Late one night in November, Gwen Fletcher, 10, gave her mother a locket with a picture of her husband, Dylan, who had died two weeks earlier of pancreatic cancer. Julie Fletcher, 37, was bedridden and in the final stages of an extremely rare and incurable form of cancer that had started in the thymus. Gwen […]
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David Targett
BROCKTON, Mass. — David Targett, 81, of Lyman, formerly of Farmington, died early Monday morning, Sept. 17, at the Brockton VA Hospital following a brief illness. He was born Sept. 15, 1937, in Flagstaff, a son of Erwin Stoddard Jr. and Annette R. (Murray) Targett, and was employed as a heavy equipment operator at International Paper […]
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Lovell woman injured in fatal Lyman crash
LYMAN — A Hollis man died Monday afternoon in a two-car crash on Route 35 in Lyman that involved a woman from Lovell, according to a state news release. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland wrote that Alexander Mcinnis, 29, was driving south when he crossed the centerline and struck a vehicle driven […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Dog given naloxone after getting into owner's oxycodone
LYMAN (AP) — Police in Maine say a dog that got into its owner’s legally prescribed oxycodone appears to be fine after receiving a dose of the opioid-overdose antidote naloxone. York County Sheriff William King says the dog’s owner flagged down a passing officer in Lyman on Thursday. The owner said she was unable to […]
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Tardiff setting a fast pace at Oxford
LYMAN — In most cases, when a driver leaves the friendly confines of the track where he learned to race for the challenges of a different venue, success doesn’t come right away. Yet for 32-year-old Lyman native and third-generation racer Alan Tardiff, the combination of great chemistry in his new team, a brand-new race car […]
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State police seek transient after cruiser rammed in Lyman
Michael S. Irving Maine State Police are asking the public for help in finding a suspect in Sunday’s ramming of a state police cruiser in Lyman. Troopers say 49-year-old Michael S. Irving fled the scene after the cruiser was hit. Irving’s vehicle was found later abandoned at an ATV trail near the Lyman Elementary School. […]
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Police say road ice was a factor in Lyman crash
LYMAN — State police say a 24-year-old woman is in critical condition after her car slammed into a tree in Lyman. Police say Amber Desmond of Springvale is being treated at Maine Medical Center for her injuries. A passenger in the car was treated and released from a hospital. Trooper Matt Williams says icy road […]
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Lyman man sentenced to 1 year for taking dead mom’s social security
PORTLAND — Federal prosecutors say a 55-year-old Lyman man was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for Social Security fraud. Prosecutors say Mark. J. LaPierre was also sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay $38,212 in restitution. He pleaded guilty in April. Court records say LaPierre’s mother received […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Guns, marijuana and electronics seized by police
Three people have been charged and 11 guns recovered from burglaries in Oxford, Cumberland and York counties the past two months, state police said Tuesday. Arrested on Monday were 20-year-old Cole Meserve of Standish, his sister, 21-year-old Amber Meserve of Limerick, and 23-year-old Christopher Michaud of Limerick, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland […]
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Wilton class of ’54 celebrates 60th reunion
In front from left, Roy Pike, Bonita White Strout, Gayle Benson Chase, Evelyn Clark Dutil, Gail Adams Karkos, Esther Vivian Bell, Steve Mayo; second row, Melissa Eaton Knowles, Shirley Neil Lorette, Connie Casler Mayo, Francis Lorette, Edna Tyler Rose, Theda Williams Fairbanks, Marion Tyler Hinds, Lyle Karkos; back, Norman Beisaw, Clifton Harris, Robert Ridley, Douglas […]