Six games into the 1992 Class A baseball season, the Bangor Rams had won but once. Ever since, Coach Bob Kelley’s squad has played with the pressure of knowing it must win virtually all of its remaining games to make the playoffs. Bangor completed its… Read More
    Next week will be a busy and exciting one for the Colby College community and the community of Waterville as well. Sunday is graduation day on the Mayflower Hill campus and, on Monday, 568 student-athletes begin arriving for the first National Collegiate Athletic Association Division… Read More
    Old Town center fielder Heather Brewer threw out a runner at the plate with two outs in the seventh inning to end the game and preserve the Indians’ 5-4 schoolgirl softball victory over the Bangor Rams at Bangor High School on Friday. Erika Nadeau hit… Read More
    Four teams, including one defending state champion, will put unbeaten records on the line, heading into the 1992 Eastern Maine Team Tennis Tournament, which starts next Thursday around the region. The Camden-Rockport boys, the defending Eastern Maine and State Class B titlists, put a 10-0… Read More
    False Cast: I have to apologize for being caught hook, line, and sinker by a “fish story.” Wednesday morning, Warden Sgt. Pat Dorian of Greenville informed me that the 22-pound landlocked salmon Fred Annance, also of Greenville, said he caught at First Roach Pond was, in fact, nothing… Read More
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    When Gary Pelkey Jr., a 17-year-old junior who played on the football team at Bangor High, saw his kid brother Mike this past Wednesday afternoon, he knew there was a big junior high baseball game coming up that night. “I want you to beat Garland… Read More
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    Mike Miragliuolo doubled, singled twice, and drove in two runs to pace the John Bapst Crusaders to a 5-2 high school baseball victory over Sumner of East Sullivan at the Husson College field in Bangor. Kevin Mahon pitched a seven-hitter for the victory and Chris… Read More
    The rosters are pretty well stocked and all systems are go for the fourth season of the Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League, which will open on Tuesday night, June 2. There will be the same five teams as a year ago and Blue Hill’s Wayne… Read More
    Some of the top names in late model sportsman racing will head North this weekend, for the Memorial Day 100 at Spud Speedway in Limestone on Sunday. With a $2,000 going to the winner of the race, there is plenty of incentive for drivers to… Read More
    St. Joseph’s College of Standish dominated the Maine Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women’s 1992 all-star softball team released recently. Four players from the Monks were named to the dream squad, which honored players from the state’s small college programs. St. Joe’s pitcher Dani Waterman… Read More
    BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Aaron Richartz’s two-run homer keyed a three-run fifth inning rally that built a 6-2 lead and Wisconsin-Oshkosh hung on to eliminate defending national champion University of Southern Maine 6-5 in the NCAA Division III College World Series here Friday night. The… Read More
    NORTH JAY — State police investigating the disappearance of a Jay teen six years ago used divers to search a quarry on Thursday. Detective Richard Pickett wouldn’t say what the divers were looking for, but he confirmed that they were investigating the disappearance of Kimberly… Read More
    BIDDEFORD — A 15-year-old Saco boy has pleaded innocent to manslaughter in the clubbing death of a 23-year-old man last month. At his arraignment Wednesday before District Judge Edward Gaulin, Luis Rosado denied hitting Donald Farda over the head with a baseball bat during a… Read More
    PORTLAND (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced two Sanford men to prison for stealing about $144,000 in a bank fraud scheme. Charles E. Emery, 42, was given a six year prison term and Thomas H. Schmook, 28, was sentenced to four years and three… Read More
    PORTLAND — Republican congressional candidate Linda Bean released a score of spending cut proposals Friday that she said could save the federal government $150 billion over five years. Bean, the conservative L. L. Bean heiress from Cumberland, said the budget cuts would be a significant… Read More
    UNION — Three Knox County sheriff deputies arrested Frederick Mank, 48, of Union after a Wednesday night shooting spree on Union Common. Sgt. Reginald Walker said he and Deputies Mark Ames and Stan Hooper arrested Mank after he left the area of the common. He… Read More
