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Marilyn R. Lee

FARMINGTON — Marilyn R. Lee, 89, of Rangeley, died late in the evening of Christmas Eve at Edgewood Rehabilitation Center in Farmington with her loving family by her side. She was born in Bristol on Aug. 15, 1928, the daughter of Atwood and Margaret (Foster) Richards and married Benjamin A. Lee on June 3, 1950. She […]

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Man in critical condition after Bristol swimming accident

BRISTOL — Police say a man hospitalized in a swimming accident near the Bristol Mills Dam is a 73-year-old resident of Bristol. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Peter Beauchamp on Tuesday. Beauchamp was found face down and unresponsive in the water on Thursday when emergency workers came to the scene. Beauchamp […]

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Robert R. Packard

1961 – 2015 AUBURN — Robert R. Packard, 53, of Auburn, was welcomed to heaven by our Lord Jesus on Wednesday, June 10. He passed at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice in Auburn after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer and is now at peace in the arms of the Lord […]

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Gilman Bertrand Whitman

1926 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Gilman Bertrand Whitman, 88, passed on peacefully on Tuesday, March 17, at the Veterans’ Home in South Paris. He was born in Portsmouth, N.H. on Oct. 26. 1926, to Gerald Bertrand and Jessie Veasey Whitman. He was attending school at Essex Agricultural Institute in Danvers, Mass., majoring in floriculture […]

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Police investigating ‘drive-by shooting’ at Bristol home

BRISTOL — Detectives are investigating what they say was a drive-by shooting late Sunday night on Bradley Shore Road. Two residents were at the home at 34 Bradley Shore Road when it was struck at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday by four bullets from what appears to have been a small-caliber handgun, Lt. Michael J. Murphy […]

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Trooper shoots armed woman, man found shot

WATERBURY, Vt. — A woman who ignored repeated commands to drop a large caliber handgun was shot by a state trooper in Bristol after officers were called to a home over a suicide threat, the head of the state police said Friday. Tina LaBossiere, of Crown Point, New York, was hit by one shot in […]

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Coast Guard searching for sailboat near Pemaquid

BRISTOL, Maine (AP) — The Coast Guard is searching near Bristol, Maine, after getting a report about of people in the water and a possible boat in distress. The Coast Guard says a helicopter and vessels on water were actively searching Friday morning. Petty Officer Matthew Couling said the search began with a 911 call […]