STANDISH

Man on probation in shooting arrested on drinking charge

A man who threatened three teenage girls with a handgun and subsequently lost his right arm after being shot by Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies is under arrest for violating his conditions of probation.

Deputies arrested Douglas Tenczar, 43, of Sebago after a traffic stop on Route 113 at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deputy Matt Thompson pulled over a 1996 GMC van driven by Matthew C. Cone of Freeport, recognized Tenczar as the passenger and noted that he appeared to be intoxicated.

Tenczar was charged with criminal threatening in a road rage incident involving the girls in 2008. When police went to his home in Sebago for further investigation, Tenczar was holding a shotgun inside the house and aiming it at officers when they knocked on his door. Sgt. David Hall and Deputy Stephen Welsch fired a total of five times, causing an injury that resulted in Tenczar’s right arm being amputated.

After pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of displaying a dangerous weapon and entering a separate guilty plea to the felony charge of criminal threatening, Tenczar was sentenced to 30 days in jail in 2009. He was expected to serve one year probation before being allowed to enter another no-contest plea, followed by one more year of probation.

On Wednesday, when Probation and Parole Officer Dave Edwards was notified of Tenczar’s intoxication, he ordered police to take him to Cumberland County Jail. Tenczar registered a 0.22 percent blood alcohol level, and was charged with violation of probation.

SACO

Metal finishing plant fined for waste law violation

Southern Maine Specialties, a metal finishing and electroplating facility, has been fined for violating state and federal hazardous waste laws.

The company agreed to pay $38,250 to settle an Environmental Protection Agency complaint filed in January 2010 that it stored, labeled and managed hazardous waste improperly, and did not provide adequate employee training.

According to an EPA press release, Southern Maine Specialties brought its facility into compliance with state and federal waste management laws after the inspection.

STATEWIDE

Maine chefs, restaurants on James Beard Awards list

Several Maine chefs and restaurants made the list of semifinalists for the 2011 James Beard Awards, announced Thursday in New York City.

The awards, one of the most prestigious in the culinary industry, cover 19 categories from Best Chef to Best New Restaurant.

Shepherd’s Pie in Rockport, known for dishes such as fried clam tacos (and yes they have shepherd’s pie), is nominated for Best New Restaurant. The restaurant is the newest venture of Chef Brian Hill, who is also nominated in the Best Chef: Northeast category.

Sam Hayward of Fore Street in Portland and Melissa Kelly of Primo in Rockland are both nominated for Outstanding Chef. And Fore Street is nominated in the Outstanding Restaurant category.

Several Maine chefs made the semifinals in the Best Chef: Northeast category, which was won by the chefs from Arrows in Ogunquit last year.

Kirsta Kern Desjarlais is a semifinalist again for her work at her Portland restaurant Bresca. Other semifinalists are Brian Hill, Francine Bistro in Camden; Megan Chase, Penelle Chase, Phoebe Chase and Ted LaFage of Chase’s Daily in Belfast; and Demos Regas of Emilitsa in Portland.

The semifinalists will be whittled down to five nominees in each category by an independent, volunteer panel of 550 judges across the country. The list of finalists will be announced March 21, and the awards will be presented May 9 at the Lincoln Center in New York.

PORTLAND

South Portland man gets prison for firearms charge

Roy “Bernie” Clark, 45, of South Portland was sentenced Thursday to 41 months in federal prison for illegal possession of firearms while under a protection-from-abuse order. Clark pleaded guilty in October.

The charge came after officers from the South Portland Police Department responded to a domestic violence call at Clark’s home on Feb. 15, 2010. Officers seized 19 firearms as well as ammunition, according to authorities.

In addition to the federal prison sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Singal ordered three years of supervised release for Clark. Singal cited the danger created by possession of firearms in a home where alleged domestic violence is prevalent.

Suspect sought in robbery of CVS on Brighton Avenue

Police are investigating a robbery Wednesday at CVS Pharmacy on Brighton Avenue.

The robbery occurred around 8 p.m. The suspect is a white male who demanded prescription medications from the pharmacist. He was given the medications and then fled the store on foot. Authorities said he did not display a weapon and there were no injuries.

The man is described as 5-foot-8 with a thin build. He was wearing jeans, a blue-and-black winter jacket, a black winter hat and black gloves.

Police are asking anyone with information to call 874-8533. Anonymous tips may be sent by texting the keyword “GOTCHA” and the message to 274637; by calling 874-8584; or by visiting www.portland-police.com and clicking the link to “Submit an Anonymous Crime Tip.”

Community meeting to focus on immigrant youth

Local groups will host a community meeting concerning the future of Maine’s immigrant youth on Saturday at the Root Cellar.

Students, educators and representatives of nonprofit agencies have been invited to speak about this “untapped talent pool.”

Topics include what it takes to be successful in America and the problems facing young immigrants.

The free public event at 94 Washington Ave. will be hosted by Living With Peace, Atlantic Global Aid and the East Bayside Neighborhood Association.

The meeting will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Various ethnic foods will be served at 4:30 p.m. Music, singing and dancing will continue until 8 pm.

LePage making rounds for ‘Capitol for a Day’ tours

Gov. Paul LePage will be in southern Maine today for the first of his “Capitol for a Day” tours.

