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Westbrook man dies in Allagash motorcycle crash

ALLAGASH (AP) — Police say a Westbrook man has died in a weekend motorcycle crash in Allagash. The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Dana Watts was headed east on Route 161 just before 6 p.m. Saturday when he failed to negotiate a corner and lost control. The motorcycle left the road and Watts sustained […]

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Regulators to consider next Maine shrimp season

PORTLAND (AP) — Federal regulators will hold a meeting in New Hampshire to consider whether there will be a commercial fishing season for northern shrimp in 2014-15. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission scrapped the shrimp season in the Gulf of Maine for 2013-14 for the first time in more than 30 years, after shrimp […]

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Kenneth A. Card

1927 – 2014 LEWISTON — Kenneth A. Card, 87, of 129 South Ave., Lewiston died Saturday, May 31, peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on April 8, 1927, in Auburn to Arnold and Regina Baumann Card. He was inducted in the U.S Army on July 23, 1945, as a private […]

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Gerard R. Pelletier

1951 – 2014 AUBURN — Gerard R. Pelletier, 62, of Lewiston passed away on Saturday night at the Hospice House in Auburn following a short illness. He was born on Oct. 18, 1951, in St. Basil, New Brunswick, a son of the late Auguste and Noella (Bouchard) Pelletier. He grew up in the St. Basil […]

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Roland P. LaBonte Jr.

1944 – 2014 LEWISTON — Roland P. LaBonte Jr., 70, a resident of Lewiston, died Sunday, June 1, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin surrounded by his loving family following a long illness. He was born in Lewiston on Feb. 12, 1944, the son of the late Roland and Marie Jeanne (Baril) LaBonte, and had […]

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Floyd Ray Chapman

WEST PERU — Graveside services for Floyd Ray Chapman of Peru were conducted at 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 1, at the Demerritt Cemetery, West Peru, with Pastor Peter Vreeland officiating. Arrangements were under the care of the Meader & Son Funeral Home, 3 Franklin St., P.O. Box 537, Rumford, ME 04276.

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Bertrand Rodger Heutz

EAST WILTON — A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial for Bertrand Rodger Heutz of East Wilton was held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 28 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Farmington, with the Rev. Thomas Lequin officiating.  LeeAnn Tinker was the organist and accompanied Susan Anzivino, soloist.  Prior to Mass, a family prayer service was […]

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Merle Clark Allen Sr.

RANGELEY — Public memorial services for Merle Clark Allen Sr. of Rangeley were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Main St., Rangeley, with Rev. Jud Pealer officiating, following memorial visitation at the church.  Barry Libby was lay reader and Sue Downs-Borko was the pianist.  Congregation Hymns included […]

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Peter M. Vance Sr.

RUMFORD — Graveside services for Peter M. Vance Sr. of Rumford were conducted at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 30, at St. John Cemetery, Rumford, with Pastor Carol Stevens officiating. Arrangements were under the care of the MEADER & SON FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin St., P.O. Box 537, Rumford, ME 04276.