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Local News 07/21/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Teen Accused of Paddle Boarders Murder Makes First Court Appearance (Union)  The 17 yo accused of murdering 48 yo Sunshine Stewart of Tenants Harbor while she was paddle boarding on a pond in Union on July 2nd made his first court appearance on Friday.  An autopsy determined Stewart died of blunt force trauma […]

Local News 07/18/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Arrest Made in Union Homicide (Union)  Authorities have arrested a 17 yo in connection with the July 3rd homicide death of a paddle boarder in Union.  Maine State Police say the suspect was taken into custody in Union without incident about 10:30 Wednesday evening.  The victim, 48 yo Sunshine Stewart of Tenants Harbor, […]

Local News 07/17/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Authorities Close Bangor Street in Police Standoff (Bangor)  Police in Bangor closed 14th Street yesterday morning after they say a person climbed onto a roof and refused to come down.  Crisis negotiators responded to the scene, and people were asked to avoid the area.  Perkins Street at 14th was also closed.  Officers say […]

Local News 07/16/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Second Hit-and-Run Victim Succumbs to Injuries (Albion)  The second child injured in that tragic hit and run crash last Friday has died.  Public Safety Officer Shannon Moss reports to Star 97.7 Mollie Egold remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition.  The 33 yo was walking with her twins on Hussey Road in Albion […]

Local News – July 15, 2025

PERC/Eagle Point Suit   (Orrington) –Where your trash ends up in the future remains undecided at the moment.  A judge may have something to say later this year as the former owners of a trash to energy incinerator in Orrington sue the current owners over fees towns pay to get rid of the trash.  Eagle […]

Local News – July 14, 2025

Ellsworth Police Shooting Verdict   (Ellsworth) – A judge has found an Ellsworth man guilty of reckless conduct with a weapon but declined to convict him for attempted murder in a gunfire exchange with police officers in December of 2023.  Justice Terrence Hannigan set sentencing for 70-year old Jeffrey Paine for Thursday.  Paine had a […]

Local News 07/11/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs MMR Recovers Body of Man from Kennebec River (Bath)  Members of the Maine Marine Patrol Wednesday recovered the body of a man from the shore of Woods Island in the Kennebec River.  They say the body of 22 Robert Stolt of Augusta was spotted by good Samaritans who called 9-1-1 about 6 p.m. […]

Local News 07/10/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs I-95 Happy Hoofer Corralled by State Troopers (Bangor)  Hold your horses!  That’s what a pair of troopers had to do in the early morning hours yesterday when the Bangor RCC received a series of calls reporting a horse wandering along I-95.  The steed was first spotted in the northbound breakdown lane near mile […]

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 […]