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    Maine men vs. Boston University Time, site: Saturday, 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… Read More
    Washington Academy of East Machias was inadvertently omitted from the list of eight teams to compete in the Class C state cheering championships Saturday at Bangor Auditorium. Washington Academy was the top qualifer of all teams in Eastern Maine (80.33 points). Read More
    MILO – After a couple of lackluster performances during a six-games-in-nine-days stretch, the Schenck High School girls basketball team took a few days off. The result was impressive. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    It appears as though a new winner will be crowned in the girls division at Saturday’s Eastern Maine Indoor Track League Championships inside the University of Maine’s field house. Old Town’s girls have won four EMITL titles in a row, but struggled to an 8-8 meet record this… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS, Rob Worcester poured in 36 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Narraguagus Knights to a 100-77 schoolboy basketball win over the Washington Academy Raiders Friday night. Peter Joyce and Peter Roeber each added 16 points for Narraguagus of Harrington. Todd Benner and… Read More
    Hereabouts, we once had an annual midwinter reprieve referred to as a “January thaw.” The spell of soft weather lasting a week or more was an abrupt and welcome change to the bone-creaking, wind-chilled, muscle-knotting cold that Mainers accepted as “just January.” It was a time when roofs… Read More
    Chris Houston and Andy Roy scored two goals apiece as Winslow routed John Bapst 8-1 in schoolboy hockey action Friday night at Bangor’s Sawyer Arena. Houston also had two assists, Eric Gunning contributed a goal and three assists, Ryan Veilleux added a goal and an… Read More
    High Schools AT BANGOR YWCA Penobscot Valley Championships 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] googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    ROCKLAND – The Rockland Tigers closed out their regular season on a strong note with a 58-32 schoolgirl basketball win over the Camden-Rockport Windjammers Friday night. Paula Reed scored 13 points and Susan Ware tossed in 12 for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    MILO – Schenck High School boys basketball coach Steve Levasseur knows the feeling his Wolverines experienced here at Penquis Valley High on Friday night: That sensation of being unbeaten, of taking on all comers and being victorious time and time again. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    The Penobscot Valley High School Howlers will look to continue their dominance of the small school wrestling ranks on Saturday at the state Class C championship at Traip Academy in Kittery. Elsewhere, regional championships are scheduled. The Eastern Maine Class A schools head to Oxford… Read More
    DANFORTH – Shelly Page scored 24 points to break the East Grand career scoring mark which had stood for 22 years as the Vikings defeated Wisdom 41-37 in the season closer for both schoolgirl basketball teams Friday. Page now has 1,544 points, breaking the old… Read More
    Orono held off a late John Bapst surge to take a 57-54 schoolboy basketball victory Friday night at the Bangor Auditorium in the final regular-season game for both teams. Shawn Hews paced Orono with 14 points and Aaron Gavett added 10. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT – Kristi Wedge tossed in 14 points and Kelly Gates hit for 12 more, carrying Stearns of Millinocket to a 44-37 schoolgirl basketball victory over Mount Desert Island Friday night. Cara Moir added 10 points for the visiting Minutemen, who had to pull… Read More
    Micah Illingworth scored five goals to lead the Stearns Minutemen of Millinocket to a 10-3 high school hockey win over Foxcroft Academy at Sawyer Arena in Bangor on Thursday. For the 12-4-1 Minutemen, Jesse McEwen and Josh Lynch each scored two goals. Justin Birt scored… Read More
    ETNA — Etna firefighters plan to take to the people their disagreement with the selectmen about the appointment of a new chief. Former Etna firefighter Roger Sanders said Tuesday that the firefighters will attend the 7 p.m. selectmen’s meeting on Thursday, Feb. 17, to request… Read More
    … I have been a resident of the Capehart project for several years. I am volunteering my time with the Bangor Housing Community Council Organizing Committee to support their efforts in bringing about a fair election of a resident-tenant council. However, my comments here are not on behalf… Read More
    How fortunate we have been, here in Maine, over the last four winters. Below normal snowfall, above average temperatures, sure we all can remember the one storm where it accumulated up to 10 inches and the one or two days of below zero, but all and all, very… Read More
    I have been following with total disbelief the ongoing dispute between the Etna Fire Department and the town of Etna. I find it almost unbelievable that a community that expects its volunteers to put their lives on the line, sacrifice family time and in most cases, wage-earning time,… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Legislative redistricting has created new competition for Sumner Jones Jr. of Pittsfield. This week, he announced his candidacy for the Legislature from a newly created district. Jones served 78 days in the 116th Legislature representing District 101 before a recount seated his opponent… Read More
