It was Hermon High School Night at Brewer’s Heddericg Field and the Bangor American Legion team reaped the benefits. Levant’s Roy Peary spun a four-hit shutout and his former Hermon High School teammate, Carmel’s Matt Alaimo, went three-for-three and scored a pair of runs to… Read More
If my well-being depended on the fish I caught this spring and summer, I’d be in rough shape. Aside from fooling a few landlocked salmon with streamer flies right after ice out and aggravating spawning bass with fly rod poppers in June, most of my outings amounted to… Read More
University of Maine swim coach Jeff Wren has six miles left to go on his 65-mile swim up the Penobscot River. Wren knocked 11 1/2 miles off his trip Wednesday and ended the day near DeWitt Field on Gilman Falls Avenue in Old Town. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
In last year’s Greater Bangor Open golf tournament, Geoff Sisk of Marshfield, Mass., was a little too strong with his putt on the third playoff hole and ended up second behind Jeff Julian of Hartland, Vt. This year, Sisk will be trying to move up… Read More
AT BREWER USA Track and Field Meet Juniors (ages 15-19) BOYS – Shot put: Burnham Jones, Thai; D-46-5 1/2; 110 hurdles: Son Thai, Mishou; T-15.7; 100: Josh Mishou, Thai, Sibley; T-11.8; High jump: Josh Mishou, Smith, Bogan; H-6-0; Long jump: Tony Bogan, Sibley, Smith; D-17-8… Read More
The death of Boston Celtics captain Reggie Lewis is much more than the loss of a great athlete. Reggie Lewis was one of those rare athletes who bridged a cultural gap in a city that has been smeared for its racist attitude. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
AT BANGOR MUNICIPAL GC Greater Bangor Open pro-am Pro sweeps: (tie) Bob Mattiace and Mike Baker and Adam Adams, 63 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
HERMON – Debra Littlefield of Bangor, playing golf for only the fifth time in her life, hit a hole-in-one on Monday at the Hermon Meadow Golf Club here. Littlefield aced the 135-yard, par-3 16th hole, with a driver. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Wednesday wasn’t a good day for Northern Maine teams involved in state tournament competition, but it was a good day for Bangor West as the Little League All-Star team won the District 3 title with a 7-2 win over Houlton. Bangor West advanced to the… Read More
AUGUSTA — It may have dampened some vacation plans, but this week’s rainfall was welcomed by forest rangers worried about fires, and vegetable and fruit growers fretting over wilted crops. “We like this and we’d like more,” said Penny Markley, who with her husband operates… Read More
HOLDEN — A rash of accidents at the intersection of Route 1A and Route 46 has selectmen concerned. Town Manager Larry Varisco said the selectmen decided Monday night that corrective action must be taken because of four or five accidents that have occured at the… Read More
Members of the Abnaki Girl Scout Council attended the 36th annual American Indian Scouting Seminar held July 10-14 at Central Arizona College, Coolidge, Ariz. The seminar was sponsored by the Gila River Indian Community. The seven girls from the local council were Elizabeth Hutchins of… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — With 14.2 percent of Washington County’s labor force unemployed, many local residents joined hundreds of migrant farm workers this week in filling out job applications to harvest the estimated 60-million-pound crop of wild blueberries. The crop is only ready for harvest on the… Read More
As with the delaying tactics used to stall passage of flood-relief funds for the Midwest and the hearings for President Clinton’s selection for surgeon general, Republican leaders have held up legislation for a national service plan. But in this case, members of their own party might do them… Read More
ORONO — Here at the Multicultural Education Institute, earnest men and women struggle all day long to find an intellectual vaccine for bigotry. Forty people, mostly teachers, meet every day this week at the University of Maine. They listen to education professors, sociologists, consultants and… Read More
MIAMI — It is one of the existential dilemmas of the 1990s: To be armed or not to be? Is it safer to take up firearms against what many perceive as a rising tide of crime, including burglary and home-invasion robberies, or is stashing a… Read More
As we saw in yesterday’s article, income tax withholding allowed the federal government to expand the reach and yield of the federal income tax. Working men and women who, in prior times, would never have dreamed they would pay income taxes were brought into the “tax loop,” so… Read More
Wednesday’s lottery numbers: 563 — 2008 Tri-State Megabucks:1 5 8 13 17 34 (two winners)… Read More
