What would happen if a female athlete at the University of Maine filed a Title IX complaint today with the Department of Education’s office of Civil Rights? Not much, for awhile. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
There haven’t been too many disappointing times in the hockey career of University of Maine freshman phenom Paul Kariya. But the fact he saw very limited playing time for Team Canada in the World Junior Championships in Germany a year ago was one of those times. Read More
Although it was 1972 that the United States Congress passed Title XI of the Education Amendments, supposedly guaranteeing women equal opportunities in any educational program or activity receiving federal funds, it was years before American educational institutions actually began fulfilling that mandate. Compliance with Title… Read More
Christmas came earlier than expected for Leah Thistle of Bangor. In mid-November, Thistle signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Keene (N.H.) State College. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
ORONO – If a female athlete at the University of Maine walked into Athletic Director Mike Ploszek’s office and told him she believed the state’s only Division I athletic department was seriously out of compliance with Title IX, she might be surprised to see him nod his head… Read More
The University of Maine’s hockey road show will leave the sunny climes of southern California this weekend to begin preparing for three freshman/sophomore-laden teams hoping to knock them off in the first Cleveland College Hockey Classic at the Richfield (Ohio) Coliseum next Tuesday and Wednesday. Read More
If life were fair, no need would have existed for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. But life is not fair, and nowhere is that more evident as it relates to athletic opportunities for female… Read More
It has been the law of the land for 20 years. Its intent is simple: to prevent discrimination on the basis of gender from occurring in educational institutions that receive federal funding. Its impact, historically, has been most visible in athletics. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Temporary taxes worth $270 million to Maine are due to come off the books between the end of this month and June 30, putting the governor and the Legislature in the uncomfortable position of either letting them end and finding ways to make up the difference or admitting… Read More
AUGUSTA — What to do with the Christmas tree once the holiday is over? State recycling advocates say the holiday season is a good time to curb the amount of waste sent to disposal sites. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
NORTH SYDNEY, Nova Scotia — Louisiana rope maker Walter Juodis wishes he never got tangled up in a controversial deal to buy some machinery from a bankrupt Canadian rope plant. Eight months ago, he innocently purchased the equipment from a receiver. But former workers at… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will teach the basics of farm management, growing raspberries, and organic growing in a program of workshops and talks during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Augusta Civic Center. For information, call MOFGA 622-3118. Read More
KABALE, Uganda — The Westerman family of Poland Spring didn’t have the nicest of Christmases last year. They had just moved to Uganda, an African country devastated by AIDS and years of war, where Karen and Gary Westerman were to be Episcopal missionaries. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
PORTLAND — The head of the Christian Civic League of Maine says he may have acted too hastily when he urged donors to withhold support for the Greater Portland United Way. Jasper Wyman has since backed away from his call for economic sanctions against the… Read More
BOSTON — More than 17,000 former depositors of the failed Bank of New England could lose a total of roughly $10 million unless they claim their money in the next three weeks. Those depositors, most from Massachusetts and Connecticut but also some from Maine, are… Read More
WASHINGTON — One of the great mysteries of the Watergate scandal is why people as smart as Richard Nixon and his aides would do something as stupid as sanction the political snooping operation that led to the world’s most famous second-rate burglary. Nixon was well on his way… Read More
The American Council for Drug Education, located in Washington, D.C., offers some New Year’s resolutions for 1993: To stop enabling the alcohol and-or drug abuse of family members, friends or co-workers. Don’t take over their work or “call in sick” for them. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Barring unforeseen snags in a long planning process, travelers to and from southern Maine will be able to take the train home for Christmas in 1993. At least, that’s the fervent hope of Wayne Davis, chairman of a train-support group that has carried the standard… Read More
