Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from November 2003:
Pandas pull out EM title Pickering's OT goal tips Lakers
Nov 01, 2003; ... LEE - There was one overriding sentiment as fans of the Lee girlssoccer team flooded the field at the end of Friday afternoon'sEastern Maine Class D championship game. Thanks for the near heart attack, Shelby. Shelby Pickering, the Pandas' go-to goal-scorer, just smiled ...
Bragging rights on the line UM, BU each has a Johnson brother
Nov 01, 2003; ... Bragging rights at the Thanksgiving table will be up for grabswhen the University of Maine Black Bears host Hockey East archrivalBoston University tonight at 7 at Alfond Arena. That's according to Boston University senior center Gregg Johnson,who will square off against his younger ...
Raiders wear down Witches Winslow offense led by Runnells, Welch
Nov 01, 2003; ... BREWER - Halloween night ... Orange-and-black uniforms ... Witchesvs. Black Raiders. Friday night's football game between Brewer and Winslow had allthe ingredients for a horrific show as Brewer has found Winslowtricky to beat for the last decade, but instead fans were treated toa ...
Bangor beats up Lewiston Last year's quarterfinal loss motivates Rams
Nov 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - P.J. Dowe remembers the anguish the Bangor High Schoolfootball team felt after being upset in the first round of lastyear's Pine Tree Conference playoffs. He and his teammates were determined not to let it happen again asthe top-seeded Rams played No. 8 Lewiston in a PTC ...
Bulldogs' Roberts scores 2 Machias shuts out Calvary Chapel
Nov 01, 2003 ... MACHIAS - Senior wing midfielder Austin Roberts scored his 22ndand 23rd goals of the season to lead the top-ranked Machias Bulldogsto a 2-0 Eastern Maine Class D semifinal boys soccer win over CalvaryChapel Friday. The Bulldogs will host the second-ranked Washburn Beavers today ...
Withee gives father 100th victory at FA Stearns, MCI, Mt. Blue win
Nov 01, 2003 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Senior quarterback Josh Withee passed for threetouchdowns to lead Foxcroft Academy to a 55-6 high school footballvictory over Dexter on Friday night at Oakes Field. Withee completed 8 of 14 passes for 193 yards to help his father,Paul, collect his 100th career win ...
Bears face formidable challenge in Blue Hens
Nov 01, 2003; ... With its playoff hopes riding on the outcome, the University ofMaine football team travels to Newark, Del., today for a game againstsecond-ranked and undefeated Delaware. Maine Maritime Academy of Castine is still looking for its firstwin of the season and Colby College of ...
Unity tops EMCC in Tipoff opener
Nov 01, 2003 ... UNITY - Jeremy Kervin scored 20 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, andhad three assists to lead the Unity College men's basketball team bythe Eastern Maine Community College Eagles 75-67 in the Unity TipoffTourney Friday night. Matt Kent chipped in with 18 points and five assists for ...
Fans get first look at UM Men's, women's basketball Blue-White games Sunday
Nov 01, 2003; ... ORONO - People who have played basketball for the University ofMaine women's basketball team will tell you there's nothing quitelike playing in front of Black Bear fans at Alfond Arena. Coach Sharon Versyp's team will have that opportunity Sunday whenUMaine plays its annual ...
Deer season provides memories, enjoyment Maine youngsters show off hunting skills
Nov 01, 2003; ... Many of you, I suspect, won't hop out of bed and head to the magicgreen box to get your morning paper this morning. You'll be like me and end up reading this after spending the earlymorning hours tromping (silently, of course) through the woods ofMaine. I hope you were ...
Orono Bog a fun trip near home
Nov 01, 2003; ... Frequently a fun place to visit sits right under your nose andgets overlooked in favor of more distant and exotic destinations. (Ofcourse, this perspective depends on your home port - mine's Bangor.) Or maybe you just haven't had the chance in your busy schedule totake the time to ...
Spawning Spectacular set at Craig Brook Hatchery
Nov 01, 2003; ... Parents looking to provide an interesting and educationalopportunity for their children may want to head to Orland on Sundayfor the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery's annual SpawningSpectacular. The hatchery, which produces Atlantic salmon, will stage the eventfrom noon until 3 ...
