Terrain is too tough to go farther with the volunteer force and the service wants searches affiliated with the Maine Association of Search and Rescue, a non-profit group that provides training and certification.
July 2013
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Spain investigators: Train conductor was on phone
The train, carrying 218 passengers, hurtled off the tracks and slammed into a concrete wall, killing 79 people.
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Maine panel sets deadline for charter school applications
There is now a separate application for virtual schools that spells out specific requirements, such as weekly face-to-face time for students and instructors.
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Police kill fox that attacked five in South Portland
The ‘aggressive’ fox even jumped into a parked truck to bite a man. The animal’s remains are being tested for rabies.
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N.H. police: Sleepwalking man shoots self in knee
Police say the man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Appeals court strikes down NYC’s big-soda ban
The judges wrote that while the city’s health board had the power to ban ‘inherently harmful’ foodstuffs from being served to the public, sweetened beverages didn’t fall into that category.
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Man sentenced to 3 years for January home invasion in Winthrop
Christopher R. Harmon, 37, was sentenced today to eight years in prison, with all but three years suspended and three years’ probation for the Jan. 5 home invasion robbery in Winthrop.
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Sanford man injured in fall off golf cart dies
John MacKay, 52, had been in critical condition at Maine Medical Center with a brain injury following the accident in Casco over the weekend.
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Handwritten poem by Poe sells for $300K at Mass. auction
The poem, “The Conqueror Worm,” is believed to have been written in the 1830s.
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Police: N.H. mom told kids bleach was ‘medicine’
Charged with first-degree assault, 33-year-old Wendy Wright is accused of making her 6- and 7-year-old children drink bleach at their home on June 18.