An email sent to Mount Desert Island High School Principal Matt Haney at around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday contained a threat that the Bar Harbor Police Department described as “serious and credible” and caused the school to be locked down.
The police department here was as surprised as anyone else in town last Saturday when a fireworks show lit up the sky over Frenchman Bay and shattered the quiet of a mid-October night.
Asked about the key to good policing, Pinkham said: “It’s being firm but fair. I try to treat people the way I’d want my mother treated. It’s being able to listen and show compassion.”