    NAME KENNETH A. DODGE ADDRESS Box 1460, Alexander OFFICE SOUGHT Maine House of Representatives, District 138, Republican. AGE AND BIRTHPLACE 56, Dexter OCCUPATION Retired; own woodcraft business. EDUCATION High School equivalency diploma, 1965; graduated Word of Life Bible Institute, Schroon Lake, N.Y., 1983. ELECTED OFFICES HELD Board of… Read More
    Once again, it’s time to ask ourselves, “What’s wrong with this picture?” Vacationland USA, our great state of Maine, has closed the door on a project that would generate enough dollars to procure employment for God knows how many people. For those who are not… Read More
    Time of use (TOU) rates are of utmost importance to the Bangor Water District. If approved by the Maine Public Utilities Commission, they will represent substantial savings to us and our customers. I have written to ask the MPUC to approve the “time of use”… Read More
    Recently, I choked back the bile of my indignation when I read the headline of the Bangor Daily News obituary: “Brady Bunch dad dies.” Perhaps an oversight, I thought, however insensitive. This morning, I read this: “Brady dad infected with AIDS virus.” I can’t allow such uncaring ignorance… Read More
    If George Mitchell runs as Bill Clinton’s vice president, he can forget Maine. Why would an honest, intelligent man like Mitchell want to have any thing to do with a two-timing sleezeball like Clinton? It’s bad enough that Maine has to host George Bush. Sally… Read More
    Three cheers for Vice President Dan Quayle and a dirty look for Ron Brown. Anyone who doesn’t know what’s going on in America has to be deaf, dumb, and blind. Bullah W. Greene Orono… Read More
    Murphy Brown had a baby — out of wedlock! Oh, my God. What horrors. Political careers will be ruined. Heads will roll. The country will fall into the depths of degradation. When did we sink so low that a situation comedy becomes a political football?… Read More
    WINTHROP — The Maine State YMCA Camp in Winthrop is set to open for its 77th season. The camp is a summer facility for boys and girls ages 8-15. Campers have the opportunity to participate in soccer, volleyball, softball, baseball, football, swimming, archery, waterskiing, watercraft,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Advisory Panel on the Education of Children with Disabilities will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 28, at the Office of Compensatory Education, 24 Stone St., Augusta. The following members were elected officers of the statewide panel to… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Orders are being taken in SAD 53 for the annual Warsaw Sports Boosters community calendar. Calendars are $3 and listings are 25 cents for each birthday, anniversary or special event. Funds from the calendar project benefit the peewee sports programs for children in the three-town district. Read More
    CARMEL — Law enforcement officers were searching an area around Route 2 late Friday night for suspects thought to be involved in a break at Ye Ole General Store in Carmel. Specific information was not available at press time, but it was reported that several… Read More
    HOULTON — The University of Maine at Presque Isle Houlton Center will offer a landscape watercolor painting class from noon to 7 p.m. for six consecutive Sundays, beginning June 7. Except for the first class at the center, all other classes will be held on… Read More
    HOULTON — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will offer about 15 Community College of Maine television courses June 1-Aug. 1 at the university’s Houlton Center. The CCM program offers an associate degree in general studies through the University of Maine at Augusta. Baccalaureate,… Read More
    HARTLAND — Three veteran Hartland firefighters were honored Tuesday at a special supper in St. Albans. Fire Chief Lester Goforth presented gold badges to Clifton Sprague, Bob Goforth and Wesley Ham for a total of 138 years of service. Firefighters from throughout the Mid-Maine area… Read More
    NEWPORT — The attorney representing two of the three Newport firefighters under investigation by the Maine Emergency Medical Service is challenging the manner and scope of that investigation. Robert Cox of Newport wrote to Maine EMS this week, accusing the agency of singling out firefighter… Read More
    LIMESTONE — By late Friday afternoon, workers still had three vaults to unlock in Building 260 at Loring Air Force Base. The facility was sealed in the early 1960s and was found earlier this year to be emitting radon radiation. There are no official records… Read More
    CARIBOU The following individuals were sentenced May 21 in Aroostook County Superior Court 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 = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++)… Read More
