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    BANGOR – The Husson baseball team has named Sandy McCuaig, Andy Boure and John McCarty captains for the 1997 season. McCuaig, a senior shortstop and outfielder from Moncton, New Brunswick, is a three-time All New England pick, a 1996 Honarable Mention All-American and Academic All-American. Read More
    ORONO – St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mark Sweeney and former basketball All-American Rachel Bouchard were among six former standouts inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame on Friday night. Don Sturgeon, Harold Bailey, Henry “Rabbit” Dombrowski and Walter Reed Jr. also were honored for their… Read More
    MEDWAY – “Hunters for the Hungry,” a program for donating wild game meat to food kitchens, shelters and charitable organizations statewide, made its first donation Friday. Representatives from Manna Ministries in Bangor and Martha and Mary’s place in Presque Isle picked up more than 300… Read More
    DETROIT – It’s a daunting enough task to play the defending national champions when they return 20 of 24 lettermen, but it’s just about impossible to win the contest if you don’t generate any offense. That was the case Friday night Joe Louis Arena, where… Read More
    College AT WATERVILLE Bowdoin 6, Colby 3 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
    I know it’s going to happen again Saturday at the Penobscot Valley Conference Cross Country Championships. The way the kid’s been running, it’s inevitable, really. And again it will be a schizophrenic experience of pain and pleasure. If he runs as he has and conquers… Read More
    HAMPDEN – The Orono High School Riots have had a long tradition of quality running backs. They still have some good running backs this season but quarterback Robey Rhoads has definitely been the catalyst. Rhoads completed 8-of-15 passes for 101 yards and three touchdowns on… Read More
    College CHRIS YOUNG VASSALBORO – Thomas College’s Chris Young was named Maine Athletic Conference golf coach of the year Friday during the MAC Championship at Natanis Golf Course, where Young’s Terriers won their first MAC golf title. Read More
    HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.- Sophie Lecot of Montreal scored twice to propel the University of Maine to a 3-0 victory over Hofstra Friday in women’s soccer. The victory for the Black Bears, who improved to 6-6 overall and 2-3 in America East, tied the school record set… Read More
    BREWER – Candlepin bowlers will receive one final chance to win $6,160 in prize money this weekend in the Charles H. Milan Sr. Memorial Sweepstakes at the Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes. Shifts are scheduled for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and bowlers… Read More
    LINCOLN – Leroy Cox rushed for three touchdowns to pace Mattanawcook Academy to a 33-0 LTC football win over Rockland Friday night. Cox had scoring runs of 6 and 2 yards, then broke loose for an 85-yard kickoff return to open the second half. He… Read More
    High school AT CARIBOU, 3.04 miles Caribou boys 29, Presque Isle 29, Limestone 94, Washburn 124, Fort Kent 126, Hodgdon 163, Fort Fairfield 167, Ashland no team score googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    College AT NATANIS GC, Vassalboro, par 72 MAC Championship Thomas 319, UM-Farmington 328, Husson 334, U-New England 397 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
    Maine’s law-enforcement officials have talked for many years in abstract terms about the state’s underfunded courts. But descriptions of large case volumes and trial delays cannot begin to tell of the pain and fear inflicted by criminals whose cases the courts have been too busy to address. Read More
    When it comes to questions and answers in a political campaign, the situation is much like eating cornflakes, which is to say that the deal hardly ever comes out even. In the cornflake thing you usually wind up with either too much milk or too… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Central Maine Power Co. Friday reported a steep drop in third-quarter earnings that the utility blamed on costs associated with its investment in nuclear power plants in Connecticut and Maine. CMP’s earnings for the quarter ending Sept. 30 were $3.4 million, compared with… Read More
    An article in Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News described public-private partnerships between communities and industries with hazardous material response teams. The James River Corp. in Old Town should have been included as having a formal written agreement with Old Town to have its “hazmat” team respond to any chemical… Read More
    BOSTON — Massachusetts has 60 days to come up with a plan to prevent lobster gear and fishing nets from harming endangered right whales — or coastal fishing could be banned altogether next spring. A federal appeals court refused Thursday to grant the state a… Read More
    BANGOR — The city’s long-term commitment to revitalizing its waterfront will be recognized today with an award from the Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association. Chapter President James Upham, a former planner for Bangor, will present the award to Mayor Patricia Blanchette… Read More
    A story in the NEWS early this year about the parents of baby Aisha Dickson, who died apparently from a beating, provoked a response from readers questioning the value of the story. Brooks W. Hamilton jumped into the disagreement, interviewed members of the media and the public, and… Read More
