Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. back issues from June 2009:
Boss and assistant differ on thank-you
Jun 01, 2009 ... DEAR ABBY: I work as an administrative assistant for a company inLouisville. Each year we invite several "high- level" customers toattend the Kentucky Derby. We spare no expense on this event, payingfor hotels, track tickets, food, drinks, limos, etc. for three fulldays. Last ...
Taurus: A serious change will help you move up
Jun 01, 2009 ... ARIES (March 21-April 19): Surprise everyone with your talent andsheer determination to strike it big. You can make your mark and seta new standard. Expect the unexpected and be ready to take advantageof any opportunity. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are in the right place ....
Fate of restaurant unknown
Jun 01, 2009 ... Dear Sun Spots: Would you happen to have an update on whether ornot Bagels and Things will be reopening? I haven't heard or readanything in regard to this in quite some time. I have a secondquestion as well. I would like to know what churches ororganizations in the Lewiston-Auburn area ...
Legionnaire's disease, still dangerous
Jun 01, 2009 ... DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My wife, 73 years old, had to be hospitalizedfor a high fever and a nonstop cough. Her first few days in thehospital were touch-and-go. I thought I was going to lose her. Itturns out she had Legionnaire's disease. I remember reading about ityears and years ago, but I ...
Stars march at Bates
Jun 01, 2009; ... LEWISTON - The sound of the Hathorn Hall bell brought 472 membersof Bates College's Class of 2009 together for the school's 142ndcommencement Sunday morning. They heard talks by five honorary degree recipients whorepresented movies and television, journalism, ...
Lewiston Crime bulletin
Jun 01, 2009 ... Incident Report Statistics Between 7 a.m. Friday, May 22, and 7 a.m. Friday, May 29,Lewiston Police responded to 716 calls for service. Of those calls,195 of them were motor vehicle stops. Accidents: 27 Disorderly disturbances: 57 Domestic disputes: ...
Durham fire knocks out power to 4,000
Jun 01, 2009; ... DURHAM - No injuries were reported in a smoky fire that destroyeda large, landmark barn and contents and damaged the nearby farmhouseSunday on Ross Road. About 75 firefighters from 10 area fire departments were calledto assist Durham fireman battling the blaze, Deputy Fire ...
Charges
Jun 01, 2009 ... Christopher Allen Phillips, 31, of 9 High St. No. 2B, LisbonFalls, charged with operating while license suspended or revoked andsale and use of drug paraphernalia, 1:15 a.m. Friday at 40 StanleySt. Trezjuan Marquis Thompson, 25, of 31 Vine St., Auburn, chargedwith violation of ...
Paralysis spurs woman
Jun 01, 2009; ... TURNER - There was a big party here Saturday. Family and friends celebrated the college graduation of MonicaQuimby. Quimby, 22, whose legs were paralyzed while skiing on Jan. 28,2006, graduated from the University of New Hampshire May 23 with abachelor of science degree in ...
Downed power lines affect 911 center
Jun 01, 2009 ... AUBURN - Strong winds following afternoon thunderstorms broughtdown tree limbs and cut power to at least 1,600 people in theLewiston-Auburn area for more than an hour Sunday evening -including the 911 dispatch center for the Twin Cities. A representative from Central Maine Power ...
Tensions remain after South Africa's election
Jun 01, 2009 ... CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Fifteen years after its black majoritytook political power, South Africa is a country combining boundlesspromise with pressing problems, its optimism about the futuretempered by today's realities. Unlike many other African countries, democracy has taken ...
By the numbers Cracker Jack
Jun 01, 2009 ... 23 billion: Number of toys given out since 1912 $7,000: Value of some old Cracker Jack prizes July 5: Day Cracker Jack is ...
ENEFCO breezes twice
Jun 01, 2009 ... AUBURN - ENEFCO continued its winning ways in Auburn SuburbanMinor League baseball with two victories. Bobby Tremaine who went 5-for-5 and Aidan Dollen-Oliveto 4-for-4in a 13-0 victory over M&P Auto. Patrick Fogarty smacked twotriples, while Maxwell Gamache added a double. Seth ...
