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    EAST CORINTH – Ryan Rivera paced a balanced Central High School attack with 21 points as the Red Devils turned back Lee Academy 71-57 in boys basketball action Thursday night. Tony Greatorex added 16 points, while John King had 13 and Greg King notched 10. Read More
    THORNDIKE – Amanda Hayes and Megan Williams each had a couple of critical free throws late in the game to stave off an Erskine Academy of Augusta rally for the 46-42 Mount View schoolgirl basketball win Thursday. Hayes had eight of her game-high 18 points… Read More
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    FORT KENT – Brian Colman exploded for 23 points, including six 3-pointers, to power the University of Maine-Presque Isle to a 96-75 men’s basketball victory over UM-Fort Kent Thursday night. Willie Rivera pumped in 16 points as Glenn Sharp chipped in 15 for UM-Presque Isle. Read More
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    In a report that generated nationwide controversy in Great Britain, while receiving little attention in the United States, Dr. Denis Henshaw of the University of Bristol claimed to have found a link between electric fields, radon gas, and cancer. Radon, a radioactive gas commonly found… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — A 68-year-old man died after his utility vehicle slipped across U.S. Route 2 and crashed into a tree Thursday afternoon, police said. Herman A. Tatro of Canaan was driving east up a small incline when his GMC Jimmy hit an ice patch. Tatro… Read More
    BANGOR — One of two Cross Lake teen-agers critically injured in a single-vehicle automobile accident near St. Agatha last Friday night died of his injuries at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor Thursday afternoon. Jarvis Penninger Jr., the son of Jarvis and Geryaldine Penninger of… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — It took three votes, but the five-member Fort Fairfield Town Council on Wednesday finally adopted a curfew ordinance for childen under 16. The proposed curfew has been a hot-button issue in the village for several months. Voicing strong opposition at three public… Read More
    FORT KENT — A tractor-trailer loaded with logs triggered a multivehicle accident that demolished two cars and caused minor injuries to the drivers of three vehicles just before noon Thursday on Main Street in Fort Kent. Police Chief Kenneth Michaud said three eastbound cars were… Read More
    LINCOLN — What began as a simple drive to get coffee for two Lincoln men Wednesday morning turned into a 32-hour ordeal and a narrow escape from drowning and freezing before being rescued by a plane. The adventure of Donald Haynes, 67, and his cousin,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A nurse at Togus Veterans Affairs Center who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit has been awarded $375,000 by a federal jury. This week’s verdict concluded a weeklong trial in U.S. District Court in Portland. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    GLENBURN — The Attorney General’s Office has determined that the school department here cannot have its own superintendent and still remain with Hermon in Union 34. Ray Freve, assistant superintendent in Glenburn, told the school committee Wednesday night that the commissioner of education indicated in… Read More
    BETHESDA, Md. — Cancer experts who were supposed to settle a furious controversy over whether women should start having mammograms at age 40 or age 50 decided Thursday to leave the decision up to patients. But in an unprecedented move, the government’s top cancer official… Read More
    ATLANTA — Senior citizens should get a shot to fight off a potentially fatal type of pneumonia before they move into a nursing home, the government said Thursday. A study of nursing homes in three states found that few residents have been vaccinated against pneumococcal… Read More
    As a proud graduate of the University of Maine College of Engineering (BS 1993; MS 1995), I am disappointed (but not surprised) to hear that Maine’s top scholars are choosing to go out of state rather than attending the university. When I first looked at colleges in 1988,… Read More
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    ATLANTA — Starting this month, children should get their polio vaccines in a combination of shots and sugar cubes, the government said Thursday. The policy, approved in September by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the first major change since 1961 in the… Read More
    In a special advertising section inserted in Thursday’s paper, the name of Mike Young of WABI-TV inadvertently was omitted from the list of the board of directors of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce. A fire Monday afternoon at Indian Township damaged the residence of… Read More
    Acadia National Park is comparatively quiet now, but by June will be busy with thousands of sightseers and hikers, the large majority of whom will have one thing in common: they will arrive by automobile, filling and overfilling the parking lots there. The increasing number of autos has… Read More
    At some jeopardy to its own mission — preserving undeveloped land — the Maine Coast Heritage Trust funded a study of the impact of conservation easements on local property taxes. The result was worth the risk. The series of four reports includes a revealing examination… Read More
    CARIBOU — Some people who tout Aroostook County as a prime vacation spot as well as the perfect place to work and raise a family want to produce a television show about the region. The 30-minute program would be used to make County residents feel… Read More
    When the curtain goes up on Bangor Community Theatre’s production of “The Music Man” at 8 tonight at the historic Bangor Opera House, you will be watching a cast and crew who, between scenes and lines, are secretly applauding you. Quite simply, they all are… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Celeste Brocklebank told a Somerset County civil jury Thursday that Madison police Officer David Trask took advantage of her shaky emotional state during a domestic violence call to her home to begin a relationship that became a love affair. Brocklebank’s complaint to Trask’s… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A smash-and-grab robbery at the Village Antique Group Shop netted thieves more than $10,000 in jewelry and precious metals. David Yates, one of the 13 antique dealers displaying items at the Route 90 shop, said the break-in was accomplished in a matter of… Read More
