BUCKSPORT – Jason Gifford amassed 169 yards of total offense to lead the Bucksport Golden Bucks to a 21-0 LTC Class C football victory over the Maine Central Institute Huskies Friday night. Gifford carried the ball 26 times for 117 yards and had four receptions… Read More
ORONO – Freshman goaltender Mike Morrison gave a strong indication Friday night that the University of Maine will have some goaltending depth this season. Morrison stopped 21 of 22 shots as the White team beat the Blue team 6-4 in the Black Bears’ intrasquad scrimmage,… Read More
Former University of Maine winger Peter Ferraro signed a one-year contract in July with the team that showed the most interest in him: the Boston Bruins. Bruins coach Pat Burns gave him the ice time he needed to prove himself in the preseason. Ferraro has… Read More
HAMPDEN – High school football coaches are by turn motivator, teacher, disciplinarian and friend. Apparently, sometimes they’ve got to act a little like Ma Bell, too. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
At 5 a.m., shadows were sharp in the frost-silvered glow of a full-faced moon. “Nippy,” said Hank Lyons as he and his longtime hunting partner, Jack McKeon, slid the double-ender boat from the bed of the pickup. “I had to scrape my windshield,” Jack concurred as they carried… Read More
SOUTH PARIS – In the end, the game didn’t rest on the strong legs of Bangor tailback Hampton Clarkson. Instead, senior cornerback Duane Peoples held the game in the palm of his hand. Literally. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
HAMPDEN – Justin Groshon recorded a goal and two assists Friday, leading Hampden Academy to a 3-0 schoolboy soccer victory over Presque Isle. Groshon scored off a Scott Tardif pass and assisted Tom Janicki in a one-minute span in the first half for 9-2-1 Hampden… Read More
HAMPDEN – Justin Groshon recorded a goal and two assists Friday, leading Hampden Academy to a 3-0 schoolboy soccer victory over Presque Isle. Groshon scored off a Scott Tardif pass and assisted Tom Janicki in a one-minute span in the first half for 9-2-1 Hampden… Read More
Less-than-ideal weather and a declining number of hunters who have yet to fill their permit have kept down the number of moose taken Thursday and Friday in the annual Maine moose hunt. According to Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife figures, 93 moose were registered… Read More
At Orono, Joe Wardman rushed 23 times for 130 yards and four touchdowns as Mount Desert Island squeaked out the victory. Jamie Cunningham led the Trojan defense with 12 tackles. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
ASHLAND – Chris Lajoie chipped in a shot from 35 yards out with a little more than four minutes left in overtime Friday, lifting Van Buren to a 3-2 schoolboy soccer victory over Ashland. Lajoie also had a goal off a Matt Lapierre pass in… Read More
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Adrian Weekes scored two goals and Chris Doyle recorded his sixth shutout of the season to lead Hartford past the University of Maine 2-0 in men’s soccer action Friday night. Alex Carvalho and Andrew Mills registered assists for 7-5-1 Hartford. Doyle… Read More
Hole-in-one ADAM DUPLISEA CARMEL – Adam Duplisea, a 14-year-old, of Hermon aced the 154-yard hole No. 6 at Carmel Valley Golf Links on Sunday. He used a 4-iron and was witnessed by Ryan Garland and Ted Johns. Read More
Dan Higgins is one of those kids opponents hate and mothers love. Dads call him tougher than hell. Girls probably like him just fine, too. He used to be a football hero. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
Consistency has been the missing ingredient for the University of Maine hockey team the last two seasons. In 1996-97, the Black Bears were 7-7-1 after their first 15 games. Last season, after 23 games, they were 9-11-3, which forced them to win the Hockey East… Read More
WATERVILLE – Marcia Ingraham scored the game-winner off a penalty corner at 11:32 of overtime Friday, lifting Colby College to a 2-1 women’s field hockey victory over Williams. Jessie Cassidy and Liz Brandt assisted Ingraham. Robynne DeCaprio scored a goal off a Sarah Browne feed… Read More
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Generating momentum, or continuing it, is the name of the game Saturday for Maine’s college football teams. The University of Maine wants to build on its emotional upset of Villanova, Colby hopes to make it two straight after halting a nine-game losing streak, and Maine Maritime Academy hopes… Read More
You have to go back to the late 1960s to fully appreciate the reason Daniel Hodermarsky changed the lives of so many people. The setting is Deerfield Academy, then a zipped-up, Massachusetts prep school and breeding ground for Ivy Leaguers. Academics are first on the list of priorities,… Read More
Every year, hundreds of established artists from abroad make their first tours of the United States. Some will become stars, others will build up a consistent following, while still others will sink into obscurity. Sinead Lohan, who will appear at 7 p.m. Sunday at the… Read More
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bragg of Sherman Mills will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with an open house on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Sherman Station VFW Hall. They were married on Oct. 21, 1933, at Danforth. Mr. Bragg retired from Great Northern Paper Co. in Millinocket. Read More
