Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from August 2006:
Waterfront fosters sense of ownership
Aug 01, 2006; ... Any day of the week, any time of the day, you can find peoplemilling along Bangor's waterfront to revel in a lovely riversideatmosphere that would have been inconceivable just 20 years ago. Some visitors sit in their cars simply to watch the boats bob andthe Penobscot River flow, ...
After 3rd tour, serviceman home
Aug 01, 2006; ... FRENCHVILLE - Jody Daigle was wondering what was going on at theMaine Department of Transportation garage on Route 162 on Sundayafternoon when his father turned into the driveway. To his surprise, some 40 people were waiting there to welcomeCapt. Daigle home from his third tour of ...
19-pound salmon catch reigns in Long Lake lore
Aug 01, 2006; ... MADAWASKA - The front of a friend's shirt seen on the weekendproclaimed that "Fisherman are born honest," and the back of theshirt said: "Get over it." Fish tales persist (and grow depending on the fisherman). Latelythere have been stories of some very large landlocked salmon - in ...
Gulf War veteran marches for troops in Iraq Lincoln man raising funds for care packages
Aug 01, 2006; ... LINCOLN - It has been 10 years since Kurt Thompson experienced theaches and blisters that come with long marches, but he gotreacquainted with the pain on Monday. Carrying an ersatz M-4 rifle and a holstered air pistol butotherwise wearing genuine military clothing - his old U.S ....
Flu plan fine-tuned as deadline looms
Aug 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Cutting it close, a Penobscot County committee on Mondayput the finishing touches on the draft of a plan for how the countywould handle an outbreak of avian influenza, one day before thereport was due. After a delayed start, members of the county's leadershipcommittee ...
Five arrested in confrontation
Aug 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Bangor police arrested five people Sunday evening oncharges of disorderly conduct after a confrontation allegedlyinvolving brass knuckles, a knife and a machete, according to policereports. Around 4:15 p.m., Bangor police Officers Jason McAmbley andDouglas Moore went to ...
Bangor police see link in city car burglaries
Aug 01, 2006 ... Bangor police responded Monday morning to three separate overnightcar burglaries, although it wasn't known if the incidents wererelated. Police went to an Essex Street apartment where a woman told themher wallet with $15, credit cards, her driver's license and herSocial Security ...
Auction to benefit fire-displaced Hermon family
Aug 01, 2006; ... After having attended a recent benefit dinner for Eric and MelissaTableman and their young family, Judy Hager of Bangor decided sheneeded to do something, as well, to help the couple and their threechildren, who recently lost their Hermon home and all its contents tofire. So ...
Data collected at landfill Amount and direction of escaping gases monitored
Aug 01, 2006; ... HAMPDEN - Officials at Pine Tree Landfill continued to collect rawdata Monday as a partial shutdown of the facility's gas extractionsystem moved into its second week. The shutdown, scheduled to end next Monday, is designed toidentify the amount and direction of gases escaping from ...
Student housing a team effort
Aug 01, 2006; ... ORONO - Public safety officials are working with officials at alocal housing development to ensure the safety of residents andcommunity members in a proactive manner. Students are slated to begin moving into the new Orchard TrailsApartments development off Main Street later this ...
News in brief BREWER: ELECTION PACKETS AVAILABLE
Aug 01, 2006 ... Five seats are up for grabs during local elections in November.The three-year terms of City Councilors Larry Doughty and MichaelCelli and school board members Ruth-Marie Spellman and Amanda Bostare expiring, along with the five-year ...
News in brief PALMYRA: ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH BEING RAZED
Aug 01, 2006; ... The St. Martin's Episcopal Church on Route 2, which was destroyedin a fire on April 19, is being demolished this week, and plans for anew building are in the works, according to Roberta Hubel, a churchmember. The church, which was built nearly 170 years ago, is headedby the Rev. Levering ...
News in brief HERMON: SPECIAL ELECTIONS SLATED TODAY
Aug 01, 2006 ... Voters will be asked today in a special ballot election to acceptstate funds and allocate additional local money for the middle schoolrenovation project. Polls will be open from 8 ...
News in brief BANGOR: FRENCH FIGHTERS LAND AT BIA
Aug 01, 2006; ... A team of four Mirage fighter jets with the French Air Forcelanded Monday at Bangor International Airport on their way west fortraining, according to Maj. Debbie Kelly, community manager for ...
