Jack Capuano may be adding a little “Ya’ll”to his thick Rhode Island accent after being promoted from coach and director of hockey operations to coach-assistant general manager with the first-year Pee Dee Pride of the East Coast Hockey League. The team used to be in… Read More
MAINE vs. BOWDOIN Time, site: 7 p.m., Wednesday, Alfond Arena, Orono googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
While many local teams have been focused on winning in the days before the Eastern Maine basketball tournament, the people of Milo were reminded of the purity of high school sports last week when the Penquis boys put aside practice to raise money for an injured Katahdin player. Read More
Basketball fans got a touch of tourney fever on Tuesday night as preliminary contests in three classes rounded out the field of teams that make it to the Bangor Auditorium on the girls side of the ledger. In Class B, No. 9 John Bapst topped… Read More
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Old Town and Hampden were inadverdently left off the high school hockey Heal Point Standings listed in Tuesday’s editions of the NEWS. Hampden is 10th with a 4-12 record through Feb. 9, a 7.00 preliminary index and a 14.61 tournament index; Old Town is 12th in the 13… Read More
CONCORD, N.C. – Ricky Craven Motorsports has announced the addition of a new crew chief, Vic Kangas, for its Busch Series, Grand National Division race team. He will direct the team throughout a 15-race, limited schedule for its sponsor, New Holland North America, Inc. Kangas’… Read More
BANGOR – For 43 years, the Bangor Auditorium’s venerable basketball court – nicks and nooks, dead spots and all – has provided a hardwood link between generations. Name your favorite player, and one thing was certain: if they were any good, they had to prove… Read More
MOSCOW, Idaho – Pat Grass, an appaloosa exhibitor from Plymouth, received the Year-End High Point award in Non-Pro Masters Hunter Under Saddle division with 7.5 points. The Non-Pro Championship Award System is designed to award non-pros who have proven their superiority in the fields of… Read More
LINCOLN – There wasn’t much to distinguish between the two girls basketball teams battling for a trip to the Bangor Auditorium. Both No. 8 Mattanawcook Academy and No. 9 Dexter go deep into their benches, rely on pressure defenses, and use quickness to make up… Read More
Last Thursday’s 5-3 loss to Northeastern probably ensures that the University of Maine hockey team will be hitting the road for a best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series on the weekend of March 13-15. But that may not be all bad based on the way the… Read More
PITTSFIELD – One thing is for sure about Tuesday’s Class B girls preliminary game featuring No. 8 Maine Central Institute and ninth-seeded John Bapst of Bangor. It wasn’t pretty. But the Crusaders didn’t need graceful shooting to get the 57-45 win and a ticket to… Read More
HERMON – When Steve Norris’ brother Jeff died in a plane crash near Chicoutimi, Quebec, in June 1997 on the way back from a fishing excursion, his and the other two victims’ families wanted to use the memorial donations to do some good for the community. Read More
Basketball fans got a touch of tourney fever on Tuesday night as preliminary contests in three classes rounded out the field of teams that make it to the Bangor Auditorium on the girls side of the ledger. In Class B, No. 9 John Bapst topped… Read More
CALAIS — “The squeaky wheel gets the grease,” city officials have told Gov. Angus King in an effort to convince him in a letter that the state should build a 200-bed prison in this community. A similar proposal has been made by officials in Cherryfield. Read More
FORT KENT — The Fort Kent Town Council set priorities Monday night for five transportation projects, one of the first steps in the state’s plan for highway reconstruction in the fiscal years 2000 and 2001. The proposals to be prioritized came from the Maine Department… Read More
ADDISON — A 17-year-old Addison girl was treated and released from Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth on Monday after she lost control of her car en route to Narraguagus High School in Harrington, according to the Maine State Police. Sgt. Kelley Barbee said April… Read More
County people care about each other, which is why folks in the Caribou-Woodland-New Sweden area are working to help 45-year-old Rona Beaupre of Woodland in her battle with breast cancer. Beaupre is currently undergoing chemotherapy at Cary Medical Center in Caribou and is expected, eventually,… Read More
