MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • January 28, 2024
State and local officials are warning Mainers to be careful when going out on frozen ponds and lakes, saying the up-and-down temperatures and rain this winter have made for dangerous conditions, even near the end of January. On Friday, Carmel’s town manager and his 4-year-old son broke through the ice on Etna Pond. Kevin Howell, 51, managed to lift his son out of the water, but he couldn’t get out himself and died. Five people, including three children, were rescued from Moose Pond in Denmark on Saturday after the vehicle they were in broke through the ice.