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Local News 07/09/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Trenton Volunteer Fire Department Tackles Fire at Campground (Trenton)  Members of the Trenton Volunteer Fire Department were called to a possible fire in a motor home at the Narrows Too Campground shortly before midnight Monday.  Once on the scene, firefighters say smoke was clearly visible coming from inside a large motor home. After […]

Local News 07/08/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Marine Patrol Searching Kennebec River for Missing Fisherman (Bath)  Members of the Maine Marine Patrol Monday resumed a search of the Kennebec River near Bath for a missing fisherman.  They say 22 yo Robert Stolt of Augusta was attempting to rescue his dog that had jumped from Stolt’s boat near Lines Island on […]

Local News 07/07/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Waldo County DV Incident Leads to Arrest (Waldo County)  The Fourth of July weekend kept law enforcement busy, including in Waldo County. Friday morning, a woman called 9-1-1 saying her boyfriend had assaulted her and that she was barricaded in a bathroom at a home in Winterport with her 9 yo son.  The […]

Local News 07/03/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Hancock Drug Arrests (Hancock)  Two people were arrested in Hancock Tuesday on drug related charges.  The arrests of 38 yo Roland Potter of Hancock and 43 yo Justin Gray of Blue Hill at 1122 US Route One, was the result of a month’s long investigation by MDEA agents that included undercover purchases of […]

Local News 07/02/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Frey, Others Sue Trump Administration for Mental Health Funding Cuts (Augusta)  Maine Attorney General Frey joined a coalition of 16 state attorneys general this week in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for illegally cutting congressionally approved funding for mental health programs in K-12 schools.  Following the Uvalde school shooting […]

Local News AM 07/01/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs MMP Recovers Body on Isle au Haut (Isle au Haut)  The Maine Marine Patrol recovered the body of a Nova Scotia man after  the 40-foot sailboat the victim was on ran aground and broke apart off Isle au Haut early Monday. Authorities say 72 yo Thomas Kent Smith was sailing with Robert and […]