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FORT FAIRFIELD – The Fort Fairfield Tigers nailed 11 of 11 free throws through three overtimes to overcome the Hodgon Hawks 79-71 in schoolboy basketball action Friday night. Mark Sprague led Fort Fairfield with 26 points, 16 rebounds, and seven blocked shots, and Jason Theriault… Read More
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BANGOR – Brock Soucie scored three goals to lead the Bangor Rams to a 5-3 high school hockey victory over the Deering Rams at Sawyer Arena Friday night. Justin Payson, and Chris Tanis added two more goals for the win. Bangor goalie Ryan Norton made… Read More
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ASHLAND – Lori Morrow’s 21-point effort led the Van Buren Crusaders to a 47-41 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Ashland Hornets Friday night. Vicki Cyr added 10 points for Van Buren. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
WINSLOW – The Stearns Minutemen held off a rally by the Winslow Black Raiders to take a 60-54 double overtime victory Friday night. Abby White sank two foul shots for Winslow with no time left at the end of regulation to send the game into… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Pierre Michaud scored 21 points to help lead the University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls to a 77-68 men’s basketball victory over the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners Friday night. Glenn Sharp added 15 points for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
ORONO – Liz Nelson, a former Houlton High School standout, has joined the University of Maine women’s basketball team as a walk-on. Nelson, an agile 5-foot-10 forward, was a two-time NEWS All-Maine selection for Coach John Donato’s Shiretowners in 1992 and ’93. She has transferred… Read More
EAST CORINTH – Kam Kimball’s three free throws in the final 16 seconds helped the Piscataquis Community Pirates trip up the Central Red Devils 66-62 in schoolboy basketball action Friday night. Central trailed 58-47 with 1:52 remaining, but cut the margin to 63-62 with Curtis… Read More
Junior left wing Rochelle Gillis of Pittsfield became the first member of the Husson College women’s soccer program to ever be named an NAIA Academic All-American, according to Husson Coach Kellie Leeman. Gillis had a 3.9 grade-point average in accounting. On the field, she was tied as the… Read More
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HERMON – Liza Doughty scored a game-high 17 points as the Hermon Hawks cruised to a 60-30 schoolgirl basketball victory over Mount View Friday night. The Hawks took an early 10-point lead after one quarter and extended it throughout the game. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
At Fort Kent, Heather Pelletier scored 16 of her game-high 30 points in the third quarter to lead the Warriors past the Shiretowners. Pelletier hit five 3-pointers in the game, including three in a wild third quarter in which the Warriors outscored the Shiretowners 27-19. Read More
MAINE women vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE 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
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The University of Maine hockey team exhibited no lingering effects from last week’s loss to Massachusetts. The Black Bears built an early lead Friday night and overcame frequent penalties while notching a 5-2 Hockey East victory over Providence College at Schneider Arena. Read More
ELLSWORTH – Jason Ashur poured in 26 points to lead the Mount Desert Island Trojans to an 82-71 schoolboy basketball win over the Ellsworth Eagles Friday night. Lucas Dunbar added 22 points, including four 3-pointers for the winners. Garric Worcester chipped in with 22. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
You may need a sounder to find bottom when you’re fishing on frozen water, but it won’t take much searching to find an ice-fishing derby during February. Come Feb. 18-19, fishermen can set their trap flags at half-mast in the 33rd Annual Schoodic Lake Ice Fishing Derby sponsored… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A free community lecture titled “Heart Disease, the Modern Epidemic,” will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Gould Memorial Hospital’s McCain Room. Debbie Adams, a registered nurse and cardiac nurse clinician at the hospital, will lead the program. Information will… Read More
HOLLIS — The driver of a small pickup truck was killed Friday when the vehicle collided with a potato truck. Maine State Police identified the victim of the 10 a.m. crash on Route 117 as Milton Littlefield, 67, of Alfred. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