For some owls, small size belies hunger for big prey
Nov 01, 2003; ... Last week's column about the saw-whet owl banding demo generatedseveral comments from co-workers. They were all surprised at howsmall this owl is. Weighing as much as an American robin and measuring a trifle lessin length, the saw-whet is not the smallest North American owl - ...
DIF&W: 2,075 moose killed in split season
Nov 01, 2003; ... Most of the numbers are in, and it looks like 2003 was a typicalMaine moose hunt. Of the 2,585 moose hunters, 2,075 killed one of the animals duringthe two-week split season. This translates to about an 80 percentsuccess rate. "It's preliminary, but it's not far off," ...
Surrogate Shopper helps out in a pinch
Nov 01, 2003; ... Budget is such an ugly word. Unlike "bargain," which is a beautiful word, "budget" carriesbaggage. It means control. It means restraint. It means mortgagecomes before more stuff. I mean, I could just not buy food and have PB&J on a Ritz fordinner. But let's be realistic. I ...
Ndegeocello continues winning streak with 'Comfort Woman'
Nov 01, 2003; ... Editor's Note: In Sound Advice, the first Saturday of every month,veteran NEWS entertainment writer Dale McGarrigle, former Britishmusic-press writer Adam Corrigan and a revolving stable of NEWSwriters review new albums from across the musical spectrum. "Comfort Woman" (Maverick) - ...
Climbing high to the sky Maine's tall trees are among the biggest in the nation
Nov 01, 2003; ... It's a perfect day for tree hunting. Dried leaves skitter acrossthe road like crabs, and every turn reveals fireworks of red, orangeand yellow foliage against the Indian summer sky. As the road twists farther into the countryside, trees start togrow taller, up over the roofs of ...
New Media projects sought for festival
Nov 01, 2003 ... ROCKPORT - The Center for Maine Contemporary Arts has announcedits "Plugged In Fest II." The weekend of New Media projects,featuring digitally produced still images and time-based work, willrun from Friday, March 12, through Monday, March 15, 2004. Proposals for solo or group New ...
Penobscot legends subject of new book
Nov 01, 2003 ... ORONO - The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine hasrecently published a new volume of tales and legends based onPenobscot traditions written by the late Mary Alice Nelson and titled"Katahdin: Wigwam's Tales of the Abnaki Tribe." Born on Indian Island on 1903 and known ...
Men's hockey
Nov 01, 2003 ... MAINE vs. BOSTON UNIVERSITY Time, site: Saturday, 7 p.m., Alfond Arena, Orono Records: Maine 6-0 (1-0 Hockey East), BU 2-0-1 (1-0 Hockey East) Series, last meeting: Tied 38-38-7, Maine 4-2 on March 1 Key players: Maine - LW Todd Jackson (7 goals, 3 assists), RW ...
Stetson stable owner guilty of sexually assaulting girl, 13
Nov 01, 2003 ... BANGOR - A Penobscot County jury on Friday found the owner of aStetson stable guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl whohad attended his summer camp. Mark Merrill was charged with five separate counts of assault onfive different girls, all in their early teens. The cases ...
Burned boy's condition upgraded
Nov 01, 2003; ... ELLSWORTH - The condition of a local boy who was badly burned onThursday when another student set fire to his Halloween costume at anEllsworth High School assembly has been upgraded from critical toserious. Donald Awalt, 14, was flown on Thursday by LifeFlight helicopterfrom ...
Truck rolls into bay, killing 1 Passenger escapes vehicle in Addison
Nov 01, 2003; ... ADDISON - A Harrington man drowned when the pickup truck he wassleeping in rolled into the bay at the Basin Road boat landing earlyThursday. The body of Randy P. Perry Jr., 23, was recovered from the waterafter police were alerted around 2:30 a.m. Only the tip of the antenna ...
Ex-Calais hoops star pleads guilty
Nov 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - A former Calais High School basketball star has pleadedguilty to a federal drug charge in a plea agreement with the U.S.Attorney's Office. Morgan Drew, 19, of Calais was arrested April 8 in a restaurantparking lot in Bangor in an undercover drug operation, according ...
War protesters get community service, no jail
Nov 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - Two war protesters found guilty of criminal trespass by aPenobscot County jury earlier this month each were sentenced Fridayto 20 hours of community service at a Bangor food pantry. Nancy Galland and Richard Stander, both of Stockton Springs, weretwo of 12 people arrested ...
