Stockholders at Bangor Raceway this week must have felt like Mark Twain when he penned, “the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” A story circulating this week in eastern Maine had Bangor Raceway dead and buried for the 1998 racing season because of a change in… Read More
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BANGOR – It was just one of those days for both the Bangor Rams and the Hampden Academy Broncos. One of those days when every pitched ball looked about the size of a beach ball for Bangor batters and one of those days when pitches… Read More
BREWER – When the Old Town softball team faced Brewer Thursday at Coffin Field, the Indians were without their starting pitcher, missing starters who had gone on vacation, and were rebounding from an 18-2 shellacking by the Witches two days earlier. Old Town did have… Read More
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Nine NHL players, none from the Olympic team, will play for the United States at next month’s world championships. Matt Cullen and Ted Drury of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks were picked for the national team Thursday along with two New York… Read More
ELLSWORTH – Nick Noddin stroked a two-run single with one out in the seventh inning to lead Ellsworth to a 5-4 high school baseball win over Bucksport Thursday afternoon. Courtney Bunker singled twice and scored two runs for Ellsworth. His singled ignited the game-winning rally,… Read More
BANGOR – Husson held Thomas to five runs in two games Thursday as the Braves swept a Maine Athletic Conference doubleheader from the Terriers. Husson won the opener 10-3 and took a 12-2 decision in the second game. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BLUE HILL – Sara Haney hit a two-run home run in the third inning and an RBI single in the second to lead George Stevens Academy to a 16-4 win over Stearns of Millinocket Thursday. Heidi Carroll struck out seven. Amy Foss and Dawn Robertson… Read More
New Hampton Prep goaltender Amanda Cronin of York has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the UMaine women’s ice hockey team. Cronin registered a 1.89 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage this year at the New Hampshire prep school. She finished… Read More
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WASHINGTON — Fresh off last month’s fire drill, U.S. Reps. John Baldacci and Tom Allen and their staffs got a taste of the real thing Thursday when an elevator shaft caught fire in a House office building, forcing lawmakers and employees to evacuate. Just past… Read More
THOMASTON — If they are still alive, 12 inmates from Maine who escaped jail or went on the lam while on parole have been loose for more than 280 years combined. But thanks to computers and state Rep. George H. Bunker Jr., who is also… Read More
The second College Awareness Project will present events next week at four locations around Maine, including Bangor and Limestone. The project, sponsored by the Finance Authority of Maine, is designed to enable students and parents to meet with college representatives and attend workshops on academic… Read More
PORTLAND — A Tennessee drifter was sentenced to 45 years in prison and his girlfriend to 17 years Thursday for abducting and killing a Scarborough grandmother last Mother’s Day. “I don’t know why I did what I did,” a tearful Leah Estes said at her… Read More
Bangor Symphony Orchestra Vice President Stan Freeman of Orono wrote to ask that we remind you “the countdown is under way” for the BSO Great Ice Mountain Melt Contest. For the uninformed, the city of Bangor piled the snow from our streets on land on… Read More
PORTLAND — The Corporation for National Service has awarded two AmeriCorps grants totaling $698,856 to Maine volunteer programs, according to the Maine congressional delegation. The Maine Conservation Corps will receive $417,600 to support 34 full-time and 12 part-time members of the AmeriCorps College Conservation Corps… Read More
BREWER — A raging fire tore through a 110-year-old barn on North Main Street on Thursday, destroying several antique cars and some macabre set pieces used in the movie “Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift.” The three-story gray, 50-by-100-foot building and its adjacent Colonial-style farmhouse is something… Read More
WASHINGTON — The number of victims of illegal “slamming” — the unauthorized changing of a customer’s long-distance company — has exploded over the past five years, showing that federal regulations prohibiting it are all but meaningless, officials said Thursday. Complaints to the Federal Communications Commission… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Alan Seitel, director of rehabilitative services at Sebasticook Valley Hospital, said Thursday that he recently talked to a man who had been going to Togus Hospital in Augusta for physical therapy for back pain. “By the time he got there, he was in… Read More
WASHINGTON — Citing the widespread appearance of questionable line-item charges on customer phone bills, Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine has introduced a plan to investigate the billing practices of telecommunications companies that add service charges and blame them on the Telecommunictions Act of 1996. “Telecommunications… Read More
ORONO — The Northern New England Seafood Alliance has scheduled two additional Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point training seminars for the following dates and locations: May 19-21: University of Maine, Orono; call 942-6295; googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Consumer Product Safety Commission renewed efforts Thursday to alert consumers to the perils of a Black & Decker toaster it said can scorch your kitchen, not just your bread. The consumer agency advised consumers to stop using the toasters immediately and to… Read More
In July 1996 the skeleton of a man with a spear point embedded in his pelvis was unearthed near Kennewick, Wash. At first it was thought to be a white settler from the last century but then a carbon-14 dating placed his age at 9,300 years old. Immediately… Read More