The city of Bangor this year will continue its post-Christmas tradition of chipping trees for composting. This year, city officials are encouraging residents to drop off their trees in the specially marked areas of public playgrounds. From Monday, Dec. 28, and continuing through Friday, Jan. Read More
Trying to get to the bottom of Augusta’s ballot-tampering scandal makes one feel like a cat chasing its tail. Round and round you go, and where you end up is right where you started, chasing your tail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
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Volunteers trained by the Internal Revenue Service are ready to help individuals with previous-year tax returns by helping to prepare forms, obtain past W-2 forms, and refer taxpayers to the right IRS office if installment payments are needed. Call 622-8328 for an appointment. Read More
MACHIAS — A series of six public information meetings on new Worker Protection Standards, which are intended to reduce hazards of pesticide use in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, will be held by the Maine Board of Pesticides Control beginning Jan. 12 at Augusta and ending Feb. 2 at… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals Association sponsored a fund-raising campaign in which students from 42 Maine schools raised more than $8,000 for seven schools in the areas hardest-hit by Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Fla. The funds will be used for school supplies such as… Read More
Gerald E. Thibodeau of Bangor was elected senior vice president of the Pro Life Education Association during its recent annual election. Thibodeau has served as a director of St. Andre’s Home, St. Michael’s Center and PLEA, and is pro-life chairman of his Knights of Columbus Council. Professionally, he… Read More
The Boat Owners Association of the United States of Alexandria, Va., will make weather information available over a new service, BOAT-U.S. Weather Watch. National Oceanographic and Aeronautics Administration weather information will be transmitted by telephone through the 435,000-member BOAT-U.S. group, with up-to-the-minute marine weather forecasts… Read More
Tonya Rivers didn’t quite know what to make of the black woolen “O”-shaped thing with two furry red circles sewn into it. When the 26-year-old Bangor woman learned that her Christmas present was a winter headband with built-in earmuffs, she decided she didn’t like it. Read More
A letter arrived this week from Jim Wells of Perry, a self-proclaimed “constant reader” of this part of the newspaper. He enclosed a clipping from the Quoddy Tides which told about how the Mounties have two suspects in a Dec. 4 burglary on Grand Manan Island that netted… Read More
In small communities like Beals, Lubec and Cherryfield, the U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court have been meeting head to head with traditional Downeast values and deeply rooted beliefs in a quiet kind of clash that has gone unnoticed or ignored for years. On December… Read More
WINDHAM — St. Joseph’s College and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland have announced the next course in its Called and Gifted Program, a certificate program for parish service. “Sacramental Theology” will be the topic for the next course, to be offered in several locations… Read More
Penobscot School, the non-profit, foreign-language school based in Rockland, has designed a Caribbean experience for the kind of traveler who wants to be deeply immersed in the foreign language and culture. The school is offering an inexpensive, two-week stay on the French West Indies island… Read More
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Late on a wintry Friday afternoon, Rick DeGrasse leans on the bar of the Penny Post coffee house in Old Town and crushes another cigarette into one of three overflowing ashtrays. DeGrasse is a regular here and will stay through the early morning hours, listening to the bands,… Read More
White moves and mates in three moves. If you are good, solve it without peeking. Ron Evers of Bar Harbor gave the best analysis of the difficult Thanksgiving Week Challenge and won a subscription to Inside Chess. The position is from the 1957 USSR Championship… Read More
It always seems a little sad to have a special day pass by. Whether it’s Christmas, a birthday, an anniversary, or even a vacation period, it can be depressing to acknowledge that some special occasion is all over. Now, I know that many of you… Read More
BLUE HILL — The Rev. John S. Hedger, priest at St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church in Blue Hill, will retire from the active priesthood at the end of this year. The community will join his family and friends for his last celebration of the Eucharist at… Read More
