TURNER — A Jay man was killed in an early-morning crash Thursday. William Rodgers, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Rodgers was driving south on Route 4 just after 1 a.m. when his 2014 Dodge Caravan collided with a 2011 Jeep Liberty driven by Christian J. Parlin, 23, of Livermore, Androscoggin County […]
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One killed in Livermore crash
[UPDATE: Andover man identified as victim in fatal crash] LIVERMORE — One person was killed Friday afternoon when a car and pickup truck collided on Route 4. The identity of the person killed was not immediately available. The vehicles collided shortly before 6 p.m. at Routes 4 and 108, police said. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department […]
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Rumford woman charged with eluding police and criminal speed
AUBURN — A Rumford woman who lead police on a high-speed chase was charged Tuesday with related felony and misdemeanors crimes. An Androscoggin County grand jury handed up an indictment against Heather Grant, 41, of 630 Prospect Ave., charging eluding an officer, a Class C felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. She […]
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Avon, Phillips residents injured when cars hit head-on on Route 4 in Avon
AVON — A local woman and a Phillips man were injured Thursday morning when their vehicles collided head-on on Route 4. Jonathan Cummings, 41, of Phillips told state police he was driving north when he reached for a package of cigarettes in the passenger seat and his SUV crossed the centerline, Trooper Andrew Hardy said. […]
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Jay workers hunt for water leak
Workers for E.L. Vining & Son of Farmington install a new valve for water lines on Route 4 at Riley Road on Tuesday morning to help find a break that has leaked thousands of gallons since Sunday afternoon. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) JAY — Jay Village Water District representatives were restoring water to much of Jay village […]
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Wilton woman walks away from crash on river
LIVERMORE — A Wilton woman walked away from a crash Saturday night, after the SUV she was driving landed on a shelf of ice on the Androscoggin River. Elizabeth Neuschwanger, 46, was northbound on Route 4 and failed to negotiate a corner before the bridge over the river near Goding Road. The SUV hit a […]
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Multi-vehicle crash injures one after Farmington road turns icy
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman was injured Monday morning when her sedan slid into stopped vehicles on icy routes 2 and 4, Farmington police officer Ryan Rosie said. Lucille Lessard, 69, complained of shoulder pain and was taken by NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, he said. Rosie said a vehicle traveling north near Touch […]
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Slippery conditions shut down portion of Route 4 in Jay
JAY — Freezing temperatures and snowfall created slick roads here Tuesday night and in other areas of Franklin County on Wednesday morning. Traffic on Jay Hill on Route 4 had to be detoured and a portion of the road shut down because of ice. At 7:39 p.m. Tuesday, a Ford Ranger pickup slid off the […]
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Turner teen dies in collision with pickup as he tries crossing Route 4
TURNER — A Turner teen was killed early Wednesday when a car and truck collided at routes 4 and 117. Police said Alan Coffin, 17, died when his car collided with a pickup hauling a trailer shortly before 7:30 a.m. Coffin was crossing Route 4, investigators said, and drove directly into the path of the […]
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Three injured in Jay crash
JAY — Three Jay residents were injured Wednesday afternoon when a car pulled from a driveway into the path of a pickup truck on Route 4, police said. Lovis Noyes, 77, tried to cross from the southbound to the northbound lane and didn’t see a truck driven by Terry Trask, 67, near Howie’s Welding and […]