Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from March 2006:
USM professor nominated for poet laureate
Mar 01, 2006; ... AUGUSTA - Betsy Sholl, a Portland poet and teacher, has beennominated as the state's third poet laureate, the Maine ArtsCommission confirmed Tuesday. The nomination will be presented March15 to Gov. John Baldacci, who is expected to make the appointment atthe opening of Maine Cultural ...
Women's basketball
Mar 01, 2006 ... MAINE vs. BOSTON UNIVERSITY Time, site: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Alfond Arena, Orono Records: Maine 8-17 (4-10 America East); Boston U. 16-9 (9-5) Series, last meeting: Maine leads 37-20, BU 80-61 on 1/29/06 Key players: Maine - 6-1 G/F Bracey Barker (13.6 ppg, 7.0 rpg, ...
Retirement complex opens in Corinna Facility could spark downtown development
Mar 01, 2006; ... CORINNA - A 20-unit senior citizens housing facility and communitycenter that already has a waiting list for tenants opened Tuesday onthe site of a former woolen mill, the first of several projects thatsignal a new future for Corinna. Jerome Emerson, former state senator and a ...
Three perish in Limestone house fire Smoke, flames force deputy to abandon rescue attempt
Mar 01, 2006; ... LIMESTONE - A deadly fire spread quickly through a 2 1/2-storywood-frame home early Tuesday morning, taking the lives of two adultsand a child. The deceased were identified as Kelley Holmquist, 35, her 10-year-old son, Trevor Holmquist, and Alex McDougall, 38, a male friend ...
Maine needs disaster workers Panel outlines state's readiness
Mar 01, 2006; ... AUGUSTA - Although a special task force concluded Tuesday thatMaine is well-prepared to handle any disaster situation, the panelthinks the state must make several improvements, including findingways to encourage and retain more volunteer emergency serviceworkers. Just the ...
Bangor High AD suspended for 3 weeks Vanidestine accused of assault by student
Mar 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Bangor High School athletic director Steve Vanidestinehas been suspended from his job without pay for three weeks as theresult of a school department investigation into an incident thattook place after a Feb. 15 basketball game in which a student allegedhe was assaulted by the ...
POTATO PLASTIC
Mar 01, 2006 ... Maine took a small but important step in reducing the prevalenceof toxic chemicals in everyday items Wednesday when the governorsigned an order changing state purchasing policies to prefer saferalternatives. The order also boosts research and development intosafer chemicals and bio-based ...
Tidbits
Mar 01, 2006; ... Food for thought Help kids learn to eat - or eat to learn - during a Shaw's HealthyEaters Field Trip. All Shaw's supermarkets offer schoolchildren inkindergarten through sixth grade the opportunity to learn abouthealthful snacking; how many fruits, vegetables and dairy servings ...
Bistro basking Chef looks for fresh start by offering exquisitely tasteful, moderately priced foods at Milo eatery
Mar 01, 2006; ... People who love food also love to complain. I know this becauseI'm one of them. They wonder why menus change so infrequently. Whythey can't get tres leches cake here. Why, oh why, every newrestaurant in the city is a chain. Foodies have already eaten every dish worth eating at ...
Shufelt, George spark Bangor Rams vs. Lewiston in semi
Mar 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - The Bangor High School Rams didn't know what to expectfrom the Patriotic Knights of Gray-New Gloucester/Poland in theirEastern Maine Class A hockey quarterfinal Tuesday night. "But we definitely didn't want to take them for granted. That'sthe worst thing you can do," said ...
Santerre not driving this season Cherryfield native is owner for Caisse team
Mar 01, 2006; ... Cherryfield's Andy Santerre, who captured his fourth consecutiveBusch North points championship last season, will switch gears thisseason and will not be driving. Santerre, who managed the three-car Grizco Racing Team in additionto driving for it last season, will be the team owner ...
Foul shooting propels Bengals to Sunrise title
Mar 01, 2006 ... LYNDONVILLE, Vt. - The UMaine-Fort Kent Bengals outscored theLyndon State Hornets 17-4 from the foul line and survived some foultrouble on their way to their 15th consecutive victory, 56-49 and theSunrise Conference women's basketball title Monday night. Traci Weatherhead connected ...
