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BRUNSWICK – Becky Vaughn pitched a one-hitter to lead the University of Maine-Farmington by Bowdoin College 12-0 in the first game, but Bowdoin came back to win the second 7-6 in softball action Friday. Michelle Adkins went 3-for-4 and Vicky LeBlanc had a double, triple… Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH – The Maine Sports Hall of Fame has named Chris West of Mountain Valley High School the state’s Outstanding High School Lineman. This award is named after Chet Bulger, a Rumford native and All-Pro who played in the NFL nine years. Read More
SAN DIEGO – Ten years after running into each other – literally – at a Maine regatta, Kevin Mahaney and John Marshall have steered PACT 95 into a commanding position in the battle to defend the America’s Cup. PACT 95 is not a big-name, top-funded… Read More
Last Saturday, three seniors suited up for their final game in a University of Maine hockey uniform. Today, all three will be wearing professional jerseys. Senior defensemen Chris Imes and Jacque Rodrigue on Friday joined teammate Dave MacIsaac, who went pro Thursday, signing professional contracts. Read More
Allowing that you can recall when purchasing a fishing license put only a $5 dent in your wallet, it’s safe to say you were a fisherman of the ’50s. And because a buck was a buck during that now-distant decade, you probably remember having to scrape around to… Read More
Unless enough money is raised to compensate for cuts in the athletic budget next year, Schenck High School in East Millinocket will not field varsity baseball or softball programs. “As of now, those programs have been cut for next year,” said Ron Marks, Schenck’s athletic… Read More
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Enough of this tiptoeing around the Great America’s Cup Compromise of 1995. It stinks. Like dead fish at low tide. Which is exactly what this represents, low tide in the 144-year history of the Cup competition, not to mention a basic affront to the ideals… Read More
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Students from Caravel Middle School in Carmel who won second place in the recent state Science Olympiad at Oxford Hills Junior High School, South Paris, were: Erica Cooper and Jeremy Ellis with the “Mousetrap Vehicle”; Jamie Beam, Jaime Parsons and Nathan Swett for their “Mission Possible” contraption; Annie… Read More
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ORONO — A group of teachers from Farmington came to a conference in Orono Friday to learn more about teen suicide. They had good reason to delve into the grim issue, said one member of the group. Mount View High School lost two students to suicide last fall. Read More
AUGUSTA — Critics of Gov. Angus S. King’s “feel good” approach to state government apparently aren’t getting through to many Maine residents who give the independent high marks for leadership. As King approaches the 100th day of his administration, polls from WCSH-TV Newscenter 6 and… Read More
WASHINGTON — It smells different, costs more and contains chemicals to make the fuel burn cleaner in your automobile. Some motorists, though, complain that reformulated gasoline (RFG) gums up their engines, diminishes their gas mileage and causes headaches and nausea. A bill has been introduced… Read More
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Sandra Johnson gestures around at the late March mud and dead grass that surround her Newburgh farmstead. “You have to imagine it all green and lovely, with the painted jumps set up in the corral, and ducks on the pond, and kids and horses everywhere!”… Read More
Angus King publicly endorsing “TV Turnoff Week” after parlaying a career in television into the governorship of this great state is like Stephen King calling for the burning of books about the macabre, the grim and the gruesome now that the genre has made him rich and famous. Read More
AUGUSTA — As the Maine State Housing Authority made what is usually a routine announcement of low-interest loans reserved for 700 to 800 first-time homebuyers, Gov. Angus King took time Friday to make sure the news got out. Summoning State House reporters to his office,… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King, meeting with National Federation of Independent Business members at the Blaine House, underscored his opposition to a minimum wage increase Thursday and said afterward he would “probably” veto pending legislation to effect a boost if it passed. “I haven’t made… Read More
PORTLAND — The Maine Human Rights Commission has been asked to investigate allegations that an East Wilton restaurant owner refused to serve five adults who have severe mental and physical disabilities. Dimitrios “Jim” Asprogiannis, owner and manager of Athena’s, said he did nothing wrong by… Read More
BIDDEFORD — Tin Smith sees a problem with public perception of the region’s struggling fisheries. “They’re almost oblivious to what’s going on down there,” he said. “They think fish come from the fish department at Shop ‘n Save.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
