FAIRFIELD – If any of the younger members of Bangor’s football team thought Friday night’s game with winless Lawrence would be an easy win, they needed only to look at Bangor’s 0-2 record against the Bulldogs in their last two meetings at Keyes Field. It… Read More
NEWPORT – Brianna Blanchard scored a goal and assist to power the Presque Isle Wildcats to a 5-1 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Nokomis Warriors Friday. Amanda Belden, Kris Dufour, Katie Peers and Angela Michaud scored goals for 6-1-1 Presque Isle, with Sarah Belden tallying… Read More
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FORT KENT – For the first time in its history, the University of Maine-Fort Kent has hired a certified athletic trainer in Lori Crouthamel. Crouthamel earned her bachelor of science in athletic training from West Chester University in Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in counseling from Shippensburg University,… Read More
University of Maine coach Jack Cosgrove and Connecticut boss Skip Holtz couldn’t help but chuckle as they discussed the prospects for today’s Atlantic 10 football showdown at Storrs, Conn. The last five meetings, three of which have been won by the Black Bears, have been… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – Kelly Reed scored two first-half goals to lead the Mount Desert Island Trojans to a 4-1 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies Friday. Crystal Graves and Miaja Kaldro also racked up goals for 4-1 MDI, with Lara Law and Valerie… Read More
Since taking over the floundering program three years ago, Rockland football coach Gene Drinkwater has felt like his program was holding onto its very existence with nothing but a mere toehold. Two weeks into the 1998 season, he feels like he’s finally got the Tigers… Read More
HAMPDEN – After the Hampden Academy football team scored 81 points against Orono last week, there was chatter about the Broncos’ chances to do it against its next opponent, a more experienced Old Town squad. Friday night, Hampden made its intentions clear on the first… Read More
BREWER – Two games into his Pine Tree Conference coaching career, Skowhegan’s Bob LeCours found himself winless and at the helm of a team that seemed mired in self-doubt. The players didn’t say anything, he said, but LeCours could tell what they were thinking by… Read More
GARDINER – Patrick Munzing rushed for 85 yards and Zach Burke added 72 more as Gardiner earned a 10-0 high school football win over Waterville Friday night. Vinnie Lavallee ran a quarterback keeper around the right side in the first quarter for 41 yards. Andy… Read More
UNITY – Jeremy Leifert registered a shutout to lead Unity College to a 2-0 men’s soccer win over Central Maine Technical College Friday. Tom Higgins scored off a Jake Russell feed for 7-1 Unity. Charles Pitts added an unassisted insurance goal five minutes later. Leifert… Read More
HERMON – The Hermon Hawks scored two first-half goals en route to a 2-0 schoolgirl field hockey win over the Hampden Academy Broncos Friday. Andrea Cyr and Tonya Laughlin each scored goals for 4-2 Hermon. Briana Lane, Barbara Frost and Jessica Rowe tallied assists. Kacie… Read More
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Come springtime hereabouts, more than a few anglers read the arrival of alewives in rivers and streams as announcement that schools of striped bass also are swarming in from the sea. Come September, though, it’s surprising how few anglers hook onto the fast striper fishing that occurs when… Read More
After the first Race For the Cure attracted approximately 400 runners last year, race directors have reason to believe this year’s race will double in attendance. Runners are coming from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Colorado, Iowa, and all over Maine. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BREWER – Miranda Durant and Garnet Korsman each scored goals to lead the Piscataquis Community Pirates to a 2-0 schoolgirl soccer win over the Brewer Witches Friday. Kalli Pulkkinen did not face a shot in net for the 3-1-1 Pirates of Guilford. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
ORONO – Since last year when the University of Maine field hockey team found out it was getting a new AstroTurf field, the Black Bears have been waiting to prove they were a turf team. Friday in Maine’s 2-0 win over Rhode Island, the Bears… Read More
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No matter how this sorry business shakes out, won’t it be a relief to see the last of Kenny Starr and his maddening smile. How often have we seen the morning ritual: smiling as he exits his residence, smiling as he removes his coat, smiling as he rolls… Read More
Some say our governor is not supporting the efforts for an east-west highway. Many of our citizens, formerly from other states, would like Maine to remain unspoiled as we all would, but at what cost to our resident workers? Maine has become a playground for… Read More
In 1927 the citizenry of Orrington, during tough economic times, constructed a school of which everyone could be very proud. Today, the North Orrington School, with but a few modifications, is no longer adequate to meet the needs of our K-5 children. In 1988, with… Read More
I have seen a lot of articles about out-migration and Maine as a retirement destination. Out-migration could be reduced considerably if Maine had a more friendly tax environment. If Maine treated public pension income like the federal government treats Social Security (no tax if the… Read More
