A story in Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News mentioned National Science Foundation funding for a petrel research project at the College of the Atlantic. While scientists are in the process of applying for NSF funding, the money has not yet been granted. Read More
    AUGUSTA – For the 10th year, September has been designated “Organic Harvest Month,” a time to celebrate Maine’s 230 active organic farmers. When Maine’s organic certifying agency, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners, began certifying 25 years ago, only one farmer applied. Today, its membership includes… Read More
    PORTLAND – The Portland International Jetport is testing a machine that identifies employees by the shape of their hands. The airport is testing the Handkey II, manufactured by Recognition Systems of Campbell, Calif., in admitting employees to secure areas at the airport. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    CARIBOU – ATX Forms Inc. of Caribou has been sold to United Communications Group of Rockville, Md., a business-to-business information publishing company located just outside Washington, D.C. UCG is a major tax-information publisher through its Kleinrock Publishing Division. ATX and Kleinrock will be merged into… Read More
    BANGOR – The Maine International Trade Center has assembled experts in international marketing, finance and logistics for The Export 101 Seminar, to be held in Bangor in September. The seminar will provide critical trade information. Featured topics include incoterms 2000 and methods of payment. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    The Maine Chapter of the National Association of Investors Corp. will hold its Investors Fair 2002 on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland. The event, which is open to the public, will begin at 7:45 a.m. with a continental… Read More
    Following are petitions for bankruptcy filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: Brent Flagg, no occupation given, and Cristy Flagg, secretary, two dependents, Belfast; assets, $103,056; debts, $126,553. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    The newly grown grass along the Bangor waterfront has yet to recover from the trampling of the 80,000 or so people who attended the National Folk Festival last weekend, but the planners already are talking about what they would do better next year. That’s to be expected, of… Read More
    The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was created by Congress in 1978, a post-Watergate reform enacted in response to the domestic spying scandals of the Nixon White House. The rotating panel of seven federal judges secretly reviews Justice Department requests to employ wiretaps and other forms of surveillance against… Read More
    I read with interest the article concerning the “tax disparities” with the border communities of Canada (BDN, Aug. 21). It is not up to the Canadian people to keep businesses in the United States in business. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out why the… Read More
    Thank you to the Bangor Daily News for saying officially what many of us have been saying in our living rooms: Please stop the negative advertising! It’s really sickening what the Maine Democratic Party, AFL-CIO and the Chellie Pingree campaign are doing to this Senate… Read More
    The criticism of Tom Doak, director of the Maine Forest Service, by Catherine Johnson of the Natural Resources Council of Maine is unjustified (BDN, Aug. 9). As a participant in one of the Maine Forest Council meetings, I can state that Doak’s role was neither to raise money… Read More
    What a crazy world we live in. Page A3 [in the Aug. 22 edition of the Bangor Daily News] gives us a story of a mother in Ohio, who was locked in jail on three felony charges because her children got a bit sunburned when… Read More
    In the July issue of Down East magazine, The Maine Viewpoint included an article from the Bangor Daily News, about state economist Laurie Lachance’s tax reform package. I read with horror Lachance’s proposal to allow higher taxes on vacation-second homes. Because most vacation-second homes are… Read More
    Although I am aware of the catastrophic disaster on 9-11, and I have great sympathy for those who perished and their families, I feel there is a grave injustice being done to those and theirs who perished and were injured in the Pentagon and on the plane that… Read More
    What’s a 17th-century French philosopher doing in our 21st-century War on Terror? Think about it. Thinking was what Rene Descartes did most and best. So much so that he enshrined Think as the key word in Modernity’s main adage: “Cogito ergo sum – I… Read More
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    Unfortunately, Sue Bernier’s Aug. 22 letter concerning an advertisement that was not produced by Pingree for Senate demonstrates that accusations of negativity in the U.S. Senate race have themselves become a form of negative campaigning. We hear far too much complaining that Sen. Susan Collins… Read More
    My family moved to Ledyard, Conn., in 1966. At that time, living in Ledyard could be compared to living in North Orland – quiet and very country. Then came Manshutucket High Stakes Bingo, which brought more traffic, but not any real problems. Years later we… Read More