    GLENBURN — The Public Safety Building Committee will meet with its architect at 7 p.m. March 9 to review and further refine a sketch plan. In early January the committee had been asked by the council to consider a design for the proposed building to… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — A jury in Somerset County Superior Court recently awarded a St. Albans trucker $36,267 in damages after a Bangor repair company was found negligent in repairing a 1982 Mack tractor. After nearly three hours of deliberation, the jury determined that Fred Massow Jr. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The final application to place a Job Corps program at Loring Air Force was filed this week with the U.S. Department of Labor. If the application is approved, about 450 disadvantaged young people could be placed at the base after its closure. Read More
    WALLAGRASS — Less than 10 years after becoming a town, some residents of Wallagrass are seeking to de-organize the township. A special town meeting will be held March 2 to start the process. James Freeman, one of three people who circulated a petition to de-organize,… Read More
    Each month, Aroostook County Crime Stoppers, on behalf of law enforcement agencies in the County, reports on a crime that is under investigation. Following is this month’s crime: Sometime during the early morning hours of March 10, 1993, someone using a blunt object smashed out… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — The following honor roll has been announced at Fort Fairfield High School for the second quarter of the year: Seniors, high honors: David Armstrong, Jared Bruce, Jaime Burns, Kimberly Clark, Benjamin Findlen, Heather Fox, Kelly McArthur, Tami-Jo McCausland, Leslie Parady, Amy Shaw,… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Informational meetings on a discounted cost-share plan for CHAMPUS beneficiaries affected by the loss of health care services at Loring Air Force Base will be held Feb. 12 and 16. The Office of Civilian Health and the Medical Program of the Uniformed… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A Van Buren woman and a Presque Isle man were released from Gould Memorial Hospital after being treated for injuries received in a two-vehicle accident reported at 12:48 p.m., Friday on the Houlton Road. Trooper Darryl Pelletier of Caribou said that Daniel… Read More
    CARIBOU — Hot woodstove ashes placed in a pasteboard box were listed as the cause of a church parsonage fire reported at 7:42 p.m. Thursday on Summer Street, near the downtown area. The Rev. Ronald Sullivan and his wife were alerted to the fire by… Read More
    UPPER FRENCHVILLE — The 17th annual Dr. Levesque All-Star basketball games will be played at the Dr. Levesque Elementary School gymnasium starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18. The fifth-grade girls will play against the sixth-grade girls in the first game and the boys will… Read More
    MACHIAS — If life is truly a cabaret, and the world a stage, then the Mad Capp Cafe in Machias may be stirring up just the cure for those mid-winter blues. Danny Hatt, owner of the year-old Machias nightspot, is tapping into his background as… Read More
    CARIBOU — The city of Caribou announced this week the implementation of a new citywide security program titled “Night Eyes.” The program is designed to increase security awareness at businesses and was made possible through the joint partnership of Rainbow Printing Co., the Caribou Chamber… Read More
    EASTPORT — A free course for firefighters and other first-responders to incidents involving hazardous materials, will be offered Feb. 18-20 and March 4-6, at the Eastport Marine Trades Center in Eastport. The announcement of the course offering by Paul Thompson, Washington County Emergency Management Agency… Read More
    FORT KENT — The following cases were disposed of by Judge Ronald A. Daigle in 1st District Court at Fort Kent Wednesday, Feb. 9. Brent Rafford, 21, 58 West Main St., Fort Kent, negotiating worthless instruments, two counts, restitution of $134.95. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    EASTPORT — The Eastport Port Authority will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, in the Port Authority Conference Room in Eastport. Business to be discussed includes a proposal to establish a marine museum and status reports on port development and current operations. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    The following cases were heard in 4th District in Calais, Feb. 4-10, with Judge John Romei presiding: Michael K. Varney, 26, East Sandwich, Mass., operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $350, 48 hours in jail, license suspended 90 days; illegal… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — While a proposed agreement to settle a tax dispute fell one vote short of unanimous council approval, some citizens expressed concern about it. The Town Council on Thursday approved in concept an agreement to settle a tax dispute. But, George Gagnon, a council… Read More
    JONESPORT — The Jonesport Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the Jonesport Town Office, to consider the following applications for permits: From D. Louis and Dianne D. Wood, of Little Rock, Ark., represented by Harold A. Prescott of East Machias,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — City and state officials do not plan to lose the 200 jobs at Van Baalen without doing everything possible to save them. Van Baalen officials dropped the bomb last month that the firm is doing so well that it may be forced to expand to a… Read More
