FARMINGTON — A Kennebunk man accused of striking and trying to strangle a woman while the two were on a wilderness camping trip in August in northern Franklin County was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury. Daniel A. Kelley, 42, was indicted on a felony charge of aggravated assault in the Aug. 9 incident at […]
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Tourists find python in rental car after driving to Kennebunk
Post by Kennebunk Police Department. KENNEBUNK — Two women arriving in town for a vacation on Wednesday discovered an unwanted guest in the trunk of their rental car: a ball python. Kennebunk Police Lt. Eric O’Brien said the women, whose names were not disclosed, had driven north from Boston to the Port Inn on Route […]
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Kennebunk man charged with assaulting woman at wilderness campsite
FARMINGTON — Police said a Kennebunk man was arrested Wednesday after a woman said he struck her and tried to strangle her while the two were on a wilderness camping trip at Stephen Phillips Memorial Preserve on Mooselookmeguntic Lake in Rangeley Plantation over the weekend. Daniel A. Kelley, 42, of Kennebunk, was arrested Tuesday by […]
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Kennebunk officers honored for saving man’s life during traffic stop
KENNEBUNK (AP) — Two Kennebunk police officers have been honored for saving a man who went into cardiac arrest during a traffic stop. The town’s board of supervisors honored officers Matthew Harrington and Michael Tucci at Tuesday’s meeting. The officers were also reunited with the man whose life they saved — 84-year-old Gavin Falconer. Falconer […]
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Peru selectmen to review assessments
PERU — Selectmen agreed at Monday night’s meeting to review several property assessments after hearing a resident’s tax complaint. Norman Miley said he paid several hundred dollars more in taxes on his 52 acres than the owner of 52 acres across the road. Board secretary Angela Barkhouse said she has a list of several properties […]
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Officer stops man for speeding in Kennebunk, then saves his life
KENNEBUNK (AP) — Getting pulled over for speeding may have been the luckiest thing that happened to an elderly man in Maine. Gavin Falconer was stopped on Saturday by a police officer in Kennebunk. But shortly after giving the officer his license and registration, the 84-year-old suffered an apparent heart attack and slumped over in […]
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Old Orchard Beach man charged with leaving creepy notes
KENNENBUNK (AP) — An Old Orchard Beach man is facing charges for allegedly leaving creepy notes in the mailboxes of two Kennebunk homes that appeared to threaten children and were signed “pervert.” Police said 39-year-old Robert Simkowitz was charged Wednesday with two counts of criminal threatening. He was not arrested, but summoned to appear in […]
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Kennebunk police charge ‘pervert’ notes suspect
KENNEBUNK — Kennebunk police say that have charged an Old Orchard Beach man with criminal threatening in connection to the notes signed “pervert” that were left in two Ross Road mailboxes last week. Lt. Dan Jones said Robert C. Simkowitz, 39, of 148 Temple Ave. in Old Orchard Beach was charged with two counts of […]
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MVHS French teacher to retire
RUMFORD — Catherine Charles has taught Cambodian refugees, staffed a Maine sporting camp and, for the past nearly 30 years, taught French to high school students. Charles, 61, will retire from Mountain Valley High School next month. She has taught French there for the past 10 years. “I’m a lucky lady. Jobs have come to […]
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Maine E-ZPass system may have overcharged some turnpike drivers
KENNEBUNK (AP) — Maine Turnpike officials say some drivers who use electronic E-ZPass transponders may have been overcharged. The problem was caused by a damaged road sensor on a ramp at the Kennebunk toll plaza that counts the number of axles per vehicle. A Turnpike Authority spokeswoman says the sensor may have counted extra axles […]