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HOWLAND – Sue Ann Allen pitched a three-hitter and Savannah Bodwell hit three singles to help to lead the undefeated Central Red Devils of East Corinth to a 25-8 high school softball victory over host Penobscot Valley here Thursday afternoon. Cherie Greatorex and Shannon Wood… Read More
DEXTER – Seventy-five-year-old Ken Wilson got a hole-in-one at Dexter Golf Club Thursday. Wilson used a 4-iron on the 173-yard, par-3 fifth hole for that course’s first hole-in-one of the season. With his threesome playing through a twosome, the feat was witnessed by Bob Whitney, Jim Edes, Gladwyn… Read More
When the four members of the Colby College men’s 4×100-meter relay team chipped in with their own money to buy form-fitting, Lycra one-piece body suits to compete in this outdoor season, veteran White Mule track coach Jim Wescott knew one of two things would happen:… Read More
DEXTER – Bucksport pitcher Brent Emerson came into the game with the bases full of Dexter Tigers in the last of the seventh and two out, and induced a popup to end the game, preserving an 8-7 high school baseball victory here Thursday afternoon. The… Read More
The Penobscot Valley Conference Relays, postponed due to threat of rain Saturday, will be held Friday at Cameron Stadium in Bangor at 4 p.m. Nine area teams will compete in the meet, which is free to the public. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Jessie Beadnell of Millinocket has returned home after completing her first year at Bowdoin College in Brunswick where she also completed a dazzling first season as a pitcher for the Polar Bear softball team. Press releases about Beadnell’s final, and most impressive, accomplishment describe it… Read More
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PORTLAND – The University of Southern Maine scored four runs in the seventh to key a 6-2 victory over Brandeis University in the opening round of NCAA Div. III Northeast Regional baseball at Hadlock Field here Thursday. The Huskies of Ed Flaherty will face UMass-Dartmouth… Read More
In the very near future, the University of Maine’s Justin Tomberlin is going to have to make a major decision: whether to renounce his hockey scholarship and just play baseball, play both, or just stick with hockey. But the significance of his decision pales compared… Read More
I get quite a charge out of the Channel 2 local news. Their May 6 noon broadcast went from a robbery in Nova Scotia to President Bush touring Los Angeles to Los Angeles rebuilding to Russia’s army and navy. Many evenings I watch the local… Read More
I have read with interest your report of the efforts of President Bush and Marlin Fitzwater to assign blame for the Los Angeles riots to Lyndon Johnson’s reforms of the 1960s. They may have a point. Hopes, once raised, are hard to abandon. However, why… Read More
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On behalf of the Narraguagus Boosters Club, a great big thank you is extended to all the merchants and general public for their donations. Thanks to their generosity, those who supported by attending or assisting in the many means necessary made the Narraguagus Boosters Club auction a smashing… Read More
Until recently, I believed that American veterans were entitled to government-provided medical care, a belief shared by many. When it seemed that a relative who was hospitalized at Togus might benefit by nursing home placement, I was told that the VA would pay for up to the first… Read More
As the parents of a child with numerous disabilities, we know first hand the many hardships and sacrifices that are made daily as well as the deep love that abounds. On May 1, the Northern Aroostook County Special Olympics was held at the Presque Isle… Read More
On April 9, you ran an article by Roxanne Moore Saucier in which she told of the response of the code team to an emergency situation at Eastern Maine Medical Center. A man had collapsed in full cardiac and respiratory arrest and the team restored his life. Read More
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While Gov. McKernan attempts to rally his troops with attacks on what he terms an “obstructionist” Democratic majority in the Legislature, those of us who worked to develop a comprehensive economic initiative this legislative session are quietly moving ahead with plans to shape a secure economic future for… Read More
WASHINGTON — A Maine man who has battled multiple sclerosis for more than a decade was honored by President Bush as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Father of the Year on Thursday. Tim Blanchette of Falmouth, Maine, makes a 5-mile commute to the Maine Medical… Read More
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OLD TOWN — If you want to get to a town that’s within 100 miles or so, you just jump into your car and drive there. However, if you’re in a hurry and must be there quickly, you could head to your friendly local airport, like DeWitt Field… Read More
