McDonald, Iris B., 91, February 14, 2015. Interment to be held in the Old Holy Rosary Cemetery. Arrangements by Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 from the Parish of Precious Blood Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
By Kathy McCarty
Staff Writer
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — A national auto parts distributor is looking to open a branch in the Star City by 2016.
“AutoZone plans to open a store in Presque Isle in January of next year. This will be one of about 150 AutoZone stores opening up in 2016,” said Ray Pohlman, company spokesperson.
BUCKSPORT, Maine — Martial arts students from regional branches of Graves’ Institute of Self Defense recently traveled south to compete in a tournament recently.
Along with the normal sparring and Ju-Jitsu divisions, this Bucksport event featured grand championship fighting open only to competitors who had won a first-, second- or third-place award at a previous 2014 event. Only one huge three-foot trophy was awarded to the winner of each championship division as a best-of-the-best incentive.
Solid defense helps Tiger boys discard Schenck, 55-39
By Ernie Clark
Bangor Daily News
BANGOR, Maine — Stout defense helped No. 3 Fort Fairfield advance in the Eastern Maine Class D boys basketball tournament with its quarterfinal victory Monday afternoon.
BANGOR, Maine — It is always difficult to beat a team three times in one season.
But the top-seeded Washburn High School Beavers didn’t waste much time dashing the eighth-seeded Van Buren Crusaders’ upset hopes.
BANGOR, Maine — Mackenzie Worcester and her Washburn High School teammates knew they faced a quality opponent in a tall, athletic Penobscot Valley High School team in Monday night’s Eastern Maine Class D basketball quarterfinal at the Cross Insurance Center.
Caribou boys outgun Belfast, 58-54, in Class B showdown
All three local basketball teams advanced to the Eastern Maine Tournament following preliminary round action held last Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Caribou boys survived a test against Belfast, while both Fort Fairfield teams were also winners in their home contests.
BANGOR, Maine — Old Town carved up Caribou with its own double-edged sword on Friday night.
Senior forward Adam Richardson and senior guard Eric Hoogterp combined for 49 points on 20-for-30 shooting, sparking the defending state champion Coyotes to a 64-55 Eastern Maine Class B boys basketball victory at the Cross Insurance Center.
The American Lung Association recently released its 13th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report, which finds Maine again achieving mixed results in enacting tobacco control policies that are considered necessary to save lives and help end the tobacco epidemic.
WOODLAND, Maine — Woodland Consolidated School Principal Susie Schloeman and Union 122 Superintendent Karla Michaud presented their reports at this month’s Woodland School board meeting, complete with a list of activities the school was involved in over the past month.
Woodland received the Northern Maine Math League scores for the fall of 2014, and grade six placed fifth out of eight, grade seven placed sixth out of eight, and grade eight placed sixth out of eight; the Woodland team placed fifth out of nine teams overall.
