DEXTER – It was a celebration of state-championship proportions. Moments after the Hampden Academy Broncos defensive unit stuffed Dexter High School’s last gasp fourth-and-goal overtime rush attempt from the two-yard line, the Purple and White flooded the field, helmets raised high in one hand, index… Read More
    Gatorade 200 Results DARLINGTON, S.C. – Results Saturday from the Gatorade 200 Busch Brand National stock car race, with starting position in parentheses, residence, type of car, laps completed, reason out, if any, money won and winner’s average speed in mph: googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    NEWPORT – Ben Black scored a pair of goals, helping the Caribou Vikings remain undefeated with a 3-0 schoolboy soccer victory over Nokomis on Saturday afternoon. For the 6-0 Vikings, Erik Salminen added a goal while Scott Richardson and Ken Lund added assists. Chris Funk… Read More
    AT ORONO Merrimack women (1-0) 6, Maine (0-1) 3 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++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
    A field of approximately 200 runners is expected for the 30th Bangor Labor Day Road Race which begins at 9 a.m. Monday near the Bass Park Grandstand. The Bangor race features a tough course, which includes the Holland Street hill, and is usually a good… Read More
    The Old Town Indians returned to school last week. At Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Saturday night, Coach Walsh’s squad taught a football lesson. The class: Living on the Edge 101. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    ORONO – This much can be said about the 1992 University of Maine football team in the wake of Saturday’s season-opening, highly-entertaining, 27-24 come-from-behind Yankee Conference win over archrival New Hampshire: The Black Bears showed they can make the big play, thus immediately distinguishing themselves… Read More
    WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Four players scored two goals each to lead the University of Hartford women’s soccer team to an 8-0 victory over the University of Maine in the season-opener for both teams Saturday. For Hartford, Jessica Reifer, Kim LeMere, Rose Daley, and Jewel… Read More
    Jason Brewer said he “just reacted.” And Husson College’s sophomore goalie earned his team a tie with that reaction. Brewer was able to get a piece of David Sanchez’s 12-yard shot with approximately four minutes left, preserving a 1-1 soccer tie Sunday in Husson’s home… Read More
    Mount Desert Island, Messalonskee of Oakland, Winslow and Waterville were among the opening-day winners Saturday in schoolboy football action around the region. In LTC play, the Trojans edged Foxcroft Academy 7-3, the Eagles shut out Rockland 32-0 and the Black Raiders handled Maine Central Institute… Read More
    FARMINGTON – Leeanne Weston scored with 50 seconds left in the first half to lift the University of Maine-Farmington to a 1-0 victory over Endicott College during field hockey action here Sunday in each team’s opener. Weston was set up by Tracie Connors’ penalty corner. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Sandy St. Pierre scored on a penalty shot at 35:30 of the second half to lift the Presque Isle Wildcats to a 1-0 victory over the Bangor Rams in schoolgirl soccer action Saturday. The Wildcats are now 1-1-2. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BOSTON — New England is closing out a summer tourism season dampened by the duo of rain and recession. “In one word, it was marginal,” said Chris Jennings, director of the New Hampshire Office of Travel and Tourism Development. “I’m encouraged but not jumping for… Read More
    If Hurricane Andrew was the costliest natural disaster in American history, surely the two-term Reagan administration was a far costlier man-made disaster, easily the worst in American history. Frank P. Hopkins Fort Kent… Read More
    Bangor has every reason to be proud. A tradition of excellence has returned. Coach Gabby Price and his invaluable assistants showed us Friday night (Aug. 28) that we have a group of young men prepared to give us an exciting season of football. Those of… Read More
    I am happy to announce that thanks to you, one of my poems will be published in a new book due out in 1993. I responded to an announcement in a recent Maine Style section that included an address to The Archive of the Arts. They were looking… Read More
    Over the past several months, the reports of torture, brutal beatings, and other unspeakable acts against inmates by other inmates at our state prison imply serious problems at the very top of our state administration, from prison officials to the officer of the governor. It’s… Read More
    Please! Not another referendum on Maine Yankee. I am sure the public does not wish to go through another series of TV spots, focus groups, telephone surveys, letters to the editor (like this one), bumper stickers, and junk mail. As chairman of the citizens’ committee… Read More
