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High school HEAL POINTS STANDINGS (Compiled by Bob Butler, York) EASTERN MAINE BOYS 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
HOWLAND – Rachel Sobey scored eight points in the second quarter to lead Bangor Christian to a 34-32 schoolgirl basketball win against Penobscot Valley Monday. Sobey finished with 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
GUILFORD – John King scored on a put-back as time ran out as Central of East Corinth nipped Piscataquis Community High in schoolboy basketball action Monday night. Central did not have a lead in the second half until King’s basket. King finished with 15 points. Read More
SEARSPORT – Sheri Pritchard scored 21 points Monday night to help the Machias Bulldogs hold on to post a 52-48 schoolgirl basketball victory over Searsport. Kristi Schors had 12 points and Jill McCarthy chipped in with 10 for Machias. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BANGOR – Derek Damon scored two goals to lead John Bapst past Foxcroft Academy in a 2-0 schoolboy ice hockey win Monday at Sawyer Arena. Jason Ashley added a pair of assists for John Bapst. Brendan Hallissey also had an assist. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
TAMPA, Fla. – Tamari Thompson scored 13 points and Puncho Farquharson and Matt Dillard had 12 each as the University of Tampa handed the Husson College men a 75-57 basketball loss Monday night. Husson led 50-49 with 4:32 left before Tampa finished the game with… Read More
ORONO – Bucksport coach Larry Deans was feeling pretty good after watching Orono struggle its way to 36 points against Hermon Saturday. He was feeling sandbagged Monday night after the Golden Bucks watched the Red Riots shoot 66 percent from the floor, including 9 of… Read More
Jeffrey Maier will not forget 1996. You, in all likelihood, like the rest of us, have forgotten who Jeffrey is, wherin lies a truism that deserves 15 minutes of thought. He is a 12-year-old who caught the “home run ball” off Yankee Derek Jeter’s bat… Read More
ORONO – Josh Lynch soon will become the all-time leading goal-scorer at Stearns High School of Millinocket. The senior center moved a step closer to achieving that status Monday night at Alfond Arena when he notched his 100th career goal. Classmate Justin Grant has set… Read More
MARS HILL – Ryan Michaud scored 23 points to lead Central Aroostook to a 62-59 schoolboy basketball win over Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook Monday night. Chad Allen tossed in 11 points for Central Aroostook, which outscored the visitors 25-12 in the second quarter. Sam… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County commissioners will either approve the proposed 1997 county budget as presented last month or will make further reductions or additions today. This is the first year commissioners have the final say on the budget, which must be adopted by Dec. 31. Read More
HARTLAND — As one of their last actions of 1996, Hartland selectmen were scheduled to vote late Monday to rehire Town Manager Peggy Morgan for another year, according to board Chairman Keith Bubar. It was a decision board members had hoped for since Morgan announced her resignation in… Read More
BOSTON — With the clock ticking on the legislative session, the Massachusetts House sent the Senate a bill that would protect workers who want to take time off for religious holidays. The Senate has only one more session scheduled on Monday. The new session begins… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Town officials are expected any day to sign the lease agreement needed for a new marina to open here this July. The 20-year lease with Port Harbor Marine of Brewer and South Portland was approved after a public hearing at the Town Council’s… Read More
ELLSWORTH — An architect convinced Hancock County commissioners Monday to consider building a new jail adjoining the north side of the Hancock County Courthouse, but commissioners have not yet abandoned the option of constructing a new facility off Route 1A. Michael Czarniecki of WBRC Architects-Engineers… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — Fish and Game officials are preparing to defend the state’s bear hunting regulations, anticipating lawmakers again will push to ban baiting and use of dogs to track the bruins. “We will support the traditional hunting methods, at least for the time being,”… Read More
BANGOR — Penobscot County Superior Court Justice Susan Calkins levied sentences that differed in severity Monday to a husband and wife from Lincoln who earlier both pleaded guilty to trafficking in marijuana. James White, 36, was sentenced to four years in prison, with all but… Read More
The weather is something we modern Americans take far too casually. Satellites peer down at the Earth from geosynchronous orbits 22,300 miles in space. They provide visual warning of storm clouds gathering in the Pacific, the genesis of hurricanes in the South Atlantic, and the… Read More
BANGOR — A brother and sister from Rangeley were sentenced Monday to two years probation each and were ordered to perform community service for their parts in a scheme to mail 5 pounds of marijuana from Texas to Maine. Kimberly Morin, 36, and her brother,… Read More
Of the folks I know, I am one of the last to have entered the microwave era. I am not opposed to all new technology. Nonetheless, I have always taken a cautious perspective on new consumer products until they have stood the test of time. I can see… Read More
