Stu Marckoon

Prison Funding (Machiasport) - Lawmakers have approved a bill to fund the Downeast Correctional Facility prison in Machiasport which now sits on Governor Paul LePage's desk.  He's likely to veto the measure.  LePage ordered the minimum security prison closed in February, but Maine's Supreme Court ruled the governor did not have the power to shut down the prison, only the … [Read more...] about Local News – June 22, 2018

Meth Lab Bust (Portage Lake) - Two Aroostook County residents face charges after the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency broke up a meth lab.  The MDEA tells Star 97.7 they found a lot of evidence of a meth making operation after a search warrant at Cleveland Long and Amber Pulcifer's home.  They'd been watching Long for a while for drug crimes and finally got enough evidence to … [Read more...] about Local News Headlines – June 21, 2018

Gov-Fuddruckers   (Ellsworth) - Governor Paul LePage is blaming lawmakers for an Ellsworth restaurant's decision to close down for good.  The Bangor Daily News reports that the Governor blamed lawmakers for high labor and overall business costs.  Those were two of the three reasons the owners of Fuddruckers cited for deciding to close for good.  Restaurant patrons, … [Read more...] about Local News – June 20, 2018

Bucksport Killer Convicted (Salina, KS) - A Bucksport man who shot a man to death in Kansas, then stole his vehicle and dog and drove to California faces sentencing in a couple months.  The Salina Journal reports a jury convicted Robert Colson last Friday.  The 35-year old who grew up in Bucksport faces sentencing in June.  Colson was on a bus trip from Maine to California … [Read more...] about Local News – June 19, 2018

Ellsworth Brush Fire     (Ellsworth) - A woods fire that quickly blew out of control in Ellsworth last evening is out thanks to heavy equipment and help from a lot of area firefighters.  The call to a slash area next to the RF Jordan gravel pit off McDevitt Way came in at dusk.  Narrow, rough woods roads hampered fire trucks from easily reaching the scene.  … [Read more...] about Local News – June 18, 2018