Local AT DEXTER GC Class A Gross: Eric Dubay 36, Galen Chapman 40; Net: Jim Chapman 33, (tie) Steve Leavitt and Ray Wallace 34; Class B Gross: Peter Murray 37; Net: Joe Keaveney 42; Net: (tie) Steve Sudsbury and Bill Novak Jr. 32; Class C… Read More
MOUNTAINDALE, N.Y. – A leadoff home run by Ray McWhite and a three-run shot by Kerwin Moore in the bottom of the second inning capped the scoring by Catskill, but the Cougars hung on for a 6-5 victory over Bangor here Tuesday night. The host… Read More
PORTLAND – John Roskos’ grand-slam in the eighth inning gave the Portland Sea Dogs a come-from-behind 10-9 victory over the Trenton Thunder on Tuesday night. The win snapped the Sea Dogs’ five-game losing streak and gave the Thunder their third straight loss. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
David Carey, who was embroiled in a bitter controversy over the Penquis boys’ varsity basketball job last summer, was hired Monday to coach the Foxcroft Academy girls. Carey guided a young Greenville boys team to a 3-13 mark last winter but resigned because of the… Read More
The Sacopee Valley High School boys track team were expecting a joyful trip back to Cornish late Saturday afternoon, but their celebration didn’t even last as long as the bus ride home. The Hawks were celebrating because they thought they’d just finished as the state… Read More
BANGOR – If Bucksport batters never see another Gunning on the mound, it’ll be too soon. And although he didn’t bat, that goes double for Golden Bucks ace pitcher Chris Soper. Mark Gunning was as hot as the 91-degree temperature Tuesday afternoon as he pitched… Read More
BREWER – Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook felt lucky to be involved in Tuesday’s Eastern Maine Class D softball championship game against Bangor Christian. The Warriors escaped with an extra-inning victory Saturday over perennial contender Jonesport-Beals, and they had swept a doubleheader from the Patriots… Read More
BANGOR – Jonesport-Beals junior third baseman Jim Robinson knew Chad Bouchard was going to feed him a steady diet of fastballs. He finally got one he could drive and then it just became a whether or not it would land fair. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
AUGUSTA – The names of 1,495 people who will participate in the 1997 fall moose hunt were randomly selected by a computer program Tuesday night at the Augusta Armory. An estimated 100 people were on hand to listen as the names were announced. In all,… Read More
BREWER – You’re Winslow softball coach Steve Blood, and your pitcher’s got two runners on, the Eastern Maine Class B title’s on the line, and there are two outs in the top of the seventh. Bucksport trails 2-1 and is ready to pounce. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
LIVERMORE — Maine State Trooper Frank J. Holcomb, 40, of Livermore, was named Trooper of the Year by Col. Alfred R. Skolfield, chief of the Maine State Police. Holcomb joined the state police in 1982 and patrolled in Androscoggin and Oxford counties until he was… Read More
WASHINGTON — The post office is going into the payment collection business. Moving to defend first-class mail from the inroads of bill payments by computer, the post office will begin handling mail payments for American Express in New York, and is considering a series of… Read More
BANGOR — A Hermon man on trial for beating and terrorizing his girlfriend and holding police at bay for nearly eight hours pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday before he even launched his defense. Randall Brackett decided to plead guilty halfway through the second day… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King’s meeting with a leading anti-gay rights group to persuade it to abandon a referendum drive was cordial and respectful, but unsuccessful. The Christian Civic League of Maine last month announced it was considering a “people’s veto” campaign to block a… Read More
For businesspeople struggling with their summer reading list, Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., has issued a list of 12 classics that, they claim, have influenced some of this nation’s most powerful corporate managers. The list includes: Homer’s “Iliad,” Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” Sun Tzu’s “The Art… Read More
A new member has been added to the Coffee Express family. Nancy Raye has opened a Coffee Express coffee bar in the newly remodeled gift store at her business, Rayes’ Mustard Mill, in Eastport. In addition to her mustard mill products, the gift store features… Read More
HOULTON — The Peace Pole donated to the town last summer by the World Peace Prayer Society will be erected and dedicated at 7 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park in downtown Houlton. The hollow, white steel pole, 8 feet long and 4 inches square, bears… Read More
