PORTLAND – Minor League Baseball has awarded the 2000 John H. Johnson President’s Trophy to the Portland Sea Dogs. This award will be presented to Sea Dogs’ President and General Manager Charlie Eshbach at the annual Baseball Winter Meetings, which are being held next week… Read More
    Bangor’s Jesse Speirs recently tied for first place in a junior golf tournament at Myrtle Beach, S.C. Speirs, 13, fired a six-under-par 66 in the first round of the George Holiday Memorial Classic played on the Myrtle Beach National Golf Course, Nov. 24-25. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Former University of Maine All-American Steve Kariya of the Vancouver Canucks was demoted to the IHL’s Kansas City Blades on Thursday. Kariya, younger brother of Anaheim Mighty Ducks superstar Paul Kariya, had one goal and seven assists in 16 games with… Read More
    Each December for the past three and a half decades a few basketball teams head to Bangor for an early-season tournament test. Most of the time, they head back to their campuses having watched the host Husson College Braves win the trophy emblematic of a… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Sarah Walsh pumped in 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds Thursday night to lead the White Mules to an 86-52 women’s basketball victory over Gordon College of Wenham, Mass. Colby’s Kim Condon scored 16 points. Jasmine Ashe and Carli Parisella added 13 and… Read More
    MAINE vs. NORTHEASTERN Time, site: Friday, 7 p.m., Alfond Arena, Orono; Sunday, 2 p.m., Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland 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;… Read More
    Harness racing at Bangor’s Bass Park in the year 2002 was one of the agenda items at the Tuesday meeting of the Bass Park Advisory Committee. The BPAC is composed of Bangor City Council members, Bangor Auditorium staff and legal counsel who make recommendations to… Read More
    NATCHITOCHES, La. – The University of Maine came agonizingly close Thursday night to earning its first road victory of the season. Instead, the Black Bears threw it away. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    It is a diverse group drawn together by the experiences they had and the impact they made at the University of Maine. The five recent inductees into the University of Maine’s Sports Hall of Fame said they will always have a special place in their… Read More
    CALAIS – More than two dozen Washington County communities were left scrambling to replace ambulance service Thursday after the current provider announced operations would cease next week. Months of uncertainty about the future of McGovern Ambulance Service came to an end when owner Dana McGovern… Read More
    PORTLAND -A former Bonny Eagle High School student has been handed a four-month jail term for making a bomb threat at the school, a sentence school officials hope will deter others who regard such threats as harmless pranks. Mary Jo Moore, 19, of Hollis also… Read More
    After announcing it is trying to recapture afternoon listeners by cutting opera broadcasts beginning Saturday, Maine Public Radio has triggered a whirlwind of outrage. “We knew we were going to have a short-term negative reaction,” said MPR President Rob Gardiner optimistically. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    The addresses for two meetings in Orono were not published in Thursday’s scene. The Orono Historical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at 133 Main St., and the Esther Eayres Chapter, DAR, will meet at noon, Dec. 4 at 124 Main St. An… Read More
    The following contributions have raised the Santa’s Helper Fund past 10 percent of its goal. Our hope is to meet or surpass $50,000 by Dec. 31. If you are considering giving a donation, please send it today and join the following people and organizations who are sharing with… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – “Buckshot,” the young bobtail cat from Monson that survived multiple pellet wounds to its head, was adopted Thursday by an Orono wildlife rehabilitator. The cat’s tale of nine lives apparently tugged at the heartstrings of Maine residents because the local veterinary service treating… Read More
    PORTLAND – A study of more than 9,000 women in Maine suggests a link between a thyroid condition and miscarriage late in pregnancy. The study, published last week in a European medical journal, found that women who have an underactive thyroid are four times more… Read More
    AUGUSTA – In his eight years in the Maine Senate, Mark Lawrence worked his way through term limits, a tumultuous government shutdown, and the replacement of two politicians who were considered institutions – House Speaker John Martin and Senate President Charles Pray. On Thursday, the… Read More
    BIDDEFORD – A man once charged with fatally running over his girlfriend has settled his case against an insurance company over her life insurance benefits. Murder charges against Raymond Wood, formerly of Waterboro, were dropped in May after a judge ruled that his confession to… Read More
    AUGUSTA – If the state equips students with laptop computers, the schools – not the students – should own them, according to members of a task force studying the issue. The 17-member panel has not taken its final votes, but some members say the consensus… Read More
