Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from October 2005:
Family racing together 'amazing'
Oct 01, 2005; ... Down with a cold and not feeling well after attending a daylongmeeting in Augusta, I felt wonderful curling up in my overstuffedchair Tuesday night for an evening of nothing but reality TV. With pints of Ben and Jerry's in hand, the Man on the Couch and Iwatched Nicky G. get booted ...
SPYING AN OPPORTUNITY Augusta native Nichols goes from cancellation to hit show 'Alias'
Oct 01, 2005; ... Rachel Nichols must be doing something right. The Augusta native has had a rollercoaster introduction to actingin network TV. First her Fox drama "The Inside," 18 months in themaking, died in six short weeks this summer. But within a month, shehad earned a supporting role on the ...
Lobster festival, fair at Fryeburg top events
Oct 01, 2005 ... AUGUSTA - The American Bus Association announced this week thatthe annual Maine Lobster Festival and the Fryeburg Fair, which is setfor Oct. 1-8, have been designated two of the Top 100 Events in NorthAmerica for 2006 by a tourism industry selection committee. The Top100 List is ...
Fuel Hardy As gas and oil prices rise, shoppers can place a premium on the pennies they save by using their heads at the pump
Oct 01, 2005; ... Rita and Katrina. They're no Dolce and Gabbana, yet everyone istalking about them and the (disturbing) trends they've left in theirwake. To heck with a logo bag. At these prices, it seems gas and heatingoil are the status items of the season. Glamorous? No. And certainlynot as ...
MEDICAID REPAIR WORK
Oct 01, 2005 ... Rep. Kevin Glynn of South Portland recently announced his concernsabout Maine's Medicaid billing failure that began last January butthat, according to the federal Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices (CMS), has improved considerably since. He is correct to beconcerned - everyone who ...
Ponies' defense quiets Riots FA's Pelletier reins in Simon
Oct 01, 2005; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Josh Pelletier was armed with a defensive gameplan Friday night, one that didn't take him long to execute. The 6-foot-2, 235-pound Foxcroft Academy senior made threestraight tackles - two for no gain and one for 1 yard - on Orono'sfirst three plays from scrimmage, ...
Plum Creek stressing conservation Representatives say only 2% of timber firm's land would be developed
Oct 01, 2005; ... ORONO - Stating that there's little developable land remaining inthe Moosehead Lake region, representatives of Plum Creek Timber Co.say their plan to conserve the majority of their 426,000 acres in thearea, while leaving 2 percent of the land for development, is whatthe region ...
Penobscots postpone opening of pharmacy mail order center
Oct 01, 2005; ... INDIAN ISLAND - The Penobscot Indian Nation has pushed back itsexpected start-up date for PIN Rx, Maine's first pharmacy mail orderdistribution center. Tribal officials previously said that limited pharmacy mail orderservices would be available to Maine residents by late summer, ...
Students learning with their hands Hampden Academy now offers class in American Sign Language
Oct 01, 2005; ... HAMPDEN - High school students here are learning a new language,but they aren't working on conjugating verbs or perfectingpronunciation. Instead, they're studying hand shapes and movements, fingerspelling and facial expressions as part of Hampden Academy's newAmerican Sign ...
MHA blasts lawmaker's criticism
Oct 01, 2005; ... AUGUSTA - Taking offense to a state senator's remark that somehospitals are "overpaid," a Maine Hospital Association spokeswomansaid Friday that the lawmaker was just trying to politicize problemswith a state agency's computer system. Mary Mayhew, vice president of government ...
Storm relief book drive tests system
Oct 01, 2005; ... If you were one of the people who recently deposited books intothe Katrina relief box at your local library, hoping your donationswould bring at least a small measure of comfort to a homelesshurricane victim living in a shelter down South, you might like toknow you were part of a ...
Woman, 79, arrested after pursuit
Oct 01, 2005 ... An elderly woman whose license had been taken away for medicalreasons reportedly was involved in a hit-and-run accident Thursdayand was later arrested after she tried to run a Hampden policecruiser off the road, police said. Elsie Brown, 79, of Hampden was charged with attempting ...
