BOSTON – Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson of Freeport will be one of three world-class athletes honored Thursday at the John Hancock Tower Observatory city view room. The two other athletes to be honored are Bill Rodgers of Sherborn, Mass., – winner of 21… Read More
MILWAUKEE – Shawn Walsh, who coached the University of Maine hockey team to 42 wins and the school’s first-ever Division I national title this season, is expected to return as the head coach at Maine next year. That was the word from University of Maine… Read More
MILWAUKEE – He took time out from his victory lap to skate toward the plexiglass in the corner of the rink where ecstatic University of Maine hockey fans were whooping it up after their Black Bears had won the school’s first NCAA Division I national championship with a… Read More
SEARSMONT – Scott Phillips and Barry Dana paddled their canoe to a first-place finish Sunday in the 15th St. George River Race with a time of 39 minutes, four seconds. Phillips and Dana, both of Indian Island, competing in the medium canoe division, bested a… Read More
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – St. Joseph’s College pitchers Dani Waterman, Shelley Zanfagna, and Cindy Kamszik combined to surrender only six runs and 12 hits over three different games as the Monks swept a trio of games over host Bryant College this weekend. On Sunday, the 8-0… Read More
MILWAUKEE – The state of Maine and the University of Maine System have certainly been hit hard by the sagging economy. The term “budget cuts” has been tattooed upon the psyche of people throughout the Pine Tree State. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Women’s College Basketball The 1992-93 women’s basketball season for Colby College of Waterville was billed as a “turnaround season” under second-year head coach Carol Anne Beach, who starred for the Mules herself from 1984-88. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
HARWICH, Mass. – The University of Maine ventured to Cape Cod to escape the grip of winter weather over the weekend and came away with three victories in a four-game baseball series against New Hampshire. The Black Bears swept the Wildcats 6-2 and 7-3 on… Read More
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WASHINGTON – Next up for the National Champion University of Maine hockey team: A visit to the White House for a reception with President Bill Clinton. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
Budweiser 250 Results BRISTOL, Tenn. – Results Saturday from the $207,261 Budweiser 250 Busch Grand National NASCAR race at Bristol International Raceway, with pole position in parentheses, driver, hometown, make of car, laps completed, prize money, reason out, if any, and winner’s average speed in… Read More
MILWAUKEE – A program, a league, and an entire state rejoiced on Saturday night as years of frustration were fast forgotten. Senior center and captain Jim Montgomery and freshman left winger Paul Kariya, who hoisted Kariya’s Hobey Baker Award together on Friday evening, lifted the… Read More
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AUBURN — A man convicted of beating his 2-month-old son before the infant died in September 1991 was sentenced to eight years in prison last week, despite a tearful plea for leniency. Superior Court Justice Paul Fritzsche sentenced Rocky Crowley after a non-jury trial found… Read More
We are now more than three months into 1993. We have a new president who has promised hope, change, and an end to gridlock. We have a newly elected Legislature with everyone promising a spirit of bipartisan cooperation. Are we having fun yet? Certainly nothing… Read More
PORTLAND — Some communities say they would be forced to eliminate local welfare programs if Gov. John R. McKernan succeeds in his attempt to halt state aid for General Assistance. Other local officials say their programs would have to be cut back drastically because property… Read More
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PORTLAND — Sisters-in-law Karen and Missy Mokarzel looked forward to having spring babies, but had no idea they’d be born the same day — and the same minute. At 6:32 a.m. Tuesday, a daughter was born to John and Karen Mokarzel of Portland. At exactly… Read More
As the Legislature prepares this week to decide the fate of the proposed reapportionment of the state’s political boundaries, it is becoming increasingly likely the design will once again be decided by the courts. At the 11th minute of the 11th hour, the Reapportionment Commission… Read More
Northeast COMBAT received a letter from Paul Faulkingham Jr. of Ellsworth who was having a problem receiving Tripledge windshield wiper blades which he had ordered from Tripledge Wipers of Atlanta. He enclosed a money order for $24.45 with his order. When the wiper blades did… Read More
PORTLAND — A Durham woman convicted of assaulting her 4-year-old foster son before he died has reported to jail to begin serving her one-year prison term, her lawyer said Friday night. Deborah Wolfenden reported to the Cumberland County Jail on Thursday and was transferred to… Read More
