NEW VINEYARD — A 4-year-old boy had his leg severed by the bucket on a front-end loader operated by his grandfather Monday, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Tuesday. Adam Mattson of New Vineyard was being treated at a Boston hospital, Nichols said. According to a GoFundMe page set up by family friend Jessica […]
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Farmington man faces domestic violence charges
FARMINGTON — A Farmington man was charged with domestic violence and endangering the welfare of a child, after police responded to a 911 hangup call late Saturday on Dutch Drive, according to police reports. There was a child in the residence, police secretary Bonnie Pomeroy said Monday reading from officers’ reports. When police arrived they […]
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Funeral notices for Sunday, Aug. 20
BLUM — Nathan, 96, of Sarasota, Fla., died Thursday, Aug. 17. A graveside service will be held at Beth Abraham Cemetery in Auburn on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Beth Abraham Cemetery Fund, 35 Laurel Ave., Auburn, ME 04210. Arrangements are under the care […]
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Funeral notices for Saturday, Aug. 19
CHILD — Norman J., 92, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 15, in Farr West, Utah. Funeral services will be Saturday Aug. 26, at 11 a.m. at Myers Mortuary Chapel, 205 S. 100 E., Brigham City, Utah. Viewings will be Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 to 10:40 a.m. at the […]
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Young child burned after pulling coffee pot on himself in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS – A 2-year-old child was injured Wednesday morning when the child was climbing up on a counter and managed to pull a coffee pot full of hot coffee down over his head, police Lt. Joseph Sage said. The child was being taken by a LifeFlight of Maine medical helicopter to an unnamed hospital. […]
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Child, 5, dies overnight after falling from canoe on Vassalboro stream
VASSALBORO (WGME) — The Maine Warden Service says a 5-year-old boy from Vassalboro has died after falling from a canoe Monday. Wardens say around 7:30 p.m., 5-year-old William Egold and his mother, Mollie, were in a canoe on Outlet Stream below the intersection of Oak Grove Road and Route 32 in Vassalboro. The water was […]
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Coffin discovered by construction crew in Sanford contained child’s body
SANFORD (AP) — A Maine historical society says human bones and the remains of a Victorian-era coffin in an area that was converted from a cemetery into a school playground decades ago belonged to a child. The bones were found last week by construction workers digging a water line. Police said authorities were aware the […]
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Phillips man charged with child sexual assault
PHILLIPS — A local man is accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 16, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said in a news release. Erick J. Wilding, 53, of Phillips was arrested Tuesday at his home in Phillips. He was charged with gross sexual assault. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 […]
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Jay parents get lesson in child car seat safety
JAY — June Turcotte checked 2-year-old Regan’s car seat to make sure it was safely secured in the back seat of her mother Courtney Nightingale’s SUV. Nightingale watched how Turcotte did it. Turcotte is a child passenger safety seat technician at Central Maine Medical Center Trauma Program in Lewiston. She visited the Jay Early Learning […]
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Jay man pleads guilty to abusing child
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Friday to physically abusing a 2-year-old child on July 13, 2015, in Wilton. Justice William Stokes sentenced Devin M. Medcoff, 21, to two years in prison, all suspended, and two years of probation. Medcoff entered an Alford plea to a felony charge of assault on a child under 6 […]