Deering, Breton reel in wins
Jun 01, 2009 ... WAYNE - Kaitlyn Deering and Shawn Breton were victorious at the L/A Junior Bassmasters club tournament May 16 on Androscoggin Lake. Most of the bass were in the pre-spawn and spawn phase and werecaught around rocks, gravel banks and inside weedlines in 60-degreewater. Other ...
Feds must decide on Real ID
Jun 01, 2009 ... A year ago, lawmakers and Gov. John Baldacci were bullied intocompliance with the Real ID act with threats that innocent Mainerswould be banned from commercial flying. Legislation was hastilywritten up and approved, mandating residency and citizenship/legalstatus to get a driver's ...
100 years ago, 1909
Jun 01, 2009 ... Cornelius Linnehan of Lewiston was struck by the Bath car nearChestnut Street crossing Saturday evening at about 6 o'clock andknocked down. The force of the blow partially stunned Mr. Linnehanwho when he got up appeared dazed and in his effort to escapefurther collision with the car lost ...
Franklin
Jun 01, 2009 ... Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town OfficeOxford Hills Bridgton: SAD 61 Board of Directors, 7 p.m., Lake Region HighSchool Buckfield: Western Foothills School District, RSU 10, budgethearing, 6 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal ...
Wind turbines move to Kibby project
Jun 01, 2009; ... FARMINGTON - TransCanada will start moving sections of 22 windturbines through the state Monday from Searsport to Stratton. TransCanada is in the process of building the $320 million KibbyWind Power Project in Kibby Township, on Kibby and Kibby Rangemountains. The equipment ...
'Music on Main' playing in downtown gazebo
Jun 01, 2009 ... FARMINGTON - "Music on Main" will be offered at the Meeting HouseGazebo in downtown Farmington from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. everyTuesday in June, July and August. The musical focus will be countryand oldies. Appearing will be the following: Seminole Wind, Jeff and DonnaWells, June ...
National Trails Day announces two events
Jun 01, 2009 ... TURNER - The Androscoggin Land Trust (ALT) will recognizeNational Trails Day, Saturday, June 6, with two events at theAndroscoggin Riverlands, a nearly 2,600-acre parcel in Turner andLeeds that was conserved due to the efforts of the land trust'sfounders. National Trails Day is a ...
Funeral Notices
Jun 01, 2009 ... BEAR Jr. - John "Ted" E., 66, died on Orr's Island, May 29. Acelebration of "Ted's" life will be held at noon on Sunday, June 7,at the Head of Mackeral Cove with Cindy Baumgartner officiating. Inlieu of flowers, donations can be made in his memory to the MaineLobsterman Association, C/O ...
Grange meeting
Jun 01, 2009 ... MINOT - Members of Androscoggin Pomona Grange will meet onWednesday, June 3, at Minot Center Grange for a 6:30 p.m. supper. The business meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will include amemorial program and election of officers. There will be a 50/50raffle and an attendance ...
Modern Woodmen announces June events
Jun 01, 2009 ... AUBURN - Modern Woodmen has announced the following activitiesduring June: Tuesday, June 9, from 4 to 7 p.m., Taber's Lakeside Stand, 470Lake Shore Dr., $4 each person. Wednesday, June 17, from 6 to 8:15 p.m., Auburn Community ...
State recognizes Monmouth teacher
Jun 01, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - Keith Morang, a special education teacher at MonmouthAcademy, has been named a recipient of the 2009 Commissioner'sRecognition Award. Education Commissioner Sue Gendron, Gov. John Baldacci and MarkDeblois, the chair of the Truancy, Dropout and Alternative ...
Scouts give awards in whistle-stop tour
Jun 01, 2009 ... BETHEL - Northeast Bank and Insurance Group partnered with theBoy Scouts of America in a "Whistle-Stop Tour" of seven central andwestern Maine locations on May 27. The tour began at the Bethel branch at 9 a.m. where Eagle ScoutNicholas Kingsbury of Troop 565 recognized the Rotary ...
Doing a good job
Jun 01, 2009 ... I was driving by the cemetery on Riverside Drive in Auburn theother day and I saw many young people mowing the lawn, picking upthe clippings, etc. What a beautiful job they ...