HOULTON — The Southern Aroostook Solid Waste Disposal District received word Friday that its application for an extension of its license to build a landfill in Hammond had been accepted for processing by the Department of Environmental Protection. The license, which was renewed two years… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — An arrest was made and several summonses issued after police last week broke up a bonfire party that featured alcohol and marijuana at a camp on North Road. As part of the police investigation, several youths were strip-searched for drugs. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
DEXTER — Towns that have land use ordinances in place find themselves better suited for economic growth and in better position to get state grants, according to a state official. In some communities like Dexter, however, those who support long-range planning find themselves pitted against… Read More
FAIRFIELD — A Skowhegan woman escaped serious injury early Thursday when her car struck a bull moose head-on, police said. Cathy Vickers’ Oldsmobile Cutlass was demolished in the 1 a.m. accident along Ohio Hill Road, said Fairfield Patrolman Garrit McKee. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
SKOWHEGAN — Approving business loans, setting up a Christmas concert, and filling vacancies on town boards and committees fills the agenda for the Skowhegan selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday night. The board will vote on a revolving loan of $10,000 for Patrick Keaney of Patrick’s Pizza… Read More
ROCKLAND — The Fire Department has announced that “The Great Escape” will take place in Rockland this October. The department has been working in conjunction with the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association and fire departments throughout the United States and Canada to implement the first-ever… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Jazz musician and photographer Myron Samuels is showing a collection of his photographs, titled “The Devil’s Music,” at the Ellsworth Center of the University of Maine System. The black-and-white photos represent 20 years of studying, modeling and capturing the great blues musicians on… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The ins and outs of the writer’s market will be explored at the Ellsworth Public Library Saturday, Sept. 26, with Ray Jones, author of more than 15 books. Jones, editor of “Country Roads Press,” will share his knowledge and experience of the publishing… Read More
SANGERVILLE — A rare electric minibike reported stolen earlier this week from a Sangerville mill was found late Friday afternoon. The 1975 Aurenthetic minibike, owned by Charles MacArthur of Sangerville, was found next door to the mill covered by a tarp, according to Sgt. Robert… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Business and Professional Women’s organization will meet at 6 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of each month at the White Birches. BPW members are looking for people to join the group. For reservations or information, call 667- 2359. Read More
BAR HARBOR — A selection of 22 fine 20th-century bindings from a private collection will be on display from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Ethel H. Blum Gallery at College of the Atlantic. The works on display include designer bindings and… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The Hancock County Democratic Committee will meet at 6 p.m Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the home of Jerry and Joan Markley in Penobscot. For information, call 374-5282. Read More
BAR HARBOR — “A Sense of Wonder,” a play based on the life and works of Rachel Carson, starring actress Kaiulani Lee, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, in the Thomas S. Gates Jr. Community Center auditorium at College of the Atlantic. Read More
ELLSWORTH — The first rheumatology specialist to practice in the Ellsworth area has been appointed to the medical staff at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. Dr. Stephanie Gartner, who received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, completed both her internship and residency in… Read More
TOWN HILL — Mainley Animals Mobile Veterinary Clinic is having a grand opening celebration 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Salisbury Hardware in Town Hill. All proceeds will be donated to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals spay and neuter fund. Read More
BUCKSPORT — The economic upheaval in Asia may seem a long way from the forests of Maine, but it has had a severe impact upon the multinational corporations who own many of Maine’s paper mills and millions of acres of its forests. Not only has… Read More
STETSON — A Carmel business will plow and sand the roads in Stetson this winter. On Tuesday night, selectmen accepted the bid of R&R Lumber Co. owned by Robert Noyes. The winning bid was one of three submitted in the second round of bidding for… Read More
GREENVILLE — A Whittier, Calif., firm will supply equipment for the new water filtration system in Greenville, if preliminary testing is successful. Engineers believe the equipment provided by Pureflow Filtration Division of California Environmental Controls Inc. will be sufficient to bring the Wiggins Brook pump… Read More
