Schoolgirl softball LINCOLN – April Lyons got the Mattanawcook Lynx off in the right direction for the season Thursday as she stopped Penquis of Milo on two hits and drove in four runs in a 15-0 softball victory here. The game ended after six innings… Read More
Good little man moves up a class to fight an unknown bigger man. That’s the essence of the weighty drama expected to play out Friday night in a scheduled 10-round fight between former two-time World Boxing Association champion Joey Gamache of Lewiston and unheralded club… Read More
Carmel Valley Golf Course will open to the public Saturday morning at 9 a.m., no carts, only walking. All greens and tees will be in use. All-day greens fee for the weekend is $7, while $6 on weekdays. Ladies day is Monday with $4 fee. For information, call… Read More
Bangor Municipal Golf Course will open for the season on Saturday at 7 a.m., weather permitting. No riding carts allowed. Clubhouse will be ready. Greens fees on regular 18-hole course will be: non-residents – $17 weekend, $16 weekdays ($1 less for Bangor residents). New nine will be $12… Read More
What is undboubtedly the busiest weekend of the 1993 Maine canoe and kayak racing schedule will officially begin with the start of the 17th annual Meduxnekeag River Race in New Limerick Saturday. Five races are on tap for the weekend: the Meduxnekeag, the 21st annual… Read More
Schoolboy baseball ELLSWORTH – Mike Clough outdueled Bob Hughes in a well-pitched baseball opener here Thursday as Ellsworth High nipped Belfast 2-1. 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
AT PENOBSCOT VALLEY SCHOOL of GYMNASTICS, Bangor Wednesday’s Results LEVEL II Bangor YMCA-Penobscot Valley 165.4, Rumford 154.8 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
The Husson College Braves thumped the Thomas College Terriers 10-1 at Bangor High School Thursday in the first game of a softball doubleheader. The second game was called after 3 1/2 innings due to rain. It will not be rescheduled. The first game was stopped… Read More
Expanding the Lasix program in Maine received strong support from Maine horsemen’s groups, strong opposition from some licensed veterinarians, and tacit support from the Maine State Harness Racing Commission. Will a proposed rule change enabling trainers to be certified to administer Furosemide (Lasix) to their… Read More
“Early into a short season,” is how University of Maine-Farmington softball coach Len MacPhee describes an unusual year. “As it turns out, we missed the first couple weeks of our season,” he said. “Actually, we’ve been outside three days; the third one was yesterday with… Read More
Rocky Berg’s excess weight has apparently put a strain on the relationship between some members of Joey Gamache’s camp. Tony Lampron, Gamache’s trainer throughout the former two-time World Boxing Association champion’s career, immediately expressed his dissatisfaction with the matchup after watching Berg weigh in at… Read More
Maine State Pool League 8-ball standings Penobscot County Lincoln Aces 29-11, Econo TV and Video 26-13, Lincoln 5 22-18, Harry’s Hustlers 21-18, A&S Motors 21-19, (tie) Patchwork 14-26 and T&C Builders 14-26, Rips Rippers 13-27 Washington County googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The Earth Team, the volunteer division of the Somerset County Soil and Conservation Service, is looking for help. The SCS and the Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District need volunteers in all phases of their work, from the office to the field. Along with experience… Read More
ROCKLAND — The annual Celebrity Auction, featuring memorabilia signed by celebrities, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 1, at the Rockland District High School. A preview of the items will begin at 10 a.m. The proceeds from the more than 250 items to… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Board of Selectmen confirmed the appointment of Town Manager Arthur Faucher Wednesday night. Faucher’s appointment was made after an executive session with Faucher and the Board of Selectmen. Chairman Claude Cyr asked for the executive session to discuss personnel issues with… Read More
Chelsea Clinton, a young teen-ager by age, but a mature adult by virtue, has come into the light of the press by being known as “The president’s daughter.” But does Chelsea enjoy all of this publicity and how do we feel about this? Are we interested in what… Read More
In response to the April 9 letter by Catherine Johnson (staff attorney with the Natural Resources Council of Maine): I lived in the Northwest for almost 10 years and worked in the woods out there. One of the biggest reasons I moved back to Maine… Read More
I am very glad I do not have children in Mount Desert Island High School. The term “safe sex” is an illusion as the failure rate for condoms is between 15 and 20 percent and the manufacturers are very careful not to guarantee them. They… Read More
While other towns are looking for new business to move in, East Millinocket almost lost one. What’s the matter, don’t they realize that bikers are people, too? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
