Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. back issues from July 2008:
No charges filed in slaying of fowl
Jul 01, 2008; ... WALES - For Amy Tremblay the loss of more than 100 young chickensand turkeys was terrible. But it was not enough to press chargesagainst the owner of the husky that got into her coop Saturday andkilled the birds. Tremblay's family was raising the animals for food next winter.The ...
Bath man to lead Maine American Legion
Jul 01, 2008 ... BANGOR - John Doyle of Bath was elected state commander of TheAmerican Legion in Maine at the recently concluded 90th annualconvention. Doyle will head the 26,000-member organization for thenext year and will be busy during his term of office, visiting manyof the 173 posts in ...
Yard sale tables are available
Jul 01, 2008 ... Dear Sun Spots: Danville Junction Grange will hold its annualindoor yard sale Saturday, July 12, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Therewill be a white elephant table and a food table. Luncheon will beserved at noon. Tables are available to rent at $10 each. Reservethem by calling Wes or Glenys ...
Company steps up production
Jul 01, 2008; ... AUBURN - Production will more than double at a local manufacturerin the wake of a consolidation with its West Coast operation. KICTeam Inc., the sister company of Enefco, closed its San Diegofactory on Friday and is in the process of relocating machinery toits Minot Avenue ...
Looking back
Jul 01, 2008 ... We are all done talking about early peas and the prospects of thecorn crop now have the call. First comes George A. Wentworth ofSaco, who says that on his land at Old Orchard he has corn 31/2 feethigh and all spindled out. He probably won't have corn out of hisown garden for his 4th of ...
Disappearing husband may be a sign
Jul 01, 2008 ... DEAR ABBY: My husband of three years, "Mike," is never home. Hegoes to work and then hangs out with his buddies, leaving me at homewith our baby and my two other children until late at night. Onweekends, Mike jumps out of bed, showers and leaves - sometimes notreturning until the wee ...
Check It Out
Jul 01, 2008 ... Items submitted to Check it Out must be events that benefitnonprofit organizations and be open to the public. Submissionsshould be received at least seven days in advance of theevent.Farmington area Farmington, Tuesday and Thursday, July 1 and 3: Arts and craftsworkshop "Windy ...
Gemini: Be secretive
Jul 01, 2008 ... CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Liv Tyler, 31; Missy Elliott, 37;Carl Lewis, 47; Dan Aykroyd, 56. Happy Birthday: Surprises are heading your way. Open and honestdiscussions and travel should be considered, especially if it allowsyou to reconnect with your past. This is a year of ...
Alcohol only one cause of liver cirrhosis
Jul 01, 2008 ... DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Please write about the liver. My daughter hascirrhosis. She has never drunk alcohol or done drugs. They can'tfind out what caused it. Anything you can tell us would be reallyappreciated. - M.R. ANSWER: The liver is the body's largest organ, weighing in at ...
Winthrop wins wet road trip
Jul 01, 2008 ... PITTSFIELD - In a rain-shortened, six-inning affair, the WinthropRed Sox routed Gilman's Guys, 10-3, in the Men's Senior BaseballLeague. Winning pitcher Jim Morris fought through seven walks and a hitbatsman to strike out seven. Winthrop scored four ...
Operations changing hands
Jul 01, 2008; ... LEWISTON - Employees at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee will getthe rest of the week off as new operators Firland Management Inc.prepare to take over. Monday was the last day Comcast subsidiary Global Spectrum was incharge of the ice arena, and City Administrator Jim Bennett ...
Pepsi rallies past Austin's, wins ASLL Major crown
Jul 01, 2008 ... AUBURN - Pepsi rallied for a dramatic 11-9 win over Austin's inthe Major Division championship game of Auburn Suburban LittleLeague. Trailing by three runs entering the top of the final inning,Pepsi rallied for five with clutch hitting by C.J. Jipson, JarodNorcross-Plourde and ...
