Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from September 2002:
1986 case in Monson unsolved Searchers found no trace; woman last seen near home
Sep 02, 2002; ... MONSON - Sixteen years ago, Kaye Johnson walked the short distancefrom her small rural home to her garage and vanished. Her disappearance came less than four months after the reclusive80-year-old woman had moved from New Jersey to Monson to escapefamily members who were suing her ...
Missing teen found by wardens Boy wanders from camp, spends night in woods
Sep 02, 2002; ... TOWNSHIP 10 RANGE 2 - A 17-year-old boy who walked away from acampground Friday afternoon and spent the night trying to find hisway back was discovered Saturday afternoon walking on a road in thearea. Mario Cipri III had been camping at First Debsconeag Lake nearAbol Bridge with ...
Justice Department awards police grants
Sep 02, 2002 ... BANGOR - The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded grantstotaling $1,125,000 to nine law enforcement agencies throughoutMaine. The funding is being made available through the department'sCommunity Oriented Policing Services Universal Hiring Program. The grants will enable the law ...
Down East lobstermen get N.B. ally Off-season fishing rule divides Canadians
Sep 02, 2002; ... CUTLER - Lobster fishermen in Washington County have an unexpectedally in their opposition to Canada's decision to allow 20 Grand Mananlobstermen to fish out of season in a disputed U.S.-Canadian fishingground. Mark Green, vice president of the Grand Manan Fishermen'sAssociation, ...
In the leap of luxury 'Relaxed' Bangor woman takes first sky dive to celebrate 80th birhday
Sep 02, 2002; ... For Irma DeTour, jumping from an airplane to celebrate her 80thbirthday was as easy as a walk in the park. "It was wonderful," the Bangor woman said Sunday after completinga 10,000-foot tandem parachute drop in Pittsfield with instructor DanDyer. "I kept thinking, 'I don't ...
Wages rise amid labor shortage Slowdown in job creation suggests end to 2001 gains
Sep 02, 2002; ... A tight labor market and longer work days were responsible forincreases in both income and wages for many Maine workers in the pastyear, according to a report set to be released today. The State of Working Maine 2002 report, written by the MaineCenter for Economic Policy, found ...
2 die in Hermon car accident Crash into tree causes 1st traffic fatalities of holiday weekend
Sep 02, 2002; ... HERMON - Maine State Police on Sunday continued theirinvestigation into the cause of a one-car crash in Hermon that killedtwo women - the first traffic fatalities of the busy Labor Dayweekend. Maryellen Dean, 45, of Levant and her 26-year-old passenger,Alisha Andrews of Corinth, ...
Maine Coast Guard units to patrol NYC on 9-11
Sep 02, 2002; ... SOUTHWEST HARBOR - The U.S. Coast Guard in Maine will send a 16-member contingent to New York City this week to help patrol theharbor during the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "This is why I joined the Coast Guard," said Petty Officer 1stClass Laura Hunsicker of ...
Campaigns gear up as summer wanes
Sep 02, 2002; ... With Labor Day here, Maine politicos are turning their attentionsfrom the seashore to C-SPAN as candidates in the state's major racesset their sights on November - and each other. "We're straight out from here on out," said Kathie Summers,spokeswoman for 2nd Congressional District ...
MDI museum to honor Maine's men of granite
Sep 02, 2002; ... MOUNT DESERT - Steven Haynes and Juanita Sprague will realize adream this week when they open the state's first museum dedicated toMaine's lost granite industry. After spending nine years scouring the state for old photos,tools, logbooks and other unique artifacts - not to mention ...
Lost book shipments raise suspicions on both sides of Atlantic
Sep 02, 2002 ... "Mind your business, Mr. and Ms. Businessperson." This paraphrase of Ray Stevens' 1966 hit song "Mr. Businessman" isa great piece of advice for all merchants and professional people. Much as we advise consumers to keep in touch with creditors andmerchants if there is a problem, ...
Colorful fall likely thanks to spring rain
Sep 02, 2002; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - An American Indian legend claims that spirithunters in the sky slew the Great Bear (a constellation) in autumn,and his dripping blood colored leaves red and the fat that spatteredout of the kettle as the hunters cooked his meat turned other leavesyellow. What is ...
