With the warmer temperatures, some snowmobile trails have been hit hard, but riders say the season is far from over. Folks in Greenville say they expect the season to last into April. For more than 40 years members of the Moosehead Riders, the local snowmobile club in Greenville, have been...
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Fire Chief Dies Driving To Snowmobile Fatality
THE FORKS, Maine — A Maine man has died in a snowmobile crash, along with a fire chief who was on his way to rescue him. The Maine Warden Service said Jason Dodge, 37, crashed into a tree Friday night on a groomed trail in The Forks. While on the...
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Snowmobile Accidents Seriously Injure 4 In Maine
RANGELEY, Maine (AP) ? The Maine Warden Service is investigating three snowmobile accidents that left four people seriously injured. Two Massachusetts men were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after two accidents at 2:30 a.m. Sunday in Rangeley. Wardens say one of the men’s machines struck a parked camper trailer, and...
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Snowmobiling season not over yet
FORT KENT, Maine — The calendar says Maine is in the depths of winter, but anyone who spends time outdoors will tell you conditions are feeling a bit more like spring. Warmer than average temperatures over the past several weeks have created conditions normally not seen until April, leaving some...
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Snowmobile tracks discovered on lake
CHINA, Maine — Searchers looking for a missing teenager Monday night found snowmobile tracks leading into the open waters of the west cove of China Lake, according to the Maine Warden Service. Richard “Shaw” Jackson, 18, an Erskine Academy junior, has been missing since Friday night. More than a dozen...
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Search Resumes for Missing Snowmobiler
Richard “Shaw” Jackson, 18, hasn’t been seen since he left a snowmobile repair shop on New Year’s day. The Maine Warden Service is resuming its search today for a missing 18-year-old Erskine Academy student who disappeared in the South China area after driving his snowmobile away from a repair shop...
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Fierce Cold Spreads Across East as Blizzard Targets Northern New England
A New Year’s blizzard will unfold in northern New England and southern Atlantic Canada later today into early Sunday. Widespread lake-effect snow showers, fierce winds and severe cold are spreading all the way to the Northeast coast and down the spine of the of the Appalachians. The worst of the...
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Fatal Snowmobile Accident (Maine)
A snowmobile accident has taken the life of a Parsonfield man. State police say 43-year-old Brian Miller was killed friday afternoon when his snowmobile collided with a pick up truck in Parsonfield. Troopers say Miller was killed instantly in the crash. State Police say Miller was traveling down the middle...
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Airport operator warns snowmobilers to keep out
NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine — Officials at Central Maine Regional Airport say the snowmobiling across and near runways must stop. The airport put up plastic fences and signs warning snowmobilers to stay away several years ago, but the signs have been ripped up and the fences cut. Airport operator Kristina Wallace says...
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Maine airport unhappy with snowmobilers
NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — Officials at Central Maine Regional Airport say the snowmobiling across and near runways must stop. The airport put up plastic fences and signs warning snowmobilers to stay away several years ago, but the signs have been ripped up and the fences cut. Airport operator Kristina Wallace...
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