CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Looking for a person lost in the wilderness is often compared to looking for a needle in a haystack. In reality, it’s far more difficult than that. “When you think about the total square footage of a person’s body — whether they are lying down or standing up — and you think about trying […]
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Maine volunteers make search for lost AT hiker possible
MOUNT ABRAM TOWNSHIP — Matt Clark likes to think somebody would do the same thing for him and his family if he were lost in the Maine wilderness. Clark, a member of Franklin Search and Rescue, was volunteering Tuesday to clamber along miles of streambed and through the thick underbrush of the deep woods in […]
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Maine man accused of leaving 4 children in hot car in N.H.
FRANKLIN, N.H. (AP) — A Maine man who left four children ranging in age from 9 months to 9 years inside a car in 97-degree heat while he shopped at a discount store was ordered Thursday to have no contact with the children. Police said 28-year-old Jeremiah Hollenbeck of Lebanon, Maine, was inside the Family […]