Maine
Teen rescued, airlifted after falling 60 feet on Maine mountain
Local News The teen was hiking off-trail with a friend when he slipped and fell 60 feet down Tumbledown Mountain, Maine officials said. Maine wardens, forest rangers, and volunteer rescue personnel ready 15-year-old Kyle Lund to be hoisted to a waiting helicopter. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife A 15-year-old boy was airlifted off […]
Toddler struck and killed by tow truck while lying in the road in Maine
Local News The tow truck driver said he did not realize it was a child lying in the road until he hit her. A toddler died Wednesday in Maine after she was hit by a tow truck while lying in the road, according to Maine State Police. The 21-month-old girl was playing outside a home […]
Maine has the best apple orchard in America
New England Travel The farm grows environmentally conscious fruit. Libby & Son U-Picks in Limerick, Maine. Libby & Son U-Picks A multigenerational family-owned farm in Maine that grows environmentally conscious fruit was just named the best apple orchard in the nation by USA Today. What experts are saying about the 2023 fall foliage season in […]
Maine man who disappeared after driving wife to work found trapped in truck in New Hampshire woods
Local News A man from Sanford, Maine had been driving in nearby Dover, New Hampshire, when his vehicle went off an embankment into a wooded area and became stuck in mud behind a sand pit, trapping him inside, police said. By Associated Press September 18, 2023 | 8:27 AM SANFORD, Maine (AP) — A man […]
A village in Maine is again delaying a plan to build the world’s tallest flagpole
Local News The tiny town of Columbia Falls in Maine is extending its moratorium on big developments for another six months following a proposal for a flagpole taller than the Empire State Building The Pleasant River flows through Columbia Falls, Maine, April 27, 2023. AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi, File By Associated Press August 30, 2023 | 8:50 AM […]
Parents of Maine teen who died on school-sponsored hiking trip in New Hampshire sue in federal court
Local News The lawsuit contends a 17-year-old died from a heat stroke and that the school district and two staff members were negligent. By Associated Press August 29, 2023 | 8:22 AM PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The parents of a 17-year-old Maine boy who died on a school-sponsored hiking and camping trip are suing the […]
One morning in Maine, 225 people went to the library
National News Books or beach? In a coastal town, the decision is easy, thanks to artwork by the author of “Blueberries for Sal” and “Make Way for Ducklings.” As Sal McCloskey read “One Morning in Maine,” young audience members crept closer and closer. Some followed along in their own copies of the book. Gin Majka […]
Body confirmed to be recent high school graduate who was fishing for lobster in Maine
Local News Tylar Michaud, 18, of Steuben, went missing on July 21 after he went out to tend his lobster traps near Petit Manan Island. By Associated Press August 25, 2023 | 11:19 AM STEUBEN, Maine (AP) — The identification of a body pulled from the ocean this week confirmed the worst fears of many […]
Cargo plane crash kills 2 during training mission near central Maine airport
Local News The Beechcraft crashed in a field in the town of Litchfield at around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press updated on August 23, 2023 PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a twin-engine cargo plane during a training exercise near a small […]
Maine mass shooter was alive for most of massive 2-day search, autopsy suggests
Local News The conclusion was announced a week after his body was discovered in the back of a tractor-trailer on the property of his former employer at a recycling center. A member of law enforcement walks with a police dog outside a property on Meadow Road in Bowdoin, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Hundreds of […]