ORONO – University of Maine striker Jake Ouimet had the kind of college debut soccer players dream about. The Hatfield, Mass., native scored three goals and assisted on another, tying the school record for points in a game with seven, to lead the Bears to… Read More
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    WASHBURN – Vicki Morneault scored with 2:53 left in the game to lift the Wisdom Pioneers past the Washburn Beavers 1-0 in schoolgirl soccer action Wednesday. Goalie Carrie Ouellette stopped 10 shots en route to the shutout for the 3-6 Pioneers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    MADAWASKA – John Clavette’s goal on an assist from Jim Keller provided valuable insurance as the host, undefeated Madawaska Owls notched a 2-1 schoolboy soccer win over Wisdom of St. Agatha here Wednesday. For the 6-0-1 Owls, Ed Lavertu scored the first goal on a… Read More
    Members of the “camoflage clan” are advised that the proposed 1992 duck hunting seasons announced here earlier were changed after the Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s public hearing held in Augusta on Sept. 2. The dates to draw a bead on now are: Ducks: North Zone –… Read More
    Maine Maritime Academy football coach John Huard was impressed with the Mariners’ performance in last Saturday’s preseason scrimmage against the Maine Central Institute Postgrads, even though six MMA starters sat out with minor injuries. “We looked good,” said Huard, whose Castine-based team opens the season… Read More
    STANDISH – Neile Joler of Fort Kent scored three goals here Wednesday to power host St. Joseph’s College to a 7-0 women’s soccer victory over Husson College of Bangor in the Monks’ opener. Joler scored off a pass from Kathy Britton and added two unassisted… Read More
    ORONO – Laurie Roberts scored three times as the Orono Red Riots blanked the Bangor Rams 6-0 Wednesday in girls field hockey action here. Jen Wlodarski set up all three of Roberts goals. Mandy Manzo joined the Orono scoring parade assisted by Amy Oliver. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    Michael Gaige and Robin Emery Rappa were first-place perennials in Maine road races in the 1970s and ’80s. Today, each competitor still pushes the front-pack runners and is capable of finishing first. However, the duo are setting “older” running goals now as they seek top… Read More
    High School Report Rick Kelley, the head football coach at Rockland District High School, has spent the last two years trying to keep his program alive. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    The attitude of Thomas College of Waterville women’s soccer coach Jim Verry for the 1992 season is “upbeat and positive.” The Terriers return from a 10-7 season in which they made the championship round of NAIA District 5-East playoff before losing 2-1 with a minute… Read More
    People, places and things…. If I were Red Sox General Manager Lou Gorman, I would build next year’s pitching staff around a starting rotation of Roger Clemens, Frank Viola, Danny Darwin and Greg Harris. Harris is more effective as a starter than a reliever. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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    Shame on you for exploiting a young child on the front page of the Bangor Daily News on Sept. 2. Are we supposed to feel sorry for the mother? My theory is, commit the crime, pay the fine. It’s time this young lady grew up… Read More
    Like many people, I am an avid reader of the Police Beat section of the NEWS. I have often found stories to be fair to those who appear in this section — that was, until Sept. 1. Though I have never met the young man… Read More
    I am pleased to have this opportunity to thank all the people of Maine for their wonderful generosity to the people of south Florida. Having had the unfortunate experience of being in the middle of Hurricane Andrew has shown me how fragile and how instantly… Read More
    This is to express the appreciation of the administration and the Board of Directors of SAD 30 for the enormous effort displayed by teachers, custodians, cooks and aides of the Lee-Winn School and the Edith Lombard School in getting the new schools ready for students on Aug. 26. Read More
    Give us a break! On Sept. 1, in a special TV report concerning the relief effort for hurricane victims in south Florida, President Bush stated that due to the devastated economy of the Homestead area, the Air Force base, completely destroyed, would be rebuilt. My… Read More
    Bangor police are investigating several attempted burglaries that occurred early Wednesday morning. A Pine Street resident notified police that someone had attempted to pry open his back door. Police searched the Pine Street area and found similar pry marks on the doors of three other… Read More
    HERMON — Three teen-agers received minor injuries late Wednesday when their car went out of control and slammed into a pair of trees. The driver and two passengers, all 16-years-old, were treated for minor injuries at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Three candidates have formally filed papers in the race for two seats on the Bangor School Committee this fall. Phyllis M. Shubert, who is completing her second three-year term on the committee, is the only incumbent in the race. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    BELFAST — A Searsport man will spend at least one year in jail for selling illegal drugs to school pupils last spring. David C. Dunbar, 36, was sentenced by Justice Andrew Mead in Waldo County Superior Court Wednesday to four years in jail, with all… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Landowners and state officials have renewed an agreement to protect a 100-mile corridor along the St. John River in northern Maine for 10 years. State Conservation Commissioner C. Edwin Meadows said the voluntary agreement allows land along the river to be managed as… Read More