Baxter open to everyone
Mar 01, 2006 ... It was through vision, perseverance and generosity that PercivalBaxter was able to cobble together the exceptional parcels of realestate that make up Baxter State Park. It was an extraordinary giftto all the people of Maine from an extraordinary man, and it is notsurprising that he had ...
EMHS, look northward
Mar 01, 2006 ... The article, "Hospitals fight over Waterville" (BDN, Feb. 14), waswell-written and informative. I get the feeling that Eastern MaineHealthcare Systems is trying to monopolize health care in an areathat already has existing hospitals available to the public. If EMHS has that much ...
Vanidestine did his job
Mar 01, 2006 ... We have been reading the Bangor Daily News online while we havebeen on vacation in Florida and were shocked and dismayed by thereporting of the alleged incident involving Steve Vanidestine andsome students. We feel compelled to write this letter of support because itappears to us ...
At odds with mission
Mar 01, 2006 ... The current site being evaluated for a transportation facility inTrenton seems at odds with the mission of its sponsors, Friends ofAcadia. Their mission is to protect the outstanding natural beauty,ecological vitality and cultural distinctiveness of Acadia NationalPark and the ...
Tourney draws more fans for all EM classes
Mar 01, 2006; ... Those who monitored the turnstiles at this year's Eastern Mainehigh school basketball tournament most closely had to be happywhether the venue was the Bangor Auditorium or the Augusta CivicCenter. Fans turned out in greater numbers this year for both the Class Atournament held ...
Deep, talented Blue Devils play with confidence
Mar 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Ed Leeman remembers playing for Calais in the EasternMaine Class C tournament some two decades ago, and understanding therole confidence plays in enabling players and teams to achievesuccess. "Confidence is enormous," he said. "I remember when I was here in'86, and you ...
Couple leaves controversial trail Allagash Wilderness Waterway trees cut during 'emergency situation'
Mar 02, 2006; ... ALLAGASH - When registered Maine Guides Alexandra and GarrettConover set out to walk from Allagash to Greenville in January, theyexpected to complete the 200-mile snowshoe trek, conducted as aneducational outreach project, almost exclusively on frozen waterways. Thanks to an ...
Cook, York get 2nd MVP awards Martin, Tomah also gain honors
Mar 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Just three times in the first 12 years of the William C.Warner Most Valuable Player Award was there a repeat recipient of thehonor. Sam Henderson of Class C Hodgdon (1995 and 1996), Ralph Mims ofClass A Brunswick (2002 and 2004), and Josh Madden (Class D BangorChristian ...
Choosing not to speak
Mar 01, 2006 ... Although I don't totally disagree with Todd Benoit's oped, "Riskytalk for democracy" (BDN, Feb. 25-26), I take issue with hisstatements about the recent meeting in Belfast with Rep. MichaelMichaud. This meeting was well publicized and was attended by people fromboth sides of the ...
All-star teams
Mar 01, 2006 ... COLLEGE All-Conference Teams Sunrise Conference Basketball Men - First team: Jeremiah Johnson, UM-Machias; second team:Edmundas Akstinas, UM-Fort Kent; Charlie Calligan, UMM; RytisKriunas, UMFK; Player of the Year: Jeremiah Johnson, UMM; Coach ofthe Year: Eric ...
LTC keeping home-field format for playoffs
Mar 01, 2006; ... LTC football officials and coaches have opted to continue holdingtheir annual Eastern Maine Class C championship game at the homefield of the highest-seeded finalist. The league had held discussions after the 2005 season about movingthe final game to a neutral site, perhaps the ...
An odd Olympics for the U.S.
Mar 01, 2006; ... So, did you get your fill of curling during the Winter Olympics?There was certainly no shortage of it. It's nice to know that after your household broom gets old andloses a lot of its bristles, there's still use for it. I still don't understand the sport it but it is clear that ...
Rx from Canada
Mar 01, 2006 ... If you are among the many Mainers who get their prescription drugsfrom Canada, don't worry about reports of increasing seizures by U.S.Customs. Canadian pharmacies that send mail orders to the UnitedStates expect seizures from time to time. If a package doesn't reachthe customer, the ...
