CHESTERVILLE — Three juveniles younger than 12 are accused of splashing paint on an unoccupied home on East Road last last week. Deputy Andrew Morgan responded to the vandalism report, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. wrote in a release. Paint was found on several areas, including a garage door and siding. The damage occurred late Thursday […]
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Move Kennedy Park gazebo
This is in reference to the story “Trying to protect Kennedy Park gazebo from vandals” (Sept. 22). I have utilized the gazebo for more than 15 years. I have always said that the gazebo needs to have more use by church groups, civic organizations and musical groups. If it is not used for good things, […]
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Two teens accused of vandalizing Rangeley Lakes school
RANGELEY — Police have charged two 17-year-old boys from Rangeley and Avon with breaking into Rangeley Lakes Regional School and causing more than $8,000 in damages. Damage included spray-painted anti-Semitic messages, swastikas, racial slurs and anti-police statements, Police Chief Russell French said. Cooking oil stored in a large storage room that was broken into was […]
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Police seek driver who damaged Rangeley school field
RANGELEY — Police are seeking a driver who caused $2,100 damage to the practice field at Rangeley Lakes Regional School on either Dec. 25 or Dec. 26. Besides leaving nearly 3-inch ruts in the field, the driver’s vehicle also damaged a wheelchair ramp and railing, officer Brad Scovil said Wednesday. The tire tracks are from […]
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Vandals spray paint Livermore Falls businesses
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating vandalism to two businesses that occurred between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. “Nature was here” was written in red spray paint on a garage door on the side of the Bowen Bros. building on Park Street. A design was also spray-painted on the door. About 30 minutes after the […]
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Vandals damage Polycor equipment in Jay
JAY — Police are investigating vandalism to a Canadian-based company’s equipment at its North Jay White Quarry off Woodman Hill Road. Polycor is redeveloping the quarry and building a granite-curb manufacturing operation. Officer Dylan Rider responded to a company representative’s report of the damage Monday, Detective Michael Mejia said Tuesday. There was […]
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St. Rose’s stained-glass window broken in Jay church
JAY — Police are seeking the person who threw a rock through the rose stained-glass window in the back of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said the Rev. Joseph Daniels reported the vandalism at about 2 p.m. Saturday. The large round window has multiple smaller windows that are about 16 to […]
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Cutting crime with curfews: Police say method makes a difference
MEXICO — Cars were being broken into late at night. Garages and their contents vandalized. Property was being damaged and destroyed. Constant vandalism went on late at night. Officials in the small Western Maine town could not stop crime from going on after hours. Then came the tipping point. In August 2014, a popular Thai […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Robert Hamm fights to keep ATVs off his Mexico land
MEXICO — Carleton Avenue resident Robert Hamm isn’t asking for much when he posts his 50 feet of land as off-limits to all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. It’s a matter of respect for him and the law that allows him to deny use of his property to off-road traffic. Hamm, 70, a Colorado native and retired […]
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Thai restaurant in Mexico reopening months after vandalized
MEXICO — The Thai Smile 2 restaurant, which was forced to close when it was vandalized last summer, will reopen this month, owner Chaiwat “Charlie” Kloythep said. “It hasn’t been easy to get everything in place, but right now, everything looks ready to reopen,” Kloythep said. “We just hope everybody will come out to try […]