School Resource Officer
(Ellsworth) – Ellsworth High School will have a police officer on duty in the building once again. It has been several years since the school resource officer position was staffed, and current Ellsworth PD patrol officer Amie Torrey is the pick of both the school and police department. Torrey graduated from Ellsworth High nearly 23-years ago and has been with the Ellsworth PD for 8-years, having served in Fairfield before coming back home. She will attend a special training school for resource officers.
Birdsacre Fire Sentence
(Ellsworth) – A judge has sent a 33-year old Sullivan man to prison for 3-years for setting fire to the Stanwood House at the Birdsacre Sanctuary. Christopher Kidder entered a guilty plea to arson and other charges for the March 2014 fire at the Ellsworth landmark. Kidder reported the blaze himself, and the investigation report by the fire marshal’s office indicated that he confessed. One Ellsworth firefighter suffered serious injuries while battling the fire, taking several months to recover from a fall.
Stockton Springs School Closure
(Stockton Springs) – The Elementary school in Stockton Springs will close. School Board members in RSU 20 voted last night to close down the former K-8 school which has housed only Pre-Kindergarten students for several years. Students from Stockton Springs attend school in Searsport. Village Soup dot-com reports the building could be turned over to the Town of Stockton Springs which holds its annual town meeting in the gym, or it could be sold to another owner. The Pre-K students will be housed in empty classrooms at the Searsport school.
Birdsacre
(Ellsworth) Birdsacre in Ellsworth continues restoring Cordelia Stanwood’s home after fire ripped through the building in March 2014. President Grayson Richmond says it’s been a slow process because of the cost involved and the amount of volunteer hours needed. To volunteer your time or donate money toward restoration efforts contact Birdsacre on High Street in Ellsworth. You can read more about the fire at: Birdsacre dot com.
Chief Search
(Ellsworth) A 3-person sub-committee of the Ellsworth city council will decide how the city should proceed with hiring a new police chief, and they met for the first time last night. City Manager David Cole says things are going well at the police department so there’s no rush to hire a new chief. Cole says the 3 committee members who will make recommendations to the city council about hiring a police chief are Steve Beathem, Dawn Hudson, and Chairman John Phillips.
Hospital Fundraising
(MDI) Mount Desert Island Hospital continues raising money to replace its 35-year-old emergency generator. The hospital says First National Bank presented them with a 1-hundred-thousand-dollar check toward their goal. Last year Manton Foundation of New York pledged a 1-million-dollar challenge grant to MDI Hospital to help raise funds to replace the hospital’s aging generator. To date the campaign has raised more than 800-thousand-dollars.
Fitness Facility Meeting
(Blue Hill) More than 40 Blue Hill residents gathered at the selectmen’s meeting to voice their opinions about a proposed fitness center being built on a Union Street ball field. The Ellsworth American reports Tradewinds Marketplace owners Chuck and Belinda Lawrence intend to build a fitness center with an indoor pool. They considered building on a portion of George Steven’s Academy’s Tenney Hill property, but issues with wetlands prompted the Lawrence’s to begin looking elsewhere. Some say building on the ball field would reduce the amount of green space in Blue Hill, something Selectman John Banister says there isn’t enough of, especially during summer. Others say it’s wrong to put stipulations on a gift to the community by controlling where the facility is built. The selectmen will continue to discuss the fitness center’s location.
Child Porn Arrest
(Jefferson) A Jefferson man is in jail, charged with possessing child pornography. The State Police’s Computer Crime Unit arrested 51-year old Vincent Maltese on Tuesday at his home on Augusta Road. He was taken to the Wiscasset jail but later freed on bail. Investigators say they found hundreds of images on Maltese’s computer and electronic devises. He’s due in court on April 27th.
Crosby Concert
(Bar Harbor) Rocker David Crosby will play a concert at the Criterion Theater in Bar Harbor this spring. Once a member of The Byrds and of Crosby-Stills-and-Nash, Crosby will perform as a solo artist during the tour. Tickets go on sale this Friday, he plays at the Criterion Theater on May 26th.
Landlord-Court
(Portland) A Maine landlord sentenced to 90 days in jail in the wake of a fatal fire at one of his properties will likely face a hearing about his request for a new trial in the coming weeks. Gregory Nisbet’s attorney requested the new trial. The attorney, Matt Nichols, says a hearing about the request will almost certainly take place within the next two to four weeks.
Energy Law
(Augusta) State utility regulators are suggesting possible changes to Maine’s solar energy law despite pushback from solar groups and environmentalists. Clean energy companies and groups have wanted utility regulators to leave any changes up to legislators.
Sports
High School Basketball – Boys
Orono 51, Mount Desert Island 49
Ellsworth 66, Old Town 40
Central 56, John Bapst Memorial 45
Jonesport-Beals 88, Islesboro Central 51
Washington Academy 80, Sumner Memorial 40
Oxford Hills Comprehensive 60, Bangor 50
Camden Hills Regional 58, Brewer 52
Girls
Brewer 54, Camden Hills Regional 34
Hampden Academy 51, Gardiner Area 44
John Bapst Memorial 46, Washington Academy 31
Jonesport-Beals 51, Islesboro Central 29
Oxford Hills Comprehensive 60, Bangor 50
Penobscot Valley 47, Greenville 28
Penquis Valley 70, Lee Academy 16
Shead 49, Machias 36
Stearns 54, Piscataquis Community 48
Boston Bruins 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Boston plays at Washington tonight
Celtics host the Toronto Raptors tonight
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