Colleges WMEB Media Poll (First-place votes in parentheses) 1. Boston University (9) 116 points 2. Colorado College (3) 106 3. Michigan 97 4. Vermont 61 5. Minnesota 58 6. Lake Superior State 53 7. Maine 51 7. Denver 51 9. Western Michigan 33 10. Bowling Green 17… Read More
Colleges AT COLBY COLLEGE, Waterville Plymouth State women 151, Colby 146 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
KENOSHA, Wis. – The University of Maine-Presque Isle’s Katherine Chabot finished 31st at the NAIA’s National Cross Country Championships held Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Cari Rampersad of Simon Frazier College, British Columbia, beat out 290 other runners to finish the 3.1-mile course in… Read More
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Becky Tower wrapped up the Brunelli Classic’s most valuable player award by scoring 60 points in tournament champion UMaine-Machias’ two victories, including 31 in the Clippers 89-71 title game victory over Pine Manor here Sunday. The sophomore scored her 500th careerpoint… Read More
WINSLOW – Thirty seconds away from their second state title in four years, the Stearns Minutemen defense stood 43 yards away from their own end zone. Winthrop quarterback Steve Maxim hit Jordan Lewis for 13 yards and Matt Harris for 11 yards to put the… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine hockey fans witnessed a vintage Blair Allison with an exclamation point on Saturday night at Alfond Arena. The Black Bears’ senior netminder stopped all 22 shots he faced en route to his second career shutout and set up an important… Read More
Stearns’ defense withstood a pair of fourth-quarter assaults by Winthrop to hang on for a 7-6 Class C state football championship at Winslow High School Saturday afternoon. The Minutemen of Millinocket were the only Eastern Maine champion to win a state title. South Portland upended… Read More
AUGUSTA – David Seward from Sumner High School of East Sullivan and Wendy Ivey from Hodgdon will represent Maine in the final round for the 1995 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award selections. The Maine student-athletes are two of 102 selected nationwide. The national process will… Read More
BANGOR – Chalk it up to resiliency or the ability of a good team to find a way to win. The Husson College men’s basketball team, led by senior captains Rick Sinclair and Bryan Jefferson and junior captain Brian Alley, rallied from a nine-point deficit… Read More
Turkey Trot 5K AT BREWER 1. Jim Garster T-16:06; 2. Brent Leighton 16:14; 3. Scott Hosmer 16:32; 4. Patrick Sullivan 16:44; 5. Mat Staples 17:08; 6. Glendon Rand 17:09; 7. Judd Esty-Kendall 17:10; 8. Randy MacNeill 17:17; 9. Preston Ringo 17:20; 10. Jason Moor 17:24;… Read More
PORTLAND – South Portland’s Tim Lawson getting the ball in Saturday’s Class A state championship game was as much a given as the cold weather. Lawson racked up yards, found holes and scored touchdowns seemingly singlehandedly in South Portland’s 32-8 win over Bangor at Fitzpatrick… Read More
PORTLAND – South Portland defensive tackle Greg Morse enjoyed his time at Fitzpatrick Stadium here Saturday afternoon, but he didn’t get nearly as much playing time as he would have liked. The Red Riots defense was so effective that its offense got most of the… Read More
ORLANDO – Like the famous Disney Mouse just a few miles away, Maine’s Mickey – quarterback Mickey Fein – was the center of attention. It was early in the third quarter, minutes after the Bears’ defensive front stuffed Central Florida on downs to start the… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick – Mike Paquin Plumbing & Heating, out of Exeter Lanes in Exeter, N.H., won the World Candlepin Team Championship by defeating the New Hampshire All-Stars 1883-1779. Paquin’s Plumbing advanced to the final after beating Coca-Cola of Needham, Mass. 1924-1827 in the Moosehead… Read More
BREWER – Already the co-owner of the course record, Jim Garster returned to take his second Turkey Trot 5K title Sunday. The 28-year-old Bangor runner, who recently returned to Bangor from Springfield, Va., didn’t have an easy time of it. He finished at 16 minutes,… Read More
AUBURN – Sophomore backup quarterback Nick Healy couldn’t have dreamed a better scenario. Four minutes into Saturday’s Class B state championship football game, Leavitt of Turner star quarterback Matt Additon severely sprained his ankle on Leavitt’s third offensive play of the game. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
AT PHILADEPHIA Beast of East Tourney Results Sunday’s Championship: Boston Pit Bulls 41, New York Strikers 40 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++) {… Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. — When the smoke had cleared, the two cardiologists agreed on only one thing: Millions of Americans with high blood pressure are taking costly and possibly harmful drugs with no proof they work. A spirited debate was held Thursday at an American Heart… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Clinton administration and congressional Republicans ended a six-day budget standoff Sunday night, sending federal employees back to work with an agreement that provides four weeks to negotiate a balanced budget over seven years. “Tomorrow the government will go back to work and… Read More
