Speedway 95 Season Points Sportsman: 1. John Kalel, 382; 2. Don Alexander Jr., 265; 3. Dave McLaughlin, 260; 4. Dave Wilcox, 200; 5. Gary Bellefleur, 192; 6. Gene Wasson Jr., 177; 7. Shawn Tucker, 166; 8. John Phippen, 156; 9. Bob Leach, 132; 10. Larry… Read More
    AT PENDLETON STREET, Brewer TAC Developmental B Meet Results Men’s Results 200: 16 and under – Josh Mishou (23.5), Casey Carter (28.7), Joseph Nite (31.3); 17-18 – Wayne Keeran (24.3), Fred Osgood (24.7), Son Thai (25.3); open – Kebba Tolbert (22.7), Mike Norman (23.5), Mark… Read More
    First Come, First Served: Word from Canada is that Quebec’s Matapedia River is running high from weeks of rain. John Cochran of Hulls Cove called from the Matapedia’s Tobique Club a few days ago and said salmon were ascending the river in good numbers. Last week, John and… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN – Sean Smith lofted a sacrifice fly to score Jeff Millett from third in the top of the seventh inning to lead the Brewer Falcons American Legion baseball team to a 2-1 victory over the Skowhegan Log Drivers here at Memorial Field on Wednesday night. Read More
    KIEL, Germany – Bangor’s Kevin Mahaney and his Team Exxon crew continued a successful training tour when they turned in a winning performance as Dennis Conner’s crew in the BMW Baltic Match race, which ended Sunday. Mahaney and crew members Jim Brady of Annapolis, Md.,… Read More
    SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Vermont’s Holly Reynolds totaled a 2-over-par 150 to win the New England Women’s Golf Association championship at Crown Point Country Club Wednesday. Reynolds, of Morrisville, Vt., shot a 76 on Tuesday and finished with an even-par 74 to edge Shawn Chalmers of… Read More
    Sorting through stocked up piles of info, following two weeks worth of vacation…. The most important race of the season for NASCAR Grand National Rookie of the Year candidate Ricky Craven may be this Sunday’s Budweiser 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Read More
    It was incorrectly reported in Friday’s editions of the NEWS that Jason Krienke of Searsport was runnerup in the AAU One-on-One Basketball Tournament’s high school division held in Orono last week. Krienke actually beat Eric Main of Orono for the title. Read More
    Herz edges Rockets EAST SULLIVAN – Stacey Glidden’s second goal of the game, coming with seven minutes left, rallied Herz Logging from Brewer past the host Rockets of East Sullivan 4-3 in a Central Maine Summer Soccer League game here Wednesday night. Jason Glidden and… Read More
    The Bucksport All-Stars Little League softball team is in the driver’s seat of the District 3 Tournament by posting a 21-2 victory over Bangor East on Wednesday afternoon, highlighting action from around the region. Bucksport moved to 2-0 for the tournament and advanced straight into… Read More
    The Maine Mainiacs, the 13-and-under girls AAU Junior Olympic basketball team, left Bangor Thursday morning to compete in the national AAU tournament July 9-18 in Kenner, La. The team, made up of girls in grades six through eight, represent various communities in the eastern Maine… Read More
    ORONO – Jamie White singled home the tying run and scored the game-winning run on Shinichi Hashomato’s single in the fourth inning to lift the Bangor-Brewer Twins past the Downeast Yankees 4-2 in Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League action at Mahaney Diamond here Wednesday night. Read More
    AT HERMON MEADOW Ladies Day Results (Pick-your-own handicap tourney) Net: tie-Vivian Townsend, 70, and Millie Treat, 72; Betty Rowe, 73; Aldine Crocker, 75; Ann Lang, 67 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    ORONO – The Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League’s Molunkus Travelers and Old Town-Orono Double O’s will host the Atlantic Provinces junior champions (ages 18-22) from Newcastle, New Brunswick, at the University of Maine’s Mahaney Diamond this weekend. The New Brunswick team, which finished third in… Read More
    CASTINE — The Castine Scientific Society has announced that Christopher Columbus united the hemispheres, despite being a relative latecomer to the New World, largely because he publicized his journey. He was one of the first to hold a “press conference,” according to a society statement. Read More
    ELLSWORTH The following is a partial list of the cases processed June 25 through July 1 in the Central Division of the 5th District Court in Ellsworth. Not included are cases that resulted in fines of less than $100. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    Privatization is the McKernan administration’s method of harpooning a bloated state bureaucracy floating in red ink. A significant portion of the savings in the state budget is predicated on hitting a series of targeted operations. Usually, the policy is on the money. In some cases,… Read More
    BELFAST — All the squawking about catfood-fed seagulls in Belfast is, according to Faye Yost, much ado about nothing. Yost and her well-fed feathered friends have been the object of scorn by neighbors and businesses at several City Council meetings, most recently Tuesday when the… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Kathryn Gagnon of Van Buren took part in a national Girl Scout Wider Opportunity to explore careers with deaf and hearing-impaired people at Little Rock, Ark., sponsored by the Ouachita Girl Scout Council at the Arkansas School for the Deaf. Hayes was… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Project Explore, the 1992 summer program for gifted and talented children, was held recently at the University of Maine at Presque Isle with 131 pupils in grades two through eight from Aroostook County and New Brunswick participating. The program was sponsored by… Read More
