Husson College and UMaine-Presque Isle are two of the men’s college basketball teams heading to Gorham for the third annual Hancock Lumber Maine Event tournament this weekend. The University of New England will get a chance to even the score with the Braves, after a… Read More
    The Maine hockey team’s weekend in the Governor’s Cup Hockey Classic at the University of Vermont could be a struggle. It will definitely be a challenge. As of Tuesday, the Bears had seven starters injured or sick. Interim head coach Greg Cronin said the 18… Read More
    Great Alaskan Shootout MAINE vs. KENTUCKY/SYRACUSE 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
    This is the last weekend of live racing in Maine for 1996. When Scarborough Downs completes its final race on Sunday, live racing will take a three-month winter hiatus. Scarborough and Maine’s six other off-track wagering facilities will continue to show live, out-of-state races every… Read More
    Local AT PORTLAND, 4 miles Portland Thanksgiving Day Race Top Men’s finishers: 1. Bob Winn 20:02; 2. Matt Lane 20:37; 3. David Weatherbie 21:00; 4. Pete Bottomley 21:03; 5. Lonnie Reny 21:10; 6. Kyle Rhoads 21:30; 7. Guy Segars 21:40; 8. Allan Muir 21:50; 9. Read More
    MAINE vs. BROWN Time, site: Friday, 7 p.m.; Alfond Arena, Orono 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] googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    Stearns High School First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Jessica Crosby, Lindsay Fanjoy, Joshua Lynch, Nicole Ryan and Heath Weatherbee; honors: Megan Adams, Julia Berry, Rachel Boutaugh, Amber Byron, Angela Cutliffe, Michele Dispenzieri, Melissa Elliott, Kelly Gagnon, Janna Garvin, Sara Grunthaler, Sandra Illingworth, Jason… Read More
    Washburn District High School First quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Courtney Flewelling; high honors: Matthew Crouse, Trent Cunningham, Erin Thomas, Megan Thomas and Stacie Tully; honors: Shannon Bragg, Angela Dickinson, Beth Dickinson, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Elliot Fox, Philip Hebert, Michael Kelley, Dawn Maynard and Jeremy… Read More
    Bangor District Court: Michael I. Roberts, 49, illegal attachment of plates, $75. 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
    Machias Memorial High School First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Peter Larsen, Jonathan Moyer, Cody Phipps and Rebecca Wink; honors: Joshua Atwood, Laura Crockett, Jason Faulkingham, Nicholas Goding, David Hanscom, Renee Hatch, Michelle Hussey, Beth Macias Abad, Jillian McCarthy, Patrick O’Keefe, Sheri Pritchard and… Read More
    BANGOR — Fleet Bank of Maine has contributed $25,000 to the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, the first such gift under the newly established Fleet Community Arts Access Program. The donation will allow hundreds of Bangor-area people to buy tickets for $5 each and children coming with… Read More
    Brewer High School First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Josh Comer, Troy Corey, Chris Corson, Jay Dearborn, Benjamin Ellis, Jesse Figuried, Elizabeth Fossett, Shaun Goodwin, Misty Hatch, Michael Jordan, Mike Loud, Angie Oechslie, Shellie Robinson, Kim Russell, Mikaela Sturrock, Gabriel Tarr, McKenzie Wade and… Read More
    This week’s smiling photo-op with President Bill Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin couldn’t mask the underlying tension between the two heads of state. There has been modest improvement in this important relationship, but it continues to be strained by fundamental disagreement over human rights and trade policies. Read More
    GLORIA ATTENWEILER, a registered nurse, has been named clinical director of nursing at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor. Attenweiler will be responsible for coordinating clinical nursing services for critical and cardiopulminary care, medical and surgical care, and intraveneous therapy. She joined St. Joseph in 1979 and has served… Read More
    Who were the first people to inhabit the Americas? As strange as it may seem, there is less controversy over events taking place on distant stars than those that occurred literally in our own backyard. There are two questions that remain to be answered; When did humans first… Read More
    Not long ago, while I was in a prominent local pharmacy, I purchased a copy of the Nov. 4, issue of Newsweek. Rock singer Melissa Etheridge and her pregnant partner, Julie Cypher, graced the cover. The headline read, “We’re having a baby.” Setting the magazine… Read More
    The viewing schedule for “Genesis: A Living Conversation with Bill Moyers” has been changed to accommodate Maine Public Television’s December fund-raising campaign. The new schedule is: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Alarmed by evidence that diseases once thought virtually wiped out are staging a comeback, public health officials from the United States and Europe have agreed to establish a global early warning network to alert doctors and governments about budding epidemics. The network —… Read More
    Credit Coastal Acadia Development Corp. with having a good idea and the courage to pursue it. The Hancock Country organization looked at its demographics, low wages and strong but seasonal businesses and wisely concluded the Ellsworth area needed to act on its own to strengthen the county economy. Read More
