Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from April 2007:
No answers yet Boy's family searches for signs of him after he apparently fell to his death from the Penobscot Narrows Bridge in early March
Apr 02, 2007; ... Michelle Damon regularly walks along the banks of the PenobscotRiver between Bucksport and Prospect searching the shore, joinedsometimes by family members or friends. It is a grim but needfulquest. Hoping against hope, Damon seeks some sign of her stepsonHarrison. The 17-year-old ...
Author: Oil prices will prompt resurgence of family farm
Apr 02, 2007; ... UNITY - A noted author and organic farmer told the second annualLocal and Sustainable Food Conference that rising oil prices willresult in the resurgence of the family farm. Shepherd Ogden, author of "The Cook's Garden: Step By Step OrganicVegetables," predicted it was inevitable ...
Alpo Prime Cuts added to pet food recall 8,000 complaints sent to FDA
Apr 02, 2007; ... The parent company for Alpo dog food announced Friday that it wasrecalling some of its canned wet dog foods that may containcontaminated wheat gluten, adding its name to the long list of petfoods already recalled. At 4 p.m. Saturday, two workers at Shaw's grocery store on ...
Pet owners should pay close attention to food recall
Apr 02, 2007; ... Many pet owners are rightfully upset and concerned about the petfood recall over the past month after many cats and dogs have gottensick and died from eating contaminated canned and pouched "cuts andgravy" styles of a very long list of brand names. The complete listof these products can ...
SPLIT OVER GITMO
Apr 02, 2007 ... President Bush has dug in his heels on the issue of whether toclose the war prison at the U.S. military base on Cuba's GuantanamoBay. His decision runs against the advice of his new defense secretary,Robert M. Gates, his secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, manymembers of ...
FLOAT THIS FISH FUND
Apr 02, 2007 ... Rebuilding the state's commercial fishery through research anddevelopment that leads to more lobsters, clams and fish in Maine'swaters is a project with merit. Rep. Ian Emery of Cutler has proposeda $55 million bond to do this. While this is more money than thestate can afford, there is ...
Goode, Brunton post decisive victories in second Flattop 5K
Apr 02, 2007; ... LAMOINE - Saturday's windy and chilly conditions certainly didn'tdeter the nearly 200 runners who took to the roads of this tightlyknit Hancock County community for the second annual Flattop 5-kilometer road race. Adam Goode of Orono won the event that honors the late ...
Freeman cruises to 2nd USSA crown Mannix holds off Stephen to win a sprint to the finish in women's 30K
Apr 02, 2007; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Alex Harvey crossed the finish line of the 50-kilometer cross-country marathon Sunday and collapsed, so tired thatsomeone had to take his skis off for him. Then he went up to the great room of the Nordic Heritage Centerand laid down some more. Nobody, it seems ...
St. George race features swift water, blue skies
Apr 02, 2007; ... . SEARSMONT - These are the times for opening days in Maine'sgreat outdoors. The state's open-water fishing season began Sunday - at leastwhere there was open water - one day after the region's competivivecanoe and kayak racing schedule opened in Midcoast Maine, where 83canoes ...
Burrola helps St. Joseph's sweep Husson
Apr 02, 2007 ... STANDISH - Gabrielle Burrola allowed just one run on four hitswhile striking out 13 and walking none to lead Saint Joseph's Collegeto the 2-1 softball win over Husson College of Bangor in the firstgame on Saturday. The Monks beat the Eagles 9-8 in the second game. In the first ...
New Orleans takes 2 from UM
Apr 02, 2007 ... NEW ORLEANS, La. - For the third straight game, University ofMaine pitchers gave up 10 runs. For the second straight game, theBlack Bears lost to the University of New Orleans by a 10-9 score. Sunday afternoon, it took 10 innings for the Privateers to edgethe Black Bears. On ...
Biathlete glad she took shot at a marathon Johnson happy to finish fifth
Apr 02, 2007; ... PRESQUE ISLE - It was another fine day for the Maine Winter SportsCenter team, especially Haley Johnson. Johnson, who competes on the biathlon circuit in the U.S. andEurope, finished fifth overall and fourth among the U.S. finishers inthe women's cross country 30-kilometer marathon ...
