SANFORD — As Carol Sharrow barreled her maroon Honda sedan back through the gate at Goodall Park, Tim Curley jumped behind a concrete barrier to avoid getting hit. But he was close enough to the car that he recognized Sharrow, who had been a caregiver for his grandmother about 12 years ago. “I was shocked,” […]
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Woman accused of killing man at Sanford ballfield has 2 OUI convictions
SANFORD — The woman accused of killing a West Newfield man with her car after driving onto the field during a Babe Ruth baseball game at Goodall Park Friday night has two convictions for drunken driving, according to police. Carol Sharrow, 51, of Sanford was charged with manslaughter in the death of Douglas Parkhurst, 68, […]
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Science panel backs lower drunken driving threshold to 0.05
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most women would need to draw the line at two drinks, and men at two or three if states follow a blueprint by a prestigious scientific panel for eliminating the “entirely preventable” 10,000 alcohol-impaired driving deaths in the United States each year. The U.S. government-commissioned report by a panel of the National […]
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Auburn man charged after high-speed chase
AUBURN — A local man was arrested and charged in connection with a high-speed chase on Center Street early Sunday morning. Maine State Police Trooper Ricci Cote spotted Jarryd King, 23, of 109 Harvard St., suspecting he was driving drunk and tried to make a traffic stop, according to a Maine State Police Facebook posting. […]
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Auburn conducting OUI checkpoint this week
AUBURN — The Auburn Police Department will conduct an OUI checkpoint this week, according to a statement from Deputy Chief Jason Moen. The effort is made possible by a grant through the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety’s “Drive Sober Maine 2015” program.
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Former Mexico man dies in Bangor
BANGOR — A former Mexico man who was struck by a vehicle on Hammond Street earlier this week has died, Bangor police said Friday. Timothy Gotto, 55, died of his injuries at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Thursday night, according to Bangor police Sgt. Tim Cotton. Gotto had been staying in the Bangor area, Cotton […]
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Rumford police doing extra patrols over holidays
RUMFORD — Rumford police will do extra patrols through the holiday season and are seeking voluntary compliance to help make roads safer. With the festivities of the holiday season underway, it is important for the community to be aware that Maine has tough liquor and liability laws concerning minors transporting, drinking or having alcoholic beverages, […]
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Father: Kristina Lowe said she was driving
PARIS — Kristina Lowe’s father was arrested late Tuesday, charged with contempt of court after he failed to show up to testify at her double manslaughter trial in Oxford County Superior Court. State Police Trooper Adam Fillebrown arrested Earl Lowe, 43, at his home on Mt. Mica Road in South Paris at 9:30 p.m. on […]
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Lowe trial to start Wednesday
PARIS — A short time after midnight on Jan. 7, 2012, 18-year-old Kristina Lowe was driving east on Route 219 in West Paris and lost control of her car. She crashed her 10-year-old Subaru into a stand of trees, killing her backseat passengers, Rebecca Mason and Logan Dam. Mason was 16; Dam was 19. Lowe […]