Hollow thuds and the slap of ball meeting mitt resounded in gymnasiums throughout the state Monday, marking the first full day of high school baseball and softball practice. Track and field teams and tennis teams could also begin practicing Monday for the spring season. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The Michigan hockey team doesn’t have Paul Kariya or Jim Montgomery, but the Wolverines possess offensive explosiveness reminiscent of the University of Maine’s 1993 national championship team. Michigan’s high-powered offense ranks atop college hockey, averaging 5.7 goals per contest. That should make for an intriguing… Read More
MAINE CANDLEPIN PRO TOUR 1995 Final Standings Men: 1. Russ Nealey, Oxford Hills 6,325; 2. Tim Matero, Oxford Hills 6,323; 3. Bob Finch, Old Town 6,301; 4. Matt Rich, Oxford Hills 6,300; 5. Mike O’Brien, Scarborough 6,257; Women: 1. Sharon Nealey, Oxford Hills 5,951; 2. Read More
PORTLAND – After the Washington Capitals called up right wing Martin Gendron from the Portland Pirates Saturday, he made his NHL debut Sunday. Gendron had 36 goals and 32 assists with Portland. Read More
Last Friday morning, many of the trails taken by Maine game wardens led to the Brewer shore of the Penobscot River. The purpose of the men and women wearing gold badges on green uniforms wasn’t to apprehend poachers. They gathered at the Penobscot County Conservation Association’s main lodge… Read More
SAN DIEGO – As if Dennis Conner didn’t have enough to worry about, Mighty Mary kept up the pressure in the America’s Cup semifinals. Sailed by America3’s previously all-women’s team, Mighty Mary rallied twice on the final three legs to beat Young America on Monday… Read More
There will be no bidding, no long waits, and no scrambling to line up announcers by local television stations this time around because the University of Maine hockey team will be on ESPN. Maine’s national semifinal game against Michigan at Providence, R.I., Thursday will be… Read More
Now that the Oscars have been handed out, let’s get down to handicapping a real-world honor – the Hobey Baker Award. This much we know about college hockey’s version of the Heisman Trophy, a.k.a. The Best Player Award: being a defenseman is a real handicap. Read More
There are two kinds of people in the world, it sometimes seems: those that can’t sleep unless the window shades are drawn tightly shut, and those that can’t sleep unless they are open. If you are one who likes to meet sleep while looking at… Read More
HOULTON — The Southern Aroostook Solid Waste Disposal District will have to use its old 50-50, population-valuation formula to determine debt payments for its member towns rather than a new formula based on the amount of waste disposed of by each town. After an executive… Read More
Melodie Peet, commissioner of mental health, believes the Greater Bangor Area Shelter mirrors how well Maine cares for its deinstitutionalized mentally ill. Last week, when she toured the modest Main Street facility, she found the reflection “unconscionable.” Give her credit. Peet is the first mental… Read More
President Clinton’s office knows about InfoLine. Do you? Last week, a secretary in the president’s office called InfoLine asking if it could provide information or resources for a man from our area who wrote to Clinton seeking local assistance for battered men. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Public Utilities Commission staff is recommending that a $1.2 million rate increase request by Consumers Maine Water Co. be cut in half, with customers of the Camden-Rockland division enjoying the biggest saving. In late December, the company applied to the PUC for… Read More
Widespread Panic is a group that attracts many labels — neo-hippie, jam band, southern rockers — yet eschews them all. “It’s rock ‘n’ roll,” said lead guitarist Mike Houser. “We always say that if you like smoking pot, then you’ll like our music. It’s what… Read More
The so-called “Rosser Committee’s” news conference was not released to eastern and northern Maine newspapers. The Rosser Committee has been studying the distribution of state funds for the support of public schools, and the news conference was a precursor of information that was released to the Maine Legislature. Read More
WASHINGTON — For a third year in row, America’s industry reported a decline in releases of toxic pollution into air, water and land, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. Even so, more than 2.8 billion pounds of toxic chemicals, including 180 million pounds of cancer-causing… Read More
He had just come in from checking the ice on the lake where he has skated this winter. From the booth overlooking the ice to the ice surrounding his house, such is the transition for Bob Wilson, the radio voice of the Boston Bruins for 28 years. The… Read More
The State YMCA Youth and Government Program will be held March 30-April 2 in Augusta. Elizabeth Tockman of Sanford, this year’s youth governor, and Gov. Angus King will address participants in the House chambers Friday. Students also will discuss and debate bills they create concerning capital punishment, abortion,… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two people entered guilty pleas in Piscataquis County Superior Court Monday. Wayne Doore, 22, of Garland pleaded guilty to arson and burglary in connection with a 1992 incident at a home on Line Road in Sangerville owned by Winnie and Michael Reid. His… Read More
