Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from October 2009:
2,000 pills in truck's bumper at border lead to two arrests
Oct 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - A Maine man and a Canadian man were arrested Tuesdayafter U.S. Border Patrol agents found about 1,000 methamphetaminepills in the Maine man's home in Fort Fairfield and more than 2,000methamphetamine pills as well as oxycodone pills hidden in thebumper of the New Brunswick man's ...
Bangor to try 90-minute free parking Councilors vote 6-3 to allow extra time at about 100 downtown spaces
Oct 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - Want to finish that casual weekday lunch date withoutworrying about getting a parking ticket? Want to avoid interruptingor cutting short a necessary appointment to move your vehicle? The city of Bangor has made it little easier to visit downtown. In a 6-3 vote on ...
Few contest LURC plan at Presque Isle meeting
Oct 01, 2009; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Commissioners on the Land Use RegulationCommission said Wednesday afternoon that attendance at the hearingsthey have been holding to discuss changes to the draft ComprehensiveLand Use Plan, or CLUP, has been sparse. It was no different in Presque Isle as fewer than ...
Initiatives discussed in Greenville Tabor II, excise tax backers absent at public hearing
Oct 01, 2009; ... GREENVILLE - Although they were invited, proponents of twocitizen initiative questions on the November ballot have avoidedMaine Municipal Association-sponsored public hearings on the twoinitiatives being held throughout the state. It was no different for a public hearing Tuesday in ...
Driver in fatal crash rejects deal, to risk trial
Oct 01, 2009; ... Former Medway Selectman James Lee could get up to 35 years inprison if his rejection of an offer to serve six years for a fatal2008 truck accident backfires at trial, Waldo County DistrictAttorney Geoffrey Rushlau said Wednesday. Lee was charged with manslaughter and aggravated ...
Coalition urges energy legislation at UMPI
Oct 01, 2009; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Just as Americans need access to health care, theyalso need clean water and fresh air, officials with Repower Mainesaid Wednesday in an appearance at the University of Maine PresqueIsle. Repower Maine, which is leading a coalition of groups in Maine insupport of ...
Support group focuses on physical disabilities
Oct 01, 2009 ... BANGOR - The Physical Disabilities Support Group will meet at5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at Alpha One, 1048 Union St. The meeting will include open discussion and catching up on theactivities of the group's access education and health, wellness andrecreation ...
Living History Days this weekend in Bradley
Oct 01, 2009 ... BRADLEY - Living History Days will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Oct. 3-4, at Leonard's Mills on Government Road off Route 178. Re-enactors, demonstrators and volunteers will portray life inthe 1800s and programs will include encampments, blacksmiths,sawyers, horse-drawn wagon ...
Holden Land Trust plans Hog Hill tour
Oct 01, 2009 ... HOLDEN - Families are invited to take a walk around "Holden'sHidden Treasure - Hog Hill" between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday,Oct. 3, with the Holden Land Trust. "Hog Hill is one of the last undeveloped hilltops in Holden, andthis is a chance to discover the view and enjoy the ...
King grant helps fund freezer for food bank
Oct 01, 2009 ... BREWER - With the help of a grant from the Stephen and TabithaKing Foundation, Good Shepherd Food-Bank has replaced the outdatedfreezer system at its Brewer food distribution facility. This will help to avoid an emergency response situation due to asystem breakdown, resulting in ...
Museum in Dexter plans an open house
Oct 01, 2009 ... DEXTER - An open house will be held at the Abbott Museum from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct ....
Piscataquis YMCA sets swimming sign-up
Oct 01, 2009 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - The Piscataquis Regional YMCA swim team willhold its final registration and swim suit sizing for children from 6years old to high school seniors from ...
UM vehicle involved in collision with deer
Oct 01, 2009 ... ORONO - A University of Maine public safety officer was drivingon Rangeley Road just after midnight Sunday when a deer ran out ofthe woods and struck the vehicle, a university spokesman saidTuesday. Spokesman Joe Carr ...
Newport-area schools plan strategy session
Oct 01, 2009 ... NEWPORT - The newly named Regional School Unit 19 plans aconference on its future Friday and Saturday. The conference is to develop a strategic plan for the future ofthe district and education of its children by answering thequestion: "What do you want the education of children in ...