Campaign enlists 25 high schools to spur college aspirations
Aug 01, 2006; ... Education Commissioner Susan Gendron has announced the names of 25high schools that will work with their communities to designstrategies to spur more students on to college. Nine area high schools will be among the 25 statewideparticipating in the new 18-month Maine Readiness ...
Jazz Lubec 2006 events set today
Aug 01, 2006 ... LUBEC - The summer celebration, Jazz Lubec 2006, has scheduled anumber of events, all in Lubec. . Tuesday, Aug. 1, at noon, Saxophone Stories for Children withGreg Abate and Zachary Brazao takes place at the Lubec MemorialLibrary, 55 Water St. . Tuesday, 1-3 p.m., Lubec ...
Farmstead kids' event at Gaffney gym
Aug 01, 2006 ... MACHIAS - The final performance in the four-event series of freeFarmstead Barn entertainment for children on Wednesday mornings hasswitched its location. Beverly Mann's performance of "Mask Messenger," a one-woman showwith her 16 hand-crafted masks, will take place at 10 a.m ....
Belfast panel won't hold zoning vote
Aug 01, 2006; ... BELFAST - The Retail Review Commission has decided against holdinganother vote on big-box stores. The commission has been studying the issue since the first of theyear. After months of meetings and surveys, commission membersreached a consensus that a referendum on changing city ...
Residents to select site for school Peninsula CSD vote scheduled tonight
Aug 01, 2006; ... The Peninsula Community School District will decide tonight on arecommendation to build its new elementary-middle school on privatelyowned property near the intersection of Routes 195 and 186 in theGouldsboro village of Prospect Harbor. A site selection committee has been working ...
Machias bank unveils $1.5M learning center
Aug 01, 2006; ... MACHIAS - Machias Savings Bank officials welcomed the public tothe new Machias Savings Bank Learning Center last week - but thatcould be the last time, for some time, that dozens of Machiasresidents get to gather within that building. Bank president Edward Hennessey hosted a ...
SAD 28 aims for November referendum on school
Aug 01, 2006; ... CAMDEN - Camden and Rockport voters will be asked to borrow asmuch as $13.5 million to expand and renovate Rockport ElementarySchool West in a Nov. 7 referendum. For two years, the SAD 28 board has been investigating expandingthe RES West building, which was originally built as the ...
Talk slated at Steuben on Arthurian Tradition
Aug 01, 2006 ... STEUBEN - A talk on "Nature and Society in the ArthurianTradition" will be given by Elisa Narin van Court at 5 p.m. Saturday,Aug. 5, at the Cosmos Colloquia at the Humboldt Field ResearchInstitute on Eagle Hill in Steuben. Van Court is an associate professor of medieval literature ...
Bluegrass Ramblers at Fort Knox benefit
Aug 01, 2006 ... PROSPECT - Bluegrass group The Sandy River Ramblers will performat 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at Fort Knox in Prospect as a benefit forFriends of Fort Knox. The Sandy River Ramblers have been performing together since 1985.Original band members Stan Keach on guitar and mandolin and ...
Teen footballers revel in game against ex-pros Former Patriots play in Aroostook league fundraiser
Aug 01, 2006; ... PRESQUE ISLE - It wasn't just any given Sunday for a group oflocal teens who got the chance to play a game of flag football thisweekend against a handful of former New England Patriots. About 20 players with Aroostook Football took the field on Sundaybefore a crowd of about 200 at ...
Cherryfield veteran hosts reunion of Vietnam combat unit
Aug 01, 2006; ... CHERRYFIELD - The reunion, as most reunions go, had all theelements of a Down East gathering in summer. Lobster dinners for all. Shopping in Bar Harbor for the women. Anevening at the Seafarer's Wife restaurant in Jonesport. A tour ofWashington County's coastal fishing towns. A ...
Principal has long teaching history Ex-Bangor educator joins Brewer school
Aug 01, 2006; ... BREWER - Janet McIntosh remembers coming home from school inkindergarten every day and teaching her brother and sister what shehad learned. In fact, she could not recall a time when she didn't want to be ateacher, and after 35 years in the education field, she still hasn'tlost ...
