ORONO – Bangor High School junior varsity pitcher Derrick Shain hasn’t pitched much in his first American Legion baseball season. Coming into the opening game of the Zone 1 Invitational, Shain didn’t even have a decision. Early on, it appeared Shain’s first decision might be… Read More
University of Maine hockey coach Shawn Walsh was listed in stable condition after undergoing surgery Friday in Boston to remove a cancerous kidney, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Walsh’s surgegon told WCSH-TV that the surgery went well. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Sumner of East Sullivan’s Brendan O’Keefe and Noel Beagle of Gorham have been named the 2000 Maine Gatorade High School Track and Field Athletes of the Year for boys and girls, respectively. O’Keefe, a Gouldsboro resident, is distance star who will run for Brown University… Read More
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Golf Magazine has ranked Sugarloaf 20th in the Top 100 Courses You Can Play in the United States survey. Sugarloaf has held the 20th position in that ranking since 1998. Sugarloaf also has plans to begin significant capital improvements. On June 22,… Read More
There is an old saying in horse racing: “a good horse can support himself and a great horse can support a barn full.” John and Ninon Lohnes of Union have had their barn full for a long time. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BANGOR – Megan Look connected for two doubles and a single Friday as Machias rolled to a 19-9 softball victory over Bangor in District 3 play in the ages 9-10 division. Carla Fritz doubled and singled for the winners, while Kayla Wood singled twice. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor Wal-Mart will sponsor a fundraiser in front of the store Saturday, July 15 (10 a.m.-5 p.m.), to benefit Ricky Craven Charities. Craven will make a special guest appearance at the event, which will raise money and awareness for the four organizations Craven supports through… Read More
Sam Wilbur has waited four years for the chance to compete at another Olympic trials. He has run thousands of miles and spent hours honing his steeplechase skills with hurdle drills. And he was having one of the best outdoor seasons of his career –… Read More
BANGOR – Scott Hackett smacked a three-run double to highlight a six-run fifth inning Friday that carried Bangor East to a 6-3 victory over Bucksport in District 3 Little League all-star playoff action in the ages 11-12 division. Mike Varney and Ryan Jones each singled… Read More
ORONO – K.C. Jones is out of the national basketball spotlight, but he’s happy as an assistant coach for a rebuilding University of Rhode Island women’s team. The former Boston Celtics great, now 68, was eager to help boost the women’s game as a head… Read More
HOLE-IN-ONE Ryan Soucie LINCOLN – Ryan Soucie of Medway recorded a hole-in-on on the 10th hole at JaTo Highland Golf Course Tuesday. Soucie used an 8-iron on the 179-yard hole and the shot was witnessed by Bob Lebretton of Medway. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Newburgh’s Ricky Craven says there’s nothing like home cooking. Sunday afternoon’s Jiffy Lube 300 Winston Cup race, which will be under the pall of Winston Cup driver Kenny Irwin’s death in a Friday practice accident, will see Craven start in the fifth spot. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
A story about Speedway 95 Friday should have reported that the track will add three races during the Spectacular Hermon Fair from July 14 to July 22, not the Bangor State Fair. Read More
LEEDS — Wearing manure-covered sneakers, a striped railroad cap and an old pair of baggy twill pants, John Nutting looks unlike a state senator while cleaning milking stalls in his barn, with his wife, Sandi. Yet for his role as chairman of the Legislature’s Agriculture… Read More
BANGOR — A Bangor man who groped a 12-year-old boy at the city’s public library last November was sentenced Friday to spend the next four years behind bars. Robert W. West Jr., 35, was sentenced in Penobscot County Superior Court to five years in prison… Read More
HERMON — The day before Ryan Matarazzo killed himself was like most others. The tall, skinny 15-year-old spent the early part of Sunday with his mom, stepdad and grandmother, who has her own quarters in the family’s home on a quiet side street in this… Read More
It’s become something of a biennial tradition: The review of how much Maine’s top administrators are paid, accompanied by comparison to pay rates elsewhere and the requisite question: Does Maine pay its public officials too much? This time around, the focus in recent news reports… Read More
BANGOR — Three former employees of two Augusta radio stations have filed a lawsuit against the corporation that until recently owned those stations, and two of its executive officers. Kristi Cates of Gorham, Michelle English of Belgrade and Gloria Charczenko of Monmouth claim they were… Read More
