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RSU 52 looking to hire drivers

TURNER — The Turner, Leeds and Greene school district has a bus driver shortage. RSU 52 administrators are looking to hire a few bus drivers to become substitutes. The pay: $15.28 an hour. The hours: school days, split shifts of three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon. There’s no work on the […]

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Maine man killed in crash after being charged with OUI

SMITHFIELD (AP) — Police are blaming speed and alcohol in the death of a 26-year-old Maine man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash about six hours after being charged with operating under the influence. Police say Paul Caret of Oakland was killed at about 6:45 a.m. Saturday, when his car left a roadway in […]

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Ex-Fairfield police chief pleads guilty to OUI

SKOWHEGAN (AP) — Fairfield’s former police chief, who resigned abruptly in March after 27 years in law enforcement, has pleaded guilty to drunken driving. Ex-Chief John Emery was fined $500, assessed $140 in court fees and ordered to surrender his driver’s license for 90 days after pleading guilty Wednesday to operating under the influence. The […]

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Deer Isle woman gets 18 months for driving over boyfriend

ELLSWORTH — A Deer Isle woman whose boyfriend died a year ago when she drove her car over him was sentenced Friday to serve 18 months in prison. Kimberly Phelan, 30, pleaded no contest Friday in Hancock County Superior Court to a charge of aggravated operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants. She […]

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Brewer police captain faces OUI charge

BANGOR —  A Brewer police captain was charged with drunken driving Saturday night on Griffin Road, according to Bangor police. Capt. Christopher Martin, 41, of Bangor was summoned for operating under the influence, Lt. Paul Edwards, spokesman for the Bangor police, said Monday. Martin’s blood alcohol level was .17, more than twice the legal limit […]