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    Thank goodness for moms like Cynthia Donaldson of Lamoine. I wish for many more like her. If this mom hadn’t written to me, I wouldn’t be passing along some good news. The Donaldson daughters are competing successfully for two of this country’s top college crew… Read More
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    Motor Sports David McLaughlin of Harrington weathered a fourth-lap crash that knocked five top contenders from the race and went on to win the Late Model Sportsman feature at Speedway 95 Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    GREENVILLE – The moose season ended almost as soon as it began for Jeremy Bean, who bagged his first trophy only minutes into Maine’s 12th annual season Monday. Bean, a truck driver from East Corinth, spotted his target as he was heading out at dawn… Read More
    Out and About: Congratulations are in order for Richard McFarland of Newport. The veteran outdoorsman and hunter-safety instructor recently was named Maine’s first “Outdoor Person of the Year.” The selection, made by hunter-safety instructors and coordinators, was one of several citations announced at the 25th… Read More
    Schoolboy soccer MOUNT DESERT – Conrad Smith and Garric Worcester scored unassisted goals to lead Mount Desert Island to a 2-1 schoolboy soccer win over Hermon Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    Tiffany Carlisle scored two unassisted goals to lead Brewer past Bangor 3-0 in a high school field hockey game Monday at the Bangor High field. Maureen Collins scored an unassisted goal for the 6-3 Witches. Alison Lorenz saved all six shots she faced. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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    If the 1993 high school football season had ended Saturday, the Old Town Indians would not be in the playoffs because of a forfeit handed to them last week for using an ineligible player. It would be a heartbreaking end to a long season. The… Read More
    Schoolgirl soccer EAST MILLINOCKET – Kristen Chavarie scored a pair of goals to lead the Schenck Wolverines to a 4-1 schoolgirl soccer win over Penobscot Valley of Howland Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    Former University of Maine winger Bob Corkum will be wearing a duck on the front of his uniform when the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, owned by the Disney Co., make their National Hockey League debut against Detroit on Friday night. Corkum is one of several… Read More
    Bruce Nason returns to the Houlton High boys basketball program as its new head coach. Nason replaces Matt Rossignol, who resigned the position to return to his own alma mater, Van Buren. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    OLD TOWN – The host Indians gave up a goal with just less than seven minutes left in regulation and narrowly missed handing the MDI Trojans their first schoolgirl soccer loss of the season here Monday. The game ended up a 1-1 tie in double overtime. Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The following cases were processed July 26-Sept. 10 in the southern division of 5th District Court in Bar Harbor: Scott L. Porter, 22, Hampden, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $300, license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    On Nov. 2, Bangor voters who are early risers will make history, stepping behind the curtain in their polling places at 6:30 a.m. As they pull the slide and drop their ballot into the box, they can thank the Bangor City Council for the opportunity and the convenience… Read More
    Freedom of the press is wonderful, but much of the politically charged garbage I read is not. Labels such as “hard-nosed conservative” and “bleeding-heart liberal” serve no useful purpose. They merely provide an excuse to dodge important issues. Here are some of the important issues not adequately dealt… Read More
    I am saddened by the controversy that seems about to divide my town into two camps (us and them); I remember peaceful and quiet times. Inflammatory and, on some occasions, incorrect statements are being printed in the two newspapers read here. The fact that they are printed does… Read More
    This is a response to your Sept. 22 editorial, “Sockalexis Needed.” The 115th Legislature established the 1992 Jobs Creation Bond Program for municipal infrastructure construction projects. The program was unique and unprecedented in Maine. Through a competitive process, Maine municipalities identified their own infrastructure projects. Read More
    FORT KENT — FLeet Bank of Maine, the SAD 27 Adult Education Department and the Northern Maine Development Commission’s Small Business Development Center will hold a free workshop on “Demystifying the Business Plan to Get Credit You Deserve” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Community High School… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The public is invited to a program on HIV and AIDS from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, at Gould Memorial Hospital in Presque Isle. The program, “Expanding Our Knowledge Base of HIV-AIDS,” is designed for the general public and includes… Read More
