LIVERMORE FALLS — Two women were injured Thursday morning when their vehicles collided at Route 133 and Campground Road near Pike’s Corner Oasis. Nicole Caprara, 43, of Portland was driving north on Route 133 when Vicki Foster, 63, of Fayette stopped at a stop sign on Campground Road before turning onto Route 133, officer Devon […]
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Taiwan plane crash leaves at least 31 dead
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The pilot in TransAsia Airways Flight 235 said “mayday, mayday, engine flameout” moments before the propjet banked sharply and crashed into a river, aviation officials said Thursday, but they declined comment on a possible cause for the accident. Video images of the plane’s final moments in the air captured on car […]
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Two Mexico residents injured in Route 2 crash
MEXICO — Two Mexico residents suffered head injuries when the vehicle they were riding in and another car collided Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Route 2 and the Wal-Mart entrance road, police said. Julie Gaudet, 43, and her son, Dylan Gaudet, 18, were taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital, Mexico police officer Rob […]
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Two men injured in New Vineyard crash
NEW VINEYARD — Two men were injured Tuesday morning when the Jeep they were riding in and another vehicle collided on Route 27, Maine State Trooper Randy Hall said. Robert O’Connell, 65, of New Vineyard pulled out of Our Village Market and didn’t see a sport utility vehicle driven by Michael Atwood, 48, of New […]
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Former Mexico man dies in Bangor
BANGOR — A former Mexico man who was struck by a vehicle on Hammond Street earlier this week has died, Bangor police said Friday. Timothy Gotto, 55, died of his injuries at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Thursday night, according to Bangor police Sgt. Tim Cotton. Gotto had been staying in the Bangor area, Cotton […]
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Teen hurt in Salem Township rollover
SALEM TOWNSHIP — A 17-year-old Highland Plantation girl was treated for a cut on her hand after she lost control of the truck she was driving Wednesday afternoon on Baker Hill Road, Franklin County Deputy Matt Brann said. Rebekah Howard told Brann when she got to a corner, a van was traveling north in the […]
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Car smashes into McDonald’s in Paris
PARIS — Courtney Fox decided against accessing a McDonald’s bathroom after a car struck the building and buckled the hallway. “He pulled back after he hit,” Fox said. “I thought someone had hit the doors or the trash can. That’s when I looked.” Fox, of Waterford, along with family members Dawn and Jodi Fox of Auburn […]
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Selectmen endorse MDOT’s plan to remedy dangerous intersection
NEW GLOUCESTER — On Monday, a remedy plan being developed by the Maine Department of Transportation for a dangerous intersection at Routes 100, 202 and 4 and Route 231 in Upper Gloucester got a green light of endorsement from selectmen. The intersection, adjacent to the Upper Gloucester Master Planning effort, has a history of many accidents, and […]
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New Jersey man indicted on manslaughter charges in fatal Bethel accident
PARIS — A grand jury has indicted a New Jersey man on manslaughter charges for his involvement in a crash in Bethel last summer that left a New Hampshire man dead. An Oxford County grand jury indicted 53-year-old Steven Thomas of Ravin Road in Califon, N.J., on charges of manslaughter, aggravated assault and two counts of […]