Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from April 2006:
Audition, sure, but survive 'Survivor'?
Apr 01, 2006; ... We all have that show - the one we don't watch on a regular basisbut find ourselves glued to the television screen when we happen uponit while flipping through channels. For me, there are quite a few, but most recently it's been thisseason's "Survivor." Needless to say, I was ...
AUTO FOCUS From durable pickups to pricey imports, what Mainers drive most (and least) is telling of what it takes to get around in the Pine Tree State
Apr 01, 2006; ... Some say we are what we eat. Or we are what we do for a living. Ifwe are what we drive, as well, then what can be concluded aboutMainers based on what's parked in their driveways? In search of that answer, I recently spent my spare hours for thebetter part of a month scrolling ...
WHAT SOME FAMOUS MAINERS DRIVE:
Apr 01, 2006 ... STEPHEN KING: The prolific novelist who splits his time betweenBangor and Florida owns a fleet of cars. But the vehicle he driveswhen he embarks on a major road trip is his new Ford Escape Hybrid,according to his assistant. The 2006 Escape Hybrid runs on a 2.3-liter, four-cylinder ...
Spring into fitness Looking to burn off that winter paunch? Suite up in colorful yoga pants and affordable wicking T's
Apr 01, 2006; ... Other people's thoughts may turn to love in springtime, but mineturn immediately to love handles. Usually, I'm not one of those people who obsesses over her weight.But when I tried on a few bathing suits last month, I noticed that awinter's worth of hibernation didn't do much for ...
More of Maine's top vehicles
Apr 01, 2006 ... Passenger cars Ford Taurus, 22,207 Toyota Camry, 17,464 Subaru Legacy, 15,455 Honda Accord, 13,637 Ford Escort, 13,081 Chevrolet Cavalier, 11,510 Honda Civic, 11,459 Buick LeSabre, 9,774 Buick Century, 9,757 Toyota ...
Subdivisions a hot topic in Ellsworth
Apr 01, 2006; ... ELLSWORTH - Lately, there isn't a much hotter topic in HancockCounty than development, particularly when it comes to subdivisions. Many community groups are responding by banding together toeducate themselves and the public to make sure new growth is in theirbest ...
DHHS commissioner nominated
Apr 01, 2006; ... AUGUSTA - Brenda M. Harvey, the woman who had been temporarilyoverseeing operations at the state's largest single agency, wasnominated Friday to become the next commissioner of the Department ofHealth and Human Services. In making the announcement, Gov. John E. Baldacci said Harvey ...
A la carte air travel costs soar
Apr 01, 2006; ... Although I'm not a frequent flier, the recent announcement that acertain airline has begun charging an extra fee for some choice seatsmakes me think that the once-friendly skies may soon become a littleless friendly. Northwest Airlines, bankrupt and desperate to generate revenue ...
A page from his book With vision of late librarian as a beacon, Whitneyville looks for new building to house the town's collection of 15,000 volumes
Apr 01, 2006; ... What would John Bodger do? That's what the trustees of the Whitneyville Public Library had toask themselves last December, just weeks after the death of theirstoried librarian of nearly 30 years. Their collective answer: Build a bigger library. The current two-story ...
Phone listings marred petition 700 names faked in racino drive
Apr 01, 2006; ... MACHIAS - About 700 of the signatures found to be fraudulent amongthe more than 61,000 collected by the Passamaquoddy Tribe to get theWashington County racino proposal on the November ballot were derivedfrom listings in a telephone book, a tribal leader said this week. Fred Moore, ...
Propane tank leak displaces neighbors
Apr 01, 2006; ... BRADLEY - A work crew demolishing a building at an abandonedjunkyard Friday ruptured the nozzle on a large propane tank,releasing the fuel and prompting the evacuation of several neighborsin this small Penobscot County town. Firefighters weren't sure how much propane was in the ...
