Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from May 2007:
Plans set for Bangor Supercenter
May 01, 2007; ... BANGOR - It's official. Construction of a 209,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter nearthe Bangor Mall is slated to begin at the end of May or beginning ofJune, City Engineer Jim Ring said Monday. The city said in a news release Monday that the permitting andpaperwork are ...
Shorebird habitat accord brokered Final panel vote expected this week
May 01, 2007; ... AUGUSTA - Lawmakers have reached a tentative deal that would allowcoastal landowners to build closer to shorebird habitat while stillstrengthening protections for the fragile bird populations. In a unanimous vote on Monday, members of the Legislature'sNatural Resources Committee ...
Schools reassess crisis plan Millinocket officials, police address flaws
May 01, 2007; ... Millinocket school officials and police met Monday and will meetagain this week to try to improve security and communications at areaschools after two recent threats of violence that forced two schoolsto lock down for several days. Superintendent Sara Alberts and Millinocket School ...
UM ceremony to honor alumnus killed in Iraq
May 01, 2007 ... ORONO - The University of Maine will hold a ceremony at 10 a.m.Sunday, May 6, between Nutting and Hitchner halls to honor the memoryof David Veverka, a former student who was killed in Iraq last yearwhile serving with the Maine Army National Guard. The event will include a tree ...
Historical Society sets first meeting of year
May 01, 2007 ... CORINNA - The Corinna Historical Society will hold its firstmeeting of the year at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at the Levi StewartLibrary. Topics include officer ...
Camp Bangor cleanup planned citywide May 5
May 01, 2007 ... BANGOR -The eighth annual Camp Bangor citywide cleanup will beSaturday. Camp Bangor children and their families are encouraged to takepart to meet the program's community service requirement. Participants should meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 5, at one of thefollowing ...
Cinco de Mayo event at EMCC in Bangor
May 01, 2007 ... BANGOR - The Bangor Region Junior Achievement will hold a Cinco deMayo "Taste of Spring" at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Eastern MaineCommunity College. The event will feature hors d'oeuvres and desserts by arearestaurants, beer tasting by Sea Dog Brewing, wine tasting ...
Postal carriers seek help with food drive
May 01, 2007 ... MILLINOCKET - Residents who want to help the United Way of EasternMaine need only to leave canned food and other dry food goods attheir mailbox or curbside box on May 12, postal carriers saidThursday. Local representatives of the National Association of LetterCarriers, U.S ....
Old Town veterans to meet May 16
May 01, 2007 ... OLD TOWN - American Veterans Post 9 will hold its monthly meetingat 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at the American Legion Hall, 20 WaterSt. Nominations and elections for 2007-08 officers will be held. Forinformation or to become a member, contact Don Plummer at 827-6575. Veterans ...
River cleanup effort looking for volunteers
May 01, 2007 ... BREWER - The city and the Bangor Area Storm Water Group will hostanother Penobscot River streamside cleanup event May 19, and arelooking for volunteers to lend a hand. Last year, some 180 people from Bangor, Brewer, Hampden, Orono,Old Town, Veazie and Milford participated in the ...
GrowSmart Maine sets meeting in Bangor
May 01, 2007 ... BANGOR - GrowSmart Maine plans a meeting to build support forshifts in state policy. The public gathering is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at theSea Dog Brewing Co., 26 Front St. Changes are proposed in three major areas. The Legislature has approved sending an ...
Ofelia's staff poised for new shop opening
May 01, 2007 ... BANGOR - Ofelia's Community Thrift Store on Union Street closedlast week in preparation for the May 4 opening of Ofelia's ResaleShoppe, 73 Central St. Operators of the resale shop have several activities planned fortheir opening day, including the premiere of Arte Fino Gallery, ...
SAD 22 sets meetings on Hampden school
May 01, 2007 ... HAMPDEN - SAD 22 will hold public meetings to discuss the HampdenAcademy capital improvement project. The public will discuss community education programs, specialeducation and technology from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 11, and from 9a.m. to noon Saturday, May 12. The next set ...
Grant to UM funds digital art preservation
May 01, 2007 ... ORONO - The University of Maine's new-media program has received a$300,000 research grant to study the preservation of digital art, UMannounced Monday. The grant is the largest UM has ever received from the NationalEndowment for the Humanities, according to the university's Office ...
Disputed Corinth vote spurs town meeting
May 01, 2007 ... CORINTH - Controversy over a vote at this year's annual townmeeting has caused the Board of Selectmen to call a special townmeeting later this month to reconsider the previous vote. At last month's annual meeting, residents voted 66-40 in favor ofthe town buying the former Corinth ...
