ORONO – The Friends of Maine Baseball will hold a sendoff barbecue for the University of Maine team Tuesday at the Mahaney Clubhouse starting at 5:30 p.m. Chicken, hamburgers and hotdogs will be available. There is no charge. The Bears will be leaving for an NCAA Regional later… Read More
NEWARK, Del. – The University of Maine’s Black Bear baseball team will be sitting by a television on Monday waiting to see which NCAA Regional they will be playing in next weekend. The Black Bears received 7 1/3 innings of superb one-hit baseball from junior… Read More
The Penobscot Valley Health Association is sponsoring two bus trips to see the Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston: June 12, vs. the Baltimore Orioles and on July 17 vs. the Seattle Mariners. The package costs $55, which includes breakfast, tickets in section 8, and transportation by… Read More
AT MILLINOCKET Penquis League Championship Boys Results Foxcroft Academy 197, Mattanawcook Academy 178.5, Dexter 76, Stearns 66.5, Greenville 60, Maine Central Institute 42.5, Piscataquis Community 38.5 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
MILLINOCKET – Foxcroft Academy swept the boys and girls team titles here at the Penquis League Championship track and field meet Saturday, thanks to a lot of point-scoring firepower. The league title was the third straight for the Foxcroft girls. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
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Old Town High School engineered a sweep of the team titles Saturday at Cameron Stadium in Bangor in impressive fashion as the boys won by 25 points and the girls by 38. The Old Town boys won their second straight Penobscot Valley Conference title. The… Read More
LIMESTONE – The Limestone Eagles improved their record 9-3 here Saturday with an 8-6 victory over Fort Fairfield and a 16-0 verdict over Washburn. Ryan Sharts slammed a two-run triple for the winners in the second game and Darian Smith added a two-run double. Rob… Read More
Fletcher leads Harrington to victory HARRINGTON – Eric Fletcher pitched a four-hitter, striking out 13, to lead the Harrington Hawks to a 4-2 victory over the Cherryfield Lions in junior high school baseball action Saturday. Matt Small hit a two-run single in the fifth to… Read More
LINCOLN – April Lyons hurled a no-hitter, striking out nine, and Jae Libby cracked a solo homer and a double to lift Mattanawcook Academy to a 15-0 victory over Penobscot Valley High of Howland here Saturday. It was the 10th win against four losses for… Read More
BLUE HILL – Heidi Pace belted a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning as the Hermon Hawks struck for 11 runs to defeat the George Stevens Academy Eagles 15-14 in a high school softball game here Saturday. D.J. Glazier singled twice… Read More
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KINGFIELD – Greg Hale of Waterville, who failed to finish his previous two marathons, won the 11th annual Sugarloaf Marathon on Sunday in 2 hours, 33 minutes, 18 seconds. Hale, a former standout at the University of Rhode Island, was aided by a brisk tailwind… Read More
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WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – Three Eastern Connecticut State University pitchers limited hard-hitting Southern Maine to eight hits as the Warriors defeated the Huskies 5-3 to win the 1993 NCAA Division III Northeast Regional here Saturday. Top-seeded Eastern Conn. (27-9-2) opens play in the Div. III College… Read More
ORONO – Two-time defending state singles schoolgirl champion Anna Chai of Cony rolled through a pair of wins before the rains came, delaying Chai’s latest entry into the Maine States Singles Tournament semifinals. Chai’s quarterfinal match was one of two schoolgirl matches which did not… Read More
HS Baseball PRESQUE ISLE – Sophomore righthander Matt Kinney fashioned a two-hitter in the second game for a 7-0 win as Bangor swept a doubleheader from the Wildcats. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
NEWARK, Del. – Gabe Duross had noticed that opposing pitchers were all pitching him the same way. So Duross made an adjustment which helped the University of Maine’s first baseman to a 10-for-22 performance in earning Most Valuable Player honors for the North Atlantic Conference… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Trustees at Foxcroft Academy have announced that the second annual giving campaign, Nurturing the Experience, has raised $31,662 in contributions from alumni, friends, trustees, faculty and staff, and local businesses. The funds will be used to provide scholarships to students at Foxcroft Academy… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A sea of black and red greeted the audience attending SAD 53’s first ever DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) graduation on Thursday, May 20, in Pittsfield. Ninety-five fifth-graders at the Warsaw Middle School proudly donned their hard earned DARE T-shirts as a uniform… Read More