VIENNA — A man who allegedly kidnapped his former girlfriend and held her hostage overnight walked out of his home with her Friday and surrendered to police after a 12-hour standoff. Kenneth Meader, 45, was taken into custody at about 4:35 a.m. and brought to… Read More
PORTLAND — The owners of Maine Yankee nuclear power plant decided Friday to continue looking into repairing, rather than replacing, the steam generator tubes at the aging reactor. If the Maine Yankee board decides to insert sleeves into all 17,000 of the nuclear power plant’s… Read More
A community effort has been started to raise money for Brennen Lowe, a 13-year-old Pemetic boy who has had a leukemia relapse. He is the son of Galen Lowe and Linden O’Ryan. Lowe took a two-year chemotherapy treatment and follow-up, beginning in October 1992, and now needs a… Read More
Lawmakers determined to reform all of state government must tackle the nastiest issue first: the Legislature’s own health, dental and retirement benefits, and other perks of office in direct conflict with the principle of a part-time, citizen legislature. Although Republicans have been more aggressive in… Read More
AUGUSTA — Leaders of business and industry urged lawmakers Friday to relax Maine’s ozone limit, saying it works against economic development even if it is not being enforced. Environmentalists and public health advocates opposed the bill, saying the current standard reflects the level at which… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Staff and students at Warsaw Middle School in Pittsfield were reeling from the news Friday that one of their fifth-grade pupils was killed in the night in a car accident in New Hampshire. This is the second student, in the same classroom, that has died this… Read More
WATERVILLE — Nate Drummond of Winterport went 10 rounds Friday afternoon at Colby College and emerged as the winner of the State Geography Bee. Modeled after spelling bees, the geography bee features questions involving maps, world locations and facts about countries and regions. The annual… Read More
TO GETTYSBURG AND BEYOND, by Michael Golay, Crown Publishers, 436 pages, $27.50. “I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes,” insisted Carl Sandburg. Some of those who disagree compare the past to a lantern whose beams light the way to the future. An… Read More
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Education never stops at Bangor Hydro. Since the Bangor-based utility was established in 1924, “we’ve always been teaching our customers and everyone else about the uses of electricity,” said Judy Hanscom, Bangor Hydro educational services coordinator. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Anyone who has ever burned wood in a fireplace probably noticed how those bricks nearest the flame held heat for a while after the fire went out. The same principle applies to electric thermal storage (ETS) systems, a new way to heat a house electrically that’s being promoted… Read More
Imagine a heating system that can heat a home in the winter, cool it in the summer, and supply domestic hot water all year-round while operating at effective efficiency levels of 300-400 percent. The idea sounds far-fetched, especially in a state where a heating system’s… Read More
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The idyllic frontier life portrayed on “Little House on the Prairie” might make people yearn for days of yore. But, consider what life was really like without an air-conditioned trailer awaiting the actors and actresses after a long day spent playing make-believe. Carroll Lee, vice… Read More
The Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. has filed for a record low electric rate that could make electricity the fuel of choice for thousands of home-heating customers throughout its service territory. To aid in the increased sale of electricity to residential customers, the company has established a new residential team… Read More
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The eight-day annual Jewish festival of Passover begins this year at sundown, Friday, April 14. At this time, Jews of all ages stop eating bread and own no leavened and few fermented products. Many, like myself, remember feeling ill-at-ease in school cafeterias during Passover when lunch consisted not… Read More
FRUIT TREES FOR THE HOME GARDENER, by Allan A. Swenson, Lyons & Burford, 164 pages, $12.95. A Chinese philosopher once advised people to do three things to ensure their own immortality: Have a child, write a book, and plant a tree. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
CHARLESTON — Amid the poverty and political unrest in the Dominican Republic, a beacon of hope now stands because of the efforts of a group of Mainers. Late last month, 18 men and two women of the Charleston Pentecostal Church spent a week building a… Read More
