In 1984, he stole 39 bases in only 72 games. In those days, Otis Nixon was one of the crowd favorites at The Ballpark in Old Orchard Beach. He has wearing a Maine Guides uniform at the time. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Schoolgirl soccer FORT FAIRFIELD – Terri Beaulieu’s penalty kick with 19:20 left in the second period held up as the game-winner as Limestone edged Fort Fairfield 3-2 in a girls soccer game Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
WORCESTER, Mass. – Junior goalie Mary Lou Winstell recorded her seventh shutout of the season as the University of Maine field hockey team beat Holy Cross 1-0 here Monday. Michelle Gallan recorded the game’s only goal off a penalty corner with 15:21 remaining in the… Read More
8-Ball League Standings through Oct. 10 AROOSTOOK COUNTY 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++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
April Rockwell scored the winning goal with eight seconds remaining and Dexter beat the Brewer Witches 3-2 in a high school field hockey game at the Pendleton Street field in Brewer. Lee Randall led the visiting Tigers, now 3-10, with two goals. Her first came… Read More
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Schoolgirl soccer PRESQUE ISLE – Denise Hewes scored the game-winner with 18 seconds left in the second overtime period as the Brewer Witches defeated Presque Isle 3-2 in schoolgirl soccer action Monday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
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Maine Maritime Academy sophomore tailback Rob Marchitello of Kirkland, Quebec, carried 41 times for 204 yards and two TDs to spark the Mariners to a 21-8 victory over UMass.-Dartmouth. That effort earned him Co-Player of the Week honors in the New England Football Conference. Marchitello… Read More
Kirk Matthieu’s attempt to rewrite the NCAA Division III football record book may have come to a premature end. The senior tailback for Maine Maritime Academy learned Monday he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during last Saturday’s game against UMass-Dartmouth… Read More
Mary Lou Winstel and Jana Hanson of the University of Maine field hockey team were tabbed for North Atlantic Conference weekly honors after Saturday’s 1-0 upset victory over 10th-ranked Boston University. Winstel, the Black Bears’ junior goalkeeper, made 19 saves on 31 shots to share… Read More
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HAMPDEN – The Hampden Academy field hockey team has one thing to say to German-born teammate Eva Tishendorf. Danke schoen, Eva. Translated, it simply means thank you. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
There were 11 goals scored during Sunday’s University of Maine hockey intrasquad scrimmage. Coach Shawn Walsh is encouraged by the potent display of offense so early in training camp, but it has given him cause for concern about his team’s defensive play. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ORONO – John Hevesy was walking into the football meeting room in the University of Maine field house Monday when he offered a suggestion to members of the Black Bear coaching staff. “We should just meet in the training room,” Hevesy joked, referring to the… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Performing Arts for Children will present live performances in music, dance and theater as it enters its 19th season this fall. The educational program under the sponsorship of The Grand serves more than 11,000 students in Hancock, Washington, Waldo and Sagadahoc counties. Schools… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE — Walt Whitcomb, one of the most famous farmers in the state, will be named “Republican Man of the Year” during a friendly roast at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, at the Lobster Pound. The roast is organized by the Waldo County Republican Women. Read More
HOLDEN — Selectmen met Monday, Oct. 4, with members of the Planning Board to discuss mutual concerns about development. For some time the selectmen have voiced concern about finding some way to increase back-lot development. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
BROOKSVILLE — Community support has long been the tradition that continues to sustain the Brooksville Free Public Library. The library recently was bequeathed a vast book collection owned by the late Minerva Cutler, a longtime resident of Brooksville who died earlier this year. For many… Read More
Several years ago our family shared pleasure in watching Billy Swift pitching for the University of Maine at Orono. We admired his fine appearance on and around the baseball field and wished him the best of success following his college experience. During the play-off game… Read More
KENDUSKEAG — Selectmen voted Tuesday, Oct. 5, to send an application to the Department of Environmental Protection seeking permission to enter into a five-year contract with Frost Septic of Hermon as a designated site for the town’s disposal of septic waste. The town had previously… Read More
