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CHINLE, Ariz. – The Unity College Runnin’ Rams cross country finished second to host Navajo College in Saturday’s running of the National Small College Athletic Association’s cross country championship here. Navajo College garnered 29 points to Unity’s 57 as the two topped the list of… Read More
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ORONO – The University of Maine women split their first two hockey games of the season with an 8-0 shutout win over Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sunday and a 5-3 loss to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday. On Sunday, Donna Miles had a hat trick… Read More
TOPSHAM – Erin Akins second goal of the game, coming after two 10 minute overtimes and 26 penalty corners, gave Winslow a 2-1 victory over York, clinching an Eastern Maine sweep of state field hockey championships here Saturday. Winslow’s win in the Class B title… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine got a lesson in college football mathematics here Saturday afternoon. William & Mary taught the Black Bears that 1 + 6 = big trouble. Tribe quarterback Shawn Knight, who wears jersey No. 1, and wide receiver Corey Ludwig, who… Read More
Old Town vs. Orono: What a rivalry. For the third straight year, the team that lost the regular season contest won the playoff game. The Old Town Indians recorded one of the major upsets of the 1993 high school football season at Orono on Saturday… Read More
AUGUSTA – If Windham High School was to win the state Class B girls soccer championship, it was believed the Eagles would have to do it with defense. Having allowed only five goals in 17 games, the Eagles defense lived up to its billing, limiting… Read More
FARMINGTON – Matt Duffy’s goal off a Butch Taylor cross with 12:35 left in the game carried the University of Maine-Farmington Beavers to a 1-0 victory over Husson College in the NAIA District 5 East Division championship game here Saturday. Dan Finnen made six saves… Read More
FARMINGDALE – After watching the Schenck High School boys soccer team lose the State Class C championship game to Georges Valley of Thomaston 2-0 here Saturday morning, Schenck girls team goalie Keli Daigle had some added incentive for her state title game against Mt. Abram. Read More
TOPSHAM – Sometimes, the best things happen when you least expect them. How about the Red Riots field hockey team, proudly walking the halls of Orono High School today as state champions? Orono claimed its second Class C title in four years here Saturday with… Read More
Replacing record-setting running back Kirk Matthieu, Maine Maritime Academy’s Rob Marchitello has set some records of his own this season. The sophomore running back set an Eastern College Athletic Conference record on Saturday, rushing for his fifth consecutive 200-yard game, to help the Mariners post… Read More
Justin Huston of Waynflete School in Portland finished his senior soccer season with four goals. Fortunately for Waynflete, Huston scored two of those Saturday in the Class D boys state championship game. Huston led the undefeated Flyers to a 2-1 squeaker over Eastern champion Ashland… Read More
PORTLAND – Eastern Maine and Western Maine split state championships in Class A action played at Deering High School here Saturday. The Mount Ararat girls team cruised to a 4-0 state-title victory over Greely, capping off an unbeaten 17-0-1 season. Earlier in the day, Cape… Read More
ORONO – Mike Latendresse had been frustrated about his lack of offensive production. The University of Maine’s junior left wing rectified that situation quickly here Saturday night. Latendresse burned the Providence defense for two first-period goals to set up Maine’s 4-2 Hockey East victory over… Read More
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FARMINGDALE – Georges Valley of Thomaston had clearly taken charge of the state Class C schoolboy soccer game against Schenck High School of East Millinocket. But, on a slippery field at Hall-Dale High School, the 1-0 second-half lead was not entirely safe. A bullet from… Read More
The Husson College men’s basketball team went downtown this weekend, connecting on 25 three-pointers in two games, to beat a pair of Canadian opponents at Newman Gym in Bangor. The Braves moved to 4-0 on the season with a 105-70 win over the University of… Read More
AUGUSTA – Bring in Pat O’Brien and his television crew. Let them figure this whole thing out. Even after the Ellsworth High School Eagles won the school’s fourth state Class B boys soccer championship with a 2-0 victory over the Marshwood Hawks, sewing up the… Read More
Last year, Mindy Harrington was a relaxed member of Richmond High School’s girls soccer team. She was a junior, so she felt no pressure to lead the squad. She was just happy to be part of a state championship team. This year, Harrington carried a… Read More
