A case of laryngitis knocked local sportscaster and University of Maine hockey broadcaster Dan Hannigan out of the booth three words into his pregame show last Saturday night in Providence, R.I. NEWS sportswriter Larry Mahoney, who was in the press box covering the game, agreed… Read More
BANGOR – Rick Sinclair poured in 22 points and hauled down nine rebounds to lead the Husson College Braves to a 95-73 men’s basketball win over the University of Maine-Fort Kent at Newman Gym Wednesday night. Michael Dyt scored 15 for the winners and Brian… Read More
ORONO – Massachusetts had every intention of exploiting Maine’s injury-thinned frontcourt here Wednesday night. Instead, it was the Black Bears who got the best of the inside play. Stacey Porrini and Catherine Gallant controlled the play under the basket while combining for 28 points and… Read More
Maine has been granted a franchise for the 1997 season, according to the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues. The franchise has been awarded to Ed Anderson, chairman of the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League. No site or name has been chosen for the franchise. Read More
PORTLAND – Center Jeff Nelson of the Portland Pirates has been called up by the Washington Capitals of the NHL. Nelson was leading the Pirates in scoring with nine goals and 15 assists in 19 games. Jason Allison has been assigned to Portland by the Capitals. Allison has… Read More
Kristen Clark of Raymond has qualified for a World Cup Alpine event today in Vail, Colo. Clark is a member of the U.S. Ski Team’s “C” team, but qualified well enough to race with the “A” team for this competition. Read More
ORONO – Cindy Blodgett may have been chosen as the most valuable player in the Black Bears’ season-opener against the University of Massachusetts Wednesday, but Stacey Porrini was a deciding factor in the Bears’ 70-56 win. How much of a factor? googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick – A team from Oxford Hills Bowling Center in South Paris surged to second place in its division during the 11th World Team Candlepin Bowling Tournament at Hanwell Bowling Centre Wednesday. Tim Matero and Matt Rich helped the Oxford Hills bowlers compile… Read More
ORONO – Kathy Paul did not like going to Old Town High School basketball games. Paul, a former Old Town student now attending the University of Maine, is a Penobscot Indian who disliked the way Old Town High depicted her culture when she was in… Read More
At least 2,000 fans should be in the seats at Alfond Arena for every University of Maine women’s basketball home game this season because the seats have already been paid for. Mark Decker, UMaine’s athletic ticket manager, said approximately 2,000 fans have purchased season tickets… Read More
AUGUSTA — As hearings open leading to a special session of the Maine Legislature, the most controversial item on the table appears to be Gov. Angus S. King’s $34 million plan to bail out the cash-strapped Department of Tran- sportation. The $27 million package of… Read More
It’s the hot potato of municipal government. The topic of sexually oriented “relaxation spas” has been tossed from Portland to Brewer and from Bangor to Ellsworth to Dedham. As more than one city official has asked: Why doesn’t the Legislature do something about these businesses which offer sexual… Read More
CARIBOU — Brenda Libby, the recently fired executive director of the Caribou Chamber of Commerce, will not get her job back, according to a statement issued by the organization Wednesday. The Chamber’s board of directors voted unanimously not to reconsider their Nov. 2 decision to… Read More
ST. AGATHA — The long, dry summer caused a financial drought for the Maine Potato Board, which is funded by a tax generated by the volume of Maine potatoes bought and sold. Because of fewer potatoes resulting in less revenue, the board voted Wednesday to… Read More
FREEPORT — Cogeneration — the idea of burning fuel to make electricity and use the waste heat — has made its way from paper mills and power plants to the residential market. David Leeman says the oil-fired generator that churns out electricity while heating the… Read More
Maine State Police were investigating whether a man accused of killing at least four women in four states might be linked to an unsolved homicide in Maine, a spokesman said Wednesday. Detectives faxed some material Wednesday to authorities in Kentucky, where Glen Rogers was arrested… Read More
The Maine Green Party says it has collected enough signatures to ensure a referendum to ban clear-cutting will be on the ballot in November 1996. Jonathan Carter, former gubernatorial candidate for the Greens, said the referendum would protect the health of Maine’s forests and its… Read More
Deluge keeps town crews busy > Rivers watched for minor flooding; state bans clam, mussel harvesting
Another late-fall storm dumped rain across Maine Wednesday, flooding more cellars and culverts than rivers after much of the state had prepared for serious damage. The high winds and sleet experienced overnight had, for the most part, subsided by early morning, although heavy rains continued… Read More
EASTPORT — Declining municipal budgets and a shrinking Police Department have led officials in this seaside community to think about ways to get residents involved in a Neighborhood Crime Watch program. Eastport police Chief Charles Shaw Jr. said crime watch programs have been successful in… Read More
