ORONO – There is at least one in every league. The NEMESIS. No matter how successful a program might be, there is one team that always gives it fits. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
MAINE vs. NORTHEASTERN Time, site: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30; Alfond Arena, Orono 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
Mary Keith Mahaney of Bangor and Randy Olson of South Paris will each try to defend their titles at the fourth annual Bill Linscott Racquetball Tournament at the Holiday Health and Racquet Club this weekend. Olson, who also won the tournament in 1989, may get… Read More
Freshman forward Jake Ouimet from the University of Maine and University of New Hampshire sophomore midfielder Ryan Leib of Farmington were named to the 1992 All New England Division I Soccer Team’s second team Thursday. Ouimet, who was also named the North Atlantic Conference’s Rookie… Read More
A young Bangor equestrienne, in her first year of competition, has won two year-end awards for her performance during the summer show season. Rebecca Reed, a 13-year-old who attends Garland Street Middle School, was awarded the Arabian Horse Association of Maine’s Year-End Award for her… Read More
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The University of Maine hockey team’s Ferraro twins, Peter and Chris, were officially named Thursday to the United States Junior National team that will play in the World Championships in Gavle, Sweden, Dec. 26-Jan. 4. Meanwhile, Black Bear fifth-year senior goalie Garth Snow has been… Read More
New sophisticated, electronic wagering for horse racing is on the horizon for Maine race tracks. With all the recent interest in and talk about the possibility of gaming casinos in Maine, the Maine State Harness Racing Commission held a public fact-finding and informational meeting at… Read More
Women’s College Basketball GORHAM – Katariina Pulkkinen scored 19 of her 21 points in the first half to lead the host University of Southern Maine to an 88-60 victory over the University of New England in Biddeford in women’s basketball action here Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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Men’s College Basketball GORHAM – Scott Trefethen scored 27 points to pace the host University of Maine Huskies to a 79-68 men’s basketball victory over the University of New England (Biddeford) here Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
Friday, Feb. 12, 1993. That is a date high school basketball players are likely to have at the forefront of their thoughts beginning Friday night, when the 1992-93 hoop season begins. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Women’s College Basketball A pair of 20-game winners from last season will be the next test for the young University of Maine women’s basketball team this weekend at the Maine Tip-Off Classic, set to be played on the UMaine campus in Orono. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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ROCKLAND — A controversial “house arrest” proposal being considered for Teresa Richards, 27, of Rockland was dropped in Knox County Superior Court on Wednesday. Richards filed a nolo contendere plea Tuesday to a charge of stealing jewelry valued at $10,000-$42,000 from the Good Hands Gallery in Camden on… Read More
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BELFAST — Allen J. Sanborn of Swanville was indicted by the Waldo County grand jury Wednesday for attempted murder, kidnapping and five other crimes for his knifepoint abduction of a Searsmont woman in October. Sanborn, 33, also was indicted for burglary, criminal threatening with a… Read More
The Penobscot Valley Stargazers will hold a lunar eclipse party at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, at the Bangor Municipal Golf Course. Telescopic and binocular views of the eclipse will be offered, with explanations of the phases until about 9:30 p.m. Views of other celestial… Read More
ELLSWORTH Eighteen divorces, all for irreconcilable marital differences, became final in October in the central division of the Fifth District Court in Ellsworth. 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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The fuel-switching plan of the Public Utilities Commission was shot down by the ratepayers’ response. The PUC received hundreds of letters of protest. Why should regular ratepayers pay someone else’s bills? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Less than two months ago the voters in Hermon made a statement. We voted 2 to 1 not to build a $12.46 million high school. Hermon has about 4,000 residents, of whom 246 or so go to high school. Hermon has a school large enough… Read More
Reference reports by Sharon Mack of the NEWS staff of the problems of Banton Inc. of Newport reported last summer and on Nov. 6. In reading the reports one gets the idea that the word Banton, not Banton Inc., refers to Richard Banton, previous owner of the company. Read More
