College AT NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. NCAA Division III New England Regional championship Keene State men 59, Tufts 102, Williams 114, Bates 119, MIT 131, Brandeis 204, Bowdoin 222, Trinity 235, Coast Guard 255, Springfield 276, Amherst 325, Connecticut College 327, Middlebury 330, Westfield State 330,… Read More
    College AT BRISTOL, R.I. Roger Williams Invitational American International College 193.5, WPI 185, Roger Williams 111.5, Bridgewater State 101.5, Trinity 99, Tompkins-Corland 65.5, Wesleyan 55, Plymouth State 51, Southern Maine 48, MIT 47, Coast Guard 27, Navy Prep 27, Bryant 14.5, New York Maritime 9… Read More
    Preseason Women’s NIT MAINE vs. BOSTON COLLEGE 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
    ORONO – Raffi Wolf knocked in a goal and contributed two assists as the University of Maine beat Yale 4-1 for their first win of the season in women’s hockey action on Sunday at Alfond Arena. Princeton defeated Maine 3-1 Saturday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    CASTINE – Steve Tardif ended his collegiate career Saturday afternoon by rushing for 288 yards and six touchdowns as the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners defeated Framingham State 46-27. With more than eight minutes left in the game, Tardif was within 32 yards of breaking the… Read More
    College AT ORONO (Sunday) Northeastern (19-11) def. UMaine (0-21) 15-0, 15-0, 15-0 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
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    WATERVILLE – Oxford Hills appeared to have some first-half jitters during Saturday’s Pine Tree Conference football championship game at Drummond Field. One mometous run by T.J. Reese helped the Vikings settle down. Reese’s 55-yard jaunt midway through the third quarter set up the first of… Read More
    Local AT ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, Standish Run For The Health Of It 5k Top ten: 1. T.J. Hessler 16:25, 2. Roland Thibeault 17:12, 3. Charles Sheets 18:14, 4. Steven Vitner 18:27, 5. Mark Green 19.09, 6. Lucas Temple 19:35, 7. John Kabler 19:47, 8. Joe… Read More
    BELFAST – After scooting and hurdling, bashing and slashing his way to 348 rushing yards on 43 carries, Robbie Skillings offered the only explanation a humble young back can after a career-best effort in a career-defining game. “I just knew I had to run hard,”… Read More
    CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Senior center and co-captain Cory Larose has been a productive player throughout his University of Maine career as exhibited by his 142 points in 116 games to date. He took his game to another level on Sunday afternoon and his men’s… Read More
    LEWISTON — On the heels of an election victory that will help fund the conversion to digital, Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. will telecast the first-ever television digital signal in the state during a press conference at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16. MPBC will broadcast digitally… Read More
    SOUTH PORTLAND — The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine celebrated a major milestone as it fulfilled a 7-year-old cancer patient’s dream of a visit to Walt Disney World. Kelsi Knisley will travel to Florida on Monday with her parents from their home in Topsham, becoming the… Read More
    PORTLAND — Cumberland County deputies and corrections officers are being offered an intensive, monthlong course in Spanish that is believed to be the first of its kind in Maine. The idea is to provide law enforcement officers with the basic tools for dealing more effectively… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — The board of directors of Maine Public Service Co., at the company’s regular meeting Nov. 5, declared a quarterly dividend of 30 cents (annualized rate of $1.20 per share) on the company’s common stock, payable Jan. 1, 2000, to holders of record at the close… Read More
    PORTLAND — An entrepreneur exhorted software designers with his claim: “There’s no such thing as a low-tech industry or business.” Cliff Sharples speaks from experience. The former Colby College student has created a successful site on the World Wide Web dedicated to a low-tech endeavor:… Read More
    WATERVILLE — Workers at C.F. Hathaway Shirt Co. have approved a three-year contract that includes wage increases, an additional paid holiday and better health care benefits for employees. It’s the latest chapter in a rebound that started three years ago, when the company was in… Read More
    The rain had been drizzling down all Sunday morning. A nasty chill gusted through the wet air. Could there be a more perfect time for a little Beethoven and a little Mozart? The answer, of course, is no — except, when the Bangor Symphony Orchestra tuned up yesterday… Read More
    “Cokata Upo!” is the name the Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre gives to a lavish presentation of social dance which the company presented in fringed finery Friday, Nov. 12, at the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono. The title translates from Sioux as “come to the center,”… Read More
    Residents of Whiting are understandably upset about a marine communications company’s plans to erect a 330-foot-high tower in their town. Their concerns about intrusive lights blinking day and night, the possibility that space on the VHF tower could be leased for microwave transmissions, aesthetic issues and diminished property… Read More
