Jesse Scardina

Staff Writer

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Published
July 14, 2013

Winslow veteran working to regain mobility in painful journey through MS

From a radio operator for the Air Force to a new mom with multiple sclerosis, Winslow veteran Angie Carlson’s has been dealt a difficult hand. Still, she approaches each challenge with a smile and a positive attitude.
Published
July 11, 2013

Waterville police offer public tours of new station

Dozens of community members filed into the new Waterville Police Station on Colby Circle Thursday morning to get a look at the brand new building that’s been wanted by city officials for years.
Published
July 10, 2013

Clinton Town manager, Chief working on issues with Police Department

Public complaints about police treatment of residents are based largely on behavior of officers who are no longer with the department, say town officials, who add they’re discussing ways to make things better.
Published
July 9, 2013

Pugnacious crowd debates need for Clinton police department

The crowd wasn’t as big as at a previous hearing, but residents of Clinton still had plenty to say about its police department, both good and bad, Tuesday night.
Published
July 8, 2013

Quebec train wreck spotlights oil transportation debate on national stage

The debate over the transportation of oil intensified monday in Maine and nationally as Canadian officials began their investigation into the deadly weekend train derailment and explosion in neighboring Quebec.
Published
July 7, 2013

Mass. ATV rider hurt in Saturday accident in The Forks

Rob Krajneck, 32, suffered two cracked back vertebrae after an all-terrain vehicle accident on an old logging road Saturday in The Forks, according to the Maine Warden Service.
Published
July 7, 2013

Public invited to tour new Waterville PD HQ on Thursday, Friday

The public will have opportunities to tour the brand-new Waterville Police Department headquarters at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. Friday.
Published
July 7, 2013

Franklin County firefighters call Quebec train derailment scene a surreal horror

Franklin County Emergency Management Director Tim Hardy and Phillips firefighter Josh Bachelder called the Saturday train derailment and fire in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, a horrific scene of destruction.
Published
July 6, 2013

Brother, sister in Thorndike crash remain in critical condition Saturday

Alvaro Soares, 27, of Unity, and his sister, Kelly Soares, 22, of Cranston, R.I., remained in critical condition Saturday, after a Thursday crash that killed another passenger, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Published
July 5, 2013

Speed, alcohol suspected factors in deadly Thorndike crash, police say

A Rhode Island man is killed and two others were in serious condition Friday, a day after a vehicle they were riding in struck a utility pole, snapping it and causing a transformer to explode, police said.