W Bach Gone
(Portland) – Classical music radio listeners have lost a couple of outlets without explanation. The W-Bach stations broadcasting in mid-coast and Southern Maine went off the air abruptly during the weekend, replaced by either country or rock music. The Bangor Daily News reports W-Bach owners did not return requests for comment after sending out e-mail to listeners on Sunday that W-Bach died that day. The company that originally put the classical music stations on the air went bankrupt in 2013 and Binnie Media purchased them and put them back on the air later that year.
Fiberight – Bond
(Augusta) – The Finance Authority of Maine will decide whether to lend a planned trash to bio-gas plant $45-million dollars to construct the facility in Hampden. Fiberight says it needs the bond money to attract other investors to the plant without having to pay income taxes. More than 100-communities have signed on to send their trash to the plant off Cold Brook Road when contracts with the PERC trash incinerator in Orrington expire in a little more than a year. Construction work has started on the access road to the plant.
State Park Death
(Millinocket) – A 68-year old Holden man plummeted to his death while hiking Mt. Katahdin during the weekend. An obituary in today’s Bangor Daily News identified him as John Stetson. Baxter State Park officials say the hiker was with others when he slipped and fell on the Abol trail leading up to the Mountain on Saturday. Stetson is the 2nd person in recent weeks to die in the wilderness park.
Fatal Crash
(Brunswick) – A 20-year old from mid-coast Maine has died after a car struck him during the weekend in Brunswick. Police continue to investigate the crash that killed Caleb Maxham of Warren. Witnesses said he wore dark clothing and crossed Mill Street in Brunswick without a crosswalk. Maxham died yesterday in a hospital.
Kindergarten Registration
(Undated) – Elementary schools start signing up next year’s kindergarten students soon. For the uninitiated, there’s some paperwork involved before getting the little ones into school. In Ellsworth, for example, parents need to make an appointment for the kindergarten sign up that begins on March 9th and continues the next day. Parents need to bring a current photo of their child, an official birth certificate, immunization records, and proof of residency in Ellsworth. It’s pretty much the same for every town. Children who turn 5 before October 15th can attend kindergarten next fall.
Meat Classes
(Maine) For those who want to really know where their meat is coming from: there’s a cooking class for you. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is partnering with Maine’s community colleges to offer wild game cooking workshops. Professional chefs lead the seminars, which let participants learn how to prepare wild game meat and sample the completed recipes. State wildlife staff will be on hand to help answer questions. Classes last fall covered bear, venison, upland birds, turkey and moose.
Rabbits
(Augusta) Biologists want Mainers to report if they see brown rabbits this winter. Fewer than 300 New England cottontail rabbits live in Maine, and they are an endangered species in the state. They look like snowshoe hares most of the year, but remain brown in the winter when the snowshoe hares turn white.
Herring Hearings
(Wiscasset) Fishing regulators say public hearings will take place on a plan to make the Atlantic herring fishery run more smoothly. Herring are an important fish on the East Coast because they’re used as bait for lucrative species, especially lobster. Last year’s lobster season was hindered for several weeks by a herring shortage. Hearings will take place not only in Maine but also in New Jersey, New Hampshire and Massachusetts in March and April.
Film Contest
(Portland) A new screenplay contest will fund an independent film to be produced in Maine on a low budget. The goal of the Maine Firm Initiative is to highlight Maine as a low budget film-making destination and to support Maine film artists by investing in paying productions. The contest deadline is Feb. 28th.
Leadership Institute
(Washington Cty) The Washington County Leadership Institute has extended the application deadline to become part of this year’s program. WCLI brings together a diverse group of people ranging from small business, healthcare, education and the nonprofit world to help Washington County residents develop the skills to become effective and involved community members. The program is held in March and April. Applications are due this Friday. Log on to: Sunrise County dot Org for details.
Women Entrepreneurs
(Bar Harbor) The YWCA Mount Desert Island is teaming up with Anchorspace to offer women entrepreneurs a work space for their up-and-coming businesses. Anchorspace is a flexible office space in downtown Bar Harbor where clients can rent a desk on a daily or monthly basis. But through this scholarship program 3 women will be awarded 3-month memberships at Anchorspace to help launch their businesses. To apply, contact the YWCA or Anchorspace.
Sports
BOYS Class D Quarterfinal
Central Aroostook 56, Jonesport Beals 46
South Aroostook 73, Greater Houlton Christian 50
GIRLS Class D Quarterfinal
Easton 45, Deer Isle-Stonington 23
Southern Aroostook 47, Katahdin 31
Washburn 54, Central Aroostook 47
Today: Class “C” Quarter Finals
BOYS -(3) Hodgdon vs. (6) Schenck 9:30 AM
(2) Fort Fairfield vs. (7) Piscataquis 11:00 AM
GIRLS – (4) Madawaska (5) Dexter 2:00 PM
(1) Stearns (8) Narraguagus 3:30 PM
BOYS – (4) Lee (5) Dexter 7:00 PM
(1) George Stevens (8) Woodland 8:30 PM
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