BANGOR — Some basketball state championship games, like heavyweight title fights, are a clash of styles. Other than greatness and a desire to be the best in the business, there aren’t many common denominators linking the combatants. That’s far from the case as Dirigo and Calais get set to battle in the Class C boys’ title […]
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Police investigating stabbing in Calais
CALAIS — The Maine State Police and the Calais Police Department are investigating a stabbing that took place Friday afternoon at a Chapel Street residence. The victim, 56-year-old John Haskins of Calais, initially was taken to Calais Regional Hospital but was transferred to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor on Friday night, according to Maine […]
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H.S. softball: Madison tops Calais for Class C crown
Madison’s freshman second baseman thought she had produced a measly two-out single Saturday, but as she legged it around the bases, her hit to right became something far greater. “When I hit it, I didn’t think it was going to go that far,” Wood said. “I thought I was just going to get a base […]
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Calais police investigating hatchet attack
CALAIS — Calais police are investigating an incident in which a local man was attacked and wounded by another man who was armed with a hatchet, police said Thursday. Damien Cole, 19, of Calais suffered a 1-inch-long cut to a knee in the incident, which took place about 11:30 p.m. on May 2, said Sgt. […]
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Calais man convicted of six child sex assault crimes, acquitted of two others
MACHIAS — A Calais man accused of sexually abusing three young girls was found guilty Friday of six of the eight charges filed against him. The Washington County Superior Court jury of six men and six women found Clifford Thornton II, 52, not guilty of the most serious charge of gross sexual assault and guilty […]
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Bomb threats reported at Walmart stores in Calais, Thomaston, Palmyra
Bomb threats at Walmart stores were reported in three towns throughout the state on Friday afternoon. Calais Police Chief David Randle confirmed the store in that town received a threat, and Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said threats were also reported in Thomaston and Palmyra. Randle said police in Calais are no longer […]
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Sr. Ann Mary Donovan
1916 – 2013 PORTLAND — Sr. Ann Mary Donovan, RSM, 97, (Rita Sarah Donovan), died as she lived, quietly and peacefully, at Mercy Hospital, on Tuesday, Oct. 15, after a short illness. She was born in Calais on Jan. 26, 1916, a daughter of John William Donovan and Annie Isabel Gayton. She graduated from Calais […]
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Former Auburn assistant superintendent chosen to lead Calais schools
CALAIS — Keith Laser was introduced to the City Council Tuesday night as the new superintendent of the city’s school system. Laser, 59, previously assistant superintendent for Auburn schools, was introduced by interim superintendent Raymond Freve. The School Committee voted to appoint Laser to the top school post during an executive session last week, Freve […]
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Police say Calais man died from self-inflicted wound in July standoff
A Calais man who shot and wounded a woman and her infant son in a violent domestic dispute and subsequently engaged in a standoff with police died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities disclosed Thursday. Daniel Pinney, 26, originally was reported to have been shot dead by Calais police after officers arrived at his home […]
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Richard O. Dawe
1919 – 2013 AUBURN — Richard O. Dawe, 93, of Auburn, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, Aug. 6. He was born Nov. 17, 1919, in Calais, the son of Leo and Edith (Fenderson) Dawe. He graduated from Calais Academy in 1938 and Beal College in Bangor in 1940. Richard served three-and-one-half years in […]