SHERMAN STATION – Four years ago, Tanek Hood began making the trips by himself. Forty-mile round trips to practice, five days a week. Meets would take him even further away from his school in Sherman Station that did not sponsor his sport until this winter. Read More
Owners of a Dover-Foxcroft radio station have decided to replace their Red Sox with the teal and black of the Portland Sea Dogs. Frustration over Major League Baseball’s inability to end the baseball strike has prompted owners of WDME (103.1 FM) to drop Red Sox… Read More
SAN DIEGO – America3 was pushed within one race of elimination from the America’s Cup on Wednesday, and an international jury was to decide whether Dennis Conner could sail on in the regatta. Kevin Mahaney’s Young America, which has clinched the first spot in the… Read More
Surely you’ve noticed that springtime has split the icy seams of winter and rivers and streams are celebrating by rushing in all directions. Likewise, if you have a canoe cradled in the rafters of your garage, you’re probably in a rush to put water behind a paddle –… Read More
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Last year at this time, the hockey equipment and uniforms had long since been packed away at Alfond Arena in Orono. This afternoon, the University of Maine’s incredible resurgence in college hockey takes the Black Bears to within one step of the… Read More
The Bangor High School boys and girls swim teams will be honored by the state legislature at 9:30 a.m. today. Eighteen seniors will represent the teams, which will be recognized in the legislature’s Daily Agenda for their achievements as state Class A swimming champions, according… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – If Michigan forward Mike Knuble has a big game here this afternoon against Maine in the NCAA hockey semifinals, it will be bad news for the Black Bears. But at least one Brewer resident will be happy. Sort of. “I’m very proud… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Three Bowdoin players have been named to the New England Hockey Writers East All-Star Team. Charlie Gaffney, a senior center, set 18 Bowdoin scoring records, becoming the all-time leading scorer with 228 points in 102 career games. He also holds the Polar Bear… Read More
WISCASSET — Maine Yankee said Wednesday it is exploring the feasibility of replacing its degraded steam generators with unused ones from a nuclear unit in Seabrook, N.H., that was canceled before it ever went on line. “That is an option that we have begun to… Read More
VEAZIE — A fuel leak caused a Springfield Terminal train engine to catch fire on Tuesday afternoon here, near the Main Street crossing by Silver’s Auto Parts. Veazie Fire Chief Sherman Lahaie reported the fire was contained within minutes by two 10-pound dry chemical exting-… Read More
HOULTON — A Florida man was arrested in Houlton Monday and charged with possession of $6.4 million worth of illegal drugs. U.S. Attorney Jay P. McCloskey announced in a press release Wednesday that Rinaldo Ticchiarelli, 46, was arrested after a narcotics-detection dog indicated drugs were… Read More
BANGOR — Ask a class of fifth-graders, ages 10 and 11, who their favorite singers are, and try not to look too shocked when more than two-thirds of them answer Snoop Doggy Dogg, the rap star and gang member who is facing murder charges. Don’t… Read More
LINCOLN — Proposed zoning ordinance amendments related to timber harvesting will be the topic of a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, April 3, in the town office. If approved by the Town Council, the proposed zoning amendments would allow timber harvesting in the four… Read More
Jonesboro Marvin Pineo became the newest member of the board of selectmen Tuesday night at the annual town meeting. He replaced incumbent Richard Price, who chose not to run. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
ORONO — During the early, heady days of the Kennedy administration, JFK told Arthur Schlesinger Jr., his historian-in-residence, not to bother keeping an official record of White House events. But after the president was burned with disinformation by the Central Intelligence Agency during the Bay… Read More
WATERVILLE — Gov. Angus King on Wednesday cited Irving Tanning Co. and wild blueberry producer Jasper Wyman & Son as the kinds of successful businesses that will help guide the state to future prosperity. One of a number of speakers at a daylong conference on… Read More
CARIBOU — The Caribou Communications Link, organized by staff from area schools, will sponsor four sessions designed to improve communication between schools and the community. Parents, residents and business leaders are invited to the Middle School for a system-wide workshop from 8 a.m. to 1… Read More
CARIBOU — Community civic groups will hold a bicycle safety poster contest for second-graders and a bicycle safety rodeo for kindergartners through fourth-graders to call attention to accident prevention. Volunteers are needed for the rodeo and should apply to the Parks and Recreation Department. The… Read More
FORT KENT — The Maine Acadian Cultural Preservation Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Friday, April 7, in the all-purpose room at the University of Maine at Fort Kent gymnasium. Read More
CARIBOU — The City Council voted Monday to appropriate up to $20,000 to extend the sewer line about 750 feet on Route 89. The extension will accommodate Pines Health Center which wants to move into a building near the Light Industrial Park. Pines plans to… Read More
Aroostook County Superior Court: Howard C. Arbo Jr., 19, Houlton, burglary, all but one year suspended from four-year jail sentence, two years probation; theft, 30 days in jail to be served concurrently with previous sentence. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
