Most folks in eastern Maine remember Brewer gasoline entrepreneur and motel owner Dick Stacey’s trademark TV commercial tag line of, “See Ya.” That’s exactly what the Husson College men’s basketball team said to a scrappy University of New England squad at about the 30-minute mark… Read More
FORT KENT – Castleton State of Vermont used 15 players and they all scored as the visitors defeated the University of Maine-Fort Kent 91-54 Thursday night Castleton raised its hoopheir record to 6-4. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
One of the sights University of Maine men’s basketball coach Rudy Keeling said his Black Bears were planning to take in while in San Francisco Friday was Alcatraz. Good choice. It should get the flu-plagued Bears thinking of ways to escape the University of San… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Cammi Granato scored five times and assisted on three others as the Providence Friars blanked the Colby White Mules 11-0 in women’s college hockey action here Friday afternoon. Stephanie O’Sullivan added a goal and six assists for the 4-0 Friars while Michelle… Read More
University of Maine freshman phenom Paul Kariya was inundated with interview requests after helping lead Canada to the gold medal in the World Junior Hockey Championships in Sweden. “The phone never stopped ringing,” said Kariya. “In Canada, this tournament is as big or bigger than… Read More
U.S. Cross Country Results RUMFORD – Results Friday from the opening day of the $45,000 Subaru U.S. Cross Country Championships at Black Mountain: Women (10K) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
Patrice Tardif is not giving it any thought right now. Mike Dunham has already made his decision. The two University of Maine hockey standouts will have a year of eligibility remaining after this season, but Dunham won’t return and Tardif will wait until after the… Read More
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The second day of 1993 was a little better than four hours old when I pulled into Al Mitchell’s yard. “She’s a little brisk ain’t she, chum?” said the Holden resident who, I’m convinced, would rather hunt eider ducks than win the lottery. As we loaded his gunning… Read More
At Dubuque, Iowa, St. Joseph’s College of Standish rolled up a 16-point lead in the second half and then held off St. Ambrose University of Davenport, Iowa, down the stretch to take the victory over the NAIA Division I school during the National Catholic Basketball Tournament. Read More
Confused about the finer points of the NFL labor agreement reached this week? So is former University of Maine and current New Orleans Saints quarterback Mike Buck. The third-year backup QB of the Saints said Friday he is still unclear about whether he is an… Read More
The Ellsworth Eagles jumped out to a 21-10 lead at the end of the first quarter en route to their 64-50 schoolgirl basketball victory over the John Bapst Crusaders at the Bangor Auditorium Friday night. Amy Sisson scored 19 points as the Eagles improved to… Read More
The University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls continued one of their best-ever starts in a basketball season with a 115-65 victory over Notre Dame College in first-round action from the Dick Stacey Invitational Tournament at Husson College’s Newman Gym in Bangor. Sounds pretty impressive. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Dan Larkin scored twice as the Colby College White Mules netted five unanswered goals to defeat the Trinity College Bantams 6-3 in men’s college hockey action here Friday. Todd Guilfoyle, Brian Pompeo, Brian Cronin and Keith Gleason also scored for the… Read More
For folks who like to plan ahead, Jack Gifford and I, together with the Maine Army National Guard, ask you to mark your calendar for Wednesday, Jan. 20. That is the date for the second annual “Hoops for Hope” United Cerebral Palsy Media All-Star Basketball… Read More
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FOXBORO, Mass. – Dick MacPherson was fired as coach of the New England Patriots on Friday night, two years and a day after taking the job he called a “limitless” opportunity. “I dreamed of coming here and putting this thing together,” he said at a… Read More
Dick MacPherson picked up the telephone at his home Friday morning on the third ring. “I really can’t talk about it,” MacPherson said, when asked the inevitable question about his status as head football coach of the New England Patriots. A few hours later, the… Read More
OLD TOWN – Basketball fans of all ages jammed into MacKenzie Gymnasium here Friday night to witness the much-heralded Big East Conference showdown between Old Town and Bangor. If anyone had conducted an exit poll to find out the key to Old Town’s victory, 1,601… Read More
Chris Horr missed the first, but hit the second of two foul shots with four seconds left in the game to give the Brewer Witches a 69-68 schoolboy basketball victory over Nokomis of Newport at Brewer High School Friday night. The Witches survived a fourth-quarter… Read More
