JAY — Police are investigating vandalism to four stop signs and two mailboxes, the majority of them in East Jay, Sgt. Russell Adams said Thursday. Four stops signs were either pulled up or bent and damaged, he said. Most of them were in area of Warren Hill and East Jay roads. Two mailboxes were damaged […]
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Police investigate broken bus windows in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating vandalism to a Regional School Unit 73 bus that was reported Monday morning. Someone threw rocks and broke four side windows over the weekend on a school bus parked at the Bus Garage on Cedar Street, according to Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. The damage was estimated at about […]
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Insurance will cover most of RSU 16 vandalism
POLAND — A month after vandals slashed tires on all 22 of Regional School Unit 16’s buses, the board of directors learned Monday that insurance will pay for the bulk of the damage. Replacement tires cost about $13,000. Insurance will pay for about $11,000 of that. “That was good news for the district,” Superintendent Tina […]
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Vehicles, equipment shot with BB's in Jay
JAY — Police are investigating several reports of vehicle windows being shattered or shot out by BB’s on the Old Jay Hill Road over the Memorial Day weekend. Windows and doors were damaged in five private vehicles, a bulldozer and two dump trucks owned by C.H. Stevenson Inc. of Wayne, Police Chief Richard Caton IV […]
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Round Pond portable toilet removed due to vandalism
LIVERMORE — A portable toilet that was vandalized three weeks in a row has been removed from the Round Pond boat launch off Route 4, Administrative Assistant Amy Byron said Tuesday. It will not be replaced for Memorial Day. Obscenities were spray-painted on the structure and there was trash filling the toilet and around the […]
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Police investigate vandalism of children's village at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Police on Wednesday were investigating the destruction of small buildings in a village built for children to visit while skiing on the Moose Alley Trail at Sugarloaf Mountain. Either late Sunday or early Monday, several buildings were tipped over, kicked and broken, Police Chief Mark Lopez said Tuesday. It is a pretend […]
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Franklin County deputy investigating Kingfield vandalism
KINGFIELD — Someone significantly damaged a town baseball field on West Kingfield Road with a vehicle this past weekend, according to a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy report. Deputy Brian McCormick responded to the scene at 9:36 a.m. Sunday, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. The vehicle was driven around the entire baseball field and spun its […]
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U.S. flags vandalized on Memorial Bridge in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Nearly half of the U.S. flags that line Memorial Bridge that goes over the Androscoggin River were snapped off either Friday night or early Saturday. It was not the first time the flags have been vandalized. Twenty-five of the flags were snapped in June 2015. Pat Knowlton and her husband, Wayne of […]
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Several cars set on fire, vandalized in Skowhegan neighborhood
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — Officials are investigating a number of cars being set on fire and vandalized in one Maine neighborhood. Skowhegan police say they’ve alerted the state fire marshal’s office after receiving a series of calls about cars being set on fire early Monday morning. The suspected arsons were all within a few hundred yards […]
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Lisbon police arrest suspect in graffiti investigation
LISBON — Police arrested a teenager last week in an investigation of graffiti that had been appearing around town. Police arrested 18-year-old Daniel Martin and charged him with seven counts of criminal mischief before he was bailed and released. About 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, officers responded to Mill Street after someone saw a young […]