STANDISH – Cindy Harrington threw a no-hitter, striking out 13, as the University of Maine Black Bears blanked St. Joseph’s 1-0 in softball action Thursday. Maine won the second game 3-1. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    ASHLAND – Cory Searles spread out eight hits and was backed by errorless defense as the Van Buren Crusaders opened their schoolboy baseball season with a 6-3 win over the Ashland Hornets Thursday. Searles struck out 11 and walked five. Isaac Cote had two hits… Read More
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    HOWLAND – Kelly Smith had two RBIs as Central broke loose for nine runs in the fifth inning to erase a six-run deficit en route to a 14-6 high school softball win over Penobscot Valley Thursday. Smith knocked in four runs with a double and… Read More
    ST. AGATHA – Freshman pitcher Tracey Guerrette fashioned a two-hit shutout in her high school debut here Thursday, leading host Wisdom to a season-opening 4-0 softball victory over defending Eastern Maine Class C champion Madawaska. Guerrette had a perfect game for 4 2/3 innings before… Read More
    College NCAA District 1 Championship at Portsmouth (N.H.) CC, par 72 Team scores: Rhode Island 303, New Hampshire 305, Dartmouth 305, Hartford 308, Providence 311, Central Connecticut 312, Harvard 315, Yale 317, Connecticut 318, Fairfield 321, Boston College 321, Brown 321, Maine 329, Vermont 333,… Read More
    Justice prevailed. That’s the only way I can look at the elimination of Bangor-based PACT 95 from the America’s Cup defender finals. America3, also headed home, gets no sympathy here, either. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
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    BREWER – Seth Gilman singled home Aaron Sucy with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Old Town Indians to a 3-2 schoolboy baseball win over the Brewer Witches at Heddericg Field Thursday. Brian Goody and Jeremy Miller also had… Read More
    BRUNSWICK – Chris Margraf drove in two runs on a double and two singles to lead host Bowdoin past Colby College 14-4 Thursday in baseball action. Joe Meehan added an RBI on a double and two singles for the Polar Bears, and S.J. Baxter knocked… Read More
    If the Beth Abraham Sisterhood’s 24th annual luncheon fashion show, “American Style ’95,” at noon Tuesday at the Bangor Conference Center, Hogan Road, were to have a permanent theme song, it would be “Tradition” from the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” It is the tradition… Read More
    Rep. John Baldacci will be in Aroostook County Saturday. At 9:30 a.m. he will officially open his new field office in Madawaska. He will be at the office to meet members of the public until 11 a.m. The office is at 500 Main St. and can be reached… Read More
    VAN BUREN — Kindergarten, pre-first and first-grade pupils at the Gateway School at Van Buren entertained family and friends, in French, with song, dance and plays this week. About 150 people attended the Soiree Francaise, where children danced to the music of “Sur Le Pont… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Rockland District High School Band requests the public’s support in a “Voluntary Toll” fund-raising project 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the intersection of North Main Street and U.S. Route 1 in Rockland. Four students working two-hour shifts each will collect… Read More
    CAMDEN — Bird and wildflower walks will be held at Merryspring Park on Saturday, May 13. The bird walk will begin at 6:30 a.m., and will be led by Bart Wood and Joe Gray. Participants will walk trails, woodland areas and fields. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — A task force of members of the social service organizations composing the Washington-Hancock Community Agency will meet Tuesday, May 9, at the Training and Development Corp. in Ellsworth. The group will discuss what role its members can play in influencing state welfare reform… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The University of Maine System will hold an open meeting on programming and services the Education Network of Maine might offer in Hancock County. The meeting will be 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday, May 4, at the Ellsworth Center of the UM System. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Forest rangers continued their investigation Wednesday into a forest fire in Blue Hill Monday that one ranger said had been set. Ranger Doug Getchell of Jonesboro said, “A rather crude, but effective, time-delayed device was used to ignite this fire.” The fire… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Methodist Conference Home invites senior citizens to a celebration of residents who are in their 80s. The 80s birthday celebration will be held Tuesday, May 2, with an old-fashioned sing-along planned for 10:30 a.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    AUGUSTA — As Gov. Angus King signed a bill Thursday to kill Maine’s car testing program, the company hired to inspect vehicles was preparing for a court case that legal experts said could drag into years. Legal experts not connected with the case said Systems… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — The Town Council has endorsed the idea of a McDonald’s restaurant worker who hopes to raise 50 cents per resident to contribute to Oklahoma City bombing victims. Derek Moran has spearheaded the drive to raise $2,412 in spare change by Friday, May 5. Read More
