Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from January 2002:
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Jan 01, 2002 ... A camera shutter whirs and in a fraction of a second a slice ofthe human experience is captured forever through the lens of aphotographer. What is fleeting to the eye is preserved for all tosee. It really is quite magical. Photography, from the family snapshotto the Pulitzer ...
SCOTT HASKELL
Jan 01, 2002 ... As photojournalists, we make images of people during the best andworst of their lives. We are there as people in our communitiescelebrate or struggle through their daily world. We are the eyes ofthe community. Ordinary Mainers' willingness to allow us to make images of theirdaily ...
STEPHEN M. KATZ
Jan 01, 2002 ... STEPHEN KATZ POY Essay Photographing Terry Cole's very personal struggle with losing herhair to radiation treatment is one of many stories I have worked onover the years covering people with potentially fatal diseases. Hodgkin's disease, AIDS, cerebral palsy, cancers of the ...
KEVIN BENNETT
Jan 01, 2002 ... Fellow photographer Bob DeLong will retire from the Bangor DailyNews sometime in the next few months. Long before I started working at the News, I was intrigued byBob's accounts of his experiences and the events he had covered whilepursuing photojournalism. His enthusiasm for ...
JASON CANNIFF
Jan 01, 2002 ... Serendipity greeted me in the form of a double rainbow and twoteen-age girls in Belfast on Oct. 27. Spending most of my daysprinting back and forth between high school sporting events, I felttired and mechanical, and looked forward to the drive home todecompress. But, as I left Belfast ...
LINDA COAN O'KRESIK
Jan 01, 2002 ... It's always hard when someone asks me, "what's your favoritepicture you've taken?" or, "what's the best assignment you've everhad?" It may seem odd not to have a favorite, but it's kind of likeyour pets (or kids if you have those) ... you love them all the same,but for different ...
BOB DELONG
Jan 01, 2002 ... I am often asked why I became a photographer. This is a difficultquestion for me to answer. In our everyday lives the elements of goodphotographs are everywhere, with the interplay of light and shadow,texture, the muted hues in a background or a sudden splash of ...
MILLER PEARSALL
Jan 01, 2002 ... Photojournalism is a profession that has given me the privilege tomeet interesting people who have fascinating stories to tell. Thediversity of my experiences as a photojournalist has helped meappreciate how individuals live such different lives, yet how similarwe all are to one ...
NICK MCCLELLAND
Jan 01, 2002 ... My camera can be a powerful shield, keeping me on the outsidelooking in on the lives of others. But occasionally, the shielddisappears ...
Orphan piano poses transport problem Great Duck Island man would-be owner
Jan 01, 2002; ... FRENCHBORO - In the film "The Piano" a 19th century Scottishwoman, played by actress Holly Hunter, arrives by ship in New Zealandon an isolated beach and is left there with her belongings and herdaughter. Her most prized possession, a piano, is left on the shoreas her new husband insists ...
Man gets 10 days in OxyContin case Judge sympathetic to Bangor resident after government seizes home, van
Jan 01, 2002; ... BANGOR - A 50-year-old Bangor man who bought a house and a vanwith money he made from illegally selling the narcotic painkillerOxyContin will spend 10 days in jail for trafficking in the much-abused drug. Stephen Sanborn's attorney, Donald Brown of Bangor, said thatdespite the ...
Auburn husband, wife collide during snowmobile drag race
Jan 01, 2002; ... GARLAND - A husband and wife who had been drag racing late Sundaynight on two snowmobiles on lower Garland Pond were injured whentheir vehicles collided nearly head-on. The impact of the collision threw Scott Corliss, 41, and TanyaCorliss, 33, both of Auburn, 50 to 60 feet into the ...
Generous donors give $52,000 to Santa's fund
Jan 01, 2002 ... The Santa's Helper Fund workers want to take this finalopportunity to thank all of you who contributed to this year'seffort. Because of the generosity of so many individuals, families,companies and groups of people, from all around the region, the fundnow stands at ...
