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    The call was from Senator Edmund S. Muskie’s office. The date was February 1, 1975. The senator came to the telephone and the request was that we meet in Bangor and spend a day ice fishing. One of Maine’s most famous natural resources, it happens… Read More
    DURHAM, N.H. – A snakebitten Patrice Tardif had gone three games without a point. But he snapped out of it at Snively Arena here Friday night. The junior right winger scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the second period, to lead the… Read More
    CAMDEN – The Camden Snow Bowl will play host for the third annual National Toboggan Championships Feb. 6-7. Community volunteers constructed a 400-foot wooden chute, thought to be the only one of its kind in the U.S., in 1990, which allows the event to be held here. Read More
    MILLINOCKET – Trisha Ripton had a triple-double to lead the Stearns Minutemen to a 55-41 schoolgirl basketball win over the Brewer Witches at Wentworth Gym here Friday night. For the 10-4 Minutemen, Ripton had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Sarah Marshall scored 16… Read More
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    MPA State Cheerleading Tournament (Saturday, Bangor Auditorium) Session 1, Classes A and D 10:30 a.m. Introductions, Nat. Anthem 10:50 a.m. Class D competition begins 1. East 3rd, Shead/Machias 2. West 3rd, none 3. West 1st, Monmouth 4. East 1st, Woodland 5. West 2nd, Rangeley 6. Read More
    Sarah Foster and the Rockland Tigers had not seen a box-and-one defense all season. And even though John Bapst’s Kirstie Roy held Foster scoreless for more than 26 minutes, the Tigers didn’t change a thing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
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    A long-standing tradition has gotten way out of hand, leaving administrators and security officials at Colby and Bowdoin Colleges scheduling meetings to iron out the problem. During Tuesday’s 1-0 Bowdoin hockey win over Colby at Alfond Arena in Waterville, several fruits were tossed onto the… Read More
    NEWPORT – Jack Kelly led a balanced scoring attack with 27 points as the Hampden Academy Broncos rolled by the Nokomis Warriors 98-59 in a schoolboy basketball game here Friday night. Jon Kunz added 21 points, Craig McBean hit for 19, and Mark Stillman added 13 for 8-4… Read More
    Men’s College Basketball MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury College connected on 11 of 19 3-point shots and got 20 points from Pat Casey to upset Colby College 76-72 in men’s basketball action here Friday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick – Cheryl Campbell scored a goal with 1:56 left to play to give the University of New Brunswick a 2-1 victory over Colby College in women’s ice hockey action here Friday. For 7-3-1 UNB, Diane LeBlanc assisted on the winning goal. Annette… Read More
    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Craig Pitman’s goal in the last two minutes of the game tied the score for host American International College to give it a 3-3 tie with Colby College in men’s hockey action here Friday. For 10-6-3 AIC, Jay Johnson and John Paluzzi… Read More
    John Bapst Coach Bob Cimbollek and Rockland Coach Chris Elkington are good friends. In fact, Elkington has even been successful implementing some of Cimbollek’s basketball strategies. Knowing that, John Bapst wasn’t about to allow the Tigers to try holding the ball Friday night. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    HAMPDEN – An informational meeting concerning next year’s high school hockey team will be held Thursday, Feb. 4, in Room 7 of the Old Academy Building at Hampden Academy, with Athletic Director Bill Connors and Friends of Hampden Academy. The meeting is for players as… Read More
    Men’s College Basketball MACHIAS – Raham Dixon tossed in 21 points to power the University of Prince Edward Island to a 73-47 win over the University of Maine-Machias in men’s basketball action here Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
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    In these days of mounting budget crises, I am alarmed by the portion of the national wealth that is being spent on health care. I doubt very much that the Founding Fathers intended the Constitution to provide blanket protection for all citizens; nonetheless, that now appears to be… Read More
    … Having moved into an apartment that is heated electrically, I recently became aware that the Legislature taxes all electricity over 750 kilowatts. Since I did not have electric heat before and obviously did not use 750 kilowatts, I am just now finding out that this sales tax… Read More
    As much as I have longed to see the AES Corporation on the obituary page, the NEWS update of Jan. 22 may have been premature in its placement. AES in not dead in Bucksport. Despite their recent loss on a motion for summary judgment regarding… Read More
    The North American Free Trade Act has been the topic of several editorials in the Bangor Daily News. The BDN is correct in noting that it will be difficult to “extract concessions from the Salinas government on a commitment and a timetable” on environmental controls, labor standards, and… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Water supplies continue to dwindle in Pittsfield as officials seek to find alternative sites and consider a mandatory conservation plan. The town’s water department pumped water through the night Thursday with little recovery reported in the aquifer in the morning. The level in… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Most people only have contact with their local sheriff’s department when something goes wrong. They may be hurt, scared or angry. But Sheriff Spencer R. Havey hopes to change that with the creation of four citizens advisory groups. The goal is to build… Read More