HOULTON — With Hodgdon and Smyrna adding their names to the growing list of towns considering leaving the Southern Aroostook Solid Waste Disposal District, discussion at Thursday night’s board meeting turned to dissolving the district. The announcements from the two towns brings to five the… Read More
Belfast District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 90-day license suspension, $350: Donald A. Tripp, 40, Searsport, all but 10 days suspended from 45-day jail sentence, one year probation; Cynthia A. Liszka, 19, Agawam, Mass.; and Darren E. Corbett, 21,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The District V Honors Festival will be at 1 p.m. today at Foxcroft Academy. The festival had been scheduled for 2 p.m. but was moved up an hour in anticipation of bad weather later today. Read More
Bucksport’s epic tax battle with Champion International Corp. began soon after the town assessor decided to end an apparently illegal agreement with the company on how to value the paper mill complex. The 1992 decision by assessor William Mayo scrapped a 7-year-old arrangement and led… Read More
CARIBOU — Stacy Dyer, 19, of Caribou was treated at Cary Medical Center Friday afternoon and released for injuries she received in a traffic accident involving two cars and two tractor-trailers. Officer Barry Dombroski said the accident happened at the intersection near Sleeper’s grocery and… Read More
The ice skating exhibition scheduled for 7 p.m. at Sawyer Arena in Bangor during Winter Fun ’95 will be on Sunday, Feb. 12, only. Read More
For more than a decade, the Freese’s building has stood as a hollow reminder of a bygone era in the Queen City. After years of waiting, plans for the redevelopment of the silent Main Street sentinel are moving ahead — slowly. Daryl Rhodes of the… Read More
Clearly Bangor International Airport has to be one of the best turnaround stories in the book of base closures. Even since the las 1960s, the airport has been a catalyst for the local economy and ever since that time the Bangor area has been served by jet carriers. Read More
Houlton District Court: Michael T. York, 27, Sherman Mills, violation of bail condition, all but 25 days suspended from 60-day jail sentence, six months probation with conditions. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
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No new taxes or gimmicks. No payroll pushes. An end to budgeting based on past spending. Gov. Angus King confirmed his credentials Wednesday night as Maine’s great communicator and consumate pragmatist. With cooperation from the Legislature, he also could become a liberator, freeing the state… Read More
AUGUSTA — A bill designed to help a Waterville poultry breeding company with a $20 million expansion was signed by Gov. Angus King. The bill raises the loan guarantee ceiling for the Finance Authority of Maine from $7 million to $25 million, a move that… Read More
OWLS HEAD — An informational meeting has been slated for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, at the community building to present information on a proposed dog ordinance for the town. Voters will take action on the dog ordinance at the special town meeting set for… Read More
NEWPORT — The 22nd annual Pine Tree Camp Ride-In is under way in Newport. The three-day event is a rally of snowmobilers that raises money for the Pine Tree Camp for Handicapped Children and Adults. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
BREWER — State Rep. Charles “Dusty” Fisher, D-Brewer, has been appointed to the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs for the 117th Legislature. Fisher, a teacher, is a first-term representative in District 115. Issues his committee will handle include gambling, lotteries, liquor, obscenity… Read More
For 93 glorious years, it was Bangor’s equivalent of Macy’s, Gimbel’s and Lord & Taylor rolled into one. Stroll the aisles of the store nicknamed “Fifth Avenue in Maine” and there’s no telling what you might find. A Girl Scout uniform? In what size, and… Read More
BRIDGEWATER — State Rep. Edgar M. Wheeler, D-Bridgewater, has been appointed to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice for the 117th Legislature. Wheeler is a first-term representative. The committee deals with county jails, adult and juvenile corrections, fire safety and arson, rights of accused,… Read More
Photographer and host Bill Silliker Jr. takes viewers to some of his favorite places to pursue the magic of nature on film in the new series “Special Places.” The show premieres at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, on the stations of Maine Public Television. It… Read More
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Churches in Bucksport and Presque Isle have new pastors: Bucksport — Elm Street Congregational Church has called the Rev. Karla Frost to its pulpit. The search committee’s recommendation to hire Frost was unanimous. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
