If you need convincing that the American attitude “biggest is best” applies directly to sportsmen, take a look around. The steadily increasing sizes and horsepowers of boats and motors alone should assuage any doubts. But perhaps the longest-standing example of the American sportsman’s continuous quest for equipment that… Read More
ORONO – The Long Island accent is still noticeable as University of Maine field hockey coach Terry Kix discusses her program in her office, which she pronounces AWWWWFIS. However, her players admit that one of the staples of the Maine dialect, the word “wicked,” has… Read More
WOODLAND – Matt James scored on a penalty kick at 23:15 of the second half to provide the game-winning goal as the Woodland boys nipped Lubec 2-1 during the final day of regular season high school soccer action Friday. Ben Speed scored the Dragons first… Read More
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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
Bill Schwarz, who transformed the Brewer High School hockey team into a perennial Class B powerhouse, will probably be named the next Bangor High School hockey coach at Monday’s meeting of the Bangor School Committee. Former Bangor coach Tim McDougal suffered a heart attack in… Read More
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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
This weekend’s Maine college football matchups pit teams with high aspirations against opponents that may already be achieving success, this season or in recent years. The University of Maine entertains New Hampshire in its Homecoming contest, Maine Maritime Academy of Castine visits Salve Regina, and… 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
OLD TOWN – Brewer senior quarterback Jeff Conlon likes to run, but it was his one completed pass of the game that gave the Witches a badly needed 14-12 high school football win over Old Town Friday night. With just 45 seconds left in the… 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
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Bob Jameson has spent a lifetime enduring comments about his height – or relative lack thereof. Whatever the 5-foot-9ish running back from Mattawan, N.J., lacks in stature, he has more than made up for in determination and dedication on the football field. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… 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
TORONTO — Locked in a showdown with doctors over health care funding, Canada’s largest province is arranging for pregnant women to get medical treatment in the United States. The dispute, so bitter that many Ontario doctors have threatened to stop taking new patients, is the… Read More
Dr. Charles Robinson said this week that Maine has a responsibility to Mark Bechard’s victims — and to Mark Bechard himself — to continue the evaluation of the state mental health care system, to retain community programs and to be realistic enough not to expect privatization of care… 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
AUGUSTA — The Maine House has been in the awkward position of having the two parties at exactly even strength for most of the past year, so there is no clear majority or minority party. While Democratic House Speaker Dan Gwadosky, who was elected when… Read More
As October wanes, the gardening season comes to a close. With the holidays approaching, thoughts of outside tasks will be put on the back burner until the seed catalogs fill the mailbox in January. It’s time to settle in for winter. With another gardening season… 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
BREWER — The North Brewer-Eddington United Methodist Church recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. The Rev. Vicki Woods, district superintendent of the Northern District of Maine of the New England Conference of United Methodist Churches, joined with the congregation’s members, many in period costume, to celebrate… Read More
When Hermon High School students began surfing the Internet last year, a few of them waded into objectionable material, gawking at pornographic images and offensive language on their school’s computer screens. In order to prevent a flash flood of similar problems, Hermon High decided to… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — In a move to improve corporate annual earnings by $400 million over the next three years, Georgia-Pacific Corp. has laid off workers across the country, including 19 salaried employees at its Woodland Pulp and Paper Mill. Steve Church, senior manager of corporate communication… 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
FORT KENT — Robert G. Cabello told four student representatives at the University of Maine at Fort Kent on Thursday that he has “a good idea what is needed to provide quality services for students” at the University of Maine System’s northernmost campus. Among student… 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
LEVANT — A candidates night will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Levant Consolidated School. Candidates for House Districts 124 and 122 and Senate District 10 will speak and answer questions. Read More
AUGUSTA — Gerber Childrenswear Inc. has been presented a package of savings that could cut its operational costs at Fort Kent by $398,000 a year, a state official said Friday. Steve Levesque, director of business development at the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development,… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine has just 23 cranberry growers working a total of only 70 acres now, but the state could become a national or even international production leader within a dozen years with aggressive action, according to a state task force report issued Friday. A… Read More