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PITTSBURG, N.H. — Champion International Corp. has reduced its New Hampshire timber harvest after being criticized for overcutting Montana’s forests. In 1992, Champion took 71 million board feet from its 190,000 New Hampshire acres — three times the 23.2 million board feet taken from the… Read More
Even though the 1993 election may have been the most dramatic development ever in Canada’s political history, it has received little attention in the United States. This is unfortunate, since American voters could learn very interesting lessons from this election. The two lessons most worth noting are derived… Read More
AUGUSTA — A university botanist has been informally endorsed as candidate for governor by the environmentalist party, the Maine Greens. The party gave Jonathan Carter its tentative approval Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
MACHIAS — Congressional approval of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement on Nov. 17 would encourage larger sales of wild Maine blueberries in Mexico, according to a spokesman for the Maine Blueberry Commission. Ed McLaughlin, executive director of the commission at Orono, said NAFTA… Read More
AUGUSTA — Legislative leaders denied about half of the 100 appeals for special-session bills on Saturday, including a measure rejected on Oct. 25 requiring lawmakers to submit to drug testing. Sought by Rep. Ralph Coffman, D-Old Town, the proposal stemmed from an incident in the… Read More
Angry and frustrated, they came from all over the neighborhood that night to talk about hardship, injustice, and the need for compassion. Many of the 100 or so west-siders who packed the room at the Bangor House were old people, with their walkers and canes. Read More
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GORHAM — Independent Mainers think churches should stay out of politics, but they sure would like some guidance in dealing with personal crises. So says a survey done last summer for the Maine Council of Churches. Only 42 percent of the respondents wanted churches and… Read More
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FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Despite new technology, it looks like New Brunswick farmers will have to concede the field of fiddlehead growing to Mother Nature. The fiddlehead fern, the wild springtime delicacy that’s almost a symbol of New Brunswick, has been cloned, cultured and cultivated… Read More
BRUNSWICK — Police retrieved the body of an elderly woman from the New Meadows Lake on Friday. Deputy Police Chief Richard Mears said when he arrived on the scene around 7:30 a.m., it appeared the woman had been dead for several hours. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Maine voters last week approved of the state going into debt for an additional $39.5 million to finance repairs to roads, bridges and transportation infrastructure, spinning out up to $125 million in matching federal funds. The work needs to be done. The federal match is… Read More
LEWISTON — Stocking up on a winter’s supply of firewood seems innocent enough to consumers, but authorities say their demand for firewood could be keeping outlaw loggers in business. Illegal woodcutting has become a growing problem, said Jim Downie, spokesman for the Maine Forest Service. Read More
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PORTLAND — A Maine shipbuilding company says a congressman it has supported in the past is standing in the way of a navy deal with Turkey that could create 500 Maine jobs. But Rep. Thomas Andrews, a Democrat who represents the southern Maine district where… Read More
MACHIAS — The following cases were processed in 4th District Court in Machias, Oct. 23-28, with Judge John V. Romei presiding: Edward J. Peaslee, 23, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, disorderly conduct, 30 days in jail, suspended, one year probation with condition of mandatory substance abuse… Read More
Men in their 40s accounted for almost half of the 15 new cases of AIDS diagnosed in Maine during September and October. The other six men ranged from their 20s to over 49. Both women diagnosed were in their 30s. The statistics were released recently… Read More
GREENVILLE — Two juveniles and an adult were arrested Sunday in connection with a vandalism spree that caused about $6,000 damage to Greenville High School and gymnasium. Scott Gurski, 18, of Greenville Junction, formerly of Massachusetts, and two 17-year old Greenville males were arrested Sunday,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Presque Isle Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors recently nominated eight people to serve three-year terms as business representatives on the board. Nominated were: Erin Benson, University of Maine at Presque Isle; Tracy Johnson, Northeastland Hotel; Barry McCrum, Paragon Cable;… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Quoggy Jo Ski Club, a nonprofit organization, will hold its annual fund-raiser ski sale on Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Presque Isle Recreation Center. Used equipment will be taken on consignment from 8 to 10:30 a.m., and the ski sale will… Read More
