Bar Harbor – Ferry Terminal
(Bar Harbor) – A committee weighing the options for the unused ferry terminal in Bar Harbor will recommend to the Town Council that the town purchase the property for 3-and-a-half million dollars. WABI-TV reports if the Council approves, the purchase would go to voters next June. Bay Ferries Limited stopped using the terminal 8-years ago. After a hearing last evening, the leadership committee opted to recommend the purchase, and possibly accommodate cruise ships for providing a better drop off point for passengers using small tender ships to get to shore.
Lamoine – Gravel Pit
(Lamoine) – Planners in Lamoine have rejected a plan to expand a gravel mining operation. If approved, the pit would take down part of a large hill of gravel near a small water company in the center of town. Acting chair Don Bamman said that water supply concerned him. It’s expected that Harold MacQuinn, Incorporated which proposed the pit expansion will appeal the rejection.
SCOTME-Salisbury
(Augusta) – A Lamoine man who claims to be a sovereign citizen who doesn’t need a driver’s license or to register a vehicle to operate on public roads has lost his case before the State Supreme Court. In a brief ruling released by the high court, justices refused to overturn Neil Salisbury’s convictions for operating without a license, and operating an unregistered vehicle. Supreme Court Justices ruled that Salisbury failed to cite any legal arguments with proper citation to try to make his case that the courts lacked jurisdiction.
Elver Lottery
(Maine) A new lottery will allow the Department of Maine Resources to issue at least 7 new elver fishing licenses next season. It’s the first elver license lottery since 2013. Starting today the Department of Marine Resources will implement the new lottery. Each new license holder must be 15 or older, and never had their elver license revoked or suspended. They’ll each receive a minimum 4-pound quota, which at the most recent season’s average value could amount to nearly $6-thousand-dollars of income. Applications must be submitted in-person at the DMR offices in Augusta or online at: Maine dot Gov slash Elver Lottery. The deadline to apply is January 12th next year, with the 2018 elver season beginning on March 22nd.
Holiday Marketplace
(Ellsworth) The holiday marketplace opens for the season tomorrow in downtown Ellsworth. Heart of Ellsworth executive director Cara Romano says this year’s marketplace at J and B Atlantic will be decorated by the same man who decked out last year’s pop-up shops. Romano says gift wrapping is available by donation during the holiday marketplace on Thursday evenings and also Saturdays and Sundays.
Charges Dropped
(Bangor) – Prosecutors won’t move forward with charges against a Bangor man who allegedly pulled a gun on the freshman soccer team last month. Steven Butler told the Bangor Daily News he never left his property on October 3rd and never threatened anyone, but thought there were people on his property and he had a right to protect it. D-A Chris Almy said there was not sufficient evidence to proceed. There is now a fence between the Union Street soccer field and Butler’s property.
Treasurer’s Hearing to Continue
(Blue Hill) The hearing in Blue Hill over the town treasurer’s fate will continue. Selectmen placed Jody Murphy on paid administrative leave more than a month ago, but no one is saying why. Selectmen Jim Schatz tells Star 97-7 no resolution was made during the board’s closed door meeting Monday afternoon, attended by selectmen, the town’s attorney, Murphy and her attorney. The hearing will be continued tentatively on Friday. Blue Hill hired Murphy about 3-years ago.
Route 3 Construction
(Bar Harbor) Phase one of the Route 3 reconstruction project in Bar Harbor is expected to wrap up by next Thursday. The project began in early spring about a half-mile west of Sand Point Road and extends southward to Crooked Road. The Maine Department of Transportation says next spring, the reconstruction of Route 3 will proceed below Crooked Road into Bar Harbor to the end point at the intersection of Routes 3 and 233. The start date will be determined according to weather, and outbound traffic will be detoured to Paradise Hill Road.
Sports
- Boston Celtics 109 Brooklyn Nets 102 (Kyrie Irving had 25-points and wore a protective mask)
- Former Red Sox 2nd baseman Bobby Doerr has died – he was 99
- Tory Lovullo is the National League manager of the year, Paul Molitor named the American League manager of the year.
- The Bruins skate against the Anaheim Ducks tonight in California
