Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from March 2009:
Organic milk boom in Maine going bust Hood drops northern, Down East dairy farms
Mar 02, 2009; ... Too much supply and too little demand in a recession have caughtup with the fast-growing organic milk industry, dealing a harsh blowto Maine producers. Dairy industry giant HP Hood recently told eight Maine organicdairy farms their milk contracts will not be renewed. In its ...
Millinocket family pleased by TV debut
Mar 02, 2009; ... MILLINOCKET - As an image of his face filled the projectionscreen and various flat-screen televisions arrayed around the largebanquet room of the River Drivers restaurant, Rudy Pelletier foldedhis arms across his chest and watched anxiously. The 51-year-old is a logging company ...
No Maine cases of bat illness White-nose syndrome killing N.H. population
Mar 02, 2009; ... Biologists said they are keeping an eye on Maine's bat populationfor signs of a condition that is wiping out bats across theNortheast and appears headed this way. Last month, biologists discovered what they believe are the firstcases of white-nose syndrome among hibernating bats in ...
Dairy farmers wary of calls to cut production
Mar 02, 2009; ... CLINTON - The dairy industry in Maine is a house of cards, eightof the state's 22 organic milk producers that ship to Hood saidSaturday as they gathered in farmer Richard Lary's kitchen. If dairy farms go under, the effects will be felt byveterinarians, grain dealers, seed ...
Blue Devils stun Cougars Calais claims 3rd state hoops title in 4 years
Mar 02, 2009; ... BANGOR - The Dirigo of Dixfield boys basketball team brought amuch-heralded Knight to the Bangor Auditorium on Saturday night -but it was the Calais Blue Devils who emerged as kings. Senior center Cal Shorey hit his fourth 3-pointer of the gamewith 17 seconds remaining, and Dirigo ...
Fine print cannot be overlooked
Mar 02, 2009; ... Let's say you've done your research (as any wise consumer should)and made a decision about a fairly major purchase. It's time to signon the dotted line. Did you read the fine print? Scientists at Stanford University have the prize for developingthe smallest print: one-third ...
RETIREMENT GLOOM
Mar 02, 2009 ... Millions of Americans are revising their retirement plans afterwatching their 40l(k) accounts dwindle in the worst economic slumpsince the Great Depression. The system urgently needs a fix. Some workers now expect to postpone retirement. Some retirees aregoing back to work, if they ...
THE COOL MAINE FOREST
Mar 02, 2009 ... The world's carbon crisis - also known as global warming orclimate change - is reaching a frightening tipping point. Maine'strees may be a big part of the solution. Jonathan Carter, a Green Party candidate for governor andCongress best known for his campaign in the mid-1990s to ban ...
Decade of greed
Mar 02, 2009 ... Leopards don't change their spots. Just wait a couple of yearsand these same bailed out people will default on their mortgagesagain. The problem was they shouldn't have been given the mortgagesin the first place. If you did not have a job and income and weregiven a mortgage then you were ...
On federal health care
Mar 02, 2009 ... There is a lot of discussion about the best way to fix the healthcare problem. The answer is very simple. If Congress really wants tofix it, all it has to do is let everyone have the same coverage thatgovernment employees have and that includes the Congress. Tooexpensive? Then cut the ...
Dueling OpEds right
Mar 02, 2009 ... The OpEds by Arthur Grief and V. Paul Reynolds (BDN, Feb. 20) onthe Republican Party and its two Maine senators offer interestingand contrasting perspectives. Regarding Mr. Grief's OpEd, I agreethat the Republican Party has undergone devolution and that Lincolnwould weep. Regarding Mr ....
Give courts their due
Mar 02, 2009 ... I want to applaud the governor and Legislature for consideringraising the rate of pay for Maine judges and justices. So often wehave been pennywise and pound-foolish in our spending. Judges and justices have extensive education; a minimum of sevenyears post-high school, and usually ...
Women not property
Mar 02, 2009 ... The BDN editorial staff should be congratulated on bringing forththe difficult subject of domestic violence ("The Leap To Violence,"BDN editorial, Feb. 23). Maine's domestic violence homicide rate isalarming, dramatically increased from about 50 percent in 2007 to 65percent in 2008 ....
