Jan. 2 Maine 78, Delaware 61 NEWARK, Del. – Cindy Blodgett poured in 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Bears pulled away in the second half. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
With the graduation of three mainstays including Hockey East Player of the Year Chris Imes, the biggest concern facing the University of Maine’s hockey team last October was its defense. But the defense corps has stepped to the forefront, helping the third-seeded Bears hold Hockey… Read More
BANGOR – On a road littered with firsts, Jen Freese picked up another Wednesday afternoon with her selection to the 1996 McDonald’s Boys/Girls-East/West Senior All-Star game. The Orono guard, who averaged 12 points and five assists per game while leading the Red Riots to their… Read More
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – In response to violations over junior college transfers, the president of New Mexico State on Wednesday cut the number of basketball scholarships by two and banned off-campus recruiting this year. President Michael Orenduff, former chancellor of the University of Maine system,… Read More
FORT WORTH, Texas – The University of Maine Black Bears continued their spring slide as the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs roared to a convincing 21-1 baseball victory Wednesday. Brad Wallace set a new Southwest Conference record by going 7-for-7 in the contest. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ATLANTA – The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in cooperation with Eastman Kodak Company, announced finalists today for the 1996 Division III Kodak Women’s All-America Basketball Team. The 40 finalists, who are voted upon by WBCA member coaches in each of eight WBCA geographical districts,… Read More
CARRABASSET VALLEY – Bode Miller of Carrabassett Valley Academy took the men’s downhill crown in day one of the USSA/Rolex Junior Olympics at Sugarloaf-USA on Wednesday. Miller outdistanced Willy Booker of Georgetown, Colo., by .61 of a second with a time of 1:16.43. Bradley Wall… Read More
High School Eastern Maine Class B Senior Hockey All-Stars Goalies: Dan Namur, Presque Isle; B.J. Costa, Foxcroft; Defensemen: Nate Ponitz, Messalonskee; Tim Belden, Presque Isle; Cedric Daniel, Maranacook; Chris Braun, Hall-Dale; Dan Welch, Winslow; Forwards: Jesse McEwen, Stearns; Jarrod Guimond, John Bapst; Alison Lorenz, Brewer;… Read More
Tournament history was made at the Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinals Saturday as Bangor television station WABI (Channel 5) debuted its first all-female announcing duo. Brenda Beckwith, former Winslow High School basketball and field hockey coach and current sports announcer for WABI and Bangor radio… Read More
Hockey East quarterfinals No. 3 MAINE vs. No. 6 NEW HAMPSHIRE 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
Score Opponent High scorer High rebounder High assists W 70 UMass* 56 Blodgett 25 Porrini 15 Rustad 5 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
In the early 1990s, Vermont was the standard by which all North Atlantic Conference women’s basketball teams were measured. The Catamounts, paced by Sheri Turnbull, captured three consecutive league championships in 1992, ’93 and ’94. Vermont, which hasn’t advanced past the quarterfinals in the last… Read More
When Stacey Porrini committed to Maine three years ago, she didn’t expect she would be playing for much of a team. She had never been on a championship squad and the Black Bears were by no means a Division I power. Now, in her junior… Read More
The answer to the question is, by now, a cliche. Specifically, what makes the University of Maine women’s basketball team successful during each game? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
Paul Kariya has always been a gifted playmaker as evidenced by his 25 goals and 75 assists en route to winning the Hobey Baker Award as a freshman at the University of Maine in 1992-93. But so far in his two-year National Hockey League career… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court struck down Washington state’s ban on doctor-assisted suicide Wednesday, declaring that the terminally ill have a constitutional right to a “dignified and humane death.” In the first such case to be decided by a federal appellate panel, the… Read More
Appeals board next stop for Cedar Ridge> Project developer, opponents disagree with Belfast planners
BELFAST — When the zoning board of appeals meets March 21 it will be asked to sort out three separate appeals dealing with the Cedar Ridge apartment complex. Cedar Ridge developer-architect John Morris has appealed the planning board’s decision to reduce his project’s size from… Read More
BANGOR — Nine-year-old Matthew Ardolino was killed by a baseball bat wielded by his father, not by falling from a tree, a state prosecutor said during the opening day of Robert Ardolino’s murder trial. Charged with depraved indifference, murder and manslaughter in connection with the… Read More