Reality in Africa echoes Joseph Conrad's fiction
Jul 01, 2008 ... If you had met him, you might think he "had kicked himself looseof the earth" and "knew no restraint, no faith and no fear." He wasonce perceived as "remarkable" and a man of great promise, but haddescended into unspeakable madness in the heart of Africa. That's how the novelist ...
By the numbers U.S. Postal Service
Jul 01, 2008 ... 42.7 billion: Number of postage stamps printed in 2007. 148 million: Number of homes, businesses and P.O. boxes in U.S.states and territories that the USPS delivers to. 29 million: Number of pieces of mail processed and ...
Fire damages Lisbon three-family house
Jul 01, 2008; ... LISBON - No injuries were reported, and damage was estimated at$25,000 in a slow-moving smoky fire at a three-family home on 17Webster Road late Monday morning, fire Chief P. Sean Galipeau said. Galipeau described it as a "great stop" by the initial attackcrew under the direction ...
Lightning strikes Dingley building
Jul 01, 2008; ... LEWISTON - A lightning strike damaged the Dingley building Sundaymorning. The building at 36 Oak St. is the headquarters of the LewistonSchool Department. The bolt hit about 10:15 a.m., according to oneschool department employee, who said that a stopped clock revealedthe time of ...
Six local teams reach Class D states
Jul 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - Six local teams qualified for the Maine Slow PitchClass D state championbship by posting at least two wins in theDistrict 9 tournament at Randall Road complex over the weekend. Club Texas/Carlton Club of the Lewiston National League won thetournament with an undefeated ...
Charges
Jul 01, 2008 ... Roxann Marie Palombo, 39, of 81 Village Greene Road, Waterville,on a charge of violation of protective order, 6:25 p.m. Sunday at204 Blake St. Roland Edward Caron, 25, of 82 Pierce St. on a charge ofdisorderly conduct, 6:51 p.m. Sunday at 42 Walnut St. Roxanne N. Pennell, 38, ...
'Maintenance budget'
Jul 01, 2008; ... MONMOUTH - Voters rejected the School Committee's proposed budgetMonday in a 357-239 vote. If successful, the referendum would haveincreased the town's share of the budget to $152,000 beyond thestate's mandated Essential Programs and Services amount. "This would be a break, but ...
Museum L-A considers future home
Jul 01, 2008; ... LEWISTON - Descending an unlit staircase amid the stale air,cobwebs and peeling paint of the former Camden Yarn Mill, RachelDesgrosseilliers chirped about her grand plans. She saw galleries and theaters and children learning about thesacrifices of their ancestors. "I'm ...
Aspiring, seasoned artists to come together
Jul 01, 2008 ... 12th International Musical Arts Institute Chamber Music FestivalAspiring, seasoned artists to come together FRYEBURG - The first Music for Summer Evenings concert of the12th International Musical Arts Institute Chamber Music Festivalwill be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, at ...
Horse club packs demos, races, fun into weekend
Jul 01, 2008 ... ANDOVER - The Ellis River Riders horse club will offer a weekendof fun Saturday and Sunday, July 5-6. Saturday is equine demo day,with demonstrations of natural horsemanship, animal communication,equine massage, dressage riding, roping and more, beginning at 10a.m. Many breeds, some with ...
Wanted: musicians to play for playground
Jul 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - A group of local residents, with support from LewistonCity Councilor Tina Bailey and municipal staff, is working on afundraiser to purchase additional playground equipment for KennedyPark. They are in search of local musicians who would be willing todonate their time ...
July 3 celebration features parade, vendors, fireworks
Jul 01, 2008; ... JAY - The tri-town Independence Day Parade and celebration stepsoff at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 3, at Memco's parking lot on MainStreet. The parade lineup is at 4 p.m., an organizer, Pat Knowlton, saidMonday. Besides floats and part of the Shriner's organization, there willbe ...
King's Bridge to audition for murder mystery
Jul 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - King's Bridge Theatre will hold auditions for"Rehearsal For Murder," a two-act murder mystery from 6 to 9 p.m.Friday, July 18, and from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday, July 19, atVineyard Auditorium. Everyone believed that the death of lovely Monica Welles was asuicide ....