Living with Loss; Healing with Hope is a topic for health care professionals dealing with grief and loss, presented by Dr. Earl Grollman Wednesday, April 14, at the Bangor Ramada Inn. A morning session will be held for clergy and funeral directors and an afternoon… Read More
FORT KENT — A Fort Kent chiropractor has turned inventor and entrepreneur with a simple 11-piece, molded-plastic clamp that he says can turn a treacherous canoe ride across a windblown lake into a stable cruise. Dr. John Warman says his “Canoe Buddy” is so simple… Read More
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ROCKWOOD — Every time a fire call is made, Rockwood firefighters take a deep breath and pray that their antiquated equipment will make it to the fire scene. Fighting fires with a 1957 pumper that has an open cab, an old ambulance used to carry… Read More
The annual Odyssey of the Mind state tournament brought about 1,500 students and family members to the University of Maine on Saturday. The competition, designed to challenge students’ problem-solving skills and creativity, attracts some of the brightest young people from across the state. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
OLD TOWN — After more than three years of preparation, the James River Corp.’s application for a secure landfill here will go before the Board of Environmental Protection this week. On Tuesday and Wednesday, mill officials will strive to justify why they need a new… Read More
Some attended the third annual Bangor Garden Show to get ideas for their own back yards, while others showed up just to smell the dirt. The Bangor Garden Show remains the most popular annual event held at the Bangor Auditorium and Civic Center, and this… Read More
BUXTON — A weekend highway accident at the intersection of U.S. 202 and Portland Road has claimed the life of a Limerick woman, authorities said Sunday. Lynne Langlais, 36, was killed Saturday evening when the car she was riding in failed to yield the right… Read More
FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK — Seventeen of the passengers who were aboard the Canadian tour bus involved in an accident near Clifton, Maine, last December are suing the owners of the bus, Trius Inc., of Fredericton, New Brunswick. The lawsuit alleges that Trius was negligent in… Read More
A stepped-up push for better services for Maine’s mentally retarded is under way in the wake of a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the 1978 Pineland consent decree. A ruling Friday by an appellate panel in Boston reverses a 1992 ruling by the U.S. Read More
WASHINGTON — Lacking enough votes to blast through a Republican logjam blocking a $16.3 billion economic stimulus package, Senate leaders intensified a search Saturday for what one Democrat said was inevitable compromise. President Clinton took a partisan slap at Republicans, but also signaled that he… Read More
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After a decade of state-mandated planning and redundant safeguards against overdevelopment, the swing of the political pendulum on land-use regulation is coming back toward local control and fewer overlays of government approval. Led by the Maine Alliance — a consortium of corporations, banks and industry… Read More
Education Commissioner Leo Martin is not behaving like a lame duck. He is doing two things uncharacteristic of a late, second-term appointee. He is advocating for change, a restructuring of the state’s attitude toward education, as well as its institutions. He wants to be reappointed… Read More
The last time Nurhan Arman came to Maine, he rehearsed several times with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra but, because of the big snowstorm, went home without playing the concert. Yesterday, he returned to the Maine Center for the Arts and performed with the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra, of… Read More
“I have fallen in love … But it’s not with a girl,” said a gangling teen-age boy named Lawrence last week in the comic strip, “For Better or for Worse.” Since then, 19 newspapers have canceled the 14-year-old comic strip that will explore, over the… Read More
April is the month in times past when we started hanging April horns — May baskets with long tails of tissue paper. They were filled with homemade candy, or if the budget allowed, a few chocolate creams from the local grocery store. Well, enough reminiscing… Read More
Alicia Anstead, NEWS feature writer, will discuss journal writing at the Bangor-Brewer YWCA monthly brown bag lunch 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, at the YWCA, 17 Second St. in Bangor. For more information, call 941-2808. Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s 1992 seafood harvest was valued at $210.4 million, up 35 percent from the previous high of $155.3 million in 1991, according to newly released figures. The 1992 catch, totaling 214.7 million pounds, was up nearly 12 percent from the 192 million pound… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — G.H. Bass & Co., the maker of Bass and Weejun casual shoes, is the latest company to pitch its corporate tent near the Maine Mall in South Portland, the state’s largest shopping complex. While several spinoff shopping centers, restaurants and movie theaters… Read More
