Jeff Tory has been penalized one season of athletic eligibility for his participation on the University of Maine hockey team earlier this season. Tory, a freshman defenseman from Coquitlam, British Columbia, played in one exhibition game and three regular-season contests for the Black Bears in… Read More
At Alfond Arena in Orono, four separate players scored for the Black Raiders: Chad Poulin, Wes Pooler, Brian Pelletier, and Dan Welch. Dan Ferrigan made 19 saves for Winslow. Matt Westhoven scored the only goal for Orono. Marc Halsted had 24 saves and Tom Miller… Read More
The drama that surrounds the necessity for a last-minute replacement to fill in for a starter is one aspect of big-time sports that draws heavy media attention. At the most critical moment – the night before a championship – a leading player sustains an injury… Read More
University of Maine players Mike Latendresse and Blair Allison have earned weekly honors from Hockey East. Latendresse, a junior left wing from Montreal, shared HE Player of the Week honors after notching two goals and four assists this weekend. Boston University goaltender Derek Herlofsky was… Read More
PORTLAND – Dr. Victor Parisien of Auburn thinks Olympic skiing must run in his children’s blood. His daughters, Julie and Anna Parisien, were among the 12 women named to the Olympic Alpine Ski Team on Sunday. And their brother, Robbie, competed in the 1992 Winter… Read More
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Mike Tardif and Ryan McPike each scored two goals and assisted on another, powering Hampden Academy to a 7-2 win over Lawrence of Fairfield in high school hockey action at Sawyer Arena in Bangor Monday afternoon. John Harker, Tyler Whitehouse, and Jason Dority also had… Read More
Peter Ferraro, the leading goal scorer for the United States Olympic hockey team, said he and twin brother Chris will probably return to the University of Maine and play for the Black Bears after the Olympic Games. “I’m focusing on the Olympic Games right now… Read More
SHERMAN STATION – Alex Mitchell scored 10 of his 18 points in the first quarter as the Katahdin Cougars defeated Penobscot Valley of Howland 71-47 in schoolboy basketball action Monday night. James Mitchell added 14 and Seth Rush 11 for Katahdin. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
The Skimeister in the girls Penobscot Valley Conference Ski results was incorrectly reported in Monday’s editions. The Skimeister was Brooke Jellison of Hampden Academy. Read More
Out and About: Last Sunday, the icy pavement of Brewer Lake was silvered with sunlight but a cold breeze bit at the faces of fishermen participating in the Orrington Rod and Gun Club’s Ice Fishing Derby. When the weigh-ins were completed at the Kozy Korner store that evening,… Read More
WALDOBORO – Fran DeRoche and Al Nelson each won their divisions at DePatsy’s Lanes Sunday in the final Maine Candlepin Pro Tour 10-string tournament. DeRoche of Bangor-Brewer Lanes finished with a 1,206 total pinfall. Sharon Fogg of South Paris was second, Kelly Ames of Jay… Read More
CALAIS – The Calais Blue Devils moved to within one game of a second consecutive undefeated regular season by beating the Houlton Shiretowners 56-31 in a schoolgirl basketball game Monday night. Calais held Houlton scoreless in the fourth quarter to secure its 17th win of… Read More
Tara Leavitt scored 17 points and had 16 rebounds, and Beth Miller added 17 points and 14 rebounds as the Husson Braves handled Thomas 88-22 in women’s basketball action Monday at Newman Gym in Bangor. Tracy Parker also scored 15 points for the Braves. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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… We are originally from Santa Barbara, Calif., and spent the last three years in Tucson, Ariz. We recently moved to the Bangor area following my wife’s acceptance of a faculty position at the University of Maine. When we told family and friends we were moving to Maine,… Read More
As vegetarians, and members of the Maine Vegetarian Resource Network, my husband and I want to take exception to part of Alicia Anstead’s article (“Vegetarians are sprouting all over,” Jan. 31). Ms. Anstead said “Bangor is a non-meat eater’s nightmare.” Bangor certainly offers vegetarians a… Read More
I would like to see something done about house cats roaming at large in every town statewide and breeding two or three times a year. They catch far more small game, i.e. song birds, young grouse, woodcock, pheasant chicks and young ducks, than they do rodents, and also… Read More
Darrel W. Staat’s Jan. 26 Op-ed column, “How to market a state,” provides interesting reading for those attempting to find a means to improve Maine’s economy. A lot can be gained by examining other states that have been successful in attracting business and jobs. South… Read More
I am writing because of my concern about the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (plan) to reintroduce the wolf to Maine. I think the people who want to introduce the wolf are the ones who will benefit, not the people or the wildlife of Maine. The… Read More
GRAND ISLE — The Grand Isle Board of Selectmen Friday hired a local man to run its water and waste-water treatment plants, a position that has been vacant for several months. Robert Dunbar was hired with the conditions he make satisfactory progress toward obtaining the… Read More
