Saturday, November 21, 2009 in Lewiston, Maine
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Lewiston City Clerk Kathy Montejo swears in Lewiston Police Department's new Deputy Chief Jim Minkowsky during a ceremony at the police station Monday afternoon.
The following suspect meets Auburn Police Department's policy on community notification.
Offender's name: Gerard Soucy
Age: 61
Street address: 44 Third St., Auburn
Conviction: Sexual assault, first degree; child molestation, first degree; child molestation, second degree
Date of conviction: Nov. 8, 1993
Record location: Rhode Island
Charges
Lewiston
• Walter Cowette Haycock, 37, of 32 Washington St., Auburn, disorderly conduct, 9:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center Emergency Room, 45 Golder St.
• Daniel Joseph Lavoie, 52, of 107 Pierce St., domestic violence assault, 1:45 a.m. Sunday at that address.
• Jennifer Diana Lauze, 28, of 126 Blake St., violating condition of release, 8:40 p.m. Sunday at 40 East Ave.
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center has seen a jump in the number of patients with flu-like symptoms that could be H1N1.
The hospital and its affiliate doctors' offices started to see flu cases pick up last week, with a couple of people reporting symptoms every day. Over the weekend, the number of cases suddenly jumped to nearly 30.
By noon Monday, the hospital had already tested four more people for the flu, leading hospital officials to believe the higher numbers are here to stay.
LISBON — A Lisbon Falls teen apparently fell asleep while driving on Route 196 Monday morning, causing his car to hit an oncoming one, police said. There were no injuries.
Police officer Shawn Kelly said Nathan Hagelin, 19, was driving to college in Lewiston when he apparently nodded off and drifted into the oncoming lane. His car struck that of Abulle Abdullahi, 51, of Lewiston, he said.
No charges were filed. Damage was estimated at $2,500 each to Hagelin's 2001 Nissan Sentra and to Abdullahi's 1996 Nissan Maxima in the 7:26 a.m. crash.
Linda Williams was getting bored walking by herself. Christine Peterson needed a "kick in the butt" and someone to say "hey, lets go!"
So, it "had to be an omen" when the two met at a yard sale. They quickly realized they had a couple of things in common, they were overweight and they both needed the motivation to lose the pounds.
"We needed some help," said Williams of Poland. "A buddy system, . . . she (Peterson) needed the motivation and I needed a partner."
In all, spending would increase by about $166,000, or 1.69 percent, over the current year's budget. Taxes to the county's 14 towns would climb by more than $323,000, or 4.24 percent.
"It's as tough as we could get it without cutting services," said Randall Greenwood, the commission chairman.
LEWISTON — Interim City Administrator Phil Nadeau, former Gardiner City Manager Jeffrey Kobrock and former Falmouth Town Manager John "Doug" Harris are the top three contenders for the city administrator's job in Maine's second largest city.
Councilors and members of a city hiring committee met with a group of seven candidates during the last two weeks, narrowing the list to three as of Thursday. Those names and their resumes were released by the city on Monday.
SOUTH BERWICK — Two area bands competed over the weekend in the 26th Annual Marching Band Finals held at Marshwood High School in South Berwick.
Edward Little High School in Auburn and Leavitt High School in Turner both received silver medals in the Saturday competition, which featured 13 bands from central and southern Maine, as well as coastal New Hampshire. The competition is sponsored by the Maine Band Directors Association.
Charges
Lewiston
• Richard Bedford, 19, of 270 College St., Lewiston, operating under the influence and unauthorized use of property, 2:55 a.m. Saturday at that address.
• Kenneth Paul Florh, 45, of 290 Merrow Road, Auburn, unspecified warrant, operating while license suspended and violating condition of release, 5:30 p.m. Friday at 35 Birch St.
• Daniel E. Merklein, 54, of 377 Main St., failure to register or update information, fugitive from justice and an unspecified warrant, 7:50 p.m. Friday at that address.
Between 7 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23, and 7 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, Lewiston police responded to 635 calls for service. Of those calls, 103 were motor vehicle stops.
Accidents: 29
Disorderly disturbances: 21
Domestic disputes: 15
Arrests: 44
Criminal Mischief
A window of an apartment at 22 Hillside Lane was broken prior to 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 25.
