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A Blaine House awards ceremony Thursday morning in Augusta highlights activities in Maine celebrating National Girls and Women in Sport Day. Eight women will be recognized for their contributions to women’s sports here, NGWSD state coordinator Jackie Pelletier of Jay announced. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Nordic skiing enthusiasts welcomed the recent 10-inch snowfall with open arms and waxed skis. Bob Salesi will now welcome any of those cross country skiers to join him for the new-look Pipeline Ski Tour and Race, scheduled for this Sunday at noon. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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WATERVILLE – Sarah Gelman’s third goal of the game, following her rink-length rush at the 6:27 mark of the third period, broke a 4-4 tie and led the Colby College women’s hockey team to a 7-4 win over the University of Maine at Alfond Arena here Wednesday night. Read More
ELLSWORTH – Amy Sisson hit 5-of-6 free throws in the final two minutes to help give Ellsworth a 48-41 schoolgirl basketball win over Mount Desert Island here Wednesday night. Sisson finished with 19 points for the Eagles, now 12-5. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
First-year Shead of Eastport girls basketball coach Debbie Cormier was hoping for a win Tuesday over Washington Academy of East Machias so she and her team “could breathe a little easier.” The Tigers did win (53-42) and Cormier said the victory may help solidify their… Read More
Having stocked up on linebackers and linemen in previous recruiting classes, University of Maine football coach Kirk Ferentz and his assistants set their sights on swifter quarry this year. Ferentz offered this assessment of how Maine is progressing in satisfying its need for speed as… Read More
HAMPDEN – Mark Reed would like to be remembered as a complete basketball player. And most knowledgeable fans of Eastern Maine schoolboy basketball would agree that the Bangor High School senior is just that. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Out and About: No doubt you’ve seen Andy Kekacs’ byline attached to stories published in the BDN’s business section. Andy is also an avid outdoorsman who enjoys guns and hunting. Not long ago he showed me the stack of paperwork he completed in applying for a handgun permit. Read More
It was like a nightmare. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. A couple of weeks ago, I was watching an Italian soccer league game on SportsChannel. A member of the visiting team was injured in a slide tackle and the game had to be… Read More
HOWLAND – Central nailed eight free throws in the three-minute overtime to upset Penobscot Valley 60-57 in schoolboy basketball action here Tuesday night. Toby Pineo hit three FTs in OT, Willy Rivera and Josh Newcomb each made two and Jay Philbrick put in one for… Read More
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GORHAM – The University of Southern Maine women’s basketball team streaked to its 13th straight victory with a 92-62 decision over Bowdoin College at Costello Gym here Wednesday night. Southern Maine, ranked No. 1 in Div. III in New England now stands at 17-2 overall. Read More
PORTLAND – Paul Peterson scored 28 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to help pace Westbrook College to a 91-79 men’s basketball win over Thomas College here Wednesday night. The Wildcats, now 18-4, held a 17-point edge midway through the final half before the Terriers of… Read More
The adjustments were numerous. From learning how to absorb body checks to the seemingly endless bus trips down state. But the Presque Isle High School hockey team, the northernmost of the state’s 36 schoolboy hockey programs, has made dramatic strides in its second year of… Read More
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WASHINGTON — It wasn’t your typical Washington meeting. The constituents, a delegation representing the 6,200-member United Bikers of Maine, were dressed in blue jeans and studded leather jackets. A 16-inch snowstorm had prevented them from driving their motorcycles to Capitol Hill on Wednesday. They made… Read More
THOMASTON — Police Chief Victor Kraft has suspended Patrolman James Hosford for 30 days without pay. Kraft’s decision came one week after he placed Hosford on suspension with pay for insubordination. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Aquacise Plus, designed to meet the needs of people with physically limiting obesity, will be offered by the Piscataquis Regional YMCA beginning Monday, Feb. 22. No swimming skills are required, and privacy will be maintained. Class time will be divided into three segments:… Read More
WESLEY — Anyone who enters Wesley Elementary School and takes a few minutes to look at the new Day Hill Preservation and the Mail Quilt on the wall outside the library will come away with a new appreciation for art, the school and Wesley’s bird’s-eye view. Read More
CALAIS — In his continuing effort to influence where the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s $10 million hotel-casino complex would be located, Sidney Unobskey, developer and president of the San Francisco Planning Commission, has formed the “Save Downtown Calais Association.” In addition to the Portland law firm he… Read More
