PRESQUE ISLE- Josh Lynch scored the game-winning goal at 4:49 of the third period, assisted by Wade Coffin and Justin Grant, as Stearns defeated Presque Isle 4-3 at the Northern Maine Forum Friday in high school hockey action. Lynch scored two goals, and Grant and… Read More
At Augusta, Danny Dahl scored 10 points of his game-high 23 points during a 15-0 Bangor run as Coach Roger Reed’s Rams moved to 7-1 on the season. Bangor only led 40-35 with 5:23 left in the game, before Dahl scored 10 points in a… Read More
EAST SULLIVAN – Linden Curtis hit a pair of free throws with 56 seconds left to put Sumner ahead for the first time in the game and the Tigers held on for a 49-45 victory over visiting Narraguagus in schoolboy basketball action Friday night. Curtis… Read More
PORTLAND – Portland Pirates rookies Eric Fenton and Ron Pascucci have been reassigned to Hampton Roads of the East Coast Hockey League. Fenton, a former University of Maine star, has been sent to the Admirals on a 14-day conditioning assignment. In 25 games for Portland, Fenton had two… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Dale Landrith made it look as easy as swatting at the snowflakes which were falling outside. The 6-foot-7 Camden-Rockport High School junior center recorded the first triple-double of his varsity basketball career here Friday night, helping the undefeated Windjammers defeat the Bucksport Golden… Read More
At Skowhegan, Brunswick’s Scott Wiercinski answered two late Skowhegan free throws by taking the inbounds pass, racing coast-to-coast and scoring on a layup with two seconds left in overtime to win the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference thriller. Corey Hight had staked the Indians to a… Read More
The Friends of Maine Women’s Basketball is sponsoring a bus trip to the Black Bears’ Jan. 22 game at Hartford, Conn. For more information, call 945-3007. Read More
At Winslow, Drew O’Connor scored a game-high 20 points and Ryan Reeves hit for 14 more as the Minutemen pulled away for the win in the second half. Eric McAvoy added 13 points for Stearns of Millinocket, all in the second half. O’Connor also keyed… Read More
Among the pearls of wisdom that my well-traveled friend Jim Rikhoff frequently offers is this warning: “Never get into trouble outside your neighborhood because you won’t know the way to the backdoor.” Suffice it to say, that sage advice stems from firsthand experience. Perhaps you followed Jim’s tracks… Read More
Bill Swift of South Portland, pitching ace for the San Francisco Giants and a former star for the University of Maine, will have his UM jersey No. 8 retired Sunday during the Black Bears’ annual Hot Stove Banquet at the Bangor Civic Center. The banquet, which starts at… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – The team motto, so the governor said, was “no practice,” and it showed. But, somehow, “Jock” McKernan managed to lead Maine to its second sweep of the third annual New England Governors Ski Challenge here Friday on the treacherous Boardwalk Race Arena… Read More
AUGUSTA – Newburgh native Ricky Craven, who finished as NASCAR Grand National points runnerup this season, was named All Seasons Motorsport Driver of the Year on Sunday. Craven, who was selected by a vote of motorsports writers and broadcasters in Maine and New Hampshire, easily… Read More
MAINE MEN vs. DELAWARE Time, site: Sunday, 1 p.m.; Alfond Arena, Orono 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
MAINE vs. ST. LAWRENCE Time, site: Saturday, 7 p.m.; Appleton Arena, Canton, N.Y. 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… Read More
AUGUSTA – Wiscasset Raceway owner Dave St. Clair was named “Promotor of the Year” at the fourth annual All-Seasons Motorsports Show here. Officials of the show select a Maine or New Hampshire race track operator who has gone the “extra” lap to provide race fans… Read More
WINSLOW – The Stearns Minutemen used a balanced scoring attack to beat the Winslow Black Raiders 60-41 in schoolgirl basketball action Friday night. Kristy Wedge paced Stearns with 16 points as the Minutemen pulled away in the second half for the win. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
LAWRENCE – Cindy Blodgett scored her 2,000th career point in the final moments of the first half as the Lawrence Bulldogs cruised past the Gardiner Tigers 107-65 in schoolgirl basketball action Friday night. Blodgett finished the game with a quadruple-double: 46 points, 12 rebounds, 10… Read More
WASHINGTON – Black basketball coaches postponed on Friday their threatened boycott of college games this weekend after the Justice Department offered to mediate a dispute over sports scholarships. But the college athletic association scoffed at the government offer. “If the (House) Energy and Commerce Committee… Read More
ORONO – Malik Rose knew the rule: you pick up two fouls in the first half and you sit on the bench. It may sound like a conservative approach, but once crunch time rolled around, it was evident why Drexel coach Bill Herrion chose to… Read More
