NEWPORT, R.I. – Kevin Mahaney of Bangor and America’s Cup veteran Bill Koch will be among the favored skippers when the second annual SHAKE-A-LEG Wall Street Challenge Cup racing is held here June 25-27. The two will will be among celebrity sailors and guest skippers… Read More
    As far as I’m concerned, the Phoenix Suns sewed up the NBA championship on June 17, 1992, the day they traded for Charles Barkley. As a matter of fact, when I first heard about it, I believe my initial reaction was something along the lines… Read More
    East. Maine Amateur Baseball League Team W L Pct. GB googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    ORONO – Doug McEwen and Travis McKenney combined on a three-hitter while leading the Central Maine Cubs to a 7-1 Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League victory over Old Town-Orono at Mahaney Diamond. McEwen struck out nine and did not walk a batter through 5 1/3… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau will hold a tryout and clinic June 29 at Maguire Field. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the tryout is for those ages 16-25. American Legion players must bring a letter of approval from either their Legion coach or Company… Read More
    Lauree Gott derived great enjoyment from her days as a competitive basketball player. So, it should come as no surprise that her primary goal as a coach is to make the game equally as enjoyable for her players. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    Los Angeles Kings first-year coach Barry Melrose has made a name for himself as one of the bright young coaches in the National Hockey League. Melrose has guided the Kings into the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in the franchise’s history, which dates back to the… Read More
    BERLIN, N.H. – Two Bangor fighters recorded victories over the weekend during a boxing festival here. The festival featured 15 fights pitting boxers from four states against each other. Danny Young of Bangor, 21, fought his amateur debut at the middleweight level and defeated Dick… Read More
    East. Maine Amateur Baseball League Team W L Pct. GB googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    Anyone who doesn’t pick the Bulls to beat the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Finals presupposes two things: 1. Michael Jordan is no longer the best basketball player on the planet. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    AT BANGOR MUNICIPAL GC Anah Temple Ceremonial Golf Tourney Friday’s Starting Times 7:22 a.m. – B. McLaughlin, S. Catell, R. Nickerson, E. Meader 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
    For what they take, they should give back. That is not too much to ask. We don’t expect high school athletes to break training rules, written or unwritten, and we don’t expect professional athletes to break society’s rules, written or unwritten. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BOSTON – University of Maine seniors Chad White and Shawn Tobin concluded their college careers by playing for the University Division All-Stars, who beat the College Division All-Stars 6-5 at Fenway Park here Monday. Tobin had a sacrifice fly and flied out in his other… Read More
    University of Maine hockey coach Shawn Walsh says his incoming recruiting class “can stack up with anybody’s.” Goalie Blair Allison, defensemen Jeff Tory, Jason Mansoff and Jeff Libby and forwards Dan Bousquet, Tim Lovell, Trevor Roenick, Danny Shermerhorn and Cory Thibodeau are the incoming recruits. Read More
    NORTHFIELD — The first Two Lakes Estates 5-mile Road Race and 5K Fun Run-Walk, sponsored by the Sunrise County Roadrunners Club, will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 13, at the Two Estate subdivision in Northfield. Signs will be posted directing participants to the… Read More
    ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick — Architecture will be the theme for an international meeting of historical societies at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 19, at the Charlotte County Courthouse in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Earle Shettleworth, director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission at Augusta, will… Read More
    WHITNEYVILLE — Children in kindergarten to grade 8 are invited to attend the “Together is Better” summer reading program beginning Monday, June 28, at Whitneyville Public Library. Registration for membership in the free, non-competetive reading club will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on… Read More
    PORTLAND — The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland will undergo surgery for an enlarged prostate gland on Tuesday. The Most Rev. Joseph J. Gerry, 64, was admitted to Mercy Hospital on Sunday for observation and testing. Gerry had been running a low-grade… Read More
    CALAIS — A 68-year-old English-Canadian man, who already is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, has completed the last leg of a 22,600-mile trek across 41 states. His odyssey began in upstate New York on Oct. 27, 1991, and Maine was the 41st state he visited. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Theories abounded in 5th District Court Monday on the death of a Stonington man last Thanksgiving who had spent the previous day drinking and fighting at a local man’s trailer. Richard L. Nevells Jr., 18, of Deer Isle is charged with manslaughter in… Read More