Road racing
Apr 02, 2007 ... LOCAL 2nd annual Flattop 5K At Lamoine, Saturday 1. Adam Goode 16:17, 2. Eric Rudolph 16:58, 3. Andy Goupee 17:00,4. Jeremy Lisee 17:14, 5. Tommy McWalters 17:54, 6. Austin TownsendJr. 18:13, 7. Andrew Brunton 18:16, 8. Henry Bauer 18:25, 9. MattHougan 18:31, 10 ....
Thanks for BSO event
Apr 02, 2007 ... I am writing to sing highest praises for two wonderful musicalgroups in our region who performed on March 21 and 22 and whopresented extraordinary programs in conjunction with the BangorSymphony's "Know Your Orchestra!" outreach program, called "StringsAttached." The Abbott Hill ...
New autism treatment
Apr 02, 2007 ... I applaud your informative article on autism (BDN, March 24-25).It highlights the challenges facing parents and patients strickenwith many debilitating conditions and diseases. Through perseveranceand time, treatments like Defeat Autism Now! have been adopteddespite mainstream medical ...
KidsPeace cuts are a loss
Apr 02, 2007 ... The news that the KidsPeace program of Ellsworth was forced to cut25 positions because of state action was discouraging and a real lossto Maine children. I have had the opportunity to visit many programsin Maine, Vermont and Colorado over the past 10 years that provideservices to ...
Canoe racing
Apr 02, 2007 ... ST. GEORGE RIVER RACE At Searsmont, Saturday, 6 miles Century racing: Bucky Owen-Dick Storch 44:54; century rec.: TomCronkite-Maber Cronkite 45:33; Bob Miller-Bob Mitchell 46:12; AndrewAbello-Mark McClellan 47:53; Mike Bowe-Garrett Vail 50:26; Joel Cox-Jon Cox 50:27; Joe ...
Cross country skiing
Apr 02, 2007 ... U.S. NATIONALS TAMC International Spring Series Marathon Freestyle Men's 50K 1. Kris Freeman 2:01.01.6, 2. Alex Harvey 2:01.22.2, 3. GarrottKuzzy 2:04.13.6, 4. Torin Koos 2:04.43.6, 5. Lara Flora 2:05.04.4, 6.Chris Butler 2:07.17.9, 7. Marius Korthauer ...
Reconsider fluoridation
Apr 02, 2007 ... After immersing myself in the fluoridation controversy, I haveuncovered the following. Despite pressure from dental groups, 99 percent of westerncontinental Europe has rejected, banned, or stopped fluoridation dueto environmental, health, legal, or ethical concerns. Only ...
Track & field
Apr 02, 2007 ... COLLEGE At UMaine, Orono New Hampshire men 103, Maine 93 100: William Brehm (NH) 11.29, King (M) 11.61, Cayer (M) 11.71;200: William Brehm (NH) 22.87, King (M) 23.30, Cayer (M) 23.93; 400:Doug Mercer (NH) 50.10, Jenkins (NH) 52.01, Wood (M) 53.36, Mishio(M) 55.50; ...
Poet's own voice gives shape to emotion
Apr 02, 2007; ... BURT HATLEN - NEW POEMS, by Burton Hatlen; Vox Audio, Magdalena,N.M., 2006; CD, $7. The 11 poems in this CD collection follow up UMaine professor BurtHatlen's first CD released by Vox Audio two years ago. These are, asthe simple title indicates, mostly new poems, and while the ...
American Indian history, genealogy located on Web
Apr 02, 2007; ... A Web site that will be of interest to countless Mainegenealogists is Ne-Do-Ba, The Abenaki of Western Maine, located atwww.avcnet.org/ne-do-ba/ Ne-Do-Ba - which means friends - is a nonprofit organization, andthe representative who has attended genealogical conferences aroundthe ...
DOT to install stoplight at bridge Prospect signal to handle expected tourist traffic
Apr 02, 2007; ... PROSPECT -The Maine Department of Transportation will install atemporary traffic light at the intersection of Routes 1 and 174, justsouth of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory. The move is a safety precaution in anticipation of increasedtourist traffic around the bridge ...
Glenburn man charged in contact with juvenile
Apr 02, 2007 ... A 19-year-old Glenburn man was caught early Saturday morning witha juvenile female from Brewer who has a protection order against him. Jordan Theriault, who is out on bail and has protection ordersbarring him from contact with three people, including the femalepassenger, was ...