FORT KENT — The Fort Kent Community High School chorus will present a concert to raise money for a trip to a choral workshop this fall. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, at Christ Congregational Church in Fort Kent. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ASHLAND — About 30 residents on Watt Street remained without water Monday as local crews continued to repair a water line that broke this weekend. Water district officials attributed the problem to low water levels, wear and tear on water lines and frost movement, although… Read More
FORT KENT — Fort Kent’s annual Mardi Gras celebration will include an art show titled “Something to Declare.” The show will run from 8 a.m. to noon and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, and for the next two weeks during regular school hours at… Read More
CYR PLANTATION — The former one-room schoolhouse which serves as Cyr Plantation’s meeting hall has been designated a national historic site of architectural and educational significance. The Governor Brann School has remained virtually unchanged since it was built 60 years ago, according to architectural historian… Read More
MACHIAS — Machias Memorial High School Principal William Prescott Jr. has announced the honor roll for the second quarter as follows: Seniors, honors: Frankie Reynolds, Darren Robbins, Tori Beal, Troy Dennison, Gretchen Goding, Darren Richards, Rachel Whybrow, Sara Wolverton. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
The time for a SAD 1 immunization clinic for preschool children was reported incorrectly. The clinic will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Presque Isle Community Center. Read More
School Union 113 (East Millinocket, Medway and Woodville) students will be dismissed from school early Tuesday, Feb. 15. Teachers will participate in staff development and in-service activities. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Two people were hospitalized as the result of a head-on collision early Monday morning on Route 157 near the Rice Farm Road. Police Chief Wayne Scarano said David A. Walker, 29, of Benton and Mark M. McCurdy, 36, of Machias were transported by… Read More
MATTAWAMKEAG — Selectmen and members of a local motorcycle club agreed to work together to solve a problem the group claims it is having with the town’s police officer. Nearly a dozen members of the Mattawamkeag Motorcycle Club met with selectmen last week to file… Read More
DEXTER — The Scott Hi-Q team at Dexter Regional High School outscored visiting teams from Greenville and Valley High School at a competition Jan. 26 in Dexter. Scott Hi-Q is an academic quiz competition sponsored by Scott Paper Co. in cooperation with Thomas College. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
CORINNA — Several races are shaping up for the March election in Corinna as residents return completed nomination papers to the town office. Two vacancies this year are a three-year term on the board of selectmen and a three-year term on the SAD 48 board. Read More
CANAAN — Four people received injuries Monday afternoon when the pickup truck in which they were riding slid on a patch of ice and rolled onto its side. According to Maine State Trooper Steve Spaulding, Diago Pradilla, 32, of Winslow was the operator of the… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Backyard fruit growing is the subject of a series of one-day workshops to be held by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension at five locations during March. The Somerset County session will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 2,… Read More
CORINNA — Finalization of the proposed 1994 budget and the final review of the March town meeting warrant will be considered when the Corinna Board of Selectmen meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the town office. Other items of business will include an… Read More
ROCKLAND — Rep. Rita B. Melendy, the longest-serving Democrat from Knox County in the history of the Maine House of Representatives, announced her intention to step down from her legislative seat representing Rockland after her term ends in December 1994. “I will not be a… Read More
CORINNA — No one can say that the past year has been an easy one for employees and owners of the Eastland Woolen Mill in Corinna. Financial problems in October 1992 forced the Striar family to close the mill, leaving more then 350 people out… Read More
BURNHAM — The increase of aggressive and inappropriate behavior at the Warsaw Middle School was discussed Monday night at the SAD 53 Board of Directors meeting in Burnham. Warsaw Principal Claton Corriveau provided a report for the board to make directors aware of a growing… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival’s popular T-shirt design competition is under way for 1994. The festival is soliciting colorful designs for its official 1994 T-shirts and posters. Designs are invited that reflect this year’s theme: “The Best Catch in Town.” The festival directors recently… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Maine Urchin Harvesters Association, at the request of urchin divers, tenders, draggers and buyers, will hold a meeting from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in the Acadia Room at the Holiday Inn. During the meeting, the MUHA will: solicit memberships;… Read More