Pomona Grange sets 'Harvest March' Oct. 1
Oct 01, 2009 ... GUILFORD - Piscataquis Pomona Grange will meet for a potlucksupper at 6 p.m. and a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at ValleyGrange, at the corner of Butter Street and Guilford Center ...
Diabetes group starts this week in Bangor
Oct 01, 2009 ... BANGOR - St. Joseph Healthcare's monthly daytime Diabetes SupportGroup will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Diabetes &Nutrition Center, Building 1, St. Joseph Healthcare Park, 9090Broadway. A ...
ArtWorks! program sign-up deadline today
Oct 01, 2009 ... ORONO - The University of Maine department of art's ArtWorks!program for area children in kindergarten through grade seven isaccepting applications until Oct. 1 for the fall 2009 session.Classes are 3:30-5 p.m. Fridays, Oct. 16-Nov. 13, ...
Bookworms to meet at Guilford school
Oct 01, 2009 ... GUILFORD - Valley Grange Bookworms will meet at 8 a.m. Thursday,Oct. 1, at Guilford Primary School for this year's introductions andkickoff ....
Bangor Nursing center auxiliary sets art show
Oct 01, 2009 ... BANGOR - The Auxiliary of the Bangor Nursing & Rehab Center willhost a community art show on Saturday, Oct. 3. The free event willrun from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the College Center of UniversityCollege of Bangor on Texas Avenue. Area artists will display their ...
Peace & Justice Center to hold harvest supper
Oct 01, 2009; ... Members of the community are cordially invited to the 20th annualPeace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine Harvest Supper, 6-8 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Unitarian Universalist Church on ParkStreet in Bangor. Volunteer coordinator Suzanne Brunner hopes you will "join us aswe, ...
Art program hopes to heal victims of domestic abuse
Oct 01, 2009; ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - For an hour each week, the four women absorbthemselves in artistic expressions of healing. As their hands mold wire into shapes, draw life stories on paperand put together pieces of shattered pots, their minds recall thedomestic abuse they endured - early in life ...
Wind power deals in Oakfield OK'd
Oct 01, 2009; ... OAKFIELD - To Town Manager Dale Morris, the message is clear:Residents want the state's largest wind power developer to build a34-turbine, 51-megawatt wind-to-energy facility for $120 millionalong Oakfield Hills, he said Wednesday. By votes of 124-11 and 123-9, residents agreed to ...
Fallen Hartland firefighter to be honored
Oct 01, 2009 ... HARTLAND - Michael Snowman, a veteran Hartland firefighter whodied in the line of duty, will be honored at the 28th annualNational Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Md. Snowman will be among the 98 men and five women from 36 statesremembered at the official ...
Washington Grange site of public supper
Oct 01, 2009 ... WASHINGTON - A public baked bean supper will be held 4:30-6:30p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Evening Star Grange Hall, 31 Old ...
Bangor considers changes to recycling, solid waste
Oct 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - City leaders are working on a resolve that would directmunicipal staff to come up with alternatives and potential wholesalechanges to Bangor's recycling and solid waste removal programs. "Recycling is a program that's never really had councilcommitment," Councilor Susan ...
Brewer to get award for mill redevelopment
Oct 01, 2009; ... BREWER - When the Eastern Fine Paper Co. mill closed in January2004, leaving behind half-buried hazardous waste, leaky oil tanksand other environmental dangers, city officials decided they had totake action to clean up the site and prepare it for redevelopment. For its efforts, the ...
Bangor in line to get 4 new police officers
Oct 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - Barring any mind changing, the city's police departmentwill soon add four new police officers under a federal grantprogram. Members of the City Council's government operations committeevoted unanimously Tuesday to accept an estimated $740,000 in grantfunding under the ...
Legal clinic to meet in Bangor Program called 'fantastic way' to help people
Oct 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - A homegrown solution to a statewide problem will beginSaturday when the first session of the Penobscot County BarAssociation's new legal clinic is held. Six individuals who have been prescreened by the VolunteerLawyers' Project staff each will meet for 30 minutes ...
