OXFORD — Congestion stemming from a downed power line along Route 26 Tuesday afternoon is being blamed for a crash moments later. Oxford firefighters and emergency personnel responded to reports of a downed power line at 2:45 p.m. at 552 Main St. after a tree limb disconnecting power to a home, Oxford fire Chief Scott Hunter said. […]
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Livermore Falls woman hurt in Jay crash
JAY — A Livermore Falls woman was injured Friday morning after her car and another collided at Elm and Lavoie streets, police officer Russell Adams said. Carol Harlow, 51, complained of pain and was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, he said. Kathleen Danforth, 67, of Jay was traveling […]
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Logging truck blows a tire; 5 people hurt in crash
MOSCOW — Police say five people were hurt when a logging truck flipped over and spilled three tree-length logs that crushed an SUV in central Maine. Somerset County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Dale Lancaster says it took about two hours to extricate the male driver of the SUV after the crash at about 3:30 p.m. […]
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Mercer woman impaled by stick in Avon ATV accident
AVON — A Mercer woman was impaled by a stick through her jaw Sunday when the ATV she was driving on a trail went up some rocks and rolled. She fell off and landed in some brush, Maine Warden Justin Fowlie said Wednesday. Vicki Dubay, 47, and her passenger were not wearing helmets, Fowlie said. […]
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One dead, two injured in Hermon crash
HERMON (AP) — Authorities say one person has been killed and two others seriously hurt in a head-on car crash in Hermon. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said a Jeep SUV eastbound on Route 2 crossed the center line near the Carmel town line at about 5:30 p.m. Monday and struck a Ford sedan. The […]
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Crash victim from Massachusetts improving in Boston hospital
RANGELEY — A Massachusetts teenager critically injured in a June 1 accident on Route 4 is listed in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital, a spokeswoman at the Boston hospital said Wednesday. Janessa Gordon, 18, of Melrose, Mass., is in an intensive care unit. Gordon was flown from Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Her […]
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Former cell tower opponent files complaint against Otisfield
OTISFIELD — A former plaintiff in the yearlong Scribner Hill communications tower controversy has filed a complaint, charging the town government’s misrepresentation of her jeopardizes her safety in Otisfield. Kristen Roy, a Scribner Hill resident, filed a formal complaint with selectmen April 17, saying she was mistreated in the Town Office by staff, who alleged […]
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Jay teen charged after trailer hits gas pump in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police said a Jay teenager who didn’t have a driver’s license was charged Sunday after he backed a trailer into a gas pump at Pike’s Corner Oasis on Route 133. Firefighters put absorbent material down to soak up the gas that leaked on the ground after the 11:20 a.m. crash. The 17-year-old […]
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Phillips woman injured in Avon crash
AVON — A Phillips woman was taken to a hospital by LifeFlight helicopter Saturday morning to a Lewiston hospital after her car went into the oncoming lane on Route 4 and struck a sport utility vehicle, police said. Donna Rensoe, 42, of Phillips was traveling south when her car went around a corner and into […]