Hundreds of people from all over Maine, and some from New Hampshire and Massachusetts, turned out for the all-day Maine Sci-Fi & Fantasy Nerd Fest.
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Area police officers graduate from Justice Academy
VASSALBORO — Maine’s newest police officers have graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. The officers spent 18 weeks in study and training, and most will begin patrolling immediately, in time for Christmas and New Year’s Eve enforcement efforts. The new officers studied many topics, including crime scene processing, emergency vehicle operation, first […]
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Officer mistakenly shoots cop after police academy training
VASSALBORO (AP) — State police in Maine say they are investigating the accidental shooting of a corrections officer by a fellow officer while they were at police academy for a training program. Police say the shooting wounded 33-year-old Matthew Morrison, of Mars Hill. He’s being treated at a hospital for an injured leg. Police say […]
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Child, 5, dies overnight after falling from canoe on Vassalboro stream
VASSALBORO (WGME) — The Maine Warden Service says a 5-year-old boy from Vassalboro has died after falling from a canoe Monday. Wardens say around 7:30 p.m., 5-year-old William Egold and his mother, Mollie, were in a canoe on Outlet Stream below the intersection of Oak Grove Road and Route 32 in Vassalboro. The water was […]
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Man killed in high-speed chase likely drinking, driving without license
WINSLOW, Maine — The driver who died early Saturday morning after leading police on a high-speed chase had had his license revoked and was likely intoxicated at the time of the crash, according to police. The chief of the Winslow Police Department said Monday that the sergeant involved in the chase was following the department’s […]
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Vassalboro crash kills two during high-speed police chase
VASSALBORO, Maine — Two men were killed early Saturday morning when their car crashed into a tree in Vassalboro while being chased by Winslow police, according to Maine State Police. Killed instantly were 32-year-old Ronald Willey of Chelsea, the driver, and his passenger, 28-year-old Joseph Knox of Randolph, according to a news release from the […]
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Sheldon L. Bumps
1944 – 2015 CHINA — Sheldon L. Bumps, 70, died unexpectedly Thursday, June 11, at his home. He was born Dec. 2, 1944, in China, to the late Donald H. and Julia (Cunningham) Bumps. Sheldon was a lifelong resident of China, graduate of Erskine Academy, veteran of the United States Air Force and decades-long member […]
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Five River Valley officers awarded for bravery
VASSALBORO — Five local police officers were recognized Wednesday by the Maine State Police for risking their lives to protect each other and their community last August to stop an armed and dangerous fugitive who tried to kill them in Mexico. Mexico officer Dean Benson and Trooper Paul Casey, a former Rumford officer, received bravery […]
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Woodstock residents approve lease-purchase of 2016 pumper-tanker firetruck
WOODSTOCK — Residents voted Tuesday evening to authorize the town to lease-purchase a 2016 Freightliner pumper-tanker firetruck during a special town meeting at the Woodstock Town Office. The 350-horsepower Freightliner would be built by Midwest Fire Co. in Luverne, Minn., for $218,944. Town Manager Vern Maxfield explained that the Woodstock Fire Department’s 1987 Engine 1 […]
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Three die in Friday crashes in Vassalboro, Waldoboro
VASSALBORO (AP) — Police are investigating two fatal crashes in Vassalboro and Waldoboro that have killed three people. Waldoboro police are investigating a crash on U.S. 1 that killed two people in the commercial section of the town on Friday. State Police also say a woman died in a one-car crash in Vassalboro after her […]