High school Maine Coaches Poll (First-place votes in parenthesis) Girls 1. Brewer (9) 90 2. Belfast 73 3. Westbrook 66 4. Marshwood 59 5. Mattanawcook 58 6. Maranacook 34 7. Presque Isle 30 8. Scarborough 26 8. Morse 26 10. Thornton Academy 12 Also receiving… Read More
    It’s about an hour before Game 7 of the 1997 World Series. Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan of the Big Red Machine is standing in the broadcast booth with former Baltimore star Ken Singleton. Their memories are as fresh as the morning snow. Read More
    HERMON – The Hermon School Board voted 5-1 Monday evening to examine the possibility of starting varsity football and wrestling programs at Hermon High School, but decided it needed more information before it can allocate school funds. Hermon superintendent William Ziemer and six board members… Read More
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    High school PVC Girls All-Stars Class A First Team Bangor: Tama Catell, Beth Bosley, Susan Price, Emily Morse; Brewer: Heidi Everett, Leslie Trott; Hampden: Amy-Jo Crawford, Lisa Groseneck, Brie Drummond, Sarah Fraunhofer, Lindsey Dilts; Nokomis: Kim Pushor Second Team googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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    BANGOR – Jimmy Clark, an 18-year-old bowler from Hermon has become the third person to bowl a perfect game at Family Fun Lanes in three weeks. Clark, who competes in a weekly youth league at Family Fun, accomplished the feat with 100 people looking on… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The Maine Harness Racing Promotion Board has announced the selection of Tom Kole as its executive director. He will begin the new post on Nov. 1. Kole is a Michigan State graduate and has been executive vice president of the International Boxing Hall… Read More
    When a couple of Bangor High School seniors talked about cruising around the Florida Keys or off the coast of Maine for a week or two, visions of Carnival Cruise Lines commercials must have danced in their classmates’ heads. But Kathie Lee Gifford was nowhere… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT – The Captain Whitney Wright Volunteer of the Year Award was presented this past week to Kathy and Peter St. Germain for their long and dedicated service as assistant swim team coaches for the Sharks Swim Team for the past eight years. The… Read More
    CARIBOU — The Aroostook County Web site and business attraction ad campaign won top awards in the 1997 Literature and Promotions Awards and Competition sponsored by the Northeastern Economic Developer’s Association. The county’s home page, which won best in show, and the print ad campaign,… Read More
    BELFAST — The Women Entrepreneurs of Belfast will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a reunion from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Belfast Free Library. A round-table discussion will include members Lynda Clancy, Jeri Coughlin, and Jennifer Hill. WEB meets on the… Read More
    BLUE HILL — In partnership with the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, the Marine Environmental Research Institute will offer its second lecture in a series of Coastal Awareness Forums to educate the community about what can be done to help improve water quality and restore… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King has reactivated the Maine Port Authority to assist the Maine Department of Transportation in dealing with port and rail-related transportation issues. The action came in response to a request from DOT Commissioner John G. Melrose. “The availability of port facilities… Read More
    GREENVILLE — The Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital in Greenville no longer will deliver babies after Nov. 1. Dr. Brian McCann, a family practitioner with Norumbega Medical Specialists of Greenville, a private medical practice that serves the hospital, said Monday that the move was prompted… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — A Waterville legislator seeking to combine the state’s District and Superior courts took his case to the annual prosecutor’s conference in Bar Harbor on Monday. Rep. Joseph Jabar, a Waterville lawyer and Democrat, cited the complexity and ineffectiveness of Maine’s two-tiered criminal… Read More
    WASHINGTON — Federal legislation intended to cut down on illegal immigration into the United States could pose a threat to Maine’s economy, some lawmakers say. The Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 — set for activation on Sept. 30, 1998 — would require… Read More
    MADISON — Just when town officials in Madison are beginning the search for a new town manager, it looks like they will be searching for a new police chief as well. Chief Harley Dunlap, Madison’s police chief for the past 14 years, announced last week… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded $426,803 to the state to improve local law enforcement capabilities and reduce crime. The department also has made 17 communities or counties eligible for an additional $690,000 for public safety programs, according to the Maine congressional… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award a $718,000 grant to expand the Head Start program in Maine, the Maine congressional delegation announced. The grant is based upon the state’s unified plan to expand services and was praised in a… Read More
    NEWPORT — A representative of the Newport Economic Development Corp. told selectmen Monday night that “it’s time for the town of Newport to make a commitment.” The NEDC has been researching development sites for the town to create an industrial park. The corporation has negotiated… Read More
    BANGOR — A St. Albans man who attracted police attention 17 months ago when he threatened to shoot up a Brewer bar was sentenced recently in federal court to 10 years in prison for being a felon in possesion of a firearm. U.S. District Judge… Read More
    PORTLAND — Hundreds of people turned out for Diversity Day at the University of Southern Maine. The first Diversity Day was held in 1995 after several Maine immigrants were victims of hate crimes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    HARMONY — The investigation is continuing into the cause of an early morning fire in Harmony last week. A neighbor investigating a glow in the sky discovered Joe Souza’s vacant home burning shortly before 1 a.m Friday. The single-story home on the North Merrill Road… Read More
    A bizarre new approach to the funding of public needs has been advanced over the past few months that threatens to undermine the operation of democratic government as we know it. Most recently, TV mogul Ted Turner announced that in partial compensation for the U.S. government’s tardy United… Read More
