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The Lyndon State College Hornets posted a 16-3-1 record this season, earning them the top seed for this year’s NAIA District 5 baseball tournament which begins Friday at the Mansfield Complex in Bangor. Skip Pound’s Hornets went 7-1 in District 5 action, giving them the… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD – Kim McCrea’s single in the bottom of the seventh inning scored two runs, lifting Fort Fairfield to a 6-5 schoolgirl softball victory over Limestone here Wednesday. Nicole Boyce was the winning pitcher for the 3-1 Eagles. She spaced seven hits, striking out… Read More
Two things are making University of Maine field hockey coach Terry Kix smile broadly these days. First, nine freshmen will have an opportunity to make the team next fall, and of the recruited players, Maine went 7-for-7. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
BLUE HILL – Jerry Gray’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Greg Marancik with the winning run as the George Stevens Academy Eagles edged Searsport 4-3 in schoolboy baseball action here Wednesday night. Marancik picked up the win in relief for… Read More
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STANDISH – Russ Ogilvie and John Kearney had RBI doubles in the fifth inning as the St. Joseph’s Monks edged Johnson (Vt.) State 2-1 in college baseball action here Wednesday. Jim Chase pitched a four-hitter for the Monks who moved their record to 11-21. Oglivie… Read More
WATERVILLE – Marci Smith came within two outs of a perfect game, instead finishing with a one-hitter as the University of Maine-Farmington capped a doubleheader sweep of the Colby College Mules 7-0. The Beavers had won the first game 5-2. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BLUE HILL – Kelley Field’s bases-loaded walk and a two-run single by Bree Roberts in the top of the seventh inning helped Searsport defeat Georges Stevens Academy 12-9 in a matchup of unbeaten schoolgirl softball teams. The win moved Searsport to 4-0 on the season… Read More
Ray Thebault of Rideout’s Lodge on East Grand Lake wasn’t fooling when he phoned to say the ice left the lake’s international fishing grounds last weekend. But for a moment I thought he was running my reel when he told me about an East Grand fishing regulation enacted… Read More
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Don Farnham stopped by the practice field a few times last fall to watch the Brewer High School football team go through workouts. He was overcome by the feeling of helplessness at having to watch without being able to get directly involved with the athletes. Read More
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BUCKSPORT – Late-inning heroics have become almost routine for Bucksport during the early portion of the 1993 high school baseball season. Jason Orcutt joined the growing list of clutch performers for the Golden Bucks here Wednesday, singling home Dirk Smith with two out in the… Read More
University of Maine senior Chad White is closing in on a baseball record, and it’s one he’d like to have. The swift center fielder has stolen 28 bases this season in 32 attempts and that puts him three steals behind Kevin Bernier’s school record of… Read More
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HARRINGTON – Robbie Worcester smacked a two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning to lead host Narraguagus to a 3-2 baseball victory over Calais here Wednesday. Dan Curtis, who pitched a five-hitter, striking out seven and walking two. He aided his own… Read More
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ORONO — Tomorrow’s construction managers are coming out of the University of Maine today. Several years ago, UM created a four-year construction-management program that confers upon its graduates a bachelor’s degree in construction-management technology. Wentworth Institute in Boston is the only other New England school… Read More
The building-materials industry is a dynamic business that must constantly conform to customer needs, changes in materials and building technology, and economic unpredictability. At the Crescent Lumber Co. in East Orrington, Manager Bob Fortier said that “we do anything required in home construction and remodeling… Read More
ORONO — Flushed, but not forgotten. For the many Maine residents who live away from public-sewer systems, that phrase could best describe their septic system. Buried out there somewhere and doing its job well until a problem occurs: What more could a homeowner ask? googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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CLINTON — The Hill Road’s getting a facelift, but only where it crosses over Interstate 95. Under a contract with the Maine Department of Transportation, a crew from the Stetson and Watson Construction Co. started rehabilitating the 450-foot overpass in mid-April. This isn’t an ordinary… Read More
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BAR HARBOR — There will be a lot of road work going on in Acadia National Park this year, but no one will see it unless they traipse deep into the woods. In 1991, the Bush Administration decided to restore the extensive carriage-road network found… Read More
HOULTON The following cases were among those processed by Judge David B. Griffiths the week of April 26 in 2nd District Court in Houlton: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