ORONO — Analies Ross-Dyjak is only 16 months old, but she’s older than the building she tottered through Friday night, her blue eyes wide as she looked up at a lighted sign that read, “Art demands of us that we not stand still.” The study… Read More
ROCKPORT — Local legislative candidates met with town officials here Thursday night to mull over the state’s broken tax system and how it might be fixed. Candidates at the forum, sponsored by the towns of Camden and Rockport, were: contenders for the open House District… Read More
The number of positively identified cases of rabies has doubled in Maine since early June, according to figures released this month by the state’s health and environmental testing laboratory. Eighty-six cases had been identified by Oct. 2, a level that by the end of the… Read More
Many of you other dog owners out there may recognize the following scenario: You and your faithful hound go to a local park at some ungodly hour, or during weather so lousy that no one else should be around, so your dog can run off the leash for… 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
Federal labor officials filed two suits this week against DeCoster Egg Farms to recover more than $21,000 in wages they said were owed to dozens of employees. Filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland, the suits allege the Turner egg producer failed to compensate… Read More
BANGOR — David Allen Godfrey of Plymouth made his first appearance in Bangor District Court Friday morning, charged as a fugitive from justice. Godfrey was arrested Thursday afternoon as a fugitive from South Carolina, where he is wanted in connection with the slaying of his wife in 1974. Read More
PORTLAND — A Saco man convicted of raping three women in secluded areas of Portland last year was sentenced Friday to 49 years in prison. Timothy Wilcox, 34, was convicted in March of 13 felony charges, including gross sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery. Two of… 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
St. Joseph Hospital has withdrawn its request for a public hearing on a major project by its cross-town rival. Eastern Maine Medical Center had asked the Maine Department of Human Services to approve construction of a new cancer center on State Street and a community… 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
Pianist pays homnage to Guaraldi> Winston to bring “Charlie Brown” music to Maine Center of the Arts
George Winston feels he owes a lot to Vince Guaraldi. It was Guaraldi’s 1963 hit, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” that hooked the then 14-year-old Winston, already a fan of instrumental music, on the piano. Guaraldi’s songs still make up a large portion of… Read More
More than 11,000 illegal guns will be back on streets of Hartford, Conn. this spring. Sort of. 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
BUCKSPORT — An injection of federal funding will help a local health facility to double its size and service capacity next year. The Bucksport Regional Health Center learned recently that it is slated to receive $692,850 in federal funds to support most of the cost… Read More
BELFAST — A Democrat hasn’t represented Belfast in the state House of Representatives in decades, but Stephen Olson is banking on changing that. Belfast resident Olson, a marine surveyor and captain of the tour boat Balmy Days, has been working since early spring to unseat… 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
AUGUSTA — Legislators backing the compact for Maine’s forests are trying to repel a full-scale attack from Republicans and 2C proponents thirsting for revenge at the ballot box. Control of the Maine Senate is the prize in this firefight that has some party candidates freaked… Read More
Linnehan’s Ellsworth Ford Sales isn’t just selling cars these days, it’s selling itself. Darling’s, the Bangor auto dealership that bought out the nearby Linnehan’s Auto Mall two years ago, is doing it again, purchasing the Ford dealership that had been in the Linnehan family for… 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
CALAIS — A frequent complaint last summer was: “There is nothing for kids to do.” One group is meeting that complaint head-on with plans to build an in-line skating, skateboard and bicycle park complex. Calais police officer Bob Geroux and resident Roxanne Redding, members of… Read More
PORTLAND — Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy was born to be a politician. He had no choice, he told 75 senior citizens at 100 State St. on Friday afternoon as he lent his considerable charm and croaking tenor voice to Joseph Brennan’s effort to win the U.S. senate seat… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — It appears the person who took a pocketbook from the home of an elderly Dexter woman last week was the same person who preyed on an elderly Dover-Foxcroft woman. Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Dennis Dyer said sometime last week a subject matching the description… Read More
MONSON — Selectmen here have scheduled a special town meeting on Nov. 20 to resolve several issues. Residents will decide whether or not to pay for an activity-bus run for middle-school students to and from SeDoMoCha Middle School in Dover-Foxcroft. SAD 68, of which Monson… Read More