Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from January 2008:
Maine Guard to help train Afghan troops
Jan 01, 2008; ... An elite Maine National Guard unit will go to Afghanistan to liveand fight alongside Afghan national soldiers as they teach themtechniques to use against the Taliban, insurgents and brutalcriminal gangs. Members of the Embedded Training Team are scheduled to ship outnext month to ...
December storms stretch small-town budgets
Jan 01, 2008; ... PALMYRA - A succession of snowstorms this month has pushed thepublic works budgets for many small central Maine towns right to theedge. "It's definitely taking its toll," Greg Dore of the Skowheganhighway department said Monday. "We're only into one week of winter,and we've ...
Brewer couple arrested for drugs
Jan 01, 2008; ... BREWER - A couple living on High Street were busted by localofficers and federal drug enforcement agents on Sunday with asignificant amount of high-grade marijuana and what is believed tobe the psychedelic drug LSD. A search warrant was issued for the home of Duane McCarter, ...
Couple seeks to donate forestry program
Jan 01, 2008; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Stephen and Elaine Law have received all kindsof proposals over the year in response to their offer to donate 115acres along with the forestry education program they started. Unfortunately, the majority of the more than 150 people ororganizations that have ...
'Snow' speed pursuit nets one
Jan 01, 2008; ... BELFAST - One man was arrested and charged with the drunkenoperation of a snowmobile and another is about to be after the pairrode their sleds across the Veterans Memorial Bridge early Friday. Police Chief Jeffrey Trafton said Eugene Benson, 42, of Brookswas arrested and charged ...
Five Town CSD recognized for sports program
Jan 01, 2008; ... ROCKPORT - The Five Town Community School District's directorsplan to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Camden Hills Regional HighSchool to consider a new sports designation, a band and chorus tripand a consolidation report. The board also is expected to act on resignations submitted ...
Blue Hill vote targets school consolidation
Jan 01, 2008; ... BLUE HILL - Voters will kick off the new year on Wednesday with aspecial town meeting where they will be asked to allocate funds tobenefit the effort to repeal the state's school consolidation law. The meeting, which also will address funding for the Fourth ofJuly celebration, will ...
Pittsfield panel to elect mayor
Jan 01, 2008; ... PITTSFIELD - Pittsfield councilors will hold their firstorganizational meeting of the year Wednesday electing a mayor anddeputy mayor, swearing in two new council members, appointing a newSAD 53 director and setting up committees. Councilors Donna Chale, District 3, and Michael ...
Snowmobilers celebrate heavy snowfall
Jan 01, 2008; ... LINCOLN - Monday's snow might have been bothersome to many of us,but area snowmobile sales outlets and clubs found it little short ofheavenly, especially since it came about 3 feet of snow that hasfallen in parts of the state so far this winter. "This is what snowmobilers wait ...
Courts
Jan 01, 2008 ... Dover-Foxcroft District Court Cases Nov. 30-Dec. 20, 2007 Andrew M. Patty, 23, Exeter, R.I., operating vehicle withoutlicense, $150. Kevin O. Pearl, 42, Milo, operating vehicle after habitualoffender revocation, not guilty. Alan L. Perkins, 30, Milo, failing to ...
State fire marshal seeks cause of Carmel blaze
Jan 01, 2008; ... CARMEL - The State Fire Marshal's Office still is investigating afire that destroyed a Hinckley Hill Road home on Sunday evening. Sherry Robinson was home alone when the fire started but was ableto escape without injury, according to Carmel Fire Chief JoePelletier. She now is ...
Camden lecture to focus on energy
Jan 01, 2008; ... CAMDEN - The 2008 annual Camden Conference will cover Maine'senergy future at an all-day session from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,Feb. 9, at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. This year's conference will focus on the topic of "Maine's EnergyPortfolio: What does it ...
TRIAD takes aim at safety of seniors
Jan 01, 2008; ... BELFAST - For its New Year's resolution, Waldo County TRIAD isready to inform more of the county's elderly of its many beneficialprograms. TRIAD chairman Carroll Warren said Monday that he will institutethe "TRIAD traveling road show" at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, with ...