    Like a grand old dame, she stands proud and tall but her underpinnings need much to be desired. The steeple on the Community Building, also known as the Prospect Harbor Woman’s Club Building, is in dire need of painting. This is not only for cosmetic… Read More
    This is in response to the Aug. 27 letter on downtown noise pollution. I live on Sidney Street where the motorcycle noise and constant squealing of tires and loud mufflers goes well after 10 p.m., even to 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. This isn’t only… Read More
    Much to my disappointment, I have found that our wonderful state does not operate as well as (people) would have us believe. I am referring to our present motor vehicle laws. It seems anyone charged with operating under the influence is guilty regardless of the outcome of his… Read More
    FORT KENT — The Rev. Alphee Marquis’ lifetime of service is a legacy for the many generations he has touched in his 83 years. Now he sits calmly in his two-room apartment at the Northern Maine Medical Center and reads. He uses a magnifying glass… Read More
    HOULTON — When most people think of trees they think of wood. More and more, however, people are learning that trees are important pollution fighters as well. For about a decade, foresters and agricultural experts have been studying the effects that forested buffer zones can… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou Little League will hold its 16th annual banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, in the cafeteria at Caribou High School. Individuals involved with the Little League baseball program are invited. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    ASHLAND — “Proclaiming Lasting Wealth” will be the theme for a spirituality retreat to be held from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at St. Mark’s Parish Hall. The retreat is sponsored by religious coordinators and the Catholic Diocese of Portland’s Office of… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — David A. Peterson, chief executive officer of The Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle, has been advanced to membership status in the American College of Healthcare Executives. The announcement was made at the college’s 58th annual convocation ceremony and meeting held recently… Read More
    MAPLETON — The Haystack Historical Society met recently to discuss renovations to the museum and a yard sale. James Willett donated a stepladder and some materials to complete work on the museum. A yard sale will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19. Read More
    VAN BUREN — Supporters of the Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library in Van Buren have instituted a project designed to retain important local historical and genealogical documents and other artifacts. The project will cost up to $70,000. People in the area who own the documents… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou Choral Society will begin rehearsals for annual Christmas concerts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the recreation room of the Mormon Church, 67 Hardison Ave. Chorus members will sing advanced four-part music. No auditions are required. The society’s conductor is… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A 10-week program of body-recall fitness classes will meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, beginning Sept. 14, at the William Haskell Community Center. An intermediate class will begin at 8:15 a.m. and is available for individuals who have completed at least one session. Read More
    HOULTON — Police at Houlton recovered a stolen car Sunday morning that was taken at Waterville on Saturday. In conjunction with the recovery of the vehicle, three men were arrested. Officer Troy O’Bar of the Houlton Police Department said Sunday afternoon that Mark Badger, 18,… Read More
    In a recently published list of small claims processed Aug. 27 in 1st District Court at Fort Kent, the NEWS reported that Reno Lagasse of Fort Kent was found in default of a $516.88 payment and $39.79 in costs to Maine Public Service Co. He was actually ordered… Read More
    COLUMBIA FALLS — Townspeople voted at a special town meeting Friday night to postpone indefinitely any action that would forestall completion of the local salmon hatchery. Voters also postponed indefinitely any action leading to the discharge of the town’s selectmen and attorney. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    LUBEC — Carolyn Mitchell, director at the Regional Medical Center in Lubec, this week advised area residents that until a new physician dispatch system is established for the facility, RMCL patients requiring after-hours medical attention should contact an ambulance or be taken to Down East Community Hospital in… Read More
    MACHIAS — “Join the Dream Team” will be the challenge offered to Machias Bay area businesses by the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the start of the chamber’s 1992 membership drive. Members of the chamber have been organized into… Read More
