Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from June 2008:
Downtown challenge
Jun 02, 2008 ... I would like to respond to Amy Browne's May 24 letter requestingthat downtown merchants consider staying open later on weekdays andopen on Sundays. I agree with Browne that it would be convenient formany potential customers to shop at night or on Sundays. Many of ushave tried staying ...
Woman uses hose to save burning father
Jun 03, 2008; ... LEE - An Arab Road man suffered second-degree burns before he wassaved by his quick-thinking daughter when an explosion andsubsequent fire leveled his repair garage on Monday. Mark Stevens Sr., 45, was underneath a junk car trying to removeits gasoline tank at 481 Arab Road shortly ...
Woman accused of taking $250,000 Suspect worked for Rockland firm
Jun 03, 2008; ... ROCKLAND - A Waldoboro woman was arrested on charges of felonytheft and forgery after an investigation by the Rockland PoliceDepartment's Detectives Division. Sandra J. Cole, 54, of 39 Sara Lane was arrested at her homeFriday morning by the Waldoboro Police Department and taken to ...
City councilor on trial today in forgery case
Jun 03, 2008; ... BANGOR - City Councilor Richard Greene is scheduled to go ontrial at 8:30 a.m. today before Judge Jessie Gunther in 3rd DistrictCourt for submitting to the city a document on which he allegedlyforged City Manager Edward Barrett's signature. Greene, 52, also is scheduled at 1 p.m ....
Dump truck damages highway overpass
Jun 03, 2008; ... BANGOR - An empty dump truck struck a highway overpass earlyMonday morning, causing the vehicle to roll over several timesbefore coming to rest in the northbound lane of Interstate 95. The truck's driver, Benjamin Lamb, 24, of Brewer, was trappedinside the vehicle for several ...
Bangor man indicted in attempted murder
Jun 03, 2008; ... BANGOR - The Penobscot County grand jury Monday indicted a Bangorman previously charged with elevated aggravated assault forattempted murder. David Archer, 33, allegedly stabbed his former girlfriend twicein the stomach with a knife on April 26 outside a Hudson Streethouse in ...
Car show, race, swap at Winterport Dragway
Jun 03, 2008 ... WINTERPORT - Winterport Dragway will hold its eighth annualSpring Car Show, Drag Race and Swap Meet beginning at 8 a.m.Saturday, June 7. The event will feature a Street Night and Camp-Out Weekend with aGassa Guys Nostalgia Reunion, Gamblers Race, ATV ...
Old Town councilors OK school, city budgets
Jun 03, 2008; ... OLD TOWN - The City Council gave final approval Monday night toproposed city and school budgets that will mean a mill rate increasefor residents, who will vote June 10 on the budget proposals. The council voted 6-1 on the proposed increases of 6.29 percentfor both the city and ...
Courts
Jun 03, 2008 ... Millinocket District Court Cases May 1-15 Robert F. Bartlett, 43, Buxton, operating snowmobile left ofcenter, $100. Rodney S. Bean, 28, South Paris, unattended lines, $100. Linda F. Bisson, 61, North Waterboro, operating snowmobile leftof center, ...
Bangor council OKs school budget
Jun 03, 2008; ... BANGOR - In a series of eight consecutive unanimous votes Monday,city councilors approved a $41.5 million school budget for thefiscal year ahead during a special meeting at City Hall. The school budget now goes to city voters, who for the first timeare being asked to approve it ...
Hermon town, school budget to keep taxes stable
Jun 03, 2008; ... HERMON - When town and school officials sat down to draft the2008-2009 budget, they had one common goal - tax rate stability. The proposed 2008-2009 school and municipal budget came in at$17.5 million, a nearly $1.3 million increase. Despite the 7.9percent increase, residents ...
Dixmont Boy Scout earns Eagle designation
Jun 03, 2008 ... DIXMONT - The town now boasts a new Eagle Scout. Andrew Braley was awarded his Eagle Scout rank on May 17 at theEtna-Dixmont School in front of his family, friends and fellowScouts. He is the son of Karl and Carolyn Munster. A member of Troop 41 in Hampden, Braley is the senior ...
