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NANCY JACOBSON, OF THE NEWS STAFF Last updated: Friday, May 23, 2003Protesters picket fast-food restaurants Ten people representing the Maine People's Alliance took to the sidewalks in front of Burger King and McDonald's on Main Street in Bangor Thursday waving supersized "pill burgers" to illustrate what they claim is the "massive overuse of antibiotics in food animals."They were joined by Michael Khoo, an organizer from the Washington, D.C., office of the Union of Concerned Scientists. "Hey, hey, ho, ho, drugs in meat have got to go," demonstrators chanted as the noontime rush of traffic passed. Khoo said his concern is...

Vocal, Civil Protests 300 march in city opposing war By MECHELE COOPER, Staff Writer Copyright © 2003 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. AUGUSTA — A truck driver on Saturday leaned on his air horn in support of United States' forces in Iraq as he drove between anti-war protesters marching down Western Avenue and pro-troop ralliers waving American flags across the street from the Muskie federal building. The rig's bellowing sound and motorists who drove past honking their horns in a show of support for the troops drowned out counter-chants from demonstrators who faced off at the corner of Sewall Street and...

Seeking bias, truth in media Dennis-Yarmouth students learn how to be educated consumers of news. By K.C. MYERS STAFF WRITER SOUTH YARMOUTH - Can the government use the media to fool the American people? That's what Reade Whinnem has been asking his Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School media students to think about. The class helps students become educated consumers of news. Whinnem's district is one of several around the Cape that offers courses in "media literacy." "Everything has a bias," Whinnem said. "You have to look at everything like it's biased and then look for the truth behind the fiction." That...

Brunswick had another rally today, looks like over 250 people (1,000 if your a liberal). Nice crowd of people. The passersby were supportive as usual. The weather was warming up. There were alot of familar faces and repeat rallyers. Keep up the good work.

Senate rejects resolution on disarming Iraq AUGUSTA (AP) — In a vote closely following party lines, the Maine Senate rejected a resolution Tuesday that urges President Bush to disarm Iraq through the United Nations and without military intervention. Senators turned down the resolution by a 18-17 vote after a debate in which supporters and opponents differed over whether such a discussion should be held at all in the Legislature. The matter must go back to the House, which has already amended it twice to address the concerns of opponents who said it was politically divisive and could dampen morale of...

<p>PORTLAND, Maine (AP) In response to state and local resolutions against a war in Iraq, a Westbrook man has decided to organize a rally this weekend to show support for American troops.</p> <p>American flags will be in abundance and a singer will belt out ''America the Beautiful,'' said Ray Richardson of Westbrook, who is inviting a number of veterans and parents of servicemen and women.</p>

New measure seeks to repeal Maine pedestrian crossing law AUGUSTA - A teenager stepped from the curb and started to walk across the street at a marked pedestrian crossing in downtown Saco. A large truck in the right-hand lane stopped to let the boy cross, as required by law.But a car in the left lane, whose driver apparently could not see the young pedestrian, passed the truck and kept going. The end was a near-tragedy, said Rep. Christopher O'Neil, who watched with horror as the episode unfolded. "The kid must have flown 30 feet," said O'Neil, noting that the boy...

Tolerance triumphs as racists attract few By KELLEY BOUCHARD, GREGORY D. KESICH and JOSIE HUANG, Staff Writers LEWISTON - Thousands of voices supporting diversity drowned out the small contingent of racists who came here Saturday to protest Maine's growing Somali population. Shouting down intolerance and singing songs of solidarity, more than 4,500 people converged at the Bates College Merrill Gymnasium for the pro-diversity Many & One rally, organized to counter a neo-Nazi meeting held at the same time on the outskirts of the city. In striking contrast, 32 supporters of the racist World Church of the Creator listened to a...

<p>BANGOR, Maine (AP) Great Northern Paper Co., which employs 1,100 workers at mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket, filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday.</p> <p>The Chapter 11 filing was made late in the afternoon in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor, according to a court clerk. Motions are scheduled to be heard Friday morning, the clerk said.</p>

NO TO FASCISM IN LEWISTON, MAINE! By East Coast ARA STOP THE WORLD CHURCH OF THE CREATOR, NATIONAL ALLIANCE, AND MAYOR LARRY RAYMOND! NO TO FASCISM IN LEWISTON, MAINE! This is a call to action from East Coast Anti-Racist Action (ECARA) for all to converge on the city of Lewiston, Maine, on Saturday, January 11th, to shut down the WORLD CHURCH OF THE CREATOR's (WCOTC) speaker presentation featuring Matt Hale, the white supremacist leader of the group. This is also a mobilization against the National Alliance's (NA) racist campaigns to divide the working class of Lewiston through advocating an anti-immigrant...