    HOULTON — Houlton Regional Hospital will offer outpatient classes for people with diabetes during June. There is a fee for the program. For more information call Pat Sherman at 532-9471 ext. 158. Read More
    HOULTON — More than 2,500 meals have been served at the Wright Place Soup Kitchen in Houlton since the facility was opened in March in an old hotel on Kelleran Street. On Sunday the soup kitchen was officially dedicated before a group of about 30… Read More
    HOULTON — The following small-claims cases were heard Thursday, May 21, in 2nd District Court in Houlton by Judge David B. Griffiths. Unless otherwise indicated, the plaintiff is listed first. Timothy R. Hogan, Houlton, vs. Larry Sam Day, Houlton. Judgment for the plaintiff, after hearing,… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou Fire Department and Nate Randolph, “Learn Not to Burn” program coordinator, will conduct an open house for first- and second-grade pupils from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, May 28 and 29. Participating in the open house will be… Read More
    MADAWASKA — The Aroostook Mental Health Center has named Jeffrey Anderson of Fort Kent as the new manager of the Madawaska Group Home. The home opened in 1989 as a program to help individuals with chronic mental illnesses develop independent living skills. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Pupils from Hodgdon were named overall team winners for the 1991-1992 Northern Maine Math League competition. The Madawaska team placed second, and Fort Kent placed third. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    FORT KENT — Northern Aroostook Association for the Handicapped Inc. will hold its annual membership meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, in Cyr Hall at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. David Stockford, state director for the Division of Special Education in Augusta,… Read More
    ISLAND FALLS — Maine Forest Service officials said Friday that the 750-acre forest fire that had threatened the town of Allagash on Tuesday was completely under control and posed no serious threat to the region. Calvin Hafford, regional ranger for the Northern District of the… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Program of The Aroostook Medical Center has been cited as a “model to be duplicated” by the National Alzheimer’s Association. The local organization was recognized for programs that assure access to services, particularly respite for people with… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — Four students at Washington Academy in East Machias were inducted into the National Honor Society at a recent ceremony at the First Congregational Church of East Machias. Seniors Crystal Cushing and Robert Dinsmore, junior Cindy Capelli and sophomore Allison Pope were introduced… Read More
    MACHIAS — Machias Police Chief Robbie Dirsa remained home and out of work nursing a bumped head and bruises Friday, two days after the cruiser he was driving was demolished in a collision on Court Street. Dirsa was taken to Down East Community Hospital in… Read More
    CALAIS — Michael W. Chadwick, principal of Calais High School, announced this week that Emily C. Fletcher and Daniel N. Cook had been selected co-valedictorians and honor speakers for the class of 1992. Fletcher, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Fletcher of Calais, has… Read More
    JONESBORO — Bears who raid the brood stock of rented hives at the University of Maine’s Blueberry Hill Farm during the current blueberry pollination season will be belted on the nose by a 6,000-volt shock that should stop the invaders from destroying hives as they did one year… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — The Literacy Volunteers of America will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, at the Stearns High School library. Those willing to volunteer and become a tutor are welcome. Call Gloria Ferland at 723-5368 or Paul MacDonald at 723-8136. Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Members of Chadbourne-Merrill Post No. 29 of the American Legion voted recently to proceed with the purchase of the St. Augustine’s Church property on Park Street. This will become the new post home. The Dover-Foxcroft Planning Board, at its May 7 meeting, approved… Read More
    GUILFORD — The Adult Education Division of SAD 4 will offer Algebra 1 which may be taken for high school diploma credit or to prepare for the University of Maine placement test. The course will be offered from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday and Thursday,… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — As soon as cost information for partial renovations of the fire station is available, the Town Council will call a special meeting. During a discussion of options for a fire station, a majority of council members indicated support for a proposal recommended by… Read More
