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VOLUME 141 NUMBER 33 August 18, 2016
“All great truths begin as blasphemies.” – George Bernard Shaw
By Alexander VioloThere were no injuries as a result
of a house fire at 531 Reef Road in Waldoboro the evening of Saturday, Aug. 13.
The cape-style home was gutted and continued to smolder as firefighters worked to completely extinguish the blaze late Saturday night.
Waldoboro Fire Chief Paul Smeltzer described the house as an older structure and said it was fully involved when crews arrived.
He said the sole occupant of the house was home at the time of the fire and was able to exit without injury.
Mary-Ann MacMaster, of the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office, said the cause of the fire is undetermined.
She said the home did not have working smoke detectors and urged homeowners to install smoke detectors and make sure they work.
MacMaster said those interested in obtaining smoke detectors should contact their local fire department.
Smeltzer said Central Maine Power Co. responded to the scene to remove a live power line across the driveway between firefighters and the house.
Smeltzer said crews set up to attack the fire, and as soon as the power line was taken care of, firefighters worked to quickly knock down the fire.
He said the length of the driveway was a factor in responding to the fire, but crews did an excellent job to get water from the road to the fire.
“It’s a long driveway, but we train for these type of situations,” Smeltzer said.
Joining the Waldoboro Fire Department at the structure
A Cushing man shot his ex-girlfriend in the arm in Jefferson, fled police, exchanged gunfire with a state trooper, then shot and killed himself the night of Monday, Aug. 15.
The 30-year-old woman was taken to LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta for treatment of a gunshot wound to the arm, according to a press release from Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. She was treated and released, according to a spokesman for the hospital.
Shane Prior, 34, of Cushing, shot his ex-girlfriend outside the house where she was staying with a friend, at 130 Somerville Road near the
Cushing man shootsex-girlfriend in
Jefferson, kills selfnorthern tip of Jefferson, at about 10 p.m., according to McCausland.
Prior had been hiding on the property while talking on the phone to the woman, who was sitting in her car in the driveway. He then grabbed her and forced her down the driveway, where he fired more than one shot, wounding her in the arm.
Two young children were outside at the time, but did not witness the shooting.
Maine State Police troopers responded to the shooting, saw Prior driving a pickup truck away from the scene, and chased him
Canadian Mist leads a heat at the Merritt Brackett Lobster Boat Races on Sunday, Aug. 14. (Photo courtesySherrie Tucker/sherrietucker.com)
By Abigail W. AdamsMaineHealth’s CarePartners
program celebrated its 15-year anniversary in Lincoln County in August. What began largely as a billing program for low-income individuals struggling with medical bills has grown into much more, said Anni Pat McKenney, coordinator of the Coulombe Center for Health Improvement.
The CarePartners program, which provides uninsured low-income individuals with health insurance, is now a crucial element of the Lincoln County Recovery Collaborative, a partnership between law enforcement agencies and the medical community to provide treatment to heroin or opioid addicts before their addiction results in incarceration or death.
Jeff Slack is Lincoln County’s only case manager for the program, which is run through the Maine Medical Center. For eight years, he has helped thousands of uninsured and underinsured individuals access health care by connecting them to free and reduced-cost
Jeff Slack is the case managerfor Maine Medical Center’sCarePartners program in LincolnCounty. The program recentlycelebrated its 15th anniversary inLincoln County and has becomean important element of lawenforcement outreach to heroinand opioid addicts. (Abigail Adamsphoto)
By Abigail W. AdamsThe campaign starts today, Maine
Attorney General Janet Mills said to county Democratic candidates and supporters who gathered at the annual Lincoln County Democratic Committee lobster bake in South Bristol on Saturday, Aug. 13. The nation is experiencing one of the most unpredictable election cycles it has seen in decades, U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said, and the stakes for the Nov. 8 general election are higher than ever before.
Mills and Pingree were featured speakers at the annual fundraiser for the Lincoln County Democratic Committee. Both spoke passionately of the need to reclaim Democratic control of the Maine State Legislature and of Washington to overcome what they described as Republican obstructionism that has left government in gridlock.
Democratic candidates for state office spoke about their positions on issues. Sen. Chris Johnson, of Somerville, the incumbent in Senate District 13; Wendy Ross, of Wiscasset, candidate for House District 87; Dr. Emily Trask-Eaton,
Wendy Ross speaks about hercampaign to unseat incumbentDistrict 87 Rep. Jeff Hanley, R-Pittston, during the Lincoln CountyDemocratic Committee’s annuallobster bake Saturday, Aug. 13.(Abigail Adams photo)
CarePartners program‘enormous leap’ inaddiction outreach
Developer Paul Coulombe and Danielle Betts, a civil engineer withthe Knickerbocker Group, listen to public comments during an Aug. 10information session on a proposal for a roundabout and Coulombe’s plansfor a retail development in Boothbay. (Abigail Adams photo)
Democratic fundraiser launchescampaigns in ‘high-stakes’ election
of Waldoboro, candidate for House District 91; and Jim Torbert, of Whitefield, candidate for House District 88, were present.
A “strong and robust” Democratic majority is needed in the Legislature, Mills said. It is the only thing that can stop the governor’s “dangerous shenanigans,” she said.
Mills spoke about her experience as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The sounds and songs are still with her, she said as she recounted a number of inspirational speeches and moments from the convention.