Move of UM System offices to begin
Oct 01, 2005; ... BANGOR - The University of Maine System will begin moving into theformer W.T. Grant building downtown beginning Tuesday, Oct. 4. Traffic related to the move will be confined to the FranklinStreet side of the building and may cause periodic delays in traffic,UMS spokesman John ...
News in brief BANGOR: EAST-WEST HIGHWAY ROUTE TO BE UNVEILED MONDAY
Oct 01, 2005; ... The Bangor-based East-West Highway Association will unveil the newCongressional High Priority Corridor map at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, atthe Eastern Maine Development Corp. offices. The federal governmentdesignated the East-West highway, which runs between Calais andWatertown, N.Y., ...
News in brief BANGOR: COUNCIL FILLS VACANCIES
Oct 01, 2005 ... City councilors on Monday night filled three vacancies on two cityboards. Named to the planning board as ...
News in brief PITTSFIELD: SAD 53 TO VOTE ON RENOVATION CONTRACTS
Oct 01, 2005; ... SAD 53 school board members will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, toconsider several contracts as part of the Warsaw Middle Schoolrenovation project. SAD 53 is seeking Maine Department of Educationapproval of an additional $70,000 in expenses for bids that came inabove estimates. Honeywell ...
News in brief DOVER-FOXCROFT: BOARD APPROVES 2006 MAYO BUDGET
Oct 01, 2005 ... Mayo Regional Hospital's budget shows no rate increase for thesecond year in a row. Hospital Administrative District 4 directors onWednesday approved a fiscal year 2006 operating budget for Mayo andits eight physician practices with anticipated net revenues of $31.8million. With expenses ...
City committee meetings upcoming
Oct 01, 2005; ... BANGOR - Following are city meetings and other activities for thisweek. All will be held in City Council chambers at City Hall unlessotherwise indicated. . Monday: 7:30 a.m., downtown parking advisory committee, agendaincludes overview of parking issues, report from Republic ...
E-911 changes on table at Pittsfield council meeting
Oct 01, 2005; ... PITTSFIELD - A large turnout is expected for Tuesday's TownCouncil meeting as more than two dozen road names are suggested to bechanged. Town officials may have to defend their choices as some residentsare not pleased with the new names for their streets. Town Council ...
Lincoln man accused of keeping junkyard
Oct 01, 2005; ... LINCOLN - Having won a legal battle against one supposed operatorof an illegal junkyard, town officials are due to go to civil courtOct. 18 against an Enfield Road resident who they claim is operatinga junkyard. Thomas Rosebush of 221 Enfield Road was served papers last ...
Somerset County seeks board supervisor
Oct 01, 2005 ... SKOWHEGAN - The Somerset County and Water Conservation District isseeking candidates to fill a supervisor position on its board. Residents of ...
Pittsfield library needs used books for sale
Oct 01, 2005 ... PITTSFIELD - The Pittsfield Public Library is accepting donationsof used books in good condition for a used book sale Thursday toSaturday, Oct. 13-15. The library also is starting a knitting and crocheting groupcalled ...
Composting workshop planned for Bangor
Oct 01, 2005 ... BANGOR - People interested in composting food, leaf and yard wastecan attend a workshop sponsored by the Maine State Planning Office,Maine Department of Environment Protection ...
Electricity restored to most Mainers who lost power in potent windstorm
Oct 01, 2005; ... Nearly all of the 30,000 Mainers who lost power as a result ofThursday's high-intensity windstorm had their electricity restored byFriday afternoon. Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., which serves most of eastern andnorthern Maine, reported only a few hundred outages Friday ...
High-flying auction, dinner planned at EMCC
Oct 01, 2005; ... Not your typical auction" is the way planners are describing"Soaring Above the Rest," the ninth annual Eastern Maine CommunityCollege Scholarship Auction, which will be held 5-9 p.m. Thursday,Oct. 13, at Rangeley Hall on Sylvan Road in Bangor. Tickets for this fun event are still ...
Weather Channel show in Bangor today
Oct 01, 2005 ... BANGOR - The Weather Channel will debut its morning talk showtitled "Weekend View" today from Bangor. Stephanie Abrams, meteorologist and co-host of the new segment,will be in the Bangor area, highlighting fall foliage tours. The show will air from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturdays and ...
