CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Three out-of-state skiers have temporarily lost their skiing privileges after officials say they skied off the back of Sugarloaf in out-of-bounds territory and got lost Sunday. The skiers were Thomas Birch, 23, of Harwich, Massachusetts, Logan Allard, 23, of Manchester, New Hampshire, and Ryan Sharby, 24, of Goffstwon, New Hampshire, according to […]
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Wilton man rescued after becoming disoriented picking fiddleheads
JAY — A Wilton man was rescued Tuesday afternoon after he became disoriented while picking fiddleheads near Sevenmile Stream in North Jay. A couple of times Mattheau Soha was waist deep in water as he tried to make his way back to his vehicle. Soha had parked at Ranor Inc.’s parking lot on Route […]
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Jay woman wants to find camel’s rightful home
JAY — Somewhere, a Nativity scene must be missing its camel, and Peggy Sheaff is hoping to remedy that. Sheaff, who recently moved to South Carolina but is spending the summer and fall in Jay, said she hopes she can find the rightful owners of a 4-foot-long, 4-foot-tall camel figure she bought at a yard […]
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Project Lifesaver in Auburn helps keep wanderers from getting lost
AUBURN — In early June, a 12-year-old autistic girl wandered away from her Auburn home. It was the kind of vanishing act that would normally cause panic and a frantic search. But not this time. This time, the missing lass was found within minutes, thanks to a technology dubbed Project Lifesaver, a program aimed at […]
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Family reunited with relative’s Purple Heart
PORTLAND — While cleaning out her aunt Genevieve’s apartment in New Hampshire more than a decade ago, Saundra Skiesgelas found an old military decoration that sparked her curiosity. “I said, ‘What about this, auntie?’” Skiesgelas said. “She said, “It’s nothing. Get rid of it.’” Skiesgelas couldn’t bring herself to toss the medal — which turned […]
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Dog survives more than a week in Maine sub-zero temps
NORTH ANSON (AP) — A Maryland family’s dog that went missing on a holiday trip to Maine has been found after surviving more than a week of sub-zero temperatures and severe winter storms. Dempsey, a 1-year-old boxer that belongs to Jamie Cyrway’s family in Severn, Md., was found Monday morning in an abandoned warehouse in […]
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Auburn library media lab offers inspiration and tools
AUBURN — One way or another, Zach Hurd’s thoughts would likely come out. The Edward Little High School junior said he wrote and recorded his first song when he was about 10. “I go back and now, I’d just like to rip those early songs apart and start all over — do them again,” Hurd […]
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Lewiston police acknowledge evidence error, pledge to correct
LEWISTON — On Friday, Lewiston police acknowledged that three witness statements it collected in the Cleveland Cruthirds attempted murder case had been lost, and then pledged to address procedural errors. Lewiston police Lt. Michael McGonagle said “it is inappropriate for the police and prosecution to comment on the specifics of any case while still in […]
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Religious family survives being lost at sea
PHOENIX (AP) — A northern Arizona family has survived being lost at sea for weeks after an ill-fated attempt to leave the U.S. over what they consider government interference in religion. Hannah Gastonguay and her family will fly back home Sunday after taking their two small children and her father-in-law and setting sail from San […]
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Search for missing AT hiker scaled back
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The search for Geraldine Largay, 66, of Brentwood, Tenn., has been scaled back significantly, according to the Maine Warden Service. Warden investigators will continue to chase down leads and gather information, including more cellphone data. Some of that data takes time to get, said Doug Rafferty, a Warden Service spokesman. Largay sent […]