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    November is National Diabetes Month, and there is no better way to start that recognition than by taking advantage of an educational seminar, “The Journey: Living with Diabetes,” which will be presented from 8:15 a.m. to noon Saturday in the third-floor conference room at the Bangor-Brewer YWCA on… Read More
    Maine’s paperworkers and labor unions urge all voters who care about our forests and forest jobs to go to the polls Nov. 4 and join us in voting yes on Question 1, the Compact for Maine’s Forests. Let me tell you why. Question 1 works… Read More
    Global warming has become the most sweeping. tangled, and contentious environmental issue of modern times. To many business leaders, it suggests the willingness of environmentalists to employ dubious science in the interests of their draconian initiatives. To some environmentalists, projections of global warming are indicative of the dangers… Read More
    A one-month postponement in the trial of 13 Passamaquoddy Indians for saltwater fishing without state licenses is a necessary and wise move, but it is unlikely to solve the riddle of jurisdiction. An issue that has festered for 17 years probably won’t be settled in 30 days in… Read More
    FORT KENT — An elderly man and his sister suffered from smoke inhalation during a fire at the man’s home early Monday morning. Claude Saucier, 85, owner of the 15 Pearl St. home where the fire erupted just after 4 a.m., and Germaine Saucier, 71,… Read More
    BANGOR — Like ripples on a lake, the fear and dread that gripped Wall Street on Monday made their way up to Maine, where nervous investors waited on word of the precipitous decline in equity markets. At the same time, local brokers echoed their New… Read More
    SULLIVAN — Maine State Police are investigating whether a North Sullivan man may have run into his girlfriend in his pickup truck after a domestic dispute before dawn Saturday. Howard Frye, 34, was charged by police with assault and operating under the influence of intoxicating… Read More
    BANGOR — The city of Old Town posted some gains in its continuing legal battle with Alton Bouchard, its airport operator, in Penobscot County Superior Court. The city began its effort to oust Bouchard from its municipal airport a year ago. Bouchard, however, has taken… Read More
    BANGOR — Somebody went into Leadbetter’s Super Stop convenience store on Sunday and purchased a $3 Christmas Club lottery ticket from cashier Stephanie Kaehler. The customer scratched the silver emulsion off the ticket, probably like so many times before. Except this time was different. This… Read More
    “Do you favor a $10 million bond issue to provide funding for the Adaptive Equipment Loan Program fund, which provides loans to individuals with disabilities to purchase adaptive equipment, and to small businesses to improve accessibility, and for improving accessibility and addressing related safety issues at the University… Read More
    Q: Our furnace is old and should be replaced. I am considering a new super-efficient hot water heat (boiler) system for better comfort. Does hot water heat offer any advantages and which boilers are best? — K.L. A: New super-efficient hot water boiler (hydronic) systems… Read More
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    On Nov. 4 the citizens of Bangor will have a chance to elect a city councilor who goes beyond your average politician. That person is Michael Crowley. Crowley has a long list of community involvement such as the Bangor Public Library, the Retired and Senior… Read More
    The forthcoming referendum questions concerning the possible widening of the turnpike brought forth some interesting suggestions by the opponents of the widening as expressed on the television debate on the issue. It was suggested the congestion problems could be alleviated if people would take the bus and if… Read More
    Consider well the implications of a yes vote on the Compact question. Do not encourage the environmental groups to move in the direction of taking and controlling private land. As a voter you have an incredible amount of power on Election Day. Afterward it deminishes to something less… Read More
    MADAWASKA — Residents may have to break a habit of unlocked vehicles and keys on the visor. For the second time in as many weeks, a pickup was stolen over the weekend. The unlocked vehicle had its ignition keys in the truck. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A contingent of 12 county, town and community officials will travel Wednesday to Augusta to push for economic development efforts in Piscataquis County. The local group that organized as the county’s economic development committee hopes a partnership can be formed between Eastern Maine… Read More
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    BANGOR — The City of Bangor Immunization Clinic will hold clinics from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St., Bangor, and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Reed Middle School, Main Road, North, Hampden. Read More
    BELFAST — As a result of a monthlong inquiry into allegations of conflicts of interest by its top-level city employees, the City Council has called for an employment contract with Arlo Redman, the city manager. Redman has not had a formal contract since becoming city manager in 1990. Read More
    Champion International Corp. has acquired 140,000 acres of forest lands in central Maine from Fort James Corp. In addition to expanding its landholdings to more than 900,000 acres in the state, the Stamford, Conn.-based company also has purchased Fort James’ Diamond Lumber Mill in Passadumkeag. Read More
    BANGOR — The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department is offering a six-week Learn to Skate Program at Sawyer Arena on Sundays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., starting Nov. 9. The instructor for the program is Yelva Guigotti. The cost is $60 for Bangor residents and… Read More
    PORTLAND — Preliminary reports indicate alcohol was a factor in the death of a 34-year-old urchin diver, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. Joseph Smith of Minturn had a blood-alcohol level of 0.32, four times the legal limit in Maine, when he died Oct. 15… Read More
    BREWER — The City Council will vote tonight on whether to lease land to allow Brooks Pharmacy to build a new store on Wilson Street. If approved, a site plan approval would be the only necessary step before Brooks could begin construction. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Just as snowmobile retailers are beginning to display their newest wares, Mother Nature decided Monday to introduce Aroostook County to the 1997-98 model of winter by dumping more than half a foot of snow on the region, making the storm one of the earliest on… Read More