Hall Quarry – Quarry
(Mt. Desert) – A seemingly unending permitting process for a quarry in the Town of Mt. Desert will resume in June after a court order. The Mt. Desert Islander reports a judge ordered town’s Planning Board to reconsider its decision that Harold MacQuinn, Inc. and Freshwater Stone were not eligible for a permit to operate the quarry that has been inactive for decades. Planners approved a permit in 2014 then rescinded permission in 2017.
Lamoine – Advisory Votes
(Lamoine) – When Lamoine voters go to the polls in June to validate a school budget, they’ll also cast their opinions on a couple of advisory questions. Selectmen last night opted to place non-binding questions on a referendum ballot on whether the town ought to help the state pay to fix up a two badly deteriorated state highways and whether the town should seek proposals to lease the closed landfill for a solar array. The questions will appear on the June 11th ballot.
Camden Fire
(Camden) – Fire destroyed the inside of a Camden home yesterday afternoon, and a family cat is missing. The Pen Bay Pilot reports firefighters responded to the Molyneaux Road at about 3:30 yesterday afternoon after homeowner Woody Proctor tried to put out the fire inside his home. Firefighters had to climb a long, steep set of stairs to reach the house on a hillside overlooking Hosmer Pond. Fire officials say a candle may be the source of the fire’s ignition.
Former Teacher Investigated
(Rockland) – Police in Camden are investigating a former Oceanside High School teacher after a student alleged that he sent inappropriate message, including pictures of his genitals through social media. Village Soup dot-com reports the investigation details were contained in a search warrant affidavit filed by a Camden Police detective. The website is not naming the teacher as no charges are yet filed. Police received the complaint in January and the teacher resigned a short time later after school officials placed him on administrative leave.
Roadside Citywide Cleanup
(Ellsworth) A citywide cleanup effort gets underway in Ellsworth next week. Residents can stop by City Hall during business hours to get a yellow trash bag, then collect the garbage around their own properties and Public Works will collect the bags. Ellsworth Green Plan Steering Committee volunteer Mark Whiting tells Star 97-7 he’s challenging residents to see who can find the most unique item while cleaning up. The week-long roadside cleanup will culminate with a concentrated effort of volunteers who will pick up trash in non-residential areas. Volunteers will meet in the City Hall parking lot May 4th at 9:30 AM.
Mt View Incident
(Thorndike) A 15-year-old student in Waldo County is charged with Terrorizing after allegedly posting an online threat. The Sheriff’s Office reports on Monday the Mount View School administration received word of a possible violent threat against the school. Detectives and the school resource officer isolated the suspected student and conducted interviews with witnesses, which led to the charge against the teenage boy.
Female Remains ID
(Augusta) The state medical examiner’s office has identified the body found in a wooded area south of Route 3 in Augusta. Police from Augusta, Gardiner and state police spent several hours processing evidence at the scene following the discovery on April 7th. Dental records confirm the woman was 29-year-old Megan Gregory, who was reported missing to Gardiner police in June 2017. Police say Gregory’s death is not suspicious.
Unclaimed Property
(Augusta) More than 5-thousand Maine residents will receive letters to inform them of unclaimed money. The State Treasurer’s Office reports notification letters were mailed this week to Mainers who are owed a thousand-dollars or more in unclaimed property. Anyone can check the state’s website to see if they hold stake in the more than $246-million-dollars held by the treasurer. To check for unclaimed property visit: Maine dot Gov slash Up Search.
Toy Run Crash Rebuttal
(Augusta) The Augusta Police Department says it’s going to follow “best practices” outlined by the National Transportation Safety Board in a report on a 2017 pile-up during the United Bikers of Maine Toy Run. The report said an unsafe maneuver by a motorcycle driver triggered the chain-reaction crash on Interstate 95 in Augusta. But it also said the police department and United Bikers failed to mitigate the risks of 3,000 motorcycles entering I-95 without “supplemental traffic control or state police oversight.” Two motorcycle riders were killed and seven people hurt in the pileup in September 2017.
Sports
- Boston Bruins 3 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (Overtime – Charlie Coyle scored both the game tying and winning goals)
- Boston Red Sox 7 Detroit Tigers 3 (Michael Chavis hit a 2-run homer, Rick Porcello got the win)
- The Red Sox face the Tampa Bay Rays tonight in Boston. The Sox swept the Rays last weekend.
- Former Celtics great John Havlicek has died. He was 79.
High School Baseball
Ellsworth 5 John Bapst 2
MDI 7 Old Town 6
Brewer 4 Oceanside 2
Penobscot Valley 13 DI/Stonington 1
Hampden 6 Camden Hills 2
Softball
Ellsworth 13 John Bapst 1
Old Town 6 MDI 2
Brewer 10 Oceanside 4
Foxcroft 14 Hermon 5
Penobscot Valley 22 DI/Stonington 1
Searsport 29 Bangor Christian 0
Hampden 12 Camden Hills 7
