In this Sept. 29, 2016, file photo, San Diego Padres broadcaster Dick Enberg waves to crowd at a retirement ceremony prior to the Padres’ final home baseball game of the season, against the Los Angeles Dodgers in San Diego. Enberg, the sportscaster who got his big break with UCLA basketball and went on to call […]
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Investigators seek answers in death of 4-year-old Wiscasset girl
The death of a 4-year-old girl in Wiscasset is under investigation by Maine State Police detectives. Kendall Chick, who turned 4 years old on Nov. 26, died Friday night after emergency responders were called to a home at 19 Crickets Lane in Wiscasset, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety. “We […]
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Teen idol David Cassidy, 'Partridge Family' star, dies at 67
In this Aug. 8, 2009, file photo, actor-singer David Cassidy arrives at the ABC Disney Summer press tour party in Pasadena, Calif. Former teen idol Cassidy of “The Partridge Family” fame has died at age 67, publicist said Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File) NEW YORK (AP) — David Cassidy, the teen and […]
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Man gets his dying wish: To be buried with cheesesteaks
A cheesesteaks from Pat’s King of Steaks in Philadelphia. PLAINS, Pa. (AP) — A man who always joked that he didn’t want to venture into the afterlife hungry got his wish when he was buried with two cheesesteaks from his favorite sandwich shop — Pat’s King of Steaks in Philadelphia. According to his grandson, Dominic […]
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Red Sox great Bobby Doerr dies at 99
In this May 14, 1942, file photo, Boston Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams, left, tests the arm of Red Sox second baseman Bobby Doerr before their game against the White Sox, in Chicago. Doerr, a Hall of Fame second baseman who was dubbed the “silent captain” by longtime Red Sox teammate and life-long friend […]
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Hebron woman killed in hunting incident wasn’t hunting
UPDATE: “Free spirit” Karen Wretzel remembered HEBRON — The 34-year-old woman who was shot and killed Saturday on her property by a hunter was identified Sunday by the Maine Warden Service as Karen Wrentzel of 490 Greenwood Mountain Road. According to a family member, Joan Joy Tibbetts, Wrentzel was on property gifted to her by her grandmother, […]
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Woman killed in hunting incident in Hebron Saturday
HEBRON — A 34-year-old woman was shot and killed Saturday by a hunter on the first day of deer hunting season in a heavily wooded area about 250 yards from Greenwood Mountain Road. The woman, believed to from the area, was pronounced dead at the scene, Maine Warden Service spokesman John MacDonald said. He said the […]
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State police asking for help identifying man found in 1990 off Maine coast
BAR HARBOR (AP) — State police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the body of a man found floating off Maine’s coast 27 years ago. Authorities say the body was found 8 miles south of Schoodic Point by a boater in August 1990. They say efforts to identify the man over near three […]
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Funeral alliance to lead workshops, discussions on death
FARMINGTON — Members of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maine will present “Death Your Way: Caring for Our Own Dead, Talking about Death” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. The day of hands-on workshops and discussions will be held at the Ben Franklin Center at Franklin Community Health Network complex. It is […]
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Police investigating shooting death of man inside Saco home
SACO (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a 53-year-old man was fatally wounded at a home in Saco. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2xT9HJm) reported Michael Burns, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was shot on an enclosed front porch shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday. State police say the man who fired the gun was a tenant and […]