Fuel causes biggest hike in SAD 38 budget
Jun 03, 2008; ... ETNA - There are few surprises in the proposed SAD 38 2008-2009budget, according to a school official. The proposed $3.57 million budget is an increase of nearly$250,000, or almost 7.5 percent, when compared to last year, saidSuperintendent John Backus. Residents of Etna and ...
Alcohol may have been factor in Eddington crash, police say
Jun 03, 2008 ... Deputies from the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department continuedMonday to investigate the cause of a single-vehicle crash over theweekend in Eddington. Alcohol is suspected to be a contributing factor in the accidentearly Saturday morning which snapped a power pole and sent ...
Milestones
Jun 03, 2008 ... BANGOR - Brendan Murphy of John Bapst Memorial High School hasbeen honored by President George W. Bush with the 2007 PresidentialAward for Excellence in mathematics and science teaching, thenation's higher honor for teaching in these fields. Murphy is the only math winner from ...
Good Will-Hinckley gets grant for books
Jun 03, 2008 ... HINKLEY -The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries hasawarded a $3,900 Grant to Good Will-Hinckley to purchase schoollibrary books. The funds will purchase 270 new books representing a variety ofinterest areas and will further the foundation's goal to providebooks most ...
Hampden students looking to volunteer
Jun 03, 2008 ... HAMPDEN - A group of four students from Reeds Brook Middle Schoolis looking for any form of volunteer work to help out the community. Although they are open to suggestions, the group would enjoyspending time with the elderly, helping out with ...
2 AmeriCorps volunteers helping river trust
Jun 03, 2008; ... Community liaison-outreach coordinator Cheryl Daigle of PenobscotRiver Restoration Trust e-mailed recently that the organization "hastwo AmeriCorps volunteers working with us this summer, on communityoutreach, focused on the effort to restore sea-run fish to theriver, while rebalancing ...
Bangor Garden Club plans coastal bus trip
Jun 03, 2008 ... BANGOR - The Bangor Garden Club will host a bus trip to theCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor Tuesday, July 15. The trip will be a fundraiser to support the Garden Club's civicplantings and scholarship at UMO. The cost is ...
Two men indicted in mistaken identity beating
Jun 03, 2008; ... BANGOR - Two men were indicted Monday by the Penobscot Countygrand jury in connection with the April 17 beating of a Virginia manwith a hammer and a baseball bat in an apparent case of mistakenidentity. Christopher Brown, 31, of Brewer and Edward Record, 31, ofBucksport were ...
USDA makes available some acreage for hay
Jun 03, 2008 ... SKOWHEGAN - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorizedsome acreage enrolled under the conservation reserve program to beavailable for hay and forage after the primary nesting season endsfor grass-nesting birds. Valerie L. Porter, Somerset County executive director of ...
Dirigo claims $190M in '07 savings
Jun 03, 2008; ... The Dirigo Health Agency announced Monday that it saved the Mainehealth care system $190.2 million during 2007, the fourth year ofGov. John Baldacci's multifaceted Dirigo Health initiatives. Thefigure represents a significant increase over previous years. The agency faces stiff ...
Woman driver injured in collision with moose
Jun 03, 2008; ... TOWNSHIP 11 RANGE 4 - A 43-year-old woman escaped serious injuryon Sunday evening after striking a moose. Maine State Police Sgt. Thomas Pelletier said the accidenthappened just after 11 p.m. about three-quarters of a mile pastHaystack Mountain. According to Pelletier, Darcy ...
Navy ship to visit Rockland for festival
Jun 03, 2008 ... WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy has committed to sending the USSWhidbey Island (LSD-41) to pay a port visit to Rockland during the61st Maine Lobster Festival to be held July 30-Aug. 4. U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in ajoint press release that, "We are ...
Ellsworth OKs budget for schools
Jun 03, 2008; ... ELLSWORTH - Next year's school budget was approved unanimously bythe City Council last week and awaits confirmation from the voterson June 10. The $14,307,003 budget is a 2.8 percent increase from last year,which is an accomplishment, according to council members. "Most of ...