CRAFTSBURY, Vt. — Just before the start of this month’s 16-day deer hunting season, Susan Houston and her family brought their 28 llamas into the barns near their Craftsbury home to keep them safe. At a distance, llamas, especially the dark ones, look like deer… Read More
For the first time in its 125-year history, the Bangor Humane Society, which has provided the link between the human community and hundreds of thousands of dogs and cats, is itself turning to northeastern Maine for help. Supported in part by a $1.5 million grant… Read More
A story in the Saturday paper about a violation of the Greenville school system’s drug and alcohol policy neglected to say that it had been determined that one of the three students found to be intoxicated at a pep rally had not been drinking at the rally. The… Read More
Waldo County Superior Court: Robert L. Muncey Jr., 32, Winterport, two counts gross sexual assault, eight years in jail with all but 11 months suspended and six years probation. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
AUGUSTA — If it walks, flies, crawls or slithers, then chances are you could have seen it at the Maine Family Pet Expo this weekend. Pet owners and pet-owner wannabes turned out by the thousands to the Augusta Civic Center for the show that featured… Read More
WASHINGTON — The death of an Ohio eighth-grader is spurring action on an easily overlooked hazard: drawstrings at the waists of children’s jackets. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has advised manufacturers and parents to shorten cords, stitch down strings and remove the toggles that reportedly… Read More
Television commercials, program-length infomercials and newspaper advertisements throughout the country have touted the high profits to be made from investing in specialized mobile radio systems (SMR) or from licenses to operate these systems. Some ads promote SMRs as an alternative to cellular telephone systems. SMR… Read More
BANGOR — A pro-life proponent who has spent many days passing along his message in front of the Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Center was charged by Bangor police Saturday morning with conducting a picket without a permit. Terence Hughes, 57, of Orono was on the sidewalk… Read More
Like comedy, successful politics is a matter of timing. Ross Perot’s Reform Party picked a great time to get going, and the third-party’s leader’s quick trip through Maine last week showed that little has happened since 1992 to make voters feel any better about the activity in Washington. Read More
PITTSFIELD — Percy Martin, 24, of Pittsfield, was in custody Saturday at the Somerset County Jail, charged with criminal trespass, violation of privacy and burglary in connection with an early morning incident in Pittsfield. According to police records, Martin is charged with entering the home… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education Department, in cooperation with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, will offer a weapons safety workshop at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, at the school in Rockland, to be followed by a practical session the next day, Saturday, Dec. 16,… Read More
I could not believe my eyes Nov. 10, on the CBS Evenings News, when I saw members of Congress taking the podium with golf clubs in hands. Just because President Clinton went golfing and won’t accept the task Congress is forcing on him and the American… Read More
With all the talk about trading recyclable products on the commodity exchange and the money to be made from it, I feel it’s time to enlighten the public that getting rich selling recyclable product (or garbage) is not going to happen. The cost to collect and process a… Read More
Referendum 1 is history. Who really won? All it seems to show is that 193,414 people in Maine feel that morality is an important part of society in Maine and that 220,335 seem to think God’s word is no longer relevant in society. They seem to feel we… Read More
Some University of Maine students traded in their textbooks, regular jobs and free time Saturday for paint and brushes and the chance to make a difference in the eastern Maine area. With painting roller in hand, senior Becky Drake stretched on her tiptoes to apply… Read More
You want to talk frustration? Just ask Laurie Beylerian of Glenburn. She can tell you about frustration — four frustrating weeks she searched for a lost Megabucks ticket that she thought contained the winning numbers for her share of a $6.1 million jackpot. “If this… Read More
Both of Maine’s congressmen expressed relief at the resolution of the budget standoff Sunday night. First District Republican James Longley Jr. echoed GOP leaders in hailing the accord as a victory for principle. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
Posed with his little sister in the portrait on the living room wall, the youngster has blondish curls and cherubic cheeks that accent a disarming smile and engaging blue eyes. For the mother, the image jumps out from another place, from what seems a lifetime… Read More
HAMPDEN — Less than 24 hours after swiftly taking care of a man who pointed a loaded 12-gauge shotgun at his roommate, the Hampden Police Department found itself in a three-hour standoff with a group of intoxicated young people allegedly armed with middle fingers, stereotypical anti-police insults and… Read More
