Cross country skier Marc Gilbertson doesn’t have a coach and has never competed in a World Cup Race. But that isn’t stopping the 28-year-old school teacher from competing in the Olympics in February. The Colby College graduate beat out five members of the U.S. cross… Read More
For one Maine town, the top sports story of the year had nothing to do with Kim Condon, Cindy Blodgett, Bangor’s high school, minor league sports teams, or car racing. For Jackman, it was all about an eight-member girls basketball team and a girls cross… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Sports Museum of New England apparently has chosen Providence over several Massachusetts cities for its new location. Brian Dowling, the museum’s executive director, said he hopes to move the main exhibit to the Fogarty Building on Fountain Street as soon as… Read More
Just as she has on the basketball court for most of her life, and especially during the 1996-97 high school season, Kim Condon has come out on top. Condon’s ability to overcome a severely sprained ankle and lead her Presque Isle Wildcats to Eastern Maine… Read More
The inaugural East Corinth Sled Dog Race was supposed to be held last year but it was postponed and then cancelled due to rain and unseasonable weather. So race organizer Frank Thomas will try again on Saturday and Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
EAST MACHIAS – Heather Sprague scored 17 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead Woodland past Washington Academy 54-51 in a schoolgirl basketball game Wednesday. Sprague had 11 of her points in the second half and Woodland held off the Raiders by hitting eight… Read More
The year gone by certainly brought plenty of Maine television-radio sports developments. Arguably, the most significant of these was made by Bangor radio station WZON (620 AM). The Sports Zone was true to its nickname, acquiring radio broadcast rights for all University of Maine sports. Read More
MACHIAS — The Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce will investigate employee training at its Eggs and Issues breakfast meeting at 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at the Blue Bird Ranch Family Restaurant. Bonnie Fortini of Machias Community and Adult Education and Nancy Melhorn of… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Millinocket man was indicted Wednesday by a Piscataquis County grand jury on a charge of manslaughter involving the death of another Millinocket man. The indictment was one of several returned by the grand jury that ranged from manslaughter to the theft of… Read More
MACHIAS — After months of controversy surrounding Washington County’s primary program for victims of domestic violence, the 20-year-old agency has lost its contract with the Maine Department of Human Services. DHS provides $225,608 or 80 percent of WomanKind Inc.’s funding, according to Jeanette C. Talbot,… Read More
BANGOR — A request from a bankrupt department store to prorate its property taxes will come up Monday when the finance committee meets at 5 p.m. at City Hall. Rich’s Department Store, which closed at the Airport Mall in January 1996, would like a reduction… Read More
BANGOR — A city ordinance banning targeted residential picketing was struck down twice in the span of 11 months. Now that measure is being reworked by the city attorney in the hopes that it will stand up in court. City councilors attending the meeting of… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested earlier this week after he allegedly raped a woman who had been staying at his apartment. Scott M. Marsh, 22, was charged with gross sexual assault and assault after an incident Monday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BUCKSPORT — In an era of paper industry layoffs and shutdowns, one Maine mill envisions a capital improvement program and continued stability that others can only envy. Not that Champion International Corp. hasn’t endured its share of upheaval. In October, the Connecticut-based firm announced a… Read More
Hollywood may have ended 1997 with a sinking ship, but what a spectacular sinking ship it was, breathing new life into an industry that was threatened last year with the rise of the independent film, one of which, “The English Patient,” swept last year’s Academy Awards. Read More
In 1994 the lunar orbiter Clementine discovered evidence for ice beneath the moon’s barren surface. There is even some evidence that small amounts of surface ice may lurk in the perpetual darkness found at the bottoms of craters near the Moon’s south pole. The possibility stemmed from an… Read More
Once again, just like clockwork, it’s New Year’s Day. Once again, in a wave sweeping across time zones, the world has counted backwards from 10. Celebrants have wished each other the best and meant it, at least for as long as the cup of kindness brims. Parades march… Read More
VICKI KEATON of Caribou has been promoted to assistant vice president and operations center manager of First Citizens Bank in Presque Isle. Since joining the staff in 1990 with an associate degree in accounting from Northern Maine Technical College, Keaton has served as operations supervisor,… Read More
PORTLAND — The Maine State Police trooper who usually patrols two interstate highways between Scarborough and Brunswick after midnight will be on the road a little later. Sloppy weather and commuter accidents prompted officials to switch the patrol hours to earlier in the morning. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
CARIBOU — Two local agencies are offering a $500 reward for information relating to the recovery of a snowmobile stolen earlier this week from a Scarborough woman. “The whole of Aroostook County has an excellent tourism industry in snowmobiling, and we don’t want people shying… Read More
“Photojournalists are not always aware that the pictures taken today are the history of tomorrow, or that pictures taken for specific editorial purposes may resonate beyond thier original boundaries, having a far-reaching impact on the public’s conciousness, or indeed that the world is made better by their being… Read More
