You have to be fast on your feet in the fight game. No, not the boxers, the matchmakers. Less than 15 hours after learning Joey Gamache’s scheduled opponent for Friday night’s “Bangor Bash” at the Auditorium – Armando Herrera – had been arrested trying to… Read More
    BRUNSWICK – Marx Bowens had five goals and an assist to pace host Bowdoin College to an 18-4 lacrosse victory over Springfield (Mass.) College here Monday. Springfield was the top-ranked team in New England. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    By his own admission, Gabe Duross is a man on a mission. The University of Maine’s junior first baseman took a long, hard look at himself in the mirror this summer and didn’t like what he saw. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    ORONO – Defenseman Chris Imes and left winger Paul Kariya will be the co-captains when the University of Maine’s hockey team begins defense of its national championship next fall. Imes, who will be a senior, and Kariya, who will be a sophomore, were selected by… Read More
    ORONO – There’s something missing from the University of Maine football team’s spring roster for the first time in a long time. A designated workhorse running back. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    STANDISH – The St. Joseph’s College Monks swept a softball doubleheader from the University of Southern Maine here Monday with a 9-1 victory in the first game and a 12-3 win in the second. The sweep put St. Joseph’s record at 10-0, the team’s best… Read More
    War Canoe winners listed Some of the members of the winning entry in the war canoe racing division at the 27th annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race were unavailable at press time Sunday. The members of the Mike Maybury and Friend war canoe crew were Maybury,… Read More
    Out and About: Norman “Skip” Trask, acting Commissioner of the Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, is optimistic that the tracking he has done regarding budget cuts will lead the department out of Augusta’s financial woods in good health. Recently, Trask said it appeared that the nearly $3… Read More
    BOSTON – A Kenyan won the Boston Marathon. Surprisingly, it was not Ibrahim Hussein, the two-time defending champion and three-time winner. Instead, it was little-known Cosmas N’deti, a 23-year-old running only his second marathon. He swept into the lead about two miles from the finish… Read More
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    There was a time when a long-distance run for Shelley Antone was a fast break down the basketball court and then a get-back-on-defense sprint back up the floor. It was a run Antone made regularly during eight years of playing competitive hoops; half of which… Read More
    Several Bowdoin College of Brunswick women have earned postseason honors for their performances in winter sports programs. Senior swimmer Ruth Reinhard was a triple honoree duing the 1993 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships at Emory Universiy in Atlanta March 25-27. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Maine State Pool League 8-ball league standings Penobscot County Lincoln Aces 25-10; Econo TV and Video 26-13; Lincoln 5 21-14; A&S Motors 21-19; Harry’s Hustlers 17-17; (tie) Patchwork 13-22 and T&C Builders 13-22; Rips Rippers 9-26 Washington County googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    The Maine State Harness Racing Commission will hold a public meeting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 21, at the Bangor Civic Center. Agenda items include: a proposed rule change considering the administration of Furosemide (Lasix); appointments of judging officials for Bangor Raceway, County Raceway and… Read More
    Three area college baseball players were honored for their performances last week by their respective league directors. Matt Dutille of Husson College in Bangor was named to NAIA District 5 Player of the Week; Mark Ballard of the University of Maine was named North Atlantic… Read More
    Among the people working behind the scenes at the Sawyer firms are Joseph Steiner, the corporate controller, and Kerry Woodbury, the human-resources manager. Steiner, who is a certified public accountant, joined Sawyer Environmental Services in August 1992. He oversees the people working in Sawyer Environmental… Read More
    I am a senior citizen, 84 years ago, and I can’t keep quiet any longer. We want less government, not more. Government is too big. It regulates too much, it taxes too much, it spends too much, it governs too much. Eastern Europe and much… Read More
    April is Organ Donation Awareness Month. Many people will die unless they receive such precious organs as hearts, lungs, livers, and kidneys. These people are parents, children, brothers or sisters of families that live this nightmare. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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    … Seventy Americans went to Russia for two weeks in February to talk to Russian educators about a new voluntary public school curriculum that emphasized Christian morality and ethics as a foundation for Russian society. … The visitors were left with a sense of sadness… Read More
    I wholeheartedly agree with at least one key sentence in your April 13 editorial on prescription drugs: “No one in this society should be forced to choose between purchasing a drug necessary to preserve health and buying heating oil or food.” That is why we… Read More
    It surprised me to read on the front page of the BDN (April 16) an article by John S. Day in which he referred to April 15 as the “Ides of April.” This is absolutely incorrect! The Ides of April fall on the 13th of… Read More
    It’s wrong that Americans who spend money should fear the prospect of arrest for traveling from one state to another. What is ugly about Maine’s liquor policy is that it demeans its own citizens, and with a law that is likely unconstitutional. Mainers should not be punished for… Read More