Run-walk to benefit Old Town High students
Apr 02, 2007; ... The second annual Ma'nakwane Memorial 5K Run-Walk 2007 begins withregistration from 8 to 9:45 a.m. and the run-walk at 10 a.m.Saturday, April 7, at the Penobscot Nation Community Building onIndian Island. The entry fee is $15, and proceeds benefit the Lindsey AlmenasScholarship ...
Brewer officials eye public safety facility needs
Apr 02, 2007; ... BREWER - As the city has grown, so has its need for bigger andbetter public safety facilities. When the current City Hall was built at 80 North Main St. in 1937,Wilson Street wasn't developed and if a cop was needed or if someonehad to go to court, they would head to the city ...
River 'whale' stops traffic
Apr 02, 2007; ... BREWER - Locals driving along North Main Street on Sunday morningnoticed a slick, black object swaying back and forth in the PenobscotRiver just north of the old Bangor Water Works site, and stopped togawk from the riverbank. A few people took photos. "Is it a whale?" some of ...
Maine Kids-Kin slates meetings April 11, 12
Apr 02, 2007 ... Maine Kids-Kin will hold free informational meetings throughoutAroostook County. Kids-Kin is a program of Families and ChildrenTogether that assists extended family member who are caring for theirrelatives' children. The workshops will be held at the followingdates and ...
St. Agatha voters OK shoreland ordinances
Apr 02, 2007 ... ST. AGATHA -In the municipal elections held Tuesday, Beurmond J.Banville defeated Keith P. LaBrie 124 to 51 for a selectman's seat. The Shoreland Zoning Ordinance was passed in a vote of 95 to 78,and the Flood Plain Management Ordinance was passed by a vote of 105to 66. The ...
Brain injury workshop scheduled at NMCC
Apr 02, 2007 ... PRESQUE ISLE - A brain injury workshop and dinner will be held 5p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at Edmunds Conference Center, Northern MaineCommunity College. The workshop is open to anyone interested in brain injuryincluding clinical professionals, coaches, people who haveexperienced ...
UMFK plans to host career day April 11
Apr 02, 2007 ... FORT KENT - The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host acareer day and graduate school fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday,April 11, in Cyr and Nadeau halls. Representatives of employers and graduate schools from ...
Retired city clerk wants to stay involved
Apr 02, 2007; ... BREWER - Saturday was just another Saturday for Archie Verow, whoretired on Friday from his position as city clerk, having servingBrewer for 40 years. His work was not quite done. "I did get up at 5 this morning to finish a proclamation for thenext [City Council] meeting, which I ...
Restorative Justice Project a success in midcoast
Apr 02, 2007; ... BELFAST - From its inception a year ago, the Restorative JusticeProject of the Midcoast has become a proven success in Waldo County. The program is designed to provide assistance to offenders bypreparing them and their families for release from incarceration. Ateam of volunteers ...
Public input invited on state's economy tonight
Apr 02, 2007; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Alan Caron has a lot of state Senate districts tovisit in the coming weeks. But he's not running for political office, he's trying to energizeeverybody who lives in the state about an economic development effortthat he calls the beginning of the next stage in Maine's ...
Military news
Apr 02, 2007 ... Air Force Airman David A. Rushforth graduated from basic militarytraining at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, ...
MMA group to host blood drive April 17
Apr 02, 2007 ... CASTINE - The Maine Maritime Academy chapter of Alpha Phi Omegawill sponsor a blood drive from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in theAlexander ...
SAD 3 gets $30,000 for community facility
Apr 02, 2007 ... THORNDIKE - The United States Department of Agricultural RuralDevelopment presented SAD 3 with a $30,000 community facility grantFriday, March 30. The grant will be used to purchase theatrical lighting and soundsystem equipment for the performing arts center in the new Mount ...
Columbia Falls site of smelt fry, potluck
Apr 02, 2007 ... COLUMBIA FALLS - The Downeast Salmon Federation will hold itssixth annual Smelt Fry and Potluck Dinner 4-10 p.m. Friday, April 6,at the Town Hall Community Room and the Wild Salmon Resource Center. Deep-fried Pleasant River smelts donated by local fishermen willbe served. An ...
