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Local News 06/18/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Rumble Strips Save Lives on Maine’s Rural Roads (Maine)  There are increasing rumblings across Maine – rumble strips, that is.  The Maine Monitor reports they’re saving lives.  With miles of rural roadways, distracted and sleepy drivers can be deadly accidents waiting to happen.  Back in 1993, there were no rumble strips on the […]

Local News 06/17/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Proper Gun Storage Saves Lives (Undated)  Every year, nearly 50K people die from gun violence.  Dr. Katherine Hoops, a pediatric critical care physician at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, tells Star 97.7 one simple action – safe firearm storage – can turn this around.  (((Storage 1  “…that everyone can take […]

Local News 06/16/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs State FMO Investigates Three Fatal Fires (Maine)  The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating at least three fatal fires that happened over the weekend.  A chimney fire is suspected in a blaze at a home on Magrath Road in the Franklin County town of Wilton on Saturday.  84 yo Robert Adams, who lived […]

Local News – June 13, 2025

Mill Mall Shooting     (Ellsworth) – Police in Ellsworth are calling a shooting that left one person dead a suicide.  Ellsworth police, the Sheriff’s Department and State Police rushed to the scene behind the Mill Mall after reports of gunshots shortly after 11 o’clock yesterday morning.  The area is within view of the Ellsworth […]

Local News – June 12, 2025

Hancock Fatal   (Hancock) – A horrific series of vehicle crashes in Hancock yesterday left a 54-year-old Ellsworth man dead.  State Public Safety Department spokeswoman Shannon Moss reports to Star 97.7 that Kevin Minnie was driving west on Route 1 at a high rate of speed when he hit another vehicle.  His car kept going […]

Local News – June 11, 2025

Appleton Fatal   (Appleton) – A 28-year old Minnesota motorcyclist is dead after crashing his bike in the Knox County Town of Appleton earlier this week.  Deputies say James Limmer of Dundee Minnesota drifted off the Searsmont Road and slammed into a stand of trees.  First responders found his body at the scene of the […]

Local News – June 10, 2025

Glenburn Shooting   (Glenburn) – A man considered armed and dangerous is on the loose this morning after a shooting in Glenburn yesterday afternoon.  The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 43-year old Brendon Harvey of Glenburn.  The shooting left one person critically injured and another with minor injuries.  Deputies shut down McCarty Road […]

Local News – June 9, 2025

Lawmaker Injured   (Sedgwick) – A State Representative from Deer Isle is recovering from a broken vertebra after a car crash in Sedgwick last week.  Democrat Holly Eaton underwent surgery at a Bangor hospital then was airlifted to a Portland hospital after she suffered a pulmonary embolism during physical therapy. Bar Harbor Story reports Eaton […]

Local News – June 6, 2025

Katahdin Fatalities   (Baxter State Park) – The father and daughter from New York who died while climbing Mt. Katahdin last weekend faced extreme weather conditions.  Searchers found Tim and Esther Keiderling’s bodies this week below the summit of Maine’s tallest mountain.  Other hikers in the area say the weather included snow, ice, rain and […]

Local News 06/05/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Mt. Katahdin Search Ends in Tragedy (Baxter SP)  The search for a second hiker missing on Mt. Katahdin ended in tragedy yesterday when the Maine Warden Service confirmed search teams had found the body of 28 yo Esther Keiderling.  Rescuers discovered her body about 1 p.m. in a wooded area between two known […]