I would like to complain about a front page article your paper published on April 3-4. Your reporters were interviewing Principal Woodie Dunphy of Hodgdon High School. I am very upset about what you printed. I quote, “I don’t see a h— of a lot of change in… Read More
As a long-time reader of the Bangor Daily News, I have grown rather weary of Diana Graettinger’s reports on former Tribal Governor Robert Newell. Two months ago this was news. However, a good deal of time has passed. We are now reading about Robert Newell’s… Read More
As the events of Saturday, April 17, have shown for the second time in 12 months, the need for the Penobscot Hazardous Material Response Team is desperately needed. As procurement officer for the Penobscot County Haz-Mat Team, I am asking — begging — for help. Read More
LUBEC — Lubec Adult and Community Education will present its third annual Evening with the Arts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, at the Christian Temple Church on Main Street, Lubec. The program will open with a reading of short stories by their authors, who… Read More
Sixty years ago on the Mississippi Delta, a sharecropper, his wife and their only son would start walking across the fields toward town. First they would see the lights, the only electricity for miles around. Then they would hear the roadhouse dance music, echoing off… Read More
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PRESQUE ISLE — The following cases were among those processed April 16 to 21 in 2nd District Court: Joseph A. Farrar and Son, Island Falls, failure to display valid commercial certificate of inspection, $75; and rule violation — missing or broken brake component, $100. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Presque Isle City Council voted Wednesday not to apply for Community Development Block Grant funding to study pollution at Hanson Lake. The town of Mapleton and city of Presque Isle have a maintenance and supervision agreement for Hanson Lake. Mapleton officials… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Dance team and cheerleading camps will be held Tuesday through Friday, July 13 to 16, at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. The dance team camp will be instructed by officials from the Universal Dance Association. The camp is open to… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — More than $35,000 was raised during an annual fund-raising campaign to help purchase medical equipment for The Aroostook Medical Center. Proceeds will be used to purchase equipment for TAMC divisions in Presque Isle, Fort Fairfield and Mars Hill. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Maine Educational Talent Search Program has named Linda Rasmussen of Woodland as counselor and Velma Murphy of Presque Isle as academic specialist at the program’s Presque Isle field office. Both received their bachelor of arts degrees in behavioral science from the… Read More
CARIBOU — Motorists traveling along a one-mile stretch of Route 1 around 11:35 p.m. Wednesday may have been surprised when they encountered thousands of crushed Pepsi cans on the road. A tractor-trailer, owned by Solman Distributors Inc. of Caribou and operated by Gaylen West of… Read More
CALAIS — James Tobin, who has served on the staff of U.S. Sen. William Cohen and on the re-election staff of 2nd District Rep. Olympia Snowe, is wearing a new hat — he is the executive director of the Maine Tree Foundation. Tree is an… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Dr. Leo Martin, Maine commissioner of education, and Paul Duffie, minister of education for the Province of New Brunswick, will discuss the free trade agreement and implications for education beginning with a reception and dinner at 5 p.m. Monday, April 26, at Northeastland Hotel, Presque… Read More
JONESPORT — The new $775,000 Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, expected to be completed before Jan. 1, 1994, will be erected to serve all people in the community. A construction plan and the purposes the building will serve were emphasized at… Read More
ROQUE BLUFFS — The body of an adult bald eagle was recovered from Cow Point at Roque Bluffs on Wednesday by Jim Hall, an assistant regional biologist at the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Office at Machias. An autopsy will be performed on the body later… Read More
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Brunswick — Grounds and maintenance crews on Monday will begin cleaning and preparing the Roosevelt-Campobello International Park for its May 29 seasonal reopening. Harry Stevens, the park’s manager, said Thursday that the annual grounds and buildings spruce-up is starting about a week… Read More
MILLINOCKET — The Millinocket Parks and Recreation Department has announced April vacation activities for Friday, April 23, and other continuing events. Residents are invited to fly a kite 10 a.m.-noon Friday, April 23, at the Recreation Complex. They must bring their own kites. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
MACHIAS — The Kappa Delta Phi national educational fraternity at the University of Maine at Machias scored nothing but strikes for cancer research recently, raising $800 for the American Cancer Society in a bowl-a-thon at Eagle Lanes in Machias. Todd McLeod, president of the fraternity’s… Read More
