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Portland Press Herald Wednesday August 2 2000 3B BRIELY I Stephen King power Information Session Ventral Maine Power MAIN I 10 CAI Learn about career programs at UNE Cape ClizabethPorttand WestbrookWindham GorhamCumbertand No Yarmouth Pownal South Portland Tl 8 8 1 Tuesday August 8 6 8pm Proctor Hall Westbrook College Campus Stevens Avenue Portland Two newscasts at 5:30 and 11 pm will be seen by viewers of WCSH in Portland and WLBZ in Bangor his brother and sister in law Jack and Patricia Rioux on Saturday Brett Rioux refused to leave put his hands around Patricia neck and broke a screen window according to the documents After Brett Rioux eventually left and drove the short distance to his home the couple heard a gunshot from the vicinity of his house accord ing to the documents The state police tactical team sur rounded the house and tried for some time to speak to Brett Rioux by tele phone He eventually turned himself in District Court Judge James Mac Michael set bail at $50000 in property or $5000 in cash Mor more information or to register call 7977261 ext 4225 Visit our web site at wwwuneedu Trout Unlimited chapter receives research grant UNION The St George River Chapter of Trout Unlimited has been awarded a $7550 grant to research ways to restore fish passage around theSennebecDam The 18 foot high Sennebec Dam is Man faces charges in Portland burglary A Portland man faces burglaiy and assault charges after a local carpen ter apprehended him Monday after noon and held him until police arrived William Whitten 40 of Lexington Avenue was arrested at 6:30 pm at 96 Cumberland St Witnesses told police that Whitten had gone into the build ing which houses Casco Variety and was putting tools into a backpack on the third floor when he was confront ed by Dominic Sousa a carpenter working in the building Sousa and the owner Maggie Donovan walked Whitten out to the street where he tried to get away shoving Donovan in the pro cess police said The pair held Whitten until Officer Gary Hutcheson arrived and charged him with two counts of burglary as sault and theft Baldacci plans forum today at Togus Center Rep John Baldacci will host a Con gressional Health Care orum at the Togus VA Medical Center near Augusta from 1 to 3 pm today The forum will feature three panels of veterans medical personnel and Togus administrators who will talk about health care for veterans at To gus and throughout the state The public will have the opportunity to meet with Baldacci ajid other members of Congress medical per sonnel and Togus administrators The forum is free and open to the public weather person is seen in Bangor and a WCSH weather person in Portland WLBZ viewers in Bangor will see the biggest change Instead of seeing Bangor anchors introduce the news cast at 5:30 and IL see WC Sffs anchors However WLBZ in June began airing a 5 pm newscast using its own anchors The two stations have been cooper ating for more than 15 years Thaxton said with Portland based newscasts shown in Bangor during the weekday morning news and on weekend news shows with a mix of Portland and Bangor stories In other newscasts viewers sometimes see stories from northern parts of the state being reported by WLBZ staff Thaxton said he does not think the increased consolidation will mean WCSH will air more WLBZ stories (Attempts to reach manager failed) Thaxton said the consolidations give the two stations a combined news gathering operation of about 75 people bigger than any competing TV station Only one WCSH employ ee has been laid off so far because of the consolidation he said He said it reasonable that we get a chance to take a look at being Craig Pendleton local businessman Jury awards $19000 to man hurt in store lot BANGOR A federal jury award ed nearly $19000 to an Oakland man who slipped and hurt himself while loading up a Christmas tree outside the Wal Mart store in Waterville in 1996 Richard ortin 53 contended the Arkansas based retailer was negli gent for icy conditions in its parking lot The fall happened on Dec 7 1996 on a cobblestone area outside the lawn and garden department Jurors deliberated hours Mon day before awarding $1836918 to re imburse ortin for medical bills ort in suffered a herniated disc in the fall that required surgery a doctor testified lawyer said Wal Mart needs to pay as much attention to safety outside its stores as inside the stores especially in the winter when conditions can become treacherous in Maine A Wal Mart spokesman said he was unsure if there would be an appeal rom staff and news services ByRAYROUTHIER StaffWriter Portland television station WCSH (Channel 6) is consolidating some op erations including news with WLBZ TV (Channel 2) in Bangor or viewers the main change is the addition of two Portland based newscasts that will be seen in Portland and Bangor said Steve Thaxton general manager of WCSH Most of the consolidation will be in areas viewers see Thaxton said Commercials and