LINCOLN – April Lyons scored two goals to help lead the host Mattanawcook Academy Lynx to a 3-0 field hockey victory over Maranacook of Readfield here Saturday. Sara Minogue had a goal and an assist for the 7-4 Lynx. Raejean Norris had an assist. Kim… Read More
    ORONO – Nellie Fox’s unassisted goal 21:32 into the second half lifted the Mount Desert Island Trojans to a 1-0 schoolgirl soccer victory over Orono Saturday. Jamie Lewis made seven saves on nine shots for the 7-2-1 winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    ITHACA, N.Y. – Nicole Marabella’s goal early in the first half gave host Ithaca College a 1-0 shutout over the University of Southern Maine here Sunday in college field hockey action. For 7-4 Ithaca, Carolyn Ghezzi made the assist and Karen Hollands saved 18 of… Read More
    BALTIMORE – Kevin Mahaney of Bangor, skipper of the U.S. Soling team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, is one of the participants in the Cadillac Columbus International Yacht Race which begins Monday at 1 p.m. in Baltimore’s inner harbor. Eight teams from six countries will… Read More
    Men’s College Soccer Matt Porter, Gary Thompson, and Jason Hill each had a goal and an assist to lead Husson College to a 3-1 win in Bangor over the visiting University of Maine-Fort Kent on Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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    ORONO – It was a game of missed opportunities for the University of Maine and Drexel University field hockey teams as the two schools played to a 1-1 tie here at Lengyel Field on Sunday afternoon. The North Atlantic Conference foes were each looking for… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Coach Paul Withee has spent much of this LTC football season stressing to his Foxcroft Academy players the importance of playing well for the entire 48 minutes. The Ponies didn’t achieve that goal here Saturday afternoon, but Foxcroft Academy did put on a… Read More
    CASTINE – Kevin Piecewicz admitted to being a little surprised when he saw the huge hole open up, but he didn’t hesitate in blasting down the right sideline for a 53-yard touchdown run with 6:51 remaining in the game. The run gave the Massachusetts Maritime… Read More
    In college football games Saturday involving Maine teams, Bowdoin College of Brunswick trounced Amherst (Mass.) 41-0, Middlebury (Vt.) edged Colby College of Waterville 24-23, and Tufts of Medford, Mass., blasted Bates of Lewiston 42-12. Bowdoin 41, Amherst 0 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
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    CAMDEN – Jason Peasley had a hat trick in pacing the undefeated Camden-Rockport Windjammers to a 3-1 victory over Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield in schoolboy soccer action Saturday. For the 11-0 Windjammers, Chris Alyward had an assist. Justin Hovey made three saves on five… Read More
    LEWISTON – The University of Maine rugby club team defeated host Bates College 27-6 here Saturday. For 2-1 Maine, Greg Baker scored two tries to lead the scoring. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
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    NEW YORK – Bill Swift of the San Francisco Giants won the National League ERA title, finishing at 2.08, and Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox won his fourth American League ERA crown, ending at 2.41 as both leagues completed their regular seasons Sunday. Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Mark Smith of Auburn and Betty Snowman of Norway opened the Maine Candlepin Pro Tour with men’s and women’s division victories, respectively, in action over the weekend at the Pittsfield Bowling Center. Smith rolled up a 10-string total of 1,366 and Snowman notched… Read More
    RICHMOND, Va. – You saw the score. Richmond 28, Maine 6. You figured Maine got pushed around pretty good by a suddenly resurgent Spider football team. Nope. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
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    The weekend of Oct. 16-18 is homecoming on the University of Maine campus in Orono. One highlight of that weekend has become the induction of individuals – who have made outstanding contributions to Maine sports – into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame. Read More
    PORTLAND, Maine – The Double-A Baseball Association’s selection of Portland as the site for one of its two expansion franchises has set the stage for the return of minor league baseball to Maine in 1994. The Portland team and the other franchise awarded to New… Read More
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    Being from Down East we usually have two opportunities to see political candidates. One is the Eastport Fourth of July celebration and the other is the Calais International Festival. On both of these occasions the candidates for Congress were there — namely, Rep. Olympia Snowe… Read More
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    BOSTON — Conservationists, profiting from the drop in real estate prices, have been buying thousands of acres in New England they could not have afforded a few years ago. Because of the recession, few developers are vying for the large undeveloped lots coveted by preservationists. Read More
    WASHINGTON — The more the government talks about repealing the luxury tax on boats, the more Michael Wills sees customers deciding not to buy. “It’s worsened the problem,” said Wills, owner of the Harbor Boat Shop in Traverse City, Mich. “They’re basically saying, `We’re interested… Read More
    BLAINE — A Loring Air Force Base woman and her son were injured Sunday morning in a single-car accident on U.S. Route 1 in Blaine. Tammy Smith, 23, and her son, Joshua, 2, were taken by Crown Ambulance to The Aroostook Medical Center in Presque… Read More