    MACHIAS — The University of Maine at Machias was the site recently for a workshop that focused on stewardship of lands protected by nonprofit conservation groups in Washington County. The theme of the two-day event was “Caring for Downeast Conservation Lands” and was sponsored jointly… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County residents are doing their part to help Florida residents who have been victimized by Hurricane Andrew. The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department, Mayo Regional Hospital, and the Dover-Foxcroft and Greenville police departments are serving as collection centers for non-perishable foods and financial… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Howard Ryder, headmaster at Foxcroft Academy, explored new approaches to enhance learning through better leadership at a weeklong institute this summer. The institute was part of the federally funded Maine Academy for School Leaders sponsored by the Maine Leadership Consortium in Augusta and… Read More
    Three educators — Michele Benoit of Bangor, Kevin Dunham of Brewer and Erwin Dellaire of Milo, completed the Natural Resources Institute, a workshop for teachers and other educators who want to integrate environmental information into their materials. Benoit teaches sixth grade at Fifth Street Middle… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Police are investigating the theft of an all-terrain vehicle from a Guilford residence Tuesday. According to the police log at the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department, the 1984 red all-terrain vehicle is valued at $1,800. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wellness Team in SAD 68 has been active this summer planning activities for the school year. Led by Ashley Jackins and Gary Larson, eight members of the team participated in the seventh annual Wellness Conference held at Sugarloaf USA last June. The… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Plans are in progress for a business development seminar on Tuesday, Sept. 29, sponsored by the Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce. Anyone with specific issues that should be addressed or those interested in attending such a seminar should call 564-7533, or send… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Notices were reviewed recently at the monthly meeting of the Lee-Doncet Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Communications from the department president Dorothy Clukey included information about the state president’s testimonial on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Jeff’s Catering in Bangor; the official visit of… Read More
    UNITY — Unity College has begun the 1992-1993 academic year with a near-record enrollment, a fresh look from summer renovations and a new alternative-energy project. Officials at the college expected 450 students, a 5-percent increase from 1991. Wilson G. Hess, president, said, “This rise in… Read More
    DEXTER — The SAD 46 Teachers Association has voted to accept a contract which does not provide for pay increases during the next school year. Daniel Schottenfeld said the association voted 43-22 to accept the contract approved by the SAD 46 school board in July. Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Kathryn Hopkins of Norridgewock, a teacher at the Skowhegan Montessori School, recently completed a workshop with the Natural Resources Institute. The workshop is for teachers and other educators who want to integrate environmental information into their class materials. Hopkins teaches preschool and kindergarten… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset Senior Center at 20 High St. will offer a variety of classes and trips in September. A series of five classes on crocheting began Wednesday, Sept. 2, and will continue at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays, Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30. Read More
    DEXTER — Repairs are expected to begin immediately on the exterior terra-cotta at Abbott Memorial Library. Last week, the Town Council approved the allocation of $2,400 for emergency repairs at the library. The work that needs to be done immediately will be focused on 30… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Howard Ryder, headmaster at Foxcroft Academy, explored new approaches to enhance learning through better leadership at a weeklong institute this summer. The institute was part of the federally funded Maine Academy for School Leaders sponsored by the Maine Leadership Consortium in Augusta and… Read More
    NEWPORT — Officers for 1992-93 for the East Somerset Pomona Grange were installed Sept. 2 at the Sebasticook Grange in Newport. Dorothy Hutchins of Ripley was installed as master; Stanley Bemis, Dexter, overseer; Ruth Savage of Sebasticook Grange, lecturer; Gerald Robinson, St. Albans, steward; Arthur… Read More
