Hiker Rescue
(Bar Harbor) – A dramatic rescue in Acadia National Park yesterday as a Maine Forest Service helicopter plucked an injured woman from Dorr Mountain. The 9-1-1 call came in shortly after 7-o’clock yesterday morning. A pair of firefighters hiked up the mountain and reached the scene, determining that carrying the woman down on a stretcher or backboard would be hazardous. The helicopter arrived, lowered a ranger down on a wire with a harness. He hooked up the unnamed woman and the crew on the chopper hoisted both back up then flew to the Bar Harbor athletic fields where an ambulance carried her to MDI Hospital.
Dog Killers
(Winter Harbor) – Still no arrests reported as authorities search for two men wanted for allegedly killing a Winter Harbor lobsterman’s dog and dumping the body in a bag offshore. Police issued an arrest warrant for 37-year old Nathan Burke of Hancock and 22-year old Justin Chipman from Steuben and Winter Harbor. They allegedly stole the dog from Phillip Torrey’s home while he was out of town at a concert. Burke and Chipman are sternmen on Torrey’s lobster boat.
Passy Pete
(Belfast) – He’s got as much credibility as a spring predicting ground hog, and now a lobster in Belfast says winter will come early to Maine. Dubbed Passy Pete after the Passagassawaukeg River that runs through Belfast, the crustacean reportedly pointed at a scroll that made the early winter prediction yesterday before his handlers returned him to the river. The group that has run the Passy Pete event the last four Labor Day weekends say they have a lot of fun, but they’re not crazy about an early winter.
TP Theft
(Warren) – Knox County’s Sheriff’s Department is looking for a paper trail in Warren. Deputies are investigating a theft from the town’s library. Village Soup dot-com reports the only item that appears to be missing is a roll of toilet paper. The thief apparently cut a screen and entered the open window to the library’s bathroom and swiped the roll. Library workers called in the burglary last Thursday.
Vaping
(Local) Summer break is often a time of exploration and experimentation for young people and once school resumes kids may share their experiences with friends. Healthy Acadia spokeswoman Tara Young says that may include new habits like vaping. Young recommends talking to kids as young as 4th, 5th, & 6th grade. Young says vaping products are often geared toward a younger demographic by offering flavored tobacco with vaping devices that are intended to trick parents by resembling a USB device, a pen, or even an asthma inhaler.
Largest Freshman Class
(Bangor) Classes resume this week at Husson University in Bangor where they’ve welcomed the largest freshman class in the college’s history. Husson also held their first ever convocation ceremony for the 829 new undergraduate students as a way for them to meet staff members. Husson officials report this year’s freshman class consists of students from 25 states and 15 different countries.
Night Sky Festival
(Bar Harbor) There are few places in the country to get a better look at the night sky than Acadia National Park, and stargazers will meet there to do just that. The Acadia Night Sky Festival begins Wednesday and the event bills itself as “the premier night sky event on the Eastern seaboard”. The multi-day festival featuring more than 3-dozen events takes place all over Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor and the Schoodic Peninsula. There’s a keynote event Friday night at 6 at the Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor.
Bycatch Grant
(Portland) A group of organizations will share more than $2 million-dollars in grants to use engineering to try to reduce bycatch in fisheries. Bycatch is the term for when fish and other animals are accidentally caught with gear that was seeking a different species. Bycatch poses problems for rare species of dolphins, turtles, sharks and other animals. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is awarding the money to 14 projects as part of its 2018 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program.
Bush’s Foundation
(Kennebunkport) Former President George H.W. Bush hopes to greet board members and corporate partners of the Points of Light foundation this week at his summer home. The organization is holding a 3-day event that kicks off Tuesday in Kennebunkport where the 94-year-old Bush spends his summers. The phrase “points of light” originated in Bush’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in 1988. His vision grew into a Point of Light award given to more than 6,000 individuals and a foundation that promotes volunteerism in 37 countries.
Sports
- Boston Red Sox 8 Atlanta Braves 2 (Ian Kinsler had 3 runs batted in)
- Rick Porcello will start against the Braves tonight. The Red Sox lead over the Yankees increased to 8-and-a-half games as New York lost yesterday.
- Roger Federer is out at the US Open Tennis Tournament, losing yesterday in 4-sets.
- The High School fall sports season gets under way in earnest today with soccer and volleyball contests slated.
