Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from August 2004:
Wary loons hold their own Number of chicks declines; mercury pollution may be factor
Aug 02, 2004; ... BUCKSPORT - You can't sneak up on a loon. You can quietly glide your kayak into a pond and - making small,careful motions with your paddle - cruise around the edge of theshore, pretending to ignore the feathered family bobbing on the stillwater. But the loons will see you coming a ...
Supercyclist Lance Armstrong makes brief stop in Bangor Famous athlete accompanied by girlfriend, singer Sheryl Crow
Aug 02, 2004; ... BANGOR - Six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong landedback on American soil Saturday, touching down for a brief stretch atBangor International Airport. After clearing customs on board the NetJet Gulfstream IV, the 32-year-old racing phenom joined his girlfriend - and ...
Correcting the record
Aug 02, 2004 ... A correction published Saturday contained an error regarding anearlier correction about Pierre Monteux. Monteux founded a conductingschool in Hancock. His son, Claude Monteux, a concert flutist andconductor, hired Masanobu Ikemiya as a pianist in the 1970s. -- A story ...
Tourism bureaus to meet in Bangor
Aug 02, 2004 ... BANGOR - The Bangor area is playing host today and Tuesday to theAugust meeting of the New England Society of Convention & VisitorsBureau. NESCVB is composed of more than 20 representatives from theconvention and visitors bureaus from Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont,Connecticut, ...
Eyelash curlers, water guns, stoves recalled
Aug 02, 2004 ... No pun intended, but keep an eye out for the following productsrecalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. . Eyelash curlers manufactured in China and imported by the W.E.Bassett Co. of Shelton, Conn., have plastic handles that could detachand cause consumers to lose ...
Family Dollar to open in Bangor
Aug 02, 2004; ... BANGOR - Family Dollar, a nationwide chain of dollar stores inlegal trouble for its labor practices, is opening a store on thecorner of State Street and Broadway. Florence Stanley, a Family Dollar spokeswoman, said the companyplans to open the store on Aug. 26, after construction ...
CHANGING JOBS
Aug 02, 2004 ... There was good reason for the absence of celebration recently whenit was announced that the number of jobs in Maine has finallyreturned to the June 2001 level. The reason is that the thousands ofhigh-paying jobs that have been lost in recent years have beenreplaced by lower-paying ones, ...
Loggers discuss negotiating clout
Aug 02, 2004; ... PORTAGE LAKE - One day after new legislation that allowed loggingand trucking contractors to negotiate with Maine's largest landownerswent into effect, the International Logging Association held ameeting Saturday to reorganize the group that last January led alogging strike against ...
Small-acreage farmers hone essential skills
Aug 02, 2004; ... UNITY - In one corner of the massive farm property owned by theMaine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association in Unity, a group offarmers on Sunday morning grasped the unfamiliar scythe, learning howto smooth their strokes out and cut hay by hand. A short walk away, another group ...
Fair call! Crowds turn to Bangor for annual dose of fun and fried food
Aug 02, 2004; ... BANGOR - The Bangor State Fair was in full swing on Saturday, andso was Lana McAllister, a ranking officer in a veterans auxiliary whobecame a kid again amid the sights, sounds and smells of the fair. McAllister, a senior vice president of the Maine VFW LadiesAuxiliary, has been ...
Underage woman summoned for ID misuse at bar
Aug 02, 2004 ... A Bangor detective working private detail at Barnaby's on theOdlin Road Friday caught an underage woman trying to use anotherwoman's license to get into the bar. Trisha Carlsen, 20, of Milford came in with a group of seven womenat about 10:30 p.m. and couldn't produce ...
Courts
Aug 02, 2004 ... Ellsworth District Court Cases June 3-July 12, 2004 Hollis L. Nevells, 22, Stonington, driving while under influenceof intoxicants; speeding 30-plus mph more than posted speed; bothcounts to jury trial. Cory S. Nightingale, 24, Bucksport, theft by unauthorized ...
Pittsfield's Town Council faces full agenda at next meeting
Aug 02, 2004; ... PITTSFIELD - Pittsfield councilors should come to Tuesday night'smeeting with their pens full of ink, as the evening's agenda includessigning nine agreements, plans, certifications and policies. They include voting on and signing: . A resolution on the Brewer movement for tax ...
