Stu Marckoon

Building Fire   (Ellsworth) – Fire badly damaged a model home at an Ellsworth modular home dealer last night.  Firefighters from Lamoine, Trenton and Hancock responded to back up Ellsworth at Broughman Builders on Route 1 shortly before 7–thirty last evening.  The first arriving fire fighters reported flames shooting out of one end of the building.  Interior firefighters … [Read more...] about Local News – February 4, 2019

Meth Bust (Limington) – Drug agents put a 33-year old Limington man back into jail after a meth lab bust.  State Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland tells Star 97.7 the meth lab operation turned up when deputies in York County conducted a bail condition check of Andrew Sweeney.  They spotted five jugs in use for cooking methamphetamines and called in the drug … [Read more...] about Local News – February 1, 2019

Library Flood (Bar Harbor) – A frozen drain pipe at the Jesup Library in Bar Harbor led to water in the basement for the 2nd time in less than a year.  The Mt. Desert Islander reports staff and volunteers acted swiftly to protect books from water damage by putting them in plastic tubs or moving them to higher shelves.  Workers also got a shop vac and a pump out to get rid of … [Read more...] about Local News – January 31, 2019

Drug Dealer/Killer Sentenced (Bangor) – A 25-year old from Western Maine who shot and killed a man trying to rob him will spend 13-years in prison.  The US Attorney’s office reports to Star 97.7 that Jordan Richard of New Vineyard was also a drug dealer who conspired to sell cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and Oxycodone.  In July of 2016 he shot and killed one of two men who came to … [Read more...] about Local News – January 29, 2019

Murder Trial Begins (Bangor) – A South Carolina man goes on trial today for murder.  Christopher Murray is accused of shooting Millinocket resident Wayne LaPierre and his wife.  The 39-year old Murray and two others allegedly went to the LaPierre home to buy marijuana.  Mr. LaPierre died in the attack, his wife survived.  Already Tony Locklear has admitted to murder and … [Read more...] about Local News – January 28, 2019