RANGELEY — Two brothers from Connecticut were rescued Tuesday from Rangeley Lake after one of their kayaks capsized. The two were in the 55-degree water for about an hour, Fire Rescue Chief Tim Pellerin said. The younger, Mark Lovesoy, 17, was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance to be treated for near hypothermia at Franklin […]
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Hebron man rescued on Appalachian Trail, carried out 1.5 miles
DEAD RIVER TOWNSHIP — Maine game wardens and rescue officials from around western Maine carried a 64-year-old Hebron man 1.5 miles out of the woods on Wednesday after he was injured hiking the Appalachian Trail in Somerset County. Cpl. John MacDonald said in a news release that John Jutras injured his knee and dislocated his […]
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Fryeburg Police rescue stranded campers on Saco River
FRYEBURG — Police on Thursday conducted their second river rescue in three days, helping three woman and a dog stranded when the Saco River rose unexpectedly and swept their canoe away. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said in a news release that dispatchers received a distress call from a 21-year-old woman around 7:15 a.m. that she […]
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Video: Teen, 12-year-old boy rescued from river in Mechanic Falls
Posted by Auburn Fire Department on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Swift Water Rescue in Mechanic Falls Posted by Auburn Fire Department on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Swift Water Rescue in Mechanic Falls Posted by Auburn Fire Department on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 MECHANIC FALLS — Rescue crews pulled a teenager and a 12-year-old boy from […]
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Project Lifesaver in Auburn helps keep wanderers from getting lost
AUBURN — In early June, a 12-year-old autistic girl wandered away from her Auburn home. It was the kind of vanishing act that would normally cause panic and a frantic search. But not this time. This time, the missing lass was found within minutes, thanks to a technology dubbed Project Lifesaver, a program aimed at […]
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Turner voters OK spending for rescue service, longer Town Office hours
Editor’s note: This story was corrected and updated after the original ran on April 14. TURNER — More than 100 residents at town meeting Saturday approved a budget that will boost the rescue operations and keep the Town Office open five days a week. The municipal budget approved by 111 residents at Boofy Quimby Memorial […]
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Jay police, firefighters rescue woman trapped on balcony
JAY — A woman who locked herself out of her third-floor apartment on Main Street was rescued from a balcony by firefighters Friday morning. Officer Nicholas Gulliver said he was outside a bank across the street and heard someone yelling and saw a woman’s head and arms waving from a third-floor balcony in the back […]
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Board of Selectmen approve purchase of ambulance
BUCKFIELD — The Board of Selectmen approved the purchase of a 1998 Ford custom ambulance from Stoneham Rescue for $6,000. Rescue Chief Floyd Richardson said $4,995 would come from the Fire Equipment Reserve and a $1,005 donation from the Rescue Association, which the board voted to accept. Richardson said the ambulance was in very good […]
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Cuts to Buckfield emergency providers postponed
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen have postponed outlining a plan to cut services from emergency providers until residents meet later this month. The decision halts formal recommendations on how to cut $52,000 from the Rescue Department’s budget, made in light of voters taking up the issue on whether to restore the funding at a special town meeting […]
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Franklin County rescuers hike miles to reach ill South Carolina hiker
WYMAN TOWNSHIP — A South Carolina man became sick Tuesday afternoon while hiking the Appalachian Trail on Crocker Mountain and needed help, Maine Warden Justin Fowlie said Wednesday. Warden Scott Stevens responded to the rescue call along with members of Franklin Search & Rescue and NorthStar EMS medics, who hiked the 5½ miles to where […]