Charleston Fatal
(Charleston) – A Charleston man is dead after a collision on Route 15 at the end of his driveway. State Police report to WABI-TV 67-year old Robert Brayson was pulling onto the highway when a truck driven by 43-year old Mary Lou Grant hit it broadside, flipping Brayson’s truck over and killing him. The Lifeflight helicopter flew Grant to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. That accident happened around 6-o’clock last night.
Montville Fire
(Montville) – Firefighters from five Waldo-County area departments responded to a blaze in Montville overnight, spending nearly 5-hours on scene. WABI-TV reports one building is destroyed. The call to Spring Hill Road came in around 7:30 last night. No reports of injuries. The Fire marshal’s office may investigate.
UMM/UMO
(Augusta) – Leaders of both the University of Maine at Machias and the Orono campus have outlined their plans to merge the two campuses. Machias is the smallest campus in the U-Maine system, and is struggling with declining enrollments. The two campuses started working together last spring to identify ways to cooperate, and the new relationship would begin next July. Machias would still keep its name and offer 4-year degree programs, but the Orono campus would have overall responsibility for the Machias budget.
Acadia Bill
(Ellsworth) – Maine’s Congressional Delegation says a bill to clarify a number of things in Acadia National Park should pass easily once the full Congress gets it. Worm and clam harvesters are especially interested after park rangers last year started ordering them off the flats that border the park. The bill makes it clear that the intertidal zone belongs to the State which regulates harvesting. The bill will also approve acquisition of the Schoodic Woods section of the park added a couple of years ago, but without the required Congressional approval. Senator Angus King and Congressman Bruce Poliquin appeared in Ellsworth yesterday to talk with local leaders about the bill.
Taste Test
(Ellsworth) An Ellsworth businessman and city councilor who lost 180-pounds hopes to bring his knowledge of healthy eating and nutrition into school cafeterias. Marc Blanchette says he worked with Superintendent Dan Higgins to set up a taste test at Ellsworth Elementary Middle School last week, offering vegetarian Not So Sloppy Joe’s as an alternative to the meaty classic. Blanchette says school lunches need healthier options. Middle schoolers were offered the Not So Sloppy Joe’s last Thursday, and Blanchette says the kids who actually tried it gave the meal a positive review.
House Fire
(Atkinson) A family’s barking dog alerted them to a fire and all 5 people made it out of the home safely overnight, as well as the dog. The call came in around 1:30 Monday morning to a home on Maple Road in Atkinson. The fire chief in Dover-Foxcroft tells WABI-TV he believes the fire was somehow related the wood stove. The Red Cross is assisting the family as the home is a total loss.
Pot Rules
(Maine) Recreational use of marijuana is legal in Maine now, but there’s some confusion about how much you can use, who can use it, and where you can use it. Police departments from Ellsworth and Milbridge posted information on their Facebook pages with details about what’s legal and what’s not, such as driving and smoking pot – that’s still illegal. Yes, you can grow it yourself – you’re allowed to have 6 mature plants, 12 young plants, and an unlimited number of seedlings at any given time, but you can’t grow it where it’s visible by neighbors and you have to prevent access by anyone under 21.
Weed Committee
(Portland) A committee of Maine lawmakers that will work to implement the rules around legal marijuana will get started this week. Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau announced the members of the Select Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation on Monday.
Biggest Bust
(Sanford) – Maine largest ever heroin haul comes in Sanford where agents seized 4-pounds of heroin and fentanyl. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency reports to Star 97-7 they arrested 39-year old Jason Bolduc of Parsonsfield and 35-year old Nichole Farrar of Sanford. They’re both held at the York County Jail of a quarter million dollars cash bail. The investigation led to Massachusetts where more alleged drug dealers were arrested and another 4-pounds of heroin seized. The drugs have a street value of more than 1-point-8 million dollars.
Coach Arrested
(Standish) A cheerleading coach at a southern Maine school is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. WABI-TV reports the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office arrested 21-year-old Nicholas Perry of Standish, charging him with gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact. Perry was the cheering coach at Bonny Eagle High School, but investigators say none of the conduct occurred on school grounds or during school functions.
Fire Cause Undetermined
(Washington ) – Fire investigators say they’re unable to pinpoint the cause of last week’s fire that killed a father and son in the Knox County town of Washington. Spokesman Steve McCausland reports to Star 97.7 there is nothing to indicated the fire was anything but an accident. Steven Rhodes got out of the burning house, but upon learning his son, Isaac who suffered from Down Syndrome, was still inside, he went back to try to rescue him and died. Rhodes wife escaped from the burning building, and said the fire started in the homes basement near a wood stove.
Sports
High School Basketball – Boys
Bangor Christian 66, Deer Isle-Stonington 42
Bucksport 71, Lee Academy 57
Machias 68, East Grand (GHC) 20
Penobscot Valley 58, Penquis Valley 57
Piscataquis Community 58, Stearns 26
Schenck 75, Calais 54
Girls
Deer Isle-Stonington 32, Bangor Christian 21
George Stevens 56, Narraguagus 51
Hermon 42, John Bapst Memorial 34
Orono 52, Washington Academy 29
Central 68, Old Town 21
Boston Celtics 113 Detroit Pistons 109
Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay (Lightning) tonight.
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