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CARIBOU – The Nokomis Warriors beat Caribou in the first game 7-3, but the Vikings came back to win the second 9-8 in a schoolboy baseball doubleheader Saturday. In the first game, Harvey Kosowski had an RBI double and Spencer Day and Jeremy Brooks each… Read More
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The University of Maine’s Andrew Oliver set a school record, finishing second in the javelin with a toss of 219 feet, 10 inches in the New England Championship hosted by Williams College Saturday. UMaine’s Neil Willey took third in the decathlon with… Read More
HERMON – Pushed all the way, Dwayne Overlock managed to eke out a win over the pack in the Super Street class feature at Speedway 95’s season opener Sunday. Witnessed by a crowd of about 2,000, the Franklin driver dueled throughout the race with Orono’s… Read More
UNITY – Steve Nelson of Albion ran his bright red Monte Carlo to a start-to-finish victory at the Unity Raceway Saturday in the Sportsmen Class. Matt Lee, aslo of Albion, finished second. Larry Pottle fo Benton finished third. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
SAN DIEGO – It took a sweep by New Zealand to return a sense of popularity to the America’s Cup. Even Dennis Conner, vanquished in five straight races, can’t argue with the shift in sailing superiority from America to a tiny island nation deep in… Read More
High Schools AT PRESQUE ISLE Eastern Maine Singles Tournament Boys Quarterfinals Dana Ouellette (Madawaska) def. Andrew Collins (Ft. Kent) 8-3; A.J. Cloukey (PI) def. Jonathon Doucette (Van Buren) 8-0; Brian Ross (Houlton) def. Lucas Levesque (Ft. Kent) 8-4; Phil Doucette (Van Buren) def. Carl Tesman… Read More
BANGOR – It was a freshman arm and veteran bats that provided the Husson College Braves with a 12-2 victory over St. Joseph’s College of Standish in the championship game at the NAIA New England Tournament here Sunday evening. Husson, now 25-17, will travel to… Read More
Huskies bomb UMaine in record-breaking finale> Hurlers hounded by 33 hits, 27 runs in tourney series
WILMINGTON, Del. – The University of Maine’s lackluster season ended in unimpressive, if not embarrassing, fashion Saturday afternoon. Northeastern shellacked the beleaguered Black Bear pitching staff for 18 hits, including seven for extra bases, while sending Maine packing with a 19-7 drubbing at Frawley Stadium… Read More
Varnum records ace BUCKSPORT – Matt Varnum aced the sixth hole at Bucksport Golf Course Saturday for his first hole in one. He used a nine iron on the 140-yard hole. Jim Hawes and Rick Ames were witnesses. Read More
SEBEC — A Massachusetts man who allegedly held up two men in Sebec, stole one of their vehicles and led police on a high-speed chase through two counties Saturday, is being held at the Piscataquis County Jail. Kirk Jardis, 19, of Peabody, Mass., was arrested… Read More
ROCKLAND — As the fishing industry recedes from its traditional domination of the city’s waterfront, the space can be filled up by the suddenly vibrant pleasure boat business, according to Sam Slaymaker, owner of Rockland Harbor Boatyard Inc. Slaymaker, a marine surveyor since 1970, opened… Read More
As celebrations across the world commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, productions of the musical “South Pacific” will be particularly appreciated this year. Based on James Michener’s “Tales of the South Pacific,” which was published in 1947 as an historical — and fictional… Read More
Rhubarb — the sight of its gnarled green leaves pushing up through the ground boosts the winter-weary spirits of Mainers and proves that spring indeed has returned. Along with two other very early growers, asparagus and fiddleheads, rhubarb is one of the first garden fruits of the season. Read More
If you’ve taken the bait and lost money to a telemarketer, expect that the same, or another telemarketer, will try to hook you again. Consumers who have been victimized often are placed on what is known in the trade as a “sucker list” and then victimized again. “Sucker… Read More
DETROIT — General Motors Corp. said Sunday it is voluntarily recalling 111,000 1995-model Chevrolet Blazers and GMC Jimmys to modify a fuel tank cover that leaked in one crash test. The November test by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that the tank could… Read More
For those who felt cheated in 1991 by the complicated, loaded referendum question that mixed the widening of the Maine Turnpike with adoption of a sensible transportation policy, Senate President Jeffrey Butland has a solution: Vote again, but do it right this time. Focus solely… Read More
If I were teaching current events, I don’t know what I’d tell the kids about what has happened recently in the United States. Still, I was not surprised by any of it. I graduated with honors from my police school in Texas in 1966. By… Read More
Brewer High School Third quarter honor roll: Seniors, high honors: Chad Allen, William Astbury, Kristen Faloon, Christy Grant, Jennifer Hichborn, Jonathan Hichborn, Ward Libby, Sara McConnell, Amy McLaughlin, Andrew Moreau, Judy Ring, Benjamin Roeder, Amy Turner, James Williamson Jr.; honors: Adam Babcock, Jared Blank, Ben… Read More
A story in Saturday’s paper on the East Coast Twirling Association’s championships included competitors from Decatur, Ala. Five-year-old Krista Albert twirls with the Northstar Twirlers in Limestone. Read More
BRISTOL — Shirley Anderson searched years for greeting cards she could read and send to friends on special occasions. Her search ended when she found Prophecy Designs, a Maine business that produces a full line of braille greeting cards. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
