Following are petitions for bankruptcy filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: Doris Jeffery, piano teacher, no dependents, Caribou; assets, $10,473; debts, $20,349. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    FAIRFIELD – Husson College officials are expected today to announce a partnership with the town of Fairfield that could boost efforts to create a research park along Interstate 95. The Bangor college has offered the expertise of faculty and graduate students to start-up companies looking… Read More
    Large campaign donors who lavished largess on candidates in 1996 must have gotten what they wanted in return because this year they not only have given a lot more money but, no doubt to spare the candidate heavy lifting, have developed the issues, created the advertisements and put… Read More
    HOWLAND – Top scores in the Eastern Maine Math League, Northern Division, meet held Oct. 4 at Penobscot Valley High School were Lee Academy with 299 points and Mattanawcook Academy, Lincoln, with 273 points. Categories were arithmetic operations, inequalities and absolute value, matrices and determinants,… Read More
    Presque Isle District Court Justin A. Michaud, 18, Easton, operating all-terrain vehicle on public way, bound over for jury trial; operating all-terrain vehicle to endanger, bound over for jury trial. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    In response to Paul Hanson’s letter of Nov. 1, I believe some half-truths and misinformation must be addressed. His minimizing of “radical environmentalists” is untrue. I live in a small town that was victimized by one of the more violent and radical of the groups,… Read More
    BURNHAM – A local man who fell from a hunter’s tree stand Saturday was in critical condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor Sunday evening. Micah Thurston of the Maine Warden Service said Larry Hubbard, believed to be about 40, of Burnham was apparently… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Police on Sunday were investigating a burglary at a South Main Street convenience store. Around 5 a.m. Saturday, a passer-by noticed a broken door at a C.N. Brown convenience store and called Pittsfield police. Officer Jason Emery said someone had smashed the glass,… Read More
    I believe Judge Douglas Clapp’s Nov. 3 decision to euthanize only one of the four wolf hybrids that attacked and killed Royce Rollins’ pet dog on Oct. 30 is a serious mistake. Under 22 MRSA 1313-A, the entire pack should have been euthanized. Because the judge’s decision stated… Read More
    AUBURN – Vandals shattered a temple’s outdoor menorah in the second act of vandalism targeting the congregation in two years. “Our reaction was shock and dismay and horror and, ‘Oh no, not again,”‘ said Sheri Olstein, a board member of Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    LIMESTONE – The Aroostook Mathematics League meet held recently produced three winners, in Divisions L, S and M. Presque Isle won in Division L; Houlton in Division S; and the Maine School of Science and Mathematics Red team in Division M. The Maine School of… Read More
    HAMPDEN – The Hampden Water District has an opening on its board of trustees. This position is open to any Hampden resident and will fulfill an unexpired term through 2003. Interested people should forward a brief letter to the Town Manager, Town of Hampden, 106 Western Ave., Hampden… Read More
    PORTLAND – Pam Richards wants Democratic activist Tom Connolly to give her a heads-up the next time he expects to make news. Richards’ husband is Tom Connolly, a Portland artist, carpenter and mason. Unlike the other Tom Connolly, Richard’s husband did not tip reporters to… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Humans may visit Earth’s closest planetary neighbor – Mars – just 10 or 15 years from now, a scientist told an audience this weekend at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. “Mars will be the first planet to be visited,” said… Read More
    BANGOR – The next meeting of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder will be held 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 in the Penobscot Conference Room of Acadia Hospital. Parenting children with ADHD will be discussed. Effective discipline methods will be taught and explored. Those… Read More
    BANGOR – Bernard Coro of Medway loved to work on cars. Thomas Moody of Guilford was an award-winning artist. Paul Sudsbury of Corinna had a passion for sports. Before they were killed in Vietnam, Maine soldiers were like boys everywhere, the president of the local… Read More
    BANGOR – Pat Caggiano, R.N., will address the Tuesday Forum on the topic of “Optimal Living Through Lifestyle Choices” from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Geaghan’s Restaurant. Caggiano obtained her nursing degree from Kettering College of Medical Arts in Ohio. She then… Read More
    BREWER – Jane Skelton, attorney-at-law from the firm of Rudman & Winchell, will present a talk titled “Trusts and Estate Planning,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the Brewer Public Library. Skelton specializes in elder law and will discuss wills, power of attorney, advance health care directive… Read More
    INDIAN ISLAND – Governors of three of the state’s Indian tribes, who were found in contempt of court last week for not turning over documents relating to water regulation to three paper companies, will be at the Androscoggin County Courthouse at 9 a.m. today. They will not be… Read More
    BANGOR – A Hudson woman was charged with assault and refusing to submit to arrest late Saturday after police were called to the Bangor Civic Center during the Speedway 95 awards banquet. Kerri Thayer, 32, was taken to Penobscot County Jail after she turned on… Read More