CAMDEN — On Saturday, April 15, during the annual Easter egg hunt festivities at Camden Health Care Center on Elm Street, there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the restoration of Bryant Park, a wooded area behind the center. The park was dedicated almost… Read More
CAMDEN — The Camden-Rockport Animal Rescue League is seeking donations for its annual fund-raising yard sale, including antiques and collectibles, books, furniture, appliances, tools and equipment, and clothes, all in good, clean condition. Donations may be dropped off at the shelter, across Route 1 from… Read More
ROCKLAND — Carolyn Hardman is a highly regarded member of the teaching staff at Rockland District Middle School. Due to a serious illness she is in need of blood transfusions. A Dedicated Blood Drive will be held for Hardman 1-6 p.m. Friday, March 31, at St. Bernard’s Church. Read More
BANGOR — Darrell Cooper, a well-known Bangor developer who pleaded guilty earlier this year to attempted bank fraud, was sentenced in U.S. District Court Monday to six months in prison. Cooper, who had owned and operated property management and real estate firms in Bangor before… Read More
DEXTER — The Maine Humanities Council announced this week that the Abbott Memorial Library Centennial project has received a $1,200 grant for its spring “Discussions of Dexter” program. The “Discussions of Dexter” program will include four Sunday afternoon programs leading up to the July 3… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — The Quebec-built amphibious icebreaker, the town’s main attraction over the past three days, is on its way back home. “It’s all done,” David Wright, the flood mitigation coordinator, said Monday. “We estimate it cost about $20,000, including the transport fee.” googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Houlton District Court: Susan M. Ballou, 40, Island Falls, possession of marijuana, $200. 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
WASHINGTON — Maine’s insurance chief Monday hailed as a victory for health care reform efforts a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a state law designed to protect people with pre-existing medical conditions. Insurance Superintendent Brian Atchinson said he was “pleased and gratified” by the decision. Read More
Masardis Residents of this western Aroostook County town will gather for a potluck supper at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 30, before attending to town business. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says communities cannot keep people from displaying signs at their homes. But that might mean a limit of one sign. The justices let such a limit stand Monday as they turned away a free-speech attack on a New Brighton, Minn.,… Read More
These days there isn’t much about AIDS research in the papers. Perhaps that’s because so many leads that seemed promising at first have fizzled, dashing any optimism they might have generated. Nevertheless, research does go on. In the New England Journal of Medicine issue of Jan. 26 there… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon, which relocated 467,000 U.S. military personnel halfway around the world to win the Gulf War, can’t send a buck private on a temporary-duty assignment without ensnaring the poor soldier in a minefield of red tape that wastes nearly $1 billion annually. Read More
WASHINGTON — A coalition of environmentalists and consumer advocates urged Sens. William S. Cohen and Olympia J. Snowe Monday to slow down the GOP’s “Contract with America” legislative drive to roll back federal regulations. The Senate began consideration of a substitute bill that would provide… Read More
The minimum number of people needed to make up the cast for the musical “The Fiddler on the Roof” is 22. The maximum, according to one guide to musicals, is 46. Bill Raiten’s production, which opens this Friday at The Grand in Ellsworth and runs… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — Millions of Americans know they should have their colons checked for cancer but can’t stand the thought of it. So doctors are developing a decidedly less unpleasant alternative — a colon exam without the tube. Dr. David J. Vining of Wake Forest… Read More
CALAIS — The next time someone hands you a $20 bill, study Andrew Jackson’s face. If he looks as though he has been out all night on a binge, you can bet the bill is counterfeit. A bill of that nature appeared in Calais over… Read More
Belfast District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Arthur R. Gardiner, 21, Bangor, seven days in jail, one-year license suspension, $400; Christopher K. Patten, 25, Stockton Springs, 48 hours in jail, 90-day license suspension, $350; Nena L. Stevens, 32, Belfast, 48… Read More
The Maine education commissioner’s decision to withhold from a state test for 11th-graders the poem “Richard Cory” is certain to raise questions. “Richard Cory,” by Edwin Arlington Robinson about “people on the pavement” who confuse success with appearance, not seeing the misery beneath, ends in suicide. Maine teens,… Read More
BANGOR — John Quartararo, the city’s finance director since August 1990, has resigned to accept a position with People’s Heritage Bank in Portland, said Edward A. Barrett, city manager. During Quartararo’s service to the city, he has increased Bangor’s undesignated fund balance, refinanced existing debt… Read More
BANGOR — The Acadia Hospital Founder’s Endowment has raised more than $30,000, some of which will be used to provide personal quilts to youngsters admitted to the hospital. “The comforters, (which the children keep), enable us to send a good message home with every one… Read More