WASHINGTON — Maine’s population registered a slight bump in growth during the past year, a new report shows. The number of Mainers grew by 5,000 people — from 1,238,000 to 1,243,000 — during the 12-month period of July 1995 to July 1996, according to the… Read More
On the front page of the Dec. 27 Bangor Daily News appeared an article titled, “The dangers we face,” a story about Caspar Weinberger and why the defense budget should not be cut. The first sentence read, “In a volatile age when dictators, terrorists, extremists and rogues of… Read More
SOUTH BERWICK — Come each winter, Halley is a comet. Halley Glenn, 11, streaks across the snow on “Big Red,” the first racing sled to make the 8-mile run nonstop from the top of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington down its twisting Auto Road to the… Read More
For so many years, I have been told that I was against education because I compared what we spent for education and what we got in return. After reading the [commentary] in the Dec. 11 edition titled, “No method to Maine’s education madness,” by Aynne… Read More
ORONO — While their counterparts strolled the mall for after-Christmas bargains or hung out with family and friends, a few hundred university students were taking classes Monday. This year, the University of Maine is offering its first winter session — two weeks of classes packed… Read More
ORRINGTON — Curbside recyclable collection will be done on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 7 and 8, because of the New Year’s holiday. The collection is done by Sawyer Environmental. Regular trash pickup schedules will not change, a Sawyer spokesman said. Read More
OLD TOWN — Mainely Families has begun a parent support group that will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at the Old Town Community Center basement on North Brunswick Street. Parents get support and guidance from others who share experiences in raising preteen children… Read More
BANGOR — An Old Town man was in Bangor District Court Monday to face charges of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. Scott Chabot, 25, was charged with the Class C crime after police responded to a domestic assault call at approximately 7 p.m. last… Read More
PORTLAND — The company that spent $13 million building CarTest centers for Maine’s scrapped emissions testing program won’t get any money back from the state, Maine’s highest court ruled Monday. The California-based Systems Control Inc. sued the state Department of Environmental Protection after the state-authorized… Read More
WISCASSET — The Maine Yankee nuclear power plant, off line since the discovery of an electrical problem Dec. 5, was taken to an even lower temperature Monday for more tests to be conducted. The plant was taken from its “hot shutdown” state to “cool shutdown,”… Read More
FAIRFIELD — Faced with massive renovation costs, the new owners of the former Horizon Foods Warehouse on Route 201 are asking the Town Council to reconsider an earlier decision to wait until May for voter approval for creation of a tax increment financing district. A TIF district would… Read More
I read with interest Jenna Russell’s article [BDN, Dec. 21-22, “EMMC to participate in humanities seminar.”] It is truly woth noting that the endowment organization that helped fund this grant should not have read Lily but “Lilly,” the name of the Indianapolis family who in 1876 founded the… Read More
KENNEBUNK — There’s an uppie,” Dr. Peter Vickery said as a mournful whistle washed over the Kennebunk Plains of southeastern Maine like a tendril of ocean fog. “Uppie” is shorthand for the upland sandpiper, a lanky shorebird with an atypical terrestrial lifestyle for its kind: It usually gets… Read More
GREENVILLE — Although frozen yellow grass now covers the area, Greenville chamber of commerce and snowmobile club officials are optimistic there will be plenty of snow in February for the annual Moosehead Magic and Winter Festival. Plans for the event, which draws a considerable number… Read More
The answers to Saturday’s Jumble word game were omitted from Monday’s NEWS. The jumbled words are: SCARF POACH MARROW UNLOCK and the answer reads: A successful photographer knows how to do this — FOCUS ON HIS WORK… Read More
WATERVILLE — Waterville’s Mayor Ruth Joseph said Monday that 1996 has been a very rosy economic year for her city, a year that saw an upturn in both new business and commercial growth and resulted in a new “can-do” attitude. She said 1997 promises to… Read More
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The brother of a suspected serial bank robber slain by the FBI during a shootout was charged Monday with the armed holdup of a bank in 1994. A detention hearing was scheduled Friday for Douglas Petersen, who remained in custody without bail… Read More
GREENVILLE — Maine school departments have been cutting programs, eliminating positions, and delaying the purchase of new textbooks for years in the face of shrinking budgets. At the same time, many school departments across the state have expended a steady stream of dollars to help… Read More
CARIBOU — A former Fort Kent man was ordered Monday to spend nine years in jail for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old boy who lived with him. Lawrence Lewis, 52, was convicted in September of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact with the child four… Read More
