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
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    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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    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
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    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 — 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
    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
    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
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    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
    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
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    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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