ORONO – Greg Cronin holds degrees in history and American studies from Colby College and a masters in business from the University of Maine. He once decided he needed to develop his “people skills” so he took $500 in cash and a backpack full of… Read More
Shawn Walsh will coach the University of Maine hockey team tonight for the last time before he begins a one-year suspension Sunday for violations of NCAA rules discovered within his program. In light of his actions during the last few years, including the 18-month investigation… Read More
ORONO – Maine junior left winger Jamie Thompson, who missed the first semester due to academic difficulties, has been ruled eligible beginning Saturday night, it was announced here Friday night. Thompson achieved the necessary grade point average to regain his eligbility and will be in… Read More
EAST MACHIAS – Nick Wood hit two 3-pointers, his only points of the game, in overtime as Machias got its first win by knocking off archrival Washington Academy 75-73 in schoolboy basketball action here Friday night. Paul Cox, who poured in a game-high 35 points… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET – Mike Kimball scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Schenck to a 79-61 win against Houlton in schoolboy basketball Friday night. Tom Jamo kicked in 20 points and Erik Giberson had 13 for Schenck. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
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ORONO – Members of the Swedish junior national hockey team played together for the first time Friday night. You would have never known that while watching them defeat the Switzerland junior national team 3-2 at Alfond Arena in the opening game of the J.C. Penney Classic. Read More
MILLINOCKET – Nicole Ryan opened the third quarter with three consecutive baskets and host Stearns pulled away to a 62-42 schoolgirl basketball victory over Houlton here Friday night. Ryan finished with 16 points while Cara Moir tossed in 21 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for… Read More
WEST WARWICK, R.I. – A second minor league baseball franchise could be coming to Rhode Island. The Town Council is expected to vote Jan. 2 on a proposal to bring a Northeast Class A Baseball League expansion franchise to the 1,500-seat McCarthy Field in Riverpoint… Read More
The incorrect date was listed in Thursday’s paper for the Bangor High School boys and girls alumni swim meet. The meet will be held Dec. 26 at 6 p.m. at Husson College in Bangor. Read More
I had finished the last exam of my first semester at Providence College in Rhode Island earlier in the afternoon. After spending the evening visting some of my cross country teammates and baking cookies for my church Christmas party, I was growing weary. But there I was, up… Read More
CAMDEN – The Camden-Rockport Windjammers built a 19-point lead at the half en route to a 73-63 schoolboy basketball win over the Mount View Mustangs Friday night. The undefeated ‘Jammers notched their third win despite a 43-point effort from Mount View’s Ken Buttery. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
With shoulders hunched against the cold, Hank Lyons stood behind a makeshift blind of driftwood draped with rockweed and squinted through the sift of snow dusting his black duck decoys. In a futile attempt at warming his feet, he kicked the toes of his boots, first one then… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine faithful gave soon-to-be-suspended coach Shawn Walsh a stirring and extended round of applause before the Black Bears’ J.C. Penney Classic game against Union College here Friday night. His players responded with a rousing performance. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
HAMPDEN – Jessica Hopkins scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to help the Hampden Academy Broncos defeat the Morse Shipbuilders 58-48 in schoolgirl basketball action Friday night. Amy-Jo Crawford had 15 points and 10 steals for the Broncos. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
MILLINOCKET – Nicole Ryan opened the third quarter with three consecutive baskets and host Stearns pulled away to a 62-42 schoolgirl basketball victory over Houlton here Friday night. Ryan finished with 16 points while Cara Moir tossed in 21 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for… Read More
DENVER — Setting the stage for a historic clash in court — or possibly on American Indian lands — the 10 tribes operating casinos in New Mexico on Friday rejected a federal order that they close the lucrative operations by Jan. 15 or face forfeiture of their gambling… Read More
There are lots of things I wonder about at Christmas, not the least of which is how many macho wannabee Rambos out there are reduced to quaking blobs of protoplasm at the threat implied in the three little words “Some Assembly Required.” Granted, as a… Read More