BELFAST — The March 14 municipal election will feature contested races citywide for mayor and for City Council in four of the city’s five wards. Seven candidates also filed nomination papers Monday for the four open seats on the SAD 34 board. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
OWLS HEAD — The Antique Automobile Club of America has selected the Owls Head Transportation Museum as the 1993 recipient of the AACA Plaque, which is awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in the preservation of automotive history. The AACA, founded in 1935, is the… Read More
ROCKLAND — The city should close its quarry dump. The city should establish an ash dumping facility in its quarry system. Two radical solutions which concern the city dump came before the City Council on Monday. The “Stop the Stench” ad hoc group of affected… Read More
ELLSWORTH — April will take on a festive look this year when the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce kicks off its second annual Home and Garden Show. The show is scheduled for a new location and a new date. It will be held at the… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has delayed a requirement that mid-Atlantic scallop fishermen and New England groundfishermen install on their vessels special automated tracking systems so their days at sea can be monitored. The vessel-tracking requirement is part of two comprehensive fishery management plans… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Maine Bureau of Liquor Enforcement will hold a training session from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the Holiday Inn to update sellers of alcohol on state rules and regulations. The training is for employees of restaurants, bars and lounges who sell and… Read More
SULLIVAN — An organizational meeting for area artists interested in contributing artwork or volunteering at a new gallery about to open in Sullivan will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Sullivan Town Office. Artists from Sullivan, Sorrento, Gouldsboro and Hancock are… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Area health professionals and Mount Desert Island Hospital staff will present a free heart health education series for the public. Physician Mary Dudzik and registered dietitian Ann K. Lee will present Food, Cholesterol and You at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, at… Read More
ORLAND — Cmdr. Vincent H. Corry of Orland has been elected to the board of directors of the statewide Maine Quality Center. Based at the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan, the 180-member organization promotes awareness of total quality principles in Maine. Commandant of midshipmen… Read More
BLUE HILL — The American Hospital Association has named Blue Hill Memorial Hospital a finalist in its NOVA awards for innovation and leadership. The NOVA Award recognizes hospitals making substantial contributions to health care reform by focusing on community health and changes in delivery systems. Read More
CASTINE — Exploring Seamanship, a Maine Maritime Academy program for high school students, will be offered for the first time Aug. 14-19, 1994. Sponsored by MMA’s nautical sciences department, the session will introduce teenagers to a variety of topics, including sailing, rowing and power boat… Read More
One of two men who allegedly broke into a Dexter home in January and robbed the homeowners at gunpoint was indicted Monday by a Penobscot County Superior Court grand jury. The jury handed up an indictment charging 18-year-old Jerrod Ryan Roberts of Dexter with Class… Read More
The results from a recent high school math meet failed to identify the schools of all the top scorers. The results should have read as follows: Greg Markowsky, Orono, 41 points; Eugene Maddaus, Orono, 33; Justin Hebert, John Bapst, 29; Shahram Tadayyon, Orono, 29; Allen Adams, Hermon, 24. Read More
It’s not hard to picture Kim in a university dorm room, settling down after supper for an evening of studying. Bright, attractive, athletic, she would be an asset to any college community. But typically, Kim’s study session would be short-circuited. “I couldn’t concentrate at all,”… Read More
SURRY — At turns entranced and astonished, residents left a Monday evening event here more inclined to adopt a bat than to shoo one away. After watching remarkable footage in which the small furry creatures dived into flowers awaiting pollination, devotedly cared for their young,… Read More
ETNA — Several members of the Etna Fire Department have resigned, to protest the appointment of Patrick Willard as fire chief over the incumbent chief Leroy Hall. The municipal officers rejected the fire department’s recommendation to reappoint Hall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
The Brewer City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight to take action on a c to the flood hazard provisions of the city’s building code to make it compatible with the flood plain ordinance, and to decide whether to adopt an optional benefit under the Maine State… Read More