As if advantages of incumbency aren’t enough, someone involved in organizing the Portland Chamber of Commerce’s gubernatorial debate the other day gave Gov. King an added boost — an advance copy of the questions to be asked. The four challengers were good sports about it, though. The show… Read More
No other violent crime elicits the public reaction that follows a school massacre. Not only is the killer and the killer’s family scrutinized, but the entire community comes under the media spotlight. Somebody missed something. Something was wrong. So it took extraordinary courage for Jamon… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins on Thursday applauded passage of a vocational education bill in the House and Senate earlier this week. The bill is awaiting President Clinton’s signature. The Perkins Act is legislation Collins worked on as a member of the Senate Labor and… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have been presented with the Golden Bulldog Award by the Watchdogs of the Treasury Inc. for their voting records in the 104th Congress. The award is presented to members of Congress who, the group says, have voted… Read More
HOULTON — An Aroostook County Superior Court judge Friday sentenced Aaron Kinzel to 19 years in prison, with all but 11 years suspended and six years’ probation, for trying to shoot a Maine State Police trooper last year. “I’m going to sentence you for who… Read More
In the 16-year history of one of nature’s deadliest killers, the virus that causes AIDS has never been proved to transmit from patient to dentist. It’s a daunting statistic, considering that in that time more than 1 billion dental procedures have been performed by more… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Testimony began Friday in an arbitration hearing to determine if there was “just cause” for the dismissal of a Lamoine teacher accused of assaulting a pupil in May. The dismissal of Timothy Barlow, a teacher at the Lamoine Consolidated School for 24 years,… Read More
WINSLOW — It was cold and rainy, and they got bruised and dirty. And they loved it. About 250 students considered at risk for dropping out of high school spent Friday at a summer camp in the Winslow woods, building trust through teamwork. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
AUGUSTA — The annual business meeting and convention of the Christian Civic League will be in two locations Oct. 17, in Portland and Scarborough. The business meeting will begin at 2 p.m. at the Royal Ridge Church of God in Scarborough. The evening fund-raising banquet… Read More
WASHINGTON — Irving Kornfield, professor of zoology at the University of Maine, has been named professor of the year for Maine by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. “Irving Kornfield has been recognized for his extraordinary dedication to teaching, commitment to students and… Read More
The voice mail message from Joe Eaton of Madison disturbed me. He called to say that something he read in this column caused friends of his to postpone their visit to Maine. I wondered what in the world I could have written that would have… Read More
PORTLAND — A man originally charged with manslaughter for allegedly shoving a 24-year-old woman off a bridge and leaving her to die in August now faces a murder charge. A Cumberland County grand jury has decided that the conduct of Everett Ashby, 25, fits the… Read More
The photograph in Monday’s newspaper, part of a package illustrating the Bangor Historical Society’s annual public tour of Mount Hope Cemetery, showed a little kid blithely skipping over gravestones, and if you listened closely you could hear readers from Grand Isle to Waldoboro gasp in indignation. Read More
Freshman Democratic Rep. Tom Allen, on the eve of only the third vote in American history authorizing an impeachment inquiry against the president of the United States, walked to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday morning and stated: “Mr. Speaker, this is… Read More
LEWISTON — Bates College will celebrate the significant gift of a series of letters written by the late environmentalist Rachel Carson, with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, in the George and Helen Ladd Library. The public is invited to attend free of charge. Read More
The last time there was this much spinning over a hunk of wood, the Greeks were dumping it outside the walls of Troy. In fact, it was hard not to conjure up visions of the Trojan Horse this week when workers arrived outside the walls… Read More
AUGUSTA — For three years now, the Christian Civic League of Maine has been building a Web site on the World Wide Web. The century-old Christian political action group is committed to encouraging good citizenship. “We view this as a real positive,” said Michael Heath,… Read More
Terry Maher, 44, grew up in St. Mary’s parish in Bangor during a time when children found their spirituality in the Baltimore Catechism and adults followed the mantra “Pay, pray and obey.” A half-century ago, the Roman Catholic Church in America was made up primarily… Read More