In the presidential election, Lincoln County has always gone Democratic, Mills said. “Let’s do it again,” she said. With unenrolled voters outnumbering Republicans and Democrats, they will largely determine the outcome of the election, and they are a little “befuddled” with the choice in front of them, she said.
Mills encouraged Democrats to reach out to independent voters on behalf of Clinton, the most “vetted
Brian Fifield, of Casco, discusses his plans to build a greenhouse for thepurpose of growing medical marijuana during a meeting of the DresdenPlanning Board on Tuesday, Aug. 16. The planning board ruled Fifield’sapplication complete and scheduled a public hearing for Sept. 6. (MaiaZewert photo)
Waldoboro Selectman Katherine Winchenbach holds up one of the pay-as-you-throw bags used in Waterville during a public hearing on whetherto send pay-as-you-throw to voters. (Alexander Violo photo)
By Abigail W. AdamsThe fate of the proposed
roundabout for the intersection of Route 27, Corey Lane, and Common Drive in Boothbay will be decided by the town’s voters in the Nov. 8 general election.
The Boothbay Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Wednesday, Aug. 10 to place a warrant article on the ballot for Nov. 8 to ask if the town would like to enter into a Business Partnership Initiative with developer Paul Coulombe’s business PGC5 LLC and the Maine Department of Transportation.
The Business Partnership Initiative would jointly fund the construction of the roundabout at the intersections that surround the town common, and make related intersection improvements along Route 27. Its total price tag is $3.3
Boothbay roundabout proposalheads to town vote
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Fire engulfsWaldoboro home
fire were crews from Jefferson, Nobleboro, and Warren.
Waldoboro Emergency Medical Services and the Waldoboro Police Department also responded to the scene.
The Lincoln County Communications Center dispatched firefighters shortly before 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 13.
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By Maia ZewertThe Dresden Board of Selectmen
will hold a public hearing for a medical marijuana greenhouse on Dodge Road on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
The board found a site plan review application submitted by Brian Fifield to be complete during its Tuesday, Aug. 16 meeting.
Fifield, of Casco, submitted the application for the construction of a greenhouse for the purpose of growing medical marijuana on Dodge Road in Dresden. Fifield is registered with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to participate in the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Program as a caregiver with growing rights.
The proposed greenhouse would be used for growing medical marijuana “to help ease the pain and suffering of state-licensed sick and/or terminally ill cancer patients,” according to Fifield’s application.
The planning board considered
Medical marijuana greenhouseproposed in Dresden
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By Alexander VioloA new Chevrolet dealership,
Tucker Chevrolet, will move into the property formerly home to Harold C. Ralph Chevrolet at 1340 Atlantic Highway (Route 1) in Waldoboro.
Waldoboro Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs confirmed the news during her report to the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen on Tuesday, Aug. 16. Briggs said work is ongoing both inside and outside the building. Carl Erickson Jr. owns the property.
Harold C. Ralph Chevrolet closed in June 2015 after more than 60 years in Waldoboro.
Briggs said cars could be on the lot as early as September. She said the dealership is expected to create 10-15 full-time jobs with benefits.
In addition to discussing renovations at the Chevrolet dealership, the town manager discussed the expansion of Hannaford Supermarket.
“We are really happy about those two initiatives and also the jobs they are bringing into the town,” Briggs said.
In regards to Hannaford Supermarket, Briggs said she walked through the store’s new section before it opened Thursday, Aug. 11, with Waldoboro Planning and Development Director Emily Reinholt.
Briggs said she visited the store again this week and was amazed at
New Chevy dealershipcoming to Waldoboro,
Hannaford workprogresses
the progress made in both the old and new portions of the store.
“They’re working overnight on the old portion of the building, so you are going to see changes on a daily basis in there,” Briggs said.
She said the store is looking to have a grand opening for the upgraded location in December.
Briggs said the company had retained 20 seasonal employees to help facilitate customer service through the construction process and, per Hannaford, those seasonal employees will become year-round employees at the store.
“That’s good news. That’s 20 jobs in the town of Waldoboro,” Briggs said.
Other businessThe board of selectmen accepted
bids for surface paving and screening of gravel and sand before the conclusion of their meeting.
The board voted to award the 2016 surface paving bid to Pike Industries, based in Belmont, N.H., at a bid amount of $56 per ton.
Public Works Director John Daigle said the low price for surface paving would enable the town to pave more roadway than expected. He plans to pave 6 miles instead of 5 miles this year.
For gravel and sand screening, the board moved to award the bid to F.C. Work and Sons, of Jackson, at an amount of $2.60 per cubic yard.
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The former Harold C. Ralph Chevrolet building is undergoing renovationsand will soon be the site of Tucker Chevrolet. (Alexander Violo photo)
By Alexander VioloThe Waldoboro Board of
Selectmen voted unanimously to put the pay-as-you-throw disposal method on the November warrant, so voters will decide whether to adopt the waste management strategy.
The matter was discussed during a public hearing Tuesday, Aug. 16. The selectmen listened to a presentation on the disposal method.
Under the pay-as-you-throw method, everyone pays for what they throw away on a per-bag basis.
Selectman Clint Collamore expressed support for sending the matter to voters, giving citizens an opportunity to voice their support or opposition on the matter.
Waldoboro voters todecide pay-as-you-throw
Selectman Jann Minzy echoed those sentiments.
“I think going to the people is the way to go,” Minzy said.
The hearing opened with a presentation from the Waldoboro Transfer Station Committee, with Bob Butler, a selectman and chairman of the committee, reviewing details of the pay-as-you-throw model.
