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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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