It was incorrectly reported Friday that the best finish for a University of Maine men’s basketball player was a spot on the North Atlantic Conference Second Team. Former Black Bear Dean Smith of Dover-Foxcroft was an All-NAC first-team pick in 1990, when he led the… Read More
Friday’s answer: Cindy Rand helped lead Hampden Academy to the Class A state title in 1976 in her sophomore season. The Broncos went on to win more than 80 games in Rand’s four-year career. Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine was reminded in Thursday night’s loss just how good this winter’s University of New Hampshire hockey team really is. The Black Bears reciprocated Friday night, the final night of the regular season, proving they will be ready for all… Read More
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Telemark World Cup AT SUNDAY RIVER, Newry Giant Slalom Women Tove Thun (Nor) 3:11.30, Lesley Clement (Can) 3:19.47, Pia Schnitler (Nor) 3:25.08, Paula Steinhuber (Can) 3:25.50, Unni Johnsen (Nor) 3:32.06, Jennifer Borzilleri (USA) 3:35.58, Lauren Head (USA) 3:40.74, Heather Paul (USA) 3:41.06, Andrea Walker (Sui)… Read More
BANGOR – Roger Reed makes his living as a social studies teacher. On the side he coaches boys basketball at Bangor High School. Nowadays one has to wonder what Reed’s knowledge is when it comes to the subject of chemistry. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Having spent the better part of 22 years following Eastern Maine schoolboy basketball, this much I have come to learn about the Bangor High Rams: They’re burdened with more psychological baggage than any other school I know. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
SAN DIEGO – America3, the all-women America’s Cup team, sailed its new boat Mighty Mary to a mighty victory Friday over Pact 95’s Young America. Making its second America’s Cup race appearance, Mighty Mary led Young America around all points of the course and won… Read More
Shhhhhh!! The Mount Desert Island boys basketball team is trying to win a state Class B championship. Then again, stand up, cheer, yell and go basketball bonkers because the Stearns girls are, too. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
Cindy Blodgett was expected to step right in and contribute to the University of Maine women’s basketball team this season. The freshman from Clinton has become the hub around which the Black Bears have built their success. Blodgett’s stellar play has certainly not gone unnoticed… Read More
BANGOR – Joe Cherry, just another appendage on the hand of Team Destiny, stood on the Bangor Auditorium floor, literally hanging onto a dream. “We wanted this ever since we were little kids playing Peewee basketball” said Cherry, a 6-foot-1 senior guard for Machias High… Read More
BANGOR – When all was said and done and the state Class C champion Hodgdon High School Hawks raised a shiny gold basketball above their heads, the final lesson of a long and sometimes stormy season began to sink in. Basketball was nothing more than… Read More
It’s my pleasure to inform you that the Phillips Lake Friendly Ice Fishermen’s Association broke tradition and inducted its first non-resident member a week or so ago. But as you might imagine, that dubious distinction was not bestowed without proper initiation and ceremony, the last of which took… Read More
Brewer High School hockey coach Bill Schwarz calls him “the heart and soul of our team.” Senior center Matt Enman may be only 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds, but he plays much bigger than his size. He is also the Witches’ leading scorer as they try… Read More
AUGUSTA – The three finalists for Mr. and Miss Basketball honors have been announced by the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches. The awards are given to the best senior basketball players in the state, according to a vote of the coaches. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
LAFAYETTE, La. – Southwestern Louisiana defeated the University of Maine 11-2 in the Black Bears’ baseball opener here Friday night. The teams will play again at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BANGOR – Saturday will be the busiest day of the Eastern Maine basketball tournaments as the big schools come to town for the Class A quarterfinals. The Lawrence girls and boys teams from Fairfield return as the defending Eastern Maine and state champions. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR – Yes, Schenck senior sensation Carrie Cram was the offensive star. Yes, she led her Wolverines from East Millinocket to the Class C girls state basketball championship. But no, she did not do it alone. Clutch efforts by the Schenck supporting cast were what… Read More
The North Atlantic Conference, in a surprise move Friday, reversed an earlier decision not to allow television coverage of the University of Maine women’s first two playoff games. Maine’s quarterfinal and semifinal games will be televised by Maine Broadcasting System – WLBZ Bangor (Channel 2)… Read More
This story will come as a surprise to Josiah Leighton, a junior at Fort Fairfield High School. Sometime next week he should check his mailbox. It will contain a trophy and certificate. Last fall, Leighton won the Young Artists 1994 Competition sponsored by New Realities. Read More
