Congratulations go out to Stephanie Stewart of Belfast, one of three students at Ohio University in Athens to receive scholarships from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Smith, an athletic training major with a 3.74 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, will receive a $1,500… Read More
    ORONO – With the national championship feast still providing an afterglow, the University of Maine hockey team’s Alfond Arena faithful were treated to a tasty dessert on Saturday night. The sold-out crowd of 5,325 witnessed a little bit of everything and a whole bunch of… Read More
    ORONO – The first annual Shrine East-West College Hockey Classic was a rousing success and plans for next year’s event, which will also be held at the University of Maine’s Alfond Arena the week after the NCAA Hockey Tournament’s Final Four, are already in the works. Read More
    HICKORY, N.C. – Steve Grissom came from far back in the starting field to win the Mountain Dew 300 NASCAR race Saturday. Ricky Craven of Newburgh, Maine, finished second in a Chevrolet, .13 second behind Grissom. Craven led twice for 67 laps. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    AT AUGUSTA (World Gym & Racquet Club) Maine Junior Tennis Association Results Boys Results Age 18: John Jasink (Augusta) def. Andre Tutunaru (Old Orchard), 6-4, 6-3; Jeff Lathrop (Hallowell) def. Seth Myer (Augusta), 6-3, 6-1; championship: Jasink def. Lathrop, 6-1, 6-3 googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BOSTON – Saturday’s baseball game between host University of Massachusetts-Boston and Colby College of Waterville was suspended due to rain with the score 2-1 in favor of Colby. The game is being counted as a 1-1 tie until a decision is made on whether to… Read More
    LEE, N.H. – The Bud 150, the season-opening event on the GM Goodwrench Tour (formerly American Canadian Tour), was postponed due to rain at Lee/USA here on Sunday. An estimated 40 teams were in the pits when the event was postponed due to steady showers. Read More
    NASHUA, N.H. – The Husson College softball team swept a doubleheader from host Daniel Webster College here Saturday with a 13-0 win in the first game and a 21-3 pasting in the second. For the 8-2 Braves of Bangor, Crystal Hinton (4-1) pitched a one-hitter,… Read More
    DENNIS, Mass. – First baseman Gabe Duross went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored to help lead the University of Maine to an 8-6 baseball victory over the University of Hartford here at Red Wilson Field Saturday morning. Duross started a game-ending double… Read More
    Northeast COMBAT has received the following information from various federal agencies. It could mean the difference between life and death for your family. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has initiated a toll-free telephone service to provide parents with information on how to protect their children… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Lively discussions on Supreme Court decisions through the years dating as early as Justice John Marshall (1803) and as recently as the Nancy Cruzan case (1990) will be examined in a “Deciding Justice” series to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at the Ellsworth Public… Read More
    Saturday’s lottery numbers: 664 — 5422 Tri-State Megabucks: 8 20 21 22 24 38 (no winner)… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The executive director of the Maine State Retirement System says an experimental personnel plan under which some state workers could retire and then return to state employment is getting a useful legislative review. Claude Perrier said Saturday that the state adopted the program… Read More
    What urban renewal in the 1960s didn’t do to Bangor, time and geographic shifts in the business districts could. The public lost out when places such as Morse’s Mill and the Union Station were torn down, but it has a chance to preserve part of the city’s history… Read More
    PORTLAND — Maine’s top expert on the health effects of dioxin in the environment says he quit because no one would heed his advice. “It’s hard to be in the position where you’re the state’s expert,” said former state toxicologist Robert A. Frakes, “and nobody… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — A 21-year old Bingham man has been arrested and charged with a chain of break-ins involving some 30 homes, camps and vehicles from Bingham to Springfield. Police believe a major burglary ring was disrupted with the arrest of Greg Kirby of Bingham, who… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Before reconsidering Maine’s new automobile pollution-control standards Monday, a legislative subcommittee may have to negotiate a gauntlet of lobbyists who are gambling on a priceless commodity — the air that we breathe. Just contemplating the sight is enough to give an environmentalist like… Read More
    ORONO — A fire of suspicious origin claimed a condemned building Saturday at 10 Water St. The fire was the third in as many years. “We’ve had a fire on almost every floor,” Orono Fire Capt. Lorin LeCleire said Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    BRADLEY — A recent visit to Bradley Town Office to get information on the March 30 Town Council meeting brought only silence from Town Manager Rose Brooks. Brooks has been ordered by the selectmen to no longer release information to the media. The media gag… Read More
    ORONO — “Celebrate the Spirit,” a series of events, will mark Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual Awareness Week Monday, April 12, through Saturday, April 17, at the University of Maine. All events are sponsored by UMaine’s Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual Concerns Committee, the Wilde Stein Club and other campus organizations. The annual… Read More
