It is the rivalry in Hockey East. The University of Maine and Boston University have given Hockey East its first two NCAA hockey championships with Maine claiming the 1992-93 crown and BU beating the Bears 6-2 in last year’s title game. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Jessie Bruyere, a 6-foot-6 center from Cape Elizabeth, has signed an NCAA National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Maine on a basketball scholarship. Bruyere averaged 13 points and eight rebounds for Coach Dan Deniso’s Capers, who were Western Maine runners-up with a… Read More
MAINE vs. BOSTON UNIVERSITY Time, site: Tuesday, 7 p.m.; Alfond Arena 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 (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
Kellie Hancock only picked up a field hockey stick three years ago. “When I first started playing, it was for something to do,” the 17-year-old Bangor senior said. “I actually wanted to become good at it and I guess I did. I needed something to… Read More
Seniors Margaret Henrick and Wendy DuBois of the University of Maine field hockey team have been selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game Saturday during the NCAA field hockey final four tournament at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C. Henrick, a back from Oakland, had… Read More
BANGOR – Bangor Christian High School varsity baseball coach Jerry Mick has been hired to coach the BC varsity boys basketball program. Rev. Mick also was the BC girls varsity basketball coach in 1989 and, until this spring, the school’s superintendent. He resigned his superintendent’s… Read More
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“Producing a Quality Wreath,” a workshop sponsored by the Washington County Cooperative Extension, will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at the University of Maine at Machias. Bob MacLeod of Tartan Hill Farm in Columbia will demonstrate how to create a perfect wreath from a… Read More
KENNEBUNK — A tenant exploring the attic above his apartment discovered a bag and bottle containing bloodstained papers, three preserved fetuses, two tarantulas and doctors’ notes marked with swastikas. Police say the medical bag and its contents may date to World War II. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Big Apple convenience stores throughout the state were evacuated Monday morning after a bomb scare was called in to a Lewiston store. The caller phoned the store at about 10:30 a.m. and told a store clerk that there were two explosive devices in two Big… Read More
NORRIDGEWOCK — An abandoned landfill in Norridgewock may be one of the priorities next spring when the Department of Environmental Protection begins a new study to compile a list of landfills recommended for ultimate closure. The passage of Question 5, the environmental bond issue, in… Read More
CORINNA — A public drinking water system for the town will become a reality this week, marking the end of a 40-year quest. Corinna officials have been investigating the creation of a public drinking water system since the 1950s, but the project never really got… Read More
Theresa Levasseur of Bangor planned to cook a special dinner Sunday for 10 people when the power went out. Relatives from out of town came to Bangor to do some Christmas shopping last weekend, and Levasseur wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving early while everyone was together. Read More
PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield council members might want to come to their Tuesday night meeting in pajamas and slippers. More than 20 agenda items will await their attention, not to mention council reports and committee reports. Just before the regular meeting, the finance committee will meet… Read More
MACHIAS — The Downeast Route 1 Corridor Committee unanimously approved a proposal Monday to petition the state Department of Transportation to designate Route 1 a scenic highway. Harold West of Milbridge, who offered the proposal, will head up a committee to circulate petitions to businesses… Read More
Senior Chad Thomas was the winner of the Voice of Democracy Scriptwriting Program at Ellsworth High School. The program is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and was open to all upperclass members. “Answering America’s Call” was this year’s theme and gave… Read More
PORTLAND — A Florida company wants to invest $5 million in a facility that would transform ash from Maine’s four regional trash incinerators into material for roadbeds. American Ash Recycling Corp. uses a process developed in Europe to turn ash into a coarse material that… Read More
CARIBOU — Brenda Libby, the recently fired executive director of the Caribou Chamber of Commerce, would have to be three people to do the work expected by the Chamber’s board of directors, she said Monday. Libby, dismissed Nov. 2 by the Chamber board, cited a… Read More
AUGUSTA — The King administration will ask lawmakers this month to approve a $34 million advance from the Maine Turnpike Authority so the Department of Transportation can pay for work that includes bridge construction under way in Portland, Brunswick and Waterville. Plans call for the… Read More
CALAIS — Second congressional district Rep. John Baldacci announced Monday that a field representative from his office will meet with area residents 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the Calais City Building at 5 Church St. Area residents are invited to meet with Baldacci’s… Read More