WARREN — Students and teachers in Knox and Lincoln counties are learning to “Make a Difference” as they participate in the annual fall conservation education program sponsored by the local conservation district. Classroom presentations are being conducted by Lee Humphreys, district education coordinator, challenging students… Read More
It’s my understanding that the movie “Gettysburg” will not be playing at the Bangor Cinemas. Hoyts Cinemas of Massachusetts has apparently made this decision based on the almighty dollar. They probably figure a four-hour movie will take up too much time for a single admission when they could… Read More
As mayor of the city of Brewer, I am writing on behalf of the Brewer City Council and our citizens to express our concern about changes being considered for the federal government’s recycled printing paper standards. The proposed changes threaten the continued operation of Eastern Fine Paper Inc. Read More
I am so sick of hearing the “change the channel if you think it’s corrupting your children” excuse, usually spoken or written by those who can afford to either stay home or pay someone to tend the house while parents work. I’ll guess that 50… Read More
The results are in at the James River Mill in Old Town. By a 356-to-49 vote, the membership of Local 80 turned down the contract offer (?) offered by James River. Most of the 59 accept votes were an acquiescence to frustation. A no-strike vote… Read More
Webster defines communism, “b: a system in which goods are owned in common and available to all as needed.” Our prominent senator has stated it is the right of every American to have affordable health care. I, for one, don’t want your charity. I just… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Free vaccination clinics will be held this fall by The Aroostook Medical Center to encourage people to receive flu shots. A clinic will be held from 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Community General Hospital in Fort Fairfield. Free flu… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — A health care program for migrant families will be offered through Saturday, Oct. 23, in the Fort Fairfield Health Center at Community General Hospital. George Montee, a physician’s assistant, and Mary Mraz, a family nurse practitioner, are coordinating the services to provide… Read More
VAN BUREN — Making sure the people of Van Buren and outlying communities have access to local health care is the Van Buren Hospital District’s top priority. The road to that end has been filled with hurdles. Hospital district trustee Peter Sirois says it is… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Board of Directors of First Citizens Bank recently voted to pay a common stock dividend of 13 cents a share to all shareholders of record as of Oct. 8. The dividend on third-quarter earnings will be payable Oct. 22, according to… Read More
GREENVILLE — The 180-ton steamship Katahdin will be lifted out of Moosehead Lake during the week of Oct. 18 so that work can begin to replate the hull. Cianbro Corp. will supply a crane to lift the ship from the water where it will rest… Read More
FORKSTOWN — A 71-year-old Greenwich, Conn., man was transported by ambulance to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor in stable condition following a one-vehicle rollover accident reported at 12:21 p.m. Monday on Route 2A. The incident occurred about two miles from a similar one-vehicle rollover… Read More
ISLAND FALLS — A truck apparently damaged an electrical pole and wires resulting in a power outage Monday morning, impacting Maine Public Service Co.’ customers from Houlton to Island Falls, according to Virginia Joles, company spokesman. A second electrical outage was also reported south of… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — About 100 local business leaders and government representatives were given a peek Monday at the new Kmart store that will be one of four anchor stores in the Aroostook Centre Mall. During the past week, about 13,500 pieces of freight have been… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The free workshop titled “Pay-per-bag: Increasing Waste Reduction and Recycling” will be held Thursday, Oct. 21, at Northern Maine Technical College’s Christie Hall. Jody Harris, director of the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling with the Maine Waste Management Agency, will speak… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Often they were shunned, not maliciously or in a way that would harm them, but because they were different; because they threatened that safety net of normalcy that surrounds most people’s emotions. They are mentally retarded or developmentally disabled adults. At one time… Read More
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MACHIAS — Jane Lyon, a library assistant at Merrill Library of the University of Maine at Machias, experienced a bit of deja vu recently when a 30-year-old mosaic tile piece was hung in her workplace for display and perservation. The mosaic is a large, circular… Read More
CALAIS — Developers of a proposed $10 million strip mall on South Street will ask the Calais Planning Board at 7 p.m. tonight to give their site plan final approval. Also before the board will be a request by Grant’s Dairy of Bangor for site-plan… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Connections are being made between school and public libraries in the TriCounty area. An inservice workshop will be held for educators from Dover-Foxcroft, Dexter and Guilford on Friday, Oct. 15, at SeDoMoCha Middle School in Dover-Foxcroft. During the workshop, school and public libraries… Read More
