WATERVILLE – Four different Mule players scored as Colby College defeated Thomas College 4-0 in men’s soccer action. Ty Walker, Matt Maleska, Soren Peters, and Ross McEwen notched the goals for 4-6 Colby. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
Scarborough Downs will showcase the Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes 3-year-old finals on Sunday with three stakes divisions competiting for a total of $79,392 in purse money. During the past two weeks with stops at Cumberland and Fryeburg, little happened to alter Sunday’s final standings, although… Read More
EASTPORT – Tom Ripley stopped 15 shots on goal as the 5-4-4 Tigers posted the 2-0 Shead shutout against Woodland in schoolboy soccer Thursday afternoon. John Braughton and Ricky Cox provided the offense. Kris Kilby assisted on Braughton’sgoal. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
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Two years ago Ron Brown resigned as the Machias High School boys basketball coach citing a long commute from his home in Bangor as the reason. But Thursday Brown said he resigned as Bangor Christian coach and development director because of a difference in philosophy. Read More
ELLSWORTH – Darby Higgins scored both goals while powering Ellsworth to a 2-1 schoolboy soccer victory over Mt. Desert Island here Thursday in the final regular season game for both teams. Charlie DeLong added an assist for 8-2-4 Ellsworth. Matt McDonald made six saves on… Read More
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ORONO – Hank McDaniel was looking for a college basketball program whose coaches believed in him and his ability. Last year, the 6-foot-7, 210-pound forward from Chicago attended Oakton Community College in Illinois where he was being recruited by the likes of Georgia, New Mexico… Read More
The University of Maine is inviting eastern Maine fans to a basketball party Saturday night at Alfond Arena in Orono. For the first time, the Black Bear men’s and women’s teams will take to the court at Alfond Arena in Orono for a Midnight Madness… Read More
Undefeated Messalonskee of Oakland enters the Lions’ lair in Belfast tonight and only one team will escape the brawl unblemished. There is no end to the respect both teams have for each other and while the coaches deny they’re putting any more emphasis on the… Read More
At Guilford, Kylie Kimball scored on a rebound off Piscataquis Community goalkeeper Jen Moore’s pads with 2:17 remaining in the first half to give the Ponies the win. Hillary Steinke made seven saves on 12 shots for 9-4-1 Foxcroft. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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BANGOR – After splitting a pair of 1-0 games, Bangor and Hampden expected no different in their season’s third schoolboy soccer match. Therefore, things were on schedule Thursday afternoon when Bronco junior Ryan Janicki took an indirect kick with 5:03 left in the first half. Read More
There won’t be many new faces in the lineup, but Chris Imes’ face will be missing when the University of Maine’s NCAA runner-up hockey team opens its season against the University of Miami-Ohio in the Great Western Freeze Out tournament in Inglewood, Calif., at 7 p.m. (EDT) tonight. Read More
BREWER – Longtime Little League organizer and volunteer Slip Corey of Brewer received a second annual SGMA Heroes Award for the state of Maine for outstanding contributions to the local sporting community. The award is sponsored by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association and National Sportswriters… Read More
Dickie Gould of Belfast and David Gross of Bucksport were named K&M Motors-LTC Players of the Week Wednesday. Gould rushed seven times for 50 yards and one touchdown and completed six of nine passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns in a 48-6 win over… Read More
ELLSWORTH – Darby Higgins scored both goals while powering Ellsworth to a 2-1 schoolboy soccer victory over Mt. Desert Island here Thursday in the final regular season game for both teams. Charlie DeLong added an assist for 8-2-4 Ellsworth. Matt McDonald made six saves on… Read More
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Courtney got THE call, but it may be a while before we see the results. When Fourteenth Street School first-grader Courtney Stevenson of Bangor got her finger stuck in her desk the first week of school, it was 911 to the rescue. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR — The city of Bangor hasn’t sold a house by bid in the last decade, but it will sell two in the near future. The Bangor City Council this week authorized the purchasing department to sell two abandoned properties by bid: 59 Lincoln St. and 6 Chester… Read More
BANGOR — A former senior vice president at a Bar Harbor bank was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly making false statements on personal loan applications seven years ago. Thomas McKay, 53, of Bar Harbor was charged in the three-count indictment with… Read More
ROCKLAND — Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care-Help At Home, in conjunction with Hannaford Bros. Shop ‘n Save, will offer flu shots at the Shop ‘n Save in Rockland for all community members. The flu shots are available 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25; a $10 fee will… Read More
LIBERTY — The Campbell Family Singers will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, and again 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at the South Liberty Baptist Church. The Campbells have traveled across the nation and Canada singing in churches, schools, concert auditoriums… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The Republican Town Committee will caucus at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at the municipal building to elect delegates to the Nov. 4 Republican presidential straw poll in Bangor. Voters may enroll in the Republican Party at the caucus. Read More