TAMPA, Fla. – Five players scored in double figures to break up a close game at the half and lead Husson College of Bangor to an 84-72 women’s basketball victory over Culver-Stockton College of Canton, Mo., here at the University of Tampa-Ramada Inn Classic Friday. Read More
CAMDEN — The Ragged Mountain Ski Club has additional funds available for skiers who need financial assistance to enroll in the winter race program organized by the Ragged Mountain Ski School at the Snow Bowl. Coaches John Lippman and Christ Christie or ski school Assistant… Read More
NEWPORT — Two $25 prizes will be the award in the third annual adult writing contest sponsored by Friends of Newport Public Library. Complete rules for the competition can be picked up at the library or at the Mr. Paperback magazine store in Newport. Participants… Read More
DEXTER — For the first time in 22 years, Jim Silverman won’t have to drop everything he’s doing or rouse himself from sleep when the Dexter fire alarm sounds. Silverman retires officially from the Dexter Fire Department this month after 22 years as a firefighter… Read More
BELFAST — The Maine Department of Transportation has agreed to pay half the cost of a $68,000 sidewalk to the new Troy A. Howard Middle School on Route 52, Deputy Commissioner Alden Small said Friday. Small met with members of the SAD 34 board of… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Knox County Democratic Committee will hold it biennial election of officers at its meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Stella Maris House. Candidates for office need not be members of the committee, but they must be enrolled in the… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Knox County Republican Committee elected officers for the next two-year term during its meeting on Jan. 5 at Rockland. Elected as chairman of the committee was Martha L. Johnston-Nash. Johnston-Nash most recently served as the secretary of the committee. Her husband is… Read More
ROCKPORT — Health Connections offers confidential HIV testing by appointment at the Health Connections office, located in the trailer outside the Penobscot Bay Medical Center Emergency Room. The new service began on Jan. 4. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Fund-raising activities will begin soon for the newly formed Manson Park Playground Committee, a group of parents and teachers interested in improving the quantity and quality of school equipment for Manson Park School. Anne Cianchette, a member of the committee, said existing equipment… Read More
PORTLAND — A former state prison guard convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife was sentenced Tuesday to a seven-year prison term after some of the jurors who found him guilty asked for leniency. “I found a man guilty who… Read More
THOMASTON — Town Manager William Judson has submitted a draft 1993 budget calling for expenditures of $1,446,392. Although the budget package represents an 18 percent increase over last year, Judson stressed that most of the increase was caused by requests that may not be included… Read More
FORT KENT — Area educators will have a variety of courses from which to choose this spring at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Topics will range from children’s literature to the use of drama in the classroom. A course, Evaluation and Guidance, will… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Hayes Gahagan, a developer of a waste-to-energy plant, took exception Friday to statements made earlier this week that electric rates would jump 10 percent if a steam and electricity plant were built in Easton. Maine Public Service Co.’s president, G. Melvin Hovey,… Read More
BRIDGEWATER — A one-story building used to manufacture barrel hoops at the Bradbury Barrel Co. was destroyed in a fire Friday morning. The building was located at the intersection of the Boundary Line Road and Tannery Street. No injuries were reported, according to John Barker,… Read More
SHERMAN STATION — Fees for some adult education classes and driver education classes in SAD 25 will increase immediately as a result of school board action on Wednesday. The registration fees for enrichment courses offered by the district’s adult education program will increase from $8… Read More
CARIBOU — The Loring Readjustment Committee wants a say in the handling of 18 Maine sites that are associated with Loring Air Force Base if and when the sites are turned over to the civilian community. In addition to the 10,000-acre base in Limestone, which… Read More
A headline on a story Friday about the Aroostook County Jail incorrectly said that the state would continue to hold back state funds until Caribou files a jail plan. The county needs to file the plan. Read More
MACHIAS — Directors of the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce will receive from its Search Committee a recommended candidate for the position of executive director at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Helen’s Restaurant. Later in January, the directors will elect a new executive… Read More