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Scott Spencer, 29, of Waterville has been placed first on a national list for a heart and lung transplant. Spencer, who was born with a hole in his heart, was not expected to live beyond Sept. 30, 1992, and still may have to wait three… Read More
PALMYRA — Accusations and resignations were again the focus of a Palmyra selectmen’s meeting Wednesday night. With four new board members attempting to familiarize themselves with local government procedures, the meeting continued for more than four hours. Before the marathon ended, town employee Victor Kimball… Read More
NEWPORT — For the second meeting in a row, Pratt Road residents Wednesday night pressured selectmen to begin a road program. “What are you doing about the dirt roads?” resident Ed Schneller asked the board. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Reports of vandalism in downtown Pittsfield are being investigated by local police. Three reports of broken windows at several businesses were filed Thursday morning. Valley Graphics on North Main Street reported a rock through one window. Nearby, Riverside Auto reported the rear window… Read More
WARREN — Jon Bogdanove is working as hard as he can to bring Superman back to life. It is the least he can do. Bogdanove is one of four comic book illustrators who “killed” the caped Superhero in November. The resulting public relations coup sold… Read More
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ST. GEORGE — The St. George Historical Society will begin its 1993 season with a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at St. George Grange Hall. After reports and announcements, society president James Skoglund will turn the meeting over to Marylin Quint-Rose, sculptor and… Read More
ROCKPORT — A duck bill with no teeth was enacted Tuesday night by Rockport selectmen in the form of an emergency ordinance banning the feeding of waterfowl at the town harbor. The emergency ordinance, which takes effect immediately, carries no penalty. The selectmen now will… Read More
ROCKPORT — At the sixth annual meeting of the International Intradiscal Therapy Society in Phoenix, Ariz., Robert N. Phelps Jr., M.D., of Glen Cove was elected to full membership in that society. The International Intradiscal Therapy Society was founded in 1987 and is dedicated to… Read More
CAMDEN — Only people with good moral character need apply to serve the tourist trade if Camden voters approve victualer and lodging ordinances at the June 8 town election. The two ordinances, given their first public hearings Wednesday night, attempt to set clear standards for… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Southwest Harbor residents who drink town water can expect to see their water bills rise by 35 percent this summer. Town Manager Ken Minier said Thursday that he expects the Public Utilities Commission to accept the town’s application for an increase in… Read More
TENANTS HARBOR — Two of Maine’s premier gardeners will give their formula for year-round productive gardens when they appear at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at the Ocean View Grange Hall in Martinsville. Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch, who garden on Cape Rosier, are experts… Read More
WASHINGTON — Newly appointed General Assistance Administrator David Martucci has announced he will keep office hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at Washington Town Office. The office hours are for the purpose of accepting and reviewing applications for general assistance and for registering and assigning work… Read More
DEER ISLE — Deer Isle-Stonington Junior-Senior High School has announced the honor roll for the third ranking quarter. Seniors: Brandi Dorr, Brent Heanssler, Raegan Heanssler, Kim McGuffie, Kris McGuffie, Angie McHenan, Lori Thompson, Melissa Thompson, Kelly Weed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
CASTINE — Partners in Education will hold its annual Academic Achievement Recognition Banquet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, at the new student union at Maine Maritime Academy. Those honored will include the top 10 percent of seniors from Bucksport High School, the Reach School,… Read More
The Bangor Band, conducted by Gordon W. Bowie, will present a spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25, at John Bapst Memorial High School on Broadway, Bangor. The Thomas School of Dance and the Thomasettes will be featured. The program will be: “Dallas,” a… Read More
Washington-Hancock Community Agency has announced the deadline for applying for assistance for this winter’s heating costs is April 30. The program helps pay a portion of winter energy costs, including the cost of heating oil, LP gas, electricity, wood and coal. A new application must… Read More
CARMEL — Unfinished business at the March town meeting will be concluded in a special town meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 26. The most important article will be to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the administration account. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Officials at Acadia National Park are seeing an anticipated $650,000 in funding dry up with the reductions to President Clinton’s economic stimulus package. The regional office of the National Park Service informed park officials Thursday that the so-called jobs bill is… Read More