MILO — Three Penquis Valley Middle School students are mighty with the pen. The three have been selected to attend a week-long Creative Writing Camp at Bates College in Lewiston. Selection of the students was based on creative writing samples submitted by their eighth grade… Read More
ORONO — The work of a harbor master in some of Maine’s 143 coastal communities has traditionally been a necessary, yet often isolated, role. The profession is changing, however. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has been working to help Maine’s harbor masters through the… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court ruled Friday that the secretary of state violated a religious leader’s First Amendment rights by denying him petitions for his effort to put gay-rights ordinances to a statewide vote. The Supreme Judicial Court also upheld a lower court decision that… Read More
NEWPORT — After 19 years of spring mud conditions on Pratt Road, residents’ patience wore out this week. Led by Ed Schneller, a group of residents submitted a letter of intent to the selectmen Wednesday night threatening legal action if town roads are not improved. Read More
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VAN BUREN — The contributions of area farmers and their families will be the focus of a night of entertainment and awards at the Greater Van Buren Area Farmers Appreciation Gala at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 19. For the first time in the history of… Read More
DEXTER — The SAD 46 adult education department will offer placement testing for the University of Maine Interactive Television System at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 14, at the library at Dexter Regional High School. People planning to graduate this year through the adult education department… Read More
PITTSFIELD — New officers were elected at the May 12 meeting of the Lee-Doncet Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary in Pittsfield. Elected are president Merideth O’Reilly, senior vice president Ruby Shaw, junior vice president Edna Chadbourne, treasurer Elaine Taylor, chaplain Georgia Knowlton, conductress Marilyn Staples,… Read More
Imagine a tax that hurts consumers, destroys jobs and drives companies like Bowater-Great Northern Paper out of business. It’s not your imagination. President Clinton’s economic plan includes just such a tax. It’s called the Btu tax. And it could be the beginning of the end… Read More
I want to express my concern about state appropriations to education that the Legislature will be deciding in the next few weeks. The education forum held at the University of Maine at Presque Isle on May 8 brought together legislators and citizens from Aroostook County to discuss this… Read More
A man by the name of Joseph Smith predicted that one day “…the United States Constitution will hang by a thread.” In the ballot tempering scandal that has rocked Maine, these words of the first Mormon leader ring loud and clear. While I’ve no doubt… Read More
In response to Mary Adams’ op-ed column, “No health in ye” (BDN, May 14). Right on, Mary! One does tend to wonder what type of representation we have in our Legislature. Representation of the people or the bureaucracy? Public need or state agency wishes? googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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HAMPDEN — Hampden Town Manager Marie Baker has informed Orrington’s town manager, Candy Guerette, that the Hampden council does not think it can afford to contribute approximately $8,000 to Orrington’s proposed chlorine leak warning system. According to Baker, the councilors met with Raymond Lord, the… Read More
MILO — A midmorning two-car collision Saturday in Milo sent three people to Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft. They were treated for minor injuries and released. According to Gary Nelson, Milo police officer, Carlene Hodgdon, 35, of Veazie, her 4-year-old daughter, Shandel, and Janet Jay,… Read More
BOSTON — Across New England, forest rangers have been leaving the perches that they staffed for years to spot fires, relying instead on air patrols and residents to report signs of smoke. About 200 lookout towers once were in operation from Maine to Cape Cod. Read More
AUGUSTA — A state official is holding up the issuance of a contract to build and operate an auto emissions monitoring network in several southern Maine counties. Director James Keil of the state General Services Bureau agreed to stay the Department of Environmental Protection contract… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The stars were out in Concord on Sunday, along with thousands of others who took a 6.2-mile hike to raise money to preserve the area around historic Walden Pond. Celebrity walkers included musician Don Henley, actors Jason Priestley, Ed Begley Jr., Peter… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Thousands of mice at the Jackson Laboratory produce 152 gallons of urine every day — and that is no small health concern for employees who develop allergic reactions. More than half of the laboratory’s employees eventually develop some type of allergic reaction,… Read More