NASHUA, N.H. — After an early experience in a Unitarian-Universalist program exploring women’s spirituality, Gail Donahue remembers rushing home to call her mother. Something about the session triggered the realization that she didn’t know her grandmother’s first name, and suddenly she needed to know right… Read More
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NEW YORK CITY — I love New York. It was 6:30 p.m. just before Thanksgiving and we were hanging around West 53rd Street, waiting for David Letterman to kick field goals with New York Jets kicker Nick Lowery and the world’s shortest movie star, Danny… Read More
“Feet Cold? Try Our Boots!” read the streamer trailing from a low-flying Cessna in an Alaskan sky the color of Windex. My feet were the least of it. Despite layers of polypropylene under a thick down jacket, my body was near numb in the subzero temperature that refrigerated… Read More
BANGOR — It has been almost 24 years since the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America were consolidated into the Unitarian Universalist Association. Since then, many cities with two UU churches have seen them join forces. Will it happen in Bangor? On… Read More
HOULTON — State Commissioner of Education Leo G. Martin has determined that the membership of the SAD 29 board of directors is not apportioned in accordance with state law. In a letter dated Feb. 2 that was sent to municipal officers in Houlton, Hammond, Littleton… Read More
Ford Motor Co. won a victory against more than 30 Maine car dealerships last week, when a federal appeals court ruled that the automaker can continue to recoup costs associated with a state warranty law. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, issued Jan. Read More
EXETER — A building notification ordinance will be the focus of an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Exeter School. In August, voters rejected adoption of such an ordinance, which was part of a larger proposal having to do with town-enforced building regulations. Read More
A child-abuse prevention program that began in Hawaii 10 years ago has caught the eye of Gov. Angus King. Healthy Start, offering home visits and other support to newborns and their parents, was the only social welfare initiative King recommended in a budget this week… Read More
LAMOINE — The town of Lamoine will celebrate its past this year, beginning with a pictorial exhibit on display through February at the town hall. Coordinated by the Lamoine Historical Society, the celebration of Lamoine’s 125th anniversary will culminate in a communitywide weekend of activities… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Though they may be on the opposite side of the globe, four Piscataquis County educators will feel at ease lecturing before a group of eager students later this month. Foxcroft Academy teachers Dick Millett and Peter Classen, Guilford Primary School teacher Judy Classen… Read More
When William Deane of Camden gave his wife, Carol, a break Thursday and took over her early morning Bangor Daily News delivery route, he did not expect it to be so eventful. It was still dark at 4:30 a.m. when Deane turned onto the road… Read More
HARTLAND — The $565,000 municipal budget passed muster when the Budget Committee gave it a once-over in preparation for the March 4 town meeting. The committee acted Thursday night on the budget, which is $50,000 more than the 1994 spending plan. But the increase is… Read More
Maine Public Radio will begin a new schedule of weekend programming Feb. 4 that includes two new local music programs, more and earlier weekend news and more convenient listening times for a slate of popular programs. In response to requests, MPR will provide “Weekend Edition”… Read More
How can you tell if your legislator is a loser? One method is to examine each elected representative’s committee assignments. Studies have shown a high correlation between ineffectiveness in Augusta and membership on the Joint Standing Committee on Staring at Dust Motes While Trying Not to Drool. Read More
