Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from June 2007:
Captain suffers stroke; illness forces vessel to revise travel plans
Jun 01, 2007; ... CASTINE - Preliminary test results show that Capt. Laurence Wadesuffered a stroke Sunday while Maine Maritime Academy's training shipState of Maine was en route to Odessa, Ukraine, according toinformation posted on the MMA Web site Thursday. His medicalsituation made it necessary for him ...
Lincoln couple recount heroic lake rescue Pair dragged man from water after boating accident
Jun 01, 2007; ... LINCOLN - Scott Valente would be dead today if Robert and SusanMurchison hadn't gone out of their way to catch a trout onChamberlain Lake for one of her patients at the Lincoln Lakes RegionDialysis Center. It was on the lake's rough, windblown waters aboard their 16-footLund ...
Correcting the record
Jun 01, 2007 ... A headline and dateline on a story in the State section of someeditions Thursday about a plow truck ballot item should haveindicated the town considering the issue is Mars Hill. A story that ran in the State section in May 3 [sic] editionsabout HUD grants for Maine Indian tribes ...
FERC nixes change on County rates rule
Jun 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has denied arequested rule change that would have raised electricity rates innorthern Maine for the second time this year, Sens. Olympia Snowe andSusan Collins announced Thursday. "We are pleased that the commission listened to ...
Ship arrives in Sicily, chief mate at the helm MMA cadets, crew adapt to change of command, course
Jun 01, 2007; ... Editor's Note: Bangor Daily News reporter Eric Russell andphotographer John Clarke Russ are aboard Maine Maritime Academy'sship the State of Maine as it conducts its annual training cruise.The two will file daily stories and photos as they accompany 200students and crew to European ports ...
Firm acquires Gary Friedmann, moves headquarters to Bangor
Jun 01, 2007; ... BANGOR - A New England company that provides fundraisingconsultation to nonprofits recently acquired Gary Friedmann &Associates of Bangor and moved its headquarters to the Queen City. BHC Consulting Group LLC of Verona Island and South Easton, Mass.,purchased Gary Friedmann & ...
ETHICS FAILURE
Jun 01, 2007 ... The best that can be said of lawmakers' mishandling of alegislative ethics bill is that at least they kept the issue alive.By voting to review the issue - which was the subject of an extensiveexamination last year - lawmakers showed they are incapable ofpassing even mild changes to the ...
TOO LATE FOR JUSTICE
Jun 01, 2007 ... For years Lilly Ledbetter was paid less than her male co-workersat a Goodyear tire plant where she worked. She brought charges of sexdiscrimination. A jury awarded her more than $3 million in back payand damages. The judge cut the award to $360,000. A federal appealscourt erased the ...
Tuition option spared
Jun 01, 2007 ... At the Department of Education we receive phone calls and e-mailsdaily from concerned parents, school board members and others askingif their school unit will still be able to send their child to aprivate school if their school unit has that type of tuitionalprovision now. The ...
Carter not the pot
Jun 01, 2007 ... In regards to the Other Voices item "Pot, kettle, Carter" (BDN,May 24), Bush has the Iraq war, thousands dead, etc. Carter had thehostage crisis, and, oh yes, ...
Cut MaineCare cuts
Jun 01, 2007 ... My life's work is centered on supporting individuals and familieswho depend on MaineCare for badly needed services. I have shared thismessage with any politician who will hear me and I ask all Maineresidents to do the same. Making budget cuts to MaineCare as it stands today will ...
Revisit tuition increase
Jun 01, 2007 ... Students in the University of Maine System face an unprecedented12.6 percent increase in tuition. The UMS board of trustees passedthe systemwide budget May 21, simultaneously passing ChancellorMacTaggart's tuition offset plan. The plan has three parts: $2.5million in additional ...
Mismanaging the war
Jun 01, 2007 ... I am disappointed with the poor management of the Iraq war. If ourgovernment was a business or the military was a professional sportsteam, there would have been changes in management months ago. We keepdoing the same thing and keep getting the same results. Weoccasionally tweak our ...
Bisher talks good game for Bucks
Jun 01, 2007; ... Miles Bisher has walked the competitive walk throughout his three-sport career at Bucksport High School. He's an all-conference soccer goalie, a varsity basketball player,and the starting first baseman for the top-ranked and defendingEastern Maine Class B champion Golden Bucks ...
