ORONO – The University of Maine football team officially ended its preseason training camp Friday afternoon with an intrasquad scrimmage on Alumni Field. Coach Jack Cosgrove’s Black Bears braved the severe heat and humidity for a final tuneup heading into preparations for their Sept. 4… Read More
    It was incorrectly stated in Mike Dowd’s column Friday that the Brewer High School football team’s four-game winning streak against Bangor was from 1968-72. It was from 1968-71. Read More
    The hardest thing he thought he would have to do during Friday night’s Bangor-Brewer football game was hold himself back. First-year Brewer football coach Don Farnham wasn’t concerned about the normal things coaches do like encouraging, explaining, yelling, or jumping up and down along the… Read More
    Schoolboy soccer FORT FAIRFIELD – Ryan Martin headed in a Ben Collings corner kick with five seconds left in overtime to give Fort Kent a 3-2 win over Fort Fairfield in schoolboy soccer action here Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    At a hearing held in Augusta last Wednesday, Atlantic salmon conservation organizations, state and federal agencies, and sportsmen opposed to Bangor Hydro’s proposed Basin Mills project were given a chance to regroup and rest the pool, so to speak. The opportunity was provided by the Board of Environmental… Read More
    After finishing third last year, the Wild Ones won the New England Regional ASA Women’s Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament held recently in Portsmouth, N. H. The New England and state champs now head for Plano, Texas, where they will compete Sept. 23-26 in the national Class… Read More
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    PEMBROKE, N.H. – Brian Lawton of Hampden shot a 3-under-par 69 at Plausawa Valley Country Club Thursday to win a North Atlantic Tour golf tournament. Lawton, who turned pro earlier this year, edged Pete Morgan of Harwich, Mass., by a stroke to record his first pro victory. Read More
    Brewer High two-way starter Chris Horr gingerly dragged his 5-foot-8, 175-pound body off Doyle Field on Friday night, reflecting on the 94th meeting between his team and archrival Bangor High. “They’re bigger, a lot more aggresive than I’ve seen them,” he said. “They really wanted… Read More
    Schoolgirl soccer LIMESTONE – Goalie Jodi Quint turned away 18 shots to pace undefeated Hodgdon to a 2-1 schoolgirl soccer win over Limestone here Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    Brewer City Councilor Larry Doughty supported an order at Tuesday night’s meeting that would make all deposits paid for street-opening permits refundable. At present, the $25 permits are nonrefundable. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    ORRINGTON — Selectmen decided Monday night to hold a special town meeting in October to act on a proposed shoreland zoning ordinance. A public hearing on the ordinance will be scheduled for mid-September, said Town Manager Candy Guerette. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
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    WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre on Main Street in Waldoboro offers a full evening of physical comedy, New Vaudeville, Renaissance foolishness and breathtaking swordplay at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. Benny and Denise Reehl founded and direct the New England Vaudeville Festival. They will perform… Read More
    From now on Brewer will be purchasing smaller trucks and cars for its municipal departments. Councilors Tuesday night approved a proposal by Councilor Paul Hatt stipulating that from now on the city will purchase only midsize or smaller cars and pickup trucks. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE The following divorces were granted on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences during June in 2nd District by Judge David B. Griffiths: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    Although I am neither an attorney nor a member of the National Rifle Association, I am sending the NRA your Aug. 20 lead editorial whereby you abuse your First Amendment rights by printing dishonest statements and by defaming the NRA in an attempt to abuse my Second Amendment… Read More
    … What Cablevision in its full page article doesn’t tell you is what satellite channels it would replace our local channels with if it pulls them. It would have to pay for these satellite channels so why not give the fees to the local channels? I feel that… Read More
    About dogs and the handicapped, the city dictates when the handicapped can go in their parks by curbing and fencing (parking lots), but the dogs can run where they want to. Don’t you think this is a dog’s world? Think about it! Stuart Ranney Bangor… Read More
    I can’t help but wonder how Selectman Robert Cox of Newport would feel if he was being assaulted just over the town line into Corinna and Officer Glenn Raymond just turned his back, got into his cruiser and drove away. Sort of gives you a sick feeling way… Read More
    When I finished reading the letter by Clark Phinney, chairman of the Maine Young Democrats, on Aug. 2, I realized that unlike radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, Phinney had his entire brain tied behind his back. Phinney described with loads of rhetoric and little… Read More
    A grievance involving sick leave filed by a former Brewer firefighter will go to arbitration Sept. 2. The question to be decided is whether Joseph McGowan is eligible for sick leave for two days he didn’t work last March. The International Association of Firefighters is… Read More
