Crowley’s Shuffle Inn of Old Town, which plays in the Bangor Recreation Department league, won the men’s amateur Class C softball state championship last weekend in Bangor. Crowley’s Shuffle Inn rolled up a 6-0 record in the tourney and is now 56-8 overall, including an… Read More
The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department in cooperation with the Bangor High School Football program will be offering a no contact/no pads Football Skill Development Program for youngsters in grades six to 12 on Aug. 10-12 at Bangor High School. The schedule is: grades 6-8… Read More
Good morning. This is your college football wakeup call. It is now August, which means before the month is out every Division I team in the country will be practicing and two official games (Texas A&M vs. Stanford Aug. 26 and Iowa vs. N.C. State Aug. 29) will… Read More
The Biddeford All-Stars won their fourth straight State Senior (ages 14-15) Little League Championship with an 11-hit offensive attack for a 12-3 victory over Old Town at Mansfield Complex in Bangor Friday. Biddeford, 3-0 in the tourney, will travel to play Salem, N.H., at Salem… Read More
AUBURN – Augusta East used a nine-run first inning to power past Bucksport 13-8 for the Little League softball state championship on Friday here. The nine-run streak was sparked by an RBI triple by Shannon Swanson and RBI singles from Rena Connors and Tracey Frye. Read More
As is the case with any double elimination baseball tournament, pitching depth is critical. The Bangor East All-Stars hope so because the District 3 champions have plenty of it heading into the 1992 State Little League Championship Tournament to be played at the Sanford Little… Read More
On a day when it seemed no one wanted to take charge in the $35,000 Greater Bangor Open golf tournament, Steve Robbins of Kittery shot a three-under-par 66 Friday to grab the lead entering Saturday’s final round. Robbins, who won the 1971 Maine Open as… Read More
GBO notebook Spend a few hours hanging out by the Greater Bangor Open scoreboard located behind the seventh green at Bangor Municipal Golf Course and you can’t help but learn a little about the game, the tournament and the people who play it. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Feathers ‘n Fins Contrary to their wives’ contentions, sportsmen are paragons of patience. Considering the diligence and perseverance that hunters, fishermen, trappers display in their varied pursuits, it’s understandable that they have little patience left for domestic chores. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BARCELONA, Spain – The U.S. Olympic Soling team of Kevin Mahaney (skipper) of Bangor, Jim Brady (bow) of Annapolis, Md., and Doug Kern (middle) of Austin, Texas, maintained its lead over 24 competing nations by finishing third in class Friday at the Olympic yachting venue. Read More
Eleven-time champion Martha White of Hampden will once again be among the favorites during the 62nd Women’s Maine State Golf Association championship tournament, which opens Monday at the Biddeford & Saco Country Club in Saco. White, who finished as the runnerup in last year’s event,… Read More
Central Maine Summer Soccer League Final Standings Team W L T Pts GF GA MDI Blues 10 0 0 22 40 4 Absolute S.C. 9 1 2 20 36 13 Legends S.C. 7 3 2 16 48 15 International 4 7 1 9 11 26 Hampden 3 7… Read More
I am writing on behalf of Irving Oil Corp. regarding the “welcome” message presently posted at area Irving Mainway food stores and service stations. As John A. Miller of Houlton (Readers Write, July 31) and a number of others have corrcctly pointed out, the U.S. flag in this… Read More
Regarding the controversy over the legalization of marijuana, the Book of Proverbs has this to say in 15:17, “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred there with.” I guess we know which side love is on (the… Read More
Pat Stevens has been a terrific public servant for 10 years of her life. She has stood up for her constituents 100 percent of the time. Whether it was underground tanks at the Bangor Gardens or trailer parks on Stillwater Avenue, or individual or civil… Read More
I was pleased to read the letter from Katie Simpson, written on behalf of her sixth grade class in Columbia Falls (Readers Write, July 2). Katie said she and her classmates have been learning about the environment, about waste disposal, and about the importance of reuse and recycling. Read More
I suppose it was a slow week in Washington. Or maybe John Day has set his sights on a future career with a supermarket sleaze sheet. Otherwise, please explain his exercise in innuendo of July 25-26. Perhaps he had nothing to do with the headline… Read More
On behalf of myself and a few great waiters and waitresses who work at a newly opened seafood restaurant in Bangor, we write in regard to the public…. There are people who are just not tipping accordingly. The state law recommends 15 percent of the… Read More
The state law that was passed making it mandatory for persons registering an automobile to show proof of insurance needs to be looked at again. Sure it’s a good idea, but it is making tough times tougher. There are a lot of people to think… Read More
