Evidence gathered to date has not indicated the sports gambling ring exposed at the University of Maine last week is tied to any off-campus betting figures or organized crime. Though skeptical outside ties exist, the head of the University Department of Public Safety said Sunday… Read More
BROOKLINE, Mass. – The University of Maine’s makeshift baseball lineup clawed out a pair of North Atlantic Conference wins over Boston University on Saturday, 8-0 and 1-0, but on Sunday, the Terriers used seventh-inning rallies to notch 4-3 and 5-4 victories and salvage a split of the series. Read More
Chip Carson of Bangor got a 10 in his final box to edge defending champion Russ Nealey of South Paris by two pins, 1281-1279, in the Maine Open Candelpin Bowling Association championship at the Bangor-Brewer Lanes on Saturday. Newcomer Karen Matero of Norway defeated ’91… Read More
The Ferraro twins, Peter and Chris, who recently announced their intentions to attend the University of Maine, will join Black Bear goalie Mike Dunham on the United States roster for the World Hockey Championship in Czechoslovakia. The Ferraro twins and Dunham flew to Switzerland on… Read More
HUSSON vs. UM-FARMINGTON Time, site: Monday, 1 p.m., Hippach Field, Farmington 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
Out and About: The final deer-kill figures for the 1991 Maine hunting season show an overall increase of 3 percent. The figures, compiled from 400 game-registration stations throughout the state, showed 26,735 deer were tagged last fall, 759 more than in 1990. According to Dept. Read More
MILO – The Katahdin Country Club here will open for the season on Monday, April 20, with just one temporary green. The course is dry and 14 riding carts are available. Read More
Plaudits are still piling up for the Becker College women’s basketball team of Leicester, Mass., winner of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III national championship. On April 13, the team, which includes freshman starting point guard Lori Young of Orono, was honored at… Read More
Despite low water conditions along the 16-mile course, the two-man kayak team of Rick Swan from Brewer and Fred Ludwig of Houlton finished in Bangor ahead of a record 744 other craft to win the 26th annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race on Saturday. There doesn’t… Read More
Last Friday’s wet snowfall further postponed the start of the 1992 high school baseball and softball seasons here in eastern and northern Maine. However, the cry to “play ball” will go out at a handful of locations on Monday as the season opens with a… Read More
Two old and respected Bangor bank names will reappear this summer when Merrill Merchants Bank opens for business. Some familiar faces will be seen in the executive suite at the new bank. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
It was with great distress that I read the article of March 23, concerning state retirement system funding. Since my wife and I both teach in public schools, this article was all the more disturbing. I find it extremely arrogant on the part of states, including Maine, to… Read More
I think buses should have seat belts. The law says kids under 16 must wear seat belts. But kids like me ride the bus almost every day. What if the bus went off the road on a snowy day? Kids would get hurt! But if there were seat… Read More
ORONO — The Orono Town Council recently applauded nearly 30 employees for their years of service. Five Years 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++)… Read More
“Maybe there is hope yet,” I thought as I read the recent statement of the Dixmont Fire Department’s and Bureau of Labor Standards’ paradox. That the state would cite a person for not dotting every “i” or crossing every “t” when in an emergency they… Read More
I (disagree with) Rebecca LePage (Readers Write, April 6), who wrote that she is constantly turning off lights, reducing her laundry loads throughout the week, and reducing her hot water output. If it takes higher electric prices to motivate her to conserve, then raise the damned prices. Maybe… Read More
I read with great interest on the front page of the Bangor Daily News that the Patten and Island Falls boys were fighting. I like to stay abreast of what the grandsons are up to. I read the paper very thoroughly but I didn’t find… Read More
Presumed innocent until proven guilty. Unfortunately, that’s not the case in Palmyra as far as I can see after a selectmen’s meeting on April 7. There is so much hostility that I’m surprised any town business can be transacted at all. Innuendoes, accusations, and a… Read More
Re: The article in the Bangor Daily News of April 8, “LaGrange woman wants animals back.” … These animals (the ones that were still alive) were seized from the property for very obvious reasons. Now, Wendy Rackliffe wants to try to get these animals back. Read More
