RUMFORD — A Rumford woman was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital on Saturday after her snowmobile struck a tree in Roxbury, Warden Josh Smith said Monday morning. Smith said Kathryn Gagnon, 53, of Rumford was driving her snowmobile in the area of Bunker Pond Trail when she missed a left turn and hit […]
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Two men seriously injured in Dixfield snowmobile accident
DIXFIELD — A father and son remained hospitalized Wednesday afternoon in Lewiston with serious injuries from an overnight snowmobile crash off Common Road, officials said. Maine Warden Service spokesman Cpl. John MacDonald said Wednesday by email that John Gray, 54, of Alna in Lincoln County and his son, Adam Gray, 32, of Lebanon were involved […]
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Dixfield man seriously injured in snowmobile accident in Canton
CANTON — A Dixfield man suffered multiple injuries Friday afternoon after being ejected from his snowmobile and run over by one driven by his son in a cornfield off Canton Point Road, Maine Warden Sgt. John MacDonald said in a news release. Doug Kubesh, 48, was taken at 4 p.m. from a staging area by […]
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Game wardens find Rumford teen missing for five hours
RUMFORD — The search for a Rumford teen who was missing for five hours late Thursday afternoon was found uninjured by Maine wardens, Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter said Friday. The 15-year-old ran away from his home on South Rumford Road and was missing for two hours before Rumford police were called, Carter said. He […]
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Animal Tales: Crime scenes, cadaver dogs and an author’s quest for a story
Until she started writing true crime mysteries, Kate Flora didn’t appreciate the work it took to train a dog to find a dead body. Or all the work that dogs could do. Suddenly rescue dogs, police dogs and cadaver dogs seemed to be everywhere. “I see dogs differently,” said Flora, 65, former Maine assistant […]
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New York man injured when bullet goes through hand in northern Oxford County
LOWER CUPSUPTIC TOWNSHIP — A New York man was injured Monday when his .45 caliber gun went off and a bullet went through his hand, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said. The 66-year-old man was at a shooting range when what is believed to be an accidental shooting occurred, he said. Warden […]
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Injured Portland climber rescued from rocky terrain on Tumbledown
TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH OF WELD — Rescuers carried an injured rock climber down a rugged trail on Tumbledown Mountain in Franklin County late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Maris Toland, 28, of Portland suffered a compound fracture to a leg when she fell while rock climbing Tuesday, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service […]
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Maine Appalachian Trail hiker still missing one year later
One doesn’t vanish without a trace from the Appalachian Trail in Maine. But Geraldine “Gerry” Anita Largay, 66, did a year ago Tuesday. However, Maine’s biggest-ever search for a missing AT hiker didn’t start right away. When Largay failed to show up at a prearranged meeting place with her husband, George, on Route 27 in […]
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Lisbon boy dies in ATV crash
LISBON — A 12-year-old Lisbon Falls boy has died as the result of injuries sustained when he crashed his ATV Thursday night while riding near King Road. Police said the boy, later identified as 12-year-old Mitchell J. Breton-Tuplin, of Gould Road, crashed shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. “Initial indications were that the incident involved two […]
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Wardens search for missing woman in Waterford
WATERFORD — The Maine Warden Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing woman with dementia. According to the Maine Warden Service, 77-year-old Ruth Frances Brennan was last seen Monday around 10:30 a.m. on Five Kezars Road in North Waterford and heading toward Melby’s Market and Eatery on Route 35. Dispatchers for the […]