Your July 24 editorial page contained a terse letter from Ernest Nukanen rebutting John Hubbard’s review of the book, “National Rifle Association: Money, Firepower, Fear,” by Josh Sugarman. In his letter, Mr. Nukanen attacks Mr. Hubbard’s ability as a staff writer. His comments directed toward… Read More
A judge has relaxed one of the probation conditions initially imposed on a former state trooper who sexually molested a preteen girl. Roland W. Foss Jr. of Glenburn has completed a sex-offender counseling program at Community Health & Counseling Services, according to court documents. His… Read More
BAR HARBOR — A new strain of mouse bred by researchers at the Jackson Laboratory can be used to study heart disease, scientists say. When fed a high-fat diet, the mouse develops fatty deposits in its arteries, just like people who develop atherosclerosis. Scientists for… Read More
PORTLAND — Fifty-one members of the Maine Army National Guard are scheduled to depart Bangor International Airport on Saturday for two weeks of training in Panama. Members of the 133rd Engineer Battalion, based in Portland, and the 262nd Engineer Battalion, out of Bangor, are the… Read More
SHERMAN STATION — The SAD 25 board of directors voted Wednesday night to hire three new teachers. Lynn Ellis of Patten and Stephanie Woods of Monticello were hired to fill one-year positions in Patten for fourth and fifth grade. No decision has been made which… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Registration for the Coca-Cola Youth Soccer League for Presque Isle residents will be held Wednesday, July 29, through Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the recreation center. Non-residents may register Aug. 13 through 19 if room is available in the program, according to organizers. Read More
EASTON — The Easton and Fort Fairfield school systems have been awarded up to $250,000 in funding from the Maine Department of Education to repair school roofs, according to the school superintendents. The grants were from the $2 million set aside by the state from… Read More
PERRY — Controlling roadside erosion was the focus of a daylong workshop held recently in Perry. The message delivered by Chuck Mitchell, district conservationist with the Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District, and repeated by other specialists throughout the session, was “do it right… Read More
MACHIAS — Each year since the first Machias Blueberry Festival was held in 1976, women from the Centre Street Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, have painstakingly created a blueberry motif quilt to help raise funds for the annual event. The recently completed 1992 quilt… Read More
LUBEC — Former Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie will be among the dignitaries participating in ceremonies at Sunday, Aug 2, to mark the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge. The bridge links the United States’ easternmost town of Lubec with… Read More
A Rockland man believed to be part of a burglary ring operating statewide was sentenced Friday in Bangor on some of the charges against him. Brian Cookson, 27, received three seven-year prison terms and three five-year terms on burglary and theft charges stemming from break-ins… Read More
LUBEC — Lubec Selectman Paul Crandall agreed Thursday to temporarily oversee the administration of the town office, after the July 16 resignation of Town Office Manager Normand Laberge. Crandall, who serves the town in a number of municipal, educational and civi stressed that the arrangement… Read More
MACHIAS — The following cases were processed in 4th District Court in Machias July 18-30, with Judge John V. Romei presiding: Stephen M. Peter-Paul, 24, MicMac, Nova Scotia, operating motor vehicle afte googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — The Baileyville Police Department reported the following police activity for the week ending July 28: Police on July 28 advised parents of a child that a complaint had been received about the child harassing someone. Also on the 28th, police found a transient… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — A parade, open house and rededication of the recently renovated Albee-Richardson Building will highlight events marking Washington Academy’s 200th birthday Saturday, Aug. 1, in East Machias. The day’s events begin at 10 a.m. with what may be the biggest parade ever held… Read More
MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis Club of Milo-Brownville will observe Family Day on Sunday, Aug. 9. The purpose of Family Day is to dramatize family solidarity and pride, reaffirming the family’s role as the cornerstone of society. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
DEXTER — Some people are players. Others spend their lives as spectators watching those players. For 50 years, Al and Irene Perry of Dexter have been players — activists who have championed cause after cause, trying to effect change and make a difference in the world around them. Read More
