MONHEGAN (AP) — Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are traveling to Monhegan to celebrate the island’s 400th year anniversary. The parade and ceremony on the tiny island Wednesday will honor the anniversary of Cpt. John Smith’s visit to Monhegan Plantation in 1614. The parade is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. at […]
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Man who survived fatal wharf crash ‘disappointed’ in lack of prosecution
PORT CLYDE — Jonathan Coggeshall said he is disappointed that the driver of a car that struck him and members of a Massachusetts family, killing a young boy, will not be prosecuted. “While I am still focused on recovering from my injuries [my family’s] main concern has been for the Gold family and the horrors […]
Mass. woman hurt in St. George wharf crash out of hospital
PORTLAND (AP) — The mother of a 9-year-old Massachusetts boy killed by an out of control car on a coastal Maine town’s wharf has been released from the hospital. A spokesman at Maine Medical Center in Portland tells The Press Herald on Tuesday that 50-year-old Allison Gold of Cohasset, Mass., is no longer a patient […]
Mother of boy killed on Port Clyde wharf released from hospital
PORT CLYDE — The mother of a young boy killed Aug. 11 — when a car slammed into her family on a wharf as they awaited a ferry to Monhegan — has been released from Maine Medical Center. A spokeswoman for the Portland hospital said Wednesday morning that Allison Gold had been discharged. Knox County […]
Investigation into St. George death continues
ST. GEORGE (AP) — Investigators have downloaded information from the data event recorder of a car that went out of control on coastal Maine town’s wharf, killing a 9-year-old Massachusetts boy and injuring his mother and brother. Knox County Sheriff Donna Dennison tells The Portland Press Herald the information was downloaded Wednesday but has not […]
Port Clyde crash victims improving
PORT CLYDE — A six-year-old boy injured in a fatal crash on the Port Clyde Wharf Sunday afternoon has been released from Maine Medical Center and his mother’s condition has improved, hospital officials said Saturday. Wyatt Gold was released earlier this week, and his mother, Allison Gold, 50, has been upgraded to fair condition. On […]
Driver who hit pedestrians, killing 9-year-old, in Port Clyde doesn’t recall what happened
PORT CLYDE — A New York City woman who was the driver of a car that plowed into people and cars on a Port Clyde wharf Sunday afternoon does not recall what happened, according to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. The crash killed 9-year-old Dylan Gold of Cohasset, Mass., and seriously injured his 50-year-old mother, […]
Driver of car that killed boy in Port Clyde says she doesn’t recall what happened
PORT CLYDE — A New York City woman who was the driver of a car that plowed into people and cars on a Port Clyde wharf Sunday afternoon does not know what happened, according to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. The crash killed a 9-year-old boy from Massachusetts and seriously injured his 50-year-old mother and […]
Car hits family of four on Port Clyde pier, killing 9-year-old boy
ST. GEORGE — An out-of-control vehicle hit a family of four Sunday afternoon, killing a 9-year-old boy, and struck seven cars and hit the Monhegan Boat Line building on the wharf in the village of Port Clyde. Emergency crews from several towns and two LifeFlight of Maine helicopters were called around 2:45 p.m. to the […]