'3' a charm for Calais' Cal Shorey
Mar 02, 2009; ... BANGOR - There are few secrets in a state championship basketballgame. Teams have each other well scouted, with game video from theregional tournaments as well as reports from friends in the coachingfraternity or first-hand trips by confident coaches to watchpotential ...
Bears clinch playoff berth Cats rally past Maine in third
Mar 02, 2009; ... ORONO - The University of Maine men's hockey team clinched eighthplace and a berth in the Hockey East playoffs Saturday night aftermissing them a year ago. However, for the fifth time this season, the Black Bearssquandered a third-period lead as the University of ...
Jay outlasts GSA to claim 'C' crown
Mar 02, 2009; ... BANGOR - With the role of hero yet to be cast late in Saturday'sClass C state championship game, Liz LeBlanc calmly glided into thespotlight. Jay High School's first-ever gold ball was on the line, but youwouldn't know it judging from the Tiger senior's composure ...
Woodland boys win first state title James, Sears, Rolfe propel Dragons past Richmond
Mar 02, 2009; ... BANGOR - A season that began with illness and continued throughsome frustrating losses ended in celebration Saturday for theWoodland boys basketball team. Senior guard Chad James scored 18 points as the Dragons withstooda Richmond comeback to defeat the Bobcats 49-43 to claim the ...
Wildcats upset John Bapst Winslow up next in EM title game
Mar 02, 2009; ... WINSLOW - Sure, they were the No. 4 seed and possessors of a 9-7-3 record compared to the top-seeded 16-2 John Bapst Crusaders, butthat was all on paper. On the ice, the No. 4 Presque Isle Wildcats had already split aregular-season series with Bapst and were sure they had the ...
Thornton, Deering win titles First boys state crown for Trojans of Saco
Mar 02, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - The Thornton Academy boys of Saco won their first statetitle in the boys basketball program's history and the Deering girlsof Portland defeated Messalonskee of Oakland Saturday to cap anunbeaten season and win a second straight Class A championship atthe Augusta Civic ...
Skiing
Mar 02, 2009 ... COLLEGE At Carrabassett Valley Colby Ski Carnival/Eastern Championships Dartmouth men 132, Middlebury 105, Vermont 102, Colby 82, Bates82, Williams 69, St. Lawrence 67, New Hampshire ...
Track & field
Mar 02, 2009 ... COLLEGE New England Championship At Boston Connecticut men 128.5, New Hampshire 90, UMass Lowell 73, RhodeIsland 63.5, So. Connecticut State 51, Stonehill 39, Sacred Heart37, Northeastern 35, Williams 30, UMass Amherst 23, Keene State 21,Maine 19, Boston University ...
Maine swimmers, divers shine at New Englands Higgins, Hodsdon, Reading are among winners
Mar 02, 2009 ... LEWISTON - Maine swimmers had strong performances at the NewEngland High school Swimming and Diving Championships at BatesCollege on Saturday. Swimmers from Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island competed,with awards given to the top six finishers of each event. Two female ...
Nicholas leads Woodland to title, 21-0 mark Dragons go on defensive
Mar 02, 2009; ... BANGOR - Sometimes a team's best offense is its defense. With its offense stuck in neutral, the Woodland girls basketballteam shifted into overdrive defensively and slammed the brakes onValley's attack. The Dragons limited the Cavaliers of Bingham to one field goalover the ...
Vermont rolls up points, tames Bears
Mar 02, 2009; ... ORONO - Even without starting guard, captain, leading scorer andAmerica East All-Conference player Mike Trimboli, the VermontCatamounts won their fifth straight against the University of Mainein record-setting fashion. The Catamounts won a share of the AE regular-season ...
BU starts strong, defeats UMaine Bears set for play-in game
Mar 02, 2009; ... BOSTON - Boston University built a 19-point first-half advantageand maintained the upper hand throughout Sunday afternoon whileearning a 71-57 America East women's basketball victory over theUniversity of Maine at Agganis Arena. The Terriers (20-6, 14-0 AE) clinched the top seed ...