    MADAWASKA — According to figures released by the Maine Bureau of Taxation, Madawaska is once again the highest valued municipality in Aroostook County at $318,700,000. According to the state, the valuation represents the full equalized value of all taxable property in the municipalities as of… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A training program titled “Farmedic” is being offered in Aroostook County to provide farm workers and rescue crews information on how to prevent and handle farm accidents. The program originated in Alfred, N.Y., in 1981 in response to a large number of… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Northern Maine Technical College will hold a 40-hour training program titled “ABC’s of Hazardous Materials” from 8 a.m. to 5 p. m. Monday through Friday, Oct. 18-22. Instructors are Carl Allen, a hazardous materials specialist, Maine Department of Environmental Protection; John… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A seminar titled “Maximizing Multi-Media: A How-to Session for Faculty” will be presented to instructors and education students from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, at Northern Maine Technical College’s A.K. Christie lecture hall. The seminar will feature a live Public… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Northern Educational Partnership, a group of local administrators and educators, will present region-wide professional development programs from October through April. The group was formed last spring to coordinate professional development, promote dialogue among public school officials, and to support and fund… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook County Action Program Inc. will begin scheduling appointments Tuesday, Oct. 12, for the 1993-1994 Home Energy Assistance Program. HEAP provides financial help to eligible low-income households to offset the high cost of direct or indirect home energy, according to James… Read More
    CARIBOU The following people were sentenced Monday in Aroostook County Superior Court by Justice Paul T. Pierson: 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; i++) {… Read More
    CHERRYFIELD — The town’s first “Cherryfield Octoberfest,” featuring fun-filled events during October comes while Cherryfield is already well-known for its traditional, old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration, Atlantic salmon fishing and a wild blueberry harvest that has made the town the “Blueberry Capital of the World.”… Read More
    INDIAN TOWNSHIP — More than 80 volunteers for the Washington County Senior Companion Program will be honored at the Cooperative Extension program’s annual recognition banquet at 11 a.m. Wednesday by representatives of the Passsamaquoddy Tribe at Peter Dana Point. Sylvia Gabriel, a member of the… Read More
    CALAIS — The groundbreaking shovel was gripped by soft and innocent hands of children as well as by the calloused and wrinkled hands of senior citizens, during the official start of the newest church construction project in Washington County. Frank Fenderson, chairman of the First… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS — Aaron Ackley, the 3 1/2-year-old son of Amy and Ralph Ackley Jr., received a lot of hugs and kisses on Monday for being a hero by alerting his mother to the smoke and fire that destroyed a bedroom in their mobile home, rendering the dwelling… Read More
    EASTPORT — The on-again, off-again search for a new principal at Shead High School in Eastport is on again, after the Eastport School Committee’s top candidate for the post rejected the job offer. On Sept. 28, the committee voted 4-1 to offer Joseph Testa a… Read More
    EASTPORT — A 35-foot commercial fishing boat was damaged but not destroyed in a fire of unknown origin Sunday, while it was moored at the Eastport breakwater. Petty Officer Mark Staggs of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue Unit at Eastport said Monday that… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft selectmen expect next week to act on a petition submitted by two residents who requested the town change a discontinued way to a town way. At the meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, selectmen will hear legal advice from the… Read More
    GUILFORD — The Friends of Guilford Memorial Library, in conjunction with Guilford of Maine, Hardwood Products Co. and Key Bank, will sponsor a live theater presentation for students in SAD 4. Approximately 400 students in grades two through six will see one of two presentations… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — The distribution of block grant funds from the Department of Education will be discussed at the Tuesday night meeting of the Pittsfield Town Council. The council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5, in the council room of the Pittsfield Municipal Building. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Color analysis and makeup will be the focus of a forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, in the library at Warsaw Middle School. The session, sponsored by the SAD 53 Adult and Community Education Program, will feature Marion Giovanucci, a Color Me… Read More
    DEXTER — Five Dexter residents have thrown their hat into the ring as candidates for three of the three-year openings on the SAD 46 board of directors this year. Candidates for the three openings now held by Cindy Thibodeau, Frances Field and Georgeanne Dow are… Read More