Harrington motorist hurt in crash with train
Sep 02, 2002; ... BUCKSPORT - A Harrington woman was taken by helicopter to an areahospital after a Ford Explorer she was driving struck a train as itcrossed Route 15 Sunday. The accident took place about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Erica Atcherson, 28, who had not been wearing a seat belt,suffered ...
Carmel man crashes car into store
Sep 02, 2002 ... A Carmel man walked away uninjured after his car crashed into thefront wall of a convenience store in Carmel on Sunday, deputies said. Jay Foresman, 32, had pulled into the parking lot of Ye OleGeneral Store on Route 2 about 3 p.m. Sunday and was attempting topark his car, said ...
Breast cancer walk Oct. 13 in Pembroke
Sep 02, 2002 ... PEMBROKE - The American Cancer Society will hold its 2002 "MakingStrides Against Breast Cancer" walk Oct. 13 at the PembrokeHistorical Society, one of the sponsors of the event. Bonnie Hunter and ...
Candidate Carter slates Ellsworth public forum
Sep 02, 2002 ... ELLSWORTH - Green Independent gubernatorial candidate JonathanCarter will hold a "listening tour" forum at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8,at the City Hall auditorium, 1 City Hall Plaza. This will be ...
Mold prevention workshop in Ellsworth
Sep 02, 2002 ... ELLSWORTH - The Hancock County Planning Commission will hold aworkshop on mold identification and prevention from noon to 2 p.m.Monday, Sept. 9, at the Ellsworth City Hall upstairs conference room. Code enforcement officers and licensed plumbing inspectors whoattend will receive ...
Child care provider added by HomeStart
Sep 02, 2002 ... HANCOCK - The HomeStart program recently announced the addition ofCrystal Openshaw, certified family child care provider. HomeStart provides children and families with comprehensive HeadStart services in small, multiage family child care home settings.The program, by Child and ...
Farmhand in hospital after head butt by cow
Sep 03, 2002 ... CORINTH - A 58-year-old farmhand at Libby Dairy Farm avoidedserious injury after he was head-butted by a heifer Monday evening,officials said. The cow was in the pasture and was trying to rise onto her feetwhen the man bent over, Corinth ambulance chief Dave Easler saidMonday ...
Driver who hit train released from hospital
Sep 03, 2002 ... BUCKSPORT - A Harrington woman was discharged from an areahospital after being treated for injuries she received when hervehicle struck a train as it crossed Route 15 about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Erica Atcherson, 28, who was not wearing a seat belt, sufferedlacerations, abrasions and ...
SACHS student set for Italian odyssey Teen's foreign studies break ground
Sep 03, 2002; ... ISLAND FALLS - While his friends at Southern Aroostook CommunityHigh School are waiting Thursday for a bus to take them to school,Jonathan Holman will be waiting to catch a plane bound for Italy. The 17-year-old high school junior will leave this week for 10months in Catania on the ...
Bus tour to feature Maine farmers Augusta-to-Presque Isle trip to offer glimpse of region's agriculture
Sep 03, 2002; ... AUGUSTA - A unique farmer-to-farmer bus tour later this month willprovide those working or interested in agriculture a chance to get acloser look at what others in the industry are doing. A series of tours is expected to link farms across the state; thefirst tour begins in central ...
Oak Grove School to hold reunion
Sep 03, 2002 ... WATERVILLE - The Oak Grove School will hold its annual reunion atnoon Saturday, Sept. 14, at the ...
Buttons honor veterans on Election Day
Sep 03, 2002 ... BANGOR - Secretary of State Dan A. Gwadosky will hold a Vote inHonor of a Veteran kickoff event at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, atthe World War II Memorial, Cole Land Transportation Museum, 405 PerryRoad. Those participating in the event include the Bangor High SchoolJunior ...
Fan Feedback
Sep 03, 2002 ... Bay League shines I would like to congratulate the teams and managers of the BayLeague, which recently concluded its inaugural baseball season. Thisleague, designed and coordinated by Rufus Candage, noted Blue Hillsports enthusiast, provided a summer season of superb baseball ...
Orchestra to hold rehearsals in Blue Hill
Sep 02, 2002 ... BLUE HILL - Rehearsals for Liberty School's Saturday ConservatoryOrchestra will be held 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at the school'slibrary on South Street. The performance date will be Saturday, Dec. 14. The cost is $90. A second rehearsal session will begin in January for a ...