8 killed in collision on Quebec highway Police investigating cause of 2-car crash
Jan 01, 2002; ... STE. ROSE VILLE DEGELIS, Quebec - Eight people, five of them youngmen from Edmundston, New Brunswick, were killed in a fiery head-oncollision on the Trans-Canada Highway early Saturday morning. Dead at the scene were Joshua Leger, Mathieu Beaupre, PierreMartin, and Patrick ...
Collins to travel to Asian nations
Jan 01, 2002; ... BANGOR - Sen. Susan Collins will start the New Year by travelingto central Asia on Thursday to support the war on terrorism andpromote stability in the war-ravaged region. Collins announced Monday that she will join eight of her fellowsenators in visiting Afghanistan, Pakistan, ...
Portland airport considers new security options
Jan 01, 2002; ... The images of Mohamed Atta and a companion going through asecurity check in Portland have been seen around the world. Before Sept. 11, it was widely known that you could show up 20minutes before your flight, zip through security and be on your wayat the city's small airport, just ...
Job Corps academics get boost with plan
Jan 01, 2002 ... BANGOR - Training and Development Corp. has announced the approvalof the Loring and Penobscot Job Corps centers as non-traditionallimited purpose schools. The Maine centers received state approval on Sept. 26. Thisapproval allows Maine residents to receive credit toward high ...
Departing manager lists Pittsfield's needs
Jan 01, 2002; ... PITTSFIELD - While many were celebrating the New Year with wildparties, exciting music events or quiet evenings at home Monday, D.Dwight Dogherty was cleaning out his office. By Friday morning - his last day as the full-time town manager forPittsfield - Dogherty still had stacks of ...
SAD 38 roof project subject of hearing
Jan 01, 2002 ... ETNA - SAD 38 will hold a public hearing on the Etna-DixmontSchool Roof Project at 6:30 p.m ....
Deputy district attorney moving on Caribou man accepts post in York County
Jan 01, 2002; ... CARIBOU - John Pluto, Aroostook County's deputy district attorneyfor nearly 13 years, left the county over the weekend to becomeassistant district attorney in York County. Pluto practiced law in Van Buren, both alone and with attorneyWilliam Smith, before joining District Attorney ...
Rink pays Brewer taxes, avoids foreclosure
Jan 01, 2002; ... BREWER - With only hours to go before the foreclosure deadline,the owners of the T.J. Ryan Center ice rink came up with thenecessary back taxes to satisfy the city, at least for now. The payment of $2,800 by Delta Hockey late Monday morning likelycame as a relief to those who use ...
Veterans assistance in Dover-Foxcroft
Jan 01, 2002 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - A veterans service officer from the Department ofDefense, Veterans and Emergency Management will be available from 9a.m. to noon Wednesday, Jan. 2, and ...
Veterans aid available at Milo Town Office
Jan 01, 2002 ... MILO - A veterans service officer from the Department of Defense,Veterans and Emergency Management will be available from 9 a.m. tonoon Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the Milo Town Office. The ...
Water bottler, workers fail to agree on contract
Jan 01, 2002 ... POLAND SPRING - Poland Spring Bottling Corp.'s contract with its280 western Maine workers was due to end at midnight with noagreement in sight Monday. Members of Local 1445 of the United Food and Commercial WorkersInternational union on Sunday rejected a contract offer by the ...
Ex-CMP spokesman joins hospital group
Jan 01, 2002 ... AUGUSTA - Mark Ishkanian of Readfield has been named vicepresident of public affairs at the Maine Hospital Association. Ishkanian succeeds Jim Harnar, who announced his resignation thisfall after 14 years with the association. Ishkanian will assumeresponsibility for the ...
Camden National announces dividend
Jan 01, 2002 ... CAMDEN - Camden National Corp. has declared a quarterly dividendof $0.17 per share payable on Jan. 31, 2002 for shareholders ofrecord on Jan. 15, 2002. This represents an increase of $0.01 or 6.25percent from the last quarterly dividend. Camden National Corp., headquartered in ...