MILO — Residents on Pleasant Street in Milo have had several surprises during the past two weeks. Someone might be in the middle of the weekly wash and find the water stops. Or someone might be in the middle of a shower and lose the water supply. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Several new attractions, and country-western singers Martin Delray and Holly Dunn will be featured at the 138th Northern Maine Fair, Aug. 7-15. The country music show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at the Forum. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Federal support prices for 1992 shorn wool and mohair marketings have increased, according to William H. Moirs, County Executive Director of the Somerset County Agicultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. The federal support price for shorn woll marketings is $1.97 per pound, nine cents… Read More
UNION — The Union Historical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the Robbins House on the Common. This month’s guest speaker is Dr. Ross K. Baker, professor of political science at Rutgers University, who has been a summer resident of Spruce Head for 20… Read More
AUGUSTA — A three-week investigation involving Fairfield, Waterville and State Police resulted Friday in the arrests of three Fairfield-Waterville people and seizure of about 13 ounces of marijuana, said Kenneth G. MacMaster, special agent in charge, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. Arrested were Joanne A. Kuhn,… Read More
CAMDEN — Bob Nickerson, known as the Jock-ular Juggler, will appear at the Wednesday in the Park Series from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Laite Beach on Bay View Street. This performance is free to the public thanks to a grant from the Camden Downtown… Read More
CAMDEN — Susan Crane will discuss spiders of midcoast Maine at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Merryspring Park. A great variety of spiders are indigenous to the midcoast region. Some live specimens will be available for examination as Crane talks about the multilegged creatures… Read More
ROCKLAND — A divorce workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the Congregational church, 180 Limerock St., Rockland. The clinic teacher will explore the pros and cons of doing a divorce without a lawyer. All paperwork necessary to… Read More
ROCKLAND — Richard “Lucky” LaBare will spend five years in prison for eight crimes he committed last fall trying to win back his ex-girlfriend by force. Justice Stephen Perkins in Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland on Wednesday sentenced LaBare, 38, of Rockland to eight… Read More
EASTON — The Easton and Fort Fairfield school systems have been awarded up to $250,000 in funding from the Maine Department of Education to repair school roofs, according to the school superintendents. The grants were from the $2 million set aside by the state from… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE — Maine’s Massachusetts House Gallery will open a new exhibit featuring the works of Maine artist Ron Parlin with a reception to meet the artist from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2. The exhibit, which includes works in oil and watercolor, is a… Read More
ROCKLAND — After two years at the helm. Lt. Jonathan Trumble turned over command of the Rockland-based U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay to Lt. Vann Young at a ceremony here Friday. Trumble’s next duty post will be at the Coast Guard’s 8th District Office… Read More
CALAIS — Municipal officials have to be ready to dive into any problem, and five of them will demonstrate that readiness next week when they dive into 400 gallons of goo during the 19th annual International Festival. Eastport City Manager Rosemary Kulow, Calais City Manager… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Once again, supporters of the proposed construction of a new high school at Ellsworth have been frustrated in their attempts to gain concept approval quickly. The State Board of Education’s decision not to put the $14-million project on its monthly agenda for August… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Kiwanis Club will sponsor a charity golf tournament at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Bar Harbor Golf Course in Trenton. This year’s tourney proceeds will benefit the Ellsworth Kiwanis Club’s Scholarship Fund. Area golfers are invited to play in… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Hancock County chapter of the Christian Coalition recently held its first organizational meeting at the Ellsworth Full Gospel Church. According to Tom Newman, chairman of the newly formed chapter, Paul Vole, chairman of the Maine Christian Coalition, attended the meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BLUE HILL — In observance of World Breastfeeding Week, Aug. 2 through Aug. 8, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital will have an educational display on breast-feeding in its lobby on Aug. 4. Staff nurse Megan G. Davis, one of the few certified lactation consultants in the… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Judith Goldstein, author of “Crossing Lines: Histories of Jews and Gentiles in Three Communities,” will present a talk at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, at OZ Books in Southwest Harbor. Goldstein’s topic will be: “Restless Souls: Artists, Ministers and Capitalists and the Founding of the… Read More
