CASCO (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a police cruiser was totaled in a two-vehicle crash. The crash occurred in Casco on Thursday morning. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s office says Deputy Patrick Ferriter was driving along U.S. Route 302 when he was hit by a car driven by Patricia DeWolfe, of Florida, who crossed the […]
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Pleasant Lake Dam completed
The old Pleasant Lake Dam in Casco is at top, while the new dam is shown below. Casco’s Pleasant Lake Dam in April 2017. CASCO — Construction of the new Pleasant Lake Dam is complete. The nearly $500,000 project to replace the failing dam beside Route 121 began in October 2016. Project design engineer Myron […]
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Cumberland deputies find truck but not driver from chase
This photo of the pickup truck from Monday night’s chase was taken in January. The truck now has a cap on the bed. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect that deputies said was driving a white pickup in a high-speed chase Monday night from Naples to Otisfield. About 11:40 p.m. Monday, […]
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LifeFlight called to snowmobile crash in Casco
CASCO — Cumberland County Dispatch says LifeFlight has been called to the scene of a snowmobile crash in Casco. The crash happened around 12:15 p.m. near 351 Meadow Road. Officials have not commented on the severity of the person’s injuries. This story will be updated.
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Regional agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Jay: Selectmen, executive session with unions, 3 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School Tuesday Buckfield: Economic Development Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., […]
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Dam work creating unsafe ice on Otisfield lake
OTISFIELD — A cofferdam on Pleasant Lake in Casco is apparently causing unstable conditions on the lake and on Parker Pond, an official said. Signs have been posted in Otisfield and Casco warning: “Folks who are recreating on Pleasant Lake or Parker Pond should do so with caution. Water levels will be receding under the ice […]
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Driver pleads not guilty in crash that killed Naples science teacher
PORTLAND (AP) — A box truck driver has pleaded not guilty in a crash in Casco last year that left a popular Naples middle school teacher dead. Authorities say Joshua McNally was driving a Native Maine Produce truck in April when it crashed into a car driven by 29-year-old Adam Perron, of Harrison. The box […]
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Work on Pleasant Lake dam almost complete
CASCO — Replacement of the Pleasant Lake dam is almost complete, according to Otisfield Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson. “The dam itself will be finished in a week or two,” Ferguson said recently. The dam is between the Hancock Lumber office building parking lot and the Pleasant Lake House Bed and Breakfast on Route […]
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Police say driver had been drinking before fatal hit-and-run in Casco
CASCO — Police are alleging a Maine man charged in a hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian in the town of Casco had been drinking and doing drugs before the crash. Jeffrey Smith, of Sebago, appeared in court Wednesday on a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The crash victim […]
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Police arrest suspect in connection with Sunday fatal hit and run
CASCO — Police arrested Jeffrey Eugene Smith of Sebago on Monday in connection with the hit-and-run death of a Casco woman. Lorna Nugent, 56, was struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday night on Route 302. Nugent was a Casco resident was killed about 6:19 p.m. near the Naples town line, according to the Cumberland […]