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University of Maine baseball coach John Winkin will receive a contract extension from the institution but the length of the extension is still up in the air. That was the word from University of Maine Athletic Director Mike Ploszek, who has met with the 73-year-old… Read More
Another successful season has come to a close for all but five of the 26 gymnasts who compete for the Old Town-Orono YMCA. During an end-of-the season celebration recently at Old Town High School, Coach Mike Norklun recognized the achievements of the team and individual… Read More
HERMON – Roger Richards of Bradford took the green-to-checkered Late Model Sportman feature win, highlighting a busy doubleheader card at Speedway 95 here on Saturday night. In the night’s second feature race, Richards finished ahead of John Kalel of Orrington, who finished second and Jon… Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – The first Winston Cup race at New Hampshire International Speedway will be called the Slick 50 300. The announcement was made Tuesday at the speedway. The race is July 11. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
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ORONO – Frank Peckham and John Peterson cranked back-to-back home runs in the top of the first inning and the Bangor-Brewer Twins never looked back, posting an 8-2 win over the Bucksaver A’s in Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League action at Mahaney Diamond Wednesday night. Read More
ORONO – Al Hackett of Orono, who is retiring as the University of Maine’s associate director of admissions, will be the subject of a retirement roast on Tuesday, June 29. The Hackett roast will be held at the Black Bear Inn and Conference Center in… Read More
Bangor High School student Josh Mishou has been invited to attend the Catelonian Junior Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the World Sports Exchange program. The WSE picks top student-athletes from each state to participate in the program each year. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
The Bucksport Golden Bucks will have two chances to win an Eastern Maine championship on Thursday. Peter Kenny will take the mound for the Bucksport baseball team, while Jen Wardwell will step into the circle for the Bucksport softball squad as the Golden Bucks go… Read More
HOULTON — The SAD 29 School Board approved a two-year contract Monday night with the district’s teachers association. The contract will have a range of $17,900 for beginning teachers with a bachelor’s degree to $34,010 for teachers with the same degree and 25 years of… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — “Leadership Maine,” a 10-day experimental program to explore Maine’s economic future, was introduced Friday to area businessmen, educators and public officials. The program will be offered from September through May by the Maine Development Foundation. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
AUGUSTA — Fifty years ago, tuberculosis had a 50-percent cure rate, and it wasn’t preventable. Fast-forward to 1993. Multidrug-resistant TB has only a 50-percent cure rate, and it isn’t preventable. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
ROCKLAND — There will be no change in the SAD 5 policy of allowing church groups to use school property as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Superintendent Donald Kanicki said. The district had already decided to open the schools to church groups,… Read More
A Dexter man will spend a half year in jail as punishment for testifying falsely in court and, in doing so, violating his probation on earlier charges. David Clukey, 26, was convicted last month of perjury, a Class C offense punishable by up to five… Read More
MEDWAY — Middle School pupils are worried that their Wednesday night band concert might be their last performance because of uncertainty over state budget decisions made by lawmakers 140 miles away. In this small northern Penobscot County town of fewer than 2,000 people, where 88… Read More
ELLSWORTH — In the final day of testimony, opposing attorneys in a juvenile’s manslaughter trial argued whether the death of a 30-year-old Stonington man last Thanksgiving represented a tragedy or an atrocity. With the 5th District courtroom full of friends and relatives of the accused… Read More
The headline over a story on Wednesday’s Penobscot page about an escape artist incorrectly stated the man had been moved to a jail in New York. Rather, he was brought to Maine from New York. Read More
The wrong person was listed as recipient of the Gerald Ladd Memorial Scholarship at Penquis Valley High School. The scholarship went to Shelly Richard not Wendy Richards. Read More
