AUGUSTA (AP) — Police are trying to determine how a rusty bolt-action rifle ended up in the Kennebec River in Maine’s capital city. The rifle was given to Augusta police by a father and his son who reeled up the Remington Model 700 rifle while they were fishing Sunday. Lt. Chris Read tells the Kennebec […]
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Man pulls 2 year old from Kennebec River, resuscitates him
AUGUSTA — A two-year-old boy was saved after nearly drowning in the Kennebec River Friday evening, thanks in part to a witness who pulled the boy from the water and performed chest compressions until rescue crews arrived. According to Augusta police, around 6 p.m. witnesses on River Street near the East Side Boat Landing noticed […]
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Woman’s body recovered from Kennebec River
AUGUSTA — A woman’s body was recovered from the Kennebec River early Friday afternoon, according to the Maine Marine Patrol. The body, which has not been identified, was found floating about 20 yards from shore near the Pittston side of the river, across from Westerlands Landing in South Gardiner, according to a marine patrol statement. […]
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Police: Missing Augusta woman may be same who fell through ice
AUGUSTA — Police on Monday released the likely identity of a woman who plunged through ice on the Kennebec River over the weekend. Deputy Police Chief Jared Mills said police believe the missing woman is Kelly Voytasko, 54, of Augusta. Mills said Voytasko’s family reported her missing shortly after the incident. “Based on the totality […]
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Augusta police ask for public’s help in IDing woman who went through ice on Kennebec
AUGUSTA — Police have asked the public to help identify the person who Saturday afternoon went through the ice on the Kennebec River. Augusta police posted information Sunday morning about the incident and effort to recover the body of what officials believe is a female. Dispatchers received at about 1 p.m. Saturday several reports of […]
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Police identify woman whose body was pulled from Kennebec River in Pittston
AUGUSTA — Police have released the identity of a woman whose body was pulled from the Kennebec River in Pittston on Saturday. The deceased woman has been identified as Vicky Trask, 45, of Augusta, according to Chief Deputy Ryan Reardon of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office. No foul play is suspected in Trask’s death, Reardon […]
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Kennebec River festival’s biggest day is Saturday
AUGUSTA — Maine’s annual celebration of the Kennebec River is entering into its final week with its signature family day. The Great Kennebec River Whatever Family Festival started June 18 and concludes July 4. The event brings music, food and events to Augusta, Gardiner, Hallowell and Winthrop. Kids Day in Capitol Park is scheduled for […]
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Storm delays Coast Guard ice-breaking on Kennebec River
PORTLAND (AP) — A powerful storm that’s churning up the ocean has forced the Coast Guard to delay ice-breaking operations in Maine. The Coast Guard said the annual spring operation on the Kennebec River was postponed from Wednesday until Thursday because of the storm that’s packing hurricane-force winds off the coast. The operation, which is […]
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Coast Guard to begin breaking ice on Kennebec River
PORTLAND (AP) — Spring is getting its official welcome in Maine from the Coast Guard breaking up winter ice. Tugs boats are scheduled Wednesday to tackle winter ice in the main channel of the Kennebec River from Merrymeeting Bay to the town of Gardiner. Opening the channel to prevent flooding from melting snow is a […]
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Maine biologists seek data on trout population
FAIRFIELD — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is preparing to release some 2,000 brown trout into the Kennebec River as part of a study of trout populations in a stretch of the waterway. The Morning Sentinel reports that state biologists asked for input from local fishermen during a meeting in Fairfield on […]