A stick-figure drawing hangs on Leo Beaule’s refrigerator in Lewiston. Drawn by his great-granddaughter Ava, it shows her, her little sister and himself holding hands. Sometimes Ava comes over to play with the violins — the many violins that Beaule has crafted over the years. Beaule, who recently turned 87, said much of his life […]
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Boston mourns two firefighters killed in blaze
Tributes poured in for Lt. Edward J. Walsh, a 43-year-old father of three who had almost a decade of experience, and firefighter Michael R. Kennedy, a 33-year-old Marine Corps combat veteran who had been a firefighter for more than six years. Thirteen other firefighters were injured in the blaze Wednesday in the city’s Back Bay […]
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Boston honors fallen firefighters
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick says “my heart and my condolences” go out to the families and colleagues of two Boston firefighters killed at a fire in the Back Bay. Lt. Edward Walsh and Firefighter Michael Kennedy died Wednesday after becoming trapped in a burning apartment building. Patrick said the “terrible tragedy” is a […]
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Some of 90 missing in mudslide may not be found
DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Becky Bach watches and waits, hoping that search crews find her brother and three other relatives who are missing in Washington state’s deadly mudslide. Doug Massingale waits too, for word about his 4-month-old granddaughter. Searchers were able to identify carpet from the infant’s bedroom, but a log jam stood in the […]
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Judge sets bail for Danforth couple arrested on meth charges after baby’s death
MACHIAS — A Danforth couple charged with manufacturing methamphetamine will receive court-appointed attorneys, a Washington County Superior Court judge decided Monday. Justice Robert Murray also set bail Monday for Allen Richardson and Tabbatha Osnoe, whose infant son died Friday morning and whose mobile home was heavily damaged by fire the same morning. Richardson, 39, and […]
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UMF president on death hoax: ‘I simply want to provide the assurance of my presence’
FARMINGTON — A hoax email sent Monday evening to University of Maine Farmington students and staff claimed the university’s president, Kathryn Foster, had died at her home Monday afternoon. In fact, Foster was alive and well in Machias, conducting university business at the University of Maine System’s Board of Trustees two-day meeting. The email, sent […]
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Head-on collision on Route 202 claims life of Winthrop man
WINTHROP — A 71-year old local man was killed Thursday morning in a head-on collision that shut down Route 202, according to police. Richard Leighton, 71, was heading west in his GMC pickup around 7:30 a.m. when an eastbound SUV driven by Bobbie Reeves, 39, of Winthrop, apparently crossed the center line, Winthrop police Chief […]
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Man struck by vehicle in Portland last weekend dies
PORTLAND (AP) — Police said a 74-year-old man struck by a car while out walking in Portland last weekend has died. Elliot Burton died Tuesday at Maine Medical Center from injuries sustained when he was struck at about 6:40 p.m. on Forest Avenue. Burton was struck by a vehicle driven by a 26-year-old Falmouth woman. […]
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Bangor man charged with manslaughter in connection with baby’s death
BANGOR — Bangor police detectives have arrested a 25-year-old local man in connection with the death Wednesday of a 5-month-old child in Bangor. Samuel Moore is charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Korbyn Antworth, Bangor police Sgt. Cathy Rumsey said Thursday afternoon in a news release. Moore is currently being held at […]
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Prison inmate dies in stabbing
WARREN — Police plan to charge a Maine State Prison inmate with murder after the stabbing death of another inmate Friday. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a release the death of inmate Micah Boland, 37, of Knox County, was classified as a homicide Saturday by the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office. […]