BUCKSPORT – Bucksport’s Kelly White fired a two-hitter, struck out eight, and didn’t walk a batter Thursday as her top-ranked Golden Bucks shut out No. 8 Caribou 14-0 at Wardwell Field in the quarterfinals of the Class B softball tournament. But even after all that,… Read More
OLD TOWN – So you’re Brian Tewhey, eight days removed from socking your first high school homer – a grand slam, of all things – and fate serves you this on a silver platter: A chance to do it again. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Strong’s Tracy Gordon was the runner-up in the Busch North points a year ago to Brad Leighton and is currently leading the series heading into Saturday night’s Primestar 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough. But on Thursday he was racking up black fly… Read More
BANGOR – After scoring a run in the first on Jim Shea’s single to left, Bangor’s players were breathing a little easier. All week long, they geared up for Mt. Blue starter Brett Demshar, the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year, who Bangor… Read More
OLD TOWN – Given the recent history between No. 4 Old Town and No. 5 Bangor – each team had beaten the other 3-1 this year, and last season a higher-ranked Indians team lost to the Rams in the semifinals – something had to give in Thursday’s Eastern… Read More
The devastating barn fire at Northern Maine Fairgrounds in Presque Isle early Tuesday morning that killed two trotters trained by Ray Ireland appears to have been caused by old, faulty wiring and is not suspicious, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Ireland, a veteran… Read More
BLUE HILL – Shannon Sirois led the No. 5 Stearns Minutemen with two doubles, a single and an RBI to upset defending Eastern Maine Class B champ and No. 4 seed George Stevens Academy 4-2 Thursday afternoon. Shena Pineau had two singles for Stearns of… Read More
HOLE-IN-ONE Peter Fournier BREWER – Peter Fournier hit a hole-in-one on the 166-yard fifth hole at Pine Hill Golf Club Thursday. Fournier used a 4-iron to notch the ace which was witnessed by Tom Bryant, Bob Bryant and Bill Meier. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Five of the six remaining members of the Colonial Athletic Association have expressed an interest in joining America East, according to a story published in Thursday’s Boston Globe. Three CAA members are leaving next year to join other conferences: East Carolina to Conference USA, Richmond… Read More
AUGUSTA – On June 17-18 there is free fishing on waterways throughout the state of Maine. Any person, except those whose licence has been revoked or suspended, may fish on June 17-18 without owning or purchasing a license. All other fishing regulations apply. The purpose… Read More
PORTLAND – On Saturday, South Portland High School will be the site of the first New England high school outdoor track championship held in Maine in 22 years. Each state may enter six competitors or teams in each event and an athlete may enter a maximum of four… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has passed a bill introduced by Sen. Susan Collins that will vastly improve the ability of organizations that procure organs for transplant patients to better perform their jobs by reforming the performance evaluation and certification process currently used for organ procurement organizations. Read More
BANGOR — It’s an oft-heard request in just about every town and city: Couldn’t we have more police presence in our neighborhoods? Yes, we can, according to Loren Cole, and that presence doesn’t necessarily have to come at the expense of municipal budgets. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
ROCKLAND — Brigs and schooners, once the primary means of hauling freight in and out of Maine, are now part of history, but the art of sailing them is alive and well. The opportunity to learn that art is available to a dozen Mainers later… Read More
PORTLAND — Two Louisiana police officers came to Maine this week to escort a Westbrook teen-ager back to Louisiana to face a charge that he murdered his grandmother. Gerard Breaux, 17, allegedly shot Marie Breaux in the head with a .38-caliber handgun in May 1999… Read More
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — An emergency dispatcher was suspended for failing to send an ambulance to a medical call early Sunday, town officials said. The dispatcher took a call about parents who wanted an ambulance to bring their child to the hospital at about 4… Read More
PORTLAND — Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Mark Lawrence wants to apply Maine’s prescription drug law to the rest of the nation. “It is an absolute outrage what has been going on with pharmaceutical costs,” Lawrence said at a news conference at Maine Medical Center on… Read More
