FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Authorities have resumed searching for a Tennessee hiker missing from the Appalachian Trail in Maine since July 2013. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says Maine game wardens, state police, the Maine Association of Search and Rescue and federal border patrol workers resumed the search for 66-year-old Geraldine Largay on Tuesday. […]
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Keepsakes lost in fire spure Auburn man to hike the Appalachian Trail
Fire tore through Stephen Martelli’s home in 2006, and a few days later the Auburn Fire Department gave him the go-ahead to go inside. He saw his hiking stick leaning in the corner. “I went to grab it, thinking, ‘At least I have something,’” he said. The stick was given to him in lieu of […]
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Largay family offers reward for information on missing hiker
LEWISTON — George Largay and his family are offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the location of Largay’s wife, Geraldine, who was last seen hiking on the Appalachian Trail in Franklin County in July. According to a press release from the Maine Warden Service, Largay started her hike on the AT on April […]
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Bethel Historical Society sponsoring Appalachian Trail lecture on Sept. 21
BETHEL — The Bethel Historical Society will sponsor a lecture by retired professor David B. Field at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Mason House Exhibit Hall. Executive Director Randall Bennett said in a news release that Field, who is a retired University of Maine professor of Forest Resources, will present an “illustrated talk about […]
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Deaf, blind AT hiker gets help in Bethel
BETHEL — A deaf and nearly blind hiker is nearing the end of his 2,185-mile hike of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, and several Bethel residents have been helping him out as he approaches his goal. Roger Poulin of Winthrop was born with Usher Syndrome, which affects vision and hearing and causes problems […]
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Maine Wardens ask for more volunteers in search for missing hiker
AUGUSTA — The Maine Warden Service issued a call Wednesday evening for volunteer searchers affiliated with the Maine Association for Search and Rescue in its ongoing effort to locate a Tennessee hiker who hasn’t been seen since July 21. “At this time, the Maine Warden Service seeks searchers who are only affiliated with MASAR as we move […]
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Search continues for missing AT hiker
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — About 130 searchers participated in Saturday’s efforts to find missing hiker Geraldine Largay, who has been missing since Monday, said Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service. Largay, 66, was hiking the Appalachian Trail and failed to meet her husband as planned in Wyman Township, north of Sugarloaf Mountain. Largay is […]