FALMOUTH — The new owners of the Falmouth Shopping Center on Route 1 in Falmouth are planning an ambitious expansion that would create a massive, multipurpose development with senior housing, dining and entertainment venues, indoor and outdoor recreation, a hotel and other uses. A master plan for the project, to be renamed Falmouth Center, has […]
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Attorney says Paul LePage scuttled state’s settlement with Wiscasset in traffic dispute
Wiscasset officials have rejected a proposed settlement with the state over a controversial traffic project after a lawyer representing the town told them Gov. Paul LePage intervened to strip out a key concession. The midcoast town of 3,700 has sued the Maine Department of Transportation over its latest effort to mitigate the notorious summertime traffic […]
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Driver charged after Route 1 head-on crash in Warren
WARREN — A Waldoboro woman was charged following a head-on car crash on Route 1 Sunday morning. According to Knox County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Tim Carroll, a 2005 Pontiac sedan driven by Jillian Richards, 24, of Waldoboro was driving south on Route 1 just south of the intersection of Route 90 around 6:30 a.m. […]
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Icy Sunday morning weather causes fatal crash in Arundel, police say
ARUNDEL — A 69-year-old Saco man died Sunday morning after losing control of his pickup truck on any icy bridge near the Arundel-Biddeford town line and crashing into a utility pole, according to police. Richard R. Johnson Sr. was killed in the single-vehicle crash, according to Chief Deputy William King Jr. of the York County […]
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Teen driver killed on way to school
TOPSFIELD — An 18-year-old Brookton Plantation man driving to school was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning. Dylan Porter was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 7:10 a.m. on U.S. Route 1 about two miles north of Route 6, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported. Porter […]
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Penobscot Narrows Bridge reopens after falling ice hits cars
VERONA ISLAND (AP) — The Penobscot Narrows Bridge has reopened to traffic a day after it was closed when large chunks of ice fell off the cables and damaged cars. The bridge that carries U.S. Route 1 over the Penobscot River and connects Verona Island to Prospect reopened Monday night after some ice was removed […]
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Woman finds a teacher’s final gift
BELFAST — Dr. Mary Black lives close to the Route 1 Jug Handle in Belfast, which has been the site of many car accidents over the years. On Aug. 31, she and her husband, David, heard a very loud crash on the highway and went to see if they could help. Ultimately, and despite the […]
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Woman killed in Route 1 crash was teacher who spent last day preparing for first day of school
BELFAST — The woman killed Saturday night after her car was hit by charter bus on Route 1 was a teacher who spent the last day of her life getting ready for the start of the next school year. Jayashree Kalmath, 61, of Camden apparently had been turning left onto Route 1 from Northport Avenue […]
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Driver cut out of car after Route 1 crash has died
BELFAST — A woman who apparently drove into the path of an oncoming charter bus on U.S. Route 1 in Belfast Saturday evening has died, police said. Chief Michael McFadden has not identified the woman, who was in her 50s. Witnesses told officers that it looked like the woman driving the car turned left from […]
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Driver cut out of car after crash with charter bus on Route 1
BELFAST — By the time rescue crews were done with the Subaru Impreza after a bad crash Saturday evening, it looked more like a crumpled tin can than a car. But the driver survived the accident, police said, even though the vehicle appeared was T-boned by a charter bus. Witnesses told officers that it looked […]