After serving the public more years than many of us have been alive, Adele Murray has shut off her gasoline pumps at the station which has been a Bangor landmark at the intersection of Hancock and Washington streets for 56 years. I was one of… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — This year’s proposed municipal-school budget represents only a modest increase over last year. The proposal would boost property taxes on a house valued at $50,000 by about $25. The Town Council will consider passing the budget Monday night, and it will go to… Read More
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Former reporter Paul Teetor was either a hard-working reporter sacrificed on the altar of political correctness or a hard-to-work-with, inaccurate and reckless journalist. Those were the opposing views expressed Wednesday during opening arguments of the civil trial in Teetor’s lawsuit against his… Read More
BANGOR — The McDonald’s Corp. seemed to have its hamburgers all in a row Tuesday evening as the city planning board gave unanimous approval to the site plan for a new restaurant at 466 Main St., formerly Coy’s Texaco. Representatives of McDonald’s told the board… Read More
BANGOR — How do you get the attention of legislators who’ve seen it all and heard it all? Just ask music teachers Daryl and Neia Rhodes, the irrepressible forces behind plans for the Maine School for the Arts in Bangor. The couple talked staff at… Read More
WESTMANLAND PLANTATION — A Caribou man was killed late Tuesday night when the snowmobile he was riding struck a large horse that was standing in the trail. Glenwood Belmain, 47, who was pronounced dead at Cary Medical Center in Caribou after the accident, became the eighth snowmobile-related fatality… Read More
HOWLAND — Besides adopting a town budget at the annual town meeting on Monday, March 11, residents will consider new guidelines for disposing of property acquired by the town for nonpayment of taxes. Annually residents authorize selectmen and the town treasurer to dispose of tax-acquired… Read More
ROCKPORT — A fisherman’s brief career as an art thief has been brought to an end, not so much by a sore conscience as by an even sorer girlfriend. A painting, an 8-by-10-foot mural valued at $5,000, was stolen from the Samoset Resort here during… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Bucksport woman’s statements made to police after a hit-and-run accident last fall will be allowed in court. In his ruling filed Wednesday, Superior Court Justice Andrew Mead rejected motions by defense attorney Marshall Cary seeking to suppress both the statements Julie Grey… Read More
WSNV-FM 103.9 may be the talk of the town lately, but not because of what’s said on the air. The on-again, off-again affair the radio station has had with the airwaves continues this week. Off the air most of the time since Feb. 25, the… Read More
WATERVILLE — A water cooler in the teachers lounge at Waterville Junior High School is the suspected cause of a sudden illness that struck half the school’s staff last week. On Thursday the school closed early and remained closed Friday when teachers, administrators, office staff… Read More
AUGUSTA — Leaders of both political parties deemed Maine’s first primary a success on Wednesday, though they expected more debate to follow on whether Maine should continue with primaries or go back to caucuses as the way to express presidential preference. More than 93,000 Maine… Read More
AUGUSTA — Mental health commissioner Melodie Peet unveiled a new proposal for reorganizing the state’s community mental health system Wednesday that offers less citizen involvement than an earlier plan, but even a little participation is better than the current system, say many critics. Peet presented… Read More
WASHINGTON — Maine Sen. William Cohen gathered senior citizen advocates and those who prey on the elderly through telemarketing schemes Wednesday to find a way to end the financial and emotional abuse of this vulnerable age group. Telemarketing scams cost the United States an estimated… Read More
It’s one of the credos by which Linda Robinson and Ruth Steinberg work: Sex, like food, can and should be extraordinarily pleasurable. It’s also the first line of their book, “Women’s Sexual Health,” a straightforward, easy-to-read guide to female sexuality and health care. Robinson, a… Read More
What a difference a day makes. Ask GOP presidential contender Bob Dole, who Monday was on the ropes and today is beaming. After stumbling through early caucuses and getting stuffed by Buchanan in the straw polls, the Kansas senator, eight for eight in Tuesday’s primaries, now is on… Read More
Your guest column by Jon Reisman in the Feb. 19 Bangor Daily News, supporting Jane Amero’s “school choice” bill, doesn’t appear to be based on a close reading of the provisions of the bill, but more of an idealist view of what might happen if a real choice… Read More
CARIBOU — State Sen. R. Leo Kieffer of Caribou has announced he will seek re-election to the second senatorial district seat. Kieffer serves as the Senate majority leader. “We’ve faced many issues in the last two years that have had a real impact on the… Read More
WASHINGTON — Beginning later this year, homeowners and landlords must inform buyers and tenants about the presence of lead-based paint, which has poisoned more than 1.7 million American children. The government rules, announced Wednesday, cover most public and private housing built before 1978, when lead… Read More