Having served as principal of Hermon’s Elementary-Junior High School since 1979, I admit my bias regarding the proposed building of a new community high school. Clearly, I am for the construction of a new high school. Your children are worth it. They deserve nothing less. Read More
I am sadly surprised that our next president says he will admit gays in the military, because in this way he is encouraging homosexuality and bisexuality. Neither is right. Al Walsh of Orono (Readers Write, Nov. 25) is right that the Uniform Code of Military… Read More
Your article of Nov. 25 stating Ross Perot’s finish was due to “those without a strong sense of party affiliation” does a disservice to the voters. Look at the number who enroll as independents. They do have a strong sense of party affiliation and it… Read More
Workers at Bangor City Nursing Facility favored unionization by a 4 to 1 ratio. The mail-in ballots were tallied Thursday. And the nursing aides, dieticians and housekeepers voted 37-9 to organize under the banner of the Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals of the American… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Parishioners at the First Universalist Church have scheduled a concert series to help build a fund to restore their water-damaged murals. Doug Crate will kick off the “Beyond Easy Street” concert series, sponsored by Easy Street Coffeehouse. Performers who have appeared recently at… Read More
Representatives of the state Department of Conservation have cleared the way for a Great Pond selectman to secure some waterfront acreage in town through a squatter’s rights action. And while the state has determined it has no interest in the formerly undeeded 185-acre parcel, a… Read More
Police on Thursday were searching for two men who reportedly barged into a Brewer home Wednesday night, held a gun to a woman’s head and demanded money. One man wore a ski mask and the other disguised his face with paint, said Brewer Police Chief… Read More
NEWBURGH — A petition is being circulated in Newburgh urging the Public Utilities Commission to order the Unity Telephone Co. Inc. to offer reduced-rate calls to Bangor. According to Bud Sawyer, Newburgh is about the only small community surrounding Bangor that still has to pay… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine Democrats who can’t scrape up air fare or line up $250-a-night hotel rooms in Washington won’t be left out in the cold during next month’s inauguration of President-elect Clinton. The Democratic State Committee has begun to formulate plans for a statewide bash… Read More
LEWISTON — The Maine Young Woman of the Year Pageant Committee has named the 1993 pageant participants in Maine. They are: Stefanie Parady of Brewer, a senior at John Bapst Memorial High School; googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
PORTLAND — The boom in processing of sea urchins and dogfish is showing its dirty down side: a growth in the problem of illegal dumping of fish wastes off the southern Maine coast. Maine Marine Patrol Lt. Joseph Fessenden said his department gets complaints about… Read More
OLD TOWN — Two Catholic parish councils have voted to terminate a 24-year lease with local schools for use of the St. Joseph’s School, a program for behaviorally impaired students, which could prompt layoffs and could increase special education budgets in area school districts. The… Read More
The Bangor Holiday Expectations parade, sponsored by the Maine Army National Guard, begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, with Rudloph as the grand marshal, regardless of the predicted inclement weather. The route starts at Exchange Street, continues to Harlow then Central streets, up Main… Read More
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Co. will continue a 16-year tradition Saturday when Extra 97 North leaves Northern Maine Junction in Hermon to deliver Christmas turkeys to employees along the line in central and northern Maine. Railroad spokesman Dave Budge said officials will board the annual… Read More
ROCKLAND — Knox County Superior Court documents show that Rockland attorney Lawrence Frier was paid $14,053 to defend Frederick Marshall, 32, of Rockport during a July murder trial. Frier submitted a bill for 353 hours to the court. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
LIMESTONE — The Limestone Budget Committee on Monday tentatively approved a six-month municipal budget of $445,128 prepared by Limestone selectmen on Monday. The committee tabled action on the unclassified account, a computer purchase, travel expenses for a police officer to attend police academy training, and… Read More
SHERMAN STATION — The SAD 25 school board on Wednesday night reviewed instructional program recommendations that would be considered for implementation if the district were reorganized. Superintendent of Schools Carroll Nightingale said Thursday that the recommendations, by priority, were as follows: first, addition of elementary… Read More
