Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from December 2004:
Old Town, Bangor sites make 'Dirty Dozen' list
Dec 01, 2004; ... BANGOR - Two central Maine sites Tuesday were given the dubioushonor of a spot on the Toxic Action Center's list of the dozen sitesin New England that pose the greatest avoidable danger to publichealth. Griffin Park, a Bangor apartment complex, and the West Old TownLandfill, ...
Baldacci unveils tax relief proposal
Dec 01, 2004; ... AUGUSTA - Convening today for the first meeting of the 122nd MaineLegislature, lawmakers will be greeted with a bill the governor sayswill reduce the property tax burden for all Maine residents. Meeting Tuesday in a Cabinet room packed with lawmakers andlobbyists, Gov. John E ....
Mainers in chronic pain seek Vioxx alternative
Dec 01, 2004; ... BANGOR - Since the announcement in September that the medicationVioxx would be taken off the market because of its potential forcausing heart attacks and strokes, many Mainers with chronic painhave been trying to find another drug to make their lives morecomfortable. The incident ...
Correcting the record
Dec 01, 2004 ... An item published in Tuesday's State section about an equinebreeding management clinic on Dec. 11 at the University of ...
Undaunted Palesky has new tax cap plan 'Moderate' alternative aimed at '06 ballot
Dec 01, 2004; ... Carol Palesky, undeterred by the recent failure of her 1 percentproperty tax cap referendum, on Tuesday announced a "more moderate"alternative she hopes will make it to the November 2006 ballot. The new plan, the language of which is on its way to the Secretaryof State's Office for ...
County electricity firm files PUC plan Project could boost reliability of power
Dec 01, 2004; ... PRESQUE ISLE - A company that hopes to produce cogeneratedelectrical power at the Loring Commerce Centre believes it willprovide Aroostook County with a better grip on electricalreliability. Hayes Gahagan, a spokesman for Loring BioEnergy LLC, said Tuesdaythe firm filed a plan ...
TANTAMOUNT TO TORTURE
Dec 01, 2004 ... After a prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq, the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross has reportedly found that prisoners heldat Guantanamo Bay are subjected to interrogation methods that are"tantamount to torture." The Pentagon should immediately investigatethe group's findings about the ...
A FLASH OF COLOR
Dec 01, 2004 ... In the largely gray and white wintry landscape, the sight of thosetiny school children racing home in their colorful jackets from thestopped yellow buses offers welcome relief from the drab scene and areminder that these are our future citizens. The amber and then red lights flash, ...
Thrilling and dangerous
Dec 01, 2004 ... In response to the letter, "Live moose can thrill" (BDN, Nov. 4),they can also cause a lot of accidents. I know, because on Oct. 4, 1982 my husband and I were in a car-moose accident. We were on our way from Linneus to my son's home inWoolwich. Just as we were going south ...
More methadone debate
Dec 01, 2004 ... Todd Benoit's column, "Methadone debate hits middle age" (BDN,Nov. 27-28), indicates that buprenorphine and LAAM (levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol) are alternatives to methadone in the pharmacologictreatment of the disease of opiate addiction. This requiresclarification. Although LAAM ...
Teach kids acceptance
Dec 01, 2004 ... I've seen a lot of letters over the past months condoning thebanning of gay marriage or attacking the advocates of gay marriagefor "trying to force their religious views" on those who don't agree(what do you think a ban would be?). However, for all the pomp andself-righteousness, I have ...
His way or the highway
Dec 01, 2004 ... Is it possible to work with President Bush? Why is his weakness (stubbornness) perceived by many as astrength? He has already gotten rid of a number of moderateRepublicans. Why? There is only one way with Bush - his way or thehighway. This flaw in attitude has alienated many ...
Women divulge 'Wheel' journeys Taped programs to air soon onVII
Dec 01, 2004; ... Her recent experiences on the game show "Wheel of Fortune" hadMonica Raye's head spinning for a time. The Robbinston woman, who will appear on the show at 7:30 p.m.Wednesday on WVII Channel 7 found herself making a quick, unexpectedtrip to Hollywood in October. Raye's journey ...
