Local political leaders react to Capitol attack
ELLSWORTH The violent events of Jan. 6, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, scaling walls, breaking windows and looting, have been widely condemned by local political leaders.
“I was scared, I was shocked, it was just very upsetting,” said state Sen. Kimberley Rosen (R-Hancock County) of the attack on the Capitol building as lawmakers met to certify the 2020 Electoral College results.
“I was hoping that President Trump would leave peacefully, and I was not a supporter of overturning the election,” she said.
Prior to the attack, Trump held a nearby rally urging supporters to march to the Capitol Building. He told the crowd they should “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” but also said supporters “have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”
Tue, 12/29/2020 - 5:45pm
Attachments
ROCKPORT When the Mid-Coast Solid Waste Corporation Board of Directors convene Dec. 30 via Zoom they will be voting on two major pieces of business: 1) to switch the four-town disposal contract to a company in Norridgewock, and 2) to approve a budget for fiscal year 2022.
The meting begins at 6:30 p.m., will be held via teleconference through Zoom and streamed at
Attendees can request speaking privileges when the Chair acknowledges public comment or questions during the meeting.
The contract with Waste Management Disposal Services of Maine, in Norridgewick, replaces the existing contract with the Scarborough-based ecomaine, which the four towns of Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport, through their jointly held Mid-Coast Solid Waste Corp., have engaged with for the past three years.
December 30th, 2020 | by: Stu Marckoon
Drug Sentence
(Bangor) â A confessed drug dealer from Hancock is going to prison for 4-and-a-half years, nearly 2-years after drug agents caught him with a substantial amount of fentanyl. William Smeal pled guilty to drug charges last January. The US Attorneyâs office reports to Star 97.7 that a federal judge sent Smeal to prison and when he gets out, heâll be on probation for another 4-years.  Agents found 40-grams with Smeal when they arrested him in February 2019, and then found 100-more grams when they searched his home. He admitted heâd traveled to Massachusetts earlier in the day to obtain the drugs.
Coastal Resources sale moves forward, bidder not named
ELLSWORTH Negotiations for the purchase of Coastal Resources of Maine’s waste-to-biofuel plant in Hampden reached a milestone when the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a “prospective bidder” on Dec. 29. The vote came after a lengthy executive session that was closed to the public, and the bidder’s name was not made public. Maine law allows discussion of “contractual rights and duties” to be held in private.
MRC Board President Karen Fussell said while it “pained” the board to hold the discussion in a closed session, “it is part of the process of working towards the final sale.” Fussell had indicated at the MRC’s annual meeting on Dec. 16 that the prospective buyer would be revealed once the MOU was signed. But on Tuesday, she said that, as the MOU “really is not a binding commitment,” the document did not have to be made public.
Fiberight via BDN
A group of more than 100 Maine municipalities has reached a preliminary agreement with a prospective bidder to purchase the Coastal Resources of Maine waste facility in Hampden.
The plant has been closed for more than six months. It opened last year but shut down in May after continued financial problems.
At a meeting on Tuesday, members of the Municipal Review Committee, a nonprofit representing the 115 municipalities in central and eastern Maine, said that they had reached a tentative agreement with a prospective buyer.
“So we’re anticipating the completion of a closure of a sale of the facility, should the [memorandum of understanding] get executed, within the first quarter of 2021,” says Kelly Fussell, president of the group.