AMHERST, Mass. – Every University of Maine football fan has had the dream. In the dream, Maine takes on a nationally-ranked opponent with a big reputation. Only for some reason the high-falutin’ team is incapable of throwing the football. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Men’s College Basketball PRESQUE ISLE – Raymond Alley scored 21 points and Scott Brown put in 19 to lead the Husson College Braves past the University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls 82-72 for the Star City Invitational title in men’s basketball action Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
FAIRFIELD – The sign above the exit of the Lawrence High School football team’s locker room reads:”It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Saturday, the Lawrence “Dogs” showed how true that adage is… Read More
WMEB College Hockey Media Poll (First-place votes in parenthesis) 1. Maine (12), 6-0-1 120 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
AT BURLINGTON, Vt. UConn men 99, Maine 41 200 medley relay: Conn. (Trudell, Zakizewski, Govoni, Coady), Maine (Springer, Maximov, Marshall, Small); UConn; T-1:37.38 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
College Football WESTFIELD, Mass. – Tailback Tim Lightfoot rushed for school records of 255 yards on 43 carries, scoring two touchdowns as Westfield State took a 22-13 victory over Maine Maritime Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
Women’s College Basketball PRESQUE ISLE – Kristi Wildman scored 22 points to help the Husson College Braves roll past the University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls 77-42 for the championship of the Star City Shootout in women’s basketball action Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
ORONO – So many players. So few minutes. That would appear to be the pleasant dilemma facing University of Maine men’s basketball coach Rudy Keeling in the wake of Sunday’s Blue-White scrimmage in front of several hundred fans at the Memorial Gym. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
South Portland, Wells and Livermore Falls captured Western Maine football titles on Saturday, earning the right to play in this week’s state championship games. The Red Riots earned the Class A crown with a thrilling 41-36 victory over Biddeford, the Warriors ousted Mountain Valley of… Read More
Women’s College Basketball The University of Maine-Farmington women’s basketball team won its first two games of the regular season with a 67-58 victory over Lyndon State College at Lyndonville, Vt., Sunday and a 66-37 win over Johnson State College at Johnson, Vt., Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
WINSLOW – Mike Siviski’s greatest fear was that his Winslow team would not be able to keep the football away from the Orono offense during Saturday’s LTC Class B championship game. Orono had the ball for 28 minutes to Winslow’s 20. Ultimately, the Red Riots’… Read More
MILLINOCKET – Stearns High School Coach David Evans stood outside his team’s locker room and, one by one, watched his players make their way inside. “What people don’t realize is how great this football team really is,” Evans said. “I’m not an easy coach. I… Read More
ORONO – Merrimack College senior goalie Mike Doneghey joined the list of people who have been very impressed with what they have seen from the University of Maine’s hockey team this season. “They’re probably the best team I’ve ever played against,” said Doneghey after making… Read More
AT GORHAM, 3.1 miles New England Regional Cross Country Women’s Championship Bowdoin 48, Williams 107, Colby 141, Tufts 166, Coast Guard 172, Connecticut 173, Bates 204, Middlebury 254, Brandeis 274, Mount Holyoke 312, UMass-Dartmouth 355, Wesleyan 357, Trinity 361, Southern Maine 405, Fitchburg 452, Wellesley… Read More
LEWISTON – Joey Gamache, who was handed his first professional boxing loss defending his World Boxing Association lightweight title against Tony Lopez last month, is calling for a mandatory rematch. Gamache said after reviewing his technical knockout on Oct. 24 that referee James Santa failed… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Peter Carleton, a licensed therapist in counseling and substance-abuse treatment, has announced the opening of a private practice in Bucksport. Carleton says his approach is humanistic and draws heavily from Eastern philosophy. Rather than diagnose and treat “problems” and “pathology,” he stresses growth… Read More
… George Bush and Bill Clinton talked about the spiraling deficit. But it was just talk, because each advocated programs that will only make the problem more severe. And Ross Perot said he would raise taxes to reduce the deifict when the only sane solution — reducing the… Read More
ORRINGTON — Orrington Code Enforcement Officer Dexter Johnson received permission from the Board of Selectmen Monday night, Nov. 9, to initiate court proceedings against a property owner for failure to live up to a consent agreement to clean up his property. According to Johnson, Reynold… Read More
John Nash’s Nov. 6 commentary was an interesting account of a young quarterback’s feelings with a hard loss at the hands of the MDI Trojans at Bucksport. I read the column with some expectations that somewhere I would read about the hard work and dedication the Trojans had… Read More
