COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Edward Stanhope of Auburn, a Maine National Guard helicopter pilot and aspirant to the 1996 Olympics in shooting, coached the U.S. Shooting Team 1992 Running Target Masters Camp held recently at the U.S. Olympic Training Center here. The camp was designed… Read More
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    OLD TOWN – Randy O’Leary had waited for this moment; his moment in his last regular-season home game in front of his family and friends. The 5-foot-6 senior reserve tailback rolled up 154 yards on 21 carries and scored all three of Old Town High… Read More
    ORONO – The record-setting crowd of 5,442 in a newly-renovated Alfond Arena saw some fireworks from their new-look team. The fireworks came in the second period as Maine erupted for six unanswered goals en route to a season-opening 9-3 Hockey East victory over the Providence… Read More
    Spotlighting Saturday’s local schoolboy football action: Bucksport (4-3) vs. Rockland (0-7) at Rockland, 1 p.m.: The Tigers try to break into the win column against the improving Golden Bucks. Bucksport continues its drive into the playoffs behind junior QB Peter Kenny, who has thrown for… Read More
    When undefeated World Boxing Association lightweight champion Joey Gamache of Lewiston looks at challenger Tony Lopez of Sacramento, Calif., this is what he sees: “I see a guy who is always looking for the knockout,” said Gamache. “Because of that, he takes a lot of… Read More
    Adam Hapworth, the Lawrence High School freshman football player who suffered a serious head injury during a Thursday afternoon game, was still in the intensive care unit at Mid-Maine Medical Center a day after undergoing brain surgery on Thursday night. According to a nursing supervisor… Read More
    HAMPDEN – The Winslow Black Raiders found out early on here Friday night that Hampden Academy was going to give them a stiff test. Yet, Coach Mike Siviski’s team possessed one key element the Broncos didn’t have – the big play. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    The Bucksport Golden Bucks rolled past the Rockland Tigers 30-6, the Mount Desert Island Trojans shut out the Belfast Lions 20-0, and the Stearns Minutemen held off the Messalonskee Eagles 12-0 during LTC football action Friday night. In other LTC games, the Winslow Black Raiders… Read More
    MAINE vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE Time, site: Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Brackett Field, Durham, N.H. 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… Read More
    University of Maine women’s basketball coach Joanne Palombo’s first recruiting class will definitely address one of the Black Bears’ biggest needs for upcoming seasons – height. Palombo has received verbal commitments from a pair of frontcourt players who plan on bringing their basketball talents to… Read More
    BDN Charities Running Series Points Standings Men’s Leaders Overall: Tim Wakeland, 38; Roy “Chuck” Morris, 35; Michael Gaige, 25; Shaun Keenan, 24; Glendon Rand, 23 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    Senior quarterback John Tennett passed for three touchdowns to help the Bangor Rams roll past the Oxford Hills of South Paris 37-14 to highlight Pine Tree Conference football action Friday night. In other PTC games, the Cony Rams of Augusta defeated the Brunswick Dragons 31-7,… Read More
    The girls cross country team from Mattanawcook Academy in Lincoln is gunning for its second straight regional title Saturday, but the road to crown will be a little rockier this year. After the regional meet was expanded from one of three in the state to… Read More
    Tony Lopez remembers vividly the first time he defended the International Boxing Federation junior lightweight world title he won back in 1988. It wasn’t pretty. “I was so damn nervous about how I was going to look in front of all the people I knew,… Read More
    Women’s College Soccer FARMINGTON – Debbie Gagnon had a pair of goals in the first half to pave the way for the University of Maine-Farmington’s 5-2 women’s soccer win over University of Maine-Presque Isle here Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    Men’s College Soccer Northern Maine Technical College of Presque Isle regained the soccer championship in the Maine Small College Conference with a 1-0 victory over Southern Maine Tech of South Portland at the Eastern Maine Tech field in Bangor Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    Former University of Maine All-American defenseman Bob Beers will probably be playing his last few games in the Boston Bruins organization this weekend when he mans the blue line for the Providence Bruins against Rochester on Friday and New Haven on Sunday. Beers, who is… Read More
    AT GORHAM Little East Conference Championship U-Mass Dartmouth men 27, Univ. Southern Maine 46, Eastern Conn. State Univ. 55, Rhode Island College 100, U-Mass Boston didn’t field full team googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    There was one upset and the rest of the top seeds held true Friday during Eastern Maine quarterfinal field hockey action as Gardiner, Lawrence of Fairfield, Orono, and Hall-Dale of Hallowell all recorded victories. The seventh-seeded Gardiner Tigers needed two overtimes before prevailing over No. Read More
    Downeast Athletic Conference Semifinals AT CALAIS No. 2 Calais (12-2) def. No. 3 Machias (10-4) 15-8, 8-15, 2-15, 15-0, 15-12 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
    BURLINGTON, Vt. – Jody Castonguay’s goal off a penalty corner with 1:40 left in the first half gave the University of Maine Black Bears a 1-0 victory over the University of Vermont Catamounts in field hockey action Friday. Tammy Barrows and Lesa Densmore assisted on… Read More