Report says: Maine youths thriving
Mar 01, 2006; ... The 2006 Maine Kids Count data book released Tuesday shows that,on the whole, Maine children and teens are thriving. But a county-by-county breakdown reveals wide disparities, and a leading children'sadvocate says the data should be used to guide Maine lawmakers inmaking the state a ...
Tribes eye pieces of Brunswick base
Mar 01, 2006; ... Maine's two largest Indian tribes are seeking to redevelop part ofthe Brunswick Naval Air Station, which the Defense Department hasslated to close as part of last year's Base Realignment and Closureprocess. Working separately, the Penobscot Indian Nation and thePassamaquoddy ...
Trial opens in Rockland murder case; jurors view crime scene
Mar 01, 2006; ... ROCKLAND - Murder defendant Douglas Dyer fired the gun that killedAllison Small on Jan. 28, 2005, defense attorney Steven Peterson toldjurors Tuesday, but it is not a case of murder. "The evidence is not going to show the execution-style killingdescribed by [the prosecutor]," ...
Health care data focus of seminar
Mar 01, 2006; ... AUGUSTA - Maine is building a health care informationsuperhighway, and health care providers had best be getting up tospeed. That was the message delivered to about 150 chief informationofficers and other tech types from around the state at a special half-day seminar on ...
Plum Creek, nature tourism examined
Mar 01, 2006; ... ROCKWOOD - Visitors come to the Moosehead Lake region and supportits economy through the North Woods experience - the wildlife, theremoteness, the silence, the views and the multiuse trails thatattract a variety of outdoor enthusiasts. But that unique North Woods character and the ...
Mexican arrested for being in U.S. illegally
Mar 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - A Mexican man who worked for a Brewer insulation companywas being held Tuesday at Penobscot County Jail after appearing inU.S. District Court on charges of being in the country illegally. Jose Alfredo Rubio-Olivo, 27, of Veazie, was arrested on Mondaynear Beddington after ...
Speed a factor in crash that hurts Orono man
Mar 01, 2006 ... ORONO - An Orono man is lucky to be alive after he crashed his2003 Jeep Liberty into a telephone pole and then head-on into a tree,according to police. "Speed was definitely a factor," Orono Deputy Police Chief GaryDuquette said Tuesday. Mitchell Bellefleur, 42, was driving ...
Courts
Mar 01, 2006 ... Belfast District Court Cases Feb. 20-24, 2006 Sharon Carter, 62, Montville, hunting antlerless deer withoutpermit; hunting from stand or blind overlooking deer bait, jurytrial. Elliot D. Cavicchi, 20, Northport, minor possessing liquor, $300. Brian A. Dyer, 22, ...
Schenck, Stearns parents support sharing plan
Mar 01, 2006; ... MILLINOCKET - With a son who attends school in town and seesdoctors and a dentist in East Millinocket, T1 R9 resident RamonaCesare spends a lot of time playing taxi driver. It was worse, Cesare said, before her two daughters graduatedStearns High School. Then she had all the ...
UM student charged with trespass, assault
Mar 01, 2006 ... ORONO - A University of Maine student is facing three chargesafter he allegedly pushed his way into a dorm room early Mondaymorning and assaulted another student, according to UM spokesman JoeCarr. A male and female student were in the woman's room at PenobscotHall watching a ...
Resource center offers program on raptors
Mar 01, 2006 ... GREENVILLE - The National Resource Education Center will sponsor aprogram on raptors at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at Community House.State expert and wildlife biologist Charlie Todd will ...
Locations listed for veterans services
Mar 01, 2006 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - A veterans services officer from the Departmentof Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management will be at thefollowing locations to assist veterans, widows and dependent childrenin filing for state and federal benefits. . 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, Penquis ...
Orono school panel candidates quizzed
Mar 01, 2006; ... ORONO - The six school committee candidates were quizzed atMonday's candidates night about a variety of topics, but the majorityof questions focused on the candidates' thoughts on the coming budgetprocess. Two residents are running for a one-year term on the committee,and four, ...
Orono, UM officials discuss dog incident Crews 'followed policy' in river rescue
Mar 01, 2006; ... ORONO - Town officials discussed at a meeting Monday night arecent "tragedy" that occurred when four dogs drowned in anunattended car that rolled into the Stillwater River, according tothe town manager. The convergence of a lot of bizarre things resulted in fire crewsnot being ...
