Jayna Smith

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On Thursday, January 25, 2024, the Calais City Council met for its regular meeting, with Mayor Artie Mingo presiding over Councilors Kevin Niles, Mike Sherrard, Marcia Rogers, Elery Beale, and Bill Quinn.  Councilor James Macdonald was absent from the meeting.

What follows is a brief summary of the meeting, with the full meeting available for viewing on the City of Calais’s Facebook page.

Jayna Smith

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Get ready for the annual Pink Zone Game, marking the final showdown between Woodland and Calais basketball teams this regular season.  Hosted by the Lady Dragons, the game is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 7, beginning at 6 p.m.

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In an unfortunate incident at Dunkin’ last week, a 65-year-old female inadvertently caused minor chaos when her 2021 Ford Expedition rolled into the exterior wall of Dunkin’. The woman, parking in front of the building, exited her vehicle but forgot to secure her vehicle in park, Calais Police reported, leading to the unexpected collision.

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The Maine Fire Service Institute, a department of Southern Maine Community College, recently held its fire instructor course.  Among those completing the course was Princeton Fire Chief Tony Ramsdell. 

Ramsdell, along with six others from fire departments across the state, was introduced to program curriculums, skills testing processes, and training opportunities offered through MFSI and its service partners.  

By Will Tuell

Northern Light Health announced on Feb. 2 that an unspecified number of its computer servers were compromised by hackers earlier in the day, adding that patient information is safe and that care would not be disrupted across Northern Light’s sprawling network of care providers. 

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February 2 marks a significant day for Punxsutawney Phil, the renowned “meteorologist” of the animal kingdom. Since 1887, this groundhog has been making weather predictions, with only ten years missing from the records. In the near-140 years of his tenure, Phil has seen his shadow just over 100 times, indicating six more weeks of winter.

On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at approximately 8 a.m., a tractor-trailer unit driven by 41-year-old Kristofer Higgins of Baileyville was traveling on the westbound on-ramp of I-395 in Brewer when Higgins failed to negotiate the turn. 

His vehicle rolled over, taking out the center portion of the guardrail and striking a Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office cruiser, which was traveling eastbound at the time. 

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Rebecca Moores, the 43-year-old Robbinston woman who in December pled guilty to murdering her former lover and principal drug supplier in 2022, was sentenced Monday in Washington County Superior Court in Machias to serve 32 years in prison.

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It’s a fun week for the local schools as they are leading up to February vacation.  The Blizzard Bash is taking place all week at CES, with fun and activities planned, including various dress-up days.  At CMHS, the students are in the midst of Winter Carnival with contests among the grades.