    Even before Maine has had an opportunity to benefit from a sensible, low-cost method for having healthier air, the Legislature and the oil lobby are trying to choke off the chance. Lawmakers are expected today to hear a proposal to stop Maine from entering into… Read More
    LINCOLNVILLE — When the real estate market died a few years ago, custom window maker Andrew Hazen had to start looking around for an alternate method of supporting himself. He turned to one of his favorite things — beer. Hazen expanded his 5-gallon homebrew operation… Read More
    SEARSPORT — The need to balance the forces of growth with preservation of natural resources was the topic of one of the panel discussions at Saturday’s Penobscot Bay Conference at the Penobscot Marine Museum. The daylong conference focused on how to preserve the bay’s watershed while allowing for… Read More
    SEARSPORT — Economic development along Penobscot Bay can be balanced with the preservation of natural resources provided the communities along the bay take a regional approach to both goals. With the bay and its communities going through a period of transition, members of an economic… Read More
    If you were at the University of Maine this weekend, then you may have noticed the newest information on the marquee at the Maine Center for the Arts: “We congratulate John I. Patches, our new Maine Center for the Arts Director.” On April 12, Patches… Read More
    AUGUSTA — State workers chagrined by layoffs, unpaid furlough days and salary cuts aren’t amused by some of the state’s advice for improving morale. A list of 100 suggestions for lifting spirits from the Maine Employee Assistance Program includes such morale-boosters as making “snow angels”… Read More
    Jean Redpath has a way of tickling your fancy and piercing your heart. She can charm you with a drinking song about the roving young blade Jack Stewart whose cocksure refrain crows, “Be easy and free when you’re drinking with me — I’m a man you don’t meet… Read More
    Ed Barrood, a Bangor caterer, received a bronze medal March 31 at the 1993 Maine Culinary Salon at the Augusta Civic Center. The event was sponsored by the Maine Chapter of the American Culinary Federation. Participants were judged on presentation, composition, preparation and serving. Points… Read More
    CHARLOTTE — A Lubec man died early Saturday in a single-vehicle crash when he was thrown from the pickup he was riding in, state police said. Authorities identified the victim as 29-year-old Joseph Scoville. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    An introduction to cholesterol-free cooking will be offered by registered dietitian and consulting nutritionist Phyllis Havens, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 26 and May 24 at the YWCA in Bangor. Havens will teach the basics of putting together a meal based on whole grains, nutrient-dense… Read More
    Just as we were all excited about spring and gardens, the April 1 snow came to tell us we were in too much of a hurry! Now we can still have a steamed pudding that will heat up the kitchen and put the plans of spring on hold!… Read More
    Perseverance has paid off for Camden writer Terry Gerritsen, whose screenplay is the basis for a TV movie airing Tuesday night. “Adrift,” a psychological thriller set aboard a yacht in the Pacific Ocean, will air 9 p.m. on CBS. The two-hour film, shot in New… Read More
    Brunswick police were searching this weekend for a woman reported missing from her home. Ann Baribeau, 50, who has cerebral palsy and uses crutches, left Brunswick Friday headed for Jackman via Dexter. She never arrived but was last seen in Topsham. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — The Narraguagus River’s ice, sandwiched between warm spring sunshine and the erosive power of river water, was recently flushed into Narraguagus Bay without causing a flood in the downtown area. During the fourth week of March, while the river had a thick covering… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — The SAD 77 board of directors elected a new chairman and vice chairman and filled several committee vacancies at a meeting here Tuesday. By district policy, the board’s leadership is rotated every two years, allowing representatives from each of SAD 77’s four… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou city councilors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, April 12, in city council chambers. They will open bids for the sale of tax-acquired property on Tax Map 30, Lot 38, on River Front Street. Public hearings will be held beginning at… Read More
    LUBEC — Exactly what arrangements for services and payment were struck in March 1992 between selectmen and the Bangor accounting firm of Brooks and Carter? Those and related questions have persisted here since the firm agreed to conduct an emergency audit into Lubec’s financial operation… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Last Tuesday, Peter Devine made a familiar pilgrimage to Bangor to look for work. Happening upon his girlfriend, Anne Somers, as she traveled on Mount Hope Avenue from her job at Eastern Maine Medical Center, all seemed normal. He was on his… Read More
    Maine elementary school children will experience a Broadway-style musical, “Tree Wishes,” created by Georgia-Pacific Corp., to help students and teachers understand America’s forests, as part of a business-education partnership program in Maine and Canada during the week of Monday, April 12. Performances will be held:… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Caribou Wellness Team will sponsor a series of “Wellness Day” activities from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, at Caribou Middle School. Michael Scott Karpovich of Dynamic Interaction Inc. of Caro, Mich., a child psychologist and disc jockey, will address… Read More
