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Casco Man Seriously Injured In Harrison Car Crash

23-year-old Noah Goodness, of Casco, crashed his 2004 GMC Sierra in a tree Wednesday evening. ~ Photo courtesy of Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office

 

HARRISON, ME – A Maine man had to be extracted from his vehicle after serious car accident in Harrison.

According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s office at around 8:40 Wednesday night 23-year-old Noah Goodness was headed into Harrison from Bridgton on Main Street, when he crossed the oncoming lane, leaving the roadway and striking large tree. Luckily a passing motorist saw the accident and reported it to authorities.
 
Rescuers pulled Goodness from the totaled truck and immediately Life Flighted him to Central Maine Medical Center with traumatic leg injuries and multiple broken bones. His injuries were described as serious but non-life threatening.
 
Authorities said that the crash remains under investigation but they do believe speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.

 

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Police Arrest Bridgton Man After High Speed Chase In Stolen U-Haul

25-year-old George Sproul, of Bridgton Maine, was arrested after he allegedly fled from police in a stolen U-Haul truck ~ Photo courtesy of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office

 

BRIDGTON, ME – A Bridgton man is under arrest after leading police on a high speed chase in a U-haul Truck. According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office a Bridgton Officer attempted to stop a pickup truck on Route 107 in Bridgton at around midnight last night, when the driver sped off at a high rate of speed.

After the officer discontinued the pursuit Police learned that the driver, 25-year-old George Sproul, was wanted in connection with an active burglary investigation being conducted by the Maine State Police.

Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office located the truck driving on Route 107 by of Long Hill Road in the town of Sebago, but Sproul allegedly continued to attempt to evade authorities. The Deputies continued to chase Sproul at high speeds, as other deputies set up spike mats at an upcoming intersection at Boundary Road and Pequaket Trail, Route 113. The spike mat flattened three out of the four tires and Sproul pulled over and surrendered.

Authorities said someone had attempted to spray paint the stolen white U-Haul pickup truck black~ Photo courtesy of Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office

 
Police identified the vehicle that Sproul was driving as a 2017 Dodge Ram U-Haul truck that had been rented by an acquaintance of Sproul’s but was never returned and had been reported stolen. Upon recovery of the vehicle, Police said they found that someone had attempted to spray-paint the white truck black.

Sproul was taken to the Cumberland County Jail with a NO BAIL status.

Sproul faces multiple charges including Eluding class C, Reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon class C, Driving to endanger class E, Criminal speed class E, Probation revocation warrant.

Authorities also said that other charges will be forthcoming after an investigation.

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The 2018 Local Song Of The Year Winner Is……

!Riley Parkhurst!

 

 

After the largest voting turn out 93.5 FM WMWV has ever had for this contest Riley Parkhurst has been named the 2018 Song Of The Year Contest Winner!

You can listen to her song below.

 

Riley wins A LIVE lunchtime performance of her song on 93.5 WMWV FM! Nowhere will be added to the 93.5 WMWV FM on-air rotation for the rest of 2018 and recognized as the WMWV LOCAL SONG OF THE YEAR, and she will be receiving a check for $1,000!

Also Riley will be invited to do an encore performance at a local venue to celebrate her win.

Riley’s song Nowhere was chosen by you the listeners among the four finalist. Coming in second place was The Fake News with their song “Keira’s Love”, third place was “Erik Grant Band with “Who Would You See”, and fourth place was Carlos Olmeda with his song “Willamena”

Be sure to check out Riley Parkhurst and her band The Riley Parkhurst project on their website www.rileyparkhurst.com
 

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6 Injured After Exposure To Deadly Amounts Of Carbon Monoxide

Fire Fighters go into a home where several people were found suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning ~ Photo courtesy of Campton-Thornton Fire Rescue

THORNTON, NH – Six people are recovering after a serious carbon monoxide incident in Thornton. According to the Campton Thornton Fire Rescue 3 children and 3 adults were taken to the hospital yesterday morning after the incident on Tree Line Drive.

Authorities said that at around 5 a.m. a resident awoke to the sound of the CO alarm, but was quickly overcome by the gas luckily several people were able to quickly call 911.

A state trooper was the first on scene and found two victims right by the front door. The trooper acted quickly opening all the doors and windows to ventilate the home which had deadly levels of carbon monoxide.

Officials said this incident could have had a much different outcome, but thanks to the detectors and the teamwork of first responders, all of the victims are expected to survive.

Local authorities are working with the State Fire Marshal’s Office to determine the source of the carbon monoxide.

Firefighters urge all residents to make sure they have working carbon monoxide detectors in their homes.

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Massachusetts Passes Up Northern Pass

 

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has dropped a $1.6 billion project that was set to deliver hydropower from Canada through a 192-mile transmission line in New Hampshire.

The decision to terminate the earlier selection of the Northern Pass project from Eversource was announced Wednesday by the Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The state will instead move toward an agreement with New England Clean Energy Connect, a hydropower project proposed by Central Maine Power Co.

New Hampshire regulators voted to reject Northern Pass last month over concerns about potential negative impacts on the environment and tourism.

Eversource asked for reconsideration, but the Site Evaluation Committee said it would not do so until May. That’s well past the deadline set by Massachusetts for moving forward with a large-scale clean energy project mandated under a 2016 law.

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Chocorua Native Arrested For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting A Student In Pennsylvania

 

TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA – A Chocorua native was arrested in Pennsylvania for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a student.

According to The Daily Review 25-year-old Whitney Roberts was charged with two counts of felony institutional sexual assault and one misdemeanor count of corruption of minors. Authorities allege that Roberts had sex with a teen boy late last year in Franklin Township.

Roberts was a substitute teacher in the Towanda Area School District at the time of the incident, and had been working there since the fall of 2017.

Pennsylvania State Police said that Roberts suggestively approached the 17-year-old Towanda student on Nov. 17 at party. They then allegedly ended up kissing and exchanging Snapchat names. Authorities then claim that the following morning Roberts picked the victim up from a friend’s house and took him to her place.

On the Towanda Area School District’s website the administrators said they were “contacted by several concerned parents and students regarding alleged rumors of misconduct between a substitute teacher and students. In conjunction with the authorities, we have thoroughly investigated the allegations.”

Roberts was arraigned on March 13 and released on $10,000 unsecured bail with a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 21.