Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 11

-r i Suw Journal Maidag connections 1 Poludbonl lraNli iboat banning pitbulls pgg2B The Movie Mill il to By Jonathan Van FLeet Sun-Journal Staff Writer UWnBTON Outsid Tha Movfo Mill's door Tuesday tbs Now marquis had only one word poked on it Last Tuesday June 24 17m Movie Mill received no- ties that It would be evicted by July 1 if It did not rams np with half of the $8J)00 it owed the city According to Richard Metivier city finance director the owners efThe Movie Mill in the Bates Mill Enter- txINewo tUDIEtp ycrownaf -f Hum rail f4-U ww happening fcmaforfidMfaastrav wfort an haul dsilfied Please JbL JHoameondBaayowdubaowii' Amth bow firing arilUaiyBotosaaiiimaiM4 dlagundmgxgwnenu 784-7045 14064824758 Est send Glen jour tee leegse results UU eportsL bowting scores youth league sports podg end dart lragw raraUfcv fFWaatmU 784-7045 or 1400-482-0759 Ext 284 (from 8-10 Ssofoerad mm fas -JpRinkvb 77744391 WT Sir! priee Complex did not pay the city the required 84000 out of $8J)00 in back rant and will now face eviction The dtir will proceed with steps to get The Movie Mill vacated from tho mill and notifying its creditors that it 1 is no looser in business ho said longer in business ho: By Kaken Bonier Spedal to theSun-Journal LEWISTON A prqjoct aimed at turning what is now a field on fho corner of Webster and Mitchell streets into a potential home for wood frogs yotted salamanders snakes and other wetlanda-d welling creatures is underway Creation of the wetlands area is necessary because a similar-sised portion of wetlands between Lisbon Pleasant and Len-ingtonrtreeta will be lost during construction of a turnpike connector road from'Bdt 13 to Mitchell 8treet explained Robert Pelletier construction manager the Maine Department of access introducing the different wetland bugs and plants to tho Pelletier noted When that component of the ork is complete several anas of the uplanafidd will be i mulched and soma trees shrubs will bo planted In about two acres of tho large should revert back to a wetland area similar to the one directly across from it on Webster Street Pdletier said 8cott Fletcher wetland specialist with Duke Engineering Services in Portland the consultant hind by the state DOT to design and review the wetland mitigation project said the ultimata goal of the estimated $170000 wetland pntfect is to create a In additionto whatever marah-liko vegetation grows from tho re-introduced wetland soil the contractor will plant trees ouch as red maple balsam fir green as well as seed the ana with wild rye grass Fletcher IghTcHitirou seeing the project Stateaw ho said roqnirM spy amount of wetlands destroyod in construction be recreated in another Nonprofit activities Tho owners Laurie and Michael Main were unavailable for comment Tuesday The Movie Mill would not have faced eviction had its owners responded to tho attempts to collect tho rent over the past months Metivier said have an Metivier said landlords operating this facility we were left with no other Metivier said The Movie MUl ignored aU of the attempts at communication induding not returning phone calls and not-aeeeptiiw eertified maiL Last Thursday Laurie Morinsaid no one had attempted to contact her and she had no idea an eviction notice was coming until she received it-that Tuesday 1 Other tenqnts in the miU havo gotten behind on their rent toe but have made arrangements to pay' it off Metivier said dealing with each of teoes on a case by case he said Ons tenant in the mill thatgot behind in rent is the Creative Photographic ArteCenter of Maine In January the studio owed the city nmre than $22JM)0 in back rant and received a rent reduction from $2149 to $500 per month' Tho photography studio agreed to mgr back all of the back rent as well as tho remaining $1649 month it received in rent reductions per month IbtMer said AUthe city needed in order to avoid evicting The Movie Mill was least some recognition that a plan to pay the rent had been Metivier said The iiaAa Min fffaradvn tho rarond floor vfba Bates Mill ove Eatery oceupying approximately 5000 square fret of arill space The bukness was anon-traditional movie theater that showed films at a todueed cost in relaxed ttttiuf Soda find