Hooray for your Nov. 4 editorial calling for campaign finance reform. This abuse, more than any other, is the source of America’s ills. The out-of-control national debt and budget deficits are a direct result of elected officials who see themselves more beholden to their campaign… Read More
I am saddened and outraged at the recent turn of events in the scandal-ridden town of Palmyra with the resignation of the administration assistant and the chairman of the Board of Selectmen. What worries me now is the type of persons who will be picked to fill the… Read More
It is to be lamented that President Bush chose to end his presidency and public career on the political low road. By calling his opponents “bozos,” “ozone man,” “nutty as a fruitcake,” and other epithets, he demeaned himself and the political process. We have a right to expect… Read More
I’ve been working with Alzheimer’s victims for 3 1/2 years. My heart goes out not only to them but to their families. This disease robs them of everything we take for granted: their families, their friends, their homes and most of all, their ability to… Read More
ABOARD THE FERRY ABENAKI — Rebellious Long Islanders who became Portland’s first breakaway republic say their newly obtained independence is the key to saving a disappearing lifestyle on the Casco Bay islands. While the rest of the nation watched a new president being chosen on… Read More
ORONO — Eastern Agency on Aging will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Marsh Lane for its 22-unit $1,296,500 Freeman Forest housing complex for the elderly. Madeleine Freeman, for whom the project was named; representatives of EAA; Orono town officials;… Read More
SQUAW MOUNTAIN — The Squaw Mountain at Moosehead Ski Area will be under the management of six local businesspeople this season. Investors Rodney Folsom and Mark Gilbert, owners of Beaver Cove Marina; David Amrein, owner of North Country Properties in Abbot; Burdell LaCasce, owner of… Read More
The first Rape Awareness Week will be held Monday through Thursday, Nov. 16-19, at Husson College, with speeches, movies, assertiveness training workshop, a march and rally, all sponsored by the Rape Awareness Committee. The week will begin with a lecture by Bob Hall at noon… Read More
MADAWASKA — After nearly 10 years of work to introduce Atlantic salmon to the upper St. John River, a Madawaska man legally has caught the first — a fish weighing more than 11 pounds. The effort to introduce Atlantic salmon to the upper reaches of… Read More
AUGUSTA — Is the party over for Maine’s two major political machines? While no one is ready to pen the Democratic and Republican obituaries, the state organizations that at one time were the foundations of major candidacies now often are relegated to rhetoric and campaign… Read More
A state education consultant was in China recently, heading up part of a joint U.S. and China education conference. Nancy Perry, the guidance consultant with the Maine Department of Education, was in Beijing Nov. 10-13 at the United States and China Joint Conference on Education,… Read More
CORINNA — “As of September 1992, unemployment in the Southwest Penobscot Labor Market Area was the highest among Maine’s 31 labor market areas,” said Charles Roundy, president of Eastern Maine Development Corp., in a recent letter to area officials. This statistic comes as no surprise… Read More
MONTPELIER, Vt. — It’s hunting season again in northern New England. Some businesses have closed, others have been deluged with vacation requests and high school administrators in rural communities are lamenting poor attendance. For anyone who has lived in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont for… Read More
VAN BUREN — A former Van Buren man who won a federal court judgment against the now defunct Van Buren Community Hospital has yet to see relief. It has been almost two years since Eugene Desjardins of Siegas, New Brunswick, won a federal lawsuit for… Read More
CALAIS — The following cases were processed in 4th District Court in Calais for the week ending Oct. 29: Timothy J. Frost, 26, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, rule violation, operating a motor vehicle without duty record, $100. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
WOODLAND — A Maine State Police sergeant escaped serious injury when his cruiser struck a moose on Route 161 in Woodland Saturday. Trooper Ralph Graves said Sgt. Darrell Ouellette had just passed the intersection of Route 161 and Ogren Road at 4:44 p.m. when a… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its annual dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the Valley Grange in Guilford Center. David L. Mussulman, state conservationist with the soil conservation service, will speak and answer questions. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
VAN BUREN — It is a sure bet that Esquaree Payne’s childhood in the boroughs of New York City did little to prepare her for the rigors of life as a homesteader in northern Maine. Payne, who moved into a log cabin in the back… Read More
