Husson College’s baseball games scheduled on Saturday and Sunday against St. Thomas Aquinas College and Dominican College have been postponed due to wet grounds and snow in the New York City area. The Braves, who were 5-5 on their trip to Florida, the best start… Read More
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Ralph Russin’s two-out RBI single in the bottom of the fifth capped a five-run rally that gave host Eckerd College a 14-13 baseball victory over the University of Southern Maine here Friday. For 14-15 Eckerd College, Russin also banged a two-run… Read More
ORONO – The 12th annual Maine men’s basketball state tournament got under way here at the Old Town-Orono YMCA Friday night with two opening round games. Hamlet Motel of Millinocket downed Harbor Light Cafe of Bath 93-79 and Wharf’s End bar of South Portland beat… Read More
The 300 or so Maine sportsmen who tracked the anti-hunting bill, LD 612, into Augusta’s State Office Building last Tuesday never got to fire a shot. They’ll have a second chance, though, and in a bigger patch of woods, so to speak. The Fish and Wildlife Committee has… Read More
NCAA East Regional Quarterfinal MAINE vs. MINNESOTA 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
WORCESTER, Mass. – The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers stand between the University of Maine Black Bears and a Final Four appearance in Milwaukee next weekend. The Gophers, now 22-11-8, used a third-period goal by Craig Johnson and the superb, 28-save goaltending of senior goalie… Read More
John Winkin doesn’t like the idea much. But thanks to the runoff from the Blizzard of ’93 and a new edict from the North Atlantic Conference league office that eliminates rescheduling of postponed regular-season games, the University of Maine’s venerable baseball coach is about to find out what… Read More
The Jack McAuliffe story begins when he was 14. He attended school in Bangor, where he was known as a tough rascal, handy with his fists. The big boys stayed clear of this little guy who had the reputation of being the best fighter in the school. Read More
WORCESTER, Mass. – It was business as usual only the setting was different. The University of Maine’s 39-1-2 hockey team had just finished its final full practice before Saturday night’s NCAA Tournament quarterfinal game against Minnesota and was unwinding in its spacious locker room in The Centrum here. Read More
Penobscot County, Division I (Milford, Lincoln, Millinocket) (Through March 23) Econo TV & Video, 20-5, .800; Lincoln Aces, 17-8, .680; Lincoln-5, 15-10, .800; Harry’s Hustlers, 11-9; .550; Patchwork, 8-12, .400; A&S Motors, 10-15, .400; T&C Builders, 9-16, .360; Rips Rippers, 5-20, .200 Tuesday’s Results googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Ask an athlete or a coach if they believe in luck and nine times out of 10 you’ll get the “you make your own” stock answer. Which is why University of Kansas men’s basketball coach Roy Williams stuck out like a rabbit’s foot in a… Read More
“I have a program; I have no one to play.” That is a lament common to many collegiate softball coaches in the Pine Tree State as everyone in the region sits tight and waits for the snow to melt. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
High Schools Aroostook County Volleyball Tournament Boys Classes C-D Division AT FORT FAIRFIELD Championship 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()) {… Read More
Let me state right off where I stand on the issue: I am pro-life. This means I am against the pro-choice position. The pro-choice position, I believe, only means and promotes death, the death of countless unborn children. After years of pro-choice activities, the killing… Read More
In response to the March 15 letter, “Tax questions”: I don’t know where that person shops for food, but every place I’ve shopped in Maine, the only food I’ve paid tax on is food that is either ready to eat or hot food or prepared salads from the… Read More
It is with the utmost respect and admiration for Chris Nelson, head librarian, and her staff that I come forward as a spokesman in defense of our local public library. Recently there has been a great deal of “activity” at the Town Office regarding the serious budget problems… Read More
Hats off and three big cheers for Downeast Pharmacy of Maine in their recent decision to no longer sell tobacco products. Hopefully, other drugstores, and maybe even a few grocery stores, will follow suit. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
A child’s health is truly a family affair. When your children are sick, you take care of them. When they are upset, you comfort them. But what if your children aren’t as healthy as you think they are? Here are some of the facts derived… Read More
On behalf of the children and faculty at Fruit Street School I would like to thank Fleet Bank publicly for serving as local sponsors for our Invent America Contest. The bank and its employees, particularly Ron Moll and Jeanne Butler, have supported our school for… Read More
In response to Mary Ann Chalilea’s (March 18 op-ed) column on saving Maine’s General Assistance program, I would like to suggest that it is not our legislators who have the most important decisions to make. It is the towns that could decide to no longer… Read More