WESTBROOK — The city of Westbrook has agreed to pay the S.D. Warren Paper Co. about $1 million over four years to settle the papermaker’s claims that the mill complex was overvalued in 1989 and 1990, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The company had claimed that… Read More
AUGUSTA — Republican chief executives from North Dakota to Mississippi are expected to join Gov. John R. McKernan in Maine next week for a daylong fund-raiser designed to benefit GOP gubernatorial candidates around the nation. As vice chairman of the Republican Governors Association, McKernan is… Read More
SOMESVILLE — Storyteller Dennis Damon and author Sanford Phippen will present an evening of Down East stories by Ruth Moore and Jones Tracy at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5, at Port In A Storm Bookstore. Damon, originally from Northeast Harbor but who now makes his… Read More
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CARMEL — The American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation is seeking host families for Martin Kroell, a German high school student who hopes to study in the United States. Laura Ambrose of Carmel, coordinator for the Academic Year in America exchange program, says that Kroell… Read More
A twice-convicted drug dealer faces new felony charges of marijuana-trafficking after a search of his home allegedly yielded more than a pound of the drug. George Michael Deering, 44, of 104 Sidney St., Bangor, appeared in 3rd District Court on Wednesday, a day after he… Read More
World Learning Inc. is seeking host families in Maine for two soccer players, Nils Schumacher of Germany and Fernando Cordeiro of Brazil. They will spend the school year in Maine as part of the high school home stay program of World Learning. Host families within… Read More
So there they were, in all their painted glory, shaking the rafters at the Bangor Auditorium. Destroyer, a knockoff of the 1970s version of KISS, was the opening entertainment at the Bangor State Fair Wednesday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
A week ago, the Brewer City Council thought it had resolved this year’s budget considerations and would be asking for a municipal budget of $7,140,957. That budget would have resulted in an increase in taxes to $19.89 per $1,000 of property valuation. Tuesday the council… Read More
Three people escaped serious injury Tuesday night when a Brewer police cruiser responding to a police call hit the rear of another car on North Main Street in Brewer. Officer Joseph Luby, 23, who was driving the cruiser, was uninjured, while his passenger, Explorer Scout… Read More
EASTPORT — “What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, life is too strong for you. It takes life to love life,” says Lucinda Matlock, the earth-mother character, in Edgar Lee Masters’ “Spoon River Anthology.”… Read More
It’s not fair if dogs are allowed in any park. Kids can be scared or allergic to them. My friend had to go home because she was scared of a dog in Fairmount Park and the dog’s owner wouldn’t take it home. She said that we should get… Read More
Although it is not part of the tax proposals from either house of Congress, airlines are concerned that their costs will jump and sales will drop if jet fuel is added to the blend of sources covered by the proposed tax on energy used in transportation. Read More
WASHINGTON — The government is warning drivers that their brakes might fail if they use WARCO Hi-Performance Brake Fluid. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said recent tests found that the fluid evaporates more quickly than allowed under federal standards. The fluid also might cause… Read More
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AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation has begun work on a 6.1-mile section of U.S. Route 1 in Newcastle, Damariscotta and Nobleboro, repaving the roadway and shoulders, updating guardrails and making drainage improvements. MDOT engineers say some delays will be caused by the construction… Read More
LAKEWOOD — No matter how many times your high school English teacher told you that Hamlet was great literature and good for you, you like many others kept saying, “I don’t get it.” All your deep-seated resentments against Shakespeare, high school, English teachers and Hamlet… Read More
Although it’s not important to enjoying the play, there’s a historical detail that really adds intrigue to Moliere’s comic farce “The Imaginary Invalid,” playing through Aug. 8 at Acadia Repertory Theatre. Moliere wrote, staged and acted in the demanding title role of Argan, a hypochondriac governed by his… Read More
Maine — “The Way Life Should Be … but isn’t.” This is my new slogan for Maine. Stressful inner-city teaching, coupled with an ailing mother in a nursing home sent me seeking relief. A month at the Bar Harbor YWCA, where I could affordably seek peace and solitude… Read More