network pro gramming for both stations will be produced or run out of the Portland station Both stations are owned by Virginia based Gannett Co and both are NBC network affiliates One of the new news casts at 5:30 pm began in June and another at 11 pm will begin in Sep tember Before this each station had produced its own 5:30 and 11 pm newscasts On the combined newscasts view ers in Portland and Bangor see WC anchors and a mix of Portland and Bangor reporters Thaxton said When time for weather a WLBZ Standish crash leaves three people injured STANDISH Three people were treated for injuries after an accident on Route 35 on Tuesday morning A Buick driven by Ben Bowers 21 of Iowa was making a turn driveway at 9 am when the car was lit from the rear by a ord LTD driv en by Marion Brooks 37 Brooks and Yer front seat passenger Amanda Brooks 8 were not wearing safety Brooks and her daughter were tak en to Maine Medical Center where they were treated and released a hos pital spokeswoman said Bowers was treated at Mercy Hospital and released Police search for suspect who broke teen arm Portland police are looking for a young man who reportedly broke a arm with a heavy stick just past midnight Monday The 17 year old girl was riding in a car with a group of other young peo ple when they exchanged hostile Words with someone in The girl got out and confronted a young man who punched her then fled police said As the girl and her friends chased the man another man got out of a green van and attacked the giri with a stick breaking her arm and hitting her once in the back police said The man got away but police recov ered the stick a wooden pole sheathed in metal on either end and which comes apart to reveal two knife blades police said Moscow man charged in assault at camp SKOWHEGAN A former hunting and fishing guide who was arrested after a standoff with state troopers pleaded innocent to charges stem ming from the incident Brett Rioux 39 of Moscow is charged with assault criminal tres pass criminal mischief and violating conditions of release related to an earlier criminal trespass charge He was arraigned Monday in dis trictcourt Important notice on tree trimming in your area was to discuss when or how many other jobs might be eliminated The person who lost her job Lois Sawyer said she was told in May that her position as an administrative as sistant in the news department would be eliminated but she was not told when She had worked at the station for 11 years On July 19 Sawyer was told that day would be her last Sawyer said the talk of consolida tion has employees at the station worried can you go into work every day thinking this could be the day the ax might she said Staff Writer Bay Routhier can be contacted at 791 6454 ar at: rrouthierpiesshcnldcom WCSH General Manager Steve Thaxton said the consolidations give the two stations a combined news gathering operation of about 75 people Trimming in these towns: If not make a change now Springer Jewelers will trade exciting 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NBC stations consolidating jjlaTTstat i Arcnrnine io cuun uucuiueiua U1C mot UfJOIAVmi wwll Wv George River Historically the stretchoux was dnmk of control and of river above the dam was once was being at the camp of home to alewives blueblack herring and Atlantic salmon Today shad are the only anadramous fish that live there The project was one of 47 A grants awarded by Trout Unlimited in 20 states To receive a grant a project has to meet rigorous scientific standards and in corporate the labor of local Trout Un limited volunteers The ultimate goal is to restore anadramous fish to more than half of the St George River including two large lakes and more than 17 miles of river habitat need to at least know what getting Plummer said Very little of the building is accessi ble to people with handicaps Other problems include an insufficient number of bathrooms a narrow con course and inadequate locker rooms or $37 million according to the consultant the roof couk be raised 20 feet and balconies added on either side Wider concourses would move the building substantially closer to Cen ter ree and Spring streets and the Spring Street side of the building would be redesigned to look more like the brick buildings found downtown Officials expect that non construc lion dollars to the price tag Steve Crane general manager the Civic Center said opinion is split on the right approach lot of people are struggling with the cost but others feel the ultimate answer is expansion and Cranesaid deliberate pace is frustrating blit just taking longer than we Officials believe the issue would go to referendum in November 2001 at the earliest Staff Writer Madi Shanahan can be contacted at 791 6363 or at mshanahanpressheraldcom Publishing serial novel in online experiment the at an unauthorized Web site and sent King the $250 payment outofguilt That short story a co publication of Casella called the takeover a merg er but Saco and Biddeford officials