A vehicle parked at 22 Hillside Lane had all four tires slashed prior to 6:50 p.m. on Oct. 25.
They are harbingers of autumn, as sure an example of fall as leaves littering the gutter.
Green, red or blue, they scream for your attention in 6-inch tall lettering: Vote no on this amendment, yes on that one. Re-elect this candidate or put this new one in office.
Campaign signs — the kind you see on yards, street corners and road sides everywhere this time of year — are as indispensable to a politician as a firm handshake and as common as campaign promises.
It was a little white dot that caught Tammy Ray's attention first.
She'd always looked for deer grazing in her boyfriend's field as she drove by on her way to his Lisbon home. On this Friday evening there were no deer. Just the curious white dot. Ray thought it might be trash.
"Then I saw the bunny ears moving," she said.
One bunny, Ray figured. But as she got out of her car and walked into the field, it was a herd that greeted her.
"They were all hopping toward me," she said.
LISBON — An Auburn motorcyclist escaped apparent serious injury Sunday afternoon in a car-motorcycle crash on Route 196 at the intersection of Village Street.
Officer Richard St. Amant identified the operator of the motorcycle as Dianna St. Hilaire, 52. She was thrown from her two-wheeler and complained of pain. She was transported to St. Mary's Hospital by Lisbon Emergency. No information was available on the extent of her injuries, St. Amant said.
The driver of the car, Kelsey Piche, 17, of Lisbon Falls, was not injured.
Bonnie Washuk/Sun Journal
Todd Mogul of Lewiston watches over his daughter, Hannah, 3, as she plays at the playground at the old Pettingill Elementary School on Friday.
Auburn, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Ward 1, Washburn School, 35 Lake Auburn Ave.
Ward 2, Auburn Middle School, 38 Falcon Dr.
Ward 3, Auburn Hall, 60 Court St.
Ward 4, Fairview School, 397 Minot Ave.
Ward 5, Sherwood Heights School, 32 Sherwood Dr.
Durham, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Durham Elementary Gymnasium, 654 Hallowell Road
Greene, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fire Station, 106 Patten Rd.
Leeds, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Office, 8 Community Dr.
LISBON — Dressed as witches, princesses, pirates, vampires and monsters, more than 100 trick-or-treaters celebrated Halloween by going trunk to trunk Saturday night.
The Lisbon Community School PTO hosted its first "trunk or treat," in which trick-or-treaters went from vehicle to vehicle collecting candy. Each vehicle was decorated in a theme. One resembled a hockey rink with cages, another was covered with a spider web and spiders.
LISBON FALLS — In her day job Christine Nicholson is a lunch lady at the elementary school.
On Halloween she puts on a costume, goes wild with decorations and hosts a block party, giving out candy and hot dogs to anyone who stops by.
Many stop by.
"Last year we gave out 380 hot dogs," said her husband, Dan. "This year we bought 400 hot dogs."
Saturday marked the fifth year the couple and their group of friends have hosted a Halloween extravaganza at the couple's old-fashioned, three-story home on Addison Street.
MINOT — Besides the hunters who bagged deer on opening day of the firearms season for Maine residents Saturday, District Game Warden Rick Stone also had a successful day.
Stone, who patrols seven to 14 towns in the Lewiston-Auburn area, seized a doe at 9 a.m. in Minot that he said was shot by a poacher.
Additionally, he issued about a dozen warnings and a summons for hunting violations in the Minot area after checking 10 hunters.
WILTON — A community rummage sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the First Congregational Church on Main Street.
Supporters of the "Green Economy" are recycling and reusing in order to provide bargains. There will be clean used clothing and household items in good repair. Donations of items may be brought to the church Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information contact Dawn Girardin at 645-3852 or Nancy Prince at 645-4027.
Auburn
• Desiree Rose Ouellette, 25, of 511 Merrow Road, Auburn, operating a motor vehicle without a license at 12:47 a.m. Friday at 295 Turner St.
• Errica M Beaulieu, 26, of 59A Main St., Lisbon Falls, operating under the influence at 12:57 a.m. Friday at 119 Center St.
• Daniel James Carpentier, 24, of 134 Cook St., Auburn, operating under the influence at 1:06 a.m. Friday at 9 Lafayette St.
Lewiston
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