PITTSFIELD — A little-known, and rarely enforced, state rule regarding the monitoring of low-pressure heating boilers has Pittsfield’s town manager so concerned that he is considering cutting back on the hours of operation of some town buildings to avoid costly inspections. Town Manager D. Dwight… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 4576, the fiscal year 2001 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill. It includes funding for projects at Bath Iron Works, Portland Valve and Saco Defense, according to U.S. Rep. John Baldacci. Also, the legislation provides a… Read More
WASHINGTON — President Clinton has expanded approval for federal disaster assistance in Maine following severe spring storms, flooding and ice jams in the state since March 28, U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have announced. On April 28, the president announced that six Maine… Read More
WASHINGTON — Small businesses from Maine and across the country are trying to focus their priorities into a fine point, sharp enough to prod Congress to listen to them. The National Federation of Independent Business is holding a summit in Washington this week to decide… Read More
Money magazine has rated Brunswick one of the top five retirement sites in America, calling it “a small, smart, culturally vibrant New England town” with plenty of learning opportunities, including Bowdoin College. Seniors may audit classes at Bowdoin for free and attend discounted seminars on… Read More
ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick — A 26-year-old New Brunswick man, who drove the vehicle that killed a University of Maine at Machias man, entered a guilty plea Thursday in St. Stephen Provincial Court. Richard Paul Nason was charged with failure to stop at the scene… Read More
AUGUSTA — Undergraduate students from four Maine technical colleges and university campuses were named 2000 George Mitchell Peace Scholars at a luncheon ceremony Monday in South Portland. The four students, who will travel to Ireland to study for a semester, were presented with framed certificates… Read More
PARSONSFIELD — A Portland Water District official says it may not be easy to defuse opposition to the district’s plan to spread tons of sewage sludge in woods in the New Hampshire border town. Treated sewage sludge is commonly used as fertilizer on farmland in… Read More
ORONO — State forest service officials who banned the importation of hemlock trees last month asked all homeowners Thursday to check their trees for the pest that could ravage the state’s commercial hemlock stands. The tiny insects, which can kill a tree in a matter… Read More
PORTLAND — An Auburn vending machine distributor awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to operating an illegal video poker business that federal prosecutors say netted up to $1,000 a day for the Eagles Club of Biddeford. Edmund Burke, 57, faces up to five years in prison… Read More
WASHINGTON — Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award a grant of $1.3 million to a tri-state consortium led by the Maine Department of Transportation for use in developing a corridor of economic growth, international and interregional trade along… Read More
AUGUSTA — Supporters of the fall referendum proposal to allow doctor-assisted suicides in Maine are outspending opponents by better than 3-1, according to the latest campaign finance reports. Reports on file Thursday said the political action committee Mainers for Death with Dignity raised $605,018 and… Read More
At Presque Isle High School, there’s a simple policy: Don’t bother bringing a pager or cellular telephone to school if you are a student. They’re not allowed. At Bangor High School, the rules are a bit more accommodating. If there is a pressing reason for… Read More
When the chief executives of the world’s largest computer processor and software companies both say there is not enough technological brainpower to go around, Congress should pay attention. That’s what happened on Tuesday, when Andy Grove, chairman of Intel, and Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft,… Read More
Sci Fi Channel’s newest offering offers a new twist on an old concept. “The Invisible Man,” debuting at 8 tonight, has little to do with the old Claude Rains movie. For one thing, it’s funny and sarcastic, in an indie-film kind of way. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Music was always a big part of Al Bryon’s life through his 89 years. So it’s little surprise that the Steuben man has been memorialized with an annual concert. This year’s Al Bryon Memorial Concert, the third in the series, will be held at 3… Read More
WASHINGTON — The government and manufacturers agreed Thursday to phase out use of one of the most widely applied pesticides because of concern that it poses health risks to children in homes, schools and parks. Still, the product may remain on store shelves until the end of 2001,… Read More
BREWER — A ring of ribbons from woodcarving shows, mostly blue, circles the walls of Harold Lord’s living room like a funky wallpaper border. But his greatest carving accomplishment is on the floor of the adjoining former office: a full-size re-creation of a wooden carousel horse. Read More