MILLINOCKET — The lines are expected to be long when people gather Thursday to make reservations for the 1997 summer season at Baxter State Park. Officials in Augusta also expect a busy Thursday taking reservations for campsites at 12 other state parks. Last year, nearly… Read More
Two groups pant afer educational reform. There is the King Canute groups, to which, I gather, Gov. Angus King belongs, and there is the Peaceable Kingdom group. The Canute group seeks to end turmoil with the whip; the Peaceable Kingdom group offers love. Each is a religion masquerading… Read More
EAST MACHIAS — The Washington Academy boys varsity basketball team will hold a bottle drive to fund practice uniforms, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. Bottles and cans also may be left in front of the high school main office any time. Read More
ROCKLAND — After the annual hearing on the Knox County budget Monday night, the budget committee voted to increase the $4.2 million budget by $7,000 for the Knox-Lincoln Extension, but voted unanimously against a $10,000 request to study regional dispatch. Both items had their supporters… Read More
AUGUSTA — Saying the linkup could lead to lower rates and better services, Maine utility regulators Monday approved the merger of NYNEX and Bell Atlantic Corp. with a couple of conditions. The Public Utilities Commission also rejected a move by the state Public Advocate’s Office… Read More
The Dec. 21-22 front page article regarding academic standards in the United States gives clear voice to many of my thoughts. We are doing our youngsters a grave disservice by allowing them to graduate from high school lacking the skills needed to become productive members of society. Read More
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County commissioners rejected the county sheriff’s plan to buy cruisers in a 2-1 vote Monday after municipal officials contended the proposal contradicted a policy they and other members of the county’s budget advisory committee recommended. Earlier this month, Hancock County Sheriff Bill… Read More
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. — The deer overrunning this town and others around the state increasingly are being run over themselves, police say. Growing deer herds are competing with suburban development, with the results posted on local police logs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Mainers arrested in Louisiana killing > Stabbing victim allegedly blew kiss at one of three suspects
DURHAM, N.C. — Three Maine men suspected of stabbing a man to death in Louisiana for blowing a kiss were arrested when their car broke down during their flight home. A Durham County sheriff’s deputy responding to a routine call about three stranded motorists early… Read More
As if trapped in “The Neverending Story,” a favorite fantasy movie of children, frustrated environmental groups, many of them with national agendas, grind on in their appeal to the relicensing of Bowater’s hydro-electric dams on the Penobscot River. One key organization refuses to get dragged… Read More
SCARBOROUGH — Former FBI agent James Greenleaf says he doesn’t watch much television, but he’s recently been seeing a lot of actress Ally Walker. That’s because Greenleaf, a Scarborough resident, is a technical consultant for “Profiler,” a new TV show about an elite FBI unit… Read More
Q. My old noisy refrigerator is on its last legs. I want a new super-efficient CFC-free model with more convenience features. What is the best type to buy and how much electricity will a new one save? — R.T. A. After your furnace, air conditioner… Read More
MAPLETON — Despite the hard times in the state’s potato industry, a Mapleton farmer believes the industry has a viable future. Named Young Farmer of the Year, Keith Doyen thinks potato farmers need to work toward quality and become familiar with their markets. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Perhaps people react to education about drunken driving the way some heavy drinkers react to alcohol: a certain tolerance is built up, and it requires more booze to elicit the same kick. Or perhaps drivers have just forgotten how dangerous the roads were becoming 15 years ago. Whatever… Read More
AUGUSTA — A plan to reduce the state’s contribution to teacher pensions would force school districts to cut overall spending, according to Gov. Angus King. Since the 1940s, local school districts have had their share of teacher pension payments paid for by the state. King… Read More
BUCKSPORT — Mainely Families has begun a parent support group that will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Bucksport High School Library, Broadway Extension. Parents share their experiences raising preteens and adolescents, offering support and guidance to other parents in the hope… Read More
In a Dec. 26 story about a Burnham family that lost its home in a recent fire, the NEWS erroneously reported that a man was shaving his head at the Palmyra Wal-Mart to raise funds for the victims. He was shaving to benefit a Palmyra family whose house… Read More