CARIBOU — Hospice of Aroostook, a program of Visiting Nurses of Aroostook, will join 24 other hospice programs in the state to recognize November as Hospice Month. Gov. John R. McKernan recently signed a proclamation citing hospice care as “a humanitarian way for the terminally… Read More
CARIBOU — The city council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, at city hall. Councilors will consider scheduling a public hearing on a proposed revision of the planning and economic and community development ordinance, which would transfer accountability from the city manager to Caribou Development Corp. Read More
LIMESTONE — Six area people were recognized for outstanding contributions at a recent 42nd Bomb Wing quarterly awards program at Loring Air Force Base. The awards program honors outstanding airmen, noncommissioned officers and officers of Loring AFB. Also recognized were the following community members, representing… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — About 800 people who attended a recent health fair sponsored by The Aroostook Medical Center and Cary Medical Center were encouraged to see their physicians regularly, and 346 people received flu shots, according to organizers. Hospital officials had anticipated a shortage of… Read More
OLD TOWN — It was billed as a hemp rally, but there wasn’t an inch of rope to be found. Members of Maine Vocals and other supporters of hemp legalization argued during a “free-speech rally” Sunday afternoon in favor of growing the plant for a… Read More
BRADFORD — State police are investigating an attempted abduction of two children Sunday afternoon. Details were sketchy, but police said a white man with a black-and-gray beard and eyeglasses stopped on Bradford Road and tried to get the two children inside his vehicle. The children… Read More
BEALS — The Moosabec Rotary Club of Jonesport, Beals and Addison will sponsor an 1892-era Peach Basketball Tournament Friday and Saturday, Dec. 10 and 11, at the Beals Elementary School gym. According to Rotarian Paul T. Iossa of Jonesport, the original-style basketball contest will be… Read More
AUGUSTA — Some critics say Maine’s female prison inmates are given shabbier treatment than their male counterparts, and that is prompting some officials to ask whether women need a facility of their own. “There are so few women that … they’re not treated equally in… Read More
In regard to the Bangor City Council’s decision to discontinue harness racing in Bass Park: It seems a shame that a few people, be it council, be it park management, be it concert promoters, or whomever, with dollar signs blacking all other vision, would see fit to close… Read More
Two weeks ago I sent this letter to the Ellsworth American. Since then I have been asked by several people to send it to the Bangor Daily News since your paper reaches so many more people than the American. They felt more people should be… Read More
Does Hannaford Brothers have any feelings or compassion? I am beginning to think that they do not. Do they realize how hard it will be on the local people, the ones they have had for years as customers, on people such as myself, a working… Read More
HUDSON — Selectmen Thursday night appointed Jack Martel to the Planning Board after interviewing him. Board Chairman Marvin Stokes told the selectmen that the board highly recommended Martel. Martel told the board he wanted to work on the Planning Board because he wanted to get… Read More
I have been following the Belfast City Council’s decision to have the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad leave the city. Now, due to popular support (and due to the capital and energy other councils have spent to keep the railroad intact) this council has opted to sell the… Read More
ORRINGTON — Selectmen will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, to hold a workshop to discuss the proposed sewer project in North Orrington. Under new business, selectmen will consider licenses for snowplow and school bus turnarounds; consider a firefighting mutual aid agreement with Brewer;… Read More
Television these days is, without a doubt, more violent, less inhibited, and more sexually explicit than ever before. Maybe it’s true that an emotionally troubled man got the idea to kill himself from a TV show. So what if that particular program was this man’s motivation. If he… Read More
