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TX Molester Arrest   (Northport) – A Texas man awaits extradition back to Texas after his arrest in Waldo County during the weekend.  State police arrested 45-year old James Helms at a home on Route 1 in Northport.   He is wanted there on child pornography charges.   Computer crimes investigators seized three cell phones from Helms and will check them for illegal … [Read more...] about Local News – April 2, 2019

Water Main Break (Ellsworth) – Water is flowing again in a section of Ellsworth, but it was brown last night, and that part of the city is under a boil order.  The water department posted the boil order notices for parts of the Surry Road including Laurel Street to Edaco Court as well as Mountain View, Hillside Avenue and Westwood Drive.  A water main broke yesterday morning, … [Read more...] about Local News 4-1-19

Ellsworth Fire-Oak St.   (Ellsworth) – A 4-unit apartment house on Oak Street in Ellsworth is pretty much a burned out shell following a major blaze yesterday afternoon. The 9-1-1 call to the building owned by Anthony Rumsey came in at about 2:15 in the afternoon. Fire was shooting from the basement and quickly spread up through the older building, at one point forcing … [Read more...] about Local News – March 29, 2019

Credit Union Robbery   (Bangor) – A man wearing a plaid jacket walked into the Downeast Credit Union on Bangor’s Springer Drive yesterday afternoon and told the tellers to give him cash.  They did.  He fled.  Police say the robber took off in a maroon Chevy pickup truck.   They’re not saying how much cash he took.  No one was injured.  The credit union will open later … [Read more...] about Local News – March 28, 2019

Cement Plant Fire   (Thomaston) – Black smoke filled the night sky in Thomaston as the Dragon Cement Plant caught fire last night.  Firefighters from numerous mid-coast departments rushed to the scene off Route 1 at about 7-thirty last night.  They found the fire was near an underground oil storage tank and called in extra foam to keep the tank from exploding.  No word … [Read more...] about Local News – March 27, 2019