Iraq soldier
November 30, 2006
This week, Old Town residents Lewis and Lianne
Henderson received the kind of news that all parents of soldiers serving in a
combat zone hope never to hear: their son, Army Staff Sergeant Lewis Henderson,
Jr, had been seriously injured while on patrol with his unit in Iraq. Henderson,
who began his second tour of Iraq last September, was riding in the backseat of
a Humvee when it was hit with a roadside bond. Henderson’s father, Lewis
Henderson, Sr, says that his son and another backseat passenger bore the brunt
of the explosion. ...more
Deer remains found on College Ave
Extension
November 30,
2006
By Greta Sproul
Plastic bags containing the
remains of a mutilated doe were discovered on College Avenue Extension over the
weekend. Dave Georgia, of the Maine State Game Warden service, said that the doe
was probably killed on Marsh Island at least two days prior to the discovery of
the bags and then “dumped” at the scene. The fact that the location in which the
remains were found is a popular local jogging and walking area doesn’t
necessarily point to any ulterior motive on the part of whoever is responsible
for leaving them there, according to Georgia.
...more
Red Shield takes over at G-P mill
November 16, 2006
The first
group of worker returned to the former Georgia-Pacific mill in Old Town last
Monday. Dan Bird, the vice president of the local paper worker’s union, was
there to greet them in his new capacity as the head of human resources for Red
Shield Environmental, LLC. Since the mill closed last March, Bird has also acted
as a peer support worker for other laid-off mill employees at the Career Center
in Bangor, Red Shield closed its purchase deal on the mill on Nov. 3 and is the
first of four companies already involved in the transformation of the mill site
into a state-of-the-art multi-manufacturer energy facility.
...more
Local Election Wrap-Up
November 16, 2006
The 2006
election season came to an end last Tuesday, but the results will be
longer-lasting, on municipal and state levels.
Old Town
voters chose two new city councilors from the seven nominees listed on the
municipal ballot last week. Final tallies show that Alan Stormann received the
most votes with 1,499, with Peter Dufour garnering 1,499 votes to come in
second. Of the three other city council candidates, David Cashman received 1,195
votes, Valerie Carr-Winecour received 666 votes, and Warren Morgan received
510. Write-in candidates Charles Leithoser and Scott Cates received one vote
each. ...more
November 6, 2006 City Council Meeting
The Old Town
City Council voted Monday night to approve funds for a new thermal imaging
camera for the Fire Department, to increase parking ticket fees from $10 to $20,
and to enter into an agreement to provide ambulance service coverage for a
section of Hancock County.
All seven
council members were in attendance at the election-eve meeting. The fire
department’s request for approval of funds for a new thermal imaging camera came
after the department applied to the Galen Cole Foundation for a full grant for
the camera, but received only partial funding. The additional funds approved by
the Council will cover the balance due to come from the Matching Grant Account
7200-0350. ...more
ER nurse shares dose of reality
with OTHS students
November 9,
2006
Filing into the Old Town
High School gym last Thursday, there was an air of resignation among the
freshman students who had been told to assemble there. Even though they knew
that they were on their way to hear an “anti-drug presentation,” they had no
idea of what to expect or how much of what they heard would have an impact on
their future choices regarding drugs. Many of them had been to anti-drug
presentations before and had been warned to stay away from drugs and alcohol.
But as soon as Linda Dutil took over the mike, dressed in her green emergency
department nurse scrubs, there descended over the teen-age audience an almost
palpable sense of renewed interest in what she had to say about an old subject.
A lot of that had to do with the fact that Dutil, who works as an ER nurse in
Waterville, speaks from experience about what can happen when young people take
drugs, drink alcohol, or enable their friends to become involved with
substance-abuse. ...more
“OTHS Teacher at Fright Night Fort”
November 2, 2006
By R. A. Shina
Not many people who don’t know Mr. P. J. Smith – or are not taught by him –
would ever consider the level-toned history teacher as a scurvy pirate
brandishing a sword. However, for those who attended the Fright Night at
Fort Knox on October 27 and 28, he was a scary Jack Sparrow times ten! Of
course, Mr. Smith was not alone in this horrible haunting jamboree, as there
were others in similar get ups ready to pop out of the many dark corners of
the granite walls.
...more
Orono holds public meeting on biomass boiler
November 2, 2006
By Greta Sproul
The Orono town council and DEP officials held a special
“informational”meeting last Wednesday to address questions about the
biomass boiler that will be used by Red Shield Environmental, LLC when
the former Georgia-Pacific mill in Old Town reopens. Red Shield is the
Portland-based company currently in the process of purchasing the mill
from G-P.
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