    THOMASTON – A Maine State Prison inmate who was found dead in his cell May 23 died of acute methadone toxicity, according to the State Medical Examiner’s Office. Warden Jeffrey Merrill said Thursday that he had just received the medical examiner’s report on Thomas Thurston’s… Read More
    ORONO – The Maine Chapter of Children’s International Summer Villages is now accepting applications for delegates in multinational camps and exchange programs next summer. Applications are open to 11- to 18-year-olds. CISV offers international and local programs that foster global friendships and cross-cultural understanding. CISV… Read More
    PORTLAND – A Bridgton man has been sentenced to 121/2 years in prison for selling cocaine. Nathan Wade Conley, 27, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two counts of distributing the drug. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    The Bangor Festival of Lights parade is going to be terrific this year, according to Rotary Club parade organizer Deb Farnham and Steve Robbins of Bangor Center Corp. The parade begins at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Fleet Center on Exchange Street and… Read More
    Aroostook County Superior Court CARIBOU – The following cases were processed this week in Aroostook County Superior Court by Justice Jeffrey Hjelm: 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
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    PRESQUE ISLE – Works of art by Cheryl Lovely will be featured in an exhibition opening Saturday and continuing through Jan. 26, 2001, in the Reed Art Gallery at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. The exhibit, the Invitational Exhibition Award One-Person Show, is… Read More
    Machias District Court Steven K. Lomax, 47, Little Lepreau, New Brunswick, wholesaling seafood without supplemental license, $136. 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
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    MADAWASKA – The Madawaska Board of Selectmen agreed Wednesday night to support the creation of a Tax Increment Financing [TIF] District in the future for a major investment at the Fraser Papers Inc. paper mill. Details on the project were minimal because a reporter raised… Read More
    LIMESTONE – In celebration of Limestone’s Holiday Open House, HORIZONS Limestone Health Center staff will offer free blood pressure screenings from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at the health center at 87 Access Highway. For more information, call 768-4833. Read More
    BANGOR – The future of Georgia-Pacific Corp.’s Woodland pulp and paper mill remains unknown after the papermaker completed its purchase of Fort James Corp., including its Old Town mill, for $11 million this week. In late August, a G-P spokesman confirmed that the Woodland facility… Read More
    CARIBOU – A New Sweden juvenile denied allegations lodged against him in district court Thursday involving the death of a 17-year-old Woodland teen-ager in a car crash last July. Nathan Anderson, now 17, has been charged with manslaughter and reckless conduct in the death of… Read More
    MADAWASKA – An oversight at Fraser Papers Inc. last May – the company missed a 60-day deadline for filing papers with the state – could have cost the company $1.6 million in state reimbursement of property taxes. But town and state officials have come to the rescue. Read More
    HAMPDEN – Northeast Sky Artists Inc. of Hampden, owners of Blue Hill Pyrotechnics, has expanded to include a U-Haul rental dealership and a limousine service. The new businesses are located at Blue Hill Pyrotechnics’ main office at 176 Ammo Park off the Odlin Road in Bangor. For more… Read More
    PORTLAND – Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. has announced that it has agreed to sell its direct marketing division, GGDirect, to a partnership formed by Bill Sweeney, the company’s president, and Ted Woodward, who joined GGDirect from L.L. Bean earlier this year. GGDirect is a direct… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – John P. Reeves, chairman of the board of Bar Harbor Bankshares, has announced a recent vote by the board of directors to pay 19 cents per share cash dividend Dec. 15 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 27. Bar Harbor Bankshares is a public… Read More
    BANGOR – “On the Road to Excellence – Charting Your Course, Making the Trip” is the theme for four information-packed sessions from February through April 2001 intended to help organizations accelerate their business performance and challenge their competition. A joint project between the Maine Small Business Development Centers… Read More
    BANGOR – PIPCo, the Professional Inventory Protection Co., at 552 Hammond St. has opened to provide tangible asset protection to businesses and private citizens throughout central, northern and eastern Maine. For more information and a free quote, call 942-5995 or toll-free 1-866-GoPIPCo. Read More
    MILO – It has been more than 30 years since the town has had a jewelry store, but Sue Strout of Milo is about to change that when Jewelry by Sue has its grand opening from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. The new store is… Read More