ORONO — An enormous U.S. deficit that has ballooned over the years is one thing Roger LaPierre doesn’t want to leave his children. But at age 74, LaPierre also doesn’t want that hefty weight placed squarely on his back. LaPierre was one of a handful… Read More
BREWER — State Rep. Richard Campbell, R-Holden, and Brian Higgins presented to the City Council earlier this week a plan to create a new city park at the site of the former Christmas House. The Christmas House, a brick structure that many believe served as… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Continuing their 1996 proposed-budget review this week, Somerset County commissioners learned that the increase in the number of prisoners being housed at the jail, combined with expensive transportation of juvenile offenders to South Portland, will raise costs in several areas next year. But… Read More
MARS HILL — A $10,000 gift of computers and parts from a former high school student has launched Next Generation Concepts, a student computer production and sales program at Central Aroostook High School. Todd Adelman, a Mars Hill native and now the president and co-owner… Read More
BANGOR — A Bangor Job Corps student charged two months ago with raping a fellow student pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault Thursday and the rape charge was dismissed. Defense attorney Bruce Jordan said the case against Dung Vu fell apart, with inconsistent statements from… Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. — An artificial vision system with tiny TV cameras in eyeglasses sending invisible laser-borne messages to a computer inside the eye may restore at least partial sight to the blind, researchers say. The computer, about the size of the date on a penny,… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. nuclear weapons are now positioned in 16 states — nine fewer than just three years ago when major cutbacks in the arsenal began, according to private nuclear specialists who have tracked the weapons for a decade. North Dakota has replaced South Carolina… Read More
Aroostook County Superior Court: Brent Clark, 25, Houlton, unauthorized use of property, $400. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Hailing from Rockland to Lubec, more than 100 sea urchin divers, dealers, tender and dragger captains Thursday morning packed the Ames Department Store parking lot where a majority pledged not to sell their catch for less than $1 per pound of urchins containing 10 percent roe. Read More
PORTLAND — Two Maine fishing boats were picked this week to be part of a federal buyout-scrapping program, but an odd chain of events already has granted one a private-sector reprieve from the cutting torch. The U.S. Department of Commerce released on Wednesday its list… Read More
By standing up to Sen. Phil Gramm over the fate of the Legal Services Corp. last week, Sen. Bill Cohen demonstrated that arguments for decency and fairness still are persuasive in the Senate. Anyone who believes that the poor are entitled to equal justice under the law will… Read More
Kevin Morse plays a mean classical guitar. He thumps and grunts and strums and pops. It’s Bach. It’s beautiful. It’s boisterous. Kevin Morse also rides a mean motorcycle. Forget the double yellow lines. Take it up to 70 mph. Leeeeeeean into the curves. Watch the… Read More
ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick — Developers of a $1 billion pipeline that will pump natural gas from Nova Scotia to New England will hold an informal informational meeting at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the St. Stephen Inn. Pipeline promoters will be at the inn until 8… Read More
A Sept. 9 profile on Howard Trotsky referred to him as the oldest river guide, at 55, for rafting trips on the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers. Bill Murphy, 62, of Greenville Junction and Friends Lake, N.Y., called in to claim that he is the oldest licensed guide on… Read More
The commission empaneled to study higher education in Maine deserves high marks for its first decision. On Wednesday, the group looked at the daunting scope of its mission and its unrealistic Dec. 15 deadline for a report to the Legislature and wisely decided to ask for more time. Read More
COOPER — The 125 residents of this eastern Washington County municipality on Oct. 26 will consider forming a committee to study the feasibility of giving up its independent town status in favor of becoming part of the state’s unorganized territory. Selectmen Justin Day, Marcel St. Read More
Seeking shelter from the hurricane called managed care, 10 small, mostly rural hospitals in northern and eastern Maine have formed an alliance to gain more bargaining power with employers, insurance companies and their competitors at larger hospitals. The Maine Health Alliance will strive to maintain… Read More
Bangor District Court: Barry Donovan, 22, Bangor, operating when license is suspended or revoked, all but 48 hours suspended from 15-day jail sentence, $400. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
Congress has been moving fast and furiously over the past months, and we are pleased to see the nation’s governors so vocal in providing guidance and input into changing federal policies. Gov. Angus King surely will continue to be a part of many important state and federal job… Read More
PATTEN — Corrective measures taken by the town’s water department have eliminated coliform bacteria contamination in the municipal water supply. According to Paul Kempf of the Division of Health Engineering for the Department of Human Services, results of water tests taken Oct. 6 showed no… Read More
