MANCHESTER, England — An apparent suicide bomber attacked an Ariana Grande concert as it ended Monday night, killing 22 people among a panicked crowd of young concertgoers, some still wearing the star’s trademark kitten ears and holding pink balloons as they fled. Teenage screams filled the arena just after the explosion, which also killed […]
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Etta J. Robbins
1925 – 2017 FARMINGTON — It is with great sadness that our family announces the passing of Etta Jane Robbins on Friday, Jan. 27, who passed away after a short illness at age 91. She was born April 10, 1925, in Pavilion, N.Y., the youngest child of Mae and Nelson Hammond. Etta was a first-generation […]
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Jacqueline A. Michaud
1935 – 2015 AUBURN — Jacqueline “Jackie” A. Michaud, 80, of Auburn passed away at her home with her family by her side on Tuesday, May 5, after a short and courageous battle with cancer. Jackie had already battled and conquered cancer in 1996. She was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England on Feb. 22, 1935, […]
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Jane Welles Addicott
1913 – 2014 CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. — Jane Wolcott Welles Addicott passed away peacefully at her home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., at the age of 101, surrounded by loving family, on Monday, Nov. 3. Born at home in Wethersfield, Conn., Jane was educated at the King Low Heywood School in Connecticut, Rollins College in Florida and Exeter […]
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Hazel D. Dill
1925 – 2014 DIXFIELD — Hazel D. Dill, 89, of Nova Street in Dixfield, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 1, at her residence. She was born in Southampton, England, on Oct. 25, 1925, a daughter of Sydney B. and Dorothy A. (Marsh) Morant. Hazel attended schools in England. She married the love of her […]
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U.K. police: 3 women held captive for 30 years
LONDON (AP) — Three women have been freed after spending 30 years held captive in a south London home, including one woman believed to have spent her entire life in domestic slavery, police said Thursday. London’s Metropolitan Police announced the rescues after two people — a man and a woman, both 67 — were arrested […]
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3-month-old Prince George is christened in London
LONDON (AP) — Dressed in a lace and satin gown designed in the 1840s, Britain’s 3-month-old future monarch, Prince George, was christened Wednesday with water from the River Jordan at a rare gathering of four generations of the royal family. The occasion had historic overtones: the presence of Britain’s 87-year-old monarch and three future kings, […]