FAIRFIELD — The North Kennebec Planning Commission will present a forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, to discuss the benefits and risks of businesses that deal with solid waste. The forum will be held in the Frye Building at Kennebec Valley Technical College. “NIMBY-YIMBY,… Read More
MILLINOCKET — The task of a new 14-member economic development advisory committee will be to come up with solutions to diversify Millinocket’s economy. Plans by Great Northern Paper Co., the town’s largest employer, to downsize operations, along with a prolonged recession, prompted the Town Council… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Members of a residents’ advisory panel will attempt again to complete a complaint policy for the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday. The committee of residents and lawyers will meet at noon in the sheriff’s conference room. At a meeting on the last… Read More
ELLIOTSVILLE — The theft of a truck and several household items from an Elliotsville home is under investigation by the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. A resident there reported to police that a 1977 pickup truck, an air conditioner, tires, a stove, beds and other furniture… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold an election in December for a district supervisor. Anyone interested in the position should complete a nomination paper at the district office by Wednesday, Oct. 27. A candidate for an elected supervisor position… Read More
GUILFORD — The annual dinner meeting of the Piscataquis Soil and Water Conservation District will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at the Guilford Valley Grange. The turkey pot-pie dinner will cost $8. The agenda will include recognition of an outstanding cooperator of… Read More
FAIRFIELD — The North Kennebec Planning Commission will present a forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, to discuss the benefits and risks of businesses that deal with solid waste. The forum will be held in the Frye Building at Kennebec Valley Technical College. “NIMBY-YIMBY,… Read More
GREENVILLE — The 180-ton steamship Katahdin will be lifted out of Moosehead Lake during the week of Oct. 18 so that work can begin to replate the hull. Cianbro Corp. will supply a crane to lift the ship from the water where it will rest… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Members of a residents’ advisory panel will attempt again to complete a complaint policy for the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday. The committee of residents and lawyers will meet at noon in the sheriff’s conference room. At a meeting on the last… Read More
CAMDEN — A stolen truck that may have been the getaway vehicle for a man who escaped capture after a foiled burglary here this weekend was recovered Monday morning in Kennebec County, and police expect to interview the fugitive today. Two people, David Ingraham, 24,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The annual Business and Industry Exposition will be held Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19, sponsored by the Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce. The event will be held at Foxcroft Academy this year instead of SeDoMoCha Middle School. James Bishop, executive… Read More
WALDO — Three people were treated for injuries suffered in a Monday afternoon accident on Route 137. A Waldo County Sheriff’s Department dispatcher said the accident occurred at 2:45 p.m. near the Waldo fire station. He said Deputy Ben Seekins reported that two vehicles were… Read More
Sgt. Robert McCaslin has been assigned as U.S. Marine recruiter for the Rockland-Waterville-Augusta area. McCaslin joined the Corps in 1984 while still a junior in high school. He served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He also assisted in the care and shelter of Haitian… Read More
BLUE HILL — For two days this week, fishermen will have the unusual opportunity to have their boats evaluated for safety both free of charge and close to home. Robert Wallstrom, a local marine surveyor and member of the Blue Hill Harbor Committee, said this… Read More
BELFAST — The Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad’s decision to move operations up the track to Unity have been met with mixed reactions, according to members of City Council. When contacted Monday, Councilors Walter Ash, Larry Moses and Margaret Temple said the constituents they spoke… Read More
The Brewer City Council voted during a special meeting Friday to reverse an earlier decision not to seek a private firm to run the city’s waste-water treatment plant. The meeting was called by Mayor Alan Whittemore, who said he decided city residents should have an… Read More
CARMEL — Bids have been requested from contractors to replace five faulty septic systems in the town, reports Town Manager Glennis McSorely. She said the town will pay for the work with $20,000 from the Small Community Grant Program. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