POTSDAM, N.Y. – Freshman center Tim Lovell scored one goal and assisted on two others as the University of Maine hockey team roared to a 3-0 first-period lead, then held on for a 3-2 victory over Clarkson at Cheel Arena Friday night. The victory pushed… Read More
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FARMINGTON – Dawn Ann Higgins tossed in 14 points and Kim Bennett hit for 11 more to carry the University of Maine-Farmington to a 62-42 win over Green Mountain College of Poultney, Vt., in women’s college basketball action here Friday. Nicole Fraser added 10 points… Read More
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Maine women burned the Drexel Dragons in the first half on a 56 percent shooting percentage from the floor and went on to post a 79-52 basketball victory in each team’s league opener Friday night. The Black Bears jumped out… Read More
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Police Department has started a check-in service for the elderly after a 71-year-old Hampden woman was found injured Friday morning at the bottom of her cellar stairs, where she had waited for help for at least 40 hours. Ellen White, who… Read More
I read with interest your article, “Governors’ ski race to begin at Sugarloaf” (BDN, Jan. 7), and question who is paying for our governor and nine state officials to participate in ski races in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont at a time when the state of Maine is… Read More
I should like to urge strong support for the proposed science high school in Limestone as well as the performing and visual arts school in (southern Maine). In the 1930s I had the good fortune to go to Stuyvesant High School in New York City and the disciplined… Read More
It was 11:30 a.m. Christmas Day when the phone rang. My husband answered to a cheery, “Merry Christmas, this is Robin from the Carmel Post Office. I believe I have a package at the post office for you and if you would like to meet me there, I’ll… Read More
We, the pastors in the St. Croix Valley, are opposed to the proposed casino that is being pushed for the Calais area. We understand that we are not all from the city of Calais, but we feel that in one way or another, we will all be affected… Read More
I never knew Allan Bartlett who was killed recently. His final anguished moments were published on two pages of the Bangor Daily News and the tapings were aired on TV. … I do not believe that freedom of the press should allow a person’s personal tragedies to be… Read More
District 139 Rep. Harry Bailey of Township 27, who is co-sponsoring a bill to amend the Eastport Port Authority charter, is a Republican, not a Democrat, as reported in a story about the legislation Friday. Read More
The SAD 20 board of directors will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, not on Thursday, Jan. 20, as reported. The directors will discuss a decrease in school subsidy and the effect on the school system and Fort Fairfield Middle School. Read More
CARIBOU — The second public forum to discuss a plan for teachers to work on school improvement will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, in the high school library. Public comment is sought on whether morning or afternoon slots are preferred… Read More
MARS HILL — The district’s dropout rate and program to help early-age readers were discussed Thursday night during a SAD 42 board of directors meeting. About two-thirds of the 1993 graduates from Central Aroostook High School continued their education after high school, according to state… Read More
Each month, Aroostook County Crime Stoppers, on behalf of law enforcement agencies in the County, reports on a crime that still is under investigation. The following is this month’s crime: On the night of Nov. 7, 1993, the home of state police Trooper Tammy Doyle… Read More
HOULTON — The following people were sentenced by Justice Paul T. Pierson the week of Jan. 10 in Aroostook County Superior Court in Houlton: Deborah E. Hornblower, 42, Houlton, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $500, 48 hours in jail,… Read More
JONESPORT — A proposed $1.3 million expansion of Jonesport Elementary School received formal concept approval Wednesday from the state Board of Education at a hearing in Augusta. A five-member delegation of Jonesport’s school officials presented their school expansion plan that received unanimous support from the… Read More
EASTPORT — An ongoing dispute between residents and school officials in Eastport has prompted the resignation of Charlie Shaw from the Eastport School Committee. Shaw, the city’s police chief, had served on the School Committee for 14 months since winning election in November 1992. On… Read More
SANGERVILLE — James Catlin, who has served as Sangerville’s town manager for nine years, will leave that post Feb. 24 to become town manager in Brownville. Brownville selectmen offered the position to Catlin after a meeting Thursday. The current town manager, Gerald Wagg, plans to… Read More