Promoting 'fake war'
Jun 01, 2009 ... I read with near disbelief the Sun Journal May 24 b section coverstory (Airsoft: Weapon.Ammo.Action, May 24).I found the articleremarkably offensive, especially on Memorial Day weekend, though Iassume the military angle was what inspired its prominence. I would hope that Memorial ...
Astonished
Jun 01, 2009 ... When I read Barbara Underwood's May 25 letter to the editor, Iwas astonished, not because of the writer's feelings on gaymarriage, but because she asserted that "churches who do not agreewith the laws of the land should forfeit their tax-exempt status." I hope that the reason she ...
Turning junk food into tasty health food
Jun 01, 2009 ... We asked Ashley Edwards, a Lewiston dietitian who works forCentral Maine Bariatric Surgery, to show us how to have our junkfood - pizza and burgers - only healthy. She did. This week she gives us recipes for making pizza (on the grill orin the oven) with whole wheat dough, ...
Food collaborative delivering locally
Jun 01, 2009 ... NORWAY - The Progress Center, a nonprofit organization thatprovides services and teaches life skills to developmentallydisabled adults in Norway, is spearheading the Oxford Hills FoodCollaborative for the second year in a row. The collaborative takescommunity supported agriculture (CSAs) ...
Boy Scouts tour Bethel to Lewiston
Jun 01, 2009 ... BETHEL - Northeast Bank and Insurance Group partnered with theBoy Scouts of America in a "Whistle-Stop Tour" of seven central andwestern Maine locations on May 27. The tour began at the Bethel branch at 9 a.m. where Eagle ScoutNicholas Kingsbury of Troop 565 recognized the Rotary ...
Voters to decide maintenance for Colby Farm Road in winter
Jun 01, 2009; ... PARIS - Residents will decide at the annual town meeting nextweek whether the Colby Farm Road should be closed for wintermaintenance. Selectmen voted 4-0 Thursday to approve a draft order of closingit between Nov. 1 and April 30. During that time, town plows wouldnot work on the ...
Norway wins spirit award
Jun 01, 2009; ... NORWAY - The town has won a community spirit award from MaineDowntown Center for its economic development efforts. The award will be presented during the ninth annual MaineDowntown conference June 5 in Rockland. Terry Ann Stevens, co-chairman of the organization, said ...
Couple to serve needy people in Bahamas
Jun 01, 2009; ... SUMNER - Sue and Dave Bryant are moving to the Bahamas this yearto work as missionaries in teaching and home-building on NorthAndros Island. She, a retired special education teacher at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School, and he, a minister, were asked three years agoto bring a ...
SAD 44 budget vote set
Jun 01, 2009; ... BETHEL - Residents of SAD 44 will have a chance Wednesday to acton a proposed 2009-10 operating budget that's about $300,000 lessthan this year's. The proposed figure is $9.96 million for the education of justunder 1,000 students from the district's five member towns andseveral ...
Time capsule to be opened
Jun 01, 2009; ... HEBRON - No one can quite remember what was put in the timecapsule "buried" in the Hebron Station School library in 2002, soit'll be somewhat of a surprise when it's opened June 16. "The only thing people can remember is the padlock to the oldbuilding where the town hall is now," ...
Pope joins CCS Psychiatry
Jun 01, 2009 ... LEWISTON - Clinical Community Services Psychiatry, affiliatedwith St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, announces the addition ofColin Pope, M.D., to its staff. Pope has extensive experience in the field of psychiatry. Mostrecently he served as director of psychiatry at Tri-County ...
Emerson elected to second term
Jun 01, 2009 ... AUBURN - James C. Emerson of Emerson Toyota, 990 Center St., wasrecently elected to a second term as Maine's representative to theNew England Toyota Dealers Advertising Association. The Toyotadealers in each state elect one ...
Oxford Hills SCORE schedules workshop
Jun 01, 2009 ... SOUTH PARIS - The Oxford Hills chapter of SCORE is offering aseminar, "Managing Cash Flow in Difficult Times," at Western MaineUniversity and Community College, 232 Main St., South Paris, on June8 from 9 to 11 a.m. The workshops will be presented by members ofSCORE. Workshop content has ...
