LUCERNE-IN-MAINE – The little white clubhouse shack has a “closed” sign tacked to it. The leaves are mostly off the trees now. They hide from the chill November wind in the crannies of the deserted fairways. Roger Tracy, the man responsible for resuscitating the golf… Read More
    It’s too far gone to look back now. That’s the general consenus of the two coaches involved in one of the Pine Tree Conference’s 1993 regular-season thrillers. After all, fall has already given way to the first snowfall of the approaching winter. October has already… Read More
    The University of Maine men’s basketball team has been practicing formally for less than a week, but Coach Rudy Keeling is already directing a significantly changed cast of players. The university announced Thursday that senior shooting guard Kevin Terrell, who had played in 87 games… Read More
    Highlighting Friday night’s LTC football playoff schedule: OLD TOWN (5-4) at ORONO (8-1), 7 p.m., at Orono High School: One week later, the Indians and the Red Riots go at it again. Last week, Orono beat Old Town 15-0 to end the regular season. This… Read More
    For the second time in a month, Fred Nichols will go before the Bangor City Council with a proposal for harness racing. But this time he will carry a bigger pocketbook – much bigger. In his initial proposal to the council, Nichols offered an “up-front”… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Sophomore striker Sarah Roy’s diving header off a Kelly Picard chip 12:33 into the first sudden-death overtime period gave the University of Maine-Presque Isle a 2-1 women’s soccer win over St. Joseph’s in the NAIA District 5 Eastern Division championship game here Wednesday. Read More
    BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Associatoin has announced that applications for the 1994 BAA Boston Marathon are now available. The 98th running of the marathon is on Patriots’ Day, Monday, April 18. To qualify, athletes must meet BAA’s qualifying standards by running a marathon certified… Read More
    Just two games separate first place from fourth as the NEWS Football Forecast heads into the final week. John Nash went 18-2 last week to tie for the week’s best mark with Pete Warner, Andrew Neff, and Joe McLaughlin, and keep a one-game lead over… Read More
    Boston University lost five forwards to graduation last June but still has an outstanding mix of talented offensive players skating into this college hockey season. The dilemma facing BU during this Hockey East winter is this. Can one or two players emerge as legitimate goal… Read More
    The Prospect Community Club’s hunters breakfast, scheduled for this Saturday from 4-8 a.m., will be held in Prospect, not in Frankfort as listed in Thursday’s paper. Read More
    ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – Jim Doran scored the only goal of the game off a penalty kick seven minutes into the first overtime as Michigan Christian defeated Unity College 1-0 in the first round of the National Small College Athletic Association playoffs Thursday. Goalie Brian… Read More
    Boston Celtics fans in Greater Bangor and other parts of the state have reason to celebrate this year. No, Danny Manning wasn’t traded to the Green even up for Alaa Abdelnaby and a second-round draft pick. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    The University of Maine field hockey team will enter the North Atlantic Conference Tournament arena on Friday in Boston. The task at hand is sizeable. Terry Kix’s fourth-seeded Black Bears, 11-5-1 overall and 3-2-1 in the NAC, will take on top-seeded and nationally-ranked Boston University,… Read More
    CINCINNATI – Tim Murphy, who has led the University of Cincinnati to its first winning football season in 11 years, reportedly is a candidate for the head coaching job at Harvard. Murphy, who was the head coach at the University of Maine for two seasons,… Read More
    Holly Stover, an advocate for troubled children, is leaving the Bangor area this month for a new position in Bath. Stover, 33, has been appointed director of the Bath Children’s Home, a 25-bed group home and transitional living facility for troubled adolescents. She will begin… Read More
    A Texas state judge approved a settlement on Tuesday under which General Motors Corp. will give $1,000 coupons to 645,000 owners of older pickups that federal safety officials say may pose a fire hazard. The settlement resolves a class-action lawsuit bought in 1992 on behalf… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A citizens forum on economic development will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, at the Hancock County Extension office, Ellsworth Industrial Park. The meeting is one of 20 that have been scheduled statewide to develop recommendations on regional economic… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Sound familiar? A millionaire businessman heads a special task force to fix a major state fiscal crisis. Then he runs for governor. Some Republican insiders, fearful that their party’s gubernatorial nomination may slip by default to religious activist Jasper Wyman, recently have begun… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine’s unemployment rate, one of the highest in New England, rose slightly in September, according to the state Labor Department. The seasonally adjusted rate increased to 7.7 percent, from 7.6 percent in August. The national rate in September was 6.7 percent. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    This summer, with the tacit support of the Clinton administration, a meeting of conservationists proposed a sweeping land management program that would set aside vast tracts of land to protect biodiversity in North America. As reported in the June 25 issue of Science, the Wildlands Project calls for… Read More