John Ferland, 17, tossed his guitar case on top of a floor-to-ceiling pile of instruments stacked in the rear of his station wagon and then shook his head. “I need a bigger car,” muttered the Bangor High School senior, who was heading for band practice… Read More
Many residents who opposed the seat belt referendum saw the value of wearing one, but didn’t like the idea of the government ordering compliance. Now that voters have approved the question, these same opponents can help Maine improve its ranking for having the lowest compliance level in the… Read More
One of the more muddled, contentious and troublesome elements stirred into the federal budget debate was the Istook Amendment, which would limit the lobbying activity of groups that receive even minor financial support from Washington. The objective of Ernest J. Istook Jr., R-Okla., author and… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — The gates were scheduled to be locked at 8 a.m. today on Acadia National Park’s Loop Road and Cadillac Mountain as the park was shut down, its employees furloughed until further notice. From the park superintendent on down through the ranks,… Read More
Q. My house is stuffy and my allergies are bad. Even though I have a central air cleaner, should I run a room air cleaner too? What types are best and do they cost much to run? — F.D. A. Many people, not just ones… Read More
A couple of weeks ago, while I was driving to the Laundromat, the Beatles song “Yesterday” came on the radio. I began to cry. The suddenness of it surprised me. I drove to a nearby parking lot and sat there weeping loudly. A dear friend… Read More
In a story published Friday on the Gouldsboro town manager situation, the length of time Dorothy Dalton has lived in Prospect Harbor was reported erroneously. She has lived there 23 years. Dr. James Benjamin Jr.’s office telephone numbers in Presque Isle and Caribou are operable… Read More
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Maine Association of Math Leagues. Eastern Maine Math League Northern Division Meet #2. FOR COMPLETE LISTING OF MATH MEET SCORES, SEE LIBRARY MICROFILM. Read More
When most of us think of politics, the first thing that comes to mind is presidential or congressional elections. Nonetheless, the election late last month of John Sweeney as president of the AFL-CIO may be a more significant catalyst for change in the lives of most workers than… Read More
GOULDSBORO — Undertaker, a fishing boat that was the unwitting focus of a mayday hoax and a costly two-day Coast Guard search last winter, sank Sunday after being knocked about on its mooring in hurricane-strength winds. Steuben sea urchin diver and boat captain Kevin McKenna… Read More
Both of Maine’s U.S. senators had the guts (on Oct. 27) to vote for protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge even though they were under tremendous pressure from certain GOP leaders to go along with oil drilling there. As a Maine native, I always like to see… Read More
I was much heartened to read in the Oct. 23 issue of the Bangor Daily News Marta J. Hall’s Op-ed column, “Stop the moose hunt,” and hasten to assure her that she is not alone in her outrage. With the onset of hunting season, the media doubtless see… Read More
I am very optimistic that the Reform Party will be on the Maine ballot in 1996, and “As Maine goes, so goes the nation.” To date, a political party has never been formed through the party registration petition process because of Maine’s nearly impossible requirements. Maine rules call… Read More
MOUNT DESERT — Four acres and a house on Somes Sound recently sold for $1.85 million. Not caring for the house, the new owner, William Stewart Jr. of New York City, tore it down and put up another. The more than 10,000-square-foot replacement home is valued at $2.3… Read More
The top federal judge in Maine threw out a fraud lawsuit two years ago against Fleet Bank of Maine because he was a longtime acquaintance of one of the lawyers, a recently released document shows. Chief U.S. District Judge Gene Carter dismissed the case without… Read More
ROCKLAND — “The city will live to regret” the approval of a cable television franchise transfer, according to advisory committee member Joseph Steinberger. “You are giving the store away,” said committee member Donald Mudd. The City Council took the advice of its city attorney and… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor City Council dispatched the lengthy agenda of its first regular meeting of the 1996 council year in just 45 minutes Monday evening, passing most items but postponing the condemnation of the former Freese’s building. City Solicitor Erik Stumpfel recommended the postponement… Read More
ORONO — A proposal to allow deer hunting on Marsh Island was shot down Monday night. At an informational meeting conducted by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on the University of Maine campus, officials from the city of Old Town, the town of… Read More
BANGOR — A 28-year-old Kenduskeag woman was injured in a two-car motor vehicle accident on Hogan Road Monday morning. Bangor police Officer Paul Colley said Donna Leighton was operating a 1986 Pontiac, which was stopped to make a left-hand turn onto Haskell Road at 7:37… Read More
BANGOR — Two female juveniles were arrested early Monday morning and charged with burglary to a motor vehicle after being caught rifling through cars at Fessenden Auto Body on Perkins Street. Shortly after 1 a.m. Monday, Bangor police Officers Larry Weber and Edward Potter spotted… Read More