BANGOR — Bangor International Airport announced Friday the commencement of seasonal flights to New York City on American Eagle, a regional airline subsidiary of American Airlines. Flights will depart from Bangor at 7 a.m., bound for New York’s La Guardia Airport, with return flights landing… Read More
TOWNSHIP 10 — State police arrested a 45-year-old woman Friday after finding her live-in boyfriend shot to death in the mobile home they shared on Route 182. Malia Lowry was arrested without incident at the home of her daughter in Columbia on Friday afternoon and… Read More
BANGOR — A Veazie man charged with ramming his car into a Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department cruiser in January, prompting a showdown with the deputy, was arrested Friday after investigators reported he failed a required drug test. As part of his bail conditions as he… Read More
It had been a long time since I’d wandered the twists and turns of Bangor’s Creative Playground, keeping tabs on two wide-eyed youngsters who thought the place was heaven itself. But hearing about the city’s plans to demolish the popular wooden landmark at Hayford Park… Read More
ORONO — The planned Thursday opening of EnvisioNet’s temporary facility here hit a snag after the unexpected loss of a contract, according to company officials. Some employees reporting for the Thursday afternoon shift at the Orono branch of the Brunswick-based Internet support company were turned… Read More
With the assistance of a $2,500 grant from the Maine Community Foundation, the Friends of Fort Knox officially launched its Saturday Performing Arts Series last week at Maine’s most visited historic site on the banks of the Penobscot River in Verona. “What this represents by… Read More
AUGUSTA — Legislative leaders conferred with Gov. Angus King on Friday, exploring options for addressing what administration officials describe as a severe shortage of prison guards. Details of the discussion were not immediately available, but more talks involving King, Senate President Mark Lawrence and House… Read More
PORTLAND — A U.S. Drug Enforcement agent testified Thursday that civilians who monitored the first telephone wiretap used in a criminal investigation in Maine were properly supervised. Special Agent Brian Boyle said he conducted the wiretap that led to a fatal drug raid at a… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Maine court system will open a new statewide text telephone system, or TTY, starting July 10; making it possible for people who are deaf or hearing-impaired to communicate directly with the clerks of courts offices. The TTY telephones have been installed in… Read More
Maine cranberry growers won’t be directly affected by the USDA’s decision Thursday to limit production of this year’s crop, according to Clyde MacDonald, executive director of the Maine Cranberry Growers Association. But any action that reduces the country’s cranberry surplus is a positive step for Maine growers, he… Read More
PORTLAND — A unionization vote by nurses at Maine Medical Center could be held as early as late August. Weary of mandatory overtime and staff shortages, nurses asked the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday to schedule a vote on their bid to seek representation… Read More
WATERBORO — A Waterboro man faces a string of charges after a violent encounter with six York County sheriff’s deputies that left one deputy with a dog bite and others with minor injuries. The scuffle took place after two deputies arrived Thursday at the home… Read More
In the year 2012, a “rogue” Middle Eastern nation launches ICBM missiles with nuclear warheads targeted on Washington, D.C., and London. The deadly salvo is picked up by a U.S. defense system consisting of three launching sites, three command centers, five communications relay stations, 15 radars, 29 satellites… Read More
Former crew of the USS Biddle will hold a reunion Sept. 28-Oct. 1 at Baltimore, Md. Contact Gus Harris, 10819 Belmont Drive, New Port Richey, Fla. 34654, telephone (813) 842-3020. Former crew of the USS Breckenridge will hold a reunion Sept. 28-Oct. 1 at Baltimore,… Read More
The Fourth of July interlude has discombobulated the entire week, throwing most people off their feed and putting me dangerously close to being up Deadline Creek without a column. Monday, caught between Sunday’s alleged day of rest and Tuesday’s Independence Day holiday, was a lost… Read More
Maine recently marked the first year anniversary of the removal of Edwards Dam in Augusta, which is fast becoming a national symbol for river restoration. It can be more than that, though, in provoking further discussion about how Maine will look in the coming decades. Read More
THE VOYAGE, by Phillip Caputo, Alfred A. Knopf, 1999, hardcover, 420 pages $26. On a misty June morning in 1901, teen-agers Nathaniel, Drew and Eliot Braithwaite are preparing for their annual summer sailing trip in Penobscot Bay aboard the family’s schooner, Double Eagle. But their… Read More
The University of Maine at Presque Isle will receive a $2,000 New Century Arts & Heritage grant from the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine Arts Commission to fund the pilot research phase of a documentary film that will examine the history of the institution. Read More
