DEER ISLE – The founding director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Francis Merritt, and his wife, Priscilla, a longtime teacher and administrator of the nationally known school, were awarded the prestigious Visionaries! award by the American Craft Museum in ceremonies earlier this year at the Plaza Hotel,… Read More
The year is 1972 and Richard Nixon has been re-elected president of the United States, “All in the Family” is America’s top TV show, and the Soviet spacecraft Venera 8 lands on the surface of Venus. Almost unnoticed is the March 2 launch of Pioneer 10, a hastily… Read More
BALTIMORE – The Baltimore Orioles welcomed a familiar face Wednesday, agreeing to a two-year contract with free agent shortstop Mike Bordick worth about $9.5 million. Bordick spent 31/2 seasons with the Orioles before being traded to the New York Mets in July. A sure-handed fielder… Read More
Three University of Maine hockey veterans said they expected to enter the Christmas break with a better record than their current 7-6-4 slate [4-3-2 in Hockey East]. But head coach Shawn Walsh said he is satisfied with it in lieu of the 30 man-games lost… Read More
The basketball season is almost two weeks old, but three starters on Class B girls teams are already out with serious knee injuries. Hermon’s Melissa Overlock and Lindsay Duplisea and Houlton’s Sam Berry all tore their anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) during early-season games. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Scott Lakatos, who has been instrumental in the development of the University of Maine football team’s defense since his arrival in 1995, is moving on. The 35-year-old Lakatos, who had the second-longest tenure among Black Bear football assistants, has accepted a position as the defensive… Read More
ORONO – Children ages 17 and under accompanied by an adult will be admitted to Dec. 30’s University of Maine men’s basketball game against Sacred Heart In Orono for $1. Interested fans may purchase tickets this week by stopping by the Alfond Arena Athletic Ticket Office or by… Read More
EAST SULLIVAN – Ami Carver scored seven points and Roberta Garnett added six as Jonesport-Beals erased a nine-point deficit while outscoring Sumner 20-8 in the second quarter Wednesday night on its way to a 53-48 schoolgirl basketball victory. Carver finished with 22 points and Garnett… Read More
I’m tired. Trying to figure how much Alex Rodriguez earns for every pitch he’ll take for a ball has me frazzled. Would you please write this week’s column? I’ll lay out some facts and you can write it in your mind’s eye. On Monday last… Read More
Less than a month ago Newburgh’s Ricky Craven said he planned on being behind the wheel for the Midwest Transit Co. team when the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season begins. On Friday, Craven changed his mind and resigned as the driver of the team in… Read More
Witches overcome injury, Eagles Youthful Brewer turns up pace to make up for loss of standout Higgin
BREWER – Five minutes into Tuesday night’s cross-class basketball showdown between the Brewer and Ellsworth girls, Witches coach Tim Thornton tended to fallen senior standout Jenny Higgins … returned to the bench … took a deep breath … and got ready for whatever was going to happen next. Read More
HERMON – Megan Magoon scored 12 of her game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter to carry the Hampden Academy Broncos to a 53-42 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Hermon Hawks Tuesday night. Emmy Russell contributed 11 points for Hampden Academy. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
SEARSPORT – All five of the Islesboro Eagles’ 3-pointers came in the second quarter as they rolled to a 17-point halftime lead and a 66-36 schoolboy basketball win over the Searsport Vikings Tuesday night. Travis Tatro then scored eight of his game-high 17 points in… Read More
BANGOR – The Greenville Lakers bolted to a 20-point lead after one quarter and never looked back en route to a 67-37 schoolboy basketball win over the Highview Christian Knights Tuesday night. Tyler Muzzy connected for 25 points to lead Greenville. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
HARRINGTON – Sarah Snider poured in 20 points to lead the Narraguagus Knights to an 82-43 schoolgirl basketball win over the Machias Bulldogs Tuesday night. Freshman Missy Barbee tossed in 15 points and Brittany Howe contributed 10 points and six blocked shots for the winners. Read More
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‘Tis the night before Christmas and all through the house, every creature is wrapping a tie or a blouse. The stockings are hung by the chimney with care, but when it comes to the gift wrap, there’s little hope there. The presents are nestled all… Read More
With less than one week of shopping time left to secure that perfect gift, the clock may indeed be running out, but have no fear – there’s no shortage of gift ideas to tickle the gardener on your list. When in doubt, go for tools, tools, tools. Read More
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BANGOR – The Bangor Christian boys not only picked up a valuable victory over previously unbeaten Deer Isle-Stonington Monday night, the youthful Patriots also grew up a bit. Thanks to some crucial contributions from two freshmen off the bench, the Patriots were able to offset… Read More