Butler said that with tipping fees likely to rise in the future, the committee feels it is necessary to explore options to lessen the tonnage of trash being shipped to solid waste disposal facilities.
Butler said pay-as-you-throw encourages recycling.
“You are paying for only what
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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
Newcastle native Julia Stewart (right) and another ridercompete in the Mongol Derby. (Photo courtesy Richard Dunwoody/richarddunwoodyphotography.com)
Derby, a horse race that currently holds the Guinness World Record title of the longest multi-horse race in the world.
The Mongol Derby was founded in 2009 by a U.K.-based group called The Adventurists. The course is 1,000 kilometers, or 621.37 miles, long, and recreates the horse See RACE page 1A
horse station. They have 10 days to complete the race.
Riders switch horses approximately every 40 kilometers. The horses, which belong to families who live along the course, are semi-wild.
By Maia ZewertThursday, Sept. 8 marked the 50th
anniversary of the premiere of “Star Trek: The Original Series.” While fans celebrated the anniversary across the globe, Lincoln County has its own connection to the series.
Mary Linda Rapelye, of Boothbay, was a guest star on the series during its third and final season.
Rapelye’s acting career began when she was 5 years old when she played a prairie girl in a local production at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City. As she got older, her love of performing grew. She was
Then and now: Mary Linda Rapelye recreates her pose from a still ofthe “Star Trek: The Original Series” episode “The Way to Eden.” In theepisode, Rapelye played Irina Galliulin, a space hippie and the formerlove interest of Pavel Chekov, one of the series’ main characters. (MaiaZewert photo)
‘Star
active in theater during her high school years and played Ado Annie in a production of “Oklahoma!”
Rapelye earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre arts from the University of Kansas. Following a theatrical tour through Europe, she returned to Kansas City. At the time, the movie “In Cold Blood” was being filmed in her hometown, and Rapelye was cast in the film in a minor role.
After her experience with “In Cold Blood,” Rapelye went to California, where she interviewed for a role in “Star Trek.”
who take over the USS Enterprise in order to find the planet Eden.
While filming the episode, Rapelye acted alongside the series’ stars, William Shatner and the late Leonard Nimoy, who played Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock, respectively.
“Leonard was such a gentleman and just darling,” Rapelye said. “And Bill has never met a stranger in his life. He’s extremely talented. I was especially impressed with his work on ‘Boston Legal.’”
The actor from the main cast Rapelye worked the most with was Walter Koenig, who portrayed Pavel Chekov, the navigator of the Enterprise. In the episode, Rapelye’s and Koenig’s characters had previously been in a romantic relationship.
“I cannot say enough good things about Walter,” Rapelye said. “He is just a fabulous, wonderful, kind man. He has really endeared himself to the fans. He always takes the time to speak with them.”
Rapelye was paid $800 for her week of work with the series.
Despite numerous Emmy nominations and two letter campaigns from fans, NBC cancelled the series in February 1969, the same month “The Way to
By Alexander VioloLifelong Waldoboro resident
Martha Boggs celebrated her 100th
birthday by going out to breakfast with friends at Moody’s Diner the morning of Monday, Sept. 12.
Boggs said a lot has changed in town since she was younger, especially after the work on Route 1 was completed.
On Monday she was looking forward to enjoying a breakfast of pancakes, maple syrup, and bacon – the latter she insisted on including with the meal.
Boggs’ booth was decorated for the occasion. As Boggs’ contingent was waiting for breakfast, a couple came by to wish her a happy birthday and sang an impromptu version of “Happy Birthday” for her.
Boggs held several different jobs during her time working in Waldoboro, at Moody’s Diner, a local bank, an insurance agency,
Martha Boggs celebrates her100th birthday at Moody’s Diner onMonday, Sept. 12. (Alexander Violophoto)
Waldoboro residentcelebrates centennial
and at A.D. Gray School. She reflected on her time at
Moody’s, where she worked in the early years when the establishment’s founders, Percy and Bertha Moody, were around, and at the time when Route 1 was re-routed to its present course through Waldoboro in the 1930s.
“There was just one place you could sit at by the counter then,” Boggs said.
Jessica Kozlowski, a friend of Boggs’ who was in attendance at the birthday breakfast, commented on the different ages of patrons at the Waldoboro diner.
“You could see a 2-year-old or a 100-year-old celebrating their birthday,” Kozlowski said.
Kozlowski said at the end of breakfast a piece of cake was brought out for Boggs to enjoy.
“The whole staff of the restaurant came out and sang,” Kozlowski said.
By Abigail W. AdamsWiscasset community members
raised concerns about stagnant economic development and a significant hike in tax bills during a Thursday, Sept. 8 community forum organized by former Selectman Tim Merry.
Merry had organized the forum to discuss the town manager form of government and the referendum-style town meeting.
While the tax bills that will soon be sent out in Wiscasset were more of an issue than the form of government, some residents said, those in attendance requested a follow-up meeting with an expert to lay out the pros and cons of the two forms of government, and expressed interest in forming a committee to explore a possible transition.
Wiscasset currently operates with a town manager and five-member board of selectmen, a form of government the town adopted more than 10 years ago. According to the Maine Municipal Association, the roles and responsibilities in a town manager form of government follow either state statute or town-specific rules outlined in a town charter.
