{"id":2058,"date":"2026-10-07T05:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:30:59","slug":"10-07-26-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/10-07-26-news\/","title":{"rendered":"10-07-26 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Belfast Man Charged in April Fatal Crash\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 42-year-old Belfast man has been arrested nearly six months after a deadly head-on crash in Stockton Springs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">State Police say Adam Sorrentino crossed the center line on Route 1 April 13th at over 80 miles per hour, striking and killing 77-year-old Anne Pomroy of Old Orchard Beach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WABI news reports investigators say his blood alcohol level was over twice the legal limit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sorrentino now faces manslaughter, aggravated OUI resulting in death, reckless conduct and other charges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabi.tv\/2026\/10\/06\/belfast-man-charged-april-fatal-stockton-springs-crash\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WABI-TV<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hancock-Sullivan Bridge Crash Shuts Down Route 1\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A serious crash shut down Route 1 over the Hancock-Sullivan Bridge Tuesday afternoon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traffic was diverted onto Route 182 in Hancock and Route 200 in Sullivan while crews worked the scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WABI news reports Maine State Police are investigating, and the road reopened around 5:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabi.tv\/2026\/10\/06\/hancock-sullivan-bridge-shut-down-traffic-due-serious-accident\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WABI-TV<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tremont Man Pleads Guilty in Acadia Crash\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 42-year-old Tremont man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Bangor to three counts stemming from an August 2025 crash in Acadia National Park.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gregory Harper crashed his pickup into a tree on Seal Cove Road and fled, turning himself in two days later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ellsworth American reports rangers found open alcohol cans in the truck; Harper told investigators he swerved to avoid a deer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He faces up to six months in prison and a $5,000 fine on each count at sentencing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellsworthamerican.com\/news\/cops\/tremont-man-pleads-guilty-in-august-2025-acadia-national-park-crash\/article_9665e6f1-9aae-4af0-a3b3-f98160a64eba.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ellsworth American<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Day Two Testimony in Raymond Brown Murder Trial\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jurors in Machias heard day two of testimony Tuesday in the 1984 murder trial of 67-year-old Raymond Brown of Bangor, accused of killing 18-year-old Linda Maxwell of Calais.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Witnesses included the medical examiner, DNA analysts, first responders, Maxwell&#8217;s brother Franklin \u2014 who said she couldn&#8217;t swim \u2014 and her former boyfriend Ronald Todd Miller, who described the last night out at Round Pond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WABI news reports the defense questioned Miller about prior statements on drinking and jealousy, and Miller said he left town that September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Testimony resumes Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabi.tv\/2026\/10\/06\/testimony-continues-raymond-brown-murder-trial\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WABI-TV<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Gouldsboro Awarded Coastal Resilience Grant\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gouldsboro will receive $55,500 from the Maine Coastal Program for a resource and hydrologic study around Sand Cove and Grand Marsh Bay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Town officials say January 2024 storms proved the Corea Road and Grand Marsh Bay Road corridor is a high-priority vulnerability that could cut off hundreds from emergency services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consultants will map conditions, sea-level rise impacts, and flood risk to plan road and culvert fixes with MaineDOT.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was part of a $299,000 statewide habitat restoration awards package.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellsworthamerican.com\/news\/gouldsboro-awarded-grant-for-grand-marsh-resilience-study\/article_240c146f-a6b2-4ebc-a3ef-afd76a666928.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ellsworth American<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>New EHS Robotics Team Takes Second\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ellsworth High School&#8217;s brand-new VEX Robotics team made a stunning debut just two weeks after forming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The five-student squad, Team 11629 &#8220;Garlic Sauce Electricity,&#8221; finished second out of 20 teams at the John Bapst season opener, reaching the championship round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ellsworth American reports the team built a robot for this season&#8217;s VEX V5 Override challenge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They next compete in the Lobstah Bowl international qualifier Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at UMaine Orono, with a shot at April&#8217;s World Championship in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellsworthamerican.com\/news\/education\/new-ehs-robotics-team-takes-second-place-at-first-competition\/article_afd4c71e-86f5-463e-ab02-d27de907e1b0.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ellsworth American<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Down-East YMCA Fall Family Fun Festival\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Down-East Family YMCA Early Learning and Fitness Centers are hosting a Fall Family Fun Festival in Ellsworth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The community listing promotes a family-friendly seasonal gathering with activities for kids and parents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check the City of Ellsworth community calendar for date, time and location details before you go.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellsworthmaine.gov\/residents\/things-to-do\/?yodelEventId=6aaad34ef608dbe302e84a51&amp;yodelOrgLastName=Down-East-Family-YMCA-Early-Learning---Fitness-Centers-&amp;yodelEventName=Fall-Family-Fun-Festival\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">City of Ellsworth Community Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belfast Man Charged in April Fatal Crash\u00a0 A 42-year-old Belfast man has been arrested nearly six months after a deadly head-on crash in Stockton Springs.\u00a0 State Police say Adam Sorrentino crossed the center line on Route 1 April 13th at over 80 miles per hour, striking and killing 77-year-old Anne Pomroy of Old Orchard Beach.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star977fm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}