ORONO – The Maine Center for the Arts here at the University of Maine will show the NCAA Championship hockey game between Maine and the winner of the Lake Superior State-Boston University game Saturday on a 12-foot-square screen. Admission is free, but limited to the… Read More
OLD TOWN – Twelve members of the Canoe City Swim Club head to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this weekend to compete in the 1992 YMCA National Swimming and Diving Championships. Coaches Jim Willis and Doug Springer take seven girls and two boys to the compete at… Read More
MILWAUKEE – The University of Maine Black Bears will be faced with trying to dethrone the Lake Superior State Lakers for the NCAA championship on Saturday night. The Lakers received power-play goals 39 seconds apart from Brian Rolston and Sean Tallaire, the first coming on… Read More
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Host Nova University, ranked sixth nationally in the NAIA, defeated the University of Southern Maine 16-2 here Thursday as the USM Huskies continued their spring baseball trip. For 29-6 Nova, Ramon Cardeldria belted a grand slam in the third inning and… Read More
MILWAUKEE – University of Maine junior defenseman Lee Saunders received a tap on the back from assistant coach Grant Standbrook, signifying that it was Saunders’ turn to take an overtime shift in Maine’s NCAA Tournament semifinal against the University of Michigan at the Bradley Center on Thursday. Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The University of Maine-Presque Isle opened its 1993 baseball season with a pair of losses here Wednesday. Plymouth (N.H.) State College beat the Owls 9-5 and Christopher Newport College downed UMPI 9-2. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine women’s basketball team will hold its annual postseason banquet April 15 at 6:30 p.m., at the Holiday Inn on Main Street in Bangor. A buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. will start things off, followed by an awards presention at… Read More
MILWAUKEE – It seemed like a case of deja vu. A year ago, in the NCAA Eastern Regional Tournament quarterfinals, the University of Maine’s Black Bears trailed Michigan State 3-2 and stormed the Spartan net in the third period looking for an equalizer that would… Read More
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Two goals in the last 14 seconds of the game by a team from Toledo, Ohio, upended the Northern Maine Warriors 2-1 in the first game of the Tier I National Midget Championships hockey tournament here Thursday. Caleb Ward’s goal off an… Read More
The future of the NCAA Hockey Tournament first round-quarterfinal rounds is up in the air. But Northern Michigan Coach Rick Comley, who is on the NCAA Hockey Committee, said he would like to see the current format remain intact. With the current format, there are… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine women’s basketball team will hold its annual postseason banquet April 15 at 6:30 p.m., at the Holiday Inn on Main Street in Bangor. A buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. will start things off, followed by an awards presention at… Read More
Husson College assistant women’s basketball coach Ed Gott is sitting up in a chair and improving steadily as he battles back from a serious bout with bacterial meningitis. Gott, 65, is still listed in serious condition in the Eastern Maine Medical Center’s intensive care unit,… Read More
George Hale, popular sports broadcaster for WABI-TV and radio, underwent emergency heart bypass surgery Wednesday night at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Hale is listed in stable condition, according to a hospital spokesperson. He is conscious and doing well. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
MILWAUKEE – The University of Maine will make its first appearance in the NCAA Championship hockey game Saturday night after a come-from-behind, 4-3 overtime victory over the University of Michigan here at the Bradley Center Thursday afternoon. The NCAA semifinal win was the first for… Read More
The call University of Maine softball coach Janet Anderson was dreading came around noon Thursday. There would be no softball this weekend. That was the word from the coaches of Eastern Connecticut and Central Connecticut where Maine had doubleheaders scheduled for Friday and Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
At approximately 5 p.m. Thursday, Harold Westerman could stand it no longer. He picked up the phone in his Vero Beach, Fla., home and dialed the number of his longtime friend, Bill Wells, in Orono. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
ROCKPORT — Horticulture lectures will be presented during the Merryspring 1993 Landscape and Gardening Show at the Samoset Resort, April 16-18. Eleanor Ames will discuss A Visionary Landscape Legacy: Bok, Olmstead and Steele at 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 16. The lecture and slide presentation will… Read More
ROCKPORT — Horticulture lectures will be presented during the Merryspring 1993 Landscape and Gardening Show at the Samoset Resort, April 16-18. Eleanor Ames will discuss A Visionary Landscape Legacy: Bok, Olmstead and Steele at 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 16. The lecture and slide presentation will… Read More