Milo to greet father, son cross-country bicyclists
Aug 02, 2004; ... Dipping their wheels into the Pacific Ocean last June 20 inAstoria, Ore., Russell Carey of Milo, his 16-year-old son, Ian, and31 other adventurous individuals then turned their bicycles around,and headed east. On Monday, Aug. 9, they will dip their wheels into the AtlanticOcean ...
Chili contest adds more heat to fair
Aug 02, 2004; ... BANGOR - As hot as it was on Saturday at the Bangor State Fair,some folks had no intention of cooling things down. For them, thehotter the better. At least when it came to chili, that is. The weather was humid and temperatures reached into the 80s,delaying the horse-pulling ...
Dexter's Wild West event showcases community spirit, can-do attitude
Aug 02, 2004; ... DEXTER - The town of Dexter is a very different town today fromfive years ago. It's not just the cactus, hay bales and horses thatwere all over downtown for Wild West Weekend. Town Manager Robert Simpson said it is the can-do attitude of thepeople and the sense of community that ...
Courts
Aug 02, 2004 ... Ellsworth District Court Cases June 3-July 12, 2004 Matthew L. Spencer, 24, Orono, theft by unauthorized taking ortransfer, $150, restitution, $169.85. Arthur St. Peter, 52, Otis, driving while under influence ofintoxicants, $500, license suspended 90 ...
Coast Guard answers five calls Saturday rush ends with no injuries
Aug 02, 2004; ... ROCKLAND - The Rockland base of the U.S. Coast Guard had a busytwo hours on Saturday afternoon and evening, answering five distresscalls ranging from people in the water to missing teenagers in adinghy. In all five cases, there were no injuries and all people werefound to be ...
St. Agatha celebrates nuns' centennial Mass marks Daughters of Wisdom 1904 arrival to help children, sick
Aug 02, 2004; ... ST. AGATHA - Hundreds of residents, former residents, students andmembers of their own congregation came out on Saturday and Sunday tohonor the Daughters of Wisdom during the commemoration of thecentennial of their arrival in St. Agatha. St. Agatha Catholic Church was filled to ...
2 men, juvenile arrested in Caribou robbery, assault
Aug 02, 2004; ... CARIBOU - Local police and an Aroostook County deputy sheriff onSaturday night made quick work of arresting three males suspected ofassaulting and robbing a Caribou businessman in his home. Travis Tuttle, 21, of Caribou was charged with robbery, assaultand using a disabling ...
Courts
Aug 02, 2004 ... Belfast District Court Cases July 19-23, 2004 Jeffrey R. Philbrook, 20, Thorndike, driving while under influenceof ...
Bar Harbor plans meeting on weekly house rentals
Aug 02, 2004; ... BAR HARBOR - Town officials hope finally to settle the thornyissue of whether homeowners can rent their houses on a weekly basis. The planning board, at the behest of the Town Council, will hold aspecial meeting Aug. 11 to discuss the issue and frame the debate,Town Planner Anne ...
Courts
Aug 02, 2004 ... Rockland District Court Cases June 14-July 13, 2004 Jeanie M. Harlow, 35, Thomaston, assault, jail 90 days, suspended,probation one year. Dachery L. Harrington, 24, Rockland, forgery; theft byunauthorized taking or transfer, both counts dismissed. Victoria L ....
Calais tolls help support city Civic, service groups hit up motorists to raise needed funds
Aug 02, 2004; ... CALAIS - For whom the road tolls, you might ask? It tolls forcharity. At least in small towns in Maine. The Calais Rotary Club on Saturday held its annual road toll toraise money for numerous projects including its scholarship fund. Theclub plans on counting its toll take later ...
Raft teams compete at International Festival
Aug 02, 2004; ... CALAIS - For the third year in a row, Old Glory on Sunday blew allof its competition out of the water during the annual InternationalRaft Race. The only requirement to compete was that teams come up with thewackiest "human-powered" craft possible. The race was part of the ...
Cranberry voters to face issues at meeting
Aug 02, 2004; ... CRANBERRY ISLES - Voters will be asked to authorize selectmen tospend up to $125,000 for construction of a town office when they meetfor a special town meeting next week. Frances Bartlett, town tax collector for 31 years and town clerkfor the past seven, has performed her municipal ...
