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Man rescued after canoe capsizes in Saco River
FRYEBURG — A 55-year-old man of Rockland, Mass., was rescued on the Saco River on Sunday about 1 p.m. when his canoe flipped at an area known as “Walker’s Rips.” Witnesses say the man, who was not wearing a life jacket at the time he capsized, went under the water and struck his head and […]
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 […]
Fryeburg Police arrest Mass. man for cocaine possession.
FRYEBURG – Fryeburg Police arrested a Massachusetts man for felony possession of cocaine and paraphernalia Saturday night at his campsite along the Saco River. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin told WCSH 6 that Vaughan C. Renaud of Yarmouth Port, Mass., was arrested shortly after 8 p.m. Potvin said Renaud was found to be in possession […]
Baseball memorabilia from 1862 at auction in Biddeford
PORTLAND (AP) — An auction house that sold a 148-year-old baseball card is now selling even older baseball memorabilia that features a Union team decimated by a Civil War battle. Saco River Auction Co. in Biddeford has a scorecard, four tickets and three concession passes from an 1862 game featuring the Washington Nationals and 71st […]