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    POLITICS: Democrat; elected 1990 with 63 percent of Maine’s 1st District vote; Maine House of Representatives, 1982-84; Maine Senate, 1985-1990; PERSONAL: born March 22, 1953, at North Easton, Mass.; graduate Bowdoin College, 1976; Unitarian; wife, Debra. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    Seven local youths are trying to raise money to cover a one-week tree-planting mission and educational tour of Spain. The youths are either home-school students or students in local high schools, and most belong to 4-H clubs. They are trying to raise $9,600 to cover… Read More
    One challenger promises economic pain. Another pledges fiscal fairness. The incumbent accuses both of exaggerating America’s problems, which he says can be fixed without new taxes or large-scale federal tinkering. Incumbent George Bush believes that the U.S. economy is fundamentally sound and will emerge from… Read More
    POLITICS: Democrat; came within 1 percentage point of defeating U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe in 1990; served in the Legislature 1981-1990. PERSONAL: born April 10, 1956, in Bangor; graduate University of Maine at Farmington, 1977; Protestant; wife, Bonnie; three children, Chelsea, Brady and Katie. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    MADAWASKA — Rep. Edward McHenry was defeated in the Democratic June primary by newcomer Douglas Ahearn of Madawaska. McHenry is bitter, not at the loss but because he has been shunned since then by Democrats and the Maine AFL-CIO, for which he was legislative strongman for nine terms. Read More
    POLITICS: Republican, although was a Democrat in college, ran for 1st District congressional seat in 1988, but was defeated in primary by Ted O’Meara. PERSONAL: Born April 28, 1941, Waynefleet School, attended Antioch College, married to Donald L. Folkers, three grown children, born-again Christian. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    POLITICS: Green Party; no electoral experience. PERSONAL: born March 3, 1951, at New Canaan, Conn; bachelor’s degree in psychology from Williams College; master’s degree in botany from University of New Hampshire; doctoral work at the University of Maine; Unitarian; wife, Dorothy; two children, Jared and… Read More
    GARDINER — Officials at Hyde School agreed to continue an experimental curriculum program at Gardiner Area High School one day after they had suspended it. The 120 students participating in the Gardiner-Hyde program are required to play sports, perform in at least one musical production… Read More
    Besides the economy, perhaps no other issue this election year will have the litmus-test status now enjoyed by the health-care proposals hawked by the respective candidates. In Maine, figures show that 130,000 people are without access to health care. Another 90,000 say they don’t have… Read More
    From Maine Yankee and hydroelectric projects to experimental windmills and a proposal for a coal-burning plant in Bucksport, energy use has been a statewide issue for generations. How far should the government go in controlling energy use? Does the United States rely too much on foreign oil? The… Read More
    HERMON — No injuries were reported, but a car was demolished Friday in a collision with a pickup truck whose driver reportedly was distracted by nearby construction work. George Bischoff, 71, of Hermon was headed east on Route 2 and was turning left into the… Read More
    GILEAD — Student leaders from Hampden, Katahdin, Penobscot Valley and Richmond high schools joined with the Maine Army National Guard Friday through Sunday in the “Young Leaders Trend Setters Program,” focused on self-awareness, leadership enhancement and team building. A new part of the program this… Read More
    GREENBUSH — The selectmen held a public hearing last week for the Sportsman’s Country Restaurant on Route 2, which was seeking a victualer’s license. According to Town Manager Robert Littlefield, the business had closed but is reopening under the new management of Rose White of… Read More
    Maine communities are working hard for passage of a constitutional amendment that would protect them from unfunded state mandates. The last question on the referendum ballot Nov. 3 asks voters whether the Maine Constitution should be amended to force the state to pay for mandates… Read More
    Maine sportsmen are rallying around a proposed amendment to the Maine Constitution that offers the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife protection from the budget knife. Question 8 asks if voters favor amending the Constitution to protect the money collected by the department through the… Read More
    Question 7 on the referendum ballot would clarify the order of succession for Maine’s treasurer and secretary of state by amending the state’s Constitution. It asks voters to amend the Constitution to allow the deputy treasurer and deputy secretary of state to fill the position until the Legislature… Read More
    After suffering defeat at the hands of Maine voters a year ago, proponents have resurrected the question — a $10 million bond issue to provide money for towns coping with growing trash problems. Question 1 on the referendum ballot Election Day asks voters whether they… Read More
    HUDSON — The Hudson Planning Board met recently with the selectmen, the tax assessor, the code enforcement officer and the local plumbing inspector to review town land use enforcement procedures, and to find ways to avoid duplication between various town officials. Hudson, complying with a… Read More
    NEWPORT — Ave Maria Dover of Newport says she is running for Senate District 9 as an independent “for the working man and woman.” “The voice of the people is not being heard. Gary Merrill and Chuck Cianchette (her opponents) have their own agenda —… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Maine Potato Growers Inc., a farmers’ cooperative formed in 1932 by a group of growers seeking to improve their economic well-being, celebrated its 60th anniversary Thursday. Tribute was paid to Frank W. Hussey, 90, of Presque Isle, the last member of the… Read More
