WATERBORO — The Maine Warden Service is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing or lost 15-year-old boy. Authorities said Friday that Jaden Dremsa was last seen at about 3 p.m. Thursday near the Twin Pines Trailer Park on Route 5 in North Waterboro. Jaden is believed to be wearing a dark or […]
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Some of 90 missing in mudslide may not be found
DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Becky Bach watches and waits, hoping that search crews find her brother and three other relatives who are missing in Washington state’s deadly mudslide. Doug Massingale waits too, for word about his 4-month-old granddaughter. Searchers were able to identify carpet from the infant’s bedroom, but a log jam stood in the […]
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Australia says nothing spotted in search for plane
Australian officials pledged to continue the search for two large objects spotted by a satellite earlier this week, which had raised hopes that the two-week hunt for the Boeing 777 that disappeared March 8 with 239 people on board was nearing a breakthrough. But Australia’s acting prime minister, Warren Truss, tamped down expectations. “Something that […]
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Best lead’ in plane search: 2 objects seen in sea
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A freighter used searchlights early Friday to scan rough seas in one of the remotest places on Earth after satellite images detected possible pieces from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean. In what officials called the “best lead” of the nearly two-week-old aviation mystery, a satellite […]
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Australia to continue search for suspected missing plane objects spotted by satellite
UPDATED 9:40 a.m. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An air search in the southern Indian Ocean for possible objects from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane described as the “best lead” so far ended for the day without success Thursday but will resume in the morning, Australian rescue officials said. The four planes were checking to […]
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Focus turns to pilots as hunt for jet widens
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Attention focused Sunday on the pilots of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight after the country’s leader announced findings so far that suggest someone with intimate knowledge of the Boeing 777’s cockpit seized control of the plane and sent it off-course. Prime Minister Najib Razak gave the first detailed findings Saturday […]
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Former New Gloucester town manager found missing personnel file
NEW GLOUCESTER — In mid-February, the missing personnel file of former New Gloucester bookkeeper Sandra Sacco was found, two months after she requested a copy. Former Town Manager Sumner Field III sent an email notification to the board on the discovery of the file at 1:31 p.m. Feb. 14, just 29 minutes before the start of his […]
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Father of Bates College student defends son, waits for autopsy results
Italian police are continuing to investigate the death of 21-year-old Bates College junior John Durkin, hoping autopsy and toxicology results expected Tuesday will provide insight into what happened in Rome early Thursday morning. According to the news outlet Roma Today, a camera shows Durkin, a linebacker and captain of the Bobcats’ football team, walking alone […]
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Mother of missing tot Ayla Reynolds presses police for answers
WATERVILLE (AP) — The mother of a missing toddler and supporters are rallying this weekend at the Waterville Police Department to demand answers from law enforcement officials. Trista Reynolds and her father are participating in the event Saturday in Waterville, where her 22-month-old daughter was reported missing on Dec. 17, 2011. The girl’s father told […]
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Coast Guard searching for sailboat near Pemaquid
BRISTOL, Maine (AP) — The Coast Guard is searching near Bristol, Maine, after getting a report about of people in the water and a possible boat in distress. The Coast Guard says a helicopter and vessels on water were actively searching Friday morning. Petty Officer Matthew Couling said the search began with a 911 call […]