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Doug Peters received an inordinate amount of attention from opponents during the 1992 LTC football season. That’s because whenever Winslow needed a big play, on either side of the line of scrimmage, Peters always seemed to deliver. The Black Raiders’ senior co-captain, who helped lead… Read More
It took him 25 American Hockey League games to get to the National Hockey League and former University of Maine Hobey Baker Award winner (1992) Scott Pellerin didn’t waste time getting his first NHL point. And he also picked up his first NHL goal. Meanwhile,… Read More
The LTC continues its tradition of honoring the league’s best student-athletes with the announcement of the LTC All-Academic Team. Those players who are afforded All-Academic recognition must meet three criteria. Honorees must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average throughout high school; must have contributed… Read More
Men’s College Basketball CALAIS – Aaron Weed led four Eastern Maine Technical College players in double figures with 21 points as the Eagles pounded the host Washington County Tech Cougars 99-60 in basketball here Tuesday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
DEXTER – Matt Haskell’s put-back of an offensive rebound with one second left carried Dexter to a 47-46 schoolboy basketball victory over Central High of East Corinth here Tuesday night. Brian Smith scored 12 points and Randy Keaten hit for 10 in the defense-oriented contest… Read More
It is still more than six weeks away, but the annual Snoball Softball Tournament is already figuring prominently in the minds of local organizers. Yes, the fliers have already started going out. The 10th annual Snoball Softball Tournament to benefit the Maine State Chapter of… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Kate McDunnah scored 11 points and hauled down 19 rebounds as the Bucksport Golden Bucks defeated the Camden-Rockport Windjammers 51-41 in schoolgirl basketball action Tuesday night. Jen Wardwell added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the 1-1 Golden Bucks while Jen Marzolf netted… Read More
University of Maine-Fort Kent junior striker Blake Lindstedt and Thomas College senior midfielder Dave Roussel of Calais were two of nine players chosen All-Stars for the NAIA New England Soccer Coaches Association of America and All-NAIA District 5 teams which were selected by the coaches. Read More
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ORONO – The senior members of the Mount Desert Island High School boys basketball team have been playing together for several years. As a result, the Trojans have developed outstanding chemistry on the basketball court. The main ingredient is unselfishness. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
It has only been two games, but already University of Maine men’s basketball coach Rudy Keeling is a little perturbed with his team’s free throw shooting. To put it bluntly, so far when the Black Bears have gone to the charity stripe it’s the opponent… Read More
INDIAN ISLAND – Sophomore center Matt Enman scored a pair of goals and his sophomore linemate, left wing Aaron Boone, had a goal and an assist to lead Brewer to a 4-1 schoolboy hockey win over Orono at the Sockalexis Memorial Ice Arena here Tuesday. Read More
MAINE vs. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT Time, site: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Detrick Gym, New Britain, Conn. 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()) {… Read More
Seniors dominated the balloting by coaches for the 1992 Penquis League Girls Soccer All-Star first team with nine of the 12 slots going to players closing out their high school careers. In team strength, the nod went to Schenck of East Millinocket with three first-teamers… Read More
Here’s some good news for Bates College alums and those associated with that Lewiston institution. Bates volleyball coach Marsha Graef has, once again, received dual postseason honors. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
University of Southern Maine baseball coach Ed Flaherty, who guided last year’s USM team to a 30-11 record and a berth in the NCAA Division III College World Series, has been selected as a 1992 Div. III Regional Diamond Sports/ABCA Coach of the Year. Flaherty,… Read More
WATERVILLE – Four former Eastern Maine schoolboy hockey rivals will meet at Colby’s Alfond Arena on Wednesday night at 7 o’clock when the University of Southern Maine’s 4-4 Huskies take on Colby College’s 1-4 White Mules. Colby left wingers Keith Gleason of Augusta and Mike… Read More
MAINE vs. ST. PETER’S Time, site: Wednesday, 7 p.m., Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, N.J. 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()) {… Read More
In your front-page story concerning Ross Perot’s second-place finish in Maine (BDN, Nov. 24), Stephen Bost is quoted as saying, “(Perot’s vote) may be the first time a third party candidate has ever beaten one of the major party candidates in any state.” While Mr. Perot’s showing both… Read More