CHERRYFIELD — Representatives of Cherryfield Foods Inc. and state environmental agencies met Tuesday in an attempt to correct alleged permit violations in connection with the company’s plans to construct a 900-acre cranberry plantation in Washington County. Both the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the… Read More
EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick — Stronger, cleaner pulp, which should improve papermaking, is the goal of a $19 million investment that Fraser Papers Inc. will make at its Edmundston pulp mill in 1998. The international company made the announcement about the project on Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
TOPSHAM — A new telemarketing firm drawn by the area’s large labor pool plans to open next week at the Topsham Fair Mall. “I was looking for someplace with a lot of potential employees. Draw a 30-mile circle around Topsham, and you hit Augusta, Lewiston/Auburn,… Read More
BANGOR — Let’s see. The rehabilitation of an old building, a mammoth structure that started out as four separate buildings, takes wood and steel and nails and paint and plaster — and paperwork. Lots of paperwork. That’s a major activity these days for Joseph Cloutier,… Read More
BANGOR — Gov. Angus King is scheduled to speak at the next Husson College Business Breakfast at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12 in the Dickerman Dining Commons on the Bangor campus. The breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the governor’s address — “Maine: A… Read More
BOSTON — Frank Matheson is trying to convince his sons that they can make a living by working the Littleton farm that has been in their family since the early 1700s. The 72-year-old Matheson said the Northeast Interstate Dairy Farm Compact is one of the… Read More
FLORENCEVILLE, N.B. — McCain Foods Limited has announced the construction of a $78.6 million potato-processing facility in Wroclaw, Poland. Construction will begin immediately on the plant, which is expected to be in production by the spring of 1999, said Chairman Harrison McCain in a press… Read More
Blanche DuBois turned 50 last year. It’s tempting to think how she might look so many years later and what happened to her and what kind of kindnesses she’s been depending on from strangers these days. But it’s more fascinating to look at how she has — without… Read More
It’s not easy being the world’s policeman. Especially when the world aids and abets the bad guys. So it is for the United States and Great Britain, two nations ready and willing to put its military personnel in harm’s way to eliminate Iraq’s weapons of… Read More
Reducing the sales tax from 6 to 5 percent is a high priority among Maine voters and Republican caucuses in both the House and Senate. The reduction has been consistently supported by individual members from both parties who have the integrity to believe that even the state should… Read More
How intriguing it is, the things in our lives that we do for love. Take for instance the story of Ted Hojnowski and Jeff Ackerman, founders and owners of Mainstay Pasta in Castine. They love to create the complex-carbohydrate, low-cholesterol, high-fiber, good-for-you food: fresh pasta. Asiago and basil… Read More
There is little doubt that Cherryfield Foods’ planned cranberry bog in Washington County is a major step in the development of a new industry in that struggling region. And there is good reason to believe that the state’s new salmon conservation plan can protect Maine… Read More
It predates the University of Maine by at least 15 years. Gov. James B. Blaine watched its construction. The city that now surrounds it didn’t exist so the Youth Center was built in Cape Elizabeth when the town was mostly farms and swamps. Now it sits on a… Read More
LIMESTONE — A petition with 247 signatures from local voters was submitted Monday night to the Limestone Planning Board asking to reopen a public hearing held on a proposed hog farm. Although the board took no action on the petition, filed by Terry Atwood of… Read More
FOR COMPLETE RESULTS OF GAY RIGHTS REFERENDUM VOTING, COUNTY BY COUNTY, SEE LIBRARY MICROFILM. 620 of 663 Maine precincts reporting: 31% voter turnout… Read More
VERONA — The towns of Verona and Prospect voted Tuesday to renew their exclusive contract to tuition all of their students to Bucksport public schools. Verona voted 81-32 to approve the three-year contract, and Prospect voters favored it 105-48, for a total of 70 percent… Read More