BUCKSPORT — United Wave, a United Way campaign kickoff for families, will be held 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Bucksport waterfront. The event will feature young people from United Way member agencies and the Keeping Kids On Track program paddling Maine Maritime Academy’s… Read More
BANGOR — Before it was even halfway through, the second annual free gun lock giveaway sponsored by Acadia Hospital on Friday was deemed a success. Between noon and 3:30 p.m., 750 residents from across the state had called the toll-free number to order a gun… Read More
ELLSWORTH — City officials here reopened the Ellsworth Transfer Station to the disposal of waste wood Thursday, according to Ellsworth Fire Chief Robert McKenney. Late last month the facility was forced to close because the amount of scrap wood and brush already at the station… Read More
BANGOR — A proposed cooperative agreement between the city and Eastern Maine Healthcare over ambulance services hasn’t come together, City Manager Edward Barrett said Friday. Instead, the municipal operations committee, meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, will discuss another approach. Its components include:… Read More
WASHINGTON — President Clinton’s veto of a ban on certain late-term abortions survived a challenge Friday when the Senate fell three votes short of an override. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott pledged to keep fighting for it. “This is not the end of the battle,”… Read More
BANGOR — Sgt. Peter Arno of the Bangor Police Department has been promoted to lieutenant, filling the position vacated by Lt. Bob Welch, the department announced Friday. Welch was recently promoted to deputy chief. Arno has served with the Bangor Police Department for 11 years,… Read More
ORONO — A recital of musical works featuring trumpet will be presented by Joshua Whitehouse, University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts faculty member and a member of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Minsky Recital Hall at UMain. The recital program… Read More
BANGOR — The Public Works Department has released the upcoming week’s paving schedule: Monday: Fifteenth Street — Allen to Union; Smith Street, Smith Street Avenue, and Dean Street. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
ORONO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension this fall will offer a watershed stewards program to residents of the Pushaw Lake watershed, including parts of Orono, Old Town, Hudson, Glenburn and Charleston. The program includes 20 hours of instruction in water quality issues for… Read More
HOLDEN — The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department will hold a bike safety rodeo with Granville Ace Hardware and Boy Scout Troop 21 from Holden-Dedham from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Granville Ace Hardware, Bar Harbor Road. Safety topics include hand signaling… Read More
BREWER — The ninth annual Brain Injury Prevention Walk will be held at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Brewer Rehab and Living Center. There are two routes to choose from: 1 mile and 4.3 miles. Both are wheelchair accessible. The annual walk is… Read More
BANGOR — The second Race for the Cure to Combat Breast Cancer will weave the streets of Bangor and Brewer Sunday, Sept. 20, to raise awareness that all women are at risk. A survivors’ breakfast will be sponsored by the Sea Dog Restaurant and held… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor Fire Department will hold its fifth annual open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Central Fire Station on Main Street as part of Fire Prevention Week. Although the open house will begin at 10 a.m.,… Read More
LEVANT — Town officials have announced the dates for this year’s fall cleanup. Metals will be picked up Oct. 5, and woods on Oct. 6. Wood materials should be cut into lengths of four feet or less. Stumps will not be picked up. Read More
BANGOR — The Good Samaritan Agency will break ground for a building at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the Oakridge Development on Ridgewood Drive. The new building will increase day care capacity from 12 infants and toddlers up to 30 children from infancy through age 3. The new facility… Read More
BANGOR — The Bangor High School guidance department will hold a workshop, “Exploring the Future,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Peakes Auditorium. The program will offer sessions on using the Internet, financial aid, NCAA guidelines for college athletes, and will also include a panel discussion on… Read More
BANGOR — Eastern Maine Technical College will hold a scholarship dinner and auction at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Rangeley Hall. Paintings, pearls, sailing days, scenic plane flights, gift certificates from area merchants and an Old Town canoe are among items to be auctioned. The dinner will… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Domestic violence will be the target of a $52,000 federal grant received by the Hancock and Washington counties’ District Attorney’s Office. Arrests for domestic assault statewide have increased about 14 percent since the beginning of the decade, according to state statistics. The increase… Read More
BANGOR — St. Joseph Hospital needs volunteers willing to help the hospital. Assistance is welcome in many areas and training is provided. For more information, call the volunteer office at 262-1794. Read More
