Last night, oct. 28, Maine State Police responded to a single vehicle crash on I-95 northbound near mile marker 156 in Palmyra. During the investigation, Troopers learned that a 2005 grey Dodge Caravan went off the roadway on the median side. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, 37-year-old Michael Foss of Bangor overcorrected …
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Body of Pennsylvania Man Recovered In Sheepscot Pond
Maine Warden Service divers this morning, Oct. 28, recovered the body of a Pennsylvania man who had been missing since Wednesday night. It appears that Akshay Mamidela, age 25 of Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, had taken a kayak onto Sheepscot Pond Wednesday evening, October 27, to retrieve a paddleboard that had drifted from the shore …
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Cocaine with Approximate Value of $7,500 Seized in Bar Harbor
In March of this year, the MDEA Downeast Drug Task Force based in Ellsworth opened an investigation into cocaine distribution in Bar Harbor involving 26-year-old Mayron Santana Vega of Puerto Rico. The information revealed Santana Vega was trafficking cocaine out of the Bar Harbor establishment where he was employed. From the Maine State Police: This …
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Justice Department reaches settlement to pay $88M to families and survivors of Charleston church shooting
According to agency officials and a news release on Thursday, the Justice Department has agreed to pay $88 million to families and survivors of the 2015 deadly church shooting in Charleston, S.C., due to a failure in its gun background check system. A federal jury sentenced White supremacist Dylann Roof to death in January 2017 …
Facebook rebrands company to ‘Meta’ emphasizing ‘Metaverse’ vision
Facebook on Thursday announced that it has changed its company name to Meta. The name change, which was announced at the Facebook Connect augmented and virtual reality conference, reflects the company’s growing ambitions beyond social media with the metaverse, a classic sci-fi term Facebook has adopted to describe its vision for working and playing in …
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Watch the new trailer for ‘Tiger King 2’ set to debut on Netflix this November
The official trailer for Tiger King 2 has just been released. A synopsis from Netflix reads- “With Joe Exotic behind bars and Carole Baskin closing in on ownership of his disreputable zoo, the Emmy-nominated saga continues its twisted course with “Tiger King 2” as newfound revelations emerge on the motivations, backstories, and secrets of America’s …
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Chris Evans voices Buzz Lightyear in teaser for Pixar origin story ‘Lightyear’
Disney and Pixar dropped the new teaser for the “Toy Story” prequel “Lightyear,” which focuses on the character of Buzz. Chris Evans voices the main character in the upcoming film, which tells the story of the hero that inspired the toy. The teaser follows a young test pilot who eventually becomes the space ranger that …
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Facebook to Become Meta
Facebook is rebranding. The company’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, says has that Facebook will be renamed as Meta to emphasize its virtual-reality vision for the future. According to Zuckerberg: In recent decades, technology has given people the power to connect and express ourselves more naturally. When I started Facebook, we mostly typed text on …
Lithium Deposit Valued at $1.5 Billion Discovered in Newry, Maine
Amateur geologists in Western Maine have discovered the find of a lifetime on land they own. It’s an 11-ton rock deposit, rich in lithium crystals. The estimated worth is $1.5f billion dollars. The lithium deposit was discovered near Newry, and it looks like excavating it could pose a challenge.t Maine’s 2017 metallic mining laws are …
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Multiple Arrests Including Law Enforcement Officers in Massive Drug Operation
Over a dozen people are being accused of covering up and taking part in a $13 million dollar drug operation in Maine. Those charged include four current or former members of law enforcement, one assistant district attorney and also one town official. According to our media partner,WGME, Franklin County Assistant District Attorney Kayla Alves is …
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