    NORTHPORT — The Port City All Stars will play for a dance to benefit Mid-Coast Family Planning from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, Oct. 15, at the Blue Goose. The All Stars are popular in the midcoast area for their wide variety of danceable music from rock ‘n’… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Police are investigating a break-in at the Trinity Street home of George Lowander. Lt. Michael Collins said Lowander had been away for a few days and discovered the break-in when he returned home on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. Taken were tools valued at… Read More
    FRANKFORT — A state police tactical team was called to assist with a family argument Sunday night but left town without making an arrest. “There were no laws broken and no arrests made,” Chief Deputy Robert Jones of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department said Monday. Read More
    KNOX — Not one drop of a 3,000-gallon load of heating oil was spilled when a delivery truck slammed into a bridge and flipped onto its side Saturday afternoon. Chief Deputy Robert Jones of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department said the accident occurred at 12:20… Read More
    CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy alumni from throughout the United States will return to the college Oct. 8-10 for homecoming festivities. Rand Erb, director of development and alumni affairs, said this year’s gathering will honor the reunion classes of 1943, 1953, 1958, 1968, 1973, 1978,… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — A vacant farmhouse on the Crooked Road in Bar Harbor was demolished by fire late Sunday evening. Bar Harbor Fire Chief Butch Higgins said the building, known as the Old Fogg Farm, was consumed by flames by the time the first firetruck… Read More
    SULLIVAN — Sumner Memorial High School has announced that the school has chosen to produce Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods.” The musical is about the quest of a baker and his wife to break a witch’s spell. Their adventure leads them into… Read More
    BLUE HILL — The Bay School opened its 14th year with the highest enrollment in the school’s history. According to school officials, 73 pupils enrolled this year. The figure represents 16 area towns from as far as Stonington, Prospect Harbor, Orland and Castine. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The recent birth of Cameron James Rice marked a new beginning for Maine Coast Memorial Hospital’s maternity unit. His birth was the first delivery for newly certified nurse-midwife Debra Porter Parent, who has joined the practice of obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Robert Madrell… Read More
    CASTINE — Castine veterans of World War II will be the honored guests of Maine Maritime Academy’s Naval ROTC unit on Oct. 9. The veterans, men and women, will attend a luncheon in the new Student Center and will be recognized in ceremonies preceding the… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT — By a majority vote of the nearly 50 people in attendance, a special town meeting Monday evening was postponed until the regular town meeting in March. Ed Bonville, a member of the Warrant Committee, made the motion to postpone, contending the special… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Friends of Union River invites new members to its next meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at city hall. The group has been involved in making additions to and beautifying the Union River Harbor dock and parking area. Some additions include… Read More
    SEAL HARBOR — A nine-year-old Seal Harbor child was in serious condition Monday night at a Bangor hospital after she was struck by a car while riding her bike in Seal Harbor earlier that afternoon. Shyrle L. Goble first was taken to Mount Desert Island… Read More
    LEE — Seven men, who were observed harvesting marijuana plants in two unrelated cases, were arrested last week on charges of trafficking in marijuana. James Goodwin, 37, of Lee; Lionel Dube, 34, of Argyle; and Jeffrey Goodwin, 36, of Lee were arrested last Sunday evening… Read More
    FRANKFORT — A state police tactical team was called to assist with a family argument Sunday night but left town without making an arrest. “There were no laws broken and no arrests made,” Chief Deputy Robert Jones of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department said Monday. Read More
    Monetary donations are being collected at the University of Maine for victims of the devastating earthquake in India last week in which as many as 16,000 died. Professor Vijay Panchang, who comes from the same state where the earthquake hit the hardest, said collection boxes… Read More
    The Cole Land Transportation Museum will help World War I veterans obtain their 75th anniversary commemorative medals, replicas of the Victory medal given to those who served in World War I. The medal will be given to all living World War I veterans by the… Read More
    The Maine Department of Transportation reported Monday that I-95 exit ramp 47 at Union and Ohio streets will be closed Tuesday for paving. The ramp will be closed during the late morning or when temperatures reach 50 degrees. DOT officials said single lane traffic will… Read More
    HAMPDEN — A delegation of SAD 22 officials addressed the Hampden Town Council Monday night to explain referendum questions that will be coming before the voters during the Nov. 2 elections. The first question will request bonding for $950,000 to make roof repairs on Hampden… Read More
