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Byline: James Mayse Dec. 16A woman who went relic hunting in an abandoned house ended up being rescued by sheriff's deputies and firefighters Tuesday morning after the woman fell through [...]

Byline: Randy Billings Dec. 8Eleven Portland firefighters called out sick over the weekend after learning they had been exposed to a co-worker who later tested positive for COVID-19, city officials [...]

Byline: John Badman Nov. 20COTTAGE HILLS Two wind-swept brush fires that got out of control Thursday afternoon sent at least nine area fire departments scambling to contain the flames. The [...]

Byline: Sten Spinella Nov. 8NEW LONDON Mayor Michael Passero confirmed Sunday that 10 city firefighters have tested positive for COVID-19, and four are awaiting test results. One person on staff [...]

Byline: Kimberly Drelich Nov. 2GROTON Firefighters battled a blaze Monday afternoon that extensively damaged a home at 62 Slocomb Terrace in Groton City. The fire broke out about 2:30 p.m. [...]

Byline: Maggie Quinlan Nov. 2Chris Hoagland and Adam Villard are 'huge' Seattle Seahawks fans. Hoagland's two sons, Russell and Luke, are named for Seahawk players. The two are also Spokane [...]

Byline: Sten Spinella Oct. 22MONTVILLE Nine total firefighters in town eight paid and one volunteer have been exposed to COVID-19, and five of the nine have tested positive since Oct. [...]

Byline: Sten Spinella Oct. 21MONTVILLE Nine total firefighters in town eight paid and one volunteer have been exposed to COVID-19, and five of the nine have tested positive since Oct. [...]

Byline: Emily Hamer Oct. 19--Madison firefighters responded to a large business fire on the Far East Side Monday afternoon, the city's Fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster said. A report of [...]

Byline: J Swygart Oct. 14--LIMA -- The paths of Hellen Douglas and Matt Hammons just seem to keep crossing. And that's fine with them both. They first met after Hammons, [...]

Oct. 10-- Oct. 10--AMMAN -- Firefighters on Saturday extinguished three fires that destroyed large areas of dry grass, forest and fruit trees in Irbid's Samma, Wadi Tibna and Zaglab Valley. [...]

Byline: Jerzy Shedlock Oct. 09-- Oct. 9--Portland police officers chased a vehicle into Vancouver on Thursday, but they ended the pursuit shortly before the driver reportedly crashed. A KOIN-TV reporter [...]

Byline: Nick Sambides Jr. Oct. 09-- Oct. 9--Firefighters rescued a dock worker who fell off a pier into freezing water at Portland's Holyoke Wharf on Friday. The unidentified worker fell [...]

Byline: Dana Jensen Sept. 29-- Sep. 29--GROTON -- Thanks to a group effort and goodwill, town resident Jean Porter now has a finished ramp to her home. Groton Town police [...]

Byline: Jerzy Shedlock Sept. 28-- Sep. 28--Firefighters and police found themselves facing a chaotic situation at a house fire in Vancouver's Hough neighborhood Monday, according to emergency radio traffic monitored [...]

Byline: Micah Rice Sept. 27-- Sep. 27--A fire damaged a Hazel Dell commercial property Sunday morning as firefighters stopped the blaze from spreading to a nearby house. Fire crews responded [...]

Byline: Nick Sambides Jr. Sept. 26-- Sep. 26--After Bangor's firefighter's union criticized the fire department's bosses on Friday for refusing to allow firefighters to wear T-shirts that the union calls [...]

Byline: Lyndsey Hewitt Sept. 26-- Sep. 26--The Pacific Northwest couldn't seem to catch a break in September. If it wasn't the pandemic, it was wildfires -- and the resulting smoke. [...]

Byline: Nick Sambides Jr. Sept. 26-- Sep. 26--Bangor's firefighter's union criticized the fire department's bosses on Friday for refusing to negotiate to allow firefighters to wear T-shirts that the union [...]

Byline: Hannah Shirley Sept. 15-- Sep. 15--Four Grand Forks firefighters departed on a fire engine at 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, to help combat the fires devastating Oregon. They will [...]

Byline: Hannah Shirley Sept. 10-- Sep. 10--The Fraternal Order of Police Grand Forks Lodge and the Grand Forks Fire Fighters Local 242 will host the annual Battle of the Badges [...]

Byline: Sten Spinella Sept. 06-- Sep. 6--GROTON -- Firefighters performed a rope rescue of a man who fell at Avery Point on Saturday. At about 11:45 a.m., City of Groton [...]

Byline: Greg Smith and Julia Bergman Sept. 01-- Sep. 1--NEW LONDON -- Rocco Basilica, a longtime city firefighter and union leader who lived and breathed the fire service in New [...]