A world of possibilities Chefs at Maine Central Institute feed students from 15 countries
Dec 01, 2004; ... Remember school lunches? Mystery meat. Cold, dry hamburgers andwarm milk. A single cookie for dessert. Now take a look at the dinner menu offered to staff and dormitorystudents recently at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield. The secondary school's food service staff recently ...
Film reveals women's hard work
Dec 01, 2004; ... If you were a woman working in Maine's cotton mills in the late1880s, you made about $4.50 to $9 a week. If you were a shoe worker,you made $6 to $15. Your male counterparts made up to $27 in thecotton mill and up to $20 in the shoe factory. Nevertheless, women flooded into Maine ...
Haskell helps Mariners sink Unity men Rivers, Boyington lead EMCC past UM-Augusta
Dec 01, 2004; ... CASTINE - The Maine Maritime Academy Mariners outscored the UnityCollege Rams 11-2 in the final two minutes en route to a 61-52 men'sbasketball victory Tuesday night. Adam Haskell paced MMA with 17 points and B.J. Dunlap added 12. Tyler Ferguson scored 17 points to lead the ...
Class in sports can't be faked
Dec 01, 2004; ... It's a shame, really. Two coaches I respected have become nothingmore than bush leaguers in my eyes. I thought Pete Carroll was over his head when he was coaching theNew England Patriots into consistent underachievement. But theoffensive creativity, flair, and explosiveness we have ...
Husson football's hope to join conference suffers setback
Dec 01, 2004; ... The Husson College football team's attempt to gain a spot in aconference was dealt a blow last week when the six MassachusettsState College Athletic Conference schools in the 14-team New EnglandFootball Conference put a proposal to form their own league on hold. The six schools are ...
Commission grants Bangor 28 dates Penn National receives conditional license
Dec 01, 2004; ... AUGUSTA - Bangor Raceway regulars are going to have to makedifferent plans on Wednesdays during the 2005 harness racing season,with the historic track forgoing its traditional midweek races toaccommodate construction of a $75 million gambling complex. The Maine Harness Racing ...
Garcelon to coach Searsport Nine Rams selected to All-PTC first team
Dec 01, 2004; ... Mike Garcelon remembers his first foray into coaching schoolboybasketball at Searsport High. It was 1988, and he was just learning the ropes. "It was a long time ago, and I was just a kid out of collegecoaching against people like Jim Frost and Jim Murphy and BobCimbollek," ...
Player of the week
Dec 01, 2004 ... COLLEGE Olivia Zurek and Kari Simpson Olivia Zurek, a senior at Bates College, and sophomore KariSimpson of UMaine-Farmington have been named Maine Women's BasketballCoaches Association co-players of the week. Zurek scored 10 ...
Discount being offered on Golf Privilege Card
Dec 01, 2004 ... The American Lung Association of Maine is offering its 2005 GolfPrivilege Card for $60, a $10 discount off the regular price. The card affords a golfer the opportunity to play more than 200rounds of golf at no charge or for reduced fees at golf coursesthroughout Maine as well as ...
Maine Baseball Hall of Fame seeks nominations
Dec 01, 2004 ... The Maine Baseball Hall of Fame is soliciting nominations untilDec. 10 for its 2005 induction class. Founded in 1969, the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame is committed torecognizing players, coaches, umpires, organizers, and benefactorswho have achieved prominence or made significant ...
Coalition pans Passamaquoddy Bay LNG plan
Dec 01, 2004; ... BELFAST - Three nations inhabit the Passamaquoddy Bay region, andthis larger community opposes a plan to build a $300 millionliquefied natural gas terminal there, members of a coalition saidTuesday. The Save Passamaquoddy Bay Alliance met with reporters at theHutchinson Center of ...
Clinic adapts in bid to gain acceptance
Dec 01, 2004; ... ROCKLAND - A proposed methadone clinic is turning nonprofit andworking on an affiliation with a local hospital to make itself morepalatable to officials and residents who oppose it. "It's an effort to compromise," Angel Fuller-McMahan, owner of theplanned Turning Tide clinic, said ...
