ORONO – The Old Town-Orono Double O’s used the long ball to upset the Molunkus Travelers 11-4 in Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League playoff action at Mahaney Diamond here Monday night. The Double O’s advance to Tuesday’s 7:30 p.m. championship round against Downeast. If OT-Orono… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Listening to Olympic hopeful Rob Pendergist, you realize two important components of his character are guts and common sense. It doesn’t take guts to rest on one’s laurels and remain a big fish in a small pond in Downeast Maine. Big fish like… Read More
    It appeared to be a harmless little flair, but it turned out to be much more for Lewiston in its come-from-behind 6-5 win Monday over Skowhegan in the State American Legion Baseball Tournament at Mansfield Complex in Bangor. Peter Landry’s two-out popup that bounced to… Read More
    AT OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY Sunday’s Results Late model: 1. George Babb, Windham; 2. Jeff Taylor, Farmington; 3. Bruce Haley, Minot 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
    Nova Seafood of Portland got a little measure of revenge and moved a step closer to its first state American Legion baseball championship since 1984 by erupting for 10 runs in the first three innings and riding quality relief pitching from Birge Peterson and Matt Aceto to a… Read More
    Out and About: Most people don’t get overly excited about the arrival of August and the “dog days.” But to members of the Pleasant River Fish and Game Conservation Association, turning the calendar to August is the signal to unleash “Dog Days ’93,” a training seminar for bird… Read More
    ORLANDO, Fla. – Josh Schwartz of Belfast and the Hurricane Swim Club, qualified for the winter Junior Nationals when he posted a 2:11.15 in the 200 butterfly at the Speedo Junior Nationals East here Sunday. Schwartz, 15, was seeded 44th in the event and improved… Read More
    Bangor Daily News Charities Running Series Men’s Standings Overall – Pat Sullivan 32, Bob Everett 19, Andy Beardsley 17, Cliff Rogers 14, Ken Gehrt 14 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    The University of Maine baseball program has lost an infielder and gained an infielder. Shortstop-third baseman Mike Sidoti, who hit .239 as a freshman with 11 RBIs and was named to the All-North Atlantic Cconference Tournament team, was dismissed from school for academic reasons. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    In the July 30 Our Readers Write, there was a letter from Susanne D’Angelo of the Maine Division of the American Cancer Society regarding the Terry Fox Run. On behalf of the Sub 5 Track Club and myself, I would like to respond to some of the statements… Read More
    Every year we go through the same thing. SAD 53 and supporters vs. town officials and supporters. At this point in the game, I feel, we need to look at who has done what. First the board made initial cuts. After the vote down, the… Read More
    May we please put to rest the ludicrous notion espoused by the Philadelphia Daily News that, “By no stretch of the imagination could (the Confederate flag) be seen as accepting slavery or racism,” (Other Voices, July 31-Aug. 1)? Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun’s objection to a courtesy… Read More
    Referring to your editorial page cartoon of Friday, July 30. It’s not very funny. Hezbollah was encouraged by the Israeli government as a faction to counter the PLO. When it became pro-Iranian-shiite infiltrated, the Israelis found they had opened a can of worms. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    This letter is in response to the Aug. 2 letter, “Republican economics.” Whoever said “talk is cheap” must have been talking about the way Bill Clinton and Democrats so slyly deceived voters in 1992 by calling for, among other things, a middle-class tax cut, then created an economic… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Superior Court judge dismissed drug charges against two men because of misconduct on the part of an agent from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, a lawyer said Monday. Defense attorney Jack Simmons of Lewiston said Monday that the decision means cocaine trafficking… Read More
    A Swanville man pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to growing more than 200 marijuana plants and to a related firearm charge. Gary C. Duffey, 42, faces a sentence of five to 40 years in prison and a $2 million fine for… Read More
    CARIBOU — A jazz dance class for children ages 6-12 will be offered beginning in September at the Caribou Recreation Center. The class will meet every Tuesday starting Sept. 7. Classes will be as follows: 3:15 to 4:15 p.m., ages 6-7; 4:25 to 5:25 p.m.,… Read More
    MADAWASKA — Thunder and lightning storms in most parts of Aroostook County caused only momentary power lapses, an electric company official said Monday. “We have been very fortunate in Aroostook County,” said Edward Howard, manager of engineering at Maine Public Service Co. “Our equipment has… Read More
    MAPLETON — “By first developing mini goals, a person can eventually reach their ultimate goal.” That was one of the messages delivered by Ed Gerety, a motivational speaker with Gerety Presentations of Merrimack, N.H., who addressed 59 students from 12 area schools on Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    HOULTON — When golf and medicine are mentioned together, it’s usually because someone has been struck by lightning, hit by a ball, or been the intentional target of a club thrown by an unhappy player. But not in southern Aroostook County. This weekend marks the… Read More