    WALDOBORO — Vaudeville is alive and well and returning to midcoast Maine. Randy Judkins, Bruce Johnson and Judy Buch will take to the stage for what has become an annual event at the Waldo Theatre on Main Street. This year’s performance will take place at… Read More
    WALDOBORO — Singer-songwriter Gordon Bok and humorist-folk singer Kendall Morse will perform at the Waldo Theatre at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. The concert is sponsored by First National Bank of Damariscotta and Central Asian Imports of Waldoboro. Bok, a singer-songwriter from Camden, has performed… Read More
    DEXTER — The Town Council has awarded a contract to H.E. Sargent Inc. of Stillwater to close the community’s landfill. The Stillwater company offered a low bid of $524,225. Other bidders were Frank L. Woodworth Co. and Brescia Construction Co. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A free street dance, sponsored by the Rockland Share the Pride Association, will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Public Landing. Performing for the dance will be Rockland-based rock and roll band Sound citY. Leading off the afternoon’s entertainment will… Read More
    SEARSPORT — The Penobscot Marine Museum will hold town days on five dates this fall, on which residents of five areas on or near Penobscot Bay will receive free admission to the museum. Rockland Day will be Sept. 12; Bangor Day, Sept. 19; Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Day,… Read More
    VINALHAVEN — Residents of this Penobscot Bay island will choose the name of their new ferry boat at a special election next month. Town Manager John Spear said voters would have a choice of three names; two belong to former ferry captains, the other to… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Health Connections at Pen Bay Medical Center will offer the American Lung Association’s program “Freedom from Smoking,” with preregistrants beginning the course on Wednesday, Sept. 9, or Wednesday, Sept. 16. The class will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Pen Bay Physicians Building,… Read More
    BELFAST The following cases were heard in 5th District Court in Belfast during the period Aug. 25-Sept. 2: 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
    ST. LEONARD, New Brunswick — More than 30 malnourished and mistreated dogs were seized from a St. Leonard residence during an investigation by the Plaster Rock chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals. An official with the St. Leonard detachment of… Read More
    COLUMBUS, Ga. — Superior Court Judge William Smith on Thursday ordered a one-day delay in the state’s effort to get Maine’s Poland Spring water off store shelves in Georgia. Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin was planning to begin removing Poland Spring bottled water from store shelves… Read More
    SEDGWICK — The main part of a rented cottage was destroyed Sunday afternoon by a fire that may have started from ashes emptied from a wood-burning stove. The Sedgwick Fire Department found the structure owned by Tom Schroth engulfed in fire upon arriving at about… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A local employment specialist says the area’s labor market has improved and he expects to see the improvement gain momentum next year. Clem Josselyn, manager of Job Service in Ellsworth, is optimistic because his office had more job listings this summer than last,… Read More
    BLUE HILL — The Turn-Style Shop will open at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, under the Partridge Drug Store, and will feature affordable clothing for the entire family. Hours will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. The store… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — For Hispanic migrant workers who come to Maine to harvest crops, language and cultural barriers can prove more difficult than the labor. Many come from Florida or Texas, where whole communities speak their language. Not so in Maine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    For those of you who have cooled off about Ross Perot jumping off the presidential bandwagon, take note: There is a new effort in Maine, United We Stand, working to lobby congressional and presidential candidates on cutting the federal budget. The address is: 1 Cumberland… Read More
    HUDSON — Town Council Chairman Donald Grant said Thurday night that he was surprised to read in the paper that Hudson supported Kenduskeag’s plan to perambulate its borders. Grant said the only thing he knew about the project was what he read in the paper. Read More
    A landlord from Bangor was arrested in Holden Sunday afternoon after he allegedly threatened to kill a tenant he wanted to evict. Clyde Crowe, 59, of Bangor was charged with criminal threatening after a dispute at his property at Woodland Terrace Motel in Holden. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    A man once described as the “Harry Houdini of the Maine jail system” continued his exploits Friday when he escaped from the custody of officials of the Orange County Jail in Goshen, N.Y. Robert Chestnut is again on the lam and has authorities scratching their… Read More