    PORTLAND — Mental health activists fear that the arrest of Virginia Green on a charge of murdering her elderly mother could trigger a backlash against the mentally ill. Green, 46, has a history of manic-depressive disorder and was widely known as an advocate for people… Read More
    In response to recent concerns, news articles and changes in Brewer management by its elected leadership, Penn Bay Realty Trust would like to point out positive solutions and compromise four law firms retained by the city of Brewer at taxpayer expense, the city’s insurance company, and an outside… Read More
    Let me remind you about the National Weather Service’s plan to close the Caribou Weather Station office next year. Not only will you have to rely on the Gray office to forecast our weather, but you can forget about accurate weather warnings or rather getting warnings after the… Read More
    Your recent editorial about the future of natural gas in Maine raises an interesting and important point. That is, Mainers should welcome the upcoming debate about natural gas and what kind of role we want it to play in our state. People talk about natural… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The eastern Maine trapper thought he might have caught a large coyote. But state biologists say the 81-pound animal turned over to them by the Hancock man early this month may in fact be a wolf. If tissue samples confirm the 4-foot-long animal… Read More
    PORTLAND — Amid sunny weather that made travel a cinch, Mainers celebrated Thanksgiving with family members Thursday and ensured that the needy weren’t forgotten. Central Maine Power Co. said about 150 homes were still without electricity Thursday night following an ice storm two days earlier… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — The poolside celebration and tour of the new Mount Desert Island YMCA set for this Sunday has been canceled. In a press release issued by the YMCA on Wednesday, officials announced the event had been canceled due to last-minute permit and zoning… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Rockland Cooperative History Project will offer its remaining stock of books, “Home Front on Penobscot Bay: Rockland During the War Years 1940-1945,” at reduced prices. The sale and book signing by the authors, Thomas J. Molloy, Paul G. Merriam and Theodore W. Read More
    MACHIAS — The Machias Memorial High School Jazz Band has raised $675 toward its goal of outfitting each member in nylon jackets for the winter concert to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5 and 12, at the Rose Gaffney gymnasium. The fund-raising goal… Read More
    Has SAD 22 Superintendent Richard Lyons started a new school lunch program at taxpayer expense? He submitted a receipt for reimbursement from the Olive Garden resaurant for a “business” meeting. This raises many questions. First, why does he consider this lunch a business meeting? Does… Read More
    BANGOR — Scheduling difficulties have caused the spaghetti supper planned for Dec. 3 by U.S. Rep. John Baldacci to be postponed until 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at John Bapst Memorial High School auditorium. The supper is put on by Baldacci and Momma Baldacci’s Restaurant… Read More
    BANGOR — The Maine Department of Transportation has opened a new park-and-ride lot near one of Bangor’s busiest interchanges, I-95 and I-395, Outer Hammond Street and Odlin Road, for ride-sharing commuters. The lot is on land owned by MDOT on the Odlin Road just north… Read More
    BANGOR — An “early awareness” seminar on college financing will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Fifth Street Middle School auditorium, 143 Fifth St. Financial aid directors from Bowdoin College, Colby College and the University of Maine will provide advice and… Read More
    HOULTON — The SAD 29 board Monday night could consider action on a proposed renovation project for Houlton High School. The big question to be answered: how much to spend on the project? Chairwoman Elizabeth Childers said Tuesday she hopes to get a commitment from… Read More
    Somewhere, someone may have been watching the big Dallas Cowboys-Washington Redskins Thanksgiving Day football game wearing an authentic Dallas Cowboys jersey autographed by famed running back Emmit Smith. The shirt that had graced the walls of Legend’s Sports Bar in Bangor was stolen sometime Monday… Read More
    CARIBOU — Pamela Harpine, a public health nurse with the Department of Human Services Division of Community and Family Health, was recently awarded the Dr. John Snow Award at the annual Epidemiology Conference held in Augusta. Harpine has worked in the central Aroostook County area… Read More
    BANGOR — A unique celebration of the Advent season begins Sunday night, Dec. 1, at Columbia Street Baptist Church in Bangor. The Chrismon Tree will be decorated in the sanctuary at 6 p.m. Chrismons are monograms or symbols for the various names of Christ found… Read More
    Presque Isle District Court: Bobby R. Trotter, 38, Presque Isle, two counts disorderly conduct, $100 for each offense. 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