For the first time since the Maine small-college CBB series began in 1965, a two-way tie for the championship was the final outcome. Bowdoin College quarterback Ramon Martinez scored his second rushing touchdown of the game with 6:29 left in the fourth quarter to secure… Read More
    NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – University of Maine sophomore right wing Paul Kariya altered his stick to get more accuracy on his shot. It worked. Kariya gave Maine the lead for good with a second-period goal and the Bears erupted for three goals in a span… Read More
    Western Maine swept the Absolute Soccer Senior Bowl on Saturday, winning both the boys and girls games at Pendleton Street Field in Brewer. The West boys defeated the East 7-1. The West girls eked out a 2-1 victory. The games consisted of two 60-minute halves. Read More
    WINSLOW – What separates a championship high school football team from a contender isn’t always the performance of star players or even journeyman starters. Sometimes a title can turn on something as tenuous as how an inexperienced sophomore handles the pressure of being thrust unexpectedly… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine-Presque Isle women’s basketball team edged out the Husson College Braves 61-54 to take the Star City Shootout championship here Sunday. UMPI, which beat College of St. Joseph’s 59-51 on Saturday, came back from a five point halftime deficit… Read More
    CASTINE – Rob Marchitello and Maine Maritime Academy’s potent rushing attack have garnered much attention of late. When the Mariners needed a lift here Saturday, they threw the ball. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    ORONO – What a gem this Pearl kid proved to be for Northeastern University. Quarterback Clarzell Pearl passed for four touchdowns and 281 yards as Northeastern snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 34-20 victory over the University of Maine on Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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    PRESQUE ISLE – Kevin Moore paced a balanced scoring attack with 16 points as the Husson College men’s basketball team won the Star City Shootout here Saturday with an 80-54 victory over host UM-Presque Isle. Dwayne Knowlton added 15 points for the winners while Rich… Read More
    An incorrect photograph was inserted to accompany the story about University of Maine hockey player Jeff Tory in Saturday’s editions. The player shown is Chuck Texeira. It was a photographer’s error. Read More
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    ORONO – The University of Maine men’s basketball team was forced to postpone its Blue-White game scheduled for Sunday night because of illness and injuries. No fewer than four players were unable to play, which led to the postponement. The Black Bears will take on… Read More
    WASHINGTON — In the early 1980s fisherman David Linney feared his grandchildren would never get the chance to carry on a family tradition: hunting giant bluefin tuna on the high seas. As more and more fishermen with dreams of making big bucks by selling the… Read More
    Abortion. The secession controversy on Peaks Island. Health care reform. Educational reform. All of these topics have been — or will be — the focus of study circles, a new project of the Maine Council of Churches. As sponsor of these circles in towns and… Read More
    Even as El Salvador is being assaulted with a new wave of killings in the midst of a United Nations peace plan, a more complete accounting of the killings during the dozen years of civil war directly implicate the Reagan and Bush administrations for the first time. The… Read More
    AUGUSTA — With deliberations on Central Maine Power Co.’s $83 million rate-hike request a week away, advisers to the Public Utilities Commission say the regulators face what may be viewed as their “defining decision.” Citing an “unprecedented level” of public attention, a team of PUC… Read More
    Numerous manufacturing, wholesale and transportation companies in Greater Bangor will have a chance to tell what’s good — and what’s downright awful — about doing business in Maine. The owners or senior managers of many such companies soon will be asked to schedule private, two-hour… Read More
    LEWISTON — Police prepared to close the books on their investigation of the rape of a 10-year-old girl whose attacker committed suicide afterward. The state medical examiner’s office ruled Sunday that the death of Raymond Barry, 41, of Lewiston, was a suicide by hanging, according… Read More
    If you are interested in a healthy diet, you probably look for foods advertised as “low in fat,” “no cholesterol,” or “light.” But these claims don’t always guarantee that the food is good for you. In fact, the Federal Trade Commission has challenged the use… Read More
    MADRID, Spain — A group of 22 fishing countries agreed to slash in half the harvest of the Western Atlantic bluefin tuna, a tasty fish as hefty as a sumo wrestler and just as popular in Japan. The Japanese, who pay up to $350 a… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Nine Democrats who voted for House Speaker John Martin during an ouster attempt last March would not support the veteran lawmaker if there’s another vote, a newspaper said. The Eagle Lake Democrat survived the March vote, taken after his top aide pleaded guilty… Read More
    In that delightfully haphazard route that tavern conversations often follow, this one skirted around the suburban shopping malls of Germany for a while before roaring off along that hair-raising system of highways called the autobahn. The German guy in the modified Tyrolean hat was telling… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Hospitals and emergency medical service organizations, like General Motors or the Soviet Union, are faced with the immutable laws of evolution, according to Dr. Norm Dinerman, chief of emergency services at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Dinerman spoke Saturday at a session… Read More
    For some only the strictest adherence to turkey-and-all-the-fixings will do for Thanksgiving. But for those who while on the way to grandmother’s house, would like to throw tradition out the window, do a power turn and roar off into uncharted territory, George Demas, owner of George’s Restaurant in… Read More
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    HOULTON The following people were sentenced by Justice Paul T. Pierson the week of Nov. 8, in Aroostook County Superior Court in Houlton: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    LUBEC — The reasons cited by a former Lubec dispatcher for seeking to replace the Lubec Patrol of the Washington County Sheriff’s Department with a town-operated police department are unfounded, according to the Lubec Patrol’s senior officer. On Nov. 4, Erroll “Bunky” Tinker, a former… Read More
