College 1998 All-NESCAC Team Outfield: Carrie Hironaka (Tufts), Sarah Rinaldi (Amherst), Vicki Gonzalez (Amherst), Laura Goldberg (Wesleyan); Infield: Ann Mortensen (Colby), Tinesha Clark (Tufts), Jen O’Malley (Tufts), Liza Feldman (Amherst), Abbey DeRocket (Bates), Brianna Stanton (Trinity); Catchers: Meghan Nelson (Amherst), Sarah Kollman (Wesleyan); Pitchers: Alison… Read More
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    Former University of Maine coach Walter Abbott and late film director John Ford have been honored by the State of Maine Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Inc. Abbott will recieve the Contribution to Amateur Football Award given to a… Read More
    Late last winter, the signs of an early spring were unmistakable: sap flowed early in February – as an Ice Storm aside, a friend who owns a wood lot told me the sap spilling from broken maples sounded like rain falling in the forest – and warm March… Read More
    MANSFIELD, Conn. – Jason Crepeau’s 3-for-5 day, which included a home run and four RBIs, paced the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 12-8 victory Friday over Brandeis University in the second round of the NCAA Division III New England Regional baseball tournament. USM… Read More
    GUILFORD – It was a nerve-wracking afternoon for Piscataquis Community High School baseball coach Kevin Jordan. He was hoping his Pirates could build up a sizeable lead over Central High School of East Corinth so he could pull ace righty Brody McKenney after three innings… Read More
    BELFAST – Coming into Friday’s game with Erskine Academy of South China, veteran Belfast baseball coach George Ross was a bit apprehensive. Despite an 8-3 record, his team just hadn’t been able to get into a good offensive flow since preseason ended. Belfast’s late rally… Read More
    College 1998 All-NESCAC Women’s Team Attackers: Alana Teutonico (Williams), Lina Chickering (Middlebury), Ashley Knowles (Trinity), Adrienne Gratry (Bowdoin); Midfielders: Lauren Gloia (Williams), Heidi Howard (Middlebury), Dorothy Cavanagh (Trinity), Amity Wall (Middlebury); Defensemen: Amanda Tucker (Trinity), Missy Hopkins (Middlebury), Jessica MacLellan (Tufts); Goalie: Emily Bracken (Middlebury)… Read More
    College 1998 All-NESCAC Team Outfield: Christian Sheehan (Trinity), Dan Morse (Tufts), Ian McAllister (Williams), Matt McDonald (Bowdoin); Infield: Scott Mulvaney (Tufts), Kyle Armstrong (Trinity), Christian Burchfield (Trinity), Hugh Quattlebaum (Amherst), Davin Wilfrid (Middlebury); Pitchers: Matt Jewel (Williams), Matt Marengi (Tufts)… Read More
    AUBURN — Two Lewiston men who blamed each other for the killing of a man whose body was discovered in a snowbank more than a year ago were convicted Friday of murder and robbery. Walter Hartford, 32, and Ronald Drake, 35, admitted beating Bradley Burnell… Read More
    ROCKLAND — City Hall is finally taking steps to remove the grain mill and silo that have loomed over the city’s south end for more than 30 years. The City Council voted unanimously this week to have City Attorney James Bivins begin the process of… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Tree Free Fibre Co. auction was recessed for two weeks Thursday as potential buyers showed growing interest in the idle paper mill in Augusta, the state’s loan guarantee agency said. The pending bid for the property had been raised to $5.5 million… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Two brothers from Pittsfield were charged Friday with unlawful sexual contact after police began an investigation that may involve the abuse of dozens of girls over a period of years. John Heaton, 19, and David Heaton, 20, both of Libby Street, were home… Read More
    CALAIS — City Manager Tim Smith suggested some drastic budget cuts at the City Council meeting Thursday night. Working on orders from the City Council to prepare a budget that would represent a zero increase over last year’s $2,665,577 budget, Smith’s finished product offered some… Read More
    PORTLAND — Like the periscope of a World War II submarine breaking the water’s surface, Tom Connolly’s beige sword-bill fisherman’s cap is the first thing you see as the Portland lawyer makes his way through a crowded room. Just beneath the cap’s patent-leather brim lies… Read More
    BANGOR — Secretary of Defense William Cohen will be back at his alma mater Monday to talk to students about the importance of aspirations. Cohen, a standout basketball player at Bangor High School, will launch what is to be an annual symposium with a half-hour… Read More
    YORK — The Maine Turnpike Authority will install color-coded signs at its toll plazas to ease confusion among motorists arising from the electronic Transpass system. Some drivers have been left baffled as they search overhead for direction to the proper lane. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    NEWPORT — Not everyone wants to own an armory, an oversized, outdated, ready-to-be-mothballed building. That may be why there was only one bid for the Newport building this week. But Dave Pepin didn’t want to see the doors close to the Sebasticook Valley Community Center… Read More
    From where I was seated that October night in 1979, Frank Sinatra’s eyes could have been pink, orange — anything but blue — but who was complaining? More than 7,400 fans and I had his glorious voice to keep us warm for one hour, 15 minutes as he… Read More