    CAMDEN – Claiming that MBNA New England’s donations to the Camden Teen Center have come with strings attached, a teen center board member has resigned in protest. But MBNA officials and others involved in the center say the perception that the company is making demands… Read More
    BANGOR – A wayward owl that became trapped inside the Shop ‘n Save on Union Street late Saturday afternoon is back where it belongs. “I took him out in the woods and let him go,” said Mahlon Wood, owner of a pest removal company in… Read More
    Editor’s Note: Emily Bernhard is a free-lance writer who lives in Blue Hill. JERUSALEM – We had traveled for 24 hours. Our clothes were rumpled, our eyes were bloodshot. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    The immediate solution to the “who won the election” dilemma seems reasonably simple. The state of Florida should be forced to reconduct its presidential election with a properly formatted ballot. The major news networks should be forced to pay a share of the cost of this. Perhaps a… Read More
    HERMON – Hermon High School will host the first evening of parent-teacher conferences 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14. Teachers will be in their classrooms during this time so that parents may discuss their children’s progress. Conferences are expected to last no more than five minutes,… Read More
    Morse of Bath basketball standout Katie Stailing signed a National Letter of Intent this week to attend the University of Rhode Island and play for the URI women’s basketball team. Stailing, a 6-foot guard-forward, averaged 22 points and 13 rebounds per contest during the 1999-2000… Read More
    BANGOR – Jeff Kimball scored 20 points and notched 10 assists to lead Eastern Maine Technical College to an 81-60 men’s basketball victory over the University of Maine-Augusta Friday night. Nick Wiberg followed up with 19 points and 14 rebounds for the winners and Brad… Read More
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    WINSLOW – Bangor’s Tim Sylvia took home the titles of Heavyweight Champion, and overall King of the Skirmish at the Maine Skirmish 2000 Grappling/Sumo Championships last Sunday. Also claiming titles were Dan Currier of Portland in the Lightweight division, and Scott Bluffington, also of Portland… Read More
    ORONO – The University of Maine’s hockey team has had its share of unfortunate bounces during the young season. But they received a nice piece of good fortune Friday night and also received a strong performance from struggling goalie Matt Yeats en route to a… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – As far as overtime strategies go, the brainchild that spurred coach Bill Cowan’s Maine Central Institute to an Eastern Maine championship on Friday night was very, very simple. Cowan knew the who (senior fullback Ben Hall). Cowan knew the where (to the right). Read More
    BANGOR – The Oxford Hills Vikings of South Paris outdid Bangor in almost every category in Friday night’s Pine Tree Conference championship football game, but the Rams held a big edge in two key areas: turnovers and heart. Despite facing a big disadvantage in time… Read More
    Ron Brown, basketball coach, author, and owner of three kidneys tht have stopped doing their owner the courtesy of performing even the barest minimum of blood filtration duties, offers a wry grin as he greets a visitor. “Welcome to my world,” Brown says, gesturing with… Read More
    COLLEGE N.E. Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer Association Senior All-Stars Bowdoin: Allison Farmer, Sarah Farmer, Abby Lockwood; Colby: Sara Lovitz; Southern Maine: Ali Hathaway… Read More
    Here’s an idea to solve the virtual tie in this election: Let the candidates serve as co-presidents. Maybe the two parties would finally learn to cooperate. Paula Merritt Bangor… Read More
    KITTERY – Investigators awaited the results of an autopsy Friday in what was characterized as the suspicious death of a 21-month-old toddler from Rochester, N.H. Cassidy Bortner was pronounced dead Thursday after being taken by ambulance from her baby sitter’s home in Kittery to York… Read More
    I would like it noted, as a citizen of the United States of America, how concerned I am over the situation this election has developed into. There will be one legal battle after another over the vote count in Florida which is giving birth to distrust, heightened imaginations… Read More
    BANGOR – The investigation of a break-in and attempted arson last month at the home of an elderly Clifton woman has shifted south. The Oct. 25 break-in and fire at the home of Isabelle Wentworth, 82, are the focuses of an ongoing joint investigation by… Read More
    A story in Friday’s paper should have stated that a recount in the race for House District 122 was requested by the Democratic candidate, Daniel Williams. Also, unofficial results published in Thursday’s election tab should have indicated that 2nd Congressional District Democratic candidate John E. Read More
    BANGOR – Pastor Charles Hurst and his wife, Sharon, were honored Nov. 4 at a banquet celebrating 25 years of service to the Apostolic Lighthouse Church. The Rev. Roger Hennigan of Bremerton, Wash., presided over an anniversary service held Sunday at the church. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    For many of us, the observance of Veterans Day and other patriotic holidays includes the display of our nation’s flag. Unfortunately, a flag put up and left up at this time of year will soon be faded and frayed. I’m writing this now in the hope that it… Read More
    PORTLAND – Properties belonging to a notorious Portland landlord have been seized and may be auctioned off next month to cover a $1 million jury verdict that he has steadfastly refused to pay. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department has seized the nine properties belonging to… Read More