Local reaction mixed on Nomar deal Most observers agree Sox enhanced defense
Aug 02, 2004; ... Reaction to the trade of veteran Boston All-Star shortstop NomarGarciaparra to the Cubs in a multi-team deal that landed themshortstop Orlando Cabrera from Montreal and first baseman DougMientkiewicz from Minnesota was mixed among baseball people withEastern Maine ties. Besides ...
Kenyans sweep Beach to Beacon Hemphill, Beck are top Mainers
Aug 02, 2004; ... CAPE ELIZABETH - Mother Nature waved her magic wand just in timefor the start of the seventh annual Peoples Beach to Beacon 10KSunday. After humid, muggy conditions throughout the weekend, the skiescooperated with the 5,000 runners wish for good conditions: cool,cloudy and ...
'Jacks hold off Elmira Burke shot lifts streaking Bangor
Aug 02, 2004; ... BANGOR - Another game, another solid start on the mound, andanother hero for the Bangor Lumberjacks. The Lumberjacks notched their seventh win in the last eight gamesand maintained a share of first place for the second straight daywith a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Elmira on a ...
Blue Hill sweeps Quirk Auto
Aug 02, 2004 ... BLUE HILL - John Lewandowski hit two doubles to drive in a run andscored twice to help lead Blue Hill to a 6-4 victory Sunday in thefirst game and an eventual sweep of its Bay League doubleheaderagainst Quirk Auto Park. Blue Hill won the second game 8-0. In the first game, ...
Kobyluck tips Santerre in Busch North
Aug 02, 2004; ... BEAVER FALLS, N.Y. - Matt Kobyluck of Oakdale, Conn. captured theKinney Drugs 150 Busch North race at Adirondack InternationalSpeedway Saturday night, holding off points leader Andy Santerre ofCherryfield by one second. Kobyluck, who was involved in wrecks in two races at New ...
Bangor East 1-1 in state tournament
Aug 02, 2004 ... BANGOR - Nate McKeown pitched a no-hitter and struck out 11 whilewalking only one to help East Biddeford to the 17-0 win over BangorEast in Game 4 of the Little League All-Star baseball tourneySaturday. Yarmouth cruised to the 14-1 win over Ellsworth in Game 3 onSaturday and ...
Defense key for Penquis Navigators in state tourney
Aug 02, 2004; ... BANGOR - The Penquis Navigators scored 49 runs in four gamesduring the American Legion Zone 1 baseball tournament. But it was a late dose of defense that secured Sunday night's 12-7 victory over Brewer and a berth in the state tournament that beginsWednesday in Augusta. Armed ...
Bangor takes Zone 1 crown Comrades, Penquis in state tournament
Aug 02, 2004; ... BANGOR - Top-seeded Bangor blended power and perseverance to winthe American Legion Zone 1 baseball tournament championship atMansfield Stadium on Saturday. Power came from catcher P.J. Dowe, whose leadoff home run in thebottom of the eighth inning ignited a five-run rally that ...
People own hospital
Aug 02, 2004 ... The efforts of Eastern Maine Healthcare over the past few yearshave been disturbing. We have seen classic textbook methods used tojustify expansion, for example: a rural hospital system must"vertically integrate system services and thus achieve economy ofscale." This is another word for ...
Prop 13 is a good thing
Aug 02, 2004 ... The op-ed, "Prop 13: Ask your friends in California" (BDN, July 24-25) by Arthur A. Dole was too much. I recently moved back to Maine from southern California after 40years and have been reading about the November referendum with muchinterest. I don't think I ever met anyone in ...
LNG benefits are many
Aug 02, 2004 ... I am a Maine native presently working at a new combinationliquefied natural gas re-gasification-combined cycle power plant inZierbena, on the northeast coast of Spain. I have been following thenewspaper articles about the protests against the proposed buildingof a similar facility in ...
Incomplete information
Aug 02, 2004 ... Ray Davis' letter, "Body armor essential" (BDN, July 22), baseshis criticism of Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards on incompleteinformation. Robert Byrd, a senator for 45 years and a much-respectedstatesman, explains in his new book, "Losing America: Confronting aReckless and ...
Road Racing
Aug 02, 2004 ... LOCAL Beach to Beacon 10K At Cape Elizabeth, Sunday (Top 400 finishers) 1. Gilbert Okari 27:35.0, 2. Thomas 27:38.3, 3. Thoams Kiplitan27:47.5, 4. Robert Cheryiout 27:52.2, 5. Luke Kipkosgei 28:10.1, 6.Ben Maiyo 28:17.7, 7. Khalid Khannouchi 29:00.1, 8. Tekeste ...
