WARREN

State police investigating death of prison inmate

State prison officials say an inmate at the Bolduc Correctional Facility has died.

Officials say Ryan Allan Calor died early Tuesday at the minimum-security facility. He was found during what officials say was a routine check.

Calor was serving a three-year sentence for burglary and was expected to be released in February 2014.

State police are investigating. Corrections officials did not release the cause of death, saying an autopsy must be conducted.

PORTLAND

Suspect flags down police, surrenders after seeing photo

A man charged with robbery turned himself in to police Tuesday morning after seeing his picture in the media.

James Blann, 39, of Portland flagged down an officer at 7:45 a.m. near the corner of Preble and Lancaster streets. Blann said that he was the man whose picture was shown in connection with Monday’s armed robbery at the Big Apple store on Park Avenue.

Police released an image from a security camera showing the man who, at 4 a.m., hit a clerk in the back of the head with an object and grabbed money from the register. The man was taken to the hospital with an injury that was not life-threatening. Police did not know Tuesday morning whether the clerk had been released.

Police said Blann had been arrested in the past for theft. He is being held in the Cumberland County Jail on $25,000 bail.

SOUTH PORTLAND

U.S. Navy Band to perform free concert at high school

The U.S. Navy Band will perform a free concert March 22 at the South Portland High School auditorium.

The band will perform selections of classical, contemporary and military music under the direction of Capt. Brian Walden. The 7 p.m. concert is sponsored by the South Portland Music Boosters.

Tickets are limited and must be acquired in advance at the South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road; Starbird Music, 525 Forest Ave., Portland; or the Music & Arts Center, 106 Gray Road (Route 100), Falmouth. For more information, visit www.southportlandmusic boosters.org.

FALMOUTH

Town dialogue on schools scheduled for March 18

Students, parents and other residents are invited to participate in a community dialogue March 18 about the future of the town’s public schools.

The gathering will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the theater at Falmouth High School. It’s a professional development day for teachers, so they are expected to attend. Town officials also are invited. 

Fire destroys home, forces officials to close Route 100

Fire destroyed a home on Gray Road on Tuesday night, forcing the town to close a section of the road for several hours.

A Falmouth dispatcher said the fire at 481 Gray Road was reported just before 7 p.m.

When firefighters arrived, they found the home, which was unoccupied, engulfed in flames.

Firefighters from Cumberland, Gray, North Yarmouth and Portland helped fight the fire.

The cause remains under investigation.

AUGUSTA

Panel hears renewed debate on saltwater fishing licenses

The debate over Maine saltwater fishing licenses, thought to have been settled during the last legislative session, is back.

A legislative committee Tuesday heard testimony on bills to ease a process adopted last year that requires those fishing in salt water to register with the state. It includes some exceptions.

The law was prompted by a federal mandate to establish a registry of saltwater anglers in each state, or have the government impose one.

A bill before the Marine Resources Committee would do away with fees imposed on those who fish in salt water but don’t have a freshwater fishing license. It also would do away with fees for nonresidents, and add more exemptions for registering.

State urges homeowners to check on flood insurance

As spring flooding season arrives, Maine officials are urging homeowners — especially those in flood plains — to make sure they have flood insurance.

The State Planning Office said many people believe that their homeowner’s or business owner’s insurance policy will cover flood-related losses, but find out that’s not the case when it’s too late. It’s estimated that up to 75 percent of homes and businesses in Maine flood plains are not covered by flood insurance.

The agency urges property owners and renters to contact their insurance agent to make sure they’re covered. There’s a 30-day waiting period before the policy goes into effect.

FAIRFIELD

Town places deputy on leave after arrest on assault charge

The town’s deputy police chief has been placed on paid administrative leave following his arrest Friday on a domestic-assault charge.

Deputy Chief Steven Trahan, 41, allegedly grabbed his girlfriend to keep her from leaving his house on Stoney Ridge Drive in Clinton, said Maine State Police Trooper Rick Moody.

Moody said Trahan’s girlfriend called 911 about 8 p.m. Friday to report the incident. Clinton police referred the call to state police because the on-duty Clinton officer had worked for Trahan and felt he had a conflict of interest, said Moody, who interviewed the alleged victim and arrested Trahan.

Moody said he brought Trahan to a bail commissioner’s home, and he was released on the condition that he would not contact his girlfriend.

Fairfield Police Chief John Emery said Trahan called him about midnight Friday and told him about the arrest. Emery said Trahan was immediately placed on administrative leave and will remain so through the court proceedings.

Trahan is scheduled to appear in Waterville District Court on March 22, Moody said.

CASTINE

Cianbro CEO chosen to speak at MMA’s commencement

The top executive at the largest Maine-based construction company has been chosen as Maine Maritime Academy’s commencement speaker.

Peter Vigue, chairman and CEO of Cianbro Corp., will address the graduating class at the Castine school’s 68th commencement on April 30.

Vigue graduated from Maine Maritime in 1969 and will receive an honorary doctorate from the college.

Cianbro, based in Pittsfield, has more than 4,000 employees across the United States who work in the construction, refining and petrochemical industries.

BANGOR

Wrong turn leads to arrest of women at border station

Two Canadians are being held without bail on charges they arrived at a Maine-New Brunswick border crossing with firearms and illegal drugs in their car.

The Bangor Daily News reported that 18-year-old Rantel Carlin MaClean and 22-year-old Janaya Andrea Crawley, both of Nova Scotia, allegedly took a wrong turn when they arrived at the Calais border crossing March 2.

They told agents they were headed to Toronto.

U.S. border officers said they found a loaded .45-caliber handgun and 15 purple pills in Crawley’s purse. They found a loaded 9 mm handgun with an obliterated serial number under the seat.

Agents also found ammunition for the guns, 344 Ecstasy tablets and marijuana.

If convicted, MaClean faces up to 10 years in federal prison. Crawley could face 15 years.

Robber on probation faces charges in weekend heist

A 39-year-old man who was convicted of robbing two banks in southern Maine five years ago is facing new charges stemming from a weekend bank robbery in Bangor.

Donald Lloyd Turner of Bangor is being held at the Penobscot County Jail on a charge of violating his federal probation. Police said he robbed a Bangor Savings Bank on Saturday, but has yet to be charged with the robbery.

According to the Bangor Daily News, Turner was convicted of robbing banks in Portland and South Portland days apart in March 2006. Turner told investigators he was addicted to crack cocaine and robbed the banks to pay off a drug dealer who had threatened his life if he didn’t pay up.