Police in Waldo County are trying to determine why a student released Mace inside Mount View High School, forcing the evacuation of the building Wednesday afternoon. A staff member at the school called the Waldo Regional Communications Center at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday to report a chemical release inside the school complex in Thorndike. Dispatchers were […]
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Thorndike man charged with arson, domestic violence
THORNDIKE — The state fire marshal’s office has charged a Thorndike man with arson and domestic violence assault after a fire Saturday that heavily damaged his house, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Monday night in a news release. Randy Tremaine, 42, also was charged with violating the conditions of his release […]
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Thorndike firefighters battle resident as well as flames
THORNDIKE — Firefighters were able to put out a fire that destroyed a garage and threatened a home Saturday morning, even though the resident of the home threatened to kill crew members. Thorndike Fire Capt. Henry Chaffee said Sunday that one of the department’s volunteer firefighters, Reginald Cunningham, spotted smoke from a residence on the […]
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Deer dies when it jumps guardrail, lands on car in Strong
STRONG — A large doe died Thursday morning when it jumped a guardrail on Route 4, south of Ladd’s Mud Run, and struck the front-left corner of a vehicle heading south, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Neither the driver, Robert Thorndike II, 28, of Avon nor his passenger and father, Robert “Bob” Thorndike, […]
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Old Home Days caps 57th year of festivities
PHILLIPS — Celebrating the spirit of community, hundreds of parade-goers waved to Old Home Days marchers and floats on Friday afternoon. Children dressed in colorful gauze fairy wings and pirate garb stood excitedly along Main Street as bagpipers, dancers, cows and a dragon moved past them. The 57th year of festivities included a children’s art […]
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Mt. View softball coach charged with sex assault on student
BELFAST (AP) — A teacher at the Waldo County Technical Center who also coaches softball at an area high school has been charged with sexually assaulting a student. Police allege that 46-year-old Michael Gagnon, of Winslow, an automotive technology instructor at the career training school, assaulted the 17-year-old Belfast High School student when he took […]
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Unity man indicted on manslaughter, aggravated criminal OUI charges
BELFAST — A Unity man who was the driver in a fatal high-speed crash on July 4 has been indicted by the Waldo County Grand Jury on a battery of charges that include manslaughter and aggravated criminal operating under the influence. Alvaro Soares, 28, was driving when he crashed the vehicle on Route 220 in […]