WATERFORD — A 21-year-old Harrison man was killed Friday night when he lost control of his truck and slid into a tree on McWain Hill Road in Waterford. Police say Daniel Peterson died instantly. Peterson lost control of his 1997 Ford F-250 as he was going around a curve on McWain Hill Road, police said. […]
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Elizabeth R. Larsen
1924 – 2015 WATERFORD — Elizabeth R. Larsen, 90, of Waterford, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at her home. Affectionately known as Betty, she was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 31, 1924, the daughter of Dennis W. and Frances E. Leeper Ryan. In 1941, she graduated from East Haven High School in Connecticut […]
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Gladys E. Emery
1923 – 2015 MECHANIC FALLS — Gladys E. Emery, 92, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, at her home, surrounded by her loving family, after a prolonged illness. She was born on Jan. 6, 1923, on Plummer Hill in Waterford, the daughter of Raymond and Grace Dearborn Millett. She attended a one-room schoolhouse at the top of […]
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Real life training for mock bus crash Sunday
HARRISON — This Sunday, school, emergency, police, fire and hospital personnel, county dispatchers and others will hold a mock school bus crash on Waterford Road/Route 35. The incident will be staged near the Bridgton town line between 8 a.m. and noon. The road will be closed to through traffic. Officials said residents and motorists should be […]
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Eva Barker
WATERFORD — Eva Barker of Waterford, died Monday, Oct. 12, at her home with her family by her side. She is survived by a large loving family. To read the full obituary, go to www.chandlerfunerals.com.
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Jeffrey Allen
1948 – 2015 WATERFORD — Jeffrey Allen of Waterford, 67, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, at home, with his wife by his side, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Feb. 27, 1948, a son of Rex and Geraldine (Gallaway) Allen. Raised in Lovell, he graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1966 and attended […]
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Sweden Road closed for work
WATERFORD — The Maine Department of Transportation announced a section of Sweden Road will be closed from Thursday, Sept. 17, to Monday, Sept. 28, to replace a granite culvert. The closure is approximately 2,500 feet west of the intersection with Route 35/37 near Elm Vale Cemetery in South Waterford. Traffic will be detoured on state […]
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Flat tire doesn’t stop BikeMaine rider
WATERFORD — Eliza Dagostino has ridden her bicycle thousands of miles, including from Israel to England, and never gotten a flat tire. On Tuesday morning, a mile from the North Waterford Congregational Church where the BikeMaine rider from Northampton, Mass., was to have lunch with more than 300 other riders, she had a flat. For 35 […]
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MDEA investigates possible overdose death of Harrison woman
LEWISTON — State drug agents are investigating the possible overdose death of a 18-year-old Harrison woman who died in Lewiston on Saturday. Matt Cashman, supervisor of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Western District Task Force, said Monday that agency officers were investigating the death of Cassidy Patten. Patten was a 2015 graduate of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High […]
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Police say speed, alcohol involved in fatal Waterford crash
WATERFORD — Police said Thursday that speed and alcohol were factors behind a single-vehicle crash that left one woman dead near the Papoose Pond Campground on Hunts Corner Road on Wednesday evening. Her identity had not been released because next of kin were being notified. Oxford County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Hart Daley said police […]