BLUE HILL — Two final programs in Blue Hill Public Library’s reading and discussion series will be held on alternate Tuesday evenings in August. The theme of the series is “Consider the Source: Old Tales Retold,” with a continuing emphasis on literature based on mythology… Read More
BLUE HILL — The third annual summer fair of St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at the American Legion Hall. Proceeds from the fair will be used in the reconstruction of the… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The agenda for the State Board of Education’s meeting Wednesday, Aug. 12, in Bethel, includes a high school project in Ellsworth that is awaiting concept approval. The state board voted to delay the needed approval for the $14 million project at a meeting… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Music Television personality Dan Cortese dug his heels into the cool sand of Sand Beach Friday morning, posing for another segment of “Beach MTV.” Dressed in overalls hiked to midcalf, his hair in a ponytail, Cortese read from cue cards while… Read More
A Dover-Foxcroft man was sentenced Friday in Bangor to 18 months in prison for attacks and threats against two children, a police officer and a friend of his in May at a Dexter home. According to an earlier account, Perry Thornley, 27, reportedly struck two… Read More
The dean of the University of Maine’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences has been named interim vice president for academic affairs. Julia M. Watkins, who has served nearly two decades as a faculty member and the last three years as a college dean, will… Read More
A car passenger was transported Friday morning to a local hospital after the vehicle in which he was sitting was involved in an accident in Hermon village. Timothy Robinson, 23, residence unknown, was treated at Eastern Maine Medical Center for his injuries, and later was… Read More
OLD TOWN — Two boys playing with a lighter caused a fire at an apartment building Friday that left four families homeless and required the assistance of bomb experts. The fire was called in around 11 a.m. and was under control in about an hour,… Read More
WASHINGTON — Roger Sant, founder of Applied Energy Services Corp., said Friday that AES has agreed to sell its half-built, $475 million power plant in Jacksonville, Fla., in the hopes of resolving a controversy that has sent AES stock plummeting and tarnished the firm’s once sterling environmental image. Read More
The Maine School Boards Association has issued a call to arms urging its members to support proposed revisions to their training programs, revisions that some speculate could lay the groundwork for a state mandate to certify local school board members. In a mid-July letter to… Read More
The November presidential election, America’s place in the new world order, and changing conventional wisdom were among the topics addressed by two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists in Old Town this week. Peter Kann, chairman and chief executive officer of the Dow Jones Corp. and a 1972… Read More
MONTEZUMA, N.Y. — There are hands on nature’s clock. Buds burst in the spring; thunderhead clouds mass in summer; frost forms in autumn; snow falls in winter. And Canada geese have heralded not one but two seasons with their cacophonous flights, north in spring and… Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would make it easier for small businesses to obtain venture capital. The bill, H.R. 5191, now goes to the Senate for consideration. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
AUGUSTA — Roy Perry, district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration in Maine, has announced that operators of small businesses may soon be able to learn from a video library at the Augusta SBA office, sponsored by SBA and Bell Atlantic. Among tapes available… Read More
In responding to a recent NEWS leadership survey, Angus King, a Brunswick businessman and public television host, suggested people not currently in politics as future Maine leaders. He also included the following to explain his response: After spending the better part of my life in… Read More
HAMPDEN — Jan Hayward has been from Bangor to Portland — a much bigger trip than a person might think, if major surgery is on the other end. And the retired teacher may go to Mexico, too, if the journey has a chance of helping her fight against… Read More
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy with the Maine Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Standards, will hold the ninth annual Maine Boiler and Pressure Vessel Seminar Monday through Friday, Aug. 10-14, at the academy. The seminar offers instruction in safety, technical applications, and operational training… Read More
There are still more than two years to go, but Gov. John R. McKernan is beginning to head into the home stretch of his eight-year reign as Maine’s governor. The policy-makers McKernan appointed to top Cabinet jobs are beginning to dust off their resumes and… Read More
ROCKLAND — Ruling that new evidence amounted to no more than “speculation and conjecture,” Superior Court Justice Carl O. Bradford denied a motion for a new trial for convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine, in Knox County Superior Court on Friday. Justice Bradford hand-carried the decision to Rockland. Read More