HAMPDEN — Fire heavily damaged the home of a well-known local attorney Monday afternoon. The home of Calvin and Kathy True at 334 Main Road North was “severely damaged” by the smoky blaze, Hampden Deputy Fire Chief Mike Andersen said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
The Vital Statistics Branch of the New Brunswick Department of Health and Community Services is offering heirloom birth certificates to New Brunswickers and to people anywhere in the world who were born in the province. The certificates have been created because of a growing interest… Read More
WASHINGTON — The government skidded toward a shutdown that would send 800,000 federal workers home after President Clinton and Republican leaders failed to reach a budget deal in late-night talks Monday. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said it was virtually certain the government would… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine Yankee’s request to amend its license to account for a possible thermal power reduction would cut more deeply into its electrical output than previously stated, an official said Monday. Operators of the Wiscasset nuclear power plant asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in… Read More
We are writing regarding the dangers of Jet-ski-type watercraft. Anyone who has been around the water the past few years is aware of their growing popularity. However, too many people look at them as only a toy, an amusement, that is acceptable to entertain on the water. Many… Read More
WATERVILLE — A year after their research began, students in the Waterville Regional Gifted and Talented Program are still asking the question: Are there cougars in Maine? Beginning a second year of the project, the question remains the same and students are looking to the… Read More
Skiers will like Warren Miller’s 46th annual feature-length ski adventure film,”Endless Winter,” at 7 p.m. Friday at the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono. It has something for everyone: powder skiing with a 5-year-old, heli-skiing, snowboarding, and racing professionals, including Maine Olympian Julie Parisien. Read More
BANGOR — The University of Maine System will receive $850,000 to study ways to help buy hardware to help rural communities get on the information superhighway, officials said Monday. The system’s Education Network of Maine was one of 117 recipients from 47 states to receive… Read More
The good news is it’s over. The bad news is it’s not over. If you assumed the defeat of referendum Question 1 last week would end Maine’s gay rights debate, think again. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
THOMASTON — The community is invited to a Sunrise Seminar on “Nurturing Your Creative Spirit in the Midst of Work,” 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the Samoset Resort. Originality and effectiveness in the workplace are interrelated but frequently overlooked. The seminar will aim to… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John Baldacci will meet with Aroostook County voters Saturday and Sunday at several northern Maine locations and will have a field representative meet with Houlton area voters from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Houlton Town Office. Read More
BANGOR — Despite heated rhetoric about the doom and gloom of a government shutdown, the wheels of the federal bureaucracy in Maine will turn as usual today, if only a bit more slowly in some areas. At the offices of federal departments throughout Maine, employees… Read More
BANGOR — Ross Perot will be in Maine later this week for a two-day pep rally to register voters for his new Reform Party. The Texas tycoon is scheduled to make an hour-long speech at Husson College Thursday evening, and then hold a similar forum… Read More
DEDHAM — Town officials have announced that the 1996 dog licenses are available at the town office. Dog owners will need updated rabies certificates from their veterinarians. Fees are $7.50 for non-neutered animals and $4 for neutered dogs. Proof of neutering must be provided. Read More
OLD TOWN — City councilors, who earlier this month tabled action on a trash handling plan, have approved an agreement with Sawyer Environmental Services. At a special council meeting last week, the councilors agreed to enter a two-year contract with Sawyer Environmental Services for the… Read More
HERMON — A public supper to honor the late state Rep. Robert Yackobitz, R-Hermon, will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Hermon Masonic Lodge. Casseroles, baked beans, salads, desserts will be available. Those wanting to donate foods or time… Read More
BANGOR — City councilors and school committee members voted for experience Monday morning, in both instances electing a chairman who had previously served in the position. Bangor’s new mayor and chairman of the Bangor City Council is Marshall Frankel, who held those posts twice in… Read More
HOULTON — Making the rounds of the shiretown Monday, Gov. Angus King urged people to take risks and be willing to do things for themselves rather than rely solely on the state to improve the state’s economy. King was the guest speaker at a luncheon… Read More
MADAWASKA — A lakeside A-frame was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin at Long Lake Sunday night. The uninhabited home of Denise Laforge of Calgary, Alberta, was fully engulfed in flames when Fire Chief Norman Cyr arrived at the scene at about 11 p.m. Read More