    In Islamic Liberia, a woman with a child out of wedlock is to be stoned to death. On appeal, a Muslim court postponed the event until after the child is weaned. The Florida Legislature prefers printer’s ink to stoning (Wall Street Week, Aug. 16; The… Read More
    Larry Dansinger (BDN letter, Aug. 20) asks us to mourn the deaths of our enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq. He says that “previous U.S. sanctions against Iraq have also killed an estimated 5,000 Iraq children a month each year since 1991.” The sanctions are not… Read More
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    Amen to the letter from Sue Bernier regarding “Pingree’s ranting nurse.” This is the most disgusting advertisement I have seen in a long while. If I had planned to vote for Pingree, which I would not, this would have changed my mind. The nurse in… Read More
    Hooray for John Rohman! His vision, leadership and hard work successfully brought the National Folk Festival to Bangor. It was an incredible weekend in every dimension we can imagine. In an era when other leaders have been the brunt of public criticism for being bold,… Read More
    When I caught up recently with the irrepressible Ben Hvar, I expected to hear he was busy adding yet another colorful chapter to the curious odyssey that’s been his life. Hvar’s life has been one long attempt to resist anything that could be considered routine. Read More
    AUGUSTA – After its first year in business, a state hot line to help smokers quit is reporting signs of success. Health officials Wednesday cut into a birthday cake to celebrate the work of the Maine Tobacco HelpLine, a phone counseling service funded mostly through… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – A man accused of damaging beehives at a Hancock blueberry farm has reached a deal with prosecutors that will keep him out of jail if he successfully completes a one-year probation term, according to attorneys involved in his case. Craig Golden, 18, of… Read More
    BANGOR – Looking to make room for a new Bangor Auditorium at Bass Park, city officials this week approved a $350,000 down payment on a 3.3-acre vacant lot on nearby Dutton Street. “My hope is that it will become an integral part of the replacement… Read More
    BANGOR – The string of Washington County residents sentenced for illegally importing drugs from Canada continued this week at U.S. District Court in Bangor. Wade Campbell, 25, of Machias was sentenced to 22 months in prison on his conviction for importing the painkiller Dilaudid. His… Read More
    NEWBURGH – The Newburgh Volunteer Fire Department will hold a yard sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, and Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Route 9 fire station, rain or shine. There will be many items for sale, including clothes for $3… Read More
    ORONO – The Esther Eayres Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the home of Mrs. Herbert Dickey Jr., Forest Avenue, for a brown bag lunch. There will be an observance of Constitution Week. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Local officials can expect their images to be broadcast soon on television, according to the city clerk. Ellsworth City Clerk Martha Bayer said Wednesday that the city’s television committee has acquired and installed equipment that will enable the city to broadcast municipal meetings… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT ISLAND – School begins for all island elementary pupils next Tuesday, despite a dragged out reconstruction project at Pemetic Elementary School and a fire in a science room at the Mount Desert Elementary School last Friday. “We’re planning to open the doors on… Read More
    TREMONT – The town harbor committee and selectmen agreed Wednesday to move forward with a harbor-dredging project and to call for a public hearing after they have more definite cost estimates and information for residents. “It seems to make sense at this point to stay… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – The Pittsfield Public Library has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It,” a free book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read. The series, “Not For Children Only: An Adult Perspective on… Read More
    NEWPORT – The Nokomis Chapter 42 Order of the Eastern Star recently held its annual awards banquet in Newport. While not a member of the organization, Joyce Packard of Newport received the group’s Excellence in Community Service award. She has a long record of volunteer… Read More
    WATERVILLE – The Portland String Quartet, artists-in-residence at Colby, will open the 2002-03 Music at Colby Concert Series with a free concert on Saturday, Sept. 7. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Lorimer Chapel on the Waterville campus and is free to the… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Sept. 11 will be memorialized in both Newport and Pittsfield in separate events. In Pittsfield, Andrew Gibson has been asked to head up a special memorial evening in Hathorn Park. The candlelight service is planned for 7 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    FRENCHVILLE – Local residents looked to the future Monday night at a special town meeting and approved the transfer of $17,000 from a surplus account to be used for potential residential sewer hook-ups. As many as nine lateral sewer lines will be installed around town,… Read More