SAD 63 criticizes school unit consolidation plan
Mar 01, 2006; ... EDDINGTON - The SAD 63 school board disapproves of a plan toconsolidate the hundreds of school units in Maine into just 35, andhas penned a letter to let state leaders know how they feel. Theopposition letter was fully endorsed by the board at Monday'smeeting. "We're just really ...
Holden prepares for vote on public safety building
Mar 01, 2006; ... HOLDEN - The police and fire departments both need more space, andafter discussing the issue for nearly a decade, town leaders havedecided a new stand-alone public safety building is necessary. With the spring construction season fast approaching, councilorsdecided Monday to hold a ...
Sisters seek data on 1950s car racing in Exeter
Mar 01, 2006; ... Today, I offer you a fun request from an acquaintance of mine wholives in Eddington and winters in sunny southern California. Linda Conn wrote that she and her sister, Millie Cannon ofBradley, have been working on a family genealogy for several years. In connection with that ...
Steuben to review tax cap, school consolidation
Mar 01, 2006; ... STEUBEN - Tom Richmond was just three days into his contract astown manager at last year's town meeting. This time, on March 6 forvoting and March 11 for the balance of town business, Richmond iswell-versed in all the issues. They are numerous, covering the ever-increasing costs ...
Jewell health center extends its hours
Mar 01, 2006 ... BROOKS - The Arthur Jewell Community Health Center has extendedits hours of operation on Monday and Wednesday evenings. The new hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Tuesdays; 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdaysand 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ...
Houlton, DOT deal makes way for road repairs
Mar 01, 2006; ... HOULTON - It was a small victory, but one that will give a bit ofa reprieve to the shocks and struts of vehicles that frequentlytravel along Bangor Street. Town councilors on Monday evening approved a construction areaagreement between the town and the state Department ...
Eagle Lake man gets 2 months in ID theft case
Mar 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - An Eagle Lake man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. DistrictCourt to two months in federal prison for stealing the identity oftwo Aroostook County residents in 2003 and charging more than $5,000in merchandise in their names. Wayne David Broome, 50, tearfully apologized to the ...
Houlton taps chairwoman for bicentennial fest
Mar 01, 2006; ... HOULTON - For more than a year, Greater Houlton Chamber ofCommerce Administrator Chris Batby worked diligently to organize thetown's 2007 bicentennial celebration. She rallied volunteers, considered an advertising campaign andorganized a committee to make things happen. Amid ...
Police report no arrests in two recent burglaries in Houlton
Mar 01, 2006; ... HOULTON - Although detailed investigations have been conducted,Houlton police Lt. Dan Pelletier said Tuesday that no arrests havebeen made in connection with two burglaries that have occurred overthe past month. "The investigation into each of them remains ongoing," he ...
Three advance in 'Idol' show Caribou site to host singing contest to benefit United Way
Mar 01, 2006; ... FORT KENT - Two young women and a young man were selected by theaudience Friday to represent the St. John Valley in the United Way'sAroostook Idol competition at the Caribou Performing Arts Center inMarch. Adam Ouellette of Frenchville, Samantha Boutot and LindseyStanley, both of ...
Courts
Mar 01, 2006 ... Belfast District Court Cases Feb. 13-17, 2006 Kristie Anderson, 25, Albion, two counts endangering welfare ofchild, transferred to Superior Court. Emil A. Carlson, 74, Liberty, theft by unauthorized taking ortransfer, transferred to Superior Court. Luis Samuel ...
$100,000 bridge fosters safe recreation
Mar 01, 2006; ... SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT - Bruce Coffman of Kingston, N.H., used towarily eye the one-lane, snow-covered bridge over Moose River thathis family would have to cross on their snowmobiles as part ofInterconnecting Trail System 88. A sharp curve on the north side of the bridge creates a ...
Sedgwick residents to see smaller budgets Voters to weigh town, school proposals
Mar 01, 2006; ... SEDGWICK - Town and school officials have kept a tight rein ontheir budgets this year and voters at the annual town meeting thisweekend will see smaller budget totals. The municipal budget total is $565,000, a decrease of about 3percent from the current budget, according to ...
