Transfer Station
(Bar Harbor) – Bar Harbor residents will take their trash to a temporary transfer station starting sometime in November. The Mt. Desert Islander reports town councilors have approved the design for a new transfer station that’ll cost more than 2-and-a-half million dollars. The new transfer station will feature zero-sort recycling along with a drive through trash disposal area. Voters approved borrowing for the new facility last June.
Fire of ’47 – Testimonials
(Local) This month is the 70th anniversary of “the year Maine burned”. Harold Beal of Southwest Harbor was 22-years-old during the Fire of 1947 that burned much of the eastern side of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. The Bar Harbor Historical Society is showing the film “The Fire of 1947” at various locations in Hancock County this month. It’s directed by Southwest Harbor filmmaker Peter Logue and produced by Kim Swan.
Skeletal Remains
(Byron) – Maine’s Medical Examiner will likely use DNA to try to identify human remains found in Oxford County last week. A hunter in Byron discovered the bones. State public safety department spokesman Steve McCausland reports to Star 97.7 that the bones could be 46-year old Derek Adams who disappeared last December. He lived nearby, and remained missing after several searches.
Grandma Goes to Jail
(Rockland) A 65-year-old grandmother from Rockland will spend 50 days in jail for giving alcohol to a minor resulting in two teens being treated for alcohol poisoning. Village Soup dot-com reports in February 2016 Brenda Shepard bought a half gallon of vodka for her underage grandson. He then gave it to the girls, ages 14 and 13. Rockland police were called by a witness who saw a man stuffing an unconscious girl into a car near the intersection of Main and North Main Streets. Police found the two girls passed out. They ended up at Maine Medical in Portland and have since recovered. The grandson was also charged. Shepard pleaded guilty as part of a deferred disposition in which felony charges would be dropped if she stayed out of trouble for a year.
Digital Sign
(Lamoine) Selectmen in Lamoine gathered at the town hall Friday to unveil a new, digital electronic sign. Approval to purchase the sign was given during the annual town meeting in March. $20-thousand-dollars was budgeted using several reserve funds, though the project is expected to come in under budget. The changing display on the sign will be visible to traffic from both Routes 184 and 204.
Sports
- New England Patriots 24 New York Jets 17 (Tom Brady becomes NFL quarterback with most wins in history).
- Sunday Night Football: NY Giants 20 Denver Broncos 10
- Aaron Rodgers may be out for the seasons after breaking his collarbone yesterday
- Vegas Golden Knights 3 Boston Bruins 1
- L-A Dodgers 4 Chicago Cubs 1 (Dodgers lead NLCS 2-0)
- The Yankees host the Houston Astros tonight in game 3 of the ALCS, Houston leads 2-0