Divorces
Sep 02, 2002 ... The following divorces were granted in 13th District Court inDover-Foxcroft on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: Mark Kaufmann and Carole Kaufmann, both of Dover-Foxcroft; marriedat Annapolis, Md., Oct. 20, 1973; shared custody of two ...
Demonstration forest plans grand opening
Sep 02, 2002 ... WILLIAMSBURG PLANTATION - A grand opening is planned at thePiscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District demonstrationforest from 9 a.m. to midafternoon Saturday, Sept. 7, at the foreston the Old Williamsburg Road. The opening will include a memorial dedication, a ...
Welfare numbers
Sep 02, 2002 ... The statistics you use to bolster the case for more dollars forwelfare administration (BDN, Aug. 21) actually make a case forsignificant reductions in staffing and in spending - probably notyour intention. The editorial cites "an increasing percentage" of Maine's TANF(Temporary ...
Athletics picture day at Piscataquis school
Sep 02, 2002 ... GUILFORD - Piscataquis Community High School will hold its ...
Contract awarded for dam removal
Sep 02, 2002; ... FALMOUTH - A contract has been awarded for the removal of theSmelt Hill Dam along the Presumpscot River, with work on the projectscheduled to begin in mid-September. Removal of the dam will open up about 7 miles of the lowerPresumpscot watershed for passage of migratory fish, ...
Literacy project motivates teachers Down East
Sep 02, 2002; ... MACHIAS - Steve Knowles returns to his Woodland High Schoolclassroom this week with a new approach to the way he teacheschemistry, physics and applied biochemistry. Knowles was one of 21 Washington County teachers who attended asix-credit graduate course in adolescent literacy at ...
Courts
Sep 02, 2002 ... Machias District Court Cases July 1-31, 2002 Brian Alley, 22, Beals, marine-worm digging without license, $100. Sally Ashby, 39, Roque Bluffs, operating motor vehicle afterlicense suspension, $200; attaching false motor vehicle plates, $100. Ralph U. Bailey, 43, ...
14 fires erupt in Maine forests 200 firefighters battle new blazes as dry conditions persist
Sep 02, 2002; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Firefighters during the weekend in Maine fought14 new forest fires, most of which were caused by lightning strikesdays ago. More than 200 firefighters were battling the fires, three of whichwere in southern Maine, three in central Maine and eight in ...
UMM workshop to foster 'connected school' culture
Sep 02, 2002 ... The peace studies program at the University of Maine will present"It's All Connected!" from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, atthe Portside Student Center in Kimball Hall at the University ofMaine at Machias. The workshop for teachers of kindergarten through the eighth ...
Fired-up Black Bears maul Blue Devils
Sep 02, 2002; ... PORTLAND - It was a game the University of Maine football team wasexpected to win and the Black Bears took care of business. More than nine months after losing to Northern Iowa in the NCAAquarterfinals, 13th-ranked UMaine kicked off a new season Saturdaynight with a lopsided 52-3 ...
Opportunistic Sessions wins Pine Tree 150
Sep 02, 2002; ... HERMON - South Paris' Sam Sessions was an opportunist Saturdaynight. Running third on a lap 122 restart, Sessions watched as leader BenRowe and second-place Scott Chubbuck bumped side panels and moved upthe track. So Sessions sped to the inside groove to take the lead and ...
Player of the Week
Sep 02, 2002 ... COLLEGE Ryan Waller PHILADELPHIA University of Maine receiver Ryan Waller has beennamed the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the ...
Golf
Sep 02, 2002 ... HOLE-IN-ONE Dustin Northway BANGOR - Dustin Northway from Brewer aced the 150-yard third holewith a 7-iron at Bangor Municipal Golf Course on Sunday. The shot waswitnessed by Greg Mullins, Joe Mullins, and Ryan Soucie. Andy Jordan PISCATIQUIS - Andy Jordan hit a ...
Kinney to remain in Edmonton for now
Sep 02, 2002 ... Matt Kinney will not be called up by the Minnesota Twins until atleast after the Pacific Coast League playoffs, according to a storyby Mark Sheldon of MLB.com on the club's Web page. The former Bangor High Schoool star and other Twins' Triple-Aplayers will remain with the Edmonton ...