    HOULTON – The planning board at its Tuesday night meeting approved plans for an 18-unit housing development planned by the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. Construction bids for the project will be opened next Wednesday, with a contract to be awarded the following week. Building… Read More
    SANFORD – Several dozen Saint Anselm College students are about halfway through a 130-mile walk for charity from Lewiston to their campus in Goffstown, N.H. The group spent Tuesday night in Sanford and was crossing into Rochester, N.H., on Wednesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    The following divorce was granted in 2nd District Court in Houlton on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: Gerry Caron, Cary Plantation, and Elaine D. Caron, Houlton, married Nov. 11, 1975, at Houlton. Custody of one child awarded to the father. Read More
    FORT KENT – “Community Response to Domestic Violence” will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the University of Maine’s Nadeau Hall Teleconference Center. The one-day workshop is sponsored by the Battered Women’s Project, Saint John Valley PATCH, Fish River… Read More
    WINDSOR – A 1,100-pound bull broke free from a loading trailer Tuesday and charged through the midway at the town’s fair before being corralled. No one was seriously hurt, but at least six people were needed to finally wrestle the bull to the ground, according… Read More
    SPRINGFIELD – A performance by rising country music star Carolyn Dawn Johnson will top a long list of events for the 152nd Springfield Fair. The 18-acre fairground will come alive when the gates open at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29. During the fair, which runs… Read More
    Nomination papers are now available for Millinocket and Lincoln residents who plan to seek seats on their respective town councils or school boards in the upcoming November municipal elections. In both towns, the deadline for filing nomination papers is 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20. Papers… Read More
    PORTLAND – Two Maine priests have received new administrative appointments by Bishop Joseph J. Gerry of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, which encompasses the entire state. The Rev. Richard Lembo has been named the administrator of St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Bucksport; St. Mary… Read More
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    SULLIVAN – A public meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Mountain View Middle School gymnasium, 542 Bert Gray Rd., to discuss aquaculture, the leasing process, and a shellfish lease proposed for Taunton Bay. The meeting is being sponsored and… Read More
    CAMDEN – An AmeriCorps-VISTA volunteer begins work this week as coordinator of a “study circles” project designed to support youth in Five Town Community School District classrooms. Kathleen Bart will work under the sponsorship of a parents and friends organization called Friends of the Five… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The second session of “Boot Camp for New Dads” will take place 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the Unitarian Universalist Church. The program is part of Downeast Health Services’ Parents are Teachers, Too, or PATT, and will bring expectant fathers and experienced… Read More
    STONINGTON – Christina Shipps has held onto her chairmanship of the town’s sanitary district after a recall election on Tuesday. Shipps received 50 votes in the election, defeating Ron Bakala, a former district member, who received 31 votes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    ROCKLAND – A collision at the intersection of Crescent and South Main streets sent two women to the hospital. Deputy Police Chief Wally Tower said Dorothy Gamage, 39, address unavailable, was driving on Crescent Street shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when she pulled her 1988… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Mayo Regional Hospital is organizing a diabetes support group, open to all who have diabetes or who are interested in learning more about diabetes. There is no cost. The group will meet monthly from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, starting Sept. 11, in… Read More
    EAST RYEGATE, Vt. – A New Hampshire man has bought the idled Kimberly-Clark Corp. paper mill for $100. Purchaser Ronald Morgan of Evergreen Paper in Concord, N.H., did not return calls Wednesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    PORTLAND – A Portland man who admitted serving beer to a high school student prior to his involvement in a deadly highway crash was handed a nine-month jail term for furnishing alcohol to minors. John Donovan Sr., 58, pleaded guilty last month and was sentenced… Read More
    FARMINGTON – The couple that spent the last decade caring for the home of the late opera star Lillian Nordica and providing tours for visitors are moving on. The Nordica Homestead Association, which has worked since 1928 to restore the farmhouse with original furnishings and… Read More
    NORWALK, Conn. – Martha Moxley’s mother testified Wednesday that she is haunted by the knowledge that her daughter died in fear and pain, and she urged a judge to sentence Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel to life in prison for the teenager’s murder 27 years ago. Read More
