ORONO – Amy Oliver scored off an assist by Jen Wlodarski on the first set of overtime penalty corners, lifting Orono to a 2-1 schoolgirl field hockey victory over Old Town in a battle of No. 1 seeds here Wednesday. The Red Riots, ranked No. Read More
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Men’s Soccer PRESQUE ISLE – John Mattola scored two goals here Wednesday to lead the University of Maine-Fort Kent to a 4-2 men’s college soccer victory over Northern Maine Technical College. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
GRAND LAKE STREAM – It hardly seems possible summer is over. Where did it go? More accurately, where was it? It lingered for a few, last hot days; teasing us with what we missed. But, summer is sweet, especially when you remember the days it… Read More
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Boys Soccer HARRINGTON – Bernard Grant scored two goals – the game-tying goal in the second half and game-winning goal with 55 seconds left in overtime – to lift the Lubec Hornets to a 3-2 schoolboy soccer win over host Narraguagus on Wednesday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ORONO – A limited number of standing room only tickets for the University of Maine-Providence hockey games will go on sale Thursday at 8:30 a.m. The season-opening games will be played on Oct. 23-24 at 7 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
One of the hottest golf teams in the Eastern Maine region comes – believe it or not – from Deer Isle-Stonington. The Mariner linksters, under the tutelage of Coach Fred Chase, qualified for their second straight state Class C golf tournament by winning the “C”… Read More
Out and About: In regard to retriever clubs, the newest dog in the kennel, so to speak, is the recently organized “Central Maine Hunting Retriever Club.” You may recall that in July, a group of fetch-dog fanciers snapped a check cord on the well-known Labrador retriever historian, trainer,… Read More
OLD TOWN – A car show, featuring the monster truck “Instigator,” will be held Friday from noon until after the football game on Friday night at Old Town High School, during the Indians Homecoming contest with the Stearns Minutemen. It is estimated that 30 to… Read More
In a year when the Women’s Maine State Golf Association recorded its largest membership ever at 626, past president Julie Green of Bangor officially closed out the 1992 WMSGA season with the best average, at 78.43. In second place was 12-time, and current, WMSGA champion… Read More
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When the Husson College men’s basketball team opens practice Thursday, one of the Braves’ established players will be conspicuously absent. Bobby Campbell, a three-year fixture with the NAIA team in Bangor, said he decided at the end of last season he would forego a fourth… Read More
Women’s Soccer PORTLAND – Julie Mason scored a pair of goals to pace the University of Southern Maine of Gorham to a 6-3 women’s college soccer victory over host Westbrook College here Wednesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
Boys Soccer DEER ISLE – Jesse Grossjean scored three goals and assisted on one to lead the Sumner Tigers to a 6-2 schoolboy soccer victory over the Isle-Stonington Mariners Wednesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Girls Soccer DYER BROOK – Rachel Bishop scored twice to propel host Southern Aroostook to a 4-0 schoolgirl soccer victory over Woodland on Wednesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
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ORONO – University of Maine freshman stopper Conor Ward knew he needed to get his shot around the group of Thomas College players racing out at him. So placement, not power, was the way to go. Ward chipped an 18-yarder over the outstretched hands of… Read More
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Local celebrities on Mount Desert Island and in Bucksport put their reputations on the line recently during two separate fund-raisers, which raised a total of $6,000 for the American Heart Association. Their antics earned tips for “Celebrity Celebration for Heart” raising $3,500 on Mount Desert… Read More
CARIBOU — The Small Business Development Center, a learning center for individuals starting or operating small businesses, has opened at the Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission. Services at the center are offered at no cost to Northern Maine businesses. The center provides a self-contained work… Read More
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WINTERPORT — The seventh annual Winterport Applefest Celebration will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at the Wagner School auditorium with stories and music. Admission is $1 for adults and free for children with adults. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
CARIBOU The following cases were among those processed Sept. 14-25, in 1st District Court by Judge Ronald Daigle: 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