A “friendship line” which will offer noncrisis support for people with mental illness in Greater Bangor will start Friday evening, March 31. The Greater Bangor Area Crisis Stabilization Service and Together Place will sponsor the line which “will offer a supportive, calming voice during times when most other… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine Wardens found the body of a missing Belgrade man in a stream Wednesday, discovered a pair of teen-agers stranded on a chunk of ice in the Penobscot River, and found a missing 5-year-old boy in woods near his home in Gray. Warden… Read More
Knox County Superior Court: Matthew B. Krom, 20, Camden, burglary of motor vehicle, all but 10 days suspended from one-year jail sentence; and theft, five days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Police recovered three stolen vehicles in Pittsfield Wednesday night as part of an ongoing investigation that they believe will lead them to many more. Maine State Trooper Christopher Carr said a red Chevrolet Camaro was recovered from a Cottage Street residence and two… Read More
AUGUSTA — The company that owns Maine’s idle CarTest centers Wednesday pitched a simpler, faster test it said answers all of the objections raised by motorists before the previous tests were suspended. The Pine Tree 95 test, designed specifically for Maine, is less noisy than… Read More
HOWLAND — The SAD 31 School Board on Tuesday voted to close the tiny Burlington Elementary School, but the final decision will rest with the voters. In a special referendum on May 8, Burlington voters will decide the fate of the school. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Caswell The election of municipal officers and the issue of how land once part of Loring Air Force Base should be managed are among the items Caswell voters will address at their town meeting at 7 p.m. Friday, March 31, at Dawn F. Barnes Elementary… Read More
BREWER — A burning candle that caught a curtain on fire was blamed Wednesday afternoon for a fire that extensively damaged a three-apartment building at 107 Parker St. Duane Ford, owner of the building, said the tenant in the second-floor apartment, Joan Bernache, called him… Read More
It was routine, but important. The Bangor City Council Monday night quietly reinforced a positive new direction for a section of Main Street that for two decades has traveled the hard road from stagnation to decline. The council authorized money for option fees and independent… Read More
When an auction was originally planned to help raise funds to rebuild Railroad Square Cinema, the Waterville alternative theater, it became clear from the start that the offerings would be of unusual proportions and selection. Everything from a vasectomy to mulch hay to “earth treks”… Read More
Penobscot County Superior Court: Ralph Jones, 49, Ellsworth, negotiating worthless instrument, $10 to victims compensation fund, $300 fine with $2,620.61 restitution. 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
WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia J. Snowe wants the entire nation to follow Maine’s lead in cracking down on so-called “deadbeat parents.” At a press conference here Wednesday, Snowe joined a bipartisan coalition of senators who say they will push for a national law that would… Read More
Once the smiling, young upstart, she is now the seasoned professional figure skater. Although other younger skaters have passed her technically, she still has a magnetism, a charisma that brings thousands out to see her each year. And soon Katarina Witt, 29, will be coming… Read More
A popular over-the-counter painkiller is remarkably effective in fighting the progression of cystic fibrosis in children, researchers have found. Ibuprofen — the generic name for the drug found in Motrin, Nuprin, Advil and other common products — slows the deterioration of the lungs that is… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — You find yourself sitting next to an executive of a small manufacturing operation that’s considering expanding somewhere in the Northeast. What would you say to convince him to look at Aroostook County? Would you tell him about the work ethic, the availability… Read More
As the Senate considers its version of a bill to cut the current federal budget, the public should watch carefully to see whether its members make reductions that improve government or simply use the same slash-and-burn technique employed recently by House Republicans. The House last… Read More
To most people, the brick double house at 128-130 Hammond St. has been just another of Bangor’s aging eyesores for the past decade. Standing opposite the Bangor YMCA, the structure sits on a high granite foundation, the seven Doric pillars of its full-width portico sadly peeling. Read More
In yesterday’s column, I discussed some of the problems with the plan for the Education Network of Maine (ENM) recently recommended by Chancellor J. Michael Orenduff and approved by the University of Maine Board of Trustees. In today’s column, I would like to address a broader issue: a… Read More
Bangor District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Joshua Carrigan, 25, Orrington, 10 days in jail, weekend intervention program, one year license suspension, $500; Merry Carrigan, 33, Brewer, continued for sentencing; Robert Clark, 37, Auburn, three days in jail, 90 day… Read More
NEW YORK — A Los Angeles boy who was infected with the AIDS virus at birth apparently fought off the infection and is virus-free at age 5, astonishing his doctors. Dr. Yvonne J. Bryson, a pediatrician and AIDS specialist at the UCLA School of Medicine… Read More
As I read the headlines day after day informing us of one group after another that will suffer terrible damage as a result of state and federal government spending cuts, I’m beginning to wonder if my own circumstances are truly an exception. Contrary to 60… Read More