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ST. GEORGE — Producing a good photograph is like producing a good wine, said photographer Jonathan Bailey. “You have to get out of the way and let it happen,” he said. Bailey’s photos, along with his home-brewed wine and beer, will be on display at… Read More
BANGOR — Chris Ladd of Wayne, the official Maine State Monopoly Champion, heads to New York next week to compete in the Parker Brothers’ National Monopoly Tournament. Ladd, 11, played in the United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Maine Monopoly Tournament in Bangor last April, beating… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine is one of the senators taking part in a fact-finding tour to Europe to assess the possible deployment of U.S. troops for a NATO peace-keeping mission in Bosnia. The Republican was among the senators selected for the bipartisan… Read More
BREWER — The Zoning Board of Appeals Thursday night granted a variance to a Brewer couple allowing them to replace an 18-by-25-foot pool house within a shoreland zone. The pool house at 309 South Main St. dates back to the 1950s and sits on a… Read More
BREWER — The people of Prospect Avenue, Allen Road and Gilmore Street have petitioned the City Council to do something about the speed and volume of traffic on their streets. James McDonald, who drafted the petition, said the hazard is unusual in that high-density housing… Read More
HAMPDEN — After three failed referendums, the residents of SAD 22 finalized the district’s 1995-96 fiscal year budget on Thursday night. Residents approved a school board recommended $2.4 million local-option by a 614-316 vote at a district budget meeting held at the Hampden Academy Skehan Center. Read More
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee predicted Thursday that the House will approve legislation deregulating the dairy industry. The “Freedom to Milk” plan, backed by Minnesota and Wisconsin lawmakers, would eliminate the elaborate system of controls and price supports on milk. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
AUGUSTA — State prosecutors Thursday announced the filing of a civil lawsuit alleging fraud against Mountain Springs Water Treatment Co. Inc. and its president. In a seven-count suit filed in Kennebec County Superior Court, the state charged Mountain Springs and Irving C. “Chuck” Minott III… Read More
With elections so close and hearing so many cynical remarks about them, I want to address the disease that has invaded the process. There is a cure if only we the voters are honest enough to want it. The problem is money, money for campaigning, for influence and… Read More
With expansion plans already under way in Belfast and Brunswick, fast-growing credit card company MBNA may look to expand its Orono operations, a company spokesman said Thursday. At a meeting of nearly 200 Bangor area business people, educators and community members, Shane Flynn, the head… Read More
In a letter to the editor dated Oct. 6, the Rev. Kenneth Partridge correctly stated tht the American Baptist Churches of Maine does not have a representative on the Religious Coalition Against Discrimination. The Religious Coalition is opposed to Question 1 on the November ballot, titled, “An Act… Read More
BOISE, Idaho — Boise Cascade Corp. on Thursday reported record profits for the third quarter, helped by strong growth in its paper business. The wood products manufacturer, which has a pulp and paper mill in Rumford, Maine, earned $118.5 million, or $1.83 per share, in… Read More
As the parents of the first-grader whose finger got caught in her desk, we too would like to respond to Norman Soucie’s letter to the editor, published Sept. 19. First of all, we’d like to express our deep appreciation to all of those involved in… Read More
The Maine Green Party is opposed to the creation of a deep-water port at Sears Island. The ecological effects of creating this port are such that all of the following agencies are opposed to it or have deep reservations about it: National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Army Corps… Read More
PORTLAND — The Finance Authority of Maine and the Maine State Retirement System agreed Wednesday to provide more than $3.3 million in financing to Spencer Press in Wells. The loan package will cut the printing company’s financing costs in half and enable it to add… Read More
For more than 30 years, I have enjoyed the sanctuary of Baxter State Park. While I am not a Maine native, most of my spare time is spent enjoying the peace and tranquility that the wilderness thereabouts provides. Of late, however, there have been some disturbing changes, occurrences… Read More
BANGOR — The Diabetes Center at Eastern Maine Medical Center is among 40 health care sites across the nation to test a new diabetes medication called Amylin, a medical center spokesman said. Amylin will be tested as a treatment in combination with insulin for Type… Read More
Bangor District Court: Michael C. Dimatteo Sr., 44, Hampden, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, 10 days in jail, weekend intervention program, one-year license suspension, $500. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
ROCKPORT — October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Penobscot Bay Medical Center, in conjunction with Pen Bay X-Ray Associates, will offer reduced-price mammograms to women who are over 40 years of age, who have not had a mammogram in the past two years, who are not pregnant… Read More
The head of the state’s largest department unveiled a cost-cutting plan Thursday that would eliminate 205 positions and result in a net savings of about $10.2 million. Kevin Concannon, commissioner of the Department of Human Services with a staff of 2,500 and a $1.2 billion… Read More