BANGOR — Twelve days after the attorney for the owner of the Freese’s building told the Bangor City Council, “The gloves are off,” the nine council members didn’t even blink. They voted to authorize the city manager to take possession of the building, which eventually may be the… Read More
PORTLAND — The Maine Yankee nuclear power plant will remain shut down for an “extended period” as technicians try to get a handle on problems with cracked steam generator tubes, officials said Monday. Concerns over the increased degradation of the tubes also caused the Standard… Read More
Crocuses and robins aren’t the only things coming out this spring. In a few months, residents and visitors to Bangor will begin to see the first buds of an ambitious project to revitalize Bangor’s downtown. Called Norumbega Hall after the mysterious town of gold that… Read More
WATERVILLE — Sounds of the balalaika, the quick stomp of Russian folk dance and the mysteries of Russian organized crime were part of a “Russian Sampler” at Colby College on Monday. Children from junior high and middle schools across central Maine wound their way through… Read More
REED PLANTATION — It’s spring in Maine and people expect that roads will be less than ideal. But travelers taking U.S. Route 2A between Houlton and Macwahoc should keep in mind the Dick Curliss song “A Tombstone Every Mile.” “You don’t take your eyes off… Read More
ROCKLAND — A Thorndike Apartments resident was treated at Penobscot Bay Medical Center and released Sunday morning after a fight with his roommate. Police said Alphonse Keenen, 20, of Rockland was cut on the arm with a utility knife and suffered a minor injury. His… Read More
DURHAM, N.H. — Burt Feintuch and David Watters say they’re not out to destroy New England’s flinty white Yankee image but enhance it with the region’s rich mix of ethnicity, race and culture. Their Encyclopedia of New England Culture will cover such diverse subjects as… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — In its first draft, the Dover-Foxcroft municipal budget reflects an increase of about $62,000 from the last 12-month budget in 1994, selectmen learned Monday. The town is operating under a six-month budget from January to June, as the town changes fiscal years. The… Read More
MILBRIDGE — Work on the new Municipal Safety Complex began on March 14 when town officials broke ground for the building that will house the Fire Department, Petit Manan Ambulance Corps and Public Works Department equipment. The building will be on land donated by Bar… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Coast Guard cutter Swivel, which has had its home port in Rockland for 34 years, will be decommissioned at 11 a.m. Friday, April 14, at the U.S. Coast Guard pier. The ship is to be replaced by another cutter in May. The… Read More
MADAWASKA — Nearly $15,000 in damage was reported Monday in two separate accidents that occurred at Madawaska Saturday night. At 7 p.m. Officer Luke Dyer, who was on duty during both accidents, investigated a two car-collision near the intersection of Main and Mill streets. Jamie… Read More
MECHANIC FALLS — A spectacular fire swept through the former Marcal Paper mill early Monday, causing millions of dollars in damage. No injuries were reported in the fire, which destroyed or heavily damaged at least three buildings at the wood-and-brick mill complex occupied by Great… Read More
MONTVILLE — Faced with an overrun of nearly $40,000 in the road and bridge account, voters at Saturday’s town meeting decided to replace Road Commissioner Richard Turner with the Board of Selectmen. Residents had been grumbling about Turner’s performance after it was revealed that $90,000.72… Read More
Troy Brian Piper, a last-minute write-in candidate for selectman, easily defeated the three ballot candidates at this weekend’s town meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
Re: Cabinet salary increases, Bangor Daily News, March 13. The recent salary increases to Gov. Angus King’s Cabinet is, to say the least, disgraceful. These people haven’t been on the job a month and are receiving $4,000-$7,000 increases. State workers have a certain criteria to meet before they… Read More
Much is being made of dealing with “deadbeat” dads in Maine, and the issue, as always, is money. I would much prefer to see the Legislature go after another segment of society that is easily costing citizens much more money, and there’s absolutely no recourse… Read More
I recently read in the Bangor Daily News that one of the present tenants along Main Street, where Shaw’s intends to build, suggests that they go across the street in the railroad yard. I’d like to suggest that those who are being asked to vacate take their money… Read More
In the past two years, the city of Bangor’s annual budget has been allowed to increase at an alarming rate. In 1994 the increase was $2,584,000 and in 1995 (present) by $2,751,000, causing continual increases in property taxes and everything else connected with the operation of our city. Read More
I wish everyone had a chance to see what I’m seeing. I substitute teach in three communities, Brewer, Hampden and Bangor. Although I spend most of my time at the middle and high schools, I occasionally go to the elementary schools. I can testify that… Read More