Rockland event targets midcoast businesses
Apr 02, 2007 ... ROCKLAND - Midcoast Magnet will hold a panel discussion "Policyand Performance: Bringing Business to the Midcoast" at 5 p.m.Tuesday, April 3 at the Farnsworth Art Museum. Matt Jacobson, CEO and President of Maine and Co. will be afeatured speaker. The panel will include ...
Forest fire scorches two acres in Cooper
Apr 02, 2007; ... COOPER - A permitted burn got away from a homeowner and charredabout two acres on Route 191 Sunday afternoon. The fire threatened one home, but according to District RangerJeff Currier of the Maine Forest Service, there was no damage to thebuilding and no one was injured. The ...
Universities establish new master's program
Apr 02, 2007 ... BANGOR - The University of Maine System has announced the creationof a new program meant to help school teachers in rural Maine earn amaster's degree. Universities in Fort Kent, Machias and Presque Isle will initiatethe program, which offers a Master of Science in Education ...
Courts
Apr 02, 2007 ... Belfast District Court Cases March 12-16, 2007 Hugh A. Pomeroy, 31, Belfast, operating vehicle while licensesuspended or revoked, $250; violating condition of release, jail 24hours. Joel Prescott Jr., 23, Belfast, negotiating worthless ...
New veterinarian to ease animal-care shortage Man plans to open part- time office in Medway
Apr 03, 2007; ... MEDWAY - Think of it as a giant house call. Veterinarian Dr. Donald J. Volk plans to open a part-timesatellite office to partially alleviate the veterinary servicesshortage in the Katahdin region at Hafford Financial Services onRoute 157 by June 1. "I think it will be a ...
MDI summer resident Brooke Astor turns 105
Apr 03, 2007; ... BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. - After a turbulent year, former MountDesert Island summer resident Brooke Astor marked her 105th birthdayon Friday with a celebration so quiet that she dozed through a visitfrom her son. The philanthropist and socialite, ensconced at her property in atony ...
Woman charged in burglary pipeline
Apr 03, 2007; ... BANGOR - A grand jury indicted a Greenbush woman Monday for heralleged connection to a crime pipeline involving thefts of jewelry,firearms and all-terrain vehicles in Maine and Massachusetts. In addition to the Penobscot County grand jury's indictment ofStephanie Silva, 18, of ...
Bangor man indicted in slaying
Apr 03, 2007; ... BANGOR - The man charged last month with killing a Bangor womanand using a wheelbarrow to dump her body was indicted Monday formurder and sexual assault by the Penobscot County grand jury. Ashton L. Moores, 59, was indicted for intentional or knowingmurder, depraved-indifference ...
Cyclists invited to June Golden Road race
Apr 03, 2007; ... MILLINOCKET - The Golden Road's first bicycle race and touringevent in at least 20 years, the Golden Road Bike Tour, will occurJune 2-3, organizers said Monday. Months in the making, the two-day event will draw cyclists fromaround the region to sample the wildlife and natural ...
Speeding awareness increased in Newport Police put up digital sign to alert drivers and gain valuable data on problem areas
Apr 03, 2007; ... NEWPORT - For the next two weeks, those large digital signs thatalert drivers of their speeds will be seen all over town. It's part of a speed awareness campaign launched by the PoliceDepartment. "This will give us priceless data," Police Chief Leonard Macdaidsaid ...
Indian Island woman injured in grease fire
Apr 03, 2007; ... INDIAN ISLAND - An Indian Island woman was badly burned Sundaywhen grease spilled onto the stove burner where she was cooking. The woman, whom Penobscot Nation Fire Chief Joey Loring would notidentify, was taken to a Bangor hospital after the 6 p.m. fire. She remained in the ...
Faulty engine delays French jets at BIA
Apr 03, 2007 ... Four French Air Force fighter jets and two cargo planes proceededin their journey west from Bangor on Monday, despite a five-hourdelay caused by a faulty engine light. The two-seater, single-engine Mirage jets and C-130 cargo planesmade a routine stop at Bangor International ...
Landfill issues on meeting agenda
Apr 03, 2007; ... OLD TOWN - The Landfill Advisory Committee will meet at 7 p.m.Tuesday, April 3, at the Old Town Public Library to discuss issuesrelated to Juniper Ridge Landfill, formerly the West Old TownLandfill. The main issue to be discussed is the 115-acre expansion of thelandfill that's ...