Alice in Wonderland had nothing on the Pesticides Control Board hearing I attended Feb. 24 in Machias. I went after catching a segment on Maine Public Radio two days before, in which a Monsanto spokeswoman vigorously described a new product — a potato they had genetically engineered so… Read More
If you think you’ve got a dead-end job, how about Jim (“We’ll Take A Short Break And Be Right Back”) Moret, the anchorman for Cable News Network’s coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder trial buffoonery that is slowly crawling towards its foregone hung-jury conclusion in a Los Angeles… Read More
In 1987 two bureaucrats in the Army Corps of Engineers exchanged memos joking about how they were going to “squash” an elderly Scarborough couple for violating a federal environmental law that wasn’t even on the books at the time of the alleged crime. Three heart… Read More
Daniel Payne, a fourth-grader at Sallie Zoll Elementary School, Lansing, Kansas 66043, would like information about the state of Maine, including postcards or letters. Pictures, information, addresses and class lists from former teachers and students of “The Little Yellow Schoolhouse” on Duck Cove Road in… Read More
At first blush, it doesn’t appear that Maine and Louisiana have much in common other than a French-speaking population. What the two states soon may have in common is a specialized school for students who excel at math and science. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ROCKPORT — The Maine Fishermen’s Forum got primed Friday for today’s traveling Senate hearing on reauthorizing the Magnusson Act by holding a discussion on changes planned for the federal government’s major piece of fishery management legislation. Three members of the U.S. Senate’s oceans and fisheries… Read More
More than 1,600 Mainers have died in car accidents in the last 10 years, and we estimate that seat belts could have saved 900 of them. Almost 900 Mainers, dead for the lack of seat belts. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
PALMYRA — Conflict between the Palmyra Planning Board and the town’s selectmen continued Wednesday night. In the regular weekly meeting of the selectmen, members of the Planning Board asked for an apology for a dispute initiated last week when selectmen said the board violated the… Read More
Krzysztof Penderecki wanted to be a forester. He wanted to plant trees. But his father thought he should study music. The 6-year-old Penderecki sat at the piano. He practiced on his violin. After all, it was 1939 in Poland, and music was a part of… Read More
The common-sense argument for requring drivers and their passengers to buckle up is gaining economic support as numbers emerge to demonstrate that the safe-driving measure is more than an individual’s choice. A bill before the Legislature would push Maine to join 48 other states (the other holdout is… Read More
Nair hair remover in a shampoo bottle. Sounds bad doesn’t it? Well it turned out to be real bad for Laura Saucier and her mother who used the potent hair remover as shampoo and conditioner for four days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
PORTLAND — U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, newly elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will attend a reception this month to benefit Maine Democrats, the party announced Friday. The fund-raiser, to be held in Portland on March 19, also will feature freshman U.S. Rep. John… Read More
WALDOBORO — A California drug company has come up with the perfect prescription for SAD 40 — free computers. In a gesture that left administrators and parents flabbergasted, Syntex Laboratories of Palo Alto shipped 168 Atari ST computers to the district free of charge. Syntex… Read More
WASHINGTON — A small number of Maine fishermen interested in getting out of the business may be able to sell their boats to the government in a $2 million boat buyback program announced Friday. The $2 million will be used to buy boats from fishermen… Read More
A story in Friday’s paper should have said that the Bucksport Town Council withdrew its appeal of the state’s 1992 valuation of Champion International’s Bucksport paper mill. The story incorrectly said that the state denied the town’s appeal. Read More
The Maine Citizen Leadership Fund, a thinly disguised liberalfront group, recently released a report on campaign spending, a thinly disguised effort to promote public financing of political campaigns. Setting aside arguments about why it’s more important for state government to spend tax dollars on Angus… Read More
CALAIS — Baring residents told the Land Use Regulation Commission Thursday night that they did not want “perverts, sickos or sexual predators” in their neighborhood or around their children.” They appealed to the commission to deny a change-of-use permit that would allow an adult book and video store… Read More
Sacrosanct Social Security provided cover Thursday for Senate Democrats, who were desperately looking for a way to avoid heeding the public mandate of a balanced budget amendment. Republicans, however, can salvage the day and win public approval by drafting a budget that is balanced. The… Read More
