Old Town has been a hot-hitting baseball team of late. Neither Brewer ace Greg Crossman nor a chilling spring wind could cool off the Indians on Monday afternoon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
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A report Monday on Central of East Corinth’s baseball win Saturday at Mattanawcook Academy in Lincoln listed Eric Kepple of Central as John. It was incorrectly reported by the home team. Read More
The good news is the University of Maine-Farmington hired a new men’s basketball coach/assistant director for its new health and fitness center last week in Richard Marshall, currently the athletic director and hoop coach at St. Catherine (Ky.) College. The bad news is Marshall’s hiring… Read More
CALAIS – Jason Parks singled and eventually scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the eighth inning, giving Calais a 7-6 schoolboy baseball victory over Shead of Eastport here Monday. Mike Morin and Jeff Hinton each knocked in two runs with a double… Read More
UNITY – Jim Burns of Winslow won Saturday’s Coca-Cola ’92 here at Unity Raceway with a flag-to-flag late model sportsman victory highlighting the state’s stock car racing action. Burns held off a late charge from Dave St. Clair of Montville to post the win. Kenny… Read More
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With the indictment of University of Maine baseball player Chris Altomari and former Black Bear football player Warren Bennett on gambling charges Monday, the investigation of a sports betting ring is over as it pertains to the UM athletic department, according to campus officials. Altomari,… Read More
BOSTON – The University of Southern Maine swept a baseball doubleheader here Sunday with a 19-0 victory over host University of Massachusetts-Boston in the first game and a 10-4 win in the second game. In the opener, Gary Williamson belted a three-run home run in… Read More
BAR HARBOR – Kebo Valley Golf Club will open for the season, weather permitting, on Tuesday here. The club is offering spring fees of $20. Read More
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – Kevin Mahaney and his Team Exxon soling crew advanced to the best-of-nine finals at the 1992 U.S. Olympic soling trials on Monday. Mahaney, a native of Bangor, and Jeff Madrigali of San Francisco finished first and second in the three-team, 15-race… Read More
Pat Masters’ one-out single up the middle with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning plated Brian Meagher with the winning run as Bangor beat Hampden Academy 5-4 Monday in Class A baseball action at Garland Street Field in Bangor. Rob Estey… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine-Farmington swept a baseball doubleheader from host University of Maine-Presque Isle here Monday with a 17-0 shutout in the first game and a 15-6 victory in the second. In the first game, Dan Thorndike hit a three-run home run… Read More
Bill Champi has fond memories of the University of Maine’s Mahaney Diamond, as well he should. Two years ago, he was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the ECAC Tournament as he hit .480 with 11 runs batted in to lead his Fordham University Rams… Read More
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University of Maine baseball coach John Winkin adamantly feels his team deserves at least a chance to play its six North Atlantic Conference makeup games and qualify for one of the three at-large berths to the eight-team, double-elimination ECAC tournament. The ECAC tourney has been… Read More
No one was more surprised when University of Maine junior Mike Proctor won the 400-meter race at the North Atlantic Conference outdoor track championships in Dedham, Mass., last Saturday than… Mike Proctor. “I was totally surprised,” said the team captain from Bridgton, whose NAC-winning time… Read More
How good are the athletes who make up the St. Joseph’s College of Standish softball team? Very, very good, according to those who should know – the coaches in District 5 of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
CALAIS – Ivy Newcomb pitched a two-hitter to lift Shead of Eastport to its fourth win without a loss, a 4-2 schoolgirl softball win over Calais here Monday. Newcomb struck out six and walked six, allowing single runs in the second and sixth. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Tammy Matula’s infield single with the bases loaded in the last of the seventh capped a furious comeback by Bangor Christian as the Patriots edged Forest Hills of Jackman 10-9 in high school softball play here Monday. The Patriots had to score four in the… Read More