    HOULTON — A statewide staff reduction in the offices of court clerks has workers in the Houlton clerk’s office worried about a work overload for remaining employees. A memorandum from Chief Justice Daniel E. Wathen dated June 26, listed several proposed staff reductions that would… Read More
    The Loring Air Force Base veterinary vaccination and sick call clinics will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, July 21 and 22, by appointment only. Appointments may be made by calling the treatment center between 8 and 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. The Loring Humane Society… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — The Maine Potato Blossom Festival will sponsor a canoe race for competitive and recreational canoeists at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 19. Registration will be at 9:30 a.m. at the Forbes Landscaping gravel pit on the South Caribou Road on the Caribou-Fort Fairfield… Read More
    CALAIS — The following cases were processed in 4th District Court in Calais for the week ending June 18: Russell E. Shirley, 32, Baileyville, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, seven days jail, license suspended one year, $500. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — The president of the Cherryfield Taxpayers Association has asked the Maine Bureau of Taxation for advice on how to file a complaint against the local board of assessors and a person who recently performed a revaluation of properties in the town. Gordon Kelley,… Read More
    MATTAWAMKEAG — A demonstration later this month of an old Federal tractor pulling one of the original Cole-made trailors over Mattawamkeag Hill will transport observers back in time. The demonostration is planned by Coles Express and the Friends of Mattawamkeag Park to mark the trucking… Read More
    LINCOLN — On a limited basis, the town will lease its grader to private camp associations. The issue of the town’s providing some maintenance on private roads has been a hot one since the town stopped limited maintenance in the late 1980s. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    HARTLAND — Seventeen entries competed in the Great Moose Lake Association’s annual boat parade recently. The boats left Hartland Public Landing, crossed the lake and entered the Northeast Cove where they followed the shoreline to Wilderness Camps. The parade was organized and judged by Karen… Read More
    MATTAWAMKEAG — Lynn Thibodeau of Winn this week assumed her new duties as administrator for the town of Mattawamkeag. Ivan Gordon, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said Thibodeau was selected for the position because she was the best qualified and because she was familiar… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset County Grand Jury deliberated for one day, Wednesday, July 8, and returned indictments against 20 individuals for 45 counts. Included in the indictments was a charge of aggravated assault against Aaron Wiles, 20, of Pittsfield, who is accused of biting another… Read More
    CORINNA — The consensus of a group of Corinna residents Wednesday night was that the town should apply for grant money to construct a public drinking water system. Opinions on the scope of the project differed, however, with some people favoring a very small project and others proposing… Read More
    GARLAND — Dinner reservations for the Garland High School Class of 1942 50th reunion Saturday, July 18, must be done by Friday, July 10, by calling Dorothy Scott Tanguay at 924-5679 or Thelma Goodwin Gallagher at 924-3837. The class will celebrate graduation of its five women and two… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield Historical Society recently acquired what is believed to be the only surviving copy of the academic program and a list of students at Maine Central Institute in 1866, the school’s first year. The program offers an historic glimpse at class offerings, student rosters and… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The following court cases were heard June 17-30 in 12th District Court in Skowhegan. William Hartsock, 29, Greenville Junction, assault, $300, 48 hours in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    CAMDEN — The fourth “Mid-Coast Soccer Camp” will be held in Camden the week of July 20-24. This camp is another of the sports offerings sponsored by the Camden Parks and Recreation Department. The camp is open to male and female soccer players from the Knox, Waldo and… Read More
    Pittsfield Police Officer Chris Tremblay, working with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, arrested Peter Lester, 24, of Pittsfield, on Tuesday. Lester was charged with aggravated trafficking in a schedule Z drug (marijuana). The charges were aggravated trafficking, said an MDEA spokesman, because the transactions took place within 1,000… Read More
    WARREN — A workshop to address how to maintain good water quality will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, July 16, sponsored by the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District, with Al and Delia Gervais of Waldoboro as hosts. Dr. A.W. Eipper, former… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Bangor artist Nina Jerome will be offering a two-day painting course for adults at Maine Coast Artists on Monday and Tuesday, July 13 and 14. The course will explore ideas of light, color and space in landscape painting and will take place outdoors, meeting each at… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Gov. John R. McKernan and members of his Cabinet will declare the city “Capital for a Day” Thursday and also get in a few swings at a charity softball game. The “Capital for a Day” will be headquartered at the Mid-Coast School of… Read More
