The bear had somehow entered and locked itself inside the car, and police couldn’t figure out how.
2016
Posted inNation & World, News
Upgrades to unsafe oil tank cars could take 15 years, board says
The process ‘is left entirely to tank car fleet owners, and may be driven by market factor influences, not safety improvements,’ according to NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart.
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Posted inNation & World
Woman describes ‘longest … 2 seconds’ as friend falls into Grand Canyon
Colleen Burns fell backward when she stepped out of the way to let another person onto the trail.
Posted inMaine, News
Sleepy stretch of summer
No one knows the exact chemical location where brain hallucinations, delirium and death intersect with the visionary beauty of summer flowers, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inCops & Courts
Maine high court upholds triple murder conviction in car fire deaths
Randall Daluz of Massachusetts is serving three life terms for the killings in Bangor in 2012.
Posted inCommunity
Bowl For Kids’ Sake, Bowl for Cassidy’s Sake results
More than $285,000 raised for youth mentoring programs in seven counties.
Posted inLife & Culture, Lifestyle, Maine International Film Festival, News
Winslow native’s ‘Everything in the Song is True’ a beautiful panorama
The film, which screens Thursday and Friday at the Maine International Film Festival, is technically a documentary but is so much more, JP Devine writes.
Posted inCommunity
Augusta’s Waddell makes donation to animal shelter
Nine year old asks for gifts for shelter animals.
Posted inNation & World, News
Vessel strike blamed for death of whale calf off Cape Cod
The nearly 30-foot long, roughly 10,000-pound whale was found dead on May 5.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Ranger Solar proposes large, utility-scale solar project in Farmington
The Yarmouth-based energy company is looking to build a 50- to 80-megawatt solar farm on undeveloped land in Farmington.