Landfill opponents file suit against BEP
Dec 01, 2004; ... ALTON - An attorney for We the People, a group of area residentsopposed to the West Old Town Landfill deal, has filed a lawsuit atPenobscot Superior Court against the state Board of EnvironmentalProtection. We the People's attorney Marcia Cleveland of Brunswick is askingthe court ...
Penobscot County seeks courthouse role
Dec 01, 2004; ... BANGOR - The Penobscot County commissioners charged Tuesday thatthey have been left out of the latest bid to develop a new courtfacility in Bangor, and they pressed for greater involvement and tokeep the courts on the current campus or at least downtown. Until Tuesday when they met ...
Justices uphold state's removal of 9-year-old Dissent: Bad parenting not abuse
Dec 01, 2004; ... PORTLAND - In a rare split decision issue Tuesday, the MaineSupreme Judicial Court upheld 4-3 a District Court judge's decisionto place a Penobscot County woman's child in the custody of theDepartment of Human Services. The dissenting opinion, however, echoed recent complaints that ...
Santa's Helper Update
Dec 01, 2004 ... The Santa's Helper Fund now stands at 33 percent of its goal ofraising $50,000 this year. The following donations, coming fromindividuals, organizations and groups, bring our total to $11,700. Thanks go out to Jacob and Bernice Friedman, Brewer, $25;Anonymous, in memory of Thais ...
Burlington woman dies in car crash
Dec 01, 2004; ... GREENBUSH - A Burlington woman was killed instantly early Tuesdaywhen a station wagon crossed the centerline on Route 2, hit her sedanand sent it flying into a ditch, police said. Maria Fontaine, 41, apparently died of massive head injuries,while the driver of the station wagon, ...
MCLU honors Patriot Act rebels
Dec 01, 2004; ... BANGOR - One year after small groups of Maine residents beganconvincing local officials to oppose the USA Patriot Act, organizerswill be honored today by the Maine Civil Liberties Union. The state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union at itsannual meeting in Portland will ...
Traffic issues dominate meeting about racino
Dec 01, 2004; ... BANGOR - Though a meeting on Penn National Gaming's efforts todevelop a $75 million racetrack casino at Bass Park drew fewresidents Tuesday night, those who did attend offered some insightinto access issues, especially during times of heavy traffic. "I see that right here as the ...
Town: Vandals' parents should pay for repairs
Dec 01, 2004; ... LINCOLN - The town is seeking about $1,800 in fees from theparents of three young siblings for the repair of 57 gravestones in aMain Street cemetery the youths vandalized last summer. Town Administrative Assistant Gilberte Mayo has filed paperworkwith small claims court and the ...
One woman injured in Old Town accident
Dec 01, 2004 ... OLD TOWN - One person was sent to the hospital Tuesday in anaccident that caused Old Town police to close a portion of CenterStreet for about half an hour. Nancy Bell, 56, of Brewer told police she was unsure whether shehad stopped at the Brunswick Street stop sign where the ...
Teen accused of assault at Dexter high school
Dec 01, 2004 ... DEXTER - A 15-year-old student was summoned Tuesday after heallegedly entered Dexter Regional High School and assaulted a studenton the second floor. School officials "challenged" the student, who attends analternative education program offered by SAD 46, from going anyfarther ...
Couple plan to blaze winter trek on Web
Dec 01, 2004; ... WILLIMANTIC - A local couple will begin the new year with amonthlong wilderness trip from Greenville to the Allagash, just asthey did on their honeymoon more than 20 years ago. Only this time, Alexandra Conover, 51, and Garrett Conover, 49, ofNorth Woods Ways will share their ...
Woman hospitalized after apartment fire
Dec 01, 2004; ... BANGOR - Firefighters found an unconscious woman as they wereputting out a fire inside her Union Street apartment Tuesday night. Firefighters discovered the woman and removed her minutes afterthey had knocked down the fire in the back apartment at 255 UnionSt., just up the hill ...
Hermon group looking at school-to-school trail
Dec 01, 2004; ... HERMON - If you like to go for a run before breakfast or ride yourbike to school, there are few options in town besides the busy mainroads. That's why a community group is working on plans to build a 1.2-mile recreational trail system that would connect the high school andthe ...