Mariaville trio injured in Ellsworth car wreck
Jan 01, 2002 ... ELLSWORTH - A Mariaville man and two young passengers is his carwere hospitalized Sunday afternoon with non-life-threatening injuriesafter the car went off Route 179, according to police. Russell Archer, 42, was driving a 1994 Subaru west toward Route 1Aaround 3:20 p.m. when he ...
Emergency spurs landing at BIA United responds to fire warning light
Jan 01, 2002; ... BANGOR - A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing atBangor International Airport Sunday night when an engine fire warninglight forced crews to shut down one of the plane's two engines. Thorough inspections of the Boeing 777, however, determined theengine to be undamaged ....
Bangor man sentenced for ambulance burglary
Jan 01, 2002; ... BANGOR - A Bangor man who broke into a Brewer ambulance lastspring while he was enrolled in a jail home monitoring program wassentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison. Cory Fling, 26, pleaded guilty to burglary of a motor vehicle,drug possession, violation of a home release ...
Assault in Sullivan breaks man's jaw
Jan 01, 2002 ... SULLIVAN - One man was hospitalized and another jailed after anassault in Sullivan on Saturday morning. Few details about the incident were immediately available. According to a report by Deputy Corey Bagley of the Hancock CountySheriff's Department, officers received a call ...
Maine woman charged in foreign money scam
Jan 01, 2002; ... PEMBROKE - A 20-year-old woman from Norway, Maine, was chargedwith attempted theft Monday after she allegedly tried to pass off abill from Venezuela as a Canadian $100 bill. Sgt. Frank Gardner of the Washington County Sheriff's Departmentsaid Angela Raymond gave the bill to the ...
Suspected burglar gave alias to police
Jan 01, 2002; ... GREENVILLE - A Bangor man arrested for burglarizing the MaineDepartment of Forestry building last week faces an additional chargebecause he provided police with an alias. Scott Roberts, 22, told police during his arrest that his name wasScott E. King and that he was 27 years ...
Newport selectmen plan meeting for Jan. 2
Jan 01, 2002 ... NEWPORT - The Newport Board of Selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 2, at the town office. A brief agenda includes: . An update from Town Manager James Ricker on the town's transferstation and solid waste transportation. . The ...
Fairfield council slates organizational meeting
Jan 01, 2002 ... FAIRFIELD - The Fairfield Town Council will hold an organizationalmeeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, in the council chambers of ...
SAD 48 committees schedule meetings
Jan 01, 2002 ... NEWPORT - SAD 48 will hold two committee meetings this week. Theyare: Negotiations Committee, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, at thecentral office, called to continue ...
New Year's, 2002
Jan 01, 2002 ... Once again, just like clockwork, it's New Year's Day. Once again,in a wave sweeping across time zones, the world has counted backwardfrom 10. Celebrants have wished each other the best and meant it, atleast for as long as the cup of kindness brims. Parades march acrossTV screens. In some ...
The skinny on smoking
Jan 01, 2002 ... I had to respond to Darlene Brennan's letter that complained thattoo often the smoker is blamed (BDN, Dec. 28). Why shouldn't thesmoker be blamed for the estimated 53,000 deaths a year in the UnitedStates from secondhand smoke? Ms. Brennan tries to compare the dangers of smoking to ...
Why Israel attacked
Jan 01, 2002 ... I want to comment on a recent letter in the Bangor Daily News thatspoke of Israel's occupation of the West Bank. This is true, but onlyafter Israel prevailed in the Six Day War of 1967. And yes, Israeldid attack first, the one and only time they did as they werecompletely surrounded by ...
Violent self-defense
Jan 01, 2002 ... For Bangor Daily News writers who condemn using violence againstterrorists: Let's suppose you're a flight attendant on the Paris-to-Miami shoe-bomber flight and you see a passenger lighting a fuse.What nonviolent method do you employ to prevent disaster - freedrinks? Hugs? Intellectual ...
Winter Harbor's plans
Jan 01, 2002 ... Since it was announced that the U.S. Navy Station at Winter Harborwith its 100 acres of property was going to be closed down in June2002 there have been many proposals for the future use of the landand facilities. The National Park Service and the National LearningCenter are making plans ...