PRESQUE ISLE — A video conference titled “Leadership for the ’90s” will be presented from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Pullen Hall, and at Building 6000 at Loring Air Force Base. A fee will be… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine Women’s Lobby and the Women’s Development Institute of Augusta will hold forums to learn about the problems and issues important to women in Aroostook County. The forums are sponsored by the Augusta groups and the Gender Equity Project at Northern… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Dr. Christine L. Kramer recently joined the medical staff of the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. Kramer is a graduate of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and performed her residency at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor specializing in family practice. Her internship… Read More
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ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Not surprisingly, there were no eager volunteers ready to lick the back of a slug to find out why animals in the wild disdain the lowly creature. But other opportunities to observe the plants and animals in Acadia National Park were… Read More
SMITHFIELD — A water heater was targeted as the possible cause of a house fire in Smithfield Wednesday afternoon. The fire gutted the home of Mark and Laurie Price and their four children on Quaker Lane about 5 p.m. Smithfield Fire Chief Ken Salley Jr. Read More
WINTERPORT — If residents are displeased with the existing shoreland ordinance, now is the time to propose amendments for change. The letter the planning board recently mailed to Winterport property owners recently explaining regulations and restrictions that may have been imposed on the use of… Read More
A fifth-place win over 35 teams in national competition is considered a major coup for a team of waste-water facility operators from Maine. The Maine Force, a five-member team from across the state, returned last week from New Orleans and the National Wastewater Olympics. Sponsored… Read More
Wary of setting the precedent for unregulated growth of St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor city councilors on Wednesday night returned to the Planning Board a proposal by a hospital affiliate to convert a house it owns on Congress Street to offices. Hospital officials sought a zone… Read More
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CAMDEN — An interesting race is developing in Senate District 21 to replace veteran legislator Linda Brawn. Popular Jack McCormick, who served as Rockport selectman and one term in the Legislature and lost a primary effort for Congress, would seem to be the favorite, at least on paper. Read More
A field of 70 applicants has been trimmed down to 12 finalists who will vie to replace Elizabeth “Scottie” Bell as president of the Greater Bangor Chamber of Commerce. According to John McCatherin, local spokesman for New England Telephone Co. and chairman of the chamber’s… Read More
ELLSWORTH — There may not be a big enough bow to wrap around this Christmas present. The non-profit Washington-Hancock Community Agency is sponsoring the construction of a house that will be sold to a qualified area family for less than $50,000. The agency hopes to… Read More
OWLS HEAD — Flying from Portland to Owls Head the other day in a B-24, I thought not so much about the machine as about the men who flew it into combat half a century ago. As a machine, the workhorse bomber of World War… Read More
BELFAST — A Troy man, accused of setting fire to his house and heading north to Alaska with the insurance money, went on trial Wednesday in Waldo County Superior Court. James N. Flynn, 46, is charged with arson and theft by deception for making a… Read More
BUCKSPORT — A kitchen fire in a five-unit apartment house kept Bucksport firefighters busy all afternoon Wednesday and forced tenants to make new housing arrangements. Bucksport Fire Chief Gene Weston said the fire at 7 Buck St. was reported at 12:51 p.m. by a tenant… Read More
Secretary of State Bill Diamond was at Brewer High School Wednesday to register students of legal age to vote. This is part of a statewide registration project. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
A caption with a photograph of a Bangor swimmer in the sports section of Midweek Wednesday contained an error. The swimmer pictured is Meaghan Lee, not Meaghan Lane, as reported. Read More
BLUE HILL — Adrian Leach and his parents will board a plane next month and fly to Michigan where the 5-year-old will undergo major surgery to correct a life-threatening condition. Ann Leach, the boy’s mother, said that doctors at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor… Read More
