Author: Sonnie Shepherd
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Monday, 10/19/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs MEMA to Test Local Alert System (Undated) It’s about a month away, but MEMA wants to give everyone plenty of advance warning that FEMA and the FCC plan to test the Emergency Alert System on Tuesday, November 17th around 2:20 p.m. Eastern. During the test, radio and TV programs will pause for about…
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Friday, 10/16/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Body Found in Vehicle on Remote Logging Road (GLS) Authorities say the body of a man found in an out-of-state vehicle on a remote logging road may have been there for weeks. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle was discovered late Tuesday evening off Amazon Road in Grand Lake Stream. …
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Thursday, 10/15/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs POS System Scam (Ellsworth) The good folks at Black Moon Public House in Ellsworth are warning others who use the TOAST Point of Sale system, there is a scam going around. Reportedly, someone is calling restaurants and saying there is an update but that their eatery’s system didn’t update. They then say they…
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Wednesday, 10/14/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Pedestrian Crash Seriously Injures Man (Palermo) A man was seriously injured Tuesday morning when he pulled his vehicle to the side of Route 3 in Palermo, exited, then reportedly intentionally entered the roadway. Maine State Police say the incident happened shortly after 5:30 a.m. near Level Hill Road. Authorities say the man, who…
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Tuesday, 10/13/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Authorities Investigate Indian Township Murder (Indian Township) Authorities continue to investigate a murder at the Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation. They say around 9:30 Saturday night, police were notified of a shooting at 312 Dana Point Road. When officers arrived, they found the body of 41-year-old Corey Fields of Indian Island. An investigation led…
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Friday, 10/09/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Early Morning Crash Leaves One Dead in Ellsworth (Ellsworth) An Orrington man is dead and another man was seriously injured in an early morning crash in Ellsworth Thursday. Authorities say about 1:30 a.m., 19-year-old Landon Rockwell was on Main Street near the intersection of the Surry and Bucksport Roads when he lost control…
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Thursday, 10/08/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Cold Case Murder Trial Underway in Machias (Machias) They say he almost got away with murder – and allegedly did so for more than 40 years. The trial of 67 year old Raymond Brown for the 1984 cold-case killing of 18 year old Linda Maxwell began this week in Machias. Brown, formerly of…
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Wednesday, 10/07/26
Economy Ellsworth Jewelers Steps Up for HCSC (Ellsworth) Ellsworth Jewelers this week presented the Hancock County Sheriff’s Charities with a check for $7900, the proceeds from their recent Diamond Dig. The annual event allows citizens to pay a fee, grab a scoop, and dig through a trough of sand, hoping to be the lucky winner…
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Tuesday, 10/06/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Dexter Fire Caused by Improper Disposal of Smoking Materials (Dexter) Authorities say a Saturday afternoon fire at a home in the Penobscot County town of Dexter was caused by the improper disposal of smoking materials. Firefighters were called to the Line Road home shortly after 2:30 p.m. on October 3rd and found a…
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Monday, 10/05/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Ellsworth House Fire (Ellsworth) A Friday afternoon fire at a house on Christian Ridge Road in Ellsworth caused the closure of that road and brought multiple crews, including Hancock, Lamoine, and Orland, racing to the scene. Although the Ellsworth Fire Department reached the structure within minutes, they arrived to find heavy smoke and…
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