ORONO — The town’s Comprehensive Plan Committee has mailed approximately 3,000 copies of a survey to a randomly selected group of residents. The survey was compiled for the committee by graduate students in the University of Maine’s master of public administration program. The survey is… Read More
Half the people in Maine, as well as the rest of the nation, who have diabetes don’t even realize they have the disease, according to statistics from the American Diabetes Association, Maine affiliate. About 14 million people in the nation have diabetes. About 60,000 people… Read More
FORT KENT — The Universities of Maine at Fort Kent, Machias and Presque Isle will hold a two-day environmental forum on restoration ecology at UMFK on Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8. The forum, sponsored by UMFK’s Environmental Studies Club, will include presentations on… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft has received nearly $1 million for its acceptance of front-end process residue used to help shape the landfill over approximately a two-year period. That has been enough to pay for the recycling center, the transfer station and to purchase all the equipment… Read More
Q. My old dishwasher is noisy and doesn’t always clean completely. How well do the new efficient, super-quiet models clean? What are some of the new convenience and efficiency features to consider? — W.F. A. There are many new super-quiet dishwashers that provide very effective… Read More
LINCOLN — An overheated furnace appears to be the cause of a fire that destroyed a trailer in the Clay Road Court on Sunday, according to officials. Fire Marshal John Morse and Lincoln Fire Chief Burt Weed spent much of Monday going through the black… Read More
BANGOR — Two men suspected of robbing a Bangor motel last year went on trial in U.S. District Court Monday, charged with violating four federal weapons laws. Thomas Platt, 26, and Dennis Sullivan, 33, both of Bangor, were indicted last December on charges of obstructing… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office has placed extra patrols on the highways to enforce posted road regulations. Sgt. Larry Bickford said most of the county’s secondary roads were posted for weight limits and that these limits would be strictly enforced. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR — An informational meeting for parents of kindergarten-age children will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, at The Hilltop School, 218 Ohio St. Child care will be provided. For information, call 945-3705. Read More
BREWER — The Brewer Parks and Recreation Department will hold a counselor-in-training program for teen-agers entering grades seven through nine. The program is for those who want to work in recreation. It will be completed in a structured, supervised setting. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor firefighter’s union has established a scholarship fund for the sons of firefighter Timothy Mullen who died in January after a yearlong battle with cancer. The International Association of Firefighters Local 772 has sent letters to the 350 Locals in the IAFF’s… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The ethical question about whether Masons should vote on issues regarding the Pittsfield Fraternal Association, from which they lease space, has been sent to the town’s Ethics Committee. Several council members are Masons, although some belong to lodges outside Pittsfield. The Pittsfield Masons… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Eastern Maine Development Corp. will provide assistance to the Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce for the establishment of a regional economic development program. According to Toni Blake, executive director of the Chamber, Charles Roundy, president of EMDC, has pledged a $3,000… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The winter sports awards program was recently held at Maine Central Institute. The following athletes were presented with individual awards: Cheering: Hillary Shibles, spirit; Krista Archer, coaches’ award; Jennifer Goodwin, most improved player. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — HAD 4 directors learned Wednesday that 43 people had applied for the position of chief executive officer at Mayo Regional Hospital. Applications for the position will be accepted until April 15, according to Ardis Hacker, director of nursing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
MACHIAS — Despite the announcement of a tentative contract agreement between the University of Maine System and faculty union negotiators, it was clear Monday that a rift remains between professors and the chancellor and board of trustees over recent policy directions. In the face of… Read More
AUGUSTA — A bill to ban helicopter searches for marijuana without search warrants ran into some turbulence at a hearing before the state Legislature’s Criminal Justice Committee on Monday. Despite enthusiastic support from western Maine residents who said their homes were buzzed and their children… Read More
LUBEC — Chet Hubbard, whose job as principal for the K-12 Lubec Consolidated School has been eliminated as of July 1, was placed on three weeks of paid administrative leave Monday allegedly for mailing a letter that one or more SAD 19 directors found threatening. Read More
AUGUSTA — Republican House leaders were hoping to pull within one seat of the Democrats in a special election Tuesday in a Sanford district where a lawmaker’s death left a vacant seat. Republican Robert Carr faces Democrat Norman Paul in Tuesday’s election. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More