Never in the history of this country have so few people held so much power over public opinion. Five corporations own the TV networks, major cable television operations, most of the big movie studios, an influential news magazine and the country’s largest circulation publication. When… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A local woman was transferred in serious condition to a Portland hospital and another woman underwent surgery at the Presque Isle hospital after a head-on collision early Friday morning in Presque Isle. Trooper Tami Doyle said Kara Condon, 18, of Presque Isle… Read More
Gloria Jellerson Augustine, 155 Warren St., Bangor 04401, telephone 942-2767, is searching for her sister, Verna Patricia Jellerson, born April 12, 1945. Their parents were Van P. Jellerson and Marguerite Parker of Bangor. The family had two other sisters and four brothers. Any information would be appreciated. Read More
WASHINGTON — A plastic pad for use during breast self-examination by women was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, but not as the only way to search for lumps. The product, consisting of a silicon-filled flexible circular plastic envelope 10 inches in… Read More
Candlelight flickered on frost-painted windowpanes as Christmas Eve dinner with my husband’s mother reached a quiet conclusion. We could have sipped steaming coffee and nibbled on sugar cookies all evening, but we had planned to drive from Portland to Woodland to celebrate Christmas morning with my family. We… Read More
BANGOR — Demolition to make way for a new Shaw’s supermarket on Main Street will begin early Tuesday morning, weather permitting. Community Development Director Rodney McKay said Friday that public works crews hoped to tear down the former Oriental Market between 7 and 8 a.m. If all goes… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Some retail businesses in Aroostook County hoping for a Christmas shopping season that would lift them from a yearlong slump were elated with the amount of traffic and sales, while others said business was flat or worse than ever. And it seems… Read More
Reports of the negotiations over competing federal budget proposals have focused mostly on the size and kind of tax cuts and proposed changes in Medicaid and Medicare. Less attention has been given to date to the substantial changes in welafre proposed in a House Senate Conference agreement and… Read More
WASHINGTON — Defying its ethics committee, the House voted Friday to let lawmakers receive unlimited book royalties as long as they have their book contracts cleared by the ethics panel and do not accept advances. By 259-128, the members rejected a strict curb on income… Read More
WASHINGTON — Overriding President Clinton’s veto for the first time, Congress enacted legislation Friday limiting stockholders’ ability to sue for fraud. The measure, which alters rules put in place during the Great Depression to discourage stock manipulation, became law after the Senate voted 68-30 to… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sens. William Cohen and Olympia Snowe cast grudging support Friday for the revamped Republican welfare bill, saying it offered the most important step toward true reform by turning over power to the states. Speculation had grown all week in Washington as to whether… Read More
Common sense and cooperation pleasantly settled recently what could have been an unnecessary lawsuit over a pair of locked moose antlers. The Maine Warden Service and the owner of the antlers should be commended for finding a happy middle ground. Andrew J. Deraspe of Carmel… Read More
AUGUSTA — The U.S. Forest Service recently signed option agreements with S.D. Warren Co. and the Maine Wilderness Watershed Trust to acquire conservation easements within the Pierce Pond watershed in western Maine. These agreements, under the terms of the Forest Legacy Program, will prohibit development,… Read More
Squirming children, forgotten lines, late entrances, off-key singers. Oh no, it’s time for the annual Christmas pageant! Why do we subject ourselves to this exercise in chaos and frustration? We sing the same carols and try to put a new spin on the same old… Read More
BLUE HILL — When the chance to accompany Maine Gov. Angus King’s trade mission to Japan came up in October, Blue Hill businesswoman Lucia del Sol Knight jumped at the chance — kind of. You see, Knight hadn’t really ever planned on hawking her product,… Read More
While his grandfather tended medical patients in an office on the floor below, Hugh Kirkpatrick entertained his chums with a 6-foot-tall human skeleton and a collection of bones in the attic of the Caribou doctor’s house. “Telling them to open the drawers and watching them… Read More
