar, Ann Almeida will discuss pertinent local and statewide factors that affect… Read More
BELFAST — Barbara Parker is the new acting director of the Senior Spectrum Waldo County Senior Center. She will serve through June. Parker worked for Senior Spectrum for the last 2 1/2 years as adult day care coordinator and community relations developer. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
For too many years, SAD 28 officials have complained about their poor state subsidy. They may actually have a point. According to the budget mailer prepared for the district (in the hopes of avoiding a third straight defeat at the polls), Camden and Rockport taxpayers… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Heating Assistance Program will accept applications until Thursday, April 30. The benefit received from this program can be used to pay for bills for heat dated since Oct. 1, 1991 and can be carried over through the next heating season. The HEAP… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Yesterday, it was the state. Tomorrow, it’s the world for a team of seventh grade boys from Bar Harbor. For the six pupils from the Conners-Emerson School, the lure of a world-class Odyssey of the Mind championship is a crowning finish to… Read More
UNITY — Margaret Dickson, Maine author, will be guest speaker for the Edna St. Vincent Millay Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at Unity College. Her topic will be “Novel-writing and the Cana Miracle.” Like St. Vincent Millay, who is being remembered on… Read More
SEARSMONT — After a month of studying the Russians from afar, Searsmont pupils met the genuine article Thursday, learning a little of the language, a bit about the culture and a lot about how lucky they are to be in the USA. Irena Kuznetsov came… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport Bicentennial Committee and The Shoestring Theatre Company of Bucksport will stage a revival of the 1989 Broadway hit “Old Jed Prouty” as part of the Bucksport Bicentennial Celebration in June. Auditions for all roles will be held at 7 p.m. Monday,… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Marine Atlantic ferry Bluenose, operating between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Bar Harbor, will return to service on Sunday, April 12, after a six-week absence for a $3.8 million refitting. The motor vessel, which went into drydock for its biannual refit in… Read More
TRENTON — Through the cooperative effort of three Hancock County hospitals, the Bar Harbor-Hancock County Airport in Trenton will be the scene of a countywide mass casualty disaster drill in the late afternoon of Monday, May 13. According to Sid Salvatore, drill coordinator, the disaster… Read More
WINTERPORT — A routine traffic stop in Winterport this week led to the arrest of a local man in connection with two burglaries in Waldo County and the recovery of stolen electronic equipment. Maine State Police Trooper Thomas Ballard stopped Troy Gould, 20, of Winterport… Read More
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Maine has been authorized to award two full and four partial hostelships for the 1992-93 program year, and RSVP members are invited to apply by May 15. Elderhostelers may take part in programs at more than 1,600 educational… Read More
Parents of Bangor High School juniors will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at the Bangor High School library to begin planning the post-graduation reception for BHS graduating seniors and their families. Parents of current juniors are encouraged to attend. Read More
The Bangor City Council will hold a workshop at 5 p.m. Monday, April 13, to review the findings of the audit of the city’s books for the year that ended last June 30. The management letter that accompanied the audit created a stir when it… Read More
WASHINGTON — President Bush’s home in Kennebunkport, Maine, may have been battered by a storm last year, but he got a break on his property taxes. The tax man lowered the assessment on Walker’s Point, the Bush estate, by nearly $300,000, shaving almost $4,000 from… Read More
ORONO — Alice Fortin Bean of New Gloucester was a Franco-American woman who founded United Low Income, the second-largest grass-roots organization for poor people in the country. Before her death, Rowena Bolduc, a Franco-American woman from Bangor, was a key force in the Bangor Tenants… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan on Friday signed landmark legislation that eventually will give people with major mental illnesses the same level of health-insurance coverage as people with physical ailments. McKernan, who had opposed the bill initially for fear it would increase health-insurance premiums… Read More
Even President George Bush, who launched the first salvo against congressional perks two weeks ago from the glass house of the executive branch, wishes he had never raised the question of the privileges for elected officials. But amid the charges and counter charges, the public has the advantage… Read More
LEWISTON — The Catholic Order of Foresters, Maine State Court, will hold its 1992 state convention Friday to Sunday, April 24-26, at the Ramada Inn Convention Center in Lewiston. Registration for delegates, state court officers and guests will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, followed by… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine will hold an annual meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Pine Tree State Arboretum Visitors Center, 153 Hospital St., Augusta. A tour of the 270-acre Sandra and Ronald Kostron wood lot in China, Kennebec County’s 1992… Read More
PITTSFIELD — “Meeting the challenge of a difficult job, and innovation in construction techniques” are standard operating procedure for Cianbro Corp. in Pittsfield, company officials say. This year it was part of the criteria that earned the employee-owned company a national award. The 1992 Associated… Read More
WASHINGTON — In most political campaigns, the most irrelevant factor is the candidate’s wife. As long as she’s not suing for divorce, or rumored to be sleeping with a member of the Rolling Stones, as was the case with Margaret Trudeau, the former first lady of Canada, political… Read More
AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta, Division of Community Programs, will hold its Professional Secretaries Celebration with all-day workshops 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Augusta Civic Center North Wing. Call 621-3178 for information. Read More
