Bangor Metro - Summer 2007

Summer 2007

Dialing for Dogs

WKIT DJs help rescue the rescuers at the Bangor Humane Society with an impromptu fundraiser.

Born to Run It

Henry Garfield
Kris Doody was born at Cary Medical Center in Caribou. Now, she's in charge of it. (Sometimes, she even scrubs in at the OR.)

A Clear, Practical Vision

Iris Network reaches out to the visually impaired, bringing practical help, a listening ear, and even a daily dose of news.

Crossing the Passy

Henry Garfield
Vision, dollars, and patience turned a closed 1924 bridge over the Passagassawakeag River into a pedestrian paradise.

Maine's Happy Wanderer

Hal Wheeler
Outdoor sports persona Bud Leavitt was ecotourism's best friend before the term was even invented. He catapulted women's sports to a new stature. And he made a million or two friends in the process.

Animal Attraction

Claire Ackroyd
Gardening in Maine isn't always about racking up rosebuds and cucumbers. These families are more interested in counting birds, reptiles, frogs, and sheep.

America's Dr. Thrill

Annaliese Jakimides
From her attic office in Camden, Tess Gerritsen weaves together her medical background, wild imagination, and relentless drive to create thrillers guaranteed to chill you to the bone.

Skeptics' Salmon

We asked EMCC culinary department chair Mark Janicki to teach us how to cook a healthy summer meal. He shows us how he became a salmon convert.

Good Decisions, Multiplied

Kurt Adams
What can changing a lightbulb do? Change a few million and you can retire a power plant.

Blackfly Survivor

Brad Eden
Reality show writers needing new material need only come to our neck of the woods during blackfly season. It's a jungle out there.

Republican vs. Democrat

Sean Faircloth and Scott K Fish
With a Republican president in the White House and a Democrat-controlled Congress, there's no time in recent history when the divide between "donkey" and "elephant" has been greater. Is there any common ground?

Coming Home

Annaliese Jakimides
Can home be more than one place? It depends on how you feel when you approach that familiar skyline.