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Rehabilitation Club will hold the eighth Rehabilitation Awareness Day beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 6, at the Olsen Student Center, UMF. Information tables will be set up at 9 a.m. and the keynote address by Burt… Read More
BANGOR — Musicians and singers from Connecticut’s Bristol Central High School will present two public concerts during their spring tour in Bangor March 31-April 2. A special performance will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, at the Bangor Garden Show in the Bangor… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — A spirited election of town officials by a large turnout of voters Tuesday night resulted in the re-election of First Selectman Paul Geel over Leo Shuck, 93-61 in the second round of voting for the one-year seat. In other action, voters appropriated… Read More
DEXTER — The financial news for SAD 46 just keeps getting worse, with directors told at a special budget workshop Wednesday night that more than $200,000 in cuts will be needed next year. Decreased state subsidies, coupled with the possibility of no tuition fees from… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Linwood Doughty, charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, faced bail of $500,000 Wednesday, two days after he was released on $1,000 bail for another incident involving his former girlfriend whom he allegedly attacked again on Tuesday. Robin Dorr was shot in the… Read More
WASHINGTON — In a surprise move, Republican Rep. James B. Longley, who campaigned on the term limits issue, voted against the final amendment Wednesday, an act praised as one of political “courage” by the executive director of the national term limits movement. Rep. John Baldacci,… Read More
In the March 7 edition, your paper featured an article about the acquisition of Hampden Telephone Co. by TDS TELECOM. The article referred to a 1992 investigation of Hampden Telephone Co. by the Maine Public Utilities Commission stating “the PUC never determined whether Hampden Telephone or its owners… Read More
BANGOR — The first episode of the new Masterpiece Theatre series, “Martin Chuzzlewit,” will be rebroadcast on March 30 for Bangor area viewers who missed the airing on Sunday because of transmitter problems. The episode will be rebroadcast at 11 p.m. Thursday, March 30, following… Read More
This is in response to Philip G. Carthage (“Down with snail mail,” March 20). He wonders where all those letters to Santa Claus go. I know. Joe, my mailman, picked it (a letter to Santa) up and said he’d ask Dave, his supervisor, about it. Read More
This letter is in reference to your March 23 story about Maine Yankee steam tube cracks. A possible interpretation of the (admittedly scanty and vague) data on steam tube cracks is: The average life of a steam tube is 26 years with a standard deviation of 1.9 years. Read More
ORONO — Volunteers are needed for town boards and committees including the Planning Board, Tree Board, Board of Appeals, Board of Assessment Review, Conservation Commission, Personnel Appeals Board, Library Trustees, Trustees of Orono High School, Community Development Block Grant Citizens Advisory Committee and Community Beautification Committee. Read More
I would like to announce that I will hold an informal press conference on April 1, to inform people that I will NOT be running for president unlike what seems to be a host of others. Owen S. Shepherd Eastport… Read More
It is most unfortunate that organizers of Bangor’s parade celebrating the end of World War II should choose to invite as grand marshal a man so thoroughly discredited as Gen. William Westmoreland. It is now well documented that Westmoreland consistently and intentionally lied to President… Read More
Dover-Foxcroft District Court: Stephen Scripture, 39, Milo, operating after suspension, $100. 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
Dover-Foxcroft District Court: John I. Burgess, 60, Amherst, Mass., violation of a rule for a deer permit, $200, and failure to register deer, $200. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
Let us no longer speak of those things which may be the causes of our young bringing their lives to heartbreaking ends: Of the constant retrenchment by the state in its commitment to educational funding which has deprived many schools of the means bo successfully… Read More
BANGOR — Some like it hot and the Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross aims to please with its Howling Hot Chili Cookoff beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Pickering Square Garage, downtown. The contest begins in earnest after the… Read More
BANGOR — Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Family Practice Program has received a $6,500 grant from the Maine State Chapter March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Sarah Noyes, a March of Dimes volunteer, presented a check to Sandra Coleman, Ph.D., to benefit “Teen Moms: A Pilot… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — J. Nancy Owen of Newington, Conn., has been hired as the new director of community relations at Mayo Regional Hospital. Owen, who was selected from about 35 other applicants, will begin her duties on April 17. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BANGOR — Bangor area members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart will gather from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 29, at the Elks Lodge on Odlin Road in Bangor before traveling to Presque Isle to participate in the installation of officers for the state’s newest… Read More
AUGUSTA — A majority of the Transportation Committee voted Wednesday in favor of a mandatory seat-belt law, but the panel split three ways, guaranteeing debate when the measure hits the floor. Seven members of the committee voted to make Maine the 49th state to require… Read More
