ESPN (for whom I work as an independent contract broadcaster) will “honor” O.J. Simpson as one of the 50 greatest North American athletes of the 20th century. The very selection of Simpson in that category is questionable simply based on his football career. Based on… Read More
    BANGOR – In her own analysis, Rebecca Fletcher’s play during Tuesday night’s Maine Athletic Conference showdown wasn’t up to her high standards. “I played awful,” she said, shaking her head. “I was probably trying to rush things more than I should, especially in the first… Read More
    AT HOWLAND Penobscot Valley 33, Brewer 27; 103: Josh Carrier (P) won byErik Poulin (P) won by forfeit; 119: double forfeit; 125: Shawn Moulton (B) won by forfeit; 130: Brad Turlow (P) pinned Scott Phillips 2:58; 135: John Barnard (B) won by forfeit; 140: Erlon… Read More
    MAINE vs. VERMONT Time, site: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.; Roy Patrick Gym, Burlington, Vt. 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
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    PHILADELPHIA – Former University of Maine standout Chris Ferraro had the game-winning goal in a shootout Monday night as PlanetUSA defeated Canada 5-4 in the American Hockey League All-Star Classic. Ferraro, currently playing for the Hamilton Bulldogs, also had an assist in the game. Maine… Read More
    NEWPORT – The Downeast Sled Dog Club races scheduled for Jan. 30-31 on Sebasticook Lake at Newport have been postponed until Saturday and Sunday, March 6-7. Frank Thomas, the club’s vice president, said the conditions at the lake were unsafe and was the major factor… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Adam Sewall scored a pair of goals and assisted on two others to help the Orono Red Riots beat the Presque Isle Wildcats 7-1 in high school hockey action at the Northern Maine Forum Tuesday night. Matt Hedrick added two goals and… Read More
    College SUE BERNARD BRUNSWICK – Bowdoin College senior goaltender Sue Bernard has been named the ECAC/Heaton Women’s Division III Goaltender of the Week for the second straight week. Bernard led the Polar Bears to back-to-back wins over ranked opponents on the weekend, she totaled a… Read More
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    MOUNT DESERT – Ian Jones went 4-for-4 from the foul line in the last minute to give the Mount Desert Island Trojans a 50-47 schoolboy basketball victory over the Orono Red Riots Tuesday night. Joe Wardman led for MDI with 12 points. Aaron Gray added… Read More
    BANGOR – The Husson College Braves raced out to 20-point halftime lead en route to a 98-59 men’s basketball victory over the University of Maine-Farmington Beavers at Newman Gym Tuesday night. The Braves moved to 12-6 (6-0 in the Maine Athletic Conference), while UMF dropped… Read More
    DYER BROOK – Sam Michaud poured in 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to power the Southern Aroostook Warriors to a 78-57 schoolboy basketball victory over the Ashland Hornets Tuesday night. Jordan Shields also recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, while Nate… Read More
    VERMONT at MAINE Time, site: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Alfond Arena, Orono 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 (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Relatives and caretakers of mentally retarded Mainers pleaded with lawmakers Tuesday to increase salaries paid to employees who work directly with this vulnerable population. “We can’t attract quality workers if we don’t pay a quality wage,” said Robert Lawler of Cumberland, whose 20-year-old… Read More
    It should be of no surprise that Maine will lose another seat in the U.S. House by 2010 or 2030. Maine is on the move: south. While our government takes a field trip to northern Maine trying to find out why we have a gap, southern Maine keeps… Read More
    I e-mailed Sen. Olympia Snowe asking her, in the name of great senators from Maine, to stand up and speak out during this historic moment. Sen. Snowe has the opportunity to do to the impeachment proceedings what Margaret Chase Smith did to the Sen. Joseph McCarthy hearings. Read More
    Isn’t it great the government takes on the responsibility of all decisions one makes? If you are a smoker you are not responsible for your smoking the tobacco company made you smoke. What a great government we have. We the people can’t read the warning… Read More
    I want to thank Ruth-Ellen Cohen of your staff for an excellent article (Jan. 11) about the Toastmasters program and we at the Bangor Toastmasters Club are sure this program can be beneficial to many people in the Bangor area. One item not mentioned, and… Read More
    Jon Reisman and his leadership at Keep Maine Free are building dangerous roads: The Red scare tactics they employ echo the disasters of the McCarthy era when populist causes and the lives of thousands of good Americans were demolished by black-listing and finger-pointing. Reisman claims… Read More