In recognition of its contribution to tourism promotion in Maine and Atlantic Canada, the Wild Blueberry Association of North America has appointed the Bluenose Ferry as its official carrier. The Bluenose operates in the summer, providing ferry service between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Read More
The owner of Camden’s Wayfarer Marine, Harvey Picker, is selling the yacht repair yard to a group of local residents. The group includes John J. Sanford, Parker S. Laite and Ward I. Graffam. Sanford is a partner in the law firm Harmon, Jones, Sanford, and… Read More
The federal Department of Justice has issued a request for additional information in connection with its review of the proposed merger between James River Corp. and Fort Howard Corp., effectively postponing its decision on the paper company combination. The merger agreement between the two companies was announced originally… Read More
HALLOWELL — When Gov. Angus S. King and Sen. John Nutting, D-Leeds, walked down to the boat dock yesterday and took their shoes and socks off, most people in the crowd probably thought they were just going to get their toes wet. But King and… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Maine man was charged Monday with owing $101,480 in child support for two Rhode Island children, the Attorney General’s Office said. Nicholas Zompa, 52, of Westbrook pleaded innocent in Family Court to charges of failing to pay the court-ordered support dating… Read More
CHAPMAN — A man died in an early morning fire Tuesday that destroyed his mobile home, according to state fire investigators. The name of the deceased was not released by officials pending an autopsy today in Augusta to determine the cause of death and a… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King on Tuesday vetoed a labor-backed bill that would have let injured workers choose their own doctor for an exam soon after they get hurt, with the employer picking up the tab. The bill would have changed a provision in the… Read More
BELFAST — More than 100 stargazers gathered on High Street Monday night to catch a glimpse of Hawthorne the elephant as he was lifted to the roof of the Colonial Theatre. For years, Hawthorne and his companion Baby Hawthorne graced the entrance of Perry’s Nut… Read More
DEXTER — Taxes for Dexter Shoe Co. will increase nearly $60,000 if the proposed 1997-98 municipal and school budgets are approved later this month. A referendum on the proposed budgets will be held June 24 in Dexter, Garland, Ripley and Exeter. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BANGOR — A retrial granted on the basis of gender discrimination in the jury selection process will go forward. The attorney for William F. Shakespeare, who prevailed last fall in a negligence case concerning a 1994 traffic accident which claimed the life of Carolyn Hills,… Read More
CHESTER — This tiny rural town in northern Penobscot County is growing. It’s not the town’s population of about 470 people that is growing. That only happens when fairgoers from across the state gather for the 12-Oaks Fair in late June. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
I don’t care what literary critics say, it was a dark and stormy night as we gathered around the campfire at the Big Bog campsite on the North Branch of the Penobscot River. Driving there, we had seen a sign indicating a Boy Scout Camporee… Read More
When Bill Cohen accepted President Clinton’s offer to become secretary of defense, he had some legitimate concerns. The former senator from Maine wondered how receptive White House political operatives would be toward the first Republican in the Clinton Cabinet. He knew he would have to test the reaction… Read More
The inability of state government to supply the general purpose aid to education fund with anything near what had been promised to school districts makes a re-examination of the school-funding formula more important than ever. Maine cannot hope to achieve equity in the classroom until it provides equity… Read More
As if divorced parents didn’t already have enough to be guilty about, two recent articles in the Bangor Daily News featured Dr. Judith Wallerstein’s most recent update for her 25-year study of children of divorce. She and her research team have spent thousands of hours interviewing 131 middle-class… Read More
Faced with sentencing three vandals who smashed a Jewish family’s menorah, Pennsylvania Judge Kenneth G. Biehn last week ordered the teen-aged anti-Semites to pay for their crime by watching “Schindler’s List.” An excellent film and an interesting bit of jurisprudence. Now if only Flavio Cotti… Read More
COLUMBIA — Ham radio fans of the Narraguagus Bay Area Amateur Radio Club will hold Field Day, Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29, on the property of Rick and Ginger Miller, Saco Road. The event is sponsored by the American Radio Relay League and consists of… Read More
