Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from July 2009:
Moss Inc. to move 50 jobs out of Belfast
Jul 01, 2009; ... BELFAST - Moss Inc. has announced a restructuring plan that willresult in the loss of 50 manufacturing jobs at its Belfast facilityover the next two months. Once known as Moss Tent, the company is a world leader in themanufacture of tensioned fabric structures, printed graphics ...
Machias hospital's fate in judge's hands DECH may get court- appointed leader
Jul 01, 2009; ... MACHIAS - As expected, the state has petitioned in court to putDown East Community Hospital into receivership, in which hospitaldecisions would be made, at least temporarily, by a court-appointedadministrator. John Martins, spokesman for the Maine Department of Health andHuman ...
Schools opt out of laptop plan Brewer considers buying netbooks
Jul 01, 2009; ... BREWER - While thousands of Maine high school students willreceive new laptop computers this fall through an expansion of theMaine Learning Technology Initiative, not every school is jumpingaboard. The Maine Department of Education announced this week that it hasplaced an order ...
Bangor Masons find a new home Foundation buys property on former semianry campus
Jul 01, 2009; ... Masons have a new home more than 5 1/2 years after their historichall downtown was destroyed by fire on a frigid January night. The Bangor Masonic Foundation announced Tuesday that it haspurchased Wellman Commons, the Beach Chapel and the Ruth RichHutchins Center that connects them ...
Cruise ship access raises concerns in Bar Harbor Government interfering in docking business an issue
Jul 01, 2009; ... BAR HARBOR - Because of federal regulations that went into effectin 2002, it has been nearly eight years since cruise ship tendersdropped off and picked up passengers at the local municipal pierthat overlooks the harbor. Since the end of 2001, all such tenders have docked at ...
State's ruling favors young transgender
Jul 01, 2009; ... AUGUSTA - The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled Monday that theOrono School Department discriminated against a transgender child bydenying her access to the girls bathroom. While the school department's lawyer warned that schools aroundthe state may not be ready to manage the ...
Old Town Canoe set to expand Plant to add 48 jobs, 2 new kayak brands
Jul 01, 2009; ... OLD TOWN - Old Town Canoe, long established as a manufacturer ofcanoes and kayaks, will soon be home to two additional kayak lines. Johnson Outdoors, the Wisconsin-based corporate parent of OldTown Canoe, announced Tuesday that it will close its kayakmanufacturing plant in ...
Success on Kennebec bodes well for dam removal on Penobscot
Jul 01, 2009; ... Head Style: head24 - 24 Point, 2 deck, Minion-SemiboldBDN95,Plain; 53; 2 col Body Spec: Body Text; colw: 11p0; depth:4.60 (in.) HED Edwards Dam removal bodes well for Penobscot restoration SUB Feds give $6 million to help with Great Works ...
Is the gamble paying off? Hollywood Slots marks its first year at new facility in Bangor
Jul 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - It's hard to imagine any business in Bangor - andperhaps the entire state of Maine - that is more scrutinized thanHollywood Slots Hotel & Raceway. When the state's only gaming facility opened its temporarylocation in November 2005, there was no shortage of skeptics ...
Correcting the record
Jul 01, 2009 ... A news brief on Page B2 of some editions of Tuesday's paper gaveincorrect information ....
BIA hires new PR, marketing firms
Jul 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - Bangor International Airport has awarded three-yearcontracts to new marketing and public relations firms, and it didn'teven have to leave Maine to do so. Swardlick Marketing Group of Portland and Sutherland Weston ofBangor will provide their respective services to the ...
Bangor Savings inks deal with Old Town
Jul 01, 2009 ... OLD TOWN - Bangor Savings Bank and the city of Old Town havesigned an agreement for the city to purchase the bank's downtownbuilding on Main Street for its municipal offices. Bangor SavingsBank plans to build a new branch next year on a city-owned parcel onStillwater Avenue that will be ...
Benedicta: Bear Den's grand opening today
Jul 01, 2009 ... BENEDICTA - Benedicta residents, as well as visitors to the smallAroostook County town, now have a new place to eat and drink. The Bear Den Family Restaurant, Bar and Grill is set to open at11:30 a.m. today in the former Benedicta General Store building at1050 Benedicta Road, the ...