    Republicans, who are supposed to be in mid-depression over their loss of the White House last year, apparently were too busy winning elections this week to attend therapy sessions. Their winning patterns are certain to make life more difficult for the Clinton administration. In two… Read More
    Thursday’s lottery numbers: 173 — 6408 Tri-State Megabucks: No winner Wednesday… Read More
    When it comes to smoking, Mainers light up younger and stick with the habit longer than people in many other states. In a new study, Maine ranked fifth in the country in the percentage of its population who smoke. Maine also has the sixth-highest rate in the country… Read More
    GARDINER — A 37-year-old man was in custody Thursday after an armed standoff with police in a state office complex. No one was hurt. Scores of office workers were forced to leave the state Department of Professional and Financial Regulation building for about 90 minutes… Read More
    Yes, Ray Sharkey of Norridgewock, it makes me nervous also, that police are permitted to “police” themselves (Readers Write, Oct. 25). Even more frightening is that the attorney general didn’t have the courage to censure the leader of that tragedy, the Hegarty case. I don’t feel the cops… Read More
    Wednesday nights John Travolta wannabees crowd the dance floor for a heavy dose of the Bee Gees at the Bounty in Bangor. No, this not a look back to 20 years ago, it’s a look back to two nights ago. Since they started disco night,… Read More
    Lace up your saddle shoes. Grease back your hair. “Bye Bye Birdie” is back in town in a community production at Bangor High School’s Peakes Auditorium. With a peppy cast of nearly 40 local actors singing and dancing in this fund-raiser for Penobscot Theatre, there hasn’t been this… Read More
    The Bangor City Council vote 10 days ago to end harness racing at Bass Park severed a relationship of more than a half century. The pained reaction from horsemen and grandstand patrons reflected genuine loss, but did not refute the good judgment of the city. Read More
    No sooner had I passed through the parking lot and slipped into my car that evening when I realized, with the old familiar sense of urgency and dread, that the nasty Maine weather had snuck up and caught me off guard again. I didn’t know… Read More
    Police officials, crisis counselors and self-defense instructors will discuss the recent spate of assaults on women in eastern Maine live from 2 to 6 p.m. today on WKSQ FM (94.5). “Assault Awareness/A Kiss Concern” includes not only the live forum, but a new series and… Read More
    SOUTH PORTLAND — Residents threw out the city’s obscenity law, but tempered the decision by voting to make topless dancers cover up — a little. Mayor James A. Soule, who proposed two laws, said he wanted to discourage nude entertainment establishments and pornographic bookstores. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    LIMESTONE — A squirrel’s light steps on a transformer Thursday morning caused a one- to three-hour power outage for 4,000 customers of Maine Public Service Co. at Loring Air Force Base and in Caribou and Limstone. The power outage was caused when the small animal… Read More
    ORONO — Celebrating Diversity III is expected to attract more than 100 Maine students beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Memorial Union, University of Maine. A forum will feature Maine business and professional people who will share experiences living and succeeding as… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Eileen Shanahan, a journalist who was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against The New York Times that helped elevate the role of women in the newsroom, has been picked to receive the 1993 Elijah Parish Lovejoy award at Colby College. Shanahan, who is… Read More
    Three police agencies have teamed up in an attempt to solve a rash of rural burglaries that have occurred during the last six months from Newport to Carmel. The Maine State Police, Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department and the Newport Police Department are working together seeking… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Tuesday’s low voter turnout was almost the undoing of a vote in town to allow residents to buy liquor after 5 p.m. on Sundays. The tally was 155 to 108 in favor of allowing later Sunday liquor sales, but the low turnout… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Amid a full agenda of meetings, election of officers, and debates on bylaws, delegates to the Maine AFL-CIO convention here found time to remember Jay. Eleven hundred workers at the International Paper mill in Jay went on strike in July 1987. Within days,… Read More
