University of Maine senior All-Americans Blair Allison and Jeff Tory, who announced last week they were returning to Maine and spurning a Canadian national team offer, have changed their minds and are going to the Canadian national team camp beginning Sunday in Calgary. “It’s probably… Read More
Tuesday was to have been Ndongo N’diaye’s first day of classes at the University of Maine. Instead, N’diaye is searching for a new school to call home for the next four years. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR – The Caribou Vikings came into town with a head start on the schoolboy soccer season over the Bangor Rams, and it showed late Tuesday afternoon. The Vikings outhustled, out-anticipated, and generally outplayed the Rams en route to a 3-0 victory at Bangor High… Read More
All right, class, it’s the first day of school and this is Day Hiking 101, all you need to know to launch you toward the splendid new world of hiking in the Maine mountains. Trekking has entered prime season: few insects, cooler days, fewer tourists,… Read More
Holes-in-one WINTER HARBOR – Alita Reed of Hobe Sound, Fla., aced the fourth hole at Grindstone Neck Golf Course on Saturday, marking her third hole-in-one at Grindstone Neck. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
FORT KENT – Vickie Bard scored with 4:16 left in regulation to give the Fort Kent Warriors a 2-1 schoolgirl soccer win over Van Buren Tuesday afternoon. Andrea Nadeau scored a goal in the first half for Fort Kent, now 2-3-1. Goalie Andrea Marquis made… Read More
High school AT HERMON, 3 miles Hermon boys 28, John Bapst 29 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
While covering a cycling race in Old Town on Labor Day, I was disturbed by a broadcast media practice that seems to more prevalent now than it used to be. Maybe it comes from being the resident television/radio sports critic, but what may strike some… Read More
BANGOR – It took seven corner kicks to do it, but the Bangor girls finally got it right. Sarah Parcak’s kick from the left side landed at the feet of Katrina Abell on the far post. A split-second later, the Rams had a 1-0 lead,… Read More
NEWPORT — Ivan “Sam” Martin, 49, of Newport, was found guilty last week in Newport District Court of criminal mischief in connection with the illegal harvesting of trees. According to Forest Ranger Charles Clukey of Maine Forest Service, who conducted the investigation, Martin was found… Read More
BELFAST — City Hall is up in arms over a phony letter of resignation. Apparently a cruel practical joke that nobody thought was very funny, the fake letter of resignation was written on city stationery and contained a likeness of Code Enforcement Officer Robert Temple’s… Read More
ORONO — More than a dozen 6-year-olds stood in a squirming line on the rain slicked playground Tuesday morning at the Asa Adams School. In a first-day-of-school ritual, a handful of parents hesitated at the edge of the blacktop after bidding a tearful farewell to their young children. Read More
MACHIAS — The governor’s Atlantic Salmon Task Force will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the University of Maine at Machias to hear comments on its draft of an Atlantic Salmon conservation plan summary for the federal government. Wild Atlantic salmon in… Read More
BANGOR — Orono activist Terence Hughes and a like-minded companion from Unity got what they wanted Monday when they were summoned to Bangor District Court for allegedly violating Bangor’s new ordinance on targeted residential picketing. Hughes said Tuesday that the Labor Day summonses are the… Read More
AUGUSTA — While lawmakers dissected his forest practices bill Tuesday, Gov. Angus S. King downplayed any perceived flaws in the document and expressed hope of a quick legislative session. “It would be nice if we could complete the session by Friday afternoon,” he said. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Hard to say which happened faster: Saddam Hussein’s doubtful announcement that he was withdrawing his troops from the Kurdish region or candidate Bob Dole jumping in with an opinion of why President Bill Clinton, whatever he was doing, was doing it incorrectly. The president has begun and should… Read More
CALAIS — An assistant district attorney asked that a 26-year-old Lubec man who allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl be held without bail Tuesday in 4th District Court. Washington County Assistant District Attorney Carletta Bassano alleged that some time before 4 a.m. Sunday Ronald Sullivan assaulted… Read More
ATKINSON — No arrests have been made in connection with approximately 100 marijuana plants found growing in an isolated area in Atkinson last Thursday. Sheriff John Goggin of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department said the tall plants were growing in groups of 13 and 14… Read More
INDIAN TOWNSHIP — The search for a 57-year-old Massachusetts man who failed to return from hiking on Sally Mountain when planned on Monday ended Tuesday morning when he walked out to safety. The search for Steve Holt started at 8 p.m., when he failed to… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Board of Selectmen has investigated and exonerated the former director of the town’s ambulance service regarding allegations that he overcharged the town for hours worked and delayed billings for ambulance services. Internal turmoil has kept the Madawaska Ambulance Service under the… Read More