Bapst girls chasing 6th 'C' state crown Ram boys seek indoor- outdoor sweep
Jun 01, 2007; ... While the John Bapst of Bangor girls track and field team will tryto keep its dynasty going at Saturday's state Class C championshipsin Dover-Foxcroft, the Bangor and Waterville boys will be trying tostart ones of their own. The Crusaders are aiming for their sixth straight "C" ...
Top-seeded Rams oust Broncos in quarters Bangor cruises to 5-0 triumph
Jun 01, 2007; ... BANGOR - A year ago, the Bangor boys tennis team's promisingseason was coming to a bitter end. That fact was not lost on the Rams - particularly those returningfrom last season's squad - as they faced off against No. 9 HampdenAcademy in the Eastern Maine Class A ...
Crawford continuing to make strides
Jun 01, 2007; ... Thirteen months ago, Johnny Crawford was in a 22-day coma atBangor's Eastern Maine Medical Center. On April 30, 2006, Mark Dodge's racecar was involved in anaccident at Unity Raceway and wound up being launched over the dirtbanking and landed on top of Crawford, who was shooting ...
Tennis
Jun 01, 2007 ... HIGH SCHOOL CLASS C At Milo No. 12 Fort Kent boys (3-10) 3, No. 4 Penquis (9-4) 2 Singles: Nate Allen (P) def. Tom Caron 2-6, 7-6, 7-3, 7-5, MattAnderson (FK) def. Lucas Knapp 6-2, 6-0, Nick Foster (FK) def. DougLyford 6-0, 6-0; doubles: Adam Bouchard-Matt ...
Tennis
Jun 01, 2007 ... HIGH SCHOOL CLASS C At Fort Kent No. 4 Fort Kent girls (9-3) 4, No. 12 Sumner (5-8) 1 Singles: Melinda Plourde (FK) def. Martha Smith 6-2, 7-5, LaurenLavoie (FK) def. Krista Clement 6-0, 6-1, Jessica Caron by forfeit;doubles: Alli Charette-Nicole Bolduc (FK) ...
Tennis
Jun 01, 2007 ... HIGH SCHOOL Class C At Fort Kent No. 4 Fort Kent girls (9-3) 4, No. 12 Sumner (5-8) 1 Singles: Melinda Plourde (FK) def. Martha Smith 6-2, 7-5, LaurenLavoie (FK) def. Krista Clement 6-0, 6-1, Jessica Caron by forfeit;doubles: Alli Charette-Nicole Bolduc (FK) ...
Pandas start fast, top Cougars
Jun 01, 2007 ... STACYVILLE - Amanda Gifford, Brooke Harris, Karin Bird, andKatelyn Mallet each hit a single Thursday as Lee Academy held offKatahdin 6-3 in the regular-season high school softball finale forboth teams. Harris pitched an eight-hitter while striking out 10 for ...
Heal points get final release on Friday
Jun 01, 2007 ... The Maine Principals' Association will release the final regularseason Heal point standings for high school baseball and softballFriday morning. The final points were due Thursday, ...
EM, Midcoast Soap Box Derbies set for Saturday
Jun 01, 2007 ... Hundreds of local children will be aiming for first place finishesthis weekend at the Eastern Maine Soap Box Derby in Bangor and theMidcoast Maine Soap Box Derby in Camden. Both events are scheduled for Saturday, but racing activities willbe going on all weekend. Today in ...
UM committee seeking nominations for hall
Jun 01, 2007 ... ORONO - The University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame Committee isseeking nominations for Black Bear student-athletes, coaches,administrators and/or significant supporters for induction into UM'sSports Hall of ...
Benjamin, Marsh receive awards
Jun 01, 2007; ... Tyler Benjamin of Belfast and Mike Marsh of Rockland were among 21Maine football standouts honored recently as recipients of the 20thannual scholar-athlete awards presented by the State of Maine Chapterof the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Benjamin, a ...
For seasoned junk judge, a yard sale is a hard sell
Jun 01, 2007; ... My brother and I sat in tattered lawn chairs while I pushed afinger sandwich into my mouth. It was a few years ago and we were atmy aunt's house to celebrate a family reunion. The vehicles of the attendees were lined up her long driveway andalong the street. Fattening food sat on ...
