FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A suspect wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with “Trust Me” allegedly stole a car with an accomplice in Fairfax County, Virginia. The Washington Post reports that the two suspects from Falls Church were arrested by police in the stolen car not long after the unlocked Honda Civic was taken as it […]
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White supremacist leader has Maine roots
Nathan Damigo traces the beginning of his “race realist” beliefs to his upbringing in the diverse city of San Jose. The 31-year-old was born in Lewiston, Maine, in 1986 as Nathan Lodge and moved to California when he less than a year old. More coverage: Minot woman says prison led grandson to alt-right movement Before […]
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44,000 brave weather to lay wreaths at Arlington Cemetery
The Wreaths Across America project has become an annual tradition at Arlington. It began in 1992 when a Maine wreathmaker donated 5,000 surplus wreaths to the cemetery. Wreaths Across America Spokeswoman Amber Caron said more than 44,000 volunteers helped lay 245,000 wreaths at Arlington on Saturday. The Maine-made wreaths arrived from the Pine Tree State […]
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Paul LePage argues against changing Virginia transgender restroom use policy
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage and other conservative elected officials have asked a federal court in Virginia to block a transgender boy’s challenge of his school district’s bathroom-use policy, arguing he is “biologically of the female sex.” A brief from LePage and other state Republican officials Monday challenges the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit on […]
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Dorothy Elizabeth Larrabee
1922 – 2015 AUBURN — Dorothy Elizabeth (Burrill) Larrabee, 93, a resident of Schooner Estates in Auburn, died peacefully Tuesday evening, Oct. 20, surrounded by her family. “Dot,” as she was known, was born in Brockton, Mass., on June 24, 1922, the daughter of Pauline and Charles Burrill. A 1940 graduate of Brockton High School, […]
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Penny Gay Powell
1955 – 2015 SCARBOROUGH — Penny Gay Poto Powell passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by family on the morning of Sept. 28, 2015, after a long and admirably waged battle against gallbladder cancer. She was born June 4, 1955 to Rosario (Rozzi) and Constance (Connie) Poto in Lewiston. Penny is remembered most lovingly […]
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Beverly Clark Daggett
AUGUSTA — Beverly Clark Daggett passed away in the early morning of Sunday, Sept. 6, after a long and courageous hospital battle. The underlying cause was complications from long-term kidney disease. She was predeceased by her father, the Rev. John G. Clark, from whom she inherited her height; and her mother, the Rev. Dr. Beth […]
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Chrystal Lapointe
1955 – 2015 HANOVER, Va. — Chrystal (Andrews) Lapointe, 60, a resident of Quinton, Va., died Friday evening, Aug. 21, at Memorial Regional Medical Center in Hanover, Va., surrounded by her family. She was born April 21, 1955, in Lewiston, the daughter of the late Lorraine (Pelletier) Gray and Bernard Gray and the late Richard […]
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WDBJ: A small TV newsroom covers its own tragedy
Alison Parker and Adam Ward began Wednesday morning with the most routine of assignments for TV journalists in a midsize market. Their station, Roanoke’s WDBJ (Channel 7) assigned them to interview a local business executive at a nearby mountain resort — the sort of story designed to create a few cheerful but forgettable minutes for […]
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Police say suspect in TV news crew killing shoots himself
MONETA, Va. (AP) — A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death during a live television interview Wednesday by a gunman who recorded himself carrying out the killings and posted the video on social media after fleeing the scene. Authorities identified the suspect as a journalist who had been fired from the station earlier […]