It was two hours before the Thursday opener of his team’s American Hockey League playoff series against the Cornwall Aces and former University of Maine hockey assistant Jay Leach was preparing his Hershey Bears for the task at hand. There are 16 former Black Bears… Read More
AUGUSTA – Integrity and image was the message the Maine State Harness Racing Promotion Board heard from a cross section of Maine’s racing public at a harness racing conference at the Augusta Civic Center Thursday. During the daylong session, more than 50 participants tackled areas… Read More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Billy Swift, who started for the Colorado Rockies against the Giants on Thursday, said it was strange pitching against guys who were teammates the past three years. Swift, who signed a $13.1 million, three-year contract with Colorado last weekend, said he waved… Read More
Will she stay or will she go? Welcome to what promises to be the most suspenseful and significant 48-hour period in the recent history of University of Maine athletics. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
Editor’s note: The following is the first of eight previews on high school softball and baseball. It looks at three favored teams in Class A softball and a darkhorse. It’s all in the pitching. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
The University of Maine, which failed to land a suitable candidate during last year’s effort to hire a new director of athletics and recreation, is preparing to reopen that search. UMaine President Frederick Hutchinson announced Thursday that within the next 10 days he will appoint… Read More
SAN DIEGO – Two to two to two. Who would have bet on it? Who would have thought that after nearly being drubbed out of the Defender semifinals, after nearly sinking their boat and after a deal that left them severely crippled on the point… Read More
HANOVER, N.H. – The University of Maine came up with timely, two-out hits and played errorless baseball here Thursday while posting a 6-3 victory over Dartmouth at Rolfe Field. Coach John Winkin’s 12-23 Black Bears did not commit an error for the third time in… Read More
Bryan Harvie loves to get his uniform dirty. Starting next fall, he hopes to dive headlong into the red clay at Mahaney Diamond in Orono as a member of the University of Maine baseball team. Harvie, a three-sport captain at South Portland High School, has… Read More
While the water may be low, and a couple of rocks will probably be sticking up along the 8.5-mile course, enthusiasm among the diehards hasn’t dimmed for the 19th annual Souadabscook Stream Canoe Race. As of Wednesday, 40 craft had preregistered for Saturday’s race, which… Read More
AUGUSTA — Details of Gov. Angus King’s plan to trim hundreds of state jobs to save more than $50 million drew fire Thursday from Democratic and Republican members of the Appropriations Committee, leaving administration aides with two major areas of complaint to answer. Democrats told… Read More
Eighth-grader Chuck Altean was the winner in the final competition of the Indian Island School Civic Oration Contest held April 5 at the Indian Island School. Taletha Stevens, a seventh-grader, was named runner-up. Each received trophies and gold award pins, and their names will be engraved on Indian… Read More
TRENTON — Residents will consider annual town business a month early this year, beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 15, at the elementary school. With a proposed combined municipal and school budget of $1.383 million for the new fiscal year, the increase is expected to… Read More
LEWISTON — Edward “Ted” Johnston, a State House lobbyist who doubled as a part-time aide to freshman U.S. Rep. James Longley Jr., has quit the congressional job. Johnston, who represents insurance companies and other clients in the Legislature, said he was hired by Longley, a… Read More
BREWER — The owners of private storm-water basins could be assessed $400 a year if they continue to divert the water to the city sewer. City Manager Harold Parks said that for every gallon of sewage that is treated at the waste-water plant, there are… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The possibility of a $700,000 to $1 million shortfall in SAD 68 for the 1995-96 school year was part of a bleak picture of the district’s financial condition presented Wednesday to school directors. Superintendent Ann Bridge unveiled a raw budget in its first… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The progress and terms being considered in a proposed tuition contract between SAD 68 and Foxcroft Academy were outlined for the public for the first time Wednesday evening. For weeks, SAD 68 directors met behind closed doors to hammer out the details of… Read More
Who was right about how gravity works, Newton or Einstein? And how much is it worth to find out? Newton’s theory of universal gravitation has gravity as a force that can act instantaneously over all space. In his theory, the magnitude of gravitational force is dependent upon mass… Read More
LIMESTONE — Georgia-Pacific Corp. of Atlanta, Ga., has awarded a $1,000 grant to the Parks and Recreation Department to build a pavilion and covered picnic shelters at the Albert E. Michaud Park. A March for Parks will be held on the 25th anniversary of Earth… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — SAD 1 will hold an immunization clinic for children in kindergarten through grade eight, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, at the Zippel School. Immunizations offered include the tetanus-diphtheria booster, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis booster, measles, mumps, and rubella booster, and oral polio. Read More