'Music from the Spring' features Kruger Brothers 'with a very big backup band'
Jun 01, 2007; ... When the Kruger Brothers, a folk trio with roots in Switzerlandand North Carolina, pair up with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra at 8p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono, theconcert will be a little bit bluegrass, a little bit big brass and awhole lot of pluckin' ...
A vision ... coming in focus Ofelia's nonprofit creative space in downtown Bangor
Jun 01, 2007; ... On a sunny Tuesday morning in late May, before his lunch date withhis 5-year-old goddaughter Victoria, Sergio Ramos walked across theenormous, mostly empty fifth-floor loft and looked out at downtownBangor through one of the large Palladian windows. A smile brightenedhis ...
Masked men will take stage at Grand
Jun 01, 2007; ... The most immediately noticeable thing about Los Straitjackets is,naturally, the Mexican wrestling masks they wear at every show. Itadds an air of mystery. Who are those masked men? "We can't take those off," said Danny Amis, aka Daddy-o Grande, co-guitar slinger for the band ....
'Army Wives,' 10 p.m. Sunday Lifetime
Jun 01, 2007; ... During wartime, it's natural for TV and film to focus on themilitary. And, since "Army Wives" is on Lifetime, this ensemble dramalooks at the spouses often left behind. "Army Wives" studies the challenges these spouses face, which inthe early going includes mates suffering from ...
Abbot man sentenced in manslaughter 23-year-old to serve 3 1/2 years in crash that killed two friends
Jun 01, 2007; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - There were few dry eyes in the Piscataquis CountySuperior Courthouse when an Abbot man was sentenced Thursday in thedeaths of two friends in a 2004 car accident in Sebec. The tears were shed not only for Elias Russell, 22, of Parkman andDrake Martell, 21, of ...
N.J. honors three Maine guardsmen for valor Soldiers' actions saved two shooting victims
Jun 01, 2007; ... AUGUSTA - Three Maine Army National Guard soldiers have beenawarded the State of New Jersey Medal of Valor after performing firstaid on two shooting victims in Atlantic City, N.J. First Lt. Christopher Elgee of Augusta, Chief Warrant OfficerChris Merrill of Augusta and 1st Lt ....
Calais border search of van yields nail polish remover
Jun 01, 2007; ... CALAIS - For a time Thursday morning it looked like the van theU.S. Customs and Border Protection agents had stopped at theinternational crossing was carrying illegal chemicals. In the end, authorities said the substance found in the white,older-model van with New Mexico license ...
Local pair plan to reopen P.I. movie theater
Jun 01, 2007; ... PRESQUE ISLE - The marquee at the Braden Theater has been dark for13 years, but two local business partners are working to change that. Presque Isle resident Chris Dow, 33, confirmed Thursday that heand a silent business partner just signed the papers to purchase thegutted theater ...
Proposed SAD 3 spending plan up 10 percent
Jun 01, 2007; ... UNITY - The SAD 3 board worked hard to limit the growth of itsproposed 2007-2008 operating budget, but a one-time bond associatedwith the $40 million new school now under construction pushed theincrease to 10.3 percent. The school board and Superintendent Barbara Rado Mosseau ...
Bangor police sergeant promoted to lieutenant
Jun 01, 2007; ... BANGOR - When Ron Gastia became chief of the Bangor PoliceDepartment a month ago, his first official act was to give Lt. MarkHathaway a promotion: to Gastia's former post as services lieutenant. The move created an open lieutenant's position, and Gastia'ssecond promotion was ...
Blood donors wanted for Hampden drive
Jun 01, 2007 ... HAMPDEN - A blood drive will run from noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturday,June 2, at Hampden Community ...
Dover-Foxcroft to start waterline work
Jun 01, 2007; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - A Bradley construction firm will begin work soonon a waterline extension on the Milo Road to Pleasant River LumberCo. Selectmen on Wednesday accepted a bid of $265,504 from BuchananConstruction Inc. It was the lowest bid submitted for the work. Thehighest bid ...
