PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catastrophic winds of 155 mph, the most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in nearly 50 years. Michael blew ashore near Mexico Beach, a tourist town about midway along […]
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Hurricane Michael on a collision course with Florida Gulf Coast
Florida’s northern Gulf Coast faces its most serious hurricane threat in more than a decade as Michael edges ever closer. The intensifying storm is likely to make landfall Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane, and conditions will begin to deteriorate Tuesday night. The hurricane has strengthened to Category 2, with the storm’s winds near 100 […]
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Roger Lanois
AUBURN — Roger F. Lanois, a resident of Clover Manor in Auburn, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 27. He was born in Lewiston on Aug. 21, 1935, a son of Wilbrod and Eva (Levasseur) Lanois. He married Pauline G. Morin in 1955. Roger worked for Lewiston Public Works until 1990. At […]
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Frank W. 'Billy' Kilbreth
PORTLAND — Frank W. “Billy” Kilbreth, 91, a resident of Turner, passed away Thursday evening, Sept. 20, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Sept. 11, 1927, in Turner, the son of Harold and Mabel (Matthew) Kilbreth Sr. He graduated from Leavitt Institute in 1945. Billy proudly served […]
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No, the giant marijuana bricks washing up on Florida beaches are not for the taking legally
It sounds like the opening for another stoner movie, maybe “Harold and Kumar Go to Heaven.” Giant bundles of marijuana, apparently containing individually wrapped five-kilo bricks, have been washing up on the shores of Florida since the approach of Hurricane Florence last week, possibly from a boat that was either capsized by the storm or […]
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Muriel Lorraine Martin
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Muriel Lorraine (Cote) Martin, 92, of Clearwater, Fla., passed away peacefully July 9.. Her husband of 68 years, Ronaldo P. Martin, passed away in 2016. She is survived by two daughters, Diane Walsh and her husband, Jim, of Dedham, Mass., Sonia Russell and her husband, Tom, of Bangor; one son, Ronaldo (Roy) Patrick […]
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Mariette Doucette
AUBURN — Mariette Doucette, 84, of Auburn, passed away at home in Auburn with her family by her side. She was born in Lewiston on Feb. 21, 1934, a daughter of the late Joseph and Alice (Berube) Turgeon. On Sept. 17, 1955, she married the love of her life, Wallace Doucette, at Holy Cross Church in […]
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Weakened Tropical Storm Gordon kills child in Florida mobile home
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (AP) — Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane but it was deadly all the same, killing a child by blowing a tree onto a mobile home as it made landfall. The storm later weakened into a depression on Wednesday but remained dangerous, dumping rain, spawning tornadoes and kicking up heavy surf […]
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Maurice R. Ouellette
LANCASTER, N.H. — Maurice R. Ouellette, 92, of Milan, N.H., passed away Thursday July 26, at the Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster, N.H. He was born in Berlin, N.H. on March 17, 1926, the son of Ernest and Ann Marie (Hamel) Ouellette and worked for the AMC in his younger years on Mt. Madison. He entered […]
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Missing Florida teen found dead in Casco Bay
A 19-year-old Florida man was found dead in Casco Bay near Peaks Island after he was reported missing Sunday from Great Diamond Island, police said. Maxwell Brown, of Boca Raton, Florida, was reported missing and possibly having a medical crisis at about 7 p.m., according to a statement issued by the Portland Police Department. Residents, […]