Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Fire Damages Machias Motel (Machias) Fire damaged a Machias motel Tuesday night. We’re told a guest notified the General Manager of the blaze that occurred in the front portion of the Bluebird Motel around 8:30 that evening. The blaze destroyed much of the front section of rooms. The Machias Valley News Observer reports […]
Merry Christmas Eve! Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Allen Sworn in As MPO Milbridge (Milbridge) Zachery Allen has gone and gotten himself a new job for Christmas. Allen will be serving the Milbridge area in Washington County as a Marine Patrol Officer. Allen, sworn in earlier this month by Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher, previously served […]
Merry Christmas Eve Eve! Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Fire Marshal’s Office Investigates Fire, Explosion in Grand Lake Stream (GLS) The State Fire Marshal’s Office continues to investigate a house fire and explosion in Grand Lake Stream that happened last Thursday. Authorities were called to the Milford Road home they say was destroyed in a blaze that originated […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Staff Members Call on Governor Mills to Replace Child Welfare Director (Augusta) Office of Child and Family Services Director Bobbi Johnson is feeling anything but the love from more than a hundred caseworkers, aides, and community care workers. The Bangor Daily News reports dozens of workers say they have no confidence in Johnson, […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Criminal Justice Academy to Graduate Largest Class (Vassalboro) Tomorrow, the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro will graduate its largest class yet to complete the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program. The 18-week residential training program began in August with 74 cadets, 71 of whom will graduate Friday. The class represents 39 state, municipal, […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Ellsworth Police Department Partners with AMHC (Ellsworth) Members of the Ellsworth Police Department have formed an innovative partnership with Aroostook Mental Health Center. The partnership is aimed at addressing mental health and social service needs within the community. The collaboration will bring social workers directly into the field to assist people during critical […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Black Ice Likely Cause of I-395 Crashes (Brewer) Icy road conditions, crashes, and drivers attempting a shortcut to avoid a resulting road closure caused multiple accidents on I-395 in Brewer Monday morning. Maine State Police say a Toyota Tacoma was Westbound when the driver lost control on the slippery road and ended up […]
Kids Fall Through Ice (Ellsworth) – Four young people took off from a group home near Graham Lake in Ellsworth yesterday, and three of them broke through ice. Firefighters from Ellsworth and Mariaville responded along with game wardens. They pulled one of the kids from the pond, and two others were able to get […]
Power Restoration Continues (Lamoine) – Power should be back on for Versant customers by the end of the day today. The utility reported more than 7-thousand customers spent the night without electricity after 60-plus mile an hour winds battered Eastern Maine Wednesday night into Thursday morning. A brigade of bucket trucks worked throughout the […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Oakland Man Arrested After Standoff (Oakland) Maine State Police yesterday arrested an Oakland man following an hours-long standoff. The incident began shortly after 6 a.m., when troopers received a report from a woman in Palermo who said her ex-partner, 45 yo Jason Grant, had threatened to cause harm to her and others in […]
