SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Police say the man who drowned at a Scarborough campground over the weekend was from Portland. The victim of Sunday’s drowning at Wassamki Springs Campground was identified Monday as 45-year-old Giot Nguyen. Police say Nguyen, who had been drinking, tried to swim to a small island in the lake at the campground. […]
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Hogdon woman found dead in swimming pool
HODGDON — A northern Maine woman has died after being found unresponsive in her swimming pool. Maine State Police say a family member found 46-year-old Lisa Desrochers of Hodgdon in the pool at about 3 p.m. Saturday. She was taken to Houlton Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The cause of death will be […]
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Authorities identify Portland swimmer who died
PORTLAND — A man who died Friday evening after he was pulled from the Fore River earlier that day was identified Sunday as 49-year-old Patrick Flynn of Portland. Nicole Clegg, spokeswoman for the city of Portland, released the information late Sunday afternoon. The South Portland Fire Department went to the Thomas Knight Park dock, directly […]
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Man dies swimming in Fore River
PORTLAND — A man swimming in the Fore River near the Casco Bay Bridge Friday afternoon was rescued by the Portland Fire Department, but later died at Maine Medical Center. Just before 5:30 p.m., the South Portland Fire Department responded to the Thomas Knight Park dock, directly underneath the bridge, for a report that a […]
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Mother of teen who drowned in Sebec River raises funds for emergency response phone tower
SEBEC — The day after Dacano Arno drowned last month, Jody Arno saw people jumping off the Sebec River Bridge into the water just as her son had done the evening he died. She knew she had to do something to help prevent other parents from experiencing the pain she was feeling. Dacano, 17, drowned […]