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to levy a $42,000 fine against the Maine Department of Corrections for alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at the Charleston Correctional Facility. The EPA charged that 40 electrical transformers contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were stored improperly at… Read More
    BATH — Bath Iron Works officials, saying the city assessor overvalued the shipyard this year by as much as 350 percent, has asked for a $2.8 million tax rebate. This was the third consecutive year BIW has requested a tax rebate, and the amount requested… Read More
    SUITLAND, Md. — The number of poor Americans grew by 1.2 million in 1992, the government said Monday in a report that paints a portrait of an underclass that is disproportionately young and without health insurance. Analysts blamed stubborn unemployment and declining social services in… Read More
    Russian President Boris Yeltsin made his bedlam and now he is lying in it. Though the United States has supported him throughout the two-week battle in Moscow, the U.S. position must put the advancement of democracy ahead of its support for a particular leader. Rather… Read More
    Folks around Hudspeth County, Texas, resent “nuclear carpetbaggers” from Maine and Vermont who want to ship their radioactive waste south, Bill Addington said at a press conference Monday in Bangor. A third-generation resident of the West Texas town of Sierra Blanca, Addington was in Bangor… Read More
    AUGUSTA — William H. Shuman of Damariscotta was re-elected chairman of the Augusta Chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives at the group’s September meeting. Edson Labrack of Manchester was re-elected vice chairman; Paul Duggan of Chamberlain and Eve Bryant of Augusta were elected… Read More
    It’s not every day that people picket the Bangor Daily News. There is a reason for that — sidewalk protests seldom attract much notice. Five lanes of traffic on one side; on the other side, a gaggle of reporters and editors looking for a reason… Read More
    A former Penobscot Job Corps student charged with raping a fellow student on the Husson College campus was indicted Monday by a Penobscot County Superior Court grand jury. Tyjay Hill, 19, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was charged with gross sexual assault. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    FREEPORT — When Dan George was a soldier during the Persian Gulf War, his chaplain handed him a letter from five women who work at town hall in Freeport. That first letter blossomed into a friendship, shaped during hard times. Now, George is retiring from… Read More
    AUGUSTA — In a small community somewhere in Maine, there’s a family doctor who must visit the local police station daily and blow into a Breathalyzer before he can see his patients. The officers didn’t order the sobriety check. The Maine Impaired Physicians Program did. Read More
    PORTLAND — The Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday approved spending for three Aegis destroyers like those built by Bath Iron Works, Maine’s senators said. The $2.6 billion for the destroyers was included in the defense appropriations bill, which will be taken up shortly by the… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The death rate resulting from cardiovascular diseases is three times higher than cancer and surpasses deaths caused by AIDS nationally, according to Barbara Kent, associate director of Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. “Since the largest medical expenses are in the last three… Read More
    There are few things more universal in the realm of personal experience than learning how to drive. From birth, we are prepared for the one day when we will sit behind the wheel and hurtle through the atmosphere at blurring speeds. It all starts when… Read More
    The Boys Singers of Maine, an all-boys choir in its 15th year in Portland, is currently auditioning boys ages 8 and older for this season’s concerts. To schedule an audition, call 799-3809. Read More
    Musician Kay Gardner is forming a new chorus for women, and will hold an organizational meeting and rehearsal 7-9 p.m. Oct. 7 at the First Universalist Church of Bangor on Park Street. The chorus will feature inspirational women’s chants and music written by women songwriters and composers. All… Read More
    The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Hancock County welcomes all singers to its first rehearsal Oct. 5 at the Bryant E. Moore School on State Street in Ellsworth. The group, which meets 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, will perform “Utopia Limited” in February. For more information, call 244-4044 or 565-3315. Read More
    The Penobscot Theatre will hold auditions for a community production of “Bye Bye Birdie” 6 p.m. Oct. 5 at Peakes Auditorium in Bangor High School. Director Tom Logan is particularly interested in finding males and teens who tap dance, but anyone with an interest in acting and singing… Read More
    As the Oct. 6 deadline draws near, there has been movement in the negotiations between the three Bangor network affiliates and Cablevision, the predominant cable company in the greater Bangor area. WABI (Channel 5), the local CBS affiliate, reached agreement with Cablevision Friday evening. WVII… Read More
    Q. Our water tastes fine, but I worry that contaminants may harm my children’s physical and mental health. Can I test the water myself? What types of water purifiers are there and do they cost much to operate? — D.F. A. There are many contaminants… Read More