STANDISH

Student accused of sending bomb threat to high school

A Maine high school student is facing terrorizing charges after a bomb threat text message sent to people at the Bonny Eagle High School in Standish was traced to his cellphone.

Investigators from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s office say the text messages sent Wednesday morning at first appeared to be untraceable because they were routed through a website that assigned a fictitious phone number to the messages.

But an employee of the county’s information technology department traced the call to a website. He then asked the website for the email associated with the account that sent the message.

The email address was then linked to a Facebook account of a student who was being interviewed by an investigator.

When confronted, the student admitted sending the bomb threat.

PORTLAND

Rally aims to protect gay, bisexual, transgender youths

Student groups will hold a rally on Saturday in Monument Square to call attention to the need to make schools safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths.

The Breaking the Silence Rally will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is being organized by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network and the Gay Straight Alliance.

The rally comes as the Maine Legislature considers a bill that would toughen anti-bullying laws by clearly defining bullying and requiring school officials to adopt and enforce anti-bullying policies.

The bill, proposed by state Rep. Terry Morrison, D-South Portland, was scheduled to be reviewed Thursday by the Legislature’s education committee.

WATERVILLE

George Mitchell receives award at Ellis Island

George Mitchell, the former senator from Maine who’s now the special U.S. envoy for Middle East peace, has been honored along with other immigrants or their children at Ellis Island in New York.

Mitchell received an Ellis Island Family Heritage Award on Wednesday, along with tennis superstar Martina Navratilova, baseball’s Joe Torre and the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation’s Lee Iacocca.

Mitchell told the Morning Sentinel of Waterville that the award, and especially the recognition of his parents, means a lot to him. His mother, Mintaha Saad, arrived in America from Lebanon, then Syria, in 1920 through Ellis Island. His father, George Sr., was the orphan son of Irish immigrants adopted by a Waterville family.

Mitchell’s wife Heather, two children and two brothers attended Wednesday’s award presentation.

LISBON

Event raises $12,000 for mom who lost two kids

A fundraiser for a Lisbon family that lost two children in a fire last month brought in about $12,000, according to Legacy Publishing Company.

Lorna Hogan, who is a sales representative for the Auburn-based company, tried to rescue her daughters, 11-year-old Natalie and 6-year-old Kelsey, but was unable to save the girls during the early morning fire March 4.

On April 8, more than 300 people attended the Hogan Family Benefit at the Fireside Inn in Portland. Hundreds more donated auction items and services.

Legacy Publishing organized the benefit to raise money and provide emotional support for Hogan and her four surviving children.

BRUNSWICK

Psychiatrist loses license after alleged misbehavior

A Brunswick psychiatrist has had his license to practice medicine suspended by the state Board of Licensure in Medicine.

According to a statement issued Thursday by the board, John Matt Dorn, M.D., allegedly engaged in inappropriate conduct with a patient and presented “an imminent threat to the safety of his patients.” The state board did not specify what type of conduct Dorn allegedly engaged in.

A hearing to address Dorn’s suspension will be held in May. All of the board’s disciplinary actions are reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank, the Health Integrity and Protection Data Bank and the Federation of State Medical Boards Action Data Bank.

The board is made up of six physicians and three public members, who are appointed by the governor.

BANGOR

Woman gets 10 months for role in sham marriages

A woman who enlisted more than a dozen Mainers including family and friends to enter sham marriages with immigrants is going to prison for 10 months.

Angela Roy of Sabattus was recruited by two Massachusetts men, who are natives of Africa, to find men and women willing to marry foreign nationals for a fee. She also arranged sham wedding ceremonies, and attended 16 of them, including her sister’s.

The 37-year-old Roy sobbed in federal court in Bangor on Wednesday as she described her role.

Judge John Woodcock said he reduced Roy’s sentence because she testified last month against the ringleader, Rashid Kakande, of Woburn, Mass. Kakande, a native of Uganda, is awaiting sentencing. The Bangor Daily News says the other conspirator, from Springfield, Mass., is on the lam.

AUGUSTA

Drivers urged to be careful as spring draws out deer

Wildlife officials are urging drivers to be on the alert as the arrival of spring draws deer out of Maine’s woods in search of food.

Motorists this time of year are likely to see more deer along Maine roads as the animals make their way from their wintering areas to roadsides, which are among the first areas to have vegetation as the snow disappears.

Maine’s Transportation and Inland Fisheries and Wildlife departments have collaborated to install special signs that alert drivers to deer during the peak collision season.

The signs read “Caution — High Hit Area” and have been installed at 10 different locations along roads in eastern and northern Maine known for high numbers of vehicle-deer collisions.

BREMEN

Two 19-year-olds arrested in Lincoln County burglaries

Two teenagers have been arrested in a string of burglaries at homes and campgrounds in Lincoln County.

Lt. Michael Murphy of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department says the two 19-year-olds — Andrew Longe of Walpole and Nikolas Poland of Bremen — have been charged in connection with 21 burglaries.

The pair is accused of stealing $35,000 worth of TVs, outdoor motors, power and hand tools, stereos, and other electronics from homes in Bremen, Round Pond, Pemaquid, Bristol, Damariscotta, and Nobleboro. Authorities say they also are suspects in the theft of an estimated $25,000 worth of copper pipes from 15 homes and the bath houses at two campgrounds in Nobleboro and Pemaquid since March.

The two were arrested Tuesday at a Bremen home on burglary and theft charges.