Shirley M. Pinette Carney Morrissette
PRESQUE ISLE – Shirley M. (Pinette) Carney Morrissette, 78, died Aug. 20, 2013, at the Mars Hill Nursing Home, surrounded by her children after a year-long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis. She was...
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PITTSFIELD – Velma E. Gibbs, 81, died peacefully Aug. 23, 2013, in Pittsfield, after a long illness. Velma was born Jan. 30, 1932, in Harmony, the daughter of Frank and Katie (Robie) Alton. Velma’s...
View ArticleMuriel Parady Reed
LADY LAKE, Fla. – Muriel Parady Reed, 88, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. She was born Sept. 29, 1924, in Bradley, to Everett and Edith Martin Flanders. Muriel was predeceased by her husbands, Albert...
View ArticleEaston Boys Soccer 8 at Limestone 1
At Easton, Drew Sotomayor scored six goals, three in each half, and notched an assist to power Easton to victory over Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics. Hunter Turner...
View ArticleLePage apologizes to GOP for “difficulty” caused by comments about Obama,...
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage sent a letter to Republican lawmakers Friday apologizing for “any difficulty that remarks recently reported in the press” had caused them. The governor has been under...
View ArticleMotorcycle groups holding Saturday benefit rides in Brewer, Millinocket
Hollis Langley loves to ride his motorcycle, but Saturday’s trip will have special meaning. The 57-year-old Lowell resident, part-time ambulance worker and member of the Red Knights Motorcycle Club...
View ArticleNorridgewock man arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting two children
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Norridgewock man was arrested Wednesday after sexually assaulting two children and distributing the assaults on the Internet, according to Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan...
View ArticleHarassment lawsuit against celebrity chef Paula Deen dismissed
A federal judge on Friday dismissed the final component of a racial discrimination and sexual harassment case against celebrity chef Paula Deen that has cost the Southern culinary star a big chunk of...
View ArticleLake of the Woods shows why it’s alluring
LAKE OF THE WOODS, Ontario — On this Thursday morning, sunrise came early, and our boat was tied quietly at the dock wet with dew. We had fished until after dark the night before, landing one muskie,...
View ArticleInitial Western intelligence finds Syrian forces used chemical weapons
WASHINGTON — U.S. and allied intelligence agencies have made a preliminary assessment that chemical weapons were used by Syrian forces in an attack near Damascus this week, likely with high-level...
View ArticleFriends, food and fun at 12th annual American Folk Festival
The brassy fanfares of Jorge Arce and Raiz de Plena, a Puerto Rican plena band, led a crowd down Broad Street toward the Railroad Stage during a parade that kicked-off the 2013 American Folk Festival...
View ArticleWashington state teen arrested, second sought in killing of 88-year-old veteran
A 16-year-boy has been arrested and a second teenager was being sought in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War Two veteran who survived the Battle of Okinawa, police in Spokane, Washington,...
View ArticleL’Abbe goal lifts UMaine women’s soccer past Holy Cross in overtime
PORTLAND, Maine – Eve L’Abbe (Laval, Quebec) scored 26 seconds into overtime as the University of Maine women’s soccer team opened the season with a 1-0 victory over Holy Cross on Friday afternoon....
View ArticleAmerican Folk Festival comes alive on the Waterfront
The American Folk Festival kicked off Friday along the Bangor Waterfront.
View ArticleWinston wins Florida State QB job
In a move that surprised virtually no one, Florida State coach Jim Fisher announced Friday that Jameis Winston has won the quarterback competition and will be the Seminoles’ starter in their...
View ArticleSports briefs for Aug. 23, 2013
Track star Gay facing suspension Former Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay faces a two-year ban after testing positive for steroids, BBC Sports reported Friday. Gay, who holds the U.S. record in the 100...
View ArticleLocal sports results for Aug. 23, 2013
Today’s games HIGH SCHOOL Boys Soccer Easton at Fort Fairfield, 1 p.m. Girls Soccer Easton at Fort Fairfield, 1 p.m. Sunday’s Games COLLEGE Women’s Soccer Maine at Bryant, 1 p.m. Results HIGH SCHOOL...
View ArticleDodgers’ Nolasco outduels Lackey, Red Sox
LOS ANGELES — Look out baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers are streaking again. And not even the American League East-leading Boston Red Sox could stop them Friday on a picturesque night in Tinseltown....
View ArticleGovernor LePage apologizes will Maine’s media -National News uncovers what is...
LePage apology to the party starts with the reference to this article of: Peter Roff is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. LePage under attack...
View ArticleDocuTrac, Inc. Announces New Director of Technical Support
Hagerstown, MD — DocuTrac, Inc., a leading developer of practice management software for the behavioral health industry, announced today the addition of Kevin O’Shaughnessy as Director of Technical...
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