Winter fest at CFO’s Flaherty Early Care and Education Center at UMM
Families enjoyed an afternoon outside on 2/20 sliding and snow shoeing at The Flaherty ECEC Center in Machias. The event was hosted to promote male involvement at our center. The afternoon was enjoyed...
View ArticleHannah Shaw leads Mount Desert Island girls to upset of Presque Isle in EM B...
BANGOR, Maine — Mount Desert Island senior forward Hannah Shaw had never beaten Presque Isle during her exemplary basketball career. She was 0-9 entering Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class B championship...
View ArticleFormer Bangor police chief bows out of sheriff’s race after cancer returns
BANGOR, Maine — A former Bangor police chief who announced plans to run for the Penobscot County sheriff’s seat earlier this month has withdrawn from the race after learning cancer has resurfaced in...
View ArticleLinda L. Smith
PRESQUE ISLE – Linda L. Smith, 66, died after a brief illness Feb. 22, 2014, at a Bangor hospital. She was born July 16, 1947, the daughter of Lawrence M. and Lora F. (Craig) Libby. Linda graduated...
View ArticleJohn P. Beaupré
ST. DAVID – John P. Beaupré, 63, passed away Feb. 21, 2014, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 8, 1950, in Boston, son of the late Addis and Normande (Morrow) Beaupré....
View ArticleDapheen Marie McPherson
PRESQUE ISLE – Dapheen Marie McPherson, 71, passed away on Feb. 23, 2014, at her residence with her family by her side. She was born May 23, 1942, in Presque Isle, the daughter of the late Ervin A. Sr....
View ArticleLarry L’Italien
BANGOR and EAGLE LAKE – Larry L’Italien, 67 , died peacefully, Feb. 20, 2014, at a Bangor health care facility. He was born June 13, 1946, in Eagle Lake, the son of the late Albert and Jeanne (Berube)...
View ArticlePaul R. Ward Jr.
PRINCETON and PATTEN – Paul Reynolds Ward Jr., 66, passed away Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, in Patten. Paul was born July 14, 1947, in Lewiston, the oldest child of Paul and Helen (Southard) Ward Sr. As a...
View ArticleJoseph P. Yamello
CUSHING – Joseph P. Yamello, 75, died peacefully Saturday morning, Feb. 22, 2014, at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 26, 1938, in Everett, Mass.,...
View ArticleJoseph David Martin
CARIBOU – Joseph David Martin, 96, died Feb. 22, 2014, at Maine Veterans Home Caribou. He was born in Fort Kent the son of the late David and Annie (Laferriere) Martin. He attended school in Fort Kent...
View ArticleSAT Course in Rockland, ME
Spyglass Tutoring is offering a 6-week SAT course that prepares students for the Reading Comprehension and Writing sections of the SAT. The course will be taught by Dr. Chelsea Avirett, who holds a Ph....
View ArticleBrewer to Host District Jazz Festival
The Brewer Music Department will be hosting the Maine Music Educators Association District 6 High School Jazz Festival at the Brewer Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, February 25th with a snow date of...
View ArticleThree Boy Scouts, two leaders stranded on Blackcap Mountain rescued
EDDINGTON, Maine — The Maine Warden Services and area firefighters rescued three Boy Scouts and a pair of Scout leaders stranded on the side of Blackcap Mountain late Saturday, according to a release...
View ArticleCollege roundup: Maine men’s basketball team drops fifth straight game
BANGOR, Maine — The Stony Brook Seawolves used a balanced scoring attack and shot 45 percent from the field to hand the Maine Black Bears their fifth straight loss, 83-79 in America East men’s...
View ArticleWalter Ehlers, awarded Medal of Honor for actions in Normandy, dies at 92
Walter Ehlers, the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor to participate in the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II, died Feb. 20 at a veterans’ hospital in Long Beach, Calif. He was...
View ArticleSophomore forward helps Carrabec girls beat Madison in West Class C final
AUGUSTA — With every missed free throw Saturday night, the likelihood for nightmares increased for Mickayla Willette. The sophomore forward had the chance to pad Carrabec’s lead down the stretch of the...
View ArticleLast-second shot propels Forest Hills girls to West Class D crown
AUGUSTA — For a fleeting moment, Kori Coro heard nothing. The Forest Hills senior guard was alone with her thoughts, watching the biggest shot of her life homing in on the basket. “Everything went...
View ArticleUkrainian parliament, after ousting president, tries to consolidate power,...
KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian parliament, now dominated by foes of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, took bold measures Sunday to remake the government, sacking ministers, freeing jailed protesters...
View ArticleNew Jersey man killed, Mass. man injured in two separate snowmobile accidents...
FARMINGTON, Maine — A New Jersey man is dead following a snowmobile crash late Sunday morning, according to information released Sunday night by the Maine Warden Service. Richard Keith Horton, 50, of...
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