LEWISTON – Sarah Kovenock continued her domination of the 100- and 200-yard freestyle races, winning both during Saturday’s Class B Girls Swimming and Diving State Championships at the Bates College pool. The junior speedster from Orono won both events for the third straight year, setting… Read More
    BANGOR – Life at the top isn’t supposed to be easy, but the Mount Desert Island Trojans didn’t expect it would be this difficult. The top-seeded Trojans were given all they could handle before rallying late for an Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinal victory at… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The Upper Kennebec Valley Cavaliers of Bingham held Windham Christian to seven points in the fourth quarter to posted a 78-62 Western Maine Class D victory Saturday. No. 1 Valley will play No. 4 Hyde on Wednesday at 10:45 a.m.. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    High school AT ORONO Class A State Indoor Championships Brewer boys 70, Cheverus 48, Biddeford 38, Deering 38, Brunswick 30, Bangor 28, Old Town 26, Portland 24, Mt. Blue 16, Mount Ararat 16, South Portland 14, Oxford Hills 10, Westbrook 10, Bonny Eagle 10, Lewiston… Read More
    Saturday’s answer: Terry Parsons (left) and Dave Renault helped the Mount Desert Island Trojans win the Eastern Maine Class M title in 1966. Read More
    BANGOR – A tidal wave of nerves and turnovers nearly caused the Shiretowners to lose their tourney seat Saturday. Terrorized by Winslow’s full-court pressure and small guards – 5-foot Kristy Ferran and 5-5 Rachel Bard – Houlton tallied 17 turnovers in the first half of… Read More
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    The Class B state track and field meet looks like it will be controlled by Western Maine teams. The event will be held at Bates College in Lewiston today and will start at 11 a.m. In the boys meet, Scarborough is the team favorite. With… Read More
    High school AT ORONO State Class A Boys Championships Bangor 317.5, South Portland 245.5, Cape Elizabeth 190, Deering 170, Brewer 69, Lewiston 62, Mount Ararat 57, Westbrook 52, Portland 45, Thornton 44, Edward Little 38, Brunswick 34, Traip Academy 29, York 21, Seacoast Christian 14,… Read More
    ORONO – After surviving a nerve-wracking four-hour bus trip that involved a disintegrated driver’s side windshield wiper blade, the Presque Isle High School hockey team faced a do-or-die game against Brewer on Saturday evening here. Senior goalie Dan Namur kicked aside 20 shots, including Jason… Read More
    The St. Joseph’s men and the Husson women have grabbed the top seeds in the this year’s Maine Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament. The Monks from Standish and the Braves of Bangor advance straight to the semifinals by drawing byes in the quarterfinals. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    BANGOR – Fast-paced basketball is what the Fort Kent Warriors and the Stearns Minutemen each like to play. Saturday afternoon at the Bangor Auditorium the two teams treated fans to some high-paced play that ended with the No. 3 Warriors taking an 88-71 Class B… Read More
    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Steve Grissom lost the lead in a late-race pit stop, but regained it with drafting help and then used a perfect blocking maneuver on the final lap to win the Goody’s 300 on Saturday. Grissom used the draft from the lapped… Read More
    KENNEBUNK – The Kennebunk Rams, led by Tiffany Burns’ first-place tie in the uneven bars and third place all-around performance, scored 153.53 points to win the Maine State High School Gymnastics Championships here Saturday. Waterville took second place with 150.38 points, Mountain Valley was third… Read More
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    High school AT KENNEBUNK State Championships Kennebunk 153.53, Waterville 150.38, Mountain Valley 143.81, Belfast 136.33, Old Town 133.05, Biddeford 132.48, Hampden 132.35, Medomak Valley 130.95 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
    BANGOR – Christy Grover isn’t your average freshman basketball player. The 6-2 center poured in 26 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and had five blocks as she led the No. 6 Bucksport Golden Bucks to a 55-35 schoolgirl Class B quarterfinal victory over No. 3… Read More
    BOSTON – The University of Maine Black Bear hockey team dominated the Northeastern University Huskies in most aspects of Saturday night’s Hockey East game here. However, the Bears got outplayed in the most important position on the ice. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The Presque Isle Wildcats jumped out to a 20-3 first-quarter lead behind Chad Graham’s 9-for-10 shooting from the field to beat the Brewer Witches 81-62 in schoolboy basketball action Saturday. Graham finished with 23 points for Presque Isle. Kasey Keenan lit the… Read More
    ORONO – Cindy Blodgett knew early on Sunday that she didn’t have her usual shooting touch from outside. So, the nation’s leading scorer chose a more relaxed place to find her range. Blodgett converted on 14 of 17 free throws, sinking 11 of 13 in… Read More
