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2 months ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Wendy Watkins
Caribou firefighters battled an early morning house fire Saturday. The fire at 50 Baird Road was reported shortly after midnight, after smoke detectors alerted residents to the blaze. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the eves of the house and the attached garage, with heavy smoke inside the home and flames in the attic and a hallway. Everyone was reported out of the house.
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2 months ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Wendy Watkins
A single-vehicle accident in Dover-Foxcroft claimed the life of a passenger and left the driver seriously injured early Sunday morning. Jersie Worley-Stewart, 22, of St. Albans, was killed in the crash, which occurred near 1408 Dexter Road, according to Dover-Foxcroft police. The vehicle’s driver, Isaac Weymouth, 23, was flown to Northern Light hospital in Bangor with serious injuries.
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2 months ago | 
wgme.com | Wendy Watkins
ELLSWORTH, Maine (BDN) -- A man from Ellsworth is dead after he was hit by a car Friday night. Ellsworth Police say the crash happened at the intersection of Shore Road and Bangor Road. They believe 74-year-old James Card went into the road to pick up tools that fell out of his vehicle. That's when a 65-year-old man hit Card with his car. Local residents say Card was a beloved figure in the community. "I knew Jimmy ever since I was knee high to a grasshopper.
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2 months ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Wendy Watkins
Three teenage boys who rescued a couple from a fire in Atkinson were honored on Friday. Colby Simmons, 16, of Dover-Foxcroft, Kaleb Weymouth, 15, of Charleston, and Robert Weymonth, 17, of Charleston were presented with a community heroism award and a commendation letter from the Maine legislature. In the early morning of Jan. 1, the three boys spotted the fire in the barn and house at 110 North Stagecoach Road and sprang into action, according to the Maine fire marshal’s office.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
bangordailynews.com | Wendy Watkins
A 74-year-old Ellsworth man was hit by a car and killed on Bangor Road in Ellsworth Friday night. According to the Ellsworth police department, the accident happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. Friday. Police said James Card was in the road’s southbound lane, apparently picking up tools that had fallen from his vehicle, which was parked at the corner of Bangor and Shore roads.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
bangordailynews.com | Wendy Watkins
Three snowmobilers were rescued Friday afternoon after falling through the ice at the mouth of Moose River, which empties into Moosehead Lake. According to Rockwood Fire and Rescue, at about 2:30 p.m. they received a call that the snowmobilers had ended up in the water. Rescue crews were able to immediately rescue two men, but a third snowmobiler was missing. That person was later found safe, according to a post on Rockwood Fire and Rescue’s Facebook page.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
bangordailynews.com | Wendy Watkins
Two cats and a dog were killed in a fire that swept through a second-floor apartment at 175 Silvers Mills Road on Dexter Saturday evening. According to Dexter assistant fire chief Will Lovejoy, the fire was called in around 6:30 p.m. Saturday and when firefighters arrived, the fire was already well involved. There are two buildings on the property, he explained, a house and a garage a few feet away with a second-story apartment. The fire occurred in the apartment.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
bangordailynews.com | Wendy Watkins
The U.S. Coast Guard and other rescue agencies are searching for a missing 34-foot scallop boat, Sudden Impact, off the coast of Cutler. At around 5 p.m. on Saturday, the Coast Guard received a report that two fishermen aboard a scallop vessel had become unreachable and that the boat had not returned to its mooring in South Addison, according to a news release. The boat had left from Cobscook Bay State Park at approximately 5 a.m. that same day.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
bangordailynews.com | Wendy Watkins
A 10-foot U-Haul truck went through the ice on Echo Lake early Saturday, after being driven more than 400 yards across the lake. According to a Facebook post by the Southwest Harbor Fire Department, at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday they were called to help the Mount Desert Fire Department rescue a truck and person who went through the ice. The driver reportedly drove the truck across the ice starting at Ike’s Point.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
bangordailynews.com | Wendy Watkins
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for a fast-moving snowstorm that’s expected to sweep the state between Sunday afternoon and Monday evening. Heavy snow is possible, with accumulations of more than 6 to 9 inches depending on location, according to the National Weather Service. The snow will start earlier in the day Sunday in southern, central, and western Maine and will be on the lower end of the accumulation scale, with snow ending Monday morning.
