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Monday, 07/27/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Skowhegan Woman Wins Major Lawsuit Against Northern Light (Bangor) A Skowhegan woman and her husband have won a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Northern Light Health. The suit stems from a March 2023 procedure in which Emily Mitchell underwent laparoscopic surgery at Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville to remove a benign ovarian cyst. …
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Friday, 07/24/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Storms Cause Tree to Fall on Bus Carrying Children from Camp (NH) Downeast Maine missed the worst of it, but the storms that moved through parts of Maine and New Hampshire on Wednesday produced a tornado warning and funnel cloud in the Skowhegan area. WMTW reports several children were treated for minor injuries…
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Thursday, 07/23/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Maine Firefighters Help Battle Canadian Blazes (Maine) While President Trump raises tariffs on goods from our northern neighbor, firefighters from Maine are DOING good by risking their lives to help put out the wildfires burning across Canada that have destroyed homes and wiped out entire settlements. The cross-border assistance is coordinated through established…
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Wednesday, 07/22/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs FBI Will No Longer Investigate Alleged Assaults by ICE Agents (Biddeford) The FBI will no longer investigate alleged assaults involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, such as the fatal shooting of a man in Biddeford earlier this month. According to the Bangor Daily News, under the policy shift, such cases will be turned…
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Tuesday, 0721/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Police Chase Involves Stolen Vehicle (Bangor) Tense moments Saturday when a Maine Game Warden responding to a search and rescue on I-95 in Bangor encountered a Chevy pickup driving erratically in the passing lane. The incident happened shortly before 9:30 p.m., with authorities later learning the truck had been stolen from Skowhegan. The…
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Monday, 07/20/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Woman Critically Injured After Falling from Cliff at ANP (ANP) A woman was critically injured Friday when she fell 30 feet off a cliff near Thunder Hole at Acadia National Park. According to the Bangor Daily News, the woman suffered a serious head laceration and potential broken bones. The high-risk rescue operation necessitated…
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Friday, 07/17/26
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Eddington School Board Member Appears in Court (Eddington) A member of the Eddington School Board was in court Wednesday, facing charges in connection with her 9-month-old daughter’s drug overdose. NewsCenter Maine reports 36 yo Brittany Wood was charged with domestic violence aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child, following an incident…
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Thursday, 07/16/26
Crime/Public Safety Propane Explosion Injures One (Ellsworth) Authorities are investigating after a propane explosion resulted in a person suffering serious burns in Ellsworth on Tuesday. They say emergency responders were called to 253 North Street about 3 p.m. The explosion involved a bus that had been converted into a recreational vehicle. A preliminary investigation indicates…
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Wednesday, 07/15/26
Crime/Public Service Update on Biddeford Shooting (Biddeford) An update this morning on that ICE-related shooting in Biddeford. Sources say the victim was 26 yo Joan Sebastian Guerrero from Colombia. Guerrero had been issued a Social Security number and was authorized to work in the United States. The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition confirmed he was…
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Tuesday, 07/14/26
Crime/Public Safety ICE Related Shooting in Biddeford (Biddeford) Only days after ICE agents shot and killed a man in Houston, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers yesterday fatally shot a man in Biddeford. A press release issued by the Attorney General’s office indicated an officer was conducting an enforcement operation when the subject attempted to flee…
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