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Schoolboy soccer Kevin Booker scored a pair of goals to lead the Bangor Christian Patriots to a 4-1 schoolboy soccer win over the Easton Bears Friday in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
College soccer AUGUSTA – Heath Hathaway scored two goals, including the game-winner with 10 minutes left, to lead Eastern Maine Technical College to a 4-3 men’s soccer win over the University of Maine-Augusta Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Stephanie Dowd and Kenisha Wiener each scored a hat trick and Olivia Fitzpatrick added two more goals as Hampden cruised to a 9-1 fieFitzpatrick added two more goals as Hampden cruised to a 9-1 field hockey win over host Bangor Friday. Christie Frost also scored… Read More
Ninety-three yards. That was the distance of Lawrence High School’s longest drive of the night. One inch. That was all Bangor High split end Craig Bowden needed to grasp a last-gasp bomb down the right sideline, which, if caught, could have been the game-winning touchdown. Read More
Schoolboy soccer VAN BUREN – A Van Buren player inadvertently headed the ball past his own goalie on a scramble for a throw-in, breaking a 2-2 tie with 15 minutes to play as Fort Fairfield beat Van Buren 3-2 in schoolboy soccer action here Friday. Read More
Brian and Laura Lenfest of Glenburn will be two of the thousands on hands when the New York Yankees host archrival Boston Saturday at 3 p.m. Brian Lenfest won the trip to see the game in a contest sponsored by a Bangor radio station, WZON-AM. Read More
Along about this time of year, hunters who prefer smoothbore guns begin getting serious about the business of working their bird dogs and retrievers into shape. But because I’ve been owned by enough “feather hounds” to know a false point when I see one, I’m going to blow… Read More
Freshman Jamie Collet of Husson College was named the District 5 Defensive Player of the Week Friday for his play in soccer victories over UMaine-Presque Isle and Nyack (N.Y.) College. Collet, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound fullback from Middletown, R.I., played an important role in the Braves’… Read More
Skowhegan High School was dropped from the ranks of Pine Tree Conference unbeatens while preseason favorite Cony picked up its first win of the season, highlighting Friday night’s league action around the region. Cony of Augusta posted a convincing 30-13 victory over Oxford Hills of… Read More
It wasn’t so long ago that high school field hockey coaches in Maine were lamenting the fact that schoolgirl soccer was making inroads on their turf. Soon, they feared, soccer might become the dominant sport for girls in the fall, displacing field hockey, that had… Read More
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Schoolgirl soccer Sue Wolverton scored a pair of goals and assisted on another, powering Easton to a 4-0 schoolgirl soccer victory over Bangor Christian Friday afternoon in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
At the very moment women’s soccer in the United States and throughout the world is about to receive a major boost from the International Olympic Committee, many Maine college coaches are finding it difficult to fill their rosters. Coaches in Maine are discovering that the… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Jeff Rosenberg of Kingfield scored a hole-in-one Saturday at Sugarloaf Golf Club during the Fall Classic Golf Tournament. Rosenberg aced the 222-yard, par-3 15th hole with a 7-iron. The shot was witnessed by Michael Oxley. Read More
Highlighting some of Saturday’s high school football action: OLD TOWN (2-0) at WINSLOW (2-0), 1:30 p.m., at Gerry Poulin Field, Winslow: In the last two weeks, Old Town has found ways to win. The Indians have beaten Mattanawcook 13-10 in overtime and Hampden 24-18 on… Read More
ORONO – There was a lot of laughter and a fairly relaxed atmosphere Friday afternoon at Alumni Field during the University of Maine’s football practice. The Black Bears, trying to put last week’s 45-0 loss to Boston University out of their minds, weren’t sloughing off. Read More
Coaches in the LTC chewed their fingernails to nubs on the third Friday of the season, as only Orono and Bucksport had the leisure of lopsided wins. Stearns defeated Hampden 20-14 on some late-game heroics and Brewer came from behind to top Messalonskee 14-13 on… Read More
Schoolgirl soccer Sarah Parcak’s goal with 8:41 left in the game held up as the Bangor Rams improved to 3-1-1 with a 1-0 schoolgirl soccer win over Caribou at the Bangor High School field Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Slow postal service! I have lived in Abbot, Milo, Hermon and Portland. We got our mail usually in the forenoon. Over here on Court Street (in Bangor), often we wait till it is an hour or so before supper! There is a footbridge over the… Read More
Does a line need to be drawn by a majority of our society that says to a national TV network, “You have gone too far and we protest.” I believe there is, and it is my conviction ABC in producing “NYPD Blue” has crossed that line. I see… Read More