Tim Merry calls a meeting aboutWiscasset’s form of government toorder on Thursday, Sept. 8. (AbigailAdams photo)
Forum on Wiscasset governmentmay result in committee
According to former Selectman Bob Blagden, residents voted down a charter with Wiscasset-specific rules.
Before the town manager form of government, Wiscasset was governed by a three-member board of selectmen. The first selectman was paid about $35,000 and the two remaining selectmen were paid about $5,000, said Ben Rines, a current selectman and a selectman under the previous form of government.
The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen currently receives a collective stipend of $12,600, according to budget documents. The chair receives $3,000 and the four other selectmen $2,400 each.
Several in attendance were lifelong residents of Wiscasset and remembered both forms of government. There was some minor disagreement over what prompted the change.
According to Merry, the town was on the verge of an upswing in population, which was one of the reasons it looked into the town manager form of government.
By Abigail W. AdamsMaine House District 87 Rep.
Jeff Hanley, R-Pittston, believes the State House should run like your house. “Fix the roof and the driveway … don’t overspend … save for the future” is his campaign slogan in his bid for re-election to a second term as the representative for Wiscasset, Alna, Pittston, and Randolph.
The approach to government is based on constitutional principles and common sense, Hanley said. Hanley is a lifelong Maine resident, a small-business owner, and a blue-collar worker, he said. Raised in Gardiner, he has lived in Pittston for 24 years.
He has worked as an electrician, a pipe fitter, and a welder; owns Blue Ice Self Storage in Pittston; and is a veteran of the Maine National Guard.
“I know what it’s like to work with your hands and your back to earn a living and raise a family in Maine,” Hanley said. “I bring that to the State House.”
Hanley has four children and nine grandchildren, and is committed to making Maine a pleasant and
Less government isbetter government,Rep. Hanley says
Rep. Jeff Hanley (Abigail Adamsphoto)
affordable place to live and raise a family, he said. For Hanley, the way to accomplish that is to reduce the role of government.
“We need government, but we don’t need that much of it,” Hanley said.
Exorbitant taxes and burdensome regulations are strangling the Maine economy, Hanley said. Government has placed these burdens on citizens, Hanley said, and he would like to see them removed.
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By Maia ZewertAfter four decades working as an
ophthalmologist, Dr. Roy Seibel Jr. has decided it is time to take a step back from private practice.
Since 1981, Seibel, of Damariscotta, has owned and operated Riverview Eye Care, first in Damariscotta before moving the practice to Newcastle.
Seibel said he was drawn to the field of ophthalmology because
By Abigail W. AdamsThe economy and the lack of good-
paying jobs is a primary concern for the constituents of House District 87, which encompasses Wiscasset, Alna, Pittston, and Randolph, said Democratic challenger Wendy Ross.
Ross, of Wiscasset, is actively canvassing the district, going door to door to speak with residents
Wendy Ross (Abigail Adamsphoto)
Dr. Roy Seibel Jr. in his office at Riverview Eye Care, the ophthalmologypractice he has run since 1981. After four decades of working as anopthalmologist, Seibel has decided to step back and have someone elsetake over the practice. (Maia Zewert photo)
Newcastle eyedoctor looks backon 40-year career
he enjoys doing surgery and likes working with his hands. In addition, the people he has met in ophthalmology have a diverse area of interests.
“It’s a very focused area of medicine, which I liked a lot,” Seibel said. “We treat patients for vision and eye disease, which would be
Democratic challengerfor House District 87 seesgovernment as solution
about their concerns, which she hopes to bring to the Legislature as the House District 87 representative after the Nov. 8 election.
For Ross, a lifelong Democrat, government holds the answer. It is the role of government to develop long-term solutions to the problems in Maine, she said. Education funding, the opioid epidemic, economic development, energy policy, and health care are among the issues Ross will work to address if elected, she said.
Currently, housing costs and property taxes are disproportionately high compared to average wages in Maine, Ross said. Maine should be a place where families are able to earn a livable wage and have access to health care, she said.
The solutions proposed by Republicans are tax cuts and small government, Ross said.
“Government is not the enemy,” Ross said. “We don’t need smaller government. We need effective government.”
Ross, a former communications professional with Voice of America and the U.S. Information Agency, both government-funded news
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Tim Cheney on his Walpole farmSept. 1. (Abigail Adams photo)
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By Abigail W. AdamsThe failed “war on drugs” and the
lack of effective treatment options for individuals struggling with heroin or opioid addiction amounts
Walpole man callsfor new approach to
heroin addictionto “negligent homicide,” said Tim Cheney, Walpole resident and co-founder of the addiction resource directory Chooper’s Guide and its nonprofit advocacy arm, Chooper’s Foundation.
Every person who has died from an overdose is a victim of policy makers who have turned their back on scientifically-proven addiction treatment resources, he said.
At 15 years old, Cheney was a heroin addict living on the streets of New York City. He went through 42 separate treatment programs, both court-ordered and voluntary, and many arrests, before he had his “moment of clarity” and checked himself into his last rehab, he said.