Woman's anti-casino signs barred
Nov 01, 2003; ... Until recently, Donna Chellis of Orrington had never beenmotivated enough to express publicly her opinion about a campaignissue by planting political signs on her front lawn. But the contentious casino referendum question that voters willconsider on Tuesday was different. Chellis ...
Palmyra officials probe homemade 'bomb' blast
Nov 01, 2003 ... PALMYRA - Palmyra Fire Chief Don Chute has requested theassistance of the State Fire Marshal's Office in determining who setoff a homemade incendiary device late Wednesday at the Douglas PondGame Preserve on Madawaska Road in Palmyra. "It was either a homemade bomb or fire ...
Maine dairy team wins big in Mass. competition
Nov 01, 2003 ... SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Fifteen 4-H youth and their project cattlerepresented the state of Maine last month, competing in a variety ofdairy events at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Mass. One of the Maine highlights was in the Fitting and Showmanshipcompetition, where ...
Pittsfield budget proposed with zero tax increase
Nov 01, 2003; ... PITTSFIELD - Town Manager Kathryn Ruth said it cost her a fewsleepless nights and hours of overtime, but the proposed 2004 budgetshe sent off to councilors Thursday night reflected no increase inlocal taxes. Keeping the tax rate stable was her goal throughout the budgetprocess, ...
SAD 53 board meeting to hear MEA results
Nov 01, 2003 ... PITTSFIELD - The SAD 53 board of directors will meet at 7 p.m.Monday, Nov. 3, in the Warsaw Middle School library to hear apresentation by administrators of the Maine Educational Assessmentresults for grades four and eight. The ...
Drill sergeants sought by Army Reserve unit
Nov 01, 2003 ... BANGOR - The 2nd Battalion of the 304th Regiment of the UnitedStates Army Reserve is seeking drill sergeant candidates. Today, Alpha and Delta Companies, which are designated as BasicCombat Training units, will conduct a 10K-road march along Route 2 tothe intersection of Hogan ...
Deaf-blind awareness focus of activities
Nov 01, 2003 ... BANGOR - In conjunction with Penobscot Theatre's production of"The Miracle Worker," the Maine Discovery Museum will recognizeNovember as Deaf-Blind Awareness Month with activities throughout themonth. Patty Sarchi will visit the museum at 2 p.m. today with her guidedog, Brandy, ...
Candidates vie for Dover-Foxcroft selectman posts
Nov 01, 2003; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - A director of emergency medical services, acontroller and a business owner are vying for two positions on theDover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen. Brian Mullis, director of emergency services at Mayo RegionalHospital, said that through teamwork and collaboration, the ...
Seboeis Plantation eyes leaving SAD 31
Nov 01, 2003; ... SEBOEIS PLANTATION -- Residents are awaiting a meeting with stateand local education officials before moving ahead with their effortsto withdraw from SAD 31. Twenty-six of the plantation's 39 residents attended a specialtown meeting on Oct. 3 and voted to withdraw from the ...
Tax hike notices net clamor in Hermon
Nov 01, 2003; ... HERMON - Assessor Beth Bowdoin wasn't exactly looking forward toFriday, but was prepared for it, fielding phone calls and visits fromconcerned and sometimes angry residents. Earlier in the week, roughly one-third of the town's propertyowners - about 900 people - got letters from ...
Woman, 19, charged with stealing credit cards
Nov 01, 2003 ... Bangor police summoned a woman Thursday after she allegedly stolean elderly woman's credit cards. Officer Kerry Libby reported that at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, aworker at the Best Buy electronics store on Bangor Mall Boulevardtold her that a man and a woman, both about 20 years old, ...
Ryan's Hope event to benefit teens in crisis
Nov 01, 2003; ... Two years ago in May, Lisa Matarazzo-Champney of Hermon sentballoons aloft in memory not only of her son, Ryan Matarazzo, whocommitted suicide a year earlier, but also as a way to celebrate thelives of suicide survivors. The event marked the beginning of the nonprofit Ryan's ...
Etna manager resigns, blames 100-mile round trip
Nov 01, 2003 ... ETNA - After three years of commuting 100 miles round trip, EtnaTown Manager James Hancock resigned this week, saying he wants tolook for work closer to home. Hancock said he is leaving on good terms with the town and iswilling to remain until a replacement is found and even longer ...