    A story on Wednesday’s Mid-Maine page incorrectly identified Palmyra Selectman Byron Wiers as being in favor of waiting until the next annual town meeting to fill two vacant selectman seats. Wiers does not favor waiting. Read More
    WASHINGTON — The government’s traffic safety agency said Friday it had upgraded an investigation involving parking brake failure in some Ford pickup trucks and vans. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in its monthly defect investigation report, said it received eight complaints about parking brakes… Read More
    A special committee has been appointed to plan the restoration of Brewer Fire Department Engine 303. Firefighter Ralph E. Cammack spoke briefly about the old American LaFrance engine. It was purchased by the city in 1947, and two weeks after it arrived it was called… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Volunteer Braillists in the Bangor and Ellsworth area will hold a free class, teaching those interested to transcribe books into Braille to meet an increasing demand for such literature. The class will be at a location between Bangor and Ellsworth. Transcriptionists will be… Read More
    HOULTON — The SAD 29 School Board filled two teaching staff vacancies during its meeting this week. Brian Hanish of Farmington was hired to fill a social studies teaching vacancy at Houlton High School. He is a 1993 graduate of the University of Maine at… Read More
    LIMESTONE — The last open house for Loring Air Force Base will be held Saturday, Aug. 28, with three types of aircraft on display. Yard sales throughout the base’s housing area and in the hospital parking lot also will be held. From 11 a.m. to… Read More
    PEMBROKE — Calvin Preston, supervisor of Washington County’s unorganized territories, believes the county’s communities will need state and federal financial assistance to build a secure landfill. In a July 29 letter to Paula Clark of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Solid Waste Management,… Read More
    The following cases were disposed of by Judge Ronald A. Daigle in 1st District Court at Fort Kent in August: Jamie Martin, 20, Fort Kent, illegal possession of liquor by minor, $200. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    CALAIS — A Calais businessman asked the City Council Thursday night if a new business could open in the city before it applied to the Calais Planning Board for a change-of-use permit. During the regular meeting of the City Council, Calais businessman Louis Bernardini told… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — Eight college-bound English students from Washington Academy in East Machias have received qualifying scores from the Advanced Placement College Board and Educational Testing Service for possible college credit. Morgan Lord and Steven Knox, who will be attending Colby College and the University… Read More
    CUTLER — Military and union officials from the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Unit met briefly last week with Navy Secretary John Dalton and Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell in a meeting described by Mitchell as “positive and informative.” The meeting “provided Secretary Dalton with what… Read More
    PALMYRA — Two people were treated for minor injuries at Sebasticook Valley Hospital Friday afternoon after their vehicles collided on Route 100. According to Maine State Trooper Brenda Coolen, Verna Proctor, 58, of Clinton, was operating a 1989 Mercury sedan headed south on Route 100… Read More
    LINCOLN — SAD 67 adult education director David Bosse has released the fall schedule of classes. To register, call 794-6712 Monday through Thursday between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    LINCOLN — David Bosse, the adult vocational education director for Region 3, has announced the following course offerings: Beginning Monday, Aug. 30, 6-9 p.m., Basics of Wordperfect, Metal Arc Welding, Business Mathematics, Introduction to Sociology, Real Estate Associate Brokers Class/Real Estate Principles and Practices. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    ROCKLAND — In a case involving family members, Knox County Superior Court Justice Nancy Mills Friday ordered the Atwood Brothers Lobster Co. to pay William Atwood Co. a total of $42,584 for shipments of sea urchins, lobsters and freight. William Atwood of Spruce Head is… Read More
    WISCASSET — The Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset was founded 37 years ago by artist and historical preservation enthusiast Mildred Burrage to show the work of Maine artists. The gallery is housed in the historic Wiscasset Academy building on Warren Street, just below St. Philips… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A teacher’s aide has been fired and two McLain School teachers have agreed to take part in anti-drug programs to save their jobs in SAD 5 in the fallout from a June 18 marijuana-smoking incident on the last day of school. The SAD… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following small claims cases were heard this week in 6th District Court: Megunticook Gramophone & Radio, doing business as Coast 102.5 FM, Camden, was awarded separate judgments against the following: Chris Burgess, doing business as Bircot Technologies, Liberty, by default, $449.25 plus… Read More