    NEWPORT — Three days of Pine Tree Ride-In activities will begin with registration at the Big A Clubhouse on the Durham Bridge Road at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. A public supper will be held at the Sebasticook Valley Community Center from 4:30 to 7… Read More
    NEWPORT — Bob and Sharon Creighton, co-chairmen of the 20th annual Pine Tree Ride-In, said the annual fund-raiser is more an event of the spirit than an event of the snow. “We don’t have to have snow for this cause,” said Bob Creighton. It’s a… Read More
    ABBOT — He may be retired but he is far from being relegated to a rocking chair. Harry Houston, retired Piscataquis County banker and an active volunteer for charitable and service organizations, was honored last week at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in Abbot. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Bill Mann, who has been postmaster at Pittsfield for seven years, was notified Friday that he has been promoted to the postmaster’s position at Old Town. Mann said he applied for the position and considers the promotion a positive career move. He and… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — A meeting to replace the administrative and physical structure of the Northern Aroostook Regional Incinerator Facility has not been set but owner towns have made their choices for the board of directors. After months marked by dissension, NARIF directors agreed at their last… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Public comment at a Land Use Regulation Commission hearing in Van Buren this week ran heavily against Irving Oil Co.’s petition to rezone a 2.1-acre site near the international border at Hamlin. Irving wants to build a $500,000 convenience store-gasoline station on… Read More
    CARIBOU — Progress to date in the preparation of an economic impact statement for disposal and reuse of Loring Air Force Base was discussed Friday in Caribou. The executive committee of the Loring Readjustment Committee met with members of Earth Technologies Inc. of California, a… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The following cases were among those processed Wednesday, Jan. 27, in 2nd District Court in Presque Isle by Judge David B. Griffiths: Kandi Rand, 21, Easton, assault, $200; criminal mischief, $100, restitution of $494 to victim. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    COLUMBIA — Pulpwood cutters and haulers in western Washington County were happy to find work this week when Robert Leighton opened a wood yard off Route 1 in Columbia. Woods workers turned Leighton’s yard into a beehive of activity when the facility opened Tuesday. Woodlot… Read More
    MACHIAS — An official of Seacoast Connections, a public bus service offered by the Washington-Hancock Community Agency, announced Friday that the daily bus between Calais and Bangor in Machias will stop at the Irving Mainway store on Main Street instead of Helen’s Restaurant beginning Monday, Feb. 1. Read More
    MACHIAS — Merrill Kearney thought he bought a helicopter. Instead, he claims he was taken for a ride. In a case still pending in 4th District Court in Machias, Kearney — a Canadian resident now living in Houlton — claims he entered into an agreement… Read More
    Officials from three adjoining communities agreed Thursday to submit a joint application for state recycling funds. Meeting in Dover-Foxcroft, Town Managers Owen Pratt of Dover-Foxcroft, Robert Littlefield of Guilford and James Catlin of Sangerville agreed to seek $30,000 to purchase three roll-off recycling containers and… Read More
    SANGERVILLE — Three options regarding solid-waste disposal will be discussed by Sangerville residents during a public hearing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, at the Abbie Fowler School in Sangerville. Meeting Thursday, the town’s solid-waste committee discussed solutions to the town’s disposal problems and arrived… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pine Tree Hospice, now in its eight year, begins its annual membership drive this week. Hospice is a philosophy of care for dying people and their families. Its primary goal is to encourage as normal a life as possible for terminally ill patients… Read More
    PORTLAND — It looks like it will take one more day of negotiations before owners of the Eastland Woolen Mill in Corinna and Striar Textiles in Orono can complete the negotiations work needed to open the two mills. Steve Striar, one of the owners of… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft’s 1991 Chevrolet police cruiser was damaged about $1,800 in an accident Friday. Chief Dennis Dyer of the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department was returning to the station at about 8 a.m. after investigating an accident when the cruiser was struck by a pickup truck. Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A 19-year old Dover-Foxcroft man received arm and neck injuries when the snowmobile he was driving collided with a motor vehicle on the Dawes Road in Dover-Foxcroft at about 7:30 a.m.. Chief Dennis Dyer of the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department said Chad Burgoyne had… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — Millinocket Regional Hospital’s FORM — Facility for Occupational and Rehabilitative Medicine — will offer “Think Light,” a 12-week program to lose weight, on Thursday, Feb. 4. The deadline to register is Monday, Feb. 1. To register call 723-4581. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Any child living in Camden or Rockport who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15, 1993 may attend kindergarten in SAD 28 beginning Sept. 1993. Parents are asked to contact the school by Friday, Feb. 19, and registration material will be mailed to… Read More