Dixfield Library adds new books
Jun 01, 2009 ... DIXFIELD - May new arrivals for Ludden Memorial Library have beenannounced. Adult fiction "Summer on Blossom Street," Macomber; "The Little Stranger,"Waters; "Brimstone," Parker; "First Family," Baldacci; "TheWildwater Walking Club," Cook; "Ransomed Dreams," Wallace; ...
Mexico firefighter turnout gear OK'd
Jun 01, 2009; ... MEXICO - Selectmen approved the purchase of three additionalturnout gear sets for the Mexico Fire Department at a cost of about$4,500. Fire Chief Gary Wentzell told the board Wednesday night that thethree sets slated for replacement did not pass inspection and are asafety ...
Local duo competes in Div. II Final Four
Jun 01, 2009; ... Le Moyne College wasn't exactly the opponent Merrimack Collegewas looking forward to seeing again. But the matchup meant a berth in the NCAA Division II lacrosseFinal Four. At that point, team members were far from complaining. Two members of that Merrimack squad - the first in ...
Putting the squeeze on
Jun 01, 2009; ... More than ever, high school baseball teams in Maine are buyinginto the old adage that baseball is a game of inches. The squeeze play, whether utilized in "safety" or "suicide" form,is an increasingly popular way for teams to maximize every inch onthe diamond. Combining strategy, ...
Wife threatens to spill secret during divorce
Jun 02, 2009 ... DEAR ABBY: I am 45 and currently going through a divorce. My soon-to-be ex-wife and I have a 14-year-old daughter, "Gina," and I havecustody. Fourteen years ago, when my wife became pregnant with Gina, wehad talked about abortion. We even had an appointment scheduled, buton the ...
Spinal stenosis a major cause of back pain
Jun 02, 2009 ... DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Sixty-two must be the age when everything fallsapart. I'm there. My latest body part to give way is my back. I haveback pain a considerable amount of the time. It finally brought meto a doctor, who tells me I have spinal stenosis. I have been toldto take Aleve for my ...
Gemini: Networking will pay off for you
Jun 02, 2009 ... CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Wayne Brady, 37; Dana Carvey, 54;Marvin Hamlisch, 65; Stacy Keach, 68. Happy Birthday: Don't settle for less when you can have so muchmore this year. With a little Gemini finesse and planning, you canachieve goals you had given up on in the ...
Medical lending services accept items
Jun 02, 2009 ... Dear Sun Spots: Are there any organizations in the area,hospitals, rehabs, nursing homes, that accept crutches, walkers, airboots, etc., that have been "gently used?" I know we are not theonly family that has some of these items that someone could use. -Joyce, Lewiston. Answer: ...
Government at a glance
Jun 02, 2009 ... Board: Auburn City Council Met: Monday nightWebster redevelopment Issue: Plans call for renovating Webster School and making it a24-unit residential complex with one- and two-bedroom units. The oldschool closed in June 2006. It and Lake Street Elementary werereplaced that ...
John "Ted" E. Bear Jr.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Orr's Island - John "Ted" E. Bear Jr., 66 of Orr's Island, diedFriday, May 29, at his home after a short battle with cancer. He was born in Brunswick on April 17, 1943, a son of John Edwinand Ruth Eleanor Leeman Bear Sr. He attended schools in Tampa, Fla.,and was a graduate of ...
Raymond Peter Gagnon
Jun 01, 2009 ... AUBURN - Raymond Peter Gagnon, 62, of East Waterman Road inAuburn, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday May 31, withhis loving family by his side. Born in Lewiston on Oct. 7, 1946, a son of the late Raymond F.and Marion Gagnon. Educated in local schools he graduated ...
Bernard Everett Kilbreth Jr.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Augusta - Bernard Everett Kilbreth Jr., 80, a resident of Jay,died Friday, May 29, at Togus Veterans Hospital in Augusta. He was born Sept. 26, 1928, in Lewiston, the son of BernardEverett Kilbreth Sr. and Gertrude Eva Morgan. He went to LivermoreFalls grammar schools and ...