AUGUSTA — Truckers, take note: Maine joins the International Registration Plan (IRP) on July 1, 1993. Right now, 44 states belong to the IRP, a pro-rate registration agreement that Congress has mandated all states to join effective 1996. The IRP covers only those vehicles sporting… Read More
Everyone who crosses the Penobscot Bridge into Bangor knows about Brake Service & Parts Inc., the company located in the brick building that straddles the block between Washington and Hancock streets. The company’s name suggests what it does — brake parts and repairs — but there’s much more… Read More
The Maine Motor Transport Association (MMTA), an Augusta-based organization that represents the Maine trucking industry, has worked vigorously this last year on several issues affecting its members. According to Executive Director Richard Jones, the MMTA has 549 members, a significant increase from the 484 companies… Read More
WINSLOW — A small company founded in 1933 by a Waterville businessman has grown into a major supplier of lubricant oils to Maine industry. While working for the Maine Central Railroad, Villabon Boisvert purchased an oil truck that he drove door to door, delivering oil… Read More
Although the planes came and went with little fanfare, the data that they brought back to Bangor International Airport opened official eyes all the way to Washington, D.C. For five months last fall and winter, BIA played host to Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition II, sponsored… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Carrabassett Valley Academy cyclists took the 1992 Maine Secondary Schools Bicycle League championship on Wednesday in Pittsfield. More than 30 cyclists from six schools around the state participated in the 30-mile race that began in downtown Pittsfield. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
EAST CORINTH — Fifty students from Central High School in East Corinth took their world geography studies from the classroom to the restaurant recently to gain firsthand experience of authentic Indian food. The group, mostly ninth-graders, visited the Taste of India Restaurant on Main Street… Read More
For 60 days, Penobscot County employees will see this notice posted in conspicuous locations around their workplaces: “As a result of the filing of prohibited-practice charges against the Penobscot County Commissioners, the commissioners have admitted that they have violated the law and have been ordered,… Read More
Boston and Maine Railroad’s Train 12, a self-propelled diesel car, made history at 7:50 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, 1965, when it departed from St. John Street in Portland to make the last regularly scheduled passenger train run from Maine to Boston. Twenty-seven years later —… Read More
FORT KENT — Teams from 13 of the 16 Aroostook County high schools will compete in the Northern Maine Regional Envirothon from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 15, in the biological park at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. A competitive learning event… Read More
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PRESQUE ISLE The following small-claim cases were processed in April by Judge David B. Griffiths. The plaintiff is listed first unless otherwise noted. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
FORT KENT — Leslie Gibson of Florida, a registered home health nurse who incorporates humor techniques in her work, will present a lecture, “How to Lighten Up Your Life,” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15, in the cafeteria at Fort Kent Community High School. The… Read More
FRENCHVILLE — After looking at proposals for a temporary transfer station, directors of the Northern Aroostook Regional Incinerator Facility agreed Tuesday to get a firm price from the low bidder for the disposal of trash from the area. The plan to establish a transfer station… Read More
LIMESTONE — A closed building on Loring Air Force Base found to emit high levels of radon will be opened next week by U.S. Air Force and civilian officials. Building No. 260 was in the news in January when 11 workers were exposed to alpha… Read More
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Brunswick — Despite a tight budget and nature’s unwillingness to cooperate with grounds and maintenance crews, officials at Roosevelt International Park are preparing for an opening for visitors on Saturday, May 23. The number of visitors at the 2,800-acre park has increased… Read More
MACHIAS — The widow of a 60-year-old man killed nearly two years ago when he was crushed by a truck on a blueberry field in Cherryfield has filed suit against the truck’s owner and the company that leased it. Maine Bonding & Casualty Co. of… Read More
PRINCETON — Town officials were surprised Wednesday morning when they learned that a plan to assist the communities that will be ousted from the Down East Landfill in Marion on May 31 might fail if Princeton does not agree to open its landfill to a neighboring community. Read More