    BANGOR – Veterans Day activities today include a parade and church observances, followed by a Bangor Band concert and free admission for veterans and their families to the Cole Land Transportation Museum. Marching bands, youth organizations and veterans of all ages will participate in the… Read More
    Voting is very important to me. Tuesday I entered the voting booth with a feeling of empowerment but left with an overwhelming sense of self-doubt which has turned into disgust, anger and contempt. I will take a lot of the responsibility for this as I did not take… Read More
    BANGOR – City Councilor John Rohman is expected to be sworn in as the city’s new mayor on Monday, according to sources at City Hall. Rohman, the 54-year-old president and chief executive officer at WBRC Architects, was re-elected to the council Tuesday with 6,933 votes. Read More
    As I am writing this, it appears the majority has spoken and defeated Question 6, the gay rights question. While I respect most if not all views, I cannot accept narrow-minded, bigoted intolerance from anyone. This is exactly how I feel, as I have been… Read More
    MONTPELIER, Vt. – The state’s best high school students could get a free ride at the University of Vermont under a new scholarship program announced Friday. The scholarships, worth about $30,000 over four years, are aimed at getting excellent students to chose UVM over a… Read More
    WASHINGTON – While the nation waits to learn who is going to be the next president in what is proving to be one of the closest elections in a hundred years, attention has turned to the little known and somewhat mysterious institution of the Electoral College. Read More
    Around the nation’s office water coolers this week, conversation Topic A has centered on those Florida voters who complained after Tuesday’s presidential election that a confusing ballot may have resulted in their mistakenly voting for Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan instead of the Democrat, Al Gore. (The delicious… Read More
    People who enjoy making crafts, and especially those who enjoy helping others, have plenty of opportunities to do just that by participating in the Multiple Handicap Center of Penobscot Valley Craft Fair. And although the fair is three weeks away – it begins at 10… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – At a time when the Maine potato industry expects acreage to increase next year, a national organization is calling for a decrease in the amount of potatoes produced next year by states in the U.S. and Canadian provinces. The proposal, by the… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – In the words of Bar Harbor Water Co. lawyer Chad Smith, this Hancock County town has gone to war over control of its water. With council chair and water company vice president Ken Smith abstaining, councilors unanimously approved and signed an order… Read More
    Oct. 21, 1975. That was the last night I was strung out like this, run through a gut-wrenching, sleep-robbing, headache-inducing late-evening and early-morning emotional trauma. It was the night that Pudge Fisk hit the foul pole leading off the last of the 12th inning of the greatest baseball… Read More
    HOLDEN – Like many of the smaller communities in the Greater Bangor area, Holden is a town in transition. Once chiefly residential in nature, recent years have brought growth in the town’s commercial base. High-end furniture showrooms, mobile home dealerships and gasoline stations are some… Read More
    GREENVILLE – The 15-member commission appointed by the Legislature to study the equity in the distribution of gas tax revenues attributable to snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and watercraft will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, at Greenville High School. The purpose of… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Ellsworth police are investigating the theft of a substantial amount of lumber from a construction site in the city. Ernie Butler, job supervisor for Bond Builders, called from his job site Thursday afternoon at the Patten Pond Campground to report that a large… Read More
    Recent discussions about sprawl, smart growth, growth management or whatever label is applied to efforts by government and fellow citizens to dictate where Maine people will reside and work in the new century have produced troubling questions, comments and contradictions. This dialogue has been overheard… Read More
    PORTLAND – Sleeping in a small bunk and doing chores aboard a World War II destroyer docked along the Mississippi brought Georgia Tuttle a little closer to the father she never really knew. Tuttle, a doctor from Lebanon, N.H., volunteered to spend a weekend last… Read More
    Bangor District Court Thomas Leonard, 47. Glenburn, five counts of negotiating worthless instrument, all dismissed. 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())… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Ellsworth police were called Wednesday by Ellsworth High School staff to try to get a “vulgar” caller from bothering office staff, but when it was all said and done, the Maine State Police were contacted in regard to threatening comments made toward Ellsworth police. Read More
    As people throughout the world celebrate peace this year while others struggle to stop years of strife and war, it will be meaningful once again to pause this Veterans Day to ponder the holiday’s origins and remember its true significance. Congress voted Armistice Day as… Read More
    WINTERPORT – El-Hajj Market has been a Main Street fixture of this gritty Penobscot River town for more than half a century, but no more. The market, which has been in five different locations since it first opened its doors in town 55 years ago,… Read More