WATERVILLE – The Maine P.A.W. (Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington) Club qualified to compete in the AAU National Tournament in Yakima, Wash., after winning the Maine State Championship at Colby College here Saturday. The team, which is made up of 14-year-old players representing Bangor, Veazie, Orono, Mars… Read More
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If it isn’t our jovial and Florida-tanned Sen. Harry Vose asking us to just stay seated until he brings out his mysterious singin’ fat lady, Ms. Marion Landfill, then it’s Reinald Nielsen, refuse district chair, hawking his pet computer’s latest numerical spillage, PERC BABBLE, for the low, low… Read More
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — “I’m Staff Sgt. Richard Rush … Now, get off my bus,” roared the training officer at 31 recruits who were getting their first look at the United States Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island. Like thousands before them, the young… Read More
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At last! The citizens of Senate District 9 have a candidate who has the vision and energy to represent all of its citizens. The candidate is a lifetime resident of this area who knows and understands that “quality of life” means not only a clean environment but also… Read More
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HAMPDEN — Revisions to the town’s zoning ordinance were adopted following two public hearings Monday evening at the Hampden Town Council meeting. The first hearing pertained to an amendment dealing with Residential A District. The amendment would add nursing homes and congregate care facilities, amend… Read More
LIMESTONE — Magdalena C. Villarreal of Limestone has been awarded a $3,200 grant by the Division of Fellowships and Seminars of the National Endowment for the Humanities to participate in a seminar, “Shakespeare — Text and Theatre.” The seminar will be held at the Shakespeare… Read More
FORT KENT — Members of the class of 1992 were urged to use their knowledge to prevent further environmental destruction and squandering of resources during commencement exercises Saturday at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Kelly Michael Johnston, president of the senior class, shared… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Graduation exercises at the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Saturday, May 9, will include recognition of the top two students in the class of 1992 and two area educators. Recognized will be Desiree L. Tremblay of Fredericton, New Brunswick, who… Read More
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LINNEUS — Three people were injured, none seriously, as a result of a two-vehicle accident late Sunday in Linneus. According to Trooper Thomas Milton, Douglas Wright, 20, the driver of one car, Harriet Garnette, 44, and Kelley Garnette, 16, all of Houlton received minor injuries… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — With more than $600,000 in funding for resource management and research, the monitoring and protection of the park’s natural and cultural resources is set for significant expansion this year. Base funding for resource management has been increased from $125,000 last year… Read More
CARIBOU — The fourth annual state FFA agri-science fair was held Thursday at Caribou High School with 50 entries representing each chapter in Maine. More than $1,700 in prizes and scholarship were awarded. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
WYTOPITLOCK — State police are investigating vandalism that occurred during the last week at the cemetery in Wytopitlock. Trooper John O’Hara of Troop F of the Maine State Police in Houlton said 14 gravestones at the cemetery were knocked over. The incident apparently was a… Read More
CUTLER — Some people believe a lack of sewage is to blame for the missing clams, and others blame worm diggers or lowly moon snails. But Brian Beal, a marine scientist at the University of Maine at Machias who has been watching the clam harvest… Read More
AUGUSTA — If you’re a homeowner who feels overwhelmed by the amount of painting facing you this spring, consider the job down the road for state highway crews. During the next few months, Maine Transportation Department workers must paint white and yellow center lines on… Read More
HOULTON — The following divorces were granted in March in 2nd District Court in Houlton on grounds of irreconcilable differences by Judge David B. Griffiths: Ricky A. Drake and Catherine A. Drake, both of Houlton, married May 9, 1981, at Houlton. Custody of one child… Read More
MILBRIDGE — Margaret Anderson will discuss “The History and Future of Petit Manan Wildlife Refuge” at a meeting of the Milbridge Historical Society at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, at Milbridge Congregational Church. Anderson, who came from Montana last July to direct the refuge, will… Read More
