HODGDON – Six Hodgdon players scored nine points or more as the Hawks opened their boys basketball season with an 88-39 win over Limestone here Saturday. Sam Henderson led the attack with 18 points, while Roman Karnes added 17. James Folsom netted 12 and Darren… Read More
At Washburn, Amy O’Donnell scored 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the Beavers past the Crusaders. Lori Morrow scored 14 points for Van Buren. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Quietly, the Maine Central Institute Postgraduate basketball team emerged from their locker room, walked down a short hallway, and disappeared out a door back into the rest of their weekend. Sunday’s 91-81 defeat at the hands of St. Thomas More of Montville, Conn.,… Read More
At Boston, Lorne Guy scored a game-high 20 points, Chris Sutton added 17 and Alton Jones contributed 16 points to pace the University of Maine-Fort Kent to victory over Yeshiva University in the Cardinal Classic Tournament final Sunday. UMFK had advanced to the final with… Read More
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Despite strong performances by Maine’s Casey Arena and Ken Barnes, Southeast Missouri State defeated the Black Bears men’s basketball team 92-78 in Saturday night’s championship game of the 10th annual River City Classic. “We’ve played for two championships now,” said Maine… Read More
LINCOLN – Orono High School debuted its 1994-95 boys basketball team Saturday night and one thing seems certain – it’s going to be a transition year for the Red Riots. With seven returning lettermen and two key additions from last year’s junior varsity squad, however,… Read More
BANGOR – The Husson College women’s basketball team has exhibited two traits so far this season: it possesses scoring balance and it plays better second halves than first halves. Both were evident on Sunday afternoon as the 6-1 Braves placed five players in double figures… Read More
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Sometimes numbers really do lie. In a game that defied all statistical logic, the University of Maine women’s basketball team lost 72-68 to the University of Illinois here Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
WATERVILLE – Jagos Medenica led five scorers in double figures with 19 as the University of Maine-Machias outgunned Thomas College 100-85 in men’s college basketball action Sunday. Barry Shrambam and P.J. Bristol added 16 points apiece for the visiting Clippers, while Josh Fannon had 14… Read More
ORONO – Four times this season, the University of Maine hockey team has played Boston University, the consensus preseason No. 1 team in the country. The Black Bears have yet to lose. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
Colby 6, RIT 2 (Sunday Afternoon) RIT women 1 1 0 – 2 Colby 3 1 2 – 6 First Period – 1. Colby, Richardson (Sittler), 6:40; 2. Colby, Sittler (Richardson), 10:01; 3. Colby, Richardson (Mortenson), 12:45. 4. RIT, Misita (Signor, Priebe) 13:32 googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ORONO – Blair Allison sat in his locker cubicle Saturday night at Alfond Arena looking like a fighter who had gone the distance. He still had on his hockey pants. Sweat had turned his gray undershirt into a dark, soggy second skin. Beads of perspiration… Read More
AUGUSTA — The November election — which resulted in dramatic changes in the political climate of Augusta — befuddled almost everybody Saturday at the annual environmental congress sponsored by the Natural Resources Council of Maine. The congress, which was held at the Pine Tree State… Read More
WATERVILLE — A grand jury has added theft and tax fraud charges to the case against Mayor Thomas J. Brazier, but the defendant’s lawyer says he is confident his client will be acquitted. The 14-count indictment handed up Friday by the Kennebec County grand jury… Read More
Former President Ronald Reagan’s announcement that he is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease was poignant and courageous. He and his wife Nancy gave us all the model for facing the reality of Alzheimer’s disease with honesty and dignity. Most of us know enough… Read More
CALIAS — History aficionados should leave their cars and walk through the new Calais Residential and Hinckley Hill historic districts. They showcase some of the finest examples of 19th century architecture, including well-preserved Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne-style buildings. In June, the Maine… Read More
Pediatricians in rural Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have joined forces to increase children’s access to health care. Led by Dr. Robert Holmberg of Penobscot Pediatrics in Bangor, about 35 children’s doctors have formed the Northern New England Rural Pediatricians Alliance. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
PORTLAND — A federal arbitration panel has ruled that a union’s 1987 safety strike against the Springfield Terminal Railway was within the law. The five-member board said the eight-month walkout was legally justified in view of hazardous and life-threatening conditions on railroad properties. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR — A bicyclist was able to walk away from a car-bicycle collision Friday night at the Stillwater Avenue-Interstate 95 overpass. Sgt. Jim Owens of the Bangor Police Department said the accident was reported at 6:09 p.m. Roger Demarest, 47, of Bangor was riding a… Read More
BANGOR — The football captain in my life called it the best funeral he had ever been to, and why not? It began with radio music, courtesy of WWFX-FM, and continued with a dedication for the family and friends who had gathered for the celebration of the life… Read More