In a move that could be a boon to alternative medicine, the nation’s largest provider of health insurance for individuals announced Tuesday that it would reimburse patients participating in a program that combines diet, meditation, exercise and support groups to reverse heart disease. The “reversal… Read More
In Tuesday’s story on the opening of the Bangor State Fair, it should have been noted that the promotion in which patrons can bring two No. 2 plastic containers and receive $1 off admission runs only from Monday, Aug. 2, to Thursday, Aug. 5. Also, the 1993 fair… Read More
The long decision-making process for the Basin Mills hydroelectric project entered a new phase Wednesday when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission came to Bangor to do some “scoping.” Scoping is FERC’s way of determining the extent of fact-finding and inquiry necessary to come to a… Read More
WASHINGTON — Legislation that would help U.S. shipyards such as Bath Iron Works compete in the global market for upwards of $450 billion in projected commercial contracts to build new cargo and tanker vessels has been passed by the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Tom Andrews said Wednesday. Read More
Two longtime members of the NewsCenter 2 team will be leaving WLBZ next Friday, July 30. Sports anchor Dale Duff and health beat reporter Jill McDonald will be leaving the Bangor TV station for new positions. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
WASHINGTON — Dozens of loon carcasses, all frozen, some long dead, make their way by mail to the desk of Dr. Mark Pokras. They bear the post mark of Maine. In 1986 Pokras, a research biologist, at Tufts University, sent out the call across the… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Fleet Financial Group on Wednesday launched a seven-month review of its banking operations with an eye toward trimming its staff and boosting efficiency. “This project is essential for Fleet’s future,” said Terrence Murray, Fleet’s chairman and chief executive officer. “We regard it… Read More
BAR HARBOR — A single mutation produced different disorders in mice, a surprising finding that suggests genetic instructions are at least partly subject to chance. Mario Capecchi, a pioneer in the development of techniques to produce specific mutations in mice, knocked out a gene called… Read More
AUGUSTA — James River Paper Co. received state permission Wednesday to build a landfill for papermaking sludge in West Old Town. The Board of Environmental Protection voted unanimously to approve a 68-acre landfill on a 700-acre parcel the paper company owns between Routes 16 and… Read More
EAGLE LAKE — Traci Marquis, a medical student at Dartmouth Medical School, will assist the staff at the Fish River Rural Health Systems at Eagle Lake this summer. She was selected from among 300 students to participate in the national Health Promotion Disease Prevention Project. Read More
LINCOLN — When the 1993-94 tax bills are sent out late next week, taxpayers will see an increase in the tax rate. Assessor Ruth Kelly on Wednesday set the tax rate at $20 per $1,000 of assessed value, an increase of $3 per $1,000 of… Read More
CALAIS — “Twenty Magical years of Friendship” is the theme for the 20th annual International Festival Parade scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7. The International Festival began as a three-day celebration of the friendship and goodwill that exists between Calais and its neighbor, St. Read More
HARRINGTON — The SAD 37 board of directors are expected to consider appointing an interim principal for Narraguagus High School, until a replacement is hired for Principal Jeanne Bishop, who resigned earlier this month. Supt. Joseph White said Wednesday that a search has begun for… Read More
CALAIS — Alex and Lillian Tompa had quite a shock last week when a bolt of lightning during what seemed like an ordinary summer storm blew a light fixture off the wall, fused electrical switches and dug a 35-foot-long trench in their backyard. The Tompas,… Read More
GRAND ISLE — Organizers hope that hundreds of former residents will converge on Grand Isle for Homecoming ’93 this weekend. The northern Maine border town of 560 will be wide open for a unique three-day celebration of its past and its present. Homecoming ’93 will… Read More
WINTER HARBOR — Winter Harbor residents echoed the mood of their Gouldsboro neighbors this week by slashing $98,000 from the local school budget. The Winter Harbor Grammar School was the second school in the Union 96 system to suffer a significant budget cut in the… Read More