    The following cases were among those processed by Judge David B. Griffiths the week of July 26 in 2nd District Court in Houlton: John B. Dunn Jr., 32, Houlton, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $350, 72 hours in jail, license suspended… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Machias Valley La Leche League has extended its deadline for its “Smile, Baby, Smile” photo contest from Aug. 6 to Aug. 18. As Cathy Murphy, the local league’s publicist, explained, the entry deadline was extended because of possible confusion over one the… Read More
    MACHIAS — Tickets are still available for the performance by Maine humorist Tim Sample at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Maine at Machias. Advance tickets are on sale now at the UMM Business Office, The Sow’s… Read More
    CARIBOU — The following 12 divorces were granted in the June session of 1st District Court in Caribou by Judge Ronald A. Daigle on grounds of irreconciliable differences: Thomas E. Rucevice of Caribou and Lisa A. Rucevice of Presque Isle. Married in Presque Isle on… Read More
    MACHIAS — The Washington County Cooperative Extension will offer a workshop on financial management, Understanding Financial Statements, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, in Room 109 of the Science Building at the University of Maine at Machias. Dr. James C. McConnon, a business and economics… Read More
    New postmasters have been named for Calais, Princeton and Lubec, said a spokesman for the United States Postal Service in Portland. Ernest E. Barker will be installed at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, at the Princeton Rod & Gun Club. He began his career in… Read More
    BEALS — The Beals Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Beals Town Office, to consider the following permit applications: From Walter Carver, for removal of an existing deck and its replacement with a 15-foot by 15-foot covered addition, including… Read More
    MACHIAS — Dr. Richard A. Evans is the newest physician on the surgical staff at Down East Community Hospital in Machias. Evans received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. While pursuing a medical career in the Air Force, he served as chief… Read More
    ROQUE BLUFFS — A breakfast of pancakes and sausage will be served 7-10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, at the Roque Bluffs Community Club, kicking off a day of activities in town. At 10 a.m., the Roque Bluffs Community Club will hold a country fair featuring… Read More
    CALAIS — The University of Maine at Machias’ Calais Center will hold placement exams on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 16 and 17, at its offices in the Harold F. Howland Building on the campus of Washington County Technical College. Students may take the English placement… Read More
    PRINCETON — The issue of what to do with Princeton’s solid waste has begun to seem insoluble as a group of 118 residents has asked for yet another town meeting to consider solid waste disposal. If the meeting takes place, it will be the fourth time in the… Read More
    CALAIS — A 22-year-old Princeton man has been arrested and charged with rape in connection with an incident that occurred in Calais in July. Police said the matter probably would go before the Washington County grand jury within the next few months. Sgt. Ralph Bridges… Read More
    GUILFORD — A 20-year-old Parkman man will face charges in 13th District Court in Dover-Foxcroft in connection with a hit-and-run automobile accident in Guilford late Sunday evening. Jamie Melia was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving to endanger after his vehicle… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA will hold its annual Aquathon Monday through Tuesday, Aug. 9-17, to benefit the YMCA’s summer swim programs. Individuals of all ages may participate by securing donations based on the number of laps they estimate they can successfully swim in… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s coffers are $6,300 richer thanks to a settlement from a civil suit. Two years ago, an accident on the Kingsbury Road in Kingsbury Plantation took one life but left $17,000 in cash in limbo. The cash, all bills, was found inside… Read More
    ST. ALBANS — Another small Maine community has begun the process of refining its form of government in an attempt to address the complicated issues and concerns of the 21st century. Last month, Palmyra residents attempted to submit a petition to change their form of… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The August program for the Sebasticook Valley Boys and Girls Club has been canceled, said club member Terry Philbrick. “It is due to a lack of participation and vacation schedules,” she said. Special activities, however, still will be held. Wacky Wednesday, a day… Read More
    Postmasters in two Somerset County towns will be installed by the U.S. Postal Service in ceremonies scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 19. Vincent J. Santoni Jr. will be installed as postmaster in Solon, and Thomas R. Long will be the new postmaster in Bingham. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    DETROIT — Kenneth Viles, 38, of the Bragg Road was arrested early Monday and charged with trafficking in marijuana by agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. According to Ken MacMasters of the MDEA, a tip from the Maine State Police allowed MDEA agents to… Read More
