DURHAM, N.H. – Just how significant will the loss of Francois Bouchard, Ed Jones and Deonte Hursey be to the University of Maine mens basketball team? Quite significant in the eyes of the North Atlantic Conference’s coaches. The Black Bears, runners-up in the regular season… Read More
BANGOR – Sophomore guard Tony Tobin made five 3-pointers en route to 21 points as the Husson Braves downed the University of Maine-Fort Kent 89-82 in men’s college basketball action at Newman Gym Tuesday night. Xavier Joyner added 18 points for the winners, while Brian… Read More
BROOKLINE – Former Orono High All-American Jen Pelleriti will be at the NCAA Division I Final Four at Northeastern University’s Parsons Field here Saturday and Sunday. The senior starter and her second-seeded Northwestern University Wildcats (15-3-2) will meet No. 3 James Madison University (18-3-1) at… Read More
DURHAM, N.H. – The University of Maine women’s basketball team has been considered an underdog since Joanne Palombo-McCallie took over the program two years ago. With a 20-7 record and the 1993-94 league regular-season title under its belt, Maine is now considered the top dog… Read More
More Americans own guns, more sportsmen are involved in recreational and competitive shooting, and more hunters are pursuing their favorite sport on less land than ever before. Yet accidents involving firearms have actually been declining in recent years. Each year, the National Safety Council compiles… Read More
PORTLAND – The Portland Pirates recalled defenseman Brian Goudie from Hampton Roads in the East Coast Hockey League Tuesday. Goudie will fill in for rookie Sergei Tertyshny, who suffered a broken collarbone Saturday night. Read More
Oh, the glory of an offensive back. Tuck the ball into your gut, cut left, fake right, and run your way into history. That’s the way it has gone for 22 of the 23 years the James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy has been handed out to… Read More
Colleges TROY (N.Y.) RECORD TOP 10 (First-place votes in parentheses) 1. Michigan 6-2-0 (17) 245 points 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())… Read More
I decided Angus King is a pretty smart fellow when it didn’t come to light until after he won the election that he is a Washington Redskins fan. If King, our Independent governor-elect, had let slip this critical fact prior to election day; if he’d… Read More
High Schools NEWSCHANNEL 13 MEDIA POLL (First-place votes in parentheses) 1. Waterville 11-0 (11) 119 points 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())… Read More
BREWER – Chip Carson of Bangor and Mark Smith of South Paris each had the hot hand to help the Maine Heat share first place in the Left Division at the World Team Candlepin Championship at the Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes here Tuesday. Carson’s 136.88 average,… Read More
MACHIAS – P.J. Bristol scored 26 points and Josh Fannon added 24 more as the University of Maine-Machias downed Unity College 119-70 in a men’s college basketball game at the Clipperdome here Tuesday. Jagos Medenica and Barry Shrambam added 16 points each for the Clippers,… Read More
STETSON — Selectmen will submit an application for a grant to the Office of Community Development in December, asking for a 1995 Community Development Block Grant to build a fire station and relocate the public library. Two public hearings have been held and an application… Read More
DYER BROOK — A Canadian truck driver escaped serious injury Monday night when the tractor-trailer truck he was driving went off Interstate 95 in Dyer Brook and rolled over. State police Trooper Thomas Milton said Ralph Stacey, 31, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, was traveling south… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook Medical Center League of Community Supporters will hold a Christmas tree auction at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, near the J.C. Penney store in the Aroostook Centre mall. Decorated and undecorated trees donated by area businesses, organizations and individuals will… Read More
DEXTER — All SAD 46 schools will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 17, to allow the staff and students to attend the funeral of Trooper Jeffrey Parola, who was killed in a car accident Sunday. This day will be made up at the end of… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Several new associate of applied science programs were authorized recently by the Maine Technical College System’s board of trustees. Programs approved were business administration-operations management at Northern Maine Technical College in Presque Isle; administrative assistant at Eastern Maine Technical College in Bangor;… Read More
The medical uses of marijuana were extolled Tuesday by picketers outside the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building in Bangor. About 15 protesters distributed information about the drug and carried signs reading “Self-medication is an inalienable right” and “The marijuana prohibition is a case of medical… Read More
EXETER, N.H. — A fatal boating case may hinge on whether the state can pinpoint the boundary between Maine and New Hampshire — something over which the two states have battled for years. Rockingham County Superior Court Judge Douglas Gray is considering a defense motion… Read More
FORT KENT — Five Boy Scouts from Troop 189 at Fort Kent have attained the rank of Eagle Scout. Matthew Michaud, 17, son of Robert and Janet Michaud of Fort Kent, has been in Boy Scouts since June 1988. His Eagle Scout project was to… Read More
LIMESTONE — The Limestone School Committee agreed Monday to take part in a proposed economic alliance of central Aroostook County school systems. If the alliance is approved by area school boards, it would be the third group of Maine school units to join forces to… Read More
