Deer Isle/Manager
(Deer Isle) – Voters in Deer Isle will decide tomorrow whether the community should hire a town manager. For most of the town’s history one of the Selectmen has run day to day operations of the town government at the town office. The proposal would allow Selectmen to hire a town manager instead, though most of the key town staff positions would remain elected, including the town clerk, tax collector, treasurer and road commissioner. Selectmen tell the Ellsworth American that the three elected leaders have regular jobs and not enough time to devote to completely running the town.
Stranded
(Bar Harbor) – A small island just a few hundred yards off Bar Harbor is accessible by vehicle and on foot at low tide, but every year police and park rangers deal with people who get stranded when the tide comes in. The Mt. Desert Islander reports Acadia National Park has posted a sign warning people about the tide situation and advising them if they get stranded to call a private water taxi company. The trip costs about $150-dollars to get off Bar Island, or they can wait out the tides for 9-hours. Police say if there is a true medical emergency, a town boat can get close enough to the island to make a rescue.
Frankfort Fire
(Frankfort) – An early morning fire has destroyed a home in Frankfort, leaving two people homeless. The Red Cross assisted the displaced residents of a single family home on the Swanville Road. WABI-TV reports Firefighters got rousted out of bed at 4-o’clock yesterday morning to battle the blaze. No injuries reported.
Drowning
(Fort Fairfield) – A 14-year old Fort Fairfield boy is dead after he drowned in the Aroostook River. Maine’s Warden Service reports the teen was swimming with three friends Saturday evening when he got into distress. One friend tried to help him, another called 9-1-1. It took a game warden about 45-minutes to locate the youngster, but rescue workers could not revive him. The drowning remains under investigation.
Bucksport Teen Injured
(Swanville) – An 18-year old from Bucksport suffered serious injuries in a daytime accident in Swanville. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reports to Star 97.7 that Garrett Smith failed to make a sweeping curve on Oak Hill Road and crashed into some trees. The Life Flight helicopter flew Smith to the hospital. The extent of injuries was not immediately available. The crash was reconstructed and remains under investigation.
Fire Cause Investigated
(Machias) – Investigators never determined the cause of a fire at an Elm Street home in Machias a couple months ago. Now comes word that a meth making operation might be involved. WVII-TV reports the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency looked over what remains of the house last week.
EHS Graduation
(Ellsworth) Seniors at Ellsworth High School donned their caps and gowns Friday evening for graduation. 96 students received their diplomas with more than 70% of them heading off to college in the fall. Five seniors plan to enter the military while two dozen students will head straight into the workforce or have other plans.
Man Located
(Skowhegan) A 71-year-old man reported missing Thursday was located alive the next morning in Monson. After 12 hours of searching Maine game wardens and a Piscataquis County Sheriff’s deputy located Arthur Lowe. He’d been staying with family in Skowhegan and said he was going for a short walk, but did not return. Lowe walked 30-miles to his prior residence in Monson where he was found.
Rangers with Guns
(Augusta) The Maine House of Representatives has passed a bill that would arm members of the Maine Forest Service. Representative Will Tuell sponsored the bill and says forest rangers are law enforcement officers and should have the same protections as other law enforcement agencies in Maine. The bill still faces several rounds of votes in the House and Senate, must survive the appropriations committee. The Governor has threatened to veto the bill in the past.
Lobster Laws
(Augusta) The Act to Improve the Enforcement of Maine’s Lobster Laws was approved by both the House and Senate this week. The proposed bill, which is supported by the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, is aimed at cracking down on illegal activity and making fishing more fair. Two procedural votes are planned before the bill heads to Governor Paul LePage.
Sports
- Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup in 6-games. (Final last night Pittsburgh 2 Nashville 0)
- Detroit Tigers 8 Boston Red Sox 3 (Sox play Philadelphia tonight, Rick Porcello starts for Boston)
High School Baseball – N ME Semifinals
Class “A” Bangor 7 Oxford Hills 0
Mt. Ararat 4 Edward Little 2
Class “B” Old Town 2 Ellsworth 0
Erskine Academy 7 Hermon 6
Class “C” Dexter 6 Fort Kent 4
Orono 11 Houlton 2
Class “D” Ft. Fairfield 6 Hodgdon 0
Bangor Christian 9 Shead 1
Softball
Class “A” Skowhegan 12 Bangor 0
Oxford Hills 4 Lawrence 1
Class “B” Oceanside 8 Ellsworth 4
Old Town 7 Hermon 0
Class “C” Mattanawcook 1 Narraguagus 0
Bucksport 8 Orono 3
Class “D” S. Aroostook 14 Stearns 7
Penobscot Valley 9 Schenck 1
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