WINN — Workers for Springfield Terminal Railroad Co. finished rerailing the last of three cars Thursday that were derailed early Wednesday evening. Mattawamkeag Fire Chief Terry Thompson said railroad workers believed a plank from the track kicked up, caught a wheel and derailed two boxcars… Read More
MILO — Because of the overwhelming response to distribution of the Milo Business Directory, members of the Milo Business Association voted to have an 500 more printed. Members were told that the first 700 printed were distributed at Christmas Sales Sunday, the Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce… Read More
BROWNVILLE — Two California residents have filed application for a Class A liquor license for the reopening of Riversedge Restaurant on Main Street in Brownville. The restaurant has been closed for several months. At a selectmen’s meeting Wednesday, selectmen gave approval for a public hearing… Read More
MILO — Members of the Milo American Legion Auxiliary are sponsoring a barbecue from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at the American Legion Hall. Items for sale will include chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, chili, baked beans and assorted desserts. Prices are $5 for adults and $2.50… Read More
HOWLAND — Officials at Penobscot Valley High School have announced that two students have received national awards. Rachael Golden, a sophomore, will attend the 1992 Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation Leadership Seminar, and Dawn Russell, a junior, will receive the Xerox Award in the Humanities-Social Sciences. Read More
FARMINGTON — A total of 373 members of the 1992 graduating class will take part in the University of Maine at Farmington’s 139th commencement ceremony Saturday, May 16. Mark Bartholomew, associate professor of political science and chairman of the Department of Social Sciences and Business,… Read More
DEXTER — Dozens of individuals, businesses and organizations were recognized Thursday evening for their support of Totally Teen Center. The club honored businesses that financially supported the club during the year. Instructors of classes taught at the center were honored, as were members of the… Read More
DEXTER — A four-day Earth Festival, sponsored by the Abbott Hill Environmental Study Committee, will cap off environmental awareness activities at the Dexter Primary-Middle School later this month. During the next several weeks, pupils in the school will be learning about recycling, waste reduction and… Read More
THOMASTON — The SAD 50 board of directors approved a 1992-93 education budget of $5,332,790 at its meeting Wednesday night. The budget will go to the voters at the district’s annual meeting at 7 p.m. June 17 at Georges Valley High School. The budget is… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The following court cases were heard in 12th District Court in Skowhegan April 24-May 13: Dennis O’Brian, 27, Camden, assault, 15 days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
WINTERPORT — Winterport has received a clean bill of health from the auditing firm of Brantner, Thibodeau and Associates of Bangor. Selectmen received a copy of the audit at their May 5 meeting. An audit had been requested by town officials who felt there were… Read More
FARMINGTON — Aaron Berthiaume of Fort Kent, Kristie Higgins and Pam Lambert of Pittsfield, and Nicholas Paulino of Brownville are among 10 freshmen at the University of Maine at Farmington to be awarded full-tuition scholarships by the UMF Alumni Association. The scholarship program was begun… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Piedmont College Singers will tour New Hampshire and Maine May 18-24, and are scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 22, in the sanctuary of the Rockland Congregational Church. Piedmont is a small liberal arts college in Demorest, Ga. It is… Read More
ROCKLAND — Andre Marrou, Libertarian presidential candidate, will speak during a program on Free Market of Ideas from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, May 18, at the First Universalist Church of Rockland. The Libertarian Party of Maine Convention will begin at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, May… Read More
BELFAST — Toddy Pond School will accept applications for new pupils for the coming school year. The school, at 217 High St., Belfast, is a non-sectarian, parent-run, independent, state-approved school for children kindergarten through grade eight. Featured are individual curriculums in an ungraded, multi-age setting… Read More
ROCKLAND — On trial for kidnapping and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend, Richard LaBare took over his own defense Thursday. LaBare, 38, faces 11 criminal counts for events of last fall. The state alleges that LaBare violated a protection order when he assaulted Susan Doyle,… Read More