Preparing for a recent trip to Washington County, I found myself telling my mom of my plans to give a look to some serious, warden-style winterized boots down that way. No holiday hint here, just enlightening a New Yorker to the curious needs of one involved in the… Read More
Phil McGeoghan of the University of Maine football team has been honored as one of 40 winners of the 3rd Division I-AA Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star Team. The senior receiver from Feeding Hills, Mass., posted a 3.29 grade points average while serving as one… Read More
Robert Pilsbury Robert Pilsbury of Husson College has been named the Webber Energy Maine Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Pilsbury, a sophomore guard, averaged 30 points per game in a 3-0 week for the Braves. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
MARS HILL – Central Aroostook outscored Washburn 24-8 in the second quarter to build a commanding lead and rolled to an 81-64 schoolboy basketball win on Monday. Lance Bradstreet, Dan Codrey and Craig Allen connected for 21 points apiece to pace Central Aroostook. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
LINCOLN – Jeremy Allen scored 19 points in the game and Penquis of Milo held Mattanawcook Academy to 11 first-half points en route to a 43-27 schoolboy basketball win on Monday. Jon Carney scored 11 for Mattanawcook Academy. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Left wing Paul Kariya, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks’ captain and leading scorer, will be sidelined for at least two weeks because of a cracked bone in his right foot, taking the team from one traumatic moment to another. Kariya, who has 12… Read More
Stearns of Millinocket football star Justin Cummings, already the recipient of the LTC Class C Player of the Year award, is one of three finalists for the Fitzpatrick Trophy. Cummings, Massabesic of Waterboro’s Jason O’Tash and Quinton Porter of Portland, were announced as the top… Read More
NEWPORT – After a preseason full of distractions and discontent, the Nokomis Warriors were eager to get the regular season started. And boy did it show. Nokomis seized momentum and the lead almost immediately after the opening tip and raced out to a 14-3 advantage… Read More
BANGOR – When the Caribou girls basketball team came out in a zone defense Saturday against Bangor, it was almost like a test – the Vikings knew Ram forward Terra Curtis would shoot the ball, but would the rest of the team take shots from the perimeter? And… Read More
ORONO – As he paced in front of his bench waiting for Sunday’s basketball game to start, Norfolk State coach Wil Jones greeted one University of Maine player like he was a long-lost friend, figuring out the ploy might pay off later on. “I tried… Read More
CENTERVILLE, Mass. – University of Maine kicker Todd Jagoutz was named the first-string kicker on the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I-AA All-Star team on Friday. Jagoutz, who finished his career as the Black Bears’ leading all-time scorer, was the lone UMaine player selected to… Read More
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BANGOR – Nick Wiberg scored 23 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Eastern Maine Technical College to a 99-66 men’s basketball victory over Southern Maine Tech Sunday. Brad Galley added 22 points as Mike Dow poured in 18 for the Golden Eagles. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR – Mike Merritt scored three goals and notched an assist to power the Orono Red Riots to a 6-0 high school hockey victory over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies Saturday at Sawyer Arena. Patt Skall notched a goal and an assist while Eric Gordon and… Read More
LUBEC – Miranda Richardson’s three-pointer from the left side of the key as the buzzer sounded lifted the Lubec girls basketball team to a 39-37 win over East Grand Saturday in high school basketball action. Amber Lavalley had grabbed a defensive rebound and passed it… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor High girls soccer team didn’t get quite as far as it wanted to in the Class A playoffs this fall. Nevertheless, the state’s soccer coaches have recognized four of the Rams as among the top players in Eastern Maine. With two… Read More
Once he got over the shock of television, the Internet and adventures in space, a visiting Charles Dickens no doubt would want to take in a year 2000 production of “A Christmas Carol,” the 1843 tale which annually plays in theaters around the world. Dickens,… Read More
Three floors above a busy Bangor intersection, in a small, sunny, mirrored room that smells like lunch and lead paint, Robert Leins tells me to close my eyes and just be. “You don’t have to remember anything,” he said, “just let go.” I peek. I… Read More
WINTER WAITS, written by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001, 32 pages, hardcover, $16. Lynn Plourde had written her beautiful and eloquent “Wild Child,” a picture book celebrating autumn, personified as a child in a warm, intimate… Read More
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I once found a “cousin” by leaving a note on a gravestone where both of us had been placing flowers on Memorial Day. These days, of course, it’s not unusual to find a relative through the Internet, a new-fashioned device that can make for some old-fashioned reunions. Read More
In driver education, motorists are taught the dangers of alcohol, wet and winter road conditions, driving too fast and driving tired. Now they are learning the horrible repercussions of moose accidents from the film “Hidden Hazards.” This spring, the general public also will learn of… Read More