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A while ago the BDN had an article about a man who had taken a truck load of clothes etc. to the flooded area. He stated he would be making another trip in the future. If anyone knows his name or phone number, I would appreciate them calling… Read More
In the fall of 1969, a new University of Maine fraternity founded on the ideals of community service decided to provide a service to University of Maine football fans that had never been offered before — providing concessions to the hungry fans. Over the years… Read More
MADAWASKA — The selectmen have added their recommendation to a proposal for the construction of a $5.9 million school for kindergarten through fifth-grade pupils in Madawaska. A public hearing on the proposal will be held Oct. 5. Voters will make up their minds at a… Read More
MADAWASKA — A road reconstruction project is about half done and the town has spent $30,065 of a $94,015 budget for the project, councilors learned this week. The work is being done by Ed Pelletier and Sons Construction Co. using municipal equipment and materials when… Read More
SEARSPORT — The second Penobscot Bay Regional History Conference will be held Saturday, Sept. 25, at Penobscot Marine Museum, in the Douglas and Margaret Carver Memorial Gallery. Reception and registration will take place at 8 a.m. The conference will start with opening remarks by Penobscot… Read More
ALLAGASH — There’s more than lumber in the northern Maine woods. For the second time in a month a marijuana-eradication team has pulled marijuana plants from the forest around Allagash village. Lt. Keith Wheeler of the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department said 26 plants were pulled… Read More
GRAND ISLE — A political newcomer was elected to an unexpired term on the Grand Isle Board of Selectmen in a special election Thursday. The election drew roughly double the number of voters — 203 — typically seen in recent town elections. Most recent elections… Read More
CARIBOU — The national 1993 Douglas Smith Quorum of Excellence Award was recently presented to Bill Flagg, director of community relations and development at Cary Medical Center in Caribou. Flagg was selected for the honor along with three other individuals from more than 70 nominations… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Relations between the McCain brothers remain as chilly as their frozen food business. The latest chapter in the family quarrel is in the final batch of legal documents filed in the New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench on Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
MACHIAS — When the students and faculty returned to the University of Maine at Machias campus this fall, there were a number of improvements in the physical facilities and grounds. Don Crandlemire, UMM’s director of physical plant, said one of the improvements is a new… Read More
CALAIS — Pike’s Park, on the city’s waterfront, has been improved by 11 volunteers from the Volunteers for Peace group associated with the Moosehorn Wildlife Refuge at Baring. Maria E. DePetta, a supervisory refuge operations specialist trainee, supervised the volunteers who were from six foreign… Read More
EASTPORT — City residents will choose from a field of six candidates for three seats on the Eastport City Council at municipal elections on Nov. 2. Nomination papers were required by candidates wanting to appear on the ballot. The office seekers had to submit nominating… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — SAD 68 Adult Education and local law enforcement officials will offer a one-night workshop on law topics from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at SeDoMoCha Middle School. The program, part of the district’s lecture series, will cover such topics as operating… Read More
GUILFORD — New band equipment and additional uniforms will be purchased for the Piscataquis Community High School Band with funds provided from the Appleyard Trust. Directors of SAD4 gave their approval on Tuesday to use $7,200 from the fund for the purchase of six uniforms,… Read More
MONSON — After two weeks in operation, Monson’s new solid waste program is working better than anticipated. “So far it’s been working well,” said Town Manager Jeanne Reed. She said the dumpster at the transfer station is more than half-full, but has not yet been… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Recipients of AFDC and town welfare in some Piscataquis County towns may find themselves working at the Dover-Foxcroft Regional Solid Waste and Recycling Center in a workfare program. In a pilot project, people receiving AFDC payments and other welfare assistance from the regional… Read More
HARTLAND — Bids for snow removal were opened in Hartland on Wednesday. The bid opening was part of the agenda for a special meeting of the Board of Selectmen. The five bids ranged from $58,000 to $102,000 and included: Lyons Construction, $58,060; Faloon Construction, $102,108;… Read More