MARS HILL — The Full Gospel Assembly of Mars Hill will hold a midwinter camp meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, and continuing through Sunday, March 12, at the assembly hall. Services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and at 11… Read More
BANGOR — A variety of puppets will be used in a public performance of a 35-minute musical, “Back to the Scripture,” at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at Pilgrim Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 375 Mount Hope Ave. The event will be presented by Fountainhead Puppet Ministry,… Read More
CHARLESTON — Faith School of Theology, a four-year Bible college, will hold its annual College Days March 16-18 at the campus on the grounds of the former Higgins Classical Institute in Charleston. The weekend gives high school juniors, seniors and graduates the opportunity to view… Read More
BANGOR — The modest little building at 180 Center St. is no castle, but it’s fine for Manna Inc. After 3 1/2 years of repeated moves and controversy and wrangling with the city fathers and mothers, the soup kitchen has a home. With the turmoil… Read More
In some areas of Maine, churches from different denominations combine efforts to offer ecumenical events during Lent. Many churches also present their own individual Lenten activities which are open to the public. Bangor — The annual Soup and Sermon Series will be held at 12:05… Read More
A roadside hemlock hedge in snow country faces a grim future. The hemlocks very likely will be damaged by road salt. And the same goes for stately sugar maples that line so many streets. Chemically, road salt is the same as the stuff in your… Read More
Sitting at my desk, I sometimes become engulfed by the tasks at hand. Like the soil I’ve been reading about, I reach a saturation point. Like the research on production efficiency models I’ve been studying, I reach an optimization plateau. It’s one of those times when I know… Read More
I didn’t think I’d ever go to a place like Barbados. I didn’t think I could afford it. It was a place other people went while I went to Bar Harbor. I wasn’t even sure where Barbados was. But when my older brother announced that he and his… Read More
GREENVILLE — Ways to increase tourism with an international market will be the topic addressed by Bob Ziegelaar, general manager of the Bangor International Airport, at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at The Lodge at Moosehead on Blair Hill in Greenville. This meeting is open… Read More
OLD TOWN — Old Town Police Chief Don O’Halloran has announced the promotion of Officer Scott J. Casey to the rank of sergeant. Casey had been with the Old Town Police Department for 7 1/2 years and has worked as a dispatcher, patrol officer and… Read More
The extension of freight train service by Springfield Terminal Railway Co. to a Canadian interchange at McAdam, New Brunswick, loomed as a distinct possibility on Friday. “We are definitely looking at it,” said F. Colin Pease, a spokesman for the railroad’s parent company, Guilford Transportation… Read More
HOULTON — Except for adopting some bylaws, the SAD 29 reapportionment committee made no decisions on adjusting school board representation Thursday night, preferring instead to wait until a legal opinion on the current representation is rendered by the state attorney general. The state has ordered… Read More
NEWPORT — The board of directors in SAD 48 spent the bulk of its meeting Thursday night in executive session reviewing teacher contracts. Despite naming six individuals for specific discussion, the board concluded the discussion by approving all 131 teachers on continuing contract. The board… Read More
SHERMAN STATION — The SAD 25 board at its meeting this week approved a more stringent policy that bans the use of all forms of tobacco in district buildings and on district grounds at any time. The new policy, which goes into effect April 1,… Read More
Those interested in fish health management will meet in Eastport at the Marine Technology Center Friday, April 7, for the third annual Farmed Fish Health Workshop. Experts from the United States and Canada will speak on the biology and control of sea lice, drug use… Read More
BANGOR — Penobscot County Superior Court Justice Andrew Mead has decided that 68-year-old Chester McAvoy is mentally incompetent to stand trial for the 1993 shooting death of a Lee man. In another decision, Mead denied a Bangor attorney’s attempt to suppress comments made to police… Read More
WINTERPORT — During the first two weeks in March, Superintendent Richard Lyons is holding seven public forums on the SAD 22 budget for 1995-96. Within a few days of the last forums on March 13, he expects to have a budget ready for the board of directors. Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A Presque Isle man was severely injured Friday afternoon when an explosion and fire occurred in the boiler room at Columbia Forest Products manufacturing plant in Presque Isle. The explosion blew debris at least 80 feet. Ronald McDivitt was in critical condition… Read More