ORONO — The University of Maine’s 90-voice Collegiate Chorale and the 15-voice Athena Consort will present their spring concert 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at Minsky Recital Hall. Under the direction of Christopher Peterson, graduate assistant in the School of Performing Arts, the Collegiate Chorale… Read More
In ballet as in marksmanship, precision counts, but a dance can be a success even if every step isn’t perfect. If the emotional note of a performance is clear and true, it can carry an audience over rough spots as fluid and undisturbed as a… Read More
Many performers have been dubbed poets by music fans and media. But Jim Lampos is one, having had his work published in national poetry journals. Lampos, who will perform at 9 tonight at Margarita’s in Orono and at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Sea Dog… Read More
Those who are contemplating a comfortable and secure retirement had better pay close attention to Washington’s political machinations over the next few months. President Clinton and the Republican Congress are planning to “save” Social Security. They will save it, they say, by reforming it. We’ve… Read More
Cindy Kallet was a natural choice to headline the HOPE Festival, being held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Brewer Auditorium. The Rockland folk singer feels in sync with the goals of the Help Organize Peace Earthwide Festival, which is a celebration of… Read More
An item in the Thursday MaineDay section gave the wrong day of the week for a road-closing in Corinth. Bean’s Mill Road will be closed from 7:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 28. Read More
Two things voters might want to know about state Sen. Jeffrey Butland’s pledged citizen-veto campaign to stop the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority from borrowing $138 million to repair public buildings and construct prisons. The campaign hasn’t a prayer of getting the necessary 52,000 signatures because… Read More
For once it may pay to have a Congress chock full of lawyers acutely sensitive to the arts of obfuscation and misrepresentation. Their presence means that the tobacco industry will be unable to shift the terms of the debate over cigarette costs without someone noticing. Read More
It cost her a stripe, a demotion from sergeant to corporal, but in China during World War II, Annie McNeil McCarthy dated a first lieutenant anyway. She refused to give his name so he wouldn’t lose his wings. Forbidden to dally either with officers or… Read More
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PLEASANT POINT — The Waponahki Museum and Cultural Center has received a $3,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation to complete the cataloging of its collection. The museum was founded in 1987 to preserve the Passamaquoddy language and traditions. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
MACHIAS — “Putting a Roof Over Our Heads: Housing Options for Young Adults with Special Needs,” a workshop sponsored by the Washington County Children’s Program, will be held 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, at the parish hall. Cost is $5 for family members, $10… Read More
SACO — An investigation concluded that a greyhound was dead when its owner dumped the dog into the Saco River. So police brought the only charge they could: littering. Michael Parlin, 29, of Portland is accused of tying a 30-pound block to the dog and… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — The search for a police chief has been reopened. The town has been without a chief since Neale Saucier left last December. In the first search, which had 19 applicants, the town manager and Town Council could not come to a consensus. Read More
PORTLAND — A judge Thursday ruled against parents who challenged the exclusion of religious schools from Maine’s rural school choice program. Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Nancy Mills sided with the state, which had cited constitutional strictures on the use of tax dollars to help… Read More
EAST MILLINOCKET — Giving Great Northern Paper Co. a tax break on a $220 million modernization project will secure the future tax base of the town and help save some of the highest-paying jobs in the state, according to town and mill officials. East Millinocket… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A 40-year-old Stonington man remained in Hancock County Jail on Thursday afternoon after his arrest for allegedly assaulting a woman in their Larrabee Road home the previous evening. Police were called to the home of Bradley Nevells and Michelle Ray around 9:30 p.m. Read More
HOULTON — Three area girls who allegedly stole a pickup truck Tuesday and drove 450 miles to Norwich, Conn., were on their way back to Maine on Thursday. Officer Carolyn Crandall of the Houlton Police Department said the girls, ages 12, 13 and 14, were… Read More
PORTLAND — A Tennessee man accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl while on a flight to Portland was sentenced in federal court Thursday to two years in prison. Carl T. Paschal, 58, of Johnson City, Tenn., was indicted by a grand jury in September on… Read More
HOULTON — With fewer than half of the eligible 2,000 people using the mandatory private solid-waste collection service with which the town contracts, the Town Council next Monday night will consider changing the agreement to force public compliance. The changes would include direct billing for… Read More
A few minutes after midnight Wednesday night, a motorist in a white car pumped $5.01 in gas into his car, then left the Christy’s convenience store on Ohio Street without paying. Moments later, Bangor police Officers Steve Jordan and Brian Nichols noticed a white car… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Seneca Falls, N.Y., Convention, which launched the women’s rights movement in the United States, a new exhibit is on display at the Margaret Chase Smith Library. The exhibit not only highlights the history of the women’s… Read More
My comments are in response to the April 3 commentary, “University-based R&D in Maine,” by Sens. Mary Cathcart, Richard Ruhlin, Buddy Murray and Jill Goldthwait. The clarion call constantly in Maine is jobs, economic growth, east-west highway, good tax policy, development to assist business-industrial parks,… Read More
