Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from November 2006:
'In the name of progress' Bangor racino project takes another step forward; Holiday Inn on Main Street closes
Nov 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - The staff and patrons of the Holiday Inn-Civic Centermarked the end of an era Tuesday when the 31-year-old hotel closedits doors forever. The hotel is one of two that Penn National Gaming Inc., aPennsylvania-based gaming and racing company, has been working toacquire as ...
Bangor High boys soccer teamEastern Maine Class A champs
Nov 01, 2006; ... BRUNSWICK - Bangor High School senior outside midfielder TroyJellison, who had scored the game's first goal, was exhausted in thesecond overtime of the Rams' Eastern Maine Class A schoolboychampionship game against Brunswick Tuesday, so he came out for abreather. Sophomore Mack ...
Correcting the record
Nov 01, 2006 ... A story in some editions of the State section Tuesday on the Ward1 candidates for Belfast City Council incorrectly reported that RyanOtis coached football at Maine Maritime Academy. Otis played ...
Merrill Bank to offer on-site shredding event
Nov 01, 2006 ... BANGOR - Merrill Bank will sponsor free on-site document shreddingat a "Fall Shred Fest" to be held at Crossroads Plaza, 920 StillwaterAve., Bangor, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. According to Edwin N. Clift, chairman and chief executive officer,Merrill decided to offer ...
WVII manager criticized for global warming e-mail
Nov 01, 2006; ... The general manager of two Bangor television stations is at thecenter of a squall over comments he made criticizing coverage ofglobal warming. Michael Palmer, vice president and general manager of WVII (ABC-7) and WFVX (FOX), reportedly sent an e-mail to staff members in ...
Fraser Papers announces temporary layoffs
Nov 01, 2006; ... ASHLAND - A senior vice president of Fraser Papers Inc. saidTuesday that 85 employees of the company's Ashland sawmill will betemporarily laid off Friday. Pierre McNeil, the company's senior vice president of woodproducts in Toronto, Ontario, said the company will maintain ...
Camden National earnings up 6.9%
Nov 01, 2006 ... CAMDEN - Robert W. Daigle, president and chief executive officerof Camden National Corp., has announced third quarter 2006 earningsof $0.77 per share, up 6.9 percent from $0.72 for the third quarterof 2005. Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, was$5.1 million versus $5.5 ...
THE SEX SEASON
Nov 01, 2006 ... Sex is what matters everywhere else you look this campaign season.And not just the Mark Foley scandal, either. Harold Ford, running for Senate in Tennessee, got zapped by hisopponent's commercial highlighting Mr. Ford's visit to a Playboy-sponsored party. A House candidate in New ...
ORANGES AT THE BORDER
Nov 01, 2006 ... Preventing diseased fruit and invasive plants from entering theUnited States is necessary, but inspecting all trucks entering fromCanada and charging trucks, ships and airline passengers to pay forthe inspections doesn't appear to be the right approach. The U.S. Department of ...
Anti-TABOR tactics
Nov 01, 2006 ... I can hardly see through the smoke screen the opposition to theTaxpayer Bill of Rights is putting up, but I can see clearly enoughto know the ones who are funded by our tax dollars don't have anycompassion for those paying the taxes. All the special-interest groups, agencies and ...
TABOR vs. small towns
Nov 01, 2006 ... I have been looking at the TABOR initiative, and although itappears great on the surface as far as the state goes, I feel itwould be a disaster for small towns and quasi-municipalorganizations. Here's an example of how it will work. I am on the board of Pleasant River Transfer ...
Voting for Doug Smith
Nov 01, 2006 ... I want to thank everyone for giving me the opportunity for servethem in Augusta for the last eight years. It has been a wonderfulexperience and I will cherish it for the rest of my life. The voters of District 27 have the opportunity to elect a personthat will represent them very ...
Woodcock's direction
Nov 01, 2006 ... Gov. Baldacci and the Democrats claim Chandler Woodcock will takeour state backward. Going forward to the Democrats must meancontinuing to make Maine one of the highest-taxed states in thecountry; a state with high workers' compensation, high healthinsurance costs, high energy costs and ...