    ROCKPORT — The Down East Jazz Society and the Samoset Resort are co-sponsoring the Annual Valentine Cabaret Dance from 8:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 13, in the Samoset Resort Ballroom. Music will be provided by Al Corey and His Big Band and they will… Read More
    GLEN COVE — Sarah Willson of Rockland won the school-level competition of the National Geography Bee at the Riley School last week. Louis Bettcher of Hope and Megan Connell of Round Pond were runners-up. All Riley pupils in the middle and upper schools have geography… Read More
    BELFAST — The Waldo County Affiliate of Literacy Volunteers of American has elected R. Bruce Underwood chairman. Underwood is a retired banker who lives in Searsport with his wife, Marie, who also is a tutor in the Waldo County affilitate. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Paulette Sylvester has been chosen Share the Pride Citizen of the Month in Rockland. Sylvester has worked for SAD 5 as a clerical aide to the special education department, and for the past seven years as secretary to the principal at Rockland District… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Community Gallery will showcase the work of students from the Riley School Feb. 1 through 19. The exhibit contains photography, including full-sized portrait, photograms and hand colored images, watercolors, paper and mixed media work, pottery and chalkdrawings produced by students age five to 14. Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following small claim cases were processed this week in 6th District Court. Plaintiff is listed first. Michael and Joanna Monroe, South Thomaston, vs. Roger and Julie Smith, South Thomaston. Judgment for the defendant, after hearing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    ROCKLAND — St. George artists Steve Lindsay and Nancy Linkin will present a slide show and talk about their work at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, in the Farnsworth Museum library. The program will be presented by The Farnsworth Art Museum and the Mid-Coast Chapter… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Pupils enrolled in grades 6-8 will have a chance to write and direct a short movie using themselves as actors during a workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15 through Friday, Feb. 19, at Harbor House. A private screening… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Top Drawer Award Committee of the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce seeks nominations for this year’s award recipient. The Top Drawer Award is presented each year by the chamber to an outstanding individual, company or organization for a substantial contribution to the… Read More
    SOMESVILLE — Author and naturalist Ruth Grierson of Bass Harbor will speak on her recently published book, “Nature Diary of Mount Desert Island,” at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at Port In A Storm Bookstore on Main Street in Somesville. After her talk, she will autograph copies of… Read More
    MACHIAS — Eight of 25 Maine offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which were scheduled for closure in 1995, were given a reprieve Friday when the Secretary of Agriculture announced a plan to trim the department’s offices in Washington before any field offices were eliminated. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Twenty two divorces, all for irreconcilable marital differences, became final in December in the central division of 5th District Court in Ellsworth. William Conary and Amy Conary, both of Ellsworth. Sole custody for one child awarded to the mother. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    The United Way of Penobscot Valley has exceeded its fund-raising goal for the 1992 campaign. Bob Bassett, 1992 campaign chairman, announced at an awards dinner Thursday that $1,603,300 has been raised, an increase of $13,275 over the 1991 campaign. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Three men were injured Friday afternoon when the car they were riding in slammed into a telephone pole on Route 43 in Old Town. Alvin Pinkham, 36, of Bangor was driving the car when it slammed into the pole at about 12:30… Read More
    ORONO — Twenty-two engineering students from the University of Maine competed in the 17th annual “Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race” Jan. 23-24 at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec Province, Canada. The UM teams did not capture any winning spots in the race series, but… Read More
    The Penobscot Bay Power Squadron will hold a seven-week public boating course starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, at Bangor High School. A nominal fee for course materials will be charged. The course is designed for those interested in boating but ownership is not… Read More
    Seeking to improve the integrity of Maine’s electoral process, members of a specially appointed commission Friday night received an earful of comments, all concerning problems with the existing system. The comments ran the gamut of elections — the difficulty of purging from voting lists the… Read More
    There’s about a 50-50 chance there’ll be another trans-Atlantic balloon race originating from Bangor during 1993. That was the word from Alan Noble, director of the 1992 race, when he addressed the annual dinner meeting of the Greater Bangor Chamber of Commerce Friday night. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Numbers Whiz Kid will be named after a competition beginning with registration at noon Monday, Feb. 1, at the Augusta Civic Center. From 180 Maine pupils in grades four-eight competing in the championship finals of the 24 Challenge Math Tournament, one… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — After Leanne Robbin polished off her Friday with a conviction against Eastern Technical Enterprises, the assistant attorney general admitted that the state’s first trial against an illegal waste dumper revealed the limitations of Maine laws. “The message should be to the Legislature that… Read More