Tomorrow morning, a quarter of a million Maine Catholics will mark the Feast of the Holy Family, which commemorates Jesus, Mary and Joseph as the model of domestic society, holiness and virtue. This year, the feast belongs uniquely to the 1,500 families of St. Joseph’s… Read More
Maine churches will usher in the new year with activities spanning Dec. 26 through Jan. 3: AMHERST — A Christmas recital will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, at the Amherst Aurora United Church of Christ, with Ronald P. Martin, organist. Selections will… Read More
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From the 1892 NEWS Whitneyville — Ira Albee, who went to Empire City, Oregon, early last spring has returned home. He was very much dissatisfied with that part of the country and was glad to shake dust from his feet and return to his native… Read More
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BELFAST — Dr. Charles Tyer, pastor of First Baptist Church of Belfast, has announced a possible study-travel tour of Israel and Greece. The 12-day tour would leave New York on March 1, and return March 22. The itinerary would include Athens, Delphi, Tel Aviv, Tiberias,… Read More
A headline for a story in Friday’s Bangor Daily News incorrectly stated that the Bar Harbor town manager’s contract had stirred debate. As the story indicated, the town manager in question was in the town of Mount Desert, not Bar Harbor. The story ran on Page 7. Read More
Three decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling banning organized prayer from public schools. The reverberations of that decision have yet to end. In the more than 30 years since the decision on June 25, 1962, numerous cases have gone before the… Read More
Early in January, the state Legislature can act decisively for economic development by endorsing an electrical energy rate structure that will lower the cost of power to the proposed Defense Finance and Accounting Service center that is expected to generate as many as 6,500 jobs for Maine. Read More
In Friday’s Bangor Daily News on Page 3, The Associated Press reported erroneously that President Carter pardoned newspaper heiress and convicted bank robber Patty Hearst. Carter commuted Hearst’s sentence, but did not grant a pardon. Read More
Christmas is over, and you may be close to broke. If you don’t have lots of money jingling in your pockets, don’t drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs. That’s one of the messages of National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, sponsored by public and private… Read More
Lillian Morrell is living in Louisiana and would appreciate cards from old friends in Maine. She went to school in Dexter and is homesick during the holidays. She also is trying to rebuild her home after Hurricane Andrew. Her address is P.O. Box 291, Pierre Part, La. 70339. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The indoor pool will hold registration from Monday, Dec. 28, through Friday, Jan. 8, for its winter swimming session. Classes will begin the week of Monday, Jan. 11, and run through Thursday, March 25. Classes offered for adults include “learn to swim,”… Read More
MACHIAS — Washington County Commissioners are expected to announce early next week their choice for county bookkeeper. Although the names of the applicants hav enot been made public, Preston Smioth chairman of the commission, said Thursday that four “well qualified” candidates had applied for the… Read More
Arthur Leavitt Jr., 43, of Northfield was convicted and sentenced in Washington County Superior Court for criminal mischief and assault, but not for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, as reported on Dec. 24. In addition to operating a motor… Read More
MACHIAS — The Training and Development Corp. this week distributed more than 60 Christmas toys to needy families, and announced the training center’s Client of the Year and Employer of the Year. The training center, assisting the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots program,… Read More
FORT KENT — A newly formed nonprofit organization at Fort Kent is gearing up for what is being billed as the biggest sled dog race east of the Mississippi. The CAN AM Crown, a 250-mile international sled dog race, will be held in February and… Read More
MACHIAS — Chemistry students in Tom Malloy’s class at Machias Memorial High School soared to new heights recently, when they built and test flew model hot air balloons. The balloons, which measured 4 feet in diameter and 10 feet in length, were constructed out of… Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, at City Hall to consider a funding request from the Save Loring Committee. Public hearings are scheduled at 7:05 p.m. to discuss an ordinance on Recreation and Parks Department staff appointments… Read More