VAN BUREN — Van Buren voters filled seven municipal positions in local elections Tuesday but too few votes were cast on a pair of referendum questions to meet the minimum percentage needed to decide them. Town Clerk Kathleen Cyr said Wednesday that Tuesday’s elections drew… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — U.S. and Canadian potato officials have prepared a draft management plan to place control of the PVY-N virus under the jurisdiction of Canadian and states’ certification systems. The virus does not harm potatoes but devastates tobacco and similar plants. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
FORT KENT — The SAD 27 board of directors has hired the district’s director of student services and projects as its new superintendent of schools effective July 1. Sandra Bernstein will replace Don Waddell who has been superintendent since 1984. He announced his retirement two… Read More
VAN BUREN — Van Buren Town Manager Jayne Farren has prepared a report aimed at debunking any notion that Van Buren is a welfare town. A comparison of welfare costs in more than a dozen northern Maine communities showed that this common perception is undeserved. Read More
CARIBOU — The following individuals were sentenced June 3 in Aroostook County Superior Court by Justice Paul T. Pierson: Thomas R. Morneault, 28, Eagle Lake, habitual offender, motor vehicle, five days in jail, $500. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
HARRINGTON — Maine’s most respected and influential public leaders should follow the lead James Sullivan set in 1807 and show their concern about state funding for schools by standing up and speaking out in favor of public equality, Joseph White, superintendent of SAD 37, said Tuesday. Read More
JONESPORT — The Joint School Committee for Moosabec Community School District and Union 103 has accepted the resignation of Superintendent Bruce Crowley, effective no later than Aug. 14. Crowley said Wednesday that his resignation was “for my own personal reasons. No resignation was asked for.”… Read More
EASTPORT — The Rowland B. French Medical Center faces several hurdles in the coming months, Linda Godfrey, a member of the board of directors, said during a meeting Tuesday. Chairwoman of the board’s Community Relations Committee, Godfrey outlined some of the challenges that face the… Read More
EASTPORT — The Eastport Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual spring Lupine Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 12, at the Library Park. There will be music, arts and crafts and exhibits. The schedule begins at 10 a.m. with the… Read More
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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Voter turnout for the referendum on a proposed addition to the Monson Elementary School was low Tuesday, but the project was approved by 210 votes to 128. While residents in Dover-Foxcroft and Sebec voted against the proposed construction of the addition, voters in… Read More
LINCOLN — In a special referendum vote on Monday, June 21, residents will consider authorizing the council to borrow up to $1.06 million to close the town’s landfill. Although town officials had urged residents to turn out for the public hearing this week, attendance was… Read More
GUILFORD — A district loan of $30,000 to provide a high-tech learning center for students and community members who take courses at Piscataquis Community High School was approved Tuesday by the SAD 4 board of directors. The money will pay for learning center technology that… Read More
MILO — Richard Sawyer, a retired superintendent of schools, told graduates of the SAD 41 Adult/Community Education Program Monday that they had increased their income potential by receiving diplomas. Sawyer said he realized these were difficult economic times, but that the average monthly earnings of… Read More
MILO — Richard Sawyer, a retired superintendent of schools, told graduates of the SAD 41 Adult/Community Education Program Monday that they had increased their income potential by receiving diplomas. Sawyer said he realized these were difficult economic times, but that the average monthly earnings of… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — Scholarships of $66,550 were awarded Sunday to members of the Class of 1993 at Schenck High School, of which $15,250 was from local contributions. Those receiving scholarships were as follows: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
GREENVILLE — A $2 million budget proposed for Greenville schools resulted from eliminating seven positions and reducing two others. The proposed budget of $2,015,253, which will need voter approval at town meeting on Monday and Tuesday, June 14 and 15, reflects reduced spending for the… Read More
NEWPORT — An incorrect tally of a vote at the SAD 48 board of directors meeting Tuesday night has put the renewal of Corinna Principal Rosalyn Spear’s contract in limbo. Spear has been the target of Corinna parents who have said repeatedly that they are… Read More
