Three men were arrested in Lebanon after police caught them using a pickup truck to drag a stolen shed down the road. Maine State Police troopers were called to the York County town on Sunday by a concerned citizen who reported three men had stolen a shed from a foreclosed property on Pork Street and […]
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On Mother’s Day, never too old to take the plunge
LEBANON — Dorothea Labrie keeps it simple on most Mother’s Days, maybe dining out with her family or just staying home with them. But this year, the white-haired great-grandmother from Lewiston requested something different – a 14,000-foot plunge in a parachute with her family around her. Labrie said that at 86, you never know when […]
Lebanon man dies during police standoff
A man is dead after a police standoff that dragged on for hours Monday in the York County town of Lebanon. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said state troopers found Wayne Castellez, 59, dead inside his mobile home on Lower Barley Road about 9:30 p.m. McCausland said Castellez “likely died […]
Richard C. Weirich
FREEPORT — Richard C. Weirich, 72, passed away in his home, Saturday, June 10, in Freeport. Born August 23, 1944, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, he was a dedicated educator for 48 years until his retirement from South Portland High School in 2015. He earned his Doctor of Education in Science Education from the University of Maine in […]
Police say 80-year-old bus driver not cited after collision with car
Police say the 80-year-old bus driver failed to make a complete stop before hitting a car Tuesday morning in Lebanon. LEBANON — Maine State Police say a school bus collided with a car after failing to stop at an intersection Tuesday morning. No one on the bus, which was transporting a 9-year-old boy and an […]
Lebanon man dies in fire at home
LEBANON — Maine’s State Fire Marshal’s Office says a man died in a fire that destroyed his home in the York County town of Lebanon. The office say the fire happened on Wednesday morning at the man’s home on Bakers Grant Road. Authorities say the man’s name will be released after relatives have been notified. […]
Nancy DeHart Wood
1935 – 2015 NORWAY — Nancy DeHart Wood, longtime Norway resident, died Monday, Nov. 23, after a brief illness at the home of her son, Peter Wood. She was 80. She was born in Boston on March 5, 1935, to Albert and Susan Greene and grew up in Ashland, Mass., at the family apple orchard. […]
New Hampshire man dies in Lebanon motorcycle crash
LEBANON — Another fatal motorcycle accident happened Saturday, bringing Maine’s total to 27 this year. Matthew Goodwin, 26, of Somersworth, N.H., crashed his motorcycle at 10:40 p.m. at the intersection of Center and Lower Cross roads, according to a news release by Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland. Goodwin was traveling west on his 2006 […]
George Henry Miller Jr., MD
1924 – 2015 LIVERMORE — Dr. George Henry Miller Jr., MD, 90, a resident of Livermore, passed away Tuesday, July 28, at his home with his family by his side. He was born on Dec. 16, 1924, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of George Henry Miller Sr. and Martha (Gordon) Miller. George attended public […]
Investigation begins after a body is discovered on a Lebanon roadside
LEBANON — Maine State Police say the death of a young man whose body was found along the Long Swamp Road in Lebanon Saturday afternoon is under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled Sunday, June 22, at the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta, according to Maine State Police Spokesman, Stephen McCausland. The man is […]