Cheney recently celebrated 35 years of long-term abstinence-based recovery. Since retiring from a successful career as an
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VOLUME 141 NUMBER 44
By Alexander Violo
After two days of testimony and
more than an hour of deliberation,
a jury found a Waldoboro man
guilty of operating under the
influence, but not guilty of causing
the death of a Waldoboro bicyclist
in an accident in Waldoboro on
Nov. 22, 2014.Jeffrey R. Moran, 29, of
Waldoboro, will be sentenced in
November. As a result of the jury’s
decision, he faces a conviction for
class D OUI, a misdemeanor with
a maximum penalty of 364 days in
custody, instead of a class B charge
with a maximum penalty of 10 years
in prison.Moran was driving a 1999 GMC
Yukon SUV on Feyler’s Corner
Road in Waldoboro around 8:30
p.m., Nov. 22, 2014, when he struck
and killed his friend, Jessie Hayden,
November 3, 2016
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A view of Great Salt Bay from Nobleboro. (Paula Roberts photo)
By Maia Zewert
One of the oldest houses in Round
Pond has found new life as a bed-
and-breakfast and event center.
Shari Cunningham, of Round
Pond, along with her husband,
Paul Cunningham, have opened
The Chamberlain House B&B and
Event Center at 1313 State Route
32. The Cunninghams also own and
operate C.W.C. Boat Transport Inc.
The property has a rich history
in Round Pond dating back to the
1770s, when the Rev. Alexander
McLain built the farmhouse.
Five families have lived in the
home in the past 240 years – the
McLains, the Chamberlains, the
Bowies, the Frenches, and most
recently, the Cunninghams.
The 12-acre property, which
includes 65 feet of waterfront, was
listed for sale in 2015 by Susannah
French. Shari Cunningham
attended an open house and knew
almost immediately she wanted to
purchase the property.
“I walked inside and just knew,”
Cunningham said. “I had always
wanted to do this. As soon as I saw
Historic Round Pond home
now bed-and-breakfast
See HISTORIC page 9
Daylight Saving Time
ends
It is time to turn
the clocks back at
2 a.m., Sunday,
November 6.
We return to Daylight Saving Time
March 12, 2017
Shari Cunningham stands in front of the sign for The Chamberlain
House B&B and Event Center at 1313 State Route 32 in Round Pond. (Maia
Zewert photo)
By Abigail W. Adams
The Maine Department of
Transportation is asking the town
of Wiscasset to sign a letter of
intent instead of a more formal
contract regarding the town’s
future maintenance responsibilities
in connection with the DOT’s
downtown improvement project.
Wiscasset Taxpayers Alliance
spokesperson Bill Sutter addresses
the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen
on Tuesday, Nov. 1. (Abigail Adams
photo)
DOT asks Wiscasset
to sign letter instead
of contractThe letter of intent reviews the
project and its history, describes
the DOT’s public process, and asks
the town manager, on the authority
of the selectmen, to sign to indicate
“acknowledgement of this letter,
its contents, and the process going
forward as described herein.”
The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen
tabled a decision on authorizing
Town Manager Marian Anderson
to sign the letter after an extended
public-comment session and a
presentation from town attorney
Shana Mueller at the board’s
Tuesday, Nov. 1 meeting.
A decision on the letter and a
process to select a town advisory
committee to hammer out the
details of the project with the DOT
will be made at the selectmen’s
Nov. 15 meeting, Chair Judy Colby
said. “It was not the right stage of the
project to enter into a cooperative
agreement” or legal contract
with the DOT, Mueller said to the
standing-room-only crowd at the
Wiscasset Community Center.
The Tuesday meeting was
the third time the cooperative
agreement had appeared on the
Wiscasset Board of Selectmen’s
agenda; each time members of the
By Alexander Violo
On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov.
8, Waldoboro residents will not only
have a chance to weigh in on state
and national issues, but two local
matters as well.
A special town meeting warrant
asks voters to decide whether to
authorize the municipal officers to
establish a mandatory pay-as-you-
throw disposal method.
Speaking at a public hearing on
pay-as-you-throw Oct. 11, Selectman
Robert Butler said that under the
pay-as-you-throw method, the users
of the station pay for what they
throw away on a per-bag basis.
Butler said transporting and
tipping trash is a substantial part
of the transfer station’s budget,
and the more trash people bring
to the transfer station, the higher
those costs become for the member
Waldoboro voters to
decide pay-as-you-throw,
bond issuecommunities.
“The pay-as-you-throw system
helps us to reduce the money we are
spending to throw away garbage,”
Butler said. He said that with the pay-as-
you-throw system, users pay for
their own trash and are not taxed
for other people’s waste disposal
methods.“You shouldn’t have to pay for
the garbage I throw away, but that
is exactly what you are doing now,”
Butler said. Butler said the goal of pay-as-
you-throw is for fewer bags, less
tonnage, and a decrease in the
transfer station’s budget.
“With pay-as-you-throw, what
your taxes are paying for is just the
operation of the transfer station,
The Maine Press Association
has named Lincoln County News
reporter Abigail W. Adams the
2015-2016 recipient of the Bob Drake
Young Writer’s Award.
Adams received the award during
the association’s annual conference
Saturday, Oct. 29 at the DoubleTree
by Hilton hotel in South Portland.
The award was the highlight of
Lincoln County News reporter
Abigail W. Adams holds a plaque
designating her as the 2015-2016
recipient of the Bob Drake Young
Writer’s Award.
LCN reporter wins award
for top young writerthe LCN’s total haul of 20 awards in
the Maine Press Association Better
Newspaper Contest.
Adams, 35, of Damariscotta, is
the second LCN reporter in three
years to win the Bob Drake Young
Writer’s Award, after Dominik
Lobkowicz in 2014.
“Abigail is a conscientious
reporter, one who cares deeply
about her work,” LCN Editor J.W.