    Last June, a group of woodsmen got together to talk about a longstanding problem of unfair labor practices in the logging industry. Not knowing where to start, we decided to ask Gov. King, Sens. Snowe and Collins, and Rep. Baldacci to meet with us to see what, if… Read More
    THOMASTON — In three years, the Maine State Prison will vacate its home in Thomaston for a new one to be built on the other side of the St. George River in Warren. And when the state pulls out, nearly $4 million in payments to… Read More
    OLD TOWN — The City Council is seeking candidates for a vacancy on the school board in light of the resignation of one of its members. Cheryl McComish submitted her resignation effective Jan. 20 at last week’s school board meeting. In her letter to the… Read More
    BELMONT — A noontime fire ravaged the Augusta Road home of William Drinkwater, leaving unanswered questions in its wake. “I’m not sure if it’s suspicious or not, but I’m going to cover all the bases,” said Assistant Fire Chief Daniel Grass. “That’s why I’ve called… Read More
    WALDOBORO — The Mid-Coast Audubon Society says partial scholarships are available for the National Audubon Ecology Camp in Maine and the Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center for summer 1999. Tuition assistance is offered to adults and youths who live in the midcoast area and… Read More
    CAMDEN — The Camden Area YMCA will hold its first bench press competition at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. Only drug-free lifters will be allowed to participate, and awards will be given to the top three lifters in each men’s and women’s division. The $35… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The local chapter of the John Birch Society will show the video “The United Nations: A Look Into the Future” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Rockland Recreational Center, 44 Limerock St. Admission is free. For information, call 372-0553. Read More
    CAMDEN — Mark Burrows will lead this month’s “Conversation in the Thin Place” at the Camden Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29. His topic, “Night Vision: Depression & Epiphany,” will be designed to provide a time of reflection upon the soul’s “dark night”… Read More
    CAMDEN — A winter horticulture course will be held at Merry Gardens in Camden to benefit The Garden Institute. Classes will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., beginning Saturday, Feb. 6, and will meet at the greenhouses every Saturday through March 27. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    ROCKPORT — Dr. Judd M. Jensen has joined the medical staff at Penobscot Bay Medical Center. A graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago, he served residencies in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital, Washington University, in St. Louis, Mo.; and in neurology at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Rockland-Thomaston Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards banquet Thursday at the Samoset Resort in Rockport. The evening will begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. A buffet dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by an awards… Read More
    CALAIS — The owner of three vacant storefront properties on Main Street has offered to give them to the city on the condition that they be used temporarily as a middle school and that it be named for his brother. San Francisco developer Sidney Unobskey,… Read More
    CASTINE — Voters unanimously lifted a building moratorium at a special town meeting Monday night by accepting amendments to the Castine zoning ordinance. Townspeople had approved the ban on construction requiring conditional use permits in November, after a town-appointed attorney, Wayne Foote of Bangor, said… Read More
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    The Washington Academy chapter of the National Honor Society recently welcomed new members at the East Machias Congregational Church. They are seniors Dean McGuire, Greg Michaud, Rebecca Seeley and Kim Wood; juniors Shawn Davis, Melissa Hinerman and Megan Sullivan; and sophomore Theresa Michaud. Charlene Davis,… Read More
    MACHIAS — The first of a dozen films planned by the Alternative Film Series at the University of Maine at Machias will be a 1994 New Zealand production, “Once Were Warriors.” The film will be shown at 7:30 tonight in Room 102 of the UMM… Read More
    CASTINE — The first of six regional roundtable discussions by the Penobscot Bay Network and the Island Institute will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight in Leavitt Hall at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. The programs present information about major oceanography and ecology research… Read More
    VERONA — The Hancock County and Penobscot County Republican committees will meet Friday, Feb. 5, at the Verona Town Hall. Social hour is 6:30 p.m.; meeting and dinner are at 7 p.m. Rick Bronson will speak on the proposed east-west highway. Those attending the dinner… Read More
