Looking at her physique, she is a most unlikely candidate for the term “workhorse.” But you think of that term when you watch her play, because she works so very hard. She’s so tough. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
John Bapst knew Rockland would try to hold the basketball and slow down the game. The Crusaders never dreamed that the Tigers would actually succeed at executing their game plan. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Houlton High senior Liz Nelson scored eight of her 21 points in the fourth quarter to carry the Shiretowners past Ellsworth 57-46 for the girls Eastern Maine Class B basketball championship at the Bangor Auditorium Friday night. The Shiretowners took a 13-point lead at the… Read More
HAMPDEN – The top high school gymnasts in the state will be at Hampden Academy Saturday to compete in the 1993 Maine State Individual Gymnastics Championship meet. The gymnasts will march in to the gymnasium at 12:45 p.m. and the competitions will begin at 1… Read More
John Bapst High School boys basketball coach Bob Cimbollek has practically written the book on holding the ball to equalize a powerhouse opponent. Cimbollek and his Crusaders got a dose of the same treatment Friday night when Rockland slowed things down and froze the basketball. Read More
Early in January, Pat Corr, Brad Allen, and Lindsay Tudor, waterfowl-project biologists with the Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, took wing to draw a bead on the numbers of ducks and geese gathered on Maine’s coastal wintering grounds. After three days of low-level flying with U.S. Fish… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine hockey team’s various unbeaten streaks came to a screeching halt here Friday night as a never-say-die group of Boston University Terriers rallied from a 6-2 deficit to stun the Bears 7-6 in overtime. Maine had its 44-game Alfond Arena… Read More
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Houlton High Senior Liz Nelson scored eight of her 21 points in the fourth quarter to carry the Shiretowners past Ellsworth 57-46 for the girls Eastern Maine Class B basketball championship at the Bangor Auditorium Friday night. The Shiretowners took a 13-point lead at the… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine hockey team’s various unbeaten streaks came to a screeching halt at Alfond Arena Friday night as a never-say-die group of Boston University Terriers rallied from a four-goal deficit to stun the Black Bears 7-6 in overtime. Maine led 6-2… Read More
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Prior to his freshman year at Millinocket’s Stearns High School, Brian Barnes didn’t think he was ready to play high school hockey. But Stearns standouts Dennis Himes and Chris Labby thought he was and they told Coach Rick Baietti that he should meet Barnes and encourage him to… Read More
Women’s College Basketball Rachel Bouchard was at a crossroads in her basketball career after her freshman season at the University of Maine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
In the months ahead, we’re going to find out how much clout the administration at the University of Maine really has in relation to its counterparts in the rest of the region. We’re going to find out what kind of leaders we have at UM,… Read More
ANSWERS Coach Ron Marks and his stars Mark Rosebush and Mike Paoletti (right) paced the Schenck Wolverines of East Millinocket to a 59-27 victory over Orono in the EM finals and a 69-60 win over Cape Elizabeth in the state finale. Marks is AD and… Read More
Defending champion Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook faces neighboring rival Central Aroostook of Mars Hill Saturday at 1:35 p.m. in the Bangor Auditorium for the 1993 Eastern Maine Class D schoolgirl basketball title. In Friday semifinals, No. 1 Southern Aroostook beat No. 4 As In… Read More
Women’s College Basketball All-Vermont first team schoolgirl basketball player Carrie Smith, a 5-foot-8 guard from Oxbow High School in Bradford, Vt., has verbally committed to attend the University of Maine next fall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
MAINE vs. VERMONT Time, site: Saturday, 1 p.m., Alfond Sports Arena, Orono. 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]… Read More
MACHIAS — As a public service, a group of students at the University of Maine at Machias will offer assistance to local residents in preparing their income tax returns. VITA service will be available at the following times in Room 113 of the Science Building:… Read More
A Bangor neighborhood resembled a shallow river Friday night as a broken water main sent a torrent of water down several streets, blocking the area to traffic and flooding basements. Firefighters, police and public works crews rushed to the area of Seventh Street, Buck Street,… Read More
AUGUSTA — State fish and wildlife chief William J. Vail is resigning, saying he is not cut out to champion the McKernan administration’s budget reduction plans because of his background in the agency. Vail, a career Game Warden Service official who has headed the Inland… Read More