EASTPORT — A 37-year-old Baring man was injured Thursday when the tractor-trailer he was driving turned over on Route 190 and spilled its load. Chief Charles M. Shaw Jr., of the Eastport Police Department, said that at around 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Leslie Day was traveling… Read More
CALAIS — The new $1.8-million multipurpose building at the Washington County Technical College that will open this spring is a marriage of brick and imaginative design. The building’s architect, Jan Becker of Portland, last year received an award for her design from the Women in Architecture of the… Read More
The towns of Millinocket, East Millinocket and Medway will be faced with much higher costs for garbage disposal. Officials of the towns say it will be more important than ever to recycle in order to reduce the volume of solid waste. Also, they believe that… Read More
GUILFORD — Keyboarding, chemistry with laboratory, mathematics and fly tying are among the spring semester courses offered through SAD 4 Adult Education. The spring classes will begin the week of Jan. 11. Registration will be on the first night of each course at Piscataquis Community… Read More
LINCOLN — In a few weeks, Town Manager Cliff Barker will present the Town Council with options to avert a projected budget shortfall of between $250,000 and $350,000. Town Council members asked Barker to look at options such as a spending freeze, cutting some accounts,… Read More
LINCOLN — Norman Moulton, 51, of Lincoln was charged Thursday with criminal trespass and terrorizing in connection with a Dec. 31 incident in Lowell, according to State Trooper Phil Dawson Jr. Dawson said the charges against Moulton stemmed from what he described as a domestic… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Directors of SAD 68 on Wednesday granted teacher Linda Howard a five-week sabbatical to study in the field of guidance. She will receive benefits but no pay while on leave. Jim Wilcox was approved as the support system mentor and Elizabeth Postlewaite as… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Charwill Construction Co. of Meredith, N.H., has been awarded a $2.2 million contract for design and construction of a water treatment plant in Millinocket. The plant will treat 1.5 million gallons of water a day. The plant will be located on Ferguson Lake… Read More
PALMYRA — The Palmyra Town Office is running smoothly and efficiently, Selectman Carlton Preble said Thursday. “Everybody is trying real hard,” said Preble, in the wake of resignations by the board chairman and the administrative assistant, as well as the replacement of two office workers… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — When Arcady Music Society officials asked teacher Barbara Towl if she wanted to participate in an International Art Festival, she enthusiastically accepted. Pupils in her art classes at SeDoMoCha Middle School submitted several of their prints hoping to have them selected for the… Read More
NEWPORT — Newport selectmen handled only a few items of businesses at a Wednesday night meeting, including setting a deadline for receipt of town manager applications and approving a catering permit. Chairman Al Worden said that fourteen applications have been received for the manager’s position… Read More
ROCKPORT — In conjunction with the fourth annual Camden Conference and the theme of United States-Japan Relations, Maine Coast Artists will host an exhibition, “Reflections on the Japanese Wood Block Figure,” featuring the work of John Wissemann. The public is invited to an opening reception from 1 to… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth Business and Professional Women invite area women to apply for a scholarship funded through the Maine Business and Professional Women’s Futurama Foundation. Completed scholarship applications must be received by April 20. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
TRENTON — Brenda Cartwright, owner of The Organizer, is offering a workshop series on developing good organizing habits beginning Jan. 23, at her home office in Trenton. The series includes four workshops: Goal Setting, Jan. 23; Procrastination, Feb. 20; Organizing Your Home, March 20; Time… Read More
THOMASTON — A rift is widening between Police Chief Victor Kraft and Sgt. James Hosford over Hosford’s apparent reluctance to follow orders. Kraft confirmed Friday that Hosford was given a formal reprimand this week. Kraft also removed Hosford as department training officer because he was… Read More
ORLAND — Emphasizing that Orland residents support the concept of sharing sewage disposal costs with a neighboring town, First Selectman Wayne Ames hopes to see the proposal endorsed Thursday by the Bucksport Town Council. The 7 p.m. meeting, scheduled at the town office, will decide… Read More