MACHIAS — The Machias Water Co. and the Machias Fire Department will cooperate in the program of flushing the entire Machias water system periodically through the month of May. The flushing may cause lower than normal pressure and turbulent water conditions in some areas of the system. Read More
MACHIAS — Candy Stripers are again making a contribution to the quality of medical care at Down East Community Hospital. Forty-two teenagers who responded in April to an invitation to assist the nursing staff with patients are in the six-week training program. The initial training… Read More
MACHIAS — The good news for Machias residents is that the proposed budget for the new fiscal year beginning July 1 will decrease from last year. The bad news is that tax bills will still go up. Machias Town Manager Chris Loughlin said Monday that… Read More
JONESPORT — Postmaster Jean Guptill said Monday that local residents can send their best wishes to the U.S. Summer Olympic team by signing a piece of the world’s largest postcard during U.S. Olympic Spirit Week, May 11-17. During the week, 28,000 U.S. post offices will… 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
CALAIS — The Calais Police Department reported the following police activity for the reporting period ending May 4: Arnold G. Hennequin, 19, of Calais was arrested Tuesday, April 30, and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He is… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The honors parts at Foxcroft Academy have been announced by Headmaster Howard Ryder. Daina M. Allen, daughter of Dawn MacPherson-Allen and Dwain Allen of Monson, is valedictorian of the graduating class at FA. She has been active in band, chorus, musicals, jazz band,… Read More
MILO — Robert Gates Jr., principal pf Penquis Valley High School in Milo, has announced the top four students in the Class of 1992 at the school. Valedictorian is Stacie Jo Whiting, daughter of Harry and Joyce Whiting of LaGrange. Enrolled in the college preparatory… Read More
GUILFORD — The Adult Education Division of SAD 4 will offer a high-pressure boiler operations course in conjunction with Eastern Maine Technical College. The course will be begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 11, and will continue on Monday and Wednesday evenings, at Piscataquis Community… Read More
LINCOLN — The Planning Board on Monday gave Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the country’s fastest-growing retailer, the green light on its plans to build a 49,000-square-foot retail store in Lincoln. In a special meeting, local planners unanimously approved a land use-building permit, the final local permit… Read More
BROWNVILLE — David Walker, principal of Brownville Elementary School, is concerned about parents’ “poisonproofing their children.” He has released information provided him by the Maine Coalition for Safe Kids with the hope that, although the information may never have to be used, parents will be informed about what… Read More
MILO — The underneath portion of a mobile home owned by Lewis Valente of Milo was severely damaged in a fire early Monday evening. The trailer, occupied by James Storey, was on the Back Brownville Road, the last residence before the Brownville town line. According… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Seniority program on first aid for seniors will be offered at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 14, in the Mayo Regional Hospital conference room. Frank Patrick, an emergency room physician’s assistant, will be the guest speaker. He attended Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, Pa.,… Read More
DEXTER — Three people were arrested early Sunday morning in Dexter after they allegedly made off with a case of beer from The Big Apple Store. According to Kevin Adams of the Dexter Police Department, police received a report at 3 a.m. Sunday that several… Read More
PITTSFIELD — “We are in an enviable position for other districts with our accounting practices,” said Terry McCannell, SAD 53 superintendent. McCannell’s comment was made Monday in reference to criticism of the district’s practice of paying teaching staff in a lump sum at the end… Read More
NEWPORT — The town of Corinna intends to charge SAD 48 more money next year for use of the municipal gymansium by district students. According to Phil Burrill, Corinna town manager, the town has sent the SAD 48 board of director a letter stating its… Read More
NEWPORT — A $10 million budget will be presented to SAD 48 board members Tuesday night, a budget that underwent its final review by Budget Committee members on Monday. The budget will represent an effort by SAD 48 directors to keep the local share of the budget the… Read More
