100 years ago, 1913 Tuesday noon the firm of Lunn & Sweet, shoe manufacturers, Auburn, issued the following statement in regard to the lasters who left their work Saturday morning: “Our lasters left our employ Saturday morning without notice or without making any formal demands or stating their grievances to our firm. Mr. Lunn, who […]
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Fire razes Turner barn
TURNER — A community rallied to help a local farmer after a dramatic fire Sunday afternoon razed a dairy barn on North Parish Road. The farmer estimated damage at $500,000. Just after 2 p.m., fire broke out in a barn at the Caldwell Family Farm, prompting a fire and rescue response from Turner, Buckfield, Livermore […]
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Police seeking person of interest in connection with Hancock Street garage destroyed by fire
BANGOR — A fire that gutted a garage on Hancock Street and melted siding and broke windows on three nearby apartment buildings Friday afternoon is under investigation by the Bangor Fire Department, the Bangor Police Department and the state fire marshal’s office. Bangor Assistant Fire Chief Rick Cheverie said that the fire near the corner […]
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Fire destroys Lamoine home
LAMOINE — A fire Wednesday afternoon destroyed a home on Walker Road but did not result in any injuries, according to a local fire official. The homeowner, John Karst, was working in the woods behind the house when the fire was reported by a neighbor a few minutes before 1 p.m., Lamoine Assistant Fire Chief […]
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Barn burns at New Gloucester fairgrounds
NEW GLOUCESTER — Crews from several towns made quick work of a barn fire Thursday night at the former fairground on Bald Hill Road. The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause. No damage estimate was available late Thursday. New Gloucester fire crews went out at about 7 p.m. for a report of a […]
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Baldwin Street home damaged by fire in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — More than 30 firefighters from five departments fought a fire at a house at 15 Baldwin St. about noon Tuesday. No one was injured and two dogs were safely removed from the house, fire Chief Tim “T.D.” Hardy said. Chris Stanford, an investigator for the Office of the State Fire Marshal, said […]
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Two dead after Aroostook County shooting spree, fires
OAKFIELD — Police have arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the deaths of two people amid a shooting and an outbreak of fires early Monday morning in Oakfield and neighboring Island Falls. Matthew Davis of Houlton was found by troopers at about 10:45 a.m. in a stolen vehicle on Beaver Dam Point Road in […]
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Old Port blaze ruled accidental
PORTLAND (AP) — A fire in a commercial building in Portland’s Old Port last week has been ruled accidental. Investigators said the fire early last Thursday started in a utility area in the basement of the multi-story building on Fore Street. Several businesses were damaged and residents of upper floor apartments were evacuated but there […]
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Blaze engulfs building in Portland’s Old Port
Old Port Fire in Portland: RT @W_C_Graff: Crews still pumping water inside to douse hot spots. pic.twitter.com/Pg4i4ICGkC — The Forecaster (@The_Forecaster) September 19, 2013 PORTLAND — An early morning fire damaged the lower floors of nearly a block of Portland’s Old Port Thursday, leaving seven residents homeless and at least temporarily closing five storefronts in […]