CALAIS — A dedicated group of men and women worked nearly three years to raise $80,000 to enable the Calais Fire Department to replace an old rescue vehicle that was a hazard to drive. About two years ago, members of the Calais Fire Department Association… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Today is the deadline for St. Albans Town Manager Larry Post to request a public hearing on the selectmen’s plans to terminate his employment. Late Friday, Post said the request had been made to the selectmen through his attorney, Geoffrey Brown. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ST. AGATHA — The Fish River Lakes Water Quality Association approved several projects Thursday night that may buttress its goal of better water quality on northern Maine lakes and rivers. Chad Bourgoin, a senior environmental student at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, met… Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. John Baldacci hopes to persuade Continental and USAir to expand their services to fill the void created by Delta Airline’s decision earlier this week to end its flights linking Bangor and Portland with Boston, Mass., and Washington, D.C. Delta’s short-haul partner, Business… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus S. King introduced three of his four remaining Cabinet nominees Friday and, in the process, inserted himself directly into the middle of the simmering Velpar pesticide controversy in Washington County. After announcing he had tapped Joseph D. Lehman, Pennsylvania’s corrections chief,… Read More
HOULTON — A woman was arrested and charged with making a false report when she reported a robbery in progress at a local store in order to get a ride home, police said Friday. Sgt. Daniel Pelletier of the Houlton Police Department said Theresa Martin,… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A man accused of murdering the mother of his young son remains jailed in Hancock County, waiting probable indictment by the grand jury next week. The permanent custody of the couple’s 4-year-old son remains in question, with a hearing on the matter scheduled… Read More
In covering the recent discovery by law enforcement agents of a large marijuana-importing operation, the Bangor Daily News emphasized its predictable and obvious aspect, that there are always people willing to take the risk of trading illegal goods in exchange for the opportunity to make large sums of… Read More
We noted, with a great deal of interest, Tammy Lockhart’s article in the Jan. 24 issue of the Bangor Daily News. In it, she describes a measure being prepared by Rep. William Reed of Dexter which would limit the number of referendums school districts may hold to gain… Read More
“Some of the finest people in the world come into this place.” That is a sign that hangs in Perry’s Restaurant, put there 33 years ago by the founder, Charley Perry. Perry’s is an institution, has been in business on Main Street for more than 45 years. It… Read More
It appears there is a gross misconception among legislators and the people of Maine about the “fat cats” at the University of Maine throughout the state. It’s a misconception clouded in rumor, innuendo, and misinformation. Consider this. Higher education educational support personnel, that is, clerical,… Read More
I am writing about the baseball strike. Baseball will never be the same. I wish they were playing; I am beginning to lose interest in baseball now. I think the people who run baseball should make the AAA teams be the major teams and the… Read More
Rep. Dick Armey’s calling Rep. Barney Frank, in an interview last week, “Barney Fag,” was, he says, a slip of the tongue. Of course it was. It was a Freudian slip, as is any slip of the tongue that embarrasses. Surely it was not intentional,… Read More
HOULTON — Police arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with a burglary last weekend at a local business. Two more people are sought. Cpl. Maurice Ellis of the Houlton Police Department said Friday that the juvenile was arrested Monday after his mother was contacted about… Read More
They dusted off their shovels. They stocked up on candles and food. They lugged in some extra firewood. And they filled their gas tanks. Mainers know how to prepare for a snowstorm. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
BATH — A judge on Friday sentenced Mark Gessner to 30 years in jail for the murder of Bath florist Melvin B. Henderson. The prosecution had asked for a 45-year sentence for the Nobleboro man who had offered an insanity defense for the murder. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
LIMESTONE — A little over halfway into the fiscal year, Limestone’s finances are in healthy shape, Town Manager Troy Brown told selectmen Wednesday during a department-by-department look at revenues and expenditures. “Overall, the budget’s fine,” he said. The town has collected about 75 percent of… Read More
Eva D. Smith, 7 High St., Dover-Foxcroft 04426, will be 95 on Feb. 7 and would appreciate a shower of cards. Sunset Manor, a residential care program for elderly and disabled people, needs board and card games, craft supplies and books, preferably large print. Call… Read More
PEMBROKE — A 28-year-old Pembroke man who was walking along Route 1 Friday morning was struck by a truck and killed. At about 7:30 a.m. Larry S. Rodgers was walking south toward Route 214 about three-tenths of a mile south of the Crossroads Restaurant when… Read More