Bangor — The First United Methodist Cnurch at 703 Essex St. offers two alternatives for worship on Sunday mornings. At 9 a.m. Oct. 10, a service of contemporary music, drama and the Word will focus on the theme “Gaining Freedom From Conformity.” Traditional worship service and the church… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Advent Christian Church of Dover-Foxcroft has announced the ordination of its pastor, Kevin P. Stevens Sr. Stevens has served the church as pastor for the past two years. He is a graduate from the Berean School of the Bible and International Deliverance… Read More
THE MERRY WIDOW FOX-TROT, by Donald Mortland, North Country Press, 1996, paperback, 212 pages, $14.95. Maybe, as the book’s back cover tells us, Donald Mortland’s first collection of short stories is about life after 60. Then again, maybe it isn’t, exactly. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
STONE WALL SECRETS by Kristine and Robert Thorson, illustrated by Gustav Moore, Tilbury House, 1998, 40 pages, hardcover, $16.95 It would be impossible to imagine a more eloquent testimony to the resilience and resourcefulness of early New England farmers than the ubiquitous stone wall. One… Read More
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, STARLIGHT CAFE?, by Will Anderson, Anderson & Sons’ publishers, Portland, 1998, 144 pages, $24.95. You won’t ever find Will Anderson slurping an Arby’s milkshake or wolfing down a Whopper Jr. The Portland author swears chain-owned restaurant food is no match for… Read More
MAINE LIGHTHOUSES A Pictorial Guide, by Courtney Thompson, CatNap Publications, Mount Desert, Second Edition, 1998, hardcover, 128 pages. Celebrated in paintings, remembered in nostalgia, Maine lighthouses saved many a sailor and populated many a novel. You can find them in calendars, as jigsaw puzzles and… Read More
BANGOR — Ten years ago Perley Curtis left his boyhood home in Exeter, threw his guitars in the back of his car, broke up his band, Silk and Steel, and drove off for Nashville and country music stardom. Last month he came home packing those same guitars along… Read More
CALICO BUSH by Rachel Field, illustrated with wood engravings by Allen Lewis, Macmillan Publishing, 1931, 1966, paperback, 201 pages, $4.99. Though first published as juvenile fiction in 1931, “Calico Bush” is a timeless tale for all ages. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
One of the most prominent icons of fall, the pumpkin, just happens to be one of the most simple of garden plants to grow. Pumpkins, as with most members of the squash family, perform best when direct-seeded in the spring, after all danger of frost… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a $257,947 grant to the Penquis Community Action Program to enhance the group’s domestic violence support system, according to Sen. Olympia Snowe and Rep. John Baldacci. The grant, which is pending final budget review, will allow… Read More
GREENVILLE — For illegally burning household hazardous waste in its brush piles at the landfill, Greenville has been ordered by the Department of Environmental Protection to pay a $3,000 fine and to cease burning anything but wood waste and brush. Selectmen on Wednesday evening discussed… Read More
WASHINGTON — A controversial immigration measure that could slow trade traffic between Maine and Canada will be delayed for 2 1/2 years, Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. John Baldacci announced Thursday. The measure, Section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996, mandated that… Read More
FAIRFIELD — The scene made Town Manager Terry York cringe. On a rainy Saturday in June, a few cars had stopped in the middle of Main Street for a half-dozen girls wearing orange vests and holding coffee cans. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BANGOR — The Widowed Person’s Service group will host a Dutch treat breakfast social hour at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Geaghan’s restaurant in the Penobscot Inn. For more information, call 947-7621. Read More
BANGOR — Congregation Beth El, the city’s Reform synagogue, 183 French St., will hold Simchat Torah and First Grade Consecration during worship services 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11. The celebration marks the cycle of the annual reading of the Torah. For more information, call 945-4578. Read More
BANGOR — The Maine Civil Rights March and Rally, which begins at 9 this morning, is scheduled to go on rain or shine. Among the highlights of the daylong event are a march from Orono through Veazie to Bangor, a rally at Paul Bunyan Park… Read More
SEARSPORT — The captain of a Virginia-based tugboat has been charged with molesting lobster gear after dragging scores of traps and buoys from Monhegan Island to Searsport. Dwyer W. Cook, 63, of Picayune, Miss., was charged by Marine Patrol Sgt. Victor Cole after more than… Read More
ROCKPORT — The struggling groundfish industry has become a “poor second cousin” to lobster, clam and other fishing interests, according to Barbara Stevenson of the Portland Fish Exchange. Stevenson, who owns several draggers, spoke during a panel discussion at Friday’s Sea and Shore Conference at… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Park rangers rescued a 10-year-old boy Friday who fell 20 feet on the park’s steep Precipice Trail. The boy, Morgan Kennedy of Montgomery, Ala., was hiking with his father on the trail about 10:30 a.m. when the boy lost his footing… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Southwest Harbor man was arrested Thursday night after he allegedly hit his ex-wife in the head with a beer bottle at an Ellsworth bar. Samuel G. Ricker, 23, faces a felony charge of aggravated assault after he struck 22-year-old Melissa L. Cummings… Read More