    The International Whaling Commission begins its week-long annual meeting today in Muscat, Oman. At the top of the agenda for the 40 member nations gathered on the Arabian Peninsula will be the same item that’s been there for 12 years — the moratorium on commercial whaling. Read More
    Huge multi-national corporations now control much of our food supply. Food in local supermarkets comes from all over the world, most grown with extremely toxic chemicals (pesticides) which leave residues in the food, and pricing is whatever the market will bear, no matter the need. Much oil and… Read More
    With the death early yesterday of Frank Sinatra, that great American icon who brought us decades of listening pleasure while Doing It His Way, the newspaper focus this morning is on giving Old Blue Eyes a proper sendoff. Accordingly, the subject of today’s drill is obituaries. Read More
    Hey Democrats! Welcome to the County. Don’t be put off if you hear some local mutter something like “there’s no intelligent life south of Houlton.” It’s probably not personal. That’s just an old County saying designed to make Aroostook’s residents feel better for being almost… Read More
    Whoopi Goldberg, Meryl Streep, Newt Gingrich and Barbara Bush all have taken their turns — and their fees — as commencement speakers over the years at some of America’s most prestigious colleges and universities. Although marching along with the other graduates clad in black robes… Read More
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    An item in Friday’s NEWS gave incorrect information about a Calais District Court case. Patricia J. Lyons, 25, Calais, was listed in court documents as being convicted only of operating a motor vehicle after suspension of her license and was fined $200. An incorrect photo… Read More
    If there is anything I have learned in the past several weeks, it is that all rodents are not created equal. I had been operating under the gross assumption that all small, furry, gray critters were essentially the same and warranted little more attention than… Read More
    ORONO — In 1993, Brenda Hall was a graduate student looking for evidence of ice in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys with a team of fellow researchers from the University of Maine. The Standish native was trying to find out if ice from the nearby Ross Sea… Read More
    BANGOR — A Superior Court justice has overturned a condemnation order voted by the Bangor City Council because the city failed to provide owners with a list of deficiencies and to give them a reasonable opportunity to fix up the property. The property is owned… Read More
    BANGOR — Community Health and Counseling Services has terminated its subcontract with Maine Mental Health Connections to operate a mobile outreach unit and residential services for people in crisis. Joe Pickering, the executive director of CHCS, said Friday that his agency’s decision to sever ties… Read More
    NEWBURGH — Newburgh Elementary School is holding a “Spring Fling” from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today featuring crafts, raffles and other events. The school’s Parents, Teachers and Friends organization is hosting the event. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    NEWPORT — It was five minutes to closing at the Newport Citgo convenience store on outer Main Street on Thursday night when two people entered the store, demanded money, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. Local police were called at about 10 p.m. Read More
    DEXTER — SAD 46 directors are undecided whether to propose the renovation of the aging Dexter Middle School or to recommend the construction of a new facility. Some discussion ensued at Wednesday’s meeting about the pros and cons of both, but directors remain uncommitted to… Read More
    The University of Maine System board of trustees is expected to raise tuition an average of 3 percent for the next school year, the lowest increase in 10 years, at its bimonthly meeting Monday in Augusta. The rate increases would range from $90 to $120 for in-state undergraduates,… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — More women need to be encouraged to vote and become involved in politics so Democratic policies can be preserved, according to speakers at the women’s caucus of the Maine Democratic Party convention Friday night. “This is the fact — when women vote,… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — Students from College of the Atlantic and area high schools, along with members of Friends of the Union River will celebrate National River Cleanup Week with the fourth annual cleanup of Card Brook today. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. in the parking… Read More
    BANGOR – The 179th commencement of Bangor Theological Seminary will be a time of celebration and a time to hear some difficult truths. Domestic violence will be the topic of the Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune’s commencement address, “This Is Not about You.” Fortune “is… Read More
    Republican State Rep. Susan Kasprzak, District 125, Charleston, Corinth, Exeter, Newport and Stetson, has served her constituents with distinction in the 118th Legislature. She fought against a 14.12 percent increase in the biennium budget because she knows who pays for it: hard-working, overtaxed families and businesses. Families and… Read More
    There is a holiday that occurs in May that we all can observe without worrying about time for shopping or balancing our budgets. Yet indebtedness is involved for all of us. Memorial Day must not simply be another day off from work. If the general… Read More