… Now that the season’s Community FoodBank is behind us, I would like to extend my thanks to all those community-conscious individuals who contributed. First, to the staff and management of WWMJ and and WDEA who spread the word on-air and off about the Community FoodBank every day… Read More
The letter by Lew Ireland (Readers Write, Nov. 27), encouraging new business, is what Brewer should not plan. Twenty-five years ago I moved to Maine to accept a partnership in a local Bangor firm. My family elected to live in Brewer. It had the qualities of the small… Read More
I’ve worked at Bangor Mental Health Institute for about four years. I’ve seen many physical therapists leave the hospital and go into community settings, an Orono group home being one. Sometimes it’s a successful move, but most likely the group home sends the same person back to the… Read More
People, we have been blinded by the lights. Jeremiah 10:2-8 prophesied “…the customs of the people are vain … one cutteth a tree out of the forest … they deck it with silver and gold … In their delusion … their idol is wood!” …… Read More
Sky watchers will be treated to a celestial show Wednesday evening, Dec. 9, when the first total eclipse of the moon visible to Mainers in more than three years will occur. Weather permitting, viewers should be able to see the entire eclipse from about 5… Read More
AUGUSTA — The city of Bangor has produced seven of Maine’s governors, including the only governor ever elected under the banner of the Fusion Party. Harris M. Plaisted of Bangor was elected governor in 1880 and served for two years, through 1882. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
The U.S. Postal Service in Bangor will provide expanded window service until 4 p.m. Saturdays and until 5 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 20, at the Post Office, 202 Harlow St. Postal officials remind patrons that letters and packages should be mailed as early as possible… Read More
The following building permits have been issued in BANGOR: City of Bangor, 530 Maine Ave., addition and renovations. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++)… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s largest city is pressing ahead with plans to go to court to block the state from releasing mentally disabled people into communities without supervising them, officials said Tuesday. “We hope to have something filed by the end of the week,” said Bethanne… Read More
Christmas concerns: What to get that favorite NCO who has everything? What to buy for that certain sergeant? You need not think twice about what to put under Frank Norwood’s tree. He wants mugs. Coffee mugs. Lots of coffee mugs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BELFAST — Marijuana laws, what they state and whether they’re enforced properly and ethically, will be the subject of a debate at the Belfast Free Library. The forum, “Right or Wrong — Drug Enforcement Methods,” will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, in the… Read More
This week I will continue to highlight some of the new computer products exhibited at the computer show, Comdex, in Las Vegas. By now you probably have heard about Intel’s chip doublers. This is the processor chip that doubles the processor speed while the clock… Read More
We learn a lot while we’re growing up from classes in biology, geography, math and science. But what about life’s basics lessons. Where do you learn those? Who tells you? Your ma? Your pa? Your grandparents? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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HERMON — Going to the polls for the second time in as many months, Hermon residents approved a $12.5 million high school construction project, reversing an early October town vote that rejected the same project. Even more Hermon voters turned out to the polls than… Read More
Health Talk features Michael Murphy, Ph.D., director of the laboratory at the Eastern Maine Medical Center. The holidays are a time for family gatherings and celebration, but with the increase in travel the need for a readily available blood supply is important. Giving blood this holiday season may… Read More
The following cases were heard in 3rd District Court in Bangor Nov. 18-23. Cory M. Osnoe, 26, Sherman Mills, possession of marijuana, $200; operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, 10 days in jail, defendant to complete Weekend Intervention Program, one-year license suspension,… Read More
Is it me, or did we switch seasons on the run? It seems only yesterday that we were extolling the virtues of a warm fall. Two quick blasts of snow and arctic air and, suddenly, Christmas lights are glistening on city streets and holiday spirits… Read More
The Brewer City Council on Tuesday night finally awarded a contract for municipal trash collection and operation of a recycling center to Grant’s Trash. The council authorized the city manager to enter into a contract with Grant’s Trash Inc. for collection of municipal trash and… Read More
