Maine
Maine Police Say a Potentially Live Grenade Found in South Paris
The Maine State Police Bomb Squad aided in the investigation of a grenade found in a home.
A Grenade Was Found in an Oxford County Home
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office asked for help from the bomb squad just before 11:30 Wednesday morning after a grenade was found in a West Paris home. When Sergeant Pescitelli and Apprentice Technician Dan Murray arrived on scene and secured the item in question.
An Expert Determined the Grenade Was Viable
Officials say it was an MK2 ‘pineapple’ grenade, which was widely used in World War II, and had limited use in both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. The grenade was unexploded and so the bomb squad used x-ray imaging they observed characteristics consistent with a grenade still containing energetic material. In other words, it was likely still a viable explosive. The grenade was secured in the Bomb Squad’s possession for disposal at a later time.
Caller Says the Grenade Probably Belonged to a Family Member
Members of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office talked to the caller, who said that the item most likely came from a family member who had served during World War II or the Korean War.
No one was hurt in the incident.
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It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
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