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BREWER — St. Joseph Healthcare’s 2-year-old walk-in clinic here closed its doors for good Wednesday after six months of problems scheduling doctors to work there. Staff members will remain on hand mornings through February at the Brewer Walk-in Center on South Main Street to return… Read More
Before the “bottom line is all that counts” philosophy became the battle cry of corporate America, inspired by short-sighted, second rate executives, we had real jobs. Before these second raters decided that we could make higher profits by producing our goods in foreign countries with… Read More
I have read with some interest and a little sadness the letters concerning the racial state of affairs in “The Phantom” comic strip. Obviously, these people have never read the strip for any length of time. If they had, they would know about the Pygmy Poison People, a… Read More
In July, my husband and I were blessed with the arrival of our first child. Although the care I received at Eastern Maine Medical Center was exemplary, I would have chosen to have my baby at St. Joseph Hospital if it still had a maternity ward. Read More
In the midst of this busy season of holidays when we were all busy with cookie dough, wrapping paper, candles, work, religious services for Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza celebrations, Advent prayers and parties, I feel compelled to stop everything and write of my sorrow, disappointment and fear brought… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Restaurants here cater to a variety of tastes, offering Mexican, Thai, Chinese, Italian and seafood specialties. But late-night diners looking for a plate of pancakes at 1 a.m. have been out of luck — so far. By the end of next May, that… Read More
BANGOR — For the first time, the Governor’s Conference on Tourism will be held north of Augusta, and Bangor organizers have planned a full evening of awards, theater and music to kick off the two-day event on Wednesday, Jan. 14. The annual tourism conference, “Toward… Read More
MACHIAS — Agents of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency seized more than 30 pounds of marijuana and arrested four Washington County men Wednesday afternoon. Arrested on Class B felony charges of aggravated drug trafficking were David Elwell, 43, of Marshfield and Jeffrey Robicheau, 39, of… Read More
BELFAST — The wind was whipping fiercely at 3:30 p.m. in Heritage Park near this city’s waterfront, creating wind chills well below zero. But two ice sculptors, swaddled in winter garb, worked steadily with their small chain saws to create an icy icon of New… Read More
Staff at Tourism New Brunswick in Fredericton are ecstatic after winning an international prize for an ad campaign designed to lure French Canadian bathers from the chilly waters of Maine to the shores of New Brunswick. The province’s tourism agency won the bronze medal in… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Surry landowner convicted of assaulting a woman who walked on his beachfront property has filed an appeal with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. James C. Taylor, 54, is appealing his convictions on terrorizing, assault and criminal threatening charges, which were handed up… Read More
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PITTSFIELD — With a street name like “Special K,” the veterinary drug ketamine might sound harmless. Not so, says Dr. Jason Orr, a Pittsfield veterinarian whose animal clinic was broken into Tuesday night. Orr said a half-dozen vials of liquid ketamine, an animal tranquilizer, were… Read More
PATTEN — Local residents made it clear Tuesday that they want their local elementary schools kept open. What isn’t clear, however, is just how SAD 25 officials will proceed with the consolidation of district schools. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
WASHINGTON — Maine’s population edged up ever so slightly in 1997, continuing a recent trend of booming growth in the West and South while the Northeast remains stagnant, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. At the same time, the Bangor and Lewiston-Auburn areas have… Read More
WOODLAND — A Limestone man died in a snowmobile accident late Wednesday afternoon in Aroostook County. Details were sketchy, but it appeared that Matthew Harvey, 21, died after his snowmobile struck a gate post on the ITS 90 snowmobile trail in Woodland, according to Maj. Read More
While some lawmakers are calling for more money for public schools and others are seeking new ways to distribute the funds, the most radical education reform proposals legislators will tackle this session would expand the meaning of the state constitution’s education clause. Next week, the… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The case of the missing baby Jesus in Pittsfield was solved Wednesday morning. The statue, stolen from the creche at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Pittsfield during Mass on the Saturday after Christmas, was discovered in a driveway on Main Street. Douglas Cummings,… Read More
NEWPORT — Newport selectmen will begin meeting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and will meet “all day if they have to” to craft a 1998 budget proposal, according to interim Town Manager Evelyn Ricker. Once completed, the budget will be given the final going-over by the… Read More
BREWER — One person was found dead, apparently the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and two others were in police custody after a high-speed car chase Wednesday evening. The chase ended shortly before 7 p.m. on the offramp of Interstate 395 in Brewer when… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Guy E. Hunnewell III, 27, had nothing to say Wednesday morning during his appearance on a murder charge in Skowhegan District Court. Dressed in prison blues and flip-flops, Hunnewell barely glanced at the courtroom spectators, mostly reporters, and whispered only once to his… Read More
Looking for opportunities to fill your days in 1998? We have plenty. Clubs, groups, organizations and individuals can all use your help and support, financial as well as volunteer. Here are just a few suggestions. The Friends of the Eastern Maine Technical College Library invite… Read More