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Police seek driver who struck and killed teen in Paris Saturday night

PARIS — Police are seeking the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Paris teen Saturday night on the Buckfield Road. Xavier Fuentes of Turner was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway where he was pronounced dead following the hit-and-run that occurred at about 8:30 p.m., according to a news release issued […]

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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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Judge denies motions in Lowe manslaughter case; jury trial expected

PARIS — A judge denied several motions to exclude the state’s evidence in the manslaughter trial of a woman charged in a fatal crash in West Paris in 2012, following a hearing in Oxford County Superior Court on Thursday. Kristina Lowe, 20, of West Paris is charged with two counts of manslaughter, two counts of operating […]

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Father of Bates College student defends son, waits for autopsy results

Italian police are continuing to investigate the death of 21-year-old Bates College junior John Durkin, hoping autopsy and toxicology results expected Tuesday will provide insight into what happened in Rome early Thursday morning. According to the news outlet Roma Today, a camera shows Durkin, a linebacker and captain of the Bobcats’ football team, walking alone […]

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Auburn Middle School student killed in New Hampshire accident

An Auburn Middle School student was killed Friday night in a collision on the Everett Turnpike in New Hampshire. Kobe Huynh, 14, of Auburn was pronounced dead at the scene following the three-vehicle accident in Merrimack, N.H. He recently had been battling a terminal illness. Huynh’s father, Nghia Huynh, who was driving the car the […]

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Teen driver killed on way to school

TOPSFIELD — An 18-year-old Brookton Plantation man driving to school was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning. Dylan Porter was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 7:10 a.m. on U.S. Route 1 about two miles north of Route 6, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported. Porter […]

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Man killed, 2 injured in Clifton collision

CLIFTON — One man was killed and his female passenger severely injured when their pickup collided with a logging truck on Rebel Hill Road on Monday evening. The driver of an unloaded logging truck was heading west on Rebel Hill Road, part of Route 180, as he approached a pickup driven in the opposite direction […]

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6 dead after roof collapse at Latvian store

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Large sections of roof collapsed Thursday at a grocery store in Latvia’s capital, killing six and injuring at least 30, rescue officials said. Firefighters and soldiers were searching for survivors amid the debris. The collapse took down the Maxima supermarket’s high walls and windows in a ripple effect that filled the […]

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FDNY: Candles caused Bronx fire that killed 3 kids

NEW YORK (AP) — New York fire marshals say a blaze at a Bronx apartment building that killed three young brothers was started by candles after electricity was cut. Fire officials say Friday’s fire started in a second-floor apartment of a six-story building just blocks from Yankee Stadium. Five-year-old Elijah Artis, 2-year-old Jeremiah Artis and […]

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Kennebunk contractor dies after fall from roof

KENNEBUNK — A 56-year-old man died Friday after falling from a roof that he was working on, according to police. The name of the Kennebunk contractor who died will not been released until all family members had been contacted, Lt. Anthony Bean Burpee of the Kennebunk Police Department said Saturday morning. The contractor was standing […]