HODGDON — A mother and son were in the burn unit at Maine Medical Center in Portland suffering from burns they received while escaping a fast-moving fire that destroyed their Hodgdon Mills Road home Wednesday. The woman’s daughter also was burned but did not require hospitalization. Read More
Daniel Daigle of Madawaska was identified as an emergency medical technician with more than 15 years’ experience in a story about the Madawaska Ambulance Service Tuesday. In actuality, Daigle was an EMT for a short time more than 15 years ago. —- A headline on… Read More
Somerset County Superior Court Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor: Theodore Berry, 52, Skowhegan, one year in jail, all but 30 days suspended, one year probation, $1,000, $101.63 restitution; Joseph Madore, 39, Hartland, one year in jail, all but 45… Read More
Voters in Brewer, with a surprisingly strong voice, have announced the completion of a turnabout for their community. Tuesday night’s lopsided vote in favor of the city’s new comprehensive planning process was impressive, unambiguous and practical. With approximately 28 percent of voters participating in a… Read More
ORONO — Cindy Blodgett is comfortable taking a 19-foot jump shot with the game tied, the clock ticking down, and 5,600 fans cheering frantically with every behind-the-back dribble. She’s equally content to relax by herself in her dorm room and watch basketball on television. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Maine rolled into the North Atlantic Conference playoffs with a 24-4 overall record and an 18-0 league mark. Here’s a look back at their 1995-96 regular season. Nov. 15 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
Top 25, March Madness, Sweet Sixteen, Final Four. College hoops catch phrases have become a little more catchy to the University of Maine women’s basketball team. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
ORONO — Steph Guidi is an easy person to find on the University of Maine campus these days. If she isn’t in the gym practicing with the Black Bear basketball team, she likely can be found reclining on a table in the training room, a… Read More
ORONO — Sitting on his dad’s knee, 8-year-old Nathan Jacobs intensely watches the University of Maine women’s basketball team roll past Northeastern in the Black Bears final regular season contest. “I love Maine,” says the youngster as he observes the no-look passes of sophomore guard… Read More
NORTH ANSON — Maine’s Common Core of Learning was put to a test of the people on Tuesday and failed. In SAD 74, comprising Anson, Embden, New Portland and Solon, a nonbinding referendum question asked voters if the school district should “continue to use the… Read More
BANGOR — The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America’s 10th annual Maine Skills Championship will be held Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, at United Technologies Center, Hogan Road. The 500 students will compete in more than 36 categories that include health care, nurse assisting,… Read More
BANGOR — The Salvation Army annual Christmas Volunteer Recognition Luncheon will be held Thursday, March 28, at the Bangor Airport Marriott Hotel. Among those being recognized are those who worked at the kettles, the Angel Tree, Happy Rollers and those who collected for the Santa’s… Read More
WINTERPORT — The Democratic Town Committee will hold a meeting for District 107 Democrats who want to support candidates for local, state and federal races, at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the town recreation building. For information, call Mary Anne Royal at 223-4098. Read More
BANGOR — The Greater Bangor Area Crisis Stabilization Services is looking for volunteers for an advisory board. Applicants should be at least 18 and current consumers of community mental health services. Volunteers should not be associated with Together Place. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
U.S. Rep. John Baldacci announced Wednesday that USAir will add two daily flights from Bangor to its schedule beginning June 15. One will be to Philadelphia; the other to Pittsburgh. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
BANGOR — Rep. John E. Baldacci will be host to a spaghetti supper for Habitat for Humanity 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the First United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St., Bangor. Awards will be presented to Habitat volunteers. Read More
BANGOR — Bass Park Director Mike Dyer has said all along that he thought one way to increase attendance at the Bangor State Fair was to deliver a “value added” entertainment package for the event. Dyer said Wednesday that he was pleased with recent progress in luring performers… Read More
EDDINGTON — Brian Theriault and Joan Brooks were elected to the Board of Selectmen Tuesday night. Theriault received 132 votes and Brooks received 109. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
SEARSPORT — In an election that appears headed for a recount, former selectman Granville Gross was returned to office after topping the ticket in Tuesday’s closely fought race for two seats on the board. Incumbent Robert A. Clark Sr. won re-election to the second seat. Read More
