Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from June 2006:
Court News
Jun 01, 2006 ... 3rd District Court, Bangor Cases May 1-5, 2006 Michael Abbott, 21, Greenbush, operating vehicle while underinfluence of intoxicants, $500, license suspended 90 days. James M. Anderson Jr., 40, Bangor, unlawful possession ofscheduled drug, $400, jail 10 days; criminal ...
Michaud announces veterans health bill
Jun 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud unveiled legislation Wednesdayto improve health care access and affordability for rural veteransnationwide, and particularly the 16 percent of Mainers who haveserved in the military. Soldiers serving in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi ...
All-season griller fried by dabblers
Jun 01, 2006; ... Now that Memorial Day has come and gone, and the summer isunofficially begun, a slew of newspaper stories are hailing theopening of another glorious backyard grilling season. From now until early September, the barbecue industry experts tellus, the average homeowner will fire up ...
BIA garners new explosive detection equipment
Jun 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Two new explosive detection machines have just arrived atBangor International Airport as part of the Transportation SecurityAdministration's effort to expand its baggage screening capabilities. BIA is among 21 airports nationwide scheduled this year to receivethe machines, ...
Plight of grandfamilies scrutinized
Jun 01, 2006; ... AUGUSTA - There was no shortage of sad and tragic stories beingtold Wednesday by grandfamilies from around the state, many witheither substance abuse or mental illness at their heart. One woman told of gaining custody of her 4-year-old grandson onlyafter his mother's apartment was ...
Brewer budget to be released June 9
Jun 01, 2006; ... BREWER - With only one month before the city budget needs to befinished, figures still are not complete or available to the public. But that is expected to change by next week, leaving localresidents only three weeks to review the inch-thick preliminarydocument. City ...
Holden residents to vote on future of safety building
Jun 01, 2006; ... HOLDEN - No public comments were made on Tuesday at the thirdpublic hearing for a proposed $1.8 million public safety building,which will be presented to residents for approval at the annual townmeeting June 14, Town Manager Larry Varisco said Wednesday. "[The meeting] was pretty ...
Millinocket focused on economic questions
Jun 01, 2006; ... MILLINOCKET - What is making, or can make, Millinocket a goodplace to do business? That's one question the Town Council willcontinue to tackle on Monday in a second workshop session on thetown's economic development. Town Council Chairman David Nelson and Town Manager ...
Senior center to face 15 percent cut in Bangor's proposed 2007 budget
Jun 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Funding for the Hammond Street Senior Center will be cutby 15 percent, according to the city's proposed budget for the 2007fiscal year, which was discussed Wednesday at the City Council budgetworkshop. The Senior Center provides information and life skills to helpelderly ...
News in Brief LEVANT: SELECTMEN MEET TO REVIEW WARRANT
Jun 01, 2006; ... The Levant Board of Selectmen held an emergency meeting on Tuesdaynight at the town office, but there is no cause for concern. Theboard met to review the warrant for the June 24 town meeting. Whenthe warrant was signed during the May 25 ...
Life left in business park plan
Jun 01, 2006; ... MEDWAY - Local businessman Richard Day Jr.'s attempt to build anindustrial park might be gaining momentum, town officials saidWednesday. Early in May, the Board of Selectmen wrote a letter on Day'sbehalf expressing support for the project. "The project that Mr. Day is ...
Motorcyclist badly hurt in Newport
Jun 01, 2006 ... NEWPORT - A motorcyclist suffered serious head and leg injuriesWednesday afternoon in an accident at The Triangle intersection ofRoutes 7, 11, 100, 43 and 2. Gary Foss, 40, of Newport, was taken by LifeFlight Air Ambulanceto Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor for treatment, ...
St. Croix Valley to preserve quilting heritage
Jun 01, 2006; ... For the first time in the St. Croix Valley, people with heritagequilts can have them documented. The St. Croix International Quilters' Guild, a chapter of PineTree Quilters Guild Inc., is hosting a quilt documentation day 10a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, June 4, at Downeast Heritage Museum on ...
Slippery word trips up Hampden teen
Jun 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - A piece of sea ice got in the way of a Hampden eighth-grader's quest to be national spelling bee champ. Nicholas Hahn-Miller, a Reeds Brook Middle School pupil whorepresented Maine in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee inWashington, D.C., was eliminated from the ...