Re: Brewer City Councilor Larry T. Doughty letter to the editor, BDN, Dec. 26. I was amused by the last three sentences of his letter: “That reminds me, I must check to see how things are going here in Brewer.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR — The Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine will celebrate Martin Luther King Day with a panel discussion from 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 19 at the center. Panelists will include James Varner, president of the Greater Bangor chapter of the National Association… Read More
BANGOR — In a sentence that took into account particularly heinous circumstances, Floyd Burton Jr. was sent to prison for 20 years for arson and attempted murder. During three days of capitivating testimony in November, witnesses outlined the prosecution scenario: how a financially strapped Burton… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – A burly senior and a precocious freshman who had already played the majority of the JV game conspired to knock John Bapst from the ranks of schoolboy basketball’s unbeatens Saturday night. For a half, Mount Desert Island showed signs that it might… Read More
DANFORTH – Bobbie Lea Ricker tossed in five of her seven points in overtime to give Shead of Eastport the 66-62 schoolgirl basketball win against East Grand Saturday. Ricker had sent the game into overtime with a driving lay-up with :01 left in regulation. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
ORONO – Orono High School freshman defenseman Craig Kill didn’t pick up an assist on Chris Monberg’s game-winning, third-period goal against Foxcroft Academy Saturday night for one very good reason. He wasn’t on the ice. But Kill figured prominently in the game-winner, according to Monberg. Read More
HERMON – Chris Gray scored 11 points and pulled down 16 rebounds Saturday to power Hermon to a 54-36 Class B schoolboy basketball victory over Orono. Scott Smith added 10 points, and Steve Tweedie and Sean Smith added nine each for the Hawks. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
DENVER – Less than 18 hours after losing an overtime heartbreaker in the first round of the Denver Cup, the University of Maine Black Bears put a big hurt on Air Force. The Black Bears, 4-3 losers to the University of Denver on Friday, thoroughly… Read More
HERMON – Chris Gray scored 11 points and pulled down 16 rebounds Saturday to power Hermon to a 54-36 Class B schoolboy basketball victory over Orono. Scott Smith added 10 points, and Steve Tweedie and Sean Smith added nine each for the Hawks. Jeremy Poulin… Read More
EMMITSBURG, Md. – Bryan Richerson scored all five of his points during an 11-3 second-half scoring spurt that helped North Carolina-Asheville secure a 65-57 victory over Maine in the consolation game of the Holiday Inn Bow Tie Classic at Mount St. Mary’s College. The 3-6… Read More
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Inconsistent rebounding and frequent turnovers have been recurring problems for the University of Maine women’s basketball team so far this season. Those were the key elements that kept the Black Bears from overcoming a 10-point second-half deficit Sunday night at the Greensboro… Read More
Monday’s basketball games between John Bapst and Foxcroft Academy have been moved to Eastern Maine Technical College’s Johnston Gym in Bangor. Freshman boys will start at 1 p.m., JV girls at 2:30, JV boys at 4, girls varsity at 5:30, and boys varsity at 7 p.m. John Bapst’s… Read More
High school EMITL (exhib.) BOYS 60: Craig Sidell (Orono) 6.82; Childers (Hampden) 6.85; Soucie (Bangor) 7.23; Salinas (Brewer) 7.26; Capehart (Bangor) 7.28; Schwarze (Brewer) 7.28; 60 hurdles: Brian Goodness (Br) 8.06; Mi. Pare (O) 8.27; Mateja (O) 8.40; Ma. Pare 8.45; Getchell (Br) 8.77; Duffey… Read More
High School AT WESTBROOK (Combined times for top two entries) Old Town boys 134, Cape Elizabeth 126, Bangor 102, Cheverus 64, South Portland 58, Westbrook 42 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
SAINT LEO, FLA., Brent Slaughter tossed in 19 points to give the Monarchs of St. Leo College the 80-78 edge. Austin Ojukwu ripped down 15 rebounds to go along with 10 points for St. Leo. Shawn Gennett netted 17, Darryl Brooks scored 15, as Tony… Read More
NEWPORT — When Alan Goodridge closes the door at his Mill Street store on Tuesday night, another vestige of Maine’s once self-sufficent rural communities will be gone in Newport. The retirement of the local jeweler will end a 100-year-old business Sebasticook Valley residents had come… Read More
SWANS ISLAND — When the Capt. Henry Lee pulled away from the island pier one recent December day, the ferry was carrying 1,000 extra passengers along with the mail carrier, Christmas shoppers, and cargo bound for the mainland. Inside a truck with the Maine Department… Read More
I am writing regarding the recent letter by Jim Busque on wolves [BDN, Dec. 16]. I take offense at his one-sided view. If anyone who read the letter is upset by Restore and The Maine Wolf Coalition’s movement, they should not be. First of all,… Read More
AUGUSTA — Midway through his four-year term, Gov. Angus King says he hasn’t decided whether to seek re-election, but allows that some of his goals would probably take more than two years to achieve. “It has gone fast. I still feel sort of new,” King… Read More
Susan Carroll of Rumford contacted Northeast COMBAT, stating that she had sent an order for $35 worth of miscellaneous merchandise from Starhaven House of Indianapolis, Indiana nine months previously. She wrote, “I sent Starhaven House a check which was cashed several days later. At first… Read More
