LIVERMORE FALLS — A family escaped unharmed Thursday morning from a fire that started in the ceiling of a second-floor bedroom at a house at 25 Searles St., fire Chief Tim “T.D.” Hardy said. About 30 firefighters from Livermore Falls, Jay, Livermore and Wilton responded to the 5:15 a.m. fire call. A NorthStar EMS ambulance […]
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Bar Harbor grill severely damaged by blaze has been demolished
BAR HARBOR — A restaurant building badly damaged last week by a fire of unknown origin was demolished Monday. Investigators with the state fire marshal’s office have said they were unable to determine what caused the fire, which broke out at the Portside Grill on Cottage Street at around 6 p.m. Sept. 2. The owner […]
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‘It’s gone’: Fire captain says Dexter home destroyed after morning blaze
DEXTER — Few details were available early Sunday about how a fire on Charleston Road started, but Dexter Fire Capt. Mike McCormick said that “it’s gone,” when describing the fire ravaged home. No one was injured in the fire at 515 Charleston Road, the fire captain said. A neighbor called 911 at 2:02 a.m. to […]
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Fire that destroyed Millinocket apartment building began in tenant’s kitchen
MILLINOCKET — A woman frying hush puppies accidentally started a Labor Day fire that destroyed an eight-unit apartment building, leaving 14 people homeless, officials said Tuesday. Assistant Fire Chief Thomas Malcolm came away from the wreckage of the 2½-story building on Tuesday and said that the fire started in the kitchen of a resident who […]
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Labor Day fire destroys mobile home, crash ties up Route 1 traffic
SEARSPORT — A mobile home was destroyed Monday afternoon by a fire. Searsport Fire Chief Andrew Webster said there were no injuries from the fire that occurred on the Sanborn Valley Road. He said the a couple, whose names were not immediately available, were renting the mobile home and had moved in the previous night. […]
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Norway school-supply drive helps 25 students
NORWAY — A total of 25 students were outfitted with backpacks filled with school supplies as they returned to school this week after a generous outpouring of donations to a Norway Town Office drive from local residents. The campaign was started less than two weeks ago by Norway General Assistance Administrator Shannon Moxcey after receiving […]
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Duplex burns in Paris
PARIS — Ten people were left homeless Friday night when fire of undetermined origin gutted a two-story duplex at 45-47 Nichol St., Paris fire Chief Brad Frost said. There were no injuries, he said. Firefighters from 10 departments responded to the 5:30 p.m. call of a kitchen fire in one of the two rented apartments, […]
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OOB man charged with killing grandmother sent for evaluation
ALFRED (AP) — An Old Orchard Beach man charged with beating and stabbing his grandmother to death in the home they shared, then setting it on fire, has been sent by a judge to a state psychiatric hospital for a 60-day evaluation. The York County Superior Court judge issued the order to send 25-year-old Derek […]
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Woodstock Fire Department receives $10,000 grant
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Fire Department received a $10,000 grant to purchase two devices that will allow firefighters to tap into remote water supplies. Fire Chief Kyle Hopps told the board Tuesday evening that the money from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation will allow him to buy two TurboDraft Fire Eductors. “Compared to what […]
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Lewiston fires: Ibrahim found competent to stand trial for arson
LEWISTON — Abdi Ibrahim, the teen facing four charges of arson in a spree of downtown fires last year, has been found competent to stand trial. In January, the case against the now 14-year-old was suspended after District Court Justice John Beliveau found the state had not met its burden proving the Lewiston boy was […]