Balance costs without limiting safety
Jul 01, 2008 ... In mid-April, Larry and Carol Yates lost their Andover home tofire. They had lived there 30 years and carried no insurance. In early May, a fire at the Irving Forest Products mill inDixfield caused the evacuation of 40 employees and heavily damagedthe planer mill. Six fire ...
Survival mode
Jul 01, 2008 ... Reputed economic genius and former Federal Reserve Chairman AlanGreenspan, whose pronouncements affected our pocketbooks for yearsthough we weren't quite sure how, said recently by telelink to SouthAfrica that the U.S. was "on the brink" of a recession.According toGreenspan, "It's going ...
Chicoine triples up at Twin City Open
Jul 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - Lewiston High School boys tennis coach Ron Chicoinetook home three championship awards from the Twin City Open tennistournament over the weekend. Chicoine captured the men's singles title, won men's doubles withpartner Alex Chicoine and teamed with Chantalle Lavertu to ...
Man accused of choking woman
Jul 01, 2008; ... JAY - A Jay man is accused of choking a female acquaintance andknocking her to the ground Friday night before he grabbed a gun fromhis vehicle, stuck it in his pocket, and forced the woman into ahouse, police said. Jimmy W. Aplin, 38, appeared in a Farmington court Monday ...
Beethoven Monday concert set for July 7
Jul 01, 2008 ... BRUNSWICK - The Bowdoin International Music Festival's newestconcert series, Beethoven Mondays, continues July 7 withperformances of two Beethoven violin-piano sonatas and one cello-piano sonata. This concert features the Violin-Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 12,No. 2 with Joel ...
Summer brings new lows for reality TV
Jul 01, 2008; ... Every time you think producers of reality programming have hitrock bottom, they manage to tunnel through a lower level of muck andlocate another sub-basement. And it's reached the point this summerwhere you'll need a geologist, not a TV critic, to measure how farthe medium has ...
North Jay Day events announced
Jul 01, 2008 ... NORTH JAY - The North Jay Grange will sponsor the second annualNorth Jay Day on Saturday, July 12. The Grange will open at 8 a.m.with a food and craft sale. Eat-in or take-out luncheon plates willbe available to purchase for $4, which includes finger rolls, chips,pickles and a ...
SAVES seeks entries for art show
Jul 01, 2008 ... FARMINGTON - The power of self-expression will be exploredthrough a July art show planned by Franklin County's sexual-assaultcrisis center, SAVES. The show, entitled "The Art of Survival," willopen in mid-July. "The purpose of this exhibit is provide a safe space forsurvivors, ...
Voters OK $2.8M school budget
Jul 01, 2008 ... RANGELEY - Voters approved a $2.8 million school budget by 12votes during an all-day referendum Monday. The vote was 63-51, Town Clerk Laura Haley said . Budget figures were ...
Civil War lecture in Lisbon Falls
Jul 01, 2008 ... LISBON FALLS - Civil War historian and living history performerCharles Plummer will present at the July 9 meeting of the LisbonHistorical Society. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the MarionT. Morse School on School Street. Refreshments will be servedfollowing the ...
Broke town shuts down
Jul 01, 2008; ... PHILLIPS - Town Manager Lynn White was busy laying-off employeesMonday, including himself. The reason: Voters rejected exceeding the$256,076 tax levy limit for municipal operations on Saturday. The budget funds were needed for the fiscal year that begins July1. Saturday's ...
Funeral Notices
Jul 01, 2008 ... Applegarth - Richard Lee died on June 28. Visitation at Fortin/Auburn on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral at the funeralhome on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Committal at Gracelawn Memorial Park.Those wishing may make donations in Richard's memory to CentralMaine Heart and Vascular ...
Briefly
Jul 01, 2008 ... No meeting WILTON - There will be no Wilton Planning Board meeting onThursday, July 3.Hunter course RANGELEY - The Rangeley Region Guides and Sportsmen's Associationwill hold a ...