Standpipe salute goes out today to the caring citizens of Maine, especially those living in the WABI-TV viewing area from Rockland to Houlton. Those eastern Mainers responding to the Jerry Lewis “Stars Across America” Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day Telethon, broadcast locally on Channel 5,… Read More
MONTICELLO — A fire of undetermined cause demolished a mobile home on Gentle Road early Tuesday morning. The trailer was reportedly owned by Ricky Drake of Littleton. Cole said Drake had been in the process of fixing up the trailer so he could move into… Read More
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court began its new term Tuesday by hearing arguments on the constitutionality of a voter-approved law that limits the terms of legislators and a handful of other state officials. Arguing on behalf of the League of Women Voters, Stephen Langsdorf contended… Read More
LINCOLN — The depth of feeling about the controversial forestry referendum was demonstrated Tuesday when more than 100 people turned out in the middle of a workday to protest both the clear-cutting ban and the alternative pushed by Gov. Angus King. “Stop the governor from… Read More
A story in Maine Weekend Aug. 31-Sept. 1 about a fund-raiser for Operation Lift-Off of Maine contained an inaccuracy. Since March 2, 1985, about 150 children with life-threatening illnesses have had their wishes fulfilled. Read More
As the Legislature begins its deliberations on the Compact for Maine’s Forest, it is deciding between a far-sighted, encouraging change in forest management and the status quo. The Legislature should seize this rare opportunity to support the recommendations in the compact, which will improve the state’s forests for… Read More
WASHINGTON — Treating lung cancer with both chemotherapy and radiation almost triples the number of patients who live at least five years, says a new study. But researchers cautioned that even with combination therapy’s improvement, the future remains bleak for lung cancer patients, as those… Read More
The Legislature this week will meet in special session to consider the Compact for Maine’s Forest. In our view, the compact — developed as an alternative to the Ban Clearcutting referendum — presents our elected officials with a rare opportunity. It will give legislators a chance to vote… Read More
The University of Maine’s College of Natural Resources, Forestry and Agriculture recently assembled a glossary of terms that Maine residents ought to know to understand details of the Ban Clearcutting referendum question and the governor’s alternative, the Compact for Maine’s Forest. Readers may find this glossary handy when… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. William Cohen on Tuesday called U.S. airstrikes against Iraq “a symbolic military gesture” that might not have gone far enough to force Saddam Hussein to pull out of the disputed areas. Cohen, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, supported… Read More
AUGUSTA — Stephen M. Bost’s sudden departure from Maine’s U.S. Senate race more clearly defines the head-to-head showdown between Democrat Joseph E. Brennan and Republican Susan M. Collins, sources close to the campaign said Tuesday. Brennan and Collins are viewed as the closely matched major… Read More
The city of Brewer and the state of Maine have settled a lawsuit filed a year ago by a mother and daughter who were injured in a deadly 1993 accident that killed Bangor neurosurgeon John Duckworth and two others. The settlement was reached in mid-August… Read More
BANGOR — Any question about whom the National Federation of Independent Business would endorse for U.S. Senate in Maine was put to rest Tuesday at The Bedworks manufacturing plant, where the national business organization announced it would back Susan M. Collins. The Republican candidate and… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Nomination papers are still available for a number of positions on Pittsfield’s Town Council and SAD 53’s board of directors. Two veteran Pittsfield councilors, Terri Marino and Everett Connors, have announced they will not seek re-election. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BELFAST — City police, working in conjunction with the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department and Maine State Police, will conduct a series of OUI roadblocks during September. Deputy Police Chief Allen Weaver said the random roadblocks will be set up at locations throughout the city at… Read More
BANGOR — A nasal spray may be the answer for people who suffer from osteoporosis but want to steer clear of estrogen and its side effects, according to one of the world’s leading experts on the disease. Nasal spray calcitonin therapy is the newest treatment… Read More
BELFAST — Faced with an angry public believing City Hall let them down, a divided City Council reduced the minimum lot size for ocean front construction. The council voted 3-2 Tuesday to scrap changes it had agreed to nine months ago. Those changes increased the… Read More
