BOOTHBAY, Maine — A Connecticut couple has died in a single vehicle crash in the Maine town of Boothbay.Eighty-five-year-old Donald Hudson and his 67-year-old wife Doreen, of Madison, Connecticut, were killed late Friday morning on Route 27.Police say Donald Hudson was speeding and lost control of his SUV. WGME-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1lHnLL5 ) that the vehicle […]
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Survivor sues man charged in Turner farm shooting
AUBURN — A Connecticut man charged with manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of a worker at the former DeCoster egg farm in Turner is being sued by a survivor of the late worker. Angelina Ortiz Hernandez of Durango, Mexico, is listed as the personal representative of Manuel Medina Adame, who died from a […]
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Mexico conference on active-shooter situations keys on Sandy Hook school tragedy
MEXICO — “The first half-hour of this incident was Armageddon — it was crazy,” Maureen Will told about 100 dispatchers, first responders, educators and school administrators on Saturday about the Sandy Hook tragedy. On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy […]
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S. Groleau: Thank you, Mr. LaFlamme
Kudos to Mark LaFlamme’s “Street Talk” of March 3 — “Live free or live in Connecticut.” It is very refreshing to read a column about gun control that illustrates the absurdity of lawmakers who would incarcerate otherwise law-abiding citizens, using gestapo methods to raid homes and arrest good citizens, all while lawyers and judges continue […]
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Street Talk: Live free or live in Connecticut
It’s said that when Nathan Hale was about to swing at the end of rope in the fall of 1776, he held his head up high and told the hangman: “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” Hale was from Connecticut. What do you suppose he would say […]
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Connecticut man sentenced in sex case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced a Connecticut man Monday to serve three years of a 10-year sentence and 12 years of probation for having sexual contact with a child he was baby-sitting in 2008. David Rhoades, 46, of Taftville, Conn., pleaded guilty to a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact with a child […]
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Connecticut police release documents from Newtown investigation
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut police released thousands of pages Friday from their investigation into the Newtown massacre, providing the most detailed and disturbing picture yet of the rampage and Adam Lanza’s fascination with murder, while also depicting school employees’ brave and clearheaded attempts to protect the children. Among the details: More than a […]
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Reuel E. ‘Tom’ Thompson
1943 – 2013 LEWISTON — Reuel E. “Tom” Thompson, 70, of Madrid, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. He was born on June 19, 1943, in New Haven, Conn., a son of, Reuel and Marian (Young) Thompson, Sr. He attended Connecticut schools, graduating from Eli Whitney Technical School […]
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Skakel to get new trial
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut judge on Wednesday ordered a new trial for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who was convicted more than a decade ago of murdering a teenage neighbor, his defense attorney’s office said. Skakel’s attorneys had argued before state Superior Court Judge Thomas Bishop that his previous defense attorney, Mickey Sherman, did not […]
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Louisette P. Plante
1930 – 2013 LEWISTON — Louisette P. Plante, 83, of Lewiston, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, Oct. 13, at d’Youville Pavilion. She was born in Frenchville on March 31, 1930, the daughter of the late Abraham and Mary (Hebert) Dionne. She attended local schools, graduating from Lewiston High School in the Class […]