Lincoln to install camera surveillance system
Jan 01, 2008; ... LINCOLN - Video cameras will cover Veterans Memorial Square, MainStreet, West Broadway and the Lee A. Rush Memorial Gazebo nearMattanawcook Lake under a security surveillance plan soon to beproposed by Police Chief Bill Flagg. "We are looking at that possibility," Flagg said ...
Home makeover show leaves lasting gratitude
Jan 01, 2008; ... Happy New Year, everyone, and welcome to 2008! I've been saving aletter that was written to the Bangor Daily News back in Septemberjust for today so I could remind you to mark your calendar for theshowing of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," which airs at 8p.m. Sunday, Jan ....
DHHS chooses Unisys to manage computers
Jan 01, 2008; ... AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Health and Human Services haschosen the Unisys Corp., a worldwide information technology firmwith headquarters in Blue Bell, Pa., to manage the computer systemthat maintains information and billing for the state's Medicaidprogram, called MaineCare. Terms ...
Snowstorm kicks off 2008 across New England states
Jan 01, 2008; ... The new year's arrival in northern New England comes after asnowstorm that broke a snowfall record in one state, knocked outpower for thousands and caused scattered highway accidents. As residents cleared more than a foot of snow from the New Year'sEve storm, they watched forecasts ...
Easton teen back in the game after potato-harvesting accident
Jan 01, 2008; ... EASTON - A lengthy break between games around Christmas providedthe Easton High School boys basketball team ample time to get inshape for the rest of its season. So practices around the holiday in this quaint gymnasiumaffectionately known as "the Barn" featured plenty of running ...
THE CURRENCY IS PEOPLE
Jan 02, 2008 ... Maine's population grew by 2,297 people between July 2006 andJuly 2007. That number of people wouldn't even fill the BangorAuditorium for a basketball game. And population growth that anemicdoes not bode well for the future of Maine's economy. Maine's population growth rate, at 0.2 ...
Shovels, salt hot products as snow keeps coming
Jan 02, 2008; ... BANGOR - Given the near-record snowfall that's fallen so far thismonth, the rush is on for snow-removal gear. Since Dec. 1, roughly 42 inches of snow had fallen in the Bangorarea as of Tuesday afternoon. That is well over the normal level ofabout a foot, though recent years have ...
Baby girl born at EMMC first in Maine in '08
Jan 02, 2008; ... BANGOR - Averie Gagnon was supposed to have entered the worldMonday afternoon in time for her mother, Arica Gagnon, to have a napbefore welcoming in the new year. But Averie apparently was more interested in being the first babyborn in Maine in 2008 than one of the last born in ...
Bucksport seeks new sources of energy Town to examine wind, tidal power
Jan 02, 2008; ... BUCKSPORT - In an effort to counter rising energy costs, the townof Bucksport is set to look at ways to produce and distribute itsown lower-cost power using wind, natural gas, tidal power or acombination of those sources. "At some point, we need to take a leadership role and see ...
DISRESPECTING RON PAUL
Jan 02, 2008 ... Ron Paul is the Rodney Dangerfield of Republican presidentialcandidates: He can't get no respect, especially from the media. The Texas Congressman is the lone GOP candidate to unequivocallycharacterize the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq as a colossalmistake. There goes that ...
Lay off sick leave
Jan 02, 2008 ... Rep. Jackie Norton wants to require businesses with 25 or moreemployees to provide paid sick time, "Legislature to consider paidsick leave," (BDN, Dec. 28, 2007). Maine is made up of small businesses. Most employers treat theiremployees well. We value our employees ...
Where's the sense?
Jan 02, 2008 ... Back when I went to school, if you went into the girls bathroomyou got cuffed upside of the head. That little boy in the Oronoschool has no business going into the bathroom with the girls. Granted, the boy has a problem, but it should be addressed by apsychologist and not by ...
Succession correction
Jan 02, 2008 ... While I normally enjoy reading Ms. LaMarche's columns, I wasshocked to learn of her appalling ignorance of the history of theReformation in England and of the succession to the British throne,"Anne Boleyn, Tony Blair and the battle of the uterus" (BDN, Dec.26, 2007). First of ...