CARIBOU — In a 4-3 vote Monday night, city councilors authorized City Manager Richard C. Mattila to hire a manager for the municipal airport. “I’m working on a job description and the next process will be to determine whether we need a formal department of… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — The procedures and problems encountered with closing part of the Tri-Community Recycling and Sanitary Landfill and opening a new facility may soon be compounded. Landfill directors who met Wednesday were advised by Limestone representatives Troy Brown, who is town manager, and Michael… Read More
MADAWASKA — Madawaska area officials are mounting a defense to stop the closure of the Madawaska Liquor Store. Aroostook County has four state owned liquor stores at Madawaska, Caribou, Presque Isle and Houlton. State officials said a decision was made to close one Aroostook County… Read More
LINCOLN — The insurance check to pay for repairs to the town’s newest firetruck, which was damaged in an accident in February, is in the mail, but the truck is still in Louisiana. “It (the firetruck) hasn’t left Louisiana yet. It was ready over a… Read More
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The usual turf war between Maine and New Hampshire fishermen is over lobsters, but this time the battleground is four profitable sea urchin beds. Maine has established a closed season for its beds — July 9 to Aug. 7 this year, and… Read More
The final results of a survey of Bangor’s harness racing fans show that although the sport has a strong core of die-hard followers, that base is aging and probably not expanding to the younger genera- tions. Interviews by Bass Park officials with more than 100… Read More
PORTLAND — A lawyer noted for his success in defending drunken drivers was told to report to jail after the state supreme court Wednesday denied his appeal of a vehicular manslaughter conviction. In their unanimous opinion, the justices also upheld Edward H. Cloutier’s convictions for… Read More
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Edward Keegan, 86, of Belfast was killed Wednesday afternoon when the car in which he was riding left the road and slammed into a house. Waldo County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Richard Olson identified John Keegan, 59, of Snug Harbor, R.I. as the… Read More
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PORTLAND — A Topsham man has pleaded guilty to making a fake tampering charge by claiming that he found a needle in a loaf of bread. Scott Helms, 28, faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the false tampering charge. Read More
Lubec went to the SAD 19 budget meeting without you! And what a meeting it was. Our school system had been cut by more than $100,000 by the state, which meant the local share would be 28 percent higher than last year. You must understand that Lubec has… Read More
ORONO — Nontraditional, pro- feminist women differ significantly from traditional women in their attitudes toward rape victims, depending on whether the victims physically resisted or remained passive during their assailants’ attacks, concludes a University of Maine researcher. The findings, recently published in the Journal of… Read More
I am writing in response to your (July 5) editorial, “Smoke on trial,” which was, from our point of view, right on the mark. The tobacco industry will continue to use every tactic it can to try and convince consumers that secondhand smoke is harmless. But they will… Read More
On July 4 I was in Bangor to view the parade. It was pretty good, but I did notice there were not a lot of organizations involved in the parade. I came from Long Island, N.Y., and our St. Patrick’s Day parade was about three… Read More
BRUNSWICK — Visual Arts Day at the Maine Festival is Thursday, Aug. 5. It celebrates the visual arts and the Year of American Craft. The Festival site at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick is an oceanfront park which provides a spectacular setting for the Festival and for the… Read More
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Edward Keegan, 86, of Belfast was killed Wednesday afternoon when the car in which he was riding left the road and slammed into a house. Waldo County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Richard Olson identified John Keegan, 59, of Snug Harbor, R.I., as the… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The following is a partial list of the cases processed April 19 through July 26 in the southern division of Fifth District Court in Bar Harbor. Not included in the listing are cases resulting in fines of less than $100. Christopher M. Read More
