South Portland eliminated Belfast, 9-8, from the state Little League tournament for players 9-10 on Tuesday. In state Little League softball tournament action, Sanford defeated Old Town 14-3 and Cape Elizabeth beat Augusta 8-3 in the playoffs for 9-10-year-olds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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    VASSALBORO – A field of 96 players was cut in half here Tuesday as the Maine State Golf Association’s Maine Junior Championship held its qualifying round for golfers 17 and under at Natanis Golf Club. After Tuesday’s 18-hole qualifier, Ian Sady and Brandon Milliken of… Read More
    WILMINGTON, Del. – Abigail Spector of Waterville shot a 9-over-par 80 Monday in the first round of the McDonald’s Betsy Rawls Girls National Championship golf tournament at Du Pont Country Club. Spector is in 27th place, 10 strokes behind co-leaders Cristie Kerr of Miami and Jenny Chuasiriporn of… Read More
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    LIMESTONE — The state’s entire congressional delegation, the governor and the country’s defense secretary are scheduled to attend Friday’s official opening of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service here. Dr. William J. Perry, the secretary of defense, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at… Read More
    Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. has been awarded a $515,000 federal grant to improve communication and information technologies in rural Maine, Rep. John Baldacci announced Tuesday. The grant is from the Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    SULLIVAN — Taxpayers concerned about overall education costs are expected to challenge a proposed $1.386 million budget for the K-8 Mountain View School to be voted on Thursday night. “I am a state employee. The last five years, I have not received a raise. Things… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved stricter disclosure requirements for lobbyists Tuesday, but remained bogged down on the more difficult issue of whether to disallow lobbyists’ gifts to lawmakers, including meals, vacations and entertainment. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said he hoped the gifts issue could… Read More
    HOULTON — Sewer rates for Houlton Water Co. customers could increase by 18 percent Sept. 1. In a letter to customers last week, General Manager John L. Clark said that although the company had reduced personnel, other expenses such as inflation, interest, insurance, plant relicensing… Read More
    Merryspring Inc., a nonprofit organization dating to 1974, oversees a 66-acre nature preserve open dawn to dusk, 365 days a year, at the end of Conway Road on the Camden-Rockport town lines. The park is dedicated to horticultural education, recognition and appreciation of Maine’s indigenous… Read More
    PORTLAND — A third man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the armed robbery of a Westbrook bank, U.S. Attorney Jay P. McCloskey said. Paul Dimeo, 24, of Old Orchard Beach was arrested in Methuen, Mass. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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    CARIBOU — A linens store that closed recently in the Aroostook Centre Mall has declared bankruptcy, according to documents filed in Superior Court. Linens and Wares, which did business at the mall under the name Linens Too Wares, owes $12,159 in back rent to Widewaters… Read More
    In a few years, the 199,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Maine along with millions of other Medicare beneficiaries in America will receive their health care quite differently from the way they do now. That’s because, driven by budget needs and inspired by the ongoing health care revolution in the… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — A celebrated peace activist and theologian will highlight events at World Community Day on Sunday, Aug. 6, at College of the Atlantic. The Rev. William Sloane Coffin, former chaplain at Yale University and president of the board of advisers of Peace Action,… Read More
    J. MARC SEARS has been hired as director of human resources by Webber Energy Fuels of Bangor. Sears, a graduate of Northern Illinois University, was employed for seven years by Bangor Savings Bank. He lives in Glenburn with his wife, Theresa. JEANNE WYPYSKI has been… Read More
    WASHINGTON — A bill designed to end disputes over Indian casinos was endorsed Tuesday by tribal officials who said they would accept limits in order to preserve their growing gambling operations. The Senate bill, however, was opposed by the nation’s governors who said it would… Read More
    A photo caption on page B1 Tuesday, July 25, misidentified 7-year-old Lauri Soderbom of Bridgewater, Mass., who was shown building a sand castle at Lincolnville Beach with her friend, Kallie Montagano. A MaineDay article Tuesday incorrectly reported that Daniel Craig of Bangor was charged with… Read More
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    More snarling from Congress — this time, the GOP is outraged by the president’s lack of policy in Bosnia, while barely suggesting one of its own. Meanwhile, the White House is shrilly defending its budget priorities, though even Democrats remain unconvinced. The stakes in Washington are serious, but… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Artists will hold its annual auction on Sunday, Aug. 6, at the gallery on Russell Avenue. Works by 160 Maine artist will be auctioned at this annual fund-raiser. The silent auction will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a light supper… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The guided missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves will visit Rockland Aug. 3-6 to participate in the annual Maine Lobster Festival. The USS Stephen W. Groves was built by Bath Iron Works and commissioned on April 17, 1982. However, the ship’s association with… Read More
    HERMON — A new sign greets visitors to Jackson Beach. It should also say, “under new ownership.” The town of Hermon has just completed its first full year of overseeing the hole-in-the-wall swimming area, located on Hermon Pond, just off Newburgh Road near Hermon Mountain. Read More
