RUMFORD — Funeral services for Frances M. Burns were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Rumford Point Congregational Church with the Rev. Cindy Christie officiating. Lynn Ramsey played the piano. Musical selections included “In The Garden,” “Be Thou My Vision” and “Amazing Grace.” Words of remembrance were shared by her three sons, […]
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Artists and musicians converge of Norway for annual arts festival
NORWAY — The 47th annual celebration of visual and performing arts will kick off Thursday with the opening of the Norway Arts Festival. The Western Maine Arts Group and Norway Downtown co-sponsor the annual festival, which will be held July 10-13. In addition to a sidewalk arts sale, the festival includes crafts, dance, theater and […]
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Maine Senator, former House Speaker start TV show
AUGUSTA (AP) — Assistant Republican Leader Senator Roger Katz and former Democratic House Speaker Hannah Pingree are starting a new weekly political television program in Maine. On “Pingree and Katz, The Maine Event,” the two will discuss topics from welfare reform to gun control. The show, which will air throughout the state on Time Warner […]
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Early morning fire destroys Oxford home
OXFORD — Members of a family, including two preschool children, a young couple and a teenager, escaped their burning home at the Mechanic Falls line this morning. There were no injuries, but Sally Courtney’s family lost several pets. Firefighters from Oxford, Poland, Paris, Otisfield, Norway and Mechanic Falls responded to the fire, which destroyed the […]
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Officer shoots, kills Grindstone man in armed confrontation
GRINDSTONE — An apparently intoxicated man who nonsensically ordered his neighbors to leave their own home was killed during an armed confrontation Saturday with police, officials and witnesses said Sunday. Robert Bellfleur, 78, who was armed with a shotgun, was shot by East Millinocket police Officer Seth Burns after he responded to a neighbor’s 911 […]
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Grindstone man fatally shot by police in confrontation
GRINDSTONE (AP) — Maine officials say a 78-year-old northern Maine man is dead after an East Millinocket police officer shot him during an armed confrontation. Tim Feeley of the Maine Attorney General’s Office says Robert Bellfleur of Grindstone was fatally shot Saturday night by Officer Seth Burns. Feeley says Burns and a Penobscot County Sheriff’s […]