ORONO – As he leaned over the balcony railing in section EE of Alfond Arena, straining to get a closer look at yet another University of Maine rush on the St. Cloud State net during Saturday night’s hockey game, the skinny, dark-haired kid didn’t look like a teenager… Read More
    AT HUSSON COLLEGE Bangor boys (3-0) 126, Cape Elizabeth (2-2) 60 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
    High Schools McDonald’s Invitational AT RUMFORD Sanford 173, Noble 161, Belfast 129 1/2, Mountain Valley 111, Oxford Hills 106 1/2, Dirigo 71 1/2, Fryeburg 71, Deering 54 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
    PORTLAND – Oxford Hills High School standout running back Jeremy Tardiff heads the list of finalists for the 24th James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy. Tardiff, a tailback, will be joined by a pair of quarterbacks, Biddeford’s Randy Petit and South Portland’s Bryan Harvie, at the annual… Read More
    USSA Mogul meet AT SUGARLOAF/USA Girls Results 1. Heather Hathaway (Killington); 2. Erin Warren (Carrabassett Valley Academy); 3. Jennifer Allard (Sunday River); 4. Jessie Odlin (Sunday River); 5. Jaime Cetron (Waterville Valley); 6. Shana Behan (Killington); 7. Emily Cote (Carrabassett Valley Academy); 8. Marissa Berman… Read More
    ORONO – Dan Shermerhorn isn’t blessed with the skating speed many of his University of Maine hockey teammates possess. What Shermerhorn does have is a knack for visualizing how a play is going to develop and putting himself in a position to be instrumental in… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Jared Seavey tossed in 21 points and Brewer outscored Presque Isle 16-11 in the third quarter as the Witches posted an 81-69 Big East schoolboy basketball victory over the Wildcats in a foul-plagued contest here Saturday. The referees called 51 fouls –… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Jared Seavey tossed in 21 points and Brewer outscored Presque Isle 16-11 in the third quarter as the Witches posted an 81-69 Big East schoolboy basketball victory over the Wildcats in a foul-plagued contest here Saturday. The referees called 51 fouls –… Read More
    DE KALB, Ill. – Catch phrases in sports are nothing new. Basketball coaches have been dreaming up inspirational quotes since the first ball went into a peach basket. Northern Illinois University’s “Be Hard to Guard” motto preached by fourth-year head coach Brian Hammel has taken… Read More
    WMEB MEDIA POLL Results of the WMEB College Hockey Media Poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, total points, and last week’s ranking: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
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    I am a woman who would like to say some nice things about a nice guy — UMM Athletic Director Sean Casey, who has been accused of creating a “sexually hostile environment for female students and employees” on campus. As a former UMM student and… Read More
    Lo and behold! Am I living in the Twilight Zone. The “Trivia” column in the Dec. 10 edition of your TV Update referred to Ralph Branca as the Giants pitcher who gave up the pennant-winning homerun hit by Yankee Bobby Thompson. Perhaps I was too… Read More
    A recent syndicated column decried the current trend in the media to offer news as entertainment. The writer felt that this trend would lead to the demise — at least on television — of the fine journalists who have appeared there in the past — the Edward R. Read More
    President Clinton established a commission to find ways to balance the budget. Two members of that commssion, Senator Kerry and Senator Danforth, suggest raising the retirement age of Social Security to 70, among other things. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    After reading Molly Ivins’ column, “Military spending is back” (BDN, Dec. 8), I would like to make a correction on Russian military expenditures. Ivins’ information on Russia’s defense spending of $29 billion was based on last year’s figures from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Read More
    Two weeks ago, Saulee Glick of Brewer died after jumping from the old Bangor-Brewer Bridge and plunging into the frigid Penobscot River. One eyewitness, moved by the circumstances of Glick’s death, has asked the Bangor City Council to equip all police cruisers with simple floation devices. It’s a… Read More
    It’s the event of the year. Grandmother Thompson’s Tiffany silverware is dragged out of the closet and polished, her grapevine crystal goblets and hollow-stemmed champagne glasses are washed, and her mother’s leaf-imprinted, gold-edged china is brought out. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    The conclusions drawn by the two gentlemen you quoted in your Dec. 14 story about a poisoning scare resulting from a second-grade science project at Asa Adams School were rather disturbing to me. I regret the anxiety experienced by the father when his 8-month-old son appeared to have… Read More
    CARIBOU — A Maine driving dynamics course will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Caribou Learning Center. Instructor will be David Sloan of the Bureau of Highway Safety. For information, call 493-4272. Read More