    FORT KENT — As part of National Hospital Week, Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent held a recognition dinner for Fort Kent Retired Seniors Volunteer Project and Oncology Clinic volunteers who had worked at the hospital over the past year. They were Jeanette Voisine,… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Expansion of SAD 1’s agricultural science and natural resources program was completed recently with the construction of a new aquaculture center at Presque Isle High School. One of the first operations of its kind in a Maine high school, the center complements… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The U.S. Census Bureau will collect data on employment and unemployment compensation from area residents the week of June 13 to 19, according to Arthur Dukakis, director of the bureau’s Boston regional office. The local labor force data will contribute to the… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Presque Isle police officials are investigating thefts at Presque Isle High School and New Sweden Outfitters on Maine Street. The theft at the high school was reported at 7 a.m. Saturday by school officials, said Deputy Chief Naldo Gagnon. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    HARRINGTON — Nancy L. Hastings, editor and publisher of the Down East Coastal Press at Cutler, will deliver the 26th commencement address of Narraguagus High School in SAD 37 at 2 p.m. Friday, June 11 in the Charles Lawrence Memorial Gymnasium. Hastings, who in 1983… Read More
    CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Brunswick — A survey conducted in January points to an overwhelming desire by residents here for new service-oriented businesses to meet their basic daily needs. Most Maine residents know Campobello Island, New Brunswick, as the summer home of former President Franklin D. Read More
    CARIBOU — A Presque Isle man was ordered to serve eight years in prison for 27 counts of burglary and theft-related offenses that took place within a 30-day period last year. Alan McLean, 22, was sentenced Thursday, June 3, in Aroostook County Superior Court on… Read More
    CUTLER — Lewis “Lukey” Jones, a member of the Antenna Maintenance Branch of the Public Works Department at the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, has been selected Civilian of the Quarter for the first quarter of 1993. In addition to his primary job with the… Read More
    LUBEC — A well-liked Lubec resident and businessman murdered last August in Bangor will be remembered by his hometown friends Thursday with the rededication of a softball league in which he once coached. The league, which has been renamed the Zachary Walston Adult Softball League,… Read More
    PROSPECT HARBOR — The Navy and a local women’s club restaged their own kind of Memorial Day tradition this year. For the fifth year in a row, they opened to the public the Prospect Harbor Lighthouse and Gull Cottage, the lightkeeper’s dwelling. The buildings are… Read More
    PALMYRA — Weekly trash pickup should be provided to all Palmyra taxpayers without distinguishing between businesses and residences. That was the finding of town attorney Donald Eames of Skowhegan when four Palmyra selectmen met with him Monday morning. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    Two divisions of the Wanakah Water Co. plan to seek rate increases of 137 percent for Millinocket customers and 135 percent for Greenville customers. The company recently filed notice with the Public Utilities Commission announcing its intent to seek general water rate increases in late… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The community vacation Bible school, “Amazing Journey to Bible Times,” will be held 9 a.m.-noon Monday through Friday, June 28-July 2, at Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church. Other churches participating are Advent Christian, Assembly of God, United Baptist and United Methodist. Children who have completed… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Greenville officials learned last week that the Department of Transportation included the town’s request for the construction of a scenic overlook on Blair Hill in the 1994-95 transportation budget. Town Manager David Cota said this was the result of work completed by the… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Newport Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, at the fire hall. The agenda includes a request for an amusement park on Route 7 and a request for a conditional use permit by Hooligan’s Restaurant. Because of an oversight,… Read More
    DEXTER — Dexter police are investigating a rash of vandalism in which vehicles have been sprayed with paint and windows have been broken in vehicles and buildings. Several of the incidents occurred at homes and businesses in the Zions Hill and Lower Main Street areas… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Property owners along the sections of Peltoma and Cianchette avenues that are scheduled for reconstruction this year have been invited to an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 10, in the municipal building. Because quotes on the project came in higher than… Read More
    NEWPORT — The Kiwanis Club of the Newport area will hold its first Family Fun Day on Saturday, July 17, at Noah’s Ark Animal Park on Route 7. The event is open to the public. Costumed cartoon characters — Mickey and Minnie, Fred and Wilma… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Camden and Rockland Water Co. will seek a 71 percent rate increase from the Maine Public Utilities Commission by July 28. If approved, the rate increase will cost the average consumer $13 more a month. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Mid-Maine Medical Center’s Maternity Education Program will conduct a series of baby care and parenting classes from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, June 17 through July 1. The three-session program will help expectant and new parents understand their developing children, from newborn through… Read More
