DENMARK — Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St., will open their third exhibit of this season, “Fire & Air,” from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1. “Fire & Air” is the final exhibit of the art center’s “Elements” trilogy, which previously included “Earth” and “Water.” “Fire & Air’s” six presenting artists are Sheldon […]
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Pickup truck burns in Sandy River Plantation
A pickup truck loaded with shingles burns beside Route 4 in Sandy River Plantation on Wednesday morning. Franklin County Deputy Brad Scovil said Stacey Tate was hauling a load of shingles to the Rangeley area for Prime Source Building Products in Kenduskeag when he saw smoke coming from vents, pulled over, got out and saw […]
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Car catches fire at Auburn gas station
A car burns Friday morning at the Irving gas station on Washington Street in Auburn. The local woman who owns the car reported she was able to get out of the vehicle after it went up in flames at about 11 a.m. After police and fire crews came to douse the flames, Heather Elliott Hill […]
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Jay fire cause undetermined
Fire Rescue Chief Michael Booker said Monday that the cause of a fire destroyed Carl Badeau’s garage and tools on Warren Hill Road in Jay on Friday is undetermined because of the extent of damage. State fire investigators were at the scene Monday. (Michael Booker photo)
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Jay fire damage estimated at $175K
JAY — Fire destroyed a local businessman’s garage and tools, some about 100 years old, late Friday afternoon on Warren Hill Road, Fire/Rescue Chief Mike Booker said. About 35 firefighters from Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Farmington and Wilton responded to Carl Badeau’s property to find the garage estimated to be 40 by 60 feet engulfed in flames, […]
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Lewiston firefighters get training
Lewiston firefighters Jonathan Keating, left, and Ryan Guay practice wildland-urban interface firefighting techniques on Butler Drive in Lewiston on Friday. Members of the International Association of Fire Fighters from Texas, Colorado and Washington state have been in town all week teaching firefighters advanced tactics for battling fires where houses abut wildlands. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Fire destroys Durham garage
DURHAM — A garage at 178 Swamp Road was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. The detached building, used as a workshop, was fully ablaze when firefighters arrived at about 7:30 p.m., Fire Department spokesman Joe Lemont said Wednesday morning as firefighters readied to clear the scene. No injuries were reported. Crews stayed on scene past […]
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Garage, cars destroyed in Harrison fire
Travis Cummings looks out at what was once a three-bay garage where he works on friends’ vehicles. He was restoring an ’88 Oldsmobile where his father, Nelson Cummings, who owns the property, once operated a car repair business. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) HARRISON — A late-night fire destroyed a garage and four cars at 178 Plains Road […]
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Lewiston firefighters extinguish burning trash bin
Lewiston firefighters put out a fire Friday afternoon in an apartment building trash bin on Blake Street. This story will be updated. (Abby Austin/Sun Journal)
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Fryeburg Fair organizers confident they can rebuild by opening
FRYEBURG — In the 60 years that Rachel Andrews Damon has been attending the Fryeburg Fair, she has never seen anything as bad as the fire that destroyed sheep and cattle barns Tuesday night and left six more buildings with melted fronts. “The fair is in its 168th year, and I can’t think of anything along […]