RANGELEY — A Maryland man was seriously injured Wednesday when he was thrown from his snowmobile when it hit a pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said in a news release. Mark Chase, 46, of Baldwin, Maryland was operating a 2017 Polaris Switchback 800 snowmobile near Hunter Cove […]
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Massachusetts woman injured in snowmobile crash in Franklin County
TIM POND TOWNSHIP — A Massachusetts woman was injured Monday after she was thrown from the snowmobile she was driving onto a gravel road in northern Franklin County. Katelyn Viveiros, 29, of Fall River was driving a 2003 Ski-Doo snowmobile around a plowed corner on a logging road just before noon. As Viveiros looked back […]
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Driver injured in Chain of Ponds logging truck rollover
CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP — A Canadian truck driver was injured Tuesday afternoon when he swerved the logging truck he was driving to avoid hitting a deer and it hit a guardrail and rolled over on Ledge Hill on Route 27, state police Trooper Jillian Monahan said. Timmy Philippon, 22, of Quebec, was able to […]
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Wilton woman walks away from crash on river
LIVERMORE — A Wilton woman walked away from a crash Saturday night, after the SUV she was driving landed on a shelf of ice on the Androscoggin River. Elizabeth Neuschwanger, 46, was northbound on Route 4 and failed to negotiate a corner before the bridge over the river near Goding Road. The SUV hit a […]
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Reward offered after ice shack damaged in Wilton
WILTON — Marc Willett of Chesterville is offering a $200 reward to anyone with information leading to the prosecution of the driver who heavily damaged his ice shack on Wilson Pond last week. It appears the shack was hit by an SUV or a truck, Game Warden Kyle Hladik said. Apparently at least one of […]
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Crash leads to power outage in Livermore
LIVERMORE — More than 1,500 homes were without power Saturday night after a car went over a bridge and down an embankment along Route 4 next to the Androscoggin River. Dispatchers said that before going over the bridge, the car hit a telephone pole and blew a transformer, causing the power outages. No one was […]
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Two vehicles collide in Farmington
A 2008 GMC pickup truck driven by Nelson Town, 73, of Livermore Falls and a 2014 Dodge Caravan driven by Emmarie Reeve, 63, of Jay collided in front of Irving Big Stop on Routes 2 and 4 in Farmington on Friday morning, police officer Jesse Clement said. Town received cuts on his head and Reeve complained […]
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Livermore Falls woman accused of driving drunk in Jay
JAY — Police said a Livermore Falls woman is accused of driving drunk and hitting a utility pole beside Route 133 near Bean’s Corner early Sunday. Lauren S. Lundy, 21, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said Monday. She was driving a Chevrolet Cruze south […]
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Multi-vehicle crash injures one after Farmington road turns icy
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman was injured Monday morning when her sedan slid into stopped vehicles on icy routes 2 and 4, Farmington police officer Ryan Rosie said. Lucille Lessard, 69, complained of shoulder pain and was taken by NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, he said. Rosie said a vehicle traveling north near Touch […]
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Tractor-trailer jackknifes in Farmington, hits car
A tractor-trailer was operating too fast for conditions Thursday when it jackknifed on Town Farm Road in Farmington, according to Farmington officer Jesse Clement. The truck, driven by Lewis Phillips, 64, of Wilton, struck a car driven by Laurie-Anne Targett-Brown, 56, of Strong, causing minor damage to her vehicle. There were no injuries. The tractor-trailer is […]