Nonpartisan advice
Nov 01, 2006 ... I will fight for you in Augusta. Please avoid anyone who uses that phrase. After just one term as amember of the Maine House of Representative for District 13, I offerthis nonpartisan advice to voters: choose lovers, not fighters.Controversy sells papers but consensus gets things ...
Bangor's Leach back in state final Team chemistry key in title quest
Nov 01, 2006; ... BRUNSWICK - The wait is over for Adam Leach. The Bangor High School boys soccer coach played in the 1987 stateClass C state schoolboy soccer championship game for Ashland againstSt. Dominic of Lewiston. He was a striker for the Hornets. On Saturday, he will lead his Rams into ...
Maine rallies for win 5 players given suspensions
Nov 01, 2006; ... ORONO - The University of Maine women's basketball team wasunexpectedly shorthanded during Tuesday night's exhibition game atAlfond Arena. With senior starter Ashley Underwood of Benton fresh off a leginjury and five other players, including starter Lindsey Hugstad-Vaa, having ...
Far away, a rivalry thrives
Nov 01, 2006; ... We hear plenty of negative things about athletics. Anything fromsteroid abuse to Little League parents getting into fist fights. Butthere are also plenty of positives that are sometimes overlooked. For our troops deployed in war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan,sports can be a healthy ...
Lowe lifts Huskies to Little East tourney victory
Nov 01, 2006 ... GORHAM - India Lowe scored unassisted in the 63rd minute to liftthe University of Southern Maine field hockey team to a 1-0 win overWestfield State in the first round of the Little East TournamentTuesday. Allie Hill had eight saves on nine shots for the 10-10 Huskies. Cat ...
John Bapst captures EM title Bamford goals edge Ellsworth
Nov 01, 2006; ... HERMON - John Bapst's Ian Bamford has always wanted to win anEastern Maine soccer championship. As a youngster he watched hisolder sister, Bri Bamford, win regional titles as a member of theGeorge Stevens of Blue Hill girls soccer team. Bamford's desire for the title bubbled over ...
New basketball coaches on board at WA
Nov 01, 2006; ... As the fall sports season enters its championship phase, the firstday of high school basketball practice is less than three weeks away. When those practices begin at Washington Academy on Nov. 20, theRaiders' boys and girls basketball teams will be guided by two newcoaches, ...
Colby hires Plummer as interim baseball coach
Nov 01, 2006; ... Dale Plummer, who pitched in the Boston Red Sox and New York Metsorganizations, has been named the interim baseball coach at ColbyCollege in Waterville for the 2007 season. Plummer was the pitching coach for Colby last spring and helpedthe White Mules improve by 10 wins over the ...
All-stars
Nov 01, 2006 ... HIGH SCHOOL Maine Soccer Coaches Association Regional all-star teams Eastern Maine boys Class A Fullbacks: Sam Kaplan (Brunswick), Josh Groleau (Hampden), BrianAndreason (Mount Ararat); midfielders: JoJo Hwalek (Bangor), CoreyUnderwood ...
House District 36, Deer Isle-Vinalhaven
Nov 01, 2006 ... Republican Seth G. Joy Age: 26 Address: 79 Rose Hill Road, Swans Island, ME 04685 E-mail: E-mail address not provided Web site: Web site not provided Family: Single; one of 10 siblings, seven of whom are involved inlobster industry; parents, the ...
Gull donation deal not done
Nov 01, 2006; ... CAMDEN - A deal struck between Johanna Tutone, owner of Cappy'sChowder House, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that had Tutonedonating a stuffed gull to a museum was not completed this week asexpected. Tutone owned a stuffed and framed black-backed gull which shedisplayed ...
Students link food, farming
Nov 01, 2006; ... UNITY - Sometime this fall, some Unity College students willwitness - and experience - the connection between their food andfarming. Thanks to a student initiative, some sheep and cattle now grazingon a field that is part of the campus will be slaughtered, butcheredand served at ...