    CORINNA — The SAD 48 program for gifted and talented children, targeted for elimination earlier this month in a series of budget cuts, may be back on line in an abbreviated format. The SAD 48 Budget/Finance Committee challenged Annette Houston, director fo the program, to… Read More
    BELFAST — Spurred by a minuscule voter turnout, the SAD 34 board of directors budget proposal of $10.4 million won approval Monday night. All but one of the district’s six member towns voted in favor of the budget. Only in Belmont, where 11 of the… Read More
    BELFAST — The Waldo County Senior Spectrum has named Donna Miller of Swanville community relations coordinator. She will work with volunteers in the activity and dining center, publish the newsletter, handle publicity and coordinate special events. Miller was personnel director for a home care agency… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The repaving of Broadway should be done as smoothly as possible, Mayor Robert Peabody told Department of Public Works Director Greg Blackwell Monday night. The street is partially torn up with a small detour, in preparation for a complete repaving job by the Maine Department of… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The 17th annual Great Schooner Race, with the Maine Windjammer Association as host, is scheduled Friday, July 9. More than two dozen schooners from Maine and New England are expected to participate. The all-day race will start from the island of North Haven… Read More
    CAMDEN — The town of Camden will have to go back to the bargaining table with its police officers after the employees rejected a contract offer Monday. Town Manager Roger Moody reported to the Board of Selectmen that the 10 patrol officers, sergeants and dispatchers… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Artists will hold an evening for artists at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 17, at the gallery in Rockport. The presentation on financial opportunities for visual artists in the ’90s will feature Peter Simmons and Kathy Ann Jones of the Maine Arts Commission. Read More
    ROCKPORT — Article 7 on the warrant for Rockport’s annual town meeting Wednesday, the one that asks voters to accept various categories of state funding, usually passes without a whimper. It probably will pass again this year, but most likely with a snicker: Seven of… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Lady Knox Chapter, DAR’s National Defense Committee, has announced the recipients of the 1993 Good Citizenship Medal are Dan Johnstone of Camden, and Micha Symykywicz of Rockland. This award is given to students who fulfill the qualities of honor, service, courage, leadership… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Bar Harbor and Ellsworth members of Beta Sigma Phi, a women’s social, service and cultural organization, will welcome sorority sisters from New England and the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to their Sisters by the Sea Convention, June 11-13, at the Bar… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The 10th annual Bar Harbor Spring 5K and Fun Run will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 12, at Bar Harbor. The Fun Run is a 9/10-mile race open to children 12 and younger. Each Fun Run entrant will receive a… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT — If approved by voters on June 28, the town will dip into the surplus account to fund about $36,000 in expenses associated with the change in town government. Selectmen agreed Monday evening to recommend residents approve taking the funds from surplus when… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Miguel’s, a Mexican restaurant, will hold a benefit brunch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, June 13, to raise funds for Allied Whale’s Mount Desert Rock marine mammal research project. Allied Whale is a research group based at College of the… Read More
    VEAZIE — Democracy is still alive and well in Veazie, but voters here still won’t have much of a choice when they go to the polls Tuesday. In the municipal elections, two candidates are vying for two open seats. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    A Veazie man who caused a fatal collision last summer in Bangor when he ran a traffic light pleaded guilty Monday in Penobscot County Superior Court to related charges. Michael Hines, 19, will be sentenced later for causing the July 25, 1992, collision that killed… Read More
    BRADLEY — Bradley Town Manager Rose Brooks has issued a warning to taxpayers of a possible 44 percent tax increase this year. “In light of the impending 44 percent tax increase facing the taxpayers of Bradley,” said Brooks, “I would like to give the voters… Read More
    ORONO — A series of workshops to provide information on post-secondary education opportunities has been scheduled in Hancock and Washington counties by the Maine Educational Opportunity Center at the University of Maine. Workshops on “An Introduction to the Maine Educational Opportunity Center and the College… Read More
    I have no doubt that the latest sexual-harassment bombshell, dropped last week in a newly released study by the American Association of University Women, was correct: That most students have been subjected to it or inflicted it upon someone else at some time or other. Read More