    GOULDSBORO — Two fire stations will be constructed in Gouldsboro this winter with funding provided through a Jobs Bond grant from the state. Voters took only 15 minutes Tuesday evening to accept $165,000 in funding from the state and to appropriate from town funds another… Read More
    In 1940, Bangor Theological Seminary student Frederick Whittaker brought his bride, Shirley, to their new home in the second-oldest building on campus, known for many years as the New Commons. The rent was the modest sum of $16 a month. Whittaker could not have imagined… Read More
    ORONO — History has taught Russian leaders not to take vacations outside Moscow. At least two in recent years, after all, have returned to find their jobs in jeopardy. And so it was with Town Manager Nancy Orr, who returned from vacation Monday to a… Read More
    Robert Mayer Evans, former CBS-TV and Radio News correspondent covering the Middle East, will be guest speaker at the State of Israel Bonds dinner Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Red Lion, Bangor. Evans was most recently in Moscow reporting on the Gorbachev coup and, earlier… Read More
    COLUMBIA — Delores Lyons, 59, of Wrentham, Mass., who received extensive chest injuries in a two-car highway accident late Tuesday afternoon on Route 1 in Columbia, was improving Wednesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Lyons was pinned in the wrecked sedan for about… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Convincing High Street merchants that a patch of green is worth more than a mile of hot top will be next year’s top priority for the Committee for a More Beautiful Ellsworth. A handful of committee members met Wednesday to identify next year’s… Read More
    SAINTE-ANNE-DE-MADAWASKA, New Brunswick — Tours of a demonstration forest will be offered beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, by Forestry Canada, University of Moncton’s School of Forest Science, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy and Fraser Inc. The forest was started to… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Public comment will be accepted until Tuesday, Sept. 15, on a recently published final environmental impact statement on the proposed conversion of fighter aircraft at Air National Guard bases in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The comment period was extended by the National Guard… Read More
    HOULTON — Officials at Key Bank have given town officials in Houlton another extension to make up their minds about whether to buy a downtown parking lot for $60,000. A group of merchants that supports the purchase has raised more than $30,000 for that purchase. Read More
    CARIBOU — A total of 17 divorces were granted in August in 1st District Court in Caribou. They all were granted on grounds irreconcilable marital differences. Timothy A. Merritt, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and Leslie K. Merritt, Caribou. Married in Limestone, Feb. 14,… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Employees of the U.S. Census Bureau will visit various residences from Sunday, Sept. 13, to Saturday, Sept. 26, to collect data on employment and tobacco use. Arthur Dukakis, director of the bureau’s Boston regional office, said the information gathered will be incorporated… Read More
    EASTPORT — What happens when north meets south? Perhaps a solution to the city’s recycling problem. A four-hour meeting last week that brought together Maine and New Brunswick legislators and representatives of Eastport and Deer Island, New Brunswick, provided some insight into what Eastport needs… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT — The elections are over with at Indian Township and Pleasant Point, and on Oct. 1, six new tribal officials will begin their terms of office. At Pleasant Point, 309 of the 436 eligible voters cast ballots in the municipal election. Elected to… Read More
    MACHIAS — Deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following complaints during the period Aug. 18-23, 1992: A burglary and theft of $80 from a Danforth business was reported Aug. 18. Sgt. Aloysius Hogan is conducting the investigation. William Soctomah, 18, Perry was… Read More
    MILO — Schools are back in session and Juanita Brown, a bus driver for SAD 41, is back at the wheel. Brown was as one of five finalists for the title of School Bus Driver of the Year award by the Maine Association for Pupil… Read More
    AT BANGOR Eastern Maine Medical Center To Wendy and Peter Jurgilewicz of Cherryfield, a son, Samuel Carl, born Sept. 8, 1992. Grandparents are Carl and Darlene Henderson of Glenburn and Henry and Lucille Jurgilewicz of Farmington, Conn. Read More
    GREENVILLE — A school budget that will balance educational needs with the community’s ability to pay tops a list of goals complied by Greenville Superintendent Gilbert Reynolds. The goals that Reynolds set when he took over as superintendent were reviewed Tuesday by the Greenville School… Read More
    MILO — Three teenagers reveived minor injuries in a two-car head-on collision at Milo Wednesday afternoon. A 1988 Mercury station wagon driven by Richard Royal, 17, of Brownville, was traveling south about 2:45 p.m. on Route 11 when it struck a northbound 1983 Plymouth Reliance,… Read More