MACHIAS — The governor’s Atlantic Salmon Task Force will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the University of Maine at Machias to hear comments on its draft of an Atlantic Salmon conservation plan summary for the federal government. Wild Atlantic salmon in… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Councilors chose to deal with a personality conflict between Fire Chief Bernard Williams and Town Manager D. Dwight Dogherty behind closed doors Tuesday night. In a move that many in attendance believed inappropriate, the council entered executive session to deal with “a personnel… Read More
CAMDEN — Kay Tucker survived being boiled in oil, tied to the railroad tracks and being drawn and quartered during her 1940s career as “Nyoka, the Jungle Queen.” But a proposal to name a section of the harbor after the former film star and model, who died in… Read More
NEWPORT — A two-car collision in Newport about 5 p.m. Tuesday sent five people to Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield with injuries. According to Newport Police Sgt. Sanger Davis, Myrna Lyons, 56, of Detroit, driving a 1982 Oldsmobile, failed to stop at a stop sign… Read More
BANGOR — A Penobscot County Superior Court grand jury handed up the following indictments Tuesday: Richard Moloney, 20, Old Town, two counts each of burglary and theft. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A pair of campers are safe and sound back home in Massachusetts after becoming involved in what park rangers are calling a “medical classic,” in which the man and woman both got stabbed while he was attempting to hem his pants. Read More
BLUE HILL — The Blue Hill Hospital Auxiliary needs new members for several projects, including volunteer work in the cafeteria, gift shop, mail room, medical records office and other departments. Members are needed to help with scholarship awards and fund raising, Medic Alert volunteers, special… Read More
TRENTON — Motorists using Route 3 between Mount Desert Island and Trenton should allow themselves some extra time beginning today, reports the Maine Department of Transporation. According to project engineer Merrill Pottle, the MDOT is beginning work on widening Mount Desert Bridge, which carries Route… Read More
CARROLL PLANTATION — An unidentifed man was killed Tuesday after the car he was operating crashed into a loaded pulp truck near the top of a steep hill by Grillon’s Auto and Truck Repair Shop, located 27 miles from Lincoln on Route 6. State Trooper… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Town officials now have the financial means in hand to lure new businesses to town and to upgrade low- to moderate-income housing in rural areas. Bucksport Town Manager Roger Raymond Tuesday reported town officials have $300,000 in federal funds available to help improve… Read More
OLD TOWN — After contentious and divisive debate Tuesday night, the Old Town City Council paved the way for an independent study aimed at settling the months-old controversy over the cost of educating tuition students. City Councilor Jennie Cook-Coghill, who raised the issue in a… Read More
HAMPDEN — The Edythe Dyer Community Library will become more handicapped-accessible as a result of a Town Council decision made Tuesday night. The council awarded the remodeling project to Northern ME Construction Inc., and work is expected to begin this month. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BANGOR — A zone change to accommodate a retail and office park on 10 acres on Union Street apparently was such a routine matter that it drew no public comment during the meeting of the Bangor Planning Board Tuesday night. The rezoning of 1010 Union… Read More
AUGUSTA — The traditional way of life in the North Woods hung in the balance Tuesday, as a legislative committee began to debate changes to Gov. Angus King’s alternative to the November forestry referendum. King’s proposal, called the Compact for Maine’s Forests, attempts to walk… Read More
On July 31 the last three defendants were tried for the destruction of my parents’ home in Eastport. We all sat there and listened to the judge as she sentenced Jeremy and Bradley DeMolet to the Maine Youth Center until their 18th birthdays. The other brother, Michael, was… Read More
In 1992 Bill Clinton promised to overhaul the welfare system. He did nothing. During the past few months he opposed two Republican welfare plans. He was about to be presented with a third. Bill awoke one morning, took his usual look at the polls and discovered the voters… Read More
Well, Hillary Clinton and the liberals are mouthing off again about how “it takes a village to raise a child.” It really depends on the village, doesn’t it? As a resident of North Sullivan, I would prefer the village didn’t try to help me raise my child. I’ve… Read More
On Sept. 5 and 6 the legislators will meet in Augusta for the “special session” on how to secure the future of the north woods. For whose benefit I’m not sure, but from reading the compact it seems like it will be to secure the profit margin of… Read More
AUGUSTA — Former Gov. John McKernan joined business and labor groups Tuesday in asking lawmakers to approve a tax-break bill to preserve the C.F. Hathaway Shirt Co. and hundreds of jobs at its Waterville plant. McKernan, who heads an investor group seeking to buy the… Read More