SAD 22 official part of Japan program
Oct 01, 2005; ... BANGOR - SAD 22 Superintendent Richard Lyons will spend threeweeks in Japan studying how that country creates and assessescurriculum and delivers professional development opportunities. Lyons, who leaves Oct. 6, will be among 200 teachers andadministrators from across the country, ...
Rare heart ailment killed fly fisherman
Oct 01, 2005; ... TOWNSHIP 3 RANGE 11 - A rare heart condition killed aMassachusetts fly fisherman whose body was found Thursday in the WestBranch of the Penobscot River just northwest of Piscataquis County'sLittle Ambejackmockamus Falls, state officials said Friday. Charles H. Zimmerman, 51, of ...
Admission ceremony to bar of court Oct. 28
Oct 01, 2005 ... BANGOR - The admission ceremony to the bar of the U.S. DistrictCourt of Maine will take place 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at theMargaret Chase Smith Federal ...
Sex charges await standoff suspect
Oct 01, 2005; ... BANGOR - One day after authorities used tear gas to force him fromhis Dover-Foxcroft apartment following an eight-hour standoff,Kenneth Cosenze remained Friday at the Penobscot County Jail awaitingarraignment on other charges. "It's a very serious case," R. Christopher Almy, ...
State police head warns troop of looming shortfalls
Oct 01, 2005; ... BANGOR - Praising Maine state troopers for their commitment anddedication, Col. Craig Poulin, who heads the state police agency,braced them this week for more difficult times when they may be askedto do more with what they have. "I'm proud of you. I'm proud of what you do," Poulin ...
Walking a new beat Belfast Police Department taps longtime officer, the son of a Pentacostal pastor to serve as its first chaplain
Oct 01, 2005; ... Lt. Ken Fitzjurls is a Belfast cop, and has been since 1977. He has an easygoing, relaxed, conversational manner that betrays achildhood spent in the rural South - Paris, Ark. Still, he's not somebody you'd think of as a hand-holding, "I-feel-your-pain" kind of guy. But ...
Religion in brief NEWRY: UCC IN MAINE BACKS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW
Oct 01, 2005 ... Maine's largest Protestant denomination endorsed a resolution thatbacks the state's new anti-discrimination law. The Maine Conferenceof the United Church of Christ - a Congregationalist denomination -passed the resolution during its annual meeting in late September.Each of the 175 ...
Religion in brief BREWER: BIGGER, BETTER CUPBOARD?
Oct 01, 2005 ... A small group of volunteers from nine churches in six Brewer-areatowns has a big plan. The people who run the Brewer Christian FoodCupboard need more room than they have in their 8-foot-by-16-footcupboard and closet at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church and some heatedstorage provided by ...
Religion in brief UNION: 'POSTMODERN WORSHIP'
Oct 01, 2005 ... People's United Methodist Church, Depot Street, is launching aonce-a-month service it calls The Element. Dubbed a "postmodernworship experience," the service will involve praise and worshipmusic, video and message by the Element team. "We just want to goback to basics ... to find new ...
Religion in brief SKOWHEGAN: MAINE WOMAN NAMED TO NATIONAL ROMAN CATHOLIC OFFICE
Oct 01, 2005 ... A Skowhegan woman and leader in Maine's Roman Catholic diocese hasbeen named to national office. Irene Sylvain was named treasurer ...
Five former shipmates of MacMillan sail bay on Arctic schooner Bowdoin
Oct 01, 2005; ... CASTINE - Latitude: 78 degrees, 45 minutes, 20 seconds. That is how far north the schooner Bowdoin sailed in the summer of1948, the farthest north the Arctic exploration vessel had been tothat point. As usual, along with its longtime skipper, DonaldMacMillan, and his wife, Miriam, ...
Pittsfield pupil suspended after swinging skunk at schoolmates
Oct 01, 2005; ... PITTSFIELD - A 12-year-old middle school pupil was suspendedFriday for hand-carrying a dead skunk to school and swinging it atother pupils, including elementary school children he approached onhis walk to school. The boy, a sixth-grader at Warsaw Middle School, was being bathedin ...
