Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from July 2008:
Man robbed, shot in arm at Stockton Springs beach
Jul 01, 2008; ... STOCKTON SPRINGS - An armed holdup at Sandy Point Beach onSaturday evening led to a man being robbed at gunpoint and shot inthe arm during a scuffle on the ground. Chief Deputy Robert Keating of the Waldo County Sheriff'sDepartment said Monday that an unidentified man had been ...
Stabbing incident leaves 3 injured Orrington man, 1 victim in hospital
Jul 01, 2008; ... ORRINGTON - Two people were seriously injured and remain in thehospital after a stabbing incident early Sunday morning, PenobscotCounty Sheriff's Deputy Chief Troy Morton said Monday. Dispatchers received a call from Leigh Witmer, 26, of Orrington,who said that her husband had ...
State plover population plummets to new low Biologists say take care when near nesting areas
Jul 01, 2008; ... Biologists are urging beach-goers to tread lightly when enjoyingthe sun and waves in southern and midcoast Maine this summer inorder to help protect dwindling populations of piping plovers. The number of piping plovers in Maine is at an all-time low thissummer, with just 19 nests ...
Mexican arrestedin Brewer for re-entry
Jul 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - A Mexican national appeared Monday in U.S. DistrictCourt on charges of re-entry after deportation. Hector Mondragon-Zizumbo, 38, appeared before U.S. MagistrateMargaret Kravchuk. He waived his right to a detention hearing andagreed to be held without bail pending the ...
Bradley residents consider seceding Lack of services rankles homeowners
Jul 01, 2008; ... BRADLEY - Fred Haverly, who lives in Bradley, has to drive about20 miles through two other towns just to get to his town office. He's not alone, either. In fact, several residents on Bradley Shore Road, all members ofthe Chemo Pond North Owners Association, have wondered ...
Schools
Jul 01, 2008 ... John Bapst Memorial High School Fourth quarter honor roll 12th grade, high honors: Owen R. Firestone, Lauren E. Fish,Elizabeth R. Kevit, Alyssa J. McIntyre, Rebecca L. Ogden, Hillary M.Parent; honors: Cara J. Adams, Maren E. Askins, Abigail M. Bergeron,Holly E. Binette, Kyle ...
Jackson Lab employees aid quake victims
Jul 01, 2008; ... BAR HARBOR - Jackson Laboratory employees presented a check fornearly $10,000 to the Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross onMonday to help aid the victims of China's recent earthquake. Lab software engineer Lei Wu and her fellow Chinese employeesraised the money by holding ...
Consolidation effort reaches milestone
Jul 01, 2008 ... STONINGTON - The group seeking to repeal the state's schoolconsolidation law has reached a milestone with more than 50,000signatures on its petitions. The Maine Coalition to Save Schools has gathered 50,771signatures, according to Lawrence "Skip" Greenlaw, the ...
Owner of former Bangor Hardware Co. dies
Jul 01, 2008; ... BREWER - The man who sold power tools from his family's hardwarestore in Bangor and operated the water-powered sawmill for LivingHistory Days at Leonard's Mills in Bradley has died. Fred C. Hanson died Saturday at age 89. He went into the family hardware business at the end of ...
State MDA chapter honors Bangor man
Jul 01, 2008 ... Bangor resident Donald Aucoin has been named the Maine recipientof the Robert Ross Award by the state chapter of the nationalMuscular Dystrophy Association. Aucoin, 56, was selected because of his success and his effortsto make a positive difference in the lives of others, ...
Fourth of July events planned across state
Jul 01, 2008 ... BANGOR - Patriotic concert by Bangor Band 7 p.m. July 4, at theBandstand, Paul Bunyan Park. BAR HARBOR - Events throughout the day at the athletic field andYMCA on Park Street. Blueberry pancake breakfast 6 a.m.; seafoodfestival 11 a.m.; craft fair 9 a.m.-to 3 p.m.; lobster races ...
Bucksport won't aid consolidation fight
Jul 01, 2008; ... BUCKSPORT - They didn't want to, but town councilors listened totheir attorney. The councilors last week rejected a request from the MaineCoalition to Save Schools seeking local money to help finance itspetition effort to repeal the state's school consolidation law. While ...
