LIVERMORE FALLS — A kitchen fire heavily damaged a retired dentist’s home on Park Street on Tuesday evening. Gerard Girardin and his sister-in-law managed to get out of his one-story home safely, Fire Chief Edward Hastings said Wednesday evening. The cause of the fire was stove burners accidentally left on, he said. Flames spread throughout […]
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Two arrested in Mexico stabbing
MEXICO — A Woolwich man remains in a Wiscasset jail, charged with stabbing a 41-year-old Mexico man at a home on Carlton Avenue last week, Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Tuesday. Robert McKenney, 41, is charged with elevated aggravated assault and violation of bail for a prior assault, Hodsdon said. McKenney also had two arrest warrants from […]
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Fire destroys Livermore Falls mobile home
LIVERMORE FALLS — A mobile home on Fayette Street was completely destroyed in a fire early Sunday morning. Livermore Falls Fire Chief Edward Hastings said all four residents were able to escape after being woken by smoke detectors around 2:30 a.m. Jamie Adams, the owner of the home at 242 Fayette St., lived there with his girlfriend […]
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Trio arrested, police officer hurt in late-night foot chase
LEWISTON — Two teens and an adult were arrested and a police officer was hurt during a late-night foot chase following a burglary spree on Martha Avenue. Police said the trio was captured shortly after breaking into a house and stealing a purse belonging to a 67-year-old woman. Just before 11 p.m. Tuesday, police were […]
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Farmington man indicted on charges of gross sexual assault
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Farmington man Tuesday on three felony charges of gross sexual assault stemming from a Pleasant Street assault in June. Farmington police charged Jonathan Dumont Jr., 29, with three Class A counts of gross sexual assault on June 29 after receiving a complaint from the victim, Sgt. […]
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Fire heavily damages garage in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE — A fire heavily damaged a four-bay garage Wednesday at 171 George Thomas Road when a bulldozer caught fire while it was being worked on, fire Chief Edward Hastings IV said. He estimated damage at $30,000 to $50,000, including tools. Twenty to 25 firefighters from eight departments responded to help put out the fire. […]
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Lewiston’s new autism classes opening this fall
LEWISTON — This fall, Lewiston’s expanded autism program will begin teaching 17 students who would have been in a more expensive, private program, Lewiston’s Special Ed Director Jill Hastings told the Lewiston School Committee Monday night. The new program will teach 20 students, Hastings said. There will be three new small classes, often with a […]
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Firefighters squash woods fire in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE — Firefighters responded early Friday to a woods fire on a walking path leading to a popular fishing spot on Robinson Pond, fire Chief Edward Hastings IV said. The cause of the fire is suspicious, he said. Maine forest rangers are investigating. A person driving by the pond, located off Borough Road, reported the fire […]
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Smoke detector alerts Chesterville residents to fire
CHESTERVILLE — A chimney issue caused the side of a house on West Road to catch fire around the chimney thimble where the pipe connects to the chimney on Tuesday morning, fire Chief Edward Hastings IV said. The homeowner knocked down the fire with a fire extinguisher before firefighters arrived, he said. A smoke detector […]
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Jogger hit on wintry road in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A jogger is in intensive care at Central Maine Medical Center after being struck by a pickup truck Sunday morning. According to Sgt. Edward Hastings of the Farmington Police Department, Tess Perry, 25, of Farmington was jogging along the Fairbanks Road in the vicinity of Partridge Lane around 9:09 a.m. when the accident […]