Hollywood Slots at Bangor begins to install machines
Oct 01, 2005; ... The first tractor-trailer loads of slot machines began arrivingFriday morning at Hollywood Slots in Bangor, set to open next monthin the former Miller's Restaurant building on Main Street in Bangor. "This is a great day for us. I'm thrilled that things are movingahead so quickly," ...
Correcting the record
Oct 01, 2005 ... A Page One story in Friday's paper incorrectly attributed a quoteto Rep. Jeremy Fischer, D-Presque Isle, concerning the transportationof children in state custody for parental visits. The statementactually was made by Sen. Richard Nass, ...
Limestone workers to share skills in Kuwait Maine Military Authority able to rebuild Humvees
Oct 01, 2005; ... LIMESTONE - Employees of the Maine Military Authority at theLoring Commerce Centre do good work, and their reputation is makingits way around the world, at least in military circles. And 40 to 45 MMA employees will travel halfway around the world toshow other rebuilders, those near ...
Gouldsboro firm to aid TV project
Oct 01, 2005; ... GOULDSBORO - A local business is contributing to the log cabinbeing built in Wells this weekend by ABC's "Extreme Makeover: HomeEdition." You Name It, a Route 1 company that produces lettering andgraphics for boats, signs and T-shirts, will help decorate the newhouse for Wells ...
'Memory Walk' planned in Acadia park Alzheimer's Association hopes to top donations of $40,000 received from 2004 event
Oct 01, 2005; ... ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - Local walkers today hope to break their ownrecord for raising money in the fight against Alzheimer's disease forthe second year in a row. Last year, more than 80 people participated in the Memory Walk,which raised $40,000 for local services for people with ...
Mussel farm at Eastern Bay discussed Decision on proposal by Tenants Harbor firm delayed so flats can be studied
Oct 01, 2005; ... BAR HARBOR - Eelgrass, fishing rights and biodiversity were on theminds of the 40 or so people who attended a lengthy public hearingThursday night on a proposed mussel farm to be developed on thebottom of Eastern Bay. Great Eastern Mussel Farms of Tenants Harbor has proposed to ...
Courts
Oct 01, 2005 ... Calais District Court Cases Aug. 29-Sept. 15, 2005 Raymond Page, 20, Calais, minor consuming liquor, $250. Johnathan R. Parnick, 20, St. Johnsbury, Vt., minor possessingliquor, $150. Mathew C. Pray, 23, Presque Isle, operating vehicle withoutlicense, ...
Divorces
Oct 01, 2005 ... Following are divorces granted in 5th District Court in Belfastduring September on ground of irreconcilable marital differences: Robert P. Payne, Lincolnville, and Natalia Y. Payne, Rockland,married at Lincolnville Aug. 10, 2001; Natalia Payne to change nameto Natalia Y ....
Economic group faces funding decline SADC director is 'cautiously optimistic' about Houlton's participation
Oct 01, 2005; ... HOULTON - For the past month, town councilors have cautionedmunicipal department heads and organizations that customarily seekmoney from the town that panelists will have to be supremely Spartanwhen drafting next year's municipal budget. Board members have maintained that ...
Kaleb, 9, likes sports, science, TV
Oct 01, 2005 ... Kaleb is a kind, sweet 9-year-old boy who is ready for a family.Kaleb is very aware of the feelings of others. He has a big heart and"wants to be a happy boy." He is a social youngster who is eager to please those around him.He likes to help out with house chores. Kaleb enjoys a ...
Man pleads guilty in toddler's death Saucier's sentencing scheduled for Nov. 8
Oct 01, 2005; ... CARIBOU - A Fort Kent man pleaded guilty last week to manslaughterin last year's death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son. ScottSaucier will be sentenced in Superior Court Nov. 8. Saucier was baby-sitting Katherine Burkes' son, Stephen VanceKetzel, Sept. 5, 2004, when the incident ...
Maliseets get grants to help check domestic violence
Oct 01, 2005; ... HOULTON - The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians will be expandingits services to battered women and helping to keep families safer,thanks to several grants that will pump more than $200,000 into itscoffers. U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins announced earlierthis week ...