CARIBOU — An Ashland man charged with trying to kill his estranged wife and her male companion claims he didn’t shoot the boyfriend. Instead, Robert L. Argraves Jr. says he hit the other man on the head with his gun in self-defense last September. Argraves’… Read More
AUGUSTA — Acknowledging “lots of turmoil” within the University of Maine System, acting Chancellor Robert Woodbury visited the Legislature on Thursday and pledged to be “responsive” to lawmakers’ concerns. Reassuming the post he formerly held for seven years, Woodbury said the statewide campus system had… Read More
Big construction projects to hit Corinna in summer> Major tasks include landfill closure, water work
CORINNA — Corinna will be the site of more than $1 million in construction projects this summer, with bid openings scheduled for later this spring. Gary Dorman, town manager, said this week that the landfill closure project is expected to go out to bid in… Read More
BRUNSWICK — Police in Brunswick fear that the “CB Wars” may be starting up again among area youths. Teen-agers staged a revival of citizens band radio use last spring and summer, said Deputy Chief Richard Mears. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BREWER — The City Council voted Tuesday night not to swap a lot the city owns for a lot owned by Carl Snow. The issue has been before the council for five months. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
We had a delightful phone conversation Thursday morning with Steve Kruse of the Pelican Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Steve and his wife, Jackie, wrote to tell our readers how happy they were to have hosted the Old Town-Orono YMCA swim team during the… Read More
A federal judge has rejected a Justice Department argument that the U.S. government has no obligation to replace lost or stolen savings bonds. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Cohen’s April 7 ruling, which was released in Portland on Tuesday, allows Victor Zelman’s lawsuit against the U.S. Read More
LIMESTONE — Loring Air Force Base will continue to be home to at least 130 military personnel assigned to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, which is beginning operations at the former military installation. Reuse officials plan to charge $500 a month each for 100… Read More
BANGOR — Spectators filled the council chambers at Bangor City Hall Thursday morning for U.S. Sen. William S. Cohen’s subcommittee hearing on the impact of federal regulations on people’s lives. Even the senator told stories of excessive regulation gone awry. Who could dispute that? But… Read More
PORTLAND — A project to provide AIDS education and testing to migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Androscoggin, Aroostook and Washington counties is among the programs to receive funding from the Maine Community AIDS Partnership. The farmworkers program of the American Red Cross, Pine Tree Chapter… Read More
BANGOR — No one from the public showed up, but the hearing at Bangor City Hall on Tuesday night was lengthy. Hoping to pave the way for the development of a Muddy Rudder Restaurant, city officials made a 4 1/2-hour presentation to ask the Maine… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine business community stepped up efforts this week to strengthen the state’s economy and to make the state a leading economic force in the nation and the world. The state’s two leading business organizations released a report Thursday calling for public and… Read More
When the flappers were flapping and the motorcars were motoring, what were Mainers doing? Were they 10 years behind the times or were they right in the wave of the modern era? These are some of the questions the Maine Humanities Council plans to address… Read More
BELFAST — City officials hope that Camden’s loss of an MBNA facility can be Belfast’s gain. From one end of town to the other Thursday all the talk was of Camden’s sudden dislike for the credit card giant. MBNA already has created more than 700… Read More
Rockland District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor: William Preble, 32, Oakland, six days in jail, 90-day license suspension, $400; Paul W. Harriman, 35, Union, all but 10 days suspended from 60-day jail sentence, one year probation, one-year license suspension, $500. Read More
PORTLAND — The city of Portland is immune from liability for injuries suffered by a man who was struck by water from an automatic watering system at Riverside Golf Course, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday. The justices denied the appeal of Gavin Petillo… Read More
“Happy Easter!” my sister sang over the phone last week when she called from Washington. Oh no, I thought, counting the days. I missed Easter. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. William Cohen and Rep. John Baldacci are among 287 lawmakers said to have implemented written policies not to discriminate against homosexuals in their staff hiring practices, a national gays and lesbian advocacy group said Thursday. A third delegation member, Sen. Olympia Snowe,… Read More
