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From the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency: "Maine Drug Enforcement says a New York man was arrested this week in Bath and charged with selling heroin and crack cocaine.  Dashawn Gill,31, from Brooklyn, New York was charged with, Class A, Aggravated Trafficking in Schedule W Drugs (Heroin and Crack Cocaine). For the past month, agents assigned to MDEA’s Mid-Coast District Task … [Read more...] about NY man jailed for drugs, ME residents could face charges

  Jordan's Reopens (Ellsworth) - Even as the temperature plummets and snow is blowing around today, a sure sign of spring - Jordan's Snack Bar in Ellsworth reopens this morning.  The popular take out on Route 1 has been a "must have" for 36-years.  Shawn Jordan runs the operation now, taking over from his parents.  Last year a worker shortage and health issues forced … [Read more...] about Local News – March 22, 2017

  David Rockefeller Death (New York) - The man whose family gave the land that makes up much of Acadia National Park has died.  David Rockefeller continued the tradition of land donations to the park, giving about a thousand acres to celebrate his 100th birthday last year.  Rockefeller died yesterday in New York.  His grandfather made the family fortune in the oil … [Read more...] about Local News Headlines – March 21, 2017

Mill Fire (Bucksport) - They're going to tear down one of the big buildings at the former paper mill in Bucksport, but firefighters had to put out a blaze there this past weekend. The calls to the former Verso sight came in Saturday morning. Fire officials say a crew cutting the sheet metal outside the building ignited an inside wall causing flames to shoot up about 2-stories. … [Read more...] about Local News – March 20, 2017

Drug Funds Distributed (Bangor) - Eight Maine law enforcement agencies shared 1-point-1 million dollars the federal government seized from convicted marijuana farmer Malcolm French and Haynes Timberland Incorporated. The money came from fines and forfeitures in the case linked to a huge pot growing operation in Washington County in 2009. Drug agents uncovered nearly 3,000 … [Read more...] about Local News – March 17, 2017