BANGOR — The public meeting of the Maine Arts Commission originally scheduled for today has been postponed because of the predicted snowstorm. The commission will meet 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at Penobscot Theatre at 183 Main St., Bangor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
SEARSPORT — Voters at town meeting will act on a proposed 1996 budget that calls for expenditures of $1,414,643, a figure $33,521 lower than last year. The meeting takes place at 9 a.m. Saturday as the Searsport District High School gymnasium. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Residents approved all of the articles on the annual town meeting agenda this year, leaving the town with an operating budget of $612,020. That figure was $43,986 higher than last year’s budget figure. That, coupled with a proposed school budget, is expected to push the… Read More
BANGOR — Step out of winter and walk barefoot in the grass. Smell the flowers and listen to the birds. Those are the promises in the brochure for the 1996 Bangor Garden Show. City councilors on the finance committee did their part Monday to make… Read More
MOUNT DESERT — Despite moves by some to trim back the elementary school budget, residents increased it by $15,000 at the annual town meeting Wednesday evening. Voters directed the school board to use the extra funds to hire a part-time reading recovery teacher, bringing that… Read More
ROCKLAND — City police charged Paul Wood, 54, of Warren, with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, driving to endanger and eluding an officer after a high-speed chase on ice-slicked Route 17 Tuesday night. Lt. Michael Collins said the incident… Read More
ORLAND — H.O.M.E. Inc. has been named Outstanding Employer of the Year by the Senior Community Service Employment Program of the National Council on Aging Inc. H.O.M.E. has hired nine people who completed SCSEP training during the last eight years and three in the past… Read More
Just think. If the Maine Department of Transportation had spent $20 million on fixing Maine roads instead of on out-of-state consultants, legal foolishness, and other expenses, for the Sears Island job and resource export proposal, our badly deteriorating roads could have been improved a long time ago for… Read More
Wayne O’leary’s excellent Oped column on Feb. 24-25 shows how regressive taxes have become in this country. Not only did the Tax Reform Act of 1986 set a top rate of 28 percent on incomes over $185,000, it imposed a rate of 33 percent on incomes between $70,000… Read More
It seems a shame that in all the hullabaloo over Sears Island, fingers are being pointed back and forth and everyone is blaming the “other side” for the decision not to develop. I want to stand up and be counted as a citizen who applauds the hard work… Read More
Yesterday’s Oped column, “Bass Park complex misses opportunities,” was, in fact, written by members of the Good Sam RVer’s Club. Read More
As a former chairman of the Bangor City Republican Committee and an “activist” in the party, there seems to be overwhelming evidence that Tuesday’s Yankee Primary was a great success in Bangor. Having attended Bangor Republican caucuses where 80 people in attendance was considered a very large crowd,… Read More
When a new access way connecting Bangor area communities is built, it will be made of wires and cables, computers and telephone lines instead of concrete and asphalt. With help from a $14,000 federal grant and a like amount to be raised locally, a Bangor… Read More
On Feb. 21, I attended a regular meeting of the board of selectmen of Eagle Lake. During the course of business, a selectman asked to see the minutes for the past five meetings. It was reported that there were no minutes available. I found it unbelievable that a… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Fifth- and sixth-graders at Warsaw Middle School will hold a rockathon from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday at the school to raise money for a second chemotherapy chair at Sebasticook Valley Hospital. The chair will be donated in memory of Beth… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A 14-year-old pupil at Warsaw Middle School has been referred to juvenile intake workers after he allegedly assaulted an 11-year-old before school Tuesday. In response, school officials have suspended the youth and are saying that fistfights are not a common occurrence at the… Read More
PERRY — A 21-year-old Perry woman and her infant daughter were injured Wednesday when their car collided with another vehicle on Route 1. Rose M. Stevens and her 18-month-old child, Amber, were in a 1987 Mercury Topaz traveling north on Route 1 toward Calais at… Read More
So this is the future? We gave Bob Dole eight delegates on a night he all but nailed down the Republican presidential nomination. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
Eleven Maine schools and their unique service projects are the beneficiaries in a grant award from the KIDS — Kids Involved Doing Service — Consortium and the Maine Department of Education. Each school receives $5,000 in Learning Connections grants. Learning Connections is a statewide program… Read More