Oliver said while introducing Adams
during the awards ceremony. “She
is smart, she is tough, she works
hard.”Adams collected seven more
individual awards: first place in
the Business Story and Continuing
Story categories; second place in
Business Story, Education Story,
and News Story; and third place in
Feature Story and Health Story.
Adams “understands community
journalism and brings the same
dedication to a feature about a
second-grader’s effort to convince
his town to establish a public library
that she brings to her ongoing
coverage of the county’s response
to the heroin crisis,” Oliver said.
Adams covers the county seat
of Wiscasset, as well as the towns
of Alna, Dresden, Edgecomb,
Westport Island, and Whitefield.
She joined the LCN staff in October
2014.The Bob Drake Young Writer’s
Award bears the name of the late
Robert G. “Bob” Drake, a longtime
editor for the Kennebec Journal
By Alexander Violo
The Nobleboro Planning Board
has approved, with conditions, an
application from Maritime Energy
to install a 30,000-gallon propane
tank at its location at the corner of
Route 1 and Vannah Road.
The 3-2 vote on Thursday, Oct.
27 followed several meetings about
the project. Board Vice Chairman Richard
Powell said the board approved
Maritime Energy’s application
Nobleboro Planning Board approves
propane tank with conditions
contingent on a number of
conditions. “All conditions must be met
before it becomes operational,”
Powell said. The conditions include the
installation of 24-hour video
monitoring and a security system,
screening of the storage tank that
will consist of evergreen trees at
least 6 feet tall, the development
of an evacuation plan, and the
elimination of all loading and
unloading of propane during
lightning storms.
Additionally, Maritime Energy
must update the fire safety
analysis for the site, recognizing
the presence of two tanks on the
site and accurately reflecting the
response time of fire departments
from nearby towns, in addition to
water availability.
Powell said that during a public
hearing in September, a number
By Charlotte Boynton
The Lincoln County Budget
Advisory Committee concluded its
review of the county’s fiscal year
2017 budget Thursday, Oct. 27,
approving an $11,112,592 budget,
a 1.52 percent increase over the
previous year’s budget.
Non-tax revenues are estimated
to be $1,456,218, an increase of
2.32 percent. The amount to be
raised from taxes is projected to
County budget committee supports
budget with 1.52 percent hike
The Lincoln County Budget Advisory Committee completes its review of the 2017 budget Thursday, Oct. 27.
Clockwise from left: Chairman Bud Lewis; committee members Wendy Pieh and Robin Mayer; County Finance
Director Michelle Cearbaugh; County Administrator Carrie Kipfer; Commissioners Mary Trescot, William
Blodgett, and Hamilton Meserve; Administrative Assistant Deb Tibbetts; and committee members Benjamin
Rines Jr., Jack Sarmanian, and George Richardson Jr. (Charlotte Boynton photo)
be $9,656,374, an increase of 1.41
percent.The committee commended
County Administrator Carrie
Kipfer and Finance Director
Michelle Cearbaugh for their
presentation and explanations of
each department’s budget and the
county’s plans for future budgets.
Chairman Bud Lewis said, “I
cannot remember (the budget)
ever being presented so well, and
keeping the increase down to less
than 2 percent is remarkable.”
In 2017 the county will prioritize
several projects, according to Kipfer,
including the following: developing
a plan for space usage at the
Lincoln County Regional Planning
Commission building, expanding
Jeffrey Moran (left) sits with his attorney, Philip Cohen, in Lincoln
County Superior Court on Friday, Oct. 28. (Alexander Violo photo)
Waldoboro man guilty
of OUI, not guilty of
causing fatal accidentof Waldoboro, who was riding a
bicycle near the centerline of the
road. Hayden lived nearby and Moran
was on his way to pick him up at
the time of the accident. Hayden
was pronounced dead at the scene
by Waldoboro Emergency Medical
Services.The trial started the morning of
Thursday, Oct. 27 and concluded
with the jury delivering its verdict
the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 28.
District Attorney Geoff Rushlau
represented the state. Waldoboro
attorney Philip Cohen represented
Moran. Justice Daniel Billings
presided. The state’s final witness was
Sgt. Darren Foster, of the Maine
State Police Crash Reconstruction
By Abigail W. Adams
Wiscasset voters will answer the
question of whether the town will
allow its firefighters to wash their
personal vehicles at the station
Tuesday, Nov. 8.
The question has brought
the Wiscasset Fire Department
into conflict with the town
administration and the Wiscasset
Board of Selectmen.
On the local ballot, Wiscasset
voters will either say yes or no to
the question: “shall the town vote
to continue to allow the members
of the Wiscasset Fire Department
the use of the Wiscasset Fire
Department to clean their personal
vehicles?” “There’s a lot of support,”
Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry
said, “but we’ll know for sure
Wednesday morning.”
The controversy erupted in
April when Town Manager Marian
Anderson informed the Wiscasset
Fire Department that washing
personal vehicles at the station was
a violation of town policy.
Doing so had been a tradition in
the department for more than a half-
century, helped build camaraderie
among the crew, and brought
volunteer firefighters into the
station in an era when volunteerism
for local fire departments is in
decline, according to Merry.