Let me start out by saying that one can never be too subtle about making one’s Christmas wishes known. Subtlety, my friend, is the key to alleviating much pre-Christmas stress for those closest to you (not to mention the fastest way to successfully accumulate the gifts you’ve been… Read More
PORTLAND — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has expanded its inquiry into safety components and systems at the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant in Wiscasset, officials said Friday. The NRC originally asked Maine Yankee to provide answers about the flawed application of a computer model to… Read More
ROCKLAND — The jury’s still out on the educational impact of squeezing high school and middle school students into one building, but the double sessions at Rockland District High School clearly are punishing SAD 5’s finances. In his year-end memo to teachers and staff, Superintendent… Read More
Aroostook County students are among those who help neighbors in need during the holidays. Pupils at Presque Isle’s Cunningham Middle School are in the ninth year of their annual holiday food drive. On Wednesday, student council members delivered 931 pounds of food to the Temporary… Read More
Garrison Nelson, a history professor at the University of Vermont, has compiled a list of the 40 “greatest” congressional races. Three of the contests involve Maine politicians. No. 15 on the all-time list is the “Career Shifts” of House Speaker Thomas Brackett “Czar” Reed of… Read More
BANGOR — The last Bangor City Council meeting of the year will offer councilors a fair amount of unfinished business when they meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, on the third floor of City Hall. Two items on that portion of the agenda pertain… Read More
MACHIAS — Some residents, including Francis Schumann of the planning board, are worried that a series of major traffic bottlenecks may occur beginning Tuesday, Feb. 6, when the new 10,000-square-foot Rite Aid pharmacy opens on the south side of Route 1, directly across the highway from Gay’s Shopping… Read More
BOOTHBAY — George I. “Sonny” Hodgdon Jr., a fourth-generation builder of wooden boats, has died at age 73. Hodgdon died Tuesday at his home. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
HARTLAND — Fourteen years of persistence battling bureaucracy within the federal government paid off recently for the town of Hartland and its largest industry, Irving Tanning Co. The town of Hartland is the first town in the country to receive “removal credits” from the Environmental… Read More
PORTLAND — A Portland mother faces up to a year behind bars after pleading guilty to aggravated drunken driving in a car crash that claimed the life of her husband. In exchange for Thursday’s plea by Amy R. Hansen, prosecutors are prepared to dismiss the… Read More
MACHIAS — A petition in support of a proposed $100,000 improvement to Machias Valley Airport is being circulated in Machias in the hopes of getting public approval before a meeting scheduled for Feb. 6 to consider the project. David Rier, chairman of the airport committee,… Read More
Sen. William Cohen has had an outstanding and distinguished career in Congress. His service has proved that he votes as his conscience and intellect guide him, not along party lines. Sen. Cohen is not afraid of controversy and even voted to remove a United States president of his… Read More
Thursday morning, Dec. 14, brought a 7-below-zero temperature reading at my home on Main Road South in Hampden. As I contemplated my entry into a steady stream of early-morning commuter traffic inching past me, my cold car kept stalling and my rear wheel drive refused to grip the… Read More
Not being a dyed-in-the-wool dittohead, but a frequent listener to the Energizer Bunny of talk radio, Rush Limbaugh, I have to marvel at the name recognition he gets from the gratuitous, snide slams by his liberal critics. He seems to drive them into nutty comments and snide asides. Read More
The misleading comments made by Sandor M. Polster of Durham in last Saturday’s Oped column beg a response. As typical with liberal writers, Polster has taken comments made by Rush Limbaugh out of context. Granted, no one is right 100 percent of the time, even… Read More
The lure of the wide, open road pales somewhat for truckers during the holidays. Sure, you can turn up the carols on the radio, wish each other Merry Christmas over the CB. But a big rig is no substitute for eggnog by a fire, a… Read More
A Maine sea creature has crawled deep into the heart of Maine’s potato country to satisfy far-flung customers’ growing demand for a local lobster stew. Patty LeBlanc, owner of Winnie’s Restaurant and Dairy Bar in Presque Isle, said customer demand for her lobster stew has… Read More
SEARSPORT — If Searsport has its way, Fantasies Plus is now nothing more than wishful thinking. In what Town Manager Fred Breslin called “a world speed record,” 63 voters took all of three minutes to pass a moratorium on sexually oriented businesses at a special… Read More