ELLSWORTH — People who would like to share their enthusiasm for art with children are invited to serve as volunteer guides for a Portland Museum of Art exhibition on display Jan. 29 through March 6 at the Ellsworth City Library. Volunteers may choose to attend… Read More
ORRINGTON — Orrington Postmaster Alfred L. Black has been placed on administrative leave by U.S. Postal Service inspectors pending completion of an investigation. Susan Dow, manager of Customer Services Support at the U.S. Postal Service in Portland, confirmed that a team of postal inspectors visited… Read More
DEDHAM — Selectman Edwin Roberts Jr. said at Thursday night’s meeting that although he is still working with the Grass Roots cable television company in trying to get cable service for Dedham, he had not succeeded. Roberts said the reason the town wants Grass Roots… Read More
Come Monday area residents will have the chance to learn more about the plan to lure to Bangor a 4,000-employee federal accounting center and to ask questions of the people who drafted the proposal. The city is one of 20 under consideration by the Defense… Read More
The outpatient services program affiliated with Bangor’s Hope House was licensed just 14 months ago, and already it has outgrown its location. The three staff members — Tim James, Carolyn Pepin and Ardis White — recently moved from Union Street into new offices at 157… Read More
WASHINGTON — Speed kills. Or does it? 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 (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
The governor’s reductions may be “bitter medicine” but they’ll hurt rather than heal Maine’s ailing economy, representatives of the state technical college system and the state teachers’ union said Friday. Gov. John R. McKernan on Friday proposed cutting state aid to local schools by about… Read More
GREENBUSH — Town Manager Robert Littlefield said town officials were informed by telephone on New Year’s Eve that a request for an extension to continue using the town’s landfill until Sept. 1 had been denied by the Department of Environmental Protection. However, Littlefield said, DEP… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan unveiled a balanced two-year budget Friday that would cut spending on education, retirement and entitlements, and reduce the state work force by 570 people. The $2.96 billion budget for fiscal years 1994-95 calls for spending $180 million less than… Read More
EAGLE LAKE — A scandal had erupted in Augusta, but if it ruffled John Martin, he never let it show. On Dec. 16, Martin sat in the study of his Route 11 farmhouse, dictating the fourth draft of a press release into a telephone. He… Read More
AUGUSTA — Here are the main points of Gov. John R. McKernan’s proposed budget for 1994-95: Repeal $274 million in temporary tax increases that were enacted in 1991, including an increase from 5 percent to 6 percent in the sales tax and a surcharge on… Read More
Scores of Bangor residents put on their blue suede shoes and trekked to the Bangor Post Office on Friday to buy commemorative stamps of rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley. The stamps went on sale at noon on the day Presley would have turned 58. The entertainer,… Read More
Jock McKernan has announced that he wants to consolidate several state departments so the state may better serve us. In a game of musical chairs proposed this week the governor listed a bunch of changes which are supposed to make our working-class lives a little… Read More
The report concerning the Pittsfield Town Council meeting (BDN, Jan. 6) was inaccurate and inappropriate for the following reasons. The report included a picture of my son, Jasper S. Wyman. He was not present at the meeting, and is not a resident of Pittsfield. He… Read More
Gov. McKernan unveiled his budget proposals this week and they are sure to provoke strong opposition. He will be lucky if any of his plans survive intact. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
WASHINGTON — In political terms, the state of Maine became fractionally smaller Tuesday. Incredibly, one of the two members of Maine’s tiny congressional delegation — Rep. Tom Andrews — voted to diminish his own clout on Capitol Hill, along with that of fellow Rep. Olympia J. Snowe and… Read More
In February 1990, the director of the Tuberculosis Control Program for the state Bureau of Health said that the outbreak of TB at Bath Iron Works the previous June was under control. After testing and screening, almost 100 people had been found to be TB-positive,… Read More
Mainers have been patient as Attorney General Michael Carpenter investigates the ballot-tampering charges in the recent state legislative races. Doing a thorough job should be of prime importance, but some aspects of the scandal could be settled more quickly were other governmental bodies involved. It… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan’s budget message on Friday was so grim and austere he got virtually no applause from legislators. That chilly response probably signals a long winter of discontent over the governor’s proposed cutbacks. In fact, McKernan was interrupted by applause only… Read More
