Hampden biologist Michael Merchant and Bowdoinham ghost hunter Kat McKechnie trekked out to the Pacific Northwest last summer to hunt for Bigfoot and try to win $10 million. They combed remote mountain woods with eight other two-person teams — photographers, skilled hunters, a man who claims to have killed a Bigfoot, twice — competing in […]
Bowdoinham
Posted inConnections
Sagadahoc County resident elected Conservation District board supervisor
LEWISTON — Benjamin Dearnley of Bowdoinham was elected to the Board of Supervisors with the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District. “Ballot votes were verified on Nov. 21 with a one point lead given to Benjamin Dearnley of Bowdoinham,” according to Jane Heikkinen, election superintendent. Nomination petitions were also received from Edward Carter of […]
advertisement
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine’s latest bid for new trial based on new DNA analysis
PORTLAND — Convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine is scheduled for hearings in Portland Superior Court on Thursday and Friday for what could be his final bid for a new trial in the 1988 torture and murder of then 12-year-old Sarah Cherry. Rockland-based lawyer Steven C. Peterson, who represents Dechaine, said Wednesday that months of DNA analysis […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Woman in Bowdoinham rollover dies from injuries
LEWISTON — A woman has died of her injuries following a one-car crash on Interstate 295 in Bowdoinham last week, according to Maine State Police. Mona Kelley, 56, of Steep Falls, died Friday at Central Maine Medical Center. Troopers said her car overturned along the southbound lane around 6 p.m. last Tuesday, after several motorists […]
Posted inConnections
Lakeside Chapter OES to hold supper, meeting
WALES — The Eastern Star Training and Religious Scholarship fundraising supper will be held Tuesday, Aug. 13, at Lakeside Chapter 60, Order of the Eastern Star. It will be at the Grange/Masonic Hall, 322 Centre Road, at 6 p.m. sharp. Lakeside will be hostess and provide the main dish for the supper. Pioneer Chapter of […]
Posted inConnections
Machinists’ Union awards scholarships
BATH — Local S6 of the Machinists’ Union, representing 3000 production and maintenance workers at Bath Iron Works, recently awarded the following recipients $1000 scholarships for 2013. Dan Dowling, president of Local S6, stated, “Our members believe education to be an essential ingredient for improving our lives and the lives of our families. We are […]
Posted inConnections
Military notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Air Force Airman Jeremy A. Dwyer and Air National Guard Airman 1st Class David B. Hobson graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The airmen completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and […]
Posted inObituaries
Cecelia A. Davidson
1931 – 2013 LEWISTON — Cecelia A. (ChiChi) Davidson, 82, of Mechanic Falls, died Monday morning, June 10, at Central Maine Medical Center. She was born in Bowdoinham, Jan. 11, 1931, the daughter of Lawrence and Margaret Dunne Rideout. She attended Lewiston schools and worked in the Boston area as a health aide, then […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Body retrieved from Androscoggin
BOWDOINHAM — The Brunswick Police Department, assisted by the Brunswick Fire Department and Maine State Marine Patrol, recovered a body from the Androscoggin River Sunday morning. According to a release from the Brunswick Police Department, the body of an unidentified male in his 30s was found floating near Brick Island in Bowdoinham at 10:07 a.m. […]