A 22-year-old man was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to a Lewiston hospital with unspecified injuries on Sunday, according to the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office.
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Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Mild Monday with scattered PM showers
Last evening spring peepers where reported being heard in parts of Maine for the first time this season. Peepers are small frogs that will mate in the next few weeks. The chorus of peeping is a sure sign of spring and only lasts a short time. Peepers start when overnight temperatures in late March and […]
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Auburn man cleaning gun shoots himself
Auburn police say the man shot himself in the hand when he was attempting to remove a bullet from the chamber of his .40 caliber Glock.
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Maine Turnpike opens high-speed toll plaza
Beginning today, drivers who use E-ZPass can pay their tolls electronically while driving at highway speeds at the plaza in New Gloucester.
Posted inBusiness, News
Natural gas company to hold job fair in Maine
Summit Natural Gas of Maine is looking to fill 45 permanent, non-construction jobs at the company’s Augusta office.
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Networking opportunity Tuesday in Cape Elizabeth
A local networking group is holding a Think Spring Event on Tuesday, April 2, 5-7 p.m., at the Local Buzz, 333 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth. This night is an opportunity to meet other local business people and entrepreneurs. There will be food, music, door prizes, and a 50/50 for the Maine Youth Leadership organization. […]
Posted inTimes Record
In MECA student’s sculpture, a baby lost is remembered
An artist’s project turns deeply personal when a relative’s pregnancy ends.
Posted inTimes Record
Aircraft mechanic piecing his vintage plane together
BRUNSWICK Peering through the doorway of his 1948 Luscombe 8E — largely in pieces on the ground around him — Scott Royal grabs hold of a control stick used to steer the vintage aluminum aircraft. “The control sticks and the floorboards are staying,” he said, glancing down at the chipped wood beneath the instrument panel […]
Posted inTimes Record
Zildjian, cymbal pioneer, dies in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK Robert Zildjian, whose surname is synonymous with cymbals played by the best drummers in Western popular music, died March 28 at age 89 in his Brunswick home. A descendant of 10 generations of metallurgical and cymbal-making lineage, Zildjian’s genealogical tree dates back 350 years to the Ottoman Empire of Turkey. He was one of […]
Posted inTimes Record
Chimney fire guts Bath home
BATH A two-story home was badly damaged Saturday after an apparent chimney fire. Charles Nace — who lives in the house at 1270 High St. with his wife, Avis — was sitting alone in the living room while his wife and granddaughter were out walking the dogs when an upstairs smoke alarm sounded. “I went […]