Lincoln schedules street sweeping in May
May 01, 2007 ... LINCOLN - The Public Works Department's efforts to rid townstreets of winter sand and debris will kick into high gear in thecoming weeks, if there's little or no rain, Public Works directorDavid Lloyd said Monday. While some streets have already been swept, those efforts ...
Arbor Day tree planting rescheduled for today
May 01, 2007 ... BANGOR - An Arbor Day tree planting ceremony at Fourteenth ...
5th-graders win award for sun safety project
May 01, 2007 ... EDDINGTON - Fifth-graders from the Eddington School will behonored with a Service-Learning Project Award for their sun safetyproject at 11 a.m. today at the State House in Augusta. Award winners were selected for exhibiting academic rigor, civicengagement and overall excellence in ...
Officer crashes cruiser on way to call
May 01, 2007 ... Bangor police Officer Tyler Leighton was responding to anemergency call with his cruiser lights flashing about 10:20 p.m.Saturday when he struck a vehicle in the center turn lane at thejunction of Main and Lincoln streets. No one was injured in the crash, but the cruiser had to be ...
Milo sets special town meeting on TIF
May 01, 2007; ... MILO - Financing of town equipment and a move to rescind a taxincrement financing district formed seven years ago will be up foraction by residents during a special town meeting this month. Residents voted in 2000 to create a tax increment financingdistrict for the Bangor & ...
Pittsfield to start work toward new pool
May 01, 2007; ... PITTSFIELD - It will be full steam ahead for Pittsfield's newestcommittee for the next several months. The swimming pool committee ishoping to raise funds, plan and design a new pool so that demolitioncould possibly take place this fall. In some ways, the committee is also one of ...
Land gift falls through in Hermon
May 01, 2007; ... HERMON - A landowner has decided against donating property to thetown for use as the site of a new public safety building. Town Manager Clint Deschene told a council workshop last week thatWendell Sproul, owner of Central Maine Harley-Davidson, would notdonate approximately 1.5 ...
3 radio networks join state emergency plan
May 01, 2007; ... BANGOR - Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Clear ChannelCommunications and Cumulus Broadcasting have agreed to join forcesduring emergencies. Their goal is to make sure their listeners have access to safetyinformation. At 8:55 a.m. Monday, May 7, the Bangor MPBN studio will ...
Old Town Rotary auction to benefit pool fund
May 01, 2007; ... The Old Town Rotary Club's first auction begins with dinner from 5to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at the Black Bear Inn in Orono, andproceeds benefit the Old Town Save the Pool Fund, reports DaveWollstadt. Tickets are $15 each or $100 per table. A cash bar, silent andlive auction and ...
Statewide drug busts net 82 arrests
May 01, 2007 ... A statewide drug enforcement effort conducted last week resultedin 82 arrests and the seizure of a wide variety of drugs and morethan $40,000 in cash, according to a press release Monday from MaineDepartment of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. Seven children who were ...
Restaurateur Paul Gervais, 64
May 01, 2007; ... Paul E. Gervais, 64, of Brewer, the former owner and manager ofPaul's Restaurant and Speakeasy in Bangor, was remembered by hiscompetition Monday as "a real gentleman and a hard worker." Gervais died of cancer at his home on Monday. He was born March26, 1943, in Caswell, the son of ...
Courts
May 01, 2007 ... Knox County Superior Court, Rockland Cases April 23-27, 2007 Jason S. Simpson, 39, Rockland, nine counts gross sexual assault,concurrent 20-year prison term, all but five years suspended, sixyears probation on each. Christopher L. Brown, 32, Rockland, burglary of motor ...
Work ethics focus of talk in Waterville
May 01, 2007 ... WATERVILLE - Work Ethics and the Multi-Generational Work Forcewill be the topic of discussion at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, May 3, in theThomas College Student Center Atrium. Carol Albert, a branch manager at Manpower, a worldwide employmentservices ...
Nonprofit leadership topic of workshop
May 01, 2007 ... BELFAST - From 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 11, Dr. JimPatterson will present the workshop "Leading the NonprofitOrganization." The workshop will focus on specific leadership skills needed bythe leader, including the building of a ...
2 honored for saving man at UMM pool
May 01, 2007 ... AUGUSTA - Kevin Alley of Machias and Melissa Johnson, a studentlifeguard at the University of Maine at Machias, were honoredThursday at the State House by state Rep. Ian Emery for their effortsin saving the life of Stanley Smith in March. Emery, of Cutler, presented Alley and ...
UMM to hold talk by ethnohistorian
May 01, 2007 ... MACHIAS - The University of Maine at Machias will welcome MicahPawling of Bucksport, a UM doctoral candidate in ethnohistory, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, in the Portside Room. With his presentation, "The Reconfiguration of PassamaquoddyHomeland: The Origins of Native Petitions ...