Logging Festival needs Wood Chips
Jul 01, 2008 ... RANGELEY - The Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum is lookingfor Little Miss and Mister Wood Chip contest and float entries inthe parade, part of the Logging Museum's Logging Festival Days onFriday and Saturday, July 25 and 26. The museum invites girls and boys, age 6 to 8, to ...
Police use Taser on combative man
Jul 01, 2008; ... JAY - Police had to use a Taser on a Jay man Saturday night afterhe became combative, Chief Larry White Sr. said Monday. Matthew Levesque, 24, was arrested on charges of misdemeanorassault and disorderly conduct, White said. Police responded to a 10:29 p.m. call about a man in ...
Board tables action on school request to use town building
Jul 01, 2008; ... JAY - Selectmen voted Monday to table action on a request fromschool officials to use two downstairs rooms in the CommunityBuilding for a cooperative behavioral program for students. Vice Chairman Warren Bryant said he would like more input fromArea Youth Sports and SAD 36 before a ...
Briefly
Jul 01, 2008 ... Spirit care LEWISTON - The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healingwill present "Caring for the Spirit During Cancer" from 1:30 to 3p.m. Wednesday, July 2. Lissa Bradford, a chaplain at Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice,will lead discussion, reflection and ...
Millhime named Paul Harris Fellow
Jul 01, 2008 ... LISBON - The Lisbon Rotary Club presented Monica Millhime,community resource coordinator for the Lisbon School Department, aPaul Harris Fellowship Award on June 3. The award was made during the Tuesday morning breakfast meetingat Blake's Restaurant. Millhime has been a Rotarian for ...
Women's rights
Jul 01, 2008 ... In his letter, published June 13, Wilfrid Paradis wrote theworld's greatest evil is "the murder of future generations in theirmothers wombs." That view of abortion is one that I've heard endlessly from menwho, although unable to experience pregnancy and birth themselves,see it as ...
Lisbon School Department honors community partners
Jul 01, 2008 ... LISBON - The Lisbon Community School cafetorium was transformedinto the OK Corral on May 30. The event marked the fourth annualnight of celebration honoring its community partners and volunteers. The administrators and staff from Lisbon Community School, PhilipW. Sugg Middle School ...
This week's agenda
Jul 01, 2008 ... Buckfield: Selectmen workshop, 5 p.m., Municipal Center,following by a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Casco: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Central Fire Station Greenwood: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Harrison: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Town ...
Norway Festival lecture and lake art exhibit
Jul 01, 2008 ... NORWAY - The focus feature for the 2008 Norway Arts Festival isLake Pennesseewassee. To kick off the festival weekend and highlightthe importance of our cultural heritage for the Norway ArtsFestival, there will be a lecture by Christopher Glass titled "Artand Quality of Place" at 7 p.m ....
Gold medals earned by readers in Paris
Jul 01, 2008 ... PARIS - The Paris Public Library's annual summer reading programcelebrates this year with an Olympic Read-a-Thon for children. Children of all ages may participate by counting the minutes theyread or are read to during their summer vacation break. For everyeight hours they ...
We're not protecting children
Jul 01, 2008 ... In the main section of the Sun Journal June 26 were no fewer thanfour reports on the violent abuse of children. All the discussion is about how the perpetrators are going to bepunished. Zero discussion about how the children are going to beprotected. As long as that focus is ...
Do we have to sell our homes?
Jul 01, 2008 ... As a long-time Monmouth resident who attended the June 25 townmeeting to determine the school budget, I found it deeply offensivethat the school board's solution to the economic crisis of the fixedincome residents is to "apply for state aid." I find it terribly insensitive for them ...
Forgotten holiday
Jul 01, 2008 ... Kudos to Doris Cleland of Rangeley for her letter to the editorthat was printed June 24. She expressed my sentiments exactly. I did not see a word ...
Acre by Acre challenge
Jul 01, 2008 ... NORWAY - Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, TheWestern Foothills Land Trust is pleased to announce its Acre by Acredonor challenge for the Roberts Farm Preserve acquisition campaign.Each donation of $2,000 or more (approximately the cost of one acreof Roberts Farm) will be ...