PORTLAND — Two landmark restaurants were closed for a day after heavy snow caused two sections of roof to collapse this week. 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
Maine game wardens were issued protective vests Friday and a Greene man was named Warden of the Year during the annual awards program of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife at the Penobscot Conservation Association hall in Brewer. Most law enforcement officers in the… Read More
WISCASSET — Maine’s only nuclear power plant is the same type that an environmental group says are developing cracks that increase the risk of a meltdown, but there is no evidence of such problems at Maine Yankee, a spokesman said. The international group Greenpeace said… Read More
SANFORD — A former Sanford company has agreed to pay an $83,000 fine for failing to report the release of toxic materials, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday. The company, formerly Sprague Electric Co. and now known as SPELCO, didn’t report a 1987 release… Read More
Brewer High School student Benjamin Treat and Mathias Schneider of Fort Fairfield took top honors Thursday in their regional Citizen Bees held in Bangor and Limestone. The top seven winners in the annual bee will go to the state finals in mid-April in Bangor. Four… Read More
INDIAN TOWNSHIP — The primary election at Indian Township has produced two candidates for the office of tribal governor and two for lieutenant governor. Those candidates will compete in a run-off election on Friday, April 2. The top two vote-getters for governor were former Tribal… Read More
WALLAGRASS — “It worked for Ross Perot and I thought I could use it to explain the way I look at things,” said Philip Belanger to Wallagrass residents at their annual town meeting Thursday night. Belanger rose to speak at the outset of the 90-minute… Read More
VAN BUREN — Nomination petitions are available at the Van Buren Town Office for seven municipal positions to be elected Tuesday, June 8. Voters will elect a town councilor for three years. The position is now held by Charles Plourde. Residents also must fill a… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Presque Isle Recreation and Parks Department is accepting applications for summer recreation positions through Friday, April 16, at the William Haskell Community Center. Positions available this summer include swimming instructors and lifeguards, tennis instructors, baseball coaches, arts and crafts instructors, park… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — School Administrative District 1 will hold Eighth-grade Job Shadow Day on Friday, April 23. On that day, eighth-graders will accompany their adult relatives and neighbors to work in offices, factories, garages or restaurants. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE The following cases were among those processed March 23 and 24 in 2nd District Court in Presque Isle by Judge David B. Griffiths: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
MILBRIDGE — The Maine Department of Marine Resources will not conduct a search for the red 14-foot fiberglass canoe that sank in about 10 feet of water off the west side of big Bois Bubert Island early Wednesday morning, causing the drowning death of 25-year-old Carroll MacLean Jr. Read More
PRINCETON — When the polls open Monday, March 29, voters in this logging community will have several offices to fill. Voting will begin at 10 a.m. and the polls will close at 6 p.m. The annual town meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Incumbent town… Read More
MACHIAS — The top story in the April issue of Entrepreneur, “Words of Wisdom,” is about Harvey MacKay, a successful Minneapolis businessman, best-selling author, and renowned “shark-shooter” who best enjoys being a volunteer because of what it did and still does for him and volunteers in Washington County. Read More
MACHIAS — Ballots for the election of members of the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors are expected to be completed and returned to the MBACC office by Wednesday, April 7. Richard Lindsey, president of MBACC, said Friday that the election would… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — Woodland High School senior Caitlin Foley of Alexander has been selected to receive the 1993 Principal’s Award, Principal Earle Tourtillotte announced this week. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principal’s Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Read More
LUBEC — A public hearing Thursday on creating a charter form of government in Lubec fueled tempers and ended with Selectmen Chairman Carlton “Bo” Leighton promising to do everything in his power to have the charter referendum killed at the April 12 annual town meeting. Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — Officials of nine area towns on Wednesday indicated interest in reactivating the Northern Penobscot Regional Solid Waste Association. Dennis Cox, Millinocket’s transfer station and recycling director, was elected chairman of the regional group. Enfield Town Manager Peggy Daigle was elected secretary. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — With Great Northern Paper Co. asking for a 1992 tax refund of $2.2 million, town and school officials want direction from citizens on how to proceed in preparing 1993 budget proposals. Do townspeople want both boards to propose drastic cuts in programs… Read More
