Three-official games have been the law of the high school basketball land this postseason, but exactly how many people are sold on the concept is up for debate. Reasoning that if three officials would do the tournament games, teams also should see them in the… Read More
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    So what do you do for outdoor athletics in the muddy, in-between season of March? Especially if the lack of snow continues? The answer is obvious: Take advantage of the spring freshnets and go white-water canoeing and kayaking. At least this is obvious for some… Read More
    Local AT HUSSON POOL, Bangor Maine State YMCA Meet (Editors note: These are the resutls for 12-under and 14-under. Senior results will run in Wednesday’s NEWS.) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
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    College ERIN COLE-KARAGORY Erin Cole-Karagory, a women’s basketball player at Colby College, was named Co-Player of the Week by the New England Small College Athletic Conference. Cole-Karagory, a first-year student at Colby, averaged 20.5 points in the White Mules’ wins over Bates and Bowdoin last… Read More
    The Big East all-stars will be announced later this week, but for the first time in eight years, there won’t be a banquet. Pepsico has sponsored the dinner, which honors the Eastern Maine Class A high school basketball conference’s individual athletic and academic achievements, for… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The U.S. Coast Guard gave Gov. Angus King a medal Tuesday for his work in last September’s oil spill in Portland Harbor. Rear Adm. John Linnon, commander of the First Coast Guard District in Boston, pinned the gold Distinguished Service Award on King. Read More
    MADISON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a low-interest loan of $175,478 for the Madison Water District, through the department’s Rural Development agency. Funds will be used to improve parts of the water system. The loan will be financed over 40 years at… Read More
    BONN, Germany — For the second time in two days, a European defense minister threw cold water on Defense Secretary William Cohen’s hopes that a European-led force could deal with Bosnia after U.S. troops leave. “We are in agreement that this NATO operation will last… Read More
    WARREN — Guards at the state Supermax prison had to put down a minor disturbance in a wing of the institution holding the prison’s worst inmates Monday night. Nobody was hurt, although one prisoner suffered a minor cut under his chin, acting Corrections Commissioner Martin… Read More
    Heating-oil prices in Maine have dropped to their lowest level since last October, averaging 99 cents a gallon this week, the State Planing Office reported Tuesday. Prices have dropped steadily for the past five weeks. In early February, the average price was $1.06 a gallon. Read More
    Throughout the country, in cities and towns large and small, members of the Girl Scouts of America will celebrate the organization’s 85th birthday one week from today: Wednesday, March 12. Locally, girls who are members of the Abnaki Girl Scout Council have a variety of… Read More
    ORONO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H exchange program offers families throughout Maine a chance to host Japanese youngsters, ages 12 to 16, during the summer. Harold H. Brown, program coordinator, said that families need do nothing special and are not required to… Read More
    BANGOR — The 101st Air Refueling Wing, Maine Air National Guard, will hold a farewell dinner in honor of the former wing commander, Brig. Gen. Wilfred Hessert. Hessert is now the Air National Guard special assistant to the commander of U.S. air forces in Europe. Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Maine Community Foundation has invited nonprofit organizations to submit grant proposals through several county funds: Knox County Fund, Waldo County Fund, Washington County Fund and Aroostook County Fund. Deadlines are April 1, July 15 and Oct. 1 for proposals in the range… Read More
    MONSON — The Lexington Christian Academy Chorale of Lexington, Mass., will sing at 7 p.m. March 8, at the Monson Community Church. The chorale is a special guest at the 10th anniversary of the Monson Community Church’s Cabin Fever Beater Concert, an annual event planned… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate passed a bill Tuesday to repeal a law that keeps towns from enacting ordinances regulating tobacco displays, product placement and the timing of sales. Municipalities had such power in the past, but the Legislature took it away in 1995 by… Read More
    HOULTON — One of the men arrested in connection with an attack on Robert Cohen at his home in Brewer last week was sentenced Tuesday to 42 days in jail for failing to pay fines on unrelated charges. John Pettegrow Jr., 19, of Bangor pleaded… Read More
    Top student spellers take note: The Bangor Daily News invites you to compete in the state spelling bee, with the winner to go on to the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. This will be the NEWS’ first year of sponsoring the bee, which begins at schools next week… Read More
    It’s best to be upfront about this. The first time I saw Neil Simon’s all-female version of “The Odd Couple,” I thought it was a bad idea. Not that I didn’t admire Simon for giving six actresses the chance to work. And not that he didn’t manage to… Read More