    For the past six months, I have had the challenging opportunity of acting as AFDC home visit coordinator for Washington, Hancock, Piscataquis, and Penobscot counties. During this interlude, I have briefly stepped into the lives of more than 150 recipients by visiting them in their homes to review… Read More
    Patrick L. Larkin doesn’t pay much attention to politics these days, ever since a “trash” for-hire artist ran him out of the game four years ago with a bogus smear. Robert Norris, the Washington-based “opposition research” consultant who defamed Larkin, is back on the job… Read More
    PORTLAND — A discussion of Bill Moyers’ television special, “Genesis,” will be offered beginning Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Immanuel Baptist Church. Leading the discussion will be: the Rev. Paul Hanneman, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church; Rabbi Harry Ski, rabbi emeritus of Portland’s Temple Beth El;… Read More
    ORONO — Still searching for the law of physics that explains how the voices of Peter, Paul and Mary merged to create the harmony that resonated through the Maine Center for the Arts on Friday evening? Give it up. Just say they were sublime. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A small but enthusiastic group cheered a denunciation of abortion on Friday by Herbert Titus, vice presidential candidate of the U.S. Taxpayers Party, and Bill Clarke, the party’s candidate for U.S. Senate. Titus and Clarke said it is the duty of elected leaders… Read More
    PORTLAND — Three weeks after an oil tanker hit a bridge and spilled 168,000 gallons of oil into Portland Harbor, the tanker’s owner said the cleanup bill for the spill has hit $34 million. “It’s between $1.5 million and $2 million per day,” George Blake,… Read More
    ORONO — U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe will speak at a reception of the University of Maine All Maine Women honor society and the University of Maine Senior Skulls honor society at 10:30 a.m. today, at Wells Catering and Conference Center, UMaine. The All Maine… Read More
    People in District 10 realize they must put a senator in Augusta who knows the issues of this district. We are an agricultural area whether we like it or not. We now have the perfect choice to elect a person who knows about agriculture. I am speaking of… Read More
    I agree with Ellen Theriault’s letter concerning the Garbage Garage that moved into town. The people who run this dump must have sent Mike McLaughlin a nice big thank you card for the free advertisement. I would like to urge all Exeter residents who feel… Read More
    Small businesses drive the economy of this state, and the country. Small businesses create jobs, pay wages and generate tax money which finances our government. Small businesses must be represented in our Legislature. That is why I support Will Farnham for representative from District 117. Read More
    While we certainly know that large issues involving peace and war, health care, constitutional rights, and a host of others are decided at the national level, we need to remind ourselves that our lives are affected every single day by what our Legislature in Maine does. We need… Read More
    I commend the Bangor Daily News for running Wayne M. O’Leary’s Oped piece on Oct. 5-6 on the failure of current political candidates to “discuss real issues.” O’Leary is right on the mark when he criticizes the Democrats and Republicans as being two faces of the same party… Read More
    Now that the Senate race is so close or Brennan has edged ahead, it’s time for the caped dirt digger, John Day and his trusted sidekick, the Bangor Daily News, to kick into high gear to make sure this doesn’t happen. The front page headline… Read More
    Hundreds of volunteers will descend on elementary, middle and high schools across the state today to prepare a local on-ramp to the information highway. It is Net Day ’96, the day when volunteers, under the guidance of technicians, will wire their local schools and libraries… Read More
    An Orono High School soccer player was identified incorrectly in a photo caption in Friday’s paper. The player was Simon Stevens, not Adam Sewell. Read More
    As members of the Maine Paper Industry Council, we are writing to express our strong and unanimous support for Question 2B, the Compact for Maine’s Forests, on the Nov. 5 ballot. The Maine Paper Industry Council was established by the 117th Maine Legislature to recommend… Read More
    Forget about whether Bill Clinton or Bob Dole won Wednesday night’s presidential debate. That’s not important. The big losers were the political pundits, and these news media nabobs could barely disguise their disappointment. “It wasn’t a brawl,” complained NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw during his… Read More
    When Mark Bechard was found not responsible for his crimes by reason of insanity Wednesday, Justice Donald Alexander ordered him committed to the custody of the commissioner of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. For Bechard, this meant a return to the August Mental Health Institute,… Read More
    Let’s hear it for the pupils at Hermon Elementary School. They’ve gone and done it again. Little “Energizer bunnies” every one, pupils in kindergarten through grade five raised $5,335.45 for the American Heart Association in their Jump Rope for Heart program. And here’s an added… Read More