[UPDATE: Search for missing Maine teacher broadens, and those who know her are mystified] The search has resumed for a 47-year-old elementary school teacher from North Yarmouth last seen at her home on Sunday. Wardens and police were focused Wednesday morning on a construction quarry near Westra’s home. State game wardens with a search dog also […]
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Maine's youngest fishermen: hooked on tradition, challenged to innovate
HARPSWELL — Josh Todd’s memories of growing up aboard his father’s fishing boat are of deck hands shoveling shrimp and being allowed to place rubber bands on lobsters as they came out of the ocean. When he was old enough, the Chebeague Island native was allowed five lobster traps of his own. Now a rising […]
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Chebeague Island reports missing public funds to sheriff’s office
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — The town is at a crossroads after public funds were discovered missing, two selectmen resigned, and a revised Comprehensive Plan draft questioning its financial sustainability was accidentally released. Board of Selectmen Chairman Christopher Loder declined to say how much money is missing, but said the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. “It […]
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Pickup driver killed in Chebeague Island accident
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Authorities say one person has died after their pickup truck struck a utility pole on Chebeague Island. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says the Ford Ranger left the road and struck a pole at about 4:30 p.m. Monday. The driver was the only person in the truck and no other vehicles were […]