Funshine Daycare nationally accredited
Jun 01, 2007 ... HERMON - Funshine Daycare, owned by Barbara Carlow, has achievednational accreditation from the National Association of Family ChildCare. Carlow has been in the child care business for more than 20 yearsand has been awarded a Certificate of Quality by the state Departmentof ...
Pet rescuers combine adoption fair, bottle drive
Jun 01, 2007; ... Here's an interesting twist on the usual spring sale fundraiser. Norma Milton wrote that Caribou Pet Rescue is holding a petadoption fair and bottle drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June2, "on the lawn at Cindy's Sub Shop on Sweden Street" in Caribou. Milton added that ...
Driver, passengers OK after vehicle hits moose
Jun 01, 2007; ... AMITY - A Danforth man and his two passengers walked away from thescene of an accident with only bumps and bruises after their vehiclehit a moose Wednesday evening. Maine State Police Sgt. Julie Bergan said Thursday that theaccident happened at 4:45 p.m. Andrew Mills, 22, of ...
Hearing set on bid to halt Calais bridge construction
Jun 01, 2007; ... CALAIS - A federal judge has set a hearing date for later thismonth to consider a preliminary injunction filed by a group seekingto halt construction of a roadway leading to a new bridge connectingCalais with St. Stephen, New Brunswick. In May, the group asked the judge to put the ...
Threat to trout dominates mine discussion
Jun 01, 2007; ... BLUE HILL - Protecting the impermeable cap planned for the formerKerramerican mine site could mean the demise of a valuable brooktrout resource in Billings Pond. Concerns about the brook trout dominated the discussion Wednesdaynight about work planned this summer that would ...
Houlton to host annual Maine Downtown Conference today
Jun 01, 2007; ... HOULTON - The population of the downtown will blossom today, whenmore than 140 people are expected to flock to Market Square for theseventh annual Maine Downtown Conference. The conference, organized by the Maine Downtown Center, will beheld in several locations throughout Market ...
Northern Maine focus of university exhibit
Jun 01, 2007; ... ORONO - Two complementary exhibits by area artists opened Thursdayat the Hudson Museum on the University of Maine campus in Orono,showcasing the history, wildness and beauty of the north Maine woods. "Wildness within, wildness without" features large color images byAtkinson ...
Working waterfront properties fewer than thought, report says
Jun 01, 2007; ... ROCKLAND - It has been known for years that the number of workingwaterfront properties on the coast of Maine is shrinking because ofrising tax rates and development pressure. The Island Institute released a report Thursday that suggests thenumber of existing working waterfront ...
Bangor planners set public hearing on zoning change
Jun 01, 2007; ... BANGOR - Residents will be able to voice opinions to officialsnext week about the proposed 87.3-acre zone change for land parcelsalong Kenduskeag Avenue and Griffin Road. The planning board will hold a public hearing for residents toweigh in on the zone change at 7 p.m. Tuesday, ...
Schools
Jun 01, 2007 ... Jonesport-Beals High School The faculty and administration of Jonesport-Beals High School haveannounced the honor parts for the Class of 2007. Tina Beal, daughter of Glenn and Diane Beal of Beals, has beennamed valedictorian for the Class of 2007. Beal is a ...
60 graduate from state Criminal Justice Academy
Jun 01, 2007 ... WATERVILLE - Sixty students graduated May 25 from the MaineCriminal Justice Academy. The students completed 18 weeks of study and training and comefrom the state, county and municipal ranks. The graduates recognized in a ceremony at Thomas College includedseven state trooper ...
Council eyes Compass Harbor-Schooner Head trail
Jun 01, 2007; ... BAR HARBOR - The local Town Council gave its preliminaryendorsement this week to a proposal to give pedestrians a new way toget to Schooner Head. Friends of Acadia, with the cooperation of Acadia National Park,has drafted a plan to build a new village connector trail ...
Bar Harbor to vote on 3.3 percent budget increase
Jun 01, 2007; ... BAR HARBOR - Local voters are expected to consider an approximate$12.5 million municipal and elementary school budget at the openfloor session of annual town meeting next week. Of that amount, $7.9 million is budgeted for municipal expensesand nearly $4.65 million is budgeted for ...