STOCKHOLM — The Stockholm School Committee voted Monday to present town officials with a recommended 1993-94 budget of $374,202, and an additional $9,000 for the school bus reserve fund. The budget will be presented on Tuesday, June 1. “We won’t know what it will mean… Read More
MACHIASPORT — Jerry Hatch and his black 1965 Dodge Coronet 500 dragster captured a “checkered flag” Tuesday with his demonstration at Fort O’Brien School in Machiasport. Hatch, a veteran drag racer from Whiting, showed a film and fielded questions from an eager group of sixth-… Read More
MACHIAS — Students and faculty at the Rose M. Gaffney School in Machias will participate in the “Making Healthy Tracks” wellness week program the week of May 10. Highlights will include: Monday, May 10 — Everyone wearing sports or exercise outfits for a return to… Read More
MACHIAS — Nathan Burbank Jr. of Tucson, Ariz., never forgot the pleasant memories of living in Machias from 1939 to 1941 when he served as a public health engineer for Washington and Hancock counties. Now, more than 50 years later, and with his wife Dorothy,… Read More
JONESPORT — A $2,500 grant from Shore Stewards Trust of Ellsworth has been awarded to the Beals Island Regional Shellfish Hatchery and Jonesport-Beals High School to build a marine laboratory to monitor the water quality over shellfish beds in the Moosabec Reach area. Duane Shaw,… Read More
MACHIAS — Machias Valley Homeschoolers will hold a spring bookfair and seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Whiting Community Center. Ed Green, president of Home- schoolers of Maine, will lead the seminar. Homeschoolers may bring to the fair any… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Two Cherryfield homeowners who have appealed their local property tax assessments to the Washington County Commissioners will ask for tax abatements at a public meeting of the commission at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, in the courthouse. A hearing will be held at… Read More
EASTON — The Francis Malcolm Science Center will hold a bird walk at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 15, near the Christina Reservoir. Bill Sheehan, an environmental specialist for the Department of Environmental Protection, will conduct the bird walk. Individuals are encouraged to bring binoculars and… Read More
CARIBOU — The Aroostook County School Food Association will hold its May meeting and dinner at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, at Green Acres Restaurant. The speaker will be Chris Chabre, surgical service coordinator and Northern Maine coordinator for New England Eye Bank. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Stearns High School Principal Terrance Daigle has announced the third-quarter honor roll as follows: Seniors, highest honors: Andrew Bond, Danielle Corson, Heather Givens, Jana Montgomery, Heather Neal, Nina Ringsted; high honors: Megan Abele, Bryce Beaupain, Jody Bouchard, Christie Boutaugh, Michelle Cutliffe, Scott Daniell,… Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou Parks and Recreation Department will hold a meeting for people interested in forming an all-terrain vehicle club in Caribou at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 13, at the recreation center. The topics of trail development, improving landowner relations and providing safety education… Read More
SUNDAY RIVER — Registrations for the June 18-20 Trek Across Maine from Sunday River to the Sea are filling fast and 750 have signed up, organizers said. The limit is 1,000 bikers. The trek is a ride for the bicyclist looking for a challenging, adventurous… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Science and Technology Fair, which has been a showcase for the past 47 years for the work of the finest young minds in the state, will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 8, at a central location for the first time — the… Read More
CARIBOU — The Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission’s Small Business Development Center will co-sponsor a credit seminar from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at the Caribou Motor Inn. The seminar will offer small-business owners, community developers and accountants information on current credit issues,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Maine Public Service Co. has awarded four students $100 savings bonds and a blue spruce tree planted in their name. The awards were for prize-winning essays and posters. The students identified ways to improve the environment by the year 2000. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
STACYVILLE — Maine Public Service Co. has offered settlements to residents of Stacyville whose electrical appliances were damaged as a result of a power surge in April, provided they also suffered damage in a December power surge. Steven Johnson, vice president of community services at… Read More
CALAIS — The $1.8 million multipurpose building at Washington County Technical College is open, and students in the food-service program find themselves in an environment created by a marriage of brick and imaginative design. The building’s architect, Jan Becker of Portland, last year received an… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Northern Maine Forum at the fairgrounds in Presque Isle will be the site of the 13th annual Anah Temple Shrine Circus Thursday through Saturday, May 6 to 8. Performance times are 7 p.m. Thursday, 3 and 7 p.m. Friday, and 10… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Budget cuts may result in the loss or reduction of some 30 jobs at SAD 68 schools. Directors are expected to act on the proposed $6.17 million budget at a special meeting 7 p.m. Friday, May 7, at SeDoMoCha Middle School. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
