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Family builds 15-foot-tall snowman in Lamoine

LAMOINE — There are snowmen, and then there are snow giants. And given the amount of snow that has fallen in Maine in the past month, it seems inevitable that snow giants would appear this winter. One such behemoth materialized this weekend in the dooryard of a local man who, with his two sons and […]

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Lamoine family carves 15-foot snowman from snow mound

And given the amount of snow that has fallen in Maine in the past month, it seems inevitable that snow giants would appear this winter. One such behemoth materialized this weekend in the dooryard of a local man who, with his two sons and one of their friends, decided that the enormous mound of plowed […]

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Fire destroys Lamoine home

LAMOINE — A fire Wednesday afternoon destroyed a home on Walker Road but did not result in any injuries, according to a local fire official. The homeowner, John Karst, was working in the woods behind the house when the fire was reported by a neighbor a few minutes before 1 p.m., Lamoine Assistant Fire Chief […]

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Families brawl outside courthouse after Lamoine man sentenced in deadly shooting

PENOBSCOT (AP) — Bangor police are investigating a brawl that erupted outside the Penobscot County courthouse after a man pleaded guilty to a fatal shooting. Friends and family of 32-year-old Lawrence “Randy” Sinclair Jr. got into a fight Wednesday with friends of Michael Carter after Carter pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Sinclair’s March 2012 death. […]

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Lamoine man to serve 16 years for manslaughter

BANGOR (AP) — An eastern Maine man charged with murder in a shooting death outside his home last year is expected in court to plead guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. Prosecutors said Michael Carter of Lamoine has agreed to a 30-year sentence with all but 16 years suspended in exchange for having the […]

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Police say Jesse Sinclair died of accidental gunshot wound

LAMOINE — A local man has died after he accidentally shot himself last weekend, according to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred on Saturday, Aug. 3, at home on Birchlawn Drive, the sheriff’s office indicated Thursday in a prepared release. Jesse Sinclair, 19, was inside the house when he suffered a single gunshot […]