HANOVER, N.H. — Though these three New Hampshire residents haven’t yet been fitted for cleric’s collars, they’re trying them on for size as seminarians enrolled in Bangor Theological Seminary in Hanover. David Raabe, 36, Ramona Dearborn, 49, and Sandra Whippie, 58, also are part of… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Battered women must learn to become stronger, say two women who have survived abusive relationships. Trudy, in her mid-40s, and Michele, in her early 20s, both know the pain of abuse, but also the rewards that come from gathering the courage to leave… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Officials recovered a body Sunday afternoon after a fisherman found it floating in the Union River. An autopsy to be conducted today may determine whether the body is that of Harley Mansfield, 18, reported missing from Ellsworth more than three weeks ago. Just… Read More
ORONO — Nurses play “a vital and invaluable role” and are “the front-line deliverers” in health care, U.S. Rep. Olympia J. Snowe told members of the Maine State Nurses Association at their annual meeting on Saturday. Nurses are “the first to see the waste …… Read More
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Almost three years after Operation Desert Storm, U.S. troops who were stationed in Iraq and Kuwait still complain of fatigue, diarrhea, forgetfulness and weakness. The illnesses raise disturbing questions about the possibility of chemical weapons used by Iraq against United Nations troops. Other possibilities, such… Read More
ORONO — Rep. Mary Cathcart is expected next month to join the race for the 2nd District congressional nomination. Cathcart, a Democrat now serving her fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives, had been considering a run for the nomination for some time. On… Read More
Northeast COMBAT received a letter from an Aroostook County resident, Dora Jenkins, who was having problems with CVP, also known as Carter and Van Peel, of Hicksville, N.Y. Jenkins wrote, “I placed an order with CVP more than two months ago for a tackle box. Read More
BRADFORD — State police are investigating an attempted abduction of two children Sunday afternoon. Details were sketchy, but police said a white man with a black-and-gray beard and eyeglasses stopped on Bradford Road and tried to get the two children inside his vehicle. The children… Read More
LEVANT — When is a road not a road? The Road History Committee, a special ad hoc committee appointed by the selectmen, made its report to the board Wednesday night and recommended opening, but not maintaining, four roads. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
LEWISTON — The estate of an Auburn physician has donated $500,000 to Central Maine Medical Center. Dr. Andre Marcotte established the charitable trust fund for the hospital shortly before he died of cancer in August at the age of 57. Marcotte was on the medical… Read More
BELFAST — By unanimous vote, the County Commissioners decided to give Sheriff John Ford less than half the pay raise he wanted. They also treated Ford’s Chief Deputy Robert Jones in the same manner. The commissioners reached their decision during a special meeting held Saturday… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The following is a partial list of the cases processed Sept. 11-Nov. 3 in the southern division of 5th District Court in Bar Harbor. Not included in the listing are cases resulting in fines of less than $100. Francis J. Joseph Jr.,… Read More
ROCKLAND — Teachers from across the state marched in solidarity Saturday evening with their compatriots from SAD 5 who are in the second year of a bitter contract dispute. Approximately 200 teachers and supporters marched with police escort from the Public Landing, down Main Street,… Read More
BELFAST — After weeks of being hit by a runaway train of negative public opinion for its dealings with the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad, sentiment is beginning to shift in favor of the City Council. From one bank of the Passagassawakeag River to the… Read More
EASTPORT — Saturday was just another workday for longshoremen and others who earn their living from commercial shipping in Eastport. Trucks, loaded with hemlock logs which had been stockpiled at three city sites, idled as they waited their turn on the city pier. Their loads,… Read More
GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community High School is leading the way for education reform thanks to a grant from RJR Nabisco Foundation. By the end of the school year, the foundation will have supplied more than $500,000 to help school officials plan and implement changes for… Read More
LIMESTONE — Limestone — an attractive, prosperous, agriculture-based community, offering outstanding education and social services for all its residents. That is part of a vision statement a group of residents compiled recently in a report on Limestone in the year 2023. Through the efforts of… Read More
CASTINE — Four Monomoy pulling-boat hulls have been donated to Maine Maritime Academy, according to Cmdr. Philip Harman, director of waterfront services at the college. Read More