DEXTER — It probably will come as no surprise to Dexter property owners that they may see an increase in their tax bills next year. Because of cuts in intergovernmental revenue and little money left in accounts to help offset next year’s budget, Dexter next… Read More
GUILFORD — Only minimal program and staff cuts will be needed in SAD 4 next year if a $522 million budget recommended by the Legislature’s Education Committee is adopted. If Gov. John McKernan’s budget proposal of $487 million is approved, however, the school district will… Read More
BURNHAM — The concept of cooperative learning was demonstrated for and by the SAD 53 board of directors Wednesday night. The board held its regular monthly session at the Burnham Village School. John Pickering, an educational training consultant from Orono, led the board through an… Read More
DETROIT — The Detroit Recycling Committee is promoting a Clean Up Detroit Day beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 15. Residents are urged to participate in this community event, and volunteers will meet at the town office building to pick up trash bags. They are… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Ground water levels in Pittsfield are back to normal, according to Town Manager Dwight Dogherty. On Tuesday night, Dogherty told the council that as of Monday morning water in the town’s well stood at 15 feet, 6 inches. While there currently is no… Read More
UNITY — The Class of 1993 is the largest ever to graduate at Unity College, with 89 bachelor’s and 18 associate’s degrees. Graduation exercises will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at the college gymnasium. David L. Hall, a special projects officer with the… Read More
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DEXTER — Dexter residents can find out what renovation work is being planned for the Dexter Town Hall at a tour of the historic landmark scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday. The town is currently seeking money to pay for renovation work through the Community Development… Read More
BELFAST — A cleanup effort expected to cost more than $200,000 will be required to remove cancer-causing chemicals from ground water on Patterson Hill. Randy King of the Department of Environmental Protection said this week that the pollutants were petroleum-based and more than likely came… Read More
ROCKLAND — The FMC Corp. obtained planning approval Tuesday night for several changes at the waterfront seaweed processing facility. The firm, Rockland’s largest employer, plans to raze a silo and add several new buildings to the site. The entire project will cost $350,000 and add… Read More
THOMASTON — The Friends of Montpelier have received more than $2,500 for refurbishing and painting the exterior of the General Henry Knox Museum. But there is a long way to go. “In actual dollars, we need between $30,000 and $35,000 to complete the 1993 projects… Read More
SEARSPORT — A civil penalty of $10,000 has been assessed against Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. of Oak Brook, Ill., for the illegal disposal of material dredged from Sears Island as part of construction of a cargo terminal. The penalty is part of a… Read More
ROCKLAND — The following cases were disposed of in Knox County Superior Court: Henry Dudley Jr., 35, Rockland, reckless conduct with dangerous weapon, 30 days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
BELFAST — Justice Bruce W. Chandler handed down the following sentences in Waldo County Superior Court last week: Ronald Roy Jr., 26, Morrill, was sentenced to three years in prison with all but 10 days suspended, placed on probation for 18 months, filed $300 and… Read More
UNITY — For the second successive year Bob Winship of Unity has been named Volunteer of the Year by the Regional Recycling Board. Winship was presented his award on his 75th birthday on May Day, the international day for recognition of working people. He was… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A fisheries biologist says he hopes every fish his department stocks in area lakes this spring will find its way to the end of a fishing rod. Biologist Rick Jordan of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is involved in stocking 100 of the 300… Read More
A total of 165 letters opposing the abandonment of Canadian Atlantic Railway have been forwarded to the National Transportation Agency of Canada. Allan Bartlett, a representative of the Maine Department of Transportation, said Tuesday that the state’s submission opposing abandonment also was sent prior to… Read More
Mold and microorganisms which grew largely as a result of a leaky roof at Bangor’s Downeast School may have caused health problems for some pupils, but posed no chronic health risks, according to a report released Wednesday. Long-awaited and long-delayed, the report by Brunswick-based J.B. Read More
An 11-month-old baby was in critical condition Wednesday night at a Bangor hospital while police were investigating circumstances surrounding the child’s injury. Christine Marcello of Brownville was transported from Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor about 10 p.m. Tuesday… Read More
About 100 unclaimed bicycles from Bangor and Brewer Police departments will go on the auction block Saturday, May 8, in the fourth annual bicycle safety rodeo and auction. Proceeds from the auction, sponsored by the Bangor Noontime Kiwanis Club, Bangor Police Department and Penobscot Pediatrics,… Read More