CALAIS — The Sunrise County Children’s Task Force will hold a parenting class, “Talking to Your Kids so They’ll Listen,” at Princeton Elementary School. The workshop will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays beginning Feb. 25, and continuing for the next six weeks. The registration… Read More
ORONO — A new slide show about the Penobscot River Watershed, “From Canada Falls to Katahdin and Penobscot Bay,” is available to community groups and schools. A publication, “Natural Resources Highlights: The Penobscot River Watershed,” accompanies the slides. The program is part of a river… Read More
A hose connecting a propane cylinder and a propane heater caught fire Friday near a construction site at Bangor International Airport. Construction workers were using the heater to warm a trench into which they had poured cement to prepare footing for a new wall near… Read More
Let the record show that as you walk down most any street and say “Hi” to a stranger the overwhelming majority will respond in kind. Granted, it might be not much more than a grunt in some cases, but it’s an acknowledgment nontheless. (Some streetwalkers, of course, will… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — If you see someone on in-line skates in Guilford this summer, it could be the new administrator for Hospital Administrative District 4, who has a passion for the sport. Tom Bell, the former assistant administrator of a hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, began… Read More
ORRINGTON — The Orrington Board of Selectmen will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, to consider a proposal from the Penobscot Valley Council of Governments and to appoint members to the Community Development Block Grant project. The board will recognize the services to the… Read More
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WASHINGTON — There’s a tribal aspect of American politics that goes virtually unnoticed by those not close to the game. The individuals behind the candidate — their campaign consultants — count for more than even a skeptical public imagines. They also leave indelible fingerprints on the candidates they… Read More
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — McDonald’s, concerned about serving up secondhand cigarette smoke with its meals, is trying an anti-puff policy at some of its restaurants. “I have a problem dealing with Happy Meals on one hand and yet knowing the children are coming in a place… Read More
HERMON — A community sendoff for a truck being sent to Carasque, El Salvador, through the Bangor Area-El Salvador Sister City Project will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, in the parking lot at Dysart’s Truckstop in Hermon. The $11,000 cost of purchasing,… Read More
WARREN — Learn how to shape up fruit trees at a fruit tree pruning workshop-demonstration with hosts Luci and Rory Craib at Maine Coast Orchard on Clark’s Cove Road, Walpole. Sponsored by the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District, the session has been set for 9 to 11… Read More
DETROIT — One person was treated for lacerations at a local hospital following a late afternoon accident Thursday in Detroit. Gregory M. LaFord, 31, of Plymouth was released after treatment. State Trooper Michael Mitchell said LaFord was operating a 1988 Chevrolet automobile southbound on Route… Read More
LEWISTON — The Intellectual Freedom Committee, a joint committee of the Maine Library Association and the Maine Educational Media Association, will accept nominations for the 1993 Intellectual Freedom Award sponsored by Social Issues Resources Inc. Nominations and documentation should be sent to Laura Juraska, chairman,… Read More
It was about 8:30 Wednesday night and the Maine House of Representatives was debating the fate of Rep. Sumner A. “Bud” Jones Jr., R-Pittsfield. Jones, who had held the seat conditionally since November, sat quietly, listening to the debate that would affect him personally, but… Read More
An Ellsworth woman who got cold while walking home from the Dockside Lounge in Bangor decided to take a car she found idling in a driveway on Court Street, police reported. The owner of the car had left it running in the driveway and came… Read More
CAMDEN — The “King of Instruments,” Maine’s first Rodgers Cambridge 735 organ, using parallel-digital imaging technology, will be dedicated at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at John Street United Methodist Church in Camden. The recital will be played by David Ogletree, a native of Westwood,… Read More
A Connecticut company said it is negotiating to reopen Lucerne Inn, a popular Dedham lodging and dining spot that closed Monday. The shutdown isn’t permanent, according to Baron Resources Corp. of Avon, Conn. BRC is general partner for Baron Properties Ten Limited Partnership, which owns… Read More
EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick — Unitel has decided to locate its new long-distance phone center in Edmundston, creating about 400 new jobs in this city across the border from Madawaska, Maine. Mayors Brad Woodside of Fredericton and Elsie Wayne of Saint John said they were told… Read More
