RUMFORD — When Eddie DeRoche and Caleb Austin stepped on the wrestling mat, they each knew how imperative it was stick with a strategy — and their mindset paid off. The competitive nature was clearly evident when the second leg of the 31th annual Maine/Nebraska Friendship Series was completed before a huge crowd at Puiia […]
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Video: Nebraska deputy jumps into moving truck with passed-out driver
NORFOLK, Neb. — A Nebraska sheriff’s deputy jumped into the cab of a runaway semitrailer after the driver apparently passed out at the wheel, stopping the vehicle from possibly crashing off a busy viaduct bridge. Deputies responding to a 911 call about a reckless semi on U.S. Highway 81 caught up with the truck in […]
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Carol Louise Frederick
1939 – 2015 LEWISTON — Carol Louise Frederick, 76, of Weld passed away on Monday, Dec. 14, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She was born in Lawrence, Mass., on Aug. 13, 1939, the daughter of Herbert and Gladys Hillis. She graduated from Natick High School in 1957. As a young lady, she went […]
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Maine/Nebraska Friendship Series: Maine shines
Maine wrestlers’ confidence was high and the Pine Tree State contingent refused to let up en route to its most successful showing ever in the 31st annual Maine/Nebraska Friendship Series. Mainers gained some momentum and it turned in to a snowball effect, which was certainly dominating and decisive. At the first of four venues through […]
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Janet Swinchatt
1933 – 2015 TOPSHAM — Jan Swinchatt, beloved wife of Peter and mother of Tom, Karen and Jeff, passed on Friday, April 10, at Mass General Hospital due to a severe case of interstitial lung disease. Jan was born in Lewiston on June 30, 1933, to parents Margaret and Frank Bean. She grew up at […]
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Wet spring snows hit Rockies, Nebraska
DENVER — Trucks began rolling again across a southern Wyoming artery that had been shuttered for more than 24 hours and officials in Nebraska made plans to move some primary polling locations Monday following a powerful spring storm that brought up to 3 feet of snow to the Rockies and spawned thunderstorms and tornadoes in […]
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Great Plains storm brings both snow, tornadoes
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The storm system that covered parts of Wyoming and South Dakota in heavy, wet snow also brought powerful thunderstorms and tornadoes to the Great Plains, causing millions of dollars in damage. The storm dumped at least 33 inches of snow in a part of South Dakota’s scenic Black Hills, National […]