A story in the Monday, April 12 edition about a fire at a vacant building on Water Street, Orono, contained some errors. The building has not been condemned. It also has not been foreclosed on and remains under the ownership of Julio DeSanctis. Read More
AUGUSTA — Proponents of computerized gambling weren’t giving odds Wednesday on the likelihood of a gubernatorial veto of a new video gaming bill. Instead, the Maine Gaming Association hoped to enlist Gov. John R. McKernan’s support of the activity that could pump an estimated $20 million annually into… Read More
Once again the issue of mandatory seat-belt use has come before the Maine Legislature. Should Maine follow the lead of many states and require all Mainers to wear seat belts whenever riding in a car or truck? And, while the state is mandating, should the issue of helmet… Read More
Maine municipalities, which depend almost solely on the property tax as a vehicle for revenue, are caught in a junkyard car crusher. In the past two or three recessionary years, they have been pressed between loss of income, from all sources, and the weight of a persistent need… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Wade Carter was questioning Scott Harlow about some allegedly stolen checks in his possession when the Bangor man volunteered some unexpected information, the officer told a jury Wednesday. Court procedure forbade Carter from repeating what Harlow may have… Read More
A total of 165 letters opposing the abandonment of Canadian Atlantic Railway have been forwarded to the National Transportation Agency of Canada. Allan Bartlett, a representative of the Maine Department of Transportation, said Tuesday that the state’s submission opposing abandonment also was sent prior to… Read More
Before President Bill Clinton acquiesces to Europe’s demand for thousands of U.S. troops to be stationed as peacekeepers in the former Yugoslavia, he should stick with his sensible proposition that Europe first support U.S efforts to secure leverage against Serbia. The sudden interest of European… Read More
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee, who are very aware of the state’s lack of revenue, were confronted Wednesday with requests for more than $200 million in borrowing, a figure that is sure to be sharply reduced. The committee heard brief descriptions of eight… Read More
HINCKLEY — Maine philanthropist and Waterville resident Harold Alfond has offered Good Will-Hinckley a $1 million challenge for 1993, to coincide with the school’s $6.5 million capital campaign. Alfond and former U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith are honorary co-chairmen of the campaign. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
JOHN LASELL has joined Dirigo Investments, a discount brokerage firm, at its Ellsworth office. Lasell recently completed all requirements of both the state of Maine and the National Association of Securities Dealers to be admitted to practice as a general securities representative. Bangor and Aroostook… Read More
ROCKLAND — The midcoast region, already a university of summertime courses in everything from painting, pottery and photography to boat building and sailing, will add fine woodworking to its curriculum when the Center for Furniture Craftmanship opens in June. Courses will be taught by Peter… Read More
PORTLAND — A woman charged with attempted murder for slashing a Brunswick woman with a knife has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of aggravated assault. Jeanine S. Magryta, who once described herself as a “very respectable Navy wife,” also pleaded guilty Tuesday to an… Read More
PORTLAND — A Portsmouth Naval Shipyard defender says a suggestion that his yard team up with the Charleston Naval Shipyard to seek a shutdown of a third East Coast yard is “an act of desperation.” Closing the Norfolk Naval Shipyard makes no sense to the… Read More
AUGUSTA — Police in Maine and North Carolina arrested two men Wednesday and charged them with murder in the slaying of an elderly auctioneer nearly 2 1/2 years ago. Maine State Police said Dana A. Craney, 30, of Lewiston was arrested at his home and… Read More
GLENBURN — A special committee is trying to get a before- and after-school child care program started at the Glenburn Elementary School. But some town officials have raised concerns about the legal and administrative issues involved in the proposal. They don’t feel the town should… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Nearly $23 million will be made available to help Maine potato growers cope with severe, weather-related crop losses. The federal money could keep 10 to 20 percent of the growers from having to leave the industry. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
WASHINGTON — One of the most difficult tricks in Washington is getting a simple “yes or no” vote on a controversial issue. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell will tell you that’s so. Mitchell confirmed Wednesday that he and Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., chairman of… Read More
The number of serious crimes reported in Maine declined in 1992 for the first time in six years, state officials said. The number of crimes tracked by the state Public Safety Department — murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, vehicle theft and arson — dropped… Read More
A federal appeals court in Boston has decided that a national commission’s recommendation to close Loring Air Force Base in Limestone can’t be reviewed by the courts. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week upheld a decision made last… Read More
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