While most eyes focused on Hillary Rodham Clinton during Monday’s forum on health care reform, others intently watched the audience of 6,000 people. Since Saturday, Secret Service agents had been preparing the University of Maine Alfond Sports Arena for the first lady’s visit. They brought… Read More
Maine’s United Parcel Service workers made their appointed rounds Monday, a day when some of their counterparts in other states staged a walkout to protest a new weight limit on packages the company will handle. Robert Piconne, president of the Teamsters union in Maine, said… Read More
CAMDEN — After writing to Hillary Rodham Clinton months ago about her family’s personal health care crisis and getting no reply, Carol Weil of Camden was beginning to lose faith in the first lady. Faith was restored Monday when Clinton, speaking in Orono, cited the… Read More
PETTICOAT WHALERS, Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920, by Joan Druett, Collins, New Zealand, a division of HarperCollins, 213 pages, $29.95. “SHE WAS A SISTER SAILOR”: Mary Brewster’s Whaling Journals, 1845-1851, Joan Druett, editor, Mystic Seaport Museum, 449 pages, $39.95. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
A SMALL COLLEGE IN MAINE: Two Hundred Years of Bowdoin, by Charles C. Calhoun, published by the college and available at the Moulton Union Bookstore and by mail, 294 pages, $37.95 (hardcover), $21.95 (softcover). On June 24, 1794, Samuel Adams, patriot, firebrand of the American… Read More
AUBURN — The trial of two men charged with murder and robbery in the gunshot slaying of a 73-year-old auctioneer more than three years ago got under way Monday in Androscoggin County Superior Court. Dana A. Craney, 31, of Lewiston, and Willard Eastman, 42, of… Read More
ORONO — Hillary Clinton did not have to explain the nuances of quasi-governmental health alliances to the adoring crowd at Alfond Arena. She did not have to worry about employer mandates, or debate the relative merits of Plans Clinton, Cooper and Chafee. She was not… Read More
WHAT IF THE MOON DIDN’T EXIST?, by Neil F. Comins, HarperCollins, 291 pages, $20. Anyone who has raised children is familiar with the question that begins “What if?” It was incessant “What if” questions from his son that spurred Neil Comins, a professor of astronomy… Read More
Central Maine Power Co. has reached agreements in principle to renegotiate contracts with the owners of 11 small hydroelectric dams that provide 8.7 megawatts of electricity to the utility. Lower prices for the power will save about $5.5 million during the first four years of the new contracts. Read More
SEE, I TOLD YOU SO, by Rush Limbaugh, Pocket Books, 364 pages, $24. A merry heart doeth good like medicine. Not, however, when the practitioner is jolly Rush Limbaugh and the patient is a liberal. But I digress. Suffice to say that the nation’s No. Read More
NEW YORK — Heating oil prices fell Monday as milder weather in the Northeast stifled many buyers. The drop pulled prices of other energy futures lower. Near-month delivery of heating oil, which was falling at the end of last week, dropped another 1.08 cents Monday… Read More
Nine Maine towns have been selected as finalists to receive about $3 million in the Community Development Block Grant Housing Assistance Program. The program, administered by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, provides funding to address acute housing needs incorporated as part of a strategy to… Read More
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The fatal shootings of three former Maine men Saturday remained under investigation Monday while the father of two victims questioned why the gunman hasn’t been arrested. Police and prosecutors were trying to determine if David Ingraham, 30, fired in self-defense, but that… Read More
I know, I know, it’s easy to dump on the media: We sensationalize this, we were way off base about that. Yada, yada, yada. But sometimes we do things for good reasons. There are many, many ways we simplify and streamline the news to ease… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — New Brunswick is not breaking the North American Free Trade Agreement by collecting provincial sales tax at its border with Maine, says Finance Minister Allan Maher. Complaints from Maine have prompted the United States to file a formal complaint that could… Read More
BRAZIL, by John Updike, Knopf, 272 pages, $23. More than 60 years ago, Virginia Woolf shocked and delighted readers with her pseudo-biography of Vita Sackville-West, “Orlando,” in which the title character, a 16th century male poet, achieves fame and longevity in an adventurous, amorous life… Read More
ORONO — First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton brought her prescription for major surgery on the nation’s health care system to a University of Maine town meeting Monday morning. As expected, Clinton’s forum at the Harold A. Alfond Arena, which drew an overflow crowd of 6,000,… Read More
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MAD BOYS, by Ernest Hebert, University Press of New England, 216 pages, $22. “The inspiration for `Mad Boys’ came from a photograph I saw of a boy who had been raped and murdered. I thought: this is the Huck Finn of our time; what if… Read More
