LEWISTON — A car slammed into a utility pole on Lincoln Street late Thursday, snapping the pole and bringing lines down onto the street. Police, fire and rescue crews responded to the area, near the boat launch, at about 9:15 p.m., after the pole was reported down and the car that hit it was said to be […]
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Police discover a body near car overturned in Presumpscot River
The body of a local man was pulled from the Presumpscot River Thursday morning after the car he was driving left the roadway and went into the river and overturned, police said. No further details about the person were immediately available. Police are expected to release more information Thursday or Friday after his family has […]
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Wood chipper, car crash in Lewiston
A chipper lies on its side after a car swerved to avoid it, slid off College Street in Lewiston and slammed into a stop sign near Merrill Road on Thursday, police said. The driver hauling the chipper also swerved, causing the machine to flip. Neither driver was hurt, nor were two passengers in the car. The […]
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Auburn police rescue dog from 103-degree car at Walmart
AUBURN — After finding a small dog left alone inside a car Sunday afternoon in the Walmart parking lot, a local woman called the police to save it from the extreme heat. Christal Smith said she went into Walmart when she saw the almost-lifeless pup on the seat of a car, the windows barely open. […]
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Man finds rattlesnake under hood while trying to start car
HANCOCK, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man trying to jump-start his car was greeted by an unusual sound coming from his engine — the rattle of a venomous timber rattlesnake. The man says the snake slithered across the engine block and curled up on the battery as he opened the hood of the […]
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Man killed in single car crash in Brownfield Friday
BROWNFIELD — Police from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal motor vehicle rollover crash that occurred on Route 5/113 and Pequawket Trail Friday night. The crash was reported at about 5:36 p.m. The male driver of the sedan was killed in the crash. There were no other passengers and no one else […]
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LePage says bike helmet saved his life, will need shoulder surgery
Gov. Paul LePage disclosed Friday that he was hit by a car while bicycling in Florida in November and will require surgery. LePage said the accident happened Nov. 22 in Daytona Beach when he was riding his bike with his wife, Ann, who was riding behind him. A young woman who driving a car was […]
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Maine couple stuck with a lemon of a vehicle – and now they know why
When Kristi Smith and her husband, Patrick, bought their Subaru from a Standish man in January 2017, she knew something seemed off. The 2005 Outback had only 117,000 miles on it, and for the Smith family, the price was right – $3,500. “We went to go buy the car and the guy wouldn’t look me […]
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Farmington police have photo of vehicle of interest in burglaries
Farmington police are asking for the public’s help in finding a vehicle of interest in the burglary at the Maine Smoke Shop early Thursday in Farmington and seen here at a gas station Feb. 25 in Bar Harbor. Farmington police posted pictures on its Facebook page of two suspects they believe were in the Farmington store […]
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Snowmobile crash investigated in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Police are investigating a Monday evening hit-and-run crash in which a snowmobile was demolished on Lisbon Street. Investigators said that at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, Denis Belanger, 66, of Lewiston was trying to cross Lisbon Street after riding off a trail when he was struck by a vehicle being driven into the city. […]