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Local News 08/4/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Bangor Teen Killed in ATV Crash (Presque Isle)  A Bangor teen died Saturday afternoon when the ATV he was driving rolled over and struck him.  Authorities say the crash happened shortly before 5 p.m. as the 15 yo was riding with a group on the Cross Road ATV trail in Presque Isle.  The […]

Local News 08/01/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs US Coast Guard Releases Report on De-masting of Schooner Grace Bailey  (Rockland)  The U.S. Coast Guard yesterday released the results of an investigation into the de-masting of the Schooner Grace Bailey in Penobscot Bay in Rockland.  The Schooner was about a mile east of  Rockland on October 9th, 2023, returning from a five-day […]

Local News 07/31/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs No Word on Comfort Dog Baxter’s Tragic Death (Bangor)  Two months after a young comfort dog died in a hot car, authorities still aren’t releasing details about the tragedy.  Baxter, a 3-year-old chocolate lab recruited to provide comfort to Maine’s emergency dispatchers, died May 29 after he was left in a car parked […]

Local News 07/30/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Maine DOT Installs Traffic Cameras (Augusta)  The Maine Department of Transportation began installing traffic cameras this week at key locations along I-95 and I-295.  MDOT officials say the cameras are aimed at improving highway safety.  Cameras will be monitored 24/7, and the public will be able to access them to see current conditions.  […]

Local News 07/28/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Pond Road Structure Fire (Gouldsboro)  Crews from multiple towns rushed to put out a fire Saturday morning at a structure in Gouldsboro.  The building where the blaze occurred was unoccupied but sits off the road in thick woods with other homes nearby.  Firefighters report flames were shooting 40 to 50 feet high when […]

Local News 07/29/25

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Victims in OOB Camper Explosion Succumb to Injuries (Old Orchard Beach)  Authorities say the two women in that camper explosion at an Old Orchard Beach Campground have succumbed to their injuries.  Officials tell Star 97.7 News, Alesia Ventura-Large and her friend, Nancy Pilsch, both 58 and from Massachusetts, were in Alesia’s camper about […]