Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from August 2008:
Popularity of raw milk growing Product commands $4.50-$10 a gallon
Aug 01, 2008; ... There is a quiet but strong movement in Maine, one that mirrorsthe growing grass-roots demand for local, natural and organic foods. Raw milk is being sold in record volume, and the nearly two dozendairy farms licensed to sell raw milk say its popularity is growingby leaps and ...
Blethen papers attract group from Maine
Aug 01, 2008; ... Blethen Maine Newspapers, owner of the Portland Press Herald, theMaine Sunday Telegram, the Kennebec Journal in Augusta and theMorning Sentinel in Waterville, announced Thursday that the companyis negotiating for the sale of its publications to Maine MediaInvestments LLC, an investment ...
Hermon's Morgan Hill complex, Tapley Pools headed for auction
Aug 01, 2008; ... HERMON - Two local businesses facing foreclosure are scheduled tobe sold at auction this month, but there still is time to save theproperties, according to one of the owners. Mother and daughter Jacqueline and Morita Tapley own Morgan HillEvent Center and Tapley Pools Inc., which ...
HIRING IN-JUSTICE
Aug 01, 2008 ... A second report has found political views were improperlyconsidered, and in some cases the top consideration, in hiringdecisions at the Department of Justice. While it is helpful thatAttorney General Michael Mukasey wants to ensure such a situationdoesn't happen again, much more is ...
TOMALLEY TROUBLE
Aug 01, 2008 ... With warnings about tomatoes and then jalapeno peppers taintedwith salmonella, food safety has been a concern this summer. So itis not surprising that a federal warning against eating lobstertomalley quickly led to fears about the crustaceans, resulting in ashort-lived ban on lobster ...
Correction
Aug 01, 2008 ... Thursday's editorial "Loony Wildlife Funding" needsclarification. Lawmakers in 2003 agreed to cover ...
It's All-American: fairs, flags, stay-cations
Aug 01, 2008 ... This week, ClickBack asked editorial page readers to comment onthe economic impact and role of fairs in community life; the MaineOffice of Tourism's decision to promote "stay-cations," and theBangor Housing Authority's compromise over the display of a flag atone of its housing complexes ....
Me being Manny
Aug 01, 2008 ... Let's say that in my lifetime I earned $1 million. That's $50,000a year for 20 years. Wow, a lucky guy, I would say. Now let's takethe Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez. He has a $20 million-a-year contract and is in his last year of an eight-year contract.That's $160 ...
Beware 'pellet police'
Aug 01, 2008 ... Soon the "pellet police" will be at your front door wonderingwhether you're in compliance with all the new rules regarding wood-pellet stoves which are likely to be written in the near future. Yousee, the Maine Oil Dealers Association conducted a self-servingstudy which showed that ...
Gullible and GOP
Aug 01, 2008 ... Sen. John McCain and the GOP say that if we open up offshoredrilling, gas prices will come down. In about 10 years. Maybe. Butwait, why aren't the oil companies drilling on the millions of acresthat are already open to them? Why did the GOP earlier this month block Congress from ...
Unfriendly highway
Aug 01, 2008 ... I read the article concerning drivers who speed throughneighborhoods with no regard for children, pets or elderly.Occasionally, some of us from The County have to travel to Bangor,which is usually an all-day trip. We shop, grab lunch, shop more,maybe have supper, then travel an hour and ...
Grilled TV signal
Aug 01, 2008 ... Regarding the July 23 letter to the editor, "The truth aboutconverters," I, too, discovered the hard way, by buying one, that astrictly VHF antenna is inadequate for a UHF digital signal. It tookmuch Internet research just to find out that digital is UHF. None ofmy local experts ...
Proud of Prospect fort
Aug 01, 2008 ... While I appreciate Emily Burnham's article (BDN, July 26-27)about vacationing near home this summer, I must point out thatneither Fort Knox nor the Penobscot Narrows Bridge is in Bucksport.Fort Knox is still ...