AUGUSTA — Delay will begin to give way to deadlines Monday in the formation of a Productivity Realization Task Force that is to recommend $45 million in state government cuts over the coming two years. Gov. Angus King, who twice last week scrubbed plans to… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Department of Transportation has scheduled several projects in the Piscataquis County area. This summer a bridge replacement is planned for Route 23 in Sangerville. Bids have been solicited on this project. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
A sailor from the St. Stephen, New Brunswick, area, was giving his homemade skiff a trial run Saturday on the St Croix River off St. Croix Island when the craft overturned, giving him an exhausting 2-mile, 1 1/2-hour swim to the St. Andrews shoreline. Paul… Read More
BEDDINGTON — Sunday was a wonderful day to be a casualty of war. Scattered about a clearing in woods an hour east of Bangor, a couple of dozen soldiers lay wounded. Stumps gushed blood, brains slipped down the side of a temple, and intestines peeked… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A small-business seminar will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA, co-sponsored by the Eastern Maine Development Corp. and the Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce. “Knowing what is available for business start up and… Read More
GREENVILLE — The president of the Greenville Education Association took the superintendent to task Thursday for presenting a proposed teacher contract settlement in the worst possible light. The proposed settlement, which allows a three-year contract with two base increases and reductions in health insurance costs… Read More
PORTLAND — Recalling his final golf lesson, the Rev. Michael Cote said the pro assured him he would go to church the next Sunday if the priest sank a long putt. “I looked up and said, `Father, this is your chance’ — and I sank… Read More
GREENVILLE — An orientation meeting for parents of next year’s freshman class will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, in the Greenville High School library. Superintending principal Gilbert Reynolds will give the welcoming address and assistant principal Carroll Smith will introduce the staff. Read More
PORTLAND — The bumper sticker affixed to Kathleen MacPherson’s office computer states “They Are Not Hot Flashes. They Are POWER SURGES.” It’s an appropriately placed sticker for MacPherson, a nationally recognized expert on menopause and a nursing professor at the University of Southern Maine. She’s… Read More
AUGUSTA — A King administration proposal for upgrading community mental health services is under review by the court-appointed master monitoring state compliance with the 1990 Augusta Mental Health Institute consent decree. Gerald Rodman said he intends to seek comments from advocates for the mentally ill… Read More
FRENCHVILLE — This year’s recipient of an honorary degree from the University of Maine at Fort Kent offered glimpses Friday into the life of a St. John Valley enigma, perhaps one of the most colorful figures to cut a swath through local history. Drawing upon… Read More
CORNISH, N.H. — Bo Rock said he just wanted to see how many fruitcakes would end up at Saturday’s “patriot rally,” which has been billed as everything from a militia meeting to a political rally. “I just wanted to see what’s going on. I’d heard… Read More
There have been several news flash articles in the Bangor Daily News lately about how NYNEX seemingly owes millions of dollars to its customers. These articles were generated from a Public Utilities Commission report that was compiled by a PUC staffer. The bottom line of all the “good… Read More
For more than a week I’ve listened to, read about, and have cried openly over the Vietnam War. For more than 30 years, I’ve suffered torment you would not believe, unless you lived it, over my son — a 100 percent disabled veteran from Vietnam. He has two… Read More
Regarding the intersection of Ohio Street and Davis Road; about a year ago, I wrote blasting the City Council in Bangor for their do-nothing attitude about this dangerous intersection with numerous accidents, including fatals. Nothing was done when the biker was killed. Nothing was done when the couple… Read More
As a state senator and a practicing attorney, I agree that the “takings” bill presently before the Legislature will foment a flood of litigation against state, county and municipal governments and will clog the courts with chaotic and competing claims from paper companies, developers, Realtors and other landed… Read More
A Bangor police officer took a face full of chemical spray Saturday morning as police attempted to control a man who allegedly was beating his girlfriend. A neighbor at 209 Warren St., reported a fight going on in her apartment building. Three police officers arrived… Read More
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Jay woman was killed when her car crashed into a tree in this western Maine town Saturday evening, police said. Kathy Jean Chicoine was driving the car that went out of control at a curve along state Route 156 and… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce presented its Business of the Year Award to the Piscataquis Valley Snowmobile Club in Dover-Foxcroft. Darrell Miles, vice president of the Chamber’s board of directors, said the snowmobile club does a lot for the local economy… Read More
GUILFORD — Raymond Poulin Jr., superintendent of SAD 4 schools, submitted his resignation effective July 1, 1995 to take a position as deputy commissioner of education. Gov. Angus King made the announcement to a group of superintendents at a meeting in Aroostook County Friday morning. Read More
ORONO — A legend floating around the history department at the University of Maine is that John Hakola would not sign off on a graduate thesis or dissertation until the candidate had climbed Mount Katahdin. It might be a bit of an exaggeration, but Hakola’s… Read More