    CARIBOU — With little discussion, members of the Caribou Board of Education this week unanimously approved a request to allow a Bible study group to meet at the high school. Members also waived physicals for participation in sports by students whose family’s faith is Christian… Read More
    I agree with the writer of your Oct. 14 commentary of “Beavis and Butthead” that “… the convergence of a TV show and real-life misfortune doesn’t make one the cause of the other…” It’s easier to blame something other than yourself. It is difficult for me to understand… Read More
    MEDWAY — Representatives of Parker Appraisal Services will begin property assessment for the Tax Equalization Program in Medway on the week of Monday, Nov. 8, town officials have announced. Residents with questions or concerns about the project may call the Medway Town Office at 746-9531. Read More
    MILO — Philip Gerow, in an uncontested race for the Board of Selectmen, was elected Tuesday to fill the unexpired term of Robert Ellison who recently resigned from the board. Gerow’s term of office, which will run for about 18 months, will expire at the… Read More
    GREENVILLE — Greenville selectmen approved $900 Wednesday as the town’s share for a review by the Public Advocate’s Office of a proposed 101 percent increase in water rates. Wanakah Water Co. has proposed the increase presently before the PUC, and several communities have filed for… Read More
    CALAIS — The following cases were processed in 4th District Court in Calais Oct. 22-28, with Judge John V. Romei presiding: Barry J. Brown, 18, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, failure to stop for officer, $300, license suspended 30 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    MILBRIDGE — The Milbridge Historical Society has accepted the donation of an attractive building lot on Main Street from the estate of the late Virginia Strout. According to Lewis L. Dorr Sr., administrator of the Strout property, it was Mrs. Strout’s intention that the local… Read More
    COLUMBIA — A bikeathon by 24 riders in Columbia has raised $1,065 for St. Jude Hospital for Crippled Children, in Memphis, Tenn., according to a report Wednesday by St. Jude coordinator Debra Skeate. Skeate was assisted in the fund-raiser by 13 volunteers who helped with… Read More
    A headline over a story in Thursday’s paper about the new smoking policy at the Calais Dunkin’ Donuts shop incorrectly stated that smokers would be “booted.” The store has simply banned smoking after Nov. 18, but continues to welcome all its customers. Read More
    Some men are born great. Some have greatness thrust upon them. Billy Bishop, Canadian flying ace of World War I, falls into the latter category. By virtue of his warfare accomplishment of shooting down 72 enemy aircraft, seven of which he took down singlehandedly, Bishop became a Canadian… Read More
    GREENVILLE — The tax rate for Greenville was set Wednesday at $12.50 per $1,000 valuation. With this rate, a home valued at $60,000 will be taxed $750. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    I hope you get plenty of complaints on this one, but that has to have been one of the most deplorable pieces of “journalism” I’ve ever seen. Namely, that glaring headline atop your business page, “Trees becoming scarce commodity.” I call that fearmongering at its… Read More
    “While sexual harassment in the workplace has taken center stage as more and more complainants seek redress through available statutory channels, non-sexual harassment may often be the result of a communication breakdown between the sender and the receiver. The `intent’ of what is conveyed may have a different… Read More
    I’m writing in regard to “Cruelty to animals” in BDN on Aug. 17. Perhaps a fine should be implemented for motorists who are apprehended for striking or killing an animal and not stopping to locate owner of said animal, if possible. Also, some thought should be given to… Read More
    FORT KENT The following divorce has been granted on grounds of irreconcilable differences in 1st District Court by Judge Ronald A. Daigle: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The following is a partial list of cases processed Oct. 7-29 in the central division of 5th District Court in Ellsworth. Not included in the listing are cases resulting in fines of less than $100. Lisa C. Turner, 34, Camden, criminal mischief, 15… Read More
    ROCKLAND The following cases were heard in Knox County Superior Court by Justice Margaret Kravchuk. 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())… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The Hospice Program of Somerset County will be the beneficiary of a Christmas fund-raiser planned for Dec. 5. “Lights to Remember” invites individuals in the county to memorialize or honor a loved one with a donation of $5 for a light on the… Read More