Brewer Police Chief Eugene Fizell met Monday with 10 Brewer youths who showed up unexpectedly at the police station, with their skateboards in hand, to take the chief up on his published offer in Monday morning’s Bangor Daily News to help them find a location for their sport. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The United Way of Aroostook has selected Maine Mutual Fire Insurance Co. to set the pace for its fall fund-raising campaign. The insurance company was selected because of innovative techniques, commitment to the United Way of Aroostook and a willingness to lead,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Central Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District will coordinate a pesticide container recycling program Oct. 19-27, at several sites in Aroostook County. Pesticide containers will be granulated on the following schedule: from noon to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, Nutrite Building,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Congress recently approved funding for a new railroad loading dock at Presque Isle and studies for three reuse options at Loring Air Force Base. The total funding is $2.2 million. The announcement was made in a statement earlier this week by the… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — State utility regulators were told Tuesday that Maine Public Service Co. should not be allowed to raise rates. Despite an agreement between the company and other parties that proposed a lower increase than previously requested, testimony offered during hearings by the Maine… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Dr. Holly Arato, a family practitioner, will join the staff of Aroostook Family Practice of Presque Isle on Thursday, Oct. 1. Arato and her husband, Chris, have three children and reside in Fort Fairfield. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The 1993 National Merit Scholarship Program has named Matthew Belden, Jason Hoggatt, Jason Johnston, Penny Paul and Tammy Pelli as outstanding students at Presque Isle High School. About 35,000 students throughout the nation were honored for outstanding performance on the 1991 Preliminary… Read More
FORT KENT — Elena Carpenter, daughter of Alice and George Carpenter of Fort Kent, became the third girl in the St. John Valley to earn the Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting. For a service project, Carpenter worked with the Literacy Volunteers of… Read More
CARIBOU — The City Council on Monday rescinded a vote taken in July to hire the R.W. Beck Co. to appraise taxable property owned by Maine Public Service Co. City Manager Richard C. Mattila said Tuesday a disagreement arose when the city presented the utility… Read More
JONESBORO — Northern Maine Construction Co. of Hermon submitted the apparent low bid Wednesday to renovate the Jonesboro Town Hall. The company submitted a bid of $134,800. At the formal bid opening at 2 p.m. Wednesday, the selectmen also received a high bid of $144,362… Read More
GRAND LAKE STREAM — The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, to review the subdivision the Georgia-Pacific Corp. has proposed for Township 27. Questions about the proposed subdivision have been raised by members of the… Read More
MILBRIDGE — The Outstanding Contribution Award, the most prestigious award given in the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Take Pride in America program, was accepted Wednesday by Ralph S. Widrig of Steuben. Widrig, 64, was presented the award at a brief morning ceremony at Petit… Read More
The narrow victory French voters recently gave the concept of Europe ’92 should not threaten the move toward a federated European Community, a German consul general said Tuesday. Only 51 percent of the voters supported the Maastricht Treaty in a nationwide referendum. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
GUILFORD — A small-business workshop designed for those thinking about starting their own business and those now operating their own business will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 and Oct. 21, at Piscataquis Community High School. Sponsored by the SAD 4 Adult Education… Read More
GUILFORD — An all-terrain-vehicle safety workshop will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Piscataquis Community High School, sponsored by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in cooperation with the SAD 4 Adult Education Division. The class, which… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Christmas tree trims and other decorations will be the topic of a six-week program sponsored by the SAD 68 Adult Education program. Participants will learn from Ellen Dow how to make tree trims, window-box treatments and lawn decorations. The program will be offered… Read More
MILO — The Skateway Roller Rink in Milo, owned and operated by Dorothy and Alfred Gray, is one of the first businesses to join the fund-raising efforts to help send a young cancer victim to Disney World. A “Sleep Over for Tammy” will be held… Read More
MILO — The town of Milo will be ready for winter by Friday. Selectmen approved a municipal lease for a 1992 International 4900-Series plow truck at a meeting on Tuesday. Purchase price of the vehicle is $32,530. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
PALMYRA — As a direct result of their successful recycling program, Palmyra voters decided last March that an every-other-week pickup of their trash would begin this fall. This move, they were told, would save trash-collection costs and encourage additional recycling. The program was refined Wednesday… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — State utility regulators were told Tuesday that Maine Public Service Co. should not be allowed to raise rates. Despite an agreement between the company and other parties that proposed a lower increase than previously requested, testimony offered during hearings by the Maine… Read More