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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
PRESQUE ISLE — Police Sgt. Naldo S. Gagnon has been promoted to deputy chief of police effective April 5, according to Presque Isle City Manager Thomas Stevens. “Sgt. Gagnon has demonstrated his leadership capabilities, and I have complete faith and confidence in his ability to… Read More
MILLINOCKET — When voters go to the polls on April 13, they will decide whether a charter commission should be established that could ultimately lead to a change in the town’s form of government. In the special referendum vote, voters will be asked, “Shall a… Read More
FRENCHVILLE — The Northern Aroostook Regional Incinerator Facility is looking for engineering bids to reconstruct the transfer and recycling facility that burned last winter. Engineering firms are being asked to look at three design proposals. They include rebuilding what was destroyed; rebuilding what was destroyed… Read More
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BATH — To walk through Michael Clarke’s home is like stepping into a firefighter’s museum steeped in family tradition — each keepsake has a story, some dating back five generations. There are pictures of horse-drawn fire engines, leather helmets and framed newspaper articles detailing heroic… Read More
GORHAM — A sixth-grader from Brunswick Junior High School won the 1993 Maine Sunday Telegram State Spelling Bee by correctly spelling “oncogeny” while her remaining opponents slipped up on “silentiary” and “aspartame.” Nandini Mukhopadhyay, 11, will represent Maine in the national spelling bee next month… Read More
A Boothbay Harbor pupil took first place in the statewide Geography Bee Friday, qualifying him to represent Maine in the national competition in late May. Lex Jones, a seventh-grader from Boothbay Regional Elementary School, won the state title out of a field of 97 pupils. Read More
Bangor area schools dominated a state debating championship held recently in Lewiston. The statewide competition in late March was sponsored by the Maine Forensics Association and was held at Lewiston High School. A second debate featuring mostly schools in southern Maine was held at Bates… Read More
FORT KENT — Don Waddell, superintendent of schools in SAD 27 for the last eight years, is retiring effective June 30, eight years to the day after he started the job. Waddell is the second top administrator to announce his retirement from SAD 27 in… Read More
MAPLETON — The Winslow brothers of Mapleton credit a rich rural family life, highly competitive sibling rivalry and participation in the Future Farmers of America for helping them reach goals in school and on the job. The eight sons range in age from 6 to… Read More
… Newburgh native Ricky Carven has become a top contender on the Busch Grand National circuit this year after being named BGN 1992 Rookie of the Year. Prior to going south, Ricky was the 1991 Busch Grand National North champion. He recently finished sixth in the Hardee’s 200… Read More
In your endorsement of the Family Security Act (March 23), titled, “State health care,” you take great care to agree with a report by a joint committee of the Legislature that concludes the state must “Make health care coverage a right of citizenship rather than an employer obligation. Read More
The column, “Boat builders held hostage,” by Tom Morris (BDN, April 1), properly highlighted the devastating effect of the continued existence of the federal luxury tax on all of us in the yacht industry. It is an outrage that this tax, which has caused so much hardship for… Read More
How much will veterans, retirees, military personnel, and federal personnel take from the people in the Senate, Congress and other offices about the closing of our bases and the loss of our benefits around the country to balance the budget? The government can spend all… Read More
I grew up in the Bangor area and attended the University of Maine. I have lived in Connecticut for the past seven years and am employed by the Connecticut State Health Department as a senior engineer in the public drinking water section. My 6-year-old son Craig and I… Read More
GLENBURN — The Fleet Youth Group team at Glenburn Elementary School will address the town councilors at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 8. The council’s Thursday, April 1, meeting was canceled due to a snowstorm. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
OLD TOWN — The city of Old Town Civil Emergency Preparedness Program is seeking residents to be certified Red Cross shelter coordinators during emergencies such as blizzards, hurricanes and floods. Training and certification will be done by the Red Cross. For information, call Frank Comeau… Read More