To assure the public that the state in no way wishes to ignore the rights of a woman slain by police officers, U.S. Attorney Richard S. Cohen has made the correct decision to explore the case for possible civil-rights violations. Katherine Hegarty’s death at her… Read More
To me, one of the fascinating things about the game of hockey has always been how rarely the players get caught in a line change; how infrequently the guys wanting a breather are too quick in getting off the ice and/or their replacements are too slow in jumping… Read More
WASHINGTON — Alas, it seems, subliminal politics may not have died with Hayes Gahagan. You remember Gahagan. He’s the Republican wunderkind of the 1970s whom I wrote reminds me of Bill Clinton. The column provoked angry responses from some Democrats, who assailed me for libeling… Read More
It is only a first draft, so perhaps it is still open to improvement, but the Maine School Boards Association plan to create an academy that would instruct and rate school-board members is clearly headed in the wrong direction. The plan constitutes an unneeded and potentially dangerous bureaucracy… Read More
WASHINGTON — After working unsuccessfully to score a government contract for his high-efficiency refrigerators, Bangor businessman James LeBreque finally found a likely buyer in the Pentagon. An amendment, written by Sen. William S. Cohen, would require the Pentagon to consider purchasing the air-conditioning and refrigeration… Read More
CHARLESTON — Admitted child molester Warren Cole was transferred from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham to the minimum security Charleston Correctional Facility, officials said Thursday. Cole, 75, requested the move and met the criteria to be transferred based on the seriousness of the crime,… Read More
A Bangor dentist has asked the Federal Communications Commission to approve the sale of radio station WZON-AM. According to an application filed with the FCC, Dr. John E. Tozer wants to sell WZON to Nancy Boyd of Holliston, Mass. Tozer has owned the station since… Read More
ORONO — In a small laboratory in the basement of Boardman Hall at the University of Maine, high school students Matthew Olsen of Yarmouth and Tammy Greenlaw of Sherman Mills stand beside a small, brown, concrete-hard block that quite possibly could be a breakthrough in civil engineering. Read More
Music review Concertgoers attending Patty Loveless’ afternoon show Friday got the usual greatest hits package common to shows at the Bangor State Fair. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan said Friday that Bill Clinton’s economic plan would break the back of Maine’s small businesses by imposing high taxes and heavy regulations. A Clinton campaign worker dismissed the governor’s attack, saying McKernan had no credibility on budget matters. And… Read More
The Graves Family reunion will be held Friday through Sunday, Aug. 7-9, at the Dixmont Gold Crest Riders Snowmobile Clubhouse, Cates Road, Dixmont. An 80th birthday party will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday. A picnic will be held at noon Saturday, and members should bring their own… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — James R. Roach, president of the University of Maine at Presque Isle, on Friday was named president of Western Connecticut State University by its board of trustees. Roach was one of 120 applicants for the position in Danbury, Conn., according to Natalie… Read More
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MARIAVILLE — Mariaville resident Ronald L. Doyle, 32, was killed Thursday night when his four-wheel all-terrain vehicle struck a pipe gate on the Christmas Tree Road, a dirt road off Route 181 in Mariaville. Although the accident occurred at about 8:15 p.m. Thursday, authorities from… Read More
WASHINGTON — Here are the votes of Maine senators and representatives on major legislation in Congress this week. A “Y” means the member voted for the measure; an “N” means the member voted against the measure. SENATE VOTES: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
LEWISTON — The state should not impose a fine on a Mechanic Falls couple who went public with their child abuse warning about a woman who was later charged with murdering her baby, a state hearing officer said. The case involves Bruce and Jan Willson,… Read More
AUGUSTA — The man who police believe was driving the Jeep Wagoneer that crashed into a tree in Hartland, killing all five men inside, was intoxicated, according to blood tests. Gary Lennon, 34, of Waterville, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.36 percent — more than… Read More
Friday, July 31, 1992 Total pollen: 4 Moldspores: 1,522 Rating: mild… Read More
PORTLAND — A divided state supreme court Friday threw out a Houlton woman’s murder conviction because her confession that she helped bury her boyfriend’s body under her woodshed was improperly used against her. In its 4-2 ruling, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court said Patricia Harper… Read More
A June 19 listing of divorces granted in May in 2nd District Court in Houlton contained an error. In the divorce for Robert L. Mitchell of Island Falls and Vicky L. Mitchell of Crystal, Robert Mitchell was granted custody of three children, not Vicky Mitchell. Read More