Earlier this week we denizens of Near North Nowhere were notified that some of UMaine’s supposedly good friends in the America East Conference had conspired (oops, decided) to pick up their collective ball and go … south. No more hair-raising rides on the “vomit comet”… Read More
BREWER – Mike Miragliuolo’s high school varsity coaching debut was much more successful than Mark Reed’s. In a battle of rookie Big East coaches, Miragliuolo’s John Bapst Crusaders got the best of Reed’s Brewer Witches with a come-from-behind 47-43 victory at Brewer High’s gym Friday night. Read More
BANGOR – Under normal circumstances, the Bangor boys swim team might have to worry about Belfast in a dual meet. But with several Lions out or swimming lighter loads because of sickness, the Rams rolled to yet another victory at the Husson College pool Friday night. Read More
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CAMDEN – Lauren Whitney scored 16 points and the Camden Hills Windjammers held off a late rally by the Lincoln Academy Eagles for a 43-42 schoolgirl basketball victory Friday night. Charlotte Croce tossed in 10 for the Windjammers, who won despite missing the front end… Read More
ROCKLAND – Amanda Leavitt netted 14 points to lead the Maine Central Institute Huskies to a 46-28 schoolgirl basketball win over the Rockland Tigers Friday night. Jessie Thompson scored 13 points for the Huskies of Pittsfield. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
MADAWASKA – Five players scored in double figures to power the Calais Blue Devils to a 78-43 schoolgirl basketball win over the Madawaska Owls Friday night. Katie Frost netted 16 points to power Calais. Katie Redding followed with 15 points. Lanna Martin, Nancy Feck and… Read More
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For anyone sitting in Alfond Arena’s section B during the UMaine women’s basketball game in Orono against Delaware Sunday, you can thank Jerry Burleigh for your halftime snack. Burleigh, the Stearns of Millinocket girls basketball coach, was picked to shoot free throws in a contest… Read More
Two media companies that feature the outdoors announced a content-sharing deal between their online properties this week. RSN (www.RSN.com) will provide RSN Resort Cams, snow conditions, event listings, mountain profiles and trail maps to both powdermag.com and snowboardingmag.com, the online counterparts of POWDER and SNOWBOARDER… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Scott Sirois smashed his way into the candlepin bowling records Tuesday night at the Pittsfield Bowling Center. Sirois, of Skowhegan, set a Pittsfield one-game mark when he fired a 223 in the Tuesday Night men’s league. The score broke the old record of… Read More
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The University of Southern third-year women’s hockey program is off to its best start and two local women are making a dramatic impact in their first seasons at USM. Glenburn’s Stacey Rudnicki, a sophomore winger who transferred from the University of Maine, is tied for… Read More
It’s time to start making plans for the 2001 racing season. For the next two months, horsemen and their animals will rest from the daily rigors of harness racing while several horsemen’s organizations and fair groups hold their annual winter meetings and awards banquets during this down time. Read More
ORONO – The revitalized Cyrus Pavilion Theatre at the University of Maine is the perfect place to stage Christopher Durang’s “The Marriage of Bette and Boo.” With only 89 seats in the three-quarter round performance space, watching the production is like peering through a neighbor’s window. Read More
By any definition, Laura Darrell is an exceptional young woman. The Yarmouth eighth-grader plays flute in band, sings in chorus, plays sports every day after school and maintains one of the top grade-point averages in her class. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
PlayStation 2. List price: $299; if bundled with the sports pack (Madden NFL 2001, SSX, Ready to Rumble 2, one extra controller, one DVD movie) $499. 8MB memory card: $32. DVD remote for PS2: $17.99-$29.99. Parents, take heart. After all the hype surrounding Sony’s allegedly… Read More
BATH – The Maine Maritime Museum is thinking big with the commissioning of one of the largest pieces of public art ever attempted in Maine. The museum, which exceeded its fund-raising goal, has selected two local artists to build a see-through sculpture of the 450-foot… Read More
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KIND OF BLUE – THE MAKING OF THE MILES DAVIS MASTERPIECE by Ashley Kahn, Da Capo Press, New York, 2000, 222 pages, $23. On two days in early 1959, seven musicians gathered at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio, a converted church in downtown Manhattan. The lineup… Read More
Just days before Bill Thon died on Dec. 6, art writer Carl Little called him the last of a generation. Collector and art dealer John Whitney Payson described his work as more than real. A Maine governor once compared his artistry to that of Maine legends Homer and… Read More
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MILLINOCKET – The outlook for the Hermon girls basketball team couldn’t have been any worse going into Wednesday night’s game against Stearns. The Hawks were missing two starters (one because of an injury, another because of a school-related disciplinary problem). They were up against a… Read More
