The Wreaths Across America project has become an annual tradition at Arlington. It began in 1992 when a Maine wreathmaker donated 5,000 surplus wreaths to the cemetery. Wreaths Across America Spokeswoman Amber Caron said more than 44,000 volunteers helped lay 245,000 wreaths at Arlington on Saturday. The Maine-made wreaths arrived from the Pine Tree State […]
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Timothy J. Dunham
1956 – 2015 AUBURN — Timothy J. Dunham, 58, of Sumner passed away in Auburn on Thursday, Sept. 10. He was born on Dec. 29, 1956, in Arlington, Mass. Tim was raised in Sumner and graduated from Buckfield High School. He was a member of Millwright Local No. 548 in Minneapolis, Minn., and he worked […]
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Tri-County team hits it out of the park and into the World Series
PARIS — The coaches and players from the Tri-County 13U Babe Ruth baseball team hope to slide safely home, bringing with them the championship title from the youth World Series, which starts next weekend. The team — composed of 11 children from 10 towns, Norway, Paris, Harrison, Waterford, Woodstock, Bethel, Bridgton, Rumford, Lovell and Oxford […]
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Jean B. Marcotte
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Our dear, loving Scottish mother and wife, Jean B. Marcotte, who ensured her family would have a happy life by moving to San Luis Obispo, Calif., nearly 40 years ago, passed away on Monday, July 27. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to parents William and Ellen Kavanagh Begley. Following […]
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William Binette
1937 – 2015 DANVERS, Mass . — William Binette, 77, of Arlington, Mass., formerly of Livermore Falls, passed away peacefully while surrounded by family on Friday, Jan. 23. William earned his degree in physics at the University in Maine, after which he taught at the American School of the Hague from 1967 until retirement, and […]
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Gary K. Price
1923 – 2015 WALES — The Rev. Dr. Gary Kilmer Price, 92, a resident of Witherell Road, Wales, died Friday, April 10, at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born March 28, 1923, in Swarthmore, Pa., the son of William S. and Ethal M. (Kilmer) Price. He was educated in the grammar schools of […]
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Joan Blair Putnam
1928 – 2015 ARLINGTON, Va. — Joan Blair Putnam, 86, formerly of Bethel and Bryant Pond, died Thursday, Feb. 26, in Arlington, Va. She was born in Great Barrington, Mass., on Nov. 6, 1928, the daughter of William R. Blair and Frances Harper. She married Norman A. Putnam on Aug. 21, 1948. Joan was known […]
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Maine wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery
ARLINGTON, Va. — Thousands of Maine-made wreaths are due to be placed on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. This is the 100th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery, and Wreaths Across America is aiming to have a wreath for every headstone — more than 200,000 of them. Hundreds of volunteers were to place the wreaths on […]
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Woman dies in roller coaster accident at Six Flags
ARLINGTON, Texas — Investigators will try to determine Saturday if a woman who died while riding a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in North Texas fell from the ride dubbed the tallest steel-hybrid coaster in the world after not being properly secured by staff, as some witnesses accounts contend. The accident happened […]
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Herbert Henry Teel
1941 – 2013 TEMPLE — Herbert Henry Teel, 71, of Temple, died Tuesday, June 25, at the VA Maine Healthcare Hospice at Togus. He was born in Boston, Mass., on August 24, 1941, a son of Herbert S. and Anna Karlson Teel. Herbie attended Pierce Grammar School and Arlington High School. He served in the […]