NEWPORT — Legal fees for setting up a tax-base-sharing district with Palmyra and taking the Newport Sanitary District to court would have overdrafted the town’s legal account unless some legal expenses were charged off to other accounts, selectmen were told this week. Although this practice… Read More
DEXTER — A full agenda greeted the Parent Teacher Organization at the Dexter Primary/Middle School when the group convened for its first meeting of the school year on Monday, Sept. 13. Discussion began with news of the new pressure-treated playground equipment built on the school… Read More
DEXTER — The Dexter Merchant’s Association is once again sponsoring a fall carnival weekend in Dexter. Funtime Festivals has set up its carnival rides in the parking lot behind Fleet Bank with more rides offered this year. The carnival will be open from 10 a.m. Read More
PITTSFIELD — Spirit, enthusiasm and a range of educational experience were the qualities that brought Tatiana Koptiayeva to Maine, said Douglas Cummings, Headmaster at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield. The Russian teacher will spend the next year at MCI improving her English and experiencing the… Read More
ROCKLAND — A New York man was arrested for drunken driving early Friday following an accident that cut a wide swath of property damage on Camden Street. Jonathan Bower, 22, of West Falls, N.Y., was arrested by Rockland police at about 1 a.m. and charged… Read More
ROCKPORT — Excavation began this week on the site of the new mental health unit on the east side of Penobscot Bay Medical Center. The new wing, which will include offices for the social work services department of the hospital as well as the mental health and substance… Read More
HARTLAND — Bids for snow removal were opened in Hartland on Wednesday. The bid opening was part of the agenda for a special meeting of the Board of Selectmen. The five bids ranged from $58,000 to $102,000 and included: Lyons Constrution, $58,060; Faloon Construction, $102,108.96;… Read More
ROCKLAND — Seventeen divorces were granted in July in 6th District Court on grounds of irreconcilable differences: Delmar W. Randall, Thomaston, and Beatrice E. Randall, Rockland. Married Dec. 21, 1980, at Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
ROCKLAND — The field of candidates is complete for Rockland’s city election Nov. 2 with the passing of the filing deadline Friday. Five candidates are in the race for two three-year terms on the City Council: Mayor Robert Peabody, incumbent councilor Jean Chalmers, former mayor… Read More
PORTLAND — A convoy of vintage trucks, hauling a collection of antique trains, will take residents of Maine’s largest city on a trip back through time this weekend. “It’s going to be quite a spectacle,” promised Erving Bickford, the Yarmouth trucking executive who is organizing… Read More
HOPE — Representatives of Hope, Appleton, Lincolnville, Camden and Rockport and their architect will take a closer look Monday at three likely sites for a new five-town regional high school. The three locations all are along the Route 105 corridor. One is a 40-acre site… Read More
The Bangor Department of Public Works has announced its paving schedule for Saturday, Sept. 18, through Friday, Sept. 24: Hammond Street from Cedar to Ohio streets, Saturday, Sept. 18; Bowdoin Court, Fairfax, Hannibal, Fifteenth streets, and Griffin Road and Union Street intersection, Monday, Sept. 20,… Read More
VAN BUREN — Former Gov. Joseph E. Brennan said Wednesday that restoring Mainers’ respect and faith in their state government would be at the top of his work list if he were elected to a third term as governor next November. Brennan said he came… Read More
The Northern Maine Council for the Maine State Chapter, March of Dimes, will hold a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the Bangor Airport Marriott. Included in the program will be a statement of the mission of the March of Dimes and… Read More
GOAT ISLAND — Abandoned by the sailors they once protected and now replaced by high-tech gizmos, Maine lighthouses still can win hearts. Norm Brunelle wants to keep it that way. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
SCARBOROUGH — The first national walk-a-thon to raise money to fund research and support local supports and programs involved in research into Alzheimer’s disease will be held Saturday, Oct. 2. The 1993 “Memory Walk” will begin at 9:30 a.m. that day at St. Maximilian Kolbe… Read More
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When warm weather gives way to the chill of autumn, northern New England’s summer tourists head for home. But a corps of determined hikers arrives in the region, crossing ridgelines and slogging through bogs to close out a 2,147-mile journey. If past performance is a… Read More
A Bangor man was sentenced Friday afternoon to nine years in jail and six years probation for raping a woman he met at a Brewer bar last March. A Penobcot County Superior Court jury found 22-year-old Glennis Tharp guilty in July of gross sexual assault. Read More
In last year’s elections, 14 states slapped term limits on their congressional delegations, in most cases limiting House members to six years in office and senators to 12 years. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule at some point in the future, possibly as… Read More