Golf
Aug 02, 2004 ... HOLE-IN-ONE Basil Wentworth BROOKS - Basil Wentworth of Knox aced the 125-yard, par ...
Mount Desert tax assessor to stay put
Aug 02, 2004; ... MOUNT DESERT - Tax Assessor John Brushwein has changed his mindand will not become Surry's administrative assistant, officialsconfirmed last week. Brushwein submitted his resignation with Mount Desert after 17years, but he told selectmen, who wanted him to stay, that thedecision ...
Cyclist killed in County accident
Aug 02, 2004; ... MADAWASKA - An 18-year-old Frenchville man was killed instantly onFriday night when the motorcycle he was operating went out ofcontrol, throwing him off the machine. Robert Cyr was dead at the scene, just east of the Frenchville-Madawaska town line. Police think that speed and ...
Without fan coverage, Phish documentary comes up short
Aug 02, 2004; ... When famed jam rockers Phish staged IT last August at the formerLoring Air Force Base in Limestone, roughly 60,000 fans, as well as acadre of journalists (including myself), flocked to the willywags ofnorthern Maine to attend the three-day carnival of music, camping andgood ...
'Candida' drained of its comedy
Aug 02, 2004; ... George Bernard Shaw wrote more than 50 plays, and, likeShakespeare who wrote 38, he paid particular attention to his womancharacters. Between the two of them, women gained some of the mostintriguing and provocative roles written for stage. Shaw, in particular, was clearheaded about ...
Le Forum prints fascinating reunion story
Aug 02, 2004; ... I always look forward to reading Le Forum, published six times ayear by the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine. I was particularly interested in "Tracking Down My Lost Family,"which I presume to be only the first part of Dick Michaud's trip fromUtah to Madawaska for ...
Russian country act to play in Orono
Aug 02, 2004; ... Who are Natasha, Ilya, Lydia, Sergei, Alexander and Sasha? Leading contenders in pro tennis? Supporting characters in thelatest James Bond film? Stars in amateur figure skating? No, they're the musicians in the Bering Strait, which plays at 7p.m. Monday, Aug. 2, at the Maine ...
Suspect's trial delayed after defense team quits
Aug 03, 2004; ... BANGOR - The trial of a man accused of murdering a friend,dismembering the corpse and burying the body parts in the woodsbehind a Glenburn home has been delayed. Jimmy Lipham, 44, was scheduled to go on trial Monday in PenobscotCounty Superior Court. He is accused of killing David ...
Recall vote on Willimantic selectmen delayed
Aug 03, 2004; ... WILLIMANTIC - The town's three selectmen will have to wait untilnext week to find out whether they could lose their jobs. At the end of Monday's four-hour annual town meeting, residentsvoted by a show of hands to adjourn before deciding whether to adoptan ordinance detailing the ...
Mainers wager $536,191 on Powerball
Aug 03, 2004; ... AUGUSTA - In a little less than 34 hours, Mainers gobbled up$536,191 worth of Powerball tickets to propel the state into the topthree markets in the country for the game's Saturday night drawing. Pam Coutts, executive director of the Bureau of AlcoholicBeverages and Lottery ...
Maine farmers markets in full bloom Personal contact with buyers an added bonus to more profit
Aug 03, 2004; ... PITTSFIELD - In these dog days of summer, local farmers marketsare nearing their peak. The bounty this first week in August issubstantial: beans, peas, cucumbers, squash and early tomatoes, notto mention fresh flowers, perennial plants, organic meats andhandmade items ranging from toys ...
Tribes mull credit union
Aug 03, 2004; ... INDIAN ISLAND - The casino initiative may have failed, but membersof the Penobscot Indian Nation aren't giving up as they continue toexplore economic development opportunities for themselves and theentire American Indian population of Maine. One idea in the planning stage is to ...
UM tropical fish study could spur state industry
Aug 03, 2004; ... Wave a hand over one of several large fiberglass vats in thecellar of the Marine Research Center at the University of Maine inOrono and young clownfish swarm to the surface. Any kid will tell youthe goggle-eyed fry, orange- and white-striped, just like theanimated film star Nemo, are ...