Caribou District Court Jason C. King, 21, Limestone, escape, jail 48 hours; operating an all-terrain vehicle on a public way, $100; operating an all-terrain vehicle to endanger, $200. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
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HOULTON — A Fort Kent man has been ordered to serve six years in jail for the sexual abuse of a young girl. Don A. Charette, 26, was sentenced Tuesday in Aroostook County Superior Court in Houlton. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
NEWPORT — A 7-year-old boy at Newport Elementary School needed the Fire Department, school officials and Newport Rescue on Friday morning after he became stuck inside a piece of the playground. According to Fred Hickey of Newport Rescue, the child had been playing around a… Read More
PITTSFIELD — An early morning fire at Hancock Lumber did no damage to either the mill or the lumber sales outlet since it was confined to a sawdust silo, Capt. Mike Havey of the Pittsfield Fire Department said Friday. Firefighters were called to the Route… Read More
BAR HARBOR — National Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary President Jane Bingham will visit Maine Sept. 27-29, arriving in Bangor and proceeding to Bar Harbor for the annual dinner, hosted by the Jackson Laboratory. She will take a tour of the lab the following day. Read More
The street value of copper wire drew a Brewer man to the basement of Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.’s Main Street building late Thursday night. At 10:42 p.m., Bangor Hydro system operator Alex King reported a break-in alarm to Bangor police. Officers Jim Hassard, Mike DiMonaco and… Read More
Dover-Foxcroft District Court Wade A. Kronholm, 21, North Woodstock, N.H., two counts negotiating worthless instrument, $200, $100 suspended. 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++)… Read More
BANGOR — Two men from New York City were arrested at a Third Street apartment Wednesday night and charged with drug trafficking in what Bangor police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency are calling the largest crack cocaine bust in the city since the MDEA was formed. Read More
ST. AGATHA — An explosion of undetermined origin destroyed a garage-warehouse and an attached two-story house Thursday night, causing more than $250,000 in damage. Insurance investigators, according to the owner of the building, will be on the scene of the Main Street fire today to… Read More
HOULTON — Almost 60 years ago, on Oct. 1, 1938, state police moved into a new barracks on Route 1. On Friday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a facility that is expected to open in January 2000. “It will be a tremendous morale booster,”… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe will appear on the CBS News program, “Face the Nation,” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, to discuss the role of Congress in examining the report of the Independent Counsel. Snowe will be interviewed by CBS News Washington Bureau Chief… Read More
WATERVILLE — More than 1,000 firefighters from all over Maine are expected to descend on the Elm City this weekend for the annual convention of the state firefighters’ association. The highlights will include a two-hour parade along Main Street this morning and a daylong muster… Read More
PORTLAND — A new program designed to prevent unwanted exposure to pesticides has met with a mixed response from residents and pesticide applicators. For a $20 fee, the program will allow Mainers to enroll in a registry, and they would be notified by the applicator… Read More
WINSLOW — A cracked sewer line that spewed hundreds of thousands of gallons of raw sewage into the Kennebec River doesn’t appear to have harmed water quality, a state official said Friday. Earlier this week, the Department of Marine Resources took water samples from Winslow… Read More
ORONO — Antarctica may be far away, but Mainers — especially those who own coastal property — may want to pay attention to changes in the icy continent. More than 100 scientists from around the globe gathered at the University of Maine this past week… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine Media Women organization will hold its fall conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Senator Inn, Western Avenue. The conference theme is “Creating Over Time and Space.” Highlights of the conference include presentations by Anthony George,… Read More
This newspaper’s recent stories on the demise of northern Maine have a somber tone, like reading a family’s diary of a lingering death. For those people who have always lived there, who suffered the economic divide between north and south long before it was called… Read More
LEVANT — The manhunt continued Friday for convicted robber Damien Mantha, who escaped from the Charleston Correctional Facility with two other inmates Monday night. Federal marshals will likely become involved in the search, according to Eric Hansen, acting director of the Charleston Correctional Facility, who… Read More
GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Fishermen who have caught nets full of cod off the coast of New England have a difficult time believing marine scientists who say the fish stocks are on the verge of collapse. Veterans of the sea like Sherman Russell of Gloucester say… Read More