UM Bears split pair on road
Sep 02, 2002 ... The University of Maine field hockey team split a pair of games toopen the season this weekend. Maine blanked St. Louis University 5-0Sunday in St. Louis, but lost 3-1 to Southwest Missouri State inSpringfield on Saturday. On Sunday, Skowhegan's Tara Bedard scored three goals for ...
Fuller holds off Thibodeau for victory at Unity
Sep 02, 2002 ... UNITY - Dean Fuller of Albion held off Pat Thibodeau of Winterportto win the first of two Pro Stock feature races at Unity RacewaySaturday night. Steve Nelson of Albion finished third, Scott Albee of Norridgewockwas fourth, and Albion's Matt Lee finished fifth. OTHER UNITY ...
Maine blanks Griffins Hamel heads up Bears' offensive
Sep 02, 2002; ... ORONO - The University of Maine's women's soccer team scored justfour goals in its last five games a year ago after losing leadingscorer Annie Hamel to a season-ending leg injury. They went 2-3. The junior striker from Magog, Quebec notched three goals and anassist to lead ...
Library treasures on Web
Sep 02, 2002; ... We know, of course, that the holdings of Bangor Public Library areamazing. Genealogists are especially fortunate to find among the half-million books the fruits of many years of wise purchasing andgenerous gifts. Moreover, the facility has a manuscript collection that gives ...
Liberated musician to perform in Unity Hawkins finds strength after label battle
Sep 02, 2002; ... Sophie B. Hawkins never went away. Over the course of her career,she has had two enormous radio hits, fought - and won - a battleagainst a record company Goliath, had a documentary film made abouther, and has built a devoted fan base around the world that helped tosave her latest record ...
LABOR DAY 2002
Sep 02, 2002 ... Ever since President Grover Cleveland signed an act in 1894 makingthe first Monday in September a legal holiday to honor America'sworkers, Labor Day has been a holiday of conflicting themes, an oddmixture of the somber and the frivolous. Even 19th-century labororganizer Peter J. McGuire, ...
DAYS OF THE GIANTS
Sep 02, 2002 ... Old-timers these days sometimes bemoan the sad state of Congressin these times and yearn for the days of the giants. They recall suchfigures as Arthur Vandenberg, the Republican chairman of the SenateForeign Relations Committee during World War II. A formerisolationist, he led his party ...
3 men, dog rescued after lobster boat sinks
Sep 02, 2002 ... NORTH HAVEN - Three men and a dog were plucked from the waters ofPenobscot Bay after their lobster boat sank off Drunkard Ledge onSaturday. Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Ben Iveyaaaa of the U.S. Coast Guardstation in Rockland said the boat's captain, David Aho, 38, ofRockport, and ...
Pittsfield police seek radio prankster Second incident in 3 days involves false reports of wounded officers
Sep 02, 2002; ... PITTSFIELD - An unknown voice caused more concern among emergencyofficials early Sunday after somebody used a two-way radio toimpersonate a wounded police officer. The Sunday incident mimicked a similar prank Friday night in whicha voice impersonated a police officer radioing for ...
Politics at folk festival
Sep 02, 2002 ... Congratulations to Bangor on a successful National Folk Festival.It was splendid. There were only two things that I found disturbing during myvisit. A group of people had set up a stand to collect signatures ona petition to reduce property taxes and Jonathan Carter had a ...
Dems need courage
Sep 02, 2002 ... I write to commend Alex Grab for his courageous letter of Aug. 22to the Bangor Daily News in which he defends and defines accuratelyUnited Nations resolution 242. Israel and its defenders have twisted,ignored and defied that resolution and gotten away with it for fartoo long thanks to ...
Medway residents irked
Sep 02, 2002 ... The story headline, "Millinocket residents request tax cuts," asreported in the Bangor Daily News on Aug. 26, has left this oneMedway citizen more than slightly irked. The so-called "loose meeting" of Aug. 19 was loose because WaltMcIntire did not receive "the plan" until 2 p.m ....
Bat bus doesn't fly
Sep 02, 2002 ... I am disappointed with Bangor's new Bat Bus. It took me fiveminutes to realize that big splash of gray on the bus was a bat - oran image of one. I've only seen black or dark brown bats - yes, I sawthe one small black bat on the side of the bus. I pictured a pretty red bus with ...