BREWER — Plans to construct a 250-mile footpath that would connect the end of the Appalachian Trail on Mount Katahdin to Mont Jacques Cartier in Quebec did not die when Joseph Brennan lost his November bid for the Blaine House. Richard Anderson, former executive director… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Early next week, a group of residents plan to begin circulating a petition asking that next year’s budget be 15 percent less than the current budget. Five people are initiating the petition. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BATH — A sparrow has made itself at home inside the Shaw’s supermarket here, showering under the vegetable sprinkler and snacking on birdseed from the pet food aisle. Supermarket workers named the bird Larry after the now-retired Celtics star and have watched it slip out… Read More
Aroostook County Superior Court: Dickie Belanger, 20, Madawaska, burglary, all but 30 days suspended from 18-month jail sentence, two years probation; theft, 15 days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
AUGUSTA — The first of Gov. Angus King’s Cabinet nominees sailed through confirmation hearings Friday, as lawmakers endorsed King’s choices for his top advisers in state finance, environmental protection and waste management. Not a single negative vote was cast against the three nominees, all but… Read More
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Once again it seems that the media of Maine and the people of this state have quickly forgotten all the rhetoric we were forced to listen to from the election campaign of (now) Sen. Snowe about how government needed to get in touch with the rest of us… Read More
CALAIS — The Calais Regional Hospital Mammography Program has been approved by the American College of Radiology’s Mammography Accreditation Program. CRH has met the program’s requirements, which included a stringent review by a panel of breast cancer detection experts. The panel evaluated staff qualifications and… Read More
ROCKLAND — Despite the protests of the victim’s family and Vermont’s Department of Corrections, the Vermont Parole Board this week granted a murderer his freedom, as long as he lives somewhere else. Like Lincolnville, Maine. By a vote of 3-2 on Tuesday, the Vermont board… Read More
WASHINGTON — About 1,000 Maine alcoholics and drug addicts now receiving $458-a-month disability checks from the Supplemental Security Income program must try to enroll in treatment programs to guarantee a continuation of their benefits, Maine’s Social Security Office announced this week. Francis Lee, a spokesman… Read More
AUGUSTA — Despite widespread public approval for his first budget proposal delivered this week, Gov. Angus S. King faces potential problems and legislative opposition on at least a dozen parts of the two-year spending plan. Republicans have recoiled from the budget’s $231 million increase in… Read More
HOULTON — A decision last month by the Houlton Town Council not to fund the Aroostook Area Agency on Aging as part of the town’s 1995 municipal budget has created a stir. The agency provides a myriad of services to senior citizens in Aroostook County,… Read More
Bangor Hydro-Electric has announced that their customers soon will be allowed to read their own meters as part of a cost-saving measure for the electric company. The self-reading option will be offered in mid-April and expands the current program in place where Bangor Hydro reads… Read More
PORTLAND — A major New York credit-rating agency has restored its rating for several Central Maine Power Co. securities to investment grade, the utility announced Friday. Moody’s Investors Service had downgraded CMP’s rating for preferred stocks and short-term debt into the “speculative” category. That put… Read More
BREWER — The Penobscot County Republican Committee has announced the election of officers. Elected to two-year terms were Tom Minogue of Lincoln, chairman; Jim Bair of Bangor, vice chairman; Joan Janeski of Bangor, recording secretary; Shane Martin of Orono, corresponding secretary; and Bill Pearson of… Read More
Only weeks after Rockland-based Courier Publications announced it was entering the Augusta newspaper market, the company now has announced it is expanding its presence in the coastal region. Earlier this week Courier Publications bought Preview, a weekly seasonal leisure and entertainment newspaper which has a… Read More
GRAND ISLE — Selectmen have targeted one town expense everyone can help control: trash disposal. Grand Isle residents send 200 tons of trash a year to Tri-Community Recycling and Sanitary Landfill. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More