    BANGOR – Allen McRae, CEO of the North Star Companies, has announced the opening of offices at Hancock Place, 304 Hancock St., in Bangor. North Star provides sales and service of telephone systems, voice mail systems and voice and data cabling. For more information, call 1-800-959-3545, fax 207-829-3557… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Hospice Volunteers of the Waterville Area will celebrate its annual Lights for Life Open House and tree-lighting ceremony from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 304 Main St. The tree lighting will take place at 6:15 p.m. and area churches will ring their bells… Read More
    CAMDEN – Hurtling down a snow-covered hill on a pair of slender sticks or on a single board isn’t enough of a thrill for some people. For many young people – mostly boys – merely skiing and snowboarding isn’t as much fun as jumping off… Read More
    ROCKPORT – The Camden Hills Regional High School will host a Holiday Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, in the high school cafeteria. Proceeds from the fair will go toward a trip to Virginia in April, where the high school… Read More
    UNION – Union Historical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the Robbins House on Union Common. Julia Hunter, co-author of “‘Fly Rod’ Crosby, the Woman who Marketed Maine,” will give a slide presentation on the career of Cornelia Thurza, the subject… Read More
    CAMDEN – Friends of the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse will hold their annual holiday fair Saturday, Dec. 2, at Windward Gardens in Camden. Purchases of a calendar, shirt or other lighthouse memorabilia will help support the restoration of the lighthouse. Friends will be available to answer… Read More
    ROCKLAND – A six-week course in practical, everyday Spanish designed for those planning a trip to a Spanish-speaking country will begin Dec. 7 at Penobscot School. The course will focus on greetings, polite expressions, asking directions, ordering in a restaurant, shopping, changing money, weather and… Read More
    Central High School First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Laurel Parker, Jonathan Easler; honors: Nyomie Boyce, Michelle Brown, Jennifer Curtis, Jamie Giles, Abigail Gray, Jennifer Hallsey, Keri Martin, Andrew Matulis, Lowell Oyster, Amy Shaw, Karoline Simonds, Mark Straub, Eric Trench. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    Dover-Foxcroft District Court Douglas L. Ames, 37, Sebec, failing to make oral or written accident report, $250. 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
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Southern Piscataquis County Chamber of Commerce is inviting young and old to join in the third annual Community Christmas Caroling at 4 p.m. Saturday in front of the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society Building (the old Observer Building) on Main Street. Historical society members… Read More
    Dover-Foxcroft District Court Ernest A. Dyer, 73, Millinocket, hunting on Sunday, $100. 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
    PITTSFIELD – Town Manager D. Dwight Dogherty announced Thursday that he is posting a $250 reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever is stealing road signs around Pittsfield. In the last several weeks, he said, street identification signs have disappeared from High Street,… Read More
    NEWPORT – Citizens age 60 and older from the SAD 48 and SAD 38 towns of Corinna, Hartland, Newport, Palmyra, Plymouth, St. Albans, Etna and Dixmont are invited to attend a holiday concert at noon Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Nokomis Regional High School. A luncheon… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – The Pittsfield Town Council continued budget deliberations this week, looking for where they can trim about $87,000 in increased costs. In their first round of reviews, no cuts were made. Town Manager D. Dwight Dogherty explained that two of the major causes of… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Pittsfield planners have two applications for review before them for their Dec. 11 meeting. David Charrier of Route 2, who along with Myron Green of Connecticut has purchased the former Avian Farms site, is asking for a site plan review to operate a… Read More
    PORTLAND – If I had a million dollars, I wouldn’t eat Kraft dinners. I wouldn’t buy a real fur coat – that’s cruel. And I wouldn’t buy anyone’s love. I would pay to have even half the energy the Barenaked Ladies had during Wednesday night’s show at the… Read More
    Sequels that improve on ther cinematic forerunners are a rarity. This is especially true among children’s films, where sequels are too often straight-to-video photocopies of the originals. “Rugrats in Paris,” now in theaters, is one of those rare exceptions. Nickelodeon’s popular babies return in a… Read More
    BANGOR – For the second December in a row, volunteers will decorate empty street-level windows in downtown Bangor. Friday will be busy as 18 groups transform storefronts on West Market Square, Columbia Street, Main Street and Central Street. Train buffs will be especially interested in… Read More
    BANGOR – The Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross will have its holiday gift-wrapping booth through Dec. 24 in the food court at the Bangor Mall. All proceeds of the gift-wrapping booth go to support emergency assistance needs of victims of disaster, and… Read More
    BANGOR – The Eastern Maine Diecast Association’s “Cars for Kids Campaign” is asking for donations for children in need. To find out how to take part in this toy collection program, call 866-0171 after 3 p.m. The Eastern Maine Diecast Association is a nonprofit organization… Read More
