SW Harbor Water SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine (AP) - A snowmobile crash in Maine that sent three people to the hospital for hypothermia has forced the closure of a town's water treatment plant. Steve Kenney, manager of Southwest Harbor Water and Sewer District, closed down the plant Wednesday night, shortly after Eli Strauss crashed his snowmobile into Long Pond. The Bangor Daily … [Read more...] about Local News – January 19, 2018
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Local News – January 18, 2018
Snowmobile Rescue (Southwest Harbor) - A 43-year old Somesville man and two 12-year old girls are recovering at MDI Hospital for hypothermia after the snowmobile they rode broke through the ice on Long Pond yesterday. The Maine Warden Service reports to Star 97.7 that Eli Strauss started walking for help before police arrived on scene and heard his daughter Julia and her … [Read more...] about Local News – January 18, 2018
Three Rescued from Long Pond
[Southwest Harbor, Maine – January 17, 2018] A Mount Desert Island man and two teenage girls narrowly escaped with their lives this evening after going into the water on Long Pond. Eli Strauss, 43, his 12-year-old daughter Julia and her friend Jolie Beal, also age 12 and from Mt. Desert Island, were rescued a short time ago at the shoreline of Long Pond in Southwest Harbor. … [Read more...] about Three Rescued from Long Pond
Chain-reaction crash on Route 1A injures 4 in Dedham
From the Hancock County Sheriff's Department: "On 1/17/2018 at approximately 0756 hrs, Christina Clark (43YOA) of Orrington was traveling South on Main Road in Dedham in a Tan 2002 GMC Envoy when she lost control of her vehicle due to slippery road conditions. Ms. Clark's vehicle crossed into the Northbound lane of traffic and collided head on with a Black 2006 Subaru Legacy … [Read more...] about Chain-reaction crash on Route 1A injures 4 in Dedham
– Drug bust in Ellsworth puts local man & NY man in jail
From Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Commander Peter Arno: "Last evening (1/16/2018) a Brooklyn, New York man and a second male from Ellsworth were arrested in Ellsworth following an investigation into the illegal importation and sale of Crack Cocaine in Hancock County. As part of an on-going effort to mitigate the threat posed by out of state drug traffickers, agents from … [Read more...] about – Drug bust in Ellsworth puts local man & NY man in jail