FORT KENT — Police remained on the lookout Tuesday for a 16-year-old juvenile who escaped custody while at the Fort Kent District Court last Wednesday. The juvenile, who was stopped in Fort Kent last month in possession of a stolen vehicle and driving without a… Read More
WEST ROCKPORT — It’s not too often that one gets to see a reservoir being dredged. The dredging of the reservoir is occurring on Mirror Lake this month as crews and equipment from Prock Marine race against the coming winter to lay 800 feet of… Read More
VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Town Council Monday paved the way for continued work on a proposed compost-recycling facility that would be the first of its kind in Maine. At a meeting last week, the town’s Solid Waste Management Committee noted that it had… Read More
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont’s cider makers are disputing a recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that consumers purchase only pasteurized cider. The centers said in their Nov. 2 recommendation that if people do purchase raw cider, they should boil it for… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — After 100 years of combined service to Foxcroft Academy, five trustees have stepped down. The retired trustees and their lengths of service are: Phil Annis, 29 years; Dr. Robert Cobb, five years; Stuart Hayes, 19 years; Mel Schierman, three years; and Matthew Williams,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — In a move to “disentangle” Foxcroft Academy and SAD 68, school officials want a return of fiscal control and a more effective replacement of the joint board. The trustees of the private school, which receives public tuition students on a contractual basis, are… Read More
A breath of stale air on the eve of the Great American Smokeout: Rep. Thomas Bliley, R-Va., said last week he would halt the congressional probe of the smoking industry and fight the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to regulate tobacco. His promise threatens to set back the… Read More
DEXTER — The wrestling team at Dexter Regional High School will hold an open house at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at the high school cafeteria. A video of the 1994 state championship meet will be shown, and Frank Spizuoco of Dexter will give a… Read More
Antique quilts are on exhibit at the Maine State Museum, Augusta, through Dec. 31. Seventeen quilts dating from 1790-1890 will be displayed in the exhibition titled, “One Piece at a Time: Early Maine Quilts from the Collection of the Maine State Museum.” Six of the… Read More
PORTLAND — The state’s largest health insurer expects health insurance premiums to rise at a slower rate next year, thanks to a slowdown in the pace at which people used medical services in the early 1990s. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine expects premium… Read More
WASHINGTON — Doctors now can choose a new type of radiation pellet to treat prostate cancer. Men who refuse surgery for prostate cancer sometimes opt for radiation pellets to be injected into the prostate to shrink the cancer from within. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Life without quilting? Shirley Rogers of Exeter pales perceptibly. “Why, it just wouldn’t be worth living,” she said. Rogers, who has been quilting for 25 years, said that quilting has seen her through the death of a child and a fire that demolished her home. Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When most of the nation’s newly elected governors gather for an orientation session this week, Maine’s governor-elect and its outgoing chief executive will both attend — Gov.-elect Angus King to learn, and Gov. John R. McKernan to teach. “Everyone has told me… Read More
I wrote a column recently in which I said the pop music being pumped into just about every place of business these days, from restaurants to supermarkets to department stores, amounted to an auditory assault that I found offensive and unnecessary. I asked why it… Read More
The wrong date was listed in Maine Street for a meeting of the Eastern and Southern Maine chapters of the Air Force Association. The correct meeting date is noon Sunday, Nov. 20, at Pilots Grill in Bangor. The following quote, “I renounced my French for… Read More
WESTBROOK — The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Maine will hold its 93rd annual meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at Michel’s Meeting and Banquet Center. Speaker will be Christopher Hall, portraying Master Isaac Allerton of Plymouth Plantation, in costume from… Read More
Kim had some serious problems to contend with after she was born on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Beaten and abused as a young child by an alcoholic, mentally ill mother, Kim overcame early trauma to become a successful adult and is now an editor… Read More
Penobscot County Superior Court Brian Bartlett, 30, Kenduskeag, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, all but eight months suspended from two year jail sentence, three years probation, $25 to victims compensation fund. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
This has been a rough fall for Maine’s sportsmen, and by extension its tourism industry, which relies on the state’s appeal to hunters, fishermen and their families who come here to vacation and for outdoor recreation. There was the mess with the Sportsman’s Alliance of… Read More
Belfast District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: David S. Skigen, 35, Belfast, 48 hours in jail, 90-day license suspension, $350; Basil L. Littlefield, 47, Frankfort, four days in jail, 90-day license suspension, $350; and Mark K. Clements, 31, Hampden, 10… Read More
