What does reindeer lichen look like? Or a lenticular cloud? Where do you find krummholz? Who introduced the gypsy moth to New England and when? How many tornadoes are there annually in the Northeast and where would you find them? Are there poisonous snakes in… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD – Kyla Laplante netted two goals to lead Van Buren to its fifth win against one loss, 5-0, over Fort Fairfield Monday. Kristy Wright, Nicole Corbin and Liza Lajoie each scored a goal for the Crusaders. Kristine Ayotte had three assists while Kasey… Read More
    BREWER – A scramble to benefit the Brewer High School golf team will be held on Sept. 13 at the Pine Hill Golf Club in Brewer. Entry fee is $90 for each three-person team in the 18-hole event. A limited number of spaces are still available for the… Read More
    New turf and pressure will greet the University of Maine field hockey team in today’s home opener against Providence College on the Bears’ new Morse Field at Alfond Stadium. The Bears will christen the artificial turf field at 3:30 p.m. against a team that was… Read More
    Hole-in-one JOE FITZGERALD KENDUSKEAG – Joe Fitzgerald of Kenduskeag shot a hole-in-one Monday playing at Kenduskeag Valley Golf Club. Fitzgerald aced the 108-yard fourth hole using a pitching wedge. The shot was witnessed by Bert Mandigo of Kenduskeag and Bob Smith. Read More
    ORONO – Jill Hindley, a 1994 graduate of the University of Maine, has been named the interim head coach of the women’s cross country team at UMaine. She takes over for Ann Maxim, who resigned recently after eight years with the program. Hindley, a native… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Alissa Beals has been named the new girls cross country coach for Presque Isle High School. She replaces Danny Paul, who is the new athletic director at Gray-New Gloucester High School. Beals, a senior therapeutic recreation major at the University of Maine… Read More
    DETROIT — All he could say was, “Wow.” Investigator Ken Quirion of the State Fire Marshal’s Office was amazed Monday morning as he surveyed the destruction of an auto, plane and motorcycle business caused Saturday night by a fast-moving fire. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    TOWNSHIP 19 — The State Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the blueberry raker who was stabbed to death Aug. 15 as Victor Zuniga, 29, of Bercel, Mexico. Zuniga’s alleged killer, a fellow worker who ran from a Township 19 rakers’ cabin following the stabbing, remains… Read More
    WARREN — Harry F. Stump, a Dutch-born sculptor and World War II resistance fighter who moved to Maine to pursue his psychic abilities, died Aug. 28 at his home. He was 75. Stump created pieces in metal, plaster, wood, stone, clay and stained glass. His… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The board of directors at the James Russell Wiggins Down East Family YMCA has hired Peter Farragher as its next chief executive officer. Farragher is now the CEO of the Sterling branch of the Beverly, Mass., YMCA. He will start his new job… Read More
    FAIRFIELD — Police have charged four teen-agers in connection with a weekend break-in that netted an estimated $2,400 in merchandise from a shop on Main Street. Charged with burglary and theft were Matthew Genness and Jamie Mower, both 18 and from Fairfield, and two boys… Read More
    AUGUSTA — In a recent ceremony, Gov. Angus King appointed his military aides-de-camp, who are the statewide commanders of their respective veterans organizations and who will assist the governor with speaking engagements and activities affecting their organizations. These individuals, who are appointed to the honorary… Read More
    Dear Jim: We are remodeling and I want reasonably priced no-carpet floors. I am concerned about comfort, noise and insulation over the slab. I also want it to be natural and earth-friendly. What do you recommend? — Mike R. Dear Mike: Many people are switching… Read More
    PORTLAND — A Pakistani journalist learned Monday he must wait at least another 24 hours before learning whether he will be allowed to leave the country to work at Colby College. A hearing for Zafaryab Ahmed was delayed until Tuesday at the earliest, officials said. Read More
    Maine’s supreme court a year ago sided with the Department of Environmental Protection and told an Appleton resident to tear down a dam that had been illegally built, disrupted aquatic life and was flawed in design. For a number of reasons, the dam is still holding back water… Read More
    A weakened President Bill Clinton begins a summit today with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, whose government is falling further into chaos by the day. Given their circumstances and the fact that it is too late to simply call off their meeting, they should instead scrap whatever agreements they… Read More
