The truck’s driver apparently did not know he had engaged a device that raises the truck body, which caught on wires, lifting the truck off the pavement.
2017
Posted inMaine, News
Section of Gage Street next to downtown Augusta fire station to close permanently
The closure, effective at noon Monday, comes ahead of an expansion of Hartford Fire Station.
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Posted inMaine, News
Woman injured while dousing grease fire in Monmouth mobile home
Jen Adams, 31, was able to contain the blaze effectively by the time firefighters arrived.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Attorney General Mills joins lawsuit, says rollback of DACA threatens ‘justice itself’
Maine is now among 20 states challenging the Trump decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and its deportation protections.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Portland man charged with assaulting 8-week-old daughter
Police say the infant suffered a serious injury and had to be hosptalized.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
I called Equifax with a simple question. This is what happened.
Finding out whether your personal information is secure is an odyssey you may not be prepared for.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Former Maine developer gets another week before reporting to prison
Michael Liberty, who lives in Florida, was supposed to begin his prison sentence in Atlanta last week. Then came Hurricane Irma.
Posted inNation & World
For millions in Florida without air conditioning, heat is next big threat
Older people are ‘generally weaker, on medications, out of shape’ and not used to extreme situations, one health official says.
Posted inMaine, News
‘Hoss and Mary’ learned ‘a lot of lessons’ riding out Irma
The former Mainers stayed in Key West, but won’t take the risk next time.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Politics
Dunlap blasts head of election integrity commission over N.H. voter fraud assertions
Maine’s secretary of state calls Kris Kobach’s assertion that the election was stolen from Donald Trump in New Hampshire ‘absurd’ and ‘reckless.’