BREWER – The goals weren’t pretty. But they don’t have to be. Hampden Academy junior left wing Greg Brown scored the tying and go-ahead goals 3:17 apart in the second period, one from a difficult angle along the extended goal line and the other from… Read More
Role players are an important part of every hockey team. But you could call University of Maine senior Kevin Clauson a multi-role player. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
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The University of Maine women’s basketball has had a difficult time bouncing back from Sunday’s America East loss to Delaware. Not psychologically, but physically. Coach Sharon Versyp’s 3-4 Black Bears have been trying to prepare for Friday’s non-league game at Rhode Island while fighting through… Read More
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BLUE HILL – The Bucksport duo of Corey Guilford and Jason Harvey combined for 42 points Wednesday night while spearheading the Golden Bucks to a 68-50 schoolboy basketball victory over George Stevens Academy. Guilford topped all scorers with 29 points while Harvey tossed in 13… Read More
WATERVILLE – Matt Pitcher poured in 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Wednesday night to propel Thomas College to a 64-62 men’s basketball victory over Maine Maritime Academy of Castine. Jimmy Cardaci contributed 18 points and nine rebounds, while Scott Raymond added 14 points for… Read More
EAST MACHIAS – Jonesport-Beals used their full-court pressure to outscore Washington Academy 24-12 in the fourth quarter en route to an 80-77 schoolboy basketball win over the Raiders on Wednesday. Alvin Beal paced Jonesport-Beals with a game-high 26 points. Jamie Alley scored 17 points, Shane… Read More
The rose water made by the Shakers at Sabbathday Lake is an essential ingredient in one of the breads baked at the Franciscan Friars’ Bakehouse in Bangor. That interesting tidbit is but one of many revealed in the new cookbook “Country Breads of the World.”… Read More
Fruitcake is the Al Gore of holiday food. No one really likes it. Few even respect it. No one wants it in the house for the holidays. It’s just kind of there. The Cobb Manor Center for Original Thought theory of fruitcake holds that there… Read More
When Bangor High’s Jay Jeffrey wanted to play travel soccer against the toughest competition in the state, he had to go south. And southern Maine high schools have long dominated interscholastic soccer in championships and statewide awards. But this year, Jeffrey is one of three local… Read More
ORONO – A quick glance at a stat sheet told John Giannini everything he had to know about Tuesday night’s America East showdown with Boston University. One look showed him the equation that led to a disappointing 79-67 loss by his University of Maine squad. Read More
BELFAST – Anyone looking for the inside story to Tuesday night’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B clash between Mount View of Thorndike and Belfast had only to look in the paint. Belfast won its first game of the season by decisively winning the the battle… Read More
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BANGOR – All the ballots are in and there’s no need for a recount, Stearns’ Justin Cummings and Winslow’s Chris McCabe are the LTC Players of the Year. Awards for the high school football players and coaches of the year were presented at the annual LTC… Read More
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Before she became the director of athletics at the University of Maine, Suzanne Tyler had established a reputation as a highly successful college field hockey and lacrosse coach at the University of Maryland. Tyler has been recognized for her coaching prowess by being included in… Read More
WATERVILLE – Robert Pilsbury poured in a game-high 23 points and Quinson Lancaster backed him with 21 more Tuesday night as Husson College of Bangor posted a 98-83 Maine Athletic Conference men’s basketball victory over Thomas College. Randy Fletcher contributed 18 points and 11 rebounds,… Read More
HARRINGTON – The Narraguagus Knights battled Lubec back and forth before the Knights stepped up their defense and pulled away in the final five minutes Tuesday night for a 75-60 schoolboy basketball victory. Luke Shaw posted 28 points, about 10 above his average, to pace… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Amanda Leavitt hit five 3-pointers on her way to 27 points while sparking Maine Central Institute to a 58-40 girls basketball victory over Oak Hill Tuesday night. Meredith Susi added nine points for the Huskies. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
LIMESTONE – Max Saenger, Maine Winter Sports Center executive director has announced the appointment of Will Sweetser as Community Program director. This position was created in response to the rapid growth the MWSC has seen this year, according to a press release from the center. Read More
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BANGOR – Major League Baseball player and Bangor native Matt Kinney will be appearing at the Bangor Mall on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for an autograph signing. Kinney made his Major league debut last season for the Minnesota Twins, starting eight games… Read More
CORINTH – When last we left the Penquis boys basketball team, the Patriots of Milo were putting the finishing touches on a Class D state championship. Monday night’s effort in the team’s second regular season game of 2000-01 was a far cry from the Patriots… Read More