    As residents of Orrington living near the LCP Chemicals plant, we appreciate David Walsh’s coverage of the chlorine odor incident on March 19. However, we found the emphasis in his article curiously misplaced. To dwell on the technical distinction between a “leak,” a “release” and a “liberation” of… Read More
    For 46 years, the American Field Service has upheld the belief that person-to-person contact will bring about international understanding. AFS gratefully acknowledges our host families for their contribution to this cause. Currently, in Maine, 58 families are hosting students from 30 countries. This year, around 3,000 families nationwide… Read More
    I would like to thank the many Bangor area businesses that donated to our recent auction to benefit the construction of Hermon’s Creative Playground. Nearly 200 people attended this event to show their support and to look for good deals. Due to the superb communication… Read More
    Many thanks to all who participated in the benefit supper for Lisa Beckwith at East Corinth Methodist Church Saturday night, April 3. It was a huge success. Gordon Pullen Kenduskeag… Read More
    On Sunday, March 28, I was installed as pastor and teacher of Centre Street Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, in Machias. It was an inspiring and meaningful service to everyone who attended. Prior to the service I was asked to write a short article… Read More
    On the morning of April 5 at 8 a.m., as I was headed to work, I saw a small brownish-gray tiger cat that had just been struck by a vehicle on Garland Street between Maple Street and Parkview Avenue in Bangor. Seeing that the cat was injured, I… Read More
    SEARSPORT — What business generates $8 billion a day and employs 100 million people, but is still “trivialized” by government planners? It’s tourism, according to University of Maine professor Jo Tynan. Tynan spoke at Saturday’s daylong Penobscot Bay Conference “The Land, the Bay and the… Read More
    The annual WABI-TV-Y97 Hot Country Megaducks Derby will be held Saturday, April 17, after the Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race awards ceremony, about 4 p.m., when a gaggle of numbered rubber duckies will be set loose in the stream. The first to cross the finish line will win prizes… Read More
    ROCKLAND The following cases were processed Wednesday in 6th District Court: 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] googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    DEER ISLE — Traffic over the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge will be reduced to one-way during work hours beginning Monday, April 12, when Cianbro Corp. of Pittsfield starts structure improvements. Maine Department of Transportation spokesmen said that girders, suspender cables, cable stays and fairings will be… Read More
    BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital will hold its annual Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 22, at Belfast Area High School. Hospital organizers said that Americans have slipped in health habits related to weight, nutrition and exercise, according to survey… Read More
    SEARSPORT — What business generates $8 billion a day and employs 100 million people, but is still “trivialized” by government planners? It’s tourism, according to University of Maine professor Jo Tynan. Tynan spoke at Saturday’s daylong Penobscot Bay Conference “The Land, the Bay and the… Read More
    As an educator, I cannot help but be appalled by the head-in-the-sand attitude displayed by elementary school principal Keith Welch. Whether he admits it or not, education is in a state of crisis. I have university students who make more basic writing errors (spelling, grammar,… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — A recommendation on how condoms could be made available to students at Mount Desert Island High School is set for public discussion at a School Committee meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, at the school. Howard Colter, superintendent of schools… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Lively discussions on Supreme Court decisions through the years dating as early as Justice John Marshall (1803) and as recently as the Nancy Cruzan case (1990) will be examined in a “Deciding Justice” series to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at the Ellsworth Public… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Mid-Coast Human Resources Council, Knox County’s Community Action Agency, encourages Knox county residents to apply for the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). The program, which will close for the season April 30, provides help with heating bills for income eligible households. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    MILO — After only nine months on the job, Milo’s third full-time police officer has resigned. Timothy Darnell has accepted employment with the Livermore Falls Police Department. Darnell, who came to Milo on July 6, attended the Maine Criminal Justice Academy from Aug. 31 to… Read More
    ROCKLAND — An undercover drug investigation by city police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency led to the arrest Thursday of Percy Colson of Holmes Street. Police Chief Alfred Ockenfels said the 47-year-old Colson was arrested after a search of his residence at 148 Holmes… Read More
    Facing cuts at the state and local levels, some libraries are having a difficult time keeping up with the heavy demand for services. According to Barbara Rice, a director of the Bangor Public Library and president of the Maine Library Association, 85 to 90 percent… Read More
    MACHIAS — Tanya Baker, an English teacher at Machias Memorial High School, has been selected to attend the Creating New England: Memory, Nostalgia and Tradition Institute at the University of Southern Maine from July 18 to Aug. 6. The institute is sponsored by the Academic… Read More