Interview plan advances city effort to resolve Penjajawoc land conflict
Dec 01, 2004; ... BANGOR - Bangor's efforts to roll up its sleeves and deal with theongoing conflict over land use near the Penjajawoc watershed andnearby Bangor Mall area took another step forward Tuesday. During a meeting of the City Council's transportation andinfrastructure committee, local ...
Bangor school officials to attend D.C. summit
Dec 01, 2004 ... BANGOR - Two local school officials have been selected to attendthe second annual National High School Leadership Summit Dec. 2-3 inWashington, D.C. Bangor Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Ervin and Bangor HighSchool Principal Norris Nickerson were nominated by the ...
Hodgdon High juniors to raise funds with revue
Dec 01, 2004; ... What a delightful, midday break is in store for all who attend aspecial fund-raiser for the junior class of Hodgdon High School. Members of the Zoot Suit Revue Back Door Dance Studio of Eddingtonwill take the stage at noon Saturday, Dec. 4, at the high school inwhat Dannette Ellis ...
Area teens embrace moral courage
Dec 01, 2004; ... ORONO - Area students who attended a meeting about moral courageTuesday said they plan to spread the word at school that remainingtrue to oneself is more important than being popular. Taking the lessons they learned from a daylong conferencesponsored by the University of Maine's ...
Attendance key as parties choose officers
Dec 01, 2004; ... AUGUSTA - The fate of four Democratic candidates for high-profilestate offices will pivot on the ability of the party's House andSenate leaders to get their legislators to work on time today. Because of term limits, the current secretary of state, stateauditor and treasurer were ...
Parkman man's death still being investigated
Dec 01, 2004; ... PARKMAN - Until police interview "some people of interest" who arenow out of state, the investigation into the March 11 death of anelderly Parkman man is on hold. Arthur Bailey, 74, died on March 11 at Eastern Maine MedicalCenter in Bangor from "blunt trauma to the head," according ...
Cross stolen from Ellsworth church for 2nd time
Dec 01, 2004; ... ELLSWORTH - It has been 36 years since a cross was stolen from alocal church and later was found nearby in a river, and now policeare looking for it again. The 2-foot-high brass cross vanished a second time during the pastweek from St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church on State Street, ...
MDI trash group to hold hearing on proposed cardboard ban
Dec 01, 2004; ... MOUNT DESERT - The directors of the Acadia Disposal District willtake public comment next week on their new policy to ban corrugatedcardboard from municipal trash collection. The Dec. 8 public hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. at theSomesville Fire Station. The new dictum will ...
Woman injured in Tenants Harbor blaze
Dec 01, 2004; ... ST. GEORGE - A four-alarm fire Tuesday afternoon that gutted aTenants Harbor home injured a woman inside the house and killed twodogs. The owner of the 45 Wallston Road home - John Melquist Jr. - wasnot home at the time of the 12:30 p.m. fire, Fire Chief Tim Polkysaid at the ...
Agency to develop adult day care site
Dec 01, 2004; ... MILBRIDGE - Heading in an entirely new direction, the WashingtonHancock Community Agency plans to set up an adult day care facilitywithin Hancock County starting in 2005. The agency's board of directors Tuesday approved the executivedirector's concept to develop a business plan ...
Loose power line sets fire, causes blackout
Dec 01, 2004 ... BAR HARBOR - A main power line onto Mount Desert Island came loosefrom a utility pole on Route 102 late Tuesday evening knocking outpower to customers in sections of the town, and blocking the road forseveral hours. The first report of the problem came at about 5:30 p.m ....
Marines group changes meeting time, location
Dec 01, 2004 ... UNION - John Upham, commandant of Midcoast Detachment 637 of theMarine Corps League, announced that all future league meetings willbe held at 1 p.m. on the second Saturday of every month at theThompson Memorial Building at the junction of Routes 131 and 17. The reason for the ...
Verona burglary suspect nabbed
Dec 01, 2004 ... VERONA ISLAND - A suspected burglar didn't get very far from thecrime scene Monday night before police arrested him. Officers arrested Adam M. Gray, 21, of Blue Hill in connectionwith a break-in late Monday night at the Fort View Variety store onRoute 1. Gray faces several ...