DEXTER — Teaching skills so that students can lead healthy and productive lives is the goal of Dexter Regional High School teacher Kathy Jablonski, who recently was named Home Economics Teacher of the Year by the Maine Home Economics Association. While traditional home economics classes… Read More
WATERVILLE — The fifth annual luncheon for Women Veterans and Women in Military Service will be held at noon Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Holiday Inn, Main Street, Waterville. The event is sponsored by Maine Unit 41, Waves National. Registration will be at 10 a.m., with programs to… Read More
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GREENVILLE — Tarun Johns, a science teacher at Greenville High School, discussed her experiences in the western United States and Canada, at a Tuesday, Sept. 29 meeting of the Piscataquis County Retired Teachers Association. Johns, who was on leave from her teaching duties for a… Read More
MONSON — A hunter safety course will be offered from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20; Thursday, Oct. 22; and Friday, Oct. 23, at Monson Elementary School. The course is offered by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in connection with the… Read More
ROCKLAND — Eileen Rackliff, treasurer of the Maine Lobster Festival, reported Tuesday night that this year’s festival netted $25,140, the largest amount earned in recent years. Her report was presented to the festival’s board fo directors. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BROWNVILLE — The Brownville Parent-Teacher Association held its first meeting of the school year Tuesday in the school library. Elected to lead the organization were Lisa Perkins and Lynn Gerrish. Members voted to give each teacher at Brownville Elementary School $50 to spend on classroom… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Mid-Coast Branch of the American Association of University Women will consider “Women and the Elections” at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at the Rockland Congregational Church. The speaker will be Barbara Reinertsen of Bath, who is a panelist on the weekly television show “Mainely Issues.”… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education program will offer a course in adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Those completing the program will be awarded an American Heart Association certificate. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BELFAST — The Pre-Columbus Day Parade Committee will hold a People’s Parade on Main Street at noon to express disagreement with U.S. policy and treatment of indigenous people. Call 338-5634 to join the parade. Later, the movie “Incident at Oglala” will be shown at 3… Read More
ROCKLAND — Juries have awarded no damages in four damage suits filed in Knox County Superior Court recently. On Sept. 28, a Knox County jury deliberated 37 minutes before it voted 7-1 to award no damages to Linda M. Kennedy of Rockland who filed a… Read More
Ellsworth High School Three art students from Ellsworth High School will travel from the Portland School of Art to Massachusetts College of Art in Boston on Oct. 3. Students Andres Rave, Chris Lynch and Eric Kuhn will present their portfolios to representatives and critics of… Read More
People wanting to run for the office of district supervisor for the Penobscot County Soil and Water Conservation District may contact the District Office at 970 Illinois Ave., Bangor, or call 941-8973, to obtain nomination papers. The district is a local organization of volunteer supervisors… Read More
An informal gathering to support Republican candidates in southern Penobscot County will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the home of Robert Yackobitz in Wendy Acres, Hermon. County Commissioner Tom Davis, Senate candidate Gary Merrill, House candidate G. Clifton Eames,… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine labor leaders and their political allies Wednesday blasted federal programs they said have paved the way for U.S. manufacturers to transfer production to low-wage countries in Central America and the Caribbean. Bush administration critics released a report which claimed that the U.S. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A number of Aroostook County potato growers are looking for a place to store their abundant crop. Others who didn’t fare as well are sharing their storage spaces. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
GLENBURN — No one was injured, but a family was left homeless and a pet cat may have been lost in a Wednesday afternoon fire at the Oxbow Road home of Dan and Rebecca Dauphinee. Assistant Fire Chief Alvin Parsons said the home was destroyed… Read More
More than 17.1 million pounds of toxic chemicals were released to Maine’s air, water and land during 1990, according to a study by Citizens Fund and the Maine People’s Alliance. The study included toxics that were released as a routine part of the manufacturing process… Read More
