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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WATERVILLE – Brittany Doffy-Stanley netted the game-winner with 11:28 remaining in overtime as the University of Maine-Farmington downed Thomas College 1-0 in women’s soccer action Monday. Heather Elliot saved two of three shots for the 8-5-1 Beavers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
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
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – Bobby Hamilton gave team-owner Richard Petty an early going-away present Monday, winning the rain-delayed ACDelco 400 at North Carolina Motor Speedway. It was only the second career victory for Hamilton, but it came exactly a year to the day after his first… Read More
When university athletic budgets get tight or an institution initiates a plan for achieving gender equity under Title IX, football is one of the first potential targets. The sport represents a large chunk of a school’s athletic budget and has the highest number of participants. 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
AUGUSTA — Using his office as a bully pulpit Monday, Gov. Angus S. King attacked opponents of the Compact for Maine’s Forests who have been waging what he termed “the most misleading media campaign ever.” Jonathan Carter, spokesman for the anti-Compact Forest Ecology Network, immediately… 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
LUBEC — The town’s administrator Monday asked selectmen for a one-week, unpaid leave of absence after she was charged over the weekend with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. A deputy sheriff Sunday night went to the home of Victoria… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — Gov. Jeanne Shaheen said Monday that a 1761 British map shows the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is in New Hampshire, not Maine. New Hampshire insists the shipyard is in New Hampshire and that Maine is unfairly imposing its state income tax on New… 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
DEXTER — Visitors to the Dexter Middle School can’t help but notice the duct tape that holds the worn carpet down in many areas. “Our carpets are just unbelievable,” said Principal Jan Breton, who believes the carpets are about 15 years old. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… 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
BETHESDA, Md. — Millions of impotent American men are about to get a treatment revolution — new pills that promise to restore sexual function without the discomfort and embarrassment of traditional therapies. The first oral medicine for impotence — a drug that can cause erections… Read More
WINTER HARBOR — A dozen soggy but determined Acadia National Park commissioners and rangers hiked to the highest point on the Schoodic Peninsula Monday to see the effect of a timber harvest that stirred controversy last year because of its proximity to the Winter Harbor section of the… 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
BIDDEFORD — Southern Maine Medical Center has become the second hospital in the state to hire a jack-of-all-trades “hospitalist.” Dr. Greg Leach is one of only about 2,000 physicians nationwide to fit that designation. While most doctors spend a majority of their time in private… Read More
PORTLAND — Anti-war activist Philip Berrigan was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for vandalizing a Navy guided-missile destroyer in a protest at Bath Iron Works last winter. The 74-year-old former Roman Catholic priest from Baltimore also was given two years of supervised release… 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
Minerva, the Roman goddess of handicrafts, the professions, the arts and eventually war, rests in the afternoon sunlight that streams through the windows on the second floor of the Bangor Historical Society. Although she looks as if she should be perched on the bow of a heavily armed… Read More
ELLSWORTH — With one week to go before the election, Hancock County officials are bringing their jail bond referendum to the public by putting the public in jail. The jail project advisory committee brought reporters and TV cameras inside the gray cement common area of… 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
ORONO — All too often, this community’s young people can be found hanging out in front of Christie’s, a downtown convenience store handy to Orono schools, or some similar place. But if a group of community leaders has its way, local youths soon may be… 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
AUGUSTA — After seven days of fervent effort to find problems with petitions that would force an election on gay rights, members of Maine Won’t Discriminate filed a complaint Monday in Cumberland County Superior Court, claiming there are not enough valid signatures. When volunteers for… Read More
BANGOR — A trucker’s life is a dangerous one, which is why Michael Strickland claimed he had to carry a gun in the sleeping compartment of his long-haul rig. The only problem with his story was Strickland had been convicted of several felonies in the… Read More
An Allen Street woman will have to improvise when scraping her windows if this week’s weather forecasts hold true. Monday morning she reported to the Bangor police that someone had taken the scraper out of her unlocked 1997 Jeep. “Lock your car, wear your seat… 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
John O’Conor is a pianist. He has won awards. He has played the competitions. Done the concerts in Europe, America, Asia. He knows his Bach and Mozart and Beethoven. But it’s just as likely that he might have become an actor. As a child back… 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
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A government review panel gave the go-ahead Monday to a $1.4 billion project to pump natural gas from under the ocean floor off Nova Scotia and pipe it to Maine and other New England markets. The federal-provincial panel’s decision followed months… Read More
PORTLAND — CFX Corp., which quickly became New Hampshire’s largest bank holding company after swallowing several smaller banks, is about to be swallowed itself. After several months of negotiations, Peoples Heritage Financial Group of Portland agreed Monday to buy Keene, N.H.-based CFX for about $703… 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
A Maine Department of Education hearing officer has ordered Carsten and Raymond Geisel of Winterport to return to SAD 22 schools, ending the latest battle between Linda Geisel and the school district. But Geisel says the long-running war over her sons’ education will go on. 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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WATERVILLE — Mayor Ruth Joseph said Monday that there was only one way for Waterville to develop new businesses, new jobs and new taxes, and that’s through a use of diverse economic tools. Joseph called a press conference, she said, “to set the record straight”… Read More
BANGOR — It wasn’t a no vote, but Monday night’s 5-3 Bangor City Council vote in favor of a $2 million bond issue for a multipurpose stadium sounded the death knell for the Bangor Blue Ox baseball team just the same. The bond fell one… Read More
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
BANGOR — The City Council’s last regular meeting before the local election was a four-hour marathon — easily double the usual length of the Monday meetings, but it was worth it. The council put its seal of approval on three collective bargaining agreements — one… Read More
ROBBINSTON — Food stamps, her mother’s recipes and Yankee determination all helped a mother of two turn her kitchen enterprise into a high-quality candy company doing business with L.L. Bean and other big distributors. Last week, Lea Sullivan, who stumbled into the candy-making business in… 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
ORONO — The University of Maine’s winter overnight parking ban will be in effect starting Nov. 1, according to the UMaine Department of Public Safety. During the parking ban, which continues through May 1. 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
NEWBURGH — The town office will be closed today due to a computer workshop being held. Read More
ROCKLAND — State and federal regulators have pointed the finger at the FMC Corp. — a 200-employee company that turns seaweed into food additives — for causing some of the pollution problems at the city treatment plant. FMC officials have emphatically denied the allegation, blaming problems on the… Read More