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Crews respond to fire in Winslow
WINLSOW, Maine (WABI) - Firefighters from multiple towns were battling a fire at the Marden’s warehouse in Winslow Wednesday morning. Waterville dispatch told TV5 the fire is on Benton Avenue. They say the road is not closed. The fire was reported around 10 a.m. This is at a warehouse,...
Two hospitalized following crash in China
CHINA, Maine (WABI) - Two people were injured after a head-on crash in China Monday afternoon. Multiple departments responded to Vassalboro Road just after 4 p.m. One driver had to be freed from their vehicle and was later flown to a hospital. The driver of the other car was also...
Palmyra woman frustrated, claims drivers ignore stop signs
PALMYRA, Maine (WABI) - Heather Hill is frustrated. She says drivers ignore a stop sign at the intersection of Spring Hill and Wiers Roads. “Maybe a third of the people just go through the stop sign. Maybe another third kind of slow down to a rolling stop, and then maybe the other third actually make a complete stop,” said Hill, who lives near the intersection.
Maine Criminal Justice Academy to graduate 68 cadets May 17
On Friday, May 17, 68 police Cadets will graduate from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program (BLETP) at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. The BLETP is an 18-week residential training program that began in January with 72 cadets. 68 Cadets will graduate Friday. The 45th BLETP represents 44...
Maine police use spikes in power usage to find illegal marijuana grows
JAY (WGME) – If you're growing marijuana illegally in Maine, police want you to know that they are coming for you. Officers recently seized 3,200 plants in the raids of two grow houses in Freedom and Harmony. Police are using power spikes to weed out illegal operations, including one...
How did America become so politically divided?
WATERVILLE, Maine — You didn’t have to be a professor of government to notice during the 2020 presidential race that rural Maine was filled with Trump campaign signs, signs that all but disappeared from the landscape as you made your way into Portland, Bangor, Lewiston and other cities.
Low-barrier homeless shelters a little more hopeful after new state funding
This past winter, the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter in Waterville served twice as many individuals in their warming shelter than the year before. The shelter is one of four low-barrier options across the state, all of which have been increasingly stretched with the ongoing, overlapping challenges of drug use and the high cost of housing, among […] The post Low-barrier homeless shelters a little more hopeful after new state funding appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
The bees are back: Maine needs 1.4 billion bees to pollinate its blueberry crops alone
FALMOUTH, Maine — A wave of customers returned to local farms and flower shops this weekend looking for some last-minute Mother's Day gifts. Winslow Farm and Flower Shop in Falmouth had one of its first busy days of the season on Sunday as Sarah Boudreau and her family welcomed back regular customers and locals.
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