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Couple finally hits the jackpot — after almost winning in 1986

Madawaska’s Megabucks winner Jeanne Gagnon purchases this week’s ticket from Susan Williams, owner of Bob’s Neighborhood Store, where she bought her $3 million ticket two weeks ago with her husband, Robert Gagnon.  MADAWASKA — In February 1986, Robert and Jeanne Gagnon had the winning Megabucks lottery numbers for the weekly drawing. Not that it mattered. […]

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Winning $3 million Megabucks ticket sold in Madawaska

MADAWASKA — Maine’s newest millionaires are choosing to remain anonymous, for now, according to the manager of the store where Wednesday’s winning $3 million Tri-State Megabucks lottery ticket was bought. “They are very nice people and good customers,” Susan Williams, manager at Bob’s Neighborhood Store in Madawaska, said Thursday afternoon. “I am very excited for […]

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Madawaska man escapes injury after pickup strikes wrecker

FRENCHVILLE — A 23-year-old Madawaska man escaped injury early Friday morning when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a parked wrecker. Jake Roy was eastbound on U.S. Route 1 just before 3 a.m., when he lost control of his 2004 GMC pickup and careened off the roadway, according to Chief Deputy Darrell Crandall […]