    FAIRFIELD – Town councilors have agreed to seek a state grant to help turn an overgrown eyesore into a community gem. Organizers of the effort sought council approval this week to request $30,000 from the state Department of Conservation to develop the north end of… Read More
    Aug. 30: Town Manager Dana Reed met with representatives of the Bar Harbor Water Co., learning that the company had been approached by a then-unnamed utility conglomerate. Bar Harbor officials were granted one month to make a counteroffer. Sept. 5: Town councilors voted to fund… Read More
    ORONO – “Women Around the World: Bringing the Global Home” is the theme of the 15th Annual Maine Women’s Studies Conference scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 18, at the University of Maine. The daylong conference, which begins with registration at 8 a.m. in D.P. Corbett Business… Read More
    WISCASSET – A man charged with murdering his 1-year-old stepdaughter has agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in return for a maximum prison term of 15 years, according to a spokesman for the Maine Attorney General’s Office. Erik Hart, 29, is… Read More
    FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent Student Activities and SAD 33 are co-sponsoring a concert featuring Schooner Fare at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, in the UMFK Fox Auditorium. The Maine group has written numerous songs on both contemporary and traditional… Read More
    SOMESVILLE – Newbery Medal winner Cynthia Voigt will sign copies of her books, which include “Dicey’s Song,” “Homecoming,” “Tree by Leaf” and “The Vandermark Mummy,” from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at Port in a Storm Bookstore. The book signing will be held… Read More
    BREWER – A woman who lives on Sylvan Drive, in a remote and heavily wooded area near the Holden line, called Brewer police at approximately 8:15 p.m. Friday to report hearing gunshots and screaming in the area. According to Brewer Police Sergeant Jay Munson, officers… Read More
    PORTLAND – Portland police are conducting an internal investigation to learn whether department procedures were violated when two officers walked away from a homeless man who was later found dead. The two officers found David Towne, 56, passed out in Deering Oaks Park on Oct. Read More
    DEXTER – State law allows Council Chairman Marcia Delaware the right to complete her remaining two-year term on the Town Council despite the adoption of a revised charter that would have restricted her participation, the Dexter Town Council learned Thursday. On Tuesday, residents approved a… Read More
    CAMDEN – A dozen mailboxes were smashed and five cars were burglarized sometime between 11:30 p.m. and midnight Thursday in the Molyneaux Road area, police report. Police Lt. Cameron Campbell said the unlocked vehicles were entered and wallets, pocketbooks and cellular phones were reported as… Read More
    BANGOR – “We are collecting the history of Bangor and we want to include everyone’s history,” said Bill Cook, the new local history librarian at the Bangor Public Library. In order to discover that history, the library is extending an open invitation to a brown… Read More
    Presque Isle District Court David N. McKim, 52, Crozet, Va., causing operation of commercial motor vehicle without recording current status of truck log, $250. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
    Given the wide-ranging subject matter of the six referenda on Tuesday’s ballot, it is probably mere coincidence that all went down to defeat. If there is a pattern, it may be that legislating in the voting booth leaves unanswered questions that would be resolved by the debates and… Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor City Council will hold its annual organizational meeting at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, in the city council chambers at Bangor City Hall. Michael Crowley, Nichi Farnham and John Rohman will be sworn in for their second three-year terms on the… Read More
    DEXTER – Town officials decided Thursday to seek the transfer of a seldom-used army reserve center on Prospect Street from federal to town ownership. The Town Council, which voted to sign a resolution seeking to acquire the Julian P. Clukey Army Reserve Center, was backed… Read More
    Do you really think the people of Maine are so numb that we do not know who our president is? Many of us have put our heads together and decided our president is Bill Clinton. Your Nov. 9 headline should have read, “Who’s the president-elect?” Denyse Adams Frankfort… Read More
    KENNEBUNK – A 14-year-old boy was killed in a dirt bike accident, game wardens say. Arthur Elfein died after his body struck a cable that was stretched across the entrance of a gravel pit at about 4:40 p.m. Thursday, said Lt. Michael Marshall of the… Read More
    Sure, we all thought it was fun at the beginning. And for the politically minded among us, the people who are fascinated by the quirky convolutions that keep bubbling up from Florida like some mystifying swamp gas, the election fun promises to go on for quite some time. Read More
    LIMESTONE – Another recount has been requested in a race for a House of Representatives seat from Aroostook County. Wade McLaughlin, a Democrat from Limestone, has asked the Maine secretary of state for the recount of votes cast in District 148, which is composed of… Read More
    Two important lessons should be learned from this presidential election fiasco. One, we are hearing about steadily on the networks -every vote counts. The other I haven’t heard much about – why were we able to send a man to the moon more than 30 years ago, but… Read More
    CALAIS – The owners’ lengthy rap sheets prompted the newly formed City Council to deny a special amusement permit for a local pub. But when the bar owners objected, because the charges were all misdemeanors, the councilors tabled their request for a liquor and victualer’s… Read More