    ATKINSON — Everything is ready to go in the little town of Atkinson, according to Judy Harvey, co-chairman of the second annual Atkinson Days Celebration scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12. Last September, the 300 residents of Atkinson hosted about 2,000 people during the first Atkinson… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Since the 911 emergency line has been in operation with the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department, many legitimate calls have been made on the line, but some individuals have abused the system. On Monday evening, someone called on the emergency line and said nothing… Read More
    CAMDEN — It appears that the era of Eugene E. Ryan came to an end Tuesday night when selectmen approved a $6,000 settlement for the remaining legal matters between the town and the former police chief. Ryan came to Camden from the U. S. Secret… Read More
    LINCOLNVILLE — Adam Richards, 20, of Camden is recuperating at Penobscot Bay Medical Center from fractures received in an automobile accident last Sunday on Youngtown Road. Richards was riding in a 1982 Honda driven by Tileko Ridsdale, 21, of Rockport when Ridsdale swerved to avoid… Read More
    BELFAST — The SAD 34 Board of Directors will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, on closing the vacant Crosby Junior High School. The hearing, at Belfast Area High School, is in advance of a referendum question that will go to… Read More
    CAMDEN — Harbor Square Gallery is showing new works by artist Jill Hoy of Stonington. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Hoy’s large, colorful works offer the viewer an insight into this prolific painter who spends half of each year… Read More
    CAMDEN — The works of Don Esley, who has painted portraits of several of Maine’s Supreme Court justices, are being presented in a group show until Sunday, Oct. 4, at Bayview Gallery. Esley, who lives with his wife in Warren, has been painting portraits of… Read More
    CAMDEN — Selectmen agreed to place a $100,000, first-phase renovation of the fire station on the November ballot, at their Tuesday session. The first phase will cost $151,000 with the town providing $51,000 from a trust fund already established. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    BELFAST — SAD 34 Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frances Wills has been selected as a Maine representative to the 1992 National Congress on Rural Education, which will convene in Traverse City, Mich., on Oct. 11. The purpose of the congress, which will bring together 500… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Methodist Conference Home will present Dr. David Olivas, known as the “traveling dentist,” at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15. He will present a program called “Tooth Tattle,” and will be available to answer questions after the presentation. Guests are welcome to stay… Read More
    ROCKLAND — City Police were searching for clues after a unexploded pipe bomb was discovered at Kaler’s Store Wednesday morning. According to police reports, the eight-inch metal tube with a fuse attached was found by a customer near a pay telephone outside the store at… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A brainstorming session on the harbor Wednesday disintegrated into personal attacks until cooler heads prevailed. Although Wednesday’s meeting between the City Council, Harbor Committee and private marina operators was called to review future strategy, sparks flew when Councilors Robert Peabody and Richard Warner… Read More
    CAMDEN — After one more prolonged discussion of insurance policies, deductibles and premiums, the Camden selectmen, over the outspoken objection of local insurance agencies, voted Tuesday night to move their comprehensive insurance policy to a Maine Municipal Association insurance pool. Town Manager Roger Moody said… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The following is a partial list of the cases processed Aug. 27 through Sept. 2, in the central division of the 5th District Court in Ellsworth. Not included in the listing are traffic violations resulting in fines of less than $100. Garrett L. Read More
    The USS Harkness may be transferred to Maine Maritime Academy to replace the aging training vessel, State of Maine, under a bill amendment co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe. “The current Academy training vessel, State of Maine, while still operational, is showing its age,”… Read More
    Faced with deteriorating weather conditions over the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday, officials of the trans-Atlantic balloon race moved the teams from alert to standby. Race meteorologists in Holland advised against a launch on Wednesday night or Thursday, Don Cameron said at a weather briefing for the… Read More
    The following were indicted Tuesday by the Penobscot County grand jury, which also decided against indictment in one case about which details are unavailable because grand-jury proceedings are confidential by law. Christopher Brunelle, 25, Bangor, two counts of theft. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    A joint city-county effort to expand the parking lot behind the Penobscot County Courthouse and the Bangor police station moved closer to reality Tuesday. The County Commissioners approved the county’s share of the city-proposed project in a unanimous vote of the two commissioners present, allocating… Read More