We are coming up on the 20th anniversary of the Governor’s Economic Development Conference at the University of Maine. The anniversary of this event, which has focused state-wide attention on economic policy in Maine for two decades, makes me wonder if we really know what we mean when… Read More
State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. is mailing premium refunds totaling $700,000 to its auto insurance customers in Maine. The refunds will amount to about 3.9 percent of each individual’s semi-annual premium. They will be mailed to 87,100 State Farm policyholders in Maine over a six-month period beginning in… Read More
Perhaps others had the same reaction I did when I first saw the sign, “Enthusiastic Workers Wanted,” at a fast food restaurant. Laughter. Now I recognize that enthusiastic is the primary requirement. Since the late 1970s when I first entered the human-resource field, human-resource management… Read More
PORTLAND — A Westbrook woman who is suing a man who has stalked her for 19 months, said that an order of protection has failed to keep him away. Joanne M. Stinson, 30, asked a judge to issue a permanent order to prevent Richard C. Read More
ORONO — Walter C. Dunlap, visiting professor at the University of Maine this semester, will speak on his development of a sun-screening agent derived from tropical marine organisms at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 100 Nutting Hall, University of Maine. Dunlap’s presentation, “Nature’s Sun… Read More
In autumn, it isn’t unusual nowadays to see mile-long “rafts” of common eiders — also called American eiders — riding the gray swells surging along Maine’s granite-sculptured coast. Conversely, it’s difficult to imagine that, at the turn of the century, Maine’s breeding population of common eiders — Maine… Read More
BAR HARBOR — If you think that hiking the Appalachian Trail is simply a walk in the woods, consider what happened to Susannah Chaplin. The 26-year-old University of Maine graduate from Bar Harbor got caught in a blizzard last March while hiking in the Smokies… Read More
So there we were on this perfect blue-sky autumn day — four awestruck Kings of the Hill standing atop majestic Mount Katahdin with all of Maine and parts of neighboring jurisdictions spread at our feet, thankful yet again that Percival Baxter had had the brilliant foresight to make… Read More
AUGUSTA — General Fund revenue came in nearly 3.1 percent above estimates last month, but sales tax collections remained off, Gov. John R. McKernan said Friday. August collections totalled nearly $130 million, $3.7 million more than anticipated. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Helping a paper mill reduce its power consumption has helped Industrial Electric Supply through the recession. “We try to improve the efficiency of their operation, to reduce their consumption of power,” said John Corey, president of the East Newport company. Four in-house engineers from Corey’s… Read More
AUGUSTA — Federal officials assured a Maine audience this week that the Clinton administration is committed to increasing the availability of home- and community-based services in place of more expensive nursing home care. The issue of long-term care and how it fits in with health-care… Read More
It was an easy little tidbit of news to miss: Bath Iron Works lost a contract to build cargo ships for the U.S. Navy this week. If you did see it, why would you care? How was it any different from dozens of similar stories… Read More
AUGUSTA — In acknowledging that the mind affects the body, and vice versa, the presumption is that the two are quite separate. That’s not so, says Dr. Deepak Chopra. Americans are obviously interested in what Chopra has to say, because they have made his “Quantum… Read More
AUGUSTA — House Speaker John L. Martin, returning to the State House after a trip to Washington for a White House briefing on the Clinton administration health care package, expressed confidence Friday in its prospects for passage. “They all know it’s coming, and everyone knows… Read More
AUGUSTA — A call was issued Thursday for nearly 170 volunteers who will help make state transportation policies that will consider alternatives to new and expanded highways. The volunteers will serve on eight regional committees that will help Maine’s Transportation Department identify needs and come… Read More
A Charleston man appeared in 3rd District Court in Bangor Friday morning charged with cruelty to animals, endangering the life of a child, night hunting, drug trafficking and possession of marijuana. Bryan Byther, 35, was arrested by Penobscot County deputies at his home on the… Read More
EMBDEN — Students and parents at Carrabec High School listened to a quick review of the proposed national health care plan Friday morning, explained by Sen. George Mitchell. Mitchell, making his second visit to the rural high school, said the health care issue “is high… Read More