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Michael J. Gilmore of Brewer has been awarded a National Health Service Corps scholarship for this school year. He is studying at Michigan State University in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. The National Health Service Corps is a federal program designed to improve the delivery of health-care services… Read More
HOULTON — People in southern Aroostook County who are looking for a quiet place to spend an evening with friends while enjoying the talents of local performing artists don’t have far to look. The Military Street Coffeehouse at the First Unitarian Church in Houlton fits the bill. Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou Board of Education has adopted a policy regarding requests by parents for an independent evaluation for the purpose of offering special education to students. The policy details the procedure for an additional independent evaluation of students whose parents don’t agree with… Read More
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MADAWASKA — Fifth-graders at Madawaska’s Acadia School and the PTA will hold a Fun Afternoon Fund Raiser, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, to help 7-year-old James Beaupre who is suffering from cancer. “An Afternoon for James” will include activities for children in… Read More
CARIBOU — Dr. Clark J. Obr, a certified anesthesiologist, has joined the medical staff at Cary Medical Center. Obr fills a position vacated by Dr. David Chien, who retired from his anesthesiology practice after more than 20 years at the Caribou hospital. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
LIMESTONE — Thirteen grievances have been filed by Limestone teachers and educational support staff who are dissatisfied with a Limestone School Committee lay-off list, approved in mid-November. A 15-day grievance filing period ended Monday, according to David Keaton, Limestone Teacher Association president. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
HODGDON — A special SAD 70 school board meeting held Monday to provide more time to discuss ways to reduce the district’s budget produced no new suggestions. At a meeting on Nov. 12, teachers offered numerous suggestions as to how they felt the district could… Read More
LUBEC — Attorney General Michael Carpenter told a gathering here Monday evening that it was important that citizens and selectmen communicate with each other. Several residents expressed anger, however, over the selectmen’s failure to properly post an announcement about a meeting held earlier Monday at… Read More
MACHIAS — A budget of $23,634 will be apportioned by the Washington County Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to several food pantries and other non-profit organizations at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, at the county courthouse. Duke Thatcher, new chairman of the FEMA board of… Read More
MACHIAS — Washington County Commissioners presented the county’s legislative delegation with a proposed 1993 spending package totaling $2,692,430. Offset by an estimated $337,872 in revenues, credits and surplus, county property owners would be left to provide $2,354,558 through taxes during the fiscal year beginning Jan. Read More
LUBEC — More than 100 Lubec residents filled the Lubec High School cafetorium Monday, expecting a Christmas miracle from Attorney General Michael Carpenter. Instead, they had to settle for a promise that he would return early next year with the answers they seek. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
CALAIS — The Passamaquoddy Tribe hopes to hit the jackpot at the City Council meeting Thursday night and win approval of its plan to build a hotel-casino complex in the city. In anticipation of a large public turnout, the council meeting will be held at… Read More
CORINNA — Two 17-year-old boys from Corinna and Plymouth are being charged with breaking into a Corinna home during the weekend. Trooper David Bowler of the Maine State Police said that a Corinna man returned home Friday and discovered his home had been burglarized. Several… Read More
HOWLAND — By the end of the month, officials plan to seek a capital investment grant of $124,500 from the Maine Waste Agency’s Office of Reduction and Recycling. Townspeople unanimously authorized the Board of Selectmen to seek the grant during a special town meeting Monday. Read More
GREENVILLE — From the amount of complaints he received from landowners and hunters, Sgt. Dan Tourtelotte knew he had a big problem with game violators last deer season in the southern tier of Piscataquis County. From Atkinson to Parkman, Tourtelotte found landowners raving about hunters’… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Cases disposed of in 13th District Court in Dover-Foxcroft recently included the following: James R. Brayall, 28, Milo, furnishing liquor to minor, 30 days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
The on-again, off-again plans to move the Penobscot County District Attorney’s Office out of its cramped courthouse quarters into more spacious digs appears to be on again. The county’s 15-member Budget Review Committee, which comprises elected officials from many Penobscot communities, agreed to open an… Read More