    Last year’s event was so successful that planners of the second Fall Festival Auction and Awards Night, sponsored by Rape Response Services, hope to far exceed the $4,500 raised during the first event in 1997. The auction begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at… Read More
    Across the country, the same back-to-school rituals are taking place in homes. Parents are rifling through closets, seeing what clothes still fit their child. Children are selecting new notebooks and trying to adjust to earlier bedtimes and the sound of alarm clocks. For many children,… Read More
    Here’s another reason to doubt that that Sudanese factory was really making poison gas. One of the “experts” wheeled out last week to confirm that Osama bin Laden planned chemical attacks on the United States, after bombs outside U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and retaliatory U.S. missile… Read More
    The weekend edition incorrectly reported the time of this week’s Schoodic Area Futures Committee meeting. It will be at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at the Prospect Harbor Methodist Church on Route 186. The guest speaker is Hook Wheeler, human resources manager at Jackson Laboratory. Wheeler will talk… Read More
    The global economy’s chickens may now be coming home to roost. Wall Street is petrified by the “collapse of the Asian miracle.” Commentators bemoan Asian reluctance to acknowledge the risks of government cooperation with business. They denounce government and corporate practices that cushion workers against the worst shocks… Read More
    WASHINGTON — The world’s first vaccine against the leading cause of childhood diarrhea — a virus that hospitalizes 55,000 American children each year and kills 1 million in other countries — won Food and Drug Administration approval Monday. Widespread vaccination with RotaShield could prevent 1… Read More
    ORRINGTON — A 7-year-old Orrington girl was in fair condition Monday afternoon at Eastern Maine Medical Center after she was struck by a pickup truck at Snow’s Corner in the morning. Maine State Police Trooper Darren Vittum said Arielle Oldmixon was crossing Route 15 to… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Calling their yearlong capital campaign an “overwhelming success,” officials of the Southwest Harbor Library have wrapped up the campaign six months ahead of schedule and nearly $400,000 above their original goal. Campaign Chairman Sam Shaw reported that, as of last week, the… Read More
    EAST CORINTH — An East Corinth man was fatally injured Monday when he became entangled in the track of the bulldozer he was operating. Ashley Rowe Sr., 65, died from injuries he suffered while putting in a culvert through an embankment on his property, just… Read More
    A community spaghetti supper hosted by Rep. John Baldacci in Washington County recently raised $980 for restoration work at the Quoddy Maritime Musuem. About 250 people attended the supper, which was held at the Eastport Elementary School. The menu included spaghetti, sauce and bread sticks… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — A 48-year-old Bar Harbor man remained in critical condition after the Jeep he was driving collided with an oncoming pickup truck Monday morning. John Brotzman was taken to Mount Desert Island Hospital following the 7:30 a.m. accident on Route 3 near the… Read More
    SANGERVILLE — A Guilford man and his two passengers escaped serious injury on Sunday in an accident on Douty Hill in Sangerville. Bruce Bowley, 27, of Guilford was operating a 1984 Toyoto pickup truck towing a trailer down Douty Hill on the back Dover Road… Read More
    AMHERST, Mass. — The New England McIntosh Growers Association has announced a $1,000 scholarship for students of agriculture in the Northeast. Those eligible may be undergraduate or graduate students, and preference will be given to those specializing in apple growing. A summary of classes taken… Read More
    SCARBOROUGH — Applications are now being accepted for the 1999 Miss Maine USA-Teen USA Pageant, which is the official preliminary to the nationally televised Miss USA-Teen USA Pageant. The 1999 state pageant will be held Nov. 28 and 29 in the Grand Ballroom of the… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Maj. Gen. Earl L. Adams, Adjutant General Maine National Guard, has announced that the Maine Army National Guard’s 133rd engineer battalion, with units in Belfast, Lewiston, Saco and Gardiner, will receive four new Caterpillar D7R bulldozers. The D7R bulldozer is the newest of… Read More
    Ellsworth District Court Wayne R. Allen, 68, Sedgwick, time, manner of kindling, $200. 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… Read More
    In more than 40 years of attending public hearings, I thought I had heard and seen it all. Not so. At the SAD 22 budget hearing held at Hampden Academy on Aug. 22, the unethical treatment accorded the Newburgh speaker was, for me, a new low. Read More
    An editorial titled, “Family tragedy,” Aug. 28, incorrectly attributed a recent decision to Judge James MacMichael. The decision concerning a 4-year-old who is HIV positive actually was made by Judge Ronald Russell. Read More