Red fox is keen-witted opportunist> Animal uses sharp senses when hunting small mammals to prey upon
The sly, old red fox, the dominant fox found throughout Maine, is an opportunist who uses its wit and keen senses to get food, even if that occasionally means begging from motorists. Its reddish-colored fur and white-tipped tail are marks that distinguish the red fox… Read More
GREENVILLE — The skies above the Moosehead Lake Region will be filled with seaplanes this weekend, when the International Seaplane Fly-In kicks off its 23rd season in Greenville. Participants are expected to arrive Thursday for the festivities that will end late Sunday afternoon. A sunset… Read More
In the Pacific Northwest, men and women with seedlings on their backs trek denuded mountains, replacing clear-cut forests one tree at a time. In the nation’s parks on Earth Day, children plant trees to absorb carbon dioxide emitted by cars and power plants, striking tiny blows against global… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Legislature will be asked this week to approve legislation that would allow Maine to begin receiving federal block grants under the new Welfare Reform Act. David Winslow, a spokesman for the Department of Human Services, said Maine will receive as much as… Read More
CARIBOU — A Stockholm man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Aroostook County Superior Court to multiple charges stemming from two fires a year ago at Madawaska Lake. Simon Sandstrom, 25, had been charged with two counts of arson, two counts of criminal mischief, and one count… Read More
Arthritis sufferers have long believed, or at least hoped, that dietary changes might somehow relieve the discomfort in their creaky joints. But while many have sought relief by, for example, eliminating “nightshade” vegetables such as tomatoes and eggplant from their diets, scientists have yet to… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A 42-year-old Ellsworth man shot his wife and then killed himself — ending a marriage that had lasted more than a quarter of a century — at the couple’s home near the Graham Lake dam last weekend. That’s the scenario Maine State Police… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — An early flood warning system will be in place on the Piscataquis River by next February, the result of a cooperative effort by federal, state and county governments and private industry. On Tuesday, Piscataquis County commissioners signed an agreement that will obligate the… Read More
The battle continues to rage over the referendum to ban clear-cutting. Powerful multinationals are threatening Maine citizens with dire consequences should it pass into law. As a sop for the multinationals, Gov. Angus King arranged to have leaders of conservation groups meet with them to… Read More
MADAWASKA — The Madawaska Water District has started work on a $1.3 million renovation project that will include work on its pumping station on the St. John River, a roof for the filtration plant, and in-house work on the filtration plant. The work will represent… Read More
KINGS BAY, Ga. — The USS Maine received a new captain in a change of command ceremony Tuesday at the naval submarine base here. Cmdr. Timothy Lindstrom took over command of the ship from Capt. Gary Gradisnik. Lindstrom’s career has included service at the Nuclear… Read More
MINOT — One man was killed and another injured when the pickup truck they were riding in overturned on Jackson Hill Road, authorities said Tuesday. Richard V. Cliff, 32, of Norway was driving north when he failed to negotiate a curve at 10:30 p.m. Monday. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The use of the county’s two newest cruisers solely by the sheriff and his chief deputy was questioned Tuesday at a meeting of the Piscataquis County commissioners. The fact that Sheriff John Goggin and Chief Deputy Dale Clukey have assigned themselves to the… Read More
AUGUSTA — Repeating his self-styled campaign battle cry of “Don’t eat the seed corn,” U.S. Senate candidate John Rensenbrink called upon the Legislature Tuesday to amend the governor’s forest compact bill. Rensenbrink, an independent candidate running as a member of the Green Party, warned that… Read More
BANGOR — The municipal operations committee has asked City Manager Edward Barrett to gather information quickly on the possible addition of a crosswalk and crossing guard at the corner of Linden and Center streets. After listening to parents Karen Linehan and Laurie Brown share their… Read More
BANGOR — Two area women were indicted Tuesday on charges of robbery and terrorizing in connection with a bomb scare at a grocery store in Old Town last month. The indictments of Erin Green, 19, of Dexter and Erika Nadeau, 19, of Milford were among… Read More
Display of Bob Dole’s World War II experiences in the showcase 1996 Republican convention raised melancholy memories for me and feelings of distrust. The values theme which occupied center stage, juxtaposed with the candidate’s valiant wartime actions and recovery from his grievous wounds, created a conflict for me. Read More