BRUNSWICK — Minnie is one of 20 kittens Midcoast Humane rescued in the wake of Hurricane Florence. To help a partner Southern shelter make room for the influx of animals entering the facility immediately after the storm, they took in this group of frisky young’uns. They are now up for adoption at the Brunswick Campus. […]
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Checking woman’s safety at the Androscoggin River
Auburn rescue workers return Thursday afternoon to the boat ramp behind Festival Plaza after assisting Lewiston police in the search for a woman who had been seen on the rocks near Great Falls on the Androscoggin River. The woman was located on land and taken to a Lewiston hospital for evaluation. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Lobsterman saved from drowning in Rockland Harbor
ROCKLAND — A Rockland lobsterman said he thought he was going to die as he struggled Thursday to stay above water in Rockland Harbor. But the quick response by a crew member of a fishing vessel docked at the Rockland Fish Pier prevented a tragedy. Gary Kenney had come in from hauling traps and was […]
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North Carolina hiker rescued again from Appalachian Trail
REDINGTON TOWNSHIP — For the second time in less than two weeks, a North Carolina woman was carried off the Appalachian Trail on Tuesday after becoming ill. Andrea Pincumbe, 21, of Asheville, called the Franklin County Regional Communications Center in Farmington at about 8 a.m. from the Poplar Ridge lean-to atop Saddleback Mountain to say […]
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Rescuers take an hour to rescue scrappy raccoon under Denny’s dumpster
AUBURN — Police and an animal rescuer wrestled with a 20-pound raccoon for more than an hour Tuesday after the animal got stuck beneath a dumpster outside Denny’s restaurant. The raccoon was ultimately freed, although it did not happen easily. Wildlife control agent Rich Burton described the adventure in a Facebook post that quickly went […]
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Four more boys removed from Thai cave on Day 2 of rescue
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Eight of the 12 boys trapped in a flooded and labyrinth cave system in far northern Thailand are safe and recuperating in a hospital after another four were brought out by divers on the second day of a high-stakes rescue operation, a top official said. The boys brought out of […]
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Animal rescuers: The new rock stars
There was an unsettling moment when I thought the pterodactyl-looking creature might rear up and pluck one of the eyeballs right out of my head. Just you never mind that the pterodactyl creature was no more than three inches tall or that it seemed unable to stand on its two comically large feet. This was […]
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Wilton teenager rescued after fall from cliff in Industry
INDUSTRY — Dawson Tolman, 17, of Wilton is recovering “spectacularly” from a fall off a cliff on Little Pico Ridge last week, his mother Dawn Tolman said Tuesday. He had a broken foot and facial lacerations but just two days after the fall he was back to his old self, she said. “He fell about 30 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
River Rescue: Trying like hell for the happy ending
The man standing high atop the banks of the roaring Androscoggin River had a lot of questions and a lot of complaints. He stood with arms crossed near the edge of Riverside Drive, his face aglow with the red emergency lights that blazed all around. He scowled and shook his head in anger and disgust. […]
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Franklin deputies save life of suicidal man in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE — Four Franklin County deputies and a police dog saved the life of a suicidal man Friday, according to a news release from Sheriff Scott Nichols. Members of the man’s family found him near the Chesterville Fire Department station around 1 p.m. Friday using a phone app and reported to the Sheriff’s Office that […]