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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Fishermen Rescued After Boat Catches Fire (SW Harbor) Two men whose fishing vessel caught fire Thursday were rescued by members of College of the Atlantic that were conducting research on Mount Desert Rock. The U.S. Coast Guard Southwest Harbor reports they received a mayday call about 9:15, stating the damaged boat was in […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Fugitive Captured in Bangor (Bangor) Drug possession, possession of machine guns, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, carrying a firearm on school grounds, and firearms violations with a history of prior violent drug crimes. Those are just some of the charges against a fugitive from Massachusetts who was found and arrested in […]