GREENBUSH — The rumored closing of the Cardville Post Office has some people in Greenbush concerned. Town Manager Robert Littlefield said there was discussion at Thursday night’s selectmen’s meeting about a rumor that the Cardville Post Office might be closed or relocated. Cardville is a… Read More
CUTLER — A New Brunswick company has applied for permission to lease submerged land along Cutler Harbor to start a floating farm for Atlantic salmon. A public hearing on the proposal is set for 7 p.m. Monday, April 26, at Bay Ridge Elementary School. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ROCKLAND — Kevin Fellows is a relative newcomer to Rockland, having been here for only 11 years. But he is no stranger to many civic and recreational organizations for his dedication and involvement in community affairs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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HANCOCK COUNTY — A conservationist says a study’s conclusions about unsafe drinking water in private wells should be food for thought rather than cause for alarm. The final report of a study by the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District concludes that drinking water… Read More
MILLINOCKET — If Millinocket residents vote to establish a charter commission on April 13, what happens next? Those who support creating the charter commission say they will work to change the current town council-town manager form of government to a selectmen-town-meeting form of government. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ROCKPORT — Work on Rockport’s Opera House is moving into the third and final act of an $800,000 makeover to turn the 102-year-old building into a state-of-the-art performance and meeting center. The project started last spring with a complete restoration of the exterior, which included… Read More
MILO — The weather Saturday in Milo was far from bright, yet many women of Milo were as cheerful as a breath of spring. The women, all members of the Ayuda Club, a Maine Federated Women’s Club, were at the end of several months of… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA pool schedule for the week of Monday, April 12-Sunday, April 18 is as follows: Open swim — 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday; 3:30 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday; 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday; 3:30 to… Read More
The King’s Daughters Union elected officers to the board of managers at its annual meeting: Mrs. Doyle Wheeler, president; Mrs. Alan Boone, first vice president; Kristin Strong, second vice president; Mrs. Stuart Bremner, secretary; Mrs. Eugene Canty, treasurer; Linda Allen, assistant treasurer; Mrs. Robert Smith,… Read More
ROCKPORT — Georges River Land Trust members are planning their second annual Gardens in the Watershed tour. The tour is the primary fund-raising event of the land trust, which has a membership of more than 500 people. This year’s tour will be in the middle… Read More
MACHIAS — Deputy Sheriff Sidney Hughes of Trescott received the Deputy Sheriff of the Year 1992 award during the Washington County Sheriff’s Department’s annual awards ceremony March 29. Hughes received the department’s highest award for his “unwavering commitment to the youth of Washington County to… Read More
JONESPORT — Sarah Beal and Sandi Carver, juniors at Jonesport-Beals High School at Jonesport, have been chosen to receive the 1992 University of Maine Academic Achievement Award. The students and their parents were guests at a reception at UM on March 28. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
MACHIAS — A new “dream house” is now a reality and will be open for viewing on April 16 at Machias. It was constructed by volunteers provided by the Western Washington County Vocational Education Building Trades Program, in partnership with a community action agency in… Read More
HOULTON — The spring term of SAD 29-Region II adult education will begin the week of April 26 and conclude June 15. Classes in fitness, computer applications, retail clerical training, office practices, childbirth education and citizenship will be offered. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
The Aroostook County Action Program’s Employment and Training Division is offering Aroostook County youths, ages 14 to 21, an employment and training program for the coming summer. The program will start June 14 and continue until Aug. 6. Youths will receive at least minimum wage… Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou High School Drama Club will present a public fund-raising performance of its award-winning play titled “Of Widows and Vegetables” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, at the Performing Arts Center. A brief introduction of the play will be presented by Daniel… Read More
CARIBOU — A pediatric basic life support course developed by the American Heart Association will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays, April 7 and 14, at Cary Medical Center. The course will focus on how children are injured and how to prevent injuries. Read More