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    AUGUSTA – The Maine State Harness Racing Commission may have set a record this week by completing the 1996 race-date allocations in a little more than 24 hours. And it was done in an atmosphere of cooperation, without filibustering, temper tantrums or intimidation and without its fifth full-time… Read More
    LA GRANDE, Ore. – Ryan Orton scored 19 points to lead Eastern Oregon State to a 90-81 men’s basketball win over the Husson College Braves Wednesday night. Jeremy Moser netted 16 points as Deon Chandler added 15 and grabbed 11 rebounds for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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    In a transition that has gone almost unnoticed by the general media, we have moved from the “golden age of antibiotics” to a fast-looming medical crisis in that increasing numbers of disease-causing bacteria are becoming resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them. In recent years, several strains… Read More
    Southern Aroostook Community High School, Island Falls First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Jeremy MacArthur and Kendra Swallow; honors: Carrie Chambers, Laura Chicoine, Brandy Hardy, Michelle Levesque, Chris Michaud, Shaina Richards, Gretchin Smith and Corinne Watson. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    Maine’s decade-long difficulty with taxation levels — from excess revenues collected in the 1980s to unforeseen shortages in the 1990s — make a recently begun review long overdue. The challenge for the economists examining the system is to overcome skepticism by some politicians that the study is just… Read More
    Wisdom High School, St. Agatha First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Tina Gervais and Jill Guerrette; honors: Brenda Bernard, Ryan Boucher, Daniel Flanders, Renee Lagasse, Jill Michaud, Travis Michaud, Michelle Ouellette, Philip Paradis, Cynthia Sirois, Tracy Sirois, Ryan Soucy and Craig Thibeault. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    For some people, there’s no sense in trying to escape the past. Especially when you’re Gerald Curry, a talented cabinetmaker in Union. “In the early ’70s, the old hippies moved away from the cities and became cabinetmakers and tinsmiths,” he said. “Some of us stuck… Read More
    I remember when I first jumped on Ricky Craven’s bandwagon. It was a hot, muggy day in July in the late 1980s and I was mowing my lawn. I saw Bud Leavitt, my neighbor, coming out of his house with his fly rod in hand. He must have… Read More
    With their initials this week, Balkan leaders may end a long conflict, but their peace agreement issues a fresh challenge to Serbs, Croats and Muslims to control historic animosities, and it is likely to provoke political warfare on a new battlefield, the U.S. Congress. The… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, who handily won Maine’s straw poll earlier this month, has filed candidacy papers to qualify for the Maine presidential primary ballot. Gramm on Wednesday became the first Republican to file papers in Maine for the New England-wide Yankee Day… Read More
    In his Nov. 13 letter, “Missing the point,” Alfred J. Greenlaw criticizes an editorial in your paper by saying it omitted the fact that the Department of Human Services budget is chiefly “program-driven” and not “payroll-driven.” He further theorizes that this will lead to the problem of no… Read More
    GUILFORD — New college degree programs are now available at Piscataquis Community High School, through a partnership with the Education Network of Maine. The Education Network of Maine is a nationally recognized part of the University of Maine System, and delivers university and technical college… Read More
    Recently, those of us in Clifton, Amherst, Aurora, Otis, Mariaville and other adjoining small towns lost our customer-owned Union River Electric Co-op to a buyout through Bangor Hydro. The office in Amherst was closed and all employed lost their jobs. Bangor Hydro did not want to keep the… Read More
    We want to tell about some good things that came from the Question 1 campaign, speaking from Hancock County, which produced the highest percentage of no votes of any county in Maine. The previously existing Hancock County Community Network helped us get started, but we… Read More
    BANGOR — By the time Jeff Paul reads this today, he might regret what he did yesterday. Which isn’t to say he won’t do it again next year. But if it’s Thanksgiving Day in America, the guys have gotta play football. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    Many Mainers celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with a bit of tradition Thursday by traveling to visit family, sitting down to turkey dinners or heading out to a football game. Gov. Angus King was among the holiday travelers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    WELLS — Construction of the York County Technical College has been delayed for a year because of low enrollment of full-time students. The low enrollment is blamed on the new school’s inability to offer federal financial aid until it is fully accredited. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    I have a very personal response to the extensive article, “Mount Desert’s affluence has double edge” (Nov. 14), especially since the shorefront home pictured among those “ringing the waters of Northeast Harbor” was built by my father. The boathouse pictured even closer to the shore, until 1985 a… Read More
    PORTLAND — On Nov. 9, just two days after the second annual Maine Brewers’ Festival, Shipyard Brewing Co. announced at a Portland press conference that it was forming a partnership with Miller Brewing Co. Fred Forsley, president of Shipyard, and Alan Pugsley, master brewer, sold… Read More
    FORT KENT — The Northern Maine Medical Center Guild will display their third annual Memorial Tree in the lobby of the Fort Kent hospital this season. Ornaments on the tree can be purchased in memory of loved ones whose names appear on the ornaments. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Recreation and Parks Department will be forming ice hockey teams for children ages seven through high school. Two leagues will be formed. The squirt-peewee league is for children 7 through 12 years, and the bantam-midget league is for students 13 and… Read More
    CONCORD, N.H. — The state Supreme Court has thrown out charges against a Maine police dispatcher accused of making harassing telephone calls to a man who had criticized police. The court said Shawn Fahy, a dispatcher from South Berwick, Maine, cannot be charged or tried… Read More
    FORT KENT — An author, photographer, ecologist and consultant, Dr. James Parker will make two presentations on endangered species and an expedition to the tropics at the University of Maine at Fort Kent on Dec. 2. The two programs by Aerie East, a Farmington-based environmental… Read More
    MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Recreation and Parks Department is forming a residents committee to look into the construction of a swimming pool for the town. An organizational meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, at the Madawaska Safety Complex. The public is… Read More
    LAMOINE — Lamoine is soliciting bids to handle its recyclable waste, with town selectmen concerned about the future of the nonprofit Coastal Recycling. Lamoine was one of the founding members of the nonprofit Coastal Recycling in 1991, investing start-up funds and membership fees in the… Read More
    WALES — A 20-year-old Lewiston man was killed in a car crash that remained under investigation Thursday. Jason Jalbert was killed at about 9:35 p.m. Wednesday after he and another Lewiston man were thrown from a Chevrolet Malibu sedan. The car went out of control… Read More