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Juvenile charged in Poland Big Apple theft

LEWISTON — A Poland juvenile was charged in a reported robbery at a Big Apple store in that town last month. The 16-year-old male was charged with misdemeanor theft, according to a detective at the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said someone brandishing a knife robbed the Big Apple convenience store at Routes 26 and […]

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Poland Big Apple robbed overnight at knifepoint

POLAND — Authorities said someone brandishing a knife robbed the Big Apple convenience store at Routes 26 and 11 of cash and cigarettes early Tuesday. A clerk was not harmed. Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson said the store clerk was robbed by someone wearing a large, blue coat with a hood. The robber’s face appeared […]

Posted inObituaries, sj-web

Carole R. McKenney

1959 – 2015 CANTON — Carole R. McKenney, 55, of Lewiston died Saturday, Oct. 31, at Victorian Villa after a long illness. She was born in Hartford, Conn., on Dec. 8, 1959, a daughter of Walter and Edith (Gilmore) McKenney. Carole worked at the Big Apple for several years. She is survived by her husband, […]

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Helen V. Webb

1959 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Helen Verrill Webb, 56, of South Paris died Monday, Aug. 17, at her home in South Paris. She was born on Aug. 5, 1959, in Rumford, a daughter of Lewis and Frances (Billings) Verrill. After the death of her parents at an early age, she was raised by her […]

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One injured, one charged in Farmington crash

FARMINGTON — Police said a New Sharon woman failed to stop and struck a driver at a red light on the Wilton Road on Friday afternoon. Police said the driver of the vehicle that was struck, Jerry Parlin, 65, of Farmington, was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital by NorthStar ambulance to be examined. Amanda Mooar, […]

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Police: Woodstock suspects confessed to burglaries

PARIS — Two Oxford County suspects charged in a burglary spree that terrorized several small communities for weeks confessed to stealing from 11 homes, according to a police affidavit.  Oxford County Sheriff’s Detective Joshua Wyman wrote that police became suspicious of the suspects, Ashley Howard, 20, of Bryant Pond, and Corey Douzart, 32, of Gilead, after […]

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Truck heavily damaged when it hits tree

WILTON — A pickup truck was heavily damaged Wednesday morning when it hit a patch of ice on Munson Road and crashed into a tree, police Sgt. Chad Abbott said. Driver Grace-Lyn Coolidge, 19, of Wilton left the Big Apple and turned right onto Munson Road, he said. Once the truck’s rear-end started to slide, […]

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Brunswick police searching for suspects in armed robbery

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police are searching for a man and woman who allegedly robbed the Big Apple on Pleasant Street at gunpoint Friday night. Brunswick police officers and a Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit responded at approximately 8:43 p.m. to the Big Apple at 111 Pleasant St. for a report of an armed robbery, […]