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BENNINGTON, Vt. – Stori Shaw had 22 points, five assists, and five steals to lead the University of Maine-Presque Isle to an 80-58 women’s basketball victory over Southern Vermont Thursday. Kelli Daigle chipped in 18 points for UMPI, and Penny Stevens dished out 10 assists. Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD – Lucas Levesque made the front end of a one-and-one with four seconds remaining, lifting Fort Kent to a 70-69 schoolboy basketball victory over Fort Fairfield Thursday night. Levesque connected for a game-high 29 points to spark the winning effort for the Warriors. Read More
ORONO – Beth Gagnon scored 11 of her game-high 19 points in the fourth quarter as Orono outscored Mount Desert Island 20-11 to pull away and avenge its only loss of the season, 56-44, here Thursday night. Orono has now won eight in a row… Read More
No, Bangor Christian girls basketball coach Mike Corneil didn’t find anything convenient about his team’s 7-11 record last year, but he did gain some satisfaction from his team’s effort down the stretch. After limping out of the starting gate with an 0-8 record, the Patriots… Read More
BANGOR – It took more than three quarters, but the host Bangor Rams found their offensive groove just in time to rally for a point-worthy victory at Red Barry Gymnasium Thursday night. Led by the backcourt duo of Emily Morse and Kori Dionne, the Rams… Read More
BANGOR – For a moment, forget the fact that eight Bangor individual swimmers and three Ram relay teams combined to pluck every available first place against the Brewer girls at Husson College pool. Ignore the lopsided 131-52 final score in a cross-river rivalry that in… Read More
The man who filed a lawsuit against Peter Martin, his restaurant and his Waterville off-track betting operation, has died. Stanley Plummer Jr., a Manchester businessman, died Dec. 27 in a Portland hospital afteManchester businessman, died Dec. 27 in a Portland hospital after a brief illness. The cause of… Read More
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Cindy Blodgett, who led the nation in scoring last season with 27.8 points per game, checks in this week as the No. 8 scorer in NCAA Division I women’s basketball. The junior guard from Clinton had connected for 22.4 points per contest through Monday’s games,… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus S. King announced plans for a major expansion of the fledgling cranberry industry in Washington County on Thursday, a plan that could make Maine one of the major cranberry-producing states in the country. Cherryfield Frozen Foods, a division of Oxford Frozen… Read More
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — The discovery of a design flaw at a nuclear power plant within 30 miles of Maine may prove life-threatening to Canada’s entire nuclear energy industry. An official with the Atomic Energy Control Board says corrosion problems at the Point Lepreau plant… Read More
BANGOR — Maine’s growing Muslim population today begins its observance of Ramadan, a month filled with fasting, self-sacrifice and prayer — not with the intention to deprive themselves but to feed their spirit. Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar, begins the first… Read More
Georgia-Pacific will shut down its oriented strand board operations in Woodland for three months, laying off an estimated 100 people starting Monday. The Atlanta-based paper and wood products company said the temporary shutdown was necessary in light of plummeting prices for the OSB, used in… Read More
WASHINGTON — After a year of good crops and high prices, farmers could be stuck with huge tax bills this year unless Congress acts quickly to reverse an Internal Revenue Service ruling, lawmakers say. The IRS decision, upheld last fall by an Iowa federal court,… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has announced the opening of six field offices in Maine and the appointment of 11 staff members in Cumberland, Penobscot, Androscoggin, Kennebec, York and Aroostook counties. In most cases, Collins said, she has maintained offices occupied by Sen. William… Read More
BIDDEFORD — Six years after he stood up in a Kennebunkport church and told President Bush to stop the Persian Gulf War, a peace activist says he will not pay his outstanding $100 fine. York County District Attorney Michael P. Cantara recently sent John Schuchardt,… Read More
SANFORD — An 18-year-old Arkansas man was in jail Thursday after being arrested in a foiled armed holdup earlier this week. David Wayne Davison was charged with armed robbery and was being held at the York County Jail in Alfred. Davison of Pine Bluff, Ark.,… Read More
DEXTER — Seated underneath water-stained ceiling tiles that indicated the condition of the roof covering the Dexter High School cafeteria, SAD 46 directors voted Wednesday to move ahead with the engineering design of a new roof. The directors voted to expend $6,500, funds allocated last… Read More
MADAWASKA — An ambulance advisory committee created to reorganize the Madawaska Ambulance Service may propose reorganizing the town’s health services. The committee’s final report could come by the end of the month. The committee held a round-table discussion Wednesday night with school and municipal officials. Read More
Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, starts each new year with a review of notable medical and scientific achievements for the year just past. The honors for 1996 go to breakthroughs in the treatment of HIV infection that have brought both an… Read More
It has been months since Bangor-area veterans have had access to a psychiatrist at the local Veterans Affairs clinic, but VA officials say they are searching for someone to fill the position. The new psychiatrist will spend three days in Bangor weekly in an effort… Read More