    Police were busy in Trenton Sunday afternoon. A four-car accident was reported around 1:45 p.m., demolishing one car and leaving several people in pain. The pileup near the Gateway Lobster Pound on Route 3 occurred after a 1990 Chevrolet driven by Stacy Smith, 23, of… Read More
    TRENTON — Clayton Savage, former principal of Trenton Elementary School, will pursue master’s degree study next year funded by the school committee who chose not to renew his contract. Under the terms of a settlement between the school committee and Savage approved last week, the… Read More
    The Brewer Parks and Recreation Department still has openings in the Blitz Basketball Clinic to be held Wednesday through Sunday, July 15-19, at the Brewer Auditorium and Brewer High School. Two age groups will meet: 6-8 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.; and 9-12 from 1… Read More
    WINTERPORT — The selectmen will seek legal advice to see how they can force the Oak Hill Cemetery Association to divulge its membership and financial status. The ultimate goal of the selectmen is to dissolve the association and form a quasi-municipal organization to care for all the town’s… Read More
    ORRINGTON — The Maine People’s Alliance, Penobscot Valley Chapter, will hold a special anniversary meeting celebrating one year of active organizing in the Penobscot Valley during its next meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at the Orrington Town Hall. Several MPA Penobscot Valley Chapter… Read More
    HOULTON — Final results for the truck pull held in conjunction with the Houlton State Agricultural Fair were released Tuesday. The event was sponsored by the Southern Aroostook Shorthaulers. Two-wheel super stock — first, Mitch Frye, Danforth; second, Tim McAtee, Houlton; third, Jim Woods, Houlton;… Read More
    ALEXANDER — The Alexander-Crawford Historical Society’s third annual Genealogy Fair will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at the Alexander Elementary School on Route 9. Last year’s fair attracted history buffs from as far away as New Brunswick and Massachusetts. No speeches or… Read More
    GRAY — The National Weather Service will host a public information meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in the Stimson Hall on the Shaker Road to discuss its modernization and restructuring plan and a proposal to build a state-of-the-art weather forecast office to serve Maine. The meeting… Read More
    A story Wednesday about construction work on Route 1A in Holden reported that the flagging company for the project, Malley Detective Agency, is located on the Burleigh Road in Bangor. It is located on the Kittredge Road. Read More
    HERMON — Summer Olympics is the theme this year for the eighth annual Hermon Fun Day, Saturday, July 11. Festivities begin with a 6 a.m. breakfast at the Masonic Hall sponsored by the Eastern Star, and end with a Masons-sponsored baked bean supper at their… Read More
    NEWPORT — A Wisconsin woman who abducted her son from his custodial father a month ago waived extradition in 3rd District Court in Newport Wednesday morning. Nancy Kellogg-Kesselman will be returned to Wisconsin where she faces charges of parental kidnapping and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution involving her… Read More
    ROCKLAND — They wear lime green shirts that bear the legend “Trial and Error.” They find it impossible to believe that the educated, clean-cut Dennis Dechaine, 34, of Bowdoinham tortured and murdered 12-year-old baby sitter, Sarah Cherry, in a Bowdoin woods on July 6, 1988. Read More
    JAY — Unions representing employees at International Paper Co. said Wednesday they are filing an unfair labor practices complaint against I.P. for allegedly overcharging workers $550,000 in health insurance premiums. But the company, which hired hundreds of replacement workers during a strike in 1987-’88, dismissed… Read More
    PORTLAND — A federal trial began Wednesday for five Maine residents accused in an alleged conspiracy to block the work of the Internal Revenue Service by filing false tax forms and income tax returns. Four of the five defendants are representing themselves in the jury… Read More
    We recently celebrated the 216th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As a citizen of Eastport who is disabled and confined to a wheelchair, I was unable to attend the July 4th celebration due to the deplorable condition of the roads. I… Read More
    Old Orchard Beach is tightening the strings on what nude dancers can and cannot wear, while Waterville is telling a topless dance club to clean up its act or have its entertainment license lifted. Action by councilors in the seaside resort town of Old Orchard… Read More
    PORTLAND — A judge on Wednesday ordered a teen-ager tried as an adult for the “utterly senseless” and “depraved” rape of a 6-month-old infant the teen-ager was baby-sitting. District Judge Roland Beaudoin said he found probable cause to believe that Scott Prewara committed the crimes… Read More
    PORTLAND — Hoping to survive another round of budget cuts, supporters of fine arts programs in the public schools say new standardized test scores demonstrate the courses’ value. While the average scores of fourth-grade students on the Maine Educational Assessment test were generally flat, they… Read More
    A group of Maine business associations has issued a warning for Maine’s Blue Ribbon Commission on reform of the state’s beleaguered Workers’ Compensation system. They say Maine businesses simply can’t afford to pay for about $380 million of losses the system has incurred since 1988,… Read More
    OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The teen-age ritual of cruising the strip in this popular summer resort is safe for now, but businesses and citizens are organizing to put a proposed ban on cruising to a public vote. A proposed ordinance to ban cruising was rejected… Read More
    Environmentalists are already bemoaning the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Lucas v. South Carolina that regulatory “takings,” notwithstanding legislative or bureaucratic declarations of the public good, may require compensation under the Fifth Amendment. The radical notion that we might have to pay landowners adversely affected by, for example,… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Northern Forest Lands Council took no action Wednesday on another organization’s proposal to protect nine parcels of land in the Northeast states, saying that its role was not land acquisition. The Northern Forest Alliance, a coalition of 15 conservation groups, compiled… Read More
    One month into his new job as commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, Michael W. Aube has a mild case of the bureaucratic blues. Since joining the McKernan administration in June, Aube has tried to resolve a half-dozen disputes between business… Read More
    BATH — The new acting secretary of the Navy is the son of a high-ranking executive at Bath Iron Works, but will not take part in any decisions involving the Maine shipyard, officials said. Sean O’Keefe, 36, who was named acting navy secretary Tuesday, is… Read More
    The Natural Resources Council of Maine and the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection were recognized for their environmental achievements in two awards announced Wednesday by the Washington-based Center for Policy Alternatives. The two were among 10 recipients from across the country given the… Read More
    A judge in Bangor agreed Wednesday to exclude as evidence certain statements a murder suspect made to a police officer who persisted in questioning him after he asked to see a lawyer. The prosecutor conceded that questioning of Pornchai Moontri, who is accused in the… Read More
    In preparation for his retirement, Dennis “Don” Soucy has sold the insurance division of the Soucy-Black Agency. The July 1 sale completed the separation of Soucy-Black’s real estate and insurance divisions, according to Soucy. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The House Defense and Transportation Appropriations Committees approved language Wednesday supporting continued use of Loring radar for both civilian and military air traffic control in northern Maine. The Transportation Appropriations Committee also recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration build a new radar facility… Read More
    CONCORD, N.H. — Two winning tickets sold in Maine were drawn in Tuesday’s Tri-State Cash 5 game, each paying $50,000, and both winners were from Maine. Robert Click of Bath, a service adviser for Morong-Jeep Eagle and VW of Brunswick, bought his winning ticket at… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A defense attorney turned “prosecutor” Wednesday in an effort to get a new trial for his client. Thomas Connolly, attorney for convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine tried to shift blame to a new suspect during a hearing in Knox County Superior Court on Wednesday. Read More
    SAD 77’s reconvened budget meeting ended rather abruptly (on June 25) with a lot of emotional finger pointing. The only problem was that the finger pointing and the recriminations were aimed at the wrong people. They should have been aimed at the bureaucrats in Augusta who… Read More
    Diane Vatne, executive director of Bangor Historical Society since 1987, submitted her resignation June 8. “Diane is pursuing other career goals and priorities,” said Marlo Bradford, head of the search committee to replace Vatne. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    Comedienne Rita Rudner is a study in contrast when she’s performing. Her wide-eyed innocence conflicts with her sophisticated, sly wordplay. Also her self-deprecating humor doesn’t acknowledge her porcelain beauty. Rudner, who will be performing with Louie Anderson Thursday, July 16, at the Maine Center for the Arts, is… Read More
    I am disgusted with the defeat of the balanced-budget amendment. Congress just doesn’t get it! My family has to live within a budget, my town has to live within a budget, my state has to live within a budget. It istime the federal government did… Read More
    Re: Richard Silman’s guest column (” `Getting the basics right’,” BDN, July 1), perpetuating the myth that labor productivity should be the focus of our efforts to improve the economy of Maine; we do the readers a disservice if the following facts are not considered. Read More
    I’m sorry that your headline writer so recklessly decided to suggest that “Sawyer (is) closing (our) landfill in Hampden.” As the NEWS knows, Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facilities has been re-licensed for another five years by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. What Marie Baker was… Read More
    I am from Christchurch, New Zealand, and have spent the past year as an American Field Service exchange student in Orono, living with the Sprague family. I will be leaving soon to go back home to New Zealand, but before I go I want to properly say goodbye… Read More
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    A state tourism-promotion effort that began this week identifies where that industry can expect to find the source of a successful recovery: Internally, with the people of Maine enjoying their state, vacationing in Vacationland. It is a message for the total Maine economy. The “InState… Read More