County to kick in $20,000 for city vehicle
Apr 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Penobscot County officials will lend their support,including a financial hand, to the city of Bangor's purchase of amore than $200,000 vehicle intended for extreme emergency situations. The Penobscot County commissioners this week approved contributing$20,000 to the ...
Milo extends search for police chief Board of Selectmen, committee will accept applications until April 21
Apr 01, 2006; ... MILO - The search was re-opened on Thursday for a new policechief. That decision was made during a special meeting of selectmen andthe police search committee. Four candidates, all from the Penquis region, were interviewed forthe position, but municipal officials and the ...
Hampden schools' Web program to continue
Apr 01, 2006; ... HAMPDEN - The future looks bright for the PowerSchool program tocontinue in local middle schools and the high school after its almostmonthlong trial period wrapped up with overwhelmingly positiveresponses, according to school officials. The Web site remains open for parents who ...
Highway program on Pittsfield agenda
Apr 01, 2006; ... PITTSFIELD - Routine housekeeping actions fill the agenda for thePittsfield Town Council's meeting Tuesday night, along with adiscussion of this summer's highway program. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at themunicipal building on Park Street. Town ...
News in brief HAMPDEN: TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS BROADCAST ON CABLE
Apr 01, 2006; ... Starting on Monday, April 3, residents will be able to view theTown Council meetings "live" on Adelphia cable channel 7. The meetingbegins at 7 p.m. and will include a public hearing about mineralextraction by Vaughn Thibodeau & Sons from the Ammo Industrial Park.The broadcast equipment ...
News in brief MILO: ACCESS TO SEBEC RIVER WOULD BE AVAILABLE WITH LAND PURCHASE
Apr 01, 2006; ... Milo and state officials are working to purchase a parcel of landalong the Sebec River from a private landowner to ensure access to asnowmobile bridge that crosses the river. The Department ofConservation has the 40-acre parcel of land under contract and hopesto close on the sale by the ...
News in brief MILO: FIRE STOPPED AT ELM STREET HOME
Apr 01, 2006; ... Local firefighters were quick to extinguish a fire Friday at anElm Street home. Fire Chief David Preble said a homeowner dumpedashes from a wood stove outside ...
News in brief BANGOR: SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVES REDUCED FUNDING
Apr 01, 2006; ... Chief Deputy Troy Morton of the Penobscot County Sheriff's Officesaid his department will have to do more with less when it comes tofederal law enforcement grants. Last year, Penobscot County shared$46,000 with two other agencies to beef up their abilities to respondto a variety of ...
Taste-I-Val to benefit Calais firehouse project
Apr 01, 2006; ... The public is invited to attend the annual Taste-I-Val from 5 to 8p.m. Saturday, April 8, at the Calais American Legion Hall on CalaisAvenue. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children age 12 and under,and all proceeds benefit the St. Croix No. 1 Firehouse ...
Lesson embedded in chilly ocean swim Southwest Harbor Coast Guard members endure cold for insight into hypothermia
Apr 01, 2006; ... SOUTHWEST HARBOR - Though the Coast Guard's cold-water dip Fridaywas billed as Fools Rush In, those who ran in and out of the frigidAtlantic were aware that there's nothing foolish about cold-waterimmersion. "The idea behind the whole thing [is that] we respond to a lot ofpeople ...
Man killed when car runs into bridge Beaver Cove resident's 1993 Honda rolls over
Apr 01, 2006; ... BEAVER COVE - A local man who was ejected when his car struck abridge Friday later died from his injuries. William Blagg, 54, who reportedly owned homes in Greenville andBeaver Cove, was taken by ambulance to Charles A. Dean MemorialHospital in Greenville and then airlifted by ...
Science, the Bible address separate worlds
Apr 01, 2006; ... Every day, the sun rises, travels across the sky, then sets. Wesee it with our own eyes. We take "sunrise" for granted as a fact of nature, even thoughthis expression is not literally true. In fact, the rising is anillusion created by the Earth's spinning - it seems like the ...