PORTLAND — Federal officials may be moving toward an accommodation with Maine lobstermen who object to some fishing gear restrictions aimed at protecting endangered whales, U.S. Rep. John Baldacci said Tuesday. Baldacci, D-Maine, quoted federal officials as recognizing flaws in the original proposals that raised… Read More
MEDDYBEMPS — Contaminants were found in four of the 20 monitoring wells at the site of the former Eastern Surplus Co. in December, so officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency returned to the site Monday and Tuesday to test the wells a second time. The results will… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Local residents voted Tuesday to keep their fire department at full strength with two full-time firefighters and a fire chief, rejecting a proposal to cut the department to save money. The vote was 545 for keeping the department at the present size. Read More
The Maine Aviation Historical Society has a dream. The group, numbering more than 200 airplane pilots, retired aviators and other people with an interest in Maine aviation history, is aiming to build a museum at Bangor International Airport. They have in mind a facility that… Read More
LIMESTONE — The resignation of former state Sen. Donald Collins from the Loring Development Authority of Maine will be discussed today during a meeting of the LDA board of trustees. LDA President Brian Hamel confirmed Tuesday that Collins, a Caribou businessman, has submitted his resignation,… Read More
The largest animal shelter north of Boston has opened the doors to its sleek, new $2.65 millon home on Mount Hope Avenue in Bangor, signaling a change in the way lost or abandoned domestic animals are handled in northern and Down East Maine. Opening two… Read More
HOULTON — Officials at the National Soap Box Derby Headquarters in Akron, Ohio, have informed organizers of the event in Aroostook County that the local race is the largest one in the country so far this year. David Harbison, chairman of the Northern Maine Soap… Read More
DETROIT — Voters at a special town meeting Tuesday night in Detroit overwhelmingly voted to keep their form of government intact by retaining the system of electing the town clerk. Only seven of the more than 45 people at the meeting voted in favor of changing to an… Read More
OCALA, Fla. — The Rev. Elden H. “Denny” Shute Jr., a former Maine legislator and radio executive who ran unsuccessfully for Congress, died Sunday in a local hospital. He was 81. A Sebec native, Shute began his broadcasting career in 1937 as a $15-a-week announcer… Read More
FORT KENT — Town and state police officials anticipate completing a probe into missing funds at the Fort Kent Town Office by July 1 or sooner in the wake of the suicide of former office manager Marilyn Deschaine. The state Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled… Read More
ROCKLAND — Two lines of the SAD 5 budget of $9 million were apparently rejected at the polls Tuesday night. SAD 5 officials will announce a date for a revote on the rejected items. In voting from Rockland and Owls Head only, the $971,898 requested… Read More
The first meeting of the Maine Clammers Association will be held at 3 p.m. June 24 in the American Legion Hall in Waldoboro. The goals of the association include providing communication between diggers and getting their comments for any actions taken, organizing a united voice… Read More
The results of a student study will be presented to the public by Davis F. Taylor, professor of environmental and resource economics at College of the Atlantic, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, at the Sullivan Sorrento Recreation Center on Route 1 in Sullivan. The… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Saco paving contractor is suing Hancock County Sheriff William Clark, alleging the sheriff made false and defamatory statements about him and his business two years ago. The suit was filed Monday in Hancock County Superior Court by William T. Williams, 36. It… Read More
PROSPECT HARBOR — The Prospect Harbor Woman’s Club will hold a Gouldsboro Candidates Night at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at the club. Candidates for Board of Selectmen, planning board, school board, and tax assessor for Gouldsboro will speak. The event is open to the… Read More
ROCKLAND — The city treatment plant odor and operational problems “will not just go away,” after a Tuesday night rejection of a $9 million modernization project, according to Mayor Robert Peabody. Voters rejected the project 387-284, but passed a $656,000 capital improvement project at the polls 449-226. Read More
BELFAST — Despite one of the poorest election turnouts in history, voters from SAD 34’s six communities have approved a 1997-98 budget calling for expenditures of $12.4 million. The $12,421,151 spending package won approval in five of the district’s member towns. With four of Belfast’s… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield residents approved the $6.8 million SAD 53 budget Tuesday night by 4-to-1. The voter turnout, a whopping 162 people, was so slight that ballot clerk Barbara Jones was able to finish knitting a pair of gray wool socks as she checked names from the voters… Read More