    Maine families and small businesses could get a break on electricity prices from the Maine Legislature, which is now considering partial deregulation of the state’s electric utility industry. Competition in the generation and sale of electricity for all customers is no longer a question of… Read More
    The Republican Party’s unconscionable attack against America’s poor women and children, and elderly and legal immigrants, may cost them control of the Congress in 1998. By the mid-term elections, the GOP is going to be reaping the seeds of the destruction it so gleefully sowed against the nation’s… Read More
    CHICAGO — Angioplasty offers about the same quality of life and relief from symptoms after five years as heart bypass surgery, according to the biggest comparison of the artery-unclogging procedures. But the study in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association also noted that angioplasty… Read More
    The poorest ideas can be the toughest kill. They won’t stay dead. One that has been buried repeatedly in Maine is the uniform state property tax, which surfaced temporarily almost four years ago. It has been disinterred again for this session by two legislators from Augusta and a… Read More
    FORT KENT — The Can Am Crown 250 was officially over Tuesday afternoon but a lone musher was still on the trail between Allagash and Fort Kent and was expected to cross the finish line while a mushers banquet was being held Tuesday night. Eleven… Read More
    HOULTON — Seeking ways to reduce an anticipated $230,600 SAD 29 budget shortfall next year, Superintendent William McDonnell has suggested eliminating five teaching positions. In his written report to the school board, McDonnell suggested doing away with two teaching positions at the elementary level and… Read More
    HERMON — A grass fire which the owner had set beside his Coldbrook Road home blew out of control early Tuesday afternoon and ignited a portion of wall behind the vinyl siding, resulting in about $600 worth of damage. The Hermon Fire Department went to… Read More
    ORONO — The community’s Red Ribbon Committee will present a series of performances Friday, March 7, featuring Randy Judkins, an internationally known comedian. Judkins, a New Vaudeville-style entertainer who has performed in more than 20 states, Canada and Europe since 1975, will deliver three programs… Read More
    ORONO — The first of two informational forums on drug and alcohol use among young people will be held tonight at the Asa C. Adams School in Orono. Tonight’s session, from 7 to 9 p.m., is designed to educate parents of pupils in grades five… Read More
    STONINGTON — A crew member of a scallop dragger was injured Tuesday when a piece of equipment from the vessel, apparently the rigging, struck him in the head. Wilbur Fuller, no address given, estimated to be in his 50s, was taken to Blue Hill Memorial… Read More
    BANGOR — When a package addressed to the White House, with a fake return address and suspicious markings on it, showed up at the post office in Bangor Tuesday, it was put into a safe and the police were called. “Our disposal unit rendered it… Read More
    PORTLAND — A $1.35 million jury award to a Falmouth woman maimed by her dentist does little to relieve the physical pain she endures daily, says the woman’s husband. Carole Quimby, 45, had gone to Dr. Mark B. Metz, a former South Portland dentist, on… Read More
    Although Maine benefits by spending taxes on quality schools, taxes need to be kept in line. Rural counties and schools like it both ways: local control — excessive schools — and state taxpayers’ money. I live in a rural county of Washington County and have… Read More
    Your article [Feb. 26] regarding Mark Woodward’s leaving the NEWS for a post on Susan Collins’ staff was well-written until I read his insensitive remarks regarding the Vietnam War. Both my brother and I served in Vietnam. We were fortunate to be in country together for part of… Read More
    I am one of the Eastland Woolen Mill former employees. I’m sure you all have heard of all the money we have received for training and school. This is fine, but has anyone looked into our area? They will find the job market is pretty desperate. Very few… Read More
    I disagree with James Klurfeld’s position that enlarging NATO (Oped commentary, Feb. 25) is a bad idea. According to Klurfeld, because enlargement is “adamantly opposed by Russia,” because Russia will feel insecure by having NATO forces closer to its borders, and because Russia is no longer our enemy,… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — David Caron Sr. of Mars Hill has resigned as president of the Temporary Shelter for the Homeless, a job he has held since January 1993. Caron, whose resignation was effective the end of 1996, cited health reasons for leaving. James Derosier of… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — An information teleconference on the merger of NYNEX and Atlantic Bell will be held 9 a.m.-noon today at The Aroostook Medical Center. Steve Bowler, vice president of TAMC public information, said that many businesses had expressed interest in the topic and that… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Charles Fahd, chief executive officer at Mayo Regional Hospital, resigned from that position Tuesday. Fahd will remain on the job until March 28, when he will leave to take a similar position at Massena Memorial Hospital in northern New York to be closer… Read More