    I am writing in response to the May 8 letter, “Child-bearing slaves.” I hope to address the issues presented there in a loving way, because both pro-life and pro-choice individuals need to hear. Abortion is a problem. It has emotional side effects and physical dangers,… Read More
    George G. Locke of Portland (BDN letter, May 9-10) could have added that it would be a waste of time to try to get your money back if your called party doesn’t answer. You have to deposit first, and the operator is obviously trained to “dump” your money… Read More
    This morning I received a letter from Bangor’s environmental health inspector giving me 48 hours to remove my pile of trash from curbside. The trash had been placed at the curb awaiting the city’s spring cleanup. The only thing taken was an electric dishwasher. Now I’m supposed to… Read More
    It might surprise some people to know the common folks I talk to are very concerned about the direction the state is taking, especially in regard to the flat economy, the low wages, and lack of employment with which the working-class people, welfare and pension recipients all have… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — Letters were stolen off the Pittsfield Community Theater marquee last week. During the week, police summoned a half-dozen young drivers for squealing tires and speeding. On Thursday, trees for sale in front of Reny’s Department Store were hung upside down on a restaurant’s air conditioner. Read More
    RUMFORD — The Lewiston Sun Journal has sued a school board over a closed-door meeting in which the board voted to hire a lawyer to investigate complaints against its superintendent. The lawsuit in Androscoggin County Superior Court said the April 14 meeting in which the… Read More
    GRAY — Between cups of coffee and more than a few back-to-back cigarettes, Joe Ricci dominates the conference room of his Golden Ark Enterprises headquarters as he lays out strategies for a revitalized Maine. Not only will he win the Democratic gubernatorial primary on June… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Just when Maine Democrats thought they had only two choices for governor in the primary, Westbrook state Rep. William Lemke upped the ante by offering himself as a write-in candidate. The 51-year-old, four-term lawmaker entered the race late due to family concerns that… Read More
    ABBOT — Three rifles and a handgun were stolen from an Abbot home sometime this week, making a total of six guns stolen from Pease Bridge Road homes in recent months. Police believe the break-ins into the four homes are connected because guns were taken… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky’s decision earlier this year to invalidate the effort to place a medical marijuana initiative before voters this fall was affirmed Friday in a ruling by Superior Court Justice Margaret Kravchuk. Barring a successful appeal, the ruling effectively squashed… Read More
    WISCASSET — The patrol supervisor for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department has been fined $300 after pleading guilty to being drunk while operating a snowmobile. Clayton Jordan, 44, was on vacation when his snowmobile hit a rock in the Greenville area on Feb. 13. A… Read More
    American teen-agers would appear to be in a crisis over just about everything. Headlines and TV specials about gun-toting teens give the impression that our youngsters are doomed to one day be either the victims of violence or its perpetrators. If they don’t die by… Read More
    CASTINE — Gen. Anthony Zinni, who was scheduled to speak at Maine Maritime Academy’s graduation Sunday, has been dispatched to Pakistan to defuse a possible nuclear arms race with India. Rear Adm. Michael Bordy, deputy commander of naval forces within the U.S. Central Command, will… Read More
    Follow your senses and head for the third annual Orono Rescue Squad Tasting Bee 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono. The squad is celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer, and the Tasting Bee is just one way for its… Read More
    MACHIAS — A program titled “Teens and Sexuality: Building Family and Social Support” will be presented from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 28, in the MacBride Building on Upper Court Street in Machias. The forum is part of the Community Wellness Series hosted by… Read More
    AUGUSTA — An elite group of 110 vintage sports car enthusiasts will once again take part in a New England 1000 rally beginning Sunday in Freeport. The rally, which features some of the most expensive and unusual sports cars in all the world, begins and… Read More
    WATERVILLE — The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter will hold its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Notre Dame Church on Silver Street, where the first shelter was founded. Guest speaker for the event will be David Wagner, author of “Checkerboard Square” and other books about Maine’s… Read More
    BANGOR — For only the second time in 75 years, the national commander of the Disabled American Veterans has come to Maine. Cmdr. Harry McDonald arrived in the city Friday for the 24th DAV State Convention, which continues today at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel… Read More
    BLUE HILL — Residents of an area beset by power fluctuations in 1996 and 1997 will meet with Public Utilities Commission staff next week. The purpose of the meeting is to determine whether Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. has resolved reliability problems with its electrical service along… Read More