Since April, the Wiscasset Board
of Selectmen has voted several
times on a motion to revise town
policy regarding the personal use
of town equipment. The motions
would have enabled the practice
to continue, but each time they
were defeated 3-2. The selectmen
opposed primarily cited liability
concerns.Wiscasset’s attorney and
Wiscasset voters to
decide if firefighters can
wash personal vehiclesinsurance company have advised
against the practice, saying the
town would be liable for any
insurance claim that could result
if a firefighter was injured while
washing a personal vehicle at the
station.The development of a waiver to
absolve the town from liability was
explored; however, no waiver fully
addressed the liability concerns
raised by some selectmen.
With the town and the fire
department unable to resolve
the conflict, the Wiscasset Fire
Department circulated a petition
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VOLUME 141 NUMBER 27
July 7, 2016
“Showing up is 80 percent of life.” – Woody Allen
By Maia ZewertAfter almost two years of renovations, research, and product development, Newcastle’s Split Rock Distilling opened its doors to the public the weekend of July 1.Located at 16 Osprey Point Road off Route 1, Split Rock Distilling is the only 100 percent organic distillery in Maine, according to founders Topher Mallory and Matt Page. The soft opening July 1 took place almost two years after the friends purchased the property in 2014. “We had yet to even start the process of rehabbing the building and truly understanding how much was going to go into it,” Page said. “We were aware of things like dealing with manufacturers and purchasing the equipment of this scale, but we didn’t fully have a grasp on it at the time.”“The past two years have been a transition of a dream into what
Split Rock Distilling co-founders Topher Mallory (left) and Matt Page
display bottles of the distillery’s bourbon, one of five products available
during the business’s soft opening on the holiday weekend. (Maia Zewert
photo)
From grain to glass andback: organic distilleryopens in Newcastleis now a brick-and-mortar tasting room with a full-fledged distillery with five products,” Mallory said. Part of the process involved renovating a barn on the property to meet production needs, allow space for the tasting room, and fit with the business’s brand. The layout of the distillery was also taken into consideration throughout renovations. A glass wall separates the tasting room and the production floor, allowing visitors to be as close to the process as possible, Page said.“Obviously we want this to work as well as possible to create a wonderful product, but we also wanted it to work as best it could design-wise,” Mallory said. “It’s more than just people coming in to have a drink; we want to educate and create an experience for everyone.”
One of the unknowns in 2014 wasSee DISTILLERY page 1A
By Alexander VioloCamp Kieve on Damariscotta Lake in Nobleboro is mourning the loss of its director from 1959-1990, who oversaw the camp’s transition into an educational nonprofit and developed many of its one-of-a-kind programs for families and students near and far.Richard “Dick” Kennedy, 85, passed away in Nobleboro on June 27 surrounded by family. Originally from Philadelphia, Dick Kennedy left a lasting impression in Lincoln County, where his family’s work dates back to the mid-1920s.
Kieve remembersinfluential formerdirector
Richard “Dick” Kennedy with his wife, Nancy. Kennedy was the director
of Camp Kieve in Nobleboro from 1959-1990 and oversaw its transition
from a summer camp into an educational nonprofit.
Dick Kennedy and his twin brother, Donald Kennedy Jr., were the second generation of the Kennedy family to run what was then a boys camp. Their parents, Donald and Harriet Walker Kennedy, founded the camp in 1926. Dick Kennedy’s son, Henry Kennedy, now serves as executive director of Kieve-Wavus Education Inc., the parent organization of Camp Kieve and Wavus Camps in Jefferson. Henry Kennedy said his father and uncle ran the camp jointly in
A motorcycle and a Jeep SUV were totaled in a crash on Route 32 in Waldoboro on Tuesday, July 5. (Alexander
Violo photo)
By Abigail W. AdamsAfter about a year out of town for repairs, the Wiscasset Fire Department’s ladder truck is back in service. The truck made its public comeback in Wiscasset’s Fourth of July parade. The truck had been out of service since losing a rear wheel during a June 2015 training exercise. Some questioned whether the repairs to Ladder Truck 1 were worthwhile due to the cost of parts and repairs to the 1989 ladder truck
Laurel Banks looks on as her flock grazes on grass that is healthy
and nutritious due to the Shepherd Craft Farm’s practice of rotational
grazing. (Abigail Adams photo)
By Abigail W. AdamsDrought drove Laurel Banks to leave her native land in Northern California in search of lush, green pastures to raise her flock of grass-fed Gotland sheep. Maine’s growing reputation as a haven for independent, small-scale farms directed her to Whitefield, where she and her husband Josh established Shepherds Craft Farm on Townhouse Road last year. Across from the Sheepscot General Farm and Store and adjacent to Fuzzy Udder Creamery, Banks now raises her flock of about 300 sheep, the majority of which are Gotland sheep, a breed native to Sweden known for the flavor of its meat and the richness of its fiber. Banks is part of a growing movement to establish the Gotland sheep in the United States. Flocks of the Gotland sheep, which were imported, grew in the United States through the use of artificial insemination, a process Banks used to establish her flock.
California shepherd bringsflock to WhitefieldAs Banks continues breeding Gotland sheep, her goal is to create a more pure-bred version of the animal; most Gotland sheep in the United States contain percentages of other breeds.
