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B3 BANGOR DAILY NEWS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20 1997 dance nets $6000 for Habitat By Jonl Averlll Of the NEWS Staff learned more than we expected when we contacted Will Rogers of Brewer who is state president of the Maine Association of Realtors We balled to ask the results of the Day Dance at the Bangor Civic Center which served as a fundraiser for the Bangor Chapter of Habitat for Humanity met the mission statement When the article appeared Feb 6 Internet consultant Bill Lipton of Harrington explained the offer was for a limited time only and would expire Saturday Feb 15 We have an update Lipton called this week to advise us the offer has been extended through April received three responses following the he said the response to the offer has been so great throughout the country that FutureNET has extended it right through Saril when the gift orders will beSjpped So people can make their contributions right to the end of Individuals or businesses interested in participating in this project may call Lipton at 483-0313 e-mail him at or contact him at httpwwwangelfirecom-meIntemetTVindexhtml which is his Internet page The Standpipe Bangor Daily News PO Box 1329 Bangor 04402 990-8288 What happens to the interest earned on escrow funds received by real estate agencies and de- posited with local banks during the home-purchasing process? Rogers provided us with the answer Before this fund was established that interest benefited the financial institution But since 1989 a partnership has existed between local banks Realtors and thejr clients so that escrow funds received by a participating agency are placed in a special interest-bearing account at the participating bank Interest from individual escrow accounts is combined in a central account the bank pays directly to the Realtors Affordable Housing Foundation which then awards grants to successful applicants Since 1989 the foundation has given 66 grants totaling $361512 In 1993 the foundation approved a matching grants program for local real estate boards that awarded dollar-for-dollar matches for those boards participating in fund-raisers that The essays should be 300-500 words The topics are Chamberlain: An American Chamberlain: Greatest Joshua Chamberlain Means'to or Legacy of Joshua Your entry should include your name address phone number school grade and age It must be received no later than Friday March 14 Entries may be mailed to Postmaster of Brewer Joshua Chamberlain Essay Contest co Customer Aifelsory Council yO Box 04412-0400 or handSelivered to the Brewer Post Office i Earlier this month we wrote of an offer from FutureNET to place in a classroom an Internet computer unit using a television set as a monitor with an interactive keyboard mouse or remote control In exchange for donating $500 to install that unit in a classroom an individual or business will receive a free Internet computer escrow It goes to help someone less fortunate someone living at a shelter for families in crisis or moving into a new home built by the volunteers who are members of your local chapter of Habitat for Humanity Brewer Postmaster Stanley Abraham is inviting students in the greater Bangor-Brewer area to enter the Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Essay Contest During noontime dedication ceremonies on Wednesday April 2 the Brewer Post Office will be renamed for the Civil War hero and Brewer native Winners of the Chamberlain essay contest in three age categories will read their essays at the dedication Open to any student in the area the categories are elementary kindergarten through grade 5 junior high grades 6-8 and high school grades 9-12 Each age-group winner receives a $100 US Savings Bond from Fleet Bank and a Postal Service Commemorative Mint Set The Standpipe The mission is to aid groups and organizations that support activities programs and services encouraging the development of crisis shelters affordable housing and home ownership for Maine people of moderate and low income Through 1995 including the matching funds those grants total more than $455000 So now you know if your real estate agency and its bank participate in this program what happens to money you put in Rogers told us the local Habitat treasury now has $6000 more than it had before the dance With more than 400 people ip attendance last Saturday $3000 was raised through ticket sales and $3000 matched by the Maine Association of Realtors Affordable Housing Foundation The information on the foundation we found most refreshing because it answers a question new-home buyers might well ask: The Coast State Bucksport business plan fires debate Project gamers little support from crowd Construction crews work at demolishing the former Mathews Brothers wood products mill and Penobscot Poultry Co on the Belfast waterfront MBNA America Is absorbing the cost of removing both the MBNA-owned Mathews buildings and city-owned Penobscot mill (NEWS Photo by Walter Griffin) legislation urged Addicts describe how they inhaled fumes to get high The Associated Press AUGUSTA It was between ages 8 and 10 that Shawn Powell started inhaling fumes from Mountain Dew bottles and whipped cream cans Later he added drugs and alcohol to the mix to intensify the high to escape he said Powell a substance abuser now in recovery at a residential treatment program in Hollis called Day One joined police parents emergency room doctors and other recovering addicts Tuesday in asking legislators to pass a law making inhaling fumes or a crime Kevin Sweeney the father of two teen-agers and co-chairman of the Cape Elizabeth-based Cape Coalition urged legislators to crack down on huffing