Project meets challenge
Jan 02, 2008 ... Maintaining hydropower generation is among the key benefits ofthe Penobscot River Restoration Project, contrary to Mr. Bigney'sletter, "Project a net loss" (BDN, Dec. 18). The project meets acritical challenge of our time: to produce renewable energy whilerestoring other valuable river ...
Defense a concern for Patriots
Jan 02, 2008; ... In sports, you are always remembered by your last game. It'sprobably not fair because you are judged on your last body of workrather than an accumulation of work. But that's the way it is. The New England Patriots have just finished off a record-setting16-0 regular season, ...
Bangor's Don Erb honored Rams' swim team posts two records
Jan 02, 2008; ... Bangor High assistant boys soccer coach Don Erb was named theNational Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas North RegionAssistant Coach of the Year on Tuesday. The Orono native will now be eligible for the national assistantcoach award. The winner will be announced at a Jan ....
Light weight suits Dubay Caribou senior shines at 103
Jan 02, 2008; ... For many young high school wrestlers, the 103-pound division is agateway to heavier ambitions - the result of nature taking itscourse among growing teens. But for Caribou High School senior Carlin Dubay, the 103-pounddivision has been the gateway to championships, so much so that ...
Basketball begins next phase tonight Several important EM matchups are scheduled over the next week
Jan 02, 2008; ... Phase Two of the schoolboy basketball season kicks off tonightwith the next week bringing many teams to the midpoint of their 18-game schedules. And while no one's playoff hopes will be quashed during that timespan, several matchups may set the tone for the grueling run ...
RINGING IN 2008 Young and old welcome the new year at events in downtown Bangor
Jan 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - Hannah Dunn planned to stay up late and celebrate on NewYear's Eve, but the 5-year-old said she really expects to cut looseon Thursday when she turns 6. Hannah and her cousins Kathleen Dunn, 9, and Liam Dunn, 7, all ofBangor, visited the Maine Discovery Museum late Monday ...
Ellsworth Lowe's to open Saturday Date pushed up by two months
Jan 01, 2008; ... ELLSWORTH - For the last several weeks, a sign outside theparking lot entrance to the recently constructed Lowe's retail storein Ellsworth has enticed passers-by with the words "opening soon." Just in time for the new year, that sign is ready to come down. Ellsworth's newest ...
Personnel
Jan 01, 2008 ... Gerald Shencavitz has been promoted to executive vice president,chief financial officer and treasurer of Bar Harbor Bankshares. Healso serves as executive vice president, chief financial officer andchief operating officer of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. Before joiningthe bank in 1998, he was ...
RESOLUTELY INTO NEW YEAR
Jan 01, 2008 ... Once again, just like clockwork, here comes New Year's Day. Onceagain, in a wave sweeping across time zones, the world countedbackward from 10. Celebrants wished each other the best and meantit, at least for as long as the cup of kindness brimmed. Paradeswill march across TV screens. In ...
Classic hockey photo
Jan 01, 2008 ... Congratulations on a really splendid photo - the two hockeyplayers on Page C1, Monday, Dec. 10. The balance of the two curvingbodies, the energy obvious in the players - ...
Ritchie, Gifford earn national soccer honor 2 Pandas named to Scholar All-America team
Jan 01, 2008; ... Two of the top multi-sport athletes in the state have now beenrecognized for their academics, too. Lee Academy seniors Aarika Ritchie and Amanda Gifford were bothrecently named to the 2007 High School Girls Scholar All-Americateam by the National Soccer Coaches Association of ...
EM cheerleading has new look Bangor, Brewer, Hampden, Nokomis have moved to KVAC
Jan 01, 2008; ... Changes in enrollment and conference affiliation mean the EasternMaine cheerleading scene will look a bit different this year. Bangor, Brewer, Hampden and Nokomis of Newport, which are all inEastern Maine Class A, have made the move to the Kennebec ValleyAthletic Conference. That ...
Bears tab recruit for 2009 season Texan Searfoss makes verbal commitment
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Lone Star State will be represented on a University of Mainehockey roster for the first time beginning in the 2009-2010 season. Winger Johnnie Searfoss, a native of Colleyville, Texas, hasverbally committed to attend Maine on a hockey scholarship. Searfoss currently plays ...
