LEWISTON — Police said excessive speed appeared to be a factor in a single-car crash on Ferry Road just before midnight Thursday that claimed the life of a 22-year-old man. Police said Dakota Paige of Lewiston was ejected from his 2002 Chevy Cavalier and came to rest in a nearby yard after losing control of […]
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Naples man identified as victim of fatal motorcycle crash
NAPLES — Police identified the victim of a fatal motorcycle accident in Naples over the weekend as 24-year-old Kyle Sweezey. Sweezey, who lived in Naples, was killed when his motorcycle crashed on Harrison Road a few minutes after midnight on Sunday morning. He was not wearing a helmet and died at the scene. No other […]
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Well-known Unity winemaker killed when lawnmower, SUV collide
A business owner and former Unity selectman died Thursday morning from injuries suffered Wednesday when a vehicle struck the lawnmower he was riding with his 5-year-old granddaughter in front of his home on Albion Road, according to Waldo County Sheriff Jeff Trafton. Clement Blakney, 66, of 317 Albion Road, which is Routes 202 and 9, […]
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Man killed by speeding car that woman drove onto Sanford baseball field
? A West Newfield man died Friday night after being hit by a car that a woman drove onto a Sanford baseball field before speeding through a gate the man was trying to close, police told News Center Maine. The station said the driver of the car, 51-year-old Carol Sharrow of Sanford, was arrested Friday […]
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Man killed in Poland ATV wreck
POLAND — A local man was killed Friday afternoon when he crashed an all-terrain vehicle into a tractor-trailer truck on Route 11, according to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department. A department news release said Skylar Lee Huff, 27, of Poland, was operating a 1985 Honda ATV on private property when he drove onto the westbound […]
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State police take 3 teens into custody in Litchfield woman’s death
[UPDATE: Litchfield woman’s son is a suspect in her murder] LITCHFIELD — Maine State Police say they found the body of a 47-year-old Litchfield woman in her home early Sunday and have taken three male teens into custody in connection with her death. Maine State Police identified the woman, Kimberly Mironovas, late Sunday evening, in a […]
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Feds investigating Dixfield millworker's death
DIXFIELD — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating possible workplace safety violations at the Irving Forest Products sawmill, after an employee was killed there Saturday morning, a federal official said. Christopher M. Pineau, 38, of Canton, died while performing maintenance on a log crane in the mill yard, according to Jerome Pelletier, vice […]
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Worker killed Saturday at Irving Forest Products in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — A 38-year-old an employee of the Irving Forest Products sawmill was killed in an accident at about 8:55 a.m. Saturday. Christoper Pineau of Fayette was performing maintenance on a log-yard crane when he was killed, spokeswoman Mary Keith said. Pineau had been working for the company since 2013. “We are devastated by this […]
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Woman dies in multi-car accident in Bethel
UPDATE: Vermont woman killed in Bethel accident on Sunday BETHEL — A woman is dead and two others injured after a crash on Route 2 in Bethel on Sunday afternoon. Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant told WGME-TV that an unidentified 60-year-old woman was killed in the three-car accident that happened around 1:30 p.m., diverting traffic to […]
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Maine man dies after NH mountain hike
THOMPSON AND MESERVE’S PURCHASE, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a Maine hiker has died after suffering a medical emergency while climbing New Hampshire’s Mount Jefferson. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says 63-year-old Gregory Larson was stricken Friday afternoon near the summit of the 5,712-foot mountain. His companions performed CPR while rescue hikers and […]