Trucks crash, snarl traffic on I-95
Jun 01, 2006; ... SHERMAN - An accident involving two tractor-trailers left oneperson hospitalized with head injuries and diverted traffic for hourson Interstate 95 on Wednesday morning. Clyde Johnson, 59, of Brunswick, driver of a Hannaford cargotruck, was transported to Millinocket Regional ...
Proposed Glenburn tax rate to increase 14.2 percent
Jun 01, 2006; ... GLENBURN - The proposed budget for the coming year includes a taxrate increase of 14.2 percent that would set the rate at an estimated$18.27 per $1,000 of property valuation over last year's $16. Residents will vote on the proposed budget at the annual townmeeting at 7 p.m. June ...
Counties establishing Internet site to share court news, victims' services
Jun 01, 2006; ... The District Attorney's Office for Washington and Hancock countieshas set up a Web site that is designed to include information aboutarraignments and trial dates. Still in the construction stage, the site has biographicalinformation on people who work in District Attorney Michael ...
Orland man in hospital after crash
Jun 01, 2006; ... ORLAND - A local man remained hospitalized Wednesday after he wasinjured in a single-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon. Derick Warren, 19, was listed in serious condition at EasternMaine Medical Center in Bangor. According to Trooper Carlton Small of the Maine State ...
Booster group for new school gets $250,000 challenge grant Planned Mount View performing arts center to be beneficiary
Jun 01, 2006; ... THORNDIKE - The nonprofit Unity Foundation announced Wednesday itwill offer a $250,000 challenge grant to the booster group trying toraise money for the school that will replace SAD 3's Mount Viewcomplex. Construction of the new kindergarten-through-grade-12 structure,which will ...
Close call near quarry for Camden woman
Jun 01, 2006 ... ROCKLAND - A Camden woman came close to going over the edge of aquarry along Old County Road on Tuesday after losing control of hercar when a bug flew in the window. Joni Dishner, 23, was slightly injured when her car hit aguardrail and stopped short of going over the side of an ...
Number of SAD 34 board vacancies increasing
Jun 01, 2006; ... BELFAST - The chairman of the SAD 34 board and the member whoheads the finance committee have resigned, leaving five vacancies onthe panel. All of the vacancies on the 14-member board represent Belfast, thelargest of the six communities in SAD 34. The City Council will ...
Grant funds deputies' cameras
Jun 01, 2006 ... ROCKLAND - Knox County sheriff's deputies are making movies. Detective Terry Burgess was successful in a grant application incooperation with New Hope for Women that got the department $9,165recently to buy digital video cameras and equipment to assistofficers in ...
Bucksport plans new renovations to its downtown
Jun 01, 2006; ... BUCKSPORT - The downtown area could get a new look under a draftrevitalization plan. Although merchants at a Tuesday night review of the plan weregenerally enthusiastic about the proposals, they raised some long-standing concerns about the shortage of customers along Main ...
Officials request warrants in beating Sex offender target of Houlton attack
Jun 01, 2006; ... HOULTON - Investigators are seeking warrants to detain whoever isresponsible for beating a local man and registered sex offender morethan two weeks ago, officials confirmed Wednesday. Houlton police Lt. Daniel Pelletier said that a request forwarrants had been submitted for ...
Northern Maine fair officials enthused about slots revenue Horse racing activities - and crowds - will likely grow, they say
Jun 01, 2006; ... PRESQUE ISLE - When it comes to slot machines in Maine, NorthernMaine Fair Association officials are excited about what the gamblingoperation could do to strengthen agricultural fairs throughout thestate and the horse racing events they host. Since Hollywood Slots and the off-track ...
Houlton council to discuss stipend Salary ups, downs have long history
Jun 01, 2006; ... HOULTON - The issue has lain dormant for more than a year, buttown councilors are soon expected once again to take up the issue ofwhether to change their annual stipend amount. At a recent meeting, Councilor Gerald Adams suggested that thematter be put on a coming agenda for ...