    WASHINGTON — Armed robbers forced their way into a junk dealers home early Sunday and fled with more than $1,000 in cash. Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy James Moore said the two men entered the William Jackson residence at about 2 a.m. From the description provided… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Dog licensing has taken on urgency this year because two strains of rabies are making their way into Maine, a state humane agent said. Dog owners are required to license their animals by Jan. 1, said Jeanene Wilson, a district humane agent at… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Two Maine high school students have been named by Commissioner of Education Leo G. Martin to represent the state at the 33rd annual United States Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C., Feb. 25-March 4. Erin Murray of Fort Kent, a student at SAD… Read More
    All the troubling news coming out of the aviation world recently has me dreaming longingly of simpler times as the holidays approach. In my sleep, I wander through a Currier and Ives tableau. It is a peaceful, pastoral setting of snowy hills stretching softly to… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Three people have been indicted in connection with the assault of an elderly Quebec man who was found beaten, stabbed and robbed in a Cornville ditch in October. A Somerset County grand jury on Thursday charged Cory Trial, 19, of Skowhegan and Jodi… Read More
    This week Northeast COMBAT will continue on the subject of solving your credit problems. You are entitled by law to correct any inaccurate information that appears in your credit bureau file. If a creditor rejects your application because of negative information in your credit bureau report, it must… Read More
    EXETER — Members of an Exeter family lost most of their belongings to fire Friday morning. An electrical problem at the Jim Lee home on Tibbetts Road apparently started the fire, according to James Emerson, Corinna fire chief. No one was at home when the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Promising the largest indoor party ever held in Maine, planners of Gov.-elect Angus King’s inaugural gala say refreshments will include an ale brewed specially for the occasion. A King-commissioned “Inaugur-Ale,” brewed by D.L. Geary Brewing Co. and Gritty McDuff’s Brewing Co. of Portland,… Read More
    PORTLAND — A restoration of passenger rail service to Portland remains on the drawing board, but for the time being will give way along with other expansion options to more pressing concerns at Amtrak. As Amtrak officials move to cut a fifth of its service… Read More
    Rep. Richard Simoneau, R-Thomaston, has submitted legislation to bring Maine State Ferry Service crew employment status into compliance with federal laws. “For years, the Department of Transportation has classified its ferry deck hands as `contract employees,’ which is in clear violation of federal employment tax… Read More
    Most people could accept delays in the statewide 911 system, now scheduled for 1997, because it meant that they wouldn’t have to change their response in an emergency: making an eight-digit toll call to report a fire or accident. But the addition of the 207 prefix for in-state… Read More
    BATH — In an attempt to get a downsizing program back on track, Bath Iron Works may eliminate as many as 600 nonunion jobs by the end of 1995. To avoid layoffs, the company is considering offering a severance package that could encourage some employees… Read More
    CASTINE — A busy 1995 lies ahead for Maine Maritime Academy’s schooner Bowdoin, including programs for students, teachers and the general public. “The Bowdoin has a 75-year history of education and exploration,” Capt. Elliot Rappaport, master of the 88-foot schooner, said in a statement. “We’re… Read More
    Late autumn weather licked eastern and northern Maine with light snow, then rain which turned to slush on Sunday. The weather mix prompted a rash of accidents that kept police and rescue personnel busy. The accident action became intense around noon when a change in… Read More
    FORT KENT — A Baker Lake, New Brunswick, man who allegedly terrorized 17 Fort Kent area teen-agers in the Quebec Province in October is free on $10,000 bail until a preliminary hearing next March. Andre Levasseur, 45, was arrested and charged by the Quebec Provincial… Read More
    A rash of car-deer accidents has taken place in Hampden in the past few days, prompting the Police Department to urge drivers to use caution when traveling in the early evening hours. Sgt. Mike Ormsby of the Hampden Police Department said five car-deer accidents occurred… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Four adults were arrested Saturday in connection with the burglary and theft of chain saws and tools taken from Foxcroft Academy last June. A fifth individual was summoned to court in the incident. The Dover-Foxcroft Police Department arrested Rick Walton, 37, of Sangerville… Read More
    While I often disagree with the editorial position presented by your paper, until now I have been able to restrain myself and have limited my comments to verbal exclamations heard only by my wife and the cats while I sip my coffee at the breakfast table. My tolerance… Read More