NAPLES — More than 40 Maine-based blues acts will perform at venues in the area at the sixth annual Maine Blues Festival on June 17-19. Well-known area acts include Pam Baker, Mark Miller, guitar legend Denny Breau, Blue Steel Express, the Practical Cats, Pat Pepin, Brookside Blues Band, The Colwell Brothers, Delta Knights, Eric Green […]
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Students get lesson on, about Long Lake
NAPLES — “Hey, you!” Hundreds of sixth-grade students from Oxford Hills and other local area school districts are talking to you if you’re one of the people who carelessly throw trash in the water, cut vegetation on the shorelines or create other environmental hazards that affect the quality of Long Lake’s water. Each June, echoes […]
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9-year-old Naples boy shot in head, uncle arrested
NAPLES — A 9-year-old boy was shot in the head with a pellet gun Thursday and his uncle was arrested. Police said a pellet lodged in the front of Gavin Gilmore’s brain after the shooting at 409 Lambs Mill Road. Gavin was taken to Bridgton Hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was later moved to Maine […]
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Funeral held for Maine mom recovered from N.H. pond
NAPLES, Maine (AP) — A single mother from Maine whose mysterious death remains under investigation in New Hampshire was remembered by friends and family on Monday as an energetic, strong-willed woman with a wide network of friends. More than 300 people attended the funeral for Krista Dittmeyer, 20, at Lake Region High School in Naples, […]
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House burns in Naples
NAPLES — Fire departments from five towns responded to a house fire at 71 Harrison Road on Tuesday night, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department officials said. The two-alarm fire was called in just before 7:15 p.m. Naples, Casco and Harrison fire departments went to the scene of the blaze, while the Waterford and Bridgton departments provided […]
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Windham man sought in Rite Aid robbery
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a Windham man in connection with a May 2010 Rite Aid robbery in Naples. Jessie Lavallee, 21, is wanted on a warrant charging Class B robbery. The charge stems from a May 10 robbery at a Naples Rite Aid in which a suspect police believe to be […]
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Officials say cause of pond death in Naples uncertain, release name of victim
NAPLES, Maine (AP) — A Maine sheriff’s department is awaiting a report from the medical examiner before determining the cause of death of a man found in Brandy Pond in the town of Naples. The Cumberland County sheriff’s department says officials were called to the pond at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The victim, identified […]
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Naples man held on drug charges
NAPLES — A Naples man remained behind bars Tuesday night following an arrest last week on drug trafficking charges. Michael Guiliani, 38, is being held at the Cumberland County Jail on $50,000 bond. He was charged Thursday with two counts of drug trafficking and a probation hold. Also arrested was Guiliani’s wife, Sherene Guiliani, 22, […]
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Naples schools locked down Tuesday after ‘concerning’ Facebook post
NAPLES — WMTW reported that Lake Region High School and Lake Region Middle School were on lockdown Tuesday morning after receiving what the school district described in a note to parents as a Facebook message that created “possible concern of the safety to our (high) school.” Officials at Regional School Unit 61 were apparently notified […]