Lubec to see hike in school budget
Jun 03, 2008; ... LUBEC - The school board has cut its total budget, but therestill will be an increase in the share paid by taxpayers. A town meeting to vote on the 2008-09 budget will be held at 7p.m. Thursday, June 5, in the school cafeteria. After weeks of looking at the budget and countless ...
Bar Harbor residents to consider $15M budget
Jun 03, 2008; ... BAR HARBOR - Voters are expected to consider on overall proposedmunicipal budget of $15.75 million when they meet tonight for theopen session of the annual town meeting. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the gym of Conners-Emerson School on Eagle Lake Road. The ...
Ellsworth taps contractor for school
Jun 03, 2008; ... ELLSWORTH - The school building committee voted unanimously toapprove a bid for a multimillion-dollar elementary school project onMonday. JCN Construction Co. Inc. of Manchester, N.H., submitted a bid of$29,584,000 last week and was awarded the contract. The bid came inunder the ...
SAD 34 to take final vote on budget
Jun 03, 2008; ... BELFAST - Now that next year's $23 million SAD 34 budget hasreceived initial approval from residents, Superintendent of SchoolsBruce Mailloux hopes voters will grant their stamp of approval atnext week's primary election. Under the state's new system, all school budgets must ...
Calais urges approval of school budget
Jun 03, 2008; ... CALAIS - Like other communities in the state, this bordercommunity will have to come up with more money for the local shareof the school budget as a result of state education funding cuts. But even with an 11 percent increase in the local share, theCalais City Council is urging ...
Police arrest 1, cite 10 underage drinkers
Jun 03, 2008; ... ROCKLAND - Police broke up an underage drinking party Saturdayand took one man to jail. Rockland police Officers William Smith and Larry Muldoon at about11:20 p.m. discovered the party at 20 Rockland St. and seizedalcohol, citing underage drinkers. Roughly two cases of beer ...
Divorces
Jun 03, 2008 ... BELFAST - Following are divorces granted in 5th District Courtduring May on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences. Jack G. Larrabee, of Knox and Jennifer A. Larrabee, of Swanville;married at Knox on Aug. 14, 1993; shared parental responsibility forfive ...
Calais ambulance service finances under review
Jun 03, 2008; ... CALAIS - The City Council is taking a hard look at the city'sambulance service, something it hasn't done in a while. The council is concerned that the city is carrying a lot of thefinancial burden for Downeast EMS and maybe should go it alone. Alsoat issue is why ambulance ...
Route 1 rear-end collision sends woman to hospital
Jun 03, 2008; ... HANCOCK - Driver inattention was the cause of a two-car accidentMonday afternoon that injured a local woman and tied up traffic onRoute 1 for about a half-hour. According to Trooper Cliff Peterson of the Maine State Police,Jane Piper, 57, of Hancock was headed south on Route 1 when ...
Teacher shares experiences at Chinese school
Jun 03, 2008; ... GUILFORD - A Piscataquis Community High School teacher was one oftwo Maine educators who spent a week in China in April investigatingthe educational system, and another week working at a Chinese schoolfor migrant children. Jeanne Griffin of PCHS and Sarah Winne of Union 98 (Mount ...
Motorcyclist injured in Hampden collision
Jun 03, 2008; ... HAMPDEN - An inattentive pickup driver collided with a motorcycleearly Monday morning at the intersection of Route 69 and MeadowRoad, sending the motorcycle driver to the hospital. Hampden police Sgt. Dan Stewart said the call came in at about6:45 a.m. Christopher Decker, 37, of ...
Six MDI gardens open to public through club
Jun 03, 2008 ... MOUNT DESERT ISLAND - The Garden Club of Mount Desert will holdOpen Garden Day on Saturday, July 26. Three gardens in NortheastHarbor ...
Soil, water meeting scheduled in Warren
Jun 03, 2008 ... WARREN - The next meeting of the Knox-Lincoln Soil and WaterConservation District will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at theUSDA Field Office, 191 Camden Road (Route 90). District ...