ADDISON — Classes resumed at the D.W. Merritt Elementary School here Thursday, after an early morning break-in that shut down the school the previous day. An Addison man has been charged in the break-in and vandalism of the Addison school, and the break-in and theft… Read More
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Bucksport High School First quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Jon LeBlanc; high honors: Patricia Beaulieu, Danielle Blaylock, Sarah Coffin, Christy Dowling, Kylie Gray, Shannon Markley, Wava Sheehan and Gerard Uffelman; honors: Valerie Ames, Heidi Atwood, Melanie Boyle, Kristen Billings, Alan Bishop, Mindy Clement, John… Read More
Unless you have been vacationing on another planet, you have probably been acquainted with the Oakland, Calif., school board’s ratification of Ebonics into its public school curriculum. Three weeks ago, the school board rocked the American educational establishment with its approval of this new “language” form. Read More
For those of you who spent Sunday afternoon tuned in to the 2 millionth rerun of “Ghostbusters II,” you missed quite a football game. And not only did you miss a stellar performance by the New England Patriots, you also missed the beautiful afterglow that bathed many a… Read More
The Clinton administration had a bad reaction to marijuana referendum questions passed in November in California and Arizona. When the Maine Legislature faces a similar question of whether to approve marijuana use for medical reasons, it can do a better job of considering the issue before offering an… Read More
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When the school board in Oakland, Calif., approved a resolution decreeing Ebonics a distinct primary language of black students, the reaction was predictable, loud and clear. The board didn’t need an interpreter. From parents in Pennsylvania, to school administrators in Maine to African-American leaders nationwide,… Read More
The New England regional office of the Humane Society of the United States Wildlife Land Trust is located in Jacksonville, Vt., not in New Hampshire as reported in a story Thursday concerning the donation of land in Palmyra to the trust for preservation. The Vermont office will manage… Read More
BOSTON — Placing bets over a toll-free telephone line run by a Canadian Indian tribe is still gambling — and still illegal everywhere but Nevada — according to officials in Maine and two other states working to block the line. But the Maliseet Nation at… Read More
Even before the recent wave of information in the print media and on television about the lack of health care regulations governing mandatory criminal checks for community health care workers, the Home Care Alliance of Maine was working to develop state legislation to address this issue. In Maine,… Read More
ROCKLAND — SAD 5 Superintendent Donald Kanicki is sending Gov. Angus King a bill for $4.5 million. Kanicki will ask the governor to “give us the money you have cut back,” he said Thursday night. Kanicki told the school board that the $4.5 million figure… Read More
BANGOR — The city will appeal its case on targeted residential picketing to Penobscot County Superior Court after a District Court judge refused this week to reopen the hearing at that level. Justice Susan Calkins had ruled on Dec. 9 in favor of pro-life activists… Read More
BREWER — Thursday evening local police recovered the majority of an estimated $15,000 in electronics equipment stolen earlier this week from Brewer High School. No one was arrested but police expect to charge at least two people in the theft. Among the items recovered from… Read More
All last summer, pupils at the Earl C. McGraw Elementary School in Hampden were writing poems, planning meals, drawing pictures, and adding up receipts. Daily summer activity ideas were planned and printed on calendars for parents to take home, to encourage families to find fun… Read More
ROCKPORT — The fast-food, finger-lickin’ colonel will have to twiddle his thumbs for the next six months while Rockport considers revising its zoning to allow drive-through dining. The town planning board was scheduled Wednesday night to evaluate plans by Conifer Industries of New Gloucester for… Read More
AUGUSTA — A series of late-night trade-offs capped a marathon day of negotiations Thursday as the Appropriations Committee overcame numerous party-line splits and reached agreement on $8 million in emergency spending. Democratic and Republican negotiators congratulated one another publicly after announcing the accord shortly before… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A ruptured propane gas line sent Dover-Foxcroft firefighters scrambling to the Dover-Foxcroft Shopping Plaza shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday. Fire Chief Joseph Guyotte said someone from the mall area called the fire station, where firefighters were attending an arson training session, and reported… Read More
Regarding Maine license plates: I understand we are the Pine Tree State. Why not a pine tree on our new plates? Eunice Howard Orrington… Read More
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In a ruthless attempt to subvert the will of the voters in California and Arizona, drug czar Barry McCaffrey has issued a plan detailing the federal government’s efforts to deny patients access to medicinal marijuana. For example, the Drug Enforcement Administration will take action to… Read More
As a citizen of the town of Glenburn, I recently attended several town meetings concerning the purchase of 25 acres for $75,000. The most recent meeting was held Jan. 2 strictly to discuss and vote on this proposal. I was surprised and disappointed in the… Read More