Old timber not unique
Aug 01, 2008 ... I have read numerous articles in the BDN about the 220-acre areaof old timber near Big Wilson Stream in Elliotsville Township thatis owned by Plum Creek Timber Co. In the July 25 BDN, Kevin Millerwrites about the issue of protecting versus harvesting this area andnotes that the ...
Group wants speedier cleanup
Aug 01, 2008; ... An organization of community activists called on state officialsThursday to pick up the pace developing a cleanup plan for vastamounts of contamination still left at the former HoltraChem factoryin Orrington. Members of the Maine People's Alliance acknowledged that"significant ...
Man sentenced in Jessica's Law case
Aug 01, 2008; ... BELFAST - In the first application at trial of what is known asMaine's Jessica's Law, a Rockland man was sentenced to 22 years inprison for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl. Micah Boland, 31, was sentenced Thursday in Waldo County SuperiorCourt. Boland had been convicted in a ...
Flag-raising may resolve Bangor apartment flap Housing authority installs flagpole at complex
Aug 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - Bangor Housing Authority, which recently asked a Vietnamveteran to remove a U.S. flag from his porch because it violated thesubsidized apartment complex's policies, put up a flagpole Thursdayin the man's front yard. The veteran, Arthur Brazeau, 61, said he was "going to ...
FairPoint cards customers, irking some
Aug 01, 2008; ... EAST MILLINOCKET - When Sandra Rhoda opened her mail this weekand found a new FairPoint calling card, she wondered just how muchusing it would cost her. The answer: more than she wants to pay. "I called the number on the back of the letter and ... a man saidthere would be a ...
Down East settler on the road again Portion of Route 1 named for Passamaquoddy who helped survey it
Aug 01, 2008; ... INDIAN TOWNSHIP - Capt. Tomah Lewey left such an important markon Washington County's landscape that on Thursday a portion of U.S.Route 1 was dedicated to the former surveyor, boat captain andfarmer. The dedication of the Capt. Tomah Lewey Memorial Highway was thework of tribal ...
Old Town teens caught with marijuana, alcohol
Aug 01, 2008 ... A taxicab driver noticed a car filled with teens being drivenerratically in Bangor on Wednesday evening, and when it passed himhe could smell marijuana, so he called Bangor police, Sgt. BobBishop said Thursday, reading from the report. An officer pulled over the car, driven by a ...
Diabetes support offered at hospital
Aug 01, 2008 ... PITTSFIELD - The Sebasti-cook Valley Hospital Diabetes SupportGroup will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 at the CianbroBuilding, 1 Hunnewell Square in Pittsfield. The ...
Biologists say bald eagles 'have recovered' in Maine
Aug 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - Biologists said Thursday that continued monitoring andfederal laws would help protect Maine's population of bald eagles ifthe bird is removed from the state list of endangered and threatenedspecies. For much of the past 30 years, bald eagles have been shieldedfrom harm ...
A Maine boat-builder in a hurry Arvin Young dies at 68; with his brothers, known for winning races
Aug 01, 2008; ... Arvin Young liked to go fast. Together with his twin brother, Arvid, and older brother Colby,he established a reputation at Young Brothers Co. for buildingtough, fast lobster boats, a reputation for racing them, and forwinning. Arvin Young died Wednesday at his home in Corea ...
Common ground fair tickets on sale now
Aug 01, 2008 ... UNITY - Tickets for the 2008 Common Ground Country Fair areavailable at ticket outlets throughout the state. The fair will be held 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, Saturday, Sept.20, and Sunday, Sept. 21, at the home of the Maine Organic Farmersand Gardeners Association in ...
Father, son survive crash of small plane
Aug 01, 2008 ... GREENE- Authorities say a father and son were plucked fromSabattus Pond when an experimental plane flipped. There were some anxious moments ...
Pittston crime victims aided by fundraiser
Aug 01, 2008 ... GARDINER - A fundraiser for the Pittston family victimized by amachete-wielding intruder was held in Gardiner last night and raisedthousands of dollars for medical bills. Comedian Bob Marley entertained supporters who filled theGardiner Area High School gymnasium in the fundraiser ...