CARIBOU — The Save Loring Committee decided Wednesday to appeal a federal judge’s rejection of a lawsuit that would have challenged a federal commission’s recommendation to close Loring Air Force Base. Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision, U.S. District Judge Morton A. Brody ruled that… Read More
President George Bush delivered last week on one point of his Detroit economic speech, keeping a promise to offer legislation that would cut salaries for top Washington officials. The question voters should be asking, however, is whether anyone’s time spent on such legislation is worth the investment. Read More
Even after Ross Perot announced that he would not enter the presidential campaign last July, he continued to spend $7,500 per month in Maine to keep his name before voters, state coordinator Stephen Bost confirmed Wednesday. Nationally, Perot spent $4 million during the month of… Read More
U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe expressed delight Tuesday that a USA Today News Service analysis showed her among the lowest spenders in the U.S. House last year. In the survey, Snowe ranked 330 out of 435 — the lower figure representing the lowest spender —… Read More
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday easily sustained President Bush’s veto of a bill requiring many businesses to give their workers time off in family emergencies. Democrats pledged to redouble efforts to make “family leave” a major issue in the campaign for the White House. Read More
A question that is often asked is, how are the stars counted? The answer is that, with more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone, it is a physical impossibility to count them all. Yet astronomers need to have some sort of celestial census to conduct their… Read More
AUGUSTA — A panel representing diverse interests Wednesday capped six months of difficult negotiations as it unanimously approved rules setting into motion a new transportation policy for Maine. The Transportation Policy Advisory Committee broke into applause after it approved the rules by a 21-0 vote. Read More
JAY — The National Labor Relations Board is planning to conduct a hearing into charges that International Paper Co. unlawfully interfered with an election in which workers voted to oust two unions. The board is trying to schedule a date for the hearings in late… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — McCain Foods Inc. has been fined $243,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for several violations, including one that resulted in the death of an employee at a Presque Isle plant. A man was killed in April when he was pulled… Read More
BERWICK — While a Maine company ponders whether to expand in its home state or in New Hampshire, the governors of the two states are competing for the 350 new jobs. On Monday, New Hampshire Gov. Judd Gregg plans to travel to Berwick to talk… Read More
AUGUSTA — The state’s unemployment rate rose 0.5 percentage point in August, the Maine Labor Department said Wednesday. August’s seasonally adjusted rate was 6.9 percent in the state, compared to the national figure of 7.6 percent. July’s national rate was 0.1 percentage point higher. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Mainers drink a lot of milk. In fact, for years Maine people have consumed more milk per capita than people in any other state in the country. Needless to say there was a strong Maine reaction Wednesday to Dr. Benjamin Spock’s statement on Tuesday that… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — A New Brunswick judge has approved the purchase of the largest industry in the village of McAdam, to an American company that plans to dismantle and move it. Folks there are fighting mad. Frank Carroll, the mayor of McAdam, said the… Read More
Maine’s congressional delegation says projects around the state will share millions of federal dollars, including a new railroad dock for potato growers in Presque Isle, a new science center at the University of Maine, downtown improvements in Lewiston and studies of the Maine coast. Those… Read More
Poor Mel Gibson. Apparently he was working too hard as both director and star of “Man Without A Face,” the movie he’s filming in Maine, to take a social studies lesson about the state before he stepped foot in it. “I’m surprised how civilized it… Read More
WASHINGTON — Congress Wednesday approved spending $14 million for purchasing and protecting land in New England, more than tripling the amount President Bush requested. The purchases would protect parcels ranging from Cape Cod and Block Island to the White Mountains and Acadia National Park. Bush… Read More
PORTLAND — Like a rejected lobster sent back to the kitchen, a Maine-inspired painting included in a series of ads for Absolut vodka had to be redone by the artist because the lobster came out wrong. It was cooked. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have charged two Baileyville men with attempted murder and aggravated assault in connection with an alleged attack on a third Baileyville man that occurred near St. Stephen, New Brunswick. A spokesman for the Provincial Court in St. Stephen… Read More