Houlton footbridge designer wins award
Jun 01, 2006; ... HOULTON - The New Hampshire company that designed the pedestrianfootbridge that spans the rushing waters of the Meduxnekeag River haswon a prestigious award for its work. H.E. Bergeron Engineers, PA, learned in February that it had beennamed a finalist in the American Council of ...
Free film in Caribou for biathlon, ski fans
Jun 01, 2006 ... CARIBOU - A half-hour film that should appeal to biathlon andskiing fans will be shown at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 4, at the CaribouPerforming Arts Center. "Biathlon ...
Superfund site in Plymouth can't be cleaned up, EPA says
Jun 01, 2006; ... PLYMOUTH - Contamination at the Howe Corner Superfund site on theSawyer Road in Plymouth cannot be cleaned up, project manager TerryConnelly of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told residentsWednesday night. "It is not technically possible to restore the ...
Hampden teenager tackles rare illness Community embraces family as it deals with athlet's debilitating condition
Jun 01, 2006; ... HAMPDEN - Dressed in a black shirt and jeans, Donovan O'Reilly,14, stood near the door as a steady stream of people flowed into theWhitcomb-Baker VFW hall. "This is cool. It's awesome," he said, a smile dimpling his palecheeks. A gaggle of teenage girls whispered to one ...
River group seeks more federal aid
Jun 01, 2006; ... OLD TOWN - Supporters of a two-year-old deal to restore Atlanticsalmon and other sea-run fish to the Penobscot River celebrated theirinitial successes Wednesday but called on the federal government topay its share of the project cost. Using the surging waters of the Penobscot as a ...
Correcting the record
Jun 01, 2006 ... A photo accompanying a Page B1 story Wednesday about the StateTrooper of the Year was ...
Agreement reached in fuel dealer dispute
Jun 01, 2006 ... WATERVILLE - A group of school districts, communities, andnonprofit organizations left in crisis by P.P.C.O.M., a bankruptOakland-based fuel dealer, reached a settlement with Irving Oilregarding the disputed ownership of oil stored in a tank in Winslow.Under the agreement, Irving will ...
Safe sex is only a lie
Jun 01, 2006 ... The article, "Cancer now No. 1 killer in Maine" (BDN, May 19),gave misinformation that could prove deadly. It reported that " ...human papilloma virus [HPV] ... can be prevented by using a condomduring intercourse." Unlike other sexual diseases that are spread through ...
Don't impose language
Jun 01, 2006 ... In the editorial, "A National Language" (BDN, May 27-28), youstate, "It's not silly to want a common language to unite a people."But perhaps it is silly to insist that unless a people have a commonlanguage, they can't be united. Switzerland, arguably the premier democracy of our ...
A decent place to live
Jun 01, 2006 ... If decent, affordable housing were viewed more as a constitutionalright and a public health issue, by devising ways and means ofproviding it, we could go a long way toward reducing health carecosts in the public and private sectors in Maine and the nation. Constitutionally, we are ...
Youth's emptiness leads to addiction
Jun 01, 2006 ... As a young child I developed a kind of emotional void. This wasnot from a lack of being loved, or from not having food, toys, or aroof over my head. The best I can describe it, this void was justwithin myself. Of course, being a 6-year-old child, I had no notionof being obsessive, ...
GSA thumps Mariners to get back on track
Jun 01, 2006; ... BLUE HILL - George Stevens Academy didn't need a victory in itsregular-season finale against Deer Isle-Stonington to maintain itshold on first place in the Eastern Maine Class C baseball standings. But after being held to one run on nine hits in back-to-backlosses to Mount Desert ...
Sub 5 holds open workouts weekly College, summer camp scholarships are available for PVC track athletes
Jun 01, 2006; ... As the temperatures start to heat up - which they have in the pastcouple of weeks - training, particularly speedwork, can be difficultfor area runners. The Sub 5 Track Club, based in Bangor, holds track workouts everysummer on Wednesday nights at the Pendleton Street Complex in ...
Penobscot restoration participants still upbeat
Jun 01, 2006; ... Politicians, conservationists, and industry officials met again onthe banks of the Penobscot River in Old Town on Wednesday to make aprogress report on the status of the river restoration effort. The PPL Corporation detailed its plans to increase powerproduction at three dams, ...