ORONO — Jodi Clayton-White is organizing a Dec. 3 craft show to help raise funds for the Keith Anderson Community House Lift Fund. The Orono Crafts and Artisans Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, upstairs at the Community… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — A thief or thieves who had broken open a safe may have fled after being surprised by returning homeowners at Fort Fairfield Monday night. Police said $440 in bills was taken but a coin collection and other money were left behind. The… Read More
BREWER — A dispatcher for the Brewer Police and Fire departments is being credited with helping save the life of a 20-month-old child who stopped breathing while in the bathtub. Dispatcher Terry Morancie was on duty last week when a hysterical woman called 911 and… Read More
Bar Harbor District Court: Operating motor vehicle after suspension: Gregory T. Alley, 23, Orono, $100; Erick M. Bennett, 21, Brownville Junction, $100; Jonathan J. Cyr, 33, Presque Isle, $100; and Jessie J. Watson, 28, Southwest Harbor, two days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
GUILFORD — SAD 4 directors heard pleas Tuesday to keep the Wellington Elementary School open. Preliminary discussions have been held by the SAD 4 Budget Committee on the possible closings of the Wellington and Abbot elementary schools, which would save the district about $100,000, according… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Local fund raising along the waterfront may help fund the town’s harbor management study. The Town Council agreed Tuesday to a plan submitted by the harbor master that funds for the study be solicited from retail businesses near the pier that benefit… Read More
BANGOR — Four members of the Bangor Planning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to give conditional use and site development plan approval to Bangor Halfway House Inc. to reuse the existing building at 317 State St. as a community service organization. The property is located in a Multifamily… Read More
Here’s something Kurt Vonnegut Jr. would like you to tell your children: There are not four seasons in the year. There are six. In addition to the regular four, there are the “locking” (November and December) and the “unlocking” (March and April). The rest of the established seasons… Read More
VAN BUREN — The Van Buren Town Council Monday paved the way for continued work on a proposed compost-recycling facility that would be the first of its kind in Maine. At a meeting last week, the town’s Solid Waste Management Committee noted that it had… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Louise Cirillo came before the Town Council Tuesday night to ask for a road sign. The one on the corner of her street, Highland Avenue, had been knocked down last winter by a snowplow. When the elderly woman left, she had her road… Read More
PORTLAND — Two men have been indicted on federal bank robbery charges, U.S. Attorney Jay McCloskey said Tuesday. Gerald T. Van Bever, 47, of Pawtucket, R.I., was charged in three separate bank robberies in Westbrook, Windham and Gray last January and March, McCloskey said. Van… Read More
HAMPDEN — The continuing matter of the possible use of “time out” for some pupils will be on the agenda of the SAD 22 board of directors when it meets at 7 tonight at Reeds Brook Middle School. Superintendent Richard Lyons said at the Oct. Read More
BLUE HILL — Area residents issued a challenge to state transportation officials Tuesday night, asking them to improve Route 15’s foundation and surface while leaving its character untouched. Many of nearly 100 people attending the Maine Department of Transportation hearing at Blue Hill Town Hall… Read More
Downtown Bangor is not rushing Christmas. The decorative lights in downtown were put up to coincide with the starting of Eastern Standard Time and will remain until daylight-saving time in the spring. Although used exclusively for the Christmas season in the past, that is not the case starting… Read More
The official staff of the Faircloth for Senate campaign included co-chairs Steve Godsoe and Jennifer Coughlin, campaign manager JoAnne Daughinee and Co-treasurers Ruthanne Singal and myself. On their behalf, I want to thank the hundreds of volunteers and contributors for the major strategic victory we achieved. The statistics… Read More
We would like to comment on an issue we are faced with daily — the unnecessary birth of unwanted puppies and kittens. During the week of Sept. 25, two television sitcoms — “Frasier” and “Mad About You” — focused on the unplanned pregnancy and birth… Read More
I would like to express a very special thank you to the bands that participated in the Band-O-Rama hosted by Nokomis Regional High School Band on Nov. 3. The bands were from Dexter, John Bapst Memorial, Hermon, Maine Central Institute, Penquis Valley and Nokomis. The… Read More
A week after the Nov. 8 Election Day Revolution, few media analysts have correctly identified what happened. Among more common explanations have been that it was a rebellion against the president, incumbents and the Democratic Party, a “Republican Revolution,” or George Will’s “conservatism making a comeback.”… Read More
Let’s thank Ross Perot and company for all they’ve done to obtain a great change for us and our country. Thank you, Ross and “others.” You have made IT for us and will keep on for what is right. Margaret L. Allen Sherman Mills… Read More
Angus and Stephen King may have the same last name, but don’t bet the farm that they’re shirt-tail cousins. Unlike many families in America, the Kings do not have a common ancestor. The divergence came back in the days of Merrie Olde England when maypoles… Read More
