KINGFIELD — Two Madison men are accused of breaking into Kingfield Wood Products late Saturday and rummaging through items. Jonathan Maginnis, 24, and Dylan Ricker, 24, were each arrested Sunday on a felony charge of burglary, State Police Trooper Andrew Hardy said Monday night. A conviction on the charge is punishable by a maximum 10 […]
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Two women die in ‘tragic and complex’ crash in Litchfield
LITCHFIELD — Two West Gardiner women died Tuesday morning when the car they were in and a tractor-trailer collided at Hallowell and Lewiston roads, according to Maj. Ryan Reardon of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office. Driver Grace Marston, 92, died Tuesday evening at a Lewiston hospital; her front-seat passenger, Anita A. Wade, 82, was pronounced dead […]
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Police deem death of Greene man’s girlfriend an accident
THE FORKS — Maine State Police say the death of Kimberly Hill, 33, of Wiscasset was an accident. Stephen McCausland, the spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said state police investigated Hill’s death and consulted with the Maine Attorney General’s Office and the Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta. “We’ve been able to piece […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Woodstock board discusses renovations, sharing space at MDOT garage
WOODSTOCK — Maine State Police has requested space for an office in the former state highway garage on Route 232, and selectmen said this week it would be welcome. The discussion Tuesday night came amid plans to renovate the 40- by 80-foot building at 366 Route 232. It will be used as a base for […]
Posted inFranklin
State police, law enforcement dive teams train on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — Maine State Police and other law enforcement dive teams will be conducting training exercises on Rangeley Lake for the next two weeks. They were out on the lake Tuesday morning, Police Chief Russell French said. They will be training about 300 feet offshore. Four people died in December 2012 when their snowmobiles went […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Salem Township woman injured in Freeman Township crash
FREEMAN TOWNSHIP — A Salem Township woman was injured Friday when her car went off Baker Hill Road, hit a guy wire and struck a tree, Maine State Police Trooper Jillian Monahan said. Firefighters cut down trees to extricate Katelyn O’Toole, 24, from her 2010 Nissan Altima, Monahan said. The trooper said O’Toole suffered a […]
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Probe continues in Turner hit-and-run
LEWISTON — Authorities are continuing an investigation into a fatal hit-and-run in Turner Saturday night that left a 21-year-old South Paris woman dead. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office is keeping that county’s District Attorney’s Office updated on its probe into the incident, District Attorney Andrew Robinson said Tuesday. According to Maine law, Robinson said, the operator […]
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Police to set up sobriety checkpoint in Minot
MINOT — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department and Maine State Police will conduct a joint sobriety checkpoint Thursday evening, Aug. 6. According to a news release from Sgt. Tim Kachnovich, “our hope is to remove impaired drivers from the roadways and deter motorists from operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.” The checkpoint is […]
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Plane lands on highway in Houlton
A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing Saturday on I-95 in Houlton, police reported. Craig Maynard, 56, the owner of the 1961 Cessna 172 had radioed a “Mayday” call from his aircraft at about 12:30 p.m. saying he had lost power and was forced to land in the northbound side of the interstate highway. The […]
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Bethel man just released from prison on meth lab conviction found dead
BETHEL — A Bethel man released from prison this week after serving six months on a meth lab conviction was found dead late Friday morning inside his house, police said. Joel Mills, 39, was released from Cumberland County Jail in Portland on Wednesday, Oxford County Sgt. Timothy Holland said Friday afternoon. “He was found dead […]