Schools
Jul 01, 2008 ... George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill Fourth quarter honor roll 12th grade, high honors: Kathlynn Ahern, Jason Maltezos,Elizabeth Moran, Kate Orlofsky, Molly Pike-Eckard; honors: JoshuaAstbury, Jasmine Buck, Amanda Closson, Amber DeBeck, Noah Dow,Joshua Elliott, Keith Fisher, ...
Courts
Jul 01, 2008 ... Ellsworth District Court Cases May 1-June 20 Charles Hydrick, 35, Winter Harbor, assault, dismissed; domesticviolence assault, $300, jail five days; violating condition ofrelease, jail 24 hours. Jacob E. Jenkins, 24, Penobscot, tampering with fishway, $100;failing to ...
Health care group honors Sen. Collins
Jul 01, 2008 ... U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has been named Legislator of the Year bythe National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, aWashington, D.C., lobbying and advocacy organization. Theorganization gave out six Legislator of the Year awards at areception during its annual "Capitol Hill Day" ...
Penobscot County eyes switch to natural gas
Jul 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - Penobscot County commissioners today will considerwhether to pursue talks with Bangor Gas Co. about converting fromheating oil to natural gas at the county jail, courthouse andDistrict Court buildings. The switch would save an estimated $160,000 a year if currentprices ...
Courts
Jul 01, 2008 ... Millinocket District Court Cases June 16-25 2008 Michael A. Cummings, 20, Millinocket, criminal mischief, jailfive days; disorderly conduct, $750, jail five days. Andrea Dinoto, 68, Pawcatuck, Conn., violating fishing rule,$100. Bobby L. Harvey, 27, Carmel, ...
For couple, windmill a 'good idea'
Jul 01, 2008; ... NEWPORT - High on a ridge in eastern Newport, a new wind turbinewhirls silently on a 100-foot tower in John and Sue Burgess' frontyard. It's the latest in alternative technology, imported fromFrance, and its 9-foot blades make the Burgesses feel pretty goodabout their responsibility to ...
Labor council head berates Bush's policy
Jul 01, 2008; ... BREWER - Jack McKay, president of the Eastern Maine LaborCouncil, wants to see President Bush in black-and-white stripes andstanding behind bars. "[Bush] should be put in jail for what he's done to the Americanmiddle class," McKay said after a press conference Monday morning ...
St. Albans tax increase unavoidable
Jul 01, 2008; ... ST. ALBANS - Expressing their regret but adding that they had nochoice, the St. Albans selectmen set the tax rate Monday morning at16.5 mills, a major increase from 13 mills, which had remainedsteady for five years. The rate means that it will cost St. Albans taxpayers $16.50 ...
Belfast church to hold public supper July 5
Jul 01, 2008 ... BELFAST - A public supper featuring baked beans, casseroles,salads, rolls, beverages and pies will be held at 5 p.m ....
Christmas in July sale planned in Winterport
Jul 01, 2008 ... WINTERPORT - A special Christmas in July sale will take placefrom 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, July 18, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,July 19, at Ellingwood's Corner United Methodist Church. A cookout will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m ....
Prospect club to hold bean supper July 12
Jul 01, 2008 ... PROSPECT - The Prospect community club will host a bean supperfrom 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at the Prospect CommunityCenter at the corner of Route 174 and Route 1A. The menu ...
Yard sale, car wash at Winterport church
Jul 01, 2008 ... WINTERPORT - The Youth Team at Calvary Apostolic Church will holda yard sale 10 ...
ATV clubs schedule chicken barbecue
Jul 01, 2008 ... TROY - The Troy ATV Club and Thorndike Trail Blazers ATV Clubwill host a chicken barbecue starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 12,at the Troy General Store parking lot on Route 202 and 9. The $7meal ...
Everyone is invited to Sid's Berry Festival
Jul 01, 2008 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - Sid and Rainey Stutzman invite old friends andnew to join them down by the farm pond at 5 p.m. July 12 for Sid'sannual Berry Festival. The meal is a traditional cookout with home-baked beans, burgers, and salads. Dessert is strawberry shortcaketopped with Stutzman's ...
Lamoine Grange offers Thanksgiving in July
Jul 01, 2008 ... LAMOINE - The Lamoine Grange will sponsor a Thanksgiving in Julydinner beginning at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at the Grange on thecorner of Route 1 and Route 184. The menu with "all the fixings"includes turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, carrots, ...