JONESPORT — Trustees for the Peabody Memorial Library in Jonesport have announced new winter hours for the library, which will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Recent acquisitions at the library include three best-sellers: “Midnight Whispers” by V.C. Andrews; “A… Read More
MILBRIDGE — The Washington-Hancock Community Agency is accepting, by appointment only, energy assistance applications at agency offices in Milbridge, Machias and Ellsworth. The single application includes consideration for assistance under Home Energy Assistance Program, Energy Crisis Intervention Program, Temporary Housing Assistance Program, and W-HCA’s weatherization… Read More
JONESPORT — Jonesport Selectmen Keith Church, Ralph Smith and Lewis Kirby fielded questions from 25 Jonesport residents last week at a meeting arranged by the Jonesport Literary Club. The meeting, which was organized by the club as a way for residents to meet their town’s… Read More
MACHIAS — Officials with the Washington County Extension Service are cautioning area Christmas tree growers and wreath makers against shipping their products out-of-state without being sure they meet plant regulations in the receiving state. According to a statement issued by the Extension Service, several shipments… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its annual dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the Valley Grange in Guilford Center. David L. Mussulman, state conservationist with the soil conservation service, will speak and answer questions. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Last week’s announced downsizing of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Cutler stunned not only that facility’s more than 200 civilian and military workers. It also sent shock waves through a county long considered by its residents to be somehow immune to economic fluctuations. Economic booms… Read More
MILO — Milo seniors citizens were given tax advice at a potluck dinner meeting Friday. Felix Blinn, a local accountant, was guest speaker. Blinn gave instances where changes in tax laws should be of concern to elderly people. He told them tax laws have changed… Read More
MILO — Parents and teachers at Penquis Valley Middle School heard a progress report on the Odyssey of the Mind program at a meeting held Thursday at the school. Sara Boss, chairman of the Penquis PTA, said that a promotional tape would be shown to… Read More
BROWNVILLE — If a father and son’s dream becomes a reality, 92 seniors from Penquis Valley High School in Milo will take a cruise on the Scotia Prince after their graduation in June. For the first time in the nine-year history of Project Graduation for… Read More
MILLINOCKET — By early December, the town must determine whether a petition that ultimately could lead to changing the town’s form of government contains sufficient signatures. The effort to change Millinocket’s form of government involves a long process. Before voters consider such a change, they… Read More
WATERVILLE — The annual fund-raising appeal of Mid-Maine Medical Center in Waterville is off to a good start with the launch of the medical staff, employee and board of directors divisions in October. “We’re off to a tremendous start having raised $45,000 thus far from… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Senior Spectrum’s Somerset Senior Center in Skowhegan is one of several organizations participating in fund raising to end hunger in Maine. Two fund-raisers are planned as well as an invitation for contributors to sponsor the Center’s Meals on Wheels program. Senior Spectrum delivers… Read More
NEWPORT — A parent information meeting is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30 at the Newport School Gymnasium on Camp Kieve’s Leadership Institute for Seventh Grade Students. The meeting will provide information on the Camp Kieve program being offered Dec. 14-16 at Newport Junior… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — A free workshop on retirement, estate and tax planning will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the Somerset Senior Center, 20 High St. in Skowhegan. Financial and legal experts will discuss trusts for the average person, estate and retiring planning… Read More
NEWPORT — The Sebasticook Valley Community Center, formerly the Newport Armory, will sponsor a foul-shooting contest on Friday, Nov. 20. Competition for ages 7 to 9 will be held from 5 to 6 p.m.; ages 10 to 12, 6 to 7 p.m.; ages 13 to… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The following court cases were heard in 12th District Court in Skowhegan, Oct. 23-Nov. 12: Gerard Landry, 25, Bingham, operating unregistered ATV, $50. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
MILO — Parents and teachers at Penquis Valley Middle School heard a progress report on the Odyssey of the Mind program at a meeting held Thursday at the school. Sara Boss, chairman of the Penquis PTA, said that a promotional tape would be shown to… Read More
NEWPORT — The following court cases were heard in 3rd District Court in Newport, Oct. 10-Nov. 8. Jason D. Emerson, 19, Levant, fishing without license, $82. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
