Train Derail (Brownville Jct) – A slow-speed derailment sent 10-railroad cars off the tracks in a remote part of Piscataquis County. The Bangor Daily News reports the cars belong to Eastern Maine Railways which is a subsidiary of J.D Irving. The train was moving at about 10-miles an hour at the time. A company spokeswoman […]
Snowmobile Fatalities (Poland) – Two snowmobilers have died in separate crashes in Maine during the weekend. The Warden Service reports to Star 97.7 that 51-year old Gracie Onofrio of Norway died when she flew off her sled on Norway Lake and another snowmobile struck her. And near Thompson Lake in Poland, 17-year old Troy […]
Fisherman Sentenced (Portland) – A mid-coast fisherman who was high and drunk when he took his boat out into a storm more than 4-years ago will spend the next four years in federal prison. 30-year old Christopher Hutchinson of Cushing found out his sentence yesterday after pleading guilty to Seaman’s manslaughter last September. The US […]