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ROCKLAND — The following cases were disposed of Wednesday in 6th District Court: Dana G. Fogg, 30, South Thomaston, operating motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $550, two days in jail, license suspended for 90 days; operating motor vehicle after license suspension,… Read More
There seems to be panic and outrage among women if they can’t get diapers, along with their food stamps. It would never occur to any of them to buy cloth diapers. I wonder if someone sent them a package of cloth diapers, would these lazy… Read More
I was sorry to read a recent BDN article about Bangor’s “unavoidable” budget increases, especially where the city “has little control over any of the … costs of employee benefits.” The city of Bangor is blessed with several hundred pretty good employees trying to do… Read More
On behalf of the North Central Regional staff of the Maine Displaced Homemakers Program, I want to express thanks and appreciation to Tom Weber of the BDN for his (March 19) article on Gilda Nardone, director of this program. She was inducted into the Maine Hall of Fame… Read More
We support, 100 percent, James River’ Old Town landfill project. Without it the mill will not be able to survive and Old Town, as a city, will also die. Robert J. Morin, president R.J. Morin Inc., Old Town… Read More
George Will in his latest column, “Collective shrug of despair” (BDN, March 29), abhors America’s high crime rate, particularly as it relates to firearms, but would call forth a far greater evil to combat that crime — the dreaded police state. People just about everywhere,… Read More
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AUGUSTA — Maine’s endangered species may have cause for a little more hope should the Legislature approve a bill aimed at increasing donations to a special state income-tax refund account. Submitted by Rep. John F. Marsh, R-West Gardiner, LD 670 sailed through the Legislature’s Committee… Read More
ORONO — A hearing on allegations of student cheating at the University of Maine scheduled for Thursday has been postponed to next week, university officials said. University spokeswoman Kay Hyatt said that one of the participants in the hearing had requested that the hearing be… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will hold a two-day human resources management course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, April 5, and Monday, April 12, in the St. John Room of the campus center. The course “How to Plan… Read More
ROCKWOOD — The state’s first boat launching facility accessible to disabled people will open this summer on Moosehead Lake in Rockwood. The construction plans were revealed Tuesday to Rockwood residents by Richard Skinner, director of boating facilities for the Bureau of Parks and Recreation, during… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Maine and New Brunswick have signed a fish and game enforcement agreement to improve cooperation between their fish and wildlife law enforcement agents. The agreement pertains to international boundary waters of the St. Francis River between Madawaska County in New Brunswick… Read More
EXETER — Exeter residents considering new construction or expansion projects at their homes will need to meet certain standards set forth in the minimum lot size and set-back ordinance approved by voters at their annual town meeting Monday night. Enactment of the ordinance will require… Read More
EASTON — The Francis Malcolm Science Center will offer two presentations on outer space. The Mars Show will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 15, at the planetarium. Featured in the slide show is Patrick Stewart of “Star Trek” as narrator. The show explores… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Maine Drug Enforcement Agency officials have arrested three people in connection with unlawful trafficking in marijuana. Donna Coty, 30, of Castle Hill, Phyllis Belmain, 22, and Jared Simonds, 22, both of Presque Isle were arrested March 23 by DEA agents, according to… Read More
VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Solid Waste Committee discussed work it must do in the next few months and heard the latest disposal figures Wednesday. Town Manager Jayne Farrin said the town will apply for an environmental permit required by the state to operate… Read More
CARIBOU — The Central Aroostook Division of Hospice of Aroostook will begin volunteer training Monday, April 26. Sessions will be held for a total of 30 hours on Mondays and Thursdays and conclude May 27. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
CARIBOU — City officials plan to present the Maine Department of Transportation with a priority list regarding the five projects proposed by the DOT for Caribou’s roads over the next two years. In reporting the DOT project list, City Manager Richard C. Mattila told councilors… Read More
MADAWASKA — A Frenchville man remained hospitalized Thursday for injuries he sustained in a snowmobile accident Wednesday night at Madawaska. Charles Richard of the Maine Warden Service said Clifford Cyr, 40, was traveling toward Cyr Cove on Long Lake at about 6:15 p.m. when the… Read More
EASTPORT — Voters will decide on April 12 whether to approve a $2.6 million bond issue to renovate the Eastport Elementary School. Their decision will have an impact on the health and future of the 222 pupils who attend the school. Plans to renovate the… Read More
