FARMINGTON — A Rumford teen was drunk and speeding when he crashed his car in Weld on May 31, killing a Dixfield man, according to Maine State Police. Ethyn Eric Buotte, 18, formerly of Dixfield, was arrested at his home Monday by state police Trooper Reid Bond on a felony charge of aggravated operating under […]
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Ernest Vernon Bent
RUMFORD — Ernest Vernon Bent, age 73, of Hancock Street in Rumford, passed away on Saturday, June 2, at Rumford Hospital after a long and courageous battle with COPD and dementia. Ernest was born March 23, 1945, in Chelsea, Mass., the son of Albert and Alice (Hamilton) Bent. He attended Chelsea schools. Ernest entered the Army, […]
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Livermore Falls police looking for driver who fled scene
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating an accident on Moose Hill Road where a caller reported early Monday that a car was “all smashed up” on the side of the road and a utility pole was snapped off. The driver had left the scene, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. The accident was reported at […]
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Paris driver charged with endangering bicyclist
PARIS — Police said a local man is charged with reckless conduct after he swerved his vehicle toward a teenage bicyclist on Paris Hill Road on Saturday. Paul Ventrice, 57, of High Street, was read charges of felony reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and driving to endanger, a misdemeanor, in Oxford County court Monday afternoon. […]
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Driver had wrong address in West Paris incident
WEST PARIS — Police discovered that a suspect in an alleged attempted abduction of a student Wednesday was actually a driver sent to pick up a student, but stopped at the wrong house. On Friday, Assistant Superintendent Patrick Hartnett said the driver was transporting a student to a school that is not affiliated with the Oxford […]
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Teen driver killed on way to school
TOPSFIELD — An 18-year-old Brookton Plantation man driving to school was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning. Dylan Porter was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 7:10 a.m. on U.S. Route 1 about two miles north of Route 6, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported. Porter […]
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Tanker truck rolls in Baldwin, trapping Poland Spring driver
BALDWIN (AP) — The driver of a Poland Spring tractor-trailer water tanker is expected to be OK after his rig rolled in Baldwin, trapping him inside the cab. Police said the truck was headed south on Route 113 at about 4 p.m. Sunday when the driver lost control on the ice while negotiating a curve. […]
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Driver who allegedly put duct tape on students’ mouths leaves bus company
SURRY — The bus driver who allegedly put “Hello Kitty” duct tape on students’ mouths when they were noisy is no longer transporting students, according to School Union 93 Superintendent Mark Hurvitt. The bus driver, whose name has not been made public, had been employed by First Student, the bus company contracted by the school […]
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Driver of getaway car for Augusta CVS pharmacy robbery sentenced
BANGOR — The woman who drove the getaway car during a Jan. 22 robbery of a CVS pharmacy in Augusta was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 18 months in prison. Candice Marie Eaton, 26, pleaded guilty in April to one count of being an accessory after the fact to the robbery of a […]
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RSU 52 looking to hire drivers
TURNER — The Turner, Leeds and Greene school district has a bus driver shortage. RSU 52 administrators are looking to hire a few bus drivers to become substitutes. The pay: $15.28 an hour. The hours: school days, split shifts of three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon. There’s no work on the […]