LONG ISLAND — It took a long struggle, but Long Island was finally able to have its first town meeting this weekend. The tiny Casco Bay island won’t officially incorporate as Maine’s 490th town until July 1. But for islanders, Saturday’s town meeting marked the… Read More
MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Clinton made no promises, but gave Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers a strong reason to be hopeful. “I do not support the shipyard being closed,” Clinton told reporters during his visit to New Hampshire on Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
PATTEN — For 19 years Christine Shorey, the librarian at the Veterans Memorial Library in Patten, has served as a guide to young and old who have sought knowledge or mystery, romance or adventure from the pages of a book. Shorey began her affiliation with… Read More
LIMESTONE — The deadline for entries in the logo contest for the town’s 125th anniversary observance is Thursday, June 17, at the Robert A. Frost Memorial Library. The observance will be held June 27 to July 4, 1994. The contest, open to all residents including… Read More
EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick — Felix Michaud was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison Saturday in Edmundston’s Court of Queen’s Bench for the Dec. 3, 1991, killing of Rose Gagne at her home in St. Francois. People in the courtroom applauded… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Decisions made by university graduates are linked to the choices made by the nation, according to Sen. George J. Mitchell, speaking Saturday at the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s 84th commencement. “Our nation is at a new starting point,” the Senate… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — Ask the average person to recite something in Latin and the person might point to the back of a quarter and reply: “E pluribus unum.” But as the results of the recent National Latin Exam made clear, a group of students at… Read More
MACHIAS — Thanks to a raffle winner returning her winnings to fund-raisers, softball players at Machias Memorial High School will receive their team jackets earlier than expected. Esther Pellon, who had won $245 in a recent team-sponsored 50-50 raffle held to raise money to purchase… Read More
JONESPORT — Town officials from Beals, Addison, Jonesport, Columbia Falls and Jonesboro will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, May 24, at the Jonesport Municipal Building to discuss the potential costs of a cooperative waste-transfer station to be located at Addison. Selectmen Michael Murphy and Leon… Read More
MACHIAS — The Washington County Towns, Cities and Townships Association is cosponsoring a spring training workshop with the Maine Municipal Association for elected town officials from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at the East Machias Municipal Building. The session, one of only five… Read More
JONESPORT — Sixty-one percent — 19,000 residents — from 20 towns in Washington County are committed to using an anticipated 23-acre solid waste landfill under the direction of the Washington County Disposal District. The district and its proposed landfill were explained to selectmen from Jonesport… Read More
BOSTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has suspended from future federal contracts the New Hampshire consulting firm that produced a faulty wetlands study for the stalled Sears Island cargo port project. The EPA suspension prevents Normandeau Associates of Bedford, N.H., from participating in any… Read More
LINCOLN — Lincoln Pulp & Paper Co. is not up for sale. The company has no plans for more layoffs and won’t ask for a tax refund (a tax abatement). Those issues as well as how regulatory requirements and taxes impacted business and general business… Read More
LUBEC — Completion later this summer of a sewer construction project in Lubec should be greeted with relief by residents who, for more than a year, have endured streets and roads with more dips and heaves than the wildest amusement park roller-coaster ride. Linda Pagels,… Read More
MILO — SAD 41 directors have authorized a summer school for students at Penquis Valley High School who failed courses during the last school year. The school will begin shortly after school ends for the current year. In guidelines established at a recent board meeting,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Jenny Mowdy, a home-schooled student from Bradford, is the 1993 recipient of an International Travel Scholarship from the Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation. She is one of three 4-H members who will travel to Japan this summer for a monthlong stay as participants… Read More