    FORT KENT — The Maine Zeta chapter of the national honor society Alpha Chi welcomed the cream of the University of Maine at Fort Kent crop to its ranks at the annual induction ceremony Friday at Nowland Hall. Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Lowell… Read More
    HOULTON — Findings of a cost-benefit study of improvements to the Route 1 corridor in Aroostook County will be presented and questions answered in a series of public meetings later this month and next. The meetings will be held at 7 p.m. as follows: Tuesday,… Read More
    HOULTON — Travis Humphrey, a junior at Houlton High School, is one of nine high school students in the state who have been selected to travel in Europe this winter with the Maine Youth Jazz Ensemble. The jazz group will spend from Dec. 27 to… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE — A Sinclair man broke his neck Friday when his truck left U.S. Route 1 and rolled over. Nelson Levesque, 47, was listed in stable condition Sunday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    JONESPORT — The Jonesport Planning Board will meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Jonesport town office. Permit applications to be considered include: From Richard Devlin, for permission to demolish an existing structure and replace it with a 40 feet by 26 feet modular… Read More
    NEWPORT — Following in the footsteps of dozens of other Maine communities, Newport closed its stump dump this fall, asking the state this week for its share of the reimbursement funds. When Newport selectmen began the process last June that ultimately would close the stump… Read More
    The NAFTA vote is due in the Congress on Nov. 17. I have urged my elected representatives to vote against this shameful sellout of the American worker and our environment so that the rich and/or multi-national corporations can maximize their profit. Further, any dispute by any of the… Read More
    The NAFTA vote is due in the Congress on Nov. 17. I have urged my elected representatives to vote against this shameful sellout of the American worker and our environment so that the rich and/or multi-national corporations can maximize their profit. Further, any dispute by any of the… Read More
    The opportunity to actually save a life is a privilege rarely granted to the average person. The first step toward becoming a “lifesaver” will soon be available to local residents when a bone marrow screening will be held in Ellsworth on Nov. 18. Since 1987,… Read More
    The decision affecting trade policy now before Congress will determine the pace of economic growth and the extent of our own decline in the evolution of the global marketplace. We have so much to offer to our trading partners in North America. It is clear that the benefits… Read More
    Exporting is extremely important to the Georgia-Pacific Corp. and to thousands of other U.S. manufacturers. It is especially important to the local communities where the exported products are manufactured. It is for these reasons that Georgia-Pacific strongly supports the North American Free Trade Agreement. Since… Read More
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    Several firearms were reported stolen Saturday from an Essex Street residence, according to Bangor police. A local man who was checking his parents’ home while they were away reported that it appeared that the residence had been broken into sometime between Friday and Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    While the two sides in the debate over the use of chlorine compounds in papermaking await a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency over the effects of dioxin, the public can gain some control over the question by how it shops for paper goods. How… Read More
    ORONO — A University of Maine researcher has reported finding a link between high blood pressure and a loss of memory and attention in adults. Behavioral epidemiologist Merrill F. Elias’ findings were published recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    PORTLAND — With all but one of Maine’s prisons now without treatment programs for sex offenders, officials are worried that repeat offenders are an increasing threat. Because of state budget cuts, the Downeast Correctional Facility is the only state prison with such programs — and… Read More
    LIMINGTON — Maine State Police were investigating the discovery of a skeleton by a hunter on Libby Mountain, authorities said Sunday. Wardens and troopers spent Sunday searching the scene a quarter of a mile off Route 117, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department… Read More
    ROCKPORT — With the dramatic escalation of violence in Maine paralleling that of the rest of the country even ambulance personnel must learn new techniques to avoid problems. Emergency Medical Technician Paul Conley and Portland police officer Rob Gaudette told ambulance personnel Saturday at a… Read More
    University of Maine System trustees are expected to name J. Michael Orenduff as the system’s fifth chancellor today and may vote to end the system’s prohibition on investing in South Africa. Orenduff’s nomination, put forward by a search committee comprised mostly of trustees, is expected… Read More
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    A shuttle bus service for former customers of the Third and Union streets Doug’s Shop ‘n Save has begun. It is being provided for patrons who want to shop at the newly expanded Shop ‘n Save at the Airport Mall. Monday, Wednesday and Friday googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    NEWCASTLE — There will be a public program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at St. Patrick’s Church Center, on recent changes in tree-growth and open-space tax laws. The change will affect many landowners and assessors and the seminar is intended to provide information to landowners and municipal… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — A Brewer man spent the night in the woods Saturday after he became separated from his hunting partner. Officer John Ready of the Maine Warden Service said Sunday night that Robert Ingalls, in his mid-50s, and Fred Devlin, of Bangor had been hunting… Read More
    HOWLAND — The following honor roll has been announced at Penobscot Valley High School for the first quarter of the year: Seniors, high honors: Jill DeLaite, Peggy Harding, Jamie Leveille, Gina Lindsay, Kelly Worster; honors: Ken Banks, Chad Dodd, Wuanita M. Elkin, Aaron Hanson, Amy… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — The Skowhegan Downtown Business Association is planning a Downtown Holiday Stroll from 3-7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. According to Patty Berry, president of the SDBA, events include Christmas carolling, an art show and sale, tree decorating contest, hay rides, a bonfire and a… Read More