PENOBSCOT — Taking part in town projects like comprehensive planning can turn participants into aficionados of local lore, says a town official. Since becoming chairman of the Penobscot Comprehensive Planning Committee, natural history enthusiast Richard Washburn says he has debated theories on the origin of… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Planning Board on Wednesday night tabled a request from Albert and Mitchell Small of Darbro Inc. for permission to change the developer’s name on the subdivision plan for the proposed outlet mall on Beckwith Hill from Ram Development Corp. to Darbro Inc. Read More
ROCKLAND — Old County Road was closed most of the day Monday after a fully loaded cement truck tipped over on a tight curve, taking out a utility pole in the process. The truck, owned by Ferraiolo Construction Co. of Rockland, toppled over on a… Read More
Two Bradford men were arrested on Sunday and charged with burglarizing a Corinth restaurant and a Bradford convenience store. Early Sunday morning, Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputies Peter Stone and Thomas Burgess were notified of burglaries at the Country-Side Drive-In restaurant and the Bradford General Store. Read More
The Brewer City Council will consider several issues when it meets at 7:30 p.m. tonightTuesday at the City Hall, including authorizing a computerized preventive maintenance program at the Brewer Waste-water Treatment Plant through a contract with the Woodard and Curran firm. Councilors also will consider… Read More
MILLINOCKET — By late November, a new study committee will determine whether it’s feasible to build and operate a community center which would house an ice hockey arena. Members of the committee see it as a means of diversifying the economy through various events that… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Hazel Davison, 68, died of multiple stab wounds to her back, according to an autopsy conducted Monday morning. Davison was found dead in her Skowhegan home early Sunday. Her 14-year-old great-niece will appear in Skowhegan District Court on Tuesday to be charged with… Read More
ST. GEORGE — Selectman Edward Zaklow is “deeply concerned” about high-speed chases, especially after witnessing one on the Walston Road last week. In the aftermath of an Eddington crash in which three people were killed during a high-speed chase, the time has come to re-evaluate… Read More
SEGUIN ISLAND — Susie Wren has always had a thing for Seguin Island. This summer she built a museum there. Her family’s summer home was in Georgetown, perched 100 feet above the Kennebec River overlooking the hardy little island and lighthouse. The view nurtured a… Read More
What they are asking for in Lewiston is shocking because it is so commonplace: the right to housing, to work, to be served a meal at a restaurant, to get a bank loan. Nothing special — the sort of thing that most people take for granted for themselves. Read More
EDITOR’S NOTE: Maine’s social welfare safety net is fraying at the edges because of state budget cuts. This is the second in a four-part series of interviews with individuals who are feeling the impact. Sandra Farver slowly uncurled her aching arms and legs as she… Read More
MACHIAS — The new office of the Wild Blueberry Association of North America is expected to be located in the Ellsworth area within the next two or three months, a spokesman for the international promotional organization said Monday. The new executive director of WBANA, John… Read More
FORT KENT — An administrative order to tone down the celebration of Halloween, Christmas and Easter has brought the wrath of parents down on the SAD 27 School Board. After weeks of efforts to turn the situation around, two mothers and their attorney met with… Read More
Old Town area educators, clergy and community leaders are expected to gather this evening to discuss the need for greater tolerance and understanding of how people are different. The first meeting of the Tolerance Commmittee will be held at 7 p.m. in the Old Town… Read More
MADAWASKA — Unimaginable poverty, terrorism, gunshots in the night, and still a sense of pride amongst its people are the images a Maine state senator brought back from Haiti. Sen. Judy Paradis, D-Frenchville, was part of a five-member delegation from the National Democratic Institute For… Read More
Halloween is just around the corner, and these new titles, including two by Maine authors and illustrators, are bound to please young ghosts and goblins. BY THE LIGHT OF THE HALLOWEEN MOON, by Caroline Stutson, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 32… Read More
FALMOUTH — State troopers returned to the scene of a grisly accident Monday to determine where a carload of teen-agers was stopped when it was struck by a tractor-trailer, killing four and injuring a fifth. The Ford Escort was en route to a “haunted hayride”… Read More
Insomnia becomes more and more common as one progresses farther and farther beyond the age of 50. I didn’t know that until I read it in the October issue of the magazine Health. It’s not caused by increasing anxiety, or by the aches and pains of old age,… Read More
