1932 – 2015 HUDSON, Fla. — Evelyn Kuvaja Haverinen, 83, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, May 3, while vacationing in Hudson, Fla. She was born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1932, the daughter of Earl and Eva Cram Rogers. She lived most of her life in South Paris and Norway and worked […]
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Central Maine police search for serial bank robber
WATERVILLE — The man who held up TD Bank on Main Street earlier this month is a suspect in three other bank robberies in central Maine. According to Waterville Deputy Police Chief Charles Rumsey, the robberies have occurred over a 26-month span, starting in December 2012, when the Franklin Savings Bank in Skowhegan was held […]
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Man shows up for jail wearing his mug shot on a T-shirt
MADISON— A Pittsfield man who served a 48-hour sentence for drunken driving wore something special for his jail booking photo: a T-shirt featuring his mug shot. “ The mug shot is making the rounds online thanks to The Smoking Gun, which posted it Monday. Sean Maguire, the jail’s compliance manager, said there’s no policy on […]
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Letter written in Maine 83 years ago finally delivered
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A letter written by a Houlton school teacher in 1931 to her mother in Pittsfield has finally been delivered — 83 years later. The nine-page letter was written by 23-year-old Miriam McMichael, to her mother, Dollena McMichael. Both women have since died. The letter was lost and only recently found at the […]
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Driver escapes burning car on I-95
PITTSFIELD — A Portland man avoided injury after his car caught fire as he was driving south on Interstate 95 Wednesday morning, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. Godefroy Watchiba, 41, was driving his 1999 Toyota Camry when he heard a loud noise under his car around 7:30 a.m. McCausland said […]
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Hearse driver falls asleep, crashes in Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD, Maine (AP) — Police say a hearse transporting a body and casket for a Maine funeral home overturned multiple times after its driver apparently fell asleep behind the wheel on Interstate 95 in the town of Pittsfield. The Public Safety Department spokesman says the driver, 55-year-old Michael Kelley of Bar Harbor, was being treated […]
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United Technologies to close Pittsfield plant
PITTSFIELD (AP) — A United Technologies Corp. company has announced that is closing a plant in Maine, costing the state about 300 jobs. UTC Fire & Security announced Tuesday that its Pittsfield plant would close for good in March 2015, and the work shifted to three other company facilities, one in the U.S, and two […]
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Bangor Savings Bank in Pittsfield robbed
PITTSFIELD — A Bangor Savings Bank on Somerset Avenue was robbed by a lone man on Friday afternoon. Once in the bank, the robber held up a sign saying he had a gun and that no one would get hurt if money was given up, according to Pittsfield Police Chief Steven Emery. After he was […]
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Pittsfield substitute teacher fired after calling kids stupid
PITTSFIELD (AP) — A central Maine school district has fired a substitute art teacher after she told her fourth-grade students they were stupid. The teacher at the Vickery School in Pittsfield was fired last week. Superintendent Dominic DePatsy confirmed the disciplinary action Thursday. DePatsy said the teacher was a substitute and not on the full-time […]