GREENVILLE — Legislators will join members of the Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce and interested public at an 8 a.m. breakfast on Saturday, March 11, at Red’s Lakeside Restaurant. Rep. Richard Gould and Sen. Steve Hall will be on hand to discuss concerns and… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is accepting orders for shrub and trout sales. Orders must be made by March 10 for trees and shrubs and April 17 for trout. The district is also selling Maine-made bluebird houses. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ROCKPORT — Limiting access to fishing grounds can prevent overfishing. It can also put the independent, owner-operators out of business. That was the prediction of American fishermen taking part in a Maine Fishermen’s Forum discussion about placing quotas on boats and catch size. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ORONO — Learning how the tobacco industry manipulates young women and girls is the subject of a conference to be held 8:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, at the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine. The conference will include teen activists, the Maine Women’s… Read More
WINTERPORT — Five people were taken by ambulance to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after two cars and a tractor-trailer truck collided on Route 1A just north of the village around 4 p.m. Friday. State Police Trooper Donald Pomelow said Kathryn Logan, 21, of… Read More
BANGOR — Two 18-year-old Old Town men have reportedly confessed to last month’s robbery of the 85-year-old owner of Pat’s Pizza, and police say they recovered at the men’s home a map depicting the layout of the popular eatery. Jeremy Nelson and Brian Ouellette have… Read More
Recently, sportswriter Mike Dowd proudly proclaimed that he was discovering his “feminine hoop side.” His so-called enlightenment appears rather transient, however, following his Feb. 25 column, “No doubting big sister at the foul line.” In this particular writing, Dowd displays more of his “male hoop side” when he… Read More
The Maine Center for the Arts Music ’95 is a series of concerts and discussions about contemporary music. Featuring internationally known composers Krzysztof Penderecki, William Albright and Elliott Schwartz, the event offers a perspective on the diversity and vitality of contemporary music. All events will… Read More
The cable television industry has been in the press a lot recently — some good stories and some bad. On the whole, our image has suffered along with public perception of the service we provide. At Cablevision, we’re committed to real change. Along with the entire cable television… Read More
I live on extension 95, also known as Route 9 East. During the last couple of months, we have seen a large increase of logging trucks traveling through, maybe as many as 40 or 50 trucks per day. These are heavily loaded trucks with full-length logs. Read More
Carolyn Cosby’s supposedly innocuous anti-gay rights initiative is getting way too much press. I am bothered by the fact that Ms. Cosby and others are allowed to make such blanket statements as, “They’re not a legal minority yet,” without Maine Won’t Discriminate being able to respond. I want… Read More
I am furious. The scope and depth of my anger is so deep it frightens me. It frightens me because I got it from Washington bureaucrats and because I’m American; I have no choice but to accept it. I was watching CNN on Feb. 19 and it showed… Read More
I read with concern about little Matthew Richardson and his mother, Debbie, from Dexter, in Tammy Lockhart’s article titled, “Child-safety seat a growing problem.” While I feel for Debbie in her difficult situation of having a larger-than-average 2-year-old, I got the impression that she has not checked out… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The Kennebec Valley Council of Governments will hold a regional transportation committee meeting at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, at the Skowhegan Recreational Center on Route 2. There will be several speakers from the Maine Department of Transportation and an update of pending… Read More
ROCKPORT — After decades of fighting with state and federal bureaucrats, Maine fishermen have decided they must take regulation matters in their own hands to share the ocean bottom and resolve historic gear conflicts. At the second day of the Fishermen’s Forum on Friday at… Read More
GREENVILLE — Selectmen discussed a violation of the shore-land zoning timber harvesting ordinance at Sawyer Pond on Wednesday. The town’s basic land-use ordinance was violated when foresters clear-cut openings within 250 feet of the shoreline at Sawyer Pond and removed more than 40 percent of… Read More
MOUNT DESERT — Veterans will rally in Northeast Harbor on Sunday in support of the proposed Joseph T. Musetti Jr. Veterans Memorial Park as emotions continue to simmer over the memorial’s name and location. Information released about the rally and march indicates the march will… Read More
ROCKPORT — There is little hope on the horizon for the successful return of groundfish stocks, according to a Woods Hole scientist. Steve Murawski of the National Marine Fisheries Service told the Friday session of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum that stocks of groundfish on the Georges Bank are… Read More