WHITNEYVILLE — A public meeting to discuss the scheduled closure of the town’s landfill and selection of a new disposal facility will be held by Whitneyville selectmen at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in the Community Building. Selectmen met with representatives of the Pleasant River… Read More
HARRINGTON — The $605,000 expansion project at Harrington Family Health Center reached 72 percent of completion on Thursday, according to Joan Mackey, administrator. The health center on Route 1 serves several communities in the western Washington County area, including Columbia, Columbia Falls, Centerville and Harrington. Read More
PERRY — Charles Earley of Perry had little to celebrate Wednesday, March 31, although it was his birthday. But he is likely to remember his 43rd birthday for a long time. Someone stole Earley’s $5,000 flatbed trailer sometime before 2 p.m. Wednesday, when it was… Read More
MILO — Many Ayuda Club members may be retired, but they have not confined themselves to rocking chairs. Far from it — they are sponsoring their seventh annual Ambulance Day, a fund-raiser for the ambulance service in Milo. The event, to benefit the Three Rivers… Read More
NEWPORT — The SAD 48 Young Authors-Artists Conference, an annual event in creativity, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10, at Newport Junior High School. The day’s activities will be for pupils in grades two through eight, and interested parents. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A day of free family entertainment will be offered to Dover-Foxcroft, Monson, Charleston and Sebec residents from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 1, sponsored by the SAD 68 Community Expansion Team. “Family Constellation Night” will include a hot dog roast, planetarium shows,… Read More
UNITY — First Selectman Richard Whitney and SAD 3 school board member Lynn French were re-elected Saturday at Unity’s town meeting. Also elected were Robert Wyman as assessor, Penny Pickard as constable, and Robert Strout and Gloria Gervais to the Unity Utilities District board of… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Committee reports will be the highlight of a re-scheduled meeting of the SAD 53 board of directors at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, at the Detroit Town Hall. The meeting, originally scheduled April 7 at the invitation of Detroit director Richard Bradley, was… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Snowy road conditions contributed to several minor accidents handled by Piscataquis County law enforcement officials Thursday. In one accident, Gayla Bradford, 41, of Abbot received neck injuries when her car was involved in a collision on Route 15. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Maine’s congressional delegation asked Agricultural Secretary Mike Espy to increase federal disaster relief payments for Maine potato farmers. Under the federal Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service disaster program, eligible farmers can receive relief payments of 50 percent of losses above 40 percent… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will hold a workshop for outdoor education teachers in hunter, bow hunter, trapper, ATV, snowmobile or boating programs from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, April 15, at Schenck High School. Laws, teachings, course requirements and use… Read More
ATHENS — The Beacon Grant Community Action Committee will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8, in the library at Athens Elementary School. All interested parents and community members are invited to attend. The committee will be working with the facilitator in planning upcoming events in… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A day of free family entertainment will be offered to Dover-Foxcroft, Monson, Charleston and Sebec residents from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 1, sponsored by the SAD 68 Community Expansion Team. “Family Constellation Night” will include a hot dog roast, planetarium shows,… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Beyond Easy Street will hold a benefit concert featuring Evergreen, formerly The Greens, a folk, bluegrass and country group at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 9. Donations of $6 will be accepted and will be used to benefit the First Universalist Church’s restoration fund. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Maine’s congressional delegation asked Agricultural Secretary Mike Espy to increase federal disaster relief payments for Maine potato farmers. Under the federal Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service disaster program, eligible farmers can receive relief payments of 50 percent of losses above 40 percent… Read More
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ROCKLAND — Concord Trailways Bus Co. plans to start a Portland-Bangor run along Route 1, starting on May 26, according to director of sales Ken Hunter at the Concord, N.H., office. The Route 1 service once provided by Greyhound Bus Co. disappeared in the middle… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Committee reports will be the highlight of a re-scheduled meeting of the SAD 53 board of directors at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, at the Detroit Town Hall. The meeting, originally scheduled April 7 at the invitation of Detroit director Richard Bradley, was… Read More
Snow blanketed Knox and Waldo counties Thursday and caused numerous skidding accidents, including a rollover on Route 17 in Rockland, near Lake Chickawaukie. Mostly minor property damage accidents were reported but SAD 50 student, Abigail Kelly, 7, of St. George was injured when she was… Read More