While the United Nations has become nearly overwhelmed in such places as Bosnia and Cambodia, it must begin now to fulfill its promises in another trouble spot: Somalia. Monday’s meeting between Secretary of State Warren Christopher and U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an encouraging… Read More
BOSTON — Now it looks like even dreaming may be hazardous to your health. A new study has found that the periods of sleep when dreams occur kick the body into high gear. The heart speeds up. The blood pressure climbs. And stress hormones prepare… Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou Parks and Recreation Department and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will hold a snowmobile safety training course from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the recreation center. The course is designed for pupils in grades five… Read More
ROCKLAND — Slippery driving conditions were blamed for a Tuesday afternoon accident on Broadway that shook up a Warren husband and wife. Lt. Michael Collins said the accident occurred at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday near Rockland District High School. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Members of the Skating Club of Maine — Aroostook Skating School of Presque Isle recently won 20 awards at the international invitational Segur Parent ’93 figure skating competition in St. Basile, New Brunswick. Capturing second place in technical elements in the silver… Read More
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, fed up with voting marathons, declared a 20-minute limit for all votes in the chamber Wednesday — except for “extraordinary circumstances.” The Maine Democrat, who has been on a crusade to modernize the arcane rules of the… Read More
MILO — A 46-year-old man has been named the new superintendent for SAD 41. Jan Kenneth Laux, who holds a doctorate in educational administration and is now serving as an associate commissioner of erducation for the Department of Education in Maine, has been hired as… Read More
GREENVILLE — An informational meeting concerning the abandonment of the Canadian Pacific Railroad through Maine will be held at noon Monday, Feb. 8, at the Cabbage Patch Restaurant in Greenville. Ralph Murray, transportation policy adviser for the mayor of St. John, New Brunswick, will bring… Read More
ROCKLAND — With a state subsidy decrease of more than $2 million in the last three years, SAD 5 officials must prepare a budget with “academic, athletic and activity reductions at all levels,” Superintendent Donald J. Kanicki said Wednesday night, during an activities subcommittee discussion on the status… Read More
The Military Order of the Purple Heart plans to form a chapter in Maine. Richard H. Doughty of Bangor and other members of the order are contacting military personnel in Maine who have been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received during combat and are qualified to join. Read More
PORTLAND — As the City Council sought ways to pay for a passenger train station, rail passenger advocates said Wednesday that selection of a station site was a key step in restoring service to Boston for the first time since 1965. “It was kind of… Read More
It is municipal election time for many towns in northern Penobscot County. Some towns have a slate of candidates, but in other towns there is still time to file nomination papers. In Howland, the municipal election will be held on Monday, March 8. Tami Colbath… Read More
YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia — A proposed Boston-to-Yarmouth ferry will be afloat by the end of the year, according to a group of Canadian investors. Officials with RCK Cruise Lines Ltd. say they’re going full steam ahead with plans to buy a 6-year-old 2,000-passenger vessel for… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Four men are vying for three seats on the Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen at the March elections. Nominations papers have been submitted by Neil Mallett, Hyland Kimball, Jim Thiel and Fred Brawn. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
GREENVILLE — An informational meeting concerning the abandonment of the Canadian Pacific Railroad through Maine will be held at noon Monday, Feb. 8, at the Cabbage Patch Restaurant in Greenville. Ralph Murray, transportation policy adviser for the mayor of St. John, New Brunswick, will bring… Read More
AUGUSTA — The leader of Maine’s American Legion contingent said Wednesday the military’s ban on homosexuals should be maintained and that homosexuals who are already in the service should be discharged. But a leader of the Maine Lesbian-Gay Political Alliance said the Legion’s fears are… Read More
The 25 percent Valentine’s Day markdown at the Bangor Mall Zales Jewelers store was not enough to entice at least one man to fork out for his honey — so he grabbed a handful of diamonds and bolted for the door. Bangor police were still… Read More