GREENVILLE — While the replacement of a boiler and the related removal of asbestos at Greenville High School is estimated to cost more than $100,000, it appears that the state will reimburse the school more than $50,000 for the project. Superintendent Gilbert Reynolds said an… Read More
CORINNA — A group of Corinna residents were told Wednesday night that there is nothing that the town could do to stop a mud-run competition from being held in their neighborhood. Jim Norton was at the selectmen’s meeting to outline his plans to operate a… Read More
NEWPORT — The SAD 48 board of directors’ negotiations committee and the teachers have reached an impasse in contract negotiations, Tim Breen, a board member, said Tuesday night. “We have filed for mediation. There has been no meeting of the minds on a monetary issue,”… Read More
CAMDEN — It was a far cry from when Peter Warren started as selectman. On Wednesday night a handful of Camden voters filed into the annual town meeting at the Opera House and dispatched the remaining 23 articles in 45 minutes, virtually without discussion. The… Read More
CAMDEN — Wally Alberts of Alpenhof Nursery will discuss rock gardening at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 15, at Merryspring Park. At 2 p.m. at the park, she will lead a clinic on rock gardening, and at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, she will… Read More
THOMASTON — An effort to organize Friends of the Thomaston Public Library is under way. The first meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, in the Children’s Room of the Library. All people interested in supporting their local library are urged to attend… Read More
ROCKPORT — About 50 Rockport voters approved more than $2 million in spending at a brief, unanimous and rather jolly town meeting Wednesday night. Expenditures approved total $2.02 million, including the $80,000 local share of a Community Development Block Grant endorsed by voters at Tuesday’s… Read More
CAMDEN — The approval voters gave to two zoning ordinance amendments at Tuesday’s town election could lead to the settlement of a lawsuit between Camden and the Norumbega inn. Voters endorsed all 38 ordinance amendments on the ballot Tuesday, including two regarding hotels and motels. Read More
HARRINGTON — Maine’s most respected and influential public leaders should follow the lead James Sullivan set in 1807 and show their concern about state funding for schools by standing up and speaking out in favor of public equality, Joseph White, superintendent of SAD 37, said Tuesday. Read More
HOPE — Hope voters elected Ronald Ledbetter as selectman, Alex Ludwig as road commissioner and Lewis Merrifield to the school committee at Tuesday’s town election. All are three year terms. For selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, Ledbetter received 171 votes to 110 for… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Manset man charged with leading a Bar Harbor police officer on a high-speed chase down Route 233 on June 1 was indicted by a Hancock County grand jury this week. Mickey R. Phippen, 31, was among 13 individuals named on an indictment… Read More
ORLAND — Everyone with a voice, an instrument, a hand to clap or a foot to tap is invited to make music with two bands, Soul Benders and Change of Pace, at H.O.M.E.’s Hootenanny on June 15. According to Irene Kimball, coordinator of the H.O.M.E. Read More
BUCKSPORT — The Friends of Fort Knox will hold a Friends of Fort Knox Day 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad. The railroad will donate all sales to the fund-raiser and tickets for the special Belfast-Waldo Station round… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport Board of Assessment Review is expected to continue its deliberations of Champion International’s request for a $1.4 million tax abatement at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 10, at the municipal building. The three-member volunteer board, appointed by the Town Council, has… Read More
VEAZIE — Town voters Tuesday grudgingly signed off on a new budget that will raise taxes. A combination of factors this year ensured that the town would experience a tax increase but the final figure of 10 percent was not determined until the last minute. Read More
ELLSWORTH — The following cases were processed May 17 through June 4 in the central division of 5th District Court in Ellsworth: Stanley E. Achorn, 39, Bucksport, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $350, license suspended for 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
AUGUSTA — Plowing heavy snow is all in a winter day’s work for Maine’s highway crews, so some public works officials are befuddled by the federal money they’re getting for cleaning up after the March blizzard. “I’m not going to question a handout,” Waterville public… Read More
