Stu Marckoon

Football Player Death     (Orono) – Rescue workers tried in vain to revive an 18-year old football player who collapsed during a workout at the University of Maine yesterday.  Darius Minor, a freshman from Virginia, died on the football field – the first such death at U-Maine in the program’s history.  It’s not known why he collapsed during what was described as a … [Read more...] about Local News – July 25, 2018

SW  Harbor Parking (Southwest Harbor) – Selectmen in Southwest Harbor have turned down proposals to lease or buy a 38-space parking lot.  The area around the town’s post office is privately owned, but until this summer, the Town of Southwest Harbor had leased it for a dollar a year, plus a tax abatement for the property owner.  The Mt. Desert Islander reports Selectmen … [Read more...] about Local News – July 24, 2018

Bangor Stabbing   (Bangor) – One man suffered stab wound, another a broken arm, and ambulances also took a 3rd man to the hospital after a waterfront fight in Bangor during the weekend.  Sergeant Wade Betters of the police department reports to Star 97.7 the fight broke out Friday night at the end of Dutton Street near the Penobscot River.  They’re not releasing the … [Read more...] about Local News – July 23, 2018

Wildfires (Trenton) – The bone dry conditions in the woods helped fuel a relatively small wildfire in Trenton that brought a large fire department response.  About a dozen agencies sent manpower and equipment to Goose Cove Road after a pilot spotted what he described as a 5-acre fire burning.  Firefighters stretched out thousands of feet of hose into the thick woods and … [Read more...] about Local News – July 20, 2018

ME Maritime/Verso (Bucksport) – Maine Maritime Academy says it is still interested in opening an operation at the former paper mill complex in Bucksport.  The Ellsworth American reports the Castine based school is talking with the property owner about using the former mill’s training building as an education center.  Campus president Bill Brennan said the program would focus … [Read more...] about Local News – July 19, 2018