Reference John S. Day’s column published in the Jan. 7 edition of the Bangor Daily News, concerning Jean Hay’s attempt to stop Bill Cohen from becoming secretary of defense. Although I am not a Jean Hay political supporter, I dislike even more John Day’s elitist… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The American Red Cross will hold CPR and standard first aid classes in Ellsworth during January. Adult CPR will be held 5:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15; first aid 5:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16; and infant and child CPR 5:30-9:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20,… Read More
Knox County Superior Court: Christopher O’Brien, 18, Rockland, burglary and theft of C.N. Brown on Oct. 12 in Rockland, three years in prison with all but six months suspended and two years probation; receiving stolen property and violations of conditions of release, 30 days in… Read More
NEWBURGH — Dog owners have until Jan. 31 to license their pets, after which a $3 late fee will be charged, said Town Clerk Lois Libby. Proof of rabies vaccination and spaying or neutering will be required. Fee for neutered dogs is $4; for unaltered,… Read More
ALTON — A rabies clinic will be offered to cat and dog owners in Alton and Argyle from 1 to 2 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Alton Town Hall. Pets should be at least 4 months old, not pregnant, and dogs must be on leashes. Read More
CARIBOU — Howard Robinson was back in court yet again Thursday. Robinson was convicted for the murder of Constance Humphrey at the Oxbow Sporting Lodge in 1994, and also was ordered in July 1996 to pay the victim’s daughter, Anne Humphrey, a civil penalty of… Read More
The opportunity for you to “Be a Hero” by participating in the coming “Hogan Road Heroes Blood Drive and Bone Marrow Drive” couldn’t come at a better time. It may help save the life of 11-year-old Christopher Cody Mitchell of Dedham and Clearwater, Fla. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
CORINNA — With more than $400,000 in outstanding taxes, budgeting for a new year is not an easy task in Corinna. And Town Manager Gary Dorman is not eager to project what the final budget will be, or the resulting tax rate. Dorman said 62… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Residents will be able to meet the local water company’s new owners and have any questions answered at a reception 1-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at the Bucksport Community Building. The Bucksport water system was purchased by Consumers Maine Water Co. on Nov. Read More
A Lubec couple has filed notice to a Lubec selectman and to the Stewart Green American Legion Post 65 of their intent to file suit for an assault that occurred at a party in Lubec on July 4, 1996. Joanne Hallet-Case was sentenced Tuesday to… Read More
COOPER — The Cooper Free Public Library boasts more than 13,000 volumes in its collection. Its volunteers deliver large-print books, crossword puzzles, and radio-comedy tapes to elderly homebound people. Save for Sundays, they bring books and visit daily with rehabilitation and hospital patients in Calais, 20 miles away. Read More
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PRESQUE ISLE — The Northern Maine Regional Airport has been awarded a $200,000 grant to upgrade its master plan, according to an announcement from the congressional delegation. The Federal Aviation Administration grant will fund the development of a plan that will consider the reconstruction of… Read More
VINALHAVEN — The Knox County Sheriff’s Department searched the home of a Vinalhaven couple Wednesday afternoon, uncovering a cache of drugs and paraphernalia. The search warrant at the residence of Ronald and Linda Wadsworth was executed by Deputy James Moore, the island’s resident deputy, and… Read More
DEER ISLE — Firefighters endured 15-degree temperatures and 30-knot winds to attack a blaze reported in an unoccupied camper around 4:40 a.m. Wednesday morning. Chief Richard Haskell of the Deer Isle Fire Department said crews from five towns responded, finding the 25-foot camper on Reach… Read More
SANGERVILLE — Sangerville selectmen expect that interviews with six of the 10 applicants for the position of town manager will be completed by next week. Chairman Lance Burgess said he hopes that a replacement for Derek Goodine, who leaves his post on Jan. 17 for… Read More
AUGUSTA — It doesn’t have Florida’s sun or South Carolina’s mild winters, but Maine could lure more retirees and their dollars if it reduces taxes, sells itself better and makes other improvements, a report stated Thursday. “Maine must overcome visitors’ misconceptions,” the recommendations in the… Read More
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HOULTON — Most people, when they think of forest rangers, picture dirty-faced men and women in orange or yellow jumpsuits going head to head with a fire as it races through the trees. That may have been true 15 years ago, but today’s rangers bring… Read More
AUGUSTA — A Maine Warden Service supervisor who allegedly intentionally urinated on two recruits during training last summer will not face criminal charges, but administrative action remains a possibility. The state Attorney General’s Office concluded the incident, which allegedly occurred last June, does not warrant… Read More
Officials question costs of vocational education > Maine’s Region 3 using consultant to find savings
LINCOLN — Caught in the financial crunch caused by cutbacks in state funding, local school officials around Maine are questioning the cost of vocational education. Chris Lyons, the Department of Education’s director of vocational education, confirmed disputes about vocational costs are flaring up as local… Read More
GOULDSBORO — A majority of town employees has sought information about joining the Teamsters union, largely, they say, out of concern over the selectmen’s current initiative to draw up and institute a personnel policy. Chief Constable Warren Ahrens confirmed Thursday he had contacted the Teamsters… Read More