PORTLAND (AP) — A Portland teen who died after routine oral surgery in February was killed by flesh-eating bacteria. The chief medical examiner’s report said that 18-year-old Benjamin LaMontagne died of necrotizing fasciitis — an infection that caused his neck and jaw to swell. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/1lF3xz7 ) that the bacteria can […]
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Death of Winslow infant does not appear suspicious
WINSLOW (AP) — Police say the death of a 3-month-old boy in his Winslow home does not appear suspicious. Authorities said the boy was found by his parents Wednesday morning unresponsive in a portable crib. They called 911 at about 8:30 a.m. Emergency responders attempted resuscitation but were unsuccessful. Steve McCausland, a spokesman for the […]
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Livermore Falls pedestrian dies 10 days after being hit by car
LIVERMORE FALLS — A local man who was critically injured when he was hit by a car while crossing Depot Street on June 1, died Wednesday, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. Richard McCrillis, 82, of Livermore Falls was at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and was moved to The Hospice House of Androscoggin […]
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Amtrak releases identity of woman struck, killed by train in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — A 39-year-old South Portland woman was killed Saturday evening when she was struck by a southbound Downeaster train about one mile south of the Portland Transportation Center. Nyla J. Howard was hit by Train 698 at 6:55 p.m., according to an email from Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods. Woods said Howard was trespassing […]
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Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at age 86
Her death was confirmed in a statement issued by Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she had served as a professor of American Studies since 1982. Tall and regal, with a deep, majestic voice, Angelou defied all probability and category, becoming one of the first black women to enjoy mainstream success as an […]
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Maya Angelou, celebrated poet and author, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou’s story awed millions. A childhood victim of rape, she broke through silence and shame to tell her tale in one of the most widely read memoirs of the 20th century. A black woman born into poverty and segregation, she recited the most popular presidential inaugural poem in history. “I’m […]
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Police collect evidence at scene of suspicious death in Waterville
WATERVILLE — While the medical examiner works to determine the cause of death of a nonagenarian found deceased in his Brooklyn Avenue home in what police are calling a suspicious death, Maine State Police investigators continued to collect evidence at the scene and search for people who may know something about what happened to the […]
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Father: Kristina Lowe said she was driving
PARIS — Kristina Lowe’s father was arrested late Tuesday, charged with contempt of court after he failed to show up to testify at her double manslaughter trial in Oxford County Superior Court. State Police Trooper Adam Fillebrown arrested Earl Lowe, 43, at his home on Mt. Mica Road in South Paris at 9:30 p.m. on […]
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Lowe trial to start Wednesday
PARIS — A short time after midnight on Jan. 7, 2012, 18-year-old Kristina Lowe was driving east on Route 219 in West Paris and lost control of her car. She crashed her 10-year-old Subaru into a stand of trees, killing her backseat passengers, Rebecca Mason and Logan Dam. Mason was 16; Dam was 19. Lowe […]
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Animal abuse often a tip-off to family violence
Experts say there is a new trend in the U.S. — police, prosecutors and judges are working harder to put animal abusers behind bars. They say that’s because repeated studies have shown beyond doubt that the people who hurt animals either have the potential to abuse humans or are already doing so. District Court Justice […]