Long the bane of environmentalists, clear-cuts have declined sharply in the past five years. But a forester for the Natural Resources Council of Maine says much of the partially harvested land replacing the clear-cuts is in terrible shape. “The bad news is that 45 percent… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Potato industry officials, eager to build up acreage and improve the product’s image in the marketplace, are worried that fewer potatoes than ever will be planted this year. The first of Maine’s 600 potato farmers started last week to plant the 1995… Read More
Maine Central Institute Third quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Eric Love, Heather Neal and Craig Weaver; high honors: Shandrea Braley, Megan Cianchette, Heather Danielson, Brandon Delano, Raegan Dunphy, Abby Friend, Laura Frost, Emily Hinckley, Amy Robinson, Lisa Salley, Shannon Smith, Matt St. Pierre, Torie… Read More
A sleep disorder that causes fatigue may affect many of the nation’s long-haul truck drivers, raising the risks on America’s highways, researchers at Stanford University said. In a study involving 159 commercial truckers, 78 percent suffered from the disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, an incidence at… Read More
PLEASANT POINT — Tension at Pleasant Point Indian Reservation mounted over the weekend after the Tribal Council on Friday decided the petition to recall Gov. Cliv Dore might not be valid. Last Monday, Dore filed a lawsuit in the Pleasant Point Tribal Court asking that… Read More
FORT KENT — A SAD 27 draft budget, a proposal showing glimpses of serious deliberations to come, was presented to school directors Friday night. Not including salaries and benefits, the draft budget for operation and maintenance showed an increase of $56,420. The school district is… Read More
PORTLAND — Drug agents arrested four teen-agers from Massachusetts and New Hampshire for selling crack cocaine on the streets of Portland, authorities said Friday. The teens were arrested Thursday by agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and officers from the Portland Police Department. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
GUILFORD — Guilford of Maine’s construction of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant and its impact on current operations were the focus of meetings held this week with the company’s employees. Paul Paydos, senior vice president of operations for Guilford of Maine, held 14 separate meetings… Read More
While Sugarloaf/USA in Carrabassett Valley was unable to top last year’s banner year, it did break attendance records this year and posted its third-best year overall. Season ticket sales were up 11 percent compared to last year and while at Sugarloaf, skiers tended to spend… Read More
What can Maine businesspeople learn from the problems faced by computer giant IBM? Plenty, according to Dick MacKinnon, who worked for IBM for 30 years and who will speak at a conference in Portland, May 16. MacKinnon will be the keynote speaker at the Maine… Read More
Maine’s successes in the international marketplace will be featured at the 15th annual Maine World Trade Day 1995 conference held Thursday, May 18, in Portland. The keynote speaker will be John Marshall, head of the PACT 95 Young America team in the America’s Cup. Marshall… Read More
MACHIAS — Voters will get to decide at town meeting June 13 if they want Machias High School to continue offering classes in home economics, and the Rose M. Gaffney School to continue offering elementary music. The school committee voted in April to eliminate two… Read More
Alta Priest has started up THE PRIEST KITCHEN which offers catering with a twist. Located on the Clark Road in Hermon, The Priest Kitchen makes meals such as chicken cordon bleu, beef and mushrooms, stir fry, and pasta meals and delivers them to your home. Entrees include a… Read More
ORONO — Patricia Nelson always knew she wanted a career in medicine. But when she was awed by the tender attention her cancer-stricken mother received in the hospital, Nelson knew that she would become a nurse. On Saturday, the 22-year-old Nelson came a step closer… Read More
CASTINE — Zoning ordinances and surveys may be the tools of historic preservation, but its soul lies in community values and the sense of belonging that comes from preserving part of ourselves. That was one of the themes at a conference on historic preservation —… Read More
CAMDEN — Americans often take a simplistic view of foreign nations and expect change too soon, according to a panel of foreign journalists who spoke at the seventh annual Nieman weekend sponsored by the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations. At the First Congregational Church on… Read More
An unusual petition filed last month with the Federal Communications Commission is about to launch a satellite war among three TV satellite companies in the United States and Canada. DirecTv, a unit of GM Hughes Electronics, has asked the FCC not to allow Tee-Comm Electronics… Read More
A video clip submitted by Chuck and Patty McGinty of Bucksport will be featured on “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at 8 p.m. Monday, May 15, on ABC. The McGintys were flown to California for the program’s taping. In the episode titled “Guide to Parenting,” the… Read More
BANGOR — They had been pulled from ditches and streams, left in back alleys and sidewalks, stolen from garages and porches, and they were as diverse as the people who lined up to buy them. On Saturday bicycles recovered from Bangor and Brewer police departments… Read More
The United Way of Penobscot Valley’s third Lend-A-Hand week, with more than 59 projects, warms the heart of former UWPV president Dick Roderick of Hampden. Inspired by a similar project at his alma mater, Notre Dame University, Roderick encouraged the UWPV to try something different. Read More
More than 38,000 Americans are shot to death each year. More than 5,000 of these victims are children and teen-agers. Every two hours, a child is killed by a gun. That’s equal to a classroom full of children dying every two days. Think about that for a minute:… Read More