WEST BROOKFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A 69-year-old man who had recently moved from Maine has been struck and killed by a car while walking across a West Brookfield street. Police say Robert Herrie Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck while crossing Route 9 at about 6:45 p.m. Monday. Herrie was struck […]
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Iraq suicide car bomb hits Iraq Kurdish patrol, kills 8
BAGHDAD (AP) — A police official says a suicide car bomber has rammed his vehicle into a Kurdish security patrol in northern Iraq, killing eight. Col. Hussein Ali Rasheed, who is police chief of Tuz Khormato, says the bomber struck Sunday morning as the patrol was passing through the ethnically-mixed town. He says five more […]
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Police: One dead in Harrison car crash
HARRISON (AP) — Police say one person is dead after an early morning car crash in Harrison. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department tells WMTW-TV (http://bit.ly/144Xhec ) that deputies were called to the intersection of Waterford and Rolfe roads just before 3 a.m. Thursday. They say the driver of a car traveling on Waterford Road apparently […]
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Maine man accused of leaving 4 children in hot car in N.H.
FRANKLIN, N.H. (AP) — A Maine man who left four children ranging in age from 9 months to 9 years inside a car in 97-degree heat while he shopped at a discount store was ordered Thursday to have no contact with the children. Police said 28-year-old Jeremiah Hollenbeck of Lebanon, Maine, was inside the Family […]
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Sabattus woman dies of injuries from crash
LEWISTON — The passenger in a vehicle involved in a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on Route 196 has died of her injuries. According to David St. Pierre of the Lewiston Police Department, 80-year-old Charlene McKeen of Sabattus succumbed to her injuries Sunday morning. St. Pierre said McKeen was the passenger in a 2004 Chrysler Concorde […]
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2 women killed in crash near Jackman
JACKMAN (AP) — Police say two women were killed in a crash in Maine near the Canadian border. Lt. Carl Gottardi of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department says the crash happened Wednesday evening near Jackman on a connector road between Route 15 and U.S. 201. Gottardi told the Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/12oKZKx ) that two women […]
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Railway, fire officials say ‘hissing’ from derailed tank car in Bangor is safe, ‘normal venting’
BANGOR — Railway and Bangor Fire Department officials said Saturday that the “hissing” coming from one of the tank cars that derailed a few days ago in Veazie is part of its “normal venting” and is not cause for concern. Bangor fire and rescue crews were dispatched to the tracks behind Penobscot Plaza on Washington […]
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Dog days of Summer
With the summer heat, the caller was concerned for the dog’s safety. Cpl. Kevin Cramp responded. He ran the license plate to identify the owner, and went into a store near where the car was parked. The problem was solved quickly, he said, when within a few minutes, the dog’s owner came out of the […]
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Washout closes Route 108 in Livermore
LIVERMORE — A section of Route 108 was closed to traffic Wednesday night after water from the nearby river washed across the roadway. At about 10 p.m., Androscoggin County Sheriff’s officials said an area between South and River roads would likely remain closed overnight. It was not immediately clear if the road itself was damaged. […]
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It’s a gas
Jerry Blais can’t wait for the traffic light up ahead to turn red. “I like red lights,” Blais said as he rolled down Sabattus Street in his gasser street rod. “I get to bring it up through the gears again.” Four of them. First gear, second and so on. “It’s really fun to feel the […]