Gouldsboro Police create satellite office
GOULDSBORO Gouldsboro Police now have an alternative workspace in case the threat of coronavirus exposure ever shuts down the town office again.
The Gouldsboro Fire Department’s South Gouldsboro station has been slightly modified, making it available for use by Police Chief John Shively and Officers Adam Brackett and Eli Brown. They can now use the heated station’s meeting room to write up reports, do required paperwork, conduct phone interviews and perform other tasks instead of doing those things hunched over laptops in their cruisers.
Last November, the Gouldsboro municipal building, which also houses the police and fire departments, closed twice in response to an employee’s potential COVID-19 exposure. The abrupt closures exposed the need for Gouldsboro law enforcement to have a virus-free place to use as their base and allow them to go about their job as emergency responders policing the town. Off Route 186, Station 2 was
New Yearâs suicide investigated
GOULDSBORO â A man got out of his vehicle and shot himself around 10:30 p.m. New Yearâs Eve after a local police officer had approached him to ask what he was doing in the otherwise empty parking lot at the Knights of Pythias Hall on Route 1.
No event had been held there earlier, nor was anyone in the fraternal lodgeâs hall at the time. No one else was in the deceased personâs vehicle at the time of the incident.Â
Gouldsboro Police Chief John Shively said the Gouldsboro police officer was on a routine patrol and pulled into the lodgeâs lot after spotting the lone, occupied vehicle parked there. He said the investigating officer approached the vehicle and saw that the driver was holding a gun. The driver climbed out of the vehicle with the handgun. A verbal exchange ensued and the driver proceeded to shoot himself. The officer was uninjured.
Trump administration denies permit for Pebble mine December 3rd, 2020 |
The Trump administration on Wednesday rejected a permit for the controversial Pebble copper and gold mine in Southwest Alaska.
The decision could be a fatal blow for the long-sought, roller-coaster effort to build the giant project near the world s largest wild sockeye salmon fishery in Bristol Bay.
The mine developers plan to appeal the decision back to federal regulators, but with the opposition of President-elect Joe Biden and many others, the project s days may be limited. Pebble opponents, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, are already discussing an idea to take the mineral deposit off the table from development forever.