WATERVILLE — Details of the Community Development Block Grant Small Cities Program were the focus of North Kennebec Regional Planning Commission’s fall newsletter. Through the program the state Department of Economic and Community Development sets aside $750,000 annually for grants to communities to help finance development projects. Read More
ST. ALBANS — Priorities for the 1993 municipal budget were reviewed at last week’s meeting of the St. Albans selectmen. According to Town Manager Larry Post in a telephone interview, the budget is not final but he expects a minimum tax rate increase. The 1992… Read More
MACHIAS — Officials with the Washington County Extension Service are cautioning area Christmas tree growers and wreath makers against shipping their products out-of-state without being sure they meet plant regulations in the receiving state. According to a statement issued by the Extension Service, several shipments… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Singles Network is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization open to single people age 21 and older. Based in Portland, the Singles Network has branches in Augusta, Brunswick, Kennebec County, Lewiston-Auburn and Bangor, among other places. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
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ELLSWORTH — Two business partners hope the City Council will act on their license request so they can open a bottle club with a large dance floor. The item is one of 23 on the agenda for the council’s regular monthly meeting Monday evening. The… Read More
EASTPORT — The Department of Marine Resources announced Friday that scallop dragging was to open Saturday, Nov. 14, in Cobscook Bay. The scallop dragging season ordinarily runs from Nov. 1 to April 15. The opening of the season was delayed for conservation purposes, according to… Read More
BELFAST — More lawbreakers, added to an increasingly fed-up public, equals soaring crime statistics in the just-released 1992 annual report from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department. Through September, the department handled 459 criminal complaints, compared with 289 for all of 1991. Leading the way are… Read More
Brewer High School students will hold Brewer Against Drinking and Driving Week Monday through Friday, Nov. 16-20, with informational posters, films, and group discussions to help students understand, “The Effects of Drugs, Drinking, and Driving Under the Influence.” Students will have a chance to sign… Read More
ORONO — Rita Arditti, a founder of the Women’s Community Cancer Project of Cambridge, Mass., and professor of women’s studies at the graduate school of Union Institute, will speak on women and cancer and on being a Sephardic Jewish woman, during several events at the University of Maine. Read More
WINTERPORT — One-stop recycling comes to town on Wednesday, Nov. 18. On that day the town begins recycling glass, plastic, metal, newsprint and cardboard. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
Cash for trash. It’s not an unknown concept in Ellsworth, but the proposal has been pretty much limited to picking up a 30-cent refund from an empty six-pack. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
AUGUSTA — With the coming holiday season, the Maine Department of Public Safety reminds residents of the limits on amounts of alcohol that may be brought into Maine. Only 1 gallon of wine, 1 gallon of hard liquor and a single case of beer may… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested over the weekend after two men told police he had threatened them with a gun, which later turned out to be stolen. Reginald P. Moor, 18, of 69B Glenwood Drive was charged with receiving stolen property and two counts of… Read More
CHARLESTON — A man was charged Sunday with striking a 12-year-old girl. Vance Lambert, 35, of Center Road, Charleston, was charged with assault. He was released on bail, according to Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputy Quinton Goodall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
ORRINGTON — The Board of Selectmen decided last week not to purchase Fields Pond Island, offered to the town for first refusal by attorney Joel Dearborn, who is handling the estate of the late Katherine Curran. According to Town Manager Candy Guerette, the selectmen thought… Read More
HAMPDEN — Hampden resident Valerie D. Bellomy, designated this year as a recipient of a Maxwell House Coffee Real Hero award for her volunteer efforts in welcoming troops at Bangor International Airport on their return from Persian Gulf war action, will be cited for recognition by the Town… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine Educational Assessment scores show a continuing trend of disparity between public school students headed for college and those who are not. The MEA test score gap this year is similar to previous years. College-bound students (56 percent) scored an average 371; non-college-bound… Read More
BELFAST — Gregor and Susan Davens celebrated Memorial Day 1976 by opening the Harborside Shop in Camden, producing promotional silkscreened T-shirts for the town’s schooner fleet in a dinky, 400-square-foot storefront. Today, the two have 56 employees, and a 23,000-square-foot modern factory in Belfast turning… Read More
