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Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Young child burned after pulling coffee pot on himself in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS – A 2-year-old child was injured Wednesday morning when the child was climbing up on a counter and managed to pull a coffee pot full of hot coffee down over his head, police Lt. Joseph Sage said. The child was being taken by a LifeFlight of Maine medical helicopter to an unnamed hospital. […]
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Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Ruth Frechette
AUBURN — Ruth Frechette, 84, of Buckfield, passed away peacefully and comfortably at Clover Manor in Auburn on Wednesday, July 12. Ruth was born in Buckfield on Sept. 30, 1932, to Guy and Velma Ellingwood. She married Oliver Jr. on Dec. 23, 1950. They had one son, Roland. Ruth retired from Miller Shoe in Norway, working […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Anthony N. Emmi
LEWISTON — Anthony Nino Emmi, known to his friends and family as Tony, died peacefully in his sleep Friday evening, June 30, at the Montello Manor in Lewiston. Tony was born to Giosia Emmi and Lucia Anzalone in Queens, New York, N.Y., the second of three children. He spent his childhood in the Ravenswood neighborhood of […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
David D. Marsh
AUBURN — David D. Marsh, 85, of Auburn, passed away on June 20 at the Hospice House in Auburn, following a brief period of declining health. He was born in Lewiston on October 9, 1931, the fourth child of Howard Marsh and Ruth (Coburn) Marsh. Growing up on their small family farm on Park Avenue laid […]
Posted inBusiness
Coffee company to buy Panera Bread for $7.5 billion
JAB Holding Co. agreed to buy Panera Bread Co. for about $7.5 billion, adding a fast-growing U.S. bakery chain to a food empire that spans coffee, bagels and doughnuts. Panera investors will receive $315 per share in cash, the companies said in a statement Wednesday. That’s 20 percent higher than the closing price on March […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: Cream, sugar and shame in my coffee
I was having a sit-down interview with a 70-something woman one recent afternoon when she offered coffee for me. “How do you take it?” she asked. “Cream and sugar.” The woman looked at me a moment over the top of her spectacles. “Geesh,” she said. “What a sissy.” My shame is great. It’s one of […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Study: Coffee drinkers may live longer
A study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health found that moderate coffee drinking might be tied to lower risk of death. Researchers looked at death trends in groups with varying amounts of coffee consumption and found that death from heart disease, neurological disease, and suicide was less common among coffee drinkers. According to […]
Posted inMark LaFlamme, sj-web
Street Talk: What you do in the morning says a lot about me
I’m not one to brag. But this morning I had a cup of coffee in my hand, ready to drink, in less than a minute after I rolled out of bed. Fifty-two seconds, to be precise, shattering the old record of one minute flat. I truly don’t like to brag, but … In your face! […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Keurig recalls 7 million coffee makers due to burn risk
Keurig is recalling more than 7 million of its single-serve coffee brewing machines after reports that a number of them had spewed hot liquids and injured dozens of users. The recall is for Keurig’s Mini Plus brewers that were made between 2009 and 2014. Keurig received about 200 reports of hot liquid spraying from the […]