Litchfield News

RANGELEY The Maine Warden Service resumed its search this morning for two snowmobilers missing since they apparently fell into Rangeley Lake last Dec.

Despite a major push by forest rangers to get the power to carry guns, a bill to allow them to do just that has stalled and may be carried over for consideration next year.

Water-certified cadaver dogs and their Maine State Police trainers return to the shore of Rangeley Lake on Thursday after searching for the bodies of three missing snowmobilers.

China May 1 Police charged two male juveniles with criminal mischief after employees at Erskine Academy on Windsor Road discovered a large number of tire marks on the front lawn.

Divers returned empty-handed from their first dive Thursday after resuming their search for three snowmobilers missing in Rangeley Lake since winter.

Landing a plane on a Maine highway may be a rare event, but for Roger Wolverton the details of Friday's forced landing on Interstate 95 in Litchfield sounded a familiar refrain.

A Maine Warden Service Aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on Interstate 95 near Litchfield at approximately 9 a.m. this morning, according to a press release from Director of Public Information Doug Rafferty.

No one was injured this morning when a Maine Warden Service pilot flying a Cessna plane experienced fuel or mechnical problems and made an emergency landing on the Maine Turnpike, according to the Maine Turnpike Authority and Maine State Police.

The Maine Turnpike Authority said a small plane had to make an emergency landing on the turnpike Friday morning.

Krista Barnett, 9, of Litchfield looks at the red back salamander that she discovered during a class field trip to Smithfield Plantation in Litchfield on Thursday.

Fans and racers gathered for another week of racing action Saturday, April 20 at Wiscasset Speedway.