    Volunteer effort built the Patten gym more than 40 years ago. Now volunteer effort is being used again to help repair part of the building, with a little financial help from the federal government. The gym was built in 1941 to replace a three-story facility… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Small Business Development Center at the University of Maine at Machias and the Market Development Center of Bangor will offer a workshop on the federal marketplace. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Graham’s Restaurant in Machias. Read More
    EASTPORT — The School Union 104 Chapter I program is offering a reading program for preschoolers and their parents in Eastport, Charlotte, Pembroke and Perry. Chapter I personnel each week will travel to each of the union schools and provide one-hour sessions for 3- to… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — A tattered textbook waved by an East Machias sixth-grader at an education funding task force hearing Saturday spoke volumes about the condition of education in rural Washington County. “All I want is a decent education,” Zeke Gaddis told members of the Task… Read More
    HARRINGTON — County Concrete Co. of Columbia Falls was selected on Friday to construct a new septic system for Narraguagus High School at a bid price of $104,974. Morrill Worcester, president and owner of County Concrete, was notified by Superintendent Joseph White that his bid… Read More
    ADDISON — Elliot Batson wants to serve four area communities by creating a junkyard on a portion of his 100 acres of property in Addison to accept old metal home appliances and old tires from those towns. Batson said Friday that Addison’s selectmen have scheduled… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — Columbus Day will be celebrated on Saturday, Oct. 10, in Cherryfield with aerial fireworks, canoe races, a Ms. Firecracker Pageant and the official sailing of “Christopher Columbus” back to Spain by way of the Narraguagus River. The Fourth of July Committee is sponsoring… Read More
    MILO — Something good is happening in Milo. General assistance requests have dropped 60 percent. Jane Jones, town manager, reported to selectmen at a recent meeting that general assistance requests were down 60.1 percent. She said that when the figure was determined, cold weather had… Read More
    MILO — Emergency telephone services could be costly for the town of Milo. Proposed estimated costs for the 911 emergency telephone system for Milo were presented in a memorandum from Jane Jones, town manager, to members of the board of selectmen. Jones sent copies of… Read More
    SANGERVILLE — A group program for men and women of all ages, titled “Women and Men Together,” will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, beginning Oct. 7, at the First Universalist Church. The group is open to singles, married people and couples. The initial sessions… Read More
    GUILFORD — An eight-hour course on what a person should do to an injured or ill person before an ambulance arrives will be covered in a course offered from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, through Tuesday, Oct. 20 by the SAD 4 Adult Education Division. Read More
    DEXTER — The Dexter Middle School Sports Boosters will sponsor a bottle drive from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 17. Anyone wanting to donate bottles, but who will not be at home, may leave their bottles by their front door or drop them off on Church Street… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Children at the Warsaw Middle School in Pittsfield are participating in the Maine Principals Association fund drive to help the 22 Florida schools damaged by Hurricane Andrew. The Florida schools sustained more than $200 million in damage, and as many as 10,000 Florida children have no… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A reading program at Warsaw Middle School in Pittsfield and Newport Elementary School will benefit individual classrooms in the next seven weeks. The Partners in Excellence Program, sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia, encourages children to sharpen their reading skills and help each classroom earn a set… Read More
    BELFAST — The man who wants to resuscitate the chicken-processing industry has a bone to pick with the city of Belfast. Randy Pitre of Prince Edward Island says he’ll be at Tuesday’s City Council meeting to show “how the roadblocks the city is putting up… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Mid-Coast School of Technology, in cooperation with the Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department, will offer a Maine hunter safety course. This course is mandatory for people acquiring their first adult Maine hunting license. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Three people from Tenants Harbor who were caught red-handed Saturday afternoon breaking into cars at the Owls Head Lighthouse are believed responsible for a rash of smash-and-grab car burglaries in the region this summer, according to the Knox County Sheriff’s Department. Arrested in… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A Rockland man was arrested when he fled from his tear gas-filled home early Sunday morning to end an eight-hour armed standoff with police. After holding Rockland and state police at bay with a pistol since before 8 p.m. Saturday, Roy Allen, 25,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following cases were disposed of Wednesday and Thursday in 6th District Court: Howard A. Crudell, 26, Rockland, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $350, 48 hours in jail, license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — For a Machias family mourning the recent loss of a loved one, the third annual Maine AIDS Walk on Sunday represented a celebration of sorts. Just two days after the death of Donald Fickett Sr., his family drove to Ellsworth to participate in… Read More
