Recently added articles from Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME:

Affidavit: Murder suspect admits killing Pomeroy appears in court; details of slaying in Hope unfold in documents

Jul 04, 2008; GEORGE CHAPPELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF ... ROCKLAND - A Hope man charged with murdering a woman fromWaldoboro told police he lost his temper over a comment she madeabout his ex-fiancee and he bludgeoned and stabbed her, according tocourt documents. Steven Pomeroy, 23, made his initial appearance Thursday at KnoxCounty ...

Garland storyteller working to combat 'chemo brain'

Jul 04, 2008; MEG HASKELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF ... Deena Weinstein is a professional storyteller. She's also awriter, counselor, educator and notary public. She officiates atweddings and funerals and visits sick people at home and in thehospital. She's a wife and mother. She loves to travel. It could behard to keep track of all of her ...

Hollywood Slots' 1st day draws 9,000 Penn National addresses scuttled $5.8B acquisition

Jul 04, 2008; DAWN GAGNON; OF THE NEWS STAFF ... BANGOR - Though the number crunching was still under way onThursday, a state gambling control official said Hollywood Slots seta revenue record after its first full day in its new $132 milliongaming and entertainment complex. The company on Tuesday opened Hollywood Slots Hotel and ...

'Chemo brain' survey report

Jul 04, 2008; MEG HASKELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF ... A 2007 survey of more than 470 cancer patients found that"cognitive impairment resulting from cancer treatment greatlydiminishes quality of life for cancer patients-survivors, and hasfar-reaching implications for individuals and society." The survey,conducted by the Hurricane Voices ...

Bankruptcies

Jul 04, 2008 ... The following petitions for bankruptcy were filed at U.S.Bankruptcy Court in Bangor during February 2008: Robert Grant, service, no dependents, Bangor: assets, $2,081;debts, $31,025. Robert Stanwood, supervisor, and Corinne Stanwood, disabled, onedependent, Milbridge: assets, ...

Floods, economy force rail cutbacks

Jul 04, 2008 ... BANGOR - Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway announced Thursday ithas trimmed its train service and furloughed 33 employees effectivethe end of June. "The current economy has caused a downturn in paper, lumber andother forest products shipments which, along with extraordinary ...

Dead River executive to address forum

Jul 04, 2008 ... BREWER - Robert A. Moore, president and chief executive officerof Dead River Co., will speak at noon Tuesday, July 8, with themembers and guests of Tuesday Forum, a women's networking group inthe Bangor area, about high oil prices and their effect on Mainebusinesses. Dead River, ...

Russell indexes list Camden National

Jul 04, 2008 ... CAMDEN - Camden National Corp. was listed on the Small-CapRussell 2000 Index and the Russell 3000 Index when thereconstitution of these indexes was published on June 30 by RussellInvestment Group. Russell rebalances the Russell family of indexesannually to maintain indexes that are ...

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Jul 04, 2008 ... Two-hundred thirty-two years ago, representatives in theContinental Congress met in Philadelphia and adopted theirDeclaration of Independence. It expressed frustration and anger withthe policies of Great Britain and its king. It argued eloquently forthe fundamental, universal rights of ...

Collins and Iraq

Jul 04, 2008 ... From the outset, our invasion and occupation of Iraq has beenmorally indefensible. Now, Sen. Susan Collins, who consistentlyendorsed the Bush administration's attack on this sovereign country,has proposed legislation requiring Iraq to spend more of its meagerfunds to rebuild its ...

President can't punish

Jul 04, 2008 ... When President-elect Bush took his oath of office, he promised hewould faithfully enforce the laws of this country. As head of theexecutive branch, he is required to enforce the laws using minimumforce because anything more than minimum force represents punishmentof someone who must be ...

Obama gets smeared

Jul 04, 2008 ... Douglas M. Flagg's letter to the editor June 26, said "The racecard is ... brought into the campaign by Obama." Was It? Those musthave been voices in my head. "Is Obama black enough?" "Is Obama tooblack?" There is the question about whether the Republicans woulduse race. When Sen. John ...

Genuine faux glamour

Jul 04, 2008 ... Hollywood Slots in Bangor: glamour comes to the River City,indeed. Genuine faux marble, Mae West and Jack Nicholson look-alikes, Art Deco "inspired" complex? Catch me, do - this country galjust might faint. You know what they say: It's hard to keep her downon the ...

Bucksport businesses unite to boost downtown

Jul 04, 2008; RICH HEWITT; OF THE NEWS STAFF ... BUCKSPORT - Three downtown businesses have joined forces tobolster their operations and to promote the Main Street area as adestination. George MacLeod has run MacLeod's Restaurant for more than 20years, Andy Lacher has owned BookStacks for more than a decade andAndy Tyne, the ...

A veggie Fourth

Jul 04, 2008 ... Whatever happened to the good old days when the worst we had tofear on the Fourth of July was traffic jams and wayward fireworks?According to our government's Meat & Poultry Hotline, this year'stop fear is food poisoning by those nasty E. coli and salmonellabugs lurking in inadequately ...

Lamoine girl charged in fatal Conn. accident

Jul 04, 2008; BILL TROTTER; OF THE NEWS STAFF ... A 17-year-old girl from Lamoine is facing numerous charges,including vehicular manslaughter, after an accident in southeasternConnecticut that resulted in the death of a male passenger. The name of the girl is not being released because she is ajuvenile. She also is accused of ...

Tribal elder, WWII veteran dies at age 83

Jul 04, 2008; ERIC RUSSELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF ... PLEASANT POINT - Joseph "Cozy" Nicholas, a Passamaquoddy tribalelder, historian and World War II veteran who represented his peoplefor many years in the Legislature, died Thursday in Pleasant Pointafter a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 83. Nicholas was a longtime barber, first ...

Longtime street sweeper retires

Jul 04, 2008; DAWN GAGNON; OF THE NEWS STAFF ... BANGOR - One of downtown's unsung heroes was the guest of honorThursday at a surprise retirement party at the city's public worksfacility on Maine Avenue. Donald McKenzie, 71, has retired after a nearly three-decadecareer with the city, most of it spent as a street ...

EMMC initiates no-noise campaign

Jul 04, 2008; TONI-LYNN ROBBINS; OF THE NEWS STAFF ... BANGOR - In hospitals there is often no mistaking when it'sdinnertime. That one squeaky wheel on the meal cart has served as the dinnerbell for decades at hospitals all over the country. The high-pitched chirp is enough to awaken the soundest sleeper, andmonotonous enough to ...

Memorial walk for Howard slated Concert, city meetings on tap in Bangor

Jul 04, 2008 ... . Annual Charlie Howard memorial walk, 6:30 p.m. Monday,memorial service at Hammond Street Congregational Church, 7:15 p.m.,walk from church to State Street Bridge. . City Council's transportation and infrastructure committee, 5p.m. Tuesday, request to set concrete planters in ...