The conclusions of a new national study that routinely giving ultrasound scans to all pregnant women is unnecessary probably won’t have much effect on how obstetricians do things in Bangor. The study, described in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine, suggested that routine use of… Read More
NELSON P. JEWELL has been named director of admissions at the New England School of Broadcasting in Bangor. A graduate of the broadcasting school, Jewell has worked at several radio and television stations in the Bangor area. A Presque Isle native, Jewell currently is heard weekends on WQCB-FM,… Read More
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — God only knows who gets to heaven, but the Southern Baptists estimate 46.1 percent of people in Alabama risk going to hell. Since the figure from church research on potentially doomed souls was made public, it is Baptists who are feeling the… Read More
Friday, Sept. 17, 1993 Rating: Average NOTE: This is the last Allergy Index report for the 1993 season. We will resume the report in the spring. Read More
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“White Tiger” is searching for “Colonel Alexander” from Maine who served with him in the underground in North Korea during the Korean War. “Tiger” is the radio code name for Hyon S. Chung, formerly Myeng oh Chong, who escaped to Seoul. Address inquiries to: Maine Korean War Veterans,… Read More
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Peter Latucky has had a busy summer. In the last three months the Pittsburg resident has counted 360 unidentified flying objects in the sky above his home in the tiny logging town just south of the Canadian border. Glowing red, white or… Read More
ELLSWORTH — An evening of fellowship, music ministry and praise will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on outer State Street, Ellsworth. The evening will feature the ministry of Ruth and Wayne… Read More
Ken Fernald, a gospel singer and recording artist from Portsmouth, N.H., will bring his ministry to services at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Calvary Baptist Church, State Street, Brewer. Fernald has shared his concert ministry throughout New England for 11 years. He delivers his… Read More
CALAIS — Second Baptist Church of Calais welcomed Chester A. Garrison III as pastor with a service of installation on Sept. 12. He comes from Mount Desert Island and was educated at Husson College and Good Shepherd Bible Institute. He is continuing his studies at… Read More
Spend an afternoon with Steve Carignan and Garry Peirce, who run the technical operations at the Maine Center for the Arts, and two words will come to mind. Dynamic duo. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
O.K. Blackstone of Caribou guessed that the What Is It? (below) is a door track hangar for the old sliding barn doors. His was the only answer that came close to being correct. Actually, the object pictured was used at the end of a barn door track to… Read More
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EAST CORINTH — Special meetings at the United Baptist Church of East Corinth are scheduled for Sept. 19-26. Services will be held 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. The speaker will be evangelist Charles A. Kempf. Kempf has conducted crusades… Read More
CALAIS — Milltown Advent Christian Church will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its founding with services at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19. The speaker for the morning service will be Paul Spearing, a lay evangelist from the Advent Christian Church in Bangor. Communion will be… Read More
MAPLETON — Mapleton United Methodist Church held a groundbreaking ceremony recently after Sunday worship services. The Rev. John Danielson and the Rev. Dianne Danielson presided, with other church members taking part in the symbolic groundbreaking. Members of the building committee participating were chairman Merle Hughes,… Read More
Jews will continue the High Holy Days by celebrating Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, on Saturday, Sept. 25. Congregation Beth Israel will hold Mincha at 1 p.m., and Kol Nidre at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at the synagogue at 144 York St., Bangor. Read More
Columbia Street Baptist Church in Bangor will hold Music Appreciation Sunday at 10:45 a.m. Sept. 19. A singspiration will also be held at 6 p.m. that day. Young people from the Crosspoint youth group are working toward a missions trip to Mexico next April. They… Read More
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PORTLAND — Catholic Charities Maine’s programs and services have received a certificate of accreditation from the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, according to Steven E. Bogus, diocesan director. The accreditation procedure involved a detailed examinatino of the agency’s operation, including a… Read More
ROCKLAND — The 189th meeting of the American Baptist Churches of Maine will be held Oct. 21-23 at Littlefield Memorial Baptist Church in Rockland. Organized in 1804, it is the largest Baptist organization in Maine, comprising 180 active churches with approximately 20,000 members. The denomination… Read More