VEAZIE — Councilors told Town Manager Bill Reed Monday night to continue with the necessary paperwork to secure a U.S. Department of Justice, Cops Fast grant to help fund an extra full-time police officer for the town. The grants were the result of the passage… Read More
OLD TOWN — Two buildings in the Flatiron Block may get a face lift if members of the town’s Urban Development Action Grant committee decide to grant loan requests when they meet at noon Monday. City Planner and Economic Development Director Steven Tuckerman said Pat… Read More
BANGOR — There’s a man lifting weights in what used to be a women’s locker room, and the exercise equipment is in the meeting room. What’s going on at the Bangor YMCA? Not to worry. A number of activities at the YMCA are in temporary… Read More
ST. GEORGE — If St. George pulls out of SAD 50, a planned addition to the town school will be (a.) dead (b.) alive and well (c.) laid up for at least a year. The correct answer, for those who choose to believe the state… Read More
Bangor District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: Carrie Breton, 18, Greene, 90-day license suspension, $300; George Bryant III, 25, Bangor, 90-day license suspension, $300; Dorothy A. Day, 36, Bangor, 90-day license suspension, $300; Leah Decker, 28, Bangor, $400; Wayne Gagnon,… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — The town’s streets will be better lighted this summer if voters decide later this month to raise $2,500 in supplemental funding for a streetlight restoration program. The special town meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, April 28, at the old Cherryfield… Read More
Student teams from Wiscasset High School and Blue Hill Consolidated School on Friday won the Maine State Championship of the UNUM/Young America Cup, an educational regatta modeled on the America Cup sailing competition, at the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus. Both teams will travel… Read More
BANGOR — The University of Maine System on Friday asked a federal court to overturn a jury’s $805,000 award to a former Fort Kent professor who was fired three years ago for sexual harassment. System attorneys also asked the court to order a new trial,… Read More
It is a pleasure to surprise someone who personifies The Standpipe with a public “Happy Birthday.” On Sunday, Wilma Additon Bradford of Bangor, known by most as “Willie,” will be 75 years old. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — An amended 1995 budget to reflect an increase of $40,000 was forwarded this week to the Piscataquis County legislative delegation for its approval. While the proposed budget was increased, the final assessment to municipalities and unorganized townships will remain unchanged from the original… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — A Thorndike man accused of shooting his former girlfriend with a high-powered rifle the day after he was released from jail was indicted Friday on charges including attempted murder. Linwood E. Doughty Jr., 33, allegedly shot his former girlfriend last week after a… Read More
GUILFORD — If Gov. Angus King’s proposal for educational funding becomes law, SAD 4 will once again be forced to eliminate programs and reduce a significant number of professional and support staff. Since 1991, the district has lost teachers in the sixth and seventh grades,… Read More
FARMINGTON — A 16-year-old girl accused of stabbing her aunt 106 times in the back has agreed to enter the equivalent of a guilty plea in juvenile court, her lawyer said Friday. Sheri Johnson, who was 14 at the time of the slaying, had denied… Read More
Aroostook County Superior Court Kenneth L. Hunt, 50, Sheridan, assault, 60 days in jail; revocation of probation, 60 days in jail. 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
ELLSWORTH — The strings program will remain in Ellsworth’s elementary and middle schools, the superintendent said Friday. “Strings will not be eliminated,” Bruce Sawyer said. He said violin and cello instruction will continue to be offered during the school day, with the schedule of instruction… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Construction on a $4.5 million solid waste facility at Tri-Community Sanitary Landfill is scheduled to go to bid on Friday. Costs presented by contractors before the May 18 deadline will determine if the construction of the landfill facility even gets started. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
HARTLAND — Charges of discrimination and “unfunded mandates” are among the reasons Paul Ring of New Harbor cites for getting out of the water business. Ring is owner of Hartland Water Co. and hopes to create an opportunity for his customers to own their own… Read More
BANGOR — The University of Maine System will pay former Presque Isle campus official George James at least $50,000 in exchange for his retirement, according to documents released Friday. James, of Mapleton, had worked as a professor of public administration before being promoted to various… Read More