I was amused to read A. Jay Higgins’ April 18-19 column, ” Joy’s demands leave civic league fuming.” I believe “turn the other cheek” applies to offenses directly against the person involved. When a person is serving on the board of directors of the Christian Civic League, he… Read More
The law states that once a year, we must bring our car to a state-sponsored garage to be sure it is in good driving condition. What about the driver? Senior citizens are living longer than ever before. Who is to tell a senior, that he or she is… Read More
Maria Philbrick of East Corinth, a senior at Higgins Christian Academy, was awarded the 1998 Maine Principals’ Association Principals’ Award. The award honors a student for his or her academic achievement and citizenship and is presented to more than 130 Maine public and private high schools by members… Read More
Judy Holland, in her April 21 letter, attempts to refute the evidence of the tests on therapeutic touch conducted by the young school girl as a science project. Those tests were conducted with volunteer practitioners who believed they would pass the test. It is typical of practitioners of… Read More
HAMPDEN — Bus drivers from across eastern Maine converged at the George Weatherbee School in Hampden on Thursday to show off their driving skills as part of the annual Bus Rodeo sponsored by the Maine Association of Pupil Transportation. The 120 drivers from 22 bus… Read More
BANGOR — Sam’s Club is beginning construction this month of a club cafe and fresh meat-bakery department. Both will open for business this summer. For information, call 947-4606. Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum is scheduling two field schools in archaeology in 1999, one in Brooklin in June, the other at the Popham Colony in Phippsburg in September. The school in Brooklin will include 15 students under the supervision of Stephen Cox, archaeology… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — An overheated wood stove was blamed for causing a fire Thursday afternoon that destroyed an East Ridge Road home. The single-family home of Diana Cain was back from the main road in a remote area, said Skowhegan Deputy Fire Chief Dan Adams, and… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine gained 11,000 jobs last year — the most in a year since 1994 — while personal income jumped by 5.5 percent, a report presenting a generally rosy picture of the state’s economy says. The State Planning Office report also points to a… Read More
Maine Yankee officials got their final chance Thursday to state their case to federal regulators investigating possible misconduct at the nuclear power plant in Wiscasset. But what was said was a mystery because the meeting at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regional headquarters in King of… Read More
BREWER — The City Council, which had planned to meet behind closed doors Thursday night to discuss a 3-year-old legal dispute involving a housing complex for the elderly, was forced to scrap the plan for lack of lawyers. City Manager James Kotredes said City Solicitor… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate saluted key players in the Northern Ireland peace process, singling out for special praise former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, who oversaw the talks leading to the April 10 accord. “All friends of Ireland owe a lasting debt of gratitude to… Read More
BATH — A 35-year-old man from Bath was the victim in the state’s first fatality of the year involving an all-terrain vehicle. Steven B. Gray was riding on the privately owned Brighton Cove Road when his ATV missed a turn and crashed into a tree. Read More
There must be some person in state government who is specially hired to write in confusing double negatives. I’m pretty sure the same person who wrote the gay rights ordinance question we voted on in February where you voted “no” to mean “yes” and vice versa helped to… Read More
CALAIS — The Maine congressional delegation this week announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded long-term loans and grants totaling $2.5 million to Calais, Mars Hill and New Sharon. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Association awarded the loans and grants to… Read More
ROBBINSTON — A Calais high school teacher received national recognition earlier this month when he was named one of 100 outstanding educators in the country by the Tandy Technology Scholars program. The moment was memorialized in print when pictures of Randal McCormick and the other… Read More
BANGOR — A ruling next week is expected to change the status of Orlando Sanford Airport in Florida from a “user-fee” to a “port-of-entry” airport, according to Maine’s congressional delegation. The airport has held a competitive advantage over Bangor International Airport — deemed a port-of-entry… Read More
AUBURN — The Disability Rights Center of Maine filed lawsuits Thursday against hardware stores in Ellsworth and Auburn, claiming the businesses do not meet handicapped accessibility requirements under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Lawsuits were filed in federal court against Ellsworth Builders Supply and Aubuchon… Read More
SORRENTO — All along Route 3 from Ellsworth to Bar Harbor, proprietors of seasonal shops, restaurants and motels are removing boards from doors and windows and unwrapping signs that spent the winter shrouded in blue tarpaulins. But drivers who head east from Ellsworth will see… Read More
SEBEC — Four people were dumped into the cold waters of the Sebec River when they overturned their canoes Thursday afternoon. Three were taken to Mayo Regional Hospital and treated for hypothermia. Two were released while a 56-year-old woman was still being evaluated at 10… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Fire Department members have launched a fund-raising campaign to purchase an $18,500 thermal imaging camera. The TIC will enable firefighters to see through smoke and darkness. This will give them the ability to see fire within a wall or locate an unconscious victim… Read More