ROCKLAND — The recent expansion of Knox County Airport continues to torment the county commissioners. While the expansion has improved airport safety and accessibility, the $4 million project has been a public relations disaster for the commissioners from the beginning. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
PORTLAND — “I don’t think it’ll end tonight,” said Kevin Thornton, sitting at a table with balloons overhead, piano music playing, and a crowd resembling a family reunion all around. He was talking about the fight for gay rights, which has lasted more than 20… Read More
BANGOR — A Dixmont man was struck by a car and killed Tuesday evening while running against traffic on Union Street in Bangor. A police report by investigating Officer Ed Mercier identified the deceased as Rocley A. Michos, 42, of Dixmont. Police said that Michos… Read More
ELLSWORTH — With a $6 million price tag already attached to building a new county jail, Hancock County commissioners didn’t feel that their bond issue referendum, passed last November, should ask voters for another $3 million to completely redo the courthouse. So the jail bond includes just $670,000… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Knox County Sheriff’s Department dipped into its carry-over account to purchase a restraint chair for the jail, video recorders for patrol cars, and a radar display screen for traffic-safety details. All told, the items will cost about $2,000 and should be in… Read More
BANGOR — Say they compiled a video of unforgettable moments from City Council meetings in the ’90s. They’d have to include a few of the many nights that city firefighters stepped up to the microphone last year to deplore the lack of a contract with… Read More
AUGUSTA — Their prayers were answered. Members of the Christian Civic League, the Christian Coalition, their followers and children were united in their belief that Tuesday’s election victory came from on high. Those attending the campaign celebration at the Holiday Inn at Augusta paused in… Read More
BANGOR — Borders bookstore and Acadia Hospital are teaming up to provide an educational presentation on dieting and its effects on health to mark National Eating Disorders Awareness Month. Eating disorders educator Sheri Glazier will present “Know Dieting” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, at… Read More
BREWER — Brewer City Councilor Larry Doughty said Tuesday he would waive his attorney-client privilege so that those who were at a controversial meeting last July during which Doughty is accused of making racially discriminatory remarks can speak freely about what was said. Brewer City… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Fire Department is requesting all Bangor businesses and apartment owners to clear their exits and fire escapes of snow and ice to meet fire codes. “In the event of a fire, people will rely on these exits and fire escapes to… Read More
NEWPORT — A proposed policy that could “curb the freedom to be fragrant” in SAD 48 schools breezed through a Monday night meeting of the school board’s policy committee. The policy would allow school administrators to “take appropriate measures” to deal with the use or… Read More
WINTERPORT — G. Preston Perkins will finish out Mary Anne Royal’s unexpired term on the Board of Selectmen. Perkins will serve until June 1999. Royal resigned in December after several weeks of heated controversy on the board over how to fill the unexpired terms of… Read More
The North American Free Trade Agreement fast-track legislation is a high-priority issue. Much of your coverage of last fall’s battles over the president’s proposal left an impression that its defeat in the House was the result of political bickering and bumbling efforts of a lame duck in office. Read More
Gov. Angus King is to be commended for selecting the stricter California emission requirements for new vehicles sold in the state. Maine is now part of a growing movement among states not wiling to accept the tepid Environmental Protection Agency deal struck between automakers and the Clinton administration. Read More
On Jan. 13, the state’s finest had another great idea, and I believe it was meant to be if used correctly to give Mainee people a $50 voucher for anyone in desperate need of food. The guidelines were specific: You had to be a resident of the town… Read More
Let’s take back this country from the immoral fools who are masquerading as leaders. Let’s not follow them blindly as they attempt to lead us down the wrong path. The future of our country and our children depends on the actions we take now. Remember… Read More