ORONO — Phyllis Borns, Anne Johnson and Roberta Smolenack of the Orono-Old Town Branch of the American Association of University Women recently attended the New England Regional AAUW conference in Lowell, Mass. Included was the report, “How Schools Shortchange Girls.” Borns, president of the Orono-Old… Read More
WASHINGTON — A former Reagan administration official charged Friday that Democratic health-care reform bills, including one written by Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, “flirts with a double standard” because the proposals all exempt members of Congress from their regulations. “It’s the same old song;… Read More
HOULTON — Boy Scouts subscribe to a oath that a member is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. Allen McFadden of New Limerick has represented those qualities to hundreds of boys for 60 years. “I took it to… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Washington County will be in the tourism spotlight in Down East magazine this summer, according to Linda Pagels, chairman of the Down East Resource and Development Council and a representative of the council’s tourism committee. “Two days ago I learned that Washington County’s… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Knox County Bar Association paid homage to Judge Clifford O’Rourke Wednesday by unveiling a portrait of the Camden jurist in the Knox County District Courtroom. O’Rourke’s portrait, by noted photographer Tom Jones, joins portraits of judges Alan Pease and Paul McDonald in… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Fourteen tons of food provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture was picked up from the Jasper Wyman and Son warehouse in Cherryfield Friday by food pantries from Washington and Hancock counties. The occasion marked the first delivery of food from the blueberry… Read More
DANFORTH — Primary teachers at the East Grand School in Danforth have been awarded the Making the Grade award from the state Board of Education. The school was recognized for a new kindergarten through second grade, multi-age primary unit that was implemented this year at… Read More
OWLS HEAD — The Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II — the jump jet — will perform at the Owls Head Transportation Museum Military Aviation and Aerobatic Show to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28. Two Harriers… Read More
The Penobscot Bay Power Squadron and U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Division I, will observe National Safe Boating Week June 7-13, with an annual kick-off ceremony and boat parade at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at the Bangor Boat Landing. Boaters may join the parade that… Read More
Winners were named in contests to mark Environmental Awareness Day, Saturday, April 18, held in conjunction with the annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. The Recycling Awareness Coloring Contest, sponsored by the Wholesale Depot, the Bangor Beautiful Committee and the Bangor Daily News, for children in… Read More
CARIBOU — While the rest of Maine will see a decrease in the size of the Army National Guard, the military unit’s presence in Aroostook County is expected to remain constant. “We plan on staying for another 50 years, or as long as the Pentagon… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The following divorces were granted during March in 2nd District Court in Presque Isle by Judge David B. Griffiths. The divorces were granted on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences. Jon A. Clayton and Merrily J. Clayton, both of Presque Isle, married in… Read More
HOULTON The following people were sentenced the week of April 13, in Aroostook County Superior Court in Houlton by Justice Paul T. Pierson: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
MACHIAS — A selection of works produced in art classes at the University of Maine at Machias will be on display April 21-May 8 in the art galleries in Powers Hall. A public reception opening the exhibition will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21. Read More
BAILEYVILLE — Two people received minor injuries Thursday morning in a multi-car accident on Route 1. Officer Phil Harriman of the Baileyville Police Department said that at about 7 a.m. four vehicles were traveling in a northerly direction on Route 1, near the Irving Big… Read More
FRIENDSHIP — The Friendship Sloop Society has planned an ambitious schedule of events for the 1992 season, the society’s 32nd year of organized race activity. The program will open with a regatta and rendezvous July 4-5, in New London, Conn. The event will be a… Read More
MACHIAS — Rep. Frank Farren Jr., R-Cherryfield, who is seeking a fourth term as representative in House District 126, said he supports freezing the lobster license fees at $53 for older fishermen. District 126 represents the towns of Addison, Cherryfield, Harrington, and Milbridge in Washington… Read More
MACHIAS — Orange Then Blue, a 13-piece jazz ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the University of Maine at Machias Performing Arts Center as part of Stage Front: The Arts Downeast cultural series. Admission is by season ticket or $6 for adults, $5 for… Read More