CARIBOU — Increased cooperation between state, county and local governments would eliminate duplication and continue the same level of services at lower costs, Gov. Angus King Jr. said Friday. Speaking at the annual convention of the Maine County Commissioners Association, King said incentives should be… Read More
AUGUSTA — When a Japanese agricultural delegation left Maine last week, the members took packets of seeds of Maine lupine and promised to create a special garden in Japan. The garden will highlight lupine, but also will include hydrangeas and mountain ash, plants the Japanese delegation brought home… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $197,921 grant to a Maine program Friday to fund a statewide family literacy program. The Maine Even Start Family Literacy Project will use the grant funds to develop a system to create a statewide Family Literacy… Read More
WISCASSET — A 12-year veteran of the Maine State Police has been ordered to serve two months in jail after pleading guilty to three counts of assault. Former Trooper Robert James of Augusta originally faced a more serious aggravated assault charge for allegedly punching and… Read More
WASHINGTON — Many of America’s earliest settlers may have been digging clams and netting fish rather than throwing spears at mammoths. About 12,000 years ago, the residents of a pair of coastal communities in what is now southern Peru were exploiting the ocean for a… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Four round-trip flights between Presque Isle and Boston’s Logan International Airport will be offered daily beginning Nov. 1 by Business Express, according to an announcement made Friday. Business Express will be the second carrier to operate out of the Northern Maine Regional… Read More
MACHIAS — No one was more surprised to learn Machias no longer had a checking account than new Town Manager Scott Harriman — unless you count town comptroller Donna Dzierzynski. Harriman’s August expense payment was one of more than 40 town checks totaling $22,671 that… Read More
TOWNSHIP 40 MD — Jenness and Jim Robbins, the fourth-generation owners of Robbins Lumber Co. in Searsmont, were looking to increase their timberland base in 1996 when they came upon a 22,276-acre parcel surrounding Nicatous Lake. Their initial thought was to cover the costs of… Read More
ORONO — The University of Maine forest management department has received a $68,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a pulp and paper marketing and management curriculum. The department offers graduate studies in forestry and forest resources. Matching funds from the university bring… Read More
KENNEBUNK — Police were investigating a break-in Friday at a gun shop where a thief pried open a door and stole seven guns. Police responded to an alarm at Tracy Communications within minutes, but the burglar had already fled. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Readers of this newspaper’s six-part series, “The Two Maines: Separate but not equal,” cannot help but be left with two conclusions: Despite decades of study, government initiatives and worry, the economic chasm between the state’s southern and northern tiers only widens; and the folks hanging on in the… Read More
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The descendants of Charles Strout will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at Charleston Town Hall. Members should bring salads, casseroles or dessert for a potluck lunch, and family photos to share. Call Shelley at 327-1141 for information. The Maine Wing Assembly will meet… Read More
George Morgan painted mostly landscape memories of the houses, streets and neighborhoods where he spent his life. There are exceptions — a hunting dog, a church choir — but the artist’s talents are most evident when he reconstructs the crazy grids of his old Augusta-area stomping grounds. Read More
George Morgan probably never thought of himself as an artist. Yet there are his paintings — nearly every one he ever did — hanging in the Craig Gallery at the Farnsworth Museum of Art. The story of how they got there is a deliciously improbable… Read More
Stacking a press conference with an audience of paid cheerleading flunkies to play to the television cameras and create a false impression of widespread support for a beleaguered political figure is one of the oldest routines in the political playbook. This time-honored tactic of the… Read More
Anyone who doubts the power of the press is as good as money in the bank hasn’t been hanging around the state ethics commission office lately. True, it’s easy to miss. Tucked away on the first floor of the State Office Building, many potential ethics… Read More
Loren Ritchie’s views regarding student aspirations (BDN, Sept. 2) are shared by many teachers. The frustration that came through in his commentary is well founded, as teachers are not only being blamed for poor student achievement, but now have learned that a $300,000 10-year project will evaluate schools… Read More
Several political generations ago — 26 years by the calendar — I interviewed John Rendon, then the 22-year-old Maine coordinator of the George McGovern presidential campaign. Rendon didn’t believe the polls that, as things turned out, correctly predicted Richard Nixon’s 49-state landslide. “I hear strange… Read More
WASHINGTON — AIDS patients got an easier-to-swallow drug Friday as the Food and Drug Administration approved a new once-a-day medicine that offers the first good alternative for patients who cannot take today’s best AIDS treatment. DuPont Pharmaceuticals’ Sustiva appears to be about as effective as… Read More