    THOMASTON — A love of the stage and a desire to help have led to an unprecedented cooperative effort by three midcoast Maine theater groups to raise money to help victims of this summer’s disastrous flooding in the Midwest. The idea to sponsor a show… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The following cases were disposed of in Knox County Superior Court this week before Justice Nancy Mills: Daniel SamPietro, 40, Portland, two counts forgery, two counts theft, 30 days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    LUBEC — A dispute between a disgruntled property owner and area fishermen who have long used the owner’s private road to reach a sheltered mooring area off Coffin’s Neck Road dominated discussion at a selectmen’s meeting here Thursday. Saying his department was caught “between a… Read More
    GOULDSBORO — Ann Sargent of Gouldsboro has been chosen to represent the state of Maine at the fourth National Adult Literacy Congress to be held in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17-20. “Leadership in Action” is the theme of this year’s conference. Adult learners and literacy practitioners… Read More
    PORTLAND — The newly formed Maine Citizens for The Tax Brake is gearing up to seek support for a plan requiring citizen approval for any new tax or fee increase proposed by state, county or local governments. With little money — a July report showed… Read More
    HERMON — The Kiwanis Club and the Town Council combined efforts Tuesday night to honor Armand O’Clair and members of the Hermon Garden Club for designing and planting the municipal building perennial garden. The garden also was officially dedicated with the formal unveiling of the Municipal Garden sign. Read More
    An Indian Island resident was released on unsecured bond Friday, a day after he allegedly threatened a woman with a shotgun. Joseph Francis, 60, of 3 Main Road, was charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    BRUNSWICK — One of the world’s largest manufacturers of glass fiber has become part owner of Brunswick Technologies Inc., a move that could help it grow more quickly. Martin Grimnes, chairman of Brunswick Technologies, said Vetrotex CertainTeed Corp. has purchased a minority interest in the… Read More
    WEST GREENWICH, R.I. — Lotteries in northern New England have extended their contract for operating the games with a Rhode Island company until June 2000. The Tri-State Lotteries, which consists of the Maine State Lottery Commission, the New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission and the Vermont Lottery… Read More
    Recent news articles about Sen. George Mitchell’s campaign fund-raising overlooked some important points. First, Sen. Mitchell is not accepting campaign contributions from politial action committees (PACs) or political party committees. While this fact was noted in some news reports, it has not been reported that… Read More
    ORONO — A series of workshops to provide information on pursuing post-secondary educational opportunities will be held by the Maine Educational Opportunity Center at the University of Maine at the following times and places: Bangor — “MEOC Orientation, Admissions Process, Financial Aid,” 9-10 a.m. Thursday,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — New officers were elected at the Maine Health Care Association annual meeting Aug. 12 at Augusta. Wayde A. Rankin, director of operations for Hillhaven Corp. in Yarmouth, was elected president. Other officers are Anthony L. Forgione, administrator at The Barron Center, Portland, vice… Read More
    PORTLAND — A new support group to help burn victims and their families will meet 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Dana Moody of Searsport, who has helped organize the group, said interest has been shown statewide for the organization… Read More
    AUGUSTA — William M. Nugent, Maine Public Utilities commissioner, has been elected president of the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners. NECPUC helps commis- sions represent New England ratepayers before Congress and federal agencies, trains staff members and develops regional approaches to regulation. Read More
    EASTON — Gianna Jessen, a teen-ager from San Clemente, Calif., will visit Aroostook County at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Easton Elementary School to tell her unusual story at a supper to benefit the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Aroostook. Jessen survived a saline… Read More
    JAY — The reinstatement of an International Paper Co. worker who was fired during a bitter strike has been upheld by a federal appeals court, which ruled that his treatment was at odds with other disciplinary action taken by the company. Affirming a ruling by… Read More
    BIDDEFORD — Central Maine Power Co. has withdrawn its proposal to lower the level of the Saco River to allow fish to migrate past its dams. Federal energy regulators dropped consideration of the proposal this week at the request of CMP. The plan had been… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A 65-year-old Presque Isle man was killed in a two-bicycle accident reported at 6:46 p.m. Thursday on the Higgins Road. According to state police, Alden Archer was riding a bicycle behind his son-in-law, Steve Smith, down a hill. Smith slowed his bicycle… Read More
    SWANS ISLAND — A blue flyer posted next to the ticket window at the Bass Harbor ferry terminal lists the practical information a first-time visitor to the island would need to know — restaurants, restrooms, regulations and so forth. Its headline: “Swans Island is not… Read More
    NORTH WATERBORO — A precedent-setting AIDS lawsuit may be headed for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, but perhaps not before a trip through the national talk show circuit. Several television talk shows would like to feature the dispute, in which Barbara Anastosopoulos, a former prostitute,… Read More
