PORTLAND (AP) — The last two nuns are moving from a monastery where they’ve lived since 1934 in Portland, Maine. The Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood once comprised 14 nuns living in silence on State Street. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced Monday that the two remaining nuns will move next month to […]
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Fire destroys Manchester house on Cobbossee Lake
MANCHESTER – The only thing still standing from a house on Milliken Lane was the stone chimney after a fire burned it to the ground on Tuesday morning. The home has frontage on Cobbossee Lake. Hallowell Fire Chief James Owens said the fire was burning itself out upon his arrival around 9:45 a.m. Manchester firefighter […]
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Second invasive plant found in Cobbossee
MANCHESTER — State officials recently discovered European frogbit, an invasive water plant, growing in Maine for the first time. They found the infestation just outside Augusta, in the northeast corner of Cobbossee Lake in Manchester, and announced the discovery Wednesday. The news came just a week after the announcement that a different invasive plant, Eurasian […]
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CODA Chorus celebrates 50th Anniversary Jubilee
MANCHESTER — CODA Chorus will celebrate 50 years of songs April 28 at Hope Baptist Church on Route 202. The spring concert will include performances at 4 and 7 p.m. with Broadway, patriotic and spiritual music. The all-inclusive community chorus is in Winthrop. Its goal is to provide an opportunity for singers of all backgrounds […]
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Police say they retrieved human remains not heroin from car crash
AUGUSTA — Kevin Raymond Curtis of Augusta held up an evidence bag Tuesday containing two small, clear plastic bags of a white sandy material. Police had suspected the grainy substance was heroin. It was actually his father. The 48 grams of suspected heroin seized after a car crash in Manchester Saturday morning proved instead to […]
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Livermore Falls man revived with naloxone after Manchester car crash
[UPDATE: Police say there’s no evidence Legendre was under the influence of drugs] AUGUSTA — A Livermore Falls man was administered overdose-reversal medications twice after crashing his car on Prescott Road in Manchester on Saturday morning, authorities said. Jess Legendre, 31, who was taken by ambulance to MaineGeneral Medical Center for treatment before going to […]
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Relatives try to comprehend apparent murder-suicide of couple who ‘adored each other’
A relative of the Manchester man accused of fatally shooting himself and his wife on Saturday said that the married couple “adored each other” and that she was not aware of any domestic abuse taking place in their modest white home at 543 Prescott Road. “This has absolutely nothing to do with a crack in […]
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Married couple found dead in Manchester home after standoff of several hours
MANCHESTER — State police said they are investigating the deaths Saturday of a married couple in the north end of town after receiving a call that morning from the husband, who claimed to have killed his wife. Clyde Shue, 82, of 543 Prescott Road, reported shortly before 8 a.m. that he had killed Kim Shue, […]
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CODA Chorus 50th anniversary Christmas concert
MANCHESTER — The Church Organists and Directors Association (CODA) Chorus is presenting a special 50th anniversary Christmas concert, “Starry Night and Candlelight: A Christmas Celebration,” at 3 p.m. and at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Hope Baptist Church, Route 202. Included in the program are familiar, traditional songs and Christmas melodies. FMI: 207-724-3718. […]
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Winthrop teen told police dispatcher ‘I snapped’ on night he admits killing his parents
Attorney Walter McKee and Andrew Balcer in Capital Judicial Center in Augusta on Wednesday. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — A Winthrop teenager accused of killing his parents last year told a police dispatcher “I snapped” on the night of the slayings, according to court testimony Wednesday. “I don’t know why,” Andrew T. Balcer also told […]