WASHINGTON — Religious leaders, conservatives and liberals, temporarily set aside their differences Thursday and unveiled a handbook giving parents and teachers guidelines on religion and public schools. Citing widespread confusion over court rulings, the groups urged school boards, states and parents to use the handbook… Read More
If University of Maine System trustees pursue their pledge to listen to faculty, they will hear of an encouraging, cost-efficient and educationally driven outline for interactive television that is unburdened by the bureaucracy or cost of their current plan. Trustees can both improve their standing on campus and… Read More
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — Sponsored by the local Gift of Life Campaign, a special blood screening has significance for a Southwest Harbor boy and his family. Brennen Lowe, 13, has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant. The screening for the National Marrow Donor Registry… Read More
YARMOUTH — Some Maine marinas will send tons of plastic used to protect boats in the winter to a recycling center, instead of to the dumpster this spring. Boats are wrapped in the blue or white plastic sheets during the winter months to keep the… Read More
When Cynthia McFadden was growing up in Cundy’s Harbor with her adoptive parents, she lived next door to an orphanage. And every day when she got up she would find lollipops carefully tied to a tree in her backyard. She thought they grew there, just… Read More
WASHINGTON — American Indian leaders are being invited back to the White House as a follow-up to last year’s historic meeting with President Clinton. The meeting April 28 will be “very substantive” and less ceremonial than last year’s session, Bob Walker, a spokesman for the… Read More
Four recent deaths of young adults from asthma in the Bangor area are regrettable. These are dramatic losses to the family and the community. A new long-acting bronchodilator has been suggested as contributing to the death of patients with asthma. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
AUGUSTA — Legislative Democrats joined the debate over welfare Thursday, sketching out a plan to require beneficiaries to work, perform community service or receive schooling for 40 hours a week. Offering up to two years of support services for jobless people moving into the work… Read More
HARRINGTON — SAD 37 voters approved a $767,000 referendum Wednesday night, designating $677,000 for a new classroom wing at Columbia Falls Elementary School, and $90,000 for a new roof at Milbridge Elementary School. Superintendent Joseph White said Thursday that construction of the three-classroom wing would… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gay-rights supporters have raised five times more money than an opposition group that organized a referendum to exclude homosexuals from the Maine Human Rights Act. Maine Won’t Discriminate has raised $141,459 since April of last year, compared with $28,396 for Concerned Maine Families,… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island YMCA will mark its 95th birthday this month with a Birthday Bash program between 7:30 p.m. and midnight Saturday, April 29, at the Atlantic Oakes. The party features the local band, the Herd, in a benefit performance. Tickets… Read More
SURRY — The Surry Community Improvement Association will sponsor a potluck supper awards banquet at Surry Elementary School at 6 p.m. Monday, May 1, to honor people who have been generous in giving their time for service to the community. Awards will be given for… Read More
KENDUSKEAG — The home of Robert Berry received minor damage early Thursday evening when a wood stove overheated and a fire broke out. Ed Patterson, a spokesman for the Kenduskeag Fire Department, said Berry was able to get out of the house. He was taken… Read More
ST. GEORGE — Out of the confusion of a Thursday night selectmen’s meeting, one thing remained clear: The withdrawal process from SAD 50 will continue. In a Monday straw vote instigated by petition, residents thought the debate ended when they voted 334-326 to kill the… Read More
ROCKLAND — As expected, a Knox County grand jury Thursday returned a manslaughter indictment against Harold M. Clarke Jr., 32, of Rockland. Clarke was arrested on April 4 and was charged with manslaughter in the beating death of Deanna Wadsworth, 4, in Rockland on Nov. Read More
There are several lessons to be learned from the current stalemate between the University of Maine System administration and the faculty, and several points that have not been explored either by faculty or the press. One such point is the context for the sudden flurry… Read More
The Bangor Daily News is to be commended for initiating court action to require that Champion International make its profits public information. The issue is basically the same as the request the Green Party made of Dupont to release information about the herbicide Velpar which… Read More
On the front page of the April 6 Bangor Daily News, there was an article about our old/new University of Maine System chancellor. As a lifelong resident of Maine, a taxpayer and a father of two children approaching college age, I have been very concerned about the alarming… Read More
