Gouldsboro Fire
(Gouldsboro) – A Gouldsboro man lost thousands of dollars in fishing gear and some baby chicks when a shed caught fire yesterday. First responding firefighters to the Rice Road reported Michael Bernier’s building fully engulfed in flames. The Ellsworth American reports a lamp used to keep the chicks warm apparently ignited the fire. Firefighters from six area departments were dispatched to the scene.
Blue Hill Man Indicted
(Bangor) – Grand jurors in Bangor say there is enough evidence for prosecutors to go to trial against a Blue Hill man who allegedly held up a motel in Brewer. The Penobscot County Grand Jury indicted 49-year old Anthony Yurchick for robbery, theft and possession of a firearm by a felon. Yurchick was arrested last January after a hold up at the Brewer Motor Inn. He’s also charged with several break-ins and thefts in Hancock County.
Murder Conviction Upheld
(Augusta) – Maine’s highest court has upheld a Palmyra man’s murder conviction for the 2013 death of an alleged drug dealing acquaintance. In the 17-page decision, the state supreme court said there was more than enough evidence to prove Jason Cote killed Ricky Cole. The two men were under investigation for drug dealing in the Newport area when Cote went to Cole’s home and hit him with a metal pipe and then stomped on his head, killing Cole. Cote’s attorney argued that prosecutors should not have been allowed to say that the killer stomped on the victim’s head.
Park Visitor Center
(Bar Harbor) – Acadia National Park is moving an information center at park headquarters to the Hull’s Cove Visitor Center. In a press release sent to Star 97.7, Park Spokesman John Kelly says the small visitor center at the Park’s administrative headquarters was often visited, but had few services to offer to tourists. The visitor center at Hull’s Cove is geared up for inquiries and has an Island Explorer bus stop. The relocation starts on Monday and runs through October.
Fentanyl Arrest
(Brunswick) Maine drug agents and police arrested a Wilton man carrying $20-thousand dollars worth of Fentanyl as he exited an AMTRAK train in Brunswick. 32-year-old James Young-Dumont ran when he saw police but didn’t get far. He was wanted on an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in Ellsworth court for drug possession and he was also on probation in Massachusetts for a previous drug charge. Young-Dumont is held without bail and charged with aggravated drug trafficking, failure to appear in court and violation of bail.
Birdsacre Money
(Ellsworth) Birdsacre in Ellsworth has received 5-thousand-dollars from the Bangor Savings Bank “Community Matters More” program. Birdsacre president Grayson Richmond says he already knows how they’ll spend the grant. Richmond says the money will also be used to buy medical and food supplies for injured and orphaned birds.
Recovery Coach Training
(Brewer) Healthy Acadia will offer a program next week to help people fight addiction. Drug Free Communities Project Coordinator Denise Black says advanced registration is required for the Recovery Coach Training. The classes are May 1st through 4th from 8:30AM ’til 4:30PM at Machias Savings Bank in Brewer. Scholarships are available by contacting the Bangor Area Recovery Network.
Former Chief-Court
(Ellsworth) – A former police chief says prosecutors should not be able to use his refusal to submit to a blood test against him in an upcoming OUI trial. Ellsworth police picked up Nathan Young last December, but he refused to let doctors take a blood sample after officers were unable to use a breathalyzer on Young. The Ellsworth American reports Young’s attorney says refusals that are used to imply guilt should not be allowed in trial because of self-incrimination protection. Young was fired as police chief in Bar Harbor in 2014 after his own officers found him slumped behind the wheel of his truck a few months earlier.
Foster Mom Released
(Portland) A Maine woman convicted of manslaughter after binding her 5-year-old foster child in a high chair with duct tape has been released from prison. WCSH-TV reports that former Department of Health and Human Services supervisor Sally Schofield left prison on Tuesday. Schofield was sentenced to 17 years for manslaughter in the 2001 death of Logan Marr, who suffocated in the overturned high chair in Schofield’s basement in Chelsea. It was later learned that the placement of Logan and her sister in Schofield’s home violated state rules because of her DHHS employment.
Doctor Sentencing
(Portland) A Falmouth doctor will spend 2-years in prison for tax evasion, drug distribution, and healthcare fraud. 69-year-old Dr Joel Sabean was sentenced Wednesday for crimes committed between January 2008 and December 2013. Court document say Sabean sent more than $2-million-dollars to a relative in Florida who sent him fake medical bills so that he could write off about $3-million-dollars in medical expenses on 5-year’s worth of income tax returns. He also wrote prescriptions for a family member who was not a patient but was reimbursed by an insurance company. Sabean will be on 3-years of supervised release following his jail time.
Camp Fire
(Greenbush) Multiple fire departments responded to a camp on fire in Greenbush yesterday. WVII-TV reports no one was in the building and the power was turned off when the fire broke out around 7AM on Otter Trail. The camp was flattened when crews arrived. Fire Chief Don Burr says they had to truck in water because of the remote location. The owner does not have insurance, and the State Fire Marshal’s office will investigate the cause.
Planned Outage
(Trenton) – If you live in the Oak Point/Goose Cove/Bayside Road area of Trenton, you’ll likely lose power for a couple of hours this afternoon. Emera Maine reports to Star 97.7 they’re replacing a broken pole beginning at 1-o’clock this afternoon. It should last for a couple of hours.
Lunafest
(Ellsworth) Tonight, The Grand is hosting “Lunafest 2017 – a night of short films by, for, and about Women.” Lunafest is an annual benefit for The Next Step domestic violence project of Hancock County. The traveling film festival spotlights the work of diversified talented women filmmakers. The suggested attendance age is 16 and up. Lunafest starts at 7 o’clock tonight at The Grand theater in Ellsworth.
Mosquito Bill
(Augusta) A bill authored by Maine U.S. Senator Angus King designed to help combat the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses such as the Zika virus has passed a committee test. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee unanimously approved King’s bill on Wednesday. King says his bill would give states and communities more tools to control mosquitoes.
Name Recognition
(Augusta) Maine’s Republican governor wants to make public the names of those who are hired to film videos of alleged animal cruelty. An adviser to Gov. Paul LePage said this week at a hearing that letting businesses know the names of undercover operators would prevent future “unwarranted political attacks.” The Humane Society says the bill would discourage investigations into industrial farms.
Sports
- Boston Celtics 108 Chicago Bulls 97 (Celtics lead playoff series 3-2)
- NY Yankees 3 Boston Red Sox 1 (Sox & Yankees again tonight, Chris Sale pitches for Boston)
- The NFL Draft begins tonight.
- High School Baseball & Softball rained out yesterday.
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