Byline: Greg Smith and Julia Bergman Aug. 31-- Aug. 31--NEW LONDON -- Rocco Basilica, a longtime city firefighter and union leader who lived and breathed the fire service in New [...]

Byline: Kyle Perrotti Aug. 31-- Aug. 31--It was an emotional evening last Tuesday as the Jonathan Creek Fire Department provided a check for $5,050 to the North Carolina Fallen Firefighters [...]

Byline: Jessica Prokop Aug. 29-- Aug. 29--Vancouver firefighters saved a house after quickly extinguishing an attic fire Friday evening in the Five Corners area. Crews were dispatched shortly before 6:30 [...]

Byline: Christopher Burns Aug. 24-- Aug. 24--York County has at least four cases of COVID-19 among firefighters and EMS clinicians after the discovery of at least three cases involving the [...]

Byline: Gillian Graham Aug. 24-- Aug. 24--Three Sanford firefighters have tested positive for COVID-19, but other members of the department are still waiting for results from tests done more than [...]

Byline: Ed Lewis Aug. 20-- Aug. 20--A state appellate court Wednesday upheld the sentence of Michael Sansone, 33, a former Nanticoke volunteer firefighter convicted by a Luzerne County jury of [...]

Byline: Jerry Lynott Aug. 19-- Aug. 19--WILKES-BARRE -- Testing will be held next month to fill four openings in the city fire department. Applications for the entry-level firefighter exam to [...]

Byline: William Bender Aug. 17-- Aug. 17--Asante Wilson is running his first marathon today. Well, sort of. The 39-year-old firefighter was looking to raise awareness and show his support for [...]

Byline: Matt Byrne Aug. 17-- Aug. 17--Portland police officers, paramedics and firefighters rescued a man suffering a mental health crisis from a burning shed on Friday night, police said Monday. [...]

Byline: William Bender Aug. 16-- Aug. 16--Asante Wilson is running his first marathon today. Well, sort of. The 39-year-old firefighter was looking to raise awareness and show his support for [...]

Byline: Dennis Hoey Aug. 14-- Aug. 14--Two Old Orchard Beach firefighters were injured Thursday afternoon while fighting a fire that broke out in a mobile home on Ryefield Drive. Fire [...]

Byline: Craig Brown Aug. 12-- Aug. 12--A two-alarm fire damaged a Vancouver apartment Tuesday evening, but firefighters were able to stop it from spreading throughout the complex. The fire was [...]

Byline: Nick Sambides Jr. Aug. 12-- Aug. 12--A Penobscot County man allegedly telephoned the Patten town office and threatened to kill a firefighter for allegedly cutting him off and then [...]

Byline: Claire Bessette Aug. 04-- Aug. 4--NORWICH -- A three-alarm fire caused heavy damage to a four-family house at 57 Prospect St. in the city's Greeneville section Monday, displacing several [...]

Byline: Allison Dunn Aug. 04-- Aug. 4--A former Toledo firefighter entered a negotiated plea Tuesday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to charges he sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl and [...]

Byline: Riley Haun July 31-- Jul. 31--A wildfire moving rapidly through a field and on the verge of causing major damage to a South Hill apartment was halted Friday afternoon [...]

Byline: Steve Craig July 26-- Jul. 26--A house fire in Yarmouth late Friday night injured five firefighters and caused minor burns to one of the occupants. Twenty-one members of the [...]

Byline: Nick Schroeder July 24-- Jul. 24--PORTLAND, Maine -- Firefighters contained a fire in a single-family home in Portland's Rosemont neighborhood Friday morning. Dispatchers said they responded to a report [...]

Byline: Thomas Fitzgerald July 19-- Jul. 19--Firefighters recovered an unidentified body found floating Saturday in the Great Egg Harbor Inlet between Ocean City and Longport, and authorities were investigating whether [...]

Byline: Kyle Perrotti July 17-- Jul. 17--Thanks to a rapid response from local firefighters, within an hour of flames breaking out inside a building at the Oaks Sawmill off Jonathan [...]

Byline: Taylor Hartz July 16-- Jul. 16--NORWICH -- A firefighter sustained a minor injury while battling a fire Wednesday evening in Norwich, fire officials say. At 5:27 p.m. Wednesday, firefighters [...]

Byline: Jerzy Shedlock July 03-- Jul. 3--Vancouver firefighters found an unconscious man in a bedroom during a response to an apartment fire in the Ellsworth Springs neighborhood early Friday. Vancouver [...]

Byline: Sten Spinella July 01-- Jul. 1--WATERFORD -- Rather than having firefighters staff ambulances in town, Waterford Ambulance Service personnel now will be the primary responders to emergency medical situations, [...]

Byline: Judy Harrison June 30--Orrington Fire Chief Scott Stewart and Assistant Fire Chief Chad Bean were 14 years old when they first volunteered to learn how to douse flames in [...]