PORTLAND (AP) — Police said the death of a man who fell from the sixth-floor of a Portland parking garage is not considered a homicide. The body of 54-year-old David Thorne was found on the street next to the garage at about 1:45 p.m. Sunday. Police said witnesses saw a man dangling his legs over […]
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Sal says goodbye
My Sal Gal was a wonderful goose. She was mostly gray, very smart and in her early days, she was the leader of the flock. She took no guff from the males, and mated only when she wanted to. She was also Finny’s mom. As with many animals, she determined that he was flawed and […]
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Pest-control contractor accidentally shoots Turner egg farm worker
TURNER — A pest-control contractor who was shooting at vermin in a Moark Egg Farm barn on Monday afternoon mortally shot a farmhand, according Assistant Attorney General William Stokes. The farmhand died en route to the hospital. “It’s not intentional,” Stokes said shortly after returning from the massive egg farm that stretches over several acres […]
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Officer shoots, kills Grindstone man in armed confrontation
GRINDSTONE — An apparently intoxicated man who nonsensically ordered his neighbors to leave their own home was killed during an armed confrontation Saturday with police, officials and witnesses said Sunday. Robert Bellfleur, 78, who was armed with a shotgun, was shot by East Millinocket police Officer Seth Burns after he responded to a neighbor’s 911 […]
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Bangor man warns of rare flesh-eating infection that killed his wife days after childbirth
BANGOR — Matt Nichols cradled his newborn daughter, Ruby Ann, in his arms Wednesday morning, gazing into her sleeping face. When Matt, 29, accompanied his pregnant wife to Eastern Maine Medical Center on Aug. 1, he said he never could have imagined he’d raise their first child on his own after a vicious infection claimed […]
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Former Brownfield man killed when struck by car in Massachusetts
WEST BROOKFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A 69-year-old man who had recently moved from Maine has been struck and killed by a car while walking across a West Brookfield street. Police say Robert Herrie Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck while crossing Route 9 at about 6:45 p.m. Monday. Herrie was struck […]
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Auto Racing: Crew member dies at Beech Ridge in post-race accident
SCARBOROUGH — A man from the Steep Falls section of Standish died late Saturday night in the pit area of Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in what police are characterizing as a tragic accident, Scarborough Police Sgt. Rick Rouse said Monday. Gregory Rowe, 47, was riding out of the pit area on the back of a […]
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2-year-old Westbrook girl found dead in playpen
WESTBROOK (AP) — Police in Maine are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl who was last seen alive when she was put to bed. State and Westbrook police are looking into the death of Madeline Negron, who was found dead Monday morning in a playpen where she slept at the Westbrook home where she […]
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9 Afghans killed in attack on Indian consulate
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three suicide attackers killed at least nine civilians, most of them children, in a botched attack Saturday on the Indian consulate in an eastern Afghan city near the border with Pakistan, security officials said. Authorities also reported that 22 police officers and over 70 Taliban fighters died in two days of […]
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Maine golf cart crash victim dies in hospital
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man who was critically injured in a golf cart accident has died, and the crash remains under investigation by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies say 52-year-old John MacKay from Sanford was thrown from the golf cart operated by a Massachusetts man Saturday night in the town of Casco. The […]