1934 – 2014 SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla.— Olin Perry Wright Jr., made his journey home to be with our Lord on Wednesday, Nov. 12. He was 80 years old. Olin was born James Olin Wright on Feb. 1, 1934, at Fiske Hospital in Homestead, Fla., to Olin Perry and Frances Brown Wright. On his ninth birthday, […]
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World famous horseman with 3 Purple Hearts training Andover draft horses
ANDOVER — Bob Giles is living proof that dreams come true. He’s also an inspiration to foster children and disabled veterans. All it took was unwavering perseverance for nearly 70 years and a lot of horses for the three-time Purple Heart recipient and Vietnam vet, who winters in Florida and summers in Rumford. Giles is […]
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Catherine King Oliver
1916 – 2014 LEWISTON — Catherine King Oliver, 98, of Portland died on Friday, May 30, attended by family members as she joined her beloved husband, Vincent, in Heaven. She was born in Boston on March 3, 1916, to Patrick and Barbara Joyce King, recent arrivals from Ballyconneely County, Galway, Ireland. She left Boston at age […]
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Donald M. Spiller
1921 – 2014 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Donald Martin Spiller, 92, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 24, in Florida. He was born in Raymond on Oct. 22, 1921, a son of the late Martin C. Spiller and Marion J. Morrill. Donald was a World War ll veteran. He was predeceased by his dear wife, […]
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Hundreds rescued from floodwaters in Fla., Ala.
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — People were plucked off rooftops or climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters when nearly 2 feet of rain fell on the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast in the span of about 24 hours, the latest bout of severe weather that began with tornadoes in the Midwest. On […]
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Auburn teen takes selfie; squirrel takes offense
AUBURN — At least it wasn’t an alligator. An Auburn teen is flustered but unharmed after a photo op with a squirrel went awry in Florida. Brian Genest, 17, said Wednesday he saw what appeared to be a friendly squirrel on a handrail as he was walking through John Chestnut Park near Tampa. He was on a […]
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Florida man convicted of murdering Greene native
LARGO — It took a Pinellas County jury less than two hours Friday to decide that Thomas Hampton Frederick was guilty of first degree murder in the July 2012 stabbing death of Adrianne Robert. Jurors rejected the defense’s argument that Frederick, 25, stabbed Robert, a Greene native who moved to Clearwater, Fla., in self defense […]
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Florida murder trial starts in killing of Greene native
LARGO — On this, prosecutors and defense attorneys agree: Thomas Hampton Frederick, 25, killed Adrianne Robert on July 13, 2012. Prosecutors say Frederick murdered Robert, a 29-year-old graphic artist, after meeting her at a strip club and going back to her Clearwater townhouse. He stabbed her, left her to die in a bathroom and stole […]
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William ‘Bill’ O’Donnell
1947 – 2014 TAMPA, Fla. — William ‘Bill’ O’Donnell, 66, died on Thursday, Jan. 2, at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Fla. Bill was born in Nova Scotia on Dec. 29, 1947, a son of Cyril and Catherine (Poirier) O’Donnell. The family moved to Bangor when Bill was 2 years old. He […]
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Ralph ‘Peter’ Beckey
1950 – 2014 GILA BEND, Ariz. — Ralph “Peter” Beckey, 63, of Gila Bend, Ariz., formerly a resident of Greene and Florida, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at West Valley Emergency Center in Buckeye, Ariz. He was born May 23, 1950, in Lewiston, the son of Robert P. Beckey and Pauline W. (Footman) Beckey. […]