LIVERMORE FALLS — Wood stacked too close to a stove ignited, damaging a garage at 79 Hunton Loop on Tuesday evening, Fire Chief Edward Hastings IV said Wednesday. No one was injured. The fire was contained to the woodpile and the wall behind the wood stove, Hastings said. The garage, which was converted to living space, […]
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Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Jay fire damage estimated at $175K
JAY — Fire destroyed a local businessman’s garage and tools, some about 100 years old, late Friday afternoon on Warren Hill Road, Fire/Rescue Chief Mike Booker said. About 35 firefighters from Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Farmington and Wilton responded to Carl Badeau’s property to find the garage estimated to be 40 by 60 feet engulfed in flames, […]
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Garage, cars destroyed in Harrison fire
Travis Cummings looks out at what was once a three-bay garage where he works on friends’ vehicles. He was restoring an ’88 Oldsmobile where his father, Nelson Cummings, who owns the property, once operated a car repair business. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) HARRISON — A late-night fire destroyed a garage and four cars at 178 Plains Road […]
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Richard B. Bryant
MINOT — Richard B. Bryant, 73, of Minot, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 24, at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Mechanic Falls on Nov. 2, 1943, the son of Harold and Elsie Knight Bryant. He graduated from Mechanic Falls High School and had worked for Central Maine Power for […]
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Geraldine L. LaChance
LISBON CENTER — Geraldine L. LaChance, 99, of Lisbon Center passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, August 15, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Pittsfield on January 9, 1918, a daughter of the late George and Mary (Davis) Bickford. She grew up in the Pittsfield area and attended local […]
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Mold found in Farmington police garage
FARMINGTON — Mold is growing and spreading on Sheetrock at one end of the Farmington Police Department garage, which has three bays and a mechanical room. The garage was built in 2012. Police noticed the mold on the walls of the last bay that abuts the mechanical room about a month ago, Deputy Police Chief […]
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Lisbon man backs car through garage wall
LISBON — A man was not injured Sunday afternoon when he backed his car through the rear of his detached garage, according to Police Chief Marc Hagan. David Menasco, 79, was in his 2004 Ford Focus when he backed through the wall of his garage at 8 Pike St. at 2:49 p.m., Hagan said. He […]
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Woods fire spreads, devours barn in New Gloucester
NEW GLOUCESTER — A garage burned flat on Gloucester Hill Road early Friday night in flames that spread from a woods fire. Crews from several area towns helped battle the blaze at 77 Gloucester Hill Road but by the time the flames were brought under control, the oversized two-car garage was a total loss, with […]
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Vienna woman burned in garage fire
PHILLIPS — A Vienna woman suffered second-degree burns on her feet Tuesday when the three-bay garage she was cleaning caught fire at 75 East Madrid Road, Fire Chief Mark Rousseau said. The garage and its contents, including some antiques and a fifth-wheel motor home, were destroyed, he said. The garage and contents were not insured, […]
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Woodstock voters approve buying garage
WOODSTOCK — Residents on Monday voted overwhelmingly to approve buying the former Maine Department of Transportation garage on Route 232 as a base for PACE Ambulance. The article asked for $85,000 to buy the building, with $38,000 taken from the sale of the Billings Hill woodlot, $40,000 from the Spruce Mountain Wind project, and $7,000 […]