CARIBOU — Dates and courses for the winter semester of Caribou Adult Education has been announced by Director Conrad Walton. Classes will be held at the Caribou Learning Center on Bennett Drive, the Caribou Technology Center on Sweden Street and the Northern Maine Technical College… Read More
LIMESTONE — Members of the Limestone FFA will assist Tri-Community Landfill in Fort Fairfield with a “Merry Mulch” project to recycle Christmas trees. The trees will be reduced to small chips which may be used in gardens, to control weeds or to make compost. Trees… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine Board of Pesticides Control and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold six public information meetings in January and February to discuss new worker protection standards intended to reduce hazards of pesticide use in agriculture, forestry and horticulture. The… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Diets and losing weight in the new year will be discussed at a free community lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at Gould Memorial Hospital. The lecture, “Diet is Die With a `T’ on the End,” will be presented by Laurie… Read More
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“I’ve been smoking all my life — I’d never be able to quit.” Don’t try that excuse on William and Barbara (Atkinson) Zimmerman of Dover-Foxcroft. Between the two of them, they had smoked approximately 90 years. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A roller skating trip to the Caribou Roller Rink will be offered Thursday, Jan. 31, by the Presque Isle Parks and Recreation Department. The bus will leave the recreation center at 12:30 p.m. and will return at 3:30 p.m. The cost for… Read More
The growth of Sunday River from a 70-acre liability for Vermont’s Killington ski area into a bustling resort that attracted half a million skiers last year has boosted Maine’s reputation as a skiing destination. The Bethel ski area, once owned by Killington’s parent company, stripped… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan lawyer Peter Mills has been elected to the American College of Trial Lawyers, an association of U.S. and Canadian lawyers who have shown special competence in trial of cases and resolution of disputes. Mills joined 20 members in Maine, including his partner,… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — It’s the kind of law that raises the hackles of old Yankees. With words like mandatory, require, and penalty, seat-belt bills have fared poorly in New England, which encompasses half of the eight states nationally that have no seat belt law for… Read More
Mike Currier’s Dec. 14 letter titled, “When will it stop?”, made me wonder whether Maine’s electric utilities regulatory system has run amok. Downeast Peat LP was licensed and constructed four years ago and is capable of producing 22.8 megawatts of electricity by burning peat moss… Read More
I read with some dismay Bill Cosby’s (oped) column, “Teachers can help bad children” (BDN, Nov. 10). … Enough already! Teachers are trained to teach; as far as I know, they have not been trained to be on a SWAT team, nor to be social… Read More
“Dont get involved, Mr. President. Don’t take any action now.” While Bush was attempting to win re-election, he was probably hearing advice like that from all sides. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
This is a letter of thanks to a group of community men and women who have shared the gift of friendship with kids in the Greater Bangor area, as their Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and Big Couples during 1992. Seventy children’s lives have been enriched by the “one-to-one”… Read More
BUCKSPORT — If the state Legislature decides to implement a statewide 911 system next year, Bucksport will be ready. Byron Vinton III, a public safety department dispatcher for the town of Bucksport, said Friday that the town’s 911 emergency call system has been on line… Read More
HAMPDEN — Councilors on Monday night authorized Tax Assessor Vivian Gressor and Town Attorney Thomas Russell to continue to fight the tax abatement request from Messina & Sprowl Associates on its Ammo Industrial Park property. The company has asked for a $7,000 cut in its… Read More
An elderly Detroit couple died as the result of an automobile accident Thursday at the intersection of Davis Road and Ohio Street in Bangor. Alton Reynolds, 86, and his wife, Elsie, 85, were traveling in their 1987 Ford car Thursday afternoon on Davis Road. According… Read More
BUCKSPORT — If the state Legislature decides to implement a statewide 911 system next year, Bucksport will be ready. Byron Vinton III, a public safety department dispatcher for the town of Bucksport, said Friday that the town’s 911 emergency call system has been on line… Read More
The Bangor-Brewer YWCA has announced Christmas vacation half-price swim specials Saturday, Dec. 26, through Saturday, Jan. 2. Cost is $1, adults; 75 cents, youth. Non-members pay $1.50, adult; $1, youth. Family swim times will be extended during the week: Noon-3 p.m. Saturday; noon-3 p.m. Sunday;… Read More