Bean supper planned at Camden church
Jun 03, 2008 ... CAMDEN - A public bean supper will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday,June 7, at John Street Methodist Church at the corner of John ...
Alumni, friends invited to high school closing
Jun 03, 2008 ... WALDOBORO - The high school closing ceremony will be held 7:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, June 20, at A.D. Gray Jr. High. Alumni ...
Adult care facility celebrates opening
Jun 03, 2008 ... BLUE HILL - More than 60 people attended the ribbon-cuttingceremony at Friendship Cottage Adult Day Service program on May 27.The event culminated a two-year effort to create a facility foradults coping with physical, mental or memory disabilities. Friendship Cottage, administered ...
Waterfall Arts gallery featuring mixed media
Jun 03, 2008 ... BELFAST - "Mind the Gap," an installation by Anna Strickland,opens at Waterfall Arts Clifford Gallery with a reception from 5-7p.m. Friday June 6. "Mind the Gap" is an ongoing mixed media installation workdealing generally with humans' relationship with the ...
Belfast Garden tours set through Sept. 19
Jun 03, 2008 ... SEARSPORT - This week's featured garden on the Belfast GardenClub's annual tour will be at the 16 Birch Lane home of SharonWalsh. The tour will take place 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, June 6. Walsh's gardens are right on the bay and always breezy. A bluestone patio on the water side of ...
Gallery Walk planned in downtown Belfast
Jun 03, 2008 ... BELFAST - The downtown Friday Gallery Walk gets off to a strongearly summer start 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 6. Participating downtown art galleries will open their doors to artenthusiasts and feature artwork by artists from midcoast Maine andbeyond. There will be sculpture, photography ...
'Dream' painting wins Liberty Graphics award
Jun 03, 2008 ... LIBERTY - Autumn G. Smith is the winner of the 2008 LibertyGraphics $1,000 Mount View High School Art Contest. His painting"Dream," incorporating the likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. wasthe winning entry. This is the sixth year Liberty Graphics has given an award torecognize ...
Paddle expedition set for Passagassawakeag
Jun 03, 2008 ... BELFAST - The Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition will lead a paddleexpedition along the Passagassawakeag River, past the Goose Riverand Wescott Stream on Saturday, June 14. This is a leisurely four-to five-hour trip ending at the Belfast ...
Rep. Henry Joy seeks re-election to House
Jun 03, 2008 ... CRYSTAL - Rep. Henry Joy, R-Crystal, is a candidate for re-election in Maine House District 9. Joy is a retired educator who served as a teacher, junior highbaseball, basketball and softball coach, an assistant superintendentand a superintendent. He also served a term on an area ...
Danforth alumni group plan banquet, dance
Jun 03, 2008 ... DANFORTH - The Danforth East Grand High School Alumni Associationwill hold a banquet at 6 p.m. Friday, June 6, at the ...
Police probe metal theft in Houlton
Jun 03, 2008; ... HOULTON - The Police Department is investigating the theft ofapproximately $5,000 worth of metal from an outside storage area atWard Cedar Log Homes. The metal was reported stolen on May 30 but could have beenmissing for at least a week, Police Chief Butch Asselin said ...
County officials weigh jail law options
Jun 03, 2008; ... HOULTON - Although no one is sure what the future will look like,Aroostook County commissioners recently said they will do the bestthey can to work within the confines of the new jail consolidationlaw. The commissioners spent more than an hour during their recentmeeting reviewing ...
Sign-up offered today for summer swimming
Jun 03, 2008 ... FORT KENT - The Parks and Recreation Department will be holdingsummer swimming registrations today at the Municipal Center, 416West Main St. Fort Kent residents may register 6-7:30 a.m. and nonresidents mayregister 7:30-8:30 ...
Blood donors offered Red Sox raffle, T-shirt
Jun 03, 2008 ... ASHLAND - The American Red Cross will be holding blood drives 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at the Center Street School. All donors may enter a raffle for Red Sox tickets and whilesupplies last, donors receive a Red Sox T-shirt, sponsored by St.Marks ...