“The Nutcracker” is as essential to Christmas as turkey is to Thanksgiving, champagne is to New Year’s and wonder is to childhood. But what is the real spectacle of Tchaikovsky’s score for ballet? Is it the dancers? the music? the tutus? googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Residents of Brewer are right on in their belief that the area needs and can support another indoor ice surface, but they shouldn’t limit the view of the feasibility study to the area near their high school. Instead, harken to the advice of Mike Ploszek,… Read More
BANGOR — Crowds, crowds and crowds greeted the Christmas parade, packed West Market Square for the official lighting of the city Christmas tree, and ooohed and aaahed their way through a spectacular, though brief, fireworks display that lit up the early night sky during Saturday’s downtown festivities. Read More
FORT KENT — A local man was arrested Saturday and charged with being a fugitive from justice in Rhode Island in connection with a 1993 fireworks incident there. However, more serious charges are pending from that state, according to Fort Kent police. Richard F. Machado,… Read More
Maine can head off another clean-air catastrophe by listening to the concerns of gas station owners about the reformulated gasoline to be sold starting Jan. 1 in parts of the staff. As with the temporarily suspended emissions program, how well the new gas is introduced is as important… Read More
BELFAST — Situated between the tourist meccas of Camden and Bar Harbor, the former “Broiler Capital of the World” has always missed the boat on the big payoff from summer visitors. Only half of Camden’s visitors ever venture north, and those are all express-bound to Bar Harbor, according… Read More
JOHN C. MUTH heads Key Bank’s Private Banking Office at Key Plaza in Bangor. Muth came to the bank having worked previously at Bangor Savings Bank. He has seven years’ experience in commercial lending and was a 1987 graduate of the University of Maine, where he earned a… Read More
R.A.M. TATTOO has opened for business at 182 Essex St. in Bangor. Owned and operated by Richard Mott, R.A.M. Tattoo uses the Autoclave Sterilization method and specializes in custom tattooing and cover-up work. The business is open 1-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 1-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and… Read More
MONTICELLO — A Crown ambulance that was carrying a heart attack patient to a Houlton hospital was demolished by fire Saturday. Quick action by the crew on board averted a tragedy. Stillman Miller Jr., the driver of the ambulance, told Aroostook County Deputy Sheriff Paul… Read More
THOMASTON — Several of Thomaston’s older homes will be presented in their holiday finery for this season’s Holiday Tour of Thomaston Homes on Sunday, Dec. 11, sponsored by the Watts Hall Program Committee. Visitors should plan to include Montpelier on their tour to enjoy the… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield police arrested two people early Saturday morning, including a man wanted for armed robbery, assault and battery, and armed assault in Massachusetts. Officers Pat Cumba and Fred Dunn arrested 24-year-old Stephen Kivlehan and 19-year-old Sheila Langley with the assistance of Somerset County… Read More
Darrell Morrow’s recent letter concerning access to public lands requires a response. The large majority of lands managed by the Bureau of Public Lands, 73 percent (approximately 351,000 acres of forest land and numerous coastal islands), are available for public use and enjoyment without any… Read More
Bravo to Tom Weber for poking holes in the school prayer issue, “School prayer business back again,” Nov. 30. I suspect Newt Gingrich, the Christian Civic League, et al., would not be half so eager to push this imposition of supposed religious freedom if the overwhelmingly dominant faith… Read More
Your Nov. 28 editorial proclaims that “Comp goes the right way,” but for whom? You have not heard the injured worker’s story. The fact is that the 1992 “reforms” have done very little to reduce the number of workplace injuries and have only shifted the… Read More
Congratulations, people of Maine. You who wish to lift the heavy hand of big government have, in approving term limits, given government the right to say for whom you may and may not vote. Shirley Mattson Bucksport… Read More
The Parents Against Tired Truckers, by their outcries for justice, are becoming known as a source of trouble for the trucking industry of Maine and possibly elsewhere. It is, of course, understandable that an accident claiming the lives of four teen-agers on I-95 should cause such concern. I… Read More
VAN BUREN — Some holiday traditions are just too good to let die. Traditions like the “reveillon” (French for to awake, or to stay awake in this case), a holiday gathering of family and friends for good food, drink and music, is a centuries-old tradition… Read More
Winter has halted the hunt for scuttled vessels of the doomed Penobscot River Expedition of 1779. Searchers, however, may have found pieces of the expedition’s flagship, the Continental frigate Warren. Recently, timbers from a large ship were sighted at low tide in the Penobscot River… Read More
HOULTON — With the defeat by voters last month of a $3.2 million financing proposal for a regional secure landfill, officials in the Southern Aroostook Solid Waste Disposal District are examining options that previously had been dismissed as more costly. Only two options are open… Read More
Opening the mail addressed to the Santa’s Helper Fund is like receiving annual Christmas cards from old friends. Many of the names have become familiar over the years because those people have consistently supported the Salvation Army through Santa’s Helper. Veteran contributors are the backbone of the fund’s… Read More
PORTLAND — Voluntary undercharging by most Maine hospitals has raised questions about whether the state should continue to regulate hospital finances. Some hospital administrators have said privately that new market forces have eliminated the need for the Health Care Finance Commission to set limits on… Read More