Blaine House hopefuls spar in Bangor
Nov 01, 2006; ... BANGOR - The four major Blaine House hopefuls converged on thecurrent governor's hometown Tuesday, clashing on economic and healthcare issues at a morning forum. At the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce forum, which drew about200 people to the Bangor Motor Inn's conference center, ...
House District 25, Newport-Exeter area
Nov 01, 2006 ... Republican Joshua A. Tardy Age: 38 Address: 99 Main St., Newport, ME 04953 E-mail: tardylaw@adelphia.net Web site: Web site not provided Family: Wife, Mary Ellen Education: Nokomis High School, Newport; University of Maine,bachelor's degree ...
House District 10, Millinocket-Medway area
Nov 01, 2006 ... Republican Kenneth F. Anderson Age: 55 Address: 146 Katahdin Ave., Millinocket, ME 04462 E-mail: kenanderson@kenanderson.net Web site: http://www.kenanderson.net/issues/ Family: Wife, Michelle; two adult children, one living inCalifornia, the other ...
Hancock County residents still recovering from rainstorm
Nov 01, 2006; ... By this morning, most of the residents in Hancock County will havetheir power restored, ending a long and dark couple of days for some. The weekend wind and rainstorm hit the coastal county the hardest,particularly the communities on Mount Desert Island. As of late afternoon ...
Lab's director eager to begin Genetics institute to open in Brewer
Nov 01, 2006; ... BREWER - Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems this week announced theappointment of a director for the new Maine Institute for HumanGenetics and Health. Janet Hock, Ph.D., who has built her research career studying bonedisorders, is expected to take the leadership of the ...
News in brief CANAAN: DRUG ARREST
Nov 01, 2006; ... Christopher Cote, 23, of Mattawamkeag and Canaan was arrestedFriday following a search warrant executed at his Clarke Street homein Canaan. Detective Lt. Carl E. Gottardi II of the Somerset CountySheriff's Department said a large amount ...
News in brief PALMYRA: MORE VALUATION FOUND
Nov 01, 2006; ... Palmyra officials incorrectly concluded last week that the town'smill rate for 2007 would be $13.30. Town Clerk Joan Bradley said thisweek that there ...
News in brief BREWER: PARKING BAN
Nov 01, 2006; ... To prepare for winter snow and the plowing season, the city's all-night parking ban goes into effect today. "It's to keep the streetsclear for Public Works to plow," City Clerk Archie Verow said Monday.Under the winter parking ban, ...
Courts
Nov 01, 2006 ... Dover-Foxcroft District Court Cases Sept. 13-Oct. 26, 2006 Roger A. Norman, 41, Parkman, operating vehicle while underinfluence of intoxicants, $650, jail 48 hours, license suspended 90days. Ian S. O'Flaherty, 39, Coral Gables, Fla., speeding 30-plus mphmore ...
Voter registration offered in Glenburn
Nov 01, 2006 ... GLENBURN - Glenburn Registrar of Voters Ruthena Brasslett willhold voter registration from 7:30 a.m. to 5 ...
Theater plan hinges on voters
Nov 01, 2006; ... DEXTER - Residents have a chance to help Wayside Theatre improveits facility. The theater, which submitted an application through the town for aspecial projects Community Development Block Grant of $11,000,essentially has been guaranteed the state funds if residents supportthe ...
Newport selectmen to meet Thursday
Nov 01, 2006 ... NEWPORT - Newport selectmen, who usually meet on Wednesdays, willmeet this week at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2. Selectmen will discuss: Camp Benson drainage issues, a report ...
Forum about TABOR planned in Corinth
Nov 01, 2006 ... CORINTH - A meeting about the spending cap ballot initiative knownas the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TABOR, will be held at 7 p.m.Thursday, Nov. 2, at the Central High School ...
Courts
Nov 01, 2006 ... Millinocket District Court Cases Oct. 1-5, 2006 Paul Ayotte, 49, Millinocket, operating vehicle after registrationsuspended, $100. Jason P. Brooks, 32, Derry, N.H., operating vehicle without safetyequipment, $100. Richie M. Day, 21, Medway, possessing marijuana, ...