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ORONO — The 1996 Christmas Bird Count drew 23 birders to the fields and woods on Dec. 21 in the Orono-Old Town area. Also, more than 60 people watched their home bird feeders to help compile the annual list of species. The Christmas Bird Count… Read More
As an associate professor of business at the University of Maine, Machias (UMM), I would like to thank the Bangor Daily News for focusing in on the need to reform the current procedure used by the University of Maine System in budgeting and financing. The… Read More
BANGOR — In an envelope in the middle of a court docket is a Polaroid photo of an old mobile home. It’s not anyone’s home, and it’s easy to see why from the photos; it doesn’t have plumbing, it’s more than 25 years old, and it’s falling apart. Read More
As heating oil prices climbed this fall, Rick Parkhurst radiated satisfaction. His fuel costs were behind him, his fuel stored. He’s not worried about keeping warm this winter. It’s next winter he’s sweating. Will he still be able to find his coal? googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
LIMESTONE — The former Loring Air Force Base will soon become home to one of the most advanced Job Corps sites in the country. Designated by the federal government as a “center of innovation,” the Loring site will offer advanced programs that have not previously… Read More
BANGOR — It is no exaggeration that a life may hang in the balance as rescuers race up darkened city streets searching for obscure house numbers to locate people suffering heart attacks or life-threatening injuries. The Bangor Fire Department has issued a reminder to city… Read More
WESTBROOK — Avadis Tevanian Jr. remembers his father drilling him as a child on multiplication tables during family trips in the car. “He’d keep on drilling me over and over again,” Tevanian said. “That gave me the mind-set. People today point out how I really… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — The lack of snow in northern Maine has left snowmobile dealers grumbling this holiday season. Hotels and restaurants that cater to the snowmobilers claim that Aroostook County’s green start to winter has melted their profits. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BIDDEFORD — A small apartment building fire killed a woman Saturday night, authorities said. Teresa Addonizio, 69, apparently fell asleep while smoking a cigarette on her living room couch, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
AUGUSTA — Gov. Angus King says he may have a new budget-related proposal next month to demonstrate his interest in reducing Maine’s overall tax burden. King’s $3.8 billion spending plan would strike the scheduled imposition of a cap on income tax revenue. He says nonetheless… Read More
The National Right To Life Political Action Committee announced this week that it would challenge on First Amendment grounds Maine’s new Clean Elections Act. But the anti-abortion PAC has another equally strong reason for filing suit against Maine and its act that attempts to restore political power to… Read More
A study panel last week recommended that the state give judges a raise and improve their pensions because Maine ranks low nationally on the judicial pay scale and Maine judges are required to work harder than their counterparts in other states. A raise to the levels suggested would… Read More
ROCKLAND — The City Council has a full agenda of issues to face in the new year, according to Mayor Robert Peabody. A partial list includes expanded industrial park acreage, treatment plant operation, cooperation with SAD 5 and county officials, harbor development and Route 1… Read More
BANGOR — Project DAL, a group of area health agency professionals and fire officials, will donate free smoke detectors to families of infants born at Eastern Maine Medical Center, beginning with the new year. Project DAL — Detectors Are Lifesavers — has plans to buy… Read More
Grandmother used to say that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Adherents to the novel idea that private schools should be publicly funded — those who benefit the most in and around the Limestone Magnet School — are squeaking loud, clear and often in opposition to Gov. King’s… Read More
BANGOR — Anyone wanting to submit a name for the new Bangor-Brewer bridge must do so by Wednesday, Jan. 1, according to state Rep. Richard H. Campbell of Holden. All names will be considered by a search committee, Campbell said. The bridge will be completed… Read More
AUGUSTA — Maine’s unseasonably warm weather has ice fishing enthusiasts wondering whether the ice will be thick enough to hold them when the season opens on New Year’s Day. Although some lakes have skim coats of ice, forecasts of temperatures approaching 50 degrees Sunday raised… Read More
ROCKLAND — Retired lobster fisherman Arnold L. McConchie, 79, was always willing to help a man out, especially another fisherman. It was that quality that put McConchie behind the wheel of a stranger’s truck on Friday morning at a Rockland boat ramp, and eventually led to his death. Read More
KITTERY — The Defense Department cannot stop collecting Maine state taxes from salaries of New Hampshire residents who work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, a spokesman says. Earlier this month, U.S. Sen. Bob Smith of New Hampshire, who has been leading a fight to stop… Read More