HOWLAND — The Board of Selectmen took no action Monday on a proposal to contract with the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department for police protection. There has been much speculation about a petition to get rid of the town’s police chief, Stuart Morin. Officials say they… Read More
The Eastern Maine Technical College Library has automated its circulation procedures with a computerized circulation system, speeding management of library materials. The system, produced by Computer Software Consultants of Bangor, keeps circulation statistics on computer files and prints overdue notices and other reports. The library… Read More
The Brewer Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registration for the annual father-daughter Valentine Dance, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at Brewer Auditorium. Daughters in kindergarten through grade six with fathers, grandfathers, uncles, brothers or other important men in their lives, are invited. Entertainment will… Read More
ELLSWORTH — School Superintendent Bruce Sawyer says the state’s recent recognition of the declining dropout rate at Ellsworth High School is one sign the school is moving in the right direction. He also acknowledges that the numbers say less than meets the eye. The recognition… Read More
UNION — Arsenic in some Union water wells appears to be an act of nature and is cause for concern but not alarm, a physician and a water-quality specialist said at a meeting here Wednesday night. The issue came up in December, when a Union… Read More
The Penobscot County Democratic Committee elected Daniel Tremble of Bangor chairman, replacing Jim Mitchell, who has been elected chairman of the Democratic State Committee. Polly Segee of Millinocket was elected county delegate to the State Committee, replacing Gwethalyn Phillips of Bangor, who is State Democratic… Read More
COLUMBIA FALLS — Selectman Stan Look said Wednesday that he hopes the town will receive Department of Environmental Protection approval for a waste transfer station before June 30. The town’s second application to build the station on a portion of the 36 acres of town… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. William S. Cohen accused several of the country’s leading pharmaceutical companies of double-crossing Congress and breaking a voluntary agreement to limit price increases for prescription drugs to approximately the rate of inflation. The charge was made during a press conference called by… Read More
BROWNVILLE — Gerald Wagg, Brownville town manager, is seeking candidates for elective office for the town. The board of selectmen has two three-year vacancies. Michael Heath, seeking re-election, has taken out papers for filing for one of the vacancies. The second three-year term is the… Read More
ROCKPORT — The executive board of the Pen Bay Medical Center Auxiliary will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in Conference Room C of the Pen Bay Physicians Building. The full auxiliary will meet at 11:45 a.m. in the same room. Members are asked to bring a… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Bar Harbor School Committee will hold a special meeting next week to consider whether the 1993-94 budget can be trimmed. The meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Conners-Emerson School. Superintendent Howard Colter said Wednesday the school… Read More
BOSTON — A new study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that bacterial infections are a major cause of recurring digestive ulcers. In recent years, researchers have found that people with peptic ulcers are often infected with a germ called H. pylori. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
CAMDEN — The third in a series of free career management seminars will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Camden Health Care Center. It is titled Achieving Balance, examining home life, work life and relationships to… Read More
THORNDIKE — Mount View Adult Education will hold the following classes on Tuesday, Feb. 23: low-impact aerobics at 5:30 p.m. at Mount View High School; non-impact aerobics, 7-8 p.m. at the Walker School; painting for beginners, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mount View; volleyball, 7-8:45 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, at MVHS;… Read More
ROCKLAND — The board of directors of the Mid-Coast Mental Health Association announced the appointment of Julianne Edmondson as executive director. Mid-Coast Mental Health Center is a private, non-profit comprehensive mental health facility serving the people of Knox and parts of Waldo and Lincoln counties. Read More
BROOKS — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department arrested four local juveniles Tuesday night for a series of break-ins at camps on Randall Pond. Chief Deputy Robert Jones said Wednesday eight camps had been burglarized since last weekend. Entry was gained by breaking doors. Liquor was… Read More
A 20-year-old Augusta woman and her two young children died in an apartment-house fire Wednesday that left more than a dozen other people homeless, and a 73-year-old Presque Isle man died in a fire in his mobile home. Fires also destroyed a restaurant in Kenduskeag… Read More
VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Town Council was briefed on improvements in emergency dispatching services Monday. The council adopted a six-point plan to improve dispatching services last September. The plan was developed by the municipal dispatchers, fire and police chiefs and the emergency management… Read More
HAMLIN — Patrons of the Wagon Wheel, a tavern in Hamlin, were credited with containing a fire that started inside a wall near a fireplace Saturday night. “That was a close one,” said Van Buren Fire Chief Chanel Bouchard. He said the fire began at… Read More
PLYMOUTH — Six weeks in a coma and a near-death experience have led a woman to found the North Star Tao Sanctuary in Plymouth, a haven dedicated to non-traditional methods of healing. Two years ago, Roseanne Ouimet swam in and out of conciousness for five… Read More
AUGUSTA — Sen. Dana C. Hanley, R-South Paris, feels like Sisyphus, the mythological character who was doomed to forever push a large stone uphill, only to have it roll down on top of him. For six years, Hanley has been trying to cut back on… Read More
Programs offered by the North Star Tao Sanctuary include classes and workshops, support groups, programs for children, literature, interactive video and audio cassettes, guest teachers and newsletters. Instruction is offered in shiatsu, tai chi, qi gong, yoga, medicinal use of diet, meditation, herbal and homeopathic… Read More
NEWPORT — “I see an old building that is going to be fixed up. If we don’t go through with this, we’re foolish,” said Selectman John Buckland Wednesday night when spoke in support of a proposal to lease the unused recreation center to the Penquis CAP Head Start… Read More
ELLSWORTH — After eliciting layers of reinforcing medical testimony supporting the state’s allegations in a “shaken baby syndrome” case at Hancock County Superior Court, the prosecution has yet to produce a witness claiming to have observed Sally E. Ryan abuse the child that was placed in her care. Read More
The “Guiding Eyes for the Blind” puppy-raising program is seeking families or individuals to raise future guide dogs. Jim and Bobbi White of Levant, area coordinators for the program, have labarador retriever puppies waiting for program participants who must provide the animals with love, attention… Read More
AUGUSTA — The addition of two words, “environmental impact,” to Maine’s energy policy seemed plain enough, but the proposal has unleashed strong opposition. “I thought, simply insert those words and go forward,” Rep. Maria G. Holt, D-Bath, said Wednesday while waiting for her bill to… Read More
WESTFIELD — A tractor-trailer unit that hit a utility pole Wednesday morning on Route 1 disrupted electrical power and telephone service residents and caused traffic problems during the day, according to police. The driver, Barry Harris, 48, of Orono was treated at Gould Memorial Hospital… Read More
PATTEN — Water rates in Patten will jump 173 percent as a result of major improvements being made to the town’s municipal water system. The increase is needed to cover installation and operating costs for the new system, according to Malcolm Horton, consulting accountant for… Read More
An opponent of the proposed Basin Mills hydroelectric project suggested Wednesday that the Board of Environmental Protection should delay a decision on the dam until about 1998. Paul Chernick, president of Resource Insight Inc. of Boston, said that by 1998 more information would be available… Read More
NEWPORT — The field of candidates for the job of Newport town manager has been narrowed to five, Al Worden, chairman of the board of selectmen said Wednesday night. Five people were interviewed Jan. 30, said Worden, and the board discussed those candidates in executive… Read More
DEAD RIVER TOWNSHIP — Wardens went to Flagstaff Lake Wednesday night after receiving a report that one, and possibly several more, snowmobiles had fallen into the lake. According to Paul Fournier, spokesman for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, a call was received by… Read More
Gov. John McKernan’s recent paean in his State of the State address to President Bill Clinton turned out to be prophecy this week when the president responded favorably on the need for Medicaid rule reform as part of a better balanced federal-state partnership. If the… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth police have been asked to investigate the disappearance of an estimated $44,000 from several accounts controlled by the Ellsworth Falls Union Congregational Church. Ellsworth Police Chief Albert Carter said Wednesday that church officials approached the department this week after lengthy meetings among… Read More
PITTSFIELD — School choice is not a political issue at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, it’s an option officials hope to offer to students in surrounding communities. A new scholarship program for day students will provide the financial assistance. “It is important that the educational… Read More
CARIBOU — A suggestion by a Tri-Community Sanitary Landfill director to investigate the feasibility of using Loring Air Force Base as a low-level radioactive waste disposal site was met Wednesday with mixed reviews by local residents. “What I have in mind is a way to… Read More