boor were served to movie goen as they eat on couches and rediners watching filnm It was onlys- wfil bo in what will To date ho said the site has been surveyed wetland soil from a nearby location has trucked in-ahd wockaro are excavating and removing tons of old fill fivm the site According to Pelletier HE Sargent of Stillwater the eon- said ash a planted become in a seasonally flooded mosaic of a landscaped he Today AabormThe Auburn Community band will present an evening of patriotic musk -Wednesday July 2 at 7 pm at the Dunlap Courtyard at Groat Palls Plaza The eon- ieert is free and will last 7S minutes For more inform- tion contact tho Auburn Forks and Reereatkm'Dippt at 784-0191 This week The Movk Mill wUdi received a from the dty of Lewiston Jana 24 hkd a tractor en tho job begin i 'ing and removing old fill from the field laet week Booed en purveys the contrac- tor wiU probably rSmove np to 19000 cubic yards of soil before reaching the depth of a previous existing wetland site hs sotimat- The forested wetland wiD taaOybMoiM bout to such tons mood fron spotted mIa- mandoro green mgs and biown snakes Pasoenby auiy also see deer yellow warMers swamp sparrows Mae heron green -heron and a host of other birds and wildlife he addsd natures will find their to tho newly created nearby areas ho Gnat Falla Plata will bo open far tours Friday July 4 from 2 to 6 pm The Knight House is the oldest frame house in Auburn Ones that level asarer tho ter table is readied contractor will shape into mounds the estimated 3JOO cubic yards of aatland enil ramnied from the nearby site between landlord of tho mQL We have te bo able to ensure tho taxpayers that the money behyinveoted into the Bates Mifl is being dono in a business like Tho city acquired tho Bates Mill in 1992 and has' since sunk milliono of federal and local dollars into the psect to attract tenants By tadoveloping tho mill tho city hopes to craato a herd supper will be rtes8abtethdayLa i GranmBaturday 'AmodOtotSOai te 630 Fletcher said Duife Engineering Services has boon hired to monitor the site for success for five yean following its completion this fafi I i Assistant City Administrator Pieter Crichton said eviction of The Movie Min aiay bo unpopular with Lewiston rasidents but it had to be done Movie Mill is an intriguiiw concept and people are enthusiastic about Crichton said we "That wetland soil is key to re- 1- See Hovie llin page 2B July 6 pm at the Grange HelL Baked beans and caeeerolaa arson the menu The cost for adults ie $450 and $240 far children under 12 Grpyi A public bees supper ToponoorodbythoGray 1 -Aaiericaa Legion Auxiliary 186 wiU bo served Saturday Cold calls By Hank LaFLamme Sunjournal Staff Writer AUBURN -Brad Chewirf 24 od Tuesday denied charges ho robbed and beat to death eld at tho Holiday Mold in late i 0VTVW itoAnriL Route 100 The coot is $4-60 -for adults $1 AO far children under 12 and free for chU- dren tinder 6 Dnrhaaat The Star Club win a bean supper from led by a its 8 pm Saturday July 6 at the Masonic HalL The -coot is 5 fir adults and $240 for cblldrsa under 12 supper wiU bo oeevod Satur-day July 5 from 440 to 6 pm at the North Fownal United Methodist Church Tho cost hr $5 for adults and $2 fer children The rtm grand Jury last week Cheenel pleaded not guilty to charaes of murder robbery and theft in Androscoggin County Superior Court One of two Auburn men charged in bludgeoning death Chesnel was returned to the Androscoggin County Jail where he is being held on $125000 cash baiL The second euspect Leroy Tomah 27 was indicted on tbs uameckaiges as OieanBL He is expectedto bt amkiMd not wBdL Tho two men who lived in one of buildings at 49 Drummond St are accused of luring Allen to tbs Lisbon Street motel beating him and stealing his wallet Jewelry credit cards and checkbook Investigators diaracterized tho killing as an at tack the two suspects had planned out as a way of getting money te leave the state Police said the pair left partially clothed body on the flper inside a room icntMi by Tomah and thea fled in pickup truck Both men were found by police in Palo Alto Litchfield: A public supper wfll be oerrsdSaturoey July 5 from 4 to 8 pm at the Litchfield Grange 127 loeafc-d on HanowrilRead offer en pie will be the main