    ROCKLAND — More and more children are moving in and out of SAD 5, according to Superintendent Donald Kanicki. One elementary school student has been in five schools since September. So many students transfer out and move in to the district that Kanicki plans to… Read More
    CAMDEN — Camden-Rockport High School Principal John Shaw has announced the honor roll for the second quarter as follows: Seniors, high honors: Shay Ames, Brooke Baldwin, Heddy Bolster, Michael Geisler, Dan Hammalainen, Heather Mortensen, Curran Reynolds, Lindsey Starr, Sarah Wickenden; honors: Kelly Amoroso, Karl Anderson,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum is accepting applications for Carina House, a Monhegan Island residency program for Maine artists. Now in its sixth year, Carina House is loosely modeled after McDowell Colony and Vermont Studios programs. The program offers Maine visual artists the opportunity… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — After 18 years of public service, Sen. Ruth Foster, R-Ellsworth, announced this week that she will not seek re-election. The popular legislator said in a telephone interview Thursday that the pressure of an expanded work load at the Legislature, and a growing retail… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce invites business people, legislators and Maine’s gubernatorial candidates to preview the “Vision” plan at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the Augusta Civic Center. The Maine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in conjunction with the Maine Alliance… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — The town of Bucksport’s seven lakes have a health screening appointment with the local code enforcement officer. At Thursday night’s Town Council meeting, CEO Bruce Pomelow reported on his progress at carrying out Town Manager Roger Raymond’s request for a lake monitoring program. Read More
    Brewer teachers ratified a four-year agreement Friday that calls for no salary increase in the current year, but a 13 percent raise over the subsequent three years. In what’s believed to be the largest turnout for a contract vote in Brewer, teachers approved the package… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Once a highly competitive skater, a local skating professional now wants to guide talented young people on the road to the Olympic Games. Tom Incantalupo, 23, a teacher and coach with the Skating Club of Maine — Presque Isle Division, ranked 14th… Read More
    ORRINGTON — The Recreation Department board will hold an open house and skating party at the town’s new 125-by-75 skating rink from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Coffee and hot chocolate will be served and barbecue grills will be available for families that want to bring along their… Read More
    Bickering among social welfare agencies has blocked creation of a crisis stabilization program in Bangor that could have saved the lives of several mentally ill people over the last couple of years, say critics. Similar programs, which consist of a mobile unit and “crisis beds”… Read More
    GUILFORD — When her 6-year-old sister started choking on a quarter that was lodged in her throat, 10-year-old Heather Watson of Guilford kept her cool and forced the coin out by applying pressure to her sister’s abdomen Thursday night. Heather, a fifth-grader, received a hero’s… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A Pittsfield police officer investigated the report of a dead body early Friday, but discovered only an outhouse door, flapping in the breeze. Acting Police Chief Tim Roussin trudged through ice and snow from Route 2 to a portable toilet in a state… Read More
    KITTERY — The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard said Friday it would lay off beteen 700 and 900 workers, depending on how many accept incentives to retire early or quit. “The Navy is continuing to decommission ships and submarines to achieve the right size Navy to meet… Read More
    DETROIT — Mercedes-Benz of North America and Ford Motor Co. said Friday they were recalling a total of 37,400 vehicles, Mercedes for a defect that could cause engine compartment fires and Ford to fix an emissions problem. Mercedes said it was recalling 5,900 of its… Read More
    PORTLAND — UNUM Corp. reported Friday that its 1993 earnings rose 3 percent over the previous year, in part because of strong sales. The specialty insurance holding company’s net income for 1993 was $299.9 million, or $3.81 per share, compared with $291.2 million, or $3.71… Read More
    “Growing from Within: Building Blocks for Success,” will be the theme of the 26th Annual Seminar of the Economic Development Council of Maine, scheduled for Feb. 14-16 at the Samoset Resort in Rockport. The program will focus on growth strategies developed by Maine companies that are successfully competing… Read More
    Joseph “Chet” Jordan, longtime head of Jordan’s Meats in Portland, died Thursday at the age of 66. Jordan served as general manager, president and chairman of the board of Jordan’s Meats for more than 40 years. During his tenure, the company’s sales increased from $1.5… Read More
    Willis Johnson concludes his definitive book on Maine’s independent governor, “The Year of the Longley,” with a quote Gov. James Longley gave to NBC near the end of his term in 1978. “I don’t want to get into national politics if I can possibly avoid it,” Longley said,… Read More
