LEWISTON — Divers concluded their search of the Androscoggin River on Friday for a 5-year-old boy who plunged into the chilly waters Tuesday evening. “Diver search options for the river have been exhausted,” Auburn Deputy Chief Jason Moen wrote in an email Friday afternoon. He said the Maine Warden Service would continue with boat and aircraft patrols as […]
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Massachusetts woman injured in snowmobile crash in Franklin County
TIM POND TOWNSHIP — A Massachusetts woman was injured Monday after she was thrown from the snowmobile she was driving onto a gravel road in northern Franklin County. Katelyn Viveiros, 29, of Fall River was driving a 2003 Ski-Doo snowmobile around a plowed corner on a logging road just before noon. As Viveiros looked back […]
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Wilton man charged in Wilson Pond ice shack damage
WILTON — A local man has been charged in connection with damaging an ice shack on Wilson Pond last week, Maine Warden Kris MacCabe said Thursday. The man was issued a summons on a charge of driving to endanger, MacCabe said, but he declined to identify him because of the continuing investigation. The man is […]
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After nine near-drownings, thin-ice alert goes out across Maine
Game wardens are warning anyone headed out onto Maine lakes and ponds to use extreme caution, after at least nine people broke through thin ice on snowmobiles this week. All nine survived, but some of the incidents could easily have been fatal, officials said. Rain and warm temperatures late last week deteriorated ice conditions across […]
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Warden service plane breaks through ice on Eagle Lake and sinks
A Maine Warden Service airplane was forced to make an emergency landing on Eagle Lake in northern Maine Wednesday morning, but the landing did not go as planned. Warden Pilot Jeff Spencer, who is based out of Eagle Lake, was returning from a bear telemetry flight when strong winds forced him to alter his normal […]
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Game wardens investigating moose killed, dumped in Franklin County
The Maine Warden Service is looking for those responsible for hitting a moose on Kennebago Road in Coplin Plantation and dumping it off a bridge two miles away in Lang Township, according to a news release. The vehicle, which dragged the moose two miles through the unorganized territories in northern Franklin County, is believed to […]
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Diners scatter as pontoon boat lands on Belgrade restaurant's lawn
BELGRADE (AP) — Police say a pontoon boat landed halfway on the lawn of a Maine restaurant, sending diners scattering and injuring several people. The Kennebec Journal reports the accident happened just after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Village Inn and Tavern in Belgrade, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Augusta. Maine Warden Service spokesman […]
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Wardens, rescuers assist injured hiker on Appalachian Trail
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION – State game wardens and rescue personnel drove ATVs about five miles up to a section of the Appalachian Trail Wednesday to assist an injured hiker, according to Cpl. John MacDonald spokesman for Maine Warden Service. Robert Sweet, 60, of South Freeport was hiking with friends on the back side of Saddleback […]
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Connecticut woman injured in ATV crash
PHILLIPS — A Connecticut woman received a leg injury Wednesday when she was ejected from the ATV she was riding after the it struck a stump beside a trail and rolled into its side, Lt. Tim Place of the Maine Warden Service wrote in an email Thursday. Alison Menard, 53, of Wallingford, was operating her […]
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New Hampshire motorcyclist injured in Oxford County crash
ADAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP — A New Hampshire motorcyclist was injured Sunday afternoon when he lost control of a motorcycle on Route 16, Rangeley Fire Rescue Chief Tim Pellerin said Monday. Game Warden Harry Wiegman who was at the scene of the accident reported at 6:14 p.m., that the motorcycle had been heading south toward Rangeley when […]