BOSTON — With keno entrenched in about 450 convenience stores across Massachusetts, and plans to put the fast-paced numbers game in hundreds more, two lawmakers on Friday sought to slam on the brakes. Treasurer Joseph Malone, who oversees the Lottery and keno, suggested giving cities… Read More
While many people are aware that asbestos was used to insulate pipes, it also can be found in a number of other products. The following list, a selection from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is taken from “Asbestos: Exposed,” a publication of the Asbestos Victims Special Fund Trust. Read More
The March 30 article, “D.A.R.E. officer raps rap, rock music talk,” makes one ask what we are doing as a society having these lyrics which express lewd, vulgar and perverted concepts, particularly of sex, available for our youth. They are not producing a very healthy or hopeful idea… Read More
For two years I have been suffering asthma during periods of moderate to high ozone. For more than five years my eyes have been severely affected by ozone/smog and treated by a cornea specialist in Boston. Although much of the pollution here blows in from out of state,… Read More
The recent Page One story headlined, “Remember Okinawa,” by Emmet Meara, is outstanding and certainly the best coverage I have seen of that phase of World War II. The map of the area with details of the military operation is great. It is the first… Read More
In response to Rep. Hugh Morrison’s letter to the Bangor Daily News (March 27), let me first say thank you for acknowledging for the first time that, “… the concept (of a magnet school) is admirable and … that Maine needs it.” Second, let me restate a standing… Read More
I am sick of hearing everybody with money talk about the welfare program as something that can be done away with simply because it isn’t working. The way to stop welfare is to increase the minimum wage to a livable amount and start a universal… Read More
I would like to use your newspaper to rebut what Fred Nutter of “6 Alive” said about tired truckers on March 29. As far as the highways being the workplace of the professional truckers, and truckers being held to a higher standard, how can this be? What about… Read More
I’m writing about dead-beat parents, because I have a few questions. What about dead-beat moms? I’m sure all moms don’t have custody of the children. I am also sure that they don’t pay child support on a regular basis. But you never hear about them. You only hear… Read More
VIENNA — A construction worker who held his former girlfriend hostage at gunpoint for 12 hours was held Friday on charges including kidnapping and gross sexual assault. Kenneth Meader, 45, surrendered at 4:35 a.m. Friday after threatening to shoot police officers who surrounded his home,… Read More
WASHINGTON — Republicans’ “Contract with America” tax cuts, if enacted, could squeeze finances in dozens of states whose income taxes are linked with federal laws. At the very least, whatever cuts are passed would send state officials scrambling to revise tax rates and state laws… Read More
The Penobscot County Soil & Water Conservation District is taking orders for their annual rainbow and brook trout delivery for pond owners, which will be held May 3 in the parking lot of the USDA/NRCS building. The pond owners must apply to the Department of Inland Fisheries and… Read More
This year has historic importance for our state. One hundred seventy-five years ago, Maine became a state. Admission to the union was the result of the Missouri Compromise, a temporary political solution to the pressures of a rapidly growing country afflicted with the cancer of slavery. Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — New England bankers and law enforcement officials swapped suggestions Friday on ways to curb money laundering while easing the regulatory burden on financial institutions. The meeting was called by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, created five years ago to… Read More
A list of celebrities and their favorite books from the 1995 Who Reads What list: Red Auerbach, basketball coach: “Tarzan of the Apes” by Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tom Swift” books by Victor Appleton, and books by Ken Follett and Len Deighton. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
COLUMBIA — Selectmen dedicated the annual town report for 1994-95 to 94-year-old Lloyd Harry Drisko, who still enjoys hunting and trapping. The bicentennial committee, on Feb. 1, gave Drisko a certificate honoring him as the town’s eldest resident. The committee also gave him a lapel… Read More
GARLAND — A Garland man indicted Monday for the attempted murder of an elderly man he was caring for has been arrested in Hawaii, officials said Friday. Floyd Burton Jr., 44, is charged with setting a fire in February that destroyed the home of Norman… Read More
Next to a large board of buttons, switches and blinking lights, Cameron Currier sits at a computer and tries to figure out the complexities of setting up a traffic light that meets both motorist and pedestrian needs. What makes this situation unusual is that Currier… Read More