    Ghent Holdsworth II of Caribou and James Wirbal of Presque Isle are recipients of $500 scholarships through the Joseph Unobskey Memorial-Bangor Mall Merchants Association Scholarship Fund for students in business management, marketing, retailing or related studies in their junior or senior college year. Read More
    EASTON — Voters in District 144 may choose Nov. 3 between two legislative candidates who have their roots in agriculture. Incumbent state Rep. B. Carolyne T. Mahany, a Democrat, has served in the Maine House of Representatives since 1983. Her Republican challenger, Richard Kneeland, has… Read More
    FORT KENT — Education, intervention and prevention were the aims of activities conducted to observe Domestic Violence Awareness Month at the University of Maine at Fort Kent last week. Events on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday were a joint venture of UMFK’s residential life and academic… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Maine State Police and the Small Business Development Center at the University of Maine at Machias will offer a workshop titled “Prevention vs. Prosecution,” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in Room 109, at the UMM Science Building. The session… Read More
    MACHIAS –The Unified School Association (USA) parent-teacher support group of Machias will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Cheryl Fernald’s fifth-grade classroom at Rose M. Gaffney School. Speakers will include Mike Morgan, guidance counselor at the school, and James Weggler,… Read More
    CALAIS — If we could ask the late James Shepherd Pike, a noted Calais abolitionist and writer, where he would like his stone watering trough located, what would he say? Pike used the trough to water his horse during trips from his home in Robbinston to Calais. Read More
    MACHIAS — As its name implies, the 1,000-student University of Maine at Machias campus is within the geographical limits of Machias. But at least one selectman feels the campus should remain jurisdictionally separate from the town. UMM President Paul Nordstrom met with selectmen Thursday to… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Registration for the next session of swim classes is under way at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA. The seven-week session will operate from Monday, Nov. 2, through Saturday, Dec. 19. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA will sponsor a Haunted House and Halloween party from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the YMCA. The Haunted House will be open the entire time. Snacks and punch will be served. The party will include games… Read More
    GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community High School will join 69 other locations in Maine to offer four degree programs through the University of Maine at Augusta. Richard J. Randall, provost at the university, said the four degrees would include an associate degree in business administration, an… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Their backgrounds are diversified — one has several years’ experience in education while the other has several years’ experience in municipal government. Lou Golob, a private contractor, and Ruel Cross, a retired municipal official, are vying to represent House District 106 which encompasses… Read More
    WELLINGTON — All 11 pupils at Wellington Elementary School were lined up to shake the hand of a retired general in the French armored division Friday. Instead, retired Gen. Jean Razy of Versailles, France, greeted each pupil with a kiss on the head. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Alton “Chuck” Cianchette of Palmyra has targeted an ailing and failing government administration and Legislature in his year-long campaign for the State Senate to represent District 9. The 62-year-old Democrat is past president of Cianbro Corporation, the largest construction company in the state, a business… Read More
    John Brown, a Greenville business owner, will lead festivities early Tuesday, Oct. 27, when a newly equipped VIA Rail Canada passenger train pulls in at the depot at Greenville Junction at 1:45 a.m. Brown said plans were under way for people who plan to greet… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The Central Maine Egg Festival will kick-off its third decade in 1993 with a foray into the future. The festival theme will be the television series Star Trek and the Starship Enterprise. A play on words utilizing Star Trek and the festival’s 21st year offers this… Read More
    THOMASTON — The Chamber Theatre of Maine will offer a subscription series for its coming theatrical season at Watts Hall in Thomaston. The initiation of a three-year residency at this historic midcoast venue will allow theater goers to guarantee admission to all three CTM productions… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Mid-Maine Medical Center’s Maternity Care education program will conduct a series of “Healthy Babies, New Parents” classes from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, from Oct. 29 to Nov. 19. The three-session evening program will help expectant and new parents to understand their developing children through… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Water-supply problems in Pittsfield may be non-existent by this time next year. On Friday, Town Manager Dwight Dogherty learned that $1 million had been awarded by the Rural Development Administration to fund development of a new water source. The funds are a result… Read More
    CORNVILLE — Gary Merrill of Cornville, Republican candidate for Maine Senate District 9, says that voters looking for a change in the leadership in state government and a reversal of the downward spiral of Maine’s economy should look toward creating more balance in Augusta between the two major… Read More
    STETSON — The most striking thing about independent Leonard Robinson’s campaign for the District 9 Senate seat is his lack of campaign spending. Robinson has spent $3.80 to date, for photocopies. Robinson’s opponents in the race, Ave Maria Dover, and Alton “Chuck” Cianchette spent a… Read More
