Gregory Charette of Raymond described his appearance on TV’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” on Tuesday night as a dream come true, even though he didn’t get the million dollars. When Charette, who works as a loan operations specialist at TD Bank in Lewiston, talks about the experience, it doesn’t seem like the money […]
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Maine ice fishing derby offers $100K top prize
RAYMOND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s biggest ice fishing derby is offering some serious prize money for anyone who catches a record-breaking lake trout during the event. Sebago Lake Ice Fishing Derby organizers say they’re offering $100,000 for a record-setting fish during the event, which is being held next Saturday and Sunday. This is the 11th […]
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Mainer gets last wish — to die on home soil
RAYMOND, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who developed a lethal infection after being paralyzed in a fight in Kansas has died on his home soil. The dying wish of 28-year-old Anthony Napoleone was to return to Maine. The fiance of U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree flew Napoleone home on his private jet in October, and […]
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HS football: Raymond returns to football roots
AUGUSTA — Gerry Raymond hit the Cony defensive end so hard that his chin strap buckle broke on impact. His helmet pushed down over his eye brow with enough force to open a large gash over his eye. The Lewiston guard bled profusely onto his jersey and pants, so he went to the team doctor […]
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High school football: Gazianos honors linemen
AUGUSTA — In a room full of big, burly linemen, past and present, swapping stories about life in the trenches, no one told the tale better than Matt Archer. And he could do it without saying a word. Archer’s left arm hangs from a sling draped over a bulky, padded immobilizer wedged under his surgically-repaired […]
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Raymond and Windham school board to decide on school closure
The school board for Raymond and Windham is scheduled to decide tonight whether to close the Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond and send its students to the town’s elementary school. Raymond residents spoke overwhelmingly against the measure at two public meetings last month. Tonight’s meeting is scheduled for 6:30 at the Raymond Broadcast Modular, next […]
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Despite convictions for sex crimes against children, James Raymond Jr.’s supporters deny his guilt
Dressed in a bright orange Cumberland County Jail suit, the former Auburn schoolteacher sat at a table in a cramped concrete-block room. Less than two weeks earlier, he had been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. At any moment, he would be told to gather his belongings and leave Maine in shackles. He didn’t […]
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Sussman revealed as donor who lent jet to send dying man in Kansas back to Maine
RAYMOND, Maine (AP) — A wealthy hedge fund manager who was the target of political attacks during his fiancee’s re-election campaign to Congress was the person who anonymously provided his private jet to fly a dying Kansas man to Maine to see his children. Anthony Napoleone, 28, of Salina, Kan., was flown to Maine last […]
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Raymond sentenced to 12 years in prison, lifetime supervision
PORTLAND — Former Auburn music teacher James Raymond Jr. was sentenced Thursday to serve 12 years in federal prison for sex-related crimes that involved twice driving an 11-year-old and her younger sister to an amusement park in New Hampshire three years ago. After prison, Raymond, 29, will be on supervised release the rest of his […]
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Raymond asks for 10 years in prison
PORTLAND — A former Auburn music teacher is seeking a 10-year prison sentence following his conviction of two sex-related crimes stemming from trips to New Hampshire with an 11-year-old former student. James Raymond Jr., 29, of Auburn was convicted in May in U.S. District Court on two counts of transporting a minor across state lines […]