A Bangor man accused of setting fire to a box containing toilet paper outside a Main Street store remained jailed Thursday night in lieu of bail. Gregory Sean Connell, 26, is charged with arson for allegedly setting the fire Tuesday afternoon outside Brownie’s Market. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
LEVANT — Town Manager Mary Casciotti has resigned to return to her former position in Orono. Casciotti, who was hired as the Levant manager in mid-November, previously served as administrative assistant in Orono. She also briefly served as interim town manager in Orono before taking… Read More
The financially strapped Greater Bangor Area Shelter has received a partial funding reprieve from the community and the Maine State Housing Authority, but the facility still needs a permanent source of funding from the state to guarantee its survival, according to Susan Brainerd, shelter executive director. Read More
WASHINGTON — Maine lawmakers told Defense Secretary Les Aspin Thursday that a Defense Finance and Accounting Service facility in Bangor would be more cost-effective than a DFAS center in a major urban area because local workers were “enthusiastic,” and would not have to be compensated for higher cost-of-living… Read More
U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell’s top aides have completed interviewing candidates for the position of U.S. marshal for the district of Maine, a patronage job that has remained unoccupied for more than three years. Twenty-eight candidates were interviewed for the job, and Mitchell is reviewing… Read More
CARLTON WILLIAMS has been named the regional executive responsible for eastern Maine for Casco Northern Bank. His territory will include four offices — the two Casco branches in Bangor and branches in Brewer and Ellsworth. Williams earned a Bachelor’s degree at East Carolina University and a master’s degree… Read More
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — University of Virginia faculty members on Thursday endorsed a compromise proposal that bans sexual relations between instructors and the students they teach. The Faculty Senate voted 31-4 for the ban instead of a strict prohibition against all sex between students and faculty… Read More
AUBURN — The mother of Melissa Roy, the Lewiston convenience store clerk who was stabbed to death during a bungled police stakeout in September 1990, has lost a bid to sue the store’s owner. The lawsuit by Roy’s mother, Carol Roy, was dismissed by Superior… Read More
WATERVILLE — William R. Cotter, Colby College president, is the 1993 recipient of the Honor Roll Award for Education of the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. The award was presented at the center’s annual awards banquet April 21 in Washington, D.C. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — Area police officers have broken a six-month crime spree, and the investigation may lead to 98 charges being filed against 10 male juveniles. The series of crimes attributed to the group began in May 1992 and ended last September, after police received several… Read More
Stewardship — it starts with awareness, leads to knowledge, and ends in action. Bald eagle habitat gets protected, storm drains get stenciled, automobile waste conferences are held, water quality is measured, environmental fairs flourish in schools. The Penobscot Institute is in its third year and… Read More
WATERVILLE — Colby College officials say the steeple cross atop the campus chapel will stay, despite complaints that it offends some members of non-Christian religions. Colby President William Cotter said a campus committee set up to study the issue recommended that the cross remain in… Read More
ORONO — With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this past January on the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act, the use of the federal courts to protect the access of women to abortion clinics has become more limited, according to a Chicago attorney who has researched the issue. Read More
The Maine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a statewide advocate for Maine business, will conduct its first membership drive in nearly a decade next week. The drive will be held from Monday, April 26, through Thursday, April 29, and will have a goal of 150 new members. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The recent flood of low-priced Canadian potatoes into the U.S. market and the ongoing disaster facing the Maine potato industry have prompted Maine’s senators to request that President Clinton impose an additional, temporary duty on potatoes imported from Canada. According to information… Read More
Fleet Bank of Maine recorded first quarter earnings of almost $4.5 million, an increase of 64 percent over the 1992 earnings of $2.7 million. The Maine bank’s earnings lagged behind those of its parent company, Fleet Financial Group of Providence, R.I., which saw its first quarter income increase… Read More
