1947 – 2015 YORK — Alphonse W. Charron, 68, of 4 Egret Circle, died on Wednesday, July 15, at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H. He was born on April 6, 1947, in Lewiston, a son of the late William A. and Anita (Cormier) Charron. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Joan Cloutier […]
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Corinne E. Perry
1921 – 2015 KITTERY — Corinne Elizabeth Perry, 93, of Kittery Point died on Saturday, June 27, at Durgin Pines in Kittery, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Strong on Oct. 23, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Thomas F. and Florence G. ( Conant ) Tunney. She attended local schools, graduating […]
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Shipyard worker who torched submarine appeals sentence
KITTERY — The New Hampshire man who pleaded guilty to setting fire to a nuclear-powered submarine but now says he doesn’t think he committed the crime has requested more time to respond to a magistrate’s recommendation that his appeal be dismissed. A federal magistrate a month ago rejected Casey James Fury’s claim of ineffective counsel leading […]
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Nuclear sub USS Annapolis arrives at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
KITTERY (AP) — The nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Annapolis is in Kittery for regular maintenance work and upgrades. The submarine and her crew of 16 officers and 122 enlisted personnel arrived at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery this weekend. Annapolis was commissioned in 1992 and its home port is Groton, Conn. The vessel is […]
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Street Talk: The winter of jungle cats and wet feet (or something)
In an Evernote notebook dated Jan. 14 lies a truncated mutant of a column which rants on about the feeble nature of winter to that point. “Hardly any snow!” the archaic column raves. “Why, it’s practically spring already!” The column was never finished and I think you know why. Winter came, winter saw — and […]
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard plans to hire 715 workers
KITTERY — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has begun hiring more than 700 workers to deal with an increase in work as the Navy aims to reduce maintenance delays on its fleet of nuclear submarines, officials said Thursday. The hiring of 715 workers will boost the shipyard workforce from 4,700 to 5,200 civilian employees, once attrition is factored […]
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Defense bill includes funding for shipyard, Pease
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Sens. Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen say the annual defense bill has provisions that authorize funding for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the Pease Air National Guard Base. The senators, both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, say the bill authorizes the procurement of two Virginia Class submarines and […]
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Suspect speeds into Maine after N.H. stop, abandons car and is arrested in motel lobby
KITTERY (AP) — Police from New Hampshire and Maine caught up with a suspect who sped away from a traffic stop in North Hampton and abandoned his car across the border in Kittery. A New Hampshire state trooper stopped a car on Interstate 95 north at about 8:20 Saturday night for lane change violations. As […]
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R.I. woman en route to Rangeley summer home dies in turnpike crash
KITTERY (AP) — Police say a woman from Rhode Island on the way to her summer home in Maine died in a collision on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery when a tractor-trailer crashed through guardrails, crossed a median and hit her SUV head on. Police told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1r6rlO7 ) that 59-year-old Christine […]
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Tractor trailer crosses I-95 median, kills woman in SUV
KITTERY — Police say a woman died in a collision on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery when a tractor trailer crashed through guardrails, crossed a median and hit her vehicle head on. Authorities did not release the identities of the victim or the driver of the tractor trailer. Police say they are questioning the driver […]