MILBRIDGE — Selectmen will continue their efforts Tuesday, Jan. 18, to approve a first draft of a 1994 municipal budget and to consider candidates for the position of town manager that was left vacant last fall by the resignation of Jerry Storey. Selectman Harold West… Read More
GREENVILLE — A group of Abbot developers will appear before the Greenville Planning Board later this winter with a completed application on the proposed development of 12 time-share cottages. Chris Harrington, Maria Pavalich, Bradley McAllister and Deborah McAllister plan to construct the individual cottages, a… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The elimination of all religious programs from the airways of radio station WDME 103 in Dover-Foxcroft has raised concern among some church officials and sponsors. Jim and Rick Ganley, who recently purchased the station from Community Communications Inc., have implemented several changes in… Read More
NEWPORT — Four men were arrested Friday and charged with robbing the Newport Irving retail store early Thursday, and with assaulting the store manager who attempted to stop their getaway. Newport Police Chief Jim Ricker said that a 17-year-old male from Bangor and Kevin McQuarrie,… Read More
GREENVILLE — It appears that Greenville schools will receive about $93,000 less in state subsidy for the 1994-95 school year, according to Gilbert Reynolds, superintendent of schools. Reynolds told the Greenville School Committee Thursday that they could expect about $419,000 in state subsidy for the… Read More
NEWPORT — A benefit basketball game will be played at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, at Nokomis Regional High School, but it sure won’t look like any other game played on the Nokomis court. Members of the Newport Annual Festival Association are challenging the Newport… Read More
BELFAST — The Waldo County grand jury Thursday handed up 25 indictments, six of which will remain secret for 10 days or until those named are arrested. Indicted were: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
DEXTER — Dexter councilors Thursday granted an extension of a demolition order for an apartment building on Spring Street. Attorney Jonathan Huntington told the council that his client, Tom Davis of Kenduskeag, was in the process of foreclosing on the property at 16 Spring St.,… Read More
BELFAST — It appears that the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Authority has no authority to exist, let alone run a railroad. That is the argument of railroad lawyers who claimed Friday that state laws governing corporate practices automatically wiped the authority out of existence… Read More
HANCOCK — Coastal Recycling needs an infusion of new blood for its information committee. The organization’s director said that in some cases, volunteers can help without setting foot out of their homes. In operation for nearly three years, the organization founded by volunteers is due… Read More
GOULDSBORO — A 42-year-old Steuben man was struck and killed Friday by a tractor-trailer truck on Route 1 in Gouldsboro. Maine State Police Trooper Thomas Perkins Jr. said that around 1:50 p.m. Friday, Robert Speranza, known to some area residents as “Cosmic Bob,” was struck… Read More
MILLINOCKET — In a region where snowmobiling provides a multimillion-dollar boost to the local economy, two towns have designated snowmobile trails allowing access to local businesses. The winter sport of snowmobiling in Millinocket dates back to the late 1950s when the late Earlan B. Campbell… Read More
Partners in Caring, a nonprofit program, is looking for adult volunteers to be trained to provide respite care three or four hours a week to families of people with Alzheimer’s disease. The program is a collaboration of the Home Assistance Volunteer Program of RSVP in… Read More
WARREN — A series of early morning electrical fires at Crowe Rope set off sprinklers but caused little damage. Fire Chief Edward Grinnell Jr. said the alarm was sounded at 1:30 a.m. Friday. Electrical fires had broken out in two locations on two floors of… Read More
HAMPDEN — In the first council meeting of the year, three councilors who won re-election and a first-time councilor were sworn into office Monday night. Incumbents taking the oath of office were William Romano, Donald Muth and William Natalie. New to the council was Arthur… Read More
HERMON — Town Councilor Walter Munn Jr. reported at Wednesday’s council meeting that he had met Monday with a group of local business owners to help set up a Hermon Business Association. He said that the group decided to elect officers Feb. 22. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
State and local police responded to scores of accidents and reports of accidents, including one fatality in Gouldsboro, as road conditions deteriorated in Friday’s persistent snow. The speed limit on the Maine Turnpike was lowered to 45 mph. Authorities said road conditions may have been… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A colored commode, boxes of mismatched dishes and stacks of clothing share space at the Bargain Barn, a new facility in Dover-Foxcroft that helps those in need. While it doesn’t have heat or fancy shelving, the Bargain Barn does have a wide selection… Read More