BANGOR — Keri Sewell knew she was going to run out of testing kits during Radon Action Week last month, and she did. People stopped by or called the city of Bangor’s Code Enforcement Office looking for the free kits, and were told they’d have to wait. Read More
Government shutdowns are the political equivalent of the neutron bomb. When one explodes, the buildings survive but all the politicians are killed. Before this week, the last federal shutdown was in 1990, when Democrats in Congress blackmailed George Bush into breaking his “no new taxes”… Read More
The University of Maine at Orono has a long history of marine science, beginning prior to the acquisition of the Darling Center in the mid-1960s. This history, however, has been fraught with a lack of focus on the role of marine science within the university, and over the… Read More
LINCOLN — For the third year in a row, customers of the Lincoln Sanitary District will see no rate increase in 1996. When sewer customers get their bills in January 1996, the rates for residential customers and small commercial users will be $4.10 per 100… Read More
AUGUSTA — David Jagger of Springvale, who heads the Jagger Bros. textile firm, was elected Wednesday to the chairmanship of the board of directors of Central Maine Power Co. Jagger, who was already a member of the CMP board, will succeed outgoing Chairman Carlton Reed… Read More
BATH — Bath Iron Works, the state’s largest private employer, has enough money to continue operating at least two weeks despite the shutdown of the federal government, the Navy said Wednesday. The government certified a $32 million payment to the shipyard on Monday, providing enough… Read More
Weeks of tension have boiled over, resulting in a call by Penobscot County commissioners for a personnel hearing to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by the county’s supervisor of road projects for unorganized territories. On a 3-0 vote, the board has unanimously decided to hold the… Read More
WASHINGTON — Maine would save $221 million over seven years if Congress and President Clinton agreed to a balanced budget, according to a Senate Budget Committee study released Wednesday. The savings would come from falling interest rates that would lower the state’s interest payments on… Read More
SACO — Evergreen Manor Nursing Home has resolved the “vast majority” of deficiencies cited by state inspectors last summer, but will remain under continued scrutiny, officials said. The 42-bed facility’s state license is in force on a conditional basis, meaning it could be lifted at… Read More
CAMDEN — Todd Grove, long-term care specialist and consultant to the Maine Health Care Association, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at Windward Gardens, 105 Mechanic St. The cost of long-term care is the single greatest financial risk elderly Americans face today. Grove… Read More
They might be characters out of an as-yet-unwritten fairy tale. They’re certainly out of time: There’s nothing remotely 20th century about them, exquisitely if eccentrically dressed in their hand-stitched velvet cloaks and caps, the ladies wearing patched pantaloons under their antique silken gowns, the men dressed in embroidered… Read More
Referendum Question 1 is history. One group said it was about discrimination. Another claimed that a rich group of militant extremists were trying to buy government protections. Some thought it was about schools and others thought it was about protecting the family. I’m just glad it’s over. Read More
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Artists will remain open throughout the winter, offering exhibitions in the downstairs gallery. According to John Chandler, executive director, “We have changed our winter gallery hours to make it more convenient for year-round residents to visit the gallery.” googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
AUGUSTA — In advance of three days of Appropriations Committee hearings on Gov. Angus King’s $27 million budget-cutting package, another panel Wednesday raised questions about one of its most controversial elements. At a hearing addressed by Corrections Commissioner Joseph Lehman and a variety of critics,… Read More
BREWER — “It is the battle scene,” said Rep. Dick Campbell, describing the park he is trying to create in Brewer. “Chamberlain stands alone atop Little Round Top [Gettysburg]. He is standing, meditating. He is looking inward, pondering. It is the reflection of the man,… Read More
The acquittal of a 17-year-old hunter, charged in the November 1994 shooting death of a Winslow man, raises serious questions about the effectiveness of a 1991 law designed to hold hunters responsible when they kill or injure another human being. District Court Judge Bernard Staples… Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A new study offers what doctors say is convincing, case-closed evidence at last that you can live longer by lowering your cholesterol. While many in the medical world already accept this idea, it had never actually been proved. There was also lingering… Read More
AUGUSTA — A program that allows Central Maine Power to temporarily pull the plug on people who ignore their electric bills is intended to get the customers’ attention. “This action is the last step to be used when all other attempts to `gain contact’ with… Read More
If the state of Maine spends more than 10 minutes defending itself in a suit over locked antlers, it is wasting its time and taxpayer dollars. This is the sort of case in which sticking to the letter of the law defeats common sense and gives government a… Read More