Bangor — Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Parish, 768 Ohio St., summer schedule July 1-2 through Sept. 2-3, will be: Saturday Vigil Mass, 4 p.m.; Sunday Masses, 7 a.m., 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Call 945-5018. Orono — Summer Sunday worship services at the Orono United… Read More
FACE DOWN BENEATH THE ELEANOR CROSS, by Kathy Lynn Emerson, St. Martin’s, 2000, 280 pages, $23.95 Elizabethan England comes to life again in Kathy Lynn Emerson’s fourth mystery featuring herbalist and amateur sleuth Susanna, Lady Appleton. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
THE ORPHAN SEAL, written by Fran Hodgkins, illustrated by Dawn Peterson, Down East Books, Camden, 2000, paperback, 32 pages, $9.95. A baby seal is torn from his mother by a storm. Even after he has freed himself from the pounding surf and struggled to shore,… Read More
MABEL TAKES A SAIL, written by Emily Chetkowski and illustrated by Dawn Peterson, J.N. Townsend Publishing, Exeter, N.H., 2000, paperback, 45 pages, $10.50. Two years ago I fell in love with a spunky little Tibetan terrier. In “Mabel Takes the Ferry,” the canine heroine left… Read More
Two Maine fiction writers were recently awarded the Maine Community Foundation’s Martin Dibner Fellowship for Maine writers. Glenburn writer Kathleen Lake and Portland writer Tanya Whiton were selected from 11 applicants to receive a monetary award to help with living expenses while they complete work on current fiction… Read More
WOMEN OF THE DAWN by Bunny McBride, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Neb., 1999; 152 pages, hardcover, $22. The last four centuries have brought unspeakable suffering to the native people of North America. By the 1700s more than 90 percent of them, in some estimates,… Read More
It was the middle of November when Maureen Farr sold her first artwork in a restaurant gallery on Deer Isle. With the busiest part of the season over in Maine for that year, she was provoked by the unexpected success. If her pieces were selling in the fall,… Read More
ON THE TRAIL OF ELDER BROTHER: GLOUS’GAP STORIES OF THE MICMAC INDIANS, by Michael B. Running Wolf and Patricia Clark Smith, Persea Books, New York, 2000, 148 pages, hardcover, $17.95; includes glossary of Micmac words. After the ice storm of 1998, if you remember, everything… Read More
Her first victim fell face down into a pie. The second was found upon an open book, the third, among some geese, the fourth, beneath a cross. The next to die will be discovered under an elm tree. All the men and women who die… Read More
His face is familiar to symphony-goers since he has played with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra for 15 years. Yet, the Bolivian-born cellist has another passion, one few of his fellow musicians know anything about. Juan Condori, 43, plays guitar in the classical style he learned… Read More
ROCKLAND — An inattentive bicyclist, who ran into a car that was stopped at the intersection of Granite Street and Broadway on Thursday, suffered minor injuries. John Bonney, 16, of Rockland was traveling south on the sidewalk of Broadway when his bicycle hit a 1988… Read More
BAILEYVILLE — The Georgia-Pacific Corp. announced Friday it will suspend paper production for one week due to prevailing market conditions. The shutdown affects 125 employees and will begin Monday, July 10. The paper production unit is expected to resume operations July 17, according to a… Read More
Lori Drinkwater, 36, of San Francisco, formerly of Bangor, and Dimitra Perouka, a 68-year-old Greek woman, died after the two cars in which they were passengers crashed in a head-on collision on a highway near the northwestern Greek city of Ioannina on June 19, according to Greek police. Read More
ELLSWORTH — The story of Miss Muffin will be presented at the Ellsworth Public Library. Author Thomas St. Claire will participate in the “Summertime Delights in Reading” event at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, in the Riverview Room. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
EAST SULLIVAN — Hancock County Friends of the Arts will sponsor its 30th anniversary of free shows for children. On Tuesday, July 11, performances will begin with Maine’s own Randy Judkins at the old Farmstead Barn on Route 1. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
WATERVILLE — A search for an 86-year-old man ended Thursday when he was found dead in a car in front of the residential care facility that reported him missing. Albert Piper was found at about 3:30 p.m., slumped over in the front seat of another… Read More
GARDINER — A Portland man was killed and four people were hurt in a car crash on Route 201 on Friday. Martin Cates, 33, died in the 11:14 a.m. crash. Cates was driving north, crossed the center line and crashed head-on in to a minivan,… Read More