    ALFRED – A Hollis man has been sentenced to four years in prison for negligently causing a fatal highway crash two years ago while driving 77 mph faster than the posted speed limit. Scott York, 24, was sentenced in York County Superior Court, where he… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Maine gubernatorial candidate John Baldacci is counting a veterans’ group among his supporters, while congressional candidate Steven Joyce is trumpeting his endorsement by a former Reagan Cabinet member. The group Veterans for Baldacci, which claims 275 members, says the Democratic Blaine House nominee supports legislation providing… Read More
    PORTLAND – Hoping to lighten the U.S. Senate campaign with a little down-home fun, Democratic candidate Chellie Pingree is challenging Republican incumbent Susan Collins to a Labor Day “milk off” at the Windsor Fair. The candidate who fills a milk bucket in the shortest time… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD – The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded COPS MORE 2002 law enforcement grants to the Fort Fairfield and Falmouth police departments and the York County Sheriff’s Department. The funds are being made possible through the justice department’s Community Oriented Policing Services, or… Read More
    SACO – Republican gubernatorial candidate Peter Cianchette on Wednesday proposed bringing dozens of child and family services now offered by four Cabinet-level departments under one roof, saying it would reduce inefficiency and fragmentation. Cianchette proposed a new Department of Children and Families as he campaigned… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE – Flags flew at half-staff Wednesday in honor of a man who was remembered for the years he served in the Legislature and on the Town Council. Tony Tammaro, 85, was at his home on Spruce Street on Tuesday night in Baileyville, or, as… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – John Linnehan Sr., a noted Ellsworth businessman, died Wednesday afternoon at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital at the age of 77. Linnehan died as the result of various illnesses, including cancer. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
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    The University of New Hampshire was selected first in the America East Preseason Volleyball poll. The University of Maine was picked third. The Wildcats received four first-place votes, with second-ranked Northeastern notching three. Read More
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    Portland’s Ian Crocker won two heats of the 100-meter butterfly Wednesday, swimming fast enough to earn the top seed in the butterfly final today at the Pan Pacific Championships in Yokohama, Japan. Crocker won the first of two preliminary heats of the event Wednesday morning,… Read More
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    HOULTON – Melissa Berube’s second-half goal lifted the Presque Isle Wildcats to a 1-0 schoolgirl soccer victory over the Houlton Shiretowners Wednesday night. Berube got the ball at the 18, dribbled in and scored on a shot from 16 feet away with 18:09 left. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    HERMON – Artie McGuire of Bucksport took the lead from Fred Ashmore Jr. of Hancock on lap 15 of the 20-lap Little Enduro feature at Speedway 95 Wednesday night to close out the Wacky Wednesday season. McGuire started third in the 40-car field and battled… Read More
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    BREWER – Like those in many schools throughout the state, Brewer youngsters did their part for the community this past year. Sixth-graders at the middle school raked and cleaned the area around the Brewer Historical Society and Chamberlain Freedom Park, where the North to Freedom… Read More
    BANGOR – Three years ago Judith Coscarelli of Bangor participated in the first “Strengthening Women’s Leadership Capacity Project,” sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Designed to help women explore leadership in their lives and build leadership “muscle,” the nine-month program will begin a new session this… Read More
    Want to share something through School News? E-mail it to weekly@bangordailynews.net, or mail it to The Weekly, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME 04402; or drop it off at the front desk of the Buck Street entrance at the Bangor Daily News, 491 Main St., Bangor. Schools… Read More
    ORONO – Caileen Nutter of North Berwick spent her spring semester working as an intern in U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ press office in Washington, D.C. But Nutter, who will enter her senior year at the University of Maine this fall, is staying in the nation’s… Read More
    OLD TOWN – Schools in Old Town will welcome new personnel when classes convene in September. Appointments are: . Mary Baker, education technician, special education, Herbert Sargent Elementary School. She was a substitute teacher and education technician for Union 90. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
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    Got something for Community News? E-mail it to weekly@bangordailynews.net, or mail it to The Weekly, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME 04402; or drop it off at the front desk of the Buck Street entrance to the Bangor Daily News, 491 Main St., Bangor. Bangor googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More