BANGOR (AP) — A man whose friend was fatally shot during a home invasion in Hermon two years ago has been sentenced to six years in prison. Phillip McIntyre was also sentenced Tuesday in Penobscot County Court to four years of probation after pleading guilty to charges including to robbery, burglary and aggravated assault. Prosecutors […]
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One dead, two injured in Hermon crash
HERMON (AP) — Authorities say one person has been killed and two others seriously hurt in a head-on car crash in Hermon. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said a Jeep SUV eastbound on Route 2 crossed the center line near the Carmel town line at about 5:30 p.m. Monday and struck a Ford sedan. The […]
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Still no verdict in triple murder trial
BANGOR — Jurors in Maine are going home without a verdict for the second straight day in the trial of two men charged in the drug-related killings of three people whose bodies were discovered in a burning car in Bangor in 2012. Jurors are more than 20 hours into deliberations that began Wednesday in the […]
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Old Town woman critically injured in I-95 rollover
HERMON (AP) — An Old Town woman and her 3-year-old son were hurt when their car rolled over on Interstate 95 in Hermon. Police say 31-year-old Myndie Davis was headed south when she apparently lost control of her car at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The car left the highway, hit a rock ledge and rolled […]
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Hampden man killed in single-car crash on I-95
HERMON — A 47-year-old Hampden man was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 95. Thomas Ellingwood was the only person in the vehicle, a silver 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser, Trooper Michael Johnston of the Maine State Police said in a news release issued Monday evening. According to Johnston, the accident happened about […]
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LePage praises Hermon manufacturer for expansion plans
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says a manufacturing company in the state is planning to expand its operations. The Republican governor said that the Ntension Corporation of Hermon, a wholesale tension-fabric structures manufacturer, will expand this spring into a new 40,000 square-foot facility. He says that growth will allow the company to create 21 […]
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Truckers say safety a priority
HERMON — Truckers passing through Maine say they keep safety at the front of their minds all the time because their livelihood is at stake. “That’s No. 1. If you’re not safe, you’re not going to get to where you’re going,” said Duane Laybolt, a truck driver from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, who had taken a […]
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Bankrupt railroad hires Portland law firm to sell company, tracks
PORTLAND (AP) — A bankrupt railroad whose runaway train killed 47 people when it derailed and exploded in Quebec has hired a Portland law firm. A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday agreed to allow Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway to hire Verill Dana to represent the company during the bankruptcy process. Company trustee Robert Keach said […]
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Railroad cars derail near Route 2 in Hermon
HERMON — At least two railroad cars on a train derailed behind a storage facility on Route 2. Railroad workers were at the scene. One of the cars was a tanker while the other appeared to be a boxcar. The tanker was on its side. The derailment occurred behind S&S Self Storage. No further details […]
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Texas woman pleads guilty in Maine bath salts case
BANGOR (AP) — A Texas woman arrested in what law enforcement officials call one of the biggest bath salts busts in Maine history has pleaded guilty. WABI-TV reported that Elizabeth Fuentes of Houston was sentenced to 2½ years in jail after pleading guilty this week in Penobscot County court to drug trafficking. More serious charges […]