NEW VINEYARD — A New Portland man was charged late Saturday evening after his pickup truck hit a utility pole on Route 27 near Maine Wood Turning Inc. Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandy Burke issued Walker Fleming, 33, a summons charging operating under the influence, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Burke responded to the […]
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New Gloucester man dies in ATV crash
NEW GLOUCESTER (AP) — State police said a New Gloucester man has died after the all-terrain vehicle he was operating struck a tree. Police say 32-year-old Brock Thompson pulled out of a dirt driveway and onto the road at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday when he lost control and hit the tree. A neighbor heard the […]
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In the wake of bankruptcy, keeping Maine’s rail network intact ‘strategically critical’
Speculation is growing over what the long-term economic impacts will be to the bankruptcy of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway. Experts interviewed by the Bangor Daily News, however, say businesses served by the railroad shouldn’t experience any immediate impacts as a result of the company’s bankruptcy. The railway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, […]
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F-16 crash in Atlantic forces tricky rescue
The night-vision image in the rescue helicopter showed a downed pilot in a life raft bobbing 35 miles from the Atlantic shoreline, but when Brian Fogle got ready to plunge down to him, the midnight sky and sea melded into inky blackness. And then he stepped out that door and slid down a line into […]
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Rome bus crash kills at least 37
ROME (AP) — A tour bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy traffic, killing at least 37 people, said police and rescuers. Flashing signs near Avellino, outside Naples, […]
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Maine woman dies after I-495 crash in Mass.
AMESBURY, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say a Maine woman is dead after she struck several vehicles on Interstate 495 not far from the New Hampshire state line. Authorities say 73-year-old Patricia Foley, of Limerick, Maine, hit five vehicles in Friday afternoon’s crash in Amesbury. She was pronounced dead at a Boston hospital. Investigators […]
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3 dead when bus carrying teens crashes in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A bus carrying teenagers returning home from a church camp in Michigan crashed Saturday afternoon about a mile from its destination, killing three people and sending 26 others to hospitals, officials said. The bus came speeding off of Interstate 465 in northern Indianapolis, about a mile from the Colonial Hills Baptist Church […]
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Rumford man injured in Route 2 collision with rear of tractor-trailer truck
MEXICO — A Rumford man was injured Thursday morning after the Lincare Inc. van he was driving collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer truck stopped in traffic on Route 2, Mexico police said. Travis Palmer, no age given, suffered possible neck and back injuries and was transported by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital, Lt. […]
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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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Lewiston crash sends one to the hospital
LEWISTON — At least one person was injured following a collision in Lewiston on Monday night. At about 9:55 p.m., Lewiston police, fire and rescue were alerted to a two-vehicle crash with injuries at the intersection of Sabattus and Russell streets. Kyle Bellefleur of Lewiston said he was traveling east on Sabattus Street in his […]