AUBURN — Janie Levesque broke down as she talked about her younger sister, Nicole “Nicky” Lagasse, who died as a result of an apartment fire early Sunday morning in Auburn. “She was a daughter, a mother, a grandmother, a sister,” Levesque said through tears. “She had one of the biggest hearts. If anybody needed anything, […]
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Family dogs credited with saving couple
MILTON TOWNSHIP — Lloyd and Sue Billings woke up to their dogs making quite a ruckus around 4 a.m. July 26, just before Sue heard what sounded like a light bulb blowing. “If it weren’t for our dogs, I really don’t think we would have made it out,” she said. The family farm that was […]
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Man awaiting trial for murder charged in assault
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A 33-year-old Massachusetts man awaiting trial on charges of murdering a Maine man has been charged with assaulting a corrections officer. David Brian Silva has been charged with assault on an officer, aggravated criminal mischief and terrorizing. An affidavit cited by the Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/O5MO7z ) says Silva hit a guard […]
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Man who rents Orrington home that was set ablaze arrested for drug trafficking
ORRINGTON — The man who rented the home set ablaze early Sunday and later damaged by gunshots was arrested for trafficking in heroin, Darrell Crandall, MDEA division commander for northern Maine, said Tuesday. David Ireland, 46, was charged with Class B drug trafficking early Sunday evening after firefighters and police, and later MDEA agents, responded […]
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Fire hits Lebanon home; firefighter hospitalized
LEBANON, Maine (AP) — One firefighter has been hospitalized and a dozen others have been treated for mainly heat exhaustion at the scene of a Lebanon house fire. Lebanon Rescue Department Assistant Chief Jason Cole says the three-alarm blaze destroyed the home Friday night. Foster’s Daily Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/PX6zBg ) that the blaze was reported […]
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Mysterious fire in Lewiston quickly put out
LEWISTON — Authorities in Lewiston are investigating a late Monday afternoon blaze on Oxford Street. The fire was reported at 5:08 p.m. at 32 1/2 Oxford St. by an employee of Lewiston House of Pizza. Lewiston fire investigator Paul Ouellette said the cause of the fire was a burning log outside the back of the […]
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Crews battle dumpster fire at Blake Street Towers
LEWISTON — Lewiston firefighters were busy battling blazes Monday evening — clearing one scene on Oxford Street only to head to another at Blake Street Towers. The second fire was reported at 70 Blake St. at 6:44 p.m., just as firefighters were clearing an earlier scene. Lewiston fire Capt. Wallace Veilleux said the blaze was […]
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Accidental shooting of flare gun starts fire
RANGELEY — Firefighters were able to contain a fire Sunday morning at a residence on Judkins Road in Oquossoc to the living room area with some help from their own. The fire started after a young teenager at the house accidentally set off a flare gun inside the log cabin owned by Pat Fairbanks, Rangeley’s […]