1915 – 2013 RUMFORD — Sylvia Fontaine, 98, of Mexico died at the Rumford Community Home on Monday, Oct. 14. She was born in Caraquet, New Brunswick, on May 4, 1915, a daughter of William and Alice (Parise) Blanchard. Sylvia’s family left Canada in 1925 and moved to Rumford. Sylvia had three sisters and three […]
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Three Americans win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on traffic-control system of cells
Three American researchers won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their insights into the traffic-control system for living cells — discoveries that the awards committee hoped would lead to future treatments for epilepsy, diabetes and immunological disorders. The winners, who will share the $1.2 million prize, are James Rothman, 62, a cell biologist from […]
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‘Poopetrator’ puzzles Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University hopes to solve a case of whodungit by identifying the stinker who has been soiling students’ laundry by sticking human feces inside clothes dryers. The culprit has been dubbed the “poopetrator” and is being blamed for at least four incidents in the past month in the laundry room […]
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Full service to resume on crippled NYC-Conn. rail
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Transit Authority says full service will be restored to a crippled line of the nation’s second-largest commuter railroad. The MTA says Saturday that the line running between New Haven, Conn., and Grand Central Terminal in New York City will run at full capacity beginning Monday. The MTA says Monday’s […]
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Connecticut man pleads not guilty in sex case
FARMINGTON — A Connecticut man pleaded not guilty Monday to having sexual contact with a child under 12 years old in 2008. David S. Rhoades, formerly of Eustis, moved out of state in 2008. Rhoades, 45, now lives in Taftville, Conn. He was indicted on the felony charge of unlawful sexual contact in 2008 but […]
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Connecticut man extradited to Farmington to face sex charge
FARMINGTON — A Connecticut man was extradited to Farmington on Thursday on a warrant charging unlawful sexual contact with a child under 18 years old, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. David Scott Rhoades, 45, of Taftville, Conn., formerly of Eustis, was arrested on the felony charge and two other warrants charging failure to […]
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Roberto Gonzalez
1961 – 2013 SOUTH PARIS — Roberto Gonzalez, 52, of South Paris left this earth and was escorted into God’s hands on Thursday, Aug. 29, at his home after a trying battle with cancer. He was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, on July 6, 1961, the son of Blanca Nieves Miranda and Onesimo Gonzalez […]
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Dr. Robert Saisi
1930 – 2013 RUMFORD — Dr. Robert Saisi, 82, died Monday, Aug. 12, at his residence on Holyoke Avenue, Rumford. He was born in Rumford on Sept. 29, 1930, son of the late Natale and Cleofe (Corti) Saisi. Dr. Saisi, valedictorian of Stephens High School (Rumford) Class of 1948, earned a E.D.D. in education administration/supervision […]
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Joel E. Theriault
1974 – 2013 BATH — Joel Edward Theriault, 39, died Sunday, Aug. 4, at his residence in Bath. He was formerly of Rumford. Born in Hartford, Conn., on March 11, 1974, he was a son of William and Mary Lou (Vanderhoff) Theriault. He was a graduate of Mountain Valley High School in Rumford with the […]
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Harold R. ‘John’ McPeek
1945 – 2013 PORTLAND — John McPeek, 68, of Mexico, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Aug. 1, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. John was born in Sydney, N.Y., on June 25, 1945, the son of Robert W. and Vergie M. (Spangenburg) McPeek. He graduated from Guilford High School in New York and attended college […]