BAR HARBOR — Police are asking for the public’s help in investigating the death of a woman whose body was found about noon Sunday at Route 3 and West Street, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. A state police K9 made the discovery, he said. The body was taken to the State […]
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Man who shot woman in Portland still at large
PORTLAND — A 49-year-old woman who was shot Sunday outside an apartment building in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood is expected to recover, but the man who shot her remained at large Sunday night. A neighbor said the woman was shot in the knee. Portland police spokesman Lt. Robert Martin said the woman and her attacker were […]
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Bowdoinham woman found at home with severe injuries dies hours later
State police said Tuesday that they will continue to investigate the death of a Bowdoinham woman found injured and unconscious in her mobile home Monday, but said there is no threat to the public at this time. Police found Beulah “Marie” Sylvester, 55, badly injured at her home on Post Road. It was not known […]
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Woman, dog injured in Jay accident
JAY — A local woman and a dog were injured Monday night when the car she was driving left East Dixfield Road, hit a dog and a utility pole, acting police Chief Richard Caton IV said Tuesday. Isaiah Reed, 23, of Jay was traveling east on the road, which is Route 17, in North Jay […]
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Wardens search for missing woman in Waterford
WATERFORD — The Maine Warden Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing woman with dementia. According to the Maine Warden Service, 77-year-old Ruth Frances Brennan was last seen Monday around 10:30 a.m. on Five Kezars Road in North Waterford and heading toward Melby’s Market and Eatery on Route 35. Dispatchers for the […]
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Rumford police shoot, injure woman with knife
RUMFORD — A reportedly suicidal woman was shot twice by a Rumford police officer on Maine Avenue on Tuesday, police said. The woman called a crisis hotline in the afternoon, and police were sent to 77 Maine Ave. to look into it, Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter said. When police arrived at the apartment, she […]
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UPDATE: Maine wardens continue search for missing 66-year-old female hiker on Appalachian Trail
UPDATE (9:32 a.m.) … CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — About 30 searchers are heading back out to look for a Tennessee woman who disappeared from the Appalachian Trail in Maine. Wardens say 66-year-old of Brentwood, Tenn., was supposed to meet her husband a week ago in Maine but never showed up. Monday’s search area encompasses about […]