Sick member of crew taken to Rockland
Aug 01, 2008 ... ROCKLAND - The Coast Guard took a sick crew member from a 25-foot recreational vessel to Rockland for medical help. Cutter Moray answered a distress call Wednesday for medical helpoffshore from Rockland from the Huntress, a 25-foot recreationalvessel out of Point Judith, R.I., and ...
Cumberland jail inmate dies at MMC
Aug 01, 2008 ... PORTLAND - A 46-year-old inmate at Cumberland County Jail hasdied after being taken to the hospital. The county Sheriff's Department says Mark Kemberling ofBrunswick, who was serving a seven-day sentence for operating amotor vehicle after license suspension, was in medical ...
New program aids women with cancer
Aug 01, 2008 ... BELFAST - Waldo County General Hospital is offering a new programfor women undergoing cancer treatment. The American Cancer Society's "Look Good, Feel Better" programprovides women with a free, one-time beauty consultation with alicensed cosmetologist or aesthetician. Each ...
UMS head speaks on universities' future
Aug 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - Not only does the University of Maine System serve asthe state's largest educational asset, but it's also an economicbenefit to the region, Chancellor Richard Pattenaude said Thursday. Pattenaude was the featured speaker at the Bangor BreakfastKiwanis meeting at Geaghan's ...
TV's 'The Early Show' live at lobster festival
Aug 01, 2008 ... Maine is again on the national media map and not just becausePresident Bush is visiting the family's vacation home. CBS' "The Early Show" will broadcast live from the Maine LobsterFestival from 7 to 9 ...
Lobster festival creator honored Collins reminisces on 1948 beginning
Aug 01, 2008; ... ROCKLAND - The Honorable Samuel W. Collins Jr. may be a retiredMaine Supreme Judicial Court associate justice, but in the minds ofmany in the area his name is more synonymous with the start of theMaine Lobster Festival in 1948 in Rockland. He was one of the original incorporators ...
Pittsfield Bossov Ballet grads to perform
Aug 01, 2008; ... PITTSFIELD - It's easy to tell when Bossov Ballet's summerstudents are in town: Clusters of rail-thin girls, walking with thetrademark turned-out feet and ramrod-straight backs of a balletdancer, can be seen visiting the local ice cream parlor or justgetting some air at the town ...
Courts
Aug 01, 2008 ... Knox County Superior Court Cases July 21-26 Richard P. Butler, 29, Rockland, two counts unlawful traffickingin scheduled drugs, $800, jail seven years, suspended each count,probation three years each count, restitution $720. Trina L. French, 40, Owls Head, failing to ...
CEO of Jackson Lab to lecture in Blue Hill
Aug 01, 2008 ... BLUE HILL - Dr. Richard Woychik, president and CEO of The JacksonLaboratory in Bar Harbor since 2002, will discuss "A HealthierFuture Through Individualized Medicine: Promises, Realities ...
Coastal kennel club competition Sunday
Aug 01, 2008 ... BUCKSPORT - Coastal Crescent Kennel Club will hold its 33rdannual American Kennel Club-sanctioned dog competition at 10 a.m.Sunday, Aug. 3, at the Middle Field on Miles Lane. Trophies and ribbons will be presented for breed conformation andobedience events and a Rally-O match ....
Carmel Days include movie, parade
Aug 01, 2008 ... CARMEL - A family movie marks the start of this year's annual two-day Carmel Days celebration, which begins tonight and continuesSaturday. "E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial" directed by Steven Spielberg andreleased in 1982 will be the featured movie this year and will beshown in the ...
'English country' garden on Belfast club's tour
Aug 01, 2008 ... BELFAST - The Diane Coller Wilson garden at 124 Charles St. willbe featured Friday, Aug. 8, as part of the Belfast Garden Club'sannual "Open Garden Days" tour. Coller Wilson describes her garden as "sort of English country.It has stone and rusted ironwork, a dining area and a ...
Bean supper to aid West Lubec church
Aug 01, 2008 ... WEST LUBEC - A public baked bean supper is planned from 5 to 6:30p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at the United Methodist Church off ...