    EASTPORT — Historically, 45 percent to 60 percent of Maine’s annual clam harvest came from the clam flats of Washington and Hancock counties. In 1992, that number dwindled to 23 percent. Between 1982 and 1992, the clam harvest in the two easternmost coastal counties dropped… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Three years ago, the Palmyra town clerk was accused of stealing $14,000 from the town cash drawer. The accusation politically divided the Somerset County community of 1,500 and devastated Town Clerk Donna Page. Page has borne three years of anguish in silence. Friends… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Kindergarten screenings and parents meetings will be held at 7 p.m. on the following dates at SAD 1 schools: Mapleton Elementary School parents, May 8; screening, May 9. 764-1589. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The American Lung Association on Thursday warned that half of all U.S. children, including 159,050 in Maine, face respiratory health threats such as asthma because of elevated smog levels. Gov. Angus S. King, meanwhile, signed into law a bill terminating an enhanced vehicle… Read More
    Past the hoopla surrounding Mighty Mary’s sometimes all-female crew, around the ego aboard Stars & Stripes, Kevin Mahaney and the crew on Young America sailed impressively into Maine history. The Bangor skipper made the entire state proud. America’s Cup, once the unquestioned domain of the… Read More
    It now appears that another item of history many of us were taught in our youth was not strictly as it appeared. Historians credit Marco Polo, who journeyed to China in 1271 and spent two adventurous decades in the service of its emperor before returning to Italy in… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Richard and Meridith Kane may have conceded on round one in the hot-tub skirmish, but hold on for round two in what could be a protracted battle between the city councilor and the city of Ellsworth. The Kanes paid $2,500 in fines to… Read More
    Woman am I. Spirit am I. I am the infinite within my soul. I can find no beginning. I can find no end. Oh, this I am. When Kay Carter was a girl, a choir director told her she couldn’t sing. Come to the group,… Read More
    Gov. Angus King has called upon the Maine Legislature to conduct business in a new way. He has also called upon state workers to come forward with ideas that will save the taxpayers money and improve the delivery of services. It behooves people who work in local government… Read More
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    A story in Thursday’s paper stated that lethal injection was an option under a proposed physician- assisted-suicide bill for the terminally ill. Lethal injection would not be an option, according to Rep. Fred Richardson, D-Portland, the bill’s sponsor, who said the bill’s intent was to permit physicians to… Read More
    The Co-Enterprise conference held in Lewiston Monday may spur some Maine businesses to more aggressively pursue commerce with Canada, but its more important, long-term value will only come through commitment and follow-up. One-shot promotions do not build a sustaining base for trade. Conferees helped dispel… Read More
    Calais District Court: Brian A. Murphy, 50, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $350. 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 — The Environmental Protection Agency made it easier Thursday for citizens and businesses to recycle such items as batteries and pesticides. The revised regulations simplify packaging and handling requirements on certain products containing toxic chemicals. They also reduce the amount of notification and record… Read More
    MATINICUS — The dove of peace has landed on Matinicus. If it doesn’t get bludgeoned with the axes and oars used in Monday’s fishermen’s brawl, criminal charges against the combatants will be dropped. Two Knox County sheriff’s deputies were rushed by the Coast Guard to… Read More
    BANGOR — In some parts of Bangor, it’s not enough to remember that Election Day falls in November and June. Residents of Capehart, Griffin Park and Birch Circle will go to the polls Saturday at the Bangor Community Center to elect representatives to their resident council, the Bangor… Read More
    HOPE — An increasingly demanding public, the mounting complexity of issues and “selectman burnout syndrome” have the town looking for a new approach to municipal government. The Hope Town Government Study Committee, formed last fall to review how the town operates and to make recommendations… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — School Superintendent Marc Curtis made his pitch Thursday night for a 1995-96 school budget that would increase taxes on a $75,000 house by $38. The local appropriation would go up by 4.9 percent, or 5.4 percent if adult education is included. The budget… Read More
    AUGUSTA — What started as a compromise plan to empower Gov. Angus King to eliminate hundreds of state jobs was unraveling rapidly Thursday night after the attorney general said a key provision appeared to be unconstitutional. The bill had received initial votes of support from… Read More
    BANGOR — The violin played its haunting melody at Congregation Beth Israel, and Holocaust survivor Helen Goldman raised her hand Thursday to light the candles, six of them — one for each million Jews exterminated by Hitler’s Nazis. Earlier in the day, air raid sirens… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine drivers who favor the state’s lobster symbol on automobile registration plates will have at least another three years to enjoy the design following a legislative committee vote Thursday. The Transportation Committee decided to kill a bill proposed by Rep. William Lemke, D-Westbrook,… Read More
