For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole.
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Ohio commission awards bids to frack oil and gas under state parks, wildlife areas
Fracking opponents decried the commission as being ‘sheep’ and giving in to corporate greed at the expense of Ohio greenspace.
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Ohio police find escaped inmate soaking in senior center hot tub
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — An escaped inmate is back in custody after being found soaking in a hot tub at an Ohio senior living community, still wearing her yellow jail outfit. The Pike County Sheriff’s Office says the 34-year-old woman fled while being booked on drug-possession charges Tuesday. She was captured by the sheriff and […]
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Sarah Ann Williams
BRUNSWICK — Sarah Ann (Senz) Williams, 71, of Lisbon Falls passed away Friday, Aug. 3, at Mid Coast Hospital after a long battle with cancer. She was the wife of Edward T. Williams. He passed Aug. 26, 2013. She was born in Lodi, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1946, a daughter of the late Gordon Joseph Senz and […]
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Jennifer McGaughey
AUBURN — Jennifer McGaughey, 61, passed away peacefully at her Auburn home Wednesday morning, July 18, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born Dec. 19, 1956, in Canton, Ohio, to the late James and Betty (Criswell) Cowgill. Previously living in Philadelphia for 30 years, she moved to Maine in 2012. Jennifer had years […]
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Karen Marie Morris
AUBURN — Karen Marie (Scullen) Morris of Lisbon died Thursday, July 5, at the age of 63. Karen was born July 20, 1954, in Akron, Ohio, to Richard Paul and Eleanor Dorothy (Lackey) Scullen. She moved to Maine in 1977, living and working in various coastal communities. Upon landing in Lisbon in 1982, she served the […]
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Elizabeth "Betty" Wood
RUMFORD — On Wednesday, June 20, Elizabeth Rose “Betty” Wood, daughter of Albert Wood and Margaret Roche Wood, passed away at the Rumford Hospital, in the company of her beloved family. She was 67. For the past seven months, she resided in the affectionate and attentive environment of Rumford Community Home. Before that, she lived her […]
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Barbara S. Beaudoin
SCARBOROUGH — Barbara Sherry Beaudoin, 90, of Williamsburg Lane, died peacefully Sunday, March 4, at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation and Living Center; her loving family was by her side. Barbara was born in Portland on April 23, 1927, the daughter of the late Timothy L. and Helen V. (Moore) Sherry. She graduated from Lewiston High School and […]
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Ohio judge shot in 'ambush' outside courthouse, returns fire and kills attacker
An Ohio judge was shot Monday morning outside his courthouse in what authorities called an ambush attack that ended when the judge and a probation officer returned fire, killing the attacker. Police said a man apparently waiting for Judge Joseph Bruzzese, who sits on the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas, ran up to the […]
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Teen killed in fair thrill ride wreck joined Marines week ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A high school student who dreamed for years of joining the military and had just enlisted in the Marines was killed when a spinning and swinging thrill ride broke apart and sent several of its passengers tumbling onto the midway at the Ohio State Fair. The 18-year-old’s girlfriend was among seven […]