GUILFORD — SAD 4 residents on Tuesday approved a $5.4 million spending plan for schools in Guilford, Sangerville, Abbot, Parkman, Cambridge and Wellington next year. Approximately 50 residents attended the half-hour session held at Piscataquis Community Middle School. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
When Sharon Perry was at her interview for the town manager position in Winterport, she told the selectmen an old, old story about Winterport, a story so old that even natives such as Selectman Roger Doyon had never heard it. She had researched the town,… Read More
GREENBUSH — Greenbush voters returned three incumbents to their respective positions on the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee in town elections Tuesday night. School committee members Julie Kneeland and Terry Smith were re-elected with 45 and 66 votes, respectively, in a three-way race… Read More
SULLIVAN — Mountain View School’s art and music program was restored by voters Monday night following a two-year interruption in which the kindergarten through grade 8 pupils have been without certified instruction and volunteers have tried to fill the gap. Two years ago, voters cut… Read More
MADISON — Heavy voter turnout in Madison Tuesday to decide a controversial disbandment of the Madison Police Department, coupled with voting for 11 town positions, had clerks counting ballots for hours after the polls closed at 8 p.m. Final tallies were not available at press time. Read More
WISCASSET — A grand mansion overlooking the Sheepscot River will be turned into a museum this summer. Castle Tucker will become the sixth Maine property operated by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. The regional historical society oversees a total of 34… Read More
ORONO — “It’s all about detective work,” Museum of Art Director Wally Mason told a gathering of patrons at the opening of the University of Maine’s two summer exhibitions. Mason elaborated as his attentive listeners sipped wine under soft spotlights. Directing the group’s attention toward… Read More
ORONO — Many of us, if we had our choice, might choose to be Italian — to court an existence exuberant, colorful and well-fed. Were I ever granted such an extravagant wish, I would high-tail it back to Florence and never leave again. The artist… Read More
It is sad to see in Gouldsboro, the daughter of a person running for selectmen organize a meeting, be a moderator of it, and try to call it “candidates’ night.” Sad, too, also to see in Gouldsboro that same candidate actively participate in discussions deciding the pay and… Read More
People are still iving in this free country because of the thousands of young men who gave their lives so we could remain free. So, how come on the anniversary of D-Day (June 6), the only place that reminded us of that day was in a Peanuts comic… Read More
I think the City Council of Ellsworth misjudges its residents. Is it the desire of Ellsworth residents that funding for all social service programs be cut from the city budget? That is what the current City Council is planning for our city. This means no more money for… Read More
One of the more frustrating aspects of local law enforcement is the state reimbursement for time spent by local officers when he or she must spend the day in traffic court. The current reimbursement is $10 a day. In small towns, a day in court may take the… Read More
[On May 22] I was reading the editorial page (as I usually do) and was deeply disturbed upon reading the letter from Harvard M. Adams of Levant. I am tired of people attacking one another, but this letter was especially heinous because it purports to use history to… Read More
WASHINGTON — Hoping to stave off strict government curbs, Lexis-Nexis and seven other companies that sell detailed personal information about ordinary Americans on Tuesday agreed to voluntary limits to minimize privacy intrusions. But consumer advocates at a Federal Trade Commission hearing insisted that mandatory rules… Read More
HERMON — Two people were taken to a Bangor hospital after a chain reaction accident on Route 2 in Hermon late Tuesday morning. Penobscot Sheriff’s Deputy William Birch said driver inattention was the cause of the accident. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
AMITY — For 16 years, the Howell Conservation Center and Spruce Acres Wildlife Refuge has been open to the public. At the end of this month, that will change. “It costs us too much to stay open to serve the general public coming through,” said… Read More
HOULTON — The sun rose over Aroostook County Tuesday morning like a pale orange dandelion puff, and the haze in the air carried a smell like a summer campfire. The haze and smell were in fact smoke from more than 130 forest fires burning in… Read More