    BRADFORD — Selectmen from Corinth will meet with the Bradford Board of Selectmen on Wednesday, May 27, to discuss the possibility of a joint effort in securing a code enforcement officer who could work with both towns. Other towns also may be included. Town Manager… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The advent of retail giant Wal-Mart does not have to be bad news to the business community, according to Fleet Bank executive Robert Daigle, who spoke to the Rockland Rotary on Friday. Rockland merchants have been running scared since Wal-Mart announced plans for a retail outlet,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Chief Alfred Ockenfels is warning residents and businesspeople of the latest scam to hit the city. The setup begins when confidence artists call various people and businesses telling them that a friend’s vehicle has broken down and they need money to get it… Read More
    WALDOBORO — Tereas M. O’Toole, 36, of Friendship suffered serious injuries in an accident on Route 220 at the Friendship-Waldoboro town line Friday morning. Police Chief Leroy Jones said O’Toole was on her way to work in Waldoboro at 8:20 a.m. when for some reason… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following small claims were heard this week in 6th District Court: David Lawson and Cathy Cross, Camden, vs. Keith Ames, Rockland. Judgment for plaintiff, by agreement, $250 plus $35 costs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    GLEN COVE — With the support of grants from the Shore Stewards Program and the Davis Conservation Foundation, nine Riley School students have embarked on a water quality monitoring program of Clam Cove in Glen Cove. Under the guidance of Kam Anderson of the Riley… Read More
    BELFAST — The following cases were decided in 5th District Court in Belfast during the week ending May 15: Freddie N. Boudreau Jr., 31, Haverhill, Mass., leaving scene of property-damage accident, $50. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Armed with paint brushes, rakes, shovels, soapy water and seedlings, 290 pupils from the Bryant E. Moore School took Ellsworth by storm Friday afternoon during the school’s first community service day. The middle school pupils left their classrooms to the intense hear of… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — One student from Cranberry Isles and three from Mount Desert Island have been selected to receive Spurling scholarships for the 1992-93 school year. Hunter Marshall of Islesford will receive $850 in tuition assistance in his senior year at the Rhode Island School of… Read More
    ELLSWORTH The following is a partial list of the cases processed May 7-13, in the central division of 5th District Court in Ellsworth. Not included in the list are cases resulting in fines of less than $100. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    Two Hancock men reported that a tractor-trailer full of bees was dropped off and left unattended at Merrill Blueberry Farms in Hancock on Saturday. According to a report filed at the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, the bees were so thick the men couldn’t stand outside. After a Merrill… Read More
    More then 2,700 acres of Maine woods have burned so far this spring, and with more warm, dry weather forecast for the weekend, state forestry officials are urging the public to use extra caution with campfires or while burning brush. Firefighters and forest rangers across… Read More
    HAMPDEN — The Whitcomb-Baker VFW Post 4633 and Auxiliary will hold Memorial Day services beginning with a parade at 9:30 a.m. at the post home, Canoe Club Road. Services will be held at Locust Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Raymond Dupere of the Church of the Open Door. Read More
    Fast Relief, a day of prayer and fasting to benefit Manna Mission Ministries in Bangor, will be held Saturday, May 23. Manna operates an evening soup kitchen at 202 Hammond St. “We’re encouraging people to put fact to their prayers and donate the money for… Read More
    HAMPDEN — A precedent was set in Hampden Monday night when the council passed a service charge ordinance designed to collect funds for services in lieu of taxes from a non-profit organization. For the time being, the only organization targeted by this ordinance is Roe… Read More
    GLENBURN — There will be no increase in the Glenburn tax rate this year. Town Manager Peter Chase informed the public of that news at a recent public hearing on the town budget. During the hearing May 14, Chase said not only would there be… Read More