ORONO — The University of Maine Planetarium in Wingate Hall will present “Worlds of Wonder” on three Sundays this month. The shows will be presented at 2 p.m. Jan. 17, 24 and 31. Adult admission is $4, $3 for children under 18, students and senior citizens. UM students… Read More
The American Red Cross Blood Services will hold blood drives at the following times and places in January: 2-7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at the Lewiston Multipurpose Center; googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Negotiations between Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. and the new owners of the peat-fired power plant in Deblois have failed to provide an agreement whereby the utility would purchase the 22.8 megawatts of electricity produced at the plant. According to Carroll Lee, Bangor Hydro’s vice president of… Read More
After reading about Amy Walls’ plight with the Bangor High swim team (BDN, Jan. 1, 5), we can sympathize with her and her family. The physical problems with the pool are probably easier to correct than the longstanding philosophy of Bangor High’s athletic department and the archaic attitudes… Read More
Cast in stone over the doors of the Dallas Morning News reads: “Build the news upon the rock of truth and righteousness. Conduct it always upon the lines of fairness and integrity. Acknowledge the right of the people to get from the newspaper both sides of every important… Read More
Denise Dinsmore, 945-5932, is looking for discarded greeting cards for use in projects for disabled adults. She will arrange pickup. Marian Brasier of Guilford will celebrate her 100th birthday with an open house 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Guilford United Methodist Church Fellowship… Read More
It seems so simple. Webster defines “thank you” as being full of thanks; appreciative. We hear it so many times during the course of a day, but do we take it as just another saying? Not the Palmer or Weymouth families of Newport. It seems… Read More
AUGUSTA — Throughout a two-day forum on sentencing, lofty discussion of punishment alternatives and hypothetical legal cases have kept crime’s harsh realities at a safe, sterile distance. But a Cape Neddick family hasn’t had that luxury. As the Maine Criminal Justice Sentencing Institute closed Friday,… Read More
Gov. John McKernan Friday morning described the driving conditions, if not the details of the road the Legislature must travel in the next few months. It is a highway covered in black ice, treacherous and intimidating. The governor’s proposals sting. He would balance the budget… Read More
A Page One story Friday about a custody dispute in Hampden stated that the parents had shared parental rights and responsibilities for their sons, then incorrectly stated that the father has primary custody. The father’s home is the children’s primary residence. Read More
A 34-year-old Bangor man was found dead in the cab of his pickup truck about noon Friday in the parking lot of a local supermarket. Bangor police Lt. Brian Cox said that David McLellan had rerouted the truck exhaust pipe through a hole in the… Read More
NEW YORK — Pregnant women reported a significant drop in severity of morning sickness when they wore special wristbands that make use of the ancient Chinese art of acupressure, a study says. More than 60 percent of the women said their nausea and vomiting were… Read More
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The Rev. Paul Malicote was raised in Indiana, educated at Yale Divinity School and has seen many parts of the world. But his life would be incomplete if not for the several years he spent serving in Downeast Maine. Beginning in 1954, Malicote was pastor… Read More
It will be a very special Valentine’s Day this year for St. Mary’s Church in Bangor. That will be the day of dedication for the new St. Mary’s Parish Center, now under construction on Ohio Street. “It’s a great opportunity we have with this new… Read More
BROWNVILLE JUNCTION — A tradition started by the Chaffee family 10 years ago was continued Sunday in Brownville Junction. The family was host for the 10th annual Methodist Parsonage Open House. The event has been held on New Year’s Sunday for the past 10 years,… Read More
BELFAST — Spirituality, sexuality and love will be the focus of Pia Mellody’s upcoming lecture at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at First Church in Belfast. Best known for her books “Facing Co-Dependence: Breaking Free” and “Facing Love Addiction,” Mellody has led other workshops in… Read More
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1992 ended with a flurry of interesting garden questions sent in by readers. Before answering some of them, may I encourage all who read this column not to be bashful about asking plant-related questions in 1993. A Lincoln gardener tilled generous quantities of sawdust into… Read More