    ORONO — The University of Maine has announced 30 summer internships for undergraduate college students at its Darling Marine Center laboratory in Walpole. Interns will live at the center and work with faculty doing research in a variety of marine fields including estuarine and microbial… Read More
    CAMDEN — The Camden-Rockport Historical Society will accept advanced sales for Reuel Robinson’s “History of Camden-Rockport.” A limited edition of the history is being reprinted from the original 1907 plates owned by the society. Hardcover and softcover editions will be printed. Robinson’s history, out of… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — SAD 68 Adult Education will offer a two-day overview of the Wilson Language Reading Program from 2 to 8 p.m. April 18 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 19, at the SeDoMoCha Middle School library. The overview is mandatory for all… Read More
    DEXTER — The Totally Teens Club of Dexter has received a $1,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation’s Partners in Philanthropy Project. The club will donate the funds to nonprofit groups in the area that serve children, the elderly or the poor in central Maine. Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Easter Bunny will visit with children at Ames Department Store from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 22, in Dover-Foxcroft, courtesy of the 4-H Kentucky Exchange group. The group is trying to raise funds for the exchange trip to Kentucky in July. Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A task force of more than 30 people will tackle domestic violence issues in the Piscataquis County region. The goals for the next six months include increasing public awareness, analyzing the extent and seriousness of the problem, determining gaps in services provided to… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — The American College of Radiology has awarded the ultrasound practice of Katahdin Shared Services a three-year accreditation, the second in Maine and one of 200 in the United States to receive the award. The ultrasound service, at Millinocket Regional Hospital, includes ultrasonographers Randy… Read More
    As the endangered gray wolf makes a comeback in the Rocky Mountains and upper Midwest, some conservationists are training their eyes on the Adirondacks as the next target for reintroducing the great predator. But the wolves may be way ahead of them. Scientists say that… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Susan Lessard’s two college-age sons call her a “frontier woman” for living alone in a remote, 165-year-old lighthouse on windswept Vinalhaven island, but her job does have its perks. “In the summer, when you have the tall ships going by, and even in… Read More
    WASHINGTON — A rigorous program to train more than 133,000 women to routinely examine their breasts for lumps has not reduced breast cancer deaths after five years, a study shows. Final answers from the study done in China, where few women ever have breast X-rays,… Read More
    FORT KENT — The annual Fort Kent area blood drive will be held 1-6 p.m. today at the Physical Education Building at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. The sponsor of the drive is the Student Nurses Organization of UMFK and the goal is… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Environmental groups say they are pleased with the state’s refusal to extend the deadline for a controversial wind-energy project. The Land Use Regulation Commission has decided not to give the now-bankrupt Kenetech Windpower Inc. a six-month extension to file final development plans for… Read More
    STONINGTON — Sixty voters at town meeting Monday changed the way a key position will be filled. Voters approved making the town clerk position appointed rather than elected, effective next year. Town Manager Paul Blanchette said the purpose of the change was to ensure that… Read More
    There are close to a million heroin addicts in this country, a figure that rises daily. Heroin is derived from the opium poppy, whose Latin name means “the poppy that brings sleep,” and is a depressant. Most heroin users today are old-timers; but a new class is emerging… Read More
    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — New Brunswick’s Point Lepreau nuclear power plant will remain idle for at least a couple more weeks. The plant near Saint John has been shut down since January because of a leaky heavy-water feeder pipe. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    Aroostook County Superior Court: Daniel Hiscoe, 23, Houlton, driving to endanger, $600, 48 hours in jail. 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… Read More
    BANGOR — Local law enforcement and state police had their hands full Tuesday night responding to an onslaught of weather-related accidents. Trooper Cliff Sibley of the Maine State Police estimated that his department responded to more than 40 accidents between 5 and 9 p.m. Tuesday. Read More
    A Falcon jet crew from the Coast Guard Air Station in Cape Cod, Mass., transported a critically injured 4-year-old boy from Bangor to Boston Children’s Hospital Tuesday. Brandon Harriman, the son of Everlyee Harriman of Enfield, was attacked by the family’s 95-pound Rottweiler on Feb. Read More