HOWLAND — The efforts of a small volunteer group and local contractors may turn plans for improved recreational facilities into reality. The JUMP (Join Us in Making a Playground) Committee, a small group of parents and residents, has raised $12,000, or two-thirds, of the town’s… Read More
FREEPORT — A few weeks ago, 12-year-old Benjamin Porter of Freeport and nine other volunteers spent a day working at Hedgehog Mountain. Hiking trails were groomed, new signs were placed along the trails, and branches were trimmed near the summit. Porter, who lives on the… Read More
PORTLAND — Colleagues of a prominent South Portland doctor say they knew as far back as 25 years ago that he was suspected of sexually abusing patients. But no one at the time reported Dr. Douglas R. Hill to the state medical board that monitors… Read More
When you see recruitment advertisements for truck-driving schools, you should know the advertising claims made by some schools may not be true. The Federal Trade Commission has brought charges against several schools for false advertising. Northeast COMBAT would like to 1) describe what deceptive practices… Read More
HOULTON — The board of directors of the Southern Aroostook Solid Waste Disposal District will consider a two-month budget for the start of next year until the district’s future can be decided. The interim budget would allow the district “to keep the doors open and… Read More
I’d like to add my 2 cents worth to all the controversy concerning Grouchy Marx Pub in Newport. I’ve known Mark Warren since he was in elementary school. He grew up with our kids and, in fact, my son was a party to the infamous “Battle of the… Read More
FREEPORT — A legal battle over a 15-foot stretch of sidewalk that cost taxpayers thousands of dollars isn’t over yet. The dispute started nearly seven years ago when the town billed the owner of the Ocean Farms Restaurant $768 to bring a sidewalk he had… Read More
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island — The P.E.I. tobacco industry is hoping to crack a sales deal with North American industry giants after an unexpectedly large crop. The P.E.I. Tobacco Board is in the midst of negotiations with RJR MacDonald, Imperial and Rothmans tobacco companies over… Read More
LONDON, Ontario — A U.S. drug company says it wants to market its chicken pox vaccine in Canada. Merck and Co. won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell the vaccine in the United States last year. A similar application to Health… Read More
CHATHAM, New Brunswick — Most civilian workers offered early retirement at Forces Base Chatham have taken the Defense Department up on the offer. The department offered the buyout package to 168 civilians. By Nov. 4, the offer was accepted by 128, says union spokeswoman Geraldine… Read More
MILLINOCKET — As Great Northern Paper Co.’s value declines, Millinocket must broaden its tax base or more of the tax burden will shift to residents. “If we don’t find some other way to shift this tax burden, it’s going to fall on the residential property… Read More
TORONTO — Police said they smashed one of the biggest booze and cigarette smuggling rings in Canada. More than 35,000 cases of American liquor and 150 cases of Canadian cigarettes were seized as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested 11 people. Read More
DEXTER — A 21-year-old Dexter woman was hospitalized Sunday in the first snowmobile accident of the season, according to warden officials. Paul Fournier, a spokesman for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, said Jennifer Cyr was taken to Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft after… Read More
OLD TOWN — The city’s new council will hold its annual organization meeting at the council chambers in the Community Center Building at 6:30 tonight. After an invocation by the Rev. Ruben Cabrera of the United Baptist Church, the oath of office will be administered… Read More
MATTAWAMKEAG — In a special town meeting tonight, residents will consider authorizing the Park Advisory Committee to implement and oversee a land management plan for Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park. The special meeting will be held at 7 tonight in the municipal building. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
JONESBORO — A new air-handling system, estimated by the school committee to cost about $20,000 to improve air quality at the elementary school, is expected to be considered for financial approval at the annual town meeting on March 27. At its November meeting, the committee… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE BEACH — The Maine Department of Transportation may not see the value of Bill Monroe’s Route 1 cow pasture, but the Belfast-Northport-Lincolnville Land Trust is convinced that the general public knows its worth. The 52-acre pasture with its sweeping views of Penobscot Bay and… Read More
CAMDEN — A brief high-speed chase on Sunday morning ended abruptly in a farm pond, Camden police reported. Police said a car driven by Joel G. Wentworth, 23, of Union was spotted traveling at a high rate of speed in the village area at 1:30… Read More
LINCOLN — Municipal officials representing four counties will have an opportunity tonight to learn more about how a tax cap petition could affect their towns. Town officials from Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Washington counties have been invited to the meeting at 7 tonight at Mattanawcook… Read More
HOULTON — A Houlton couple was left homeless Friday after fire leveled their home on Hollywood Road. No one was at home when passers-by spotted the fire shortly before 7 p.m. at the home of Edna Clark and Sonny Hayes. They drove about two miles… Read More
EDMUNDS TOWNSHIP — A public hearing will be held early in January on the Washington County commissioners’ proposal to finance a boat launching facility at Edmunds that would provide access to Cobscook Bay for fishermen. Calvin Preston, supervisor of unorganized territories in Washington County, said… Read More