Captain and Mrs. Francis (Bonnie) Kirk, the Salvation Army Bangor commanding officers for the last seven years, will be transferred to Akron, Ohio, effective on Wednesday, June 30. The final public meetings with the Kirks in Bangor will be held at 11 a.m. and 6… Read More
A former Penquis Valley High School teacher is free on his own recognizance after answering charges that he molested a 14-year-old girl. Daniel Doucette, 40, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Penobscot County Superior Court to two counts each of Class C gross sexual assault and… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Round Pond property owners who are engaged in a boundary dispute with the national park aired their grievances before representatives of Maine’s congressional delegation Tuesday morning, with representatives calling for more information from both the residents and the park. The property… Read More
VEAZIE — In a town election marked by low voter turnout, voters here on Tuesday filled four posts on the Town Council and School Committee. In the council race, incumbent Joseph Friedman was re-elected with 142 votes, and Newell Lewey earned a seat on the… Read More
HAMPDEN — Town Manager Marie Baker informed the Town Council Monday night that she had received from Donna Cianchette a number of petitions with approximately 350 names of people protesting the conditions of the old Souadabscook Grist Mill. The petitions stated: googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick — The St. Croix International Waterway Commission has won a $56,000 grant that will help launch a four-year research program to develop the St. Croix’s sport fisheries. The grant, which was awarded under the Canada-New Brunswick Cooperation Agreement on Recreational Fisheries… Read More
A Waterville man received consecutive three-year sentences Wednesday in Bangor for participating in bad-check schemes and animal adoption-agency burglaries in two counties. Jeffrey Newell, 23, could be out of prison in four years if he is released early for good behavior. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
The Brewer City Council Tuesday night defeated a proposal by Councilor Paul Hatt that would mandate that all accidents involving city vehicles be reported to the City Council in a timely manner and that recommendations for the prevention of such accidents be submitted to the council. Read More
GLENBURN — Voters in Glenburn opted for a change on the council and re-elected the school board incumbents during Tuesday’s elections. Incumbent Councilor Kenneth Colpitts was defeated Tuesday by former Town Councilor Mark Stevens, and Edwin Rosso was relected. Stevens received 208 votes, Rosso received… Read More
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Almost 90 percent of the owners of Maine’s small businesses think the state is still in a recession, and almost two-thirds of them say the economic outlook will remain cloudy for at least another year. Those are major findings of the latest Fleet New England… Read More
BELFAST — Linwood Jackson, whom witnesses identified as the man who put out a contract on Scott Lacombe, pleaded the Fifth Amendment when called to testify in the Joel Fuller murder trial. With his attorney, John Carver of Belfast, close by, Jackson would give only… Read More
Maine’s reputation as a leader in environmental matters is well-deserved and well worth preserving. Its focus on reduced packaging and recycling places it well ahead of many states in improving the landscape. But being a leader also means recognizing when a particular path is not worth taking. The… Read More
Wednesday’s lottery numbers: 260 — 2974 Tri-State Megabucks numbers: 6 8 18 23 33 36… Read More
PORTLAND — An option to raise taxes on beer to reduce the deficit would cause 700 job losses in Maine and 180,000 across the nation, according to a study released Wednesday. The beer tax would increase from $18 per barrel to $45 per barrel, increasing… Read More
AUGUSTA — The concept of parliamentary-style question time for Maine governors is still alive in the Legislature. The measure sponsored by freshman Rep. Sean Faircloth, D-Bangor, won approval in the House as a way to improve communication between governors and the Legislature. Faircloth’s bill would… Read More
AUGUSTA — A pension benefit reduction plan affecting state employees and teachers was endorsed Wednesday by Gov. John R. McKernan as the best means of recouping as much as $125 million for the General Fund. The proposal has yet to be presented in the form… Read More
Boise Cascade’s paper mill in Rumford recently broke mill production records for paper and pulp production. The mill produced 1,647 tons of paper per day during the month of May. That level exceeded the previous record, set in January 1992, by 4 percent. At the same time the… Read More