Verizon Wireless site expands 3G in Brooks
Jul 01, 2009 ... BROOKS - Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday that it has expandedits network with a new cell site in Brooks. The site provides increased wireless voice and 3G coverage alongRoute 7, Route 203 and Route 139 in Brooks, ...
RONALD REAGAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Jul 01, 2009 ... Last month, the Capitol Rotunda in Washington glowed in goodfeeling for the dedication of a new 7-foot statue of Ronald Reagan.President Obama, who is creating a panel to plan events for Mr.Reagan's 100th birthday in 2011, said that "President Reagan helpedas much as any president to ...
THE CASE FOR PUBLIC OPTION
Jul 01, 2009 ... At its core, a health care overhaul must ensure that everyAmerican has access to affordable medical care. The most promisingway to do this is to include a mandate for coverage and a publicinsurance component in any new plan. Progress, it appears, is being made. Sen. Olympia Snowe, ...
Blessing, not a right
Jul 01, 2009 ... A recent letter to the editor suggested that heterosexualscurrently have special rights that are denied to committed same-sexcouples; equal access to the commitments, responsibilities andprotections of marriage will strengthen our society; and equalaccess is one of the principles upon ...
Bangor, Sunbury facts
Jul 01, 2009 ... This is in regard to the BDN's "Terquasquicentennial" supplementof June 26. Unfortunately, this supplement perpetuated old fictionregarding the naming of Bangor rather than giving readers the facts. In the Massachusetts archives is the 1787 petition to incorporatethe Kenduskeag ...
False quote perpetuated
Jul 01, 2009 ... A recent letter to the editor used what was purported to be thewords of Alexis de Tocqueville to press the argument that theRepublican Party had become too moderate and should promote aparticular church-based morality. According to the letter writer, in 1830 Tocqueville, after ...
True patriots unite
Jul 01, 2009 ... As we celebrate the Declaration of Independence, let us reflecton the real meaning of this celebration. It's about the sacrificethat other Americans made during the American Revolution, freeing usand past generations from the tyranny of King George III, a dictatorat that ...
Penalty for breathing
Jul 01, 2009 ... Reps. Michaud and Pingree both just voted to punish Mainers forheating their homes in the winter, for driving to work, and,actually, for breathing. Under the guise of "saving the planet" andthe vain assumption that humanity can control natural andpredictably unpredictable climate change, ...
Fast water may move race site
Jul 01, 2009; ... Usually, the biggest concern for organizers of the annualAmerican Canoe Association Whitewater Open Canoe DownriverChampionships is water, as in whether there will be enough for theraces. Less than 24 hours before the start of the ACA WWOCD and KayakDownriver National ...
Bangor touches all bases in win
Jul 01, 2009; ... HAMPDEN - The Bangor Comrades showed off their complete baseballpackage during a 6-2 American Legion Zone 1 victory over Hampden atBordick Park on Tuesday evening. Ian Edwards hit a pair of two-run homers and Shane Walton added athird two-run shot to account for Bangor's ...
Thibodeau prepping for UMaine Caribou baseball standout invited to walk on for tryout this fall
Jul 01, 2009; ... Many kids don't decide on the direction of their college futureuntil long after they arrive on campus for the first time. For Pat Thibodeau, that decision came much earlier - just afterhe finished the third grade. Thibodeau went to his first baseball camp that summer, and ...
Elliott back on track, contending for victory Renner shoots a 65 to take first-round lead
Jul 01, 2009; ... PORTLAND - John Elliott of Westerly, R.I., is a PGA Tour andNationwide Tour veteran who is getting back on track after a roughstretch of years recently. Elliott fired a 4-under-par 67 at rain-soaked Riverside MunicipalGolf Course on Tuesday and sits two strokes behind leader Jim ...
Loudon has come full circle
Jul 01, 2009; ... The climate has definitely changed at New Hampshire MotorSpeedway since it held its first Sprint Cup race on July 11, 1993.But it's still a first-class operation. Jeff Gordon, Michael Waltrip, Bobby Labonte and the ageless MarkMartin are the only Cup regulars who were regulars back ...