VAN BUREN — Trustees of Van Buren Hospital District agreed this week to apologize publicly to a former employee that they fired. The apology will be the first step toward meeting the terms of a federal judgment against the former Van Buren Community Hospital that… Read More
HOULTON — A district court judge issued a judgment Monday stating that state potato inspectors had the right to enter potato packing facilities without a warrant. Judge David B. Griffiths ruled after a hearing in 2nd District Court Monday that the potato inspection program of… Read More
FORT KENT — Aroostook County Commissioners unanimously approved a $3.95 million budget Wednesday night. The budget was $66,626 lower than the one prepared in 1992. The $3,946,552 budget was previously approved by the Aroostook County Finance Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 24. A public hearing on… Read More
CUTLER — Civilian employees at Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Cutler on Tuesday organized a new group aimed at increasing public awareness about the base and what impact its closure would have om Down East communities. While 120 military and 95 civilian employees would be… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Maine landowners were honored at an appreciation supper Tuesday, Dec. 1, by members of the Narragaugus Snowmobile Club. The landowners were honored for allowing snowmobilers to cross their land. Members of the winter recreation group were able to develop a trail system by… Read More
MACHIAS — Dianne Tilton, executive director of the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, will resign on Dec. 31 to become director of the government-funded Quoddy Job Opportunity Zone. The opportunity zone serves several communities in the Passamaquoddy Bay area. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
JONESPORT — The Jonesport Food Pantry, in its third year with Jean Alley at the helm, dispenses 965 meals each month to senior citizens and low-income families in the Jonesport-Beals area. “I love what I’m doing, said Alley. “The pantry helps the elderly, who have… Read More
GREENVILLE — A cooperative agreement for the common goal of creating jobs and developing the wood-products industry was signed Wednesday by the Board of Selectmen. Under terms of the agreement with the Heart of Maine Resource, Conservation and Development Area Council, the town will provide… Read More
PALMYRA — A special town meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Palmyra Consolidated School will be held to see if Palmyra residents will change their form of town government. The vote resulted from a petition drive by members of The Palmyra Citizens… Read More
MONSON — The annual gingerbread house competition will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, at Kris Kringle’s Market at the Monson Gymnasium. A Christmas village will be created with the entries. Participants are encouraged to create entries with a theme of Christmas down on the farm,… Read More
GREENVILLE — The salt and sand pile near the municipal building is a source of irritation to some Greenville town officials. Town Manager David Cota asked selectmen for guidance Wednesday in regulating the use of salt and sand. He predicted that about one-third of the… Read More
GUILFORD — A proposed change in the rate structure for sewer use will be discussed at a public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at the office of the Guilford-Sangerville Sanitary District. Frank Ruksznis, manager of the district, said the change is actually a… Read More
GUILFORD — Several people were recognized recently recognized during the annual meeting of the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District. Recognized during the meeting were Sid and Rainie Stutzman of Sangerville, outstanding cooperators of the year for the county; Ruth and Martin French, outstanding… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners agreed this week to let James River Corp. use the discontinued Hall Road in Orneville if there was no liability to the county. Chairman Eben DeWitt said the discontinued road was west of Route 11 and opposite the Shaw Road. Read More
NEWPORT — Friends of Newport Public Library will sponsor a “Memories of Christmas” house tour from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20. Tickets are $5 by advance sale only. No tickets will sold the day of the tour. Tickets may be purchased at Newport… Read More
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CORINNA — Police responded to a report of a break-in in progress at the Hollow Log Store on Main Street in Corinna at about midnight Thursday. Constable James Emerson said that when police arrived at the scene there was evidence that someone had tried to… Read More
HARMONY — A Harmony man who was traveling to a fire in Wellington Thursday morning was injured in a car accident. Trooper Steve Spaulding of the State Police said Roy Lake, 73 of Wellington, had pulled his 1977 Ford pickup truck to the side of… Read More