CALAIS — Six Calais Middle School pupils, members of the Fleet Bank Youth Leaders Program, presented a $3,000 check to Middle School Principal Tom Comiciotto, Union 106 Superintendent Richard Marx and Dona Stover of the Calais Free Library to be used for the purchase of new books foir… Read More
JONESBORO — Blueberry growers will discuss the results of a blueberry farm survey showing Washington County as a leader in Maine’s wild lowbush blueberry industry during a field conference at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25. They also will discuss techniques for cutting costs of growing berries and calibrating… Read More
MILLINOCKET — The Northern Timber Cruisers Snowmobile Club has earned a reputation as a hard-working, family-oriented organization. The club and James Barnes Sr. and his son, Terry, were commended last week by the Town Council. Barnes and his son were instrumental in coordinating a major… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Lee A. Saulmer, 27, and Frederica Goodale, 20, of the Wilson Road, Pittsfield, were arrested and charged with trafficking in marijuana, more than two pounds, Friday afternoon. According to Kenneth MacMaster of Maine Drug Enforcement, formerly BIDE, a search warrant was executed at… Read More
BINGHAM — The following honor roll for the third quarter of the year has been announced at Upper Kennebec Valley Memorial High School: Seniors, honors: John Brown, Carrie Flannery, Lisa Maheux, Teri Marsh, Rita Pauley, Make Pratt, Betty Ann Taylor, Julie Williams, and Heather York. Read More
DEXTER — The third annual Dexter Fish and Game Association Sportsman’s Show will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26, at Dexter Regional High School. Doors to the show will open at 10 a.m. both days. Saturday’s events will include a bass fishing demonstration at… Read More
DEXTER — Few jobs carry with them as much responsibility as being a school bus driver. For the past eight years, Norman Chabot of Dexter has been transporting her “very precious cargo” to and from school in SAD 46, a job she says she wouldn’t… Read More
DEXTER — Bruce Ives, principal of Dexter Regional High School, has named this year’s candidates for the Girls and Boys State student government programs. In these programs, young men and women role-play as they learn to campaign for local, county, and state offices and carry… Read More
FARMINGTON — For the third consecutive summer, the University of Maine at Farmington Conference Center will offer Elderhostel, a series of low-cost, short-term academic programs for people age 60 or older. “For the July programs this summer, we are also offering commuter rates for those… Read More
CAMDEN — Auditions for Maine music students in the 1992 Bay Chamber Concerts program will be held in June at the Rockport Opera House. Auditions for the $1,000 Nathan Corning Jazz prize will be held on Thursday, June 25. On Friday, June 26, auditions for… Read More
CAMDEN — More than a dozen ensembles of musicians from Camden Rockport High School will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Rockport Opera House. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the high school music department. Tickets will be available at the… Read More
CAMDEN — Sarah McKenzie and James Moran have been selected to represent Camden Rockport High School in competition for places in the New England Young Writers Conference. The conference will be held in May on the campus of Middlebury College in Vermont. The CRHS students… Read More
CAMDEN — The Down East Jazz Society and the Samoset Resort will co-sponsor the annual Spring Cabaret Dance at 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the ballroom at Samoset Resort. The Stan Catell Jazz Band will play music from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s until midnight. Read More
WARREN — Does the town need its own mining regulations? Yes, according to Linda Wirtz, chairwoman of the Crawford Pond Interveners. 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
I am here today to report on that band of spoiled millionaires we call the Red Sox. I am here to report that there will be no September heartbreak this year. This has to be one of the worst editions of all, especially considering the payroll. Read More
BRUNSWICK — Linda Spencer of Thomaston, a former senior editor at Yankee Books, and William Carpenter of Stockton Springs, a poet, will teach courses from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Maine Writers Center. Spencer will lead a program about an… Read More
ST. GEORGE — R. E. Dennison has a better idea about school funding. Dennison, a former town selectmen, and others have been trying to find a better arrangement for the town in the financing of its share of the cost of operating schools in SAD… Read More