Brush up your Shakespeare ... because professor Peter Leithart thinks the Bard's masterpieces and Christian theology are not exactly strange bedfellows
Apr 01, 2006; ... "Think not that I have come to destroy the law, or the prophets: Iam not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you,Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wisepass from the law, till all be fulfilled. ... For I say unto you,That except your ...
Religion in brief BANGOR: BETWEEN OLD AND NEW
Apr 01, 2006 ... The Rock Church of Greater Bangor is a new nondenominationalcongregation on a 10.5-acre lot at the corner of Ohio Street andFinson Road in Bangor. With the help of its parent, the Rock Churchof Greater Portland, the congregation bought a building last Octoberand has begun to hold ...
Religion in brief BANGOR: HELSINKI TO BANGOR
Apr 01, 2006 ... The Sibelius School Choir will celebrate Easter with All SoulsCongregational Church, 10 Broadway. The choir, named for the Finnishcomposer Jean Sibelius ...
Religion in brief ORONO: NEW PASTOR
Apr 01, 2006 ... The Rev. Lornagrace Grenfell Stuart is the new pastor of theChurch of Universal Fellowship, 82 Main St. A graduate of MountHolyoke College, she holds a divinity degree from Bangor TheologicalSeminary. She was ordained in 1993 and has served churches in Sacoand Newfield in ...
Religion in brief BANGOR: RESURRECTION AND SCRIPTURE
Apr 01, 2006 ... A Scottish theologian will speak on "Resurrection and Scripture"at Bangor Theological Seminary. John Webster, founding editor of theInternational Journal of Systematic Theology and ...
Five champions crowned in state chess tournament
Apr 01, 2006 ... ORONO - The University of Maine Memorial Union sprang to life inearly March as 327 chess players gathered for the annual StateScholastic Team Chess Championships - the biggest one-day chesstournament ever held in the state. Five state champions were crowned in four grade ...
John Bapst students win chess titles
Apr 01, 2006 ... ORONO - Two students from John Bapst Memorial High School inBangor brought home titles as State Scholastic Chess Champions onMarch 25 at the University of Maine. Ray Solinger won the championship section, and Ben Amaral was topsamong high school students with a rating of 1,200 or ...
Legislators to review Sunrise Trail proposal
Apr 01, 2006; ... Sally Jacobs, a recreational cyclist and hiker from Orono, hascalled for the conversion of the dormant Calais Branch railbed to arecreational trail across Hancock and Washington counties for morethan 15 years. Now, Jacobs is rallying supporters for the trail plan one moretime, ...
Underage drinking forum draws few parents
Apr 01, 2006; ... CALAIS - Health professionals and the state attorney general wereon hand, but plenty of parents who could have been at an underage-drinking prevention forum Thursday were not. About 30 people attended the forum at Washington County CommunityCollege, but those who missed it will ...
Owls Head man who fatally shot self ID'd
Apr 01, 2006 ... OWLS HEAD - A man who shot himself to death when police went tohis Ballyhac Road home to arrest him Thursday has been identified asAnthony Philip, 20. Philip's probation officer had asked the Knox County Sheriff'sDepartment to pick him up on several warrants. When three ...
PITTSFIELD: UMM STUDENT INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT
Apr 01, 2006; ... A University of Maine at Machias student was injured Friday whenher car ran off the interstate and flipped onto its side, accordingto Maine State Police. Around 4 p.m. Friday, Tracy Dewitt, 21, ofVermontville, Mich., was traveling north on Interstate 95 when hercar ran off the right side ...
Ellsworth reschedules kindergarten screening
Apr 01, 2006 ... ELLSWORTH - The Ellsworth school department will hold akindergarten registration and screening make-up day Tuesday, April11, ...
Bucksport school preregistering pupils
Apr 01, 2006 ... BUCKSPORT - The G.H. Jewett School is currently pre-registeringkindergartners for the 2006-07 school year. Registration and screening ...