Buzzards and eagles
Jan 01, 2002 ... A buzzard is a smart coward that lets other animals kill prey,then enjoys a meal and lives another day without any work or dangerto itself. An eagle kills its ...
Paying for disability
Jan 01, 2002 ... Most Americans appreciate our men in uniform and our veterans. Thepresident and members of the House and the Senate have been veryunfair to some veterans. Retired members of the armed forces whoserve 20 years or more on active duty and retire with or because ofdisability are treated with ...
Raise undeserved
Jan 01, 2002 ... I would like thank the entire Congress for the underhanded waythey went about getting a $4,900 pay raise recently. I wish I couldget a $50,000-plus raise over a 10-year period. Big deal if they arenot getting the same rate as in the private sector, they are supposedto be doing that job ...
Police probe fatal crash in Dover-Foxcroft
Jan 01, 2002 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Police were investigating a fatal head-oncollision that occurred on Route 7 Monday night when road conditionsbecame difficult because of a passing snow squall. Few details were available, but a dispatcher at the PiscataquisCounty Sheriff's Department reported ...
USDA funds Old Town, Southwest Harbor
Jan 01, 2002 ... BANGOR - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved more than$4 million in funding to support needed community projects in OldTown and Southwest Harbor, U.S. Rep. John Baldacci announced Monday.The funding, which is being made available through the USDA's RuralDevelopment Agency, ...
$88 reported gone from bottle center Machias woman charged with theft
Jan 01, 2002; ... MACHIAS - A road search by area law enforcement agencies endedMonday with the arrest of a 29-year-old Machias woman in connectionwith a theft from the Route 1 Redemption Center. Machias Patrolman Jamie Denbow said he arrested Kisha Dennison oncharges of theft and violation of bail ...
Vacationing man's home is burglarized
Jan 01, 2002 ... BELFAST - City police are investigating a burglary that occurredduring Christmas week. Police Chief Allen Weaver said Church Street resident Glen Cyrdiscovered his apartment had been broken into when he returned homefrom a weeklong absence on Friday. Cyr reported the break-in ...
SAD 34 superintendent gets 4.5% pay raise
Jan 01, 2002 ... BELFAST - SAD 34 Superintendent of Schools Robbins Young completedhis six-month evaluation to the school board's satisfaction and hiscontract was renewed through 2004. In extending Young's contract, the board also granted him a 4.5percent pay raise, bringing his annual salary to ...
AAUW scholarships available in midcoast
Jan 01, 2002 ... THOMASTON - College scholarship opportunities are available forwomen in the midcoast area who have never attended college. The American Association of University Women supports womenimproving their education and has made scholarships available fordeserving women to begin a college ...
Pittsfield to consider request for variance
Jan 01, 2002 ... PITTSFIELD - The Pittsfield Town Council will meet Wednesday, Jan.2, to consider businessman K.C. Comfort's requested variance thatwould allow an expansion at the Pittsfield Motor Inn. It is an issuepreviously considered by the planning board. The agenda also includes: . A ...
Beyond the horizon At Ellsworth gallery, Bangor artist investigates nature's quiet side
Jan 01, 2002; ... Minimalism in art demands so much from the viewer. Everything thatis missing is up to you to discover and explore. But the truth is,not everyone "gets" it. This was on my mind recently when I saw a show of new oilpaintings by Gudrun Kiefer Tarr, the former Bangor High School ...
Here are some helpful resolutions for local TV, radio sports
Jan 01, 2002; ... Whether your usual New Year's Day regimen consists of an ice pack,aspirin and/or bloody mary; pizza delivery, munchies, your favoriteeasy chair and bowl games; or simply sleeping most of the day away,you can't escape ... It's resolution time. For better or worse, the previous year ...
Brother finds his own niche in basketball
Jan 01, 2002; ... The old gym looked good. A little wear on the hardwood on onebaseline after a recent bout with a plumbing problem, but overall,the keepers of Wentworth Gym at Stearns High School in Millinockethad done a fine job maintaining the facility since its first game inDecember of ...