Labor council to hold July 4 Solidarity Celebration
Jul 01, 2008; ... BREWER - The Eastern Maine Labor Council, AFL-CIO and Food ANDMedicine will hold the eighth annual July Fourth SolidarityCelebration at 5 p.m. Friday at the Solidarity Center, in hopes ofraising support for laid-off local workers. "We think it's important to remember, honor and ...
Bangor announces weekly meeting agenda
Jul 01, 2008 ... . City Council's transportation and infrastructure committee, 5p.m. Tuesday, City Hall, quarterly airport issues meeting, update oncapital projects, financial report, business development andmarketing efforts, tax impact on fueling agreements. . Eastern Maine Medical ...
Eateries to raise funds for fire chief's family
Jul 01, 2008 ... EASTBROOK - A group of restaurants in Hancock County areparticipating in a fundraiser to help the town's injured fire chief,who lost his home and one of his sons in a blaze this spring. On Saturday, July 12, a portion of the nightly proceeds at theeight eateries will be donated to ...
Public Swim Front part of Dexter Lakes Day
Jul 01, 2008 ... DEXTER - The public is invited to the Public Swim Front from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12, for Dexter Lakes Day to learnabout the Lake Wassookeag and Puffers Pond watersheds and the thingspeople can do to protect them. In addition to informational stations covering septic ...
2 arrested in suspected Rockland arson
Jul 01, 2008; ... ROCKLAND - Two men were arrested Friday afternoon on charges ofarson and burglary in connection with a garage and vehicle fire thatmorning on Hill Street. Michael Opdyke, 39, of South Thomaston and Elbert Ranquist, atransient from the Rockland area, were arrested at 5 p.m. as ...
Rockland police arrest teenager in 3 burglaries
Jul 01, 2008 ... ROCKLAND - Police have arrested a 15-year-old girl and chargedher in connection with three burglaries that took place betweenApril 30 and May 10, according to Detective Sgt. Christopher J.Young of the Rockland Police Department. The burglaries being investigated occurred on Rankin ...
Criterion Theatre airs need for baby-grand
Jul 01, 2008 ... BAR HARBOR - The Criterion Theatre and Arts Center needs a piano. Not just any old piano, but an instrument that can be used inprofessional productions staged at the 76-year-old, art decotheater. Many of the jazz, classical, Broadway-style and otherperformances scheduled in the ...
Clam Cove looking at role in war
Jul 01, 2008; ... ROCKPORT - A Revolutionary War site overlooking Clam Cove will bethe focus of a presentation Thursday. The Lady Knox County chapter of the National Society of theDaughters of the American Revolution will present the historyprogram at 4 p.m. July 3, at Rockport Town ...
Project Linus continues to comfort children
Jul 01, 2008 ... In the past 10 years, more than 12,000 Maine children have beencomforted in the same way that Linus from the "Peanuts" comic stripis comforted by his security blanket. With the support of the PineTree Quilters Guild, Marden's stores, and community groups andorganizations, Maine Project ...
Schools
Jul 01, 2008 ... Narraguagus High School, Harrington Fourth quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Sean Amato, Jonah Babiarz, Kimberly Greene,Kristopher Greene, Molly Perry, Benjamin Rofe, Kassandra Strout,James Wolhok; honors: Matthew Beal, Matilda "Tilly" Berendt, EricBrooks, Katie ...
Overdue pay for workers approved Judge clears funds for Red Shield staff
Jul 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - Paychecks are on the way to employees at Red ShieldEnvironmental LLC and RSE Pulp & Chemical LLC who have been waitingmore than two weeks to be paid. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Louis H. Kornreich decided at a hearingMonday in Bangor to allow the companies to take an advance on ...
Island historical society to open new home
Jul 01, 2008 ... CRANBERRY ISLES - Cranberry House, the renovated building thatwill be home to the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, isscheduled to open officially at 10:20 a.m. Friday, July 4. The building, which served as a dining hall for early 20thcentury rusticators, also will house ...
State's handling of short lobsters case questioned
Jul 01, 2008; ... AUGUSTA - All he wanted, Tom Santaguida said, was to be treatedfairly. Santaguida, 46, is the former colonel of the Maine Warden Servicewith a stellar record and a 35-year lobster fisherman with a cleanlicense. Yet he was caught in October with nine short ...