Even before the world knew who was responsible for the killing of 68 civilians in Sarajevo last week, calls for action — from yet another admonishment of Serbia to air strikes — were echoing out of London, Paris and Washington. It is not the 68 dead that set… Read More
MERRY MEN, by Carolyn Chute, Harcourt Brace & Co., 695 pages, $24.95. In many ways, Carolyn Chute’s third novel, “Merry Men,” is a surprise — the first being the length of the book — 695 pages!! — the second being a clear but subtle shift… Read More
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad may be back on the auction block. The sale of the railroad to investors from Connecticut and New York has not been completed, and a spokeswoman for B&A said the deal may never close. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
WASHINGTON — You’re U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, boss of the world’s most powerful air force, and your plane is forced to make an emergency landing in England. You must return to Washington on Monday to help the Clinton administration decide whether to press for air strikes against… Read More
On Feb. 16, it seems a majority of members of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee are ready to keep Linda Anthony and her children, of Charleston, on welfare. Bangor Daily News readers may recall Ms. Anthony’s column in which she praised Maine’s “Deadbeat Parents” law and asked for even… Read More
A Veazie man who piloted two sailboat loads of Colombia marijuana into the Blue Hill Bay area in 1985 was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor. David M. Munsell, 39, was sentenced to two years and two months in prison, with three years… Read More
HANCOCK — Donna Fricke should be breathing a bit easier now about her daughter’s chances for a college scholarship. At Christmastime, while Anna Westfall Fricke was preparing for a national arts contest in Miami, her mom was wondering how they would pay the tuition at… Read More
Monday’s Maine Forum on Health Care Reform at the University of Maine in Orono was an event on three levels. It succeeded on each: As political theater, the forum was impressively organized, efficiently managed and tightly run. Rare for an event involving six politicians and… Read More
The movie “Schindler’s List,” a powerful screen rendering of the Holocaust, is attracting a wide cross-section of moviegoers wherever it plays, ranging from the elderly who remember, others who survived those dark years of the ’30s and ’40s, and a new generation — some of whom are being… Read More
AUGUSTA — Five people have died in snowmobile accidents this year and the fact that the accidents can be attributed to speed has wardens, snowmobile association representatives and state officials concerned. The first fatal accident occurred in January when an elderly man trying out his… Read More
WASHINGTON — Las Vegas was the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States in the early 1990s, the Census Bureau said Monday. Only two other metro areas — Laredo, Texas, and Yuma, Ariz. — reported double-digit growth. In Maine, Biddeford was the fastest-growing urban… Read More
Q. On occasion, I use fireplace logs instead of wood for a fast-starting couple-of-hour-long fire. Do they burn as hot as real wood? How do I select the best types of real firewood to buy? — J.T. A. Fireplace logs, that you buy at your… Read More
MARSHFIELD — Exploding propane cylinders sent bright orange fireballs and mushroom-shaped clouds skyward over R.H. Foster Inc. Monday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of more than 40 homes and badly burning Kevin Kilton of Roque Bluffs. By evening, firefighters from five towns and the Maine Forest… Read More
I just got my third telephone bill in the mail. This one was a doozy. It was as if I was looking at a breakdown of the national debt. This number was too big to have mounted as the result of a couple hour-long chats. But, alas, it… Read More
Gus Bombard has been in eight car accidents and one plane crash. His life story is punctuated by comments such as “That was before I got hit by a bus” and “That was just after I smashed my hand between a tug and the tanker.”… Read More
BATH — The Clinton administration budget submitted to Congress on Monday included nearly $2.7 billion for three Aegis destroyers, the bread and butter of Bath Iron Works. The Navy budget calls for construction of three of the guided-missile destroyers in each of the next five… Read More
WASHINGTON — President Clinton’s $1.5 trillion federal budget contained good news for Maine’s defense contractors and police departments. The White House, though, turned a cold shoulder to the state’s low-income families who depend on federal subsidies to pay their winter heating bills. Clinton’s budget, which… Read More
I followed the Bobbitt trial with interest. I was very disappointed in the verdict handed down to Lorena. She didn’t even get a ticket for littering. Richard Landry Patten… Read More
Police investigators say they’ve made a major break in the string of burglaries that have plagued rural homeowners and stumped police for the last six months. On Monday, a Penobscot County Superior Court grand jury indicted 20-year-old Jamie McCarthy of Bangor on three counts of… Read More