The Bangor Blue Ox continued to stock up on pitching, signing former Rhode Island Tiger Shark closer Ray Coleman and two other pitchers, John Quirk and Sean Barry, Wednesday. Coleman compiled a 7.20 ERA and allowed 12 hits, eight runs, and seven walks in 10… Read More
Golfers participating in the Maine State Golf Association tournaments this year will notice a few changes on the schedule. One of the most noticeable is that many of the nine-hole couCentral Division, which comprises basically Augusta Country Club in Manchester north to Katahdin Country Club… Read More
Swimming AT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. YMCA Championships Old Town finishers 200 medley relay: Maine State Record- Vova Kondratenok, Zach Gasaway, Kevin Peterson, Jason Thomas, 1:41.77; 100 back- Maine State Record: Kevin Peterson 55.12; 200 breast: Team Record- Zach Gasaway 2:13.72… Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – High school basketball coaches will lose one full-length timeout but gain two 20-second timeouts next season in a rules change designed to speed up play. The National Federation Basketball Rules Committee approved the changes during its Sunday and Monday meeting here,… Read More
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – Harness driver-trainer Henri Filion died Wednesday, four days after a serious racing accident at the Hippodrome in Aylmer, Quebec. Filion, younger brother of driver Herve Filion, was driving Bye Bye Angus in Saturday’s ninth race when the horse went off stride and… Read More
CASTINE – Randall Bish had 10 saves to earn the shutout as Maine Maritime routed Husson College of Bangor 19-0 in men’s lacrosse action Wednesday. Maine Maritime, now 1-3, scored 13 goals in the first half. Jared Pratt and Sean Gallivan each had four goals,… Read More
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PORTLAND – The Portland Sea Dogs game with the Binghamton Mets scheduled for 6 p.m. at Hadlock Field Wednesday night in Portland was postponed due to the cold weather. Despite sunny skies, afternoon temperatures in the low 30s and winds that dropped the wind chill index into single… Read More
University of Maine second baseman Melissa Creegan is upset. The Bears softball team practiced through the weekend after their game against Harvard was snowed out. Creegan doesn’t mind being cooped up in a field house. She does want to get back to chasing records. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
A new, weekly television show focused solely on golf will make its debut in the Greater Portland cable TV market today. Show producers expect it to make its way north to cable TV sets in Waterville, Winslow, and Augusta as early as next month. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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CAMDEN — As shipbuilder’s art, the schooner Roseway is a valuable example of a vanishing breed. As a piece of maritime history, it’s darn near priceless. So says the U.S. National Park Service, which has nominated the 72-year-old two-master to be a national historic landmark. Read More
If you do a good deed and do it well, word travels fast from north to south, east to west, that you can be counted on to go wherever you are needed, whenever you are called. So it is that word has reached Waterville from… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — County commissioners will have to make other arrangements for septic waste disposal in the unorganized territories of Somerset County, according to Kenneth Knight, town manager of Jackman. The county and the town share use of a septic waste disposal site at Long Pond. Read More
SANGERVILLE — There should be no early-morning hunger pangs felt by students attending Guilford Primary School after April vacation when a new breakfast program is implemented. As approved by SAD 4 directors Wednesday, a specific meal will be offered each school day to pupils and… Read More
WASHINGTON — Bob Dole is unemployed no more. The former Senate majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee signed on Wednesday as special counsel with the Washington law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
PORTLAND — Nabisco kept its promise to bring back Crown Pilot Crackers, but chowder lovers who hunt for them in the supermarket are coming home empty-handed. The bland, oversized cracker that for years drew little notice along grocery aisles has become a high-demand item that’s… Read More
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of occasional stories about the growing importance of health maintenance organizations in Maine. A frightened Linda Bean prayed to her late husband, Charlie, for strength one day early last winter, hidden from view in a bathroom… Read More
WATERVILLE — Maurice Portiche, the French consul, will announce the selection of Maine as the site for the American Chapter of the Francophone Business Forum, at 11 a.m. today at Room 205 of the Thomas College Administration Building. The forum is a marketing network for… Read More
WASHINGTON — If America’s newspapers are to regain readers’ trust, they must undertake an intensive self-examination and fix their flaws, the president of the country’s largest newspaper association said Wednesday. “To many American citizens, the mass media have become the massive media — intrusive, sensational,… Read More
“Tripoli” always will have a special meaning for Jason Moreau, an eighth-grader from Glenburn Middle School. It was the correct response that gained him the title of Maine Geography Bee champion last Friday at Colby Colege in Waterville. Answering the question, “The name of Libya’s most populous city… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Central Aroostook Humane Society will hold its second annual Pet Adoptathon May 2-4, joining efforts with North Shore Animal League, the Iams Co., and pet adoption centers throughout the United States. During last year’s event, 12,500 animals nationwide were given to families,… Read More
