GREENE — A Winthrop funeral home employee transporting a body to the funeral home was killed Monday evening when the van he was driving was struck from behind by an SUV on Route 202. Richard Charest, 59, of Winthrop, an employee of Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home in Winthrop, died at the scene at about […]
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One killed in Greene crash
GREENE — One driver was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 202 near Daggett Hill Road at 6:03 this evening, police say. Greene Fire Chief John Soucy said no one else involved in the accident was injured. Route 202 was blocked off from Fogg’s Corner to Sullivan Road while the accident was reconstructed and […]
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Staying informed on hunting safety
Hunting may be a way of life in Maine, but many people are not always aware when seasons begin. Karen Wrentzel, 34, was shot and killed by a hunter on her property in Hebron on Oct. 28, the opening day of deer season. Her grandmother, Beverly Spofford, said Wrentzel and several family members did not […]
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Driver killed in Durham crash; two others injured
Rescue personnel investigate a fatal head-on collision that closed Royalsborough Road/Route 136 in Durham on Monday. A woman driving a 2009 Nissan was killed and her male passenger seriously injured, Lt. Glenn Holt of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department said. The driver of the pickup truck involved was identified as 70-year-old Henry Hudson Jr. of […]
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ATV rollover kills Jay man and injures his grandson
JAY — A local man died and his grandson was injured when the ATV they were riding on rolled over and trapped them Saturday on Lucarelli Road, off Old Jay Hill Road, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said. Thomas Fournier, 68, of Jay was deceased, he said. His grandson, Thomas Messer, 6, received injuries that […]
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Woman killed in ATV crash near Eustis
COPLIN PLANTATION (AP) — Maine game wardens say a woman was killed when she crashed her all-terrain vehicle in Coplin Plantation, near the town of Eustis. Police say the victim, a 25-year-old from Eustis, died Tuesday night after the ATV rolled on top of her. Her body was found by friends when she didn’t return. […]
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Eustis woman dies in ATV rollover
COPLIN PLANTATION — A 25-year-old Eustis woman is dead after the ATV she was driving Tuesday night appears to have rolled onto her, according to a statement from the Maine Warden Service. Krystle J. Lincoln had been driving alone and was found by friends when she did not return, according to the release. She was […]
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Police investigating shooting death of man inside Saco home
SACO (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a 53-year-old man was fatally wounded at a home in Saco. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2xT9HJm) reported Michael Burns, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was shot on an enclosed front porch shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday. State police say the man who fired the gun was a tenant and […]
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Hallowell man dies when his motorcycle hits a truck in Augusta
A crash between a motorcycle and a large truck has shut down the exit 109 on-ramp for Interstate 95 on Wednesday morning. AUGUSTA — A Hallowell man died Wednesday morning when he lost control of a motorcycle while exiting Interstate 95, and his bike struck a tractor-trailer, Maine State Police said. Edward Lingley, 33, was […]
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Man who was helping friends killed while walking on Route 26
Rescue personnel investigate the scene where a pedestrian was killed near 194 Maine St. in Poland on Wednesday morning. A Maine State Police trooper takes photographs of the Toyota SUV that was involved in a fatal pedestrian accident near 194 Maine St. in Poland on Wednesday morning. Police said a preliminary investigation indicates the driver of […]