MACHIAS — Developing Your Business, a course designed to assist people who want to start their own businesses, will be offered by the Washington-Hancock Community Agency beginning Tuesday, March 30, at Machias. Marketing, pricing, sales and distribution, record keeping, financing and goal setting will be… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Country dance lessons will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. starting Thursday, April 15, at SeDoMoCha Middle School. The six-week program, offered by the SAD 68 Adult Education program, will include the Texas 2-Step, Ten Step Polka and Sweetheart Schottish. In addition… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Registration for the next session of swim classes will begin Monday, April 5, at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA. The seven week session will run from Monday, April 19, through Saturday, June 6. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BRADFORD — Voters defeated proposals for revaluation of the town and for an ordinance on a minimum lot size at a short annual town meeting lasting about 90 minutes on March 20. Selectmen met on March 22 to elect Frances E. Speed chairman and to… Read More
MILO — The next eight-week session of aerobics sponsored by the Milo Recreation Department will begin the week of Monday, April 5. Classes will meet from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Mondays, and 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays. All classes will be held at… Read More
PALMYRA — Palmyra activist Frank Robinson has issued a plea for Palmyra citizens to look past personalities and individual differences that have plagued the town for the past several years and take back control of their government. Robinson admits that he has been outspoken and… Read More
EXETER — About every three or four years in Exeter, some residents get together and decide the town needs a fire department. It’s been two or three years since the last debate; interest in the creation of such a department has been rekindled and the topic will be… Read More
WATERVILLE — Mid-Maine Medical Center has scheduled several workshops and seminars for the next month. A free estate planning seminar, conducted by Terry D. Mayo of Mayo Associates Inc. of New Hampshire, will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, in Dean… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The tents are ordered. Parade and craft tent reservations are coming in. The 21st annual Central Maine Egg Festival is proceeding. Despite recent concerns that the Pittsfield-based festival is facing an ultimate demise, committee members are bracing for the biggest festival to date. Read More
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SKOWHEGAN — An election will be held Wednesday, May 19, for the three-year term of supervisor for the Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District. All district cooperators who reside in Somerset County and have an interest in conservation are eligible to become candidates. Cooperators… Read More
Boarding homes and nursing homes in Somerset County will hold individual rockathons to benefit the Meals On Wheels Program. Participating homes are Maplecrest Manor, Madison; Cedar Ridge Nursing Care Center, Skowhegan; Sanfield Manor, Hartland; Birch Grove, Pittsfield; 234 Madison Avenue, Skowhegan; Woodlawn, Skowhegan; Somerset Manor,… Read More
CORINNA — Beginning April 1, when Corinna and Exeter residents call for assistance from the fire department or the ambulance department, the calls will be answered by a dispatcher at the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office. According to James Emerson, Corinna fire chief, the sheriff’s office… Read More
ROCKPORT — Nomination papers are available at the Town Office for Rockport’s June 8 municipal election. Offices open this year, all three-year terms, are: two seats on the board of selectmen, currently held by Roger Jones and Martha Sholes; four seats on the budget committee,… Read More
ROCKPORT — Three nights of work sessions on Rockport’s 1993-94 budget yielded nearly a quarter-million dollars in cuts by the Board of Selectmen, with roads and cemeteries taking the biggest whacks. The board started its work Tuesday with a proposed budget of $2.2 million, more… Read More
SEARSPORT — The Penobscot Expedition Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented Chih Shien Lee of Morrill and Kelley Fields of Frankfort with Good Citizen awards on March 20 at the Penobscot Marine Museum. Chi Shien is active in… Read More
SEARSMONT — The Waldo County YMCA’s 15th annual St. George River Race scheduled for Saturday, March 27, will be postponed until Sunday, April 4. The new race time will be 1 p.m. with registration being held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Searsmont… Read More