    CALAIS — Gov. John R. McKernan said Friday that he wants a futuristic, comprehensive community development plan guaranteeing that the proposed Passamaquoddy gambling casino would not sound the death knell for the city’s downtown area. Speaking to an assembly of about 400 people at noon… Read More
    WASHINGTON — A French ban on imports of U.S. fish is scheduled to end Sunday, but Maine fishing operations remain uncertain about the future of the market there. “All of our lobster companies have been affected by this,” said Richard Macchione, an owner of Boston… Read More
    The state of Maine has a dumping problem. I cannot speak for all of the rural counties, but I can say that in eastern Maine — Penobscot and Washington counties — few or none of the small communities will permit the dumping of roofing materials. Read More
    The tempest over whether or not to build a cargo port on Sears Island has been portrayed by the Bangor Daily News as a conflict between elitist special interests and reasonable people trying to balance care for the environment with economic growth. Nothing could be further… Read More
    CASTINE — A flotilla of 1,200 ships, hundreds of landing craft and transport ships, and 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops were poised June 6, 1943, to land on the beaches of Normandy during some of the worst weather the area had ever experienced. When… Read More
    PORTLAND — Spokesmen for the Maine lobster industry are shrugging off new figures that show the state’s lobstermen had a bigger catch but less income in 1993. Preliminary figures from the National Marine Fisheries Service show the total catch was 27.6 million pounds, a slight… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Dr. Conor Lundergan peered through a microscope at the tissue that once clogged a patient’s arteries, looking for the renegade cells that rehospitalized the man just six months after heart surgery. Doctors once thought arteries were simply inert tunnels, but they now know… Read More
    WASHINGTON — They were frightened of breast cancer and frustrated that they couldn’t protect themselves. So Joyce Guillory taught some elderly women to circumvent the physical problems that prevented them from checking their breasts for lumps, simply by using magnifying mirrors and their palms. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    The Penobscot County legislative delegation is taking two immediate steps in behalf of the patients, their families and employees at Bangor Mental Health Institute: The delegation intends to expand the political base of support for BMHI. A meeting has been called for Tuesday with delegates… Read More
    The Cruisermen’s Association, 1578 Cranston St. Cranston, R.I. 02920, will hold a national convention June 9-12, at Cranston, to coincide with the entry of the Allied forces into Rome, June 4, and the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1945. Former cruiser sailors, officers, Marines and all reservists who… Read More
    BOSTON — The bellybutton approach has made gallbladder surgery both safer and more common. So-called bellybutton surgery, which involves doing operations with tubes inserted through small cuts in the tummy, has become extremely common in recent years, largely replacing the traditional open operation. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    With Ash Wednesday on Feb. 16, most Christian churches will enter the season of Lent, the time of preparation for the celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection at Easter on April 3. The season lasts 40 days, not counting Sundays. “Lent” comes from the word lengthen, a… Read More
    MATTAWAMKEAG — Linda Roy Poulin will be featured in a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Mattawamkeag Church of God. Poulin was born in Fort Kent and graduated in 1977 from Caribou High School. A resident of Lincoln and member of the… Read More
    This What Is It (above) was correctly identified by 73 readers as a hay saw or knife. It was used in the days when hay was put up loose into the barn loft. Later when hay was needed, the knife was used to saw through the overlapping layers… Read More
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    Congregational Beth El, Bangor’s Reform synagogue, will hold a Purim service and celebration at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, in the sanctuary at 126 Union St., Bangor. The event will include reading from the Megillah, from the Book of Esther, special filled cakes called Hamantaschen,… Read More
    The Institute for Ministry of the American Baptist Churches of Maine will offer a five-week course based on Thessalonians, “How in the World Should I Be Living?”, 6:45-9:30 p.m. Mondays, Feb. 21 through March 21, at Essex Street Baptist Church in Bangor. The cost of… Read More
    The directors of the recently formed Christian Life Ministries have been discussion the creation of a “healing home” in the downtown Bangor area. Jim Sawyer and David Munsell met with Ralph Knight and Tom Lord to lay the groundwork for purchasing a 20-bed facility to be known as… Read More
    Six students from three choirs in the Greater Bangor area will travel with their directors to Washington, D.C., next week to sing in the Children’s and High School Honor Choirs of the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Convention. Participating Feb. 16-19 in the Children’s… Read More