LAMOINE — Displeasure with the price tag attached to a proposed addition to the local elementary school was publicized at this week’s meeting of town selectmen. Lamoine is atop the state’s protected priority list for funds to expand and renovate the school. The most recent… Read More
HOULTON — A bulk tank truck belonging to the Irving Oil Corp. lost part of its fuel Wednesday night when it struck an object on U.S. Route 2A in Township A Range 2. The truck’s driver, Fred Taylor of Houlton, told police he was traveling… Read More
AUGUSTA — A decaying pair of moose heads with locked antlers will not be released to the hunter who found them on paper company land near Caucomgomoc Lake last week, according to a state official. The moose heads, considered to be a rare find, are… Read More
A Vancouver, British Columbia, company is setting up a $3.5 million plant in New Brunswick that will produce fresh and frozen food products, especially frozen waffles, for eastern Canada and New England. The plant in Moncton will employ 30 persons at the outset, but a… Read More
BANGOR — Bangor bid a bittersweet farewell Thursday to the wryest Reuben in town. Reuben Cohen, known to presidents and plebes alike as “Ruby,” died Monday night at the place he loved most, the small Bangor Rye Bread Co. bakery he had owned since 1929. Read More
The Federal Highway Administration announced Thursday that Aulenback Inc., a trucking firm in Mexico, Maine, has paid $14,540 in settlement of a civil penalty against it for violations of federal motor carrier safety regulations. Specifically, Aulenback was charged with failing to conduct controlled-substance testing of… Read More
Truckers entering New Brunswick during a two-week period later this month should be prepared for delays in reaching their destinations. New Brunswick Transportation Minister Sheldon Lee has announced the province’s participation in the 1995 Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators’ roadside truck survey, being carried… Read More
PORTLAND — Tennis great Martina Navratilova spoke out Thursday against an anti-gay rights measure on next month’s state ballot, saying it’s easier to mobilize voter opposition before the referendum than to fight the measure in the courts. “It takes a lot more work to overturn… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A 27-year-old Westfield mother who turned to adjust her 3-year-old daughter’s seat belt in the back seat lost control of the car she was driving at about 8:35 a.m. Thursday. The car operated by Lisa Lovely on Route 1, just north of… Read More
WATERVILLE — Murray Kempton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for New York Newsday, is the 1995 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Fellow and will accept the award at the 43rd Lovejoy Convocation Nov. 9 at Colby College. Kempton will receive an honorary degree and deliver the annual Lovejoy… Read More
DETROIT — A special town meeting has been called for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the town hall to discuss eight articles, most pertaining to road names and the upcoming implementation of the emergency 911 telephone service. Detroit does not have 911 emergency service,… Read More
NEWPORT — A Newport man was charged with assault Wednesday after an argument about a debt turned violent. Robert Crosby, 29, of Park Avenue was charged by police Officer Keith J. Emery with assaulting Leo LeBreque, a visitor to his home. According to Emery, LeBreque… Read More
PALMYRA — The Palmyra board of zoning appeals will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in the town hall. The meeting is being called to discuss a variance for Jean Webster, who wishes to locate a mobile home on Wiers Road. Read More
ORONO — Orono school officials this week were apprised of what’s been done, and what remains to be done, to improve the air quality at Asa C. Adams School. The Orono elementary school was one of more than 70 in Maine found to have poor… Read More
AUGUSTA — No one disputed the need to improve the educational facilities in Corinna when administrators and parents from SAD 48 appeared before an appeals committee at the state Department of Education Thursday. But the question to be answered by the committee is whether the… Read More
SACO — A nursing home recently cited by state inspectors for practices and conditions that jeopardized patient health and well-being has less than two weeks to resolve the problems. If Evergreen Manor in Saco fails to comply with state regulations by Oct. 23, the state… Read More
FAIRFIELD — The annual School-Age Care Conference will be held 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at Lawrence Junior High School. Those who provide care for school-age children will see exhibits, hear speakers and attend seminars during the day. At 9:15 a.m., the first of… Read More
STANDISH — The new president of St. Joseph’s College says he wants to increase the prominence of the Roman Catholic school along Sebago Lake and build on a tradition that channels students into community service. David B. House said St. Joseph’s, a four-year school with… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — An enormous debt is pushing NB Power toward a financial crisis that could see consumer rates spiral and the utility’s work force slashed, warns an industry watchdog. “This utility walks, talks and smells like Ontario Hydro did four years ago,” said… Read More
EAGLE LAKE — A 94-year-old woman whose vehicle struck a log truck Thursday sustained no injuries, police said. Trooper Arnold Smart said Laura Tucker, who was driving west of Albert Street, stopped at the intersection of Albert Street and Route 11 and proceeded, striking the… Read More