HERMON — Debra Higgins asked the Town Council Wednesday night for advice on how she should go about getting permission to open a bakery on property across from the new high school. Higgins is the owner of the Cake Carousel located at Hermon Corner. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
AUGUSTA — Two Maine state troopers who were involved in last month’s fatal shooting of a Berwick man during an armed standoff were returned to active duty Friday. Troopers Gerard Madden and Keith Frank had been on administrative leave with pay since the Dec. 21,… Read More
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AUGUSTA — He was described by state police as a dangerous mental patient. But all it took to coax Carl Tripp into returning to the Augusta Mental Health Institute was some gentle words from his mother. Carlene Rogers of Oxford had gone to the Augusta… Read More
I was amused to read the letter in the Bangor Daily News (Our Readers Write, Jan. 6), by Robert Ouellette of Orono, regarding an attempt in the St. John Valley to revive the French culture. A Committee to Save Our French has been organized, and this committee has… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court on Friday revived the lawsuit of a ship designer who said he failed a drug test and lost his job at Bath Iron Works because he’d had a poppy seed muffin for breakfast. The Supreme Judicial Court said Thomas Devine,… Read More
PORTLAND — A federal review of a pending $10 million renovation of the Edward T. Gignoux Courthouse in Portland is nearing completion and officials are confident that the project will get the green light. The courthouse renovation was one of 208 projects placed under scrutiny… Read More
BATH — Bath Iron Works will launch its first destroyer named after a Vietnam War veteran later this month. The destroyer will be named for Lt. William Fitzgerald, who was killed in fighting during a Viet Cong onslaught at Pho An in 1967. He was… Read More
Probation officers around Maine are angry with the response by state government to a federal judge’s decision that the officers weren’t professionals under the Fair Labor Standards Act and were entitled to overtime pay. The state’s Bureau of Employee Relations last week notifed the probation… Read More
FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield mother stood up at a public meeting this week and told of the fear she felt when she learned that a student had held a gun to the head of her eighth-grade son. A father shared his disbelief at learning that… Read More
In reflecting upon John Martin’s fall from grace, who can deny that he was for many years a dazzling nova in the Legislature, initiating progressive legislation and modernizing the Legislature with technological and staff support? He centralized, and institutionalized, power in the speaker’s office. He controlled the powerful… Read More
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joe Brennan got uncharacteristically unavailable last week when reporters started asking whether he thought House Speaker John Martin should resign. A spokeswoman for Brennan’s campaign tried to dodge the questions by claiming Martin’s fate was up to the Legislature, and did not involve gubernatorial politics. Read More
PORTLAND — A 57-year-old Lewiston man who says he was fired after 21 years on the job is suing a national finance corporation for alleged age discrimination. Richard L. Giffin was the Portland branch manager for the Transamerica Commercial Finance Corp. until he was fired… Read More
ROCKLAND — A Knox County Jail supervisor fired for allegedly allowing guards to sleep during suicide watches has appealed his dismissal to Knox County Superior Court. Sgt. Dale Lindsey filed the suit on Friday seeking reinstatement or back pay. Suicide watches are a sensitive subject… Read More
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MADAWASKA — Tiffany’s her name. Nine-ball’s her game. Playing pool with the pros is the dream of many people. For 13-year-old Tiffany Nelson of Madawaska, that is becoming a common event. Her legend is spreading through the country. Calls about “the little girl from Madawaska,… Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The woman who founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving after her daughter was killed by an inebriated hit-and-run driver is now a paid lobbyist for a liquor industry trade group. Candy Lightner began work in Washington last week for the American Beverage Institute,… Read More
AUGUSTA — Rep. Judith C. Foss, R-Yarmouth, announced Friday she was running for governor, becoming the seventh Republican candidate for governor and the 17th candidate overall in the 1994 election. “Our state needs a strong and experienced leader who will bring straight talk to government,”… Read More
Maine school districts feel destitute. Homeowners are buckling under property taxes. Teaching positions are in jeopardy. The question that comes to mind in response to Augusta’s new, “specialty school” proposal is: What can the state be thinking? Gov. John McKernan announced last week that his… Read More