GARLAND — High point winnners for the Garland Recreation Committee’s horse-show season have been announced. The winner in the 18-and-older-category was Debbie Breckenridge, her horse was Savage; Cassandra Tilton was first in the 13-to-18-year-old category, her horse was Witchita; and Amber Forcier finished first in the 12-and-younger category… Read More
CORINNA — A pile of hot towels was believed to be the cause of a fire that destroyed the interior of a Corinna home Thursday afternoon. James Emerson of the Corinna Fire Department said home owner Shane Cookson had taken a load of hot towels… Read More
DEXTER — Directors of SAD 46 voted Wednesday to add a second afternoon activity bus for students participating in extracurricular activities. Earlier this fall, directors cut one of the runs because of budget constraints. At that time they agreed to discuss the issue of a… Read More
PALMYRA — A special town meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Palmyra Consolidated School will be held to see if Palmyra residents will change their form of town government. The vote resulted from a petition drive by members of The Palmyra Citizens… Read More
GREENVILLE — A cooperative agreement for the common goal of creating jobs and developing the wood-products industry was signed Wednesday by the Board of Selectmen. Under terms of the agreement with the Heart of Maine Resource, Conservation and Development Area Council, the town will provide… Read More
ROCKPORT — Martin J. Bayer, 47, of Kimberly Drive was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after running over a neighbor’s blue spruce tree and driving off. The accident occurred at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday at the residence of Leland Ober of 67 Kimberly… Read More
ST. GEORGE — Two armed Waldoboro men were apprehended on Fire Road 302 Wednesday evening after a county-wide manhunt. Timothy Simmons, 29 and Daniel Collins, 46, were captured by six Knox County Sheriff deputies after they abandoned their pickup truck on the remote fire road… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The annual Christmas parade sponsored by the Ellsworth Downtown Merchants Association will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Parade participants will march down Main Street and turn right onto State Street, then proceed over the hill past the Ellsworth Congregational Church. Read More
ELLSWORTH — A 19-year-old Deer Isle woman pleaded guilty Thursday in 5th District Court to a charge of criminal mischief stemming from an Oct. 17 vandalism incident at the Deer Isle Elementary School. Judge Bernard T. Staples continued the state’s case against Virginia D. Joyce… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A 19-year-old Deer Isle woman pleaded guilty Thursday in 5th District Court to a charge of criminal mischief stemming from an Oct. 17 vandalism incident at the Deer Isle Elementary School. Judge Bernard T. Staples continued the state’s case against Virginia D. Joyce… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — When an electrical transformer near Miriam Libby’s house exploded Thursday afternoon, setting three Second Avenue residences on fire and destroying one of them, Libby said she first saw a huge ball of fire on the transformer. Then she saw “fire dancing around two… Read More
When students at two Union 92 schools look at leftovers, they imagine flower gardens. At both the Beech Hill and the Hancock Elementary schools, students this year are dumping the leftovers from their lunches into compost piles that will nourish flower gardens at the schools… Read More
Crafting a competitve package to lure 4,000 or more federal jobs to Bangor has meant a frantic schedule for state and local officials since Tuesday’s announcement that the city was still in the running. “I’ve been on it pretty much full time,” Kenneth Gibb, Bangor’s… Read More
AUGUSTA — Douglas J. Ahearne is getting used to double takes and sidelong glances as he takes his seat in the Maine House: The kid with the flat top is back — as a state representative. “It feels good, of course,” said Ahearne, 24, of… Read More
PORTLAND — An 18-year-old man was charged Thursday with setting an early morning apartment house fire that killed four people. Virgil W. Smith of Portland was charged with arson and murder. He was in the Cumberland County Jail awaiting arraignment, said Deputy Police Chief Steven… Read More
The first major snowstorm of the season in central and eastern Maine Thursday afternoon caused numerous accidents and kept police and rescue workers busy. A two-car accident on the River Road section of Route 1 resulted in the death of a Calais woman. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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Perfect sap conditions, the poor economy and a heavy flow of Canadian syrup into the country caused maple syrup prices to drop throughout northern New England this year, state officials said Thursday. The average price per gallon retail and wholesale dropped 10 percent, while production… Read More