3 men arrested in theft of wire worth $6,000
Aug 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - Three area men were arrested Wednesday afternoon inconnection with the theft of $6,000 worth of electrical wiring froma Bradley contractor earlier in the day or late Tuesday night. Chauncey Russell Hulbert, 24, of Old Town and Eric Roy, 19, ofBangor were arrested when they ...
5 vehicles in pileup costing $46,000
Aug 01, 2008; ... BANGOR - Five vehicles all heading west on Union Street ended upcrashing into one another early Thursday evening in what policedescribe as a double accordion-style incident. The first three vehicles had stopped near the junction of UnionStreet and Cottage Street to allow a ...
Exchange program at Greenville museum
Aug 01, 2008 ... GREENVILLE - The Saint-Come-Liniere Student Exchange Program willlaunch its first year by having a welcome reception with the help ofthe Moosehead ...
Bangor-area Chamber flea market at park
Aug 01, 2008 ... BANGOR - The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce will hold itsthird annual Riverside Flea Market ...
Win-starved players feast with 'Dogs
Aug 01, 2008; ... So much of success in competitive sports stems from athletesfirst recognizing an opportunity and then striving to make the mostof it. But such opportunities had been hard to come by for Cody Johndro,Derek Amoroso and Jordan Richards - until last weekend. That's when the trio, ...
A first-game victory is important for Bangor Junior League team faces New Jersey Saturday
Aug 01, 2008; ... The fact his Junior League All-Star team is making its thirdstraight trip to the U.S. East Regionals is not lost on Bangor coachDennis Libbey. Neither is another fact. "Well, this is the fourth time we've gone in eight years," saidLibbey. "But in 2001, we went 2-2, in 2006 we ...
Former champs facing challenges in Saturday race Taye, Kibet set for Beach to Beacon
Aug 01, 2008; ... While Ayalew Taye and Duncan Kibet will return to Cape Elizabethto defend their respective TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon crownsSaturday, new champions will be crowned in the women's races. Taye, the defending Maine men's champ, and overall champ Kibetwill both be gunning for ...
Calais stars claim state softball title Team ends tourney with 4-1 record
Aug 01, 2008 ... WALDOBORO - Madison McVicar doubled to knock in the tying run inthe fifth inning and Kaylee Johnson followed with a two-run doubleto give Calais the lead and eventual 12-6 win over South Portland toclaim the state championship in Little League All-Star softball forages 9-10 ...
Venezuela cannot play in tournament
Aug 01, 2008; ... The team lineup for the 2008 Senior League World Series in Bangorhas changed as the Latin American champs from Maracaibo, Venezuelawas disqualified this week for using an ineligible player. Because it used an ineligible player during the Latin AmericanTournament in St. Thomas, ...
UMaine volleyball team aces academics award
Aug 01, 2008 ... ORONO - The University of Maine volleyball team received anAmerican Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the2007-08 season. One of 70 NCAA Division I teams to receive theaward, Maine was the only one in America East to be honored. The AVCA award honors collegiate ...
Sound Advice: BDN writers offer reviews of new albums across the musical spectrum
Aug 01, 2008 ... Three 6 Mafia "The Last 2 Walk" (Columbia) This is an appropriately titled album, as the Oscar-winning rapact is now down to its core of Juicy J and DJ Paul. But this stripped-down nucleus still produces the full-bodiedsound for which Three 6 Mafia is known. It ...
'Ice Fishing Play' will have Mainers hooked
Aug 01, 2008; ... Given the similarities between Maine and Minnesota, it's a wonderKevin Kling's "The Ice Fishing Play" hasn't become a staple oftheater companies in the Pine Tree State. After all, many a Mainerhas retreated in the dead of winter to a customized shack on one ofthe state's frozen lakes ...
Parenting experiment proves worthwhile
Aug 01, 2008; ... Even after I told you I couldn't stand an hour of screaming,crying and whining on "The Baby Borrowers," I became interested (notentertained) and have been following the show for the past fewweeks. At the end of last night's finale, in which each couple had movedup the age scale ...