FORT KENT — A Fort Kent man who was injured when a shotgun exploded in his hands Sunday was discharged from the Northern Maine Medical Center Tuesday morning. Joel Thibodeau, 34, of Stadig Trailer Park at Fort Kent was firing a shotgun at about 3:10… Read More
PORTLAND — Construction of a 650-space parking garage and two new gates won’t cause delays for holiday travelers at the Portland International Jetport, an official said. The parking garage opened Saturday after seven months of construction, but the gates will not be finished until the… Read More
EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick — This city has long been the corporate headquarters of Fraser Inc., but a company reorganization has several administrative positions shifting to the Stamford, Conn., office. In messages to its employees this week, John Wasserlein, president of the company for the last… Read More
FRANKFORT — Pupils at Frankfort Elementary School observed Native American Heritage Day recently with a variety of activities. In a school assembly, members of kindergarten and third grade classes and local preschoolers offered a fashion show of headgear, masks, footwear and costumes. The children learned… Read More
LEWISTON — As the Lewiston School Committee considered whether to implement a dress code to curb gang activity and discourage lewd symbols on clothing, one member said he wanted the proposed ban extended to Lewiston High School’s logo — the blue devil. “I hate the… Read More
LIMESTONE — A Justice Department delegation will visit the former Loring Air Force Base soon to evaluate it as a possible federal prison or juvenile facility site, Sen. William Cohen said Tuesday. “Loring is an ideal site for a prison. It has outstanding facilities already… Read More
BETHEL — An alumna of Gould Academy has left the private high school $5 million in cash and some property, Gould officials announced Tuesday. Muriel Park Mason of Bethel, who died in August at the age of 97, was the valedictorian of Gould’s Class of… Read More
LIMESTONE — Gov.-elect Angus King has asked that the scheduled fall 1995 opening of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics be delayed, according to Limestone School Superintendent James Morse. Morse broke the news while updating school committee members here Monday about the magnet school… Read More
SOUTH BERWICK — A father-and-son waste-disposal team is considering an appeal of a judge’s $1.9 million ruling against them, their lawyer said. Justice Paul A. Fritzsche agreed last week to award financial damages to several South Berwick families who have been forced to drink bottled… Read More
ST. JEAN DE LA LANDE, Quebec — Fort Kent area youths probably will think twice about having parties at secluded areas along the border of Quebec and New Brunswick after an incident last month during which a group of teens were terrorized by an armed man. Read More
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A joint Canadian-American effort to save herring-chasing harbor porpoises from snagging themselves in gill nets — primarily in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine — is starting to pay off. The two countries have been working for the… Read More
With a little hard work, a Connecticut couple hopes Bangor’s Phenix Inn will live up to its legendary namesake and reopen in January. Sold at auction late last week, the Phenix Inn had fallen on hard financial times in recent years and was closed earlier… Read More
JAY — The Defense Department denied Tuesday that it had changed the casualty status of a Marine who was reported killed 25 years ago when his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War. Cpl. Bruce Edward Kane’s name was included on a “discrepancy list”… Read More
ROCKLAND — Politics, residency requirements and bad debts can be bad news for public officials. Rockland City Councilor Oram Lawry III and Camden Rep.-elect Gordon Gates got some of that bad news this week. Financial and residential problems continue to plague Councilor Lawry and a… Read More
They’re ba-ak — the Quebec separatists, the Parti Quebecois (PQ) — despite the fact that a majority of Quebecois opposes separation. Promising to follow through resolutely in moving the separation agenda, they got off to a hot start by winning from Ottawa millions in disputed payment for conducting… Read More
ROCKPORT — The Rockport selectmen gave mixed reviews to federal money Monday night, agreeing to join Rockland in a grant to help the Van Baalen clothing company, but turning down a shot at the crime bill. The selectmen agreed to co-sponsor Rockland’s application for a… Read More
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay Medical Center has received a three-year accreditation and a 90 percent ranking from the Joint Committee on Accreditation, which also recommended improvements to the hospital’s operations. Hospital official David Schwartzkopf said the “outstanding” rating of the industry watchdog group was… Read More
ROCKLAND — New projects to fulfill its mission of promoting community pride through awareness will be added to the Share the Pride agenda, according to the organization’s new president, Ted Sylvester. One project will be to institute and promote a “Wall of Fame” of famous… Read More
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Salmon have spawned in Massachusetts for the first time in a century, giving researchers hope for the successful restoration of the popular game fish in New England. The discovery Monday of fertilized eggs in the Westfield River was a milestone in… Read More
OLD TOWN — Teaching and support staff in Old Town schools will have staff development activities on computers, cooperative learning and helping disabled students, Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 21-23, and no classes will be held on those days. Read More