Maine Woodland Owners is set to hold its first free Tree ID Day from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 1, at four locations — Searsport, Farmington, Brownville, and Winthrop.

Merle Ring leads an educational event for Maine Woodland Owners. Submitted photo

During this all-ages event, foresters will guide attendees through Tree ID Trails and demonstrate ways to accurately identify common tree species. Information guides and materials will be provided, as well as refreshments.

Probert Memorial Forest is located at 15 Cobb Road in Searsport.

Clifford Woods is on Titcomb Hill Road in Farmington.

Brownville Woods is located on Davis Street in Brownville.

Georgia Fuller Wiesendanger Wildlife Protection Area is on the Case Road on the Winthrop/Readfield line.

For more information, contact Jenn Hicks at 207-626-0005 or jenn@mainewoodlandowners.org, or register at mainewoodlandowners.org.

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WATERVILLE — Rescue workers scrambled to Head of Falls shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday for a report of a person who had fallen about 25 feet onto rocks along the edge of the Kennebec River.

The Waterville Fire Department deployed its ladder truck and used a basket to lift the person up an embankment.

A LifeFlight of Maine helicopter then took the person to the hospital, according to reports.



While the circumstances leading the rescue were not clear Monday evening, a woman at the park said she saw what had happened.

Earlina Strozyk, who was sitting inside her car at the parking lot facing the river, said she looked up and saw a teenager running across the park.

“She jumped over the railing,” Strozyk said. “There was a bunch of cops chasing her, and she had jumped over the railing.”

Almost immediately, Strozyk said, police told her to move car from the parking lot at the park’s north end, which officers then cordoned off.

Strozyk said she moved her car to the parking lot at the park’s south end.

Strozyk’s account of what had happened could not be confirmed Monday evening.

The Waterville Police and Fire departments and Maine State Police were at the scene.

Waterville police did not return a request Monday evening for comment.

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SANFORD, Maine — Three people were hospitalized Monday following a collision between a car and a tractor-trailer truck at the intersection of Route 4 and New Dam Road.

Two of the injured people were brought to Southern Maine Health Care’s campus in Sanford, while the third was transported by a Life Flight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland, according to the Sanford Police Department.

The accident occurred around 7:30 a.m.

The Maine State Police Commercial Truck and Crash Reconstruction Units are at the scene and are assisting Sanford police officers with their investigation.

In a post on Facebook, the Police Department acknowledged witnesses and passersby who assisted at the scene.

“We would like to thank the public who stopped to help prior to emergency responders’ arrival,” the SPD said.

Police asked the public to avoid the intersection while the investigation continues.

This story may be updated.