The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching for a 64-year-old man believed to have gone overboard sometime Thursday while hauling lobster traps from a 12-foot skiff.
John Terhune
Staff Writer
As a member of METLN's quick strike investigations team, John writes about everything from gun legislation to housing. He previously spent a year on a deep-dive investigation of the Lewiston mass shooting as part of the Press Herald's collaboration with Frontline and Maine Public. A Waterville native, John has degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University and spends his free time going to the movies, practicing the guitar and defusing arguments at men's league soccer games.
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Woman rescued after driving stolen vehicle off Portland’s East End boat launch
A good Samaritan on a nearby lobster boat donned diving gear to help rescue the driver after the car ended up in Casco Bay.
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Human remains discovered in Ellsworth
Maine State Police are investigating the discovery of a human skeleton in the woods off Red Bridge Road in Ellsworth.
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Saco police searching for hit-and-run suspect
Police are searching for a driver who hit a pedestrian and his dog on Lincoln Street on Monday evening.
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Police identify women killed in 2 weekend crashes in Scarborough
Megan M. Plowden, of Abbeville, Louisiana, died Sunday morning after crashing on Payne Road, less than a day after Sarah B. Harford, of West Enfield, died in a similar crash on the same street.
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Sanford High School senior killed in Rochester crash
Lydia Ashline died in a car crash Wednesday in Rochester, New Hampshire, according to Sanford Superintendent Matt Nelson.
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Prominent lawyers discuss using civil litigation to pursue justice for Lewiston shooting victims
The attorneys, Josh Koskoff of Connecticut and Jamal Alsaffar of Texas, promote the power of the legal system to hold companies and institutions accountable for things they do, or don’t do, that lead to mass shootings.
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Police believe Freeport woman was killed in West Newfield
Gary Mariner, 65, made his initial appearance in York County Superior Court on Monday afternoon, days after he was arrested and charged with murder in the death of Danielle Goodwin in September.
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Maine State Police leaders defend response to Lewiston shooter
On a radio program Friday morning, Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck responded to criticism of law enforcement’s handling of Robert Card before and after he shot 18 people in Lewiston last week.
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One man arrested as schools, colleges in Maine go into lockdown
Threats were made against students and staff at MSAD 75, Northern Maine Community College and several Skowhegan-area schools.