Houlton murder trial not likely before winter
Aug 01, 2006; ... HOULTON - The trial of a local man accused of beating and stabbinga woman to death inside her motel room last December is unlikely tostart before winter, a state prosecutor said. Daniel Boles, 30, was charged last winter with murder in the Dec.9, slaying of Jacqueline Shorey, 57, ...
Brewer waterfront trail plans to be aired
Aug 01, 2006; ... BREWER - The region's history, industries and cultures aredirectly tied to the Penobscot River and are important points ofinterest along Brewer's proposed Historic Waterfront Trail, whichwill be unveiled to residents tonight at City Hall. History buffs and locals will have the ...
Houlton man hurt in crash
Aug 01, 2006 ... HOULTON - Houlton police were continuing their investigationMonday into a Sunday afternoon accident that had not been reported topolice until nearly 8 p.m. Houlton Police Chief Dan Soucy said Monday that Kevin King, 25, ofHoulton suffered several broken bones and other injuries in ...
Mystery of missing manifold solved in Lincoln
Aug 01, 2006; ... LINCOLN - Charles Meeker and his 3-year-old granddaughter weresearching for frogs and tadpoles when they inadvertently solved themystery of the missing manifold, a conundrum that almost derailed asubstantial part of Lincoln's Homecoming celebrations. Meeker, the town's animal ...
Heart attack suspected in fatal Ellsworth crash
Aug 01, 2006 ... ELLSWORTH - A local man crashed his car on Route 1A early Mondaymorning after he apparently suffered a heart attack while driving. Gerry Leavitt, 66, of Ellsworth was dead when police arrivedshortly after 7 a.m. near Christian Ridge Road. Police said Leavitt ...
Camden-Rockport school vandalized
Aug 01, 2006 ... CAMDEN - Police on Monday were investigating some vandalism atCamden-Rockport Middle School. School officials reported the damage early Monday. It is believedto have occurred during the previous night. A first-floor cafeteriawindow in the rear of the building was broken, and an air ...
Blue Hill man injured in single-vehicle crash
Aug 01, 2006 ... ELLSWORTH - A Blue Hill man remains in fair condition at a Bangorhospital after crashing his truck on Route 15 in Orland on Sundayevening. David Harriman, 51, was extricated from his vehicle and taken byLifeFlight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor justbefore 6 ...
USDA funds to aid rural development
Aug 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins haveannounced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Developmentprogram has awarded $694,000 in funding throughout the state ofMaine. Of that $649,000, a $305,000 loan will be given to the EastportNon-Profit ...
NMCC announces information forum
Aug 01, 2006 ... PRESQUE ISLE - Northern Maine Community College will host aCollege Information Night for residents of Aroostook County andneighboring New Brunswick regions from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9,in the Christie Building on campus. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about ...
Grant to help victims get cell phone service
Aug 01, 2006 ... PRESQUE ISLE - The Battered Women's Project received $1,000 fromthe Verizon Wireless grant program, which will help the nonprofitorganization provide domestic violence victims with wireless cellularphones to use in emergency situations. The Battered Women's Project offers ...
Fort Kent hospital offers August courses
Aug 01, 2006 ... FORT KENT - Northern Maine Medical Center will offer the followingcourses during the month of August: . DSMT Diabetes Classes, 6-8 p.m. in the Acadia Room at theAcadia Family Health Center. For dates or registration information,call 834-3760. . Heartsaver CPR courses, 6-9 ...
Belfast remains serious about art Galleries unite to stay open later
Aug 01, 2006; ... In the late 1980s, then-Maine Times art critic Edgar Allen Beamdubbed Belfast the "Art Capital of Maine." It was a fittingappellation and was embraced by many as an improvement over thecity's former notoriety as "Broiler Capital of Maine." The cooperative gallery ArtFellows had ...
Beading heart Eloquent American Indian beadwork on exhibit in Bar Harbor
Aug 01, 2006; ... Tiny blue and white beads create the delicate, circular flowershapes stitched to the small black silk bag. The name "Jane" ispicked out in white beads. Snow white scalloped edges give definition to the edges of a bluesilk bag stitched with strands of moose hair in pink, green ...