    BREWER — Partners in Caring, a respite program for families who care for Alzheimer’s patients or those suffering from related dementia, is available through Eastern Agency on Aging. Partners in Caring offers four hours of respite in the home each week and two weeks of… Read More
    BANGOR — A Levant man was treated Thursday at a local hospital and later released after a three-car collision at the intersection of Broadway and Griffin Road. Edward Wilks, 51, was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor by a Bangor Fire Department ambulance crew. Read More
    WASHINGTON — An expert panel Thursday decided not to recommend routine mammograms for women in their 40s, concluding that the latest scientific evidence on whether the X-ray test prevents breast cancer deaths is not strong enough to justify such advice. While some doctors and consumer… Read More
    GOULDSBORO — Chief Constable Warren Ahrens outlined to selectmen Thursday night his department’s needs, including a pay scale, in light of a personnel policy the board is drafting. Speaking on behalf of his department, Ahrens presented a list of 21 recommendations at a public personnel… Read More
    BANGOR — A Bangor man was arrested Thursday morning after attempting to return a drill, believed to be stolen, for a refund at Bangor Hardware at the Penobscot Plaza. George Lawson of Bangor presented the drill, valued at $21.99, to store employee Dick Hanson, and… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Maine’s congressional delegation Thursday praised the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to designate South Portland and Rockland as the new home ports for its next two coastal buoy tenders, the cutters Marcus Hanna and Abigail Burgess. The two new 175-foot tenders will replace two… Read More
    I read with pleasure recently a statistic showing Maine is the fifth most popular state to move to. But having read it in USA Today, one wonders if too much immigration is such a good thing. Will Maine one day be as culturally diverse as… Read More
    My heart goes out to Bill Cosby, Camille Cosby and their children. Their loss is great. To lose a child and sibling to violence must be so life-changing that I, having never experienced it, cannot quite grasp its depth. Cosby’s great wealth, earned by not only entertaining us,… Read More
    Well, our governor has eliminated an educational program that was a benefit to our youth: Maine Career Advantage, a program that allowed our young people to investigate careers that could be their life’s work; a way to attend college more readily. I have seen first… Read More
    A Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO or hog farm) should definitely not be built in the Cross Lake area. CAFOs have a devastating impact on the air quality of the surrounding area. Besides the fact that they stink, manure from CAFOs emits hydrogen sulfide, ammonia… Read More
    There is a vacancy on Winterport’s Board of Selectmen. The loss of Darlene Nelson created more than an empty seat at our meetings. She brought insight and balance to the deliberations. She is missed. It is my hope that other women who believe gender balance at all decision-making… Read More
    GUILFORD — Eighty state legislators will tour Guilford of Maine’s Leonard G. Saulter Facility on Monday, Jan. 27, as part of the Maine Development Foundation’s educational program offered at the start of each legislative session. The bus tour will arrive at 10:45 a.m. in Guilford… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Central Maine Trails for Alternative Transportation will hold an informational supper meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Piscataquis Valley Snowmobile Clubhouse. Speakers will include a representative from the Bureau of Parks and Lands and a member of the trail group. Read More
    DEXTER — A six-week course in goal setting, a free offering by the SAD 46 Adult and Community Education Office, will begin on Friday, Jan. 24. The class will be offered from noon to 2:30 p.m. The purpose of the course is to give participants an opportunity to… Read More
    MONSON — The Monson 175th Anniversary Committee will kick off its celebratory year with a potluck supper on Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Monson gymnasium. Feb. 8 is the actual date on the incorporation of the town. Anyone wanting to participate in the 175th anniversary… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA Criss Cross Club, open for children in grades three-five, will meet from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursdays at the YMCA. Coming programs will cover poetry and music, seed planting, a valentine program and May baskets. For information, call Ione Rush at 564-7111. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A seventh-grade teacher was elected chairman of the Presque Isle City Council on Wednesday. Kevin Sipe received six votes for the position. Also nominated was Kathleen White, who received one vote. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A broad coalition seeking to eliminate dioxin discharges from Maine paper mills declared its support Thursday for a bill to prohibit the use of chlorine-based chemicals in mill bleaching processes. “It is time to finish the job of cleaning up Maine’s rivers and… Read More
    Madison Paper Industries and its workers have reached a six-year contract settlement that calls for increased wages and insurance and retirement benefits for the company’s 140 workers. The contract was ratified by workers of the Local 36 of the United Paperworkers International Union by a… Read More
    JAMESTOWN, R.I. — It doesn’t look much like the cutting edge of science: a crane methodically picks up boulders and rocks from a barge and drops them into the chilly waters of Dutch Island Harbor on Narragansett Bay. But if the experiment works, fishermen five… Read More