GUILFORD — A representative of U.S. Sen. William S. Cohen will hold citizen hours from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, at Guilford Town Office. Don Carrigan of the senator’s Bangor office will meet with residents and discuss current issues involving the federal… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Penquis Child Abuse Prevention Council, a program of Penquis CAP, has $2,000 in Maine Children’s Trust Fund grants to release. The council hopes to award four grants within the Penquis region, including SADs 4, 41, 46 and 68, and Union 60. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
MILO — The Pleasant River Creative Community Arts Council will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, at Milo Town Hall. The agenda for the meeting will include discussions of summer projects such as “Aesop’s Fables,” the recent success of drama presentations in the SAD… Read More
BOSTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has suspended from future federal contracts the New Hampshire consulting firm that produced a faulty wetlands study for the stalled Sears Island cargo port project. The EPA suspension prevents Normandeau Associates of Bedford, N.H., from participating in any… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA will hold its annual yard sale Saturday, June 5, at the YMCA as part of its fund-raising efforts. Toys, clean clothing, tools, jewelry, furniture, books and household items will be on sale. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
ROCKPORT — For the 15th consecutive year, Maine Coast Artists will open the season on Saturday, May 29, with the annual juried exhibition, the state’s largest open show. Included in the exhibition are 93 works by 83 artists including paintings, sculptures, prints and photographs. An opening reception will… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Summer Festival of the Arts, a three-week children’s summer arts camp sponsored by Harbor House, is approaching its 14th season. The camp is offering a variety of art forms to 150 children, ages 8 to 16, beginning July 5 and ending on… Read More
ROCKPORT — It’s hard to picture right now, but dream merchant Al Petrucelli says six weeks is all he needs to turn Rockport’s 19th century opera house into a theater of the 21st century. Petrucelli, head of the Boston production company Dream Merchants, hit town… Read More
CAMDEN — SAD 28 parents and taxpayers will have their hands and calendars full this week with meetings Monday and Tuesday on air quality at Rockport Elementary School and on building a new five-town high school. The air quality meeting will be at 7 p.m. Read More
ELLSWORTH — The 10 college graduates just honored here were called pioneers for having completed most or all of their coursework at the Ellsworth Center without traveling to the University of Maine’s Orono campus. All the students completing their associate degree course work at the… Read More
CAMDEN — Divisions from the Merryspring Park herb garden and a variety of plants will be sold at the park’s annual herb and plant sale from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 29. Merryspring members are invited to a presale from 5 to 7 p.m. Read More
NEWPORT — Two people were hospitalized with injuries they received in a car accident on Elm Street in Newport on Sunday. According to a report filed by Officer Glen Raymond of the Newport Police Department, Brian Jones, 17, of Aurora lost control of his 1985… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Summer Festival of the Arts, a three-week children’s summer arts camp sponsored by Harbor House, is approaching its 14th season. The camp is offering a variety of art forms to 150 children, ages 8 to 16, beginning July 5 and ending on… Read More
A burglar made off with $900 worth of firearms from a Bangor business late Friday. The intruder entered Wise Trading Co. at Penobscot Plaza through a front window, broke into a glass gun case and fled with two Smith & Wesson .357 Magnums, each a… Read More
NEWPORT — Two people were hospitalized with injuries they received in a car accident on Elm Street in Newport on Sunday. According to a report filed by Officer Glen Raymond of the Newport Police Department, Brian Jones, 17, of Aurora lost control of his 1985… Read More
AUGUSTA — A state official is holding up the issuance of a contract to build and operate an auto emissions monitoring network in several southern Maine counties. Director James Keil of the state General Services Bureau agreed to stay the Department of Environmental Protection contract… Read More
Shrubs and flowers were the targets of thieves and vandals, respectively, in Bangor over the weekend. The management of Motel 6 on Outer Hammond Street reported the loss of three junipers and four rhododendron shrubs around 1 a.m. Saturday, purportedly taken by someone in a… Read More
The Brewer City Council voted Tuesday to grant a waiver to the J.R. Redemption Center Inc. from an ordinance requirement that it connect to the city sanitary sewer line. The business was recently leveled by fire and the owner wishes to erect a new building… Read More