BOSTON — First a rumble like an earthquake shook the waterfront. Then came what sounded like gunshots, followed by an explosion that threw steel plates in every direction. Seventy-five years ago Saturday, Albert Mostone scrambled to the top of Hull Street and watched as 2.3… Read More
For most people, coming up against a wall can be a very flattening experience, but for DynamO Theatre of Montreal, a wall can be the backboard for an extraordinary theatrical event. Last night at the Maine Center for the Arts, the five-person troupe cut loose in “Mur-Mur,” a… Read More
Ailayne Shane of Bangor, despite her vibrant, youthful appearance, has raised her own family and even has young grandchildren. She has seen the happy times and the challenging times that all parents face helping their children with school work and extra activities. So it was… Read More
WASHINGTON — Surgery sandwiched between two rugged, six-month courses of chemotherapy not only dramatically improves survival for women with advanced breast cancer, but also allows some to save their breasts, researchers reported Thursday. Women with locally advanced breast cancer — large tumors that may have… Read More
The hours of the Intown Arts Center in Bangor were incorrectly listed in Calendar. The hours are: 11:30 am.-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. For more information, call 945-5556 or 942-7433. Read More
Julia R. Shamback, 284 Pine St., Lockport, N.Y. 14094, (716) 433-8082, is looking for a relative: “My late father, Dr. Leo V. Robbins, had an uncle, Smith Robbins, whose granddaughter was living in Bangor as recently as 1990 or ’91. I’ve lost the letter she wrote my Dad… Read More
The vision for a Christian coffeehouse came to musician Ron Bonnevie about two years ago. It was a time of “real turmoil in my life,” Bonnevie recalled. “I was really doing some soul-searching, and the idea came to my heart.” The idea is about to… Read More
East Bangor Community Church dedicated a new wheelchair ramp to its sanctuary on Christmas Eve. Already, the ramp is receiving regular use. The 72-foot ramp was constructed by parishioners, including the Rev. Fred Dickinson, pastor. Most of the wood was donated by Leon Williams. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
PORTLAND — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has announced the 1994 confirmation schedule for Bishop Joseph Gerry and Bishop Emeritus Edward C. O’Leary. Bishop Gerry will preside at confirmation at: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
HAMPDEN — Penobscot Valley Pastoral Counseling will offer a monthly group for “Consultation and Supervision of Pastoral Care and Counseling,” to those working with church congregations. The group will meet 8:30-11:30 a.m. the first Tuesday of the month beginning Feb. 1. The cost is $30… Read More
Barbara (Stanley) Cox, a native of Bar Harbor, was honored recently by the International Country Gospel Music Association with a Trailblazers Award as Female Vocalist of the Year. Two of the songs she has recorded have also made it onto the national gospel charts: “Traveling… Read More
The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be held Jan. 17-25. Observances will be held at: Castine, at Trinitarian Parish Church on Main Street. Opening Bible study will be held at noon Tuesday, Jan. 18. Morning prayer will be held at 9 a.m. Read More
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Steve and Annie Chapman, gospel musicians and authors of “Married Lovers, Married Friends,” will present a marriage seminar and a concert on Saturday, Jan. 22, at Bangor Baptist Church, 1476 Broadway, Bangor. The events are sponsored by WHCF-FM 88.5 radio. The seminar will be presented… Read More
Opponents at a Tuesday hearing on a bill to allow physician-assisted suicides included the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, comprising about 250,000 members throughout the state. Marc Mutty, public affairs director for the diocese, said that passage of Sen. Pamela Cahill’s bill, L.D. 1420, would… Read More
As part of an international Holy Family Hour of Prayer program, Knights of Columbus Council 6728 in Brewer will sponsor a public prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at St. Joseph’s Church, 531 North Main St., Brewer. The prayer service will honor the… Read More
EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick — A Quebec native, the Most Rev. Francois Thibodeau, was ordained bishop and installed as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Edmundston Sunday afternoon at that diocese’s ornate Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The cathedral, which seats more than 800 people,… Read More
If you happen to have been out of the country for the past few years, it would be understandable that you might not be aware of the current craze for ceramic tiles of the late Victorian era. Everyone else has been scrambling to snap up these previously neglected… Read More