Although I find the media hype on relaxation spas getting almost as tedious as the O.J. trial, I cannot let the article appearing in your paper on Nov. 9 regarding Body Magic in Dedham to go without comment. Throughout the article you refer to their “massage business” and… Read More
BANGOR — Alma Wright claims she wasn’t overly concerned when her son, Daniel Durrange, joined the Navy and headed off to a faraway place called Vietnam to fight in a war that seemed to become more political with each gunshot. “It really wasn’t a concern,”… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Tests will be conducted between 1 and 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, on the fire pump at the new General Signal Building Systems warehouse in the Pittsfield Industrial Park. The testing may cause some discoloration and loss of water pressure within the municipal… Read More
NEWPORT — The National Youth Leadership Forum on Defense, Intelligence and Diplomacy has invited Nokomis Regional High School junior Cheryl Dunakin to participate in its February session in Washington, D.C. Only honor roll students preselected in an academic talent search are invited to participate in… Read More
DOVER, N.H. — Attorneys defending a former Massachusetts prep school teacher facing nearly 600 child pornography charges have asked a judge either to dismiss the case or drop some of the counts. One of the 15 motions filed Monday in Strafford County Superior Court asks… Read More
SEARSPORT — The Penobscot Marine Museum’s annual Victorian Christmas celebration will take place on Friday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 9. The Fowler-True-Ross House will be decorated with holiday greens and ornaments and will be open 4-7 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. On… Read More
NEWPORT — Newport selectmen denied a resident’s request Wednesday night for a special town meeting to address outdated zoning ordinances. It seems a neighborhood created in the 1920s doesn’t fit zoning ordinances created in the 1980s. Danny Murray of Park Avenue wanted the board to… Read More
BELFAST — Sarah Caputo, the daughter of Christina and Frank Caputo, has received the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest for a Girl Scout. Caputo’s community service project, part of the requirement for the award, was to create a bluebird trail in Swanville. She also… Read More
CAMDEN — Rep. Gordon Gates, D-Camden, has filed legislation to stop the Consumers Maine Water Co. from taking water from Megunticook Lake. That legislation, now tied up in committee, would counteract legislation passed in 1989 which granted the Rockland-based utility water rights to the lake. Read More
ROCKLAND — Wal-Mart will turn the flurry of holiday spending into an early present for local soup kitchens by donating a percentage of store sales between 7 a.m. and noon Saturday, Nov. 25. Store officials selected St. Bernard’s Soup Kitchen of Rockland and the Stone Soup Soup Kitchen… Read More
The Maine Women’s Fund, a nonprofit foundation based in Portland that seeks to open doors of opportunity to women, is expanding its presence here with a Bangor steering committee. Working with local Chairwoman Roberta Laverty are Sharon Barker, Mary Cathcart, Lou Chamberland, Brenda Cook, Catherine Cutler, Madonna Flanders,… Read More
The city of Bangor is moving slowly toward privatization of some of its activities, as it should. It surprised me to read in the Oct. 24 issue of the Bangor Daily News that the Fire Department is expanding its ambulance service from one ambulance to two. The city… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Nurses Association will host Suzanne Gordon for a workshop to discuss health care restructuring issues affecting the nursing profession on interactive television Friday, Nov. 17. Gordon, a writer and health issues advocate, will be on the air from 8 to… Read More
We are told that we are the richest nation in the world, which certainly gives us something to be thankful for come Thanksgiving, but are we morally bankrupt when we allow 100,000 of our children to be homeless? How can we elect represenatives to serve… Read More
So what is with this new Bangor Hydro campaign, “Just turn it on”? Every time I hear one of these new ads on television my suspicions are aroused. Why do they want us to turn on the electric heat? At a time when the need to recycle and… Read More
We agree with the Bangor Daily News concerning the export of woodchips from Sears Island that “It would be a crime to strip the woods and ship it in pieces to Asia, Europe or anywhere else. That isn’t what this port should be about …” (Editorial, Nov. 6). Read More
PORTLAND — The federal government has given Maine the green light to start to shift Maine’s poorest families into managed health care, a move expected to save $3.2 million over two years. While the change may limit health care choice for the 115,000 residents covered… Read More
BELGRADE — Authorities on Wednesday released the identity of a young deer hunter who was killed when his gun apparently discharged after he fell from a tree stand in Belgrade. The victim was identified as Chris Couture, 16, of Belgrade, who reportedly was hunting alone… Read More