Pitching duo keys Tar Heels UNC is seeking validation
Jun 01, 2006; ... Despite losing both of their Atlantic Coast Conference tournamentgames a second straight year, the North Carolina Tar Heels arehosting an NCAA regional for the first time in 23 years. Of course, a school-record 45 regular season wins and 35 homewins, a first-ever stint as the ...
Bangor Daily News High School Players of the Week
Jun 01, 2006 ... BOYS Big School (Classes A-B) Eliot Potvin Potvin, a junior at Hampden Academy, won his second straightschoolboy tennis state singles championship, defeating Mike Hill ofMount Ararat of Topsham 6-3, 6-3 in the title match. Potvin is thefirst back-to-back state champ ...
Player of the Week
Jun 01, 2006 ... COLLEGE Matt McGraw University of Maine baseball player Matt McGraw was named to theESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Second Team. McGraw, adesignated hitter, has played in 52 games for the Black Bears and ishitting .333 with 52 runs scored and 36 RBIs. Brittany ...
Tennis
Jun 01, 2006 ... HIGH SCHOOL Class C Quarterfinals At Van Buren No. 2 Van Buren girls (12-1) 4, No. 10 Washington Academy (5-5) 1 Singles: Amber Martin (VB) def. Rianne Barker 6-0, 6-3, TaylorParent (VB) def. Sam Cobb 6-1, 6-3, Gabrielle Rushforth (WA) def.Andrea McLaughlin 6-1, ...
Openings remain for Bunyan golf tournament
Jun 01, 2006 ... The Whited Ford Paul Bunyan Amateur Golf Tournament has a fewopenings remaining in Divisions B and C. The 42nd Bunyan is scheduled for June 9-11 at Rockland Golf Club,Kebo Valley Golf Club in Bar Harbor, and Penobscot Valley CountryClub in Orono. The B flight is for handicaps ...
Ashland's Flint no-hits Panthers
Jun 01, 2006 ... ASHLAND - Whitney Flint spun a no-hitter, recording eightstrikeouts as the Ashland Hornets won their regular-season highschool softball finale over Central Aroostook of Mars Hill, 16-3 onWednesday. Danielle Long laced a bases-loaded double and added a two-runsingle later in the ...
Ramsdell lifts Raiders to victory
Jun 01, 2006 ... EAST SULLIVAN - Jeff Ramsdell knocked a two-run single in the topof the sixth and added a two-run double in the first to lift theWashington Academy baseball team to a 6-4 high school victory overSumner on Wednesday. Corey Colbeth and James Stauffer added two singles apiece for ...
Douglas propels Pirates past Tigers
Jun 01, 2006 ... DEXTER - Lefthander Richie Tompkins fashioned a five-hitter andThomas Douglas broke a tie with a second-inning single as PiscataquisCommunity High School of Guilford triumphed 3-2 over Dexter in highschool baseball play Wednesday. Tompkins struck out four and walked one for the ...
Fan following draws Young to UMaine
Jun 01, 2006; ... Even though she lives in New Hampshire, Tonya Young grew up a fanof the powerhouse University of Connecticut women's basketballprogram and players like Diana Taurasi and Ann Strother. The University of Maine women haven't had the success the Huskieshave had, but over the years the ...
Brown takes reins of Husson men's soccer
Jun 01, 2006; ... Former Searsport High School and Maine Maritime Academy soccerplayer Seth Brown, who has four years of college coaching under hisbelt, will begin his new job as the men's soccer coach at HussonCollege today. The 32-year-old Brown will replace Keith Bosley, who is the ...
Broncs, MDI, Riots, Vikings eye crowns
Jun 01, 2006; ... Two-time state singles champion Eliot Potvin has represented theface of Hampden Academy boys tennis in recent years. But the Broncos hope to broaden that view during the 2006 teamplayoffs that begin in earnest with most regional quarterfinals setfor today. At 12-0, Hampden is ...
Early voting system 'going well' Sen. Collins casts absentee ballot at city's new Civic Center poll site
Jun 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - U.S. Sen. Susan Collins cast her absentee ballotWednesday in the June 13 primary at the Bangor Civic Center insteadof at City Hall. Collins declined to say which of the three candidates seeking theRepublican nomination for governor she supported. She did, however,praise ...