    Many carbuyers may mistake the redesigned 1996 Mercury Sable for the Ford Taurus. The Sable, though, actually offers more standard equipment than Taurus. A division of Ford Motor Co., “Lincoln-Mercury offers an upscale line,” said Chuck Jameson, sales manager at Van Syckle Lincoln-Mercury of Bangor. Read More
    Did Pontiac planners foresee faster speed limits on the American interstate system? Several months before Congress approved a law lifting the federally imposed 65 miles-per-hour limit on interstate travel, Pontiac started advertising its 1996 Bonneville as a car built “for the American autobahn.” Since there… Read More
    Honda has recently joined the burgeoning sport-utility vehicle market with its Passport. Amy Pressey, sales manager at Darling’s Honda Nissan Volvo, said that despite increasing competition in the SUV market, she is optimistic about Passport sales. “It’s the season for SUVs. People will buy them… Read More
    Neal Shepard, owner of Shepard Nissan Chrysler Plymouth Dodge in Rockland, is such a believer in Dodge trucks, he drives one. Shepard’s has an excellent selection of vehicles to choose from: the full-size Ram 1500, a four-wheel-drive pickup that consistently outsells the rest. “Price-wise and… Read More
    When Ora Spratt IV traveled to West Palm Beach, Fla., earlier this winter to test drive six competing automobiles, he wasn’t sure how the Hyundai Elantra GL and GLS would stack up against the opposition. He drove the two Elantras, a Honda Civic, a Nissan Sentra, a Chevrolet… Read More
    LINCOLN — New name, same auto lines: That’s the story at Lincoln Chevrolet-Olds-Geo. Formerly known as A & S Motors, the familiar dealership was acquired on May 12, 1995, by Ellsworth-based Morrison Chevrolet. “We’d been looking to expand for some time,” said Clyde Lewis, co-owner… Read More
    For 11 years, Jeff Sprague, owner of Sprague Chrysler Plymouth Dodge in Skowhegan, has monitored the new models. For 1996, the dealership offers a complete line of cars and trucks, including the popular Dodge and Plymouth Neon, Dodge Stratus, and the economical Plymouth Breeze. “It’s priced under $15,000,”… Read More
    For styling, quality and value, many Maine consumers choose Toyota vehicles. These dealers can tell you why. Charlie’s Toyota, on Western Avenue in Augusta, is stocked with some of Toyota’s most popular models, sporting options that mid-winter customers will be shopping for. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Like a walnut with too thick a shell, the inpenetrable Japanese auto market can be cracked. After testing Nipponese waters, three American automakers have plunged deep with right-hand-drive cars that should appeal to Japanese drivers. Appealing to the Japanese love affair with Western chic and… Read More
    The other afternoon, while tooling northbound into Bangor on Route 1A, I’d just swept my S-10 through the curvaceous turn beneath the Tin Bridge when I fell into line behind a slightly faded blue Volvo. Nothing special about that; I occasionally see older Volvos on the highway. Read More
    PORTLAND — The state’s highest court on Friday revived a defamation lawsuit against former York County Sheriff Michael Bemis and a former detective filed by the widow of a convicted felon. At issue in Lola Rippett’s lawsuit were statements made by Detective Michael McAlevey, who… Read More
    Automotive publicists have acronymed the sport-utility vehicle the SUV. At Oldsmobile, nobody uses that abbreviation to describe the carmaker’s hot 1996 Bravada, a vehicle that has taken Olds where it hadn’t gone before. Equipped with a 4.3-liter Vortec V6 that delivers 190 horsepower, the new… Read More
    BIDDEFORD — After spending 18 days handcuffed and chained in a van with 11 other prisoners en route from Denver to Alfred, Michael Clifford let loose a torrent of complaints. “It was inhumane, unsanitary, filthy,” Clifford, 35, told the Journal Tribune of Biddeford by telephone… Read More
    Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield Second quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Robin M. Amaral, Tara R. Bachrach, Bethany J. Collier, Melissa A. Latham, Petr A. Marecek; high honors: Jason J. Amara, Christy E. Barbour, Susannah Barnes, Richard P. Berry, Tyler A. Bishop, Michael S. Brault,… Read More
    Mattanawcook Academy, Lincoln Second quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Audrey Carney, Robert Gerry, Elizabeth Staples; high honors: Terin Applebee, Brian Greenlaw, Jennifer Jordan, Kristopher Kelly, Joshua McLaughlin, Sean O’Hara, Angela Smith, Jessie Sutherland, Molly Tash, Johnna Turner, Bridget Wotton, Stephanie York; honors: Kaleb Colbry,… Read More
    Glenburn’s public library is considering options to upgrade library services through automation, and, recently, the school committee heard a “Library Automation Proposal.” This library serves the Glenburn elementary and middle schools and town as well. Automation would streamline record-keeping, which is currently done by hand. Last year this… Read More