Bobbi-Jean “B.J.” Garceau, 10, collapsed during an asthma attack last week in the gymnasium of the Helen Dunn School in Greenbush. The child’s eyes rolled up in her head, she passed out and regained consciousness twice, then stopped breathing. Her skin was turning blue, according to her mother,… Read More
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CONCORD, N.H. — The state and sawmills are overstating economic and environmental problems caused by raw timber exports, a major logger says. Steve Leighton of Barrington, who has supplied much of the timber being shipped out of Portsmouth, said the mills are blowing the issue… Read More
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Mid Coast Hospital has agreed to scale back its proposed new facility by a dozen beds to win state support, cutting its $40.2 million price tag by $100,000. Meanwhile, officials at Bath Iron Works — the region’s largest health care consumer —… Read More
LISBON — A funeral is scheduled for Thursday for Army Sgt. Thomas Field, one of two Mainers killed in Somalia last week, an Army spokesman said. Field, who was from Lisbon, was crew chief aboard a helicopter that crashed in fighting against Somali warlord Mohamed… Read More
STREETS OF LAREDO, by Larry McMurtry, Simon & Schuster, 589 pages, $25. The long-awaited sequel to Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning western saga, “Lonesome Dove,” picks up the story 15 years after Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call led their ill-fated cattle drive to Montana. Since then… Read More
BETHEL (AP) — Sunday River ski area opened for the season Monday, but beginners need not start planning a ski weekend just yet. Cold overnight temperatures allowed snow-making equipment to lay down a base of one foot of snow, but the lone trail open to… Read More
CHRONICLES OF COURAGE: Very Special Artists, by Jean Kennedy Smith and George Plimpton, Random House, 234 pages, $23. Try to imagine yourself physically disabled in a world that is marching briskly to the sound of a different drummer, that of the able-bodied. This is the… Read More
CASTINE — The Naval ROTC summer sailing program at Maine Maritime Academy recently concluded its season aboard the Navy yacht Santee. The 41-foot Morgan logged more than 1,200 miles during the summer in a training cruise along the New England coast. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
MAD AS HELL: Revolt at the Ballot Box, 1992, by Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover, Warner Books, 534 pages, $24.95. Every once in a while, a work of historical reporting appears that highlights the abyss that separates history and journalism. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Fleet Financial Group announced a further expansion into New England on Monday with plans to acquire a small Massachusetts bank for about $125 million in stock. Terrence Murray, Fleet’s chairman and chief executive, said the bank intends to acquire Sterling Bancshares Corp. Read More
BASEBALL’S BIGGEST BLOOPERS: The Games that Got Away, by Dan Gutman, Penguin Books, 160 pages, $13.99. Dan Gutman must have a fascination with the seamy, dark side of baseball. His last book, “Baseball Babylon,” was a compilation of every known scandal, tragedy and death affecting… Read More
WASHINGTON — Scientists in Great Britain say they have found a simple way to detect and monitor scarring and damage in the liver, a method that could reduce the need for risky liver biopsy. The researchers say they have shown that by combining the results… Read More
Today Gov. John R. McKernan will sign a proclamation celebrating the United Nations, 48 years old this month. Today there will be a funeral for Sgt. Gary Gordon, dead at 33. Later this week his body will return to Maine for burial. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
SPEAKING OF NEW ENGLAND: The Place & Her People, assembled and arranged by Richard Aldridge, wood engravings by Siri Beckman, North Country Press, 112 pages, $12.95. This collection of 72 poems by 56 poets who were or are New England natives or adoptive residents presents… Read More
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A SIMPLE PLAN, by Scott Smith, Knopf, 335 pages, $21. This book is aptly named, based as it is on A Simple Premise: Two brothers and a nerfball friend, out driving the back roads in a battered old pickup truck and nursing a beer in… Read More
JUDITH W. HAYES, formerly vice president and treasurer of Consumers Water Co. of Portland, has been named president of the firm’s Maine subsidiaries, specifically Camden and Rockland Water Co., Maine Water Co. and Wanakah Water Co. These companies, with headquarters in Rockland, serve about 15,000 customers in 17… Read More
Q. My kitchen is dark and needs more natural sunlight, but I can’t afford an expensive skylight. Will one of the new efficient sunlight tubes help brighten my room? — W.J. A. You have a couple of energy efficient and attractive options for brightening your… Read More
It’s that time of the year again. A time when students all across the country prepare for the mother of all standardized tests — the SAT. The French had the guilliotine, the Chinese had water torture, and now every high-school student’s worst nightmare has manifested… Read More