EAST MACHIAS — A Lubec woman jumped off a dam into Gardner Lake, but the current pulled her down over a spillway Sunday afternoon. She suffered a broken leg in the fall, and two teenage boys came to her aid and pulled her out of the fast-moving stream below. The East Machias Fire Department was […]
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More than 2,900 Mainers still without power
MACHIAS — Emera Maine was busy Monday trying to restore power to a few thousand customers Down East, but the progress was slow because damage from tropical storm Arthur over the holiday weekend was more extensive than first thought. As the day drew to a close, Monday’s efforts restored power to about 650 customers, leaving […]
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UMF president on death hoax: ‘I simply want to provide the assurance of my presence’
FARMINGTON — A hoax email sent Monday evening to University of Maine Farmington students and staff claimed the university’s president, Kathryn Foster, had died at her home Monday afternoon. In fact, Foster was alive and well in Machias, conducting university business at the University of Maine System’s Board of Trustees two-day meeting. The email, sent […]
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Musician returns to Machias to open studio for Maine Academy of Modern Music
MACHIAS — Musician Kelly Bryand has been given the opportunity to fulfill his passions— being able to teach and share music and live in Washington County, a region he loves for its natural beauty. Bryand, 32, returned to his hometown of Machias last fall to open a studio for the Maine Academy of Modern Music. […]
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Calais man convicted of six child sex assault crimes, acquitted of two others
MACHIAS — A Calais man accused of sexually abusing three young girls was found guilty Friday of six of the eight charges filed against him. The Washington County Superior Court jury of six men and six women found Clifford Thornton II, 52, not guilty of the most serious charge of gross sexual assault and guilty […]
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UM Machias students discover invasive crab in Beals which poses threat to Maine’s shoreline ecosystem
MACHIAS — A group of students from the University of Maine-Machias made a bittersweet discovery this week. They found an Asian shore crab on Great Wass Island in Beals, the northernmost point where the crab has been sighted. The excitement of their discovery was tinged with disappointment, however, because the Asian shore crab is an […]
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Boy, 4, struck and killed by utility ATV in East Machias
EAST MACHIAS — A four-year-old boy was struck and killed by a side-by-side utility ATV Saturday morning in an accident off Cutler Road in East Machias, according to a press release from the Maine Warden Service. Warden Service spokesman Cpl. John MacDonald reported that Troy Denison, 37, of Cutler Road was operating his two-seater 2007 […]
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Cutler man charged in attack on Machias Savings Bank CEO
MACHIAS — A Cutler man was in custody Friday after being charged in connection with a bizarre attack on Edward L. Hennessey Jr., CEO of Machias Savings Bank. Delwyn Huntley, 42, was charged with assault, felony eluding, and driving to endanger, Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith. Huntley was in custody in the Washington County Jail […]
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Two lost female hikers — one pregnant — found, but die short time later after driving car into ocean
ROQUE BLUFFS (AP) — A Maine woman and her pregnant friend visiting from Pennsylvania got lost hiking and were rescued but died later that evening, authorities said, when they accidentally drove their car into the ocean in the nighttime fog. Amy Stiner, 37, of Machias, and Melissa Moyer, 38, of Sunbury, Pa., presumably drowned when […]
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Third woman files lawsuit against Machias, former police officer claiming assault
MACHIAS — A third woman has filed a lawsuit against the town, Police Chief Grady Dwelley and former local police officer Richard Strout. It is not another University of Maine at Machias student who is pursuing the latest lawsuit against Strout, which was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Bangor. It is a Trescott […]