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Robber Sentenced (Bangor) - A confessed bank robber is headed to federal prison for the next 9-years.  The US Attorney's office tells Star 97.7 that 30-year old Seth Blewitt admitted that he held up a TD Bank branch in Bangor last May, and used a shotgun to hold up a Dollar Tree store the next day.  His wife, who was sentenced earlier, drove the getaway car.  Blewitt entered … [Read more...] about Local News April 12, 2018

UM President (Orono) - The former chief operating officer at the National Science Foundation will be the new president of the University of Maine.  Trustees appointed Joan Ferrini-Mundy to the post yesterday.  Ferrini-Mundy has worked at the NSF since 2007.  She will also be the president at the U-Maine Machias campus.  The New Hampshire native called her new post daunting and … [Read more...] about Local News – April 11, 2018

Unity Robbery   (Unity) - Waldo County Deputies have asked the public to help track down a pharmacy robber.  The Sheriff's Department tells Star 97.7 a man wearing black clothes and a mask handed a note to an employee at the Unity Pharmacy demanding prescription pills.  The employee complied and the man fled in a red Chevy Aveo.   No one got hurt, but police have asked … [Read more...] about Local News April 10, 2018

Bad Heroin (Machiasport) - A batch of heroin most likely laced with fentanyl has led to 9-overdoses and three arrests during the weekend.  The overdoses started in Washington and Hancock Counties on Friday and prompted a warning from the Hancock County Sheriff's Department via Facebook.  Drug agents arrested 50-year old Jon Wright of Machiasport after seizing crack cocaine and … [Read more...] about Local News – April 9, 2018

Petition Dispute   (Augusta) - A Bar Harbor man will appear on the Republican primary ballot, despite allegations from his opponent that his petition signatures contained dead people and forgeries.  Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap ruled that Max Linn will remain on the ballot, even though more the 200-signatures on his nominating petitions were rejected.  That left him … [Read more...] about Local News – April 6, 2018