    After reading the letter from the Girl Scout leader on Feb. 9, I feel it necessary to respond. She obviously does not know the workings of the Abnaki Girl Scout Council nor those of the National Girl Scout Council at all. The National Council may have Fifth Avenue… Read More
    I believe the time has come when every piece of property, I repeat, every piece, should pay an equal tax on their land and buildings. Being a developer of low-income housing in the Rockland-Waldoboro area in the 1970s, I well remember the full real estate… Read More
    Why does a child have to suffer years before someone steps in and says, “Hey, this isn’t right, this child is being starved and tortured and beaten!” Our animals get more protection in our country than our children. And then those children grow up to… Read More
    Roland Nethaway wrote a funny column about the testosterone patch (BDN, Feb. 6). He states, “Need to jack up the old mental powers? Tired of singing tenor? Slap a testosterone patch on that scrawny bicep. …” This is inaccurate. The patch is placed on the… Read More
    The letter of Donald Parker (BDN, Feb. 7) regarding the Walt Disney Co.’s policy (or the policy Parker attributes to the company) apparently favors the legalization of the marriage of same-sex couples. As Parker should know, it is a false dichotomy to criticize the Walt Disney Co. for… Read More
    BANGOR — A Bangor man who called police Saturday to notify them about a downed utility wire was arrested shortly thereafter on a warrant charging him with failure to pay a fine. Saturday afternoon a plow truck clearing out a parking lot near 25 Rangeley… Read More
    BANGOR — Ken Gibb, former economic developer for the city of Bangor, and his schoolteacher wife Eileen, may have many fond memories of Bangor when they start their new lives in Oregon, but the experience of Mrs. Gibbs on Friday likely won’t be one of them. Read More
    DIXMONT — An estimated 30 people were evacuated from the Etna-Dixmont School Saturday afternoon when a fire alarm went off during a school basketball game, followed by a report of the odor of propane gas. The Dixmont Fire Department arrived and was prepared to contain… Read More
    ORONO — WMEB-FM 91.9, the student-run radio station at the University of Maine, has issued a challenge to three local commercial radio stations to see which staff can collect the most food for an area soup kitchen. The collection challenge will be held from Monday,… Read More
    BANGOR — A Bangor lawyer who served in the House of Representatives in the mid-1980s, announced Friday that he is a candidate in the Democratic primary for Senate District 9. Robert Murray, who served two terms in the Legislature from 1982 to 1986, is seeking… Read More
    PORTLAND — The head of a group pushing for mandatory notification when a convicted child molester moves into a neighborhood recoils at suggestions the government should decide when to post notice. “It’s a little paternalistic,” said Meredith Killer of Citizens for Safer Children. “Discretionary notification… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The weekend snowfall in Aroostook County warmed the hearts of snowmobilers who turned the soft white powder into cold cash for hard-pressed businesses. A winter storm that rolled into Maine paused Saturday before resuming with an intensity that varied markedly, giving some… Read More
    The old pickup truck serving as a utility and rescue vehicle for the Plymouth Municipal Fire Department “was costing the town a lot of money,” Chief George Dean said. “We poured a couple thousand into it, and it still needed a couple more.” One day… Read More
    Free preschool screenings provided by Child Development Services of Penobscot County and SAD 22 will be offered for 3- and 4-year-old children and for 5-year-olds not yet eligible for kindergarten for vision, hearing, motor skills, speech-language, social-emotional and cognitive development. Sessions will be held in the following locations:… Read More
    AUGUSTA — About one-third of the Legislature co-sponsored an ambitious bill to restrict managed care when it was first introduced. But now, with intense pressure being applied by employers and the insurance industry, the granite base of support for the bill appears to be cracking. Read More
    MADAWASKA — Good grades by middle and high school students in Madawaska will be rewarded by more than a dozen local merchants who will offer special deals and discounts to students on the honor roll. The program, developed by the Greater Madawaska Chamber of Commerce… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Internal Revenue Service will provide service on a taxpayer assistance telephone line from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today. The number is (800) 829-1040. The service will help Maine people file their forms early, said Francine Crowley, IRS district director. The toll-free… Read More