ROCKPORT — Kevin Keogh, Maine Republican Party chairman, will be the guest speaker when Knox County Republicans convene at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, at the Samoset Resort. Keogh, who was elected in December to replace Ted O’Meara as party chairman, will speak on the… Read More
CAMDEN — The SAD 28 board of directors has decided to include in the district’s 1993-94 budget three new teachers, two full-time and one half-time, for the next school year. Wednesday night’s work session on the $7.2 million budget resulted in an informal agreement by… Read More
ROCKLAND — Concord Trailways Bus Co. plans to start a Portland-Bangor run along Route 1, starting May 26, according to director of sales Ken Hunter at the Concord, N.H., office. The Route 1 service once provided by Greyhound Bus Co. disappeared in the middle of… Read More
An Orono firefighter was injured during a fire that damaged a Forest Avenue home around 6 p.m. Thursday. Firefighter Stephen Goodwin dislocated his right shoulder and bruised his right hip when he slipped and fell through an opening to the home’s attic and fell down… Read More
ELLSWORTH — To help deal with more than 1,000 reports of suspected child abuse made in Hancock County each year, a children’s advocacy group has awarded $3,879 in grants for prevention projects. The Hancock County Children’s Council has been working on child abuse prevention since… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Seated in her cozy office on the second floor of a refurbished house in Bar Harbor, Linda Robinson is sure she has chosen the right place at the right time. A certified nurse midwife, Robinson was welcoming visitors Thursday to the Women’s… Read More
BLUE HILL — George Stevens Academy took first, fourth and fifth place in the third and final meet of the Hancock/Washington County Math League held on March 30 at Ellsworth High School. Ten schools and a total of 31 teams participated in the competition. The… Read More
A rash of minor car accidents were reported in Hancock County by midafternoon Thursday, with all police departments reporting treacherous road conditions. In Bar Harbor, two accidents had been reported, with one car sliding into a tree and another into a mailbox. Motorists were having… Read More
A Bangor man received the maximum five-year sentence Thursday for offenses that prompted him to barricade himself three weeks ago in a Brewer apartment because he didn’t want to go back to jail. Eric Heath, 20, waived his right to be indicted by a grand… Read More
One hundred Maine youngsters will compete Friday in the state’s Geography Bee, all vying for the chance to go to the national competition in May. All across the country and in the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories fourth- through eighth-graders will be quizzed… Read More
CANTON — Pat deMeurers of Canton, a teacher at Turner Primary School, has been named Exceptionality Teacher of the Year for Maine by the Council for Exceptional Children. DeMeurers will attend the CEC convention in April in San Antonio, Texas. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
A story on Hermon kindergarten registration in Wednesday’s NEWS incorrectly said that registration would be by appointment. Registration will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, at the Hermon Elementary School. Read More
Thursday’s lottery numbers: 197 — 9373 Tri-State Megabucks: 1 winner Wednesday… Read More
On its surface, the debate President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore will face today in Oregon pits the livelihoods of 30,000 loggers against the old-growth forests that contain the ancient trees and about 600 plant and animal species. On a more basic level, the one-day summit… Read More
It was gratifying to see the front page report (March 22) of Rollin Stearns’ (The Maine Right-to-Life Committee) statement that he, as a militant and strong pro-lifer (anti-abortionists to some) is now willing to see some compromise. I have not before heard of any militant on the abortion… Read More
A man who proclaims himself the son of God was taken to prison Thursday from Penobscot County Superior Court to begin serving an eight-year term for robbing an Old Town supermarket last year. The sentence, however, also reflected the need for Peter Skowronski to receive… Read More
Schoolchildren and state workers headed home early Thursday as a soggy snowstorm ushered Maine into April. Wet, heavy snow began falling in southern Maine Thursday morning and slowly moved its way north. By midafternoon, the National Weather Service had issued a winter storm warning for… Read More
WASHINGTON — An Oklahoma congressman who represents two of the 20 Defense Finance and Accounting Service finalist cities wants Congress to get involved in the controversy over selecting the new regional Pentagon facilities. That development came as Defense Secretary Les Aspin told the House Armed… Read More
AUGUSTA — Members of the Legislature’s Committee on Fisheries and Wildlife dispatched Thursday the governor’s proposal for consolidating operations of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife with other agencies. Last month, sportsmen turned out by the hundreds to oppose a hearing on Gov. John… Read More