Hampden tips Brewer in seventh
Jul 01, 2009 ... BANGOR - Matt Ward's two-run single with one out in the bottom ofthe seventh gave Hampden a 15-14 victory over Brewer in a JuniorLeague all-star baseball game Tuesday night at Mansfield Stadium. Matt Closson had three singles and three RBIs for Hampden. SamWard had three singles ...
Steamboat paddles Calais for a sweep
Jul 01, 2009 ... SEARSPORT - Gabe Blodgett and Ethan McHatten combined to pitch athree-hit shutout as Steamboat Petroleum defeated Calais 7-0 in thefirst game of an American Legion baseball doubleheader Tuesday.Steamboat also took the nightcap 10-3. In the first game, Nate Adams hit a three-run ...
Tidbits
Jul 01, 2009; ... On scapes and goats A trip to the farmers market in Orono last weekend netted usbroccoli, lettuce, mint, goat cheese from Olde Oak Farm in Orono(made by a friendly goat named Sensational), a wonderful three-seedbread from Bread Box Bakery in East Orland, and garlic scapes ...
Courts
Jul 01, 2009 ... Penobscot County Superior Court, Bangor Cases May 1-29, 2009 Ralph A. Holyoke, 49, Bangor, domestic violence assault, $400,jail 30 days; violating condition of release, jail 30 days;terrorizing, jail 30 days. Kizzy Hunt, 32, Bangor, assault, jail 30 days; criminal ...
Divorces
Jul 01, 2009 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - The following divorces were granted in 13thDistrict Court in April on the grounds of irreconcilable maritaldifferences: James K. Stevens and Lesley W. Stevens, both of Dover-Foxcroft;married at Brewer June 30, 2007. Robert W. Black, Bangor, and Julie Ann ...
Schools
Jul 01, 2009 ... Mattanawcook Academy, Lincoln Fourth quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Emily Dumont; high honors: Logan Brown,Kyleigh Coombs, Charlee Currier, Jacob Ferland, Kara Hartley, MaireHayes, Katie Ireland, Nathan Ireland, Jana Larlee, Colby Mansur,Erica Osnoe, Joshua ...
Man arrested twice within a week
Jul 01, 2009 ... A man who was arrested last week on three drug charges at the NewStable Inn on Wilson Street in Brewer was arrested at the motelagain on Monday afternoon, Lt. Chris Martin said Tuesday. A bail search was conducted on a room rented by Victor Legere,53, who lists his address as the ...
Schools
Jul 01, 2009 ... Hermon High School Fourth quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Kahla Buehler, Nicholas W. Hartley, MelissaJ. Lawler, Ashley M. Riling, Jesie M. Romero; honors: Erin A.Arnold, Emily E. Batchelder, Jaimie Beers, Evan L. Bowman, Jason A.Carle, Maegan A. Carle, Ashley Dawson, ...
Veterans' Services to visit towns in July
Jul 01, 2009 ... A Veterans' Services officer from the Department of Defense,Veterans and Emergency Management will be at the followinglocations: . From 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, and Thursday, July23, at the Newport ...
Orono library receives gift for new building
Jul 01, 2009 ... ORONO - The Orono Public Library Foundation recently received agift of $50,000 from longtime resident Evelyn Supple to go towardthe construction of the new library on Pine Street. The library will open ...
High lead levels found in Hampden homes
Jul 01, 2009 ... HAMPDEN - The Hampden Water District has found elevated leadlevels in some Hampden homes. According to a press release from the Water District, lead getsinto drinking water through the home's own plumbing system, ...
Set aside month's first Thursday for dancing
Jul 01, 2009; ... Area seniors who love to dance might want to take advantage of anopportunity offered by Meadowbrook Dance Center's owner Chuck McKay. According to Lee Sirabella, he and his dance partner eagerly lookforward to "the first Thursday of the month" when they dance theafternoon away from ...
Couple finds suitable heirs for property
Jul 01, 2009; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - It has taken several years, but a Dover-Foxcroft couple have found the right partner to carry on theirlegacy of educating people about the Maine forest. Stephen Law, 82, and his wife, Elaine, 79, made it officialTuesday by deeding about 115 acres of land on Routes ...