    If you think your neighbor’s small satellite TV dish is used exclusively to tap into HBO or ESPN, you might want to take a closer look. Hughes Network Systems, a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corp., rolled out DirecPC in late 1994. It consists of a… Read More
    The Maine Department of Transportation is planning to replace Pattagumpus Bridge in Medway. The bridge carries Route 116 over Pattagumpus Stream about a half-mile northwest of the Woodville town line. Representatives from the department will be at the Medway Town Office at 7 p.m. Tuesday,… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — President Bill Clinton is expected to make a conference call to Dover-Foxcroft Democrats at a town committee meeting Sunday, Feb. 25, at Central Hall. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. and the call is expected at 2 p.m. Clinton’s staff selected Dover-Foxcroft… Read More
    Fundy Telecom, the telecommunications arm of Fundy Cable which serves 98 percent of New Brunswick homes with cable television programming, is poised to enter the U.S market through New England. Bill Stanley, the president and CEO of Fundy, says his company hopes to provide “state-of-the-art,… Read More
    One of the best things that you can do to break up the monotony of winter and beat the 40-below wind chill factor is to spice it up with a little good food, friends and wine. Forget the pretentiousness that wine often carries and focus… Read More
    AUGUSTA — State Rep. Jane W. Saxl of Bangor has announced that applications for the Legislative Memorial Scholarship, begun in 1981 in memory of Rep. Stephen Gould and house page David Michaud, are available to Maine residents who meet academic standards and have financial need. Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Association of Wetland Scientists will hold its annual meeting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Maine State Grange, 146 State St. For information, call Donald Phillips at 848-5714, days, or 525-0930, evenings. Read More
    Presque Isle High School Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Amanda Allen, Sherry Campbell, Stephany Carvell, Arthur Cloukey, Jessica Doherty, Lisa Farnham, Charity Ferris, Julie Fulton, Nicole Gamblin, Terri Gould, Andrea Grant, Kristie Hall, Jodi Howe, Cory Johnston, Tracy Kennedy, Stacey Kenney, Allison Lisnik,… Read More
    FORT KENT — Nelson O’Farrell could not help being satisfied with his run in Saturday’s Can Am Crown 60-mile sled dog race. Braving day-long blizzard conditions that dumped close to a foot of fresh snow on what had been a nicely groomed track, the 24-year-old… Read More
    PAULA R. SMITH, a registered nurse in the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Northern Maine Medical Center at Fort Kent, has been certified as a psychiatric and mental health nurse by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Smith is a graduate of St. Clare’s School of Nursing in St. John’s,… Read More
    Gov. Angus King’s use of a resolution last week through the Ozone Transport Commission highlights the coming competition among electric utility competitors and the importance of having a regional voice. The results of the resolution could say a lot about how Maine’s air and utilities will fare in… Read More
    The Washington-Hancock Community Agency in Milbridge is accepting applications for its MicroEnterprise Loan Program. Individuals who need financing to start or expand a small business may call 546-7544 to see if they qualify. Read More
    The search for a permanent home for the studios and offices of WERU-FM-89.9 Community Radio in Blue Hill will be the topic of a call-in special airing from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21. Listeners may telephone the station at 374-2313 to participate in… Read More
    Depression. That was the overriding emotion recently when Robin Alden, the state’s commissioner of marine resources announced, her reluctant support for federal regulations that could mean the end of the fleet of small, independent fishing boats on the Maine coast. Commissioner Alden, who described her… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The groundbreaking celebration for the new Mount Desert Island YMCA on Park Street in Bar Harbor will begin at 4 p.m. Monday, March 4, with a bonfire and refreshments. The groundbreaking date marks the second anniversary of the collapse of the pool… Read More
    Phony credit “repair” companies guarantee to improve your credit, fix your credit history, get you out of debt, or obtain a credit card for you. The companies usually make these guarantees in classified advertisements or on television commercials, and they often offer a 900 number as the way… Read More
    Two bills before the Maine Legislature have the potential to substantially improve the quality and accountability of Maine’s kindergarten-12 education system. One, LD 66, would create public school choice by allowing the parents to move their child and her state subsidy (an average of $2,400) to the public… Read More