WAR MISTAKES
Jun 01, 2006 ... Admitting the obvious never seemed so important as when PresidentGeorge Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair last week concededthey had made substantial errors in the Iraq war. President Bush'snew course, from what previously was a mild recognition of repairedmistakes, helps him by ...
NEW PATH FOR DIRIGO
Jun 01, 2006 ... DirigoChoice, the Baldacci administration's health-coverage plan,was fought over all legislative session, mostly over two bills. Thefirst, after several amendments, would have limited enrollments inthe plan by cutting the plan's funding, among other things. Thesecond would have expanded ...
Old Town tries to balance budget after G-P shutdown
Jun 02, 2006; ... OLD TOWN - "Which is the chicken, which is the egg?" school boardmember Lianne Judd asked at Thursday night's joint City Council-school board budget workshop. She was referring to the discussion that echoed throughout theevening about where cuts should be made to make up for the ...
Millinocket parents fear for children Sex offenders as neighbors prompt proposed ordinance
Jun 02, 2006; ... MILLINOCKET - Lester and Angel Cyr spend every day living aparent's nightmare: Clustered around their Eastland Avenue home offive years are three convicted and registered sex offenders - oneliving next door. And those perpetrators, they say, occasionally haveapproached their 9- and ...
Medal of Honor recipient dies at 90 WWII veteran decorated by Truman lived year-round in Maine
Jun 02, 2006; ... CARIBOU - Edward Dahlgren, a World War II veteran who received theMedal of Honor for spearheading the rescue of a platoon of fellowsoldiers that was surrounded during a German counterattack, diedWednesday at the Maine Veterans Home in Caribou. He was 90. Dahlgren, a sergeant in the ...
Another possible buyer interested in G-P mill
Jun 02, 2006; ... OLD TOWN - While state and mill officials continue to work with agroup of Maine investors interested in purchasing the Georgia-Pacific Corp. mill in Old Town that closed recently, anotherprospective buyer also is in the picture. "They've shown interest at different degrees of ...
Bankruptcies
Jun 02, 2006 ... The following petitions for bankruptcy were filed at U.S.Bankruptcy Court in Bangor during Oct. 2005. Carl R. Cutshall, physician assistant, and Terry T. Cutshall,medical transcriptionist, four dependents, Bangor: assets, $321,235;debts, $272,392. Tracy D. Cormier, fka Tracy ...
Experts stress need for east-west highway
Jun 02, 2006; ... ORONO - Transportation and, more specifically, how to improve theflow of goods across Maine's borders was the top issue of discussionThursday at the annual Maine International Trade Day. The event held at the University of Maine was the 26th suchconference sponsored by Maine ...
Baldacci touts state's economy 'New Maine' here, governor declares
Jun 02, 2006; ... BANGOR - Gov. John Baldacci on Thursday morning recounted a taleof two states - a new Maine and an old Maine. With tax incentives for start-up businesses, Maine has beentransformed in the past four years from an overly taxed state to anenvironment conducive to economic development ...
Hermon businessman honored
Jun 02, 2006; ... HERMON - The owner of ServiceMaster Contract Services was namedthis year's National Federation of Independent Business small-business champion for Maine. Harrison Clark was selected by the Maine NFIB leadership councilbased on his dedication to promoting small business in the ...
'Impossible' review
Jun 01, 2006 ... I am writing to express my disappointment with how ChristopherSmith reviewed "Mission: Impossible III" (BDN, May 8). Too much of the review was spent railing against Tom Cruise ratherthan focusing on reviewing the film. Ultimately, his personalbehavior has little bearing on his ...
Orrington opportunity
Jun 01, 2006 ... Monday, June 5 will be an important day for the future ofOrrington. The residents will have an opportunity to vote for oneopen seat on the school board and for three open positions on theboard of selectmen. I am running for re-election on the board ofselectmen. During my brief, ...
LONG MAY YOU RUN Maine participants cheer one another's success in 185-mile Cape Breton Island relay race
Jun 01, 2006; ... The water stop on North Mountain was an oasis in the chillyCanadian landscape. As dusk fell over the steep hillsides of northern Cape BretonIsland, the fog rolled in in ghostly tendrils that made everythingeerie, cold and wet. A solitary runner came huffing up the road,drenched ...