BANGOR — A 22-year-old Dover-Foxcroft man will serve 32 months in jail for burglarizing six motor vehicles and beating up a witness nearly nine months ago. Penobscot County Superior Court Justice Margaret Kravchuk sentenced Joshua Baird of Dover-Foxcroft to 32 months in jail on charges… Read More
LIMESTONE — The new Loring Job Corps center, now about 3 months old, will be able to accept 10 commuter students from the Aroostook County area, according to center director Don Ettinger. The announcement was made Wednesday during the monthly meeting of the center’s Community… Read More
BANGOR — A 20-year-old Brewer man charged with hacking through the roof of a McDonald’s restaurant with an ax last summer and burglarizing Brewer High School pleaded guilty to burglary and theft charges Wednesday. Matthew Phillips pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary and one… Read More
BOSTON — Even in the cradle of the American fishing industry, diners ordering seafood are more likely to get a shrimp from Thailand or a scallop from China than the local catch of the day. The United States imported twice as much seafood than it… Read More
AUGUSTA — Sexual assault victims have a new statewide telephone number that will assure them fast, confidential service at a time they need it the most. The number — 1-800-871-7741 — was announced at a press conference Wednesday at the Blaine House in Augusta. With… Read More
BATH — Bath Iron Works has won a municipal tax break it said was a prerequisite for a planned $307 million expansion and modernization of its shipyard along the Kennebec River. The General Dynamics subsidiary now plans to seek tax breaks from the state for… Read More
CAPE ELIZABETH — Jack Malcolm watched a girl in the third grade run the Pond Cove Elementary School last year. This year, fourth-grader Jack wanted a crack at the top job. He got his wish, but it didn’t come cheap. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR — For months, high school students have been running up and down the Bangor Auditorium floor in groups of 10, dribbling, fouling and shooting. It was a different scene on Wednesday, as the Maine Association of Math Leagues sponsored the 21st state math meet. Read More
EAST MACHIAS — Escalating property taxes and reductions in state education subsidies have prompted SAD 77 officials to propose the reorganization of their school system to cut costs. But Washington Academy, which would lose part of its freshman class under the proposal, has threatened to… Read More
Recent “news” items about the Heaven’s Gate mass suicide describe coincidences, or converences, between the letters found in certain names and phrases associated with the cult and the letters found in Hale-Bopp, the name of the comet whose coming supposedly influenced the decision of the cult’s members to… Read More
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STANDISH — A 15-year-old Standish boy accused of bringing a weapon to Bonny Eagle High School faces the prospect of a one-year expulsion. The boy, whose name was withheld because of his age, allegedly brought the .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol to school Monday and showed it… Read More
Once again Maine is under attack by the Natural Resources Council and the Green Party. Last year’s campaign of half-truths and misleading facts was concerned with clear-cutting This year’s campaign to shut down the paper industry appears to be dioxin. The radio ads the NRC was defending in… Read More
WASHINGTON — An outcry over computer security and privacy forced the Social Security Administration to close down a popular Internet service Wednesday, even though officials said there was no evidence that the security of the site had ever been breached. Acting Social Security Commissioner John… Read More
Two parcels of land recently acquired by the state are welcome additions to the relatively few acres Maine owns. They show that targeted funds and good fortune can improve the state’s holdings with significant parcels that should be available to the public forever. Gov. Angus… Read More
Last weekend we all turned our clocks forward in a springtime ritual that will give us longer, brighter days. But in the Maine Legislature there are some who would turn the clock back to the dark days when Maine’s Workers’ Compensation system was mired in turmoil, creating what… Read More
A story in Wednesday’s editions detailing the schedule of “Sermons for Science” at Foxcroft Academy failed to note a showing at 7 p.m. April 19. Sen. Susan Collins is co-sponsoring a bill to provide access to private health insurance coverage for children. She has not,… Read More
Men who eat fish a couple of times a week are less likely to die of a heart attack, according to the longest study of the issue yet. During a 30-year period, men who ate 8 ounces or more of fish each week ran a… Read More
BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick man who spent two nights in jail after his arrest on a robbery charge was released when police concluded he was an innocent passer-by. Investigators realized their mistake after they confirmed that Scott Sanborn, 20, was nowhere in the area during… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The state’s highest court has agreed with a lower court’s decision that Dr. James Benjamin Jr., a former local internist, owes $23,000 to another area doctor. The decision by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court said Benjamin and his mother, Rebekah Benjamin, did… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The city of Ellsworth remains the owner of the Branch Pond dam after the conclusion last week of a lawsuit in which the former Branch Pond Association president charged Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. had breached an alleged contract by conveying the dam to the city. Read More