    Public radio has just told its listeners the titles of some of the books a Martha’s Vineyard bookstore sent — unrequested! — to the Clintons for their vacation time reading. I trust the Clintons packed other reading material aboard Air Force One. The Clintons are… Read More
    During the past seven months, we have had an avalanche of words that have been written in all of our newspapers, also television has been in a frenzy discussing the matter of Clinton’s escapade with Monica Lewinsky. I personally have great respect for the presidency. It seems I… Read More
    Please join the Bangor Clean Clothes Campaign for our first annual Fun Fair on Saturday, Sept. 5 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Norumbega Park in downtown Bangor (located between Central and Franklin streets). This is an opportunity to meet clean clothes retailers and to talk with… Read More
    I am reminded of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikdado” because of not only the many ludicrous angles of President Clinton’s “scandal,” but also of the line from that musical, “let the punishment fit the crime.” In Robert Scheer’s Aug. 21 op-ed column, he pointedly defused… Read More
    Congratulations to Wendy’s restaurants for doing the right thing and accommodating wheelchairs by removing the zigzag lanes leading to its counters. However, why will it take 18 months to comply with the new policy? What set of regulations and layers of bureaucracy stand in the way of taking… Read More
    I have been a patient of the VA clinic on Hancock Street in Bangor for more than two years and in July, I was diagnosed with a left inguinal hernia. An appointment was made for me to have my condition confirmed at Togus Veterans Hospital… Read More
    Houlton District Court Patrick C. Blake, 33, Sherman Station, operating a motor vehicle after license suspension, jail seven days, license suspended one year, $500. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    WINTER HARBOR — Drinking water samples from this coastal town tested “squeaky clean” for coliform bacteria in the latest round of tests, according to state officials. Last week, the Winter Harbor Water District was cited by the state after samples of the town’s drinking water… Read More
    DEXTER — A 15-year-old boy who was thought to be lost Monday afternoon walked from the woods as a search was being organized. Eric Bryden of Dexter walked out of a wooded area off Route 23 in North Dexter about 5:45 p.m., a few minutes… Read More
    GUILFORD — The Piscataquis unit of the American Cancer Society has announced the 1998 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. The noncompetitive, 3- to 5-mile “move-along-athon,” in which participants may walk, run, wheelchair or skate, is set for Sunday, Oct. 4. Making Strides Against Breast… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Six months ago, Mark Russell sued Kennebec County Commissioner Nancy Rines. Now he hopes to replace her. Russell, the Kennebec County treasurer who earlier this year filed a federal lawsuit against the county’s three commissioners, is challenging Rines in the November election, according… Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A Pittsfield man was charged with criminal mischief late Sunday night after he allegedly damaged a string of mailboxes on Spring Road, at the Pittsfield-Palmyra town line. About 11 p.m. Sunday, Marc Cummings, 18, was followed into a field by a homeowner who… Read More
    I have been a patient of the VA clinic on Hancock Street in Bangor for more than two years and in July, I was diagnosed with a left ingranal hernia. An appointment was made for me to have my condition confirmed at Togus Veterans Hospital… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A luncheon and presentation by the Maine Planned Giving Council will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Campus Center of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. The lecture will discuss how Aroostook County residents can leave a legacy to… Read More
    BANGOR — The condition of a Hancock teen-ager who suffered possible head and spinal injuries when her bicycle was struck by a pickup truck Friday was upgraded to good as of Monday afternoon. Irene Rich, 16, had been in fair condition at Eastern Maine Medical… Read More
    BEECHWOOD, New Brunswick — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had little information Monday about a body found near the Beechwood hydroelectric dam, about 15 miles from the Maine-Canadian border. Workers spotted the body floating in the St. John River at about 9 a.m. Monday. Police… Read More
    HOULTON — A disposal agreement that the town’s contracted waste hauler has asked residents to sign if they plan to use the company’s transfer station has upset a few people. Andino Inc., which has an exclusive contract with the town to handle its residential solid… Read More