CAMDEN — The Island Institute will sponsor the 1993 Spring Island Schools Conference on Friday and Saturday, April 2-3, at the Lord Camden Inn in Camden. The theme of the conference will be “Transitions: A Chance for Growth.” Transitions can be significant issues for island… Read More
NEWCASTLE — The Mid-Coast Emergency Medical Services will offer an emergency medical technician course from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. beginning Monday, March 4, at the Central Lincoln County Ambulance Station. The cost of the course will be $235, which includes five college credits and a… Read More
ROCKLAND — The midcoast Maine branch of the American Association of University Women has sent application forms for college scholarships to high schools in Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties. The branch will award three scholarships, one in each county, to young women planning to attend an accredited four-year… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Even with the peak need of the year just passed, the American Red Cross still needs support to make up for the blood drives canceled because of inclement weather this week. Angela Bilodeau, a blood services recuritment specialist, said Wednesday that January is… Read More
FREEPORT — L.L. Bean announced Friday that nearly all of its employees will receive bonuses worth 17.5 percent of their annual pay following an 18 percent increase in sales for 1992. The $13 million will be paid next month to 3,459 workers. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
CALAIS — The Calais Center of the University of Maine at Machias will offer three workshops on financial aid to help students and their parents understand the significant changes in the financial aid application process for the 1993-94 school year. The workshops will be held… Read More
CORINNA — A user fee for towns that are not members of the Mid-Maine Solid Waste Association has been established. The association is expected to vote on the proposed fee next month. The association will recommend that towns which are not members of the organization… Read More
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MONSON — A 9 percent increase is reflected in the proposed budget for Monson which will need action at 7 p.m. Monday, March 22, in the elementary school. According to Jeanne Reed, Monson town manager, municipal appropriations are up 25 percent more than in 1992. Read More
FORT KENT — Andre Nadeau of Ste. Melanie, Quebec, pushed man and dog through the night in minus 32-degree temperatures to win the first Can Am Crown International dog sled race and a cash prize of at least $2,500. Nadeau arrived at Fort Kent, the… Read More
GREENVILLE — Charles Plummer, a Korean War naval aviator, historian and Lisbon Falls school principal, will be the guest of the Shaw Public Library at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Plummer will visit dressed as Civil War Gen. Read More
President Clinton’s vow to fully fund the Head Start program could triple the $1.2 million budget of Penquis Head Start, an organization providing early education for economically disadvantaged children in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties. The president’s full-funding pledge is “fantastic” and could mean a lot… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The following cases were among those processed Feb. 16 and 17 in 2nd District Court by Judge David B. Griffiths. Shawn B. Mahan, 25, Mars Hill, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, 50 days in jail, two-year license suspension,… Read More
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy’s Ocean Institute will present its first educational program in the Far East, a tanker safety seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 19-30. Professional Seminars of Singapore is cooperating in the project. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
MACHIAS — The Washington County Refuse Disposal District may lose a principal participant if Machias decides against paying next year’s fee to the district. “The selectmen didn’t take the $6 (per capita) fee too well,” Town Manager Christopher Loughlin said Friday, referring to a discussion… Read More
An old saying, “the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence,” holds true for many native Mainers. Many young people saw the border with New Hampshire as that fence and left their native state behind in search of something they believed was better. Read More
Fort Fairfield High School Class of 1943 will hold its 50th class reunion Saturday, July 17, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building on Presque Isle Street in Fort Fairfield. The reunion committee, comprising Elaine Gardiner, Kathryn Kinney, Charles McKinney, Dr. R.S. George, George Philbrick, Philip Roberts, Mary… Read More
AUGUSTA — Legislators warned Friday that an education budget proposal that would have local communities absorb $4.6 million in special-education costs next year will force municipalities to deorganize. More than 100 educators and parents attended the last of the joint education hearings between the Legislature’s… Read More