Calais school to show film 'Sophie Scholl'
May 01, 2007 ... CALAIS - "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days" will be shown at 7 p.m.Friday, May 4, at Unobskey School. The film, presented by St. Croix River Valley Arts Council, tellsthe story of the last five days of the life of a heroic young woman,Sophie Scholl, a member of the "White Rose," an ...
Addison historians slate May 14 meeting
May 01, 2007 ... ADDISON - The next meeting of the Pleasant River HistoricalSociety will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 14, at the Indian RiverGrange Hall on Route 187. All are welcome. Reed and Jean Holmes will speak about the 1866trip from Jonesport to ...
1995 Wabanaki film now available on DVD
May 01, 2007 ... HUDSON - The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission has re-releasedits film "Wabanaki: A New Dawn" in DVD format. The film, originally released in 1995 on VHS, shows the quest forcultural survival by today's Wabanaki people in Maine - the AroostookBand of Micmacs, Houlton Band of ...
Shipbuilding lecture in Rockland canceled
May 01, 2007 ... ROCKLAND -The final talk of the winter-spring lecture "HistoricShipbuilding and Restoration" scheduled ...
Adoption information meeting set in Calais
May 01, 2007 ... CALAIS - The Calais Office of the Department of Health and HumanServices will hold an informational meeting ...
Downeast Time Bank open house planned
May 01, 2007 ... MILBRIDGE - The Downeast Time Bank will hold an informal springopen house from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at the WHCA office,across from the Red Barn Restaurant and Motel. A ...
Drug awareness event slated at Mount View
May 01, 2007 ... UNITY - Mount View High School will hold a day of activitiesThursday, May 3, to show students they can have fun without drugs oralcohol. Activities will include karate lessons, rock climbing wall,dancing and a barbecue. A seat belt convincer and crash simulatorwill be shown by ...
Rockland museum to hold exhibit party
May 01, 2007 ... ROCKLAND - The Farnsworth Art Museum will hold its second FridayNight Event to celebrate the openings of its exhibitions Friday, May4, at the Wyeth Center. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday ...
Unity to mark spring with duck race, BBQ
May 01, 2007 ... UNITY - Unity will hold its spring celebrations 9 a.m.-1 p.m.Saturday, May 5, downtown. There will be a duck race at 11 a.m. and chicken barbecue at noon.Vendors will sell ...
Beals Historical Society to hold talent show
May 01, 2007 ... JONESPORT - The Beals Historical Society will hold a talent andvariety show at 7 p.m ....
Disaster training class offered in Rockland
May 01, 2007 ... ROCKLAND - The Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross willoffer a training course in disaster health services for volunteermedical professionals 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at 312 Broadway. The course participants may be called ...
CROP Walk slated May 6 in Ellsworth
May 01, 2007 ... ELLSWORTH - The sixth annual Hancock County CROP Walk will be heldat 2 p.m. May 6 starting at First Congregational Church of Ellsworth. The 5-mile walk will be ...
WERU radio host to discuss storytelling
May 01, 2007 ... ELLSWORTH - A presentation and discussion on "How to Use, Audio,Video and the Web to Tell Your Story Effectively" will be held at6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at Ellsworth Public Library. The presenter will be ...
Vernal pools subject of Newcastle talk
May 01, 2007 ... NEWCASTLE - The forth talk of the Knox-Lincoln Soil and WaterConservation District speaker series will be on "Vernal Pools" at 7p.m. Friday, May 11, at the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Associationoffice, 624 Sheepscot Road. The speaker will be Sally Stockwell, director of ...
Sailing program offered in Rockland
May 01, 2007 ... ROCKLAND - Atlantic Challenge's Community Sailing Program willoffer recreational, traditional and race boating classes on RocklandHarbor for youths and adults this summer. The youth sailing program offers one- and two-week lessons forbeginners and intermediates throughout the ...
Police to reconstruct fatal Trenton accident
May 01, 2007; ... TRENTON - A Hancock County sheriff's deputy will reconstruct acrash that took the life of a Steuben man Saturday, but police maynever know why he was walking in the middle of the road. Arthur Smith Jr., 26, was struck and killed instantly just before1 a.m. while walking on Route 3 ...
Farmers market opens May 12 in Camden
May 01, 2007 ... CAMDEN - The 33rd season of the Camden Farmers Market will beginSaturday, May 12, at the Tibbetts Industries parking lot on ColcordAvenue. Products for sale include organically and commercially grownproduce, fruits, flowers, meats, cheeses, baked goods, prepared foodsand ...
Carload suspected as illegal immigrants
May 01, 2007; ... ELLSWORTH - One man was arrested Saturday, and four others werereferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents onsuspicion of being illegal immigrants after a routine traffic stop inEllsworth. Jose Amilcar Ruiz, 25, of El Salvador was arrested for drivingwithout a ...
