Caron Drops Out
(Portland) – With polling numbers showing less than 3-percent support, Alan Caron is pulling out of the race for Maine Governor. His name will appear on next Tuesday’s ballot, but yesterday Caron said he is withdrawing and throwing his support behind Democrat Janet Mills. Caron was running as an independent and had vowed to drop out of there was no chance that he would win.
Search Warrant Challenged
SWANVILLE, Maine (AP) – A Swanville farmer is challenging a search warrant that allowed animal welfare officials to exhume the corpses of several dead pigs. Agents seized the dead pigs from Jerry Ireland’s Ireland Hill Farms in Swanville and they later became evidence that led to the farmer eventually being charged with 13 animal cruelty counts. The Bangor Daily News reports Ireland is accused of killing his malnourished pigs before they could be inspected. Ireland’s attorney argues the warrant was defective because it wasn’t specific enough and any evidence turned up by it should be suppressed. Prosecutors say evidence filed in a previous affidavit did support a probable cause search.
Jeopardy Contestant
(Bangor) – The assignment editor of a free Bangor based newspaper will appear on Jeopardy tonight. WVII-TV reports Allen Adams who works for the Edge is one of the three contestants on tonight’s show that was recorded a few weeks ago. Adams says he’s been a Jeopardy fan since he was a young child. A pub in Orono plans to hold a viewing party before the show airs on Channel 7 at 7:30 this evening.
Drug Conspiracy
(Bangor) – A New York City man faces up to life in prison after admitting he was part of a drug dealing operation that sold heroin and crack cocaine in Central Maine. The US Attorney’s office reports to Star 97.7 that 52-year old Andre Fields was part of the conspiracy to bring in drugs from New York to Maine and repackage them in local residences and hotel rooms between January 2015 and December 2017. In addition to the stiff prison sentence Fields faces up to a $10-million dollar fine. He entered a guilty plea yesterday in Bangor.
Drug Collection Results
(Hancock Cty) The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and the Ellsworth police department collected unused and unwanted prescription drugs at the Ellsworth Chamber on Saturday. Sheriff Scott Kane tells Star 97-7 they filled 4 huge boxes with medications during the semi-annual Drug Take-Back event. The Sheriff’s Office took over 900-pounds of prescription drugs that had been collected since the spring take-back to be shipped south for proper disposal.
MDI-Y Haunted House
(Bar Harbor) Kids are invited to get in the Halloween spirit with the MDI YMCA’s haunted house. Tonight’s event is from 5 ‘til 8 at the Ivy Manor Inn on Main Street in Bar Harbor. YMCA youth development director Jared Erskine says the haunted house is recommended for ages 8 and up. Donations are suggested and all proceeds benefit the Mount Desert Island YMCA.
Project Hope
(Ellsworth) Volunteers are sought for a program in Ellsworth that helps folks recover from drug and alcohol addiction. Healthy Acadia spokeswoman Denise Black explains that Project Hope relies solely on volunteers. Project Hope allows anyone to come to the Ellsworth police station to ask for help getting into a recovery program, without fear of being arrested. Project Hope operates each Tuesday between 8am and 4pm.
Convoy Fundraiser
(Hampden) About 200 trucks from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts participated in a convoy to raise money for a toddler recovering from a family tragedy. The Bangor Daily News reports Convoy for a Cause drove from Winterport to Hampden and raised $75-hundred dollars for 2-year-old Enoch McGovern of Lee. The boy was seriously injured October 4th when his mother took her own life by stepping in front of a tanker truck on Interstate-95 while holding Enoch. She died instantly. Enoch was released from a Bangor hospital just last week. Organizers of the convoy say the idea was to show Enoch he didn’t need to be scared of big trucks.
Apple Crop
(Hiram) There have been a few bad apples, but New England’s crop of its signature fall fruit is only slightly behind last year’s. The New England states don’t produce nearly the same volume of apples as Washington or New York, but apple season is a major tourism draw in the six-state region. The New England Apple Association says this year’s forecast of an average season appears to be mostly on target. Parts of the region have struggled with drought, while others have been pummeled by excessive rain. The rodent population is also booming, leading to pest woes on some orchards. And some growers have struggled with apples that are smaller than normal. But the apple association says the sheer size of the crop appears to be close to last year, with Maine and Massachusetts leading the way.
Sports
- New England Patriots 25 Buffalo Bills 6 (Devin McCourty scored a touchdown on an interception). Patriots have won 5-straight.
- The Red Sox flew home to Boston with a World Series trophy in hand. A big parade is planned for tomorrow in Boston.
- Golden State’s Klay Thompson set an NBA record last night by hitting 14 3-pointers in a game, breaking the record set by teammate Steph Curry.
- The Celtics host the Detroit Pistons tonight.
- The Bruins skate against the Carolina Hurricanes tonight
- High School Soccer regional finals are tomorrow, state finals Saturday.
