OLD TOWN — A Maine State Police trooper shot and killed a man who reportedly stabbed his girlfriend to death Wednesday night in a downtown apartment. Police identified the couple on Thursday morning as April Haskell, 35, and Christopher Ouellette, 28, both from the Old Town area, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman […]
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Gunshot kills North Yarmouth beekeeper
NORTH YARMOUTH — Stan Brown, the 93-year-old North Yarmouth man known across state and national beekeeping communities for his longevity, said he believes his son-in-law was fatally shot Sunday trying to protect his landmark bee supply shop from his business partner’s husband. The shooting attracted heavy media attention and was described as a “shock” by […]
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House fire kills man in Manchester
MANCHESTER — A 57-year-old man was killed in a house fire early Saturday morning, according to Maine State Police. Investigators believe the man, whose body was found in a second-floor bedroom of the Granite Hill Road home, was Samuel Spinicci, state police spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a press release Saturday evening. The fire is […]
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Bombings kill 58 in south and central Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government’s failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions. Iraq is experiencing its deadliest bout of violence since 2008, raising fears the […]
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Man’s body pulled from Kennebec River in Pittston
PITTSTON — The body of a young man who is likely from central Maine was pulled from the Kennebec River on Saturday afternoon, according to Department of Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland. An autopsy was performed by the State Medical Examiner’s Office on Sunday revealed no signs of foul play, according to McCausland. The body […]
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N.H. patient likely died of rare brain disease
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Public health officials believe one person in New Hampshire has died of a rare, degenerative brain disease, and say there’s a remote chance up to 13 others in multiple states were exposed to the fatal illness through surgical equipment. Dr. Joseph Pepe, president of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, said officials […]
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Woman killed in Route 1 crash was teacher who spent last day preparing for first day of school
BELFAST — The woman killed Saturday night after her car was hit by charter bus on Route 1 was a teacher who spent the last day of her life getting ready for the start of the next school year. Jayashree Kalmath, 61, of Camden apparently had been turning left onto Route 1 from Northport Avenue […]
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Bridgton man dies after West Paris crash
WEST PARIS — A Bridgton man died Wednesday morning as a result of injuries he suffered when his pickup collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 26, a Maine State Police trooper has confirmed. Jean P. Bolduc, 83, was traveling south when his 1991 Ford Ranger veered over the center line for an unknown reason and […]
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Sal says goodbye
My Sal Gal was a wonderful goose. She was mostly gray, very smart and in her early days, she was the leader of the flock. She took no guff from the males, and mated only when she wanted to. She was also Finny’s mom. As with many animals, she determined that he was flawed and […]
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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 […]