    GLENBURN — The Glenburn Town Council is sending a letter to the Kenduskeag selectmen to express its concern about the Kenduskeag proposal to perambulate its town line. The letter was intended to let Kenduskeag know what action Glenburn had taken and “to take umbrage with… Read More
    WINTERPORT — Selectmen are not pleased with cost overruns and a delayed opening at the new transfer station, and they told the company engineering the facility so last Friday. Meeting in a special session with engineers of Sebago Technic, selectmen fired off a litany of… Read More
    HERMON — The number of full-time farms in Maine has been falling steadily since World War II. Fitzco Farm Center has survived the decline by diversifying its product lines to meet changing needs of the agricultural community. Fitzco is owned by Norman Fitz-Patrick of Dedham. Read More
    A U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint set up this Labor Day weekend along the southbound lane of Interstate 95 near Augusta slowed traffic and netted authorities 13 illegal aliens and a bit of marijuana. The checks are done about twice a year and began Friday as… Read More
    CHICAGO — Dishing up fast-food may be hazardous to teen-agers’ health, according to a workplace study that estimates thousands of youngsters get hurt working at the corner eatery. The report released Saturday by the Chicago-based National Safe Workplace Institute also chastises the Labor Department for… Read More
    We hear leadership mentioned as a character imperative for our next president. Bush has been faulted for lacking leadership. At one time we thought Perot had it, but we worried that he might have too much. He might make us do things we didn’t want to do. I… Read More
    Perhaps it was the disastrous Caterpillar Inc. strike last spring or maybe the fact that in 1991 for the first time in nine years Americans had lower incomes compared with the previous year. Whatever the immediate cause, organized labor seems to have re-examined itself this year, recognized that… Read More
    From charity pitches to advertising solicitation schemes, every year small businesses are targeted by fraudulent or deceptive sales practices like these. You can protect yourself from these abuses. Often it’s only a matter of identifying them and asking the right questions. Chances are, your business… Read More
    CARIBOU — Residents of the Fort Street area were allowed to return to their homes Friday night, less than four hours after an ammonia leak was reported at the former A.E. Staley vegetable processing plant. A Fire Department official said Sunday that no injuries were… Read More
    LEWISTON — Responding to a lawsuit by the victim’s mother, the parent company of Big Apple claims the convenience store chain was not negligent during a botched stakeout attempt in which a clerk was murdered. “Obviously this is a real tragedy, and everybody’s sympathies at… Read More
    ST. FRANCOIS, New Brunswick — A Clair man operating an all-terrain vehicle was killed in a collision with a pickup truck Saturday afternoon on Route 205. Leopold Soucy, 42, was dead at the scene of the accident, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police… Read More
    AUBURN — A Superior Court jury Friday awarded nearly $600,000 to an Illinois man who sued Bates Fabrics, two employees and the parent company in North Carolina for breach of contract and intimidation tactics. Bob Grover of Palatine, Ill., contended the company that produced bed… Read More
    TROY — Investigators remain perplexed as to why Gary Houser piloted his aircraft into a roll over a friend’s waterfront camp and crashed nose first into Unity Pond. Houser, 36, of Barnstable, Mass., was killed in the crash. “Whether he intended to do that or… Read More
    BOOTHBAY — Jack Ossofsky, former president and chief executive officer of the National Council on the Aging, died Friday after battling cancer at his East Boothbay home. He was 66. Ossofsky retired from his post in 1988 after 18 years with the organization. Family members… Read More
    ELIOT — A 2-year-old girl was killed this weekend when she moved in front of a truck in a parking lot off Main Street, state troopers said. Jo-Lynn D. Morris of Eliot apparently moved in front of the parked GMC truck while the driver was… Read More
    It was a bit of a nostalgia trip for anyone packing a school lunch. Ten bales of aseptic containers — those convenient juice boxes banned by the Maine Legislature — were taken to the University of Maine for a recycling experiment. The little boxes, constructed… Read More
    PORTLAND — Mainers spent $20 million on bingo in 1987 and ’88, and some observers estimate the figure has increased by another $10 million since then. “It used to be a church-type game. You went and you won $5. It’s not that way anymore. People… Read More