Frank H. Merrill
Jun 01, 2009 ... Farmington - Frank H. Merrill, 87, a resident of Fayette, diedSunday, May 31, at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. He was born Sept. 4, 1921, in Chesterville, the son of Harold andEtta (Richards) Merrill. He attended school in Chesterville. Frankserved in the U.S. Army ...
Dorothy E. McCullough Morrison
Jun 01, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - Dorothy E. McCullough Morrison, 88, formerly ofRandolph, died May 27, at the Maine General Hospital Care and Rehabin Augusta. She was born at home on Sept. 9, 1919, in Keswick Ridge, NewBrunswick, Canada, the daughter of Joseph and Edith (Nicholson)McCullough. She was ...
Edwin E. Thayer
Jun 01, 2009 ... South Paris - Edwin E. Thayer of Oxford died May 30, at the MaineVeterans Home after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was born in Norway on Sept. 3, 1932, the son of Dorothea andArthur Thayer. Raised on the farm in Oxford, Ed's work ethic beganat a young age delivering milk ...
City mulls plan to send voters to mall
Jun 02, 2009; ... AUBURN - Voters in November's general election would go to theAuburn Mall to cast their ballots, under a plan being considered bycity councilors. "It's good location, it's on the bus lines, it has parking,access and plenty of room," City Clerk Mary Lou Magno said. Under the ...
'Good deal' goes sour
Jun 02, 2009; ... POLAND - Beneath a bare light bulb in his century-old barn, GlennPeterson pulled on a pair of glasses and began quoting the Bill ofRights protection of private property. When he was done, his shoulders sank. "I just want to be compensated," he said. In the next few ...
Charges
Jun 02, 2009 ... Christopher Tarmey, 25, of 22 Drummond St., Auburn, charged withan unspecified warrant, 2:46 a.m. Saturday at that address. Holly Weikel, 24, of 198 Webster St., Lewiston, charged withoperating after suspension and violating condition of release, 6:49p.m. Saturday on Minot ...
Gray man 'fair' after crash into tree
Jun 02, 2009 ... NEW GLOUCESTER - A Gray man was transported to a local hospitalSunday night with head and internal injuries after his vehiclecrashed into a tree, police said. Eric Bruns, 28, was trapped inside the vehicle and emergencyworkers had to cut it to free him, according to a statement ...
Durham selectmen meeting Tuesday
Jun 02, 2009 ... DURHAM - Selectmen will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m.Tuesday at the Town Office to discuss going bids for snow removal. The last three-year contract expired in May. Once the terms of a new ...
Workers bring on the buds
Jun 02, 2009; ... LEWISTON - Mark Eustis and Le-Ann Kropa can plant 1,000 flowers aday. A little rain last Friday was not going to slow that pace. Perched on a Main Street median just before noon, pushing asidepockets of dirt for petunias, Eustis was stoic about the cold, theconditions, the ...
Durham fire investigation continues
Jun 02, 2009 ... DURHAM - The cause of the fire that destroyed a large barn onRoss Road on Sunday remained under investigation by the ...
Lewiston eyes TIF break for CMP line changes
Jun 02, 2009; ... AUBURN - The city could sacrifice some of the new property taxrevenue Central Maine Power Co. would pay to encourage the companyto relocate some proposed new power lines. Councilors on Tuesday will go behind closed doors Tuesday todiscuss creating a tax increment finance district ...
New Gloucester considers buying used ambulance
Jun 02, 2009; ... NEW GLOUCESTER - Selectmen ordered an independent mechanicalassessment of an ambulance with 170,000 miles offered at no cost tothe town by United Ambulance Service. The board is expected to make a final decision June 15. The 1998 Ford E-450 would be the second first-responder ...
By the numbers Military retirees by state, 2008
Jun 02, 2009 ... 54 to 1: Ratio of members of the general public to retirees,Virginia 109 to 1: Ratio of members of the general public to retirees,Maine 173 to 1: Ratio of members of the ...
Small, Juray lead Assassins
Jun 02, 2009 ... AUBURN - Jim Small and Tommy Juray each pounded out three hits tolead the Assassins past Gamers, ...