ORONO — The Museum of Art at the University of Maine is one of seven featured in the “Maine Art Museum Trail,” in the June edition of the American Art Review. The magazine article focuses on the history and permanent collection of the museum, located… Read More
LIMESTONE — Principal Paul Beaulieu has announced the top five graduating seniors for the Class of 2000 at Limestone Community School. The students are Shelly Marie LaBreck, Allison Dugal, Elizabeth Edgecomb and Nicholas A. Poitras. LaBreck is the daughter of Irma and James LaBreck of… Read More
BELFAST — It will be BOPP-’til-you-drop pingpong at the opera house this Friday. In what organizers are touting as a marathon event, Belfast’s West Bay squad will take on a team from Blue Hill in the first annual Belfast Opera Pingpong Tournament beginning at 6:30… Read More
VEAZIE — Taxpayers here should have a little extra money in their pockets next year, according to the latest budget numbers. Residents at the June 13 town meeting will consider the total town-school budget, up about $200,000 to $3.7 million. But while the total budget… Read More
GREENVILLE — With town funding secured, Greenville will continue its annual fireworks display on July 4. Town Manager John Simko said Central Maine Pyrotechnics had agreed last month to provide the Independence Day fireworks display provided residents approved the funds at the annual town meeting. Read More
TRENTON — A contradance will be held from 8 to 11:30 p.m., June 17, at the Trenton Grange, located at the intersection of Routes 230 and 3. Bennett Steward, an accomplished and popular dance caller from Thorndike will provide instruction for an evening of contradancing… Read More
ELLSWORTH — Bite the bullet. Fish or cut bait. All those cliches have come home to roost at City Hall as councilors wrestle to cut the total city budget and lower the increase in property taxes to their self-imposed limit of $1 per $1,000 of… Read More
BANGOR — Shaw’s Supermarkets Inc. has awarded Ryan Lynch of Glenburn a scholarship sponsored by the Northern Region of Shaw’s Supermarkets Inc. Shaw’s Supermarkets has offered scholarships for more than 30 years. Steve Silva, store manager, said that recipients show high scholastic achievement, high job… Read More
MILLINOCKET — John M. Jamo will be sworn in as the new postmaster of Millinocket on June 29. The oath of office will be administered by Elizabeth A. Johnson, district manager for the Maine district of the U.S. Postal Service. Jamo began his postal career… Read More
PENOBSCOT — The next monthly meeting of the Penobscot County Democratic Committee has been changed to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at the District Court Building on Franklin Street in Bangor. The change is for this month only. The annual Penobscot County Democratic Committee fund-raiser… Read More
BELFAST — City police are investigating the theft of a valuable silver porringer from a downtown antique store. Police Chief Allen Weaver said the theft of the Tiffany sterling silver bowl was discovered late Wednesday by Nancy Young, owner of 79 Wistful Vista on High… Read More
ROCKPORT — An Owls Head woman was killed in accident Thursday afternoon apparently caused when her husband ran a stop sign. Mary Harlow, 78, died at Penobscot Bay Medical Center about a half-hour after arriving by ambulance, the result of multiple injuries. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
MILO — Charlie Buzzell, R-Milo, has officially announced his bid to gain a seat in the Maine House of Representatives. “My concern for the future of this state and my district was the deciding factor for me,” Buzzell said about his decision to run for… Read More
Principal Terry Kenniston announced the honor parts for the graduating Class of 2000 at Old Town High School. The valedictorian is Nicolette Kimball, daughter of Cathy and Alan Kimball of Old Town. The salutatorian is Elena Lvin, daughter of Galina and Sergey Lvin of Old Town. Read More
CONNOR — A semiretired state supreme court justice was injured early Thursday afternoon when the car in which he was riding left the road and became airborne, according to police. The accident on U.S. Route 1 occurred when Marcella Violette, the wife of Justice Elmer… Read More
LINCOLN — After nearly a year, the search for a new school superintendent in SAD 67 is over. Frederick M. “Fred” Woodman, a 28-year educator, will assume his new duties as SAD 67 superintendent this summer. In a unanimous vote, the school board Wednesday voted… Read More
Sen. Olympia Snowe is being given a free pass for the Senate. For those who prefer a Democrat in all circumstances and at all times there is someone else to vote for, but for people who are grieved over the evils that pollute this nation and threaten its… Read More
Hutchinson-Whampoa has long-term leases on both ends of the Panama Canal. It also has a long-term lease on Freeport, a deepwater port in the Bahama Islands. Hutchinson-Whampoa is an arm of the People’s Liberation Army of Communist China. We have been told that the giveaway… Read More