Houlton tenant prospects 'promising'
Oct 01, 2005; ... HOULTON - With a portion of the former Houlton International Corp.building already occupied and generating revenue for themunicipality, Town Manager Douglas Hazlett said earlier this weekthat the effort to find more tenants for the facility continues. The Shiretown Development ...
Health-related events planned at NMMC
Oct 01, 2005 ... FORT KENT - Northern Maine Medical Center has announced itsschedule of events for October. . Diabetes Self-Management Training Class, 9-11 a.m. Monday, Oct.3, Wednesday, Oct. 5, Thursday Oct. 13, and Tuesday, Oct 18, at theAcadia Family Health Center in the Acadia Room. To ...
Sail Inn ex-owners seek jury trial Eminent domain standoff involves Prospect restaurant taken for new bridge
Oct 01, 2005; ... BELFAST - The former owners of the Sail Inn Restaurant in Prospecthave asked a jury to determine the value of restaurant property thatwas taken by the state to make room for the new Penobscot Riverbridge between Waldo and Hancock counties. Robert Dyer of Stockton Springs and Paul ...
MERCURY CLEANUP
Oct 01, 2005 ... Gov. Baldacci is right that the best way to fully clean up theformer HoltraChem plant is to dig up and remove tons of soilcontaminated with mercury. Unfortunately, the company now liable forcleaning up the Orrington plant objects to this costly plan andfavors containing the contaminated ...
Congress needs its own Coast Guard
Oct 01, 2005; ... Having wiped out portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama,Hurricane Katrina headed straight for Washington, a city sothoroughly unprepared for the storm that it didn't know whether toduck, run or take it square in the face. So far, it has behaved asNew Orleans did, with a splash of ...
'Annoyance of a good example'
Oct 01, 2005; ... I read a blurb in the newspaper earlier this week in which it wasreported that one of the near-bankrupt major airlines would eliminatejobs and cut salaries in the interest of keeping its planes in theair. But the belt-tightening measure wouldn't be confined to thoseunfortunate ...
USDA, potato board offer grower incentives
Oct 01, 2005 ... PRESQUE ISLE - The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the MainePotato Board have announced that producers willing to adopt soilquality improvement practices ...
Cross-country skiers set equipment swap
Oct 01, 2005 ... CARIBOU - The second annual Northern Skiers Cross-country SkiSwap, selling used ski equipment and clothing, as well as usedmountain bikes, kayaks, canoes and paddles, will be held 1 to 3 p.m.Sunday, Oct. 30, at Caribou High School, ...
Women's group plans awareness walks, vigils
Oct 01, 2005 ... In order to affirm a nonviolent future, domestic violenceawareness walks and vigils sponsored by the Battered Women's Projectwill be held on the following dates and locations: . Caribou, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Teague Park Gazebo. Formore information, call 498-6146. . ...
Benefit dance planned for Wisdom High teen
Oct 01, 2005 ... MADAWASKA - A benefit dance, featuring live music and door prizes,will be held to raise money for Dylan Bois, a sophomore from WisdomHigh School who was injured in an ...
Tax seminar to be held at UM Presque Isle
Oct 01, 2005 ... PRESQUE ISLE - The 30th annual Aroostook County Tax Seminar willbe held 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct ....
Missing the TV Watch
Oct 01, 2005 ... I am writing in response to the fact that you have decided toremove the TV Watch from the newspaper. It is certainly not a goodmove for anyone and I cannot find a good reason for ...
Traffic light welcome
Oct 01, 2005 ... Thank you, thank you for the traffic lights at the intersection ofHoward Street and Stillwater ...
Cianchette is no leader
Oct 01, 2005 ... I had to laugh when I read the letter to the editor (BDN, Sept.23) touting Peter Cianchette as a leader. We should take a moment and recap his abilities: . Led the Bush campaign effort in Maine in 2000 and 2004, bothlosses. . Hired by locals to lead the effort to keep ...
Medicare information
Oct 01, 2005 ... The Sept. 26 op-ed commentary by John Quinn contains some greatadvice for Medicare beneficiaries. I have worked in services forolder people for a little more than 30 years and have not ever seenas complex a benefit as the new Medicare Part D. His advice to findsomeone you trust to help ...