ORONO — More than 80 high school students received awards at the 51st annual Maine State Science and Technology Fair on May 10 at the University of Maine. Awards were presented in three categories for each class level — Talks, Demonstrations and Exhibit. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
FORT KENT — Residents facing eviction from the Stadig Trailer Park pressed town officials for answers Monday night at a public hearing preceding the Fort Kent Town Council’s regular meeting. Several tenants of the trailer park, on St. John Road, voiced their bewilderment at being… Read More
HOULTON — With just five days to go before the cast for “Up With People” arrives in town, members of the group’s advance team are still 40 beds short of what is needed. Cast members will arrive late on Monday and leave the morning of… Read More
HARTLAND — An overgrown woods road proved Tuesday afternoon to be the saving of a wooded area off Route 23 in Hartland. Without access to the woods, a small forest fire more than a quarter of a mile off the main road might have consumed… Read More
BELFAST — Ten years ago AIDS was a little-understood disease killing male homosexuals. Today HIV has infected all types of people and the disease is spreading around the globe. That was the sobering reality behind Tuesday’s celebration in Belfast City Park of the life of… Read More
WASHINGTON — New, above-average science and math scores from fourth-graders prove “we don’t have to settle for second-class expectations,” President Clinton said Tuesday, urging states to embrace national testing standards. The president cheered a report on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, which placed… Read More
A June 10 NEWS story about the arraignment of an Ohio trucker in U.S. District Court in Bangor incorrectly listed the name of a Bangor attorney. The correct name is Mark Perry. Read More
VEAZIE — School officials at Tuesday night’s town meeting heaved a sigh of relief after a voice vote showed voters rejecting an attempt to slash $240,000 from their proposed budget. Voters in the end decided to fund the School Commmittee’s $1.6 million spending plan for… Read More
The order came down from the federal government two years ago — military contracts valued at less than $100,000 will be administered exclusively through electronic means. Call it another lurch forward in pursuit of the much-ballyhooed paperless society. In fact, the change in procurement procedure… Read More
BELFAST — The test for a seasoned politician is when they are pressed to withstand a credible challenger. Mayor Page Worth has passed the test. Despite the strong campaign mounted by Albert Weymouth, Mayor Worth was re-elected to a sixth term on Tuesday by 73… Read More
BANGOR — An Old Town couple is being sued in Penobscot County Superior Court by a woman who claims that she contracted chickenpox from their child. In what may be the first case of its kind in Maine, Tammy Young of Milford filed suit against… Read More
BREWER — Will Rogers is a real-estate broker by trade, but he knows Plumbing 101: What goes up must come down. Or, as he told the City Council Tuesday night, “Sewage flows downhill. When it gets to the bottom, you need something to pump it… Read More
HERMON — An item authorizing the town to borrow $2,156,500 from the Rural Utilities Service for expansion of the town’s water system to the Coldbrook-Odlin Road area was tabled during Tuesday night’s town meeting. Thirty-one of the 57 residents who attended the annual meeting agreed they needed more… Read More
BANGOR — Memorial Day in May and the Fourth of July get their share of attention from the patriotic-minded, but don’t forget Flag Day. That’s been Judy Blake Miller-Butler’s message for nine years, and this June is no exception. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
AUGUSTA — A pilot for the Maine Forest Service spotted an old plane wreck Tuesday in the Mahoosuc Mountain Range northwest of Bethel. The pilot was on a fire detection flight when he noticed the silver fuselage about 4:20 p.m., said Ed Jones, chief dispatcher… Read More
CAMDEN — John French Jr. and Leonard Lookner topped a five-person slate in the race for two seats on the Board of Selectmen. Residents also approved combining the police and fire department dispatch centers. French attracted 391 votes followed by Lookner’s tally of 316. Bringing… Read More
PORTLAND — A 22-year-old man charged Tuesday in the slaying of a Scarborough grandmother during a daytime car-jacking told Maine investigators the victim was still alive after he pushed her down a wooded embankment. Leslie David Lynds of Linden, Tenn., and his girlfriend, Leah S. Read More
BREWER — Bangor Hydro-Electric officials are investigating the cause of an electrical failure that left a large portion of South Brewer and Orrington without power Tuesday afternoon. Janis Piper, manager of the power company’s customer service department, said the failure was the result of a… Read More