A string of December snowstorms that blanketed Maine with more than 20 inches had already punched holes in the snow budgets of many towns and cities even before winter officially began Friday. Lewiston Public Works Director Chris Branch said he had already used 30 percent… Read More
GORHAM — A Limington woman was killed Friday when her car was struck head-on by another car, then slammed from behind by a tractor-trailer. Police said the chain reaction occurred at 10:15 a.m. when a car driven by a 16-year-old boy swerved into oncoming traffic… Read More
Eighteen months after the NCAA began an investigation of UMaine’s once high-flying athletic programs, the sinking feeling hit rock bottom Thursday in Orono: A 450-page report prepared for the university, and which may have cost it $1,000 a page, identified more than 40 possible violations… Read More
BANGOR — Residents and commercial haulers have only a few days left to use the Kittredge Road Landfill, public works Director Arthur Stockus said Friday. Because of state and federal legislation, the landfill will be closed for good after Dec. 30. Commercial haulers may use… Read More
BLUE HILL — Nearly two months after the gunshot death of Blue Hill resident Louise Potts, police have still not concluded whether her death was a homicide or a suicide. Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland said Friday no new information about the investigation has… Read More
MEDWAY — A Connecticut-based corporation that manufactures organic and natural lawn and garden products will build a $2 million facility to convert waste bark into a variety of soil and bark mulch products. Next summer, Earthgro Inc. will open a new plant in this small,… Read More
PORTLAND — A drifter charged with murder in the strangulation of a Portland man will remain held without bail at least until a hearing next week. Philip H. Conway appeared in District Court over a video hookup from his jail cell Thursday. Prosecutors asked that… Read More
AUGUSTA — Calls to the state’s Operation Game Thief hot line are up sharply this year, the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department said. The anti-poaching hot line has received 685 calls since mid-August, 184 more calls than during the same period a year ago. The… Read More
BANGOR — A federal judge ruled Friday that Bangor dentist Randon Bragdon discriminated against an HIV-positive woman when he refused to treat her in his office last year. Citing health concerns, Bragdon declined in September 1994 to treat Sidney Abbott, now 34, of Brewer in… Read More
BANGOR — The University of Maine is in danger of losing its 1993 national hockey championship because two ineligible players participated on the squad, Athletic Director Suzanne Tyler said Friday. In a meeting with the Bangor Daily News, Tyler said she was not aware of… Read More
HAMPDEN — For years, the Town Council and officials from the Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facility have haggled over what may and may not be done on the company’s 83.5-acre site on the Emerson Mill Road. Last Monday night, after a nearly one-hour executive session behind… Read More
AUGUSTA — In his first year in office, Maine Gov. Angus S. King, the nation’s only independent governor, has made some people very enthusiastic about him, but he has made other people terribly angry. Outside the Augusta “beltway,” King’s approval ratings are sky-high. He’s less… Read More
ATMs aren’t just for banks anymore. Businesses across Maine and the nation are increasingly trying to cash in on the profits of the quick-cash machines. Leadbetter’s Big Stop, a gasoline, fast-food and convenience store in Bangor, offers a lot of goods within easy reach. And… Read More
PORTLAND — U.S. Attorney Jay P. McCloskey said Friday that a native of the Dominican Republic who was living in Lawrence, Mass., had been sentenced to 27 years in prison on drug charges. Alberton Morla-Trinidad, 25, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland… Read More
Friday’s Santa’s Helper Fund total reached $20,333.36, still short of last year’s $22,500. It’s hoped that lots of last-minute contributions will take the total past last year’s fund. While it’s on your mind, please write a check and drop it in the mail, to “Santa’s… Read More
Slippery conditions kept tractor-trailers off the roads and state troopers on their toes Friday morning. State police responded to at least three tractor-trailers off the road. The first occurred around 6:10 a.m. when a Coles Express truck driven by Elmer Morin of Limestone slid off… Read More
Florence Izaijs, 61, of Eddington was planning to retire in comfort next June, but those thoughts were dashed a few weeks ago when she was notified she would lose her job Dec. 31. Izaijs is one of three licensed practical nurses who will be laid… Read More