NEW HOLLYWOOD SLOTS COMPLEX OPENS WITH VIP FANFARE Ribbon-cutting ceremony slated for 10 this morning
Jul 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - With less than five hours to go before a charity eventset Monday night, the early afternoon hours found dozens ofemployees at Hollywood Slots Hotel and Raceway vacuuming carpets,wiping smudges off glass and metal, touching up paint and setting upserving stations for hors ...
Armed inmate's standoff ends peacefully Hostages freed after knifepoint ordeal at Warren prison
Jul 01, 2008; ... WARREN - Two hostages held by a knife-wielding prisoner with ahigh-profile criminal history were released Monday night after aseven-hour standoff at the Maine State Prison. The prisoner, MichaelChasse of Lewiston, was returned to custody, officials said. The incident began at 2:30 ...
SUNRISE TRAIL A SAFE BET
Jul 01, 2008 ... Advocates for economic development in Washington County may havebeen skeptical 15 years ago when the idea of removing railroad tiesand rails from the Ellsworth to Calais line was first proposed.Today, with diesel fuel at nearly $5 per gallon, it would seemreasonable to expect that ...
Bankruptcies
Jul 01, 2008 ... The following petitions for bankruptcy were filed at U.S.Bankruptcy Court in Bangor during February 2008: Richard L. Pushard III, metal prep, and Katrina R. Pushard, fkaKatrina R. Gregor, unemployed, one dependent, Chelsea: assets,$65,465; debts, $93,186. Earl F. Nagle, no ...
Bangor white elephant
Jul 01, 2008 ... Why is Lewiston's City Council so much smarter than Bangor'scouncil? Lewiston's council has the common sense to sell its Coliseeand let a private group try to make a go of it and take the privatehomeowner off the hook for the annual operating loss. I believe the city of Bangor ...
Integrity wanted
Jul 01, 2008 ... Robert O'Connell, director of licensing services for the stateBureau of Motor Vehicles, has been cleared (BDN, June 24) of anywrongdoing related to him assisting an Irish national in obtaining aMaine driver's license. O'Connell met Clarke in a Boston bar and when Clarke said he ...
Collins trumps Allen
Jul 01, 2008 ... Tom Allen has been in Congress for 12 years. Now, he wants toreplace Susan Collins in the U.S. Senate. Let's compare theirrecords. Susan Collins has written and worked to pass dozens of pieces oflegislation, including legislation to reform our nation's brokenintelligence system ...
Allen 'right choice'
Jul 01, 2008 ... We Maine voters have a clear choice for U.S. senator Nov. 4.Susan Collins voted for the 2006 Military Commissions Act, which Ibelieve is the same as voting for torture. I know of no religion inthe world that condones torture. I believe this legislation also allows President Bush to ...
Paul's pride
Jul 01, 2008 ... I'd be surprised if it's not a common Bangor resident reaction tocringe with sadness and guilt as we pass the old standing giant PaulBunyan statue these days. To realize that he is now stuck, no longer gazing over the mightyPenobscot River (from whence his tall tale and proud ...
Maine Masters team captures second straight championship
Jul 01, 2008; ... The way the Maine Masters swim team has been going the last twoyears, you have to wonder how much more impressive they could bewithout all the obstacles they have to swim around, over, andthrough. The coed team made up of 24 swimmers, ages 18 and over, from allover the state won ...
Bahre: Sale of track had right timing New staff makes transition with aid of former owner
Jul 01, 2008; ... LOUDON, N.H. - Bob Bahre is still involved with the speedway hebuilt. The former owner of Oxford Plains Speedway, who left Oxford toconstruct New Hampshire International Speedway in 1989, sold NHIS toBruton Smith for $340 million last November. It is now called New Hampshire ...
Barstow's future at Katahdin uncertain Principal recommends against rehiring coach with more than 600 career wins
Jul 01, 2008; ... SHERMAN - Dick Barstow sat at a local diner Monday afternoon,sipping coffee and talking about two of his passions - basketballand coaching. Later in the day he planned to head back to the high schoolgymnasium to guide the Katahdin of Stacyville's girls basketballplayers through ...
Davis named girls basketball coach at Bucksport
Jul 01, 2008; ... When Deidre Davis suffered a knee injury playing women'sbasketball her junior year at Nichols College (Mass.), she thoughtcoaching would be a smart career option. Turns out it was, as the founder of the Maine Maritime Academywomen's basketball program was recently named the new ...