Towns plan festivities for July 4
Jul 01, 2009 ... BANGOR - Fourth of July barbecue, 3-8 p.m. Saturday, July 4,sponsored by Bangor area Kiwanis clubs, at the parking lot nearShaw's, Main Street. Cheeseburger, hamburger or hot dog basket withchips and soda, $3.50. Raffle for leather golf bag and a basketballhoop. BREWER-BANGOR - ...
Newport church plans turkey supper July 10
Jul 01, 2009 ... NEWPORT - A turkey supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m.Friday, July 10, at the High Street ...
Sarandon, Robbins to appear in Bar Harbor
Jul 01, 2009; ... BAR HARBOR - Hollywood actors in Maine? It's not that unusual,but when they're here it is usually to work on a film or for theirown low-key enjoyment of the state rather than for a publicappearance. But fresh on the heels of Academy Award-winning actor RichardDreyfuss appearing ...
N.H. man gets prison for role in drug ring
Jul 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - The New Hampshire distributor for a St. David manserving a life sentence for running a marijuana smuggling ring hasbeen sentenced to three months in federal prison. Jeffrey Dubois, 44, of Manchester, N.H., waived indictment,pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the ...
Emergency meeting today on potato blight
Jul 01, 2009 ... ORONO - The Maine Board of Pesticides Control will hold anemergency meeting in Orono today to discuss options for a rapidresponse to a fungus threatening the state's potato industry. The board will consider a request for emergency rules that willallow issuance of licenses to aerial ...
Pat's Pizza closes briefly after small fire
Jul 01, 2009 ... ORONO - An empty pizza box set on top of a stove with two burnersleft on was cited as the cause of a small fire Tuesday that brieflyclosed Pat's Pizza on Mill Street. Orono fire Lt. Rob St. Louis said the fire, which occurred in oneof the six apartments above the landmark pizzeria, ...
Wabanaki Center head selected for fellowship
Jul 01, 2009 ... ORONO - Gail Dana-Sacco, director of the University of Maine'sWabanaki Center, has been selected as a fellow in the 2009 DanielHanley Center for Health Leadership program. The Portland-based program is dedicated to preparing leaders tobring about substantive changes in health care ...
Invasive insect threatens Maine trees
Jul 01, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - A Wilton woman had a nasty experience in her yardearlier this month when she opened a bag of manure compost justpurchased from a big-box store. An ugly, black longhorned beetle flew out of the bag and shepromptly killed the insect. Later hearing the warning from the ...
Courts
Jul 01, 2009 ... Ellsworth District Court Cases June 5-19, 2009 Adam Eaton, 24, Deer Isle, operating vehicle while underinfluence of intoxicants, $700, jail 14 days, license suspendedthree years; speeding 30 plus mph more than posted speed, $500, jailseven days. Daniel J. Feiner, 35, ...
Green Lake plans pancake breakfast
Jul 01, 2009 ... HOLDEN - The Green Lake Association is hosting its fourth annualFourth of July pancake breakfast at Jenkins Beach 7-9:30 a.m.Saturday, July 4. Pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit and coffee will be available. The association plans ...
New members sought for Weight Watchers
Jul 01, 2009 ... BELFAST - The Weight Watchers program held at Waldo CountyGeneral Hospital is looking for new members for a 12-week session tobegin Wednesday, July 8. Classes will be held at 7 a.m. Wednesdays. The classes are open to anyone interested in losing weight.Fifteen paid members are ...
Mobile License Unit posts schedule change
Jul 01, 2009 ... MILBRIDGE - The Bureau of Motor Vehicles Mobile License Unit willnot be in Milbridge on July 6 due to the mandatory state shutdown.The unit will ...
Schools
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jonesport-Beals High School, Jonesport Fourth quarter honor roll Grade 12, high honors: BreAnna Beal, Kelton Beal; honors: HannahCarver, Morgan MacLean, Christopher Peaden, Sharon Richards, KristenSawyer, Sara Smith. Grade 11, high honors: Patricia Alley, Harold Lyons, ...