dish The coot is 16 hr adults and $3 for children under 12 a wed: after body was found His truck wis I in Old I Orchard Beach The each agreed to return to Maine fcrfece sCEcotB I food wiO be eervod Sunday July 6 from lte 3 pm by pm Lisbon American Legion Host 158 located en Webster Street Tho cootie $750 for Teraah is expected to enter a plea of not guilty Ms arraignment next week He and Cheenel have each named tha other as tho one i Allen to death April ftosecuters say both) $1240 fora combination The deadline for tickets fo July 3 Catt 3534192 for CqrstalMoiTfrsc(tclllcfiaadKrfstaiCantic8ydl tilhdrbtaitaMitCMicDvCinMDiBtttlliD Mt a pauial motorist in an attempt to fet them to stop Road in CrranaTncsdgy afternoon Jobless rate continues to drop lowest rate for month in 9 years Auburn company gets nod to clean for Lewiston police Bike missing? Wheel Cleaning be awarded the contract despite its higher cool deaaiagthe building on down to the armory V- LEWISTON Ann raaidouta aai6 avaraga fivu ar chi lashing to mnito with their bikes returned te people per By Bandy Wwizhoue Sun-Journal Staff Writer LEWISTOtf The meat rate in the 1 By-Jonathan Van Fuet Sun-Journal Staff Writer 1 The dty is a stay closer to privatising janitorial services for several municipal build- lice station could be cleaned in 35 boon 4 tear estimated the building could be cleaned in 20 te 25 en down tetbearaMvy annum- Athene hopiag to get their dqy'v hando on tiwkr atioofng bike viQ percent unemployment while the state as a vteele performed even better at 46 percent The Lewiston-Auburn area gained 600 new Jobe in May according to labor department static tics fbtal non-form employment Jumped from 40600 in April to -'41400 in Mav Many of tho gains' ramr in fields that regularly ex-' pond this time efyear ouch as eon- in durable geode transportation utilities and wholesale and retail trade The good news on the local and Tha 4 Bear Cleaning Service Inc ef Auburn was awarded tea i May recording the lowest rate for that month in nine yuan 47 percent Jobless rate for the area was tho lowest since the 39 patent recorded in J988 The committee went that way i (4 Star) submitted a lower Richard Metivi- isterad in April wee alee the lowest FoUra will open doses to have the opportunity from 11 vault-like room fall of lost and nmte lpjnit tho nrmsry on stolon Mndos to glut those who Central Annuo nmadqy i hovu loot mkoon chance to idea-v Tbo vfewiag will take place in tify their property thorMreftiwbafldiiig is strictly for viewing M's They ran describe their bfko not a give said Lewiston before they go Bendraon tetefifL for those victims ef hike thefts In Septmnber Ucydoo that who auy have thair bicydoo im- hava not been claimed will bo wneaunrl The latest figure last rata sf 61 percent It was alse the tifrd straight monte of doclina this year according to tea 44 vote by the FI Monday tha first of tbs five city buildings is be voted upon Janitsfial services far tbe city building library public works building and district ceart will be voted en separately according to Dwosn Millar the owner rf 4 Star The City Council voted on June Onco tha 1 vinoed 4 Star could do the job effectively in tha amount of time estimated tha contract was given to Miller Metivier said indicated at tho meeting that they wore willing to do whatever it took to auet the specifications (of the contract) Metivier pounded and who have not boon' given away te people who auy linked te thea not ho able to afford to hty their Tho bicycle viewing program is own er they be auctioned oil birbr aow and Boudreau said it Tba September auction is has bani saccaosful in returning timed ao it will not affect Inis bicycles teat would otherwise bo- sales of local starts Boudrasa 4 dado Lewiston Auburn IJsbon Grdene Merhauic Falls Poland confidence is at its highest level sines 1966 Tha department also said that the 5i8 percent growth rate in the Gross Domestic mduct for the fint quarter of 1997 was tho fastest quarterly growth rats in 10 yuan tho buildings MUler eaid that 4 Star would jChrfe Branch directer ef Public amke our the police station was local uaomphwment equaled the national rate which readied a 24-ySarJow for tho amnth of May An- woridug mt smI I See Anbam page 2B A -s rf vf 4.