Fairfield police said Francis Fournier, of Wilton, rolled his truck over on Norridgewock Road Wednesday afternoon in the heavy rain.
September 2017
Posted inMaine, News
Mainers in Hurricane Irma’s path hunker down, head north
Peter and Beth Richardson found themselves stuck in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, while Carrye Gaulin fled the Florida Keys.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Belgrade petition question over school district withdrawal sparks debate
Residents weighed in on the school withdrawal question, which aims to start a lengthy process examining the feasibility of Belgrade leaving Regional School Unit 18.
Posted inMaine, News
Drug overdoses level off in Maine but still take 185 lives in 1st half of year
That total is similar to the same period a year earlier, and deaths are still averaging one per day as the opioid crisis maintains its hold on the state.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
DEP gives preliminary approval to relocation of Maine Turnpike’s York toll plaza
The approval would allow cash collection lanes at the proposed toll plaza, which is opposed by many residents in the area.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World
Nautical maps from 1770s show coral loss much worse than we knew
Loren McClenachan, a marine ecologist at Colby College, compares the oldest maps of Florida’s reefs to present-day satellite images to reveal a stark picture of coral shrinking.
Posted inMaine, News
Route 1 closed after truck jackknifes in West Bath
The accident shut down traffic just north of Brunswick and diesel fuel threatened to leak into a nearby river.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Brunswick man charged in attempt to rob armored truck in Camden
Jon Baribeau, who was arrested Tuesday, tried to get into the armored truck while wearing a hazmat suit, officials say.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Navy awards $4.9 million contract for work at Kittery shipyard
A Massachusetts-based firm will design a flood basin for a dry dock.
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Storms cause some outages, downed trees in central Maine
There were some reports of downed trees and wires, and a porch was damaged in Fairfield, as powerful storms blew across the Augusta and Waterville areas Tuesday.