    Councilor Larry Doughty introduced an order at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting to take inspections under the 101 Life Safety Code away from the captain in the fire department and turn it over to the code enforcement officer. By taking those duties out of the… Read More
    The three Second Congressional District candidates will attend a public forum at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Pilot’s Grill in Bangor. Republican U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe, Democrat Patrick A. McGowan, and Green Party Candidate Jonathan Carter will present their views on three topics:… Read More
    Two years ago Sen. John Baldacci, D-Bangor, and Republican N. Laurence Willey waged a brutal campaign for the Maine Senate. This year they have avoided attacking each other. “The big thing is, my campaign has been extremely positive,” Willey said. “There’s no negative campaigning. I… Read More
    The “Cram the Rams” display published in the Oct. 21 Midweek did not win the overall Homecoming tailgate competition at the University of Maine. The display won the “Beat Rhode Island” portion of the competition. The overall winner was a tailgate display by the alumni and spouses of… Read More
    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Stephen Rondeau of Bangor, charged this week in Florida with international espionage, was “a successful recruiter,” according to an Army spokesman. Rondeau, 29, was assigned to Bangor as an Army recruiter in November 1989. It was his first recruiting assignment,… Read More
    This long and winding presidential campaign will be mercifully over in less than two weeks. It’s been great entertainment, and even a bit educational, but won’t we be glad when it’s over? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    ORONO — Aphid insect specimens that even the Smithsonian Institution wanted, but could not obtain, will be lent to Canadian entomologists by the University of Maine to aid in research. The specimens were collected and cataloged at the University of Maine from 1905, mostly by… Read More
    Despair not, my fellow Americans. In another 10 days your immediate problem of picking a president will be resolved and you can get down to the business of tackling the larger problem of how to survive with the winner while keeping one hand securely tied to your wallet… Read More
    Voters who can tune out the angry television ads and dodge the mud-slinging of the 1st Congressional Distrct race will find two candidates earnest but opposite in their beliefs of how government should be run. Tom Andrews and Linda Bean both have waged high energy, at times vitriolic,… Read More
    ORONO — The Study Abroad Fair will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Bangor and Sutton lounges and the FAA room, Memorial Union, University of Maine, and is free to all students, including those in high school. Information about study abroad… Read More
    The 1992 Thomas P. Kane Awards have been judged and are ready for presentation at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the University of Maine Wells Commons. The Kane Awards recognize creative excellence in advertising and marketing, said WLBZ-TV’s Barb Brown Dalton, chairman of the… Read More
    Last spring, when many were predicting the demise of Rep. Olympia J Snowe, I wrote that her political swan song might be the ballad, “What I Did for Love.” Her marriage to one of the nation’s most unpopular governors, I concluded, might turn out to be the straw… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Sen. George J. Mitchell will speak at a ceremony for Very Special Arts at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, at the State House Hall of Flags. The program is for disabled children. The ceremony will recognize students who submitted artwork for an exhibition… Read More
    ORONO — Gary Sick, author of “October Surprise,” which precipitated “Irangate” and the congressional investigation of the Bush administration, will speak at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, at the University of Maine. Sick was a former member of the National Security Council under presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan… Read More
    The Bangor-Waterville Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants will hold a seminar on employee benefits from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Ramada Inn. The cost is $50 for IMA members; $75 for non-members. Call Dale Mower at 947-6751 or 1-800-873-4478 for information. Read More
    SACO — The Maine Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Cascade Inn, Route 1. There will be a social hour, dinner and presentation by Charles J. Behounek of the Portland Pipeline Co. Cost is $16 with… Read More
    The highest honor of Scottish Rite Freemasonry will be conferred on several Maine men next year, as a result of elections held at the annual Supreme Council of Scottish Rite for the 15 Northeastern and Midwestern states Sept. 30 in Chicago. Donald B. Wiswell of… Read More
    HOULTON — A Houlton man was charged with murder Friday morning in the strangulation death of his girlfriend. Paul Gray, 46, was charged with killing Betty Curliss, 42, in a second-floor apartment at the Kendall Street Apartments in Houlton. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    WASHINGTON — A defect in a third chromosome has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a discovery that shows there may be a variety of biological pathways leading to the brain disease afflicting 4 million Americans. University of Washington researchers studying a form of Alzheimer’s that… Read More
    The Cole Land Transportation Museum will admit veterans and military personnel and their families free from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11. Adults pay $1; all children are admitted free. Galen Cole will receive the Maine Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge… Read More