Beltek a once-a-year chance for Maine techno marathon
Aug 01, 2008; ... I came upon a child of God - he was walking along the road. Iasked him, "Where are you going?" and this he told me. "I'm going on down to Kidson's farm. I'm going to join in a DJdance party," said child of God. "I'm going to camp out on the land.I'm going to try to get my soul ...
Receding red tide allows clam harvest Some limits remain on mussels, oysters
Aug 02, 2008; ... The red tide appears to be turning. For the first time in weeks, all of the Maine coast again is opento harvesting clams due to steady declines in levels of the toxicalgae known as red tide. Collection of mussels, oysters and some other shellfish is stillrestricted in certain ...
Swim rivalry puts Crocker in race for gold all his own
Aug 02, 2008; ... He owns seven guitars and last year he added a new instrument tohis collection: a banjo. Portland swimmer Ian Crocker, the world record-holder in the 100-meter butterfly, is preparing for his third Olympic Games andspending time playing one of his guitars between training ...
Money woes shut down mobile dental clinic
Aug 02, 2008; ... The big, bright blue Miles for Smiles mobile dental clinic forchildren is up for sale, its last young patients seen on Thursday inPresque Isle. The public health dentistry program is a victim of hard economictimes, high gas prices and low MaineCare reimbursements. A public ...
Pathologist to revisit McLain case Mother: Baden agrees to do second autopsy
Aug 02, 2008; ... EAST MILLINOCKET - Twenty-eight years after her daughter'sslaying, Pamela McLain has had one of her wishes granted. Word that renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden hasagreed to exhume the body of Joyce McLain and perform a secondautopsy came about noon Friday in a ...
Island loses a cherished tradition: mail delivery to trash can
Aug 02, 2008; ... SUTTON ISLAND - This offshore island, one of five islands thatmake up the town of Cranberry Isles, has no year-round residents. It doesn't even have any roads to speak of, which is one reasonit has had a peculiar seasonal mail delivery system to serve theoccupants of 25 or so ...
Correcting the record
Aug 02, 2008 ... In a story on Page A5 of Wednesday's paper about unpaid billsinvolving customers of Central Maine Power, The Associated Presserroneously reported the cumulative balance owed in 2004. Thecorrect amount was $16.6 million, not $8.4 million. A story in some editions of Thursday's paper ...
FISHING UNDER THE DOCK
Aug 02, 2008 ... Calling the state "Vacationland" isn't enough to sustain Maine'slargest industry. The Maine Office of Tourism tries to react to ever-changing trends in the business, and like a fisherman, must decidewhere to cast its net to bring in the biggest catch. The latesteffort to respond to those ...
DRIVING WHILE DISTRACTED
Aug 02, 2008 ... Of course you've seen them - drinking coffee and smoking acigarette, reading, applying makeup, text messaging, eating and evendressing - while steering a 4,000-pound vehicle down the road at 50mph. Here's another: A state trooper recently observed a womanwatching a TV show on her laptop ...
Making an assessment of 'McLain'
Aug 02, 2008; ... A news story reports that Americans are less likely to answertheir telephones today than they were, say, 20 years ago, and lesslikely, as well, to agree to participate in opinion polls. The report attributed this, in part, to two things. One is thecaller-identification device that ...
State fines Worcester Wreath affiliates
Aug 02, 2008; ... Two companies affiliated with the Worcester Wreath Co. ofHarrington have been fined a total of $95,000 by the state for clear-cutting trees from two plots of land and several other violations ofenvironmental law. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and theDepartment ...
Big hike in power bills zaps business
Aug 02, 2008; ... BELFAST - The recently approved increase in the price ofelectricity comes at a time when businesses and institutions aroundthe state already are struggling with the growing cost of energy. The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday approved rateincreases for medium and large ...
Accident in Clifton injures five
Aug 02, 2008; ... CLIFTON - A near head-on collision Friday on Route 9 sent fivepeople to a Bangor hospital for treatment of their injuries, none ofwhich was considered life-threatening. The accident, which happened about 3:15 p.m. roughly a mile fromthe Amherst town line, closed the busy highway ...