Hospice sets fall series of workshops on grief
Oct 01, 2009 ... ELLSWORTH - Hospice of Hancock County's Caring Hearts BereavementProgram is offering multiple-week grief support groups beginningearly this month and running through mid-December. All support groups are free but registration and interviews arerequired, so those interested in ...
Decorated bras sought for Calais fundraiser
Oct 01, 2009 ... CALAIS - Curves of Calais, a women's exercise center, will host aBras for the Cause fundraiser in recognition of National BreastCancer Awareness Month. The project benefits the Calais RegionalHospital Digital Mammo Fundraising Campaign. Members and nonmembers may submit a ...
Yard sale in Sullivan to benefit area causes
Oct 01, 2009 ... SULLIVAN - A yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday,Oct. 3, at the Sorrento Sullivan ...
Business collaboration topic of Machias talk
Oct 01, 2009 ... MACHIAS - The next workshop to be offered in the Machias Bay AreaChamber of Commerce's business growth series will be "Business toBusiness Collaboration" from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, atthe Machias CareerCenter. The ...
County program urges breast, cervical testing
Oct 01, 2009 ... PRESQUE ISLE - Aroostook County Action Program, partnered withthe Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program, is encouraging women40 and older to obtain low-cost breast and cervical cancerscreenings. The effort is designed to promote increased awareness of thebenefits of early ...
Spooky changes for Bucksport Halloween event in downtown to coincide with Fright at the Fort
Oct 01, 2009; ... BUCKSPORT - Friends of Fort Knox will join forces with areamerchants to make sure residents and visitors have a ghoulishly goodtime this Halloween. For the first time, the Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerceand the Downtown Business Association will sponsor Ghostport, aweekend ...
Camden Public Library plans Mystery Month
Oct 01, 2009 ... CAMDEN - The Camden Public Library is planning a month full ofmysteries and haunted tales for Mystery Month during October.Mystery authors, mystery movies, mystery stories, a Haunted Housetour and an exhibit of mysterious masks will all be featured duringthe month. There also will be ...
Ellsworth's Autumn Gold to feature cars, chowder, music, balloon rides
Oct 01, 2009; ... ELLSWORTH - Fall is here. In Ellsworth, that means it is time for the 26th annual AutumnGold celebration, which starts today and will run through Sunday,featuring a variety of events and activities throughout the weekend. "There's something for everybody," Micki Sumpter, the ...
AARP driver course planned in Belfast
Oct 01, 2009 ... BELFAST - AARP driver safety instructor Paul Sheridan will offeran AARP driver safety course from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Oct.19. Advance registration is required. There is a $14 fee, $2 discount with AARP card. Call 338-0350 toreserve a seat, for directions, or for ...
Belfast festival offers clowns, food, games
Oct 01, 2009 ... BELFAST - "There Ought to be Clowns" will be the theme of thisyear's 30th annual Church Street Festival & Parade from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. There will be lots of fun for everyone as a record-setting numberof zanies and fools come to clown around on Church Street. The ...
Belfast Lions to host harvest events Oct. 3
Oct 01, 2009 ... BELFAST - The Belfast Lions Club will hold its annual HarvestFestival beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Waldo CountyShrine Club. Among the events planned: a crafts fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.;children's activities, including pumpkin carving; ...
Washington Grange site of public supper
Oct 01, 2009 ... WASHINGTON - A public baked bean supper will be held 4:30-6:30p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Evening Star Grange Hall, 31 Old ...
Bar Harbor is granted an audience with the Queen Victoria brings 964 feet of shipboard luxury into port
Oct 01, 2009; ... BAR HARBOR - The ship Queen Victoria made its first-ever visit toMaine's busiest cruise ship port Wednesday, prompting localofficials to throw a welcome party for the luxury passenger vessel. It is tradition for cruise ship ports to officially welcome shipsto town when the vessels ...
Fisherman still cannot return to Matinicus Judge: Shooting suspect allowed to retrieve gear
Oct 01, 2009; ... ROCKLAND - Even though Edwin Vance Bunker's attorney argued thatthe Matinicus man poses no risk to his island community, JusticeJeffrey Hjelm refused Wednesday morning to lift the ban that iskeeping him from returning to his home there. However, the justice did modify one of his ...