BELFAST — A Lincolnville heavy-equipment company is suing the Lawlor Corp., charging the Massachusetts general contractor with not paying for more than $34,000 of work at Belfast’s beleaguered new middle school. Also named in the eight-count suit brought by Lamont Logging Co. is SAD 34,… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were handled in Somerset Superior Court during the month of April by Justice Bruce Chandler: Jack Danforth, 19, Canaan, robbery, burglary while armed with a firearm, criminal threatening with the use of a dangerous weapon, six years in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
NEWPORT — William McKenzie, owner of AAA Portable Toilets of Albion, made a $25,000 offer to the Newport Sanitary District Monday afternoon. McKenzie said local sites for septic tank sludge disposal and the waste from portable toilets were becoming scarce and he would be willing… Read More
BELFAST — When a pickup truck with seven high school students aboard slammed into a tree in rural Jackson early Sunday, it was a narrow miss with tragedy and a sobering lesson about alcohol, Waldo County Sheriff John Ford said Monday. He should know: His… Read More
A Carmel man believed to have furnished drugs in exchange for items stolen from Levant-area homes was among those indicted Monday by the Penobscot County grand jury. Charles Patrick Miller, 29, was charged with trafficking in marijuana, possession of a firearm by a felon, and… Read More
ROCKLAND — An exhibition of 56 paintings and pastels by American marine impressionist William Partridge Burpee (1846-1940), a native of Rockland, opened at the Farnsworth Museum Sunday. The show, the first traveling museum exhibition devoted to Burpee’s work, has been organized by D. Roger Howlett,… Read More
ROCKLAND — It was a somber SAD 5 board of directors that voted 6-3 to approve a 1992-93 school budget calling for expenditures of $7,049,496. The proposal, which will be voted on by the residents of Rockland, Owls Head and South Thomaston on June 9,… Read More
CAMDEN — After Town Manager Roger Moody took the wraps off the new $3.4 million budget Monday night, selectmen promptly increased it by $6,500 to satisfy a library request. Moody said the budget, before a host of final decisions were made, represented a decrease of… Read More
UNITY — As the school year nears conclusion, members of the Conservation Law Enforcement Club at Unity College are staying involved in outside projects. Jeff Day of Fryeburg, a sophomore majoring in park management said the club is open to all students, regardless of their… Read More
MILBRIDGE — The Washington-Hancock Community Agency has applied to the Maine Department of Transportation for a capital assistance grant, under the Federal Transit Act, for the purchase of a lift-type bus that can carry 17 to 24 passengers. According to Barbara Donovan, the agency’s director… Read More
MILBRIDGE — Volunteers recently assisted the Washington-Hancock Community Agency with the distribution of more than 13 tons of food to 78 child-care providers in Hancock and Washington counties. Assisting in the distribution were members of the Petty Officers Association at the Naval Security Group Activity… Read More
ELLSWORTH — For a mere $7,500, the 92-square-mile city expecting at least eight major building projects can have a full-time, rather than part-time, code enforcement officer. That was the equation supported by four Ellsworth City Council members at a workshop meeting Monday evening. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Bar Harbor voters rejected two warrant articles Monday night that would have paved the way for a 48-unit affordable housing project on Route 3 property at Town Hill. Residents turned down a proposed zoning change for the property 505 to 234. A companion article that… Read More
BAR HARBOR — A mixed-media sculpture, “Ontological Library, Chapter 6,” by Ron Leax, a visiting artist at College of the Atlantic, will be exhibited through Tuesday, May 19, in Thorndike Library. The sculpture is an set of works in process that Leax has been developing… Read More
HAMPDEN — Eight hair stylists will donate their time and talents on May 17 to help raise money for Hampden Academy’s Project Graduation. They will cut hair from noon to 4 p.m. at Scissor Excitement at the corner of Main Road and Route 9 on… Read More
ORONO — The School Department will hold an informational hearing Wednesday. The hearing, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the Asa Adams School, will be held to inform parents of students in grades four through six about middle-level education. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Nationally known author, consultant and former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske will speak about education reform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, in the Wellman Commons at the Bangor Theological Seminary. Fiske’s talk, titled “Finding the Elephant: The New Shape of America’s… Read More