by making it a crime punishable by fines community-service work and substance-abuse counseling find our hands tied There is no statute we can use to stop said Sweeney who began his campaign against huffing last year after police in his town discovered empty nitrous oxide cans on three occasions Digging deeper he learned that kids were inhaling even more dangerous vapprs He organized local activists enlisted the aid of a local legislator and Tuesday caught the ear of the Criminal Justice Committee Demolition of old Belfast factories under way since it serves a comparably-sized potential market area of about 15000 customers and has suffered similar economic challenges until fairly recently Several people in the crowd objected to the comparison citing differences such as milltown image and the role of MBNA in boosting economy is a blue-collar town essentially not a town of a lot of little MacLeod said of Bucksport As for the MBNA reference Hall said Bucksport has something Belfast lacks the long-term presence of the Champion International paper mill which pays significantly more than $8 per hour Differing visions the only cause for concern at the meeting According to Economic Development Committee member Jack Corrigan many local business owners are upset that the town would seek to fill niches they feel are already filled you choose to seek people to take up the slack on Main Street for things that already exist then I say blatantly wrong I detect a high level of resentment that people would actually seek to replace said Corrigan The organizers replied that a primary purpose of the forum was to address such issues want to make sure everyone knows a level playing field here for existing businesses as well as said bucksport Economic Development Director Jeffrey Kobrock Several people were adamant that the types of businesses Stafford suggests attracting such as a bakery have already been attempted in town many times without success Many said the problem has been more a failure of the community to support local enterprises than any fault of the owners By Stephany Boyd Of the NEWS Staff BUCKSPORT If Wednesday meeting here was any indication the Business Attraction may need substantial remodeling before the local business community will support it About 30 people gathered at the town office to hear a presentation on the fledgling project the ultimate goal of which is to help revitalize the downtown It long into the program presented by the hired marketing consultants before attendees raised objections sparking spirited debate Chris Hall of Stafford Business Advisors described the project an outgrowth of both the committee-driven economic growth plan and of a focus on downtown development Using a $17500 Quality Main Street grant the town hired Stafford a Portland-based marketing and consulting firm to help attract more business The research identified several types of businesses they consider underrepresented in Bucksport: apparel delibakery travel agency bookstores office supplies electronics gifts and cards and furniture and appliances Restaurant owner George MacLeod asked why there was such a focus on attracting retail stores particularly when Bucksport historically has been more a manufacturing town than a retail center of the services expected of a town this size are already in said Hall stands out in our minds as missing is Using numerous comparisons and statistics research concluded that downtown revitalization provides a workable model for Bucksport to follow the options for its parcel in the privacy of its corporate structure the city has weighed the possibilities for its parcel in public Starting with the formation of the Belfast 2000 Task Force last September a series of meetings and polls have been taken to gauge the sentiment When 1142 residents were surveyed last Election Day most favored either a park or recreation center The task force has weighed both ideas but has yet to propose a future use There is also talk about selling the property to private interests and using the proceeds to create a development fund In the meantime crews from HE Sergeant Co of Augusta began work clearing the sites a week ago Roads leading to the factories have been blocked off and city police are keeping away the curious By Walter Griffin Of the NEWS Staff BELFAST While MBNA America and City Hall are still figuring out what to do with the property demolition crews are removing vacant buildings from two waterfront sites once occupied by a poultry plant and a window factory MBNA owns the former Mathews Brothers wood fabrication mill and the city owns the former Penobscot Poultry Co processing plant Both are being dismantled to make room for what remains an unsure future All that is known is that once the buildings are gone 4-plus acres of open waterfront (and will be prime for development still looking at things within our offices but have made no MBNA Vice President Shane Flynn said Wednesday have our own engineering staff and they are looking at various When MBNA last month announced its intention to purchase the Mathews Brothers parcel on the harbor side of Front Street the only thing the consumer credit firm had committed to was budding a dock and anchorage area on the approximately 850 feet of waterfront On the other side of the street the 90000-square-foot Penobscot Poultry plant sits on approximately 2 acres MBNA gave the city $125000 to purchase the abandoned chicken processing plant and also offered to pick up the demolition costs The removal of buildings from both sites is being undertaken simultaneously The sites should be cleared by the end of next month While MBNA engineers consider Consolidate 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