    With the improved weather of spring comes the annual cleanouts that provide merchandise for yard sales. But at the end of the sale, the merchant may find a lot of goods still left unsold. With many towns closing their solid waste disposal sites, the quandry of what to… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The federal government indicated Thursday that it will not spend upward of $350,000 to renovate the air traffic tower at Bangor International Airport after all. The Federal Aviation Administration structure is scheduled to be demolished in a few months and replaced by a… Read More
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    I would like to commend you for having a religious story as your top article in the weekend Bangor Daily News. I have been disappointed with the reduction of stories regarding religion in your papers of late, so this is really appreciated. Sandra Carter Ellsworth… Read More
    I am writing to protest your choice to print the picture of the fireman and child on the front page of the April 20 edition. We don’t need a vividly graphic reminder of the devastation that such a horrific act in Oklahoma City can administer. Read More
    Imagine my surprise when, week after week, my trash barrels are upright after the Sawyer Enviromental passes down my street. I thought my barrels were defective since they were always scattered and always tipped over after the trash truck passed through. Could it be the… Read More
    Regarding LD 170 and 1217 which the Judiciary Committee will shortly be considering: The scariest sentence in Black’s Law Dictionary runs, `Owner — “He who has dominion of a thing, real or personal, corporeal or incorporeal, which he has a right to enjoy and do… Read More
    In Oklahoma City the paranoid projection of the shadowy Muslim fundamentalist has suddenly turned into the American right-wing, Christian fundamentalist, and as a result, we the people will look more suspiciously at a stranger, and glance over our shoulders more instinctively. Is this merely prudent… Read More
    BATH — General Dynamics, a defense contractor that has entered preliminary discussions to buy Bath Iron Works, has plenty of cash on hand to make acquisitions. Recent divestitures by General Dynamics have left the company with $1 billion in cash reserves, Wolfgang H. Demisch, analyst… Read More
    LINCOLN — Michelle Russell, 12, would like to be Maine’s first woman governor. But, she said, “Someone will probably beat me to it.” The seventh-grader put in a long day Thursday. She went to work with her mom, Cheryl Russell, to learn what it’s like… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — Town officials are interested in selling the Village Square, a two-story block of office space on Main Street. “If anyone’s interested, we’d sell it,” said Town Manager Scott Seabury on Thursday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board at its meeting Wednesday approved the construction of a 250-foot tower for cellular telephone service. The board imposed two conditions on the permit, according to Pat Zieten, code enforcement officer. She said the project must receive FAA approval and… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Lawmakers weighing competing welfare reform packages Thursday appeared to be split along party lines over a proposal to withhold benefit increases from recipients who have additional children. And similar splits in a series of subsequent straw votes on plans advanced by Republicans, Democrats… Read More
    PORTLAND — The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Maine will hold its spring meeting Saturday, May 6, at the Italian Heritage Center. Those interested in joining the society should attend the open meeting. Judy Elfring, Maine Society state historian, will attend and… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The National Day of Prayer will be held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4, on the state capitol steps. Spokeswoman for the Day of Prayer in Maine, Amy Brown, said that setting aside time to pray for the nation originated with the founding… Read More
    Yes, it’s a typo. A reader was concerned over a line in my bicycling article from April 19 which stated, “You do not need a helmet.” I am a serious advocate of bicycle helmets for young and old. As a matter of fact, my article in the March… Read More
    NEW SWEDEN — David Beal, superintendent of School Union 122, resigned Wednesday night at a special meeting called for that purpose. In submitting his resignation, Beal said he was preparing to retire. In June, he will end his sixth year as superintendent of the school… Read More
    CARIBOU — An Ashland man, convicted last week of six charges stemming from problems with his estranged wife, asked for a new trial based on new evidence that, his lawyer says, would question his wife’s credibility. Robert Argraves Jr., 30, was convicted of burglary with… Read More
    SHIRLEY — The school committee Wednesday night approved a proposed budget of about $229,000 for the operation of the Shirley Elementary School. The budget, up about $3,000 from last year, must meet the approval of Shirley residents at the annual town meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maine’s proposed mandatory seat-belt law won initial approval in the Senate Thursday following a debate that weighed personal freedoms against highway safety. The Senate voted 19-14 in favor of the measure that would make Maine the 49th state to require seat-belt usage by… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Members of the Somerset County Budget Committee gave their unanimous support Wednesday night to replacing a control panel for the county jail operations. In the 1995 county budget, $20,000 was allocated to repair a section of the panel that is used to control… Read More