Two people escaped serious injury Monday morning when their cars collided on Hogan Road in Bangor. Bangor Police Officer Greg Sharpe reported that 58-year-old Ralph Clukey of Bangor failed to stop at a blinking red light as he was emerging from Interstate 95 at the… Read More
A reader who worries a lot wonders whether she ought to be worrying about tuberculosis. She has been hearing about several prison epidemics of tuberculosis that were due to germs resistant to all the drugs available for treatment of that disease. The answer is, “No, not yet,” but… Read More
This is one column we thought would have been written a long time ago. What delayed it was the increase of drugs, like crack, whose effect on the poor and minority communities was to turn their anger inward toward each other over the frustrations and the hopelessness; from… Read More
No one would refuse a federal judge a decent place to hang his robes, but must his chambers cost more than twice that of the average home in Maine? And how much space do U.S. attorneys need to carry out their duties? The answers in Bangor are a… Read More
WASHINGTON — Dog bites man. Man bites back. That describes the current relationship between the media and members of Congress. Angry about an avalanche of news reports that portrayed lawmakers as princes of privilege and perks, some members have responded by denouncing as pampered freeloaders… Read More
Two more defendants pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to a charge of conspiring to free two Medellin cartel pilots held in a Fredericton, New Brunswick, jail in September 1989. Juan Carlos Villamizar-Hernandez, also known as Osvaldo Gonzales, and Fredy Omar Fuenmayor,… Read More
WINDHAM — The Town Council is planning to vote Tuesday on creating a special tax district to lure a $50 million paper recycling plant and other industries. If town officials approve the proposal, it will go before Windham residents on June 9 for a vote. Read More
State Republicans did the expected during their Augusta convention last weekend, with one conspicuous exception. They managed to avoid self-destruction, a GOP tradition during the Moral Majority ’80s. The party did: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
AUGUSTA — Attorney General Michael E. Carpenter on Monday released a special investigative report which cleared state drug agents of any wrongdoing in their probe of alleged drug use by District Attorney Janet Mills. But Carpenter stressed that the special investigators — two law professors… Read More
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A federal judge in Bangor heard oral arguments Monday that the lawsuit initiated to keep Loring Air Force Base in Limestone open ought to be dismissed. Saying that Congress never intended for the courts to have judicial review of base-closure decisions, a federal attorney representing… Read More
ELLSWORTH — If Monday’s public hearing is any indication, Maine fishermen want to throw back a proposed five-year plan to rebuild groundfish stocks officials say are threatened by overfishing. The New England Fishery Management Council held a public hearing on an amendment to the Northeast… Read More
Bank directors play a critical role in the supervision of financial institutions, according to Andrew C. Hove Jr., vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Directors who act irresponsibly can be sued by the FDIC. Hove spoke Monday at a conference for bank officers… Read More
RUMFORD — A new state health study has ruled out environmental or occupational factors as causes for a high rate of aplastic anemia in the Rumford area, an epidemiologist said Monday. However, Dr. Kenneth Burke of the state Bureau of Health cautioned that the study… Read More
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PORTLAND — A tearful Deborah Wolfenden recounted Monday the last words to her misbehaving 4-year-old foster son: “I don’t want to see your face again until morning.” The Durham woman, angry because the boy urinated on the floor, made the remark before pushing Ricky Letourneau… Read More
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ORONO — University of Maine System Chancellor Robert Woodbury plans to recommend that the board of trustees keep tuition at its current rates for the next school year. “Students have been asked to bear a substanial share of our budget problems during the last two… Read More
The Maine Merchants Association is starting a Workers’ Compensation Self-Insured Group Program to help members beat the high cost of the insurance. The 3,500-member organization recently received approval from the Maine Bureau of Insurance for the self-insurance program. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More