Bead Menagerie a hip place to shop
Aug 01, 2006; ... Packed with shiny and glittery beads, the Bead Menagerie can'thelp but tempt your inner crow. And if you take a gander at owner Jenny King's elaborate andfanciful necklaces, it's clear that she has the same sharp-eyed andacquisitive nature of the pesky birds, ...
Actress Hammond to play one-woman show in Maine
Aug 01, 2006 ... English actress Lisa Hammond, who recently starred in the PBSproduction of Charles Dickens' "Bleak House," will portray "TheLittle Locksmith" author Katharine Butler Hathaway in a one-womanplay Aug. 4-6 on Vinalhaven and Aug. 9-10 in Castine. The play isbased on Butler's 1943 memoir ...
Bangor ladies pooled money to buy early sewing machine
Aug 01, 2006; ... The story in the Feb. 22, 1897, edition of the Bangor DailyCommercial has two headlines: "The First Sewing Machine in Bangor"and "Woman's Initial Experience with Modern Machinery." Here's thegist of it: Until the newly invented sewing machine was widely available,Bangor women ...
Andrews tops Brewer, stays unbeaten Monmouth ousts Bangor
Aug 01, 2006; ... PORTLAND - Defending champion Andrews Post of Portland emerged asthe lone undefeated team through three days of the American Legionbaseball state tournament with a 8-1 winners' bracket victory overBrewer at Hadlock Field on Monday night. Lefthander Ian Boyle struck out 13 and ...
Jeremie Whorff takes short ride to top Oxford 250 champ started racing three years ago; Craven enjoyed competing
Aug 01, 2006; ... Jeremie Whorff used to have lukewarm feelings about auto racing. "I always liked racing but I never got too excited about it. Ididn't see the big deal in having 35 monkeys driving around in acircle," said Whorff. His father, Bill Whorff Jr., invited him to jump in his spare ...
Pushaw tourney focuses on youngsters
Aug 01, 2006; ... Armed with his Mickey Mouse fishing rod and a positive attitude, 31/2-year-old Nathan Cartier headed onto Pushaw Lake on Sunday hopingfor the best. Three hours later - still grinning - Cartier returned to LakesideLanding with a fish ... a fish tale ... and an agenda. Fish ...
Bangor grabs Junior crown
Aug 01, 2006 ... BANGOR - Scott Farnham hit an RBI single in the bottom of thesecond to start a three-run burst as Bangor held off South Portland 4-3 to win the state Junior League Baseball championship at MansfieldStadium Monday. Bangor advances to the Eastern Regional starting Saturday ...
Page resigns Old Town girls basketball post
Aug 01, 2006; ... Ever since he graduated from college in 2002, Justin Page has beensearching for a social studies teaching job. This summer, he found what he wanted. But accepting the positionmeans Page will have to give up his job coaching the Old Town HighSchool girls basketball team. Page ...
Steblen has high expectations for Bears
Aug 01, 2006; ... Twenty-six year-old Lauren Steblen has high expectations for theUniversity of Maine's women's ice hockey program. She will try to reach those goals after being named the interimhead coach on Monday. "I'm very excited. From the moment I stepped on this campus, Ireally wanted ...
Poll favors Baldacci, tax referendum 24 percent back Woodcock; many voters still undecided
Aug 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - A poll released Monday shows incumbent Gov. John Baldacciand the proposed Taxpayer Bill of Rights winning favor among votersin these early days of the campaign. Baldacci, a Bangor Democrat seeking a second term, won supportfrom 42 percent of those surveyed in the July ...
A watershed event 'Win-win' sitution for Penobscot River proves a loss for Howland landowner
Aug 01, 2006; ... As a fisherman and owner of waterfront cabins catering to thesporting type, John York said he is wholeheartedly supportive of the$50 million effort to restore hundreds of miles of fish habitat inthe Penobscot River watershed. "I'd love to see the salmon and the alewives and the ...
Brewer schools weigh stricter admissions
Aug 01, 2006; ... BREWER - Slackers need not apply. Out-of-town students who don't study, who skip school or who aredisciplinary problems may no longer be admitted to Brewer schoolsunder a new policy being considered by the Brewer School Committee. Committee members will decide Monday whether to ...
Correcting the record
Aug 01, 2006 ... A story on Page One of Monday's edition about the funeral of theRev. Katrina Swanson on Sunday contained an error. Four of the fivesurviving members of the ...
