JAY — By court order, two properties on Route 17 were cleared of junk Wednesday, ending a costly 16-year legal battle between the owners and the town, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Thursday. The front property is owned by the heirs of Leroy Pollis and the back piece is owned by his son, Darren Pollis. […]
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Skunk and groundhog damage Roxbury cemetery
ROXBURY — Hallowed ground in town was damaged recently by a couple of varmints that have since been removed. Now the town must hire someone to repair the damage done by a skunk and groundhog to the Spaulding plot in Pine View Cemetery off Route 17. “A skunk and a groundhog were living in the […]
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Police: Suspect steals car in Dixfield, caught after crashing into Rangeley store
RANGELEY — A Dixfield man remained hospitalized in Portland on Saturday after the stolen car he was driving at a high rate of speed down Main Street slammed into a Rangeley gift shop, police said. Several charges from police in three towns are pending against Christopher Labbe, 43, including felony burglary and eluding, Rangeley Sgt. […]
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School bus, car collide in Mexico
MEXICO — A Regional School Unit 10 bus and a car collided Wednesday at Route 17 and Harlow Hill Road, damaging both vehicles. The six Dirigo Middle School students on the bus and their driver, David Briggs, 56, of Byron, were not injured, Dean Milligan, Med-Care Ambulance director of operations, said. Mexico police officer Rob […]
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Roxbury woman injured in Route 17 accident near home
ROXBURY — A Roxbury woman was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital on Friday afternoon following a two-vehicle accident on Route 17. Med-Care Chief Dean Milligan said on scene that Susan Hodgkins, 57, suffered a minor shoulder injury. Hodgkins was driving a 2005 Ford Escape sport utility vehicle north and slowing to make a […]
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Weld driver charged after police chase
DIXFIELD — Police said a Weld man is scheduled to appear Friday in 11th District Court in Paris on several charges related to a police chase Wednesday night. Cody D. Austin, 21, of 511 West Side Road, is charged with felony attempting to elude an officer, operating under the influence, driving to endanger and speeding […]
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Jefferson man dies in Union crash
UNION (AP) — Police say a Jefferson man has died after losing control of his vehicle on Route 17 in Jefferson. The Knox County Sheriff’s Department says it appears as if 37-year-old Chris LaFrance lost control of his SUV while traveling east at about 2 p.m. Tuesday. The vehicle clipped the end of a guard […]
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Route 17 repaired, reopened after 4-inch rainstorm
ROXBURY — Workers with the Maine Department of Transportation repaired a section of Route 17 on Friday morning, a day after heavy rain caused the Swift River to flood and wash it out. A long stretch of the highway was originally closed to traffic Thursday night after the Swift River flooded near the Roxbury-Byron town […]