STARKS — State police charged a 19-year-old New Sharon man Thursday with causing about $5,000 damage to a cornfield in Starks with his truck. According to a news release from Maine State Police Troop C, which covers Somerset County, Kristoffer Welch was arrested at noon and charged with aggravated criminal mischief, a class C felony. […]
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Jay to put building repairs out to bid
JAY — Selectpersons voted 3-1 Monday to seek bids for repairs needed to the sand-and-salt building at the Public Works Department. Board Chairman Terry Bergeron and Selectpersons Keith Cornelio and Judy Diaz favored going out to bid while Vice Chairman Tim DeMillo opposed. Selectperson Gary McGrane was absent. The damage resulted when an employee in […]
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Another vehicle damaged by BBs in Jay
JAY — A North Jay resident reported Monday afternoon finding two holes in the windshield of a Jeep Cherokee and a hole in one of the automobile’s tail lights. The damage appeared to have been caused by BBs, according to Police Richard Caton IV, who said the Jeep’s owner was clearing snow from the vehicle […]
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Storm-battered coastal towns assess damage to homes, businesses, roads
Cities and towns in coastal York County were cleaning up and assessing damage Monday as remnants of a relentless nor’easter pounded the Maine coast for a fourth day. Through the weekend, surging high tides and wind-driven waves tore through rock sea walls, washed away dunes and roads, and damaged dozens of homes and businesses. In […]
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Wilton man charged in Wilson Pond ice shack damage
WILTON — A local man has been charged in connection with damaging an ice shack on Wilson Pond last week, Maine Warden Kris MacCabe said Thursday. The man was issued a summons on a charge of driving to endanger, MacCabe said, but he declined to identify him because of the continuing investigation. The man is […]
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Reward offered after ice shack damaged in Wilton
WILTON — Marc Willett of Chesterville is offering a $200 reward to anyone with information leading to the prosecution of the driver who heavily damaged his ice shack on Wilson Pond last week. It appears the shack was hit by an SUV or a truck, Game Warden Kyle Hladik said. Apparently at least one of […]
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Buckfield soccer fields damaged right before 1st playoff game
BUCKFIELD — Whoever vandalized the soccer fields at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School over the weekend might not have anticipated the groundskeeprs’ quick work to repair them so they could be used the next day. “Somebody late Saturday night, in the middle of the night, drove a couple of vehicles out (on the fields),” Principal George Reuter […]
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Jay police look for owner of tire that damaged parked car
JAY — Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that had a tire fall from it as it headed north on Route 4 on Thursday morning. The tire rolled and damaged a vehicle parked in a driveway in North Jay, Detective Michael Mejia said in a release. The motorist did not stop. This […]
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Pennsylvania plant to pick up orders as Keiser rebounds
OXFORD — A Pennsylvania modular home facility is expected to pick up unfinished orders started at Keiser Industries after a fire last week has temporarily shut down production, a manager said Wednesday. While employees at the Mechanic Falls Road plant resumed work Monday shipping completed homes to customers, a fire that destroyed a lean-to storing wood could prevent […]
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Rumford Community Dental reopens after five months
RUMFORD — Rumford Community Dental held its grand reopening Thursday afternoon, inviting residents, donors and stakeholders to take a tour of the new building and meet the staff. The Rumford branch closed July 2 after high winds from severe thunderstorms ripped off 30 percent of the roofing on the River Valley Technology Center. Karen Rickley, […]