Belfast school board member suggests cuts
Mar 01, 2006; ... BELFAST - Faced with the prospect of a major increase in nextyear's school budget, school board member Alan Wood has outlined aseries of cuts that he believes will bring spending under control. Wood submitted his proposal to his fellow SAD 34 board members andthe administration on ...
Milbridge man gets nine years for cocaine sales
Mar 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - A Milbridge man was sentenced on Monday in PenobscotCounty Superior Court to nine years in prison for selling cocaine intwo counties during the same week in November. Gary W. Reynolds, 48, received back-to-back sentences - four yearsfor drug trafficking in Hancock County ...
SEEKING SAFE HARBORS
Mar 02, 2006 ... The furor over a sale that would put a Dubai company in charge ofsix U.S. ports has exposed American vulnerabilities. More than fouryears into the War on Terror, government agencies still aren'tsharing intelligence information and a lack of resources has leftlarge gaps in port ...
Speaking of democracy
Mar 02, 2006 ... The compliant media have failed to responsibly cover the Bushdisasters; Todd Benoit simply gets it wrong in his column, "Riskytalk for democracy" (BDN, Feb. 25-26). He labels "pietic" our non-violent protests, employed to callattention to our government's abuses. Naming aloud those ...
New home built for Etna family
Mar 02, 2006; ... Whenever he passes the ranch-style house being built on hisproperty in Etna, next door to the old and rundown mobile home wherehe lives with his wife and baby, Thayne Fields can't help but thinkthat he'll soon have a new neighbor. The house has been under construction for about ...
Prisoner seized after 'planned' escape Man fled while en route from Aroostook County Jail to courtroom
Mar 02, 2006; ... PRESQUE ISLE - A Washburn man is facing charges of escape andassault of a police officer after he managed Wednesday morning toremove his handcuff, bolt from custody outside the local courthouseand jump into a waiting getaway vehicle a few blocks away, officialssaid. Police ...
MCCS lacks funds to expand occupational programs
Mar 02, 2006; ... AUGUSTA - Thousands of jobs across the state are going unfilledbecause the Maine Community College System doesn't have the money toexpand occupational programs in such fields as health care, boatbuilding, construction and machine tools. "We have skilled workers needed all over the ...
Deputy sheriff tried to rescue 3 victims of Limestone blaze
Mar 02, 2006; ... LIMESTONE - The first person to arrive at a burning home wherethree people lost their lives early Tuesday morning in Limestone dideverything he could to help people inside the inferno. Sgt. Larry Goff of the Aroostook County Sheriff's Department triedmany doors before one opened ....
Terminal security weighed in review
Mar 02, 2006; ... ELLSWORTH - U.S. Coast Guard officials, with help from stateagencies and other interested parties, started work Wednesday onweighing the safety and security concerns posed by two proposedliquefied natural gas terminals on Passamaquoddy Bay. Approximately 30 people gathered ...
Hartland to discuss budget on Saturday
Mar 02, 2006; ... HARTLAND - A decrease in the town's annual budget, combined withthe revaluation of some new development on Great Moose Lake, willlikely result in a lower mill rate this year for Hartland residents. Voters will gather at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 4, at town hall forthe annual town ...
Task force seeks bear-baiting study
Mar 02, 2006; ... A task force that reviewed Maine's bear-hunting rules hasrecommended banning steel-jawed leg traps and requested additionalstudy into how bait popular with sportsmen is affecting the size andhealth of the state's bear population. But the proposals did little to settle the intense ...
SAD 22 reviews excellent results
Mar 02, 2006; ... HAMPDEN - SAD 22 had a "fantastic" year in 2005 with a host ofnoteworthy accomplishments, Superintendent Rick Lyons said Wednesday. Presenting the district status report to the board of directors,Lyons said the purpose of the annual undertaking is to reflect on andhighlight last ...
St. Albans meeting sparks community controversy
Mar 02, 2006; ... ST. ALBANS - The two-man Board of Selectmen on Wednesday morninginterviewed a single candidate, Marie Kirven of St. Albans, for theposition of town manager, a move that residents attending the meetingcalled unnecessary and an insult. Interim Town Manager Bert Taylor also questioned ...