SEARSPORT — A mobile home was destroyed Monday afternoon by a fire. Searsport Fire Chief Andrew Webster said there were no injuries from the fire that occurred on the Sanborn Valley Road. He said the a couple, whose names were not immediately available, were renting the mobile home and had moved in the previous night. […]
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Two ejected from vehicle in Aroostook collision
MONTICELLO — Three people were injured in a collision Sunday evening on Route 1, according to a news release from the Maine State Police. Police say Josiah Nash, 27, of Blaine, was traveling south on Route 1 in a 1965 Volkswagon dune buggy about 6:30 p.m. when he was struck by Barbara Watson, 71, of […]
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Lawyer for Kristina Lowe files for new trial, hearing
PARIS — A lawyer for Kristina Lowe has filed a motion for a testimonial hearing in an initial appeal of guilty verdicts on two counts of manslaughter in a high-speed crash that killed two teenagers in 2012. Lowe, 21, of Oxford also was found guilty May 22 of leaving the scene of an accident. A […]
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Harrison collision remains under investigation
HARRISON – A two-car crash Wednesday on Route 117 that sent three people to the hospital is still under investigation, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. According to police, George Austin, 18, of Harrison and a passenger, Libby Kristen, 17, whose address was unknown, were traveling north on Route 117 in a 2003 Pontiac […]
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Lovell budget pegged at $1.1M
LOVELL — Voters will be asked to approve a $1.1 million municipal budget and elect officials at the annual town meeting Saturday. Action on the 90-article warrant begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Town Hall, 1069 Main St. Voters will be asked to raise and appropriate a municipal budget of $1,179,316, which is about […]
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Three people injured in Harrison crash
HARRISON — At least three people were taken to hospitals after a two-car crash on Route 117 near Bolsters Mill Road around 3 p.m. Wednesday. “We just heard a big bang,” said Heather Smith of 760 Norway Road, who ran out of her house to see the cars side by side and a man sitting […]
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Single-vehicle crash in Harrison kills South Portland man
HARRISON — A South Portland man was killed in an early morning crash after his car struck a tree, according to Captain Don Goulet of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher C. Pierce, 32, was found shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday by a passing motorist near the intersection of Waterford Road and Rolfe Road, Goulet […]
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Woman injured in Owls Head car crash after nearly striking Knox County cruiser
OWLS HEAD — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office said speed and alcohol are likely contributing causes to a car crash early Saturday morning in which a woman was injured after her vehicle nearly struck a cruiser on routine patrol. The driver, Haley Watkinson, 27, of Owls Head was the single occupant of the vehicle and […]
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Maine man seeks pardon on license revocation
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A 35-year-old Maine man whose driver’s license was permanently revoked following a 1996 drunken-driving crash that killed three people wants his license back. Bryan Carrier, of Skowhegan, has a hearing before the Governor’s Board on Executive Clemency on July 24 seeking to have his driving privileges reinstated. He wants his license back […]
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New Gloucester man dies in Windham car crash
WINDHAM — Two people hurt in a two-vehicle crash Friday night that killed one of the drivers are said to be in “satisfactory” condition. Police said the crash happened around 5 p.m. in the area of Route 202 and William Knight Road. According to Windham police, a Dodge Caravan driven by Dennis Brackley, 65, of New […]