BELFAST — The Citizens Award Banquet for Wilma Moses and Page Worth scheduled for April 11 at the middle school has been postponed. It will be rescheduled. Read More
UNITY — Unity College will hold the 16th annual Spring 5-K road race on Saturday, April 19. Registration is at 8 a.m., and the race will start at 9:30 a.m. The race starts at the Unity campus and winds through the streets of Unity. Awards… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Anyone with questions about prescibed medications can get answers from pharmacist Bob Brissette at 1:30 p.m. April 15 at Union River Estates. Brissette, a pharmacist at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, will provide information as a free public service of MCMH. For information, call… Read More
ROCKLAND — It may be bad politics, the mayor admitted, but a $750,000 capital expense program will share the June ballot with the $9 million upgrade of the city waste treatment plant. “We had to do it,” said Mayor Robert Peabody. “If there was a better way we… Read More
SEARSPORT — Residents in SAD 56 rejected, by an overwhelming margin, a $4.5 million borrowing proposal for major renovations to the high school and middle school. Voters in the district’s three towns rejected the proposal 1,045 to 268. Each town opposed the plan by a… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — A man who went on a shooting spree on Route 201 in 1995 and then led police on a three-day manhunt was committed Tuesday to the Augusta Mental Health Institute’s forensic unit, a maximum-security hospital unit for the criminally insane. Philip Kelly, 47,… Read More
HAMPDEN — The superintendent and assistant superintendent of SAD 22 handed out pamphlets and graphs to town officials from Hampden, Winterport and Newburgh Wednesday night, and pointed out the reductions in state aid on colored graphs projected on a screen. But after listening to the… Read More
WINTERPORT — If it is true that squeaky wheels get the grease, the truckers pushing the big rigs across Waldo County are getting theirs. One week after the truckers complained about a Department of Transportation decision to ban heavy trucks from Route 139 for the… Read More
BLUE HILL — Three scallopers were lucky to be alive Wednesday after their dinghy swamped Tuesday night, sending them into the frigid water off South Blue Hill landing. Blue Hill Fire Chief Denny Robertson said that Skipper Brian Dunbar of Bucksport and his crew, an… Read More
Town manager applies in Wyoming> Dana Reed’s job search comes as surprise to Bar Harbor Town Council
BAR HARBOR — Town Manager Dana Reed confirmed Wednesday he has applied for a manager’s job in another state. Reed, who has served more than 11 years as town manager, offered little comment about his reason for seeking employment elsewhere, but noted that five years… Read More
BELFAST — To its detractors, the proposed Cedar Ridge apartment house is a monster poised to devour the neighborhood. Supporters view it as a cozy abode providing hearth and home for 52 families. Both sides had their day in court Wednesday. And when the lawyers… Read More
Looking at the most detailed pictures yet of Europa, a large moon of Jupiter, scientists said Wednesday that they were more confident than ever that a global ocean of liquid water or slush was lying just beneath Europa’s thin crust of cracked ice. And this, they said with… Read More
ORONO — The Orono Beautification Committee is looking for volunteers. The committee plants and cares for flowers at “welcome” signs, the post office, municipal buildings and in the downtown areas. Flowers are bought with the committee budget. For information, call the town office at 866-2556. Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Humane Society is one of 975 animal adoption centers in North America that will observe Pet Adoptathon ’97 to bring together animal lovers and homeless animals. The humane society will be open 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, May 3, staying open extra… Read More
We in this area know that Bangor was once a major port for the export of lumber, as well as blocks of ice used for refrigeration in other parts of the world, among other things. As a result of this, for a long period it has been kown… Read More
I am appalled by two aspects of Saturday’s front-page story about House Speaker Elizabeth Mitchell dropping her sponsorship of the tax reform package. First, I am disgusted that she should back out because taking a stand might offend someone and thereby damage her potential future position in state… Read More
Rep. Tom Bull’s dioxin bill makes no environmental or economic sense. Concerning dioxin elimination, there is no meaningful difference detected in a mill’s effluent between the elemental chlorine free and totally chlorine free processes. Numerous studies show that both ECF and TCF effectively eliminate dioxin to non-detectable levels. Read More
I read in the paper on March 28 about Coles Express terminals of Maine closing. My father, Ralph “Red” Howard, worked for Coles from 1955 to 1976, 21 years of service. He loved working for the company and the fellowship that he had with the… Read More
Can’t sleep? Try reading about the battered old formula used by the state to distribute school subsidy money to our local school districts, cities and towns. Every time the Legislature has tried to improve the formula they have damaged it. The latest injury was caused… Read More
Fierce industry opposition to the proposed revisions in the federal Clean Air Act has pushed the debate over these important improvements away from where they belong — the public’s ability to breathe clean air — to cost-benefit-analysis arguments. These serve the narrow range of business profits while ignoring… Read More