All-stars
Jul 01, 2008 ... HIGH SCHOOL KVAC Class B Track Boys All-Conference Erskine: Jackson Fortin, Steven Morissette, Jake Rollins, SamSeekins; Leavitt: Justin Fereshetian, Ryan Fitzsimons, Ben Parkins,L.T. Sierra, Drake Smith, Josh Strickland, Mason White; MCI: OwenCampbell; ...
Bangor East defeats rival Bangor West with 6 in 5th
Jul 01, 2008 ... BANGOR - Justin Courtney's two-run double and Kenny Colpritt'sRBI single highlighted a six-run fifth inning that propelled BangorEast past rival Bangor West 10-5 in Little League all-star baseballaction for ages 11-12 at the Bangor West field Monday. Nick Leach topped the Bangor ...
Coastal Thunder advances Rosner lifts Brunswick-based team into today's title game
Jul 01, 2008 ... BRUNSWICK - The Coastal Thunder of Brunswick advanced to thetitle game with a 3-1 victory over TSF Academy Celtic of New Jerseyin a under-16 semifinal at the US Youth Soccer Region IChampionships Monday at Bowdoin College. The Coastal Thunder advanced to today's 10 a.m. final ...
Suspect sought in Lubec shop break-in
Jul 01, 2008 ... LUBEC - Police are searching for a man who is suspected ofbreaking into the Quik Shop on Main Street last month. According to Trooper Andrew Foss of the Maine State Police, theburglary took place at about 3:30 a.m. May 22. A surveillance camerarecorded at least one suspect entering ...
PBS film 'Election Day' is a winner
Jul 01, 2008; ... During this watershed presidential campaign comes a timelydocumentary on "P.O.V.," airing at 10 tonight on Maine PublicTelevision. "Election Day," co-produced by Monroe native Dallas BrennanRexler, takes viewers inside the events of Nov. 2, 2004, whichcapped the first ...
Family of phoebes offers creative gift: a lasting memory
Jul 01, 2008; ... Mid-April arrived and with it a single phoebe, a gray-brown birdwith a whitish neck and breast. I watched her perch at the top ofthe twig arbor I built last summer and placed at the edge of thelawn. She seemed to be taking inventory - the nearby lilac, theforsythia and honeysuckle ...
The new math
Jul 01, 2008 ... The state Department of Education is reaching the halfway point(BDN, June 24) in its quest to reduce the number of school districtsin the state. I am quite sure that half is equal to 50 percent. Acloser look at the numbers will show that the report is misleadingat best and at worst ...
CLICKBACK ON 'SHORTS,' JOBS
Jul 01, 2008 ... This week, the BDN's interactive feature, ClickBack, seekscomment from editorial page readers on the resignation of formerMaine Warden Service head Tom Santaguida, the rise of wood pelletsas a fuel, and the Maine economy. To participate, go tobangordailynews.com and click on the ...
Airline denies Fla. man boarding at BIA Cancer patient's dying wish was to get home
Jul 02, 2008; ... BANGOR-ETNA - Dennis Hill's dying wish was to visit family inMaine and then return to his Lakeland, Fla., home that overlookedthe water. Hill arrived in Etna two weeks ago to say his final farewell tohis brother and two sons, but he never made it back to his Floridahouse, where ...
Power line plan unveiled Upgrade would join County, state grid
Jul 02, 2008; ... AUGUSTA - Two utility companies unveiled plans Tuesday for a $1.9billion overhaul of Maine's electricity transmission lines aimed atbolstering reliability and encouraging large-scale wind powerdevelopment in Aroostook County. Central Maine Power and Maine Public Service Co ....
State prison hostage details aired
Jul 02, 2008; ... AUGUSTA - Monday evening's tense hostage situation inside theMaine State Prison nearly came to a violent end, the state'scorrections commissioner said Tuesday. "We had a tactical team in the facility, and we were fullyprepared to take him out," Corrections Commissioner Martin ...
Bigger and bettors New slots facility welcomes public on opening day
Jul 02, 2008; ... BANGOR - The long-awaited opening of Hollywood Slots Hotel andRaceway Tuesday got off to a brisk start with patrons beginning toarrive about 7:30 a.m., hours before the facility's 10 a.m. officialopening. By the time the doors opened, the waiting crowd had swelled to1,100, ...