    PORTLAND — A former manager of an Androscoggin Savings Bank branch in Auburn was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to 15 months in prison for 10 counts of bank fraud and embezzlement. Kenneth A. Wheeler, 26, of Monmouth, also will be placed on supervised… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Enough, already, with this “politically correctness” bunk. You thought the nightmare was over with the defeat of George Bush and his evangelical buddies and their straitjacket “family values.” Think again. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    The campaign to save Little Fitts Pond got a boost with $120,000 in gifts, according to officials of the Katahdin Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. The campaign began Jan. 23. The campaign seeks $500,000 to buy property surrounding the southern half of Little Fitts… Read More
    James River Corp. of Richmond, Va., has made no plans to sell its plant in Old Town. When reports indicated that the papermaking company was considering the sale of eight plants, some employees at the Old Town operation worried that the local plant would be… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan has unveiled three posters that the Finance Authority of Maine will use to promote higher education to Maine’s young people. The posters were chosen from more than 250 entries in FAME’s Higher Education Poster Contest. Winning poster artists and… Read More
    GTE Sylvania’s North American lighting business, including plants in Bangor and Waldoboro, has been sold to OSRAM GmbH, a company based in Munich, Germany. In August 1992, the two companies announced an agreement concerning the sale, which was completed this week. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — A local couple was arrested Friday and charged with gross sexual assault on a minor after photos and negatives of nude children and adults were seized at their residence. Kendall Carter, 43, and his wife, Judy Carter, 29, of Fort Fairfield, were… Read More
    President Bill Clinton’s announcement to eventually lift the military’s ban on gays is expected to have no immediate impact on a gay University of Maine student’s efforts to be reinstated into the campus’ Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program. The student, however, sees Clinton’s… Read More
    The dancing around Maine’s budget problems has already begun and it will be a long, long time before it’s over. The budget dance features a lot of huffing and puffing and posturing. It’s comparable to the courtship ritual of exotic birds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    The remains of a missing NBC News correspondent were positively identified in recent days to be Wells Hangen, 23 years after he was captured near the Cambodian capital by the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese Communists. For Ellsworth journalist Richard Dudman, the recovery of Hangen’s remains… Read More
    NORTH BERWICK — Pratt & Whitney is laying off 83 people at its North Berwick factory that produces jet-engine parts, a spokesman said Friday. “We will be notifying 81 hourly and two salaried employees of layoffs today at the North Berwick facility,” said Robert Goehring,… Read More
    The Maine State Police this week warned us to beware of unconscionable geeks working a dastardly scam while trading on the good name of law enforcement. Col. Andrew Demers, Head Beagle at the state police and a former Marine if ever I knew one, said… Read More
    ORONO — The third annual Great Maine Model Search will be held April 4 at the Black Bear Inn, Orono, for five age divisions from 3 to over-30, married or single. Organizers also will donate $25 per contestant to AIDS education and half of ticket sales to the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Central Maine Power Co. posted a 7 percent increase in earnings for the year in 1992 despite fourth-qarter profits that were smaller than the previous year, the company said Friday. The state’s largest utility reported its annual earnings were $63.6 million, compared to… Read More
    ORONO — A computer programming team from the University of Maine will compete against the world’s top university and college computer programmers on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at Indianapolis, Ind. The Association for Computer Machinery Scholastic Programming Contest Finals will include UM students Heidi Bishop of… Read More
    Gov. John McKernan’s State of the State address delivered messages of hope, for an improved economy, and conciliation, for an end to partisan gridlock in state government, but it failed to offer specifics for his call to rebuild state government. State government needed a restructuring… Read More
    Financially endangered state agencies may be saved by the animals they usually help. To rescue the Nongame Wildlife Fund and the Environmental Trust Fund, the governor has ordered loons, moose and chickadees turned loose on Maine highways next year. Their images will appear on $25 license plates, generating… Read More
    KITTERY — Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell said Friday he’s hopeful that Secretary of Defense Les Aspin will exclude the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from the list of bases to be considered for closure. The Maine Democrat said he met with Aspin at the Pentagon on… Read More
    The 7th Bomb Wing B-36 Association has scheduled a reunion April 16-18 at Fort Worth, Texas. Those who were stationed at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, during the era of the B-36 Peacemaker, 1948-58, should contact Richard S. George, P.O. Box 330279, Fort Worth, Texas 76163, for information. Read More