BOOTHBAY HARBOR — Even a “normal” lobster is considered by many to be on the freaky side of nature, but the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor has one that even lobster experts have never seen. Lola the six-clawed lobster arrived at the aquarium on Thursday after being caught off Hyannis, Mass., on the F/V […]
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Alison Coleman: moving up the ranks at work, still fitting in softball
Alison Coleman Bowdoin College, history major, sociology minor, graduated May 2009 Current hometown: Cambridge, Mass. Age: 26 Live at home/rent/buy your own home? Rent Current job? Client service manager at William Gallagher Associates (WGA). I advise employers on their employee benefits packages; I’ve been with WGA for three years. Enjoy what you do? Yes. I […]
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Former Brownfield man killed when struck by car in Massachusetts
WEST BROOKFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A 69-year-old man who had recently moved from Maine has been struck and killed by a car while walking across a West Brookfield street. Police say Robert Herrie Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck while crossing Route 9 at about 6:45 p.m. Monday. Herrie was struck […]
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Dr. Robert Saisi
1930 – 2013 RUMFORD — Dr. Robert Saisi, 82, died Monday, Aug. 12, at his residence on Holyoke Avenue, Rumford. He was born in Rumford on Sept. 29, 1930, son of the late Natale and Cleofe (Corti) Saisi. Dr. Saisi, valedictorian of Stephens High School (Rumford) Class of 1948, earned a E.D.D. in education administration/supervision […]
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Alden R. Prada
1953 – 2013 AUBURN — Alden R. Prada, 59, of South Paris was called home to his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Aug. 6. He was born in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Aug. 17, 1953, the son of Raymond and Alita Moriarity Prada. He graduated from Oxford Hills High School in 1972 and attended the […]
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Irene S. White
1915 – 2013 AUBURN — Irene Sarring (Zarina) White, M.S., M.A., 97, of Auburn, biochemist, professor and author, moved to “better hunting grounds” (as she liked to say) on Monday, July 29, at Androscoggin Hospice House. She was born in Riga, Latvia, on Oct. 28, 1915, in the midst of World War I, the daughter […]
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From Lisbon to Duxbury, Mass.: Civil War-era quilt returns to its origins
Ella Mae Packard of Lisbon doesn’t know what drew her to the roadside auction in 1975. Packard was on a road trip to Damariscotta with her husband, Robert. “We were going to Round Top for ice cream, and there was an auction across the street,” Packard remembered. “We don’t go to auctions as a rule, […]
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Maine woman dies after I-495 crash in Mass.
AMESBURY, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say a Maine woman is dead after she struck several vehicles on Interstate 495 not far from the New Hampshire state line. Authorities say 73-year-old Patricia Foley, of Limerick, Maine, hit five vehicles in Friday afternoon’s crash in Amesbury. She was pronounced dead at a Boston hospital. Investigators […]
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Frances Rolfe McKnight
1921 – 2013 TOPSHAM — Frances Rolfe McKnight, 92, of Rumford and Auburn, died Thursday, July 25, at The Highlands in Topsham. She was born July 18, 1921, in Rumford, the daughter of Cliff and Grace Rolfe, and graduated from Stephens High School and then Bates College in 1943 with a degree in religious studies. […]
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Virginia ‘Ginny’ (Willis) Litchfield
died 2013 WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Virginia “Ginny” (Willis) Litchfield of Holbrook, Mass., 69, formerly of Weymouth, Mass., and Sumner, died Wednesday, July 17, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Ginny worked for Morgan Linen Services for over 15 years. After her retirement in 2008, she went on to work for Babies R’ Us for three […]