    He’s an entrepreneur who’s made his success by helping solve problems with solid waste. He’s a visionary who’s tried different ways to reduce the solid-waste stream by recycling key components. Today, his various companies handle everything from recycling paper, auto tires, and demolition debris to securely storing special… Read More
    For more than 500 Maine businesses, recycling begins with putting the right stuff in the right container, then dumping it all into a bigger container with a Sawyer Environmental Services’ logo on it. Judi Perkins, the SES recycling representative, calls this bigger container a tote. Read More
    Marty Drew knows his way around Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facilities in Hampden. From the truck scales set by the entrance off the Emerson Mill Road to the new landfill that recently opened out behind three existing landfills, Drew supervises day-to-day activities as the general manager and vice president… Read More
    KITTERY — The USS Pittsburgh, the first Atlantic Fleet submarine to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm, was scheduled to arrive at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Friday for a 10-month overhaul. The $79 million overhaul is designed to maintain… Read More
    AMITY — Bracken, the last known surviving caribou in a relocation project that brought the animals to Maine from Newfoundland in 1986, has died. The 5 1/2-year-old animal, whose body was found in his pen Monday, may have died from a bacteria, according to Arthur… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — A pro-marijuana activist who planned to light up a joint at “high noon” Monday outside the Somerset County Courthouse distributed what he said were pot-laced brownies instead. But Donald Christen, who sought to challenge the state’s ban on marijuana, got his wish when… Read More
    The trucks roll night and day, transporting solid waste and recyclables wherever required. Whether picking up roadside trash in a Maine town or hauling incinerator ash to Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facilities in Hampden, the green-and-white trucks belonging to Sawyer Environmental Services are on the road seven days a… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT — Threatening police action to quell comments from the audience, Chairman Joanne Smith took swift action at the Board of Selectmen meeting Monday evening to terminate the employment of Town Manager Dick Vander Zanden. Smith quickly made it clear that discussion of the… Read More
    WASHBURN — The Maine Bureau of Parks and Recreation will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 6, at the Washburn Civic Center to gather public input to be used in developing a management plan for the recently acquired Aroostook Valley Railroad right of way. Read More
    LIMESTONE — The April meeting of the Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International was held at Loring Air Force Base. David Strainge, base environmental manager, gave a progress report on the base environmental cleanup program. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Michael P. White, district conservationist from the Presque Isle office of Soil Conservation Service, recently received the distinguished service award at an annual Farm Credit of Aroostook’s stockholders meeting. White joined the Presque Isle field office of the Soil Conservation Service as… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Kindergarten speech, eye and ear screening and parent meeting dates have been announced by SAD 1 officials. The schedule is as follows: Mapleton Elementary School, parent meeting, Monday, April 26, and screening, Tuesday, April 27; Westfield Elementary School, parent meeting, Wednesday, April… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Scott Pangburn, son of Alan and Linda Pangburn of Presque Isle, was recently named winner of the 1993 DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award. The award, sponsored nationwide by DEKALB Plant Genetics, is presented to an outstanding senior agriculture student and FFA member who… Read More
    PRINCETON — Although it has been in existence for only 18 months, the four-woman professional staff of the St. Croix Regional Health Center has turned the facility into one of the more successful health centers in Washington County. The center was the brainchild of several… Read More
    MACHIAS — Machias Savings Bank has announced a fund-raising effort for its Art Scholarship Fund to provide $1,000 to a top Maine student. Among the fund-raising events will be a golf tournament, cookbook sales, and a commissioned painting to be used to produce prints and note cards. Read More
    MACHIAS — The Unified School Association of Machias will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, at Rose M. Gaffney School in Machias. Baby-sitting services will be available at the school. Two representatives from Machias Area Aspirations Partnership have been invited as guest speakers to… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — For the 12th consecutive year, Washington Academy of East Machias will sponsor a chemical-free celebration for graduating seniors in June. According to Anna Scribner, an adviser on WA’s Project Graduation 1993, and Lisa Lyons, senior class president, class members have held raffles,… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS Headmaster Roger Lachance has announced the third-quarter honor roll for Washington Academy at East Machias: 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++) {… Read More
    LUBEC — The Down East Hearts of Gold provides low-cost cholesterol screening sessions 2-4:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month, at the Regional Medical Center in Lubec. The next regular session will be conducted April 28. The complete screen includes cholesterol… Read More