    An advisory group of education, business, labor and government leaders from the United States and Europe will be in Maine later this week for the first meeting of the Center for Youth Apprenticeship’s International Advisory Board of Governors. Among the dignitaries converging at Southern Maine… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. John R. McKernan and Judith F. Vigue have announced the winners of the Peter A. McKernan Scholarship in memory of their son. The recipients are Angela Merchant of Jonesport, Bret Taylor of Kittery and Cynthia Tayman of Westbrook. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BATH — The owner of a $100,000 house would see property taxes rise $500 if the state property tax review board grants a $2.5 million abatement to Bath Iron Works, the city’s assessor said. The shipyard contends it pays an unfair proportion of local taxes… Read More
    For Ross Perot, the real campaign has just begun. He is more popular now than during the November election, and as he barnstorms the airwaves with his charts, graphs and homilies, the country is seeing a politician who may be remembered long after his two opponents of last… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — When Gov. John McKernan last visited Dover-Foxcroft, students at the Morton Avenue Elementary School belted out the words to the Maine State Song. They plan to once again sing the song for McKernan, via a recording, but the words will be very different,… Read More
    I am an emergency physician. Recently we took care of the most recent example of the folly of the “controversy” surrounding seat-belt legislation. There were two occupants of the car. The driver exercised Gov. McKernan’s fatal choice and did not use his seat belt. He was thrown from… Read More
    A grand opening is scheduled for Sunday, June 13, for the expanded and renovated Shop ‘n Save Food & Drug Superstore in Belfast. The store, located on Lincolnville Avenue, has more than doubled in size, from 21,900 square feet to 44,000 square feet. A pharmacy, promotional and nonfoods… Read More
    This is not the “sweet land of liberty” when the state has carte blanche to monitor and regulate the private conduct of its citizens within their own back yards, citizens who would ordinarily enjoy a reasonable expectation of privacy — except for the incursion of low-flying surveillance helicopters… Read More
    There’ll be no morning after in Maine for singer Maureen McGovern, who was scheduled to perform at the Eastern Maine AIDS Network benefit concert June 12 at the Maine Center for the Arts. The concert, which would have included a reception with actor Patricia Neal and a pops… Read More
    … Since 1988 federal agencies have been required by executive order to factor the potential costs of compensating landowners into their decisions about whether to adopt or enforce administrative rules that interfere with property rights. Remarkable, given the possibility that government-imposed restrictions on land use could result in… Read More
    State government, which has been a rubber stamp in its approval of home-schooling programs, now is threatening to force public school systems to open their activities to home-schooled students. A recent demand from the Education Committee was unusual and intimidating: School systems either come up… Read More
    The Three Rivers Kiwanis Club of Milo-Brownville would like to thank everyone who donated to our second annual Kiwanis auction. … The auction proceeds will enable our club to sponsor and/or contribute to several community projects. Bonnie S. Doiron Auction chairwoman Brownville Junction… Read More
    For most of us, hummingbirds are a now-you-see-them-now-you-don’t experience. You hear a buzz, see a blur and wonder: was that a bird or a bee? But Rose Hooks of Bradley knows it was hummingbirds whizzing about her deck earlier this month, because the tiny creatures lit on her… Read More
    I am writing in response to your front-page article titled, “Senate gives OK to moose proposal” (BDN, May 25). I would like to know what our senators are doing wasting time and money talking about moose and antlerless deer permits when we have so many real problems in… Read More
    Danspace announces its plans for a summer dance camp June 28-July 1 at the studio in Old Town. Courses include creative movement, ballet, Russian character, jazz, flamenco, modern dance, international dance, and stretch and tone classes. The cost is $42 for children, and $5 per class for teens… Read More
    The Theatre of the Enchanted Forest benefit auction will be 6:30 p.m. June 12 at the Bangor-Brewer YWCA. Featured items include antiques, sailing trips, books autographed by Katharine Hepburn, and Black Bear hockey sticks. Entertainment will be provided by the New Renaissance Singers. For information, call 866-4805 or… Read More
    Creative Summer Camp, a weekend workshop for individuals who want to increase creativity in the workplace, will be offered by Tom Monahan June 18-20 at the Kingsley Pines Campground in Raymond. The program features lectures, interaction with participants, and “mind-stretching” exercises to increase creativity. The cost is $340. Read More
    Camden Civic Theatre will hold open auditions for “Oklahoma!” 7 p.m. June 8 at the Camden Opera House. For information, call 236-3759. Read More
    The United Society of Shakers will offer the workshop “Planning and Planting Your Herb Garden,” 9 a.m.-2 p.m. June 12 at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community on Rte. 26 in New Gloucester. This down-to-earth class on garden design will emphasize the function and location of herb gardens. Participants… Read More
    Act II Productions will hold auditions for the lead roles of “Kiss Me, Kate,” 7 p.m. June 14 and 15 at the Waterville Opera House. Performance dates are Nov. 5-7. For information, call 873-1775 or 873-3321. Read More