Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Memorial Service Planned for K9 Preacher Killed in the Line of Duty (South Portland) A memorial service is planned for tomorrow for the State Police K-9 killed in the line of duty one week ago in Portage Lake. WMTW reports K9 Preacher was shot during a standoff with a suspect. The suspect was […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Reports of Smoke Brings Multiple Crews to Darling’s Auto Mall (Ellsworth) Reports of smoke in a garage bay at Darling’s Auto Mall on Kingsland Crossing in Ellsworth last night had crews from multiple departments rushing to the scene. Ellsworth, Trenton, Lamoine and others responded to the dealership about 7:20 Sunday evening. Sources say […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Thomaston Voters Approve Borrowing Funds to Help Build New Fire/EMS Station (Thomaston) Thomaston voters have given the city the green light to pursue funding for construction of a new Fire and EMS station. According to the Pen Bay Pilot, pursuit of a $3.5M bond is contingent on receiving congressionally directed matching funds. The […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Maine Mall Shooting (Portland) South Portland Police this morning searching for a suspect involved in a shooting at Maine Mall in Portland. In what authorities say was an isolated incident, a person was shot inside the mall Wednesday evening, sending shoppers and business owners into a panic. The victim was taken to Maine […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Body Recovered from F/V Sudden Impact Identified (S. Addison) The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified the body recovered Sunday from the sunken fishing vessel Sudden Impact as that of Chester “Chet” Barrett of South Addison. Chester’s body was recovered after a search that began Saturday, January 18th, when he […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Portage Lake Incident (Portage Lake) A man is dead following an all-day standoff with police in the Aroostook County town of Portage Lake on Monday. Authorities say the incident began with a report of a domestic dispute between a woman and 29 yo Steven Righini. When police arrived at the home, the woman […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Dive Team Recovers Body of Missing Fisherman (Cutler) A team of divers from Connecticut and other New England states Sunday morning recovered a body from the F/V Sudden Impact, the vessel that sank with two South Addison fishermen aboard on January 18th. The family posted on FB the body is believed to be […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Crews Remove UHaul That Broke Through Ice on Echo Lake (MDI) It took two days and some complicated logistics, but crews have successfully removed a UHaul truck from beneath some 1300 feet of water at Echo Lake. The truck fell through the ice on MDI in the early morning hours of January 18th […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Outpouring of Support for South Addison Fishermen Lost at Sea (S. Addison) There’s no doubt the fishing community is a family, and the family of two South Addison fishermen lost at sea this month reached out to us yesterday and asked us to share information on the fundraising efforts of that close-knit community. […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Columbia Falls Blaze (Columbia Falls) Fire heavily damaged an Air BnB in Columbia Falls last evening. Crews from multiple departments battled sub-freezing temperatures to contain the blaze, which broke out about 5 p.m. at a structure located near the post office. We’re told the sole occupant made it out of the home safely. […]