Three hurt in Buckfield accident
Jul 01, 2008; ... BUCKFIELD - A grandmother's concern inadvertently caused threeinjuries on Monday morning. Cpl. Chancey Libby of the Oxford County Sheriff's Office saidLori Hodgkin, 49, was driving a 1998 Ford Windstar north on NorthBuckfield Road when she heard her 3-year-old grandson, James ...
Briefly
Jul 01, 2008 ... Church supper NORTH WATERFORD - A public supper will be held from 5 to 6:30p.m. Tuesday, July 1, at the North Waterford Congregational Church,Five Kezars Road. The menu will include baked beans, American chopsuey, casseroles, salads, brown bread, rolls, beverages andstrawberry ...
Oxford County arrest log
Jul 01, 2008 ... PARIS - The following arrests were recorded at the Oxford CountyJail: Jeremy A. Smith, 36, of Norway, June 27, disorderly conduct, $100bail, Norway Police Department. Kevin Ambrose Doyle, 43, of Fryeburg, June 27, displaying asuspended or revoked operator's license, personal ...
Oxford Networks hires Bisson
Jul 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - Oxford Networks, headquartered at 491 Lisbon St.,recently hired Karin Bisson as a customer service representative/receptionist. Bisson assists customers on the phone as well as inperson with payments, providing information about installation ofservices, and responding to ...
McDonald joins Shear Madness
Jul 01, 2008 ... AUBURN - Shear Madness welcomes Amy McDonald as a professionalstylist. Her specialties are razor cutting and color and ...
Gleason joins Alliance board
Jul 01, 2008 ... AUGUSTA - Dick Gleason, president of Gleason Media Services inAuburn, has been elected to the board of directors of the Alliancefor Maine's Future, a statewide business advocacy and politicalorganization. Gleason's business enterprises include five radio stationsserving Western ...
Town officials, Tri-Town discuss future
Jul 01, 2008; ... WOODSTOCK - Representatives from the Board of Directors for Tri-Town Rescue Service and the towns it serves sat down together Mondayevening to discuss the organization's future. Kenneth Albert III, the directors attorney, said the board willvote on new bylaws, elect representatives ...
Children's summer fest opens
Jul 01, 2008 ... RUMFORD - Rumford Public Library's 32nd annual summer festprogram is ready to begin. Over the past 31 years, thousands ofyoungsters have taken part in the library's summer fest activitiesand reading programs. Ginny Todd, children's librarian, invites area children and ...
Riders planning events
Jul 01, 2008 ... ANDOVER - The Ellis River Riders horse club will host an equinedemo day at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 5. Spectators are welcome andadmission is free. There will be demonstrations of unique breeds and roping. Ponyrides, kids games, apple pie baking contest and vendors will beincluded ....
Ludden summer reading
Jul 01, 2008 ... DIXFIELD - The Ludden Memorial Library will start its summerreading program on Tuesday, July 1, with the theme "Catch theReading Bug." There will be entertaining programs along with otherincentives to keep kids reading throughout the summer. There will be ...
Court log
Jul 01, 2008 ... Androscoggin County Superior AUBURN - The following cases were closed recently in theAndroscoggin County Superior Court.Christopher E. Tessier, 39,Lewiston, operating after habitual offender revocation, prior onApril 14, 2006, probation violation, sentenced to 90 days ...
Willard finishes with fourth-fastest time
Jul 01, 2008 ... EUGENE, Ore. - Anna Willard of Greenwood took the first stepMonday toward earning a trip to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Willard placed second in the second heat of the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials atHayward Field. Her time was 9 ...
Valente delivers game-winning sac fly for Cole Farms
Jul 01, 2008 ... GRAY - Taylor Valente drove in the winning run in the bottom ofthe seventh inning with a sacrifice fly to lift Cole Farms Post 86to a 4-3 win over visiting Swansey-Torrey of Dixfield in Zone IIIAmerican Legion baseball action Monday. Josh Sundquist, Nick DeRice, Joe Billings and ...