JONESPORT — The Department of Agriculture wants crabmeat pickers to participate in a public hearing on crabmeat handling in Augusta in January. But several pickers in the Jonesport-Beals area say regulations for processing crabmeat in homes are becoming very restrictive and could ruin the practice. Read More
The state of Maine should get out of the business of housing and treating children at the Maine Youth Center. The best argument for this position is contained in Edwin P. Chester’s Nov. 28-29 column, “Children come first.” Chester cites the closing of three cottages… Read More
The now infamous “no letter” (in Hermon) stated that Bangor High School was built at a cost of $8.6 million. The letter failed to say that it was built in 1963. A local engineer refigured Bangor High School at today’s prices of building materials and labor, and so… Read More
McCain Foods will ask the Supreme Court of Canada Friday to stop a lower court order permitting CP Rail System to end service in western New Brunswick. If McCain is unsuccessful, Canadian Atlantic — a unit of CP Rail — will be allowed to immediately… Read More
A few times a year, the emergency signal sounds and a voice speaks over the scanner: dozens of people have been injured in a plane crash, or a bus accident, or a chemical leak. Rescue workers from surrounding towns rush to the scene. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
The Maine Displaced Homemakers Program will hold its annual luncheon from 10:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at the Senator Inn, Augusta. Donna Talbert will present the keynote address. A program manager at the Center for Policy Alternatives in Washington, D.C., Talbert will… Read More
This week Science Forum deals with medical stories recently reported in the journal Science. They graphically illustrate that mankind’s age-old battle with disease is far from won. In October, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that a man in Arizona died of pneumonic plague… Read More
CLIFTON — Dozens of people were injured, some critically, when a Canadian tour bus en route to New York City slammed into a pickup truck and rolled over on Route 9 during the first significant snowstorm of the year Thursday afternoon. Officials said that 30… Read More
The contributions from major finance houses to the re-election campaign of State Treasurer Sam Shapiro is dramatic evidence of the pervasiveness of Maine’s campaign finance problem. It’s everywhere. A member in good standing of the majority party, and thus running unopposed for a seventh term… Read More
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AUGUSTA — Legislative reformers gained ground Thursday as lawmakers agreed to scrutinize the long-accepted rules under which they operate. Legislative action, which came after only minimal floor debate and a lot of behind-the-scenes negotiating, opened the door to changes that could transfer leaders’ power to… Read More
It’s a lineup of enduring entertainment stars when the Lennon Sisters, Victor Borge, Paul McCartney and Groucho Marx follow each other on a Saturday night lineup, Dec. 5, on Maine Public Television. “The Lennon Sisters: Easy to Remember” features the sisters themselves as host for… Read More
CAMDEN — One mouse dropped dead and three others experienced tremors after being exposed to carpet samples taken from a classroom at Rockport Elementary School. The laboratory tests were ordered after teacher complaints of persistent sinus infections. “It’s safe to say we will be removing… Read More
Federal authorities remained closemouthed Thursday about their search for missing Bangor accountant Roderick Hotham, except to say that the investigation was continuing. “So far, nothing has come of it,” admitted Special Agent Bill McMullin of the FBI’s Boston office. McMullin said he didn’t want to… Read More
When her best friend, a cousin and her beloved grandfather died in a matter of months, Abbey Bray of East Sangerville turned to her Piscataquis Community High School health teacher for comfort. Donna Jordan offered Bray a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen… Read More
The Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 359 Main St. in Bangor, will sponsor several free events this month. Stephanie Seguino, a local economist who has lived in Haiti, will present the slide show-lecture “Haitian Aspirations and U.S. Economic Interests,” 7 p.m. Dec. 4. “A Vision Shared,”… Read More
The National Library of Poetry has announced that $12,000 in prizes will be awarded in the North American Open Poetry Contest. The deadline is Dec. 31. To enter, send one original poem, any subject and any style, to the National Library of Poetry, 11419 Cronridge… Read More
The Theatre of the Enchanted Forest will hold adult auditions for “The Land of the Dragon,” 1-3 p.m. Dec. 5 at 9 Central St. in Bangor. Auditioners should prepare a short monologue and be ready to give cold readings from the script. Rehearsals begin Dec. 19, and the… Read More