FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Jay man Tuesday on felony charges of unlawful sexual contact and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, and a misdemeanor charge of criminal restraint. Shawn Burnell, 21, was charged on July 26 after Farmington police investigated an incident that occurred on July 20 on a beach […]
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Missing Woodstock girl found safe in Norway
WOODSTOCK — A Woodstock girl who had been missing since Saturday morning was found safe, according to Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland. McCausland said that 15-year-old Kiiya M. Foster, who had been reported missing on Saturday after she left her guardians’ residence on Koskela Road, was found walking along a street early […]
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Missing girl believed to be in Lewiston
WOODSTOCK — Police are searching for a missing 15-year-old girl who left her guardian’s home on Saturday. According to Trooper Jason Wing of the Maine State Police, Kiiya M. Foster left her home on Koskela Road around 10:50 a.m. and her current whereabouts are unknown. According to Wing, Foster is believed to be in no […]
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School starts in 3 days! Tip for parents: Coach your teen to join an activity
Editor’s note: School starts soon, and how a student does in school depends a lot on his or her parents. We asked area teacher and administrators for the best tips on how parents can help their students have success in school. Their suggestions will run every day through Aug. 27. Today’s tip: Encourage your teen […]
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Winslow teen hospitalized with alcohol poisoning from underage party
WINSLOW (AP) — Winslow police say a teenager was taken to the hospital with alcohol poisoning after officers broke up an underage drinking party at a private camp. Police said eight teens between the ages of 15 and 17 were charged with possession of alcohol by a minor after police located the party early Tuesday. […]
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Norway Memorial Library launches Wednesday nights for teens
NORWAY — The Teen Services department of Norway Memorial Library invites people entering grades 7-12 to hang out on Wednesday nights at the library from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Young adults have been asking for the Teen Room to be open on Wednesday nights. The library heard and will offer summer Wednesday Nights for Teens. […]
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Teen dies in Whitefield ATV crash
WHITEFIELD (AP) — Police say a 16-year-old youth has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Whitefield. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department says the ATV operator tried to pass a car on Howe Road at about 7 p.m. Monday, but the vehicles made contact as the ATV was trying to get back to the right […]
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Father: Kristina Lowe said she was driving
PARIS — Kristina Lowe’s father was arrested late Tuesday, charged with contempt of court after he failed to show up to testify at her double manslaughter trial in Oxford County Superior Court. State Police Trooper Adam Fillebrown arrested Earl Lowe, 43, at his home on Mt. Mica Road in South Paris at 9:30 p.m. on […]
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Police seek driver who struck and killed teen in Paris Saturday night
PARIS — Police are seeking the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Paris teen Saturday night on the Buckfield Road. Xavier Fuentes of Turner was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway where he was pronounced dead following the hit-and-run that occurred at about 8:30 p.m., according to a news release issued […]
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Teen driver killed on way to school
TOPSFIELD — An 18-year-old Brookton Plantation man driving to school was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning. Dylan Porter was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 7:10 a.m. on U.S. Route 1 about two miles north of Route 6, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported. Porter […]