    LUBEC — Lubec Middle School pupils will participate in a grant-funded water quality study of Johnson’s Bay and Lubec Narrows. The Lubec project was one of only seven coastal study plans funded statewide this year. Lubec Middle School teachers Marty Mahar and Rose Binda submitted… Read More
    EASTPORT — William Joseph Murphy, an English teacher at Shead High School, has been selected to work with 29 other Maine teachers, faculty from the New England Studies program at the University of Southern Maine and other visiting scholars to consider what is special about New England. The… Read More
    MACHIAS — Canoeists will don life vests and take paddle to the water Saturday in the fifth running of the East River Challenge Canoe Race. The event, sponsored by the Recreation Management Department of the University of Maine at Machias, will feature the simultaneous running… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — It’s an ambitious effort, but a group of volunteers will participate in a cleanup of the Piscataquis River between the two dams in Dover-Foxcroft on Friday, April 23. The project, sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service and its Riverkeepers 2000 project, will be… Read More
    BROWNVILLE JUNCTION — A two-day reunion is being planned for the Brownville Junction High School Alumni Association. The event will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 13-14, at the Alumni Building on Main Street in Brownville Junction. On Aug. 13 the Alumni Building will be… Read More
    MEDWAY — If not for a significant increase in solid waste costs and a revaluation proposal, the proposed town budget would be less than last year. The proposed 1993-94 town budget of $689,486 represents an increase of $67,549 compared with last year. Two items, solid… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Michael E. Palumbo, D.O., has been appointed director of the Emergency Department at Waterville Osteopathic Hospital. He joined the medical staff at Waterville Osteopathic Hospital as an emergency room physician in August 1988. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    MILO — Officers of the Milo High School Alumni Association have announced plans for the annual reunion. Roy Monroe, president, said that the only requirement for membership was that “one attended Milo High School.” He said the mailing list, compiled by Mary Lutterell, Class of… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Cases disposed of in 13th District Court in Dover-Foxcroft recently were as follows: Dale G. Hachey, 33, Dover-Foxcroft, assault, 10 days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Robert Capers, a 1971 Colby graduate who won a Pulitzer Prize last year for his coverage of the Hubble space telescope, will speak at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 29, at Lorimer Chapel, Colby College. Capers will speak on Reflections on a Flawed Mirror:… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Sen. George Mitchell has appointed Norman Anderson of Farmington to the Risk Assessment and Management Commission, a 10-member group established under the Clean Air Act of 1990. The commission will estimate health impacts of exposure to chemicals and will study methods of assessing… Read More
    PALMYRA — A request to refinance a land purchase made by the town in 1990 resurfaced this weekend at the Palmyra annual town meeting and one of the land’s sellers called it pure “harassment.” This is not the first time residents have asked selectmen to… Read More
    HARMONY — Plans continue in Harmony concerning the construction of a veterans honor roll monument for the town. A committee was formed in January and recently decided that the monument would be made out of concrete, bricks, slate and glass. The brass name plates will… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The impact of state school subsidy on local assessment and the realignment of voting districts are agenda items for the Tuesday, April 20, meeting of the Pittsfield Town Council. The council meets at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers of the Pittsfield Municipal Building. Read More
    DEXTER — The honor roll for the third quarter has been announced at Dexter Regional High School. Seniors, highest honors: Alan Fern, Lori Fern, Tammy Moscrip; high honors: Christina Downing, Amy Bickford, Steven Pratt, Seth Reardon, Sarah Runnels, Stacy Smith, Jason Stewart, Julie Wheaton; honors:… Read More
    DEXTER — A Dexter man was listed in serious condition at a Bangor hospital late Monday afternoon where he was being treated for injuries he received in a fight in Dexter Thursday night. Police were called to a Spring Street duplex Thursday evening to investigate… Read More
    CORINNA — Corinna has been denied state funding for a study to determine the scope of a public drinking water system needed for the town. Town Manager Gary Dorman said the town received word this week that its application for an Urgent Needs grant had… Read More
    SEARSPORT — The Stephen Phillips Memorial Library at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport is closed for renovation, except by appointment, from April 19 through May 21. The library will reopen on Monday, May 24. Librarian-archivist Paige Lilly hopes to maintain access to the entire… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Rockport police recovered a stolen car Saturday morning under the village bridge near the public landing. The car, a 1989 black Chevrolet Celebrity station wagon, was stolen late Friday night from the home of Lucille Hanscom at 153 Russell Ave. The keys had… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following cases were disposed of Wednesday and Thursday in 6th District Court: Brian S. Reed, 28, Friendship, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, $750, four days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    THORNDIKE — Most mixed paper that people think of as “waste” is now being accepted at the Unity Regional Recycling Center. The new category of “mixed paper” for recycling purposes consists of boxboard (including cereal boxes with liners removed), shoe boxes, writing pad cardboard and… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Barbara Boardman, planning adviser to the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Lands and Surveys Department in Belize, Central America, will present a slide lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, at Camp Community Lounge on the College of the Atlantic campus. Read More
