NAPLES

Three teens charged with threats against high school

Three teenagers were charged with terrorizing after authorities learned of threats against Lake Region High School on Facebook.

A 16-year-old boy from Casco was charged with misdemeanor terrorizing. A second 16-year-old boy from Casco was charged with terrorizing and violation of probation. MacKenzie M. Dvorak, 18, a Bridgton resident and former student at the high school, was charged with terrorizing.

The Cumberland Couny Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Principal Guy Stickney Thursday after he learned from a teacher that threats of violence were being suggested against the school on Facebook.

The threats involved firearms and the shooting of “many” people in general terms, according to the sheriff’s office.

PHIPPSBURG

Search launched after boat found with no one aboard

The search for a 43-year-old Phippsburg man who may have fallen off his boat near Georgetown Island in the Kennebec River was expected to resume today.

A Maine Marine Patrol air crew saw the man’s 16- to 18-foot aluminum skiff near Perkins Ledge with no one aboard around 1:15 p.m. Thursday.

The man was last seen by relatives around noon.

The Coast Guard and other emergency crews searched between Phippsburg and Popham Beach State Park, at the mouth of the Kennebec.

PRESQUE ISLE

GOP group raising money to buy disputed labor mural

Republicans in northern Maine are raising money so the state can buy a disputed labor mural from the federal government.

The Aroostook County Republican Committee has created a website, www.buythemural.com, to raise $60,000 so the state can take ownership of the artwork and let Gov. Paul LePage focus on other issues without “mural-type distractions.”

LePage created an uproar when he had the 36-foot-long mural depicting moments in Maine’s labor history removed from the Department of Labor’s headquarters. He said it favors organized labor at the expense of business.

The U.S. Department of Labor says LePage violated terms of the federal grant that paid most of the mural’s cost when he had it removed, so the state should return the federal money.

PORTLAND

City rejects proposals, will run golf course restaurant

The city will operate the restaurant at the Riverside Municipal Golf Course this season, after rejecting two proposals by private operators.

The city asked for proposals for Bogey’s in February and received two responses, but both failed to fully satisfy the city’s requirements, said Nicole Clegg, a spokeswoman for Portland.

Clegg noted that the city is expected to look at the operation of the golf course and consider options to have a contractor take over management. She said city operation of the restaurant makes sense as a “stop-gap” measure while that review is done.

The restaurant will be run by the food service operation at the Barron Center, which also runs the Clock Tower Cafe in City Hall. The city will apply for a liquor license to operate the bar in the restaurant.

Clegg said the city plans to make minor renovations to the restaurant, but expects it will be open by the time the course begins to draw golfers regularly.

WESTBROOK

Local man charged with attempting to kidnap girl, 5

A Westbrook man who is accused of trying to lure a young girl from a bus stop has been indicted on a charge of attempted kidnapping.

A Cumberland County grand jury also indicted Steven J. Morrill, 53, Thursday on charges of criminal restraint and assault.

Westbrook police say Morrill approached the 5-year-old girl in February as she waited for a school bus in the Brown Street area. Police say he started to walk away with her before a witness intervened.

Morrill’s record includes convictions for sexual abuse of a minor in 1993, furnishing liquor to a minor in 1986 and arson in 2004.