AUGUSTA — Having the highest voter turnout in the nation was one thing, but for Maine Secretary of State Bill Diamond, beating Montana meant food on the table. Diamond and his Montana counterpart, Mike Cooney, had a surf-and-turf bet on which state would have the… Read More
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell on Sunday defended President-elect Bill Clinton’s decision to end the half-century-old ban against homosexuals serving in the military, even as others were opposing such a move. GOP leader Sen. Bob Dole warned that the issue could “blow the lid off… Read More
The holidays bring good cheer to many and consumer problems to a lot of others. The following information covers a number of holiday-related problems and gives consumers steps to take to avoid unnecessary trouble. In July and August the Christmas gift catalogs start arriving in… Read More
WISCASSET — The death of a 49-year-old hunter who apparently fell down and accidentally shot himself in the chest ended Maine’s two-year stretch without a hunting fatality. George S. Sproul of Wiscasset shot himself with a 7mm Magnum rifle while hunting with his two sons… Read More
PORTLAND — A man accused of ditching a plane loaded with cocaine in the Bahamas remained jailed over the weekend after his arrest on Bailey Island in Harpswell. Barry F. Evans, 37, made his initial appearance in federal court on Friday. He was ordered held… Read More
When the Bush administration leaves Washington in January, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole will be the highest-ranking Republican in a town brimming with Democrats. Already, the Kansas senator has adopted a siege mentality by attacking the upcoming-Clinton administration through, of all things, the Iran-Contra deal. Read More
One of the Northeast’s largest egg-producing companies was sentenced Friday at Portland’s federal court for engaging in a pattern of knowingly hiring and employing illegal aliens, the first conviction of its kind in Maine. Austin J. DeCoster, sole owner of DeCoster Egg Farms of Turner,… Read More
News from Mid-State Machine Products in Winslow offers a pleasant contrast to the woes experienced by many Maine companies. The company, which does machining on engine parts, has paid a $120,000 third-quarter bonus to its 140 employees. The payments amounted to more than 10 percent of wages for… Read More
The Bangor-Waterville Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Profiles Restaurant in Waterville. Directors will meet at 4:30 p.m. Read More
BRADLEY — A young Rhode Island woman was shot and wounded Sunday afternoon as she walked along a nature trail, although it remained unclear who fired the shot, authorities said. The bullet struck Elizabeth Dyer of Portsmouth, R.I., on the left side of her chest… Read More
The University of Maine System board of trustees will meet in Orono Monday and decide whether to consolidate two University of Maine colleges. Meeting at 1 p.m. at Wells Commons on the University of Maine campus, the trustees are expected to approve the merger of… Read More
PORTLAND — Attorneys for two former mental health workers accused of tormenting and abusing four mentally retarded men at the Pineland Center say the charges may be politically motivated. Christopher Mingo, 38, of Buckfield and Daniel Beggs, 24, of Auburn have pleaded innocent to four… Read More
Should a public school teacher obey the directive of a parent or guardian, including the state, and allow a multiply handicapped child to die by withholding emergency care? This question is immediately relevant. There are three or four such students (not all Bangor residents), in… Read More
PRILL BISHER has been hired as a clinical nurse specialist at Bangor Mental Health Institute. Bisher earned a master’s degree in nursing at the University of Oklahoma. She has 16 years experience in psychiatric nursing. Among her specialties are acute inpatient care, case management and day treatment programs. Read More
ROCKPORT — Maine’s ambulance crews will either drive, or get run over by, dramatic changes coming down the pike in this county’s medical care system, warns state EMS official Tom Judge. Judge, vice chairman of the Maine Emergency Medical Services Board and president of the… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s insurance chief plans to rule Monday in a long-deferred workers’ compensation rate case in which insurers are seeking to boost employer premiums for this year’s policies and to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars in previous losses. Insurance Bureau Superintendent Brian K. Read More
AUGUSTA — A plastic tarp inside the Capitol dome that makes the building more energy efficient in the winter may serve a dual purpose of protecting passersby 102 feet below from falling debris. The 160-year-old structure’s leaky roof was repaired last year, but moisture has… Read More
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Colder weather means warming foods. Here is one that will help. Baked potatoes will be a good vegetable to go with these Chili-Peppered Pork Chops. Chili-Peppered Pork Chops 4 ( 1/2-inch thick) boneless center-cut pork chops 1 medium yellow pepper, chopped 1 medium onion, chopped… Read More