    CUSHING — The Cushing Historical Society will hold an auction at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at its meeting place on Hathorne Point Road. Neville Lewis, owner of Neville Antiques, will officiate as auctioneer at the event, which will benefit the historical society’s general maintenance… Read More
    LINCOLN — An 8-year-old Lincoln boy was hospitalized following an all-terrain vehicle crash Tuesday night. Joshua Nelson, son of Brian and Sharon Nelson of Washington Street, sustained head injuries as well as abrasions after crashing a four-wheel ATV about 7 p.m. on a fire road… Read More
    CAMDEN — The Camerata Singers, a small Camden-based group specializing in a variety of choral music, is presently auditioning altos, tenors and basses for the coming winter concert and the early summer concert in 1996. The ability to read and memorize music is a necessity,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A Rockland man charged with assaulting “Popeye” retracted his innocent plea in Knox County Superior Court on Tuesday. James Peters, 42, changed his plea to nolo contendere on charges of assault, aggravated assault, criminal trespass, assault on a police officer and terrorizing. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    DEER ISLE — Islanders for Wider Telephone Access has completed its petition drive, having collected signatures from an estimated 61 percent of residential phone users on the island. The petition is part of the grassroots group’s push for a broader toll-free calling area. At present,… Read More
    On shipping low-level radioactive waste to Russia via Bangor: It is not a good idea to turn Bangor International Airport into a garbage dump, or to have garbage trucks from Tennessee competing with traffic on our highways. It would be a bad idea even if the waste was… Read More
    Recently, a good deed was done by many of the drivers of the James River fleet. These truck drivers travel a lonely stretch of highway day and night. They went beyond the call of duty when a passenger car went off the road and needed help. Read More
    If I were to inspect a weapons arsenal, I would definitely try to utilize the expertise of the National Rifle Association. Would this imply an “alliance” or “contamination” of the report? When you have a medical question, shouldn’t you consult a doctor, not a geologist?… Read More
    As chairman of the board of directors of MSAD 22, I would like to respond to several recent letters to the editor that contained irreponsible and unfair personal attacks on board members and administrators. One letter (BDN, June 29) concerned the roled played by Arlene… Read More
    In regard to the recent Terry Marotta column about Cosmopolitan: Cosmopolitan was the best women’s magazine you could buy when I was a young working girl and then wife. It had the best articles and fiction and wasn’t all recipes and needlework. Then I bought… Read More
    FREEPORT — The 40-foot Indian statue that oversees U.S. 1 in Freeport is up for sale. The landmark statue that stands outside Levinsky’s is on the market, along with the 12,000-foot retail store. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    GUILFORD — The owner of a subsidized low-income family housing development in Guilford claims a federal agency is harassing him, trying to get him to make unnecessary improvements to a building when all it needs is a new roof. “I would never have bought that… Read More
    FORT KENT — Taxpayers at Fort Kent will see their tax bills increase by $1.50 per $1,000 of valuation this year to 16.5 mills. The 1.5 mill increase will be divided almost equally for education and municipal expenses. The town’s share of SAD 27 expenses… Read More
    TOWNSHIP 8, RANGE 7 — Three Boy Scouts from Delaware were found unharmed early Tuesday morning seven miles from where they were last known to be, after getting lost the day before in the woods of Aroostook County. V. Paul Reynolds, spokesman for the Department… Read More
    WHITING — County and state officials are investigating the theft of license registration stickers from the Whiting Municipal Building and five radio units from the town’s fire trucks. The burglary early Sunday night at the Town Office and Whiting Fire Department netted thieves an undetermined… Read More
    LUBEC — Voters followed up their mandate to cut more than $170,000 from the school budget by deciding to cut $88,000 from the municipal budget. A tax rate of 21 mills per $1,000 of valuation for the 16-month period from March 1, 1995, to June… Read More
    NEWPORT — Administrators in SAD 48 will present a $10 million budget package for 1995-96 to district voters at an informational meeting at 7 p.m. tonight at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport. The meeting will be held in the cafetorium. The budget package is… Read More
    SHERMAN STATION — It took SAD 25 voters all of 12 minutes Monday night to approve the district’s $3.87 million budget for the 1995-96 school year. The overall budget is about $5,900 less than last year. However, changes in the state educational funding law will… Read More
    OLD TOWN — James River Corp. has dedicated an environmental education forest named after one of its founders who died last year, Brent S. Halsey Jr. The Outdoor Classroom and Demonstration Forest was developed to introduce teachers and school children to principles of stewardship and… Read More
    “It’s in his blood,” said Cathy Chipman. “Chris was born in the winter, and the following summer he was on the boat,” she said of her 18-year-old son, who took the wheel of his new lobster boat last week. Chris and his dad, John Chipman… Read More
    PORTLAND — Betty Anne Bonney’s 90-day jail sentence caught up with her this month — seven years after she pleaded guilty to welfare fraud. Police arrested Bonney about two weeks ago after an investigator realized that she never served her sentence or paid back $5,600… Read More
    Freshwater mussels look like clams, but they are not one of the state’s seafood delicacies. Craving the taste of steamed clams, a group of Scouts recently gathered up a bunch of freshwater mussels and cooked them. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More