BROOKSVILLE — The Brooksville Elementary School chess team will be honored at a public luncheon at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at the school library. The local team has clinched the state chess title in the junior high division for the second year in a… Read More
UNION — Michael Hedio, 22, of Augusta was arrested by the Maine State Police on Saturday and charged with several motor vehicle law violations. Hedio was arrested in Union and was taken to Knox County Jail where he was charged with assault, terrorizing, eluding a… Read More
BAR HARBOR — A pair of Rodman cannon will be accepted by the town from the U.S. Coast Guard during a dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at Agamont Park. The placement of the historic cannons is a project of the Bar Harbor… Read More
A tax protester who refused to provide police with his name after he was arrested Wednesday for allegedly refusing to leave the Post Office area of the federal building in Bangor appeared in 3rd District Court in Bangor Thursday morning. Christopher Hurley, 37, of Brooklin… Read More
BUCKSPORT — A state task force is expected to incorporate some suggestions from an area organization into a proposed state comprehensive energy plan. The Coalition for Sensible Energy, which is made up of groups opposed to the AES Inc. coal plant proposed for Bucksport, presented… Read More
JONESPORT — An eventful four-year tour of duty as commander of the Coast Guard Cutter Point Hannon will come to an end for Garry L. Moores at 11 a.m. Friday, May 8, when he gives control of the 82-footer to Justus J. Mason at a change-of-command ceremony. Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Hancock County Medical Mission is accepting applications from medical personnel and Spanish interpreters for its next relief mission, a trip to Loja, Ecuador, Jan. 9-23, 1993. Anyone eligible should contact the group before the closing date of May 1 and be able to participate… Read More
ELLSWORTH — If Ellsworth officials do not approve an amendment sanctioning the local homeless shelter Monday evening they may need a refuge of their own. The Ellsworth City Council is set to consider a zoning change that would allow the downtown homeless shelter to operate… Read More
A Blue Hill man was taken to a local hospital for treatment of injuries after a rollover accident Friday morning. Jeremy T. Tyler, 20, was driving on Route 176 at about 12:55 a.m. when he lost control on a curve and the 1989 Chevrolet vehicle… Read More
The Penobscot Bay Power Squadron and U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Division I, will observe National Safe Boating Week June 7-13, with an annual kick-off ceremony and boat parade at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at the Bangor Boat Landing. Boaters may join the parade that… Read More
OWLS HEAD — The Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II — the “Jump Jet” — will perform at the Owls Head Transportation Museum Military Aviation and Aerobatic Show to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28. Two Harriers… Read More
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Winners were named in contests to mark Environmental Awareness Day, Saturday, April 18, held in conjunction with the annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. The Recycling Awareness Coloring Contest, sponsored by the Wholesale Depot, the Bangor Beautiful Committee and the Bangor Daily News, for children in… Read More
CARMEL — The Board of Selectmen met illegally earlier this month, officials acknowledged this weekend. In recent months, there have been a number of issues that have raised the eyebrows and ire of some residents here, and one of them, the scheduled payment of funds… Read More
A Bangor police officer was injured over the weekend by a man he was pursuing. Patrick Elliot, 24, of 79 Birch St. Apartment 2, Bangor, was subsequently charged with assault on a police officer and disorderly conduct. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
DURHAM — Officials at Durham Elementary School are rejoicing after receiving a “king-sized” check for $10,000 from horror fiction writer Stephen King, who lived in the town as a boy. King donated the money after school librarian Sherry Dolloff wrote him a letter describing the… Read More
WINDHAM — Sen. George J. Mitchell scored a home run for the Windham Little League Friday when he announced the Internal Revenue Service was canceling a penalty it made the league pay for allegedly filing a late 1987 tax return. The IRS will also return… Read More
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AUBURN — After pleading guilty to stealing about $7,000 in parking fines, a former Lewiston Police Department clerk is awaiting sentencing. Rolande Nault, of Lewiston, pleaded guilty to a Class B theft charge in Androscoggin County Superior Court. She was employed by the city for… Read More
The frustrations of the Green Party in the United States seeking a voice in the American political system mirror those of Scottish Greens working in the United Kingdom’s intractable political system, a Scottish activist said Friday evening in Bangor. “There are different problems, different systems,”… Read More