Canisius deals Black Bears their fourth consecutive setback
Jan 01, 2008; ... BUFFALO, N.Y. - Kaimondre Owes had an outstanding debut for theUniversity of Maine men's basketball team Monday, but it wasn'tenough to keep Canisius College from handing the Black Bears theirfourth straight regular-season loss, an 81-70 verdict . A junior guard who transferred ...
CAHS sweeps Easton York, Long spark Panthers to wins
Jan 01, 2008 ... EASTON - Cameron York connected for 23 points as the CentralAroostook Panthers of Mars Hill rolled to a 58-27 high school boysbasketball win over previously unbeaten Easton Monday night. Manny Martinez added 11 points for Central Aroostook. Jeremy Brock scored 13 points and ...
If you knit, then UFOs really aren't alien to you
Jan 01, 2008; ... If you knit, you've probably heard of UFOs. Indeed, you may havemore than a few stashed guiltily away in tote bags stuffed in acloset in your house. If you subscribe, as I do, to several onlinenewsletters such as Knitting Daily or Knitter's Review, you willhave read about UFOs and know ...
Concordia knocks off USM men
Jan 01, 2008; ... IRVINE, Calif. - Rafael DaSilva's game-high 23 points ledConcordia University past the University of Southern Maine 87-61 atthe Surf City Men's Basketball Classic Sunday night. Ryan Read contributed 16 points and Terrence Worthy 12 for thewinners. Drew Coppenrath and Jamal ...
Sex-obsessed society
Jan 01, 2008 ... The editorial on Friday, Dec. 21, "Christian Priorities," was notwell thought out. You point the finger in the wrong direction as toobsession with sex. A sick society, which we are, is obsessed with sex. Our schoolsare teaching about lust and they call it sex education. It ...
An inconvenient life?
Jan 01, 2008 ... It's the season of lights and festivities, and I am saddened bythe irony that we celebrate the birth of one child and yet havenever allowed almost 50 million children to be born. As we approachthe 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the spin doctors still have usduped into believing that ...
Bridget Brown
Jan 01, 2008 ... "In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until youhave photographed it." - Emile Zola I believe the French writer who made this statement was implyingthe difference between looking and truly seeing. Sometimes thephoto's composition comes to you in a matter of ...
Kevin Bennett
Jan 01, 2008 ... There's something wonderful about seeing images in bold color orstark black-and-white contrast on a page you can hold in your handand share with someone over coffee or quietly contemplate whilesitting on the ...
Scott Haskell
Jan 01, 2008 ... My life has been one spent surrounded by images. Our family always had lots of picture magazines around - Life,Look, National Geographic and others. I spent hours, page afterpage, engaged by the pictures and the stories. I also remember the times my sister and I would pull down ...
Bangor Daily NEWS 2007 PICTURES OF THE YEAR
Jan 01, 2008; ... For a spirited debate, just ask any group of photographers (ornonphotographers), "What makes a good picture?" Likely there will beas many answers as there are people involved in the discussion. One thing that all can agree on is, "I know one when I see one." It may be a ...
John Clarke Russ
Jan 01, 2008 ... The 20th century French novelist, essayist and critic MarcelProust wrote: "The real voyage of discovery comes not from seekingnew places but having new eyes." My journey in Maine involves so much of both. A typical week involves 300-500 miles of driving. Every so often,the ...
Gabor Degre
Jan 01, 2008 ... I have had many of my wishes fulfilled over the years through mywork, but I also have witnessed moments I had never wished to see. Some of those moments can seem like there is no light at the endof the tunnel, and a part of me wants to give in to the feeling. Many times I feel ...
Kate Collins
Jan 01, 2008 ... Sometimes there is an energy that is born of the photographer andthe person being photographed. It's a moment of truth, anopportunity for trust. It's fragile like a robin's egg and fleetinglike a firefly. Palpable and precious, I've cradled it in the palmof my hand. Looking into ...
Vote back honor
Jan 01, 2008 ... The profound corruption of the Republican Party would make anycrime family proud. Every day a new scandal surfaces in an ever-growing pool of liesand subterfuge. Sadly, we have learned all too well that truth is ascarce commodity. George Bush and his friends have diligently ...