    The Brewer City Council had more than 50 items to deal with on its agenda Tuesday night. Several important items had to be tabled, partly because councilors were awaiting additional information, and partly because councilors cannot conduct that much business in a single evening. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Not only are high school students drinking, but they’re driving drunk. A survey released Wednesday showed that three-quarters of 11th- and 12th-graders used alcohol in the past year, and driving while under the influence was at least a monthly habit for 14 percent of the boys… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The 200-foot passenger vessel Nantucket Clipper floated free of a ledge off Lasalle Island at 8 p.m. Wednesday, halting evacuation of 81 mostly elderly passengers. The Boston-based passenger ship struck a ledge and ran aground about noon Wednesday on a trip to Camden. Read More
    Straight from Hurricane Andrew relief efforts in Florida and Louisiana, Marilyn Tucker Quayle will stop in Maine Thursday to stump for the Bush-Quayle ’92 campaign in Portland, Clinton and Bangor. Mrs. Quayle will participate in a rally and address students at South Portland High School,… Read More
    Southern Florida will get help from more Maine volunteers this week. Local builders will travel 1,800 miles to Homestead, Fla., Thursday and another Red Cross representative flew to Miami on Tuesday to help Hurricane Andrew victims rebuild their homes and their lives. The tradesmen, housing… Read More
    United Bank of Bangor has named KAREN HAYDEN the manager of its branch in Hampden. Hayden has moved to the Hampden area from Sanford, where she worked for Casco-Northern Bank. LORI L. MARTIN has been promoted to the position of personnel and training officer at… Read More
    I was saddened and troubled by much of what I heard and saw at the Republican National Convention in Houston. Like any quadrennial political event, the convention gave the watching nation plenty of colorful and enthusiastic hoopla. But there was a darker side to the… Read More
    Milton F. Huntington’s letter to the editor (Readers Write, Aug. 27) blasts the Bangor Daily News for its editorial support of the proposed Maine Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) Program (“Cleaner Air,” July 28). In his letter, Huntington, a lobbyist for the Maine Petroleum Association, alleges that your editorial… Read More
    SANTA ANA, Calif. — Despite aggressive efforts to stop soldiers from killing themselves, the Army says suicides among its ranks have increased over the past five years even as the number of troops has dropped. “We really don’t know why,” said Maj. Rick Thomas, an… Read More
    Back to school means back to Girl Scouting for nearly 7,000 girls in eastern and northern Maine. To make sure all girls have the chance to take part in the program, the Abnaki Girl Scout council will hold membership rallies in September in six counties it serves. Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Bicycle Coalition of Maine will hold a rally at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at the State House, for safer roads and other bicycyle safety issues. For information, call the BCM at 865-3636. Read More
    PORTLAND — A Saco man who had recanted his guilty plea changed his mind Wednesday and once again pleaded guilty to abducting a 15-year-old girl, raping her and slashing her throat. David Fleming entered his surprise plea hours after a hearing in which his attorney… Read More
    The Creative Arts Program at the Penobscot Theatre will begin fall classes for ages 12-18 at 4-5:30 p.m. Sept. 10, and ages 5-11 at 4-5:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at 183 Main St. in Bangor. Instructor Tom Logan will teach acting, voice, and stage movement. The… Read More
    U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills parried with Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday over the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). At the conclusion of that round of hearings, two things were obvious: The NAFTA is not the anti-labor, anti-environment demon that free-trade… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is launching a review of its safety standards for mobile homes in the wake of Hurricane Andrew’s demolition of many of those houses. “We’re in the process” of reviewing mobile home safety standards, John C. Weicher,… Read More
    The United Injured Workers of Maine were to meet Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Brewer Auditorium to discuss the latest Workers’ Compensation reform proposal. UIW officials say injured workers face a grave threat from the reform package, which they claim would reduce the benefits of… Read More
    PORTLAND — A sharp increase in managerial jobs, many in the service sector, fueled a wave of migration into Maine during the 1980s, according to the latest census figures. More of the migrants — at least 60,000 — came from Massachusetts than from any other… Read More
    The jailing of Shirley Adamson, the Oakland woman who prefers to be locked up rather than submit a home-schooling plan for her two children, is an example either of pointless martyrdom or gross misunderstanding. Home schooling is a legitimate option that is popular among Maine… Read More
    Contractors have begun preparing a 7-acre site off Hogan Road in Bangor for a Home Quarters Warehouse, a building supplies store. The project was developed by Liberty Group Inc. Six years after acquiring the rights to the property, a 40-acre parcel on Stillwater Avenue behind… Read More