NEWPORT — When Patricia Arno goes to work each day, 75 employees of Irving Tannery in Hartland go with her. Arno recently opened the Patricia Ann Women’s Clothing Shop in Newport, achieving a lifelong dream to own a business and be her own boss. But… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Councilors in Pittsfield ratified the agreement between the town and the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. and Tom Sawyer Inc., in a brief meeting Tuesday night. The agreement as announced last week will allow the town to recoup costs expended in additional waste disposal… Read More
VAN BUREN — New alien requirements prompted a number of inquiries and requests for assistance from the Van Buren Adult-Community Education program. Adult Education Director Joseph Corbin responded by developing a workshop to assist people seeking to become United States citizens. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
DEXTER — The 15th annual Christmas Food Drive will be held Monday, Dec. 14 through Saturday, Dec. 19. The event is sponsored by Dexter Regional High School and the Dexter Kiwanis Club. Each year, high school students, in cooperation with the Kiwanis Club, collect food… Read More
The on-again, off-again plans to move the Penobscot County District Attorney’s Office out of its cramped courthouse quarters into more spacious digs appears to be on again. The county’s 15-member Budget Review Committee, which comprises elected officials from many Penobscot communities, agreed to open an… Read More
ROCKLAND — Rockland District High School’s music department will present “The Wonderful World of Christmas” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, in the high school auditorium. The program will begin with a candlelight procession and music by the mixed choir under the direction of Richard… Read More
THOMASTON — Registration for spring semester classes will continue at The Thomaston Center until Dec. 18 without payment. After Dec. 18, payment must be made at the time of registration. Classes begin the week of Jan. 18. Because of limited class sections and class size,… Read More
ROCKLAND — Everyone is welcome to participate Saturday, Dec. 19, in the 93rd annual Christmas bird count supervised by the National Audubon Society. Taken in the United States, Canada, many Central American countries and West Indian islands, the count aims for an accurate assessment of… Read More
ROCKLAND — Civilian traffic and emergency vehicles are having problems sharing city streets and it could get worse, speakers said at a Monday budget session. When City Councilor Jean Chalmers opened the Monday night budget session with criticism of the Fire Department, Fire Chief Raymond… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Living up to its promise of being the Christmas social event of the year, the first Poinsettia Ball attracted more than 300 people despite inclement weather. The ball served as a benefit fund-raiser for the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ELLSWORTH — After having gone one year without raises, Hancock County employees will receive a pay increase of 4 percent for the 1992-93 fiscal year. Hancock County Commissioners voted 3-0 Tuesday to approve a proposed county budget of $2.8 million. The budget is up 4.3… Read More
OTIS — A restructuring of middle-school education was one of several goals advocated by Union 92 School Superintendent Michael Cyr at Monday evening’s annual meeting of school boards in the union. Looking to the future, Cyr pointed to the need for an “entire change in… Read More
Bucksport High School The annual Christmas concert by the school band and chorus will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at the high school. The free concert is open to the public. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BURNHAM — A Burnham family left their two dogs, Casey and Max, at their Lower Pond Road farmhouse last summer when they took a trip to the Maine coast. A son, Bill Heatherman, worked during the day but cared for the dogs when he was home. Read More
An East Millinocket couple escaped injury Saturday when their pickup truck went out of control of Route 15 in Orrington and crashed into a garage. Penobscot County Deputy Paul Gaucher said Barry Bryant, 49, lost control of the truck on a curve during Saturday’s snowstorm. Read More
St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Bangor will hold an informational evening for Catholics who have been away from full practice in the church. The evening will begin a process designed to welcome back those who have been away by connecting them again to parish life… Read More
Michael Aube, commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, may be working overtime to help Bangor with its effort to land a federal accounting center, but that has not stopped the city from suing him over another matter. Aube and city staff… Read More
AUGUSTA — Agency budget estimates within the McKernan administration have fluctuated since planning for the next two-year spending cycle began last summer, but the bottom line remains more or less unchanged, finance chief H. Sawin Millett told a group of lawmakers Tuesday. Giving Senate Democrats… Read More