GREENVILLE — Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club will hold a ride-in on Saturday, March 9, to raise funds for the Pine Tree Camp. Gary Bingham of WQCB-FM, Q-106.5 will be on hand to help in the fund-raising activity. For every pledge of $3 or more a… Read More
AUGUSTA — It was 50 years late, but Gerald Leavitt of Lincoln on Wednesday finally got the Purple Heart he earned for being injured during a World War II battle. “It feels good, feels awful good,” Leavitt said after Gov. Angus S. King presented him… Read More
Richard Hill, a retired professor of mechanical engineering, remains a textbook example of kinetic energy and the dynamics of a body in motion. He races enthusiastically through his vine-covered, concrete-block house on College Avenue in Orono, flitting from room to room as he points out… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — The newly formed Skowhegan Players will present its first production “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” at 8 p.m. March 14-16, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16. The three-act comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman will be performed at the Skowhegan Opera House… Read More
GUILFORD — The adult chapter of the Piscataquis American Field Service is looking for families to serve as hosts for international students for the 1996-97 school year. AFS is motivated by the philosophy that world peace can be promoted through intercultural understanding at the family… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A three day baby-sitting training for grades seven, eight and nine, “Caring for Kids,” will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Thursday, April 16-18, at the Piscataquis County Extension Service office. The training will cover job responsibilities, supervising children, first… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The cemeteries indicate where families once lived. Across Aroostook County, small cemeteries appear in out-of-the-way places, often along a narrow farm road, sometimes crowning a hilltop, sometimes tucked into a hollow among the County hills. The tombstone datelines span generations, and ancestor… Read More
BREWER — The planning board has approved three new business projects. City Planner Thomas Kurth said that representatives from Civil Engineering Services of Brewer, on behalf of Fransway Realty Trust, presented a site plan to locate a 6,628-square-foot medical office with attendant parking at Twin… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Ron Mack, pest management expert at the University of Maine, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Pittsfield Garden Club. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, March 22, in council chambers of the… Read More
The Maine funeral-services industry is preparing for a disaster. Hopefully, Maine will be spared the mass fatalities that Oklahoma City experienced last April. But since disasters cannot be predicted, approximately 40 Maine funeral directors and forensics experts have responded by forming a disaster-response team specially… Read More
HOULTON — Either a sudden or expected death leaves survivors numb, perhaps too shocked to comfortably organize an appropriate funeral for a loved one. By preplanning a funeral, a person can help their family to avoid this unpleasant task. By prepaying a funeral, a person can also help… Read More
Grief hurts like a kick to the gut. If anthropomorphized, grief would be the schoolyard bully waiting to pounce on the weakened, the terrified, or the frightened. Always there, at least for a while, unexpectedly driving home a fist or kicking a shin when one… Read More
We don’t want to think about our own deaths; talk about being morbid! And why on earth would we want to plan our own funeral? Maybe if we were suffering from a terminal illness, we might plan our funeral, but if we are healthy and busy people, why… Read More
If you’re planning to appear in the obits any time soon, you might ask the IRS for an extension in filing your estate tax. The feds might actually grant it. Unavoidable, unevadable googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
It seems natural for women to be funeral directors. As mothers, women usher in new life; as funeral directors, they bid a final farewell. Yet, only 14 of Maine’s 257 licensed funeral directors are women. Recognizing that disparity, women members of the Maine Funeral Directors Assocation continue to… Read More
AUGUSTA — A former mental patient accused of brutally attacking four Waterville nuns, killing two of them, pleaded innocent to murder charges Wednesday. Mark Bechard, 37, of Waterville entered two pleas — innocent and innocent by reason of insanity — at a hearing at Augusta… Read More
HAMPDEN — The SAD 22 school board unanimously approved a two-year contract extension for Weatherbee School Principal William Cattelle on Wednesday, following a nearly one-hour executive session “for advice of legal counsel.” The 52-year-old Cattelle, who is in his ninth year as principal at the… Read More
BUCKSPORT — The school budget increase proposed here would result in less than $1 in additional property taxes per $1,000 of valuation, predicted School Superintendent Marc Curtis. At its meeting Wednesday night, the school board approved a 1996-97 school department budget of $7.24 million, representing… Read More