Not homeless
Jan 01, 2008 ... Homelessness is a pressing issue facing communities across ourcountry. A recent article, "Mourning the homeless," (BDN, Dec.22)highlighted the plight of the homeless through moving personalaccounts of individuals who are or were recently homeless in GreaterBangor. The story also told of ...
Voisine, Warriors rally past Limestone
Jan 02, 2008 ... LIMESTONE - Corey Voisine poured in 25 points, including 17 inthe first half, as the Fort Kent Warriors rallied for a 57-41 highschool boys basketball win over Limestone Community School & MaineSchool of Science and Math Monday. Thomas Levesque and Matt Harvey of Fort Kent each ...
Viva la resolution! Even modest steps can lead to radical change
Jan 02, 2008; ... Kate in '08. That has been my mantra for the past several weeks. See, 2007 wasdisastrous for me, complete with fender benders, lost luggage,hospital rooms, three moving trucks, two thefts and a liar for alover. Yet, somehow, I survived and am now claiming this bright,shiny new ...
PBS series profiles people who blazed television trail
Jan 02, 2008; ... With the Writers' Guild strike putting a crimp in the current TVseason, PBS is instead taking viewers back to the medium'sbeginnings. "Pioneers of Television," debuting at 8 tonight on the stationsof the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, is an informative, four-part documentary ...
Snowy enough for ya? New storm blows in
Jan 02, 2008; ... PORTLAND - The new year kicked off the way the old year ended -with more snow. A new storm moved into northern New England on Tuesday withpeople still digging out from Monday's storm, which dumped more thana foot of snow across parts of the region. Forecasters were expecting ...
Five... four... three.... two ... FUN! Brief lull between storms lends perfect atmosphere to Bangor's Downtown Countdown
Jan 02, 2008; ... BANGOR - Downtown Countdown 2007 ended with a thud at the strokeof midnight Monday when the lights encompassing the giant ball burstas they hit the pavement. Revelers in West Market Square didn't seem to notice. Sweethearts kissed, teenagers cheered, and youngsters bleated ...
Swan Lake crew celebrates opening day for ice fishing
Jan 02, 2008; ... SWANVILLE - While some folks were welcoming the new year in thewarmth of their homes, the ice fishermen of Swan Lake were out onthe frozen surface at first light. "When I got here it was still dark," camp owner Sam Mehorter saidTuesday. "Then as it got light, it sounded like wolves ...
Millinocket leader pushes for consolidation debate
Jan 02, 2008; ... MILLINOCKET - Everything is negotiable. That was the message recently from Town Council Chairman WallacePaul to East Millinocket, Medway and Woodville as he tried to re-ignite interest in the proposed local consolidation of Millinocketand Union 113 schools. "Our existing ...
Morning fire destroys home in Bass Harbor
Jan 02, 2008; ... TREMONT - A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a home in BassHarbor on New Year's Day. No one was injured in the fire, which destroyed the home owned byCarol Dow on Pasture Lane off Route 102 near Bernard Corner. The first report of the fire came in at about 11:55 a.m ....
Mainers ring in New Year's Day outdoors
Jan 02, 2008; ... DEXTER - The new snowshoes Taylor Knight of Hartland received forChristmas were put to use Tuesday on an ice fishing trip with herfather. Knight, 9, said she hadn't asked for the snowshoes but was gladSanta left them beneath her Christmas tree. "They kind of feel like you're ...
Shortsighted cuts
Jan 02, 2008 ... A recent Bangor Daily News headline read: "Baldacci orders $38million in cuts" (Dec. 19, 2007). Gov. Baldacci said that states areforced to "deal with a slowing national economy and a beleagueredhousing market and tightening credit." He referred to high energyprices, diesel fuel prices ...
Men's basketball
Jan 02, 2008 ... MAINE vs. COLGATE Time, site: Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Cotterell Court, Hamilton, N.Y. Records: Maine 4-8; Colgate 7-5 Series, last meeting: Maine leads 17-3; Maine 70-62 on 1/4/90 Key players: Maine - 6-9 C Brian Andre (12.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.0bpg), 6-5 G Junior Bernal ...