Bangor, Maine News Update: February 3, 2021
The Maine CDC reports 417 new cases of COVID-19 statewide and another 23 people, diagnosed with the virus, who have died. State health officials say 21 of the 23 deceased were confirmed through a review of vital records filed in the past two weeks, and actually died between December 21st and January 26th.
A new agreement between Hancock County Sheriff Scott Kane and Healthy Acadia will bring substance abuse recovery coaches back to the jail. Sheriff Kane had canceled the service after the organization expressed support for Black Lives Matter on social media, stating that the movement s penchant toward violence against law enforcement was concerning.
December 31st, 2020 | by: Stu Marckoon
Unity Fire Arrest
(Unity) â Fire investigators have charged a 38-year old Unity man with attempted murder and arson for one of three fires in that town in the past 10-days. The State Fire Marshalâs Office reports to Star 97.7 that they arrested Derek Creasy last night after searching an apartment and seizing a car in Unity. That office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Waldo County Sheriffâs Department have been investigating the fires that began on December 22
nd at a trailer on Turner Court. A second fire at the same trailer 4-days later and a fire at the Methodist Church on Depot Street have plagued the town.