MacKenzie lifts Husson to NAC title, NCAA bid UMFK, USM, Bowdoin women win
Mar 02, 2009; ... WATERVILLE - Senior forward Matt MacKenzie of Warren scored agame-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the HussonUniversity Eagles to a 73-60 victory over Thomas College inSaturday's North Atlantic Conference title game at MahaneyGymnasium. The Eagles, who lost six of ...
Poised seniors power Castleton by Husson
Mar 02, 2009; ... BANGOR - Castleton State endured an up-and-down season afterbeing named the preseason favorite to win the North AtlanticConference championship. With a nucleus of poised seniors leading the way, the Spartansfinally put it all together during the NAC women's basketball finalfour ...
Freshman pitchers help UMaine split twinbill
Mar 02, 2009; ... DOVER, Del. - Freshman righthanders Keith Bilodeau and MattKlaczkiewicz combined on a six-hitter in Saturday's second game,helping the University of Maine baseball team earn a 5-3 victory andsplit of its baseball doubleheader with Delaware State at SoldierField. The Hornets won ...
Sharkey taps the insides of outrage Poet reads 20 works on CD collection
Mar 02, 2009; ... LEE SHARKEY READS FROM 'A DARKER, SWEETER STRING,' Vox Audio,Magdalena, N.M., 2008; CD, $7. To my knowledge, there is no scholarly analysis that providesgenerally agreed-upon categories of post-1960s American poetry. Butat least two prominent thematic strands might be suggested: ...
Reunion brings happy memories
Mar 02, 2009; ... How often we hear it said - "Seems like the only time we gettogether is for a funeral." That's too often true, but history will record that in the summerof 2002, the descendants of Harry and Thressa Steeves of Sangervilleand Clinton did, indeed, get together for a reunion "at ...
Like humankind, stars tend to gather together
Mar 02, 2009; ... Stars are not just solitary twinkles in the dark. They live ingroups, and groups of groups. Many, possibly most, are small systemsof two or more stars circling around each other. Alpha Centauri, forexample, the nearest star (just more than four light-years away) inour neighborhood, is ...
A new twist on fundraising: belly dancing for babies
Mar 02, 2009; ... BLUE HILL - With veils swirling, finger cymbals clanging, feetspinning and hips undulating, belly dancers from Hancock County andbeyond whirled their way around the stage at the elementary schoolSaturday to raise funds to save the obstetrics department at BlueHill Memorial ...
Local-option tax idea resurfaces
Mar 02, 2009; ... BAR HARBOR - The idea didn't get far two years ago - or in itsprevious incarnations - but the concept of allowing municipalitiesto adopt local-option taxes is going back to the Legislature again. Rep. Elsie Flemings of Bar Harbor is working on a bill that wouldlet Maine towns and ...
Maine rangers see increase in littering With cases on the rise, Forest Service tries to crack down on dumping
Mar 02, 2009; ... ELLSWORTH - The state's forest rangers are finding their handsmore full than they would like these days - with all kinds of trash. According to the Maine Forest Service, rangers investigatednearly 200 littering complaints from Maine landowners in 2008. Thatrepresents an increase of ...
More than 900 attend Lincoln Sno-Cross
Mar 02, 2009; ... LINCOLN - Cameron Butler knew almost immediately that he wouldn'twin it all. The 7-year-old snowmobile racer easily had won the first heat ofthe 120 cc stock class of the Lincoln Snowhounds Snowmobile Club's10th annual Sno-Cross races Saturday, but the finals heat was lostto him ...
Hermon Republicans to meet March 4
Mar 02, 2009 ... HERMON - The Hermon Republican Committee will meet at the newPublic Safety Building on Billings Road at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,March ...
Newport selectmen to meet Wednesday
Mar 02, 2009 ... NEWPORT - The Board of Selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, March 4, in the town office conference room. The agenda includes discussion of the state stimulus funding, thepaving ...
Bangor High seniors, staff dance 'like the stars'
Mar 02, 2009; ... People interested in helping support Bangor High School ProjectGraduation 2009 while having a great time are invited to attend theorganization's version of "Dancing Like the Stars." There will betwo performances, from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 6, and Thursday,March 12, in Peakes ...