BELFAST — Two weeks after walking off the site in a dispute over money, a Lawlor Corp. construction crew was back working at the Troy Howard Middle School. Assistant SAD 34 Superintendent Paul Luttrell said the 30-man crew was ordered back on the job following… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Museum will offer Ukrainian egg decorating workshops for children and their parents from 10 a.m. to noon, and for adults from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 3. This spring ritual, the ancient craft known as “Pysanky,” originated in pagan times… Read More
ROCKLAND — Kate Barnes, Kathy Hooke and Jennifer Pike will read from their works at the Live Poets Society 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, at the First Universalist Church, 345 Broadway. Kate Barnes will read from her new chapbook, “Crossing the Field,” published by Blackberry Books, Nobleboro. Read More
JACKSON — Residents made quick work of this year’s town meeting warrant, disposing of annual business in less than two hours. About 50 were on hand at the Jackson Community Center for a Saturday meeting that Moderator Archie LaHaye gaveled his way through in record… Read More
SOUTH THOMASTON — Residents attending Wednesday’s town meeting at Gilford Butler School approved a 1993 budget calling for expenditures of $376,248. The spending package is $29,116 more than was appropriated last year. After deducting an estimated $180,259 in revenue, the amount needed to be raised… Read More
WALDO — Waldo may have to reverse directions on a town meeting decision to switch ambulance coverage from Belfast to Brooks because of concerns about response times to the spread-out community. Voters at the March 6 town meeting approved changing from Belfast Ambulance Service to… Read More
ROCKLAND — The following small-claim cases were heard this week in 6th District Court: White Mountain Graphics, Jackson, N.H., vs. Camden Limo, Charles Davis, Camden. Judgment for plaintiff, by default, $417.78 plus $35 costs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
ROCKLAND — The following sentences were handed down Thursday in Knox County Superior Court: John Wall, 28, Rockland, two counts burglary, two years in prison on each count. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
ROCKLAND — Knox County District Attorney William Anderson has filed legal documents aimed at taking possession of McDonald’s Drug Store in Thomaston. Anderson submitted the forfeiture of property claim in Knox County Superior Court on Friday. Anderson asked the court to approve the taking of… Read More
CAMDEN — Camden police charged three people Wednesday for their involvement in a March 15 burglary that resulted in the arrest of two others early this week. Charged Wednesday were Anthony Bernardi, 20, of Camden, for receiving stolen property and Terry S. Perry, 19, of… Read More
HANCOCK — An Ellsworth man received multiple injuries early Friday in a head-on crash involving a tractor-trailer and a station wagon. Randolph R. Sargent, 41, was listed in serious condition, Eastern Maine Medical Center officials reported Friday evening. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
AURORA — The family of Eric and Raylene Smith was staying at an Ellsworth motel Friday after their home was destroyed by fire the previous afternoon. Crews were still working at the fire scene on Route 9 in Aurora Friday afternoon, said local Fire Chief… Read More
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PARKMAN — It’s called a safe place for transformation where children leave their secrets behind, open their hearts to each other in a healing process and share the camaraderie. Camp Chrysalis, a respite camp nestled on a Down East lake, is a gathering place each… Read More
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There were a few tense moments at Bangor International Airport Friday when the pilot of a KC-135 fuel tanker radioed the tower and said an emergency light indicated that the plane’s No. 3 engine was on fire. The light activated at about 11:45 a.m., 15… Read More
A man who was arrested Wednesday evening after a brief shooting spree on Hammond Street in Bangor is well-known to police in Fort Kent. Jeffrey Reno, 31, who identified himself to Bangor police Wednesday as S.L. Roth, didn’t have any criminal problems in the three… Read More
A resolution over the handling of Old Town Police Officer Norman Harrington’s police cases is imminent, according to the Bangor lawyer representing the Penobscot County District Attorney’s Office in the lawsuit brought by Harrington against the district attorney and others. Attorney Timothy Woodcock, representing District… Read More
WASHINGTON — After the Senate enacted a resolution Thursday setting the outline for President Bill Clinton’s $1.5 trillion budget plan, Republican Leader Bob Dole said, “Now we’re going to start shooting real bullets.” The “real bullets” to finance Clinton’s economic proposals include a new tax… Read More
The Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center will sponsor its annual conference on women’s health Saturday, April 24, at the Bangor Airport Marriott. The theme will be “Menopause and Beyond: Women Celebrating the Second Half of Life.” Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., with the welcome… Read More
A caption for a photograph on Page 15 Tuesday, March 23, incorrectly spelled the name of one of the Head Start students who entertained residents of the Brewer Rehabilitation and Living Center on St. Patrick’s Day. Correct spelling of her name is Cinnamon Nevers. Read More