Bunker expresses 'regret' in comments outside courthouse
Oct 01, 2009; ... ROCKLAND - After Edwin Vance Bunker emerged Wednesday morningfrom his arraignment hearing into the bright sunshine outside theKnox County Courthouse, he was met by a crowd of supporters. "The truth will eventually come out," said Heather Sewall ofSouth Thomaston, who said she works ...
Question 1 fueling a fundraising fight
Oct 01, 2009; ... AUGUSTA - With less than five weeks until Election Day, bothcamps in the battle over Question 1 are busy raising money to keeptheir ads on the air as Mainers prepare to cast ballots on whetherto allow gay marriage in Maine. The latest reporting period for campaign contributions ...
Correcting the record
Oct 01, 2009 ... A story on Page B1 of Wednesday's paper incorrectly stated thatBackyard Farms in Madison uses a wood-fired boiler system to helpheat its greenhouse. A spokeswoman said the company did receive aUSDA grant for that purpose but is still "exploring its renewable-energy ...
ON WILLIAM SAFIRE
Oct 01, 2009 ... People who love and respect the English language have lost afavorite in the death of William Safire, a longtime pundit andwordsmith for The New York Times. Whether they agreed with hisconservative views in his twice-weekly "essays," they could stillrevel in the piquancy and humor of his ...
IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS
Oct 01, 2009 ... To slow or stop Iran's nuclear buildup, the United States andother world powers must turn their attention to Beijing. China,which is increasing its financial ties to Tehran, has watered downUnited Nations sanctions in the past and appears poised to take thesame route in response to ...
.COMments
Oct 01, 2009 ... Misgivings, crowds lower at LURC hearings People have virtually thrown their hands up in the air at thisissue. They are frustrated with LURC and the Plum Creek thing. Theyunderstand whatever will be, will be, no matter what protests aremade, or concerns ...
Environmental group touts 'clean' energy
Oct 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - With wind power, solar energy and even pellet stoves,Mainers are using and developing clean energy solutions to breakfree from the state's dependence on fossil fuels, peoplerepresenting the Natural Resources Council of Maine said Wednesday. The development of renewable ...
UM business outreach awarded $1.8 million
Oct 01, 2009 ... WASHINGTON - A federal agency has awarded more than $1.8 millionto the University of Maine to continue the work of an initiativecalled the Knowledge Transfer Alliance. The alliance is designed to provide support to employers duringthe economic downturn. Through the program, ...
Readers share their deer stories via email
Oct 01, 2009; ... One of the benefits of living in Maine is the fact that no matterhow close to town you live, you're likely to have some interestingcritters to watch every now and then. In today's mail bag - or virtual mailbag, if you prefer - are acouple of e-mails from readers who wanted to talk ...
Versatility leads Sassone to Comcast sports post Wife Matuszewski to leave Ch. 2 in 6 months
Oct 01, 2009; ... Like a couple of local media members before him, Scott Sassone ismoving from Bangor to Boston as his broadcasting career blossoms. And like another Bangor television reporter, his spouse isfollowing him - eventually. The former announcer and board operator at Bangor ...
Central nudges Orono Devils win eighth; avenge only loss
Oct 01, 2009; ... ORONO - They went 2-12 last season, and this preseason somefigured the Central girls soccer team would be again watching thepostseason from the sidelines. But the Red Devils from Corinth made a big statement Wednesday onthe road against defending Class C champion ...
Coaches pick Maine 8th; defending champ BU 1st
Oct 01, 2009; ... The University of Maine men's hockey team returns six of its topeight scorers and four defensemen who played in at least 34 gamesand both goalies. But the Hockey East coaches don't foresee any improvement interms of the standings. The Black Bears have been chosen to finish ...
Bangor Daily News High School Players of the Week
Oct 01, 2009 ... BOYS Big School (Classes A-B) MATT DUHAIME A senior midfielder on the Ellsworth boys soccer team, Duhaimecontributed four goals and an assist to the Eagles' 3-0 week.Duhaime had a goal and an assist in an 8-2 win over Hermon, scoredtwice in a 4-0 victory over Caribou ...
