Blue Hill – Dope
(Blue Hill) – Blue Hill voters will likely decide whether the town should ban sales, cultivation and testing of recreational marijuana later this summer. Earlier this year the town approved a moratorium on recreational marijuana to give leaders time to craft an ordinance to deal with the issues. That moratorium expires soon. The Ellsworth American reports Selectmen expect to have an ordinance ready for a town vote in August or September.
Bagpiper warned
(Bar Harbor) – Some folks find bagpipes annoying. Several of them are in Bar Harbor, and police issued a warning to a wandering bagpipe player that he was violating the town’s noise ordinance. Residents complained that the unnamed bag pipe player was so noisy they couldn’t hear their televisions and businesses said it was disturbing customers. The Mt. Desert Islander reports in addition to the noise warning, the bag piper also got a panhandling warning.
Ellsworth Dam
(Ellsworth) – Dead fish showing up below the dam on Ellsworth’s Union River have prompted a call for safe fish passage at the dam. The Downeast Salmon Federation says river herring have washed up below the dam with evidence they died when striking turbine blades in the dam. The herring try to make their way up river to spawn. The dam is in the midst of renewing it’s 30-year federal license.
Stockton Springs – Sewer Plant Study
(Stockton Springs) – Voters in Stockton Springs narrowly approved funding a $12-thousand dollar study to see if a small sewage treatment plant is feasible for the Waldo County town. At the annual town meeting, the funding question passed by just 4-votes last weekend. An engineering firm will look at the town’s designated commercial zone around Route 1 and 1-A to see how much it would cost to build a treatment plant. Selectmen said having a wastewater treatment facility would likely encourage new businesses to locate in Stockton Springs and help lower residential property tax rates.
Co-evolution – Wessels
(Blue Hill) – A college professor appears in Blue Hill this week discuss how life has existed on Earth for 3-point-8 billion years. Blue Hill Heritage Trust’s outreach director Chrissy Allen says author Tom Wessels’ co-evolution talk is not to be missed. The Co-Evolution Talk is this Wednesday night at 7 at the Bay School’s Emlen Hall in Blue Hill.
EEMS Principal
(Ellsworth) Students at Ellsworth Elementary Middle School should recognize the new K-thru-4 principal next fall. The school board unanimously chose current assistant principal and athletic director Tim McCluskey to fill the position. McCluskey says it should be a seamless transition.
Guns & Ammo Conviction
(Bangor) A federal jury has convicted a Fairfield man of illegally possessing guns and ammunition. 54-year-old Steven Lemieux faces up to 10-years in prison and a quarter million dollar fine for the December 2016 offense. Court records and trial evidence show Lemieux possessed several firearms and more than 700 rounds of ammunition. He’s not allowed to have guns because of a 2006 federal felony conviction for giving false information to a federal firearm licensee.
Guns at State House
(Augusta) A Republican lawmaker is asking Governor Paul LePage to use his executive power to let lawmakers carry concealed weapons in the Maine State House. Representative Richard Cebra of Naples wrote a letter to LePage after a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers during a baseball practice in Washington, D.C. WGME-TV reports that the legislator wrote that he and others feel defenseless at a time of “increased possibility that elected officials may become targets.”
Taser Settlement
(Bangor) The Bangor police department’s insurance company will pay $525-thousand dollars to a man whose son died after police used a taser to subdue him. The Bangor Daily News reports Philip McCue’s father, Michael, sued the department for using excessive force to subdue the 28-year old who was under the influence of bath salts. The younger McCue died 5-days after the incident. The autopsy showed he died from complications following the bath salts overdose. The suit sought $6-million.
Killer gets psych sentence
MACHIAS, Maine (AP) – A Maine man accused of killing a man and leaving a bloody knife stuck in the wall near the body is being committed to the state for psychiatric care. A judge in Machias accepted Hazen McDugald’s formal plea that he was not criminal responsible for the charge of manslaughter because of mental illness. He’s being committed to the state’s care.
Sports
- Boston Red Sox 6 Houston Astros 5 (Xander Bogaerts homered twice, Sox and Yankees tied for 1st place in the American League East. Boston at Kansas City tonight, Hector Velazquez starts for the Sox)
- Brooks Koepka wins the US Open by 4-strokes, finishing 16-under, trying a record low score.
- Kyle Larson wins the NASCAR race in Michigan.
State HS Baseball Championship
Class “A” Bangor 4 Falmouth 3 (9-innings)
Class “B” Yarmouth 3 Old Town 0
Class “C” Orono 4 Lisbon 3
Class “D” Searsport 6 Bangor Christian 5 (9 innings)
Softball State Championship
Class “A” Scarborough 3 Skowhegan 0
Class “B” Old Town 2 Fryeburg 0
Class “C” Bucksport 2 Madison 1
Class “D” Penobscot Valley 4 Richmond 0
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