AUGUSTA — The gap between state revenues and the price of legislators’ agendas for the next two years was growing by the tens of millions of dollars Thursday, and even Gov. John R. McKernan acknowledged a tax increase might be unavoidable. McKernan, whose budget seeks… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee decided Thursday it needs more time, and new legislative language, before it can support a bill expanding the visitation rights of grandparents in divorce cases. Committee members discussed the controversial bill for 45 minutes before tabling it for more… Read More
PORTLAND — Federal safety rules that were accepted grudgingly by commercial fishermen a year and a half ago are credited with reducing the risks of their dangerous occupation. The federal rules require most fishing boats to carry survival suits, life rafts, radio beacons and other… Read More
WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans will pay 10 to 15 percent less for cable TV under a rule adopted Thursday by regulators reasserting their authority over an industry criticized for skyrocketing prices. The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-0 to cut cable rates 10 percent from… Read More
We cannot continue with the present health care system as it chews up our savings, preys upon our income, and devours our future earnings. A single industry has increasingly taken over our economy for 30 years and now prevents growth and savings. The American public… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Clinton administration Thursday offered political sweeteners and exemptions that would make its proposed energy tax less burdensome than expected for certain industries and regions of the country — without surrendering revenue. Among the beneficiaries would be coal producers and oil refiners, parts… Read More
The Maine Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction will hold its 13th annual Construction Expo of Maine on Wednesday and Thursday, April 7 and 8, at the Augusta Civic Center. Proceeds from the event, which has attracted more than 100 exhibitors, fund the organization’s scholarship… Read More
SIDNEY — He may be a multimillionaire, but Albert Knights has no interest in giving up his job driving a garbage truck. His wife tried to talk the 62-year-old Knights into quitting his $140-a-week job after the couple won $5.9 million in the Tri-State Megabucks… Read More
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — Thousands of union members protested Thursday outside BMW’s North American headquarters, accusing the German automaker of building a plant in South Carolina that will pay its workers like Third World employees. The hour-long protest forced police to close about a quarter-mile… Read More
The Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross is offering a course designed to help companies instruct their employees on methods to prevent disease transmission. The course was designed with help from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Participants will learn how to handle exposures to infectious… Read More
When Tom St. Peter of Hampden, a known practical joker, told his co-workers on Thursday morning, April Fool’s Day, that he had won the $4.9 million Tri-State Megabucks lottery, his co-workers didn’t believe him. Even when he showed them his winning ticket, they didn’t believe… Read More
Frequently in Maine, which unfortunately is only a mirror of the nation, children suffer psychological damage when their families are torn by divorce, separation and custody proceedings. Occasionally, when adults resort to vicious tactics, using minor children as pawns, the children are traumatized, emotionally devastated. Read More
Residential underwriting guidelines will be the subject of a workshop and dinner meeting of the Maine Chapter of the Appraisal Institute at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 8, at the Ramada Inn on the Odlin Road in Bangor. Information can be obtained by calling Christine Sawyer at 839-3376. Read More
WASHINGTON — Maine Yankee atomic power plant may be contaminated with dangerous levels of radioactivity that may remain even after the plant closes, according to a report released this week by the public advocate group Public Citizen. The nationwide study, titled “The Dark at the… Read More
The Judges Awards for Landscaping at the Bangor Garden Show were presented to the best commercial and noncommercial exhibits at a preview party Thursday night at the Civic Center in Bangor. The noncommercial award went to the Landscape Horticulture Club, a student organization from the… Read More
The date of the Highwaymen concert at the Augusta Civic Center was incorrectly listed yesterday. The correct date is April 9. For tickets, call 626-2400. Read More
After a five-year absence, Def Leppard brought more than new music to Portland Wednesday, it brought a much flashier show as well. Acid-green lasers sliced through the darkened Cumberland County Civic Center, emanating from the “round” stage that throughout the two-hour concert was bathed in… Read More
FREEPORT — First Maine. Then America. Now, the world. DeLorme Mapping of Freeport claims to have published the most detailed world atlas ever. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
DENNIS H. BROWN has been name vice president at Calais Federal Savings and Loan Association. Brown most recently was employed with the Resolution Trust Corp. of Baton Rouge, La. He has more than 11 years of banking and federal regulatory experience. A native of Washington County, Brown is… Read More