Golf
Oct 01, 2009 ... HIGH SCHOOL At Caribou CC, par 36 Tuesday Caribou (2-7) 177, Fort Kent (3-6) 207 Caribou: Lance Lamothe 51, Ben Wyman (so.) 49, Ben Wyman (sr.)44, Caleb Chapman 41, Matt Kamm 45, Reggie Rideout 47, Corey Rideout56, Derek Dufour 59, Dustin Denbow 67 Fort ...
Cross country
Oct 01, 2009 ... HIGH SCHOOL At Calais, 2.7 miles Calais boys 19, Washington Academy 52, Machias 72, Shead 93,Narraguagus no score 1. Forrest Carle (C) 16:09, 2. Scott Carpenter (C) 16:39, 3. RyanCavanaugh (C) 16:43, 4. Merrill Johnson (N) 16:59, 5. Nicholas Beal(M) 17:41, 6. Tyler ...
Volleyball
Oct 01, 2009 ... HIGH SCHOOL At Jonesport Jonesport-Beals (7-3) def. Machias (0-8) 22-25, 25-12, 25-10, 25-14 Jonesport-Beals: Whitney Norton 20-20 serving, 7 aces, 4 kills, 4digs; Sarah Milliken 10-10 serving, 6 kills; Jessica MacLean 15-15serving, 3 aces, 2 kills, 8 assists, 2 digs; ...
Golf
Oct 01, 2009 ... HIGH SCHOOL At Great Cove GC, Roque Bluffs, par 30 Machias (7-11) 164, Narraguagus (2-10) 245, Shead (4-12) no score Machias: Scott Reynolds 43, Derek Frisco 37, John Hanson 43,Brandon Raye 41 Narraguagus: Mike Slicer 44, Caleb Aarisand 64, Scott Bragg ...
UMFK women's soccer team sets loftier goals
Oct 01, 2009; ... The University of Maine-Fort Kent's women's soccer team's trip tothe NAIA National Tournament last year was a short one. The Bengalswere rudely dispatched by Northwood University (Fla.) in the firstround 7-0. The Bengals have higher expectations this season and have gottenoff to ...
Sharrow leads Foxcroft past Mattanawcook
Oct 01, 2009 ... LINCOLN - Sabrina Sharrow scored two goals within a minute duringthe second half to help the Foxcroft Academy Ponies pull away for a3-0 high school field hockey victory over the Mattanawcook AcademyLynx Wednesday. Mariah Arno had a first-half goal to stake 7-3 Foxcroft to a ...
Husson rallies by Bobcats Gifford, Clement score goals in 2nd
Oct 01, 2009; ... LEWISTON - Second-half goals nine minutes apart by Amanda Giffordand Megan Clement rallied the Husson University Eagles to a 2-1women's soccer victory Wednesday over the Bates College Bobcats. Gifford, in her first season at Husson after transferring fromBates, tied it up in the ...
Festival of Champions to feature fast fields
Oct 01, 2009; ... With the Twin Brook Recreation Area in Cumberland hosting thestate cross country championships this fall, Brewer High coachGlendon Rand was unsure if participation in the Maine Cross CountryFestival of Champions would be affected. More than 60 schools participated in the midseason ...
Black, Sullivan helps MDI tip Ellsworth 2-1
Oct 01, 2009 ... ELLSWORTH - Brailee Black and Courtney Sullivan scored second-half goals as the Mount Desert Island Trojans edged the EllsworthEagles 2-1 in schoolgirl soccer action Wednesday. Black scored an unassisted goal for the 6-3 Trojans and Sullivanadded a goal on a penalty kick with 13 ...
Caribou passes Bucks thanks to Ferszt goal
Oct 01, 2009 ... BUCKSPORT - Jerry Ferszt scored off a Nate Rossignol assist with7:02 remaining in regulation to lift the Caribou boys to a 2-1 win. Chad Caverhill added a first-half goal for the 4-2-3 Vikings.Garrett Jordan had eight saves on 11 shots. Jeff Golding scored for 2-5 Bucksport, ...