SKOWHEGAN — The owner of a cow fatally shot in Embden and the alleged shooter have denied charges against them, and the cases will continue until spring, with a trial possibly in April. Jaime Danforth, owner of the 3-year-old Holstein heifer shot and killed in Embden in early September, appeared Wednesday in Skowhegan District Court […]
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Father says Embden cow killing case has destroyed his family’s lives
EMBDEN— In the two months since his son, Mason, shot and killed a neighbor’s cow in early September, Anthony Sparrow said, their lives have been destroyed. They’ve received death threats and have had to put their start-up automobile delivery business on hold. Anthony Sparrow painted his car and changed his license plates to prevent people […]
Police charge both the owner and suspected killer of Sophie the cow
Both the owner of a pet cow shot and killed in Embden last week and the alleged shooter have been summonsed on charges in connection with the animal’s death, police said. Jaime Danforth, 40, of Embden, was summonsed Wednesday for animal trespass, a civil violation, said Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster in a news release. […]
Donald Rene Laverdiere
SKOWHEGAN — Donald Rene Laverdiere, 71, a resident of Embden and formerly of Jay, passed away peacefully with his wife by his side Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Redington-Fairview General Hospital. He was born Aug. 5, 1947, in Lewiston, the son of Armand P. and Carolyn (Scott) Laverdiere. Donald graduated from Jay High School in 1965, and […]
One dead, three hurt in Embden crash
EMBDEN (AP) — Police said a 22-year-old woman was killed and three others injured in a head-on crash in Embden. The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department identified the victim as 22-year-old Jennifer Nile of Embden, a passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the crash on Route 16 at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Police said […]
Teen boy charged with arson after Embden home fire
EMBDEN — A 15-year-old boy was charged with arson on Friday after a home under construction was set alight. Anson, Madison and New Portland fire departments responded to a blaze at 9 Brooks Drive at about 1:11 p.m. on Friday, according to Anson Fire Chief Jeremy Manzer. The two-story home was already fully engulfed in […]