    The second largest managed care company in the country, United Healthcare, now will allow physicians to make the final decisions regarding treatments for their patients. United, which covers 14.5 million people, said this stunning policy change was based on the fiscal reality that its review process was costing… Read More
    The redeeming feature of American politics — what saves some of us from becoming totally discouraged about its vagaries — is the dynamic quality of the system. When politicians and officeholders behave in a way the public despises, they usually alter their behavior. At the… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum aims to double its space for showing art by converting the old Newberry’s department store into four new galleries. Work will begin soon in the former department store that runs along Main Street. The 6,000-square-feet space will house the… Read More
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    How will we know when the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement begin to trickle down into our communities? How will it feel when the promises begin to bear fruit? Competitiveness will get a terrific boost, productivity will increase. You may wonder, does the working person… Read More
    I would like to bring an unjust situation to your attention. The armed services, in 1989, offered personnel a lump sum for taking an early release from the rest of their enlistment. This was done to save money. These soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines had an average of… Read More
    The concrete truck crash is Gouldsboro was no surprise. Anybody who drives on Route 1 or 1A knows many of the drivers of these vehicles have little or no regard for the driving public. Motorists driving less then 20 mph over the limit are tailgated so closely that… Read More
    CARIBOU — A Caribou man was arrested Sunday morning and charged with burglary and theft in connection with a Friday incident. Jeffery Sock, 19, was arrested at about 8 a.m. Sunday at the Westgate Trailer Park on Westgate Road, after police received a tip that… Read More
    CARIBOU — A head-on collision on Route 1 late Saturday morning injured three people. Matthew Sanfacon, 21, of Caribou was treated at Cary Medical Center in Caribou and released. Eric Still, 35, of Limestone was admitted to the hospital and was listed in stable condition… Read More
    OLD TOWN — Two local people remained in Penobscot County Jail on Sunday night, facing felony charges resulting from a brief but tense standoff with city police. Peter Leach, 32, and Barbara Wright, 31, both of Milford, face felony charges of criminal threatening with a… Read More
    ROCKLAND — A man who appeared to be missing under mysterious circumstances a week ago has been located, Chief Deputy Todd Butler of the Knox County Sheriff’s Department reported Friday. No more information was available. Todd Cochran, 27, of Warren had dropped off a friend… Read More
    A local man faces several charges after allegedly threatening several people with a kitchen knife early Sunday morning. Michael Smith, 19, of Bangor remained in Penobscot County Jail on Sunday evening facing a felony count of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon as well as… Read More
    SEARSPORT — The public is invited to the 2nd Congregational Church on Route 1 for an event designed to draw attention to the church’s nine Tiffany stained-glass windows. The church, which dates from 1819, will be decorated for the holidays for the open house, from… Read More
    SEARSPORT — A boat builder, a lawyer and a venture capitalist have joined the board of the Penobscot Marine Museum. Joining the board of trustees are Ralph Stanley, Peter J.P. Brickfield and Daniel K. Thorne. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    Once again our super-intelligent “big brothers who are looking after us dumbies” legislators have eroded our rights as U.S. citizens. From my earliest days in school I was taught that in America a person was innocent until proven guilty, but that in Canada or Great Britain you had… Read More
    HAMPDEN — More than 100 Girl Scouts filed into the Congregational church Saturday to get their feet wet. Yet it was really their hands that got wet as they tackled “hands-on” approaches to learning about freshwater ecology. Known as the Hampden Girl Scouts Science Day,… Read More
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    For more than a year now, Always Housing, a nonprofit organization with offices in Hampden, has been providing assisted-living services within the Greater Bangor area for adults between the ages of 21 and 55 who are clients of Maine’s Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse… Read More
    Northeast COMBAT received correspondence from John Wojdyla of Augusta asking for our assistance. In his letter he explained that four months previously he had ordered shop tools from the Tool Shed in San Francisco. Wojdyla went on to say, “I received a catalog through the mail. The tools… Read More
    AUGUSTA — The Maine State Housing Authority has awarded $695,000 to seven community groups to develop affordable housing for 78 low-income households. The housing includes assistance making homes affordable for low-income house buyers; housing for people with special needs; and affordable housing for low-income renters. Read More
    PORTLAND — Competition in Maine’s energy market is making its first appearance to the public in the form of television and print advertisements. A Presque Isle-based company called Energy Atlantic is airing television commercials and running print ads projecting an image of a Maine company… Read More