KENNEBUNKPORT (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is healing well after taking a fall this summer, feeling good enough to go out on his speedboat and even visit a local biker bar with his wife. The nation’s oldest living president is “healing nicely” after he fractured his C2 vertebra, the second one below the […]
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Police: Cape man’s death in balcony fall appears accidental
CAPE ELIZABETH — Police hope an autopsy will confirm whether a Cape Elizabeth man died as a result of a fall from his second-story porch on July 25, but the report is not expected for several weeks. John Knight, 39, was found dead at his single-family home at 10 Tiger Lily Lane by a relative who […]
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Peak fall colors throughout much of Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials say that peak fall colors have reached much of northern and western parts of the state. In its weekly fall foliage report, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry says that peak leaf color is being seen from Bangor up north to Fort Kent. Leaf colors have also reached […]
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Golf: Fall into scenery, savings
You’ve used up all your summer vacation weeks and floating holidays. Once or twice, you’ve already had to dig out the ice scraper or use the remote starter to remove that thin coating of frost from the windshield before the morning commute. Those golf clubs still take up residence in the trunk, but these days, […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Fall fishing options abound
With the Maine woods in full autumn bloom, there is no finer time to wet a line: no bugs, less water traffic, cooling waters and moving fish. Fall fishing options abound. But the regulations vary from water to water. Check your law book closely. Here are the waters that our regional fisheries biologists suggest you […]
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Man injured in 60-foot fall from cliff in Acadia
BAR HARBOR (AP) — Maine officials say a 22-year-old man was seriously injured when he fell 60 feet while climbing a cliff at Acadia National Park. Park authorities said the man was free climbing without ropes or a helmet when he fell off the south wall of Champlain Mountain near the Precipice Trail on Sunday […]
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Man falls several hundred feet down New Hampshire mountain, crawls in snow for 7 hours
WEARE, N.H. (AP) — A hiker fell several hundred feet down a mountain and crawled in the snow for seven hours to get help. Patrick Luk, of Weare, says he was hiking alone Monday and was about to ski back down Mount Adams when an ice slab broke free. “I went to edge my uphill […]
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Orono man injures his back in 20-foot fall while ice climbing in Acadia National Park
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — An Orono man injured his back Saturday when he fell about 20 feet while ice climbing on Champlain Mountain, according to a park ranger. The 33-year-old man was preparing to lead a climb with two other men at the South Wall climbing site when his ice axes slipped just before noon […]