    NEWPORT — Newport firefighter-EMT Halvor Magnus, a 14-year veteran, resigned from his position on the Fire Department effective Thursday, Aug. 5, he confirmed Monday. Magnus has been the center of controversy since he was elected last March to a seat on the Newport Board of… Read More
    THOMASTON — The Thomaston Center of the University of Maine System has scheduled placement test dates. The free placement tests assist students in choosing appropriate college classes. Placement testing in reading, writing, and mathematics will be offered at the Thomaston Center, 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. Read More
    ROCKPORT — Rockport voters will be asked at a special town meeting Sept. 7 to float a $70,000 loan to the Opera House for renovation work needed to get the building up, running and producing income. The town-owned Opera House, 102 years old, is near… Read More
    WINTER HARBOR — The 29th annual Winter Harbor Lobster Festival has a full line-up of weekend events for the family. The festival, sponsored by the Schoodic Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the U.S. Naval Security Group Activity and the U.S. Parks Service, will… Read More
    CAMDEN — After a quarter century as the town’s top firefighter, Robert Oxton will trade in his helmet next month for banker’s pin stripes. Oxton announced his resignation Monday as Camden fire chief, effective Sept. 30, to take a position as vice president of operations… Read More
    THOMASTON — The Thomaston Public Library has announced that all children enrolled in the 1993 Summer Reading Program “Together is Better … Let’s Read” must turn in their reading lists and puzzles at the library by Thursday, Aug. 12. At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14,… Read More
    THOMASTON — The Board of Selectmen appointed a five-member personnel committee Monday night and then met in executive session to discuss hiring a police chief. The new committee was not included in the discussions. The board decided earlier this year to create a personnel committee… Read More
    CAMDEN — After a quarter century as the town’s top firefighter, Robert Oxton will trade in his helmet next month for banker’s pin stripes. Oxton announced his resignation Monday as Camden fire chief, effective Sept. 30, to take a position as vice president of operations… Read More
    The Bangor City Council on Monday rejected a request by the Housing Authority to seek federal grant money for additional low-income units. Instead, with a 5-2 vote, councilors agreed to study whether the city can, and should, adopt residency requirements for those it serves with… Read More
    ORONO — Language and business form a natural and necessary mix in today’s increasingly international world and the University of Maine offers programs to help students compete in the challenging marketplace. The UMaine College of Business Administration and the Department of Modern Languages and Classics… Read More
    ORRINGTON — The Orrington Historical Society will hold an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, at its building on Center Drive. David Swett, a Bangor teacher and Orrington resident, will be there to show residents what can be done with a… Read More
    Normally, politicians are a tad uneasy when meeting with followers of Ross Perot, especially when the group could very well have enough clout to keep them from office during the next election. But U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe, who represents a district simply flooded with… Read More
    The city of Bangor plans to sell off a minor part of its airport operations. Telford Aviation, based in Waterville with an operation in Bangor, will purchase the city’s small-aircraft repair business, according to airport Director Robert Ziegelaar. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    The Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross will conduct courses in CPR and first aid during the next several weeks at the office at 33 Mildred Ave., Bangor. An eight-hour CPR course for adults, infants ansd children will be conducted from 9 to… Read More
    OLD TOWN — All Old Town schools will open on Wednesday, Sept. 1 for grades through freshman. Sophomores through seniors will begin on Thursday, Sept. 2. Hot lunches will be served on Wednesday and prices will be announced. Elementary registration will be held 9 a.m.-noon… Read More
    Here in this part of Maine, where we usually limit violent crime to spouses and loved ones, the criminal attacks of the last two weekends stand out as something new and disturbing. In the space of 10 days, Bangor police have reported a rape, an… Read More
    PATRIARCH, by Richard Norton Smith, Houghton Mifflin, 424 pages, $24.95. After more than two centuries, so many words and so many years separate modern historians and George Washington that it often is difficult to tell where the fiction ends and where the fact begins. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine State Housing Authority will hold four public hearings in August to update the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy for approval by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Hearings will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, at Saco City Hall Annex; 10 a.m. Tuesday,… Read More
    ROCKVILLE, Md. — The first new drug therapy for cystic fibrosis in 30 years won unanimous approval Monday from a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee. The drug, dornase alfa, was found in a pivotal study to reduce infections and to improve the quality of… Read More
    Cousin Buddy was aptly nicknamed — friendly, usually smiling, cheerful, witty, interested, the kind of guy you like the minute you meet him. Thirteen years ago one of the valves in his heart lost its anchoring tendons, leaving the valve flapping in the bloodstream. He had to have… Read More
