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Port Authority Bill (Augusta) - A bill that would let voters in Bar Harbor decide whether a local port authority is formed will have to wait until next year.  The Mt. Desert Islander reports lawmakers decided to carry over the controversial bill.  If the measure goes to voters and gets approved, the port authority would purchase the former Bluenose Ferry Terminal and could … [Read more...] about Local News – May 12, 2017

MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) - Police in Merrimack, New Hampshire, say a woman has been charged with disorderly conduct after she threw noodles at someone during an argument. WMUR-TV reports police were called to a building on Tuesday. They said 45-year-old Joy Smith, of Manchester, was visiting someone when she began arguing with another resident, using profanity and making … [Read more...] about Woman faces charges for throwing noodles

From the Maine Warden Service: [Augusta, Maine – May 11, 2017] The Maine Warden Service promoted a new Chief Pilot today in Augusta. Game Warden Pilot Jeffrey Beach, 46, from Fairfield served in the US Air Force for seven years as an aircrew member (loadmaster) on C-5 aircraft.  Additionally, Pilot Beach served in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm from August of 1990 to … [Read more...] about Maine Warden Service promotes new Chief Pilot

  Mt. Desert Fire   (Mt. Desert) - Firefighters on Mt. Desert Island report a building fire near Somes Pond in Mt. Desert.  Dispatchers got a call shortly before 6-o'clock this morning from a person across the pond who spotted the flames.  It's not clear what was on fire, but responding firefighters reported a building fully ablaze.   Hancock - Pot … [Read more...] about Local News May 11, 2017

Meth Lab   (Lincoln) - Police carted a Lincoln couple off to jail after a traffic stop found them cooking meth inside a vehicle.  Charged are 30-year old Christopher McGinn and 26-year old Tiffany Lord.  After the traffic stop, drug investigators went to their home and found more meth. It's the 16th meth bust for Maine's Drug Enforcement Agency this year. Tremont - … [Read more...] about Local News – May 10, 2017