AUGUSTA — Designers of the Maine Educational Assessment tests have agreed to review suggestions from critics who say the latest batch of tests for fourth-graders contains serious flaws. The tests, administered during a four-day period in late January, came under fire from a coalition of… Read More
AUGUSTA — Members of the Governor’s Task Force on Motor Carrier Safety Laws will meet at 9 a.m. Monday, March 6, at the Maine State Police Crime Lab. With three sessions behind them that included public commentary, the special committee hopes to consolidate its work… Read More
Every year William Orin Chesley places flowers on the graves of Woodville’s ancestors. It is part of an ongoing ritual to keep the memory of the town’s early settlers alive. And it is his way of paying respect to the town’s earliest residents, who cleared the land, raised… Read More
PORTLAND — An activist seeking tougher laws against tired truckers is among two Mainers invited to attend the first National Truck and Bus Safety Summit, U.S. Transportation Secretary Federico Pena announced Friday. Daphne Izer, secretary of Parents Against Tired Truckers, and Gedeon Picher, director of… Read More
JONESBORO — Almost 50 people could lose their jobs if an outlet isn’t found for the electricity produced by biomass plants in West Enfield and Jonesboro. Earlier this week, Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. announced it was spending $160 million to buy back contracts it had with… Read More
NEWPORT — Nokomis Regional High School students will carry their progress reports home on Monday and Tuesday, March 6 and 7. Parents are alerted to be watching for the reports. Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County Hospice and Redington-Fairview General Hospital are offering a workshop focusing on the nature of grief for teen-agers and how teens grieve. “Hello/Goodbye: Teens, Grief And Loss” will be held at the Skowhegan Community Center from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March… Read More
As an avid supporter of the Bangor Humane Society, I go there quite frequently to see what animals they have and if any appeal to me for adoption. Recently, I saw a cat there that was just what I had been looking for (breed, color), I was very… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A 23-year-old Abbot man was jailed Thursday for violating his bail conditions. Judge Jesse Gunther revoked the bail that had allowed Kenneth Hunt to remain free pending his trials on three burglaries in Guilford and Dover-Foxcroft. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
CORINTH — The Corinth Historial Society will present an exhibit of items and hold a membership drive today in the town office conference room. The group also will hold a fund-raiser by selling refreshments at the annual town meeting March 21. Read More
BANGOR — A New York man on the KLM flight that was diverted to Bangor International Airport Thursday night after a bomb scare said passengers weren’t taken off the plane until the last minute, contrary to earlier reports. About an hour after the Boeing 747… Read More
Bingham Bingham’s town meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 6, at the Quimby Gymnasium. Elections will be held noon-6:30 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
CARIBOU — With cascading balloons, steak, lobster, a birthday cake and entertainment, the Caribou Chamber of Commerce on Thursday celebrated its 85th birthday and ushered in another year. Executive Director Brenda Libby outlined goals and recognized 22 businesses that opened in 1994. An additional 21… Read More
AUGUSTA — With the release of a report calling for a new school funding formula, a ranking legislator experienced in past battles over the issue said Friday it was now up to rank-and-file lawmakers to move beyond parochialism and get over a “printout mentality.” “The… Read More
EASTPORT — Eastport residents experienced deja vu as the federal government for a second time proposed budget cuts that would close the city’s U.S. Coast Guard search-and-rescue station. In 1988, the Eastport station was among nine search-and-rescue stations closed because of a $100 million federal… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE — The Department of Transportation will consider the suggestions of residents but when it comes to rebuilding Route 1 and Ducktrap Bridge, it’ll be done on DOT’s terms. Because any rebuilding project will be financed with 20 percent state money and 80 percent federal… Read More
The longest-running discussion in American education is over how to teach Johnnie to read, write and do a dozen other things. The debate over the proposed Maine School of Science and Mathematics adds yet another wrinkle to that historic discussion: How do you educate Johnnie,… Read More
Music students ages 10 to 18 who live within commuting distance of Blue Hill may apply to a new summer outreach program. The Kneisel Hall Young Musicians Program will offer free chamber music study Thursday to Saturday, June 22-24, at Kneisel Hall in Stonington to… Read More