Connecticut-based Bowater Inc. has reported a net loss for the first quarter of 1993 of $22.9 million, or $.65 per share. This compares to a loss, before accounting changes, of $29.7 million, or $.84 per share, for the same period of 1992. “Although signs of… Read More
CAMDEN — Eastman Kodak Co. and Brace Management Group of Camden have announced the completion of the sale of Kodak’s Center for Creative Imaging to Brace. Closing date for the transaction was April 16. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Brace Management Group will… Read More
Maine’s Low Emission Vehicle program is clouded with a number of issues which should be clarified before Maine adopts the program. The Maine Petroleum Association continues to believe that the number of uncertainties surrounding the program lead to the conclusion that it is not appropriate for the state… Read More
The U.S. Labor Department has awarded $345,000 in job-training funds for Maine workers who were laid off because of increased imports of foreign products. Among the workers eligible to use the training money are those who formerly worked for Schoolhouse Togs in Rockland, Ansewn Shoe in Bangor and… Read More
While Japan put in gear its recently approved $115 billion stimulus package, congressional Republicans were driving the final stakes into the heart of President Clinton’s $16 billion jobs package, proving that gridlock is as vigorous as ever in Washington. The problems that led to the death of the… Read More
Hannaford Bros. Co. of Scarborough, Northern New England’s largest food retailer, has reported first-quarter sales of $490.5 million, an increase of 0.8 percent over the 1992 total of $486.7 million. Income during the quarter stood at $11.8 million, an increase of 34.7 percent over the 1992 earnings of… Read More
ORONO — For the second time this week, University of Maine President Frederick E. Hutchinson’s administration came under heavy fire Thursday, this time from students who questioned the intentions behind the administration’s $9 million downsizing plan. Meeting with Hutchinson and some of the top administrators… Read More
With Senate Republicans forcing President Clinton to abandon his economic stimulus package, the city of Bangor lost $737,000 that officials planned to spend on a wide variety of public improvements, and Acadia National Park lost $650,000. “It would have been a big bundle of money,”… Read More
ROCKLAND — The hills will be alive with the sound of Spanish and French later this month when the Penobscot School opens its 1993 season of foreign-language-only weekend retreats. The “Spanish in the Woods” and “French in the Woods” programs, held at the Tanglewood 4-H… Read More
PORTLAND — The University of Maine System would charge varying tuition at its different campuses under a new fee structure being considered by the board of trustees. The proposal is intended to distinguish the roles of Maine’s campuses and to charge students based on how… Read More
PORTLAND — State Education Commissioner Leo Martin says the recession is behind the state’s drop in a national ranking of teacher salaries. Maine’s teacher salaries dropped two notches to 33rd, according to a list released by the National Education Association. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
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A delegation of Maine’s top political figures last week convinced Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Services to maintain the state’s favorable credit rating, but the decision of the New York rating houses is a reprieve, not a vote of confidence. Whether Maine can continue… Read More
Let’s say you’re a fan of gospel music. No, wait. Let’s say you really dig the blues. And, well, you love Negro spirituals, soul, and even (admit it) country twang, twang, twang. Let’s just say you adore all the styles, but did you ever imagine… Read More
AUGUSTA — The lead sponsors of a gay rights bill that awaits final legislative approval are demanding a meeting with Gov. John R. McKernan before the final Senate vote to see if they can persuade him not to veto the bill. Rep. Susan Farnsworth, D-Hallowell,… Read More
Fulfilling hopes that had gathered locomotive force in the past several months, a 23-year-old man this weekend became the first patient to receive human gene therapy against cystic fibrosis, the most common lethal hereditary disorder in the nation. On Saturday, sequestered in a room at… Read More
From the moment he saw it, Michael Simpson has felt lucky to have been home when one of Maine’s most elusive wild creatures appeared at the edge of his woods. His wife was the first to spot it — a furtive figure padding along the hilly, snow-covered field… Read More
Anyone who dismisses Stephen King as some shallow dealer in cheap thrills has assuredly failed to read King, whose sheer passion for and understanding of the act of writing makes his name worth mentioning in the same breath with Faulkner, Joyce and Hemingway. A born… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department, facing criticism in Congress for financing the construction of Indian casinos, has placed a moratorium on lending for new or expanded gaming operations. “Since there was some question in Congress it needed to be talked about and discussed,” Carl Shaw,… Read More