Livestock indemnity sign-up ends July 18
Jun 03, 2008 ... PRESQUE ISLE - The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced thatlivestock producers have until July 18 to enroll in the 2005-07Livestock Compensation Program and Livestock Indemnity Program. Sign-up began Sept. 10, 2007, for the two programs that provideaid to livestock producers who ...
Milo man given 115 months on drug conviction
Jun 03, 2008; ... BANGOR - A Milo man who took the unusual step of withdrawing hisguilty plea and proceeding to trial on drug charges last year wassentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to nearly 10 years inprison. Winslow Newbert, 39, was sentenced to 115 months in federalprison. He was found ...
6 Dems vie for nomination in bid to fill Rep. Allen's 1st District seat
Jun 03, 2008; ... First in a series When Rep. Tom Allen, a Democrat, decided to mount a challengeagainst incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins after havingserved more than a decade in Congress, six candidates jumped at theopportunity to fill his open seat in Maine's 1st District. Of the ...
PETA approachesSkowhegan on jail Lobster Empathy Center proposed
Jun 03, 2008; ... SKOWHEGAN - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has senta proposal to the Somerset County commissioners to lease their jailfor the world's first Lobster Empathy Center. The central Maine county is constructing a new jail and has putthe century-old jail in downtown Skowhegan ...
State, mill seek energy alternatives
Jun 03, 2008; ... MILLINOCKET - State officials are pursuing three options tomaintain the Katahdin Paper Co. LLC mill and create an independentenergy production facility on the Katahdin Avenue campus, Gov. JohnBaldacci said Monday. While indicating it still was far too early to get into anydetails ...
Bankruptcies
Jun 03, 2008 ... The following petitions for bankruptcy were filed at U.S.Bankruptcy Court in Bangor during January 2008: Timothy Arruda, no employment given, and Glorie Arruda, noemployment given, no dependents, Corinna: assets, $15,753; debts,$77,399. Joshua D. Grof, unemployed, no ...
CLICKBACK ON HILL, MILL, SEX
Jun 03, 2008 ... This week's ClickBack, the BDN's interactive opinion feature,takes on the fate of Hillary Clinton's campaign, the possible demiseof a paper mill in Millinocket, and the "Sex and the City"phenomenon. To participate, visit www.bangordailynews.com and clickon the ClickBack logo to post your ...
Clarification
Jun 03, 2008 ... The letter "Downtown challenge" by Tom Cavanaugh on Monday'sEditorials page ...
Read Bush's words
Jun 03, 2008 ... Though I have learned to accept the left-leaning opinions on theBDN Editorials page, I find it unacceptable to find an editorialcartoon which completely misrepresents the Bush administration asthe one from May 26 did. Many do not read letters to the editor but quickly look at ...
PLUM CREEK CONFUSION
Jun 03, 2008 ... Early in its handling of an application from Plum Creek TimberCo. to rezone much of its land for development, the Land UseRegulation Commission sought to make a clear distinction between thedevelopment proposal and an agreement between the company andconservation groups to protect nearby ...
How encouraging
Jun 03, 2008 ... It's happening again: Millinocket is going to lose its majoremployer. One Bangor morning talk show host said, "Don't dwell onit, look ahead." Yes, look ahead, but don't ignore the reason forthis happening. If you ignore the cause of the problem, it willcontinue to grow like a ...
Save the sawmills
Jun 03, 2008 ... As LURC reviews its Comprehensive Land Use Plan, it should notforget the many people who make their living working in the forestproducts industry. Small, isolated communities such as the Jackman-Moose River area would be devastated without a sawmill and therelated jobs in logging and ...
Hooking up camp water signals start of summer
Jun 03, 2008; ... Each summer, thousands of Mainers head to their seasonal camps,where they'll eventually be joined by friends and relatives eager tohave a bit of fun in the sun. Eventually. First, of course, camp owners have to make sure everything's ship-shape after another harsh Maine ...