1921 – 2013 SANFORD, Fla. — Irene Beaucage, 92, of Sanford, Fla., died Sunday, Sept. 15, at Central Florida Regional Hospital. Born in Lewiston on May 19, 1921, she was the daughter of Oliver and Marieanne Hamel. She married Donald Beaucage on May 29, 1940. Together, they operated stores for Sherwin-Williams in Massachusetts and Florida […]
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HS Football: Spartans intercept Vikings’ upset hopes
PARIS — Sanford had the lead, but Oxford Hills had the ball and momentum in the third quarter when Sanford’s Chase Smith-Roberts made the play that put the game in his team’s permanent control. Smith-Roberts jumped a hot route, picked off a Brady LaFrance pass and returned it 23 yards to turn a 14-6 lead […]
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Zimmerman’s wife seeks life insurance policy
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman’s wife is asking that he pay for a permanent life insurance policy with her named as the beneficiary, according to a divorce petition made public Friday. Shellie Zimmerman said in the petition that her husband should pay the premiums on the policy since he “has the financial ability to […]
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Man charged in theft of 100-pound bronze plaque in Sanford
SANFORD (AP) — Police have recovered a 100-pound, bronze plaque that was on the base of a statute of one Sanford’s most famous citizens and charged a 21-year-old man in connection with its disappearance. Police, acting on a tip, found the plaque taken from the statue of Thomas Goodall on Saturday covered by a sheet […]
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Sanford man dies of injuries suffered in Point Sebago golf cart incident
PORTLAND — A Sanford man injured Saturday in a golf cart crash at Point Sebago Resort in Casco died Monday from his injuries. John A. Mackay, 52, died at Maine Medical Center, according to a release from Capt. Shawn O’Leary of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Mackay was airlifted by LifeFlight of Maine after he […]
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Our ‘town’? While cities grow, most of Maine local government stuck in 17th century
Mainers live in a changing state, but community governance, which prioritizes local control, has remained largely unchanged since the 17th century. 2010 census data showed the demographic shift expected by many: growth in urban cores around Bangor, Portland and Lewiston-Auburn and decline of the state’s northern and eastern rural population. Those changes have economic consequences […]
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Gun changed the equation in Sanford, Florida
Trayvon Martin is dead. George Zimmerman is not guilty. Except for the people involved in the case — who will be forever marked by the tragedy — the rest of us should move on. Before we do there is a cautionary lesson to be learned about guns, the people who carry them and the rest […]