called it a sale and asked for the mon ey from their 20 percent interest in the plant Saco hired a lawyer and filed notice it would tty to claim its share of the $70 million value but no lawsuit has been filed The public saw the acquisition as an opportunity to address traffic odor and health issues surrounding the plant It also prompted the formation of a grass roots group interested in closing or moving MERC from its riv erfront location Saco City Councilor Mark Johnston said he know the status of the talks with Casella and an update scheduled for this Monday was canceled He said he sympathizes with the letter writers and is not in favor of keeping negotiations behind closed doors not in favor in getting into a new contract with Maine hesaid Councilor Eric Cote said the coun cil is discussing legal matters with the trash company in executive ses sions but rules require a vote fin any agreement to take place in public He favors holding a public hearing on a proposed agreement before voting so people can share their opinions Cote said the people who submit ted the letter have a reasonable chance of getting a public review of a final proposal they wanted to have a public hearing on it certainly the council could vote to do he said think a good idea to allow public comment on any item that comes be fore the StaffWriter Grace Murphy can be contacted at 282 8228 or at gmnrphypresshenddcom Do You Love? going to work each day ARENA Continued from Page IB KING Continued from Page 1 SACO Continued from Page IB letter understand the delicacy of legal mattergand support the process before the city signs anything that will affect us for years and years to come reasonable that we get a chance to take a look at being he said Negotiations began following Ca sella Waste Systems December acquisition of parent compa ny KTI Inc Honrinn cot rirlsrv the first upstream dam on the St nearing riuiy George River Historically the streteh in connection with Kennebunk attack A probable cause hearing will be held riday in connec tion with the arrest of a Berwick man on rape and attempted murder charges Police arrested Marc Lynch 21 on Saturday after he allegedly at tacked a 37 year old jyoman at her Kennebunk home The woman is the mother of girlfriend said De tective Karl Durgin Lynch was under a court order to stay away from the family Durgin said Police are investigating to determine why he went to their home They said he attacked the woman with a knife and sexually as saulted her Lynch is being held at the York County Jail on $25000 bail pending his appearance riday in Biddeford District Court 'ood! 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August 22000 from 6 built in New England The trustees are assessing the Civ ic needs after a plan to build a new 10000 seat arena was rejected last year by Portland officials In its report the consultant Heeiy International suggested a variety of renovation and expansion alterna tives At a minimum the report said the concrete and steel building needs $4 million worth of work and could gain Zouo seats unproveu vuuvcosiuiu vmuuio additional restrooms and a new fa tion expenses would add several mil cade for $37 million That figure is in line with earlier estimates A 1997 study pegged the cost of expanding the facility at $23 million Last year a consultant deter mined it would cost $30 million to in crease capacity and make the build ing handicapped accessible Many people including officials with the Portland Pirates hockey team believe that a larger more at tractive building with revenue gener ating suites and concessions is need ed to draw crowds Gary Plummer chairman of the Cumberland County Board of Com missioners said Tuesday that are crawling was some misunderstand ing about what we Specifically Plummer said officials want to know what it will cost to com ply with the Americans with Disabili ties Art and what effect that might have on seating Come enjoy free food refreshments at Andover Informational Open House The estimated 116200 downloads that are being paid for will bring the author close to meeting $124150 in expenses that included Internet fees and print ads in Weekly and USA Today Of the readers that are paying 93200 are using credit cards to pay through a service offered by Amazoncom Payments mostly cash and checks also are trickling in from the 23000 that promised to pay later King said guy sent me a silver hesaid The first installment of which is about a that takes over a publishing house will remain available after the second installment is posted Aug 21 King said he is planning to continue44 1 ILn 4 kiwl in September Scribner and Philtrum Press King got the idea when a reader was electronically published through viewed his first online novel Simon Schuster Online newengland (To attend call 774 6126 600 639 3110 or by mail at enrollandovercollegecom ANDOVER College 901 Washington Ave Portland Me 04103 wwwandovercollegecom pt I fey 1 I VA'Z 1 JBn Wl it I a I smart Trimming in these towns:.