Trailer park residents stay as closure nears
Nov 01, 2006 ... HAMPDEN - Despite the rapidly approaching closure of CrestwoodTrailer Park, many tenants remained in the park Tuesday. All but one have found a place to stay after the Nov. 8 deadline,said Judy Luce, whose former husband, David Luce, has been managingthe park for the last several ...
Police: Driver in rollover was drinking before crash
Nov 01, 2006 ... The driver of an SUV that rolled over after failing to negotiatethe on ramp to Interstate 395 in Bangor late Monday night had beendrinking, according to the police report. Jamie St. Amand, 25, was driving the white SUV for a friend whenat about 10:45 p.m. she accelerated on the on ...
Victim of bar stabbing released from EMMC
Nov 01, 2006 ... BANGOR - The man involved in a stabbing at a bar late last weekhas been released from the hospital, and police said Tuesday theycontinue to investigate the assault. A 31-year-old Eddington man suffered wounds to his head and theside of his back during a bar fight Friday night at ...
State lauds, restores SAD 31 approval status
Nov 01, 2006; ... HOWLAND - It was almost two years ago that SAD 31 had enoughpolitical infighting, lack of leadership and communicationsbreakdowns to place the school system on probation with the stateDepartment of Education. Dispirited students were governed by a board of directors thatfailed to ...
CMP to replace aging power line
Nov 01, 2006; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Central Maine Power Co. plans to begin replacingone of its oldest transmission lines between Parkman and Dover-Foxcroft in December. The project is part of the company's $70 million investmentsystemwide, according to Gail Rice, CMP spokesman. "It's all about ...
Brewer High School to honor local veterans
Nov 01, 2006; ... With the approach of Veterans Day, those who served our countryare invited to attend a reception in their honor featuring two veryspecial guests. Mike Hutchins reports that Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. MichaelMichaud will take part in the Brewer High School student council andKey ...
Trojans take step in right direction Shields pleased with MDI's success
Nov 01, 2006; ... The Mount Desert Island football team saw its season end Mondaywith a 14-6 loss at Waterville in the Pine Tree Conference Class Bquarterfinals. But for a program that hadn't experienced playoff fever since 1998and endured an 0-9 season two years ago, its 5-4 finish this ...
Calais holds Halloween parade More than 150 attend library event
Nov 01, 2006; ... CALAIS - A pink troll was there, along with some pretty princessesand a few kings to boot. There also were plenty of witches, ghostsand goblins. More than 150 children and their parents, some dressed incostumes, walked the parade route Tuesday along Main Street, downUnion Street ...
Incumbent midcoast DA faces Belfast lawyer
Nov 01, 2006; ... Belfast lawyer Joe Baiungo insists there's more to his campaignfor district attorney than just a pretty face on political signsdotting roadways from Winterport to Bath. His campaign tactic is the talk of the four counties he hopes torepresent as 6th District district attorney ...
Photographer plans Paris spring workshop
Nov 01, 2006 ... BELFAST - Photographer Neal Parent of the Parent Gallery will behost for a photography workshop in Paris next spring. Parent has conducted photo workshops at his Maine studio anddarkroom for years, but this will be his first venture overseas. Hesaid he plans to make the Paris ...
GreenStreets offers discussion on trees
Nov 01, 2006 ... BELFAST - GreenStreets will host a presentation followed by adiscussion at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, at the Abbott Room at theBelfast Public Library. GreenStreets is the city's volunteer tree planting, care,protection and advocacy group. It has been active for nearly 20years, ...
Mystic hall banquet; all masters invited
Nov 01, 2006 ... CALAIS- All masters are invited to the Grand Cross of Color Mysticbanquet at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Mason Hall on CalaisAvenue. Election of offices 2007 ...
Fiddlers' showcase Nov. 11 in Northport
Nov 01, 2006 ... NORTHPORT - The Blue Goose dance hall will be the setting for thethird annual Waldo County Fiddlers' Showcase and Contra Dance. The musical extravaganza will take place beginning at 6 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 11. The dance will feature ...