A Penobscot County Superior Court judge is awaiting a doctor’s report before deciding whether statements made to police by a Howland man charged with shooting his landlords last summer may be used as evidence at his trial. Larry Butler’s attorney maintains that at the time… Read More
HERMON — If the town receives a grant it is seeking, recycling efforts in Hermon will go from six hours a week to 52 hours in a new facility behind the municipal building. The council, at a meeting last week, approved the Recycling Committee’s application… Read More
DEER ISLE — Haystack Mountain School of Crafts has announced its program of one-, two- and three-week class sessions which will run June 6-Sept. 3. Thirty-five artists will teach workshops in clay, wood, glass, metals, quilts, weaving, basketry, foundry, blacksmithing, papermaking, printmaking, drawing, surface design,… Read More
GLENBURN — Details of law enforcement coverage for the town will be among topics the Glenburn Town Council will discuss at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4. The council will discuss Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department matters including: type of cruiser; ownership of cruiser, county or town;… Read More
WARREN — Maine State Prison officials have issued an all-points bulletin for inmate Michael Duplessis who escaped from the prison farm Tuesday night. Deputy Warden Bruce Wentworth said Duplessis, 21, was discovered missing from the minimum security Bolduc Unit at 9 p.m. Wentworth said authorities… Read More
AUGUSTA — Sen. M. Ida Luther, D-Mexico, says her constituents’ anger at electric-rate increases imposed by Central Maine Power Co. led her to file a bill calling for an elected Public Utilities Commission. “I am here out of the frustration of my constituents,” Luther told… Read More
DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School has been chosen as one of 37 high schools in Maine to participate in a nationwide survey for the Centers for Disease Control to find out, among other things, how much drug use there is in America’s schools and how sexually active… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The following is a partial list of the cases processed from Jan. 21 through Jan. 27 in the central division of the Fifth District Court in Ellsworth. Not included in the listing are traffic offenses resulting in fines of less than $100. William… Read More
DETROIT — The 751 residents of Detroit had reason to pat themselves on the back at the end of 1992. The tiny Somerset County town reported 57,200 pounds in recyclables collected in its first year of curbside pickup. In the first collection last Feb. 13,… Read More
A story in Wednesday’s paper on the Orono elections incorrectly reported the seats the School Committee candidates are seeking. In fact, Theodore S. Curtis is running unopposed for the one-year term, while James B. Wagner and Suzanne P. Gordon are running for the three-year term. Read More
BELFAST — Last summer, the City Council voted, as a matter of principle, to reimburse Belfast Motor Inn $20,000 for its sewer extension costs in 1989. At its meeting Tuesday night, the council had no interest in paying $12,000 interest. Robert Spoerl, president of Winnicut… Read More
PORTLAND — A national report which found that most old people risk financial ruin if placed in nursing homes is further evidence that Gov. John R. McKernan shouldn’t try to cut eligibility for Medicaid nursing home coverage, the Maine People’s Alliance said Wednesday. The report… Read More
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SKOWHEGAN — Michael Mason is scheduled for a hearing to determine if he will be tried for murder as an adult. The hearing is set for 1 p.m. Monday, March 8, in Skowhegan District Court. Mason, 17, is accused of fatally shooting his mother, Elizabeth… Read More
With increasing notoriety child sexual abuse has become more frequent and yet continues to be underreported. In a recent study of 250 cases reported to protective services, less than 3 percent of the offenders were incarcerated; less than one-third were incarcerated with a conviction oif child abuse. In… Read More
The faculty of the Maine technical college system are deeply concerned in response to Gov. McKernan’s announcement earlier this month that he would cut more than $2 million from the system’s budget over the next two fiscal years. The governor’s latest proposal is a slap… Read More
Why is it that Gov. McKernan acts like he hates children? What other conclusion can one make when one sees all the ways children will be hurt by McKernan’s method of solving the budget problems? Take away large education funds, the Maine health program (two-thirds… Read More
Now that everyone has taken down their holiday decorations and life has pretty much returned to normal, I would like to thank the thousands of postal customers who helped make this holiday season a success in Bangor by mailing early and wrapping their packages with care. Read More
Duke Ellington may not have had a Broadway musical hit while he was alive, but he sure had one last night when the touring production of the 1981 musical cabaret “Sophisticated Ladies” came to the Maine Center for the Arts. The stage of 10 musicians and more than… Read More