License fees, oil contracts on committee agendas
Mar 02, 2009; ... Hunting, fishing license fees The Legislature's budget-writing committee will hold publichearings today on proposals to increase license fees on commercialfishermen, hunters and recreational anglers. The Baldacci administration has proposed the fee increases aspart of the ...
Bangor drugstore founder Frieda Miller dies at age 96
Mar 02, 2009; ... BANGOR - Frieda Miller, the 96-year-old founder of the store nowknown as Miller Drug, died Sunday at the Bangor Nursing andRehabilitation Center, an institution she had championed for manyyears. Miller and her husband, Abe, who predeceased her in 2003,were well known as local ...
Supper to honor funeral overseers
Mar 02, 2009 ... BANGOR - Congregation Beth Abraham, 145 York St., willcommemorate the birth and death of Moses at a Chevrah Kadishahsupper beginning with prayers at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 3. Members of the Greater Bangor Jewish community are invited toattend and honor those who oversee the ...
Orland man, 50, killed in crash Police say speed, alcohol not factors
Mar 02, 2009; ... STOCKTON SPRINGS - Thomas Herbest, 50, of Orland died Fridaynight in a two-vehicle crash after his GMC Sonoma pickup truckinexplicably crossed the centerline and struck another pickup head-on, according to police. The accident happened on U.S. Route 1 and the road was closed ...
Low-income seniors eligible for FarmShare
Mar 02, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - Sign-up for the highly popular Senior FarmShare Programis under way. The program links low-income seniors with farmers whoprovide a wide array of fresh produce and other farm-grown itemsthroughout the summer. The program pays the farmer at the start ofthe growing season, ...
State sees new round of snow, sleet, wind
Mar 02, 2009; ... An early March storm was expected to bring heavy snow andwhipping winds to Maine overnight Sunday. The National Weather Service said Sunday the storm was expectedto spread over the region late Sunday and continue through Monday. From Bangor to Houlton and east to the coast, ...
Orono program immerses students in Spanish
Mar 02, 2009; ... ORONO - About 65 "estudiantes" from all over Maine spent part ofthe weekend at Orono High School, making and eating empanadas,dancing the merengue and playing Taboo - all in Spanish, all thetime. The activities were included in a two-day Spanish immersionprogram for high school ...
Council to weigh airport grant Pittsfield board to discuss timeline
Mar 02, 2009; ... PITTSFIELD - The Town Council will hold a special meeting at 8:30a.m. today to deal with accepting a $1.04 million grant from theFederal Aviation Agency to reconstruct the paved apron at the RonCurtis Municipal Airport. The grant award was announced last week and Town Manager ...
Outdoors show draws the winter-weary
Mar 02, 2009; ... BREWER - Despite Saturday's bright sunshine and balmy weather,the annual Cabin Fever Reliever show at the Brewer Auditoriumattracted a dedicated crowd of outdoor enthusiasts eager for arespite from the winter doldrums. "This show is about education and hands-on experience," ...
Economic concerns focus of MDI forum
Mar 02, 2009 ... MOUNT DESERT - State Rep. Elsie Flemings and House Speaker HannahPingree, each of whom represents part of Mount Desert Island in theLegislature, have scheduled a public economic forum on MDI in earlyMarch. The forum is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, at theSomesville ...
Historical society to meet in Ellsworth
Mar 02, 2009 ... ELLSWORTH - The Ellsworth Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m.today at the Meadowview Dining Room. Deb Burwell will speak ...
Skiers revel in 24th Caribou Bog race
Mar 02, 2009; ... BANGOR- The entrance to the Bangor City Forest off StillwaterAvenue was a busy blur of color and excitement Sunday morning asmore than 100 cross-country skiers took to the woods for the 24thGreat Caribou Bog Wicked Winter Ski Tour and Race. Skiers - clad in chartreuse spandex race ...
MCI science celebration planned for March 12
Mar 02, 2009 ... PITTSFIELD - Maine Central Institute will hold its first sciencecelebration night from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in theCianchette Math and Science building. Parents and community members are invited to visit students'displays and ...
Registration available for Orono election
Mar 02, 2009 ... ORONO - The annual town municipal election will be held onTuesday, March 10. All voting will take place 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at themunicipal building council chamber, 59 Main St. Lianne S. Harris, Daniel Robert LaPointe, Claudia Lowd, ThomasHenry Perry and Judith R. Sullivan are running ...