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ROCKLAND — Two of three sex-crime charges pending against noted artist Robert Indiana of Vinalhaven have been dismissed because of an alleged victim’s refusal to cooperate with the Knox County district attorney. Indiana, 63, also known as Robert Clark, was arrested in August 1990 on… Read More
BELFAST — The following divorces were granted recently in 5th District Court in Belfast for reasons of irreconcilable marital differences: Curtis E. Parker, Palermo, and Karen E. Parker, Palermo, married June 20, 1981, in South China, shared custody of three children. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BLUE HILL — George Stevens Academy has announced the honor roll for the third ranking quarter. Seniors, high honors: Carrie Becker; honors: Shadi Allen, Jason Butler, Michael Butler, Anni Clark, Jeremy Duddy, Jessica Fowler, Rebecca Heavrin, Angela Henry, Amanda Hitchings, Katie Holden, Katherine A. Monahan,… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Only ashes and charred remains were left at the scene of a fire Wednesday night that leveled a two-car garage on Route 15. Firefighters were able to save Michael Bunker’s North Bucksport home after flames spread to the residence from the nearby garage. Read More
SULLIVAN — Proponents of an innovative and experimental elementary school health program are under fire from Union 96 parents who accuse school officials of “playing with the kids’ minds.” About 80 people gathered Wednesday evening at Sumner Memorial High School for a progress update on… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The following is a partial list of cases processed April 14-May 13 in the southern division of 5th District Court in Bar Harbor. Not included in the listing are cases resulting in fines of less than $100. Arther E. Alley, 37, Union,… Read More
CORINTH — Sunrise Materials, a division of Lane Construction, was selected by the Board of Selectmen Thursday night to be the contractor for the town’s road paving project. The project was not put out to bid. Two contractors were asked to submit cost estimates, and… Read More
HAMPDEN — The local Parkinson Support Group will hold its second annual walkathon from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at the athletic track in back of Weatherbee School. Proceeds from the event will support the National Parkinson Foundation for research of Parkinson’s disease. Read More
A seminar for asthmatics and for parents of children with asthma, scheduled for Saturday, May 16, at the Ramada Inn in Bangor, is unique in two respects. Proceeds from the seminar will help start a free asthma clinic for children of unemployed or uninsured parents,… Read More
A half-day education fair promoting a partnership between parents and schools will be held 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Abraham Lincoln School in Bangor. Titled “Parents are Teachers Too,” Saturday’s program is sponsored by the school’s Parent Teacher Organization and will… Read More
Principals and parents turned out in force Thursday night at a Bangor City Council workshop to fight the proposed elimination of a subsidy that the city pays for local children who attend private schools. Next year’s municipal budget presented by the city manager includes no… Read More
ORONO — The University of Maine Reunion ’92, to be held Thursday through Sunday, May 28-31, welcomes home Frederick E. Hutchinson, Class of 1953, who began his UM presidency April 1. Events begin Thursday, May 28, with Seniors Celebration Day for senior alumni and the… Read More
ISLAND FALLS — More than 300 forest fires have broken out across the state this spring, destroying more than 1,400 acres of grass and forest, officials said Thursday. The risk for forest fires in southern Maine has lessened, but northern and central Maine are still… Read More
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ROCKLAND — Now that it has become the windjammer capital of the world, or at least Knox County, the city has started to focus more and more on its underutilized harbor. The recession should serve to help, not hinder, the emerging schooner trade, according to… Read More
A Brewer man was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor after he rolled his car over on Route 9 in Eddington Thursday evening. Kevin White, 27, lost control of his 1982 Buick at about 7 p.m., according to… Read More
Despite the challenge of a shrinking defense budget, the president of Bath Iron Works delivered an upbeat assessment of the prospects for his company at a business breakfast Thursday at Husson College. Duane “Buzz” Fitzgerald said BIW has a $2.2 billion backlog of orders from… Read More
The towns of East Millinocket and Millinocket agreed Thursday to give Georgia-Pacific Corp. a total of $1.1 million in tax abatements for 1990 and 1991. G-P’s significantly scaled-down offer to settle the 1990 and 1991 tax abatement requests were approved unanimously in separate meetings of… Read More