Bucksport students to show artworks
Apr 01, 2006 ... BUCKSPORT - The Bucksport High School annual student art exhibitwill be held 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in the school library. Projects from seven classes ...
Blue Hill libraries to host piano concert
Apr 01, 2006 ... BLUE HILL - The Bagaduce Music Lending Library and the Blue HillPublic Library will sponsor their monthly music midday concert withAllen Clayton of Sedgwick on piano at noon Monday, April 3, ...
Hancock school schedules registration
Apr 01, 2006 ... HANCOCK - Kindergarten registration will be held 8:30 a.m.-2:15p.m. Thursday, May 11, at the Hancock Grammar School. Appointments are necessary to ...
Dedham School pupils to perform 'Oklahoma'
Apr 01, 2006 ... DEDHAM - Dedham School pupils will perform Rodgers andHammerstein's production of "Oklahoma" at 7 p.m. Saturday, April ...
Hancock women plan yard sale at school
Apr 01, 2006 ... HANCOCK - The Hancock Women's Club will sponsor a yard sale 8:30a.m.-1 p.m ....
Dedham to register kindergartners
Apr 01, 2006 ... DEDHAM - Kindergarten registration for children in Dedham will beheld 9 a.m.-12 ...
Parkinson's group to meet in Blue Hill
Apr 01, 2006 ... BLUE HILL - The monthly meeting of the Blue Hill PeninsulaParkinson's Support Group will be 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, atthe Parker Ridge Residential Community. All who live with or provide ...
Castine Women's Club schedules meeting
Apr 01, 2006 ... CASTINE - The Castine Women's Club will hold its monthly meeting11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at Emerson Hall on Court Street. A presentation on ...
Freeport firm to hold energy workshops
Apr 01, 2006 ... Community Energy Partners LLC of Freeport will host a series ofworkshops for Maine farmers and rural small-business owners eligiblefor up to $750,000 in federal funding to purchase renewable energysystems or make energy efficiency improvements in their businesses. The workshops are ...
Knox County airport awarded FAA grant
Apr 01, 2006 ... OWLS HEAD - The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a$758,930 grant to Knox County Regional Airport. The ...
Law protects pets of abuse victims Maine legislation to curb cycle of violence against animals 1st in nation
Apr 01, 2006; ... AUGUSTA - Gov. John Baldacci signed LD 1881 into law Friday, thefirst law in the country that gives judges the authority to protectpets when domestic abuse victims seek a protection order. Baldacci called it "unconscionable" that 76 percent of victims whoseek safety at domestic ...
WCCC students design triathlon
Apr 01, 2006; ... CALAIS - It may be the first triathlon in this part of the state,but students at the Washington County Community College hope it's notthe last. Participants will bike, run, canoe and kayak, all on the same day. Jonah Bloom, 19, of China and Chelsea LeValley, 19, of ...
New Piscataquis County probate judge takes oath
Apr 01, 2006; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Immediately after he took his oath of office onFriday, James Austin of Dover-Foxcroft began work as PiscataquisCounty's new judge of probate. Austin, 58, was appointed by Gov. John Baldacci to fill theunexpired term of Douglas Smith of Dover-Foxcroft, who resigned ...
$400,000 grant to help Brewer clean mill site
Apr 01, 2006; ... BREWER - When potential developers hear that there is a half-buried hazardous waste dump abandoned in a back lot of the defunctEastern Fine Paper Co. mill, it's not a selling point. That's why news that the state has given Brewer a one-time$400,000 redevelopment gift to help with ...
Dexter Regional High principal Bailey submits resignation
Apr 01, 2006; ... DEXTER - Bruce Bailey, Dexter Regional High School principal,submitted his resignation this week effective June 30. The Bradford man has been in education for 40 years, the lastseven spent as principal in Dexter. He was assistant principal atCentral High School in Corinth for 17 ...
Energetic Austin, 10, likes nature
Apr 01, 2006 ... Austin, 10, is a handsome boy with brown eyes and brown hair. Heis friendly, curious and easily engaged. Austin thrives on one-to-one adult attention and has a greatdesire to please his caregivers. He enjoys celebrating his successesand accomplishments and relishes positive adult ...