    HOULTON — Houlton voters will get the chance in March to decide if the town’s new multipurpose arena will have mechanical ice-making equipment, folding bleachers and a heated viewing room. By a nearly unanimous vote Monday night, the Town Council ordered that the proposed expenditure… Read More
    HOULTON — The Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to table indefinitely any action on the renewal of its contract with Houlton Cable TV. The move was intended to give council members and the town’s lawyers more time to negotiate an agreement that appealed to… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Aroostook County has received a federal designation that will offer more technical and financial assistance from governmental agencies, according to an announcement made Tuesday by U.S. Rep. John Baldacci. The region has been named a “Champion Community,” which resulted from the area’s… Read More
    CARIBOU — A proposed $5.8 million budget for 1999 was presented Monday night to the Caribou City Council that, if approved, would mean a 2-mill increase in property taxes. While the suggested spending plan has an increase in expenditures of less than 1 percent, the… Read More
    HOULTON — A 19-year-old man and a juvenile have been arrested in connection with a burglary last month at Ken’s Store on Calais Road. Matthew Clark and a 16-year-old boy, both from Houlton, have been charged with burglary, theft and criminal mischief in connection with… Read More
    FORT KENT — Voters have the final say on Fort Kent’s budget figures, but local officials will be at work during the next month to pare departmental budget requests that call for a budget increase of about $236,000, or about a 1.5 mill property tax increase. Read More
    PITTSFIELD — A Maine Veterans Services officer from the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management will be available to veterans, widows, and dependents 8:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 22 at the town office. For appointment, call 872-7846. Read More
    JACKMAN — A Maine Veterans Services officer from the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management will be available to veterans, widows and dependents 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at the town office. For appointment, call 872-7846. Read More
    FAIRFIELD — A 45-hour welding course, the last in the welding series, starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at Kennebec Valley Technical College. The course covers advanced methods and procedures including stainless steel, cast iron, white metal, MIG welding, solid-flux core wire and TIG. Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — A Maine Veterans Services officer from the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management will be available to veterans, widows and dependents 8:30 a.m.-noon Feb. 12 and 26 at the National Guard Armory. For appointment, call 872-7846. Read More
    CLINTON — Selectmen Gary Richards and Brant Winsor don’t like each other much. No one would argue with that. Ever since Richards won a seat on the Board of Selectmen and replaced Winsor as chairman, the two have butted heads. Neither trusts the other. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    CAMDEN — The amphitheater behind the Camden Public Library may be nominated for status as a National Historic Landmark, which was one outcome of a forum discussion at the Camden Opera House on the future of the historic designed landscape Tuesday night. The forum, billed… Read More
    What a wonderful opportunity awaits those who register for the daylong regional conference “The Arts in Our Schools, K-12,” to be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Ella P. Burr School, 215 Main St. in Lincoln. The conference is… Read More
    PORTLAND — A judge is hearing testimony this week on whether a 16-year-old boy accused of killing another teen-ager in a parking lot outside Denny’s restaurant in Portland should be prosecuted as a juvenile or an adult. Seiha Srey has pleaded innocent to a murder… Read More
    Record snows in Buffalo, N.Y., and Chicago. Record numbers of tornadoes in the country’s midsection. All-time low temperatures in Indiana and Maine. Double the normal amount of precipitation, coupled with an extended warm spell, in New York. What accounts for this month’s run of extreme weather?… Read More
    Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline L.L.C will hold contractor fairs to provide information on opportunities available to Maine companies during construction of the 200-mile mainline from Baileyville to Westbrook. Construction is scheduled to begin in February with drilling beneath the Androscoggin, Kennebec, Penobscot and St. Croix… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A panel of lawmakers on Tuesday postponed deliberation on a bill that would prevent Bowater Inc. from selling its hydroelectric power to whoever buys the Millinocket paper mill. The Legislature’s Utilities and Energy Committee postponed considering the bill introduced by Rep. Joe Clark,… Read More
    HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Scientists for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers maintain that drilling for oil and gas on the fish-rich Georges Bank wouldn’t hurt marine life. Biologist Ken Trudel of S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd. of Ottawa said Tuesday that existing data indicate… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft man who fatally shot his neighbor’s puppy in April 1998 — claiming it was self-defense — was convicted Tuesday of cruelty to animals. A jury of eight men and four women sitting in Piscataquis County Superior Court deliberated about an hour… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A retired judge Tuesday proposed legislation to decriminalize the growing of marijuana and to remove the added penalty for being in possession of a firearm when it is unrelated to a marijuana arrest. The Criminal Justice Committee heard preliminary testimony on both bills Tuesday. Read More
    BOSTON — Filene’s has agreed to pay $245,000 in penalties and refrain from unfair debt collection practices, the attorney general’s office announced Monday. Filene’s, which is owned by St. Louis-based The May Department Stores Co., did not admit to wrongdoing in the judgment obtained Friday… Read More
    BANGOR — Justice David G. Roberts, one of the state’s most experienced and respected jurists, died Tuesday. He was 70. Maine’s senior judge, Roberts retired only five months ago from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court after serving there for 18 years. Before that he served… Read More
    BATH — Bath Iron Works said Tuesday it will work with a Spanish shipbuilder and a division of defense giant Lockheed Martin to pursue contracts in the worldwide frigate market. BIW, a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp., said it signed an agreement with Espresa Nacional… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The potential use of the Internet for child abuse “scares the daylights out of me,” Rep. Michael J. McAlevey, R-Waterboro, told the Criminal Justice Committee on Tuesday. McAlevey submitted a bill to criminalize the solicitation of a child for an unlawful act by use of computer. Read More
    AUGUSTA — Frustrated deer hunters are hoping the Legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee will improve their prospects of bagging a big one by extending hunting hours and easing clothing restrictions. Two of the hunting bills heard Tuesday were developed by the Sportsman’s Alliance of… Read More
    After the fire that consumed the Liberty Community Hall was put out last weekend, one of the town selectmen declared the loss much more than physical. Of course it was sad, John Krueger said, that 170 years of irreplaceable town documents had been burned up. Read More
    AUGUSTA — An attorney for former board members with the Christian Civic League of Maine wants the organization’s executive director to be found in contempt of court for failing to comply with a court order. David Levesque of Kennebunk is requesting a hearing in Kennebec… Read More
    MILLINOCKET — The uncertainty surrounding the future of Great Northern Paper Co.’s Millinocket mill didn’t stop four local businesspeople from investing in this northern Maine community. The new owners of the local landmark known as the Katahdin General Store Inc. say they have no regrets. Read More
    This week presents a rare historic opportunity for Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, Maine’s distinguished U.S. senators. They have the power to bring our naton’s impeachment crisis to a sensible and just resolution. Continued inaction, delay, reliance on redundant witness testimony, dependency on others, or… Read More
    When the impeachment of President Clinton moved from the House to the Senate, the American public was told it now would see some real statesmanship, the majesty of representative democracy gloriously steeped in dignity, honor and tradition. Maybe it’s there; it’s just kind of hard… Read More
    At height of the Vietnam War, when the divisions among Americans were sharper than any time in the past half century, Sen. George Aiken of Vermont offered this “exit strategy” to the White House: “Declare victory … bring home the troops.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    WARREN, Vt. — A 14-year-old Maine youth died Tuesday in a skiing accident at Vermont’s Sugarbush resort. Daniel Cardillo of Falmouth, Maine, was skiing on a very icy Sugarbush trail when he lost control and hit a tree, Vermont State Police said. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    PORTLAND — The founder of a Scarborough company in the business of reselling long-distance telecommunications services was sentenced Tuesday to an additional 10 months in prison for violating his term of supervised release. Peter R. Bouchard, 37, of South Portland was handed a one-year sentence… Read More