LePage, a Republican sworn in last month, will speak to the Portland Regional Chamber from 12:30 to 12:50 p.m., then tour several area businesses, according to his press office.

From 6 to 7:30 p.m., he will hold a Town Hall meeting at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center. That event is open to the public and the doors open at 5:15 p.m.

In his inaugural address, LePage promised to reintroduce the Capitol for a Day program first begun by former Republican Gov. John McKernan.

LePage plans to continue the tradition by holding a town hall meeting each month in one of Maine’s 16 counties and visiting businesses throughout Maine, according to his press office.

“We are going to get around and learn from the people of Maine,” LePage said in a statement. “If there is problem that I can help fix, I want to know about it. If there is an issue I can bring clarity to I need to know what it is. Solutions can’t be found behind a desk in Augusta.”

BATH

BIW announces layoffs for 130 Arleigh Burke workers

Bath Iron Works is laying off 130 employees who had worked on Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

Shipyard spokesman Jim DeMartini said work on the Arleigh Burke-class is winding down as construction shifts to the Zumwalt-class destroyer. The first of the 600-foot-long Zumwalts is several years away from completion.

The layoffs announced Thursday will be effective March 2. The shipyard laid off 130 workers last month, as well.

Despite the layoffs, the shipyard anticipates relative stability over the next two years, as long as there are no changes to the Navy’s ship-purchasing plans.

OXFORD

Nateva Festival offering layaway plan for tickets

A three- or four-day pass to the Nateva Music and Camping Festival in Oxford this summer might seem out of reach for folks still struggling with the effects of the recession.

But now organizers are offering a new way to pay — layaway.

A four-day weekend pass to the festival, which will be held Aug. 4-7 this year, will cost $194. Paying by layaway will cost $226.75, but payments can be spread out between now and May 30.

The first layaway charge of $75.58 must be paid immediately with the purchase of the ticket. A second charge for the same amount is due April 14, and a final charge of $75.59 is due on May 30.

A similar payment option is being offered for a three-day weekend pass. A three-day pass on layaway will cost $201.75. Each credit card payment for a three-day pass will be $67.25.

BRUNSWICK

Fire that injured three caused by food on stove

The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office has concluded that a fire that injured three people in Brunswick was an accident.

The Brunswick fire chief said one man found in the parking lot of the apartment building Wednesday evening suffered burns while two others who had to be rescued from the second floor suffered smoke inhalation. The conditions of those injured were not known Thursday.

Officials say unattended food on a stove caused the fire.

The apartment house had 12 units and 17 people were displaced by the fire, according to WMTW-TV.

AUGUSTA

Inland Fisheries offers free fishing days this weekend

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is offering two free fishing days, when anyone can fish without a license, this weekend.

This free fishing days are open to any person except those whose license has been revoked or suspended. All fishing regulations apply.

For a complete list of fishing regulations, including limits and sizes, visit www.mefishwildlife.com and click on “fishing.”

ELIOT

School cancels survey on alcohol use, sex practices

A Maine middle school has canceled a student survey of student alcohol use and sex practices after parents objected to its frank questions about risky behaviors.

Marshwood Middle School in Eliot intended to administer two versions of the Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey — one for sixth-graders, and a more detailed one for seventh- and eighth-graders.

Among other things, it asked students whether they’d engaged in sex, or in a choking game in which participants get high by temporarily deprive themselves of oxygen.

Parents responded by organizing a petition, and Principal John Caverly canceled the survey after determining that there was no legal requirement to administer it. Caverly says the school now intends to create its own survey with input from parents.

MACHIAS

Ex-Maine couple get prison terms for hiding children

A former Maine couple is going to jail for hiding the woman’s two children from their biological father.

Colin Haag, 34, and Amanda Cyphert, 35, formerly of Jonesport, were sentenced Wednesday.

The Bangor Daily News reported that Haag was sentenced to 30 months in prison while Cyphert was given nine months. They were each given credit for time served.

Haag and Cyphert were charged with hiding Cyphert’s two daughters from their biological father for more than two years as they moved from South Carolina to West Virginia to Jonesport.

Police said the two took Cyphert’s two children, now 10 and 13, and hid them in an Ellsworth motel last April when their father arrived in Maine from Florida to look for them.

MACHIASPORT

Woman pulled safely from water plunge thanks rescuers

A Maine couple is thanking rescuers who helped pull the woman to safety from frigid tidal waters after she tried to rescue their dog from the ice near their Machiasport home.

Susan and Wayne Tinker are crediting neighbors they never met, local and state police, and a bevy of other rescuers for saving both Susan Tinker and the dog on Saturday evening.

Susan Tinker said she knew going onto the ice was dangerous, but that was before their 155-pound dog bolted onto the ice chasing a fox.

Susan Tinker says that while trying to get the dog off the ice, she slid into deep water.

Wayne Tinker then called 911 .

STETSON

Pilot suffers minor injuries when ultralight plane crashes

Police say a Maine pilot suffered minor injuries when his ultralight plane crashed in Stetson.

Maine State Police say the small two-seater had engine trouble, lost power and crashed near a snowmobile trail around 5 p.m. The 49-year-old pilot from Levant, whose name was not released, suffered a bump on his leg and cut on his hand.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.