SOUTH PORTLAND
‘Dave Deschaine’ property will be offered at auction

A real estate foreclosure auction has been scheduled for the commercial property of David J. Deschaine, the roofing contractor who is known for his TV ads with the tag line “Keep out the rain. Call Dave Deschaine.”

The property includes gutter and vinyl siding inventory and a commercial building with offices on about four-tenths of an acre on Dunscombe Street. Keenan Auction Co. has scheduled a preview for Oct. 21 and plans to hold the auction Nov. 4.

The auction is part of the process of liquidating under Chapter 7 bankruptcy, Deschaine said.

He said he will continue to operate a scaled-down version of the business out of his home, next to the commercial property.

Deschaine said his financial problems stem from starting a 13-lot subdivision in Lewiston in 2005, along with a second business location, before the housing market weakened.

He said he used his commercial property in South Portland as collateral.

Probe led to arrests of mother, son for drugs, police say

An investigation of drug trafficking in a hotel near the Maine Mall led to the arrests of a 60-year-old woman from Massachusetts and her son and the seizure of drugs and cash.

Mattie Brown of Randolph, Mass., was arrested Sunday and charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin and trafficking in cocaine. Her son, Robert Brown, 39, also from Massachusetts, was charged with refusal to submit to arrest and detention.

South Portland police Lt. Todd Bernard said the department did a brief investigation after receiving an anonymous tip of possible drug activity. He said the arrests were made during a traffic stop around 12:30 p.m. Sunday on Western Avenue, near the Portland line.

Police say they searched the hotel room where Brown had been staying and seized more than 50 grams of heroin, an ounce of cocaine, several OxyContin and oxycodone pills and close to $10,000 in cash.

Mattie Brown was held in the Cumberland County Jail on $100,000 cash bail.

Her son posted bail and was released.

Bernard said the department is continuing its investigation and is working with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Boston police.

BOOTHBAY HARBOR
Lobstering crew rescues man and his dog after boat sinks

A man and his dog were rescued by the crew of a lobster boat Monday after his 36-foot power boat caught fire and sank near Fisherman Island.

A Coast Guard spokesman said the island is about three miles offshore from Boothbay Harbor. A Coast Guard vessel checked for signs of pollution, but there were none.

The cause of the fire is not known.

The incident was reported at 12:58 p.m. No injuries were reported.

BANGOR
Educational technician dies after fall during field trip

An educational technician died of injuries suffered in a fall while chaperoning a sixth-grade field trip on the Appalachian Trail.

Jeanne Lynch, 66, of Fairfield died Friday while being flown by helicopter ambulance to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.

Superintendent Michael Gallagher told the Bangor Daily News that Lynch fell down an embankment while returning from Little Wilson Falls near the town of Monson.

Lynch worked for 11 years for the school district, which covers Pittsfield, Burnham and Detroit.

Gallagher said only a few of the 75 sixth-graders who were on the trip saw the fall.

The parents of all sixth-graders are being notified and counselors will be available today.

MILLINOCKET
Forest service helicopter rescues injured hiker from Katahdin

An injured hiker has been rescued by helicopter from Mount Katahdin.

The Maine Forest Service landed a helicopter near the top of the mountain Monday afternoon to assist Chip Loring, 61, of Old Town, who had injured a knee.

Loring was flown to the Millinocket Regional Airport at 3:50 p.m. and then driven to the hospital for treatment.

Baxter State Park Director Jensen Bissell said parts of trails had been closed because of snow and ice, and the park’s staff had been warning hikers about slippery, windy conditions above the tree line.

He said Loring was above 4,500 feet in elevation and nearly five miles from the road when he slipped and injured his knee on the Saddle Trail.

LEWISTON
State police will investigate homicide case of two men

State police have taken over the investigation into the stabbing deaths of two men in Lewiston.

Lewiston police say a fight broke out early Saturday between Alfred Jermaine Kelly, 29, and Bobbie Lee “Bootsy” Evans, 32. Both men died.

Lewiston police Sgt. Marc Robitaille told the Sun Journal that the investigation into the events that led to the fight at 1:30 a.m. Saturday was turned over to state police because the case is a homicide.

Autopsies on the bodies of the two men are scheduled for today.

YORK
Calling hours and memorial to be held for teenage driver

Calling hours will be held this week for a teenager from York who died from injuries she suffered in a car accident on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth.

Erika Jolie, 18, who died on Friday, apparently was sending a text message when the car she was driving crossed the median and hit a northbound sport utility vehicle around 3:48 p.m. Wednesday.

State Trooper Larry Rose said he found a partial text message on Jolie’s cell phone after the accident.

The calling hours will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home in York.

A memorial celebration will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion post in York.