Israel's fight for survival
Aug 01, 2006 ... In response to Wassim Mazraany's op-ed article, "Israel needswisdom not bombs" (BDN, July 28); Israel has, since its inception,been forced by its surrounding Arab neighbors to fight for itssurvival. The most recent assault against Israel by Hezbollah has forced theIsraeli Defense ...
Steele's must reading
Aug 01, 2006 ... Dr. Erik Steele's column, "Messing with what I know" (BDN, July18), should be mandated reading for anyone taking any prescriptiondrugs and particularly those who are on hypertension pills. Hisconcerns about the extensive influences from rich drug companies onphysicians made my blood ...
Energy legislation vital
Aug 01, 2006 ... This week the U.S. Senate is debating very important energylegislation that would allow U.S. energy companies to explore for andproduce new sources of energy - oil and natural gas, in a smallsection of the Gulf of Mexico. While these activities would takeplace far away from Maine, this ...
More on the Martini
Aug 01, 2006 ... I'd like to add a touch of refreshment to the current state offoreign affairs. The July 19 article regarding the vodka martini mix-off in Castinegave two theories on the origin of the martini cocktail: the town ofMartinez near San Francisco, and a New York City bartender ...
Smoky Hullabaloo
Aug 01, 2006 ... We would like to express our appreciation to the many volunteers,businesses and organizations that sponsored the Old Town CanoeHullabaloo. It is a wonderful opportunity for friends and families toenjoy an evening together and forget some of the daily stresses andworldly problems in our ...
SUMMER DELIGHTS
Aug 01, 2006 ... It is the lament of many a Mainer: summer does not last longenough. This was reinforced recently when stores began advertisingback-to-school sales. The end of summer may be fast approaching, butthere is still time to check off items on your summer to-do list. Perhaps you have ...
State asks for input on 2005 red tide Meetings to discuss disbursal of federal aid
Aug 01, 2006; ... Maine's harvesters of shellfish - clams, mussels and quahogs - andothers whose incomes were interrupted last year by the extended redtide closures from Down East to Kittery will have chances to speaktheir minds this month at a series of meetings organized by the MaineDepartment of Marine ...
SETTLE BRIDGE QUESTIONS
Aug 01, 2006 ... A citizen's group opposed to the placement of a major crossingbetween Maine and New Brunswick wants the Army Corps of Engineers tohold a public hearing on the matter before reaching any conclusion,which it is expected to do later this month. The request for ahearing is fair and necessary ...
The call of beauty Maine joins a regional trend in which the popularity of horticulture is growing all the time
Aug 01, 2006; ... Down a dirt road, deep in the woods of Parkman, Mary Betts'driveway leads to a garden of Eden. More than an acre of day lilies and other perennials are in bloomat her Snow Brook Gardens, a palette of color that only nature cancreate. There are 7-foot-tall lilies, tiny striped ...
Driver who crashed into house sentenced Stetson man must serve four years in prison, pay homeowner $20,000 restitution
Aug 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - Nancy Langley can't sleep at night. The Stetson woman closes her eyes and all she can hear is the loudcrash of Rodney Barnett's car hitting her home so hard it was knockedoff the foundation last fall. Langley on Monday urged Penobscot County Superior Court ...
At this festival, lobster shares spotlight with Coast Guard
Aug 01, 2006; ... ROCKLAND - Celebrating its 216th birthday this week, the U.S.Coast Guard will be front and center of this year's Maine LobsterFestival stage. As part of Rockland's effort to officially become a Coast GuardCity, community leaders plan a birthday salute Friday to honor theservice ...
Tickets for Maine-BC game on sale today
Aug 01, 2006 ... ORONO - A limited number of tickets for the University of Mainefootball game against Boston College will go on sale today at 8:30a.m. The game will be played Sept. 30 at BC. Tickets will be available at the Athletic Ticket Office at AlfondArena or by calling 207-581-BEAR ...
'Slugger' Labbe released at Yates Racing
Aug 01, 2006 ... NASCAR Nextel Cup crew chief Richard "Slugger" Labbe of Biddefordwas released as Dale Jarrett's crew chief by Robert Yates Racing onMonday along with teammate Elliott Sadler's crew chief Tommy BaldwinJr., according to a release on the team's Web site. Butch Hylton will serve as the ...