A recent report released by the chairperson of a legislative task force on alternative transportation calls attention to a problem many have recognized for some time. Mobility is a crucial issue for almost everyone, and the loss of mobility is a loss of independence. That is a particularly… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Two Republicans from central Aroostook County are vying for the chance to represent the party in a race for the county commissioners District 2 seat. Richard A. Fortier of Caribou and Paul J. Underwood of Presque Isle face each other in the… Read More
WEST BATH — No charges will be brought against boys accused of acts that included holding a 9-year-old girl down on a school playground while one of them simulated a sex act, a prosecutor said Thursday. Sagadahoc County District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau said some of… Read More
PALMYRA — Maggie Kennedy is really nervous now. She doesn’t want to hang out her laundry, or work in her garden, or even casually walk to her car in the driveway. Sometime in the night between Wednesday and Thursday, a critter attacked her chicken coop… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Nature Conservancy is on an accelerated pace to reach its $50 million goal to purchase land for preservation throughout the state, and announced Thursday that it has received almost $2.2 million in recent months from 12 businesses. A thriving economy is being… Read More
The name may be new, but the faces are familiar. Turkey Hollow Consort will perform in the Al Bryon Memorial Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at the Milbridge Congregational Church. The trio is composed of three veteran Maine musicians: Tom Rowe, Dave Rowe… Read More
Bangor District Court Donna Ames, 51, Bangor, operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, $450, license suspended 90 days. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
Although the official registration date has passed, it’s still not too late for young people in this area, who have the desire to play baseball even though they are mentally or physically challenged, to do so. Thanks to the efforts of the Glenburn Little League,… Read More
From outside an Essex Street apartment early Thursday morning, a Bangor police officer could hear loud music and a man shouting something the officer couldn’t make out. From inside the apartment building, he heard the man shouting, “I’m gonna shoot you, I’m gonna shoot you.”… Read More
Presque Isle District Court Norman I. Willette, 25, Madawaska, assault, jail 60 days, suspended, probation one year. 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
I am in my early 40s. My four children, whom I was always close to, have grown to adulthood and moved on with their lives. I always spent every minute I could with them and now put my energies into the children at my church through teaching Sunday… Read More
An index item on Page One of Thursday’s City/Penobscot edition incorrectly stated that the town of Millinocket had adopted a school budget. The item should have stated the Millinocket school committee adopted a school budget. Read More
CAMDEN — Three candidates for two seats on the Board of Selectmen faced off in a candidates forum Thursday night that brought little in the way of disagreement. The sharpest difference among the three emerged on a question about a ballot article that voters will… Read More
BAR HARBOR — A pesky issue from the town’s past has resurfaced this summer as some residents have raised concerns about lack of regulation on short-term residential rentals, a topic which raised hackles around the community in 1994. According to Town Manager Dana Reed, it… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A proposed $7.36 million budget for the operation of SAD 68 schools will need voter action at the district budget meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, at the Morton Avenue Elementary School. A public information meeting on the budget, which reflects a… Read More
CALAIS — Shoppers will have an opportunity to collect more than just groceries at the Shop ‘n Save today — they can get a health screening that could make a difference in their lives. From 1 to 4 p.m. at the store on South Street,… Read More
BREWER — City councilors this week voted to purchase a new ladder truck for the city’s Fire Department, an investment officials say will pay off in terms of safety. According to Fire Chief Rick Bronson, the department’s officers unanimously voted to recommend that the city… Read More
EDDINGTON — Eddington Town Manager Pamela Violette has decided to return to the position from which she resigned last month. Violette, who recently accepted the position of town clerk in nearby Milford, said Thursday that she has given notice in Milford and plans to return… Read More
ROCKPORT — Voters coming to the polls on Tuesday face a full plate of local issues in addition to the two school budgets and legislative primaries. The hot topic in town has been a petition showdown between supporters of the Maine Coast Artists gallery and… Read More