MILO — The SAD 41 board of directors is poised to begin the search for candidates for two key positions that will be vacated at the end of this school year. Superintendent Jan Laux, who has been at the helm of the district’s schools since… Read More
BELFAST — A lack of an active educational spay-neuter program in Waldo County has spurred the founding of Community Action For Animals, a nonprofit organization that hopes to support a “no-kill” shelter here. The group’s founders, Pamela Ottman and Nancy Spaulding, will hold an informational… Read More
LAMAR, Pa. — Biologists working to restore New England’s Atlantic salmon runs will dump about 8 million sac fry into the Connecticut River this spring. How many will make it out to the Atlantic Ocean? Beats them. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
A Bangor school bus was stopped and evacuated Friday afternoon after one of the pupils on board ignited a smoke bomb. The 13-year-old boy ignited the smoke bomb and then apparently tried to put it out but burned his fingers, reported Bangor police Officer Catherine… Read More
STETSON — A special town meeting will be held at the Stetson Meetinghouse at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. Voters will consider an appropriation of funds for snow and ice control. Stetson voters approved an appropriation of $60,000 at the annual town meeting for the… Read More
I have lived on Fern Street for about 33 years and since the creation of the Bangor Mall the traffic has become very heavy and very fast. I do not have a radar, but I will say the cars are going faster than 35 to 38 mph. If… Read More
I can’t understand why the pit bull on Sanford Street wasn’t shot by the police officer. I have read where human life has been taken when a person was thought to have a dangerous weapon. The way the pit bull acted [attacking a black lab and dragging it… Read More
Why is it so important for every Maine citizen to vote this year? 1. The radical religious right is counting on a low vote. If that happens, they will be able to press their crusty agenda in Maine and in America of damaging the Social… Read More
A mega-ditto to Jeff Strout’s column of Oct. 1. My friend and I took our bikes to the carriage roads a couple of weeks ago and had a wonderful day. It was a perfect fall day, the trails were not crowded and they were in perfect condition. Read More
I would like to thank Sen. Mary Cathcart for her help in getting our town’s name on an I-95 exit sign after other elected officials had tried for many years without success. Mary has shown her support of our little town of Alton in many… Read More
Thank you, Channel 12 and Don Carrigan, for interviewing gubernatorial candidate Bill Clarke on Oct. 1. His pro-life stance is refreshing. Also, his ideas on tax cuts, smaller government and education are right on target. He and his wife homeschool their five children. I’ll be tuning in to… Read More
Now that there is an election coming perhaps we can try to forget the filth that Starr and Lewinsky have generated, and the media have tried to froce down our throats, and look at something far more important than Clinton’s sex life. I am talking… Read More
With due respect to the Hon. Lawrence Nash, former state representative and the husband of my opponent, I was disappointed by the incorrect information reported in his letter of Sept. 30, “Double standard.” Surely a former legislator would know how to find which bills I sponsored and cosponsored,… Read More
BANGOR — A Carmel man accused of taking a gun from a neighbor’s home then shortening its barrel with a hacksaw was sentenced Thursday at Bangor federal court to more than 7 1/2 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Read More
FARMINGTON — A part-time sheriff’s deputy has been charged with illegal hunting for allegedly shooting two moose when he was allowed only one, authorities said. Robert Samson, 28, of Farmington was charged this week with one count of illegal hunting by exceeding the bag limit… Read More
ORONO — A new production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” Broadway’s Tony Award-winning classic, will be performed at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the University of Maine’s Maine Center of the Arts. Directed by Sammy Dallas Bayes, choreographer of the 1990 Best Revival Tony-winning… Read More
MILLINOCKET — Some Millinocket officials want former Town Manager James F. Kotredes to pay back $12,863 in compensation for sick time he accrued on the job. The question of Kotredes’ being overpaid was one of many areas of concern cited by auditors in a 13-page… Read More
BRUNSWICK — The economy may be healthy, but it is not headache-free for businesses in Maine trying to find workers to fill traditionally low-paying jobs. “Help Wanted” signs dot storefronts in southern and midcoast Maine, and high demand for semi-skilled workers is driving up pay… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Birch Harbor man pleaded guilty Friday to shaking to death his girlfriend’s 4-month-old baby girl in December of last year. William E. Coombs IV, 26, quietly admitted to the sole manslaughter charge during a brief appearance in Hancock County Superior Court on… Read More