    LAMOINE — The attorney representing six property owners whose lawsuit against the town of Lamoine was dismissed last week in Hancock County Superior Court has filed a motion seeking more information from the court. A decision on whether plaintiffs will appeal the court’s decision to… Read More
    Twenty-four students were evacuated from a SAD 41 bus Wednesday afternoon after a mechanical problem forced the vehicle into a ditch in Sebec. John Sherburne, transportation and maintenance superintendent for SAD 41, said a problem with a tie rod caused the steering mechanism to fail… Read More
    CALAIS — Washington County Technical College students will join the 20th annual Fast for a World Harvest campaign and fund-raising event with the First International Hunger Awareness Banquet to help Oxfam America fight world hunger. The event will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, at WCTC. Read More
    MADAWASKA The following cases were processed in September and October in 1st District Court by Judge Ronald A. Daigle. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length;… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A Veazie man charged with gross sexual assault of a Blue Hill teen-ager has lost his right to preconviction bail. In a Harnish hearing in 5th District Court on Thursday afternoon, Judge Bernard Staples ruled that factors, including a violation of bail conditions… Read More
    Squealing tires and screeching children might be obnoxious, but they probably don’t break Bangor’s noise ordinance. Implemented this spring by the City Council, the ordinance allows up to 82 decibels before someone is ticketed for breaking the law. By comparison, a conversation held three feet… Read More
    ORONO — The Maine Chapter of Children’s International Summer Villages will send delegations to Vancouver, British Columbia, and Milan, Italy; a junior counselor to a village in Darmstadt, Germany; and a hearing-impaired junior counselor to the first U.S. Deaf Village in Knoxville, Tenn. An Interchange… Read More
    GLENBURN — The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the municipal building to consider the application of Samuel and Bertha White to operate a used car lot and repair shop. Board members also will hold a workshop on the Comprehensive… Read More
    Winter parking regulations took effect in Bangor on Nov. 1. According to the city’s parking ordinance, it is unlawful to stop, stand or park, or allow a vehicle to remain upon any public way, public square or public parking area within the city, between the… Read More
    WINTERPORT — Selectmen Tuesday night approved an application for a recyling grant submitted by Town Manager Scott Tilton. The grant, said Tilton, would provide money to purchase rolloff recycling containers which now are rented; would provide for a glass crusher and funds to construct a… Read More
    ORONO — John Block, U.S. secretary of agriculture under President Ronald Reagan, will speak at the 42nd annual meeting of the Maine Farm Bureau at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8, at the Black Bear Inn. Block is president of the National-American Whole Grocers Association, which… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Sound familiar? A millionaire businessman heads a special task force to fix a major state fiscal crisis. Then he runs for governor. Some Republican insiders, fearful that their party’s gubernatorial nomination may slip by default to religious activist Jasper Wyman, recently have begun urging… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The trial of a Dedham man charged with manslaughter in connection with an automobile accident more than three years ago that left his friend dead, has been postponed. During a hearing on a pretrial motion Wednesday in the case of Joey M. Woodman… Read More
    BELFAST — The following divorces were granted in 5th District Court during October on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: John DeGraff of Belfast and Lisa DeGraff of Searsport; shared custody of one child. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    GREENBUSH — Greenbush now has a new police cruiser — new to the town, anyway. What the town has is an old Penobscot County cruiser the voters gave the town permission to purchase at a special town meeting Oct. 28. According to Town Manager Robert… Read More
    BELFAST — Authorities released another of last month’s secret indictments after this week’s arrest of Scott Mosher, 25, of Belfast. On Oct. 5, a Waldo County grand jury indicted Mosher on a charge of aggravated assault after he allegedly attacked Norman Furbush with a metal… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Michael Gundel, principal of Rockland District High School, has announced that Kimberly Walter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willy Walter of Rockland, has been selected by the faculty and senior class to be the school’s DAR Good Citizen. Qualifications for this honor are… Read More
    NEWPORT — Newport officials are reluctantly going ahead with litigation against the town’s sanitary district. Town officials agreed in September to drop a civil suit against the district in exchange for a vote by the district’s trustees that no further expansion of its services would… Read More