I am amazed and disappointed to find out that the Armed Services Committee of the Senate has done nothing to stop a Department of Defense proposal. The DOD proposes to cease operation of the Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar located in Bangor during fiscal year 1995 and place it into… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King on Thursday night proposed scrapping Maine’s long-suspended car emission testing program, but continuing sales of reformulated gas in seven counties to meet federal clean air regulations. “I think the (car emission inspection) technology is flawed, the commitment is too long,… Read More
BANGOR — April is Alcohol Awareness Month and St. Joseph Hospital will offer a program, “CARE,” about alcohol abuse by teen-agers. The one-hour program is for high school students and discusses the risks of drinking and driving. The CARE program is coordinated by Joan Smith,… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island YMCA has announced its spring swim schedule that will feature programs including swimming lessons, waterfront lifesaving techniques and physical fitness. The YMCA lifeguard course, aqua-aerobic classes and swimming lessons will be offered at the Atlantic Oakes building, Fitness… Read More
BANGOR — Jim Harkness, Ph.D., director of Mission Services at the Bon Secours Health System Inc., Baltimore, Md., will speak at a conference on incorporating values into health care delivery being held 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at Bangor Motor Inn. Commercialization of health… Read More
MILBRIDGE — Town Manager Linda Pagels has announced that Milbridge has received a $25,000 Quality Main Street planning grant and a grant that will provide four youth workers from the Maine Conservation Corps for work at McClellan Park. The grant from the state Office of… Read More
MACHIAS — New directors of the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce will be introduced at a dinner meeting featuring Gov. Angus King beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the University of Maine at Machias. Employee of the Year honors and the governor’s… Read More
MACHIAS — A clam forum will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 15, in the Science Building at the University of Maine at Machias. Discussions will include: clam history, clam restoration, organization of clam diggers, conservation of clam beds, conflict resolution… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Two residents will be honored during a banquet later this month for their contributions to the community. Sister Mary O’Donnell, active in establishing a homeless shelter and food banks, will receive the Presque Isle Lifetime Achievement Award. Bill Smythe, owner of Smythe’s… Read More
MACHIAS — April 14 is the deadline for entries in a writing contest for high school students. Entries should be sent to the Washington County Soil & Water Conservation District, P.O. Box 121, Machias 04654. The winning entry will be featured in a countywide student… Read More
NEW SWEDEN — The head of the Emigrant Institute in Vaxjo, Sweden, will be in New Sweden Thursday-Sunday, April 13-16, in conjuction with the town’s 125th anniversary of its founding. Professor Ulf Beijbom is considered an expert in Swedish emigration and on immigration to the… Read More
MACHIAS — The Washington County Democratic Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Graham’s Restaurant, instead of on Easter Sunday, as regularly scheduled. Read More
MACHIAS — Gov. Angus King will make a two-day stop in Machias on April 25-26 to discuss business and education. He will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting and buffet dinner of the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce at 7 p.m. Tuesday,… Read More
HOULTON — Adult education classes will begin May 1 at Houlton High School for childbirth education, Lotus 1-2-3, a home-buying seminar, computer applications, management, English and speech. Afternoon, evening and daytime classes are offered. For information, contact the Houlton High School adult education department at… Read More
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — J. Michael Orenduff, who resigned April 2 as chancellor of the University of Maine System, was chosen Thursday as the 19th president of New Mexico State University, succeeding James Halligan. Orenduff, 51, will be paid $150,000 a year for three years,… Read More
PORTLAND — Doris Havens Marble, whose career as an organist and pianist spanned the golden age of silent movies and national radio shows, died Monday at Maine Medical Center. She was 89 and lived in the coastal village of Bremen. Marble, a Collingswood, N.J., native… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine Yankee enacted belt-tightening measures this week that include laying off year-round contractors at the Wiscasset nuclear power plant, a spokesman confirmed Thursday. Maine Yankee also halted loading new fuel rods into the reactor and rearranging fuel rods in the spent fuel pool,… Read More
ORONO — Interim Chancellor Robert Woodbury was received warmly Thursday on his first visit to a campus since reassuming the University of Maine System’s top post. Woodbury, who replaces J. Michael Orenduff who resigned April 2 after months of widespread faculty dissatisfaction, spent an hour… Read More
BANGOR — Travis Therrien was convicted of manslaughter Thursday for the shooting death of 32-year-old Robert Reynolds in Brewer last July. A jury took just over three hours to deliver the verdict that was met with disappointment by the Therrien and Reynolds families. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ALLAGASH — Residents who saw their homes swept away during the disastrous flood of 1991 are keeping a close watch on a 12-foot ice jam sitting atop the St. John River north of the village. While the ice jam is larger than the one in… Read More