MACHIAS — The following cases were processed Feb. 8-19 in 4th District Court with Judge John V. Romei presiding: Candance A. Beal, 43, Beals, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $350, 72 hours in jail, license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The microwave oven is safe for tiny hands — it’s made of wood rather than plastic, metal and glass. Toy microwaves are relatively new, so Todd Perry couldn’t find much to go by when designing the wooden appliance that arrived Thursday morning at St. Mary’s Day Care on… Read More
WASHINGTON — Here are the votes of senators and local representatives on major legislation in Congress this week. A “Y” means the member voted for the measure; an “N” means the member voted against the measure; an “A” means the member did not vote; and a “P” means… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Most of the people who knew David Allen Herrick would best describe the 31-year-old carpenter as the kind of guy you’d be proud to call family. But according to Deputy District Attorney Steven Juskewitch, Herrick’s sexual obsession with his girlfriend’s niece and nephew… Read More
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HAMPDEN — The Hampden police chief told the Town Council Tuesday night that the department was producing a better caliber of law enforcment officers because of additional training the officers are receiving. “We are at a point now where we are attracting officers from other… Read More
GREENBUSH — The Board of Selectmen decided Thursday night to hold a special budget workshop session Monday to review the general government portion of the municipal budget. Town Manager Robert Littlefield said other workshops on recreation, protections, and public works would be scheduled in the… Read More
AUGUSTA — Michael T. Flood, a former legislative committee clerk, pleaded guilty Friday to burglary in a ballot-tampering case and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for a suspended sentence. It was the first confirmation that ballot tampering did occur in legislative recounts last… Read More
GREENVILLE — An emergency locator signal thought to be coming from a downed aircraft east of Greenville late Thursday led authorities on Friday to a parked aircraft at the Pittsfield Airport. Greenville police were notified by officials from Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, Ill.,… Read More
The state budget crisis, which has dragged on for nearly four years, is forcing Maine’s system of public education to react to pressures and uncertainties in ways that will undermine the quality of this important public investment into the next century. Three spokesmen for education… Read More
The pressure to reduce spending can be a positive, constructive force. It is a discipline on the private and public sectors, which overexpand in prosperous times, and must cut back when revenue dries up. Education is as prone as any industry or institution to grow… Read More
NORTHEAST HARBOR — Debate over sewer user fees proved to be a hardy perennial, emerging again this year as a controversial topic at a candidates forum on Thursday evening at the Northeast Harbor Library. Three of the four candidates vying for two positions on the… Read More
HERMON — The Planning Board late Thursday night accepted preliminary plans for the new Hermon High School from Robert Frank III, project engineer with WBRC Architects-Engineers. Frank gave the board additional information on the septic system to add to site plan review booklets they received… Read More
BRUNSWICK — A retired police commander from Portsmouth, N.H., has been nominated as chief of the Brunswick Police Department. Jerry A. Hinton, a 20-year veteran of the Portsmouth department, beat out three other finalists, including acting chief Richard Mears. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
The turmoil surrounding harness racing at Bass Park will come to a head Monday when the City Council decides the fate of the sport in Bangor. The industry has a 160-year history in Bangor. The current generation of horsemen does not want to be written… Read More
Bee researchers from the entomology department at the University of Maine will present the initial results of their research project on native bees at a series of spring blueberry meetings in March at Ellsworth, Union, South Paris and Machias. Connie Stubbs, assistant scientist, in the… Read More
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STETSON — Four Stetson children were hospitalized Thursday night after emergency workers rescued them from the edge of Stetson Pond where they had spent more than two hours in below-freezing temperatures. The four children, ranging in age from 4 to 10, were soaking wet when… Read More
INDIAN TOWNSHIP — Mary Mitchell Gabriel of Indian Township is one of eight Maine artists who received fellowships from the 1993 Individual Artist Fellowship program administered by the Maine Arts Commission. Gabriel received the award for her talents in basketry during a ceremony held at… Read More
