SEARSMONT — A young couple and their 8-month-old baby are getting some help from the community after a fire early Thursday morning that killed their dog and destroyed their home. True Bragg woke up after midnight to the smell of smoke in his Woodman’s Mill Road house, Searsmont Fire Chief James Ames said Friday morning. […]
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Maine AG rules trooper justified in Searsmont shooting
PORTLAND — Maine Attorney General Janet Mills has ruled a state police trooper was justified in shooting and wounding a suspect during a confrontation in Searsmont in September. Leonard Maker confronted trooper James MacDonald with a shotgun at Maker’s father’s home while MacDonald and another trooper were attempting to serve a protection from abuse order […]
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Residents question safety at Searsmont natural gas pipeline station
SEARSMONT — First came the noise late New Year’s Eve at the Searsmont natural gas pipeline compressor station, so loud that it caused nearby homes to shake and some residents, frightened by the jet-engine-like roar, to pack up their cars and flee for the night. Then came the questions, as some members of the normally […]
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Maine trooper shoots, injures man during confrontation in Searsmont home
SEARSMONT — A Maine State Police trooper shot and wounded a local man at a residence at 628 New England Road on Friday afternoon, according to authorities. Police identified the man as 42-year-old Leonard Maker. Trooper James McDonald reportedly went to Maker’s home at 3:10 p.m. Friday to serve a protection from abuse order and […]
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State trooper shoots man in Searsmont
SEARSMONT — A Maine State Police trooper shot and wounded a man at a residence at 245 New England Road on Friday afternoon, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. Details about what happened, the names of the people involved and the condition of the man who was shot were not immediately available, public […]