Hunger in America is widespread and is a serious, but solvable problem for this country. Those are the findings of a recently released national opinion poll commissioned by Kraft General Foods Inc. Fully 61 percent of all American voters considered hunger a “very serious” problem facing this country… Read More
ELLSWORTH — James Markos Sr., owner of Maine Shellfish Co. and considered one of the sharpest buyers in the seafood business, will be this year’s recipient of the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce Top Drawer Award. The award is given by the local chamber each… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Cianbro Corp. in Pittsfield recently was named the low bidder on two new projects totaling about $8,639,372. As low bidder on a project for the New York State Thruway Authority, the company will renovate the structural steel superstructure of the Castleton Bridge near… Read More
BLUE HILL — Spin the radio dial here, along this scenic, island-studded stretch of coastal Maine, and you will hear the usual mundane menu of FM offerings: Top-40. Golden oldies. Country-western. Classical. Jesus loves you. And Scandinavian pop music. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Patricia Saiki, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will be at the Bangor City Council chamber at 11 a.m. Monday, April 13, to describe the SBA’s New England Lending and Recovery Project. Owners of small businesses and other entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to… Read More
PORTLAND — A Durham woman charged with manslaughter in the death of her 4-year-old foster son waived her right to a jury trial Friday in Cumberland County Superior Court. The motion filed by an attorney for Deborah Wolfenden doesn’t change her April 27th trial date,… Read More
SCARBOROUGH — A Scarborough man who almost lost his license because of a drunken driving conviction against a man with the same name and birthdate settled the score Friday with help from a local detective. John Clayton McConnell said he originally thought the license revocation… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Politicians, generally, live with pressure and love opportunity. When most of this country’s newspaper editors gather in Washington, D.C., for their annual meeting, an invitation to speak is seen by presidential candidates as an excellent opportunity. But not one without stress; the… Read More
The city of Augusta is gloating. Just before the lights were turned out on their final morning of work, the Legislature amended state tax incentives that stimulate economic development. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
Police on Friday continued their search for two men who abducted a Bangor orthodontist and left him bound and gagged in the trunk of his car after what appears to have been a bungled robbery attempt Thursday evening at the man’s Judson Heights home. On… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine Human Services Commissioner Rollin Ives announced two top-level appointments Friday, one involving a reassignment of the head of the embattled Bureau of Child and Family Services. Ives said bureau Director Peter Walsh would be leaving that post after 15 years to lead… Read More
Seventeen years ago this month, a young Mormon missionary left Vietnam just days before the fall of Saigon. “I didn’t really want to leave,” recalled Dr. Lewis Hassell of Winterport, now a pathologist at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor. The Salt Lake City native spent… Read More
The Court at the Crossroads As a nation, we doggedly examine our nominees to the United States Supreme Court to see how they might rule on controversies such as abortion. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
WASHINGTON — “We Americans want a government that comes from us, not at us,” said H. Ross Perot on Friday in Washington, D.C., while speaking at the annual meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. With those words, Perot — the Texas businessman running… Read More
When Paul Rudman told a client that he might leave his law practice for a seat on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, the client surprised Rudman by launching into an effusive thank-you — just because Rudman had done his job. “I think it’s a habit… Read More
The American-Canadian Genealogical Society will hold its annual spring conference Saturday, May 16, at the Perini Science Building, Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, N.H. Program will include Professor Armand Chartier, Henri Bergevin, and book sellers and vendors of genealogical materials. Registration will be at 8 a.m. Call 622-1554 for… Read More
District Court Judge Andrew Mead of Bangor has been promoted to Superior Court to replace former Justice Eugene Beaulieu who recently was appointed to the U.S. District Court in Maine as a U.S. magistrate judge. Gov. John R. McKernan made the announcement Friday, along with… Read More
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Whether or not the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ever hears a case with the political drama of abortion, the court will continue to direct the way Mainers live with each other and their governments. We asked a sampling of law school professors, state and private-practice lawyers… Read More
AUGUSTA — Dottie Chaisson-McGuirk of Westbrook, who dropped out of the Republican primary in the 1st Congressional District earlier this week, gave her endorsement Friday to South Thomaston businessman John Purcell. In remarks prepared for a press conference, Chaisson-McGuirk said she was dropping out of… Read More
WATERVILLE — Two national experts on health-care policy will join Maine Democratic Sen. George J. Mitchell at Colby College in Waterville on Sunday, April 12, for a discussion on federal legislation on comprehensive health-care reform. More than 35 million Americans are estimated to be without… Read More
WASHINGTON — Here are the votes of Maine’s senators and representatives on major legislation in Congress this week. Senate votes: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
PORTLAND — Environmental officials have found high levels of six toxic chemicals in the air above Portland, Rumford and Acadia National Park. Public health officials say the amount of the chemicals identified in the study by the state Department of Environmental Protection does not pose… Read More