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Wood chipper, car crash in Lewiston

A chipper lies on its side after a car swerved to avoid it, slid off College Street in Lewiston and slammed into a stop sign near Merrill Road on Thursday, police said. The driver hauling the chipper also swerved, causing the machine to flip. Neither driver was hurt, nor were two passengers in the car. The […]

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Snowmobile crash investigated in Lewiston

LEWISTON — Police are investigating a Monday evening hit-and-run crash in which a snowmobile was demolished on Lisbon Street. Investigators said that at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, Denis Belanger, 66, of Lewiston was trying to cross Lisbon Street after riding off a trail when he was struck by a vehicle being driven into the city. […]

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Mississippi shipyard, not BIW, to fix destroyer hit in June collision

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer damaged in a June collision that killed seven sailors will be repaired at a Mississippi shipyard, the Navy announced Wednesday. The USS Fitzgerald will be transported to Pascagoula for work at Ingalls Shipbuilding, part of Huntington Ingalls Industries of Newport News, Virginia. Naval Sea Systems Command said […]

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Livermore Falls man described as caring, loving

FARMINGTON — When Charlene Slaver sang a childhood song to her critically injured son, Joey, as he was lying in a bed at a Lewiston hospital, she said, he squeezed her hand. Joseph Slaver Jr., 23, of Livermore Falls incurred multiple blunt-force injuries as a result of a collision with a Livermore Falls police cruiser […]