Rockport police taking unpaid tickets seriously
Jun 01, 2007 ... ROCKPORT - The Rockport Police Department is twisting the arms ofthose who haven't paid parking tickets. Administrative Assistant Craig Cooley this week will send lettersto about 100 drivers who have not paid their tickets, he ...
E-commerce official speaks at trade meeting in Rockport
Jun 01, 2007; ... ROCKPORT - Building strong relationships and trust are the keytools for business success in a technology-driven "flat world" wherethe personal touch carries a premium. That was the message delivered by Deepak Advani, senior vicepresident of E-commerce and chief marketing officer of ...
Courts
Jun 01, 2007 ... Machias District Court Cases May 1-29, 2007 Raymond D. Adams, 27, Harrington, operating vehicle while licensesuspended or revoked, $600, jail 10 days, license suspended one year;failing to give correct name, address or date of birth, jail 10 days. Devon Andrews, 31, ...
Business workshop offered in Rockland
Jun 01, 2007 ... ROCKLAND - MaineStream Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary ofPenquis CAP, will offer "Business Ownership 101" from 6 to 8 p.m.Wednesday, June 6, at The Knox Center, 6 White St. This free workshop will provide an overview of the pros and consof ...
Houlton Chamber aims for 200 members
Jun 01, 2007; ... HOULTON - Shortly after people started flipping their calendars to2007, Lori Weston, the executive director of the Greater HoultonChamber of Commerce, started aggressively pursuing a major businessgoal. Weston wanted to increase membership in the Chamber from around147 members in ...
Belfast considers walk-bike path Trail along railroad would offer views of Passagassawaukeag River
Jun 01, 2007; ... BELFAST - Plans are in the works for a pedestrian-bicycle pathwayrunning along the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad tracks from thecity's waterfront to City Point. The Coastal Mountains Land Trust announced Thursday that it willconduct a public meeting at the Boathouse at ...
'Wagon Wheels West' slated for Easton stage
Jun 01, 2007 ... EASTON - "Wagon Wheels West" will be presented at 7 p.m. today atEaston High School. The play, which is about a wagon train that has been robbed and awagon master who is blamed for it, ...
Princeton gun club to host turkey dinner
Jun 01, 2007 ... PRINCETON - The Princeton Rod and Gun Club will hold a roast beefand turkey dinner at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2. The price is $12 ...
Swanville pupils, staff 'walk to Mexico'
Jun 01, 2007; ... SWANVILLE - A walk from Swanville to Mexico is worth celebrating,and that's just what pupils and staff did Thursday at the NickersonSchool. As part of a project called "Take Time," organized by SAD 34health coordinator Linda Hartkopf and library and technologyeducational ...
'Kandahar' screening scheduled in Calais
Jun 01, 2007 ... CALAIS - The film "Kandahar" will be shown at 7 tonight at TheHolmestead, Calais Civic Center, 527 Main St. The Iranian film wasadmired at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival but seemed to have only aslim chance for a North American release. But after Sept. 11, it became a familiar name ...
Corinna historians set open house June 9
Jun 01, 2007 ... CORINNA - The Corinna Historical Society will have an open housefrom 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 9, in the Corinna Union AcademyMuseum, 44 St. Albans Road, which is two blocks behind ...
Bicycle safety training at Fruit Street School
Jun 01, 2007 ... BANGOR - Pupils at Fruit Street School, 175 Fruit St., willreceive training about how to bicycle safely. A visiting bicyclesafety presenter from the Bicycle Coalition of Maine will spend June14 at the school going from classroom to classroom. Pupils will learn everything from ...
NASCAR racing comes to ABC reality TV
Jun 02, 2007; ... NASCAR racing has a special place in the hearts of many Mainers,with most fans having their own racing traditions, lucky numbers,favorite drivers and cars that often are passed down from generationto generation. And now, there's a reality show just for the racing-inclined on ...
Brewer lands major development Cianbro to create more than 500 jobs at former Eastern Fine site The deal Facility's workers to put together building modules
Jun 02, 2007; ... BREWER - Cianbro Corp., a Pittsfield construction company knownaround the state and the nation, plans to build and run amanufacturing facility that will create 500 or more well-paying jobsat the defunct Eastern Fine Paper Co. mill site. The skilled workers will not be making paper, ...