'Free trade' isn't free
Sep 02, 2002 ... In a letter to the editor in the Bangor Daily News on Aug. 21,Dwain Allen, CIO of Moosehead Manufacturing, praised our senators forvoting to give the president fast-track authority to promote "freetrade." While trade agreements may boost the stock portfolios ofcorporate executives, "free ...
Hamel leads UM by Iona
Sep 03, 2002 ... ORONO - Annie Hamel scored her fourth goal in two games to leadthe University of Maine to a 2-0 women's soccer victory over IonaCollege in the final day of the Black Bear Invitational Monday. Maine and Central Connecticut State both had 2-0 records in thetournament but CCSU was ...
Ex-SAD 53 official in hospital after crash
Sep 03, 2002 ... BANGOR - A Pittsfield man remained hospitalized Monday after asingle-car accident Friday on Interstate 95 in Bangor. Terrence McCannell, 53, the former superintendent of SAD 53, waslisted in fair condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Mondayevening, according to a hospital ...
Plymouth to survey residents on community center
Sep 03, 2002; ... PLYMOUTH - Using a $10,000 planning grant from the MaineDepartment of Economic and Community Development, members of thePlymouth Planning Committee have been working this summer to developa survey that will poll residents about creating a local communitycenter. Some residents ...
Lamoine residents to voice land purchase views
Sep 03, 2002 ... LAMOINE - Residents will get a chance to sound off next week abouta proposal by selectmen to buy the Nathan and Marti Anderson propertyon Lamoine Beach Road. "The public information meeting will be a chance for voters toinform themselves on the issue prior to the town meeting," ...
Heritage project invites artisans to guild meet Group aims to promote Sebasticook Valley
Sep 03, 2002; ... NEWPORT - The Maine Highlands Guild and the Sebasticook ValleyCultural Heritage Project invites all artists, crafters and specialtyfood producers living in the area to an informational reception 7-8p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Scotty's in Newport. "The guild is a new networking, ...
Penobscot County inmate hangs himself
Sep 03, 2002; ... BANGOR - A Penobscot County Jail inmate hanged himself Monday inhis cell, prompting an investigation of the death - the sixth suicidein the state's corrections facilities this year. Gardner Whalen, 37, of Argyle was pronounced dead at a localhospital Monday afternoon after efforts ...
Craig 14th in championship race
Sep 03, 2002 ... KAPRUN, Austria - Adam Craig, a 21-year-old cyclist from Dexter,and current 2002 U.S. Men's Mountainbike U-23 Cross-Country NationalChampion, competed in the UCI 2002 World Mountain Bike Championshipson Monday. Craig, ...
Road Racing
Sep 03, 2002 ... LABOR DAY 5-MILER At Bangor 1. Phil Lebreton 26:58, 2. Andy Goupee 27:08, 3. Bruce Bridgham27:22, 4. Dan Dearing 27:35, 5. Brent Leighton 27:58, 6. Tim Wakeland28:08, 7. Jim Newett 28:13, 8. Henri Bouchard 28:20, 9. PerryLebreton 28:33, 10. Newell Lewey 28:39, 11. Dick ...
Plan hatching to boost game fisheries $7 million of upcoming bond earmarked to revamp fish-breeding facilities
Sep 03, 2002; ... AUGUSTA - A hundred thousand trout fry swarm lightning fast at thestate's Governor Hill Fish Hatchery, their silver scales flashingappropriately like coins tumbling from a slot machine. Governor Hill and Maine's eight other state-run fish hatcheriesproduce more than a million trout ...
Back-to-school shoppers choose loose comfort of '70s clothes
Sep 03, 2002; ... BANGOR - The look is rumpled, crumpled, wrinkled and undone. Somesay it's retro, others call it vintage, yet anyone who remembers theback-to-school fashions popular in 1970 immediately will recognizewhat's being touted as hot fashion this fall. Loose-fitting hip-huggers with wide ...
Bankruptcies
Sep 03, 2002 ... Following are petitions for bankruptcy filed at the U.S.Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: Allen Mason, no occupation given, no dependents, Bangor: assets,$13,900; debts, $27,481. James Harvey Jr., maintenance worker, one dependent, Old Town:assets, $46,750; debts, ...