The U.S. Congress has put Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont in the uncomfortable dilemma of either choosing proper highway safety practices and appearing to cave in to federal pressure or resisting the pressure and keeping some helpful laws off the books. The federal government will… Read More
AUGUSTA — State officials are warning Mainers to go easy in using a popular insect repellent, as black flies, mosquitoes and ticks muster for their annual attack. The warning about potential health effects from the Pesticides Control Board concerns repellents containing N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, commonly known as… Read More
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PORTLAND — A dispute over protecting sex offenders from assaults by other inmates in Maine’s prisons has touched off a bitter court fight, pitting a judge and prosecutor against the state’s attorney general. District Attorney David Crook contended Thursday that Attorney General Michael Carpenter’s position… Read More
AUGUSTA — Richard Dysart, star of the television show “L.A. Law,” went fishing Thursday on the “glorious” river where he swam and dodged logs as a boy, to boost environmentalists’ crusade to remove a dam. Dysart, who grew up in Maine’s capital, headed in a… Read More
First there were the killer bees. Now there are the bee killers. Parasitic mites are attacking the U.S. honeybee population, killing wild bees, threatening fruit and vegetable pollination, and forcing beekeepers to launch expensive counterattacks. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Our conversation, mine and Ross Perot’s, had been somewhat of a predictable tenor between a newspaper publisher and a disgruntled reader. The reader complains, and the publisher tries to be understanding while not abandoning support for his staff. But all of a sudden, the mood… Read More
Until this year, Bangor’s 262nd Engineer Battalion of the Army National Guard and the Southern Penobscot Vocational School each had related problems that they couldn’t solve independently. The National Guard had a backlog of heavy work equipment needing repair and maintenance, and the vocational school… Read More
When you receive a mailing from any environmental group today, it is most likely to be a request for funds to help save some endangered species of bird or animal. There is nothing wrong with coming to the rescue of an endangered species but it is ironic that… Read More
CALAIS — “It is time to stop fighting and settle,” said James Dean III, general manager of Eastern Maine Electric Co-op, as he reviewed a new proposal by National Rural Electric Cooperative Association of Washington that could end EMEC’s financial crisis. Although there have been… Read More
LEWISTON — The state is pursuing a murder charge against an 18-year-old accused of stuffing a sock in the mouth of her battered infant son last September, a state prosecutor said. The state wants to upgrade a manslaughter charge against Sherrie Cotton because new evidence… Read More
PORTLAND — A group representing local governments wants to enlist the support of area employers in a $200,000 effort to entice commuters to join car pools. The Greater Portland Council of Governments, which contends only about one in 10 Mainers shares a ride to work,… Read More
PORTLAND — The Coast Guard is refusing to issue a construction permit for a new $165 million bridge linking Portland and South Portland unless planners redesign the project to allow a wider drawbridge opening. The Coast Guard wants the new drawbridge to have an opening… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. — Dorothy Clinch, 77, of Portland, Maine, tried something new during her vacation. She jumped 10,000 feet from an airplane, along with her son and his son-in-law. With a parachute, of course. “We’re the only insane ones in the family,” said Mrs. Clinch,… Read More
The sign on the door of Steve’s Dry Cleaners on State Street says the shop will be closing “for good” on July 1. After 62 years in the business of cleaning and pressing people’s clothes, from Seattle to Bangor, posting that notice was about the hardest thing Luther… Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Olympia J. Snowe, the only member of Maine’s congressional delegation who supports a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget, met Thursday with President George Bush to map out plans for votes on the proposed amendment in the House and Senate. Snowe… Read More
Teens now have a radio show of their own in “Teen Talk,” airing 9-10 p.m. Sundays on Maine Talk Radio (AM 620). “Teen Talk,” which debuted last Sunday, is hosted by Chris Atwood, a freshman at Old Town High School, and Heather Turner, a sophomore… Read More
PLYMOUTH, Nova Scotia — Hampered by rockfalls, rescuers abandoned the search for 10 missing miners Thursday, saying there was little chance the men survived a methane gas explosion that shattered a coal mine last weekend. Search teams had recovered a 16th body from the disaster… Read More