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbids the taking of property (rate money) “without due process of law.” The fact that I am, by statute, able to act for myself (prose) in 97-580 Maine Public Utilities Commission vs. Central Maine Power (deregulation) case is tacit recognition by… Read More
BANGOR — A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted two men on charges of armed bank robbery and conspiracy in connection with a Feb. 5 heist at a Bangor Savings Bank branch that netted more than $5,000. Michael Morgenstern, 20, of Bangor and David Hollis “Luckie”… Read More
Foxcroft Academy Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Jonathan Arnold, Stephen Caldwell and Stacy Stitham; honors: Brian Ames, Volker Brandstatter, Derek Breton, Andrew Caruso, Jennifer Ditzel, Lisa Downing, Katie Fisk, Jennifer Goodwin, Elizabeth Gosselin, Andrew Grant, Jenny-Belle Harmon, MacKenzie Harris, Joshua Higgins, Bo Kennedy,… Read More
My cakes are light, My pies just right, My biscuits, too, are fine. I am looking for a bachelor to be my valentine. — from a 19th century valentine postcard The way to your love’s heart may or may not be through the stomach, but… Read More
AUGUSTA — The chief justice of Maine’s highest court on Tuesday told state legislators steady progress has been made toward reforming Maine’s underfunded and understaffed court system, but urgent work remains to be done, especially when it comes to juvenile justice. “Court reform is sort… Read More
During the ice storm, when school, meetings and social lives were put on hold, people didn’t gather in groups as much as they usually do. The disaster, bad in so many ways, was good for preventing the spread of the flu. Now, though, pesky flu… Read More
BANGOR — In several communities, voter turnout for Tuesday’s gay rights referendum surpassed the projections of pollsters and most municipal election officials. “It seems that whenever state officials predict a low turnout, we get just the opposite,” said Town Clerk Rhonda Stark of Skowhegan, where… Read More
AUGUSTA — Passamaquoddy tribal members turned out in force Tuesday to back a bill they say would preserve their ancestral fishing rights currently being argued in court in Washington County. An official for the state testified Indians gave up any special saltwater fishing rights they… Read More
Maine’s gay rights law was struck down by the voters Tuesday, the victim of a well-organized, get-out-the-vote effort by a coalition of religious activists. With 94 percent of 663 precincts reporting, a people’s veto initiative to repeal a state law granting equal protection to homosexuals… Read More
MACHIAS — Local voters gave a unanimous thumbs up to a proposed business telecommunications center on Monday, clearing the way for the town to apply for a $400,000 state grant to construct the 10,000-square-foot building. The hand vote by approximately 25 residents followed a public… Read More
LINCOLN — If Gov. Angus King really wants one Maine, officials in this one-industry town say, the governor should consider using Route 6, a road that runs from Vanceboro on the New Brunswick border west to Lincoln, as a viable part of a new east-west highway. Read More
ALBION — For dairy farmers in Albion, one of central Maine’s hardest-hit communities, life is only now getting back to normal after January’s devastating ice storm. Milk production has leveled off. Cows that slipped on the ice and fatally injured themselves have been shipped off… Read More
HOULTON — Efforts continued Tuesday to keep 5,500 gallons of diesel oil that leaked from an Irving Oil Co. bulk plant from reaching nearby Pearce Brook or getting into the Meduxnekeag River. An official from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection said Tuesday that the… Read More
HOULTON — The Town Council, by consensus, unanimously agreed Monday night that the town’s ice skating arena should be rebuilt. Just what it will include, however, was not so easily answered. The 110-by-225-foot John A. Millar Arena collapsed Jan. 30 under the weight of ice… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — A project required by state law that would remove dioxin from the paper-bleaching process will be up and running at the Georgia-Pacific pulp and paper mill by the end of July. The $22 million elemental-chlorine-free pulp project G-P announced last year remains on schedule. Read More
MACHIAS — After almost a year-and-a-half without a pediatrician, the area not only has a new children’s specialist, but an entire office suite devoted to younger patients at the Down East Community Hospital. Dr. Ramamoorphy Nagasubramanian — Dr. Naga to his patients — began his… Read More