King sparks Ellsworth Eagles edge Tigers in overtime for 4th victory
Jan 01, 2002 ... EAST SULLIVAN - Jake King scored five points in overtime,including a 3-for-3 effort from the free-throw line, to lead theEllsworth Eagles to a 66-65 schoolboy basketball win over the SumnerTigers Monday. Ellsworth's John Morse nailed a 3-pointer as time expired to forcethe extra ...
First baby of 2002 at EMMC Brewer couple welcome baby girl 18 minutes into new year
Jan 02, 2002; ... BANGOR - Only 18 minutes into the new year, Kathryn Austin cameinto the world and became the first baby born in Maine in 2002,according to a survey of hospitals around the state. The 21-inch, 8-pound 8-ounce infant rested quietly in her mother'sarms Tuesday morning, oblivious to ...
Antidote to slack economy sought State experts hope for quick recovery
Jan 02, 2002; ... All the brightly colored paper couldn't disguise what was hiddenunderneath the wrapping this holiday season. It was fear and apresent probably purchased with a credit card. The fact that 29,000 Mainers were already out of work and thelikelihood that hundreds, if not thousands, more ...
Fan Feedback
Jan 01, 2002 ... Let all of the kids play You can see what has happened to Schenck's basketball team. Theydon't have enough players to form two teams. This could happen to your school. You are not playing in the daysof old. Today, there are more sports to play. Also, there are moreactivities ...
Maine tourism shows growth Small revenue increase expected despite effects of terrorist attacks
Jan 02, 2002; ... AUGUSTA - Even though Maine's $8.8 billion tourism industry took aplunge after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the state still isexpected to make a small gain the year over 2000. As of September, the taxable sales in the lodging and restaurantsectors were about 3 percent to 4 ...
Water bottler, workers agree to extend contract
Jan 02, 2002 ... POLAND SPRING - Union and Poland Spring Bottling Corp. officialshave agreed to extend a contract for 280 western Maine workers intoFriday, averting a potential New Year's Day strike. On Monday, the company agreed to the extension sought by Local1445 of the United Food and ...
A splendid example
Jan 02, 2002 ... Perhaps it was the meltdown of Enron that exposed to four membersof the House the link between politics and the big money of financingcampaigns. The representatives who just last week signed on to a soft-money ban that had been languishing in the House were Alcee Hastingsof Florida, ...
Welcome the euro
Jan 02, 2002 ... With the holidays now past, today is the first day at work for theeuro. From France to Greece, Portugal to Finland, 12 of the world'sdeveloped economies now are joined together by a common currency. It is the biggest such conversion in history, one that directlyaffects more than ...
Fatal crash blamed on snowstorm
Jan 02, 2002; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Slick roads from a quick-moving snowstorm on NewYear's Eve contributed to a head-on collision on Route 7 that killedAlderia Bailey, 73, of Dexter, police said. Harold Stade, 81, of Greenville was traveling north at about 7p.m. in a van towing an empty travel ...
Smyrna infant set to start transplant
Jan 02, 2002; ... DURHAM, N.C. - Michaela Calaman was born 28 days ago and alreadyshe's in a fight for her life. Like her older brother, 15-month-old Michael, Michaela hasKrabbe's disease, a fatal genetic disorder that affects nervedevelopment in the brain caused by improper formation of the ...
Curtain closes at Tmple Cinema 82-year-old Houlton movie theater shows last picture on New Year's Eve
Jan 02, 2002; ... HOULTON - While holiday revelers were welcoming the new yearMonday night, Herbie Hockenhull was closing the doors on a piece ofhistory. After 82 years in Market Square in downtown Houlton, the TempleCinema ran its last movie Monday night. There were just two ...
Antiques burglars to be sentenced
Jan 02, 2002; ... ELLSWORTH - Two men convicted of stealing thousands of dollars'worth of antiques, including a bronze sculpture worth $60,000, duringa 1999 burglary spree in Hancock County are due to be sentencedThursday in Hancock County Superior Court. Kevin Braley, 43, of Hiram and James ...