Milo street project set to go out to bid
May 01, 2007; ... MILO - From all indications, the Elm Street road reconstructionproject will be placed out to bid this month. That's the latest word Town Manager Jane Jones received on the on-again, off-again project that has been 11 years in the planning. "I'm beginning to feel this is truly ...
Police still probe man's shooting in Presque Isle
May 01, 2007; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Police are still looking into the circumstancesbehind an April 20 shooting at a State Street residence that left oneman hospitalized in serious condition. The investigation into the shooting incident at 38 State St.remains ongoing, Presque Isle police Detective Sgt ....
Katahdin group plans bike safety outreach
May 01, 2007; ... MEDWAY - A new Web site and increased outreach to Katahdin areayouths are among the things the Katahdin Trails Alliance has planned,organizers said Monday. KTA is scheduling bicycle safety assemblies at Tri Town ChristianAcademy in Medway and Benedicta Middle School after its ...
Spending on Perry recount raises ire
May 01, 2007; ... PERRY - Did the chairman of the Board of Selectman have the rightto hire an attorney to oversee a recent recount without boardapproval? Chairman David Turner said, "Yes." Selectwoman Jeanne Guisinger said, "No." The debate came at the end of the selectmen's meeting ...
E-commerce focus of Calais classes
May 01, 2007 ... CALAIS - The Women's Business Center at CEI has announcedworkshops both online and in the classroom. They are as follows: Introduction to E-Commerce, Planning Your Web site and CreatingYour Web site. Online courses are: Introduction to ...
Columnist to speak on illegal immigration
May 01, 2007 ... BAR HARBOR - Columnist and political economist John Buell willaddress illegal immigration at 4 p.m. Monday, May 7, in a speechtitled "Immigrants as Threats" at College of the Atlantic's McCormickLecture Hall. Buell is a columnist for the Bangor Daily News and the ...
Bath museum to mark shipbuilding legacy
May 01, 2007 ... BATH - Maine's 400-year legacy of shipbuilding and the PophamColony's anniversary will be celebrated Friday through Sunday, May 4-6, at the Albert Reed and Thelma Walker Maritime History Symposium inthe Maine Maritime Museum. The theme this year will be "Watercraft of the 17th ...
Genetic engineering topic of COA address
May 01, 2007 ... BAR HARBOR - Phil Bereano, activist, scholar and expert on geneticengineering will be speaking on "GMOs in a Biodiverse World" at 7p.m. Sunday, May 6, at College of the Atlantic's McCormick LectureHall. Bereano was a founding member of the Council for ResponsibleGenetics, the ...
Comedian Marley coming to Waldoboro
May 01, 2007 ... WALDOBORO - Maine comedian Bob Marley will perform at 7 p.m.Saturday, May 12, at the Waldo ...
Wiscasset garden club sets plant sale May 12
May 01, 2007 ... WISCASSET - The Garden Club of Wiscasset is holding a perennialplant sale 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 12, at the municipal building. The club also is accepting donations from local residents for itsscholarship fund. Small perennial shrubs such as lilacs and raspberry bushes, ...
Courts
May 01, 2007 ... Aroostook County Superior Court, Caribou Cases Jan. 1-31, 2007 Rebecca E. Creasey, 25, Woodland, operating vehicle while underinfluence of intoxicants, $2,100, jail six months, license suspendedsix years, registration suspended; operating vehicle after habitualoffender ...
Frenchville airport wins additional grant
May 01, 2007; ... FRENCHVILLE - Officials at the Northern Aroostook Regional Airportwere flying high recently after receiving news that they had secureda second grant that will help forge a path for future economicdevelopment at the northernmost airport in Maine. The airport is owned by the five ...
School consolidation focus of Easton forum
May 01, 2007 ... EASTON - A public meeting to discuss the proposed legislation forschool consolidation ...
8,000-acre land deal in trouble Valley parcel lies east of Katahdin Lake
May 01, 2007; ... AUGUSTA - An 8,000-acre land deal that was key to adding KatahdinLake to Baxter State Park is on the ropes because the property ownerswant more money than the state is offering. Just when state lawmakers thought they had put last year'sKatahdin Lake controversy behind them, word ...
Passamaquoddys lay groundwork for racino vote
May 01, 2007; ... PLEASANT POINT - The Passamaquoddy Tribe wants the same gamblingrights as Bangor, and that's why it is continuing its battle to builda racetrack-casino operation - known as a racino - Down East. And a battle it will be, all summer long, now that Gov. JohnBaldacci has vetoed the ...
Correcting the record
May 01, 2007 ... A story about lobster fishermen on Page B1 on April 17 containedan error. Canadian officials view Head Harbour Passage that separatesMaine from New Brunswick as internal water, not Grand Manan ...