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Person suffers severe burns in house fire in Skowhegan, Maine
One person was critically injured in a fire in Skowhegan, Maine, on Thursday afternoon. The Fire Marshal’s Office said they were called by the Skowhegan Fire Department to respond to a house fire in the 700 block of Waterville Road around 3 p.m. Thursday. One person was able to make it out of the home, but they suffered severe burns…
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Mass. ratepayers to pay extra $512M for Maine transmission line for Canadian hydropower
Three Massachusetts utilities and Central Maine Power’s parent company have agreed that Massachusetts ratepayers must shoulder $512 million in additional costs caused by delays in construction of a power transmission project in Maine that will allow Canadian hydropower to reach the New England power grid. Proponents said Wednesday that the project aimed at supplying enough clean energy to power about...
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Man with gun fatally shot by sheriff's deputy in Maine
A man was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Phillips, Maine, on Tuesday, authorities said. A Franklin County sheriff’s deputy was called to a bridge on Salem Road for a report of a man with a gun about 6 p.m., Sheriff Scott Nichols said in a news release, News Center Maine reported. The man, identified as 61-year-old Lawrence Scott,...
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3 dead in head-on crash in Maine
Three people died when a pickup truck and an SUV collided near the entrance to a Maine hiking trail Wednesday morning, authorities told News Center Maine. The crash on Egypt Road, near the border of Raymond and Gray, was reported about 11 a.m., the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office told the news station. All three people inside the vehicles died,...
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Maine state rep. arrested on domestic violence charge a week before Election Day
A Maine lawmaker is currently being held without bail on a domestic violence charge after police put out a warrant for his arrest. Rep. Lucas Lanigan, R-Sanford, turned himself into York County Jail on Monday. He was charged with domestic violence aggravated assault following a warrant that said “Lanigan did intentionally, knowingly or recklessly cause bodily injury” to a woman…
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Man shot dead, suspected shooter arrested in Portland, Maine
A man was fatally shot in Portland, Maine, on Monday and another man arrested, police said. Edgar Cando, 31, was shot multiple times near the intersection of Portland and Adler streets just before 5:30 p.m. and pronounced dead after being rushed to Maine Medical Center, according to police. By 9 p.m., another Portland resident, Omar Abd Elkader, was arrested at…
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‘The legacy I want to leave': How a Maine teen is helping with concussion research
A high school senior from Bangor, Maine, has decided that when the time comes, he will donate his brain to science. Fionn Parker-Cummings is the youngest person to donate his brain to the University of Pittsburgh National Sports Brain Bank. Researchers will check in with him every year for the rest of his life. Parker-Cummings said he hopes the contribution...
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Maine asks hunters to avoid eating deer, turkey in some areas because of PFAS contamination
Maine’s traditional fall hunting seasons are in full swing, but hunters are being asked to avoid eating their game in parts of the state because of the possibility of harmful chemicals in animal meat. Hunters from around the Northeast trek each autumn to Maine, where deer and wild turkeys are two of the most popular game animals. The Maine...
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1 dead, 3 hurt in head-on crash in Maine, deputies say
A man was killed and three other people were hurt, one seriously, in a head-on crash in Lebanon, Maine, on Friday, officials said. A car crossed into oncoming traffic on Long Swamp Road about 6 p.m., hitting a pickup truck, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office. The car’s driver, 39-year-old Lebanon resident Daniel Dempsey, was pronounced dead at...
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Lewiston community gathers for memorial service 1 year after mass shootings
The 18 victims killed by a gunman in Lewiston, Maine, are being remembered at a ceremony one year later.
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‘We are not alone': Maine governor releases video message on anniversary of mass shooting
Maine Gov. Janet Mills released a video on social media Friday morning paying tribute to the victims and survivors of the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting in Lewiston and praising the strength of the state’s residents. Friday marks one year since the shootings at Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar and Grille in Lewiston that claimed the lives of 18 people...
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Remembering Lewiston: Recap of Maine city's ceremony marking 1 year since deadly mass shooting
It’s been one year since the deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, which left 18 people dead and dozens of others injured. The shootings on Oct. 25, 2023, happened at a bowling alley and a cornhole tournament hosted by a bar and grill. The gunman, 40-year-old Army reservist Robert Card, died by suicide, and his body was found two days...
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Remembering Lewiston: Maine marks 1 year since deadly mass shooting
Friday marks one year since the deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Here’s how the city is planning to commemorate the somber anniversary.
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Lewiston gathers to mark one year since a deadly mass shooting rocked the Maine city
With flags lowered across the state, Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by a mass shooting planned to mark the anniversary Friday in ways big and small, including a memorial service. The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the stark reality that no corner of the country is safe from...
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Man injured in Maine stabbing dies 1 week later; no arrests announced
A man critically injured in a stabbing this month in the central Maine town of Palmyra died a week later, Maine State Police said Thursday, sharing the man’s identity but little else about the case.
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Lifelong friends charged Lewiston shooter, saving lives in their final moments
Vicki Roy and Jill Walker, the older sisters of two men credited with saving lives at a Lewiston bowling alley during the mass shooting on Oct. 25, 2023, are sharing their story one year later, even though their brothers would shun the attention.
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A year after Maine mass shooting, gunman's family wants action on brain injury research in military
The family of the Army reservist who committed the October 2023 massacre in Lewiston wants to bring awareness to traumatic brain injuries among military members
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Man dies after tripping on Maine main street, being hit by truck
A man leaving a Maine town’s historical society was killed by a pickup truck after tripping while crossing the street Tuesday evening, police said. The driver of the truck didn’t see the man, identified as 76-year-old Andrews Tolman, lying in the vehicle’s way on Main Street in Readfield, Maine State Police said. The driver is not believed to have...
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Teen still missing weeks after walking out of her Maine home
It’s been nearly a month since Stefanie Damron was last seen, and the New Sweden, Maine, teenager remains missing, police said Tuesday.
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2 people dead, 2 others injured in carbon monoxide incident in Maine
Two people are dead and two others are hospitalized following a carbon monoxide leak in central Maine on Tuesday morning. Fire officials told News Center Maine they responded to a home on Belfast Road in Freedom shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday and found two people dead inside. Two others were taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment. The…