Town meetings
Apr 03, 2007; ... Wellington Four warrant articles from the annual town meeting Saturday willbe decided at a special town meeting later this month. An article concerning a proposed 10 percent increase for townemployees, and another regarding Social Security funds, were wordedincorrectly ...
Arsenal's afterlife: Niemann Capital signs on to redevelop Augusta site as housing, retail space
Apr 02, 2007; ... BREWER - North Carolina-based developer Tom Niemann, who leadsNiemann Capital LLC, the community development firm selected by thecity to refurbish the defunct Eastern Fine Paper Co. mill, signedpaperwork on Friday to acquire the Kennebec Arsenal. His plans for the Augusta site are ...
Schools
Apr 02, 2007 ... Mount Desert Island High School, Bar Harbor Second quarter honor roll Grade 12, high honors: Courtney Bartlett, Kassandra Beaudoin,Sally Brown, Caitlin Christie, Benjamin Clark, Logan Dalton,Katherine Dubois, Katherine Hand, Emma Howard, Andy Klaver, LaurenKuffler, ...
Easter egg hunt at Brewer Auditorium
Apr 03, 2007 ... BREWER - Children 6 to 10 will use flashlights Friday night tofind Easter eggs at Brewer Auditorium. The after-sunset egg hunt will begin at 7:45 p.m. and is free toall Brewer children. Those from out of town will be asked to contribute $1 toparticipate. Registration is at ...
Brewer historians to meet at museum
Apr 03, 2007 ... BREWER - The Brewer Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m.Tuesday, April 3, at the Clewley Museum, 199 ...
Piscataquis soil district board to convene
Apr 03, 2007 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - The Piscataquis County Soil and WaterConservation District board will meet at 6:30 p.m ....
Ending smoking habit goal of workshop
Apr 03, 2007 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Mayo Regional Hospital will have its next quitsmoking workshop at noon Thursday, April 5, in the Sebec ConferenceRoom. The program is free, and no registration is required. The workshop helps participants see how they can change, sharestools to help stop smoking, ...
Cybercrime expert to speak at academy
Apr 03, 2007 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Jayne Hitchcock, a nationally recognizedcybercrime expert, will visit Foxcroft Academy to speak to students,parents and community members on April 5. Hitchcock is the author of eight books, the most recent of whichis "Net Crimes & ...
Events during April at Guilford library
Apr 03, 2007 ... GUILFORD - The Guilford Memorial Library will hold special eventsthis month. A reception honoring Garrett Conover, winner of the 2007 LupineAward for the Best Maine Children's Book, "Kristen's Wilderness,"will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 23. Maine author Sandy ...
Children's siblings class free at Mayo hospital
Apr 03, 2007 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Mayo Regional Hospital's obstetrics departmentwill offer a siblings class for children ages 2 to 8 whose mothersare expecting another baby. The classes will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. June 9, Sept. 9 andDec. 1, in the OB unit and will include a tour of the labor ...
Brewer drug bust nets three arrests
Apr 03, 2007 ... Police raided two guest rooms Saturday night in a motel on WilsonStreet in Brewer, resulting in three arrests for alleged felony drugpossession and drug trafficking. Brewer police officers had heard reports that people staying atthe New Stable Inn were dealing in drugs. They ...
SAD 53 alternative school impresses board
Apr 03, 2007; ... PITTSFIELD - When one of the 17 students enrolled in SAD 53'salternative education school passed his architectural drawings aroundthe school board meeting Monday night, there were some raisedeyebrows and a lot of smiles. The student said all of the designs "came right out of ...
Milo officials seek progress on Elm Street project
Apr 03, 2007; ... MILO - The leaders of this small town are preparing to wage a bigbattle and defeat isn't an option. The line has been drawn over Elm Street and its intersection, astreet the Maine Department of Transportation first promised toreconstruct 11 years ago but instead has postponed every ...
Brewer committee approves 3-year contracts for principals
Apr 03, 2007; ... BREWER - The Brewer school committee gave the school department'sthree principals and the assistant principal at the high school newthree-year contracts at its meeting Monday. For Brewer High School interim principal Rebecca Bubar, the movemakes her the school's next principal. She ...