BANGOR — A 19-year-old Bangor woman, who led police on a slow-speed chase through downtown Bangor, was arrested early Sunday morning and now faces three charges, including operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Shannez Daniels was charged with OUI, failure… Read More
As the helicopter circled a Bangor shopping center, high above the estimated 300 craned necks of children, mothers and fathers alike, one excited youngster couldn’t help but pose the most obvious question of the chilly morning: “Why is he coming in a helicopter? Where are… Read More
BANGOR — Two 17-year-old Bangor boys were charged with criminal mischief Saturday night after allegedly destroying more than a dozen mailboxes in the Judson Heights Trailer Park. Bangor police received a report Saturday that occupants of a blue pickup truck were smashing mailboxes with a… Read More
HARTLAND — Athletes involved with the Hartland Sports Boosters program will be honored in Augusta on Thursday, Dec. 7. Doug Morse, the Boosters’ founder and president, said members of the 1994-95 Hartland Huskies basketball team will meet with Gov. Angus King during a field trip… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A 12-year-old Pittsfield boy was injured in the foot on Saturday when the .22-caliber rifle he was holding discharged accidentally. According to Pittsfield police Officer Chris Tremblay, he was called to Sebasticook Valley Hospital Saturday morning, where the boy was being treated for… Read More
OLD TOWN — Three juveniles admitted to inadvertently starting a fire inside a University of Maine storage barn on Saturday afternoon, destroying more than 2,500 bales of hay and a campus-owned utility truck. The fire, which flattened the barn located at the J. Franklin Witter… Read More
EASTPORT — An 18-foot boat equipped with a sophisticated pumping system for cleaning up oil spills was delivered Friday, accounting for the final piece in the city’s $100,000 oil spill cleanup system. Volunteers will now be recruited and trained to use the emergency system to protect the harbor’s… Read More
ST. ALBANS — Award-winning teaching techniques have earned Virginia Secor of St. Albans a position on the Citizen Ambassador Program’s reading education delegation to South Africa next week. The program is sponsored by People to People International, a nonpolitical, private sector organization created by President… Read More
AUGUSTA — Sen. Phil Gramm made a quick visit to Maine on Sunday, saying he had demonstrated that the fight for the Republican presidential nomination is just between him and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Gramm’s straw poll drive came up against Dole’s foundation as… Read More
AUGUSTA — Bottling companies say fraud in the cross-border redemption of beverage containers is a growing problem in Maine. A state task force meeting today is looking at various options, including registration and licensing of redemption centers and use of registration fees to pay for… Read More
An early morning snowfall, which tapered off to intermittent flurries for the remainder of the day, dumped from 2 to 6 inches on portions of eastern Maine Sunday, leading to slippery and slushy roads and a number of minor car accidents. No serious injuries were… Read More
NEWPORT — A crash involving an all-terrain vehicle and a Ford sedan late Friday night in Newport sent four people to the hospital with a variety of injuries. According to state Game Warden Kevin Adam, a 1976 four-door sedan operated by Barry Worster, 17, of… Read More
As deer season kicks into full swing, sportsmen with such surnames as Cyr, Desjardins and Daigle are heading for some of the same hunting trails and spots once frequented by their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers of French descent. Their clothing and gear might be vastly… Read More
A fuel oil spill penetrated deep into Bangor’s waste-water treatment plant Sunday, potentially diminishing the plant’s ability to process waste from Bangor and Hampden. State and local authorities are still investigating the accidential spill and have pinpointed it to a Bangor company. The city isn’t… Read More
CHATHAM, N.J. — Donald Ziegler set out on his grand post-graduation tour in July, backpacking through eastern Europe and the Balkans, along the way dashing off weekly post cards to his widowed mother. The cards stopped coming two months ago, and when the 24-year-old University… Read More
In an opinion piece (BDN, Oct. 24), Hiram Perry charges that the Environmental Protection Agency has been “exposed” in its efforts to misrepresent the “truth” behind the public health hazards of dioxin. The “truth,” according to Perry, is that dioxin is mostly a product of forest fires and… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Although the Maine potato industry may be losing ground on the domestic front, growers are looking overseas to develop markets in Europe, South America and the Caribbean. “We need alternatives to increase acreage,” said John Logan of the Maine Potato Board. The… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Nov. 7 vote to approve first-year funding of a $3 million solution to SAD 5’s space problem “smells to high heaven,” according to an Owls Head resident. The town’s fire chief, Frank Ross, said the vote is open to legal challenge because the public received… Read More