ROCKLAND — A motorcyclist was uninjured when his bike struck a station wagon that pulled into the path of his 1998 Kawasaki, Rockland police Deputy Chief Wallace Tower said Friday. Laura Larkin, 44, of Rockland was traveling west on Park Street in a 1993 Ford… Read More
ROCKLAND — A Jeep Cherokee and a utility trailer owned by the Trade Winds Motor Inn were stolen Wednesday morning and recovered later that day, according to city police Friday. The Jeep and trailer were reported missing at 8 a.m., Deputy Chief Wallace Tower said,… Read More
BELFAST — A Lincolnville man will spend 60 days in jail after pleading guilty Friday to charges of tax evasion and theft by misapplication. Donald L. Symington, 41, of Lincolnville was sentenced on charges in Waldo County Superior Court. Justice Francis Marsano handed down concurrent… Read More
ROCKLAND — A cash drawer on the Monhegan tour boat was drained of more than $1,000 earlier this week, police Deputy Chief Wallace Tower said Friday. The motor vessel Monhegan, a tour boat docked in Rockland Harbor, was broken into sometime Tuesday or Wednesday. The… Read More
PORTLAND — Tipper Gore stopped in at Portland’s working waterfront Friday to talk about health care and other topics as she promoted her husband’s presidential campaign and campaigns of Maine Democrats. “I think we should make sure that all children have health care coverage,” she… Read More
BAR HARBOR — Author and garden designer Julie Moir Messervy will present the Champlain Society Distinguished Lecture at College of the Atlantic. Her presentation, with slides, is titled “The Music Garden” and will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, on the north lawn at… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Elaine Hendrickson, an eighth-grade teacher at Skyway Middle School, will embark July 12 on a two-week trip for educators to learn more about the Nazi-conceived Final Solution. The Third Mission to Poland, sponsored by the Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine, includes… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — Two local men were sitting Friday in the Aroostook County Jail after being charged earlier this week in connection with the burglary of Beverage Warehouse on Main Street, according to local police. Travis Akerson, 19, and William Keohane, 30, are charged with… Read More
WILLIMANTIC — The Willimantic Civic Association is sponsoring a townwide yard sale starting at 9 a.m. July 22. Hot dogs and drinks will be offered for sale by the association at the Town Hall. Residents will hold their own yard sales throughout the town. Read More
WATERVILLE — A Waterville teen-ager was arrested Friday morning after he decided to “test the apathy” of residents by waving what proved to be a cap gun in a public square, police said. Waterville police began receiving calls about the youth shortly before 7 a.m. Read More
It is heartwarming to know that when a family is in need there are many people willing to donate time and money to help. I am the aunt of James Gerard, the 17-year-old who was stricken with aggressive Hodgkin’s Disease. James fought a tough battle for what I… Read More
While watching and enjoying the wonderful Fourth of July parade, I noticed many people on the floats were giving candy to the youngsters along the route. A couple of children began to eat the candy and threw the wrappers on the ground. I heard one of the youngsters… Read More
A subheadline on a story in Friday’s Maine Day incorrectly stated the amount of a fine levied against a Caribou funeral director convicted of growing marijuana. John Lancaster was fined $1,900, as stated in the story. Read More
How much longer do we have to put up with valuable editorial space being wasted on the group Mainers for Immigration Reform? One month we read about the immigrant hordes inflating our welfare roles; the next month they are stealing high-paying technical jobs from “true” Americans. Read More
The debate on the methadone clinic has left out many important questions that are vital to those who may need help. Would treatment at the clinic be free or based on the ability to pay? And how about the alternative that has been proposed? Who… Read More
The July 5 article titled, “State House may get Georgian lift,” contains a few inaccuracies, perhaps by the writer or perhaps by the source, chief architect Richard Burt. The gist of the article is that there are no open granite quarries in Maine except in Deer Isle, which… Read More
MEDWAY — Next week, volunteers will conduct a door-to-door income survey of at least 350 residents as part of a grant application the town is seeking to build a new town garage-fire station. Administrative Assistant Kathy Lee said the income survey is a single-page document,… Read More
Bangor police arrested a Highland Lane couple early Thursday morning after both ignored repeated warnings to quiet down and one struck a neighbor with an aluminum cane. Bangor police charged Charles L’Herault, 37, with assault and disorderly conduct and his wife, Gayle L’Herault, 39, was… Read More