See FLOCK page 1A
Through rotational grazing, Banks is not only raising healthy animals with sought-after meat, fleeces, pelts, and fiber, but is
Wiscasset ladder truckback in service
driving the department to over-expend its budget two years in a row. “I was one of them,” Deputy Fire Chief John Merry said. “For awhile I thought we were dumping money into a bottomless pit. But the membership felt strongly about putting (the truck) back into service,” he said.Fire Chief T.J. Merry followed the wishes of the membership and new tires, rims, bearings, lugs, and
By Christine LaPado-BregliaAfter a sound check and a few pre-interview bits of advice from “Spotlight on Seniors” host Steve Raymond, 74-year-old Corea resident Beth Parks was ready for the June 28 taping of her appearance on the Lincoln County Television interview series produced and hosted by Raymond at LCTV’s
LCTV spotlights MASHnurse Beth Parks
Steve Raymond and Beth Parks prepare to tape an episode of “Spotlight
on Seniors” at the Lincoln County Television studio in Newcastle on June
28. (Christine LaPado-Breglia photo)
By J.W. OliverA 73-year-old Bristol man is in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a swimming accident in Bristol Mills on Thursday, June 30.Peter W. Beauchamp had been swimming at the Bristol Mills Dam when fellow swimmers spotted him face-down in the water, according to a press release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The man did not have a pulse and was not breathing at the
Bristol man in criticalcondition afterswimming accidenttime, according to LCSO Lt. Rand Maker.
Bystanders removed the man from the water and immediately started CPR, according to the press release. When first responders arrived, they continued CPR “in addition to advanced life-saving techniques.”As a result of this combination, the man was breathing and had a pulse when an ambulance
Pemaquid Watershed Association Executive Director Jennifer Hicks
stands in front of the organization’s headquarters in Damariscotta. (Maia
Zewert photo)
By Maia ZewertThe Pemaquid Watershed Association recently welcomed Jennifer Hicks as the organization’s new executive director.Hicks’ hiring follows the departure of Donna Minnis, who resigned in late 2015 after almost nine years as executive director. Minnis now works at the Maine Audubon Society as a grants manager in the development office.Hicks said she was drawn to the position due to the professional and personal growth it would provide. Hicks has 20 years of experience working with nonprofit environmental organizations, 12 of which were spent at Positive Force Consulting, a business she started in Maryland in 2004.Through Positive Force Consulting, Hicks worked with numerous nonprofit organizations addressing different parts of sustainable communities and provided strategic planning, program development, and grant-writing services. “Consulting gave me a lot of flexibility,” Hicks said. “I had just had my first child and four years later had my second one, so this allowed me to be home with them and do the work I was interested in.”In 2010, Hicks began Sustainable Delmarva, an initiative for
PWA welcomes newexecutive director
From left: Assistant Fire Chief Nick Merry, James Pray, Kevin Brewer,
Kyle Viele, Devin Grover, Steven Smith, Capt. Nick Grover, Brycson
Grover, and Chris Cossette stand in front of Ladder 1 on Monday, July
4. The truck is back in service after nearly a year away for repairs.
(Charlotte Boynton photo)
Newcastle studio. Raymond is also the director of home care and community outreach at The Lincoln Home in Newcastle.Parks was a U.S. Army captain and a MASH-unit operating-room nurse in Cu Chi during the Vietnam War when she was just 24 years old. She is also a breast-cancer survivor, a wildlife photographer,
and the author of a number of books, including a 2013 self-help book titled “A is for Attitude: An Alphabetical Guide to the Good Life.”An installation at the Knox Museum in Thomaston, “Blood, Dust, and Mud,” features photographs and other memorabilia of her time in Vietnam. The exhibit, which includes a re-creation of the “hooch” (a Vietnam-era slang term for a rudimentary hut) she lived in at the time, will run through Oct. 12.
“There are very few people who understand or know that women served in combat in Vietnam,” Parks said at the beginning of her interview with Raymond. Parks spent a year, from 1966-1967, at the 7th Surgical Hospital, as the MASH unit in Cu Chi was called – “the busiest hospital in Vietnam” at the time, as she told Raymond.In addition to being a MASH-unit nurse, Parks also helped design and build an evacuation hospital which would replace the 7th Surgical Hospital as it became increasingly overwhelmed by the number of casualties being sent there.The most difficult thing about Parks’ time in Vietnam was “not
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By Alexander VioloA Jefferson motorcyclist involved in a collision with a Jeep SUV on Winslow Mills Road (Route 32) in Waldoboro sustained injuries to his head and upper body and was transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston by LifeFlight the afternoon of Tuesday, July 5. Waldoboro Emergency Medical Services transported the motorcyclist, Mark Blackler, 53, of Jefferson, to a landing zone near the Jefferson fire station, where he was picked up by the helicopter. The operator and sole occupant of the 2001 Jeep SUV, Rodney Orff,
Jefferson motorcyclist injuredin Waldoboro accident79, of Jefferson, was checked out at the scene by Waldoboro EMS but not transported to the hospital in an ambulance. Officer Larry Hesseltine, of the Waldoboro Police Department, said Orff was later picked up at the scene by a private vehicle and went to the hospital to get checked out for minor injuries.The drivers were the sole occupants of each vehicle. According to Hesseltine, Orff was attempting to make a left-hand turn from a driveway into the northbound lane of Winslow Mills Road near Orff’s Corner Community Church when the collision occurred.
Hesseltine said the motorcycle, a 2006 Harley-Davidson, hit the driver’s side of the jeep between its front and back doors. The officer said the speed of the motorcycle may have been a factor in the accident. A witness reported seeing the motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed roughly a mile north of the site of the collision. Hesseltine said the rear tire of the motorcycle appears to have locked up just prior to the collision. Both vehicles were likely totaled. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an accident See ACCIDENT page 10
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