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Hawaii volcano erupts, forcing 1,500 from homes

PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Nearly 1,500 people fled from their mountain-side homes after Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano sent molten lava chewing through forests and bubbling up on paved streets in an eruption that one resident described as “a curtain of fire.” After a week of earthquakes and warnings that an eruption could be imminent, steam and […]

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Jean P. Crowley

LEWISTON — Jean P. Crowley, 68, a resident of Turner, passed away from natural causes following several years of illness, Friday, Feb. 16, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She was born April 17, 1949, in Rumford, the daughter of Thomas Bartholomew and Glenys “Rae” (Lane) Bartholomew. Jean was a 1968 graduate of Gould Academy. […]

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Learn from false missile attack fiasco

The false missile attack alert that the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency issued at 8:05 a.m. on January 13 provides American civil defense agencies and military planners with numerous points to ponder. Three deserve immediate attention. Point 1: Hawaii’s civil defense warning system procedures are abysmally bad. Yes, the Wireless Emergency Alert system worked. Mobile phones […]

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Patricia M. Mathieu

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Patricia M. (Levesque) Mathieu, 69 years old, of Lewiston, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Oct. 28, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Pat was born in Lewiston on Sept. 18, 1948, to Bernadette (Turcotte) Levesque and Roland “Joe Pete” Levesque. She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1967, married her high […]

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Lionel "Nel" Dionne

AUBURN — Lionel “Nel” Dionne, 53, of Lewiston, passed peacefully at the Hospice House in Auburn on the afternoon of Aug. 14, following a long battle with cancer. Lionel was born to Philibert and Antoinette (Phillipon) Dionne on Feb. 21, 1964. He attended Lewiston schools and joined the Navy shortly after graduation. He worked as a […]