DASH senior services fair attracts 200 Coalition of agencies shares medical, assistance information at event in Bangor
Apr 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Nonagenarian Katherine Lebowitz of Bangor said the trickto her youthful appearance is staying active. And that was what she was on Friday, smiling and handing outinformation about how to prevent elder abuse to other seniors from abooth at the Bangor Civic ...
'CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC' Some former G-P millworkers hope for a call from a new buyer
Apr 01, 2006; ... For the majority of the 400-plus workers who recently were laidoff from the Georgia-Pacific Corp. mill in Old Town and itsaffiliated chip mills, life is now full of uncertainty and fear. While two couples laid off last month when G-P closed the millwere willing to share their ...
Casella pulls landfill plan application DEP still set to release findings on Hampden capacity issue
Apr 01, 2006; ... HAMPDEN - Pine Tree Landfill, owned by Casella Waste Systems Inc.,on Friday withdrew its public benefit application with the state,delaying indefinitely its proposed plan to increase capacity at thefacility. Casella officials said the primary reason for withdrawing ...
2 grass fires contained in Waldo County
Apr 01, 2006 ... Fire departments from around Waldo County battled grass fires inWinterport and Searsmont on Friday afternoon. The Winterport fire began Friday afternoon behind a home on theClark ...
Student sailing team to meet in Rockland
Apr 01, 2006 ... ROCKLAND - The Atlantic Challenge high school sailing team willhost its spring meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11. The public is invited to attend the meeting, at the AtlanticChallenge's offices at 643 Main St., to learn how to get involvedwith the high school sailing ...
Maine Public Service seeks rate increase
Apr 01, 2006; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Maine Public Service Co. wants a higher-than-anticipated distribution electricity rate hike, partly due toinsurance costs and an increase in bad debt collection. The company's request to the Maine Public Utilities Commission inAugusta would translate into an overall ...
Traffic circle planned in Caribou DOT, County officials seek to reduce accidents near Cary center entrance
Apr 01, 2006; ... CARIBOU - It's not quite a traffic rotary, but a roundabout isexpected to slow traffic at the U.S. Route 1 intersection entrance toCary Medical Center, site of frequent accidents in recent years. The high-traffic area, where as many as five lanes of traffic mustbe crossed to enter ...
$3,500 grant to help Washburn restore park
Apr 01, 2006; ... WASHBURN - Town officials received word Friday of a small grantthat could translate into big revitalization projects for thecommunity. Town Manager Andrea Powers said Friday the town was awarded a$3,500 grant by the Maine Community Foundation. The money will beused to conduct an ...
Grant helps 3 County towns improve service sharing
Apr 01, 2006; ... MAPLETON - When residents of three neighboring Aroostook Countycommunities have town business, they can go to one place: the CastleHill Chapman Mars Hill Town Office. That's exactly the way the sign reads on the building, which islocated in Mapleton, and according to John Edgecomb, ...
Bean supper planned at Stillwater church
Apr 01, 2006 ... STILLWATER - A baked bean supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m.today at the ...
Meeting house group to meet in Winterport
Apr 01, 2006 ... WINTERPORT - The Winterport Union Meeting House will hold itsannual meeting at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 2, at the ...
MISSING IN ETHICS
Apr 01, 2006 ... If the state's ethics commission failed the public last week byrefusing to investigate a lawmaker for potentially violating ethicsrules, lawmakers have failed the commission by neglecting to appointits fifth member. This problem can be remedied in the short term by naming the ...
Faulty LNG analysis
Apr 01, 2006 ... The prospect of a 70 percent reduction in Perry property taxesfrom a liquefied natural gas facility is ludicrous. This claim wasmade by a group calling itself the Perry Improvement Association(PIA), which is working closely with the developer hoping to locatean LNG terminal in ...