BANGOR — A 34-year-old Hancock man was charged with violation of a parade permit last Thursday after picketing outside the Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center on Harlow Street. Jeffrey Harden was summoned at 9 a.m. Thursday after he failed to produce a permit for Bangor… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Teachers in SAD 53, Burnham, Detroit and Pittsfield, will learn about a new support system during a workshop program Monday, Nov. 20. The workshop is the first of two days dedicated to in-service training and planning sessions, while students have the week off… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Starting Jan. 1, electric rates will go up for all Maine Public Service customers. This week the state’s Public Utilities Commission has approved a four-year plan for a total across-the-board increase of 13.25 percent. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
PORTLAND — The John J. Nissen Baking Co.’s board will meet Thursday to consider abandoning its four-story building at the base of Munjoy Hill in favor of building a modern facility elsewhere. The board will weigh competing proposals to build in Scarborough or at another… Read More
ROCKLAND — Testimony in a $1 million malpractice suit against Dr. Corwin Olds and Penobscot Bay Medical Center started Wednesday morning in Knox County Superior Court with a stipulation that both defendants are guilty of negligence and some injury to patient Nancy Anderson. The question… Read More
The Eastern Maine Development Corp.’s search for a new president and chief executive officer is still in its infancy, less than one month after the sudden resignation of its former leader. Charles G. Roundy, who was hired to head the organization in 1992, resigned effective… Read More
HAMPDEN — SAD 22 school board member Debra Wellman could not contain her happiness. After six years of thinking about it, dreaming about it and talking about it, the SAD 22 school board moved one step closer to making the Leroy Smith School building project… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Councilors set up a corporation Tuesday night to conform with state regulations governing lease payments on a building the town had built. The Pittsfield Economic Expansion Corp. was created to accept lease payments from a warehouse the town built in the Industrial Park,… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A small, dilapidated house on North Main Street, purchased this summer by the town, was sold Tuesday night to Kennebec Valley Community Action program, despite the objections of a neighbor. The house is part of a federally funded neighborhood revitalization program and will… Read More
SEARSPORT — A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ruling that a proposed cargo pier at Sears Island must be built on pilings instead of filled ocean floor is an expensive decision, but not a fatal blow, a state transportation official said Wednesday. The Corps, which… Read More
DEXTER — “It takes a whole village to raise a child,” has become a popular phrase in this decade to describe the need for both the schools and community to work together in educating and caring for America’s youth. But for migrant children, whose families’… Read More
Bangor District Court: Fred S. Trott Jr., 31, Orono, violation of bail condition, $200; operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, 90-day license suspension, $450. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
BLUE HILL — Upon returning from his vacation Wednesday, a Maine State Police spokesman insisted there is nothing new to tell regarding the investigation of the death of a local real estate broker last month. “No news” has been the watchword ever since the Oct. Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — This small, one-industry town wants to revitalize its downtown and attract new commercial development and businesses to stabilize its tax base. For decades, East Millinocket, which is known as a town “that paper made,” enjoyed the growth of its largest employer, Great… Read More
BREWER — Cathy Lewis, principal of the Pendleton Street and Capri elementary schools in Brewer, told members of the school committee Tuesday night that she was making an effort to increase communications between the two schools and between the schools and the community. She said… Read More
LEWISTON — An investigation into the 1990 deaths of Lloyd Franklin Millett’s daughter and her playmate is among several that have been reopened as Millett awaits prosecution for the murders of two women. But a former state fire investigator who took part in the initial… Read More
Donald Wedgewood Webber, 88, a retired Maine supreme court justice who established pretrial procedure in Maine civil cases, died Wednesday. In 1948, Webber was appointed to the Maine Superior Court and in 1953 became an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, a position… Read More
BANGOR — The Salvation Army has announced the start of the 1995 Coats for Kids program, providing warm coats for Maine children. Last year, 21,000 coats were donated, cleaned and distributed through the program. Sponsor is WLBZ and dropoff boxes are at Shop ‘n Save… Read More
BANGOR — A convicted murderer was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday after illegally re-entering the country. Juan Aguilar-Aguilar, 41, of Turner was arrested for drunken driving in Rumford last month. A check of Aguilar-Aguilar’s criminal background showed that he had been convicted of… Read More
BANGOR — AcadiaNet will hold a free workshop on the Internet 7-9 tonight at the Holiday Inn, Main Street. Basics of global communications via computer will be the topic and demonstrations will include use of electronic mail, information searches on the World Wide Web and… Read More