BREWER — An Orrington man died earlier this week from injuries he received in a Brewer car crash on March 28. Edwin Hadley, 79, missed the turn at Parkway South and Wiswell Road and drove straight onto the lawn of the Brewer Armory and crashed… Read More
ROCKLAND — A contest to name a public park and boat launching ramp on Mechanic Street has been announced by the Rockland Share the Pride Association. The contest is being conducted in conjunction with the City Council, which will review suggested names and make a final determination. Read More
ROCKLAND — The Fishing Family Assistance Centers have announced a series of public information sessions on fishing industry grants. The U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration announced that $4.5 million had been appropriated for the second round of FIGs, aimed at more direct assistance to fishermen who have… Read More
MACHIAS — A joint fund-raising effort by the Machias Fire Department and the Machias Ambulance Service is expected to result in the purchase of a new gas-powered Jaws of Life tool for extricating accident victims. The new tool, costing $23,000, will be more powerful and… Read More
OLD TOWN — Montessori School will hold an open house at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, at the corner of Stillwater and College avenues. Primary classrooms, which offer studies to students from age 2 1/2 to 6, will be open for public inspection. A video… Read More
The trouble with 1996 is it doesn’t appear to offer a lot of opportunities for ambitious young politicians who happen to be Republicans. The GOP already holds most of the top-of-the-ticket slots that come up for grabs next year, leaving those party members with a lust for life… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Penobscot Bay chapter of the American Red Cross will instruct a community first-aid and safety course from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the Pen Bay Chapter, 312 Broadway. The first six people with the $20 reservation fee will… Read More
ROCKLAND — The scholarship committee of Rockland Share the Pride Association has announced that RSTP will offer a scholarship to a graduating Rockland District High School senior this year. The all-volunteer group has been working the past three years to create community pride. It is… Read More
BANGOR — Being unpopular and isolated is no fun. That’s what J. Michael Orenduff found as chancellor of the University of Maine System. After becoming a lightning rod for systemwide faculty dissatisfaction, Orenduff suddenly stepped down earlier this week after only 17 months as chancellor. Read More
OLD TOWN — A 33-year-old man was arrested for assault Thursday night after allegedly punching his girlfriend in the head. Peter Wing of Old Town was located hitchhiking on Interstate 95 in Bangor several hours after the assault was reported. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BREWER — The nominees for best trash and recyling collection bids in Brewer are: BFI of Brewer, Sawyer’s of Hampden and Bickford Enterprises Inc. of Pittsfield. And, the winner with the lowest bid for collecting rubbish and recycled goods for Brewer is: Bickford Enterprises. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Webber Energy Fuels in Bangor announced Friday that James D. Mullen has been named president of the company. The former head of Key Bank of Maine, Mullen joined Webber in 1991 and most recently served as executive vice president. Prior to joining Webber, Mullen had… Read More
GARDINER — Where does baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra turn for a good read? To “Something of Value,” Robert Ruark’s book about the Mau Mau tribe of Africa. United Nations Secretary General Butros Butros-Ghali prefers to curl up with “The Grammar of Politics,” while… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Concerned about the implications of school budget cuts, some residents challenged the school board to ask the town for more money. “I think the town has got to look at what is happening and give us some money for these programs,” said Donna… Read More
AUGUSTA — High school delegates to the YMCA Model Legislature at the State House last weekend voted to do away with term limits for state legislators and constitutional officers. “I think a lot of them were concerned with the inability to have good people stay… Read More
Logging trucks and skidder crews caused more than $14,000 worth of damage to Route 69 in Carmel in the past month. A state Department of Transportation spokesman said that going after the money from those responsible, however, might be a bumpier trip than an actual… Read More
AUGUSTA — People could learn the names and backgrounds of finalists for their town’s police chief, town manager or road commissioner under a bill that won strong committee support this week. The Judiciary Committee voted 10-3 for the bill sponsored by Rep. Kyle W. Jones,… Read More