MEXICO — The Hope Association recently hosted its 42nd annual Snowmobile Ride-In at its new location at 91 Highland Terrace Road. Throughout the day, almost 70 people enjoyed rides and great food, as well as fun and fellowship. The Mexico Trailblazers Snowmobile Club, led by Nick Brown and Elliot Knox, groomed the trails, posted signs […]
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LifeFlight called to snowmobile crash in Casco
CASCO — Cumberland County Dispatch says LifeFlight has been called to the scene of a snowmobile crash in Casco. The crash happened around 12:15 p.m. near 351 Meadow Road. Officials have not commented on the severity of the person’s injuries. This story will be updated.
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Teenager injured when snowmobile hits rocks in Rangeley
RANGELEY — A 14-year-old girl was injured when her snowmobile hit rocks along the shoreline of Rangeley Lake in City Cove on Saturday night, Maine Warden Service spokesman Cpl. John MacDonald said. The girl struck her hip and was treated and released from Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, MacDonald said. She was operating alone and there […]
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One injured in snowmobile crash in Rangeley
RANGELEY — Fire Rescue Chief Tim Pellerin said Monday that snowmobilers need to slow down and give the right of way to emergency rescue sleds responding to accidents. On Sunday, a snowmobiler was injured in a crash on ITS 89 about 5½ miles from the crossing at Boy Scout Road, he said. Three of the […]
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Maine tourism groups to provide weekly report on snow conditions
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Office of Tourism, Ski Maine Association and Maine Snowmobile Association are collaborating to provide weekly reports on snow conditions across the state. The reports on visitmaine.com will be posted each Wednesday starting in January. Phil Savignano, senior tourism officer, says it’s important for people to know that there’s always snow […]
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Three women snowmobilers rescued after night in Maine woods
MILLINOCKET (AP) — Maine game wardens say three women are safe after they became separated while snowmobiling near Millinocket. Wardens say 62-year-old Dorothy Gould, of Glenburn, Maine, Alice Meadow of Texas and Valerie Morrow, of Garland Maine, both of whom are in their 50s, were staying together at a camp on Smith Pond west of […]
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Can’t get there? Lack of help maintaining snowmobile trails may be to blame
FARMINGTON — Issues facing local snowmobile clubs have led to the formation of a new cooperative: Western Foothills Snowmobile Group. The group met Monday at Franklin Memorial Hospital with Joe Higgins of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands Snowmobile Program to share those concerns and begin addressing them. […]
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Police investigating theft of snowmobile in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating the theft of a snowmobile from a residence on Fayette Road. A 1997 white Polaris Indy 600 was reported stolen Saturday, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday. The estimated value is $400, he said. Officer Stephen Gould is investigating.
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Dixfield police report increase in scam calls
DIXFIELD — The Police Department responded to 31 calls for service from Feb. 23 to March 6, including some phone scams, Chief Jeff Howe said Friday morning. “We’ve been getting buried with fraudulent phone calls, ranging from IRS scams to fake winnings scams,” he said. He attributed the volume to tax return season. The IRS […]
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Rumford woman injured in Roxbury snowmobile accident
RUMFORD — A Rumford woman was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital on Saturday after her snowmobile struck a tree in Roxbury, Warden Josh Smith said Monday morning. Smith said Kathryn Gagnon, 53, of Rumford was driving her snowmobile in the area of Bunker Pond Trail when she missed a left turn and hit […]