PLEASANT POINT — A tribal court judge continued Friday a trial being held to decide if the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation Housing Authority can evict its former executive director from the home some critics call “the mansion.” But Pamela Francis, whose $200,000 home is at… Read More
PORT CLYDE — Patricia Bryant, 64, was killed Thursday night when fire broke out in her Ballpark Road home. Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said a neighbor saw smoke pouring from the second floor of the house at about 7 p.m. and alerted the… Read More
HAMPDEN — Thirteen-year-old Nate Bridges thought he had solved the mystery of at least one of the homing pigeons that disappeared earlier this week during two long-distance races in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Instead, he learned Friday that the wet, shivering little bird with the feathered… Read More
Robbie McKay says her great-great-grandfather got in a canoe, paddled up the Mattawamkeag River to the Molunkus Stream, built a homestead, then paddled back to get her great-great-grandmother in Mattawamkeag. The original house blew down, she said, but her family rebuilt and has lived on that spot ever… Read More
A local TV first has been developing the past month, but those involved have been treating it as no big deal. Jan Smith and Donna Gormley have been named co-anchors of NewsCenter 2’s 6 p.m. newscast on WLBZ 2, likely the first time that two… Read More
MEDWAY — For 59 years, the old green steel-truss bridge spanning the East Branch of the Penobscot River on Route 157 has connected two sections of this town. Next year, it will be replaced with a new, wider bridge. The new Harold C. Beathem Bridge,… Read More
OK, so maybe Friday’s “Imus in the Morning” radio broadcast from Bangor wasn’t the best show the cranky icon of the airwaves had ever staged. Don Imus even threw his head back and rolled his eyes a couple of times during breaks while groaning about how listless a… Read More
Shead High School, Eastport First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Rebekah Blanchard, Eric Ritchie, and Robert L. Wentworth; honors: Natalie Theriault. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
JACKMAN — Postponement of the Route 201 paving project on Main Street has local officials concerned about their ability to remove snow safely from the highway and side streets this winter. “Obviously the town is disappointed we will not have surface paving on the entire… Read More
Dale Tozier Sr., president of Tozier’s Market in Brewer and Searsport, was elected president of the Maine Grocers Association at the annual fall conference, Sept. 19, in Bethel. Jon B. McNulty, executive director of Regional Transportation Program, has been re-elected president of the Maine Transit… Read More
ALBION — Traffic will be delayed on Hussey Road for several months, beginning Oct. 12, while improvements are done on Meadow Brook Bridge over 15 Mile Stream, according to a spokesman for the Maine Department of Transportation. “The existing bridge is narrow by today’s standards… Read More
CLINTON — An eyeball hunt, costume contest and dancing ghouls are some of the features of Clinton’s second annual Octoberfest to be held this Sunday. The highlight of the day will be the Wicked Walk, according to organizer Denise Cormier. “This is a time for… Read More
PITTSFIELD — The Business Coalition of Sebasticook Valley will hold a breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday to discuss accessing capital. Michael Bush, director of community economic development for Eastern Maine Development Corporation, and Dana Sumner, revolving loan fund manager from the Kennebec Valley Council… Read More
ROCKLAND — District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau has been nominated by the Maine Prosecutors Association as its representative to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency advisory board. The nomination was submitted to the governor by agency President Michael Cantara last week. Rushlau will assume the board position… Read More
HOULTON — Fire departments from several southern Aroostook County towns, and at least one New Brunswick town, are considering plans to build a regional fire training facility. The effort has been explored by Houlton Fire Chief Milton Cone for about a year. He said it… Read More
ETNA — The Etna Board of Selectmen tentatively set Nov. 5 for a special town meeting. Voters will be asked to consider several issues aimed at a reorganization of town operations. Plans for the special town meeting were discussed at the Thursday night meeting of… Read More
PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield firefighters were called to the First Universalist Church on Friday morning when participants in a senior enrichment program smelled fumes. All of the senior citizens, part of a Sebasticook Farms program, were evacuated and waited either on the church’s porch or in… Read More
FORT FAIRFIELD — Despite the concern voiced by a federal publication, the local town manager believes construction of a levee to protect Main Street from spring flooding will begin on time. “We’re going to start digging a hole in May as far as I’m concerned,”… Read More