    Some people don’t want former two-term Gov. Joe Brennan to run again. They figure he’s had too many bites of the apple already. Nobody really knows how many Democrats want anybody-but-Joe for governor, how strong their sentiments are, or whether they will make any difference. Read More
    SANFORD — Sidewalk cyclists beware. In an effort to control bicyclists who ride unsafe two-wheelers or terrorize pedestrians, the Sanford Police confiscated more than 30 bicycles one day this week. The bikes were taken away for five days, and some riders were given summonses. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. — Invoking a law from the presidency of George Washington, the Seneca Nation of Indians filed suit in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, N.Y., on Wednesday seeking return of this 27-square-mile island in the Niagara River. The Senecas claim that New York… Read More
    I have long wanted to know how many naked religious fanatics it takes to stuff a 1990 Pontiac Grand Am in Louisiana, and now I do. The answer is 20, and I’d say it’s a world’s record if it were not for the fact that… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A two-day evening seminar on sports medicine is being offered by the Sports Medicine Clinic of the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital on Sept. 8-9. Topics are primarily in the area of preventative medicine, acute injury management and rehabilitation. The seminar should be of… Read More
    BOSTON — The grand finale of allergy season is under way. Ragweed pollen allergy or hayfever peaks with back-to-school sales. Ambrosia is the scientific name for ragweed. It means “food of the gods.” But when many of the 17 species of ragwood bloom, it is… Read More
    The International Paper Co. Foundation has presented a grant of $2,000 to the Family Planning Association of Maine to fund a guide, FACTS, to help parents of preschool children increase family communication about sexuality. FACTS is a practical, easy-to-read guide that covers topics such as… Read More
    Despite early promises to the contrary, as many as one-third of the nation’s 57 million cable television households face price increases when the new federal regulations designed to put the lid on rates take effect Wednesday. The rate increases, mostly in the range of $1… Read More
    A bright meteor, or fireball, was seen widely over Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont on Aug. 5 (a week before the widely publicized Perseid meteor shower). Astronomer Daniel Green is trying to locate people who may have seen this event, which occured shortly after dark… Read More
    Doctors have long been frustrated by the difficulty in diagnosing giardia, a common parasitic infection of the intestine that causes diarrhea, bloating, nausea, stomach pain and fatigue. The current test is so unreliable that patients frequently suffer the debilitating symptoms for weeks or months before they test positive… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET — Old newspapers used to wind up on the bottoms of bird cages, wrapped around fish or in dumps. Now, chances are better than ever they’ll be read again — printed with fresh news. The booming paper recycling industry has spawned its newest… Read More
    WATERVILLE — The Maine Herpetological Society will be holding its second annual reptile show 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 at the Waterville Boys and Girls Club. Admission is free and the program will include a number of exhibits, demonstrations and discussions as… Read More
    Quilting has become one of North America’s fastest growing hobbies. Now, with the modern techniques demonstrated in the video “The Time-Saver Quilt,” you can make your own functional heirloom in a fraction of the time it took our ancestors. The 35-minute tape offers step-by-step instruction… Read More
    By tabling action on the Basin Mills project Wednesday, the Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) puts pressure on Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. to satisfy the board, but the greater responsibility now rests on the BEP itself: To clarify its demands on the applicant in the interest… Read More
    The Rev. Charles T. Crabtree has been elected assistant general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, the largest church group in the modern Pentecostal movement. He was a guest speaker earlier this week at Glad Tidings Church. Crabtree, a native of Bangor, is the son… Read More
    OLAMON and PENOBSCOT — Diane Muise of Auburn will present concerts of gospel music at two churches in eastern Maine on Sunday, Aug. 29. She will sing at 9:45 and 11 a.m. at Faith Bible Church in Olamon, and at 6 p.m. at South Penboscot Baptist Church in… Read More
    More than a half dozen readers identified the What is it? published two weeks ago and reprinted below as a tool used for turning doughnuts and for removing them from hot fat. Submitted by Eleanor Blackwell of East Corinth, the doughnut turner was accurately described… Read More
    BIDDEFORD — Teens Alive Ministries offers an events hotline of upcoming youth ministry activities for Maine and New England, at 284-2105. The hotline is updated weekly and is open from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 24 hours a day on Saturdays… Read More
    Query 2446 NUTTER-PERKINS-COLBATH-WENTWORTH. Matthias Nutter mar. Martha Perkins 8 Nov. 1764 Portsmouth, N.H.; he b. 24 Oct. 1736 and d. Mar. 3, 1818; had eight children one of whom was Matthias Jr. He mar. 1) Elizabeth Colbath and 2) Sarah Wentworth. Need info on this son and wives. Read More