Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Thomaston Voters Approve Borrowing Funds to Help Build New Fire/EMS Station (Thomaston) Thomaston voters have given the city the green light to pursue funding for construction of a new Fire and EMS station. According to the Pen Bay Pilot, pursuit of a $3.5M bond is contingent on receiving congressionally directed matching funds. The […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Maine Mall Shooting (Portland) South Portland Police this morning searching for a suspect involved in a shooting at Maine Mall in Portland. In what authorities say was an isolated incident, a person was shot inside the mall Wednesday evening, sending shoppers and business owners into a panic. The victim was taken to Maine […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Body Recovered from F/V Sudden Impact Identified (S. Addison) The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified the body recovered Sunday from the sunken fishing vessel Sudden Impact as that of Chester “Chet” Barrett of South Addison. Chester’s body was recovered after a search that began Saturday, January 18th, when he […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Portage Lake Incident (Portage Lake) A man is dead following an all-day standoff with police in the Aroostook County town of Portage Lake on Monday. Authorities say the incident began with a report of a domestic dispute between a woman and 29 yo Steven Righini. When police arrived at the home, the woman […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Dive Team Recovers Body of Missing Fisherman (Cutler) A team of divers from Connecticut and other New England states Sunday morning recovered a body from the F/V Sudden Impact, the vessel that sank with two South Addison fishermen aboard on January 18th. The family posted on FB the body is believed to be […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Crews Remove UHaul That Broke Through Ice on Echo Lake (MDI) It took two days and some complicated logistics, but crews have successfully removed a UHaul truck from beneath some 1300 feet of water at Echo Lake. The truck fell through the ice on MDI in the early morning hours of January 18th […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Outpouring of Support for South Addison Fishermen Lost at Sea (S. Addison) There’s no doubt the fishing community is a family, and the family of two South Addison fishermen lost at sea this month reached out to us yesterday and asked us to share information on the fundraising efforts of that close-knit community. […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Columbia Falls Blaze (Columbia Falls) Fire heavily damaged an Air BnB in Columbia Falls last evening. Crews from multiple departments battled sub-freezing temperatures to contain the blaze, which broke out about 5 p.m. at a structure located near the post office. We’re told the sole occupant made it out of the home safely. […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Eleven Charged with Soliciting Prostitution (Rockland) Eleven men have been charged with soliciting prostitution after a months-long investigation into the former Asian Massage on Park Street in Rockland. WABI reports authorities received information about the business from another agency last July. Rockland Police say they found suspected ties between the business and human […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Ellsworth Fatal Crash (Ellsworth) A 74 yo Ellsworth man died Friday evening after he was struck by a vehicle while apparently attempting to retrieve tools that had fallen off his truck. The Ellsworth Police Department tells Star 97.7, James Card had parked his vehicle at the intersection of the Bangor and Shore Roads […]