Machias house fire causes $30,000 damage, loss of pets
Nov 01, 2003 ... MACHIAS - Two cats, four hamsters and a parakeet were lost in ahouse fire Friday afternoon that caused an estimated $30,000 indamage. Two dogs in the house were saved by neighbors of the single-family home at 27 Court St. where Sherry Hews and her three childrenresided, according ...
New citizens get musical history lesson
Nov 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - Myong Suk Chellew of New Sweden and her sister PokchaReopell of Shirley, Mass., already had a lot in common. Both lefttheir native South Korea to marry American men and both settled inNew England. On Friday morning, however, Chellew became a citizen of the UnitedStates, ...
Acadia Hospital CEO named Nurse of the Year
Nov 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - Dorothy Hill, chief executive officer and chief nursingofficer at Acadia Hospital, has been named Nurse of the Year by theAmerican Psychiatric Nurses Association. The award was made at theassociation's annual meeting, held at the beginning of October inAtlanta. The ...
Brewer council removes racino question from ballot
Nov 01, 2003; ... BREWER - After Bangor and Capital Seven LLC agreed to terms forthe location of a racino in Bangor, there was nothing left for Brewerto do but to abandon the idea. Consequently, on Friday the BrewerCity Council unanimously removed the racino question from the city'sballot for next ...
Bridge work to close Acadia carriage roads
Nov 01, 2003 ... ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - Harold MacQuinn Inc. of Ellsworth willstart waterproofing 15 masonry arch bridges on the carriage roadsystem of the national park Nov. 3. The work at each bridge involves excavation of the carriage roadabove the arch and installation of a waterproofing ...
Park schedules first Acadia Science Day Nov. 8
Nov 01, 2003 ... BAR HARBOR - Acadia National Park will hold its first AcadiaScience Day for the public from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8,in the auditorium of The Jackson Laboratory on Route 3. The program, which is free and open to the public, will featurepresentations by university ...
Salon loses cash, products in break-in
Nov 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - More than $1,000 in tanning products and about $200 incash was taken from Choices Tanning Salon Thursday night after anunknown person broke into the building. Employees at the salon, which is located at 453 Hammond St.,discovered the damage at 9 a.m. Friday when they found ...
CASINO? TAKING A CHANCE RAISES ISSUES FOR BELIEVERS, BUT FEW FAITHS EXPLICITLY CONDEMN GAMBLING
Nov 01, 2003 ... AS MAINE VOTERS NEAR DECISIONS ON ALLOWING A RESORT CASINO INSANFORD AND A RACING CASINO IN BANGOR, ANYONE SCANNING THE FAITHSTATEMENTS AND WEB SITES OF A SLEW OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS WILL FINDPLENTY OF CAUTION LIGHTS - AND A FEW EXPLICIT STOP SIGNS. WHY? PERHAPS IT'S THE NOTION ...
Bangor pastor seeks help for alcoholism
Nov 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - The pastor of one of eastern Maine's largest churchesannounced Sunday that he is taking a three-month sabbatical to seektreatment for "a chronic alcohol dependency." The Rev. Ron Durham, 57, founder of Abundant Life Church on OuterBroadway, said that he would seek ...
It's not unusual to see Tom Jones in church Glenburn man takes show on Mississippi
Nov 01, 2003; ... GLENBURN -Tom Jones is playing at a church near you. No, not that Tom Jones. This one lives in Glenburn, not L.A. He'san expert with the piano, not the microphone. He performs forparishioners at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Orono, not middle-agedwomen on vacation at the MGM Grand ...
High performing schools
Nov 01, 2003 ... Under the No Child Left Behind Act, the state is recognizing high-performing schools where, during the last three years, 70 percent ofstudents have met or exceeded the standards in reading and 50 percenthave met or exceeded the standards in math on the Maine ...
Improving schools
Nov 01, 2003 ... Under the No Child Left Behind Act, the state is recognizingimproving schools which have, in four of the last five years,increased the number of students who have met the standards on theMaine Educational Assessment. In addition, these schools haveachieved a gain of at least 20 percent ...
Span ordeal tested state's mettle Cole proud of response to Waldo- Hancock Bridge problems
Nov 01, 2003; ... ROCKPORT - State Transportation Commissioner David Cole remembersthe precise time he got the telephone call in which he learned of bigproblems with the Waldo-Hancock Bridge on Route 1. It was "quarter to five on a Friday afternoon," he told RocklandRotary Club members in a meeting ...