Holden police seek approval for station
Jul 01, 2009; ... HOLDEN - Plans for a new police station in town arrived onMonday, designed to replace a leased modular classroom thedepartment has used for nearly three years, Public Safety DirectorJim Ellis said Tuesday. "This is a project that is way past due," he said. "Our facilityis an ...
Aroostook Internet to expand coverage
Jul 01, 2009; ... PRESQUE ISLE - A Presque Isle-based company that providesInternet services throughout the region is set to expand itscoverage. Dan Levesque, one of the owners of Aroostook Internet of PresqueIsle, said Tuesday that SJV Wireless Inc. of Fort Kent has enteredinto an agreement with ...
Brewer High graduate awarded top honorsSkillsUSA leadership conference decorates Mainer in First Aid/CPR
Jul 01, 2009; ... Tyler Nadeau used the skills he learned at United TechnologiesCenter to save the life of a man who was having a sudden cardiacarrest and needed an automated external defibrillator to save hislife. He then saved a woman who had a stroke, treated a victim of heatexhaustion, gave ...
Man held in theft of GPS units from cars
Jul 01, 2009; ... ROCKLAND - A Waldoboro man has been charged in connection withthe theft of global positioning devices during car burglaries. Adam Niemeyer, 21, of Waldoboro was arrested after being stoppedby police for a motor vehicle defect at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. Deputy Police Chief Wallace ...
Aqua Maine breaks ground on new filter
Jul 01, 2009 ... ROCKPORT - Gov. John Baldacci, Aqua Maine employees and othersparticipated in a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at Mirror Lake fora new membrane filtration facility. The $7 million filtration plant, driven by new environmentalregulations, is being partially funded with American ...
Courts
Jul 01, 2009 ... Ellsworth District Court Cases June 5-19, 2009 Timothy S. Allen, 44, Northeast Harbor, allowing barking dog,$50. Chandra C. Arendall Salvetti, 34, Bar Harbor, operating vehiclewhile under influence of intoxicants, $500, jail 48 hours, licensesuspended 90 ...
UMFK among 'Best Baccalaureate Colleges'
Jul 01, 2009; ... FORT KENT - The University of Maine at Fort Kent is no strangerto national recognition. For four consecutive years, the university has been named "BestNortheastern College" by the Princeton Review, and the UMFK men'ssoccer team put the school on the map last year with its ...
Teen visiting Panama to deliver gifts to kids
Jul 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - A local teenager will leave this afternoon for the SanBlas Islands in Panama, where she will help deliver 1,500 shoe boxesstuffed with presents for needy children. Michelle Norsworthy, 17, a student at the Calvary Chapel Schoolin Orrington, has been working on shoe box ...
Military news
Jul 01, 2009 ... Army Spec. Daniel R. Parker has been named the 2009 ArmyAccessions Command's Soldier of the Year. Selection was based on the individual's exemplary dutyperformance, job knowledge, leadership qualities, teamwork,significant self-improvement, personal achievements, ...
Divorces
Jul 01, 2009 ... BELFAST - Following are divorces granted in 5th District Courtduring May on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: Shawn M. Wetherington and Jennifer M. Wetherington, both ofBelfast; married at Belfast on Feb. 1, 2002; shared parentalresponsibility for one ...
SAD 29 refuses to change budget Board says $11.5M needed to keep quality of education in schools
Jul 01, 2009; ... HOULTON - The SAD 29 board is hoping more education about the2009-10 district budget and the process involved in passing it willimprove support for it. The $11.5 million budget was turned down by voters during a June16 referendum. A tiny percentage of the district's voters showed ...
Auction to benefit ALS
Jul 01, 2009 ... BOSTON - The Sons of Sam Horn will hold its annual online auctionJuly 6-19 with all proceeds benefiting the Massachusetts Chapter ofthe ALS Association. The Sons of Sam Horn, an online message board dedicated to theBoston Red ...
Midnight Madness to welcome bargain hunters to Houlton
Jul 01, 2009; ... HOULTON - Planners of this year's Midnight Madness celebrationare counting on shoppers to come out and say "Ahoy, matey" as theycatch some bargains in downtown Market Square. The late-night shopping extravaganza, which launches the town'sFourth of July festivities, will run from 6 ...