Maine Attorney General Michael E. Carpenter will be the featured speaker at the Greater Bangor Chamber of Commerce’s Early Bird Breakfast to be held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 15, at the Ramada Inn on Odlin Road in Bangor. Carpenter is scheduled to give an… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gimmick. Tax. Shell game. All of those terms have been used to describe Gov. John R. McKernan’s plan to pump $16 million into the budget by selling the southernmost stretch of Interstate 95 to the Maine Turnpike Authority. Rep. George Kerr, D-Old Orchard… Read More
The plea to save tropical rain forests is not new to anyone in America. In fact, it may be that Americans are becoming desensitized to the issue. It isn’t difficult to imagine that some people may dismiss it merely as radical environmentalist propaganda. Even the majority of those… Read More
Maine’s legislators are faced daily with decisions that will affect all citizens of the state. Each of these decisions must be boiled down to a point where the issue becomes black or white. There is no room for gray. The buttons are marked yea or nay, green or… Read More
A coalition of environmental and recreational organizations has released its own proposal for the operation of hydroelectric dams on the West Branch of the Penobscot River. The coalition is one of several groups that have intervened in the federal process for relicensing dams operated by… Read More
The contrast between two very different public servants working in the same government at the same time is instructive: One is willing to fight and suffer for his beliefs, the other surrenders before the fight has begun. One risks everything, the other runs for cover. Read More
FARMINGTON — A Jay man accused of planting a car bomb may have been trying to kill his mother and sister in addition to his father, a police officer said. Jonathan M. Johnson, who was charged with attempted murder, was being held Wednesday at the… Read More
WASHINGTON — President Clinton’s Btu tax is dead. Maine lawmakers here were divided Wednesday on whether an alternative energy tax being hammered out behind closed doors would be a good deal for the state. Sen. William S. Cohen, one of the authors of a bipartisan… Read More
AUGUSTA — A bill to boost insurance coverage for mental illness to the same level as coverage for physical illness won all but final approval in the Senate, 20-15, despite solid Republican opposition on Wednesday. The bill sought by families hard hit by uninsured expenses… Read More
PORTLAND — The State of Maine Chapter of the Appraisal Institute will hold a one-day seminar Thursday, June 17, at the Campus Center, University of Southern Maine, and Friday, June 18, at the Bangor Conference Center, 701 Hogan Rd. The class is New Uniform Residential Appraisal Report and… Read More
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GREENFIELD — With about three weeks to go before disbanding as a town, residents have decided there’s only one remaining piece of municipal business to conduct — spend every penny left in the bank. Sometime next week, Greenfield will be invaded by paving trucks from… Read More
BERLIN — Releasing long-awaited test results, polio vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk announced Wednesday that his experimental AIDS vaccine appears to boost the immune systems of people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. But his work met with immediate skepticism from other scientists gathered here at the Ninth International… Read More
They’re both from Maine originally, but it took the matchmaking efforts of a book agent in Tennessee to bring the couple together. The blind date and love story that ensued were topped off a year and a half later by a wedding ceremony, which was recorded by People… Read More
It is that time of year that we at the Echo Lake Wildlife Rehab Inc. are getting an abundance of baby animals. We would like to inform the public what to do in case they come across an injured or orphaned animal. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Even if you’ve never danced a step or sang outside of the shower, but only dreamed of being on the stage, you are welcomed to be part of a community performance at the Eastport Arts Center with New York director Steve Koplowitz and dancer Karen Stokes. The project… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — Four winning tickets were sold for Tuesday’s Tri-State Cash 5 lottery drawing. Officials said the tickets were sold at Shop ‘n Save in Yarmouth, Maine; Bowdoin Center Country Store, Bowdoin, Maine; Gray Puffin Stop, Gray, Maine, and Hillsborough Farms, Merrimack. There was also $102,555 given… Read More
In East Corinth a veteran school library media specialist received a pink slip. In Milo a once full-time library media specialist works only half a day in the library. The remainder of the time she must teach English classes. Now cuts in library staff and services have reached… Read More