Relay For Life event planned for Old Town
Mar 02, 2009 ... OLD TOWN - The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Old Townwill be held from 6 p.m. Friday, May 29, through noon Saturday, May30, at Old Town High School. Former and current cancer patients,those who have lost a loved one to cancer, families, businesses,civic organizations and the ...
UMF theater students to explore gender roles
Mar 02, 2009 ... FARMINGTON - The University of Maine at Farmington Theater Artsand Women and Gender Studies programs will present Rachel Crothers'play "He and She" in celebration of Women's History Month. The playwill be performed at 7:30 p.m. March 12-14 and at 2 p.m. March 15,at the UMF Alumni ...
Brewer Parks and Rec to offer golf lessons
Mar 02, 2009 ... BREWER - The Brewer Parks and Recreation Department will offer"tee-time tuneup" golf lessons noon-1 p.m. Thursdays, March 12-April 2. The lessons are designed for players of all levels and willinclude fundamentals for the beginner as well as tips for ...
Two injured fighting Thomaston house fire
Mar 03, 2009; ... THOMASTON - It took firefighters more than six hours to put out astubborn fire that gutted a Hyler Street home Sunday night. Fire Chief Mike Leo said the family of Tim Couch was able to getout of the house in time, but two of the town's firefighters wereinjured when they slipped on ...
Man sentenced to 9 years for child porn
Mar 03, 2009; ... BANGOR - A Topsfield man who served a year in prison formolesting a 10-year-old girl was sentenced Monday in U.S. DistrictCourt to nine years in prison for possessing child pornography. U.S. District Judge John Woodcock also sentenced Jeffrey Horton,42, to 10 years of supervised ...
New U.S. attorney mulled Michaud, Pingree form advisory panel
Mar 03, 2009; ... BANGOR - U.S. Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree haveannounced the formation of a five-member committee that will assistand advise them on their recommendation to President Obama on theappointment of the next U.S. attorney in Maine. Michaud and Pingree are looking for the ...
Wind farm expansion supported LURC commissioners to meet in Bangor
Mar 03, 2009; ... Staff at the Land Use Regulation Commission is endorsing a 17-turbine wind power facility in northern Washington County near thetown of Danforth. The project by First Wind of Massachusetts would be an expansionof the company's 38-turbine Stetson Mountain wind energy facilitythat ...
Military news
Mar 03, 2009 ... Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Steven La Follette hasgraduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base,San Antonio. La Follette earned distinction as an honor graduate of thecourse. He is the son of Steven La Follette of Brewer. He is a 2002graduate of ...
Store false alarm leads to drug arrest
Mar 03, 2009 ... A Brewer man was arrested and returned to jail Sunday, accused ofpossessing a controlled substance and violating the terms of hisbail. Officer Amy Nickerson of the Brewer Police Department went to aMobil station on Main Street in response to a hold-up alarmactivated just before ...
Tips to help plow crews keep roads clear, safe
Mar 03, 2009; ... BANGOR - Driving a snowplow is hard work, requiring long hours ofdriving in conditions most others consider too bad to go out in. While the snow is falling, crews are focused on keeping travelroutes passable for motorists, emergency vehicles and commercialtraffic. After snow ...
Searsport book event to benefit fuel fund
Mar 03, 2009; ... Here is an opportunity to participate with members of MidcoastMaine Writers in the discussion of their recently published book"Behind the Purple Door," which the writers describe as "selectedshort stories, poems and other stuff," according to Joyce Harvey ofthe Women's Fellowship of the ...
Orono picks group to rehab Webster Mill
Mar 03, 2009; ... ORONO - A Portland-based group of developers went before the TownCouncil's community development committee last week as discussionson the old Webster Mill site took another step forward. The Developers Collaborative, which is redeveloping the formersite of the Maine State Prison in ...
College planning workshops scheduled across the state
Mar 03, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will hold freeworkshops titled "Essentials of College Planning" at the followingtimes and locations: . Aroostook: 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, at Madawaska CareerCenter, 88 Fox St.; 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 11 and 25, Presque ...