    MACHIAS — Machias Savings Bank has announced a fund-raising effort for its Art Scholarship Fund to provide $1,000 to a top Maine student. Among the fundraising events will be a golf tournament, cookbook sales, and a commissioned painting to be used to produce prints and notecards. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A program on Elderhostel will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at the Ellsworth Public Library. Elderhostel in a non-profit educational organization that serves adults age 60 and older. Eligible adults may participate in non-credit courses on a variety of liberal… Read More
    PROSPECT HARBOR — A series of three lectures concerning women’s health at different life stages will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesdays, starting April 27, at Dorcas Library. The series will open with a discussion of issues pertaining to older women with special attention on… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — The Hancock County Parents Support Group is sponsoring a workshop titled “Parents and the Special Education Process” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, at the Superintendent’s Office. Participants will examine ways parents can work effectively with schools by becoming better informed of their… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — More than 200 pupils from six schools throughout Hancock County are participating in the spring session of Project D.A.R.E. — Drug Abuse Resistance Education — under the guidance of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department. In June, the 215 youngsters from schools in Eastbrook,… Read More
    CASTINE — The Bagaduce Water Watch, sponsored by the Castine Conservation Trust, has received a $1,500 Partners in Monitoring grant to support water-quality monitoring in the Bagaduce and Penobscot rivers. The grant, awarded by the Shore Stewards Program of the Maine Community Foundation, will be… Read More
    The Social Security Administration Office in Bangor will set up temporary quarters in the lobby of the Margaret Chase Smith federal building while the office is undergoing renovations from Friday, April 23, through Friday, April 30. Social Security employees will be available “to greet the… Read More
    OLD TOWN — The Orono and Old Town Parks and Recreation departments will sponsor an adult co-ed softball league of six teams to play at Sargent Field. For information, call the Orono Parks and Recreation Department at 866-5065 or the Old Town department at 827-3961. Read More
    King’s Daughters will hold its annual spring fair 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, at First Congregational Church, Church Street, Brewer. Coffee hour will be held 9-10:30 a.m., and lunch will be served 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    A 63-year-old Connecticut man died Friday, a week after he was found lying unconscious on a road in Hampden. Hypothermia was the main cause of Anthony Ostroski’s death, although he also had heart and lung problems that may have contributed, according to Hampden Police Chief… Read More
    ORONO — University of Maine faculty urged the administration Monday to postpone or even scrap proposed college and department consolidations during a hearing on downsizing the campus. About 110 of the campus’s nearly 640 faculty turned out for the meeting, during which UM President Frederick… Read More
    PORTLAND — Environmental entrepreneur Dan Bernard, who once disdained polyester as “unnatural,” is now working to turn used plastic soda bottles into T-shirts. Bernard is offering what he claims is the first “Pet Shirt,” manufactured from soft drink and other bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate,… Read More
    As the Clinton administration refines its proposed tax on energy, it remains mired in contradiction and confusion because it has yet to clearly answer the key question of the tax’s intention: Will it be imposed to raise revenue or to steer energy policy? The answer… Read More
    The May issue of the Johns Hopkins Medical Letter, “Health After 50,” has some interesting statistics on the incidence of various cancers. The aim of the article is to persuade each of us to develop a family cancer history, a cancer pedigree, so to speak, in order that… Read More
    Every morning at Downeast Elementary School, children attend kindergarten through grade three. These children, ages 5-9, settle into their seats and do their best to focus their attention on the day’s lessons and activities. As the day passes, the children’s performance is hampered by headaches, stomach aches, coughs,… Read More
    Stranded Muslims cheered when United Nations troops began the evacuation of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, but the war-weary people must see the airlift as the beginning of the end to Bosnia’s brief current existence as a free state. Sanctions will not stop Serbia, the United States will not… Read More
    The elimination of the two-year Human Services Program offered at University College would be a “real academic tragedy,” said Margaret Danielson, associate professor of English on the Bangor campus. College faculty gathered Monday afternoon to discuss proposed cuts to the University College budget as part… Read More