Chris Cousins, a well-respected and veteran political reporter for the Bangor Daily News, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 42. A Maine native, Cousins was a major presence at multiple news organizations in the state during his two decades in journalism. He started out at the weekly Advertiser Democrat in Norway before […]
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Rumford driver charged in fatal Weld crash
FARMINGTON — A Rumford teen was drunk and speeding when he crashed his car in Weld on May 31, killing a Dixfield man, according to Maine State Police. Ethyn Eric Buotte, 18, formerly of Dixfield, was arrested at his home Monday by state police Trooper Reid Bond on a felony charge of aggravated operating under […]
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Bench dedicated to Lewiston Vietnam War hero
LEWISTON — Thomas McMahon was driving his signature hearse with family and friends in Pennsylvania to visit his sister in the mid-1960s when they stopped at a gas station, his brother Michael recalled. The gas station attendant spotted someone lying in the back of the hearse. “The guy asked, ‘Is that guy dead?’ My brother […]
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Strong man dies in Avon crash
AVON — A Strong man died after his pickup truck struck a tree and caught fire on Mile Square Road on Sunday evening, Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety wrote in a release. Jason Flagg, 41, died at the scene, he wrote. The accident occurred just after 6 p.m. State Police “cited […]
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Spruce Mountain school community mourns the loss of Kellee Fortier
JAY — A Spruce Mountain Middle School math teacher was being remembered Wednesday for challenging her students to do the best they could and caring about them far beyond the math lessons. Regional School Unit 73 and the community are mourning the loss of Kellee Fortier, 46, of Jay, who died suddenly Tuesday of natural […]
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New Sharon man dies from burns
NEW SHARON — A Mercer Road man died from severe burns suffered in a fire in his car Tuesday night, according to a news release from Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. The fire likely started when fumes from an aerosol can were ignited by a cigarette, McCausland said. Investigators say […]
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Musician seeks solace in the creation of handcrafted violins
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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Friends, veterans reflect on legacy of troop greeter Bill Knight
BANGOR — Bill Knight was at Bangor International Airport at 2 a.m. one day in 2004 when filmmakers Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly first met him. He was standing in the hallway, shaking hands with troops. Just hours earlier, doctors told Knight he had prostate cancer, Gaudet and Pullapilly said. That didn’t matter much. He […]
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Well-known Bangor troop greeter Bill Knight, 91, dies Christmas Day
BANGOR — Well-known Maine troop greeter Bill Knight died Christmas Day at the Maine Veterans Home at the age of 91. Funeral arrangements are pending. Knight, along with Jerry Mundy and Joan Gaudet, was featured in the documentary “The Way We Get By,” produced by Gita Pullapilly and her husband, Aron Gaudet. Knight and the […]
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Bangor man warns of rare flesh-eating infection that killed his wife days after childbirth
BANGOR — Matt Nichols cradled his newborn daughter, Ruby Ann, in his arms Wednesday morning, gazing into her sleeping face. When Matt, 29, accompanied his pregnant wife to Eastern Maine Medical Center on Aug. 1, he said he never could have imagined he’d raise their first child on his own after a vicious infection claimed […]