In March 1989 we received a letter from Geneva Pierce of Rockland who was having a problem receiving merchandise fram Genuine Merchandise Outlet of Calstadt, N.J. Pierce wrote, “On Nov. 8, 1988, I sent an order for two bracelets to Genuine Merchandise Outlet. My canceled… Read More
WASHINGTON — Timber industry leaders, environmentalists, scientists and members of Congress finally agree on something — President Bush picked a bad time to cut federal spending on forest research. A specialist for the International Paper Co. says the government should be studying new ways to… Read More
AUGUSTA — A map that pops up on a computer screen is marked by fluorescent green and orange diagonal lines showing that 43 percent of Casco Bay’s clam flats are closed due to pollution. The map, in a computer-filled Department of Environmental Protection office in… Read More
NAPLES — Authorities say alcohol apparently contributed to a weekend drowning that occurred when a Massachusetts man and a companion were dumped from their canoe into the frigid waters of Long Lake. Authorities identified the victim as Jason B. MacConkey, 21, of Winchester, Mass. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
If Shakespeare had to rewrite the ingredients for the witches’ brew from his tragedy “Macbeth” based on the conglomeration of topics from Maine’s town meetings this spring, his verse might have gone thus: Double, double, toil and trouble, googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s largest electric company says its customers could save up to $40 on their monthly bills — or pay a few dollars more — depending on what action utility regulators take on rate changes it’s proposing. Central Maine Power Co.’s filing is to… Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — Staff Sgt. Steve Robertson returned from the Persian Gulf War complaining of aching joints and a stubborn cough. He ended up in the office of a psychiatrist, who prescribed an anti-depressant. “They informed me my problem was anger and I needed to vent… Read More
SEABROOK, N.H. — The filing of inaccurate reports at Seabrook nuclear plant last month was isolated to 13 employees who were suspended, investigators conclude. The plant discovered the auxiliary operators reported they made rounds they actually had not completed. Four have left the company and… Read More
WASHINGTON — Senate investigators are checking reports of covert assistance to Iraq by the Reagan and Bush administrations, Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell said Sunday. Appearing on NBC-TV’s “Meet the Press,” Mitchell said he had not been informed of any such assistance, if it… Read More
It begins with the ba-dum-dum-dum of the bass. Then the tricky trills of the piano and the mandolin-like vibrations of the banjo. Add a wild clarinet, outrageous trombone, droll cornet, brisk drums, and white socks, and what you got is the reddest, hottest New Orleans jazz this side… Read More
Opinions varied this weekend on whether the University of Maine gambling ring broken last week was the result of failures in the system or the fruit of dealing with thousands of young adults. The gambling ring, involving 40 students, illustrates the need for recommended reform… Read More
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DES MOINES, Iowa — With no winner in the final Lotto America drawing, the first prize offered in its replacement game — Powerball — will be an estimated $6 million, organizers said Sunday. There was an estimated $4 million on the line Saturday night when… Read More
Saturday’s lottery numbers: 094 — 2668 Tri-State Megabucks: 1 16 20 23 28 30 (no winner) Lotto America: 2 14 21 38 43 54 (no winner)… Read More
As the line formed outside the Bangor Civic Center in the Sunday afternoon sun, Ed and Elizabeth Dyer stayed to themselves, off to one side, waiting for the doors to open on an Easter feast they otherwise might not have had. “We was getting along… Read More
Each year, backyard mechanics dump enough used motor oil onto the ground or into the sewers to fill more than 20 supertankers like the Exxon Valdez. According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, 1 gallon of waste oil can contaminate 1 million gallons of drinking… Read More
PHILADELPHIA — An appeals court on Friday ruled that judges do have a narrow jurisdiction over the government’s base-closing decisions, resurrecting a lawsuit to save the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and possibly affecting the entire base-closing process. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a… Read More
Rarely are elected officials thanked for doing anything positive. They try to keep low, stay clean and avoid criticism. The Bangor City Council, however, earned an expression of public approval for its 5-3 vote last Monday night to maintain the council-manager form of government. It… Read More