    A Hampden man was driving his pickup truck without a license the wrong way on a one-way street in Bangor Wednesday evening when he was struck by another vehicle, according to police. Anthony Ragonesi, 31, was charged with these violations, as well as for leaving… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET – Students in School Union 113 will go home early Thursday, Dec. 7, when a teachers workshop will be held. Medway Middle School will dismiss students at 10:40 a.m.; Opal Myrick Elementary School and Schenck High School will dismiss students at 10:45 a.m. Read More
    ORONO – A former assistant secretary for the State Department will speak at the University of Maine on the foreign policy challenges facing the new administration. Phyllis Oakley, who served in Republican and Democratic administrations, will lecture on “American Diplomacy in the Post-Cold War World”… Read More
    BANGOR – Three area choirs will combine their talents to perform “Saint Nicolas,” a cantata by Benjamin Britten, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 225 French St. The University of Maine Oratorio Society, the Orono Community Children’s Chorus and the… Read More
    ORONO – The Orono Arts Cafe will be back on its regular schedule Saturda, Dec. 2. Signup for performers will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the show at will start at 7 p.m. KidsPeace, a nonprofit foster care organization based in Ellsworth with an office… Read More
    BANGOR – Rabbi William Leffler will speak about his new book, “Jews and Mormons: Two Houses of Israel,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at Congregation Beth El, 183 French St. Rabbi Leffler’s book, which he co-authored with his Dartmouth roommate, came about when the… Read More
    The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics first convened in 1990 after a decade on which big-time college sports had been rocked by recruiting and academic scandals. After six years of peering under rocks and poking around in some very dark corners, the commission disbanded after convincing the… Read More
    BANGOR – The man charged in connection with a burglary that resulted in a kitchen fire at a Center Street restaurant remained in Penobscot County Jail Thursday night unable to make bail. Eric Becker, 20, appeared in 3rd District Court Thursday afternoon on charges of… Read More
    Whenever the National Weather Service issues an official severe weather, flood or other local hazard alert, you can hear about it immediately with a weather radio from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This holiday season consider giving a potentially life-saving gift: an NOAA weather radio receiver. Read More
    In Elmer Morin’s letter of Nov. 25-26, he continues the line that so many Bible followers use to promote hate and misunderstanding of gay people – Leviticus. So I took his advice and went to said biblical offering. After chuckling my way though all the burnt offerings material,… Read More
    Ruffian lawlessness in the remote regions of the District of Maine dates from the earliest coastal settlements of the 17th century. One of the many causes of the Revolutionary War was the propensity of the 18th-century Mainers to cut down and haul away numerous massive white pines marked… Read More
    The Philadelphia Water Co. has stated it will write a guarantee into its contract with the town of Bar Harbor that if the town doesn’t like the operation in five years it can buy it from the PWC for a set price, including any improvements made by the… Read More
    The people who obstinately vote party-line Republican or Democrat, and who close-mindedly refuse to consider a third party as a mechanism for corrective change have received exactly what they deserve. Unfortunately, whatever the presidential election outcome, all Americans will pay for at least the next… Read More
    While listening to the seemingly never-ending battle over Florida election rules today, it occurred to me that it would be wise for each state to review their election processes and related statutes to ensure that they are clear and not in conflict with each other. I would suggest… Read More
    I would like to thank you both for your editorial (Nov. 25-26) and Bruce Kyle’s column (Nov. 23) on the program changes at Maine Public Radio. MPR has a slogan, “The Radio You Listen To.” I suggest a new slogan – “The Radio We Used to Listen to… Read More
    Here’s another family who will no longer be supporting Maine Public Broadcasting. But we are lucky enough to live where CBC broadcasts are available, and we recommend that listeners seeking good interviews, excellent science programming, wide ranging “talk” programs and, especially, excellent music programming turn their dials to… Read More
    Your editorial of Nov. 25-26, “Public and the radio,” was right on target. There are some priceless traditions that merit preservation. Permit me to express my deep disappointment and dismay at the unfortunate decision of Maine Public Radio to cancel the live broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera. Surely… Read More
    Right between the U.S. Naval Academy’s “Anchors Aweigh” and the University of Southern California’s “Fight on For USC” sits “The Maine Stein Song,” No. 6 on the all-time top 10 list of college songs, according to William E. Studwell, who has written a couple of books on the… Read More