INTELLIGENCE REFORM
Aug 03, 2004 ... With the persuasive report from the 9-11 Commission and a fast-track Senate committee working toward reform, the position of adirector of national intelligence recently became inevitable, so itwas smart of President Bush yesterday to announce that he too wantedto create the job. The ...
SIZING UP SOLDIERS
Aug 02, 2004 ... Although there was elation when the long-delayed 94th MilitaryPolicy Company returned to the United States last week, the unit'slonger than expected stay in Iraq highlights the deficiencies incurrent military planning. The case of the 94th, a National Guardunit that has been deployed ...
CHEERING FOR SPORTACUS
Aug 03, 2004 ... Preferably, your children will go outside to play and get someexercise. But, if the lure of video games and television is too much,at least game manufacturers and broadcasters are coming to understandthe need to get kids active. Some new games require players to stand up and ...
2 men indicted for sex abuse of minors
Aug 03, 2004; ... BANGOR - A Newport man who was a foster parent and a Bangor manwho is a sergeant in the Army National Guard were indicted separatelyMonday on 22 counts each of sexually abusing children. The cases are unrelated, according to Penobscot County AssistantDistrict Attorney Alice ...
Lee man faces murder charge Carl Dyer indicted in shooting of wife
Aug 03, 2004; ... BANGOR - A Lee man who reportedly shot his wife last month wasindicted Monday by a Penobscot County grand jury on charges of murderby depraved indifference and reckless or criminally negligentmanslaughter, according to the Maine Attorney General's Office. Carl Dyer, 50, initially ...
Spouses crash vehicles same day, same site Husband hits train at crossing; wife rolls car on arrival at scene of his accident
Aug 03, 2004; ... MASARDIS - Monday was not a good day for Glenn and CynthiaBoisvert of Oakfield. Neither was seriously injured, but both husband and wife wereinvolved in separate accidents - at the same railroad crossing. Glenn Boisvert, 33, suffered minor injures about 9 a.m. when thebrakes ...
Butland, director of SBA, dies at 53
Aug 03, 2004; ... BANGOR - Jeffrey Butland was not going to work this week. The Cumberland man, who sometimes would travel three states in oneday as New England regional administrator of the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration, had something more important to do. The married father of four ...
2 service dogs missing from Bangor
Aug 03, 2004; ... BANGOR - Five years ago, David Warrington moved across the countryto be near his daughter. Now he's trying to find the two friends whohave been by his side since his days on the West Coast. Warrington, 40, of Bucksport, a photographer with his own businessand a pottery instructor ...
15-lot Brewer subdivision gets preliminary OK
Aug 03, 2004; ... BREWER - Nature's Way Estates, a planned 15-lot subdivision offLambert Road, gained preliminary approval at Monday's planning boardmeeting. Residents Dennis and Sharon Davis own a 113-acre lot off LambertRoad that they plan to split into two large lots. The first 60-acrelot will ...
Woman, 38, dies at EMMC after suffering seizure in jail
Aug 03, 2004; ... BANGOR - A Penobscot County Jail inmate who suffered a seizurewhile in the jail last month died in a Bangor hospital over theweekend. Julie Hicks, 38, of Old Town died Sunday at Eastern Maine MedicalCenter, where she had been hospitalized for about a week, accordingto Penobscot ...
Town hears upbeat report on HoltraChem site
Aug 03, 2004; ... ORRINGTON - Once the lengthy cleanup at the defunct HoltraChemchemical manufacturing plant is complete, there is no reason the areacannot be redeveloped, officials said last week. Camp, Dresser & McKee Inc., one of the nation's largestenvironmental firms, located in Cambridge, ...
Old Town council elects city manager
Aug 03, 2004 ... OLD TOWN - Councilors unanimously voted Peggy Daigle as the newcity manager Monday night. Daigle, who is finishing up her time as Houlton town manager, isexpected to begin her duties in Old Town Sept. 7. Final details of Daigle's contract have not been negotiatedbecause city ...
Police on lookout for Bangor runaway
Aug 03, 2004 ... BANGOR - A Bangor girl whose mother said she ran away from homehas been missing since July 23. Police are asking for help inlocating her. Amanda Dinkins, 14, last was seen going to the Bangor Mall,according to Bangor police Detective Jeff Small. She did not returnhome as ...