    GUILFORD — Complications from Escherichia coli bacteria have caused the hospitalization of yet another child with connections to Piscataquis County. The bacterial strain that contributed to the death of 5-year-old Mary Briggs of Brewer in June and led to the hospitalization of 5-year-old Katie Hall… Read More
    ISRAEL VERSUS JIBRIL: The Thirty-Year War Against a Master Terrorist, by Samuel M. Katz, Paragon House, 285 pages, $24.95. The smoke and dust from recent military strikes in Israel and Lebanon block the light needed to see a clear picture of the complex political nature… Read More
    The former executive minister of Maine’s largest Baptist denomination died Saturday in Augusta after a battle with liver cancer. Dr. Calvin L. Moon, 65, had served as head of the American Baptist Churches of Maine from 1981 until the end of 1992. “His leadership was… Read More
    The Ames Corp., an architectural, engineering and construction consulting firm located in Bangor, has merged with A.E. Sturgeon & Co. Sturgeon is a 10-year-old surveying and land-use consulting firm, also located in Bangor. The merged operations will be located at 115 Main St. in Bangor. Read More
    A Perry woman received minor injuries Sunday when a bee flew through her car window and into her shirt and caused her to lose control of her car, according to Calais Police Sgt. Ralph Bridges. He said that Betty Grattan, 56, was traveling north in… Read More
    A frustrated Congresswoman Olympia Snowe told the Bangor business community Monday that the recently enacted federal budget raised taxes but only marginally cut spending. Snowe said her best efforts to cut additional spending were ignored by the Democratic majority. The Republican lawmaker said the precedent… Read More
    Benjamin Welch of Wilton has been selected as the recipient of MasterCard’s Master Planter Award for Maine. The award recognizes individuals who unselfishly give of their time and effort to improve the environment through the planting and nurturing of trees and forests. Welch started planting trees when he… Read More
    John Day’s page one story in the July 31-Aug. 1 Maine Weekend provided a useful overview of the troubled U.S. Merchange Marine. All should agree that this is an intolerable, highly complicated issue that has been allowed to deteriorate over the last several years, adding to this country’s… Read More
    A new book in the “Indian in the Cupboard” series from British author Lynn Reid Banks and a trio of works from Maine authors and illustrators highlight this month’s selection of new books for children. THE MYSTERY OF THE CUPBOARD, by Lynne Reid Banks, illustrated… Read More
    TRUST ME: Charles Keating and the Missing Billions, by Michael Binstein and Charles Bowden, Random House, 419 pages, $25. When Charlie Keating, one of the convicted master crooks in the massive savings-and-loan scandal, was sentenced early last month to 12 1/2 years in prison for… Read More
    Employers who might hire people with disabilities are invited to a conference on Supported Employment — Successes and Challenges, to be held Wednesday, Aug. 11, at the Ramada Inn on Odlin Road in Bangor. There will be a $10 registration fee. People interested in attending or receiving more… Read More
    RAILROADS IN EARLY POSTCARDS: Vol. 2: Northern New England, by Stephen Boothroyd and Peter Barney, Vestal Press, 106 pages, $11.95. Illustrated with more than 200 vintage picture postcards, this retrospective of the history of railroading in northern New England, dating from the post Civl War… Read More
    PORTLAND — The state’s highest court on Monday threw out convictions against a Turner businessman charged in a printing machine scam because the prosecutor called him a “liar” in court. Anthony Casella, owner of the defunct Case Equipment Co., was accused of bilking four women… Read More
    DAYS OF GRACE: A Memoir, by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad, Alfred A. Knopf, 317 pages, $24. It seemed the height of injustice when tennis legend Arthur Ashe was forced to announce in April 1992 that he had AIDS, having been infected with the human… Read More
    NELLIE THE LIGHTHOUSE DOG, by Jane Scarpino, Windswept House Publishers, 30 pages, illustrated, softcover, $9.95. Meet my friend, Nellie. 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;… Read More
    A Brewer man pleaded innocent Monday in Bangor to an array of allegations stemming from a high-speed chase along Interstate 95 in late June in which he allegedly crashed a police roadblock. Richard A. Crosby, 49, was indicted last week on charges of passing a… Read More
    The Country Music Association has announced its finalists for the 1993 CMA Broadcast Awards. WQCB (106.5 FM) of Brewer, the 1992 CMA Station of the Year/Small Market, has been selected as one of eight finalists in the Broadcast Station of the Year/Small Market category. Bob Duchesne, Q106.5 program… Read More
    ORONO — Wilma A. Bradford of Bangor was honored recently for many years of volunteer service to the University of Maine and her work on the President’s Development Council. UMaine President Frederick E. Hutchinson presented Bradford with a plaque commemorating her uninterrupted service to the… Read More
    UNDERSTANDING THE PRESENT: Science and the Soul of Modern Man, by Bryan Appleyard, Doubleday, 288 pages, $23.50. This is must reading for anyone seriously concerned with the condition of modern society, how we arrived at our present state of affairs, and where it is all… Read More