DEER ISLE — After filling in for the high school principal away on sabbatical last year, Howard Johnson has been hired as principal for the 1993-94 school year. Union 76 Superintendent Bob Webster said Wednesday that four of six School Board members voting earlier this… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Camp road owners seeking help with erosion control can get it at a free workshop next month. The workshop is a response to the Branch Pond Watershed Committee’s discovery last year that soil erosion from roads was a major source of pollutants in… Read More
BROOKSVILLE — “China: The Great Leap Forward” will be the title of a public lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, at Brooksville Elementary School. Dr. Kenneth N. Waltz, Ford Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and a summer resident of… Read More
ROCKLAND — The board of directors of Coastal Trans Inc. will meet with Commissioner Dana Connors of the Maine Department of Transportation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the Methodist Conference Home at 39 Summer St. to present a comprehensive plan for the expansion of the services… Read More
ROCKLAND — Adult workshops in pastel and oil painting, as well as a teacher’s writing workshop remain open to registration at the Farnsworth Art Museum. The Materials and Techniques of Pastel Painting, with Kathleen Galligan, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday,… Read More
PORT CLYDE — A hand-made quilt depicting the ships of Port Clyde will be the feature of the annual Port Clyde Village Fair. Sponsored by the women’s sewing circle of the Port Clyde Baptist Church, the fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2… Read More
WARREN — “Finns are a proud people. They want to retain their identification and heritage,” said Art Jura of Union, president of the Finn-Am Society, a new Finnish cultural organization. When area Finnish-American residents started talking about the need for a new Finnish cultural organization,… Read More
In reference to your July 19 article, “Bill sets plans for veterans home in motion,” I find it necessary to add my comments. I find it curious that legislative efforts to open a 60-bed veterans nursing home would be consumed just on the heels of… Read More
ROCKLAND — Continuing their emphasis on community policing, city police have started distributing brochures advising crime victims of the department’s services. Supervisors will follow up on a complaint by visiting and interviewing the persons involved. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A swimathon is scheduled at the Pittsfield Community Pool at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6. Local swimmers will be soliciting pledges for the number of laps they can complete. Proceeds will benefit a pool improvement fund. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
STETSON — Three people were injured in a two-car accident in Stetson late Wednesday afternoon. According to Deputy Tom Burgess of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office, Kelly Merrill, 47, of Stetson failed to stop at a stop sign as she was coming off the Mount… Read More
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DEXTER — Area residents need to show a little ingenuity in their attempts to attract new businesses and industry to the region, members of the Southwest Penobscot County Advisory Committee were told Wednesday. One way to get more business into the labor market area, Chuck… Read More
PITTSFIELD — “Is this real or is this the drill?” That was the question Pittsfield Fire Chief Bernard Williams was asking himself about 2 p.m. Wednesday as he responded to a report of a “chemical spill” at the Municipal Airport. The question in Williams’ mind… Read More
ENFIELD — Although voters authorized the construction of a $2.7 million waste water treatment collection system in April, they will have to vote on the issue again. Enfield, like some other towns, was unaware of a change in the law requiring that towns post a… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A special meeting of the SAD 53 board of directors will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 29, in the library of the Warsaw Middle School. The focus of the session will be a response to the Tuesday defeat of the 1993-94… Read More
PITTSFIELD — “Is this real or is this the drill?” That was the question Pittsfield Fire Chief Bernard Williams was asking himself about 2 p.m. Wednesday as he responded to a report of a “chemical spill” at the Municipal Airport. The question in Williams’ mind… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Lauryn Lentz has joined DLM Health Services as a mental health counselor, said Robert McReavy, project director at DLM. DLM Health Services is a non-profit mental health and substance abuse treatment system providing rural Maine people with outpatient mental health services in Dover-Foxcroft,… Read More