JACKMAN — This is the story of two longtime snowmobilers and one angry moose. Janis and Bob Powell have been coming to their camp in Jackman from New Hampshire for 11 years to snowmobile in Maine’s backcountry. Averaging between 3,000 and 5,000 miles a year, Janis Powell said she and her husband are experienced riders […]
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Jogger hit on wintry road in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A jogger is in intensive care at Central Maine Medical Center after being struck by a pickup truck Sunday morning. According to Sgt. Edward Hastings of the Farmington Police Department, Tess Perry, 25, of Farmington was jogging along the Fairbanks Road in the vicinity of Partridge Lane around 9:09 a.m. when the accident […]
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Snowmobiler injured in Roxbury
ROXBURY — A snowmobiler was flown to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston on Sunday night with injuries suffered when his machine flipped in a logging yard off Roxbury Road, fire Chief Raymond Carver said. Carver said the Roxbury Fire Department and Med-Care were dispatched to the scene after 9 p.m. and found the man. […]
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Snowmobile driver dies in Dover-Foxcroft crash
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Police say a snowmobile operator has died in in Dover-Foxcroft. The police chief told WZON-AM that the crash involving a man happened at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds in Dover-Foxcroft. The man’s identity was not immediately released. This was the fourth snowmobile fatality of the season in Maine. It’s […]
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Snowmobilers reported missing because of miscommunication
GREENVILLE — A Brewer couple who went missing while on a snowmobile ride near Greenville have been found alive, officials said. Lloyd “Mike” Blanchard Jr. and Wendy Lainez-Blanchard of Brewer had stayed the night at Northern Outdoors Lodge on Sunday evening, according to Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service. The couple left Kineo […]
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New Jersey man dies in Farmington snowmobile wreck
FARMINGTON — A New Jersey man died Sunday morning when the snowmobile he was riding struck a tree on the edge of a trail. Richard Keith Horton, 50, of Delran, N.J., was sledding with friends at 11:09 a.m. before the accident that killed him, according to Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service. Horton […]
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Mass. boy hurt when snowmobile crashes into trees in Bethel
BETHEL — A 9-year-old Massachusetts boy was injured Tuesday morning when his mother lost control of the snowmobile they were riding. Ann Vinton, 47, of South Weymouth, Mass., was driving a rented snowmobile with her son as a passenger, Maine Warden Service spokesman Cpl. John MacDonald said Tuesday afternoon in a news release. Vinton lost […]
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Lewiston child injured in snowmobile crash; warden service urges slower speeds
AUGUSTA — The Maine Warden Service on Sunday urged snowmobilers to slow down after 10 people were injured in nine crashes over Friday and Saturday. Information about the accidents was issued in a press release from Cpl. John MacDonald, spokesman for the Maine Warden Service. The names of all of those injured on Saturday were […]
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Maine, N.H., Vt. snowmobile weekend underway
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Snowmobilers in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine are taking part in a three-day weekend when riders registered in any one of those states can explore the trails of the other two states for free. Starting Friday, any snowmobile legally registered in any of the participating states is allowed on trails in […]
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Hope Association to host 39th annual Ride-In on Feb. 9
RUMFORD — The Hope Association will celebrate its 39th annual Ride-In from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at Horizons Unlimited on Swain Road. Executive Director Catherine Johnson said the Ride-In has received “a lot of support in terms of donations and community participation.” Johnson said those interested in participating may purchase a raffle […]