    More than 2,700 acres of Maine woods have burned so far this spring, and with more warm, dry weather forecast for the weekend, state forestry officials are urging the public to use extra caution with campfires or while burning brush. Firefighters and forest rangers across… Read More
    ROCKLAND — At 10:15 a.m. Friday, William Squiers, foreman of the jury at Knox County Superior Court, pronounced famed artist Robert Indiana innocent of a charge of engaging a prostitute. The jury deliberated for 3 3/4 hours Thursday night and Friday morning before reaching a verdict. Read More
    The sports who stayed at Kathy Hegarty’s camps called her “Woodswoman.” She knew carpentry and plumbing, electric wiring and auto mechanics. She was trained as a licensed practical nurse and a real estate agent. She could shear sheep. She made macrame and beadwork. She worked… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Edmund S. Muskie, author of the nation’s first Clean Air Act, went to Florida earlier this week to persuade Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles to reverse a decision now blocking completion of a $470 million coal-fired power plant in Jacksonville, officials in Florida confirmed Friday. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. John McKernan presented awards and prizes May 13 to students who created winning posters for the 1992 Maine State Park and Historic Site poster contest for children in kindergarten through grade eight. The contest was sponsored by the Maine Department of Conservation’s… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A work of art by Jay Johnson of Kingfield Elementary School will represent Maine at the White House 200th anniversary Art Exhibit, as part of the Very Special Arts Maine program. Jay will travel to Washington, D.C., for a reception at the White House Oct. 13. Read More
    U.S. Rep. Al Swift, D-Wash., has introduced a bill to tax motorists to help modernize Amtrak, America’s only taxpayer-financed passenger railroad. If put to a national referendum, the idea of using gas taxes for passenger railroads quickly would be defeated. In Maine, using highway funds for non-highway purposes… Read More
    ORONO — The 15th annual American Cancer Society Golf Championship tournament will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, June 22, at the Penobscot Valley Country Club. Any foursome making a combined contribution of $200 is eligible to compete. Shaun Dowd has been chairman of the event for five… Read More
    ATHENS — A woman here plans to stage a Memorial Day demonstration in Jackman to protest the killing of Katherine Hegarty. Gail Edwards said Friday that she did not know the victim of the May 15 shooting, but that she was horrified at the thought… Read More
    ORRINGTON — The 36th annual Maine-Florida Picnic featuring a chicken pie dinner or guests’ own lunches will be held at noon Tuesday, Aug. 4, with registration at 10:30 a.m. at the Masonic Hall, Orrington Corner. The chicken dinner is by reservation only, for $6.50, by July 31. Reservations… Read More
    The pictures that Dr. Robert Bach shows of the old hospital in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, tell a grim story — rotted planks, patients lying on rusty beds with no sheets and sometimes no mattresses. There are plenty of rats and cockroaches, and no running water except near the… Read More
    WASHINGTON — It’s the fall of 1992. The campaign is slipping away from Olympia Snowe. For 14 years she has been a fixture on Capitol Hill, forging coalitions on issues such as child care and womens’ health. But this is the year of political change. Her opponent, an… Read More
    MACHIAS — The internationally known Institute for Field Ornithology at the University of Maine at Machias has announced its ninth season of workshops for birdwatchers and ornithologists. The institute was created to increase knowledge of birds in their natural habitat, according to Charles Duncan, director of the institute… Read More
    The Husson College-Eastern Maine Medical Center Baccalaureate School of Nursing held its ninth graduation pinning ceremony May 6 at Peakes Auditorium, with 28 graduates receiving EMMC 100th anniversary pins. Graduates are Sharon Ackley, Chrystal Adams, Susan Ashlock, Alison Carter, Kathy Chilvers, Michelle Cook, Deborah Deans,… Read More
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    PORTLAND — A Houlton lawyer has been ordered disbarred by the chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court for “conduct involving dishonesty and misrepresentation.” Chief Justice Daniel Wathen, in a ruling issued Friday, imposed the sanction on Torrey A. Sylvester for his actions in… Read More