PORTLAND — Attorneys for three New England states argued Tuesday that New Hampshire’s special property tax on the Seabrook nuclear power plant and accompanying tax credits for in-state utilities are unconstitutional. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal told a special master the tax structure places an… Read More
AUGUSTA — A Skowhegan doctor whose license to practice medicine was suspended amid charges of misconduct will get a hearing Wednesday before the state medical board as it ponders his professional future. State attorneys were prepared to call 16 witnesses to testify before the Board… Read More
INDIAN ISLAND — As it works to renovate Sockalexis Arena, the Penobscot Nation announced Tuesday that it has suspended its high-stakes bingo games for two to four months. The suspension will start immediately, beginning with this weekend’s previously scheduled games. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
When Matthew Nutt of the Eastern Maine AIDS Network talks about AIDS to students, his focus is on the history and science of the disease. Speaking Tuesday at two assemblies at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Nutt devoted 75 percent of his 63-minute… Read More
Early Sunday afternoon, 21-year-old David Violette of Orono packed two Ace bandages in his backpack in case an emergency cropped up while he was riding his mountain bike along the snow-covered community bike paths. Within an hour he would use the bandages and strips of… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine Democrats think the presidential election victory of Bill Clinton and Al Gore has revived interest among young people in the Democratic Party and they want to capitalize on that interest. “The renewed interest of students and other young people demonstrates a cohesiveness… Read More
Opponents of the proposed Basin Mills hydroelectric development went on the attack Tuesday during Day 2 of the Board of Environmental Protection’s hearing on the project held at the Civic Center in Bangor. Bob Dreher, an attorney from the Washington-based Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund,… Read More
Old Town School Department employees have been banned from contacting or consulting with the Eastern Maine AIDS Network, or at least that’s how the city’s school superintendent has interpreted a decision by the Old Town School Board. At its Nov. 17 meeting, the board failed… Read More
U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe has spent more than $730,000 on her re-election bid, nearly twice as much as her Democrat opponent, Patrick K. McGowan, campaign reports show. From Oct. 15 to Nov. 23, when much of the campaign money typically rolls in and out… Read More
An order signed Tuesday by state Transportation Commissioner Dana Connors has cleared the way for restoration of train service to Augusta. The order authorizes Maine Coast Railroad Co. to operate trains on a 35-mile former main line route between Brunswick and Augusta. Train operations will… Read More
EASTPORT — Monday was a record-breaking day for the longshoremen at the Federal Marine Terminal in Eastport as they loaded the ship Star Grip with the 200,000th ton of cargo the port has handled this year. The 200,000-ton mark represents a 28 percent increase over… Read More
The decision by CP Rail System to get out of the railroad business in Maine has prompted state transportation officials to look again at an unused 127-mile line in Penobscot, Hancock and Washington counties. Russell Spinney, deputy commissioner of transportation, said the impending loss of… Read More
They came, they saw, and Bangor officals hope they left happy. A five-member team from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service spent Tuesday in Bangor reviewing the city’s proposal for a 4,000-employee accounting center and taking in the sights. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
An appeal has been issued across the country for a heart for a 13-year-old Skowhegan boy whose life hangs in the balance at a Boston hospital. Travis Conway’s heart is so weakened by myocarditis, an uncommon heart virus, that his doctor says he must receive… Read More
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Women using VDTs that emit high levels of a certain kind of electromagnetic radiation have a tripled risk of miscarriage, Finnish researchers report. The new study takes a more comprehensive look at VDT magnetic fields than a previous U.S. study that… Read More
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To its credit, the Public Utilties Commission rejected a pilot program that would have burdened Maine ratepayers with the $1.5 million cost of subsidizing the conversion of selected residential units from electricity to other heating fuels. The commission’s decision was based on two factors: googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The ground was covered with fresh fallen snow, and the children’s eyes were filled with the promise of magic as they came, with their families, to the home of Anette and Aquelidio Rodriques in Bangor last Saturday night. It was the eve of the feast of Nikolaus, a… Read More