Rescuers on Friday concluded the search for 36-year-old Justin Howard after divers spent days battling high water, rapid currents, underwater debris and frigid temperatures.
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Scuba divers join search of Sebasticook River for missing man
Rescuers in Clinton have used boats, aircraft and dogs this week in the search for Justin Howard, 36, but high water and swift currents prevented divers from entering the river until Wednesday.
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Rescue personnel search Sebasticook River in Clinton for missing 36-year-old man
Justin Howard was seen entering the water at about 4 p.m. Monday after visiting with friends on Pleasant Street in Clinton, police said.
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One victim from Friday’s New Portland snowmobile crash was released from hospital
The two girls were rushed to Franklin Memorial Hospital, then LifeFlighted to Maine Medical Center in Portland. The other girl remains in the hospital.
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Two children seriously injured in Somerset County snowmobile crash
The girls, 9 and 10, were taken by LifeFlight to Maine Medical Center in Portland after the crash, officials said.
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Body of Pennsylvania man recovered from Sheepscot Pond in Palermo
Akshay Mamidela, 25, of Delaware Water Gap, apparently went onto the water Wednesday night to retrieve a paddleboard that had drifted from shore and his kayak capsized due to rough conditions, officials said.
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Maine Warden Service rescues Belfast man, 80, who fell into water-filled ditch
A game warden and his dog followed a track from Harold Buckmore’s home to a nearby ditch, where he was found ‘severely hypothermic.’
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Game wardens search for suspected drowning victim in Waldo County
A missing Oregon man is thought to be the latest victim in a spate of drownings on Maine rivers and lakes.
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Missing Lyman woman, 79, found safe
Officials said Gail Wicklund suffers from dementia and was missing for much of Thursday.
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Maine Warden Service rescues 2 sets of stranded hikers
Wardens said both parties – one on the Appalachian Trail and the other on Tumbledown Mountain – were unprepared for the snow, ice and cold weather they encountered.