ROCKLAND — Despite his being a former U.S. Army weapons instructor, Traffic Officer Earl “Walkie-Chalkie” Robishaw has been ordered to hang up his six-shooter. Police Chief Alfred Ockenfels confirmed that Officer Robishaw’s pistol-packing days are over. He said the 15-year department veteran no longer met… Read More
ORLAND — A 31-year-old Orland man was free on bail Friday following his arrest Thursday by Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investiagors on a charge of trafficking in cocaine. Radford Dunbar was bailed from the Hancock County Jail in Ellsworth after a noon Thursday raid on… Read More
DEER ISLE — The Museum of Modern Art in New York City has acquired the original model and drawing of Edward Larrabee Barnes’ acclaimed Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. According to Anne Dixon, study center supervisor for the museum, the model is the first work… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The following cases were heard Dec. 10-16 in the central division of 5th District Court in Ellsworth. Not included in the listing are traffic offenses resulting in fines of less than $100. Gainor H. Ventresco, 29, Deer Isle, negotiating worthless instrument, 60 days… Read More
BELFAST — The following cases were decided in 5th District Court in Belfast Dec. 15-22: Herman Reynolds Jr., 46, Belfast, sexual abuse of minor, nine months in jail, all but 45 days suspended, one year probation. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
ROCKLAND — In recognition of 1993 as The Year of American Craft, each month throughout the year the Farnsworth Museum will showcase the work of local craftspeople. In January the work of felt artist Elisabeth Schuman of Union will be featured. A graduate of Goddard… Read More
I must take issue with Professor (James) Sanders’ column, “Increase deficit spending” (BDN, Dec. 12-13). Deficit spending is the absolute worst possible solution for our economic woes that could ever be prescribed. The good professor should know better! The deficit that we as a nation… Read More
WARREN — Representatives of the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District joined conservationists from throughout Maine at the recent business meeting of the Maine Association of Conservation Districts in Bangor. Local representatives included Barry J. Tibbetts, district chairman, North Whitefield; Karl Drechsler, vice chairman, Hope;… Read More
MACHIAS — Nearly half of all Washington County towns with operational landfills have filed letters of intent with the Department of Environmental Protection for future use or development of a solid waste transfer station. The letters clear the way for the DEP to grant qualifying… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A family devastated by the loss of their home to fire can turn to the Red Cross for shelter, food and clothing — a service the Hancock County Chapter of the American Red Cross has been providing to area families for 75 years. Read More
WINTERPORT — First Selectman Roger Doyon said Winterport is being criticized unjustly, along with the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department. In a recent meeting of the Waldo County Commissioners dealing with the county budget, he said, a state trooper whose name Doyon did not know said… Read More
CAMDEN — The Christmas star atop Mount Battie is shining a little brighter in the eyes of Martin Womer this year. Womer, spokesman for the Coastal Mountains Land Trust, was filled with holiday cheer this week as he announced that the non-profit conservation organization had… Read More
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PITTSFIELD — Police impounded a late model Oldsmobile early Thursday morning in Pittsfield after it was involved in a police chase on Route 100 and through residential streets. According to Police Chief Bill Lawrence, Reserve Officer Jason Richards attempted to stop the car for speeding… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Farm Credit of Aroostook has expanded its lines of services by including equipment leasing as an alternative for customers seeking equipment financing. “We are excited about this new service,” said Gary B. Sirois, president of Farm Credit of Aroostook. “Our customers will… Read More
NEWPORT — Children often have unique ideas about holidays and traditions. What do they really believe about Santa Claus? A group of children ages 3 to 11 gathered around the Christmas tree recently at the Little Feet Day Care center operated by Colleen Longmuir, discussing… Read More
HARTLAND — Math Challenge 24 is like Jeopardy with numbers, according to the four winners at Hartland Junior High School this week. The challenge is a card-game competition for seventh- and eighth-graders in conjunction with “Achieving Our National Goal: First in Math.” The program is… Read More