Warrant issued for man trying to sell stolen guitars
Dec 01, 2004; ... ELLSWORTH - One of four guitars stolen from a local store over theweekend has been recovered and an arrest warrant issued for a mansuspected of committing the burglary, according to police. Ellsworth police Lt. Harold Page said Tuesday that the man - whomhe would not identify but ...
Benedicta set to fight school closing
Dec 01, 2004; ... BENEDICTA - "The fight is starting tonight." Danette Moody's words to Education Commissioner Susan Gendron onMonday evening illustrated the way many parents say they will spendthe next seven months if the commissioner goes through with a plan toclose the Benedicta Elementary School ...
Meat stolen from new Oakfield food pantry
Dec 01, 2004; ... OAKFIELD - When Candy Campbell and Debbie Gray got their foodpantry running in September, they expected to feed hundreds of thearea's hungry. What they didn't expect was to be victims of a crime. That is what happened early Monday morning, however, whenCampbell's husband ...
Mainer to run torch for Special Olympics in Japan
Dec 01, 2004; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Almost six years ago, resident Joey Seeley satamazed in a North Carolina stadium as he watched the openingceremonies of the 1999 World Special Olympics Summer Games. Seeley, who has organized and volunteered in local SpecialOlympics events since 1991, said it was ...
Slick roads, driver unfamiliarity spur crashes in Presque Isle
Dec 01, 2004; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Slippery streets and drivers unfamiliar with localroads kept police busy early this week as they responded to more thanhalf a dozen reports of car accidents within 48 hours, according toOfficer William Scull of the Presque Isle Police Department. Most of the ...
Suspect slapped with new charge
Dec 01, 2004; ... HOULTON - An Oakfield man who police believe was behind aThanksgiving Day melee found himself in even hotter water Tuesdaywhen he allegedly tried to contact his victim from jail. Aroostook County Sheriff's Deputy Mike Montpetit said that anadditional charge of tampering with a ...
Belfast manager's status up in the air
Dec 01, 2004; ... BELFAST - The City Council is expected to take up the matter of acontract extension for City Manager Terry St. Peter when it meetsnext week. St. Peter is working under a contract that expires June 30. Hesaid Tuesday that discussion of a contract extension would be on nextweek's ...
Fishermen's monument inspired by tragedy
Dec 01, 2004; ... WINTER HARBOR - Despite the dangers inherent in their profession,the majority of the 13 men whose names are listed on a stone outsidea local lobster fisherman's co-op do not have tragic storiesassociated with their deaths. They were born, they fished lobster for a living off the ...
Holiday concert to benefit Mount Desert land trust
Dec 01, 2004; ... MOUNT DESERT ISLAND - The high school concert choir will performSaturday to benefit the Island Housing Trust. But the choir may help itself as well, and the very future of thepopular year-round island. The concert choir will present a Christmas performance with theLiza Rey ...
Brooklin residents to vote on funding for new pier
Dec 01, 2004; ... BROOKLIN - Voters on Saturday will decide whether to allocateadditional funds for a town pier at Naskeag Harbor. The project wasapproved at the annual town meeting earlier this year. The special town meeting will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, atthe Brooklin Elementary ...
Author signs 'Cookies' in Camden on Friday
Dec 01, 2004 ... CAMDEN - Local cook and cookbook author Elinor Klivans will signcopies of her latest book 7-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at Sherman's Books& Stationery. Klivans will bring samples of cookies featured in ...
Students to entertain at Castine meeting
Dec 01, 2004 ... CASTINE - The Castine Women's Club will host its monthly meetingat 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, at the Unitarian Church Parish ...
'A Child's Christmas' performance planned
Dec 01, 2004 ... CAMDEN - Community members age 55 and older are invited to attendthe presentation of "A Child's Christmas in Wales" from 2 to 4 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 8, at the Camden Public Library. Erika Pfander of the Chamber Theatre of Maine and George Sykeswill read the classic work of Welsh ...
Music, readings part of holiday celebration
Dec 01, 2004 ... CASTINE - A Christmas celebration featuring caroling, readings andseasonal music will take place starting at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13, atTrinitarian Parish Church on Main Street. Ray ...