The Franklin Pasture Sports Complex concession stand was broken into and vandalized Friday evening just three days after the Lewiston City Council decided to close the turf fields to the public.
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Vandals damage skate park, play equipment, dugouts at Livermore Falls rec field
The skate park and playground equipment have been damaged several times before.
Vandals tear up Shaker Village hayfield
GRAY — Sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning unidentified vandals drove doughnuts into a hayfield at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, cutting deep, damaging ruts into the soil. Michael Graham, curator of the Shaker Village, noticed the damage Friday afternoon as he left the village to do errands. “My heart sank. It looked like someone […]
Investigation continues into Place Ste. Marie vandalism
LEWISTON — Police said a young man accused of damaging a boiler room at an apartment complex Wednesday night on Oxford Street was still being treated Thursday for injuries suffered in the rampage. Police said pipes and other equipment at Place Ste. Marie were damaged in the 8:30 p.m. vandalism spree, causing water to gush into the basement and […]
Vandalism spree floods Place Ste. Marie basement in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Witnesses said a man broke into a basement utility room at Place Ste. Marie on Wednesday night and ripped out a water heater before fleeing through a broken window. Police captured the suspect, said to have suffered cuts and a possible broken leg, after the vandalism spree was reported at about 9 p.m. One […]
Livermore Falls police searching for spray-painting vandals
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating reports of a vehicle, garage door and a camper being spray-painted with obscenities early Monday. The criminal mischief was reported Monday morning on Pine Avenue, High Street and at High and Spring streets, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. A garage door had an obscenity sprayed on it […]
Livermore Falls board considers more playground equipment
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen are reviewing a proposal to spend about $16,500 for more playground equipment at the Recreation Field, but no specifics have been announced. Selectman Nixon Ortiz has been working on getting prices for equipment and a fence. The $16,500 does not include fencing. In 2011, swings, a slide and a climbing net […]
Vandals strike downtown Farmington, UMF campus
FARMINGTON — Police are investigating vandalism that left flower pots, planters and trash cans tipped over on Main Street and Broadway, along with damage at the nearby campus of University of Maine at Farmington. Owner Susun Terese crouched beside one of her planters outside her business Minikins on Broadway on Friday morning. It was obvious […]
Lewiston baseball dugout, infield, equipment vandalized
Vandals sprayed white and black paint all over the dugout and across the infield of the baseball diamond on Martin Drive in Lewiston. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) Vandals apparently sprayed black paint on equipment that is used to maintain the baseball and softball fields on Martin Drive in Lewiston. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)