WELD — Twelve environmental activists chose to remain in jail Friday after being arrested for blocking a road at Mount Blue State Park to protest a commercial logging operation, authorities said. The protesters — seven women and five men — lay down in the road… Read More
WASHINGTON — A top Clinton administration official confirmed Friday that the president’s new economic plan does not address the luxury boat tax issue. Bruce Reed, a deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, said, “There is no reference one way or other in the… Read More
I am writing to express my concern for the people of Bangor who are so unfortunate as to need the services of those who work for the state, namely the WIP program and the Department of Human Services. As a recipient of WIC (Women, Infants… Read More
I commend Margaret Warner and the NEWS for the comprehensive articles on chronic sex offenders (Feb. 16). To think that 40 percent of the prison population is made up of sex offenders and that almost no treatment is provided for any of them is unthinkable. Yet it has… Read More
I am writing on behalf of the Maine Coalition for Food Security to express gave concern about proposed state budget cuts which would dramatically hurt our most vulnerable citizens — the poor, the elderly, children, young mothers and the disabled. We believe the proposed reductions in Aid to… Read More
I am a buyer of Megabucks tickets as are other members of my family. But every time we see the Megabucks commercial with Rich Little and his cohort, we vow we will never buy another ticket. Just because we have clowns running the state, do we need clowns… Read More
We read that Maine is one of the poorest states in New England, while at the same time it is one of the highest-taxed states in the nation. Could there be a correlation between these facts and the long tenture of John Martin, one of Maine’ foremost politicians?… Read More
I see by the NEWS that the Japanese are now seeking a patent on human genes. I thought God had the first rights on that. Phyllis V. Meyer Pittsfield… Read More
… In the last year, I have attended a few council meetings in Lincoln, of which I am now a resident. At these meetings, I always hear one of the townspeople get up and say they don’t know why they are bothering to say anything because the council… Read More
Now that another hockey season is almost over, we must give some overdue credit to Coach Shawn Walsh and the team. My husband and I have been attending the games since 1987 and we have commented that the Maine team always stands at attention while the national anthem… Read More
I am disappointed that NBC took “I’ll Fly Away” off the air. This show displayed the true stories of how people of color were treated in the bigoted South during the 1950s. I feel the network is racist for (canceling the show). This show also… Read More
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AUGUSTA — The Child Welfare Training Institute with the Maine Department of Education, Division of Special Education, will hold a four-part workshop for foster and adoptive parents 12:15-2:15 p.m. Tuesdays, March 2-23, through the University of Maine Interactive Television System at the following locations: Augusta,… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — The 1993 Spring Convention and Pharmacy Exhibit Program of the Maine Pharmacy Association will be combined with that of the Traveling Men and Women’s Association March 12-14 at the Sheraton Tara Hotel, South Portland. The convention will offer 10 hours of continuing… Read More
BOSTON — A new study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that extra calcium keeps women’s bones strong after menopause. The study should erase doubts about the benefits of calcium supplements, experts say. The study, conducted in New Zealand, found that older women who… Read More
The University of Maine Chess Club held the “I can’t believe you did that” Tournament of quick chess in pairs on Feb. 10. Tied for first place were teams of Ghezai Menelik and Frank Thompson; and Pete Markiewicz and Ralph Bates. The Special Incompatibility Prize… Read More
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Dr. Margaret Helbach offers a picture to show what she considers the most amazing thing she saw during two weeks in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. The photograph shows a baby stretched out in an incubator. Born 15 weeks early at home, he was brought into the… Read More
When a long-awaited hospital opens next Friday in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, it will be the culmination of four miracles, according to Dr. Robert Bach. The first miracle happened about a decade ago when Bach and his wife, Nancy, went to the U.S. Agency for International… Read More
Submitted by Dick Averill of Bangor, last week’s What Is It? (right) was correctly identified by Merle Cowperthwaite of Mars Hill; Irene Mehuren, Morrill; Robert Taylor, Hampden; Dwight Blogett, Brewer; Neil Chadbourne, Garland; Terry Cole, Jonesport; Julian Schoppee, Machias; Arthur Humphrey, Brooks; Clyde Boutilier, Oakfield; Jeff Toman, Mount… Read More