ORONO — Maine Summer Youth Music, the University of Maine’s popular summer music camp, will bring more than 400 student musicians to the campus between July 9-29. The junior camp for pupils in grades 6-8, July 9-14, is celebrating its 20th year. Senior camp, for… Read More
George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill Fourth quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Michelle Astbury, Darlene Baker, Jason Byrd, Haley Malm, Erin McCormick, Katherine Mrozicki, Courtenay Pettigrew and Benjamin Smith; honors: Lukas Abrahamson, Abigail Allen, Hannah Allen, Nicole Allen, Sally Blake, Daniel Bouthot, Sarah Caldwell-Washburn, James… Read More
GUILFORD — After months of delay, a new 500,000-gallon water reservoir serving Guilford and Sangerville is operational. Trustees of the Guilford-Sangerville Water District have not decided whether to penalize contractor S.W. Young Construction of Rumford for not completing the project by the Jan. 4 deadline… Read More
GREENVILLE — A philanthropic endowment has awarded North Country Healthy Communities about $60,000 a year for the next two years to help improve the quality of health in the Moosehead Lake region. The Bingham Program, based at New England Medical Center in Boston and which… Read More
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BANGOR — A contract for less than $100,000 doesn’t usually come before all nine city councilors, but the finance committee has tossed them the ball on this one. During its 7:30 p.m. meeting Monday at City Hall, the panel will vote on the purchase of… Read More
Wisdom High School Fourth quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Kristy Dubois; honors: Mark Chamberland, Julie Chasse, Aaron Desjardins, Jesse Levesque, Trevor Lizotte, Debra Lowe and Lisa Ouellette. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The cooperation and spirit shown by residents in 1997 during a homecoming celebration that recognized the unity of Dover and Foxcroft were so great that organizers agreed then to hold similar celebrations each year. Those celebrations have grown from an estimated 15,000 visitors… Read More
I was disappointed to read the July 5 commentary by Calais resident Leah McLean titled, “Political process cause for concern in Calais schools.” Crying sour grapes and pointing angry fingers at the Department of Education and the state Board of Education is not the way to gain their… Read More
ROCKPORT — Any hopes that the dispute between Maine Coast Artists and its neighbors was in its final chapter were dashed Friday. Cliff Goodall, attorney for the nonprofit gallery, said he was preparing to file a brief Monday appealing the most recent Knox County Superior… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — Despite increases in property taxes that could be as much as 33 percent, voters in SAD 77 approved a $4.43 million school budget Thursday. The budget — a 12.11 percent increase over last year’s school spending plan — did not pass quickly. Read More
ROCKLAND — Another “big box” retail store is considering buying the property that Wal-Mart wanted to use to build a “supercenter.” In a letter to Mayor James Raye dated June 29, real estate agent Douglas Erickson of SoundVest Properties in Rockland objected to a zone… Read More
A group of Navy rescuers credited with pulling dozens of lost and injured people from Maine’s woods and waters have been grounded while their aging helicopters are repaired. The loss of Brunswick Naval Air Station’s pair of aging HH-1N “Hueys” could delay helicopter rescue missions… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The state’s top judge went into the trenches this week when he temporarily assumed the duties of Superior and District court benches in Presque Isle and Caribou. While Chief Justice Daniel Wathen presided over a divorce Thursday in Aroostook County Superior Court… Read More
BELFAST — The City Council is pondering enactment of a moratorium that could put a stranglehold on commercial development well into next year. The council will hold a public workshop at the First Church at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, to discuss the proposal. The… Read More
BANGOR — Franklin Street will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday, July 10, as construction crews begin replacing the superstructure of the bridge carrying the street over Kenduskeag Stream, according to the Department of Transportation. The contract for the project, designed to replace the… Read More
BELGRADE — Cultural Homestay International, a nonprofit educational exchange program, is seeking host families for exchange students from Europe, Asia and South America. Exchange students bring their own spending money; host families would provide an American-family experience and room and board. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
PORTLAND — A Lewiston man has admitted to possessing a computer that had images of child pornography stored in it. Daniel Cook, 39, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to a charge of possession of materials containing child pornography. The Maine Computer Crimes Task… Read More