AUGUSTA — Once targeted for Brewer, a $4.5 million juvenile detention center’s future location appeared less certain Friday following an occasionally contentious hearing before the Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee. While a representative of the family that owns the Brewer parcel questioned the ethics… Read More
Michael Gartner, the head of NBC News, has announced that he will resign Aug. 1, following a lapse in NBC’s journalistic ethics in rigging the crash of a GM truck. Viewers, journalists and media critics can now pretend that the problems in the GM-NBC episode have been solved… Read More
NEW YORK — Barbara Fields’ mother fought breast cancer in her own way: Faced with a death sentence, she simply told her doctors, “I’ll let you know when I’m ready.” It took 22 years for the disease to kill her, with cancer attacking her ovaries, cervix and uterus… Read More
Moosehead Manufacturing Co. of Monson has announced plans to sell furniture in the Canadian province of Ontario. “The province of Ontario represents one of Canada’s largest and most lucrative markets,” said Russell Page, sales and marketing manager for Moosehead. “This is another huge step forward… Read More
ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick — A fire of suspicious origin inflicted an undetermined amount of damage to part of a four-story warehouse owned by Ganong Brothers Candy Co. late Thursday night. Jim Percel, the company’s vice president, said a 2 1/2-ton truck was destroyed in… Read More
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House Speaker John L. Martin pulled one more political rabbit out of his top hat and survived a very strong attempt to get rid of him once and for all. But the effort may have cost him his vaunted political strength. It was perhaps Martin’s… Read More
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A recent survey indicates that only about 20 percent of Maine adults think the recession is over in the state. But 40 percent think a national economic recovery is underway. The survey, the Fleet New England Poll, was conducted by telephone for Fleet Bank by… Read More
KITTERY — The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s next large submarine refueling assignment has been cast into doubt by an underwater mishap and pressures to cut military spending. Shipyard workers had expected to begin work on the USS Memphis in about 10 months. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
(For listing of schools see library Microfilm) AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Education officials are saying that the latest results of the eighth-grade Maine Educational Assessment are proof that new teaching methods work better than those of more traditional classrooms. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
WASHINGTON — The federal agency that polices fraud by doctors and hospitals is closing offices in nine states and abandoning more than 1,000 investigations in a retrenchment forced by budget cutbacks, officials said Friday. The fraud-fighting branch of the Department of Health and Human Services… Read More
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Edward O. Darling, chairman of the St. Joseph Hospital board of trustees, has announced the appointment of Edwin N. Clift, president of Merrill Merchants Bank; and Maj. Gen. Nelson E. Durgin, National Guard adjutant general for Maine, as co-chairmen of the Continuing the Mission Capital Campaign. Read More
WASHINGTON — Would Martin survive? While politicians debated and editorial writers raged, some high-tech Mainers aired their own opinions on the Prodigy computer network. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers have turned up their noses at a bill that would have required cats in Maine to be licensed like dogs. Following a hearing at which opponents drowned out supporters, the Agriculture Committee unanimously decided the cat-licensing bill was unnecessary and could cause… Read More
A fourth education budget plan has joined an already crowded field of education proposals that Maine lawmakers will have to contend with in developing the state’s biennium budget. Developed by the funding committee of the Maine School Superintendents Association, the $515 million budget proposal drew… Read More
RANGELEY — Maine firefighters have been invited to the fourth Firefighters Hit the Slopes to Fight Cancer event, Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28, at Saddleback Mountain. The American Cancer Society is sponsor of the event which will pit defending champion Lewiston and past… Read More
PORTLAND — UNUM Corp. officials announced Friday that they had completed their acquisition of Colonial Companies, Inc. in a deal they said joined industry leaders in payroll-deducted benefits and specialty insurance. “The merger of UNUM and Colonial … is an important step in UNUM achieving… Read More
ALBANY, N.Y.– KeyCorp, which has focused its banking expansion activities in the Northeast and Northwest, on Friday announced it had completed the acquisition of First American Bank of New York. The deal gives Key Bank of New York, a KeyCorp subsidiary, about $1 billion in… Read More