TRESCOTT — Forest rangers and volunteers worked late into the night Tuesday to quell three separate forest fires that were the work of arsonists, said Jim Downie, a spokesman for the Maine Forest Service. Investigators remained at the scene of the three fires on Wednesday,… Read More
AUGUSTA — Rep. John Underwood of Oxford, a freshman Republican representative, is proposing to do away with one of the most cherished legislative perks — state retirement benefits for lawmakers with 10 years or more of service. “We are a part-time citizen Legislature. Retirement benefits… Read More
LUBEC — SAD 19 School Principal Chet Hubbard, who was placed on three weeks of paid administrative leave Monday after allegedly issuing a threatening letter to members of the school committee, said Wednesday he requested the leave of absence. “I requested a three-week administrative leave… Read More
SHERMAN STATION — The SAD 25 board of directors heard comments and concerns about the district’s finances from 21 people who attended a public forum Monday night. The three-hour meeting highlighted the district’s dual dilemmas of declining enrollment and diminished state aid. The cost of… Read More
WESTBROOK — The prosecution of former city employees suspected of stealing more than $24,000 in cash payments for motor vehicle registrations and excise taxes has been hindered by lack of evidence, authorities say. Lax accounting procedures that allowed the thefts to go undetected are making… Read More
HOULTON — The SAD 29 Reapportionment Committee at its meeting Tuesday night narrowly approved a plan that will bring the district’s school board representation in line with local population figures. In accordance with the committee’s bylaws, a minimum of six votes is needed for any… Read More
PLYMOUTH — Trying to find a half-million dollars to cut from SAD 48’s $9 million budget is a job whose difficulty strains the powers of ingenuity. The district’s budget committee continued its meticulous review of the 1995-96 budget proposal in Plymouth Monday night, knowing that… Read More
SANFORD — Former Rep. Norman Paul won a special election for the District 9 House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Mona Walker Hale, restoring the Democrats’ three-seat advantage in the House. Paul, a former four-term legislator and retired Sanford police officer, beat… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s state revenue dipped below projections last month, mainly because of speedier-than-usual processing of income-tax refunds, the King administration said. Acting State Tax Assessor Brian Mahany said officials processed 125,704 refunds totaling $39.1 million through the end of February. That was nearly 76,000… Read More
AUGUSTA — The red lobster on Maine’s license plates looks like a crushed bug, according to a state legislator who has proposed a bill to change the design on Maine’s plates. Rep. William Lemke, D-Westbrook, submitted a bill Tuesday to rid the state of its… Read More
WATERVILLE — An innovative community outreach program offered by Mid Maine Medical Center will begin April 2. “Sunday Morning Rounds at MMMC” is a one-hour live talk radio show that will air 8-9 a.m. Sunday on radio station 93.5 FM. Each week, Dr. Paul Berkner,… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Additional park rangers will rove the trails, carriage roads and off-shore islands this summer, their salaries paid through a cost-sharing agreement between the National Park Service and Freeport- based outdoor outfitter L.L.Bean. The $30,000 effort includes equal matching funds from both… Read More
Winners in the “Portraits of New England” essay contest sponsored by NYNEX Information Resources Co. were announced recently at ceremonies in Wells Common at the University of Maine, Orono. Awards of more than $5,000 in prizes were presented to students, their teachers and schools. Jenny… Read More
AUGUSTA — Large draggers displaced by the closing of Georges Bank fishing grounds are hitting the New England lobster industry in an unprecedented manner. The draggers are landing catches so large that traditional trap fishermen are convinced egg-bearing females are being “bleached,” or stripped of their eggs, rather… Read More
GRAFTON — Veterinarians at the Tufts University Wildlife Clinic operated for five hours Wednesday on an injured bald eagle found along the Maine coast. The wildlife veterinarians evaluated the damage to the eagle’s right wing, removed dead tissue and pieces of shattered bone, and pinned… Read More
National president Helen Harsh of New Holland, Pa., is making her official visit this week, bringing excellent news to the Department of Maine Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. “Korea was just opened last week,” she said, referring to VFW and auxiliary membership… Read More
GRAND LAKE STREAM — Residents in this community decided to fish rather than cut bait when they voted Tuesday night to contribute $10,000 toward the purchase of a 163-acre parcel along the stream that will be protected from development. Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a statewide… Read More
BANGOR — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has announced her staff will hold office hours from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, April 7, at the Probate Court Room, Piscataquis County Courthouse, Dover-Foxcroft, and from 2 to 4 p.m. the same day at the Maine Forestry Service Building in Greenville. Read More
OLD TOWN — The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will hold a hunter safety course from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, April 17 through 20, at the Old Town Community Center. To register, contact the Old Town Parks and Recreation Department at… Read More
BREWER — Career night, sponsored by the Brewer High School business and cooperative education departments, will be held Thursday, March 30, in the school library. Read More