<p>AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Elaine Fuller, who has been state representative for a district outside Augusta for three terms, has conceded a contested Maine House race to her Republican rival.</p> <p>Fuller, a Democrat whose district includes Manchester, Readfield, Mount Vernon and Belgrade, conceded Monday to Stan Moody.</p>

In 2003, state's budget is key issue By MATT WICKENHEISER, Portland Press Herald Writer Copyright © 2002 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. Five intertwined issues will dominate Maine's immediate economic future, affecting businesses and residents alike, according to a state agency charged with keeping an eye to the future. The topics, listed by the Maine State Planning Office in its new "Maine Issues for the Future" report, include improving government efficiency, building a knowledge-based economy, reforming taxes, population trends and the state budget shortfall. Each is a critical part of the state's future. And all five are intertwined with each other...

Hey, Boston get your butts over here! By Deborah Eisner / Chronicle Staff Wednesday, December 18, 2002 Smokers upset about Boston's decision to ban smoking in all restaurants, bars and nightclubs, will only have to take a quick trip across the river if they want someplace to light up. That's because just three months after public health officials here were talking about making Cambridge a smoke-free city as if it were a done deal, the City Council appears to be unwilling to support the effort. Only four city councilors are poised to vote in favor of the proposed ordinance which...

Smoking ban backlash ensnares AIDS group By EMILY C. DOOLEY STAFF WRITER PROVINCETOWN - It began with an angry letter shortly after he was named executive director of the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod. Then Mark Baker received a handwritten note on the back of a donation card. "Due to my recent decline in salary since the smoking ban, I regret that I am unable to make a donation at this time," wrote bartender and regular donor Michael Pickens. Baker works for the support group and is also chairman of the Provincetown Board of Health, which approved a smoking...

<p>PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A disputed election that will determine control of the Maine Senate moved toward a dramatic finish Monday with Republican lawyers making a last-ditch appeal to a judge to consider additional ballots as the stalled recount prepared to resume.</p>

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REPORT: FREEP the Peaceniks, Freaks, Anarchists and other Useful Idiots in Augusta ME 10/26 It was cold and raining when I caught up with Metestky coming out of Burger King. A perfect day to rain on the peaceniks. They were gathering over at the school across the street. Burger King was full of them. I guess that they hadn't yet heard it was politcally incorrect to eat there. We scouted out a good spot to FREEP the Parade and waited and waited, but they had changed the parade route. No fear, we headed down to the state house with the...

<p>WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) A last-ditch attempt to save the nation's last major shirt manufacturing plant ran out of steam as sewing machines came to a halt Friday at the plant whose shirts were made world-famous by the man-with-an-eyepatch logo.</p> <p>C.F. Hathaway, which has been making shirts in Maine for 165 years, will go the way of Arrow and Van Heusen, once strong competitors whose shirts are now being made overseas.</p>

<p>AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A lawyer is trying to find out whether the state paid for a convicted rapist to receive a penile implant the last time he was imprisoned on sexual assault charges.</p> <p>M. Michaela Murphy said information from the investigation into the assault on her client led her to believe Michael Edward Commeau received the implant, a device that allows men with erectile dysfunction to have an erection.</p>

Where was John Baldacci 9/11 +2 ????????? Was He Here? Johnnie's Restaurant in Skowhegan No, that went belly up years ago. Was He Here? Yep "The mag describes a "rowdy" get-together, during which, "one by one, cigars in hand, the men stand to give toasts before drinking deep into the red wine and breaking into fits of loud laughter." There are even photos of the ladies posing with jovial-looking Democratic Reps. Mike Doyle (Pa.), Robert Brady (Pa.), John Larson (Conn.), John Baldacci (Maine) and Bill Pascrell (N.J.). How could the Members be yukking it up so much just 48 hours...