HERMON — Hermon area residents who have been planning to landscape their property with perennials, but just haven’t gotten around to it, can get both plants and expert advice at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 29, at the municipal building. The sale will last as long… Read More
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FORT KENT — The Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Commission grappled this week with Acadian identity issues and looked at differences between Acadians here and in Canada. At a meeting at the University of Maine at Fort Kent on Thursday, the commissioners and people from most… Read More
ORRINGTON — There will be public hearings at 7 and 7:15 p.m. Monday, May 24, at the town hall to consider a change in the town charter and proposed ordinance changes. The proposed charter amendment would deal with the tax administration portion of the charter. Read More
A bicyclist remained in critical condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Sunday, two days after a car struck him Friday evening in Bangor. Peter A. Burrill, 39, of Glenburn, had swerved to avoid a drain on Union Street, across from the entrance to Cottage… Read More
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A 36-year-old Bangor man was injured and his car demolished when his car hit a telephone pole Friday evening. David Dunning was the lone occupant of his 1992 Hyundai when it went off the pavement around 6:30 p.m. as he drove uphill on Fourteenth Street… Read More
A story in Friday’s paper about Orono’s budget proposal contained an error. The increase in hydrant-rental costs stemmed from the Orono-Veazie Water District, not the Bangor Water District as reported. Read More
DEXTER — An investigation is under way to determine the cause of three structure fires that were reported within three hours in the Dexter area Saturday. All three fires began in barns and were suspicious in nature, according to Donald Clukey, Dexter fire chief, who… Read More
Though it is not nearly as dramatic as reducing the size of the Legislature or doing away with one house entirely, question time offers an opportunity to open dialogue between the governor and the Legislature while better informing the public about concerns of the state. Read More
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WATERVILLE — When U.S. Sen. Robert Dole was leader of the Republican Party in the 1970s, he tried in vain to secure an appointment with President Nixon. One day, the story goes, he finally received a call from the White House: “You can see the president tonight. He’ll… Read More
How valuable is a college degree? If it was obtained from Beal College since 1991, it may be a ticket to a new career or it may be absolutely worthless. No one outside state government can be sure right now because crucial information about the college has been… Read More
Listen to Democrats speak during a Roosevelt Day dinner and you’d think the only thing they didn’t create was the Republican Party; not on purpose, anyway. During the state party’s annual gathering in honor of Franklin Roosevelt, which this year was held Saturday in Bangor,… Read More
EDITOR’S NOTE: Changes in society have led to changing responsibilities for public schools. This is the first story in a five-part series examining some of the newer tasks that schools have been asked to undertake in recent years. Can schools continue to do all that has been asked… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Given the current climate in Washington, it may be impossible to know if funds are available for a research and development facility at Loring Air Force Base, according to Sen. George J. Mitchell. “We’re going to do the very best we can… Read More
Women have accounted for about 7 percent of the AIDS cases in Maine in recent years, but that may be changing. In the four months since the expanded definition of AIDS went into effect, 14 percent of the new Maine cases have been women. In April, the most… Read More
BOSTON — Is heart disease catching? Could there be a heart attack bug? A germ that passes from person to person and triggers the biggest killer of the Western world? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
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Editor’s note: Maine Style feature writers Alicia Anstead and Dale McGarrigle continue their occasional series of point-counterpoint movie reviews with “Sliver,” which opened Friday. Anstead: For weeks before “Sliver” was released, we were taunted by the come-on “You like to watch, don’t you.” But, frankly,… Read More
AUGUSTA — Joe Brennan stood on the cusp of announcing he was once again running for governor Sunday, but again stopped short of taking the plunge. “It is early,” the two-term former governor said during a brief interview after friends and colleagues gathered in the… Read More