Emergency management agencies, law enforcement, medical providers and others are coordinating plans ahead of the April 8 eclipse, which is expected to draw visitors to rural areas across the state.
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Connecticut man dies after he’s thrown from raft on Dead River near The Forks
Brian M. Breen, 57, was rafting with family and friends Saturday when a series of rapids first caused him to fall from the raft and then caused the raft to overturn, throwing about a half-dozen people into the water.
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Maine wardens rescue hiker pinned under rocks in The Forks
Clayford Cabilas, 30, of Bangor fell into a crevice and was trapped on Mosquito Mountain Trail.
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Many locals wary as CMP corridor breaks ground near The Forks
Poles went up at an existing corridor near The Forks this week, but that doesn’t mean everyone’s happy.
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Karen Wrentzel
HEBRON — Karen Wrentzel, 34, was killed Saturday, Oct. 28, in Hebron. She was born in Lewiston on March 13, 1983, and grew up in Auburn. She started cooking at Mac’s Grill as a teenager, and except for a few months at J.F. Murphy homes as a caretaker and some other minor jobs, had been cooking […]
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Police deem death of Greene man’s girlfriend an accident
THE FORKS — Maine State Police say the death of Kimberly Hill, 33, of Wiscasset was an accident. Stephen McCausland, the spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said state police investigated Hill’s death and consulted with the Maine Attorney General’s Office and the Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta. “We’ve been able to piece […]
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Searchers find Erica LaChance who spent night in woods near Moxie Falls
THE FORKS — A Fairfield woman who unexpectedly spent the night Sunday in the Maine woods was found uninjured Monday, save for a few bruises. Erica LaChance, 29, was located by a searcher at 8:30 a.m. near the intersection of the Kennebec River and Moxie Stream near The Forks, according to Maine Warden Service Cpl. […]
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N.H. woman injured rafting on Kennebec River
THE FORKS (AP) — A New Hampshire woman needed treatment at a Maine hospital after a rafting accident on the Kennebec River. The Maine Warden Service said 52-year-old Patricia Guevin of Kingston, N.H., suffered head and facial injuries when she fell into the water early Sunday afternoon in an area of the river in The […]