The second shift at Maine Wild Blueberry Co.’s facility in Machias was in full swing early Friday when, without warning, state police troopers came for some of the workers. The LePage administration had ordered the 60-plus remaining inmates at the Downeast Correctional Facility transferred to other prisons. While police loaded most inmates onto buses at […]
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Adelbert Ackley Roberts
1924 – 2015 AUBURN — Adelbert Ackley Roberts, 90, of Buckfield passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 4, in Auburn. He was born in Whiting to Roy and Effie (Ackley) Roberts. Adelbert, affectionately known as “Del,” grew up on a saltwater farm in the East Side of Machiasport, where he was raised by his Uncle Carroll […]
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Inmate’s death does not appear suspicious
MACHIASPORT — Officials say the death of an inmate at the state prison in Machiasport was not a homicide and does not appear to be a suicide. Stephen McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety says the cause of 32-year-old Phillip Kay’s death remains under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. Kay was […]
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Machiasport inmate apprehended in Lewiston on Thursday
LEWISTON — An Auburn man accused of slipping away from a Machiasport prison Wednesday was found and arrested in Lewiston a day later. Prison officials said 46-year-old John Phillip Michaud had walked away Wednesday from the Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport. Michaud was convicted in 2013 for five counts of burglary and theft. He was […]
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Machiasport man dies in crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — Slippery road conditions are being blamed in part for the death of a Machiasport man in a traffic accident. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office said 83-year-old William Coperthwaite was driving his van south on Route 220 in Washington at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday when his vehicle left the road, struck a large […]
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Machiasport man killed in Washington crash known for unusual home, lifestyle
MACHIASPORT — A Machiasport man who was killed Tuesday in a single-vehicle accident in Knox County had carved out a simple, unusual lifestyle, but despite his affinity for solitude he was recalled as a “people person.” William Coperthwaite, 83, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in Washington on Tuesday afternoon. Funeral arrangements […]
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Maine Coast Heritage Trust preserves ancient rock carvings in Machiasport
MACHIASPORT — With the recent acquisition of a local waterfront property, officials hope that ancient shorefront markings at the site will be preserved for generations to come. Maine Coast Heritage Trust announced last week that it has acquired a 66-acre property at Long Point on Machias Bay that includes 3,000-year-old petroglyphs carved into waterfront rocks. […]