STETSON — The Stetson Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. today at the meeting house for the election of a chairman and secretary. The meeting will include a review of policies and ordinances. The annual elections are May 16 and the town meeting is… Read More
SANGERVILLE — A legal opinion will be sought by Sangerville selectmen on the interpretation of an agreement between the town and a taxpayer whose property was used as a landfill. According to Town Manager John Simko, town officials apparently signed an agreement years ago with… Read More
CALAIS — World-renowned chef Paul Prudhomme will serve up cooking hints sprinkled with magic spice during a symposium next week at the Washington County Technical College. Prudhomme, who has brought his native Louisiana cuisine into the international limelight, will demonstrate techniques he has refined over… Read More
CARIBOU — Nearly 20 truckers, business owners and town officials from Ashland to Patten attended a meeting of the state’s Regional Transportation Advisory Committee No. 1 Tuesday night again to voice concerns about the condition of Route 11. Under normal circumstances, the road usually is… Read More
AUGUSTA — The debate over how state school aid should be distributed — increasingly a battle between northern and southern Maine — heated up in the capital Wednesday as lawmakers heard arguments on two competing bills to revamp the school funding formula. Lawmakers have been… Read More
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A panel examining the Sable Island natural gas project has rejected an environmental group’s demand that the hearings stop altogether. The Ecology Action Centre said the hearings were tainted because Prime Minister Jean Chretien has already expressed a desire to see… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins joined forces Wednesday, along with dozens of other female lawmakers, in a push to reapprove clinical standards that would ensure the integrity of mammograms. The Maine Republicans said the mammogram standards have been critical in upgrading… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Selectmen gave Economic Director Jeff Hewett the go-ahead Tuesday night to apply for a planning grant from Wal-Mart. The grant, which could be up to $6,000, is offered by Wal-Mart to communities with industrial development projects and Skowhegan will be one of many… Read More
WADE — Town officials said during the recent town meeting that education costs and road improvements here might raise the community’s local tax rate from $15.50 per $1,000 in property valuation to approximately $17.30. The town’s share of the SAD 45 budget, estimated at $75,000,… Read More
NEWPORT — There is still time for children in central Maine to make plans to participate in the annual Young Authors Conference scheduled for Saturday at the Newport Elementary School. Each year, organizers schedule a host of activities, special speakers and presentations to strike a… Read More
BANGOR — A Superior Court justice on Wednesday found a former Schenck High School principal violated the Whistle Blower’s Protection Act and ordered him to pay a penalty of $1,500 to a former teacher. Dr. Danny Michaud was ordered to pay damages to Geraldine DiCentes… Read More
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DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft woman who was fined $350 nearly a year ago for failing to license her 14 pet dogs will appear in 13th District Court today to explain why she hasn’t paid the fine. Last May, 45-year-old Flora Cates was in court because… Read More
SOUTH PORTLAND — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine defended its proposed alliances with major hospitals at an annual meeting Wednesday that drew protests from activists concerned about the impact on the needy. Mickey Greene, president of the state’s largest health insurer, told policyholders… Read More
AUGUSTA — The smoke barely had cleared from the skirmishes over raising the state cigarette tax Wednesday when Barbara Clark lit a fire under lawmakers with some peculiar insight. “Medical reports that talk about how harmful tobacco is are being submitted falsely by doctors,” the… Read More
In a pleasantly nasal yet resonant voice bearing a strong resemblance to that of his late father, Joel White reads short passages from among about 20 books of prose and poetry that E.B. White produced over his long and celebrated career. Joel developed the habit… Read More
Failed health system pushes victim’s wife to activism> Husband dying of cancer twice denied coverage
Linda Bean was married to her husband Charlie for 19 years. Twice, she had to fight for the insurance coverage he needed. In March 1994, Charlie Bean was diagnosed with a large, fast-spreading brain tumor. Surgeons couldn’t dig deep enough to remove all the cancer… Read More
BANGOR — The city’s waterfront likely will be one of the priorities when officials decide how to spend the anticipated $1.28 million in Community Development Block Grant funds the city will receive during the coming year. Stan Moses, assistant director of community development, told councilors… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County commissioners this week notified state corrections officials of their intent to present a $6 million bond issue for construction of a new jail and renovation of the courthouse to voters as a referendum question next November. For more than three years… Read More
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It wasn’t sold out, but the Bangor Civic Center was cram-packed last night with unflagging fans who came to hear the legendary Bob Dylan perform classic folk-rock music. From the first note, concert-goers wanted to dance in the aisles, but were deterred until the last half-hour of the… Read More