GREENVILLE — A plan for physical improvements to downtown Greenville has received support. About 20 people attended a public hearing Wednesday to discuss the results of a study done for the Downtown Improvement Committee by the Eastern Maine Development District. The study focused on downtown… Read More
BUCKSPORT — A length of rusty pipe made the rounds in council chambers Thursday night, as school Superintendent Marc Curtis turned to show-and-tell to win support for a new middle school. Curtis used the visual aid to illustrate poor conditions at the existing middle school. Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court Thursday revived a motion to attach $425,000 worth of property belonging to an emergency shelter in Bangor where a resident sexually assaulted two young boys. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court struck down a lower court’s denial on public policy grounds… Read More
BREWER — A businessman whose establishment was almost closed Tuesday night by the Brewer City Council is working to meet a council-imposed 60-day deadline to correct a noise problem that has drawn public criticism. The establishment, Babe’s, is located off Wilson Street on Clisham Road,… Read More
HARMONY — A cost analysis comparing summary tuition rates for Dexter Regional High School and Foxcroft Academy will be the focus of a special Harmony School Committee meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, April 24, at the school. After a presentation of the figures and… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Plans for a special town meeting will be among the issues discussed at the selectmen’s meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, April 17. The board will discuss the gift of 93 acres along Goodwin Brook and make plans to take the final resolution… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Recreation and Parks Department will have swimming and roller-skating programs on April 19 and 21. On Wednesday, April 19, there will be bus transportation from the multipurpose center at 12:30 p.m. to the Edmundston, New Brunswick, Regional Sports Complex for swimming… Read More
PALMYRA — Palmyra voters will head back to town meeting in May to try to resolve questions from the annual March town meeting. In March, voters authorized town officials to purchase a new backhoe-loader and a truck for the highway department. But they didn’t vote… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA will present Pam Martin and her Y players for a musical review at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Foxcroft Academy. “Ladies of the Wild West,” are members of a Bangor YWCA senior group who have performed in shows… Read More
OLD TOWN — The residential spring cleanup program will be Monday-Friday, April 24-28, in the south section of Old Town. Trucks will pick up curbside refuse south of Center Street and Stillwater Avenue, from Abbott Street to Treat and Webster Island, including the south side… Read More
GARLAND — At their meeting Wednesday night, SAD 46 directors approved the use of two buses for the Operation Graduation trip to Sugarloaf resort on June 11. The resignation of Jean Robbie-Shea, a special education teacher for Exeter and Garland, also was accepted by the… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Division of American Cancer Society will hold an orientation meeting to form a Piscataquis County Unit board of directors at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at SeDoMoCha Middle School in Dover-Foxcroft. Chris Olsen, senior executive director for northern Maine, said he… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A 32-year Blanchard man was arrested Wednesday for terrorizing, assault and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon in connection with an incident involving a female companion. Investigator Scott Richardson said Steven Harbaugh, 32, was arrested after Sharon Pietrzak notifed police that she had… Read More
BAR HARBOR — “Resource Acadia” will kick off its 1995 season with an afternoon seminar examining the world’s declining frog population. The program, to be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13, will explore what is known and unknown about the 13 species of the amphibian found in… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Country line dancing is coming to the Mount Desert Island YMCA. Beginning Wednesday, April 19, the MDI YMCA will offer classes taught by experts Diane and Gary Dermott. Weekly classes will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. for six weeks. The… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A 34-year-old Greenville woman was sentenced to 15 months in jail in connection with the theft of a pocketbook from a grocery shopping cart in Dover-Foxcroft in January. Cathyann M. Brown was arrested for taking an elderly woman’s pocketbook from her grocery cart… Read More
HOPE — Knox County sheriff’s deputies recovered two stolen boats at Lermond Pond here Wednesday, but still are on the lookout for the thieves. Peter Paul Perry of Union reported his Old Town canoe missing from his lakeside cottage Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More