Belfast photo contest to focus on parks
Nov 01, 2006 ... BELFAST - A "Shoot the Parks" photography contest sponsored by theBelfast Park & Recreation Department has been scheduled for Octoberthrough December. Entries may include pictures from City Park, Kirby Lake (TheMuck), Sportsman Park, Eleanor Crawford Park, Heritage Park, ...
Eco-peace community to hold conference
Nov 01, 2006 ... BELFAST - The international eco-peace community ESTIA will holdits third annual conference at the University of Maine HutchinsonCenter. The conference, "Building Today's Eco-Peace Village," will be heldfrom noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. ESTIA is a nonprofit organization ...
Glass artist to show work as part of series
Nov 01, 2006 ... BELFAST - As part of the Waterfall Arts-Ongoing Artists lectureseries, Eric Hopkins will show his work and discuss the creativeprocess at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6. Hopkins, who grew up on North Haven, studied at the Rhode IslandSchool of Design and worked with Dale ...
Session in Belfast on nursing enrollment
Nov 01, 2006 ... BELFAST - The University of Maine Hutchinson Center will hold asession for people interested in enrolling in the new nursing programbeing offered in Belfast starting next year. The session will take place beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6. Nancy Cooley, who is in charge of ...
Unity to consider building fire station
Nov 01, 2006; ... UNITY - Residents will be asked at a special town meeting tonightto authorize spending up to $874,000 to construct a new fire stationand to waive a right of first refusal for the Field of Dreamsathletic complex. At the annual town meeting in March, residents approved ...
$6,000 in cash stolen from Unicel store
Nov 01, 2006 ... ROCKLAND - The Unicel store on Main Street was burglarizedsometime over the weekend, and the perpetrator got away with some$6,000 in cash and checks, police said Tuesday. Deputy Police Chief Wallace Tower said the ...
Courts
Nov 01, 2006 ... Ellsworth District Court Cases May 16-Sept. 18, 2006 Shayna R. St. Peter, 21, Bucksport, three counts violatingcondition of release, jail 12 days; criminal trespass, jail threedays; theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, dismissed; criminaltrespass, ...
Turkey fundraiser on tap Down East
Nov 01, 2006; ... CALAIS - Expect to see turkeys flocking everywhere Friday as thesecond annual "Turkeys for the Food Pantry" fundraiser sponsored bySt. Croix Valley Healthy Communities and WQDY-Classic Hits Radio inCalais takes flight. Actually, you won't be seeing real-live turkeys, but ...
Town officials to consider rifle range foreclosure
Nov 01, 2006; ... WARREN - The defunct Route 90 rifle range is again a target forforeclosure. A special town meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, will be the forum for deciding whetherto waive foreclosure on the 72-acre parcel owned by SteamshipNavigation Co. whose principals are C. Randall ...
Special town meeting planned
Nov 01, 2006; ... MADAWASKA - Residents of the Birch Point area off Long Lake wouldlike to see more recreational facilities on town-owned land, and theyare willing to put in some work and money to make such a facilityreal. The Lakeshore Association, a group of seasonal and year-roundhomes and ...
Smashing pumpkins teaches lesson Star City teachers put spin on math, physics with catapults and trebuchets
Nov 01, 2006; ... PRESQUE ISLE - There's nothing like a pumpkin launch to teach highschool students about physics and math. Just ask Kierston and Sean Donovan, teachers at Presque Isle HighSchool. Eighty of their students were using physics and math conceptsTuesday as they competed in the first ...
Houlton to upgrade Web site, boost interest
Nov 01, 2006; ... HOULTON - At this point, the town's Web site is comparable to alarge photograph that is slightly out of focus. Some things, such as the listing of town officials and municipalservices, are clear. Others, such as data about taxes, the localhousing market and the business climate are ...
Historian to speak at Club Francais
Nov 01, 2006 ... FORT KENT - The Club Francais and the Arts and Humanities Divisionof the University of Maine at Fort Kent will hold a presentation byNew Brunswick historian Fidelle Theriault at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 13,in the Nadeau Hall Teleconference ...