    PORTLAND — The Governor’s Task Force to Provide Recommendations Regarding School Funding Issues has identified issues and options for revising the school funding formula and will hold a public hearing from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, at Fifth Street Middle School auditorium, Bangor. Read More
    Orono firefighters were called to the University of Maine campus Saturday afternoon to douse a dormitory fire. No one was injured, but 235 Hart Hall was extensively damaged. About 100 students were evacuated briefly from the dorm after a smoke detector in the room alerted… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Attorney General’s Task Force on the Use of Force will hold a public forum from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Room 113, the State Office Building. Comments on the following issues will be accepted from the public:… Read More
    ORONO — Plans to hire two top town officials have been put on hold until a new town manager is hired, Orono’s interim manager said. During Monday night’s Town Council meeting, town officials will hear a presentation from the Maine Municipal Association on its plans… Read More
    The 101st Air Refueling Wing of the Maine Air National Guard is congratulating itself on being chosen as host for the first nationwide conference since a widespread restructuring of the U.S. Air Force. According to Maj. Bruce Barry, state public-affairs officer, 300 military personnel in… Read More
    All bets are off in what could be a close vote Tuesday in the town of Hermon where residents will decide the fate of a proposed new $12.5 million high school. Polls for the referendum will be open at the municipal building from 8 a.m. Read More
    SEARSMONT — A tense three-hour manhunt through the woods here ended Sunday afternoon with the arrest of a knife-wielding Belfast man for kidnapping, and the rescue of his severely battered victim. Allen Sanborn, 33, was arrested at about 3 p.m. as he tried to cross… Read More
    ORRINGTON — As the harvest moon began to brighten over Payne Gardens, three generations of a small-farm family predicted the sun was about to set on George Bush’s presidency. For the most part, the three Payne men, who talked politics while enclosing the shop away… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Congress has taken final action on a bill to provide funding for continued environmental cleanup and restoration of Loring Air Force Base, according to a statement released Friday by the Maine congressional delegation. The funding was part of the conference report on… Read More
    Each year in the United States fire is responsible for about 5,000 deaths in residences. Much is being done to reduce these numbers, from improvement in building materials and household products to better methods of detecting fires and warning endangered occupants. During National Fire Safety… Read More
    BOSTON — Harvard University and its hospitals said Friday they will insure their 50,000 medical students, doctors, and other health workers against AIDS, paying $100,000 to anyone who gets infected while working. Harvard officials noted that while anxiety about catching AIDS is sometimes high, especially… Read More
    Police have not yet released the name of a man whose partially decomposed body was found Saturday afternoon in a field off Forest Avenue in Fort Fairfield. Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, said Sunday that state police believe the body to… Read More
    Dr. Benjamin Spock is not a fan of cow’s milk as a source of nutrition, but the well-known pediatrician said this weekend that he never recommended its total elimination from all human diets. Cow’s milk has nutritional flaws, Dr. Spock said, especially for infants younger… Read More
    ORONO — The art of reading between the lines of news reports will be the focus of a distinguished lecture Oct. 20 at the University of Maine with Edward S. Herman, mass media and international affairs analyst and author of “Beyond Hypocrisy: Decoding the News in an Age… Read More
    CHINA — Two men died after being thrown from their car in a crash early Sunday, state police said. The driver was identified as Scott B. Allen, 22, of Bingham. The passenger was Shawn Small, 23, of Augusta. The men died of head and neck… Read More
    SOUTH PORTLAND — Firefighters and emergency medical responders will be better able to rescue victims from tall buildings, with “Basic Heights Rescue Train-the-Trainer” programs offered by Maine Fire Training and Education. The two-day sessions will be offered in October at Biddeford, Auburn, Waterville and Orono. Read More
    TORONTO — Canadians vote in a referendum this month that could end a decade of energy-sapping wrangling over the constitution — or begin the process of breaking up the country. Uncertainty over Canada’s stability already has sent the Canadian dollar below 80 U.S. cents for… Read More
    PORTLAND — A survey showing that most Mainers hold out little hope for an improved economy could be bad news for President Bush and the Republican congressional candidates who hope to get elected in the state. The Guy Gannett-Maine Sunday Telegram poll also shows most… Read More
    Democratic congressional challenger Patrick K. McGowan worked to shore up his support among the non-converted Sunday, appearing on an unprecedented live “town meeting” television forum to answer questions from supporters. The inside of the Bangor Motor Inn conference center was a sea of green —… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Maine lawmakers told a federal commission Thursday that the U.S. government must take a more active role in helping communities where the end of the Cold War has wrought economic hardship through decreased military spending. “The state of Maine clearly faces some tremendous… Read More
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    The annual community Apple Festival, sponsored by St. Dunstan’s Church of Ellsworth, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 in the parish hall and on the church grounds on State Street in Ellsworth. An apple press will be producing cider… Read More