MDI hospital to hold series of workshops
Nov 01, 2003 ... BAR HARBOR - Mount Desert Island Hospital's Behavioral HealthCenter is offering its fourth annual Family Life education series.This free series will be held at MDI High School 6-7:30 p.m. startingNov. 17. The series, facilitated by therapist Laurie LaViolette, willaddress a ...
SAD 40 residents to take straw vote on middle school
Nov 01, 2003; ... SAD 40 residents will take a mid-November straw vote on the futuresite of a $9 million regional middle school that would serve all 347seventh- and eighth-graders in the district. The recommended location for the new school is next to MedomakValley High School on Manktown Road in ...
Rest area transfer on Rockport ballot
Nov 01, 2003; ... ROCKPORT - A small rest area off U.S. Route 1 built by the statein the 1950s will be taken over by the town if voters approve. The question is one of five articles on Tuesday's warrant. The tiny rest area overlooking Clam Cove is one the state wants toeliminate from its ...
Ellsworth firm sues contractor for unpaid work on MDI school
Nov 01, 2003; ... ELLSWORTH - A city contractor has filed suit against P.M. MacKayGroup of Bangor for alleged unpaid work on the Mount DesertElementary School project, according to the court complaint. R.F. Jordan & Sons Construction of Ellsworth claims the firm isstill owed almost $62,000 from ...
Bar Harbor voters face land use changes
Nov 01, 2003; ... BAR HARBOR - Voters will be asked Tuesday to endorse a dozenchanges to the town's Land Use Ordinance aimed at streamlining theapplication process and amending the rules for downtown development. The Town Council, Planning Board and Warrant Committee haveendorsed the changes after a ...
Four counties face major jail pressures
Nov 01, 2003; ... Voters in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties each face a $12.3 millionquestion Tuesday: Will they fund a $24.6 million jail to be shared by29 towns? To their north, Knox and Waldo counties are feeling the samepressures - too many jail inmates - so much so that Waldo Countyvoters are ...
Zoologist, oceanographer to speak at annual UMPI Science Day
Nov 01, 2003 ... PRESQUE ISLE - Dr. J. Malcolm Shick, professor of zoology andoceanography at the University of Maine, will be the guest speakerfor the eighth annual Science Day to be held today at the Universityof Maine at Presque Isle. The title for his presentation is "Stalking Nature's ...
Voters to fill seats for town, SAD 1 in Presque Isle
Nov 01, 2003; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Local voters will fill several municipal and schoolboard seats, as well as decide a local referendum question during theNov. 4 election. Polls in Presque Isle will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at theWilliam V. Haskell Community Center. Richard G. Benjamin and ...
Maine author to lead UMFK workshop
Nov 01, 2003 ... FORT KENT - Rhea Cote Robbins, a Franco-American and native Mainerwho wrote the book "Wednesday's Child," will lead a writingworkshop from 5-9 p.m, Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the University of Maineat Fort Kent in the Nadeau Hall teleconference room. The session, which is free and ...
Open house scheduled at Van Buren school
Nov 01, 2003 ... VAN BUREN - An open house for grades seven through 12 will be held10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at Van Buren High School ....
Fort Kent learning center sets open house
Nov 01, 2003 ... FORT KENT - An open house will be held at the Center and Home-based Instructional Program for Parents and Youth (CHIPPY) facilityfrom 3:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, on the campus of CommunityHigh School. Tours of the center, brief ...
Aquaculture task force to meet in Brunswick
Nov 01, 2003; ... The Governor's Aquaculture Task Force will hold its fifth meetingall day Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Atrium hotel in Brunswick. Task force members will focus on the relationship betweenaquaculture and tourism, with presentations from the Maine TourismAssociation, the Maine Office of ...
Break-ins at Rockland marina damage 5 boats
Nov 01, 2003 ... ROCKLAND - Five boats at Journey's End Marina were enteredsometime